classical music: Peter Glossop     classical music:     Peter Glossop      Britten: Billy Budd Peter Pears, Peter Glossop Decca, 2008 Stereo Sound Lack Britten: Billy Budd This recording was originally made in 1966 on the BBC. It has been carefully reconstituted in B&W and mono. Color and stereo would be nice, but the overall quality is such that their absence is not important. Personally I believe the B&W format ...             Britten: Holy Sonnets, Billy Budd, etc. / Britten, Glossop, Pears, et al Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Luxon, ... Decca Import, 1989 TAKING OUR SALVATION ANY WAY IT COMES The strained economic situation of the classical music industry is working in many ways to our advantage as consumers. Britten's settings of Blake and Donne would never have been issued bundled together with Billy Budd in the vinyl era I'm quite sure. These days if we ...             Berlioz: Les Troyens Sir Colin Davis, Jon Vickers, ... Philips, 2002 Probably your first choice I haven't heard the remastered version of this but it's probably a doozy. Fussy opera buffs nitpick over this recording (just look around) and some recommend the newer live Colin Davis over this. I don't. The conducting--at times--may be more exciting and some of the ...             Britten Conducts Britten: Operas 1 Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, ... Decca, 2004 Britten Composed AND Conducted? Of course he gets 5 stars! Being a Britten junkie, I was thrilled to discover that not only is his entire collection of operas available in two sets, but the set is conducted by the composer himself. For a Britten lover, that's like getting an original copy of the Ten Commandments written ...             The Great Recordings Gaetano Donizetti, Franz Lehar, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Brava Sills! A very nice compilation of Sillsiana. The different cuts on this CD provide a nice illustration of her work. Let me briefly describe my response to a sampling of the works on this CD: Bellini, I Puritani, "Son vergin vezzosa." Wonderful. Sutherland owns ...             Berlioz Edition (Box Set) Thomas Allen, John Shirley-Quirk, ... Philips, 2003 Sir Colin Davis has long been considered the world's finest Berlioz conductor, and over the years, Philips has released all of the composer's major works with Davis at the helm. Now, they're all here, in a 24-CD box, and it is an astonishing achievement. This treasure trove consists of the definitive, available readings of Les Troyens , Béatrice ...             Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, ... Opera D'oro, 2002 A Great Introduction to Opera This CD serves as a great beginner's guide to opera. there is plenty to choose from on this CD. Placido Domingo starts off the CD with his trademark "Celeste Aida." Next, Alfredo Kraus and Giuseppe Taddei sing "Au fond du temple saint," in Italian instead of French. ...             Elgar: The Collector's Edition (30 CDs) Derek Hammond-Stroud, Peter Glossop, ... Emi Classics, 2007 Great Bargain of Elgar Masterworks and Forgotten Gems! Like Sony's Stravinsky set, this Elgar set from EMI seems to want to challenge the Brilliant Classics label by providing lots of music for little money. This costs more than the Stravinsky, but you get 30 cds here as opposed to the 22 in the Stravinsky set. On the ...             Berlioz: Les Troyens Hector Berlioz, Gerd Albrecht, ... Gala, 2000 Hold your breath and listen! EVERYTHING in this recording is superb! Dernesch makes for an absolutely convincing Cassandra, but Ludwig carries the day (as always) as the most convincing Dido I have ever heard. She uses not only her fabulous voice, but also her mind to portray this difficult role. ...             Verdi: Ernani Giuseppe Verdi, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, ... Opera D'oro, 1997 Verdi's Ernani Verdi has given us a virtual songfest!!!This two disc CD has a wonderful ensemble. I really enjoyed hearing Monserat Caballe in this recording. Her lower register or "chest tones" make you really appreciate her great range. It is a good CD to have in your car when ...             Stravinsky: Ballets; Stage Works; Orchestral Works Heinz Rehfuss, Peter Glossop, ... Decca, 2002 Ansermet & Stravinsky - A Perfect Pair This 8 CD collection of Stravinsky's Ballets, Stage Works and Orchestral Works is nothing short of magical. Conducted in its entirety by Ernest Ansermet leading the orchestra he founded, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, this box set, while not complete, features all ...             Verdi: Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi, John Matheson, ... Opera Rara UK, 2004 Verdi's first thoughts a must for Verdi lovers! I second Robert Levine's recommendation. Better paced than the Dynamic label recording of the original "MacBeth", the Opera Rara recording also features a lavishly illustrated libretto. A must for Verdi fanatics.             Verdi: La Forza del Destino Giuseppe Verdi, John Matheson, ... Opera Rara UK, 2005 Glorious... .... simply glorious. Martina Arroyo is Leonora to perfection. I'm very fond of Leontyne Price, but Arroyo is better (if you'll excuse the comparison). Her voice just soars, her diction is perfect and she's very musical. The surprise was the production. I didn't ...             Elgar: Caractacus; Coronation March Op. 65; Imperial March Op. 32; Enigma Variations Edward Elgar, Sir Charles Groves, ... Angel, 2005             Britten: Holy Sonnets, Billy Budd, etc. / Britten, Glossop, Pears, et al Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Luxon, ... Decca Import, 1989 TAKING OUR SALVATION ANY WAY IT COMES The strained economic situation of the classical music industry is working in many ways to our advantage as consumers. Britten's settings of Blake and Donne would never have been issued bundled together with Billy Budd in the vinyl era I'm quite sure. These days if we ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music caractacus, coronation, orchestral, recordings, stravinsky, variations      geepe.com    web we recommend A Great Introduction to Opera randomly chosen magazines: Automobile