classical music: Schoenberg     classical music:     Schoenberg      The Ligeti Project Omar Ebrahim, David Geringas, ... Warner Classics, 2008 Highly recommended box-set This box should probably be your first choice if you want to get acquainted with the works of Ligeti. The recordings in this box are overseen by Ligeti himself, and they were supposed to be definitive recordings that after his death could show conductors how his music ...             Schoenberg Violin Concerto Op.36/Sibelius Violin Concerto Op.47 Sibelius, Schoenberg, ... DG, 2008 Great Sibelius but the Schoenberg is the showstopper It'd be tempting to say the classical music recording industry is in great shape when the Schoenberg on this disc is the primary work and the Sibelius is the "flip-side." But a look at much of the rest of the industry shows that this is an anomaly...still, we'll take ...             Miss Saigon (1995 Studio Cast) Claude-Michel Schonberg, David Charles Abell, ... Angel Records, 1995 Superb This 1995 studio recording is fabulous. While I don't necessarily prefer it entirely over the original cast recording, there are elements to this recording that are over and above the original. Joanna Ampil, while delightful as Kim, lacks Lea Salonga's essence. ...             Schoenberg: The String Quartets Arnold Schoenberg, Evelyn Lear, ... Philips, 2000 A Revolutionary in Method, a Conservative in Tone Although Schoenberg developed a revolutionary new method of organizing pitch, what is often overlooked is that serialism is just exactly that: a method of organizing pitch, and not a style per se. A variety of styles can be accomodated by this method. Folks who are ...             Les Miserables Complete Symphonic Recording Claude-Michel Schoenberg, Martin Koch, ... Red Ink, 2004 Less miserable! I have this recording memorized front to back, and when my old cassettes finally wore out, it was time to replace them digitally. Well of course it sounds phenomenal, and the booklet has all the cast info plus all the lyrics and a synopsis of the plot. I can't ...             Pianoforte Opus 1: Popular Requests John Barry, Ludwig van Beethoven, ... Pure & Simple, 1994 Pianoforte Opus 1: We love this. I like the mix of music. It was because of this cd my 9 year old daughter wnated to learn how to play canon on our piano. She now is a great player because of this inspiration. She also learned how to play . Gymnopedies No. 1 . Thank-you for the ...             Leos Janacek - From the House of Dead / MCO, ASC, Boulez, Chereau (Festival Aix-en-Provence 2007) Olaf Bär, Peter Straka Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 A searing and memorable final production from Boulez and Chereau Janacek's final opera, composed in 1927-28 and given its posthumous premiere two years later, is based on the Dostoyevsky novel written in 1861-62 in which the author renders his own prison experiences. The story as seen in the opera is not presented in a linear ...             Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Pelleas und Melisande / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Arnold Schoenberg, Herbert von Karajan, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1998 Schoenberg's Pelléas (Op. 5) . Maeterlinck was and remains an unique and important poetic/literary/theatrical innovator in the categories of Symbolism and proto-Surrealism. One must appreciate just how avant-garde his work was at the Fin de Siécle. Even now his work retains its interest because ...             Jacqueline du Pre - Favourite Cello Concertos ~ Boccherini, Dvorak, Elgar, Haydn, Monn, Saint-Saens, Schumann Edward Elgar, Luigi Boccherini, ... EMI Classics, 1990 Wonderful Collection This is a wonderful collection of Jacqueline du Pre's work, both because it traces her development as an artist, her unique interaction with various conductors and her interpretations of a variety of composers. Jacueline du Pre is a cellist for all time.             Land of My Fathers: 100 Great Welsh Choir Favourites Adolphe Adam, Stephen Adams, ... Castle Pulse, 2005 Wonderful! I bought this on a whim, as I like male choral groups. Am I ever glad I bought it! The music is soaring, and the voices are magnificent. I don't know all of the technical stuff about recording, etc.--I just know I love this collection!             Bach: Transcriptions Edward Elgar, Gustav Mahler, ... Sony, 2000 Back to Bach (Via Philadelphia) Vulgarian and Neanderthal throwback that I am, I love this stuff, inordinantly. I think Stokowski a genius and precisely for his Bachwerk, his "arrangements" of the Leipzig master's keyboard compositions for full modern symphony orchestra. But Stoki labored in good ...             Schoenberg, Berg, Webern: Orchestral Works / Karajan Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, ... Dg Imports, 1999 It's not the Beatles, It's Modern Mania courtesy of Karajan People love to hate Serialism and they have good reason for doing so. Serialism forced classical music into a backwater that it's been trying to get out of for decades. Minimalism, electronic music, neo-romanticism have all had their relative success but the ...             Mozart - Don Giovanni Herbert Perry, Eugene Perry Decca, 2005 The twins are still singing, and well. I recently ordered Peter Sellars' "Don Giovanni" starring Herbert and Eugene Perry as the Don and Leporello, or was it Leporello and the Don? Since the brothers are identical twinc and would change roles from time to time just to keep from getting in a rut, I had ...             Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No1; Die Jacobsleiter Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, ... Sony, 1993 Jacobsleiter I hope this particular recording will be in print as long as I live. Pierre Boulez has done a masterful work with the orchestra, managing to bring out the mysticism and huge drama of Schönberg's oratorio The Jacobsleiter with a rythmic agility that knows no borders!             Evocation of the Spirit Samuel Barber, Henryk Gorecki, ... Telarc, 1995 The Barber is cathartic beyond measure. I write this review three days after the tragic September 11 events in New York and Washington, three days which left me numbed, during which I searched and searched for music having cathartic value - "music of healing" - largely in vain. For most of that time, the ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music aix-en-provence, jacobsleiter, jacqueline, philharmonic, saint-saens, transcriptions      geepe.com    web randomly chosen book: The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss