classical music: Thomas Paul

classical music: Thomas Paul

classical music:

Thomas Paul

Scrooge: The Musical (1992 Birmingham Cast)

Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, ...

Jay Records, 1997

Own the CD to Scrooge the movie right now!
Scrooge the movie is my absolute favorite Christmas movie. Apparently, you can't get the soundtrack on CD because of some kind of legal hangup. Until they make a real version of this CD, go to http://falalalala.com/?p=129 and make your own Scrooge the movie CD! That ...

Debussy's Greatest Hits

Claude Debussy, Andrew Litton, ...

Sony, 1994

THIS IS THE STUFF RIGHT HERE!
I BOUGHT THIS BECAUSE I WAS TRYING EXPAND MY HORIZONS, YOU KNOW? CULTURALLY AND MENTALLY, YOU KNOW? SERIOUSLY THOUGH I WAS IN THE SHOP AND I WAS HAVING A GAZE AROUND THE PLACE AND THEN THIS PICTURE JUST JUMPS OUT AT ME, AND I PICKED IT UP AND IT WAS THIS DEBUSSY CHAP ...

Orff - Carmina Burana/Beethoven - Symphony No. 9

Kathleen Battle, Thomas Allen

Philips, 2004

Outstanding Selection
This is the best version of Carmina Burana I have ever seen. I saw it on a local PBS station and have been trying to find it ever since. I was delighted to discover it.

Classic Thanksgiving Songs of Praise

Arcangelo Corelli, Giovanni Gabrieli, ...

Naxos, 2000

Setting the mood.
This is a great collection of fall/harvest/thanksgiving hymnes. I enjoyed listening to it and getting in the Thanksgiving mood.

Peace Like a River

Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Irving Berlin, ...

Mormon Tabernacle, 2004

every good adjective
This album is all beauty and solace. The singing is pristine, the arrangements lush and often stirring--never saccharine. As with the previous reviewer, my first listing of "Peace Like a River" brought me to tears (especially "Peace Like a River," the sopranos in ...

Handel - Messiah / Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott, David Thomas, Christopher ...

Christopher Hogwood, Emma Kirkby

Kultur Video, 2005

Excellent DVD, original sound, instruments; nice soloists, chorus
This concert was perform by experts. All soloists, the chorus and the orchestra are all profetionals. Haendel deserves that kind of performers. For that genious took 25 days to write this beatiful masterpiece. The instruments have the same style of the Haendel's ...

Handel - Messiah / Nelson, Kirkby, Watkinson, Elliott, Thomas, AAM, Hogwood

George Frideric Handel, Christopher Hogwood, ...

L'Oiseau-Lyre (Decca), 1991

Superb in every way
I have just purchased the CDs of this recording to replace the cassette tapes I have had for more than 15 years. This performance is superb in every way. While I like performances of early music on period instuments, I am not a fanatical purist. To me, this is a ...

The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics

Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses

Telarc, 1995

Best of American Choral Singing!
This CD could be the cornerstone of your choral music library! Wonderful performances of all of the essential choral pieces give a wonderful introduction to choral music for someone new to it, and also give a nice sampler of the best pieces for someone already familiar ...

25 Handel Favorites

Thomas Paul, George Frederick Handel, ...

Vox (Classical), 2000

GREAT CD
This a wonderfull Handel CD, a great mix of his songs both uptempo and sacred. I don't really know much about his works but i thought this cd as a casual fan of the artsist was a very good mix of songs.

Cello for Relaxation

Saint-Saëns, Bruch, ...

RCA, 2001

A Fine Way To Relax
Currently I'm enjoying this cello music while in the car, as it lessens the stress of traffic. It contains a variety of cello pieces that have beauty and grace. As a cellist I appreciate the supurb execution of each piece. This CD is everything I hoped it would be.

Neusidler: Lute Music

Jacques Arcadelt, Jacquet de Berchem, ...

Harmonia Mundi, 2008

Hans Neusidler enter the world of classical music entusiasts
The new CD by Paul O' Dette, preminent american lutenist, is dedicated to the music by the mid-century German lutenist Hans Neusidler. A composer well known by lute players, but virtually unknown by the general public of classic music enthusiasts. In ...

Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)

Richard Adler, Peter Allen, ...

Sony, 2004

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover
Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a ...

Utopia Triumphans

Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel, ...

Sony, 1995

One of the few essential recordings of Renassance polyphony
Paul van Nevel and the Heulgas Ensemble convey an intensely intimate yet ultimately powerful impression with this collection of gigantuan polyphonic works of mind boggling contrapunctal complexity. If you thought that some of Bach's four part counterpoint was ...

25 Concerto Favorites

Ofra Harnoy, Zara Nelsova, ...

Vox (Classical), 1997

Great Concertos from Baroque to Romantic Era
The excerpts from 25 concertos range from the Baroque to Romantic Periods. They are all masterfully performed by virtuoso musicians (example: Brendel is the pianist in the last track, the Beethoven Emperor piano concerto). The violinists are skillful and well-known ...

Charlotte Church

Stephen Adams, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Sony, 1999

You Are my True Inspiration Charlotte Church No matter what happens
you are definetly my number one top fan,I love your voice, so full, sweet and bright, you are a wonderful person, I dont care what people think of you, proberly they dont like you, but I feel very bad and very sad when people talk bad about you, you are defintely my ...