classical music: collector     classical music:     Collector      Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition Benjamin Luxon, Brian Etheridge, ... EMI Classics, 2008 Great Value, Fine Performances For lovers of Ralph Vaughan Williams' music, the prospect of obtaining most of his works on 30 CDs for $50 or less should be irresistible. It's a great way to fill in the gaps in your collection, or to become acquainted with RVW's less familiar works. Among the ...             Mozart: The Violin Sonatas Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Daniel Barenboim, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2003 Wonderful to re-listen to these works. Many years ago, I owned, on vinyl, Mozart's Violin Sonatas. I don't remember the artists; however, I DO remember enjoying them immensely. Therefore, when the opportunity came with this recording to restore the complete Violin Sonatas by Mozart to my CD collection, I ...             Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Ferruccio Busoni, Frederic Chopin, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2003 Horowitz: A Digital Legacy This set includes all of the recordings Vladimir Horowitz did for Deutsche Grammophon in the 1980s, including his historical concert in Moscow. While the context of his return in Moscow is moving, the studio recordings are simply wonderful. The sound quality is ...             Strauss: Die Fledermaus [Blu-ray] Thomas Allen, Pamela Armstrong BBC / Opus Arte, 2008             How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Deluxe Edition) (1961 Original Broadway Cast) Frank Loesser, Robert Morse, ... RCA Victor Broadway, 2003 Sublime Remastering Yep, here is another cd I had to buy again to get the new remastering and the improvement in sound is well worth the investment. It sounds crisper and has a more vivid aural presence than the previous issue. That's important in a show recording as quirky as this one. ...             Mozart: The Piano Sonatas Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mitsuko Uchida Philips, 2003 Some of my favorite Uchida perfomances Like Rubinstein with Chopin, I have always enjoyed performances by a pianist who has a particular affinity for the compositions they are playing. This is no less true here with Mitsuko Uchida and her interpretations of the Mozart piano sonatas. I have these recordings ...             Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert Franz Schubert, Mitsuko Uchida Philips, 2005 Days and Evenings with Schubert and Uchida Mitsuko Uchida is one of the major stars of the piano keyboard today and while her repertoire is wide, her interpretation of Franz Schubert's piano music is among the finest both on the concert stage and on recording. The two seem to be from the same soul: Uchida ...             Peter & The Commissar Allan Sherman, Spoken Word, ... Collector's Choice, 2004 A "must" for any Allan Sherman fan I first heard "Peter and the Commissar" when I was a teenager and my cousin played it for me. She had found it among a collection of Boston Pops LPs her parents had. Having been brought up in the Cold War era and being a pop culture buff, the jokes were hilarious to ...             Die Fledermaus - Strauss / Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic, Opus Arte Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen KULTUR VIDEO, 2008 Glyndebourne's pulsating new production of the Waltz King's much-loved comic operetta includes outstanding performances from a cast led by Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung and Håkan Hagegård with The Glyndebourne Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski. Sung in German with English and Spanish subtitles ...             Brahms: Complete String Quartets, Quintets & Sextets Karl Leister, Johannes Brahms, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2003 Mastery and joy Because they lasted such a long time and toward the end didn't play at their best, I found reasons to overlook the Madeus Qt. But in this 9-CD set of the complete chamber music of Brahms, there are some sublime performances--I would especially point to both String ...             Bach: Sacred Vocal Works Andreas Schmidt, Olaf Bär, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Bargain price for the best of the best! Below are the Amazon.com asin numbers for all four of the works in this box: St. Mathew Passion - B0000057DG (1989) St. John Passion - B0000057CW (1990) Christmas Oratorio - B0000057D5 (1990) Mass in b minor - B0000057CN (1990) The numerous reviews already ...             Collector's Edition Benny Goodman, Bela Bartok, ... Sony, 1990 My Cup of Tea Goodman's performances of all the music on this disc are superb. He (along with violinist Joseph Szigeti) commissioned the Bartok score and, notwithstanding its age (mono/1940) there has never been a better recording than this one. The other performances are first-rate ...             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 ...             Haydn: The 12 "London" Symphonies Franz Joseph Haydn, Eugen Jochum, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2003 Better than 4 stars I'm prompted to write this review by our Haydn fan: There's a story about Brahms listening to a performance of his first piano concerto, turning to his friend sitting next to him and saying, "You can play it that way, too." Most of us would never think that one ...             Stephen Kovacevich Plays Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven, Colin Davis, ... Philips, 2005          products you might be interested in   search for classical music fledermaus, glyndebourne, grammophon, kovacevich, philharmonic, symphonies      geepe.com    web randomly chosen book: The Living Dead