classical music: elisabeth

classical music: elisabeth

classical music:

Elisabeth

Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 'Choral' / Furtwängler, Schwarzkopf, Höngen, Hopf, Edelmann (Great Recordings of ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, Wilhelm Furtwangler, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

Wow!
Yes the critics are right. This is the greatest recording of this towering musical masterpiece.

A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High

Charles Sprawls, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Telarc, 1997

Inspiring!
You simply cannot go wrong with this wonderful collection from a disciplined and masterfully-led chorus. If you want to hear Christmas choral standards in all their glory, no disappointment here - beautiful men's chorus version (original) of Beibl's Ave Maria, and the ...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

Ernest Blanc, Robert Massard, ...

Angel Records, 1999

Great for the amateur Opera listener
As a long time armchair Opera listener I'm shocked that I hadn't come across this album until recently. I'm not really an Opera connoisseur so my review is based on just the fact that I love Opera, but mostly by listening to arias or occasionally going to the Opera. ...

Massenet - Thaïs / Fleming, Hampson, Sabbatini, Shkosa, Vidal, Devellereau, Cals, Yves Abel

Jules Massenet, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, ...

Decca, 2000

A welcome addition to Massenet....
Look, this production may not appeal to everyone, but it's welcome nonetheless. Fleming has a lush voice, which may not be exactly suited to the role (see the DVD, which is only fabulous, but without the stunning vocalizing of Fleming). My take on this is what could it ...

The Ultimate Aria Collection ~ A Passion for Opera

Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, ...

EMI Classics, 1998

Ultimate indeed
If you don't like the idea of buying whole operas, or if you're a newcomer to opera - this is an extremely good collection / introduction, worth every single cent. The collection features many of the worlds greatest singers, giving their interpretations of some of ...

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

Johann Sebastian Bach, Léo Delibes, ...

Angel Records, 1999

Good for relaxing pregnant women
I stumbled onto this album whilst searching bit torrent websites for classical music. I don't normally listen to classical music but thought it might be relaxing for my pregnant wife. After hearing the quality of the performances, the arrangement, and the recording I ...

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem]

Johannes Brahms, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

don't believe the haters
If you own ten different recordings of this, you might find something to criticize. I own two - I'm still a fairly normal person - and this is the one I prefer. (The other is by Robert Shaw - and I think the orchestra is a little less powerful on that one. I plan to ...

Cello Adagios

Heinrich Schiff, Janos Starker, ...

Decca, 2004

really like it
This is the first classical cd I have ever bought. The two-disc album was a great price. I really love the performance of Lynn Harrell. I like the collection of Adagios because they are perfect to fall asleep to or study to.

Bach: Matthaus-Passion (St Matthew Passion) BWV 244 /Bostridge * Selig * Rubens * Scholl * Gura * Henschel * ...

Johann Sebastian Bach, Philippe Herreweghe, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1999

The True Drama of the St. Matthew Passion
There are gratefully many recordings of Bach's great St. Matthew Passion from which to choose, and the approaches to this long and mighty work of inspiration are varied. While this listener cut his teeth of the old Klemperer recording now re-mastered from the LP days ...

The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Ever, Volume II

Yehudi Menuhin, Jacqueline Du Pre, ...

EMI Classics, 2003

Great music listein to while you read in bed
I have listened to this CD for the last several years before going to sleep at night. I love classical music, and this is great music to help make my soul feel at peace and unwind after a taxing day.

Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier / Schwarzkopf · Ludwig · Karajan

Richard Strauss, Herbert von Karajan, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

Waltz me around again
OK, Der Rosenkavalier opera is a smidgeon kinky. But the music is ethereal. One of the most hauntingly beautiful waltzes ever written. This music was sung (with words by Hollywood lyricist Earl Brent) by the fetching Jeanette Mac Donald in the movie "Three Daring ...

Bach at Bedtime: Lullabies for the Still of the Night

Andreas Greger, Janos Starker, ...

Philips, 1995

Mellow, Sleepy, Wonderful
I bought this CD for myself, a 60 year old. I have trouble sleeping and have been buying CDs by this company. They are all wonderful. I'm asleep in about 15 minutes!

The Ultimate Recorder Collection

Malcolm Arnold, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

RCA, 1999

More than the sum of the parts.
I bought this as wallpaper music - and got a very pleasant surprise! Several of the pieces stopped me in my tracks, made me sit down and forced me to listen. Michala Petri demonstrates a masterly control of her instrument and a high level of musicianship in a wide ...

Hommage A Piazzolla

Vladimir Tinkha, Michel Portal, ...

Nonesuch, 1996

Wonderfully captivating music by the tango master
I was introduced to the music of Astor Piazzolla by the more than great violinist Gidon Kremer when he played a virtuosic tango as an encore. Whenever a rich new vein of wonderful music is opened to me, well, it makes for a bright and happy day. Not long after I ...

Mozart - Don Giovanni / Furtwangler

Otto Edelmann, Elisabeth Grümmer

Deutsche Grammophon, 2001

A stunning Don
It is many years since I first saw this as a film in a theatre and my memories of it were such that I was almost scared to play it again on DVD lest it not live up to the memory. I needn't have worried - the intervening years and seeing several wonderful live ...