classical music: monteverdi

classical music: monteverdi

classical music:

Monteverdi

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ramiro Belgardt, ...

Delos Records, 1996

For Thy Pleasure: Yeap, It is Very Enjoyable
For the first time, I listened to LAGQ from Vermont Public Radio while I came back home. After listening to "Little Fugue In G Minor", I could not get it out of my mind. I like the original version of Bach's organ music but the LAGQ version gave me a different feeling ...

Brahms: Symphony # 1; Bergrabnisgesang, Op. 13; Schicksalslied, Op. 54; Mendelssohn- Mitten wir in Leben sind ...
John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, ...

SDG, 2008

Following on from John Eliot Gardiner's critically acclaimed recordings of the symphonies of Beethoven and Schumann, SDG are proud to b e releasing the first disc in a new series exporing teh music of Johannes Brahms. Recorded live during last autumn's Brahms and his antecedents tour, and showcasing the four symphonies as well as Brahms' major ...

Bach - Mass in B minor / Argenta, Nichols, Chance, Stafford, Milner, W. Evans, Gardiner

Johann Sebastian Bach, John Eliot Gardiner, ...

Archiv Produktion, 1990

Gardiner's Masterpiece
This is the greatest recording Of the greatest work Of the greatest composer That ever was. If I am biased John and Johann have made me so.

Chanticleer: Magnificat (A Capella Works by Josquin, Palestrina, Titov, Victoria, and Others)

Chanticleer, William Cornysh, ...

Teldec, 2000

Gorgeous choral voices surrounding you
I hesitated to buy this disc until a friend told me he knew one of the members of Chanticleer; then again I also had nothing like it in my collection. The sound is rich and resonant. You should know it is recorded realistically, in a variety of soundfields, i.e. ...

Gabrieli · Monteverdi · Vivaldi - Venetian Church Music / Taverner Consort, Choir & Players · Andrew Parrott

Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

exceptional tone quality
When I purchased this recording, I had not yet had the pleasure of owning an Andrew Parrott/Taverner Consort recording. I was so impressed! Andrew really excercises an understanding of this genre, an understanding that I haven't often seen. In particular I was quite ...

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610/Venetian Vespers

Claudio Monteverdi, Andrew Parrott, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

Let's Compare and Share!
Claudio Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine of 1610 is a monument that straddles the transition from the musical values of the late renaissance and the early baroque like the Colossus of Rhodes, incorporating hugely different elements, from antiphonal chant to ...

Romance of the Violin

Joshua Bell, Giacomo Puccini

Sony, 2003

Joshua Hits The Bell
This is a moving and mesmerizing album which is so soothing it might be prescribed by a doctor for people suffering from stress or melancholia. The tonality of Bell's instrument is like a high-powered diva who knows precisely how to hit,fondle or sustain every ...

Lamenti
Christopher Purves, Laurent Naouri, ...

Virgin Classics, 2008

Emmanuelle Haïm follows her acclaimed 2006 recording of Monteverdi's Combattimento with an unusual and inventive program on the theme of the lamento, a literary and dramatic form that found its 17th-century musical archetype in Monteverdi's celebrated Lamento d'Arianna. Emmanuelle Haïm has taken great care in choosing nine of today's top ...

Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time

Ultimate Classical Christmas Record of All Time

Sony, 2002

Breathtakingly beautiful!
Over and over we played "Die Menge der Engel" - - it is stunningly beautiful! The loftiness of the voices, wonderful. We loved the boys/children's choruses on many of the other pieces on the album. Duets by Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavorati - - magnifico! It ...

The Well-Tempered Synthesizer

Wendy Carlos

East Side Digital, 2001

Fantastic music for relaxation
I loved listening to this when I was growing up. I was very glad to find it on CD. A very nice CD to listen to to relax.

Aria 3: Metamorphosis

Aria, Paul Schwartz

Koch Records, 2004

Soul Satisfying
I love this CD. It's especially wonderful when it's rainy outside and I'm curled up by the fire inside. My son who is 16, blind and autistic loves it and plays it over and over. I think he taps into the immediate relaxation and beautiful blend of classical with ...

Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Rolfe Johnson, Dawson, von Otter, Argenta, M. Nichols, Tomlinson, Chance, Baird; ...

Claudio Monteverdi, John Eliot Gardiner, ...

Archiv Produktion, 1990

One of the most beautiful operas of all time
This recording of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo is truly a spectacular work. I didn't really care for Baroque opera before I heard this. But now Monteverdi is my favorite operatic composer. Not only is the music beautiful but the singers are absolutely stunning. Anthony Rolfe ...

Respighi: Laud to the Nativity; Monteverdi: Magnificat

Claudio Monteverdi, Ottorino Respighi, ...

Clarion, 2004

The One and Only!
One Christmas many years ago I was experiencing a period in my life when things were going very poorly ---and it looked as if the holiday season was going to be a bleak one. Fortunately,I had managed to acquire a reel-to-reel tape of this recording of the Respighi ...

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

Tomaso Albinoni, Gregorio Allegri, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

Honest
To title the album "The Best..." is arrogant and boastfull, however, this is the best fuggin' Baroque ALBUM EVER!!!

Switched-On Boxed Set

Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, ...

East Side Digital, 1999

Admit it, they're good!
I remember back in the late sixties the original LP of "Switched on Bach" started showing up in record stores and causing quite a storm. Of course, being the proper musical snob and "purist" I was, I discounted them as being nothing better sounding than "tuned rubber ...