popular music: Alessandro Scarlatti

popular music: Alessandro Scarlatti

popular music:

Alessandro Scarlatti

Fritz Kreisler, Charles O'Connell, ...

RCA, 1997

Only Kreisler Can Play Kreisler *****
What can I say? Only Kreisler can play Kreisler. Get a discography of Fritz Kreisler and start hunting down everything you can find by this man. You can compare violinists; Heifetz has astounding technique, Milstein's always wonderful, Oistrakh is a favorite of many, ...

Icon: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

Kathleen Battle · Wynton Marsalis ~ Baroque Duet / Anthony Newman · Orch St. Luke's · Nelson

George Frideric Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti, ...

Sony, 1992

Brilliant!
Spectacular display of brilliance and harmony. Truly, two masters of their respective disciplines melding together to display flawless virtuosity. Wynton Marsalis not only tames the piccolo beast, but somehow expertly mimics the human voice. And not just any voice, but ...

Essential Baroque

Essential Baroque

Decca, 2002

High-quality, marvelously varied intro to baroque music
I am buying this as the perfect gift for Russian and Chinese scientist friends. They have knowledge of classical music but perhaps not much about baroque music, which achieved special popularity in the U.S. during the 1970's and 1980's. Russians seem to have more ...

Cecilia Bartoli - If You Love Me (Se tu m'ami ), 18th-Century Italian Songs

Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Cesti, ...

Decca, 1992

Cecilia Bartoli at her best.
A great singer is one who dedicates singing to the text itself instead to himself/herself. This is achieved 100% by Ms. Bartoli in this earlier album of hers. The recordings here cannot be termed otherwise than 'immaculate'. The very opening song 'Gia sole dal gange' ...

Christopher Parkening plays Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach, Francois Couperin, ...

EMI Classics, 1990

Pinnacle
I can't over-exaggerate the impact this album had on me when my Dad played it for me when I was about 6. It encouraged me to become a guitarist, and hearing it was my first truly profound musical experience that I can remember. I love all kinds of music, but ...

Ave Maria

Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

A ***MUST HAVE*** ALBUM for lovers of CHORAL & SACRED MUSIC!
If you have a any appreciation at all for the human voice raised in song, you will absolutely LOVE this album!! I have had this album on cassette since 1990, but until three weeks ago, I'd never listened to the entire cassette. I had only listened to the first song ...

Essential Guitar: 33 Guitar Masterpieces

Essential Guitar: 34 Gtr Masterpieces

Decca, 2002

Two-and-a-half hours of bliss
This may be the best money I've ever spent. I got 2-1/2 hours of bliss for less than what I'd usually pay for one CD -- and you know how it is with music. You buy an album because of a song or two that you love, and you find that you like maybe half the songs on it. ...

Los Romeros Anniversary Album

Angelita Romero, Georges Bizet, ...

Decca Records, 2008

My deepest respect & salute to The Romeros
I have been playing the classical guitar for 10 years now, and have been a fan of the Romeros - The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar. This particular album is released to celebrate the 50th year anniversary of the Romeros Guitar Quartet, which definately is the most ...

Cecilia Bartoli ~ Opera Proibita (Handel · Scarlatti · Caldara) / Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski

George Frideric Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti, ...

Decca, 2005

Amazing disc
This disc has all the elements needed for an amazing disc. The conductor, orchestra, and music are all top notch. Bartoli's singing is amazing. I find this album energizing and a testament to how exciting baroque music can be. However, if you don't like Bartoli's ...

Arias for Senesino

Tomaso Albinoni, George Frederick Handel, ...

Decca, 2005

Wonderful, thank you; but please, no more Handel recitals, okay?
This is an excellent recording of the well known and unknown repertoire of the alto castrato, Senesino. It is a marvellous recording and the singing is magnificent. Andreas Scholl is still my favourite countertenor and he is in great voice on this recording. The ...

A. Scarlatti - La Santissima Trinità / Invernizzi · Gens · Genaux · Agnew · Abbondanza · Europa Galante · ...

Alessandro Scarlatti, Roberta Invernizzi, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Sumptuous!
Alessandro Scarlatti was a leading composer in the Italian vocal tradition of the late seventeenth century and early next. As Biondi's excellent background notes state, in recording some words of the composer to his Florentine patron, "Your Highness will find in this ...

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

Stanley Myers, Antonio Vivaldi, ...

EMI Classics, 1996

Forget what they SAY
Many of these prior reviewers complain that the abundance of operas and vocals degrate this compilation. They don't know what they're talking about. These genres are what made Classical music popular in it's age. In that era the forum for showcasing "classical music" ...

Cantatas for Solo Countertenor

Bruno Cocset, Giovanni Bononcini, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Dellightful Baroque performances from a masterful contralto
One wonders how Virgin Classics manages to produce and market these "Pleasure 4" 4-CD sets for such low prices, but prospective buyers need not worry that they might be getting an inferior product. While an avid lover of Baroque music, before buying this set I had ...

Discover Music of the Baroque Era

Christina Stelmacovich, David van Asch, ...

Naxos, 2005

Fulfilling Overview of the Baroque Era in Music and Words
Yet another great bargain-priced package from Naxos effectively provides an overview of the rich Baroque period with two discs containing more than 2 ½ hours of music and a comprehensive, 140-page primer booklet. Compiled by music historian Clive Unger-Hamilton, the ...