Music Review

  1. A.M. Rorabeck / Detuner Exterior
    A.M. Rorabeck / Detuner Exterior, Aaron Michael Rorabeck
  2. An Orchestra of One
    An Orchestra of One, Ca Erickson
  3. Antonio Vivaldi: Musica da Camera e da Chiesa (Chamber & Church Music) - London Baroque
    Antonio Vivaldi: Musica da Camera e da Chiesa (Chamber & Church Music) - London Baroque, Antonio Vivaldi, London Baroque
  4. Bach: Magnificat in D; Cantata, BWV 21
    Bach: Magnificat in D; Cantata, BWV 21, Rene Jacobs, Peter Lika, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Greta de Reyghere, Christoph Pregardien
  5. Bach: Masses, BWV 233 & 236
    Bach: Masses, BWV 233 & 236, Gerard Lesne, Peter Kooy, Johann Sebastian Bach, Philippe Herreweghe, Agnes Mellon, Christoph Pregardien
  6. Bach: Suites; Concerto for Flute, Violin & Harpischord
    Bach: Suites; Concerto for Flute, Violin & Harpischord, Dennis L. Godburn, Myron Lutzke, Johann Sebastian Bach, Daniel Stepner, Michael Willens, John Grimes, Christopher Krueger, John Gibbons, Marc Schachman, Stephen Hammer, Virginia Brewer, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Dennuis Ferry, Jesse Levine, John Thiessen, David Miller, Anthony Martin, Elizabeth Blemenstock, Elizabeth Blumenstock
  7. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21, 23, 26
    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21, 23, 26, Ludwig van Beethoven, Melvyn Tan
  8. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 53, 78 & 110
    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 53, 78 & 110, Ludwig van Beethoven, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
  9. Bernstein: Age of Anxiety; Fancy Free
    Bernstein: Age of Anxiety; Fancy Free, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Litton, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Billie Holiday
  10. Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlésienne Suites
    Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlésienne Suites, Georges Bizet, Alain Lanceron, Michel Plasson, Toulouse Orchestra, Malcolm Stewart
  11. Brahms: Piano Works, Op. 76, Handel Variations
    Brahms: Piano Works, Op. 76, Handel Variations, Johannes Brahms, Vera Breheda
  12. C.-V. ALKAN : Portrait : "Le temps qui n'est plus" - Laurent Martin
    C.-V. ALKAN : Portrait : "Le temps qui n'est plus" - Laurent Martin, Various
  13. Charpentier - Te Deum & Magnificat / Upshaw, Murray, Robinson, Aler, Moll; Marriner
    Charpentier - Te Deum & Magnificat / Upshaw, Murray, Robinson, Aler, Moll; Marriner, Dawn Upshaw, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Ann Murray, John Aler, Neville Marriner, Kurt Moll, Ethna Robinson, Academy Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  14. Charpentier: Lecons de Ténèbres: Office du Vendredi Saint H. 226, 105, 99, 100, 133, 140, 130, 95
    Charpentier: Lecons de Ténèbres: Office du Vendredi Saint H. 226, 105, 99, 100, 133, 140, 130, 95, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Gérard Lesne, G. G. Nivers, Agnès Mellon, Ian Honeyman, Jacques Bona, Il Seminario Musicale
  15. Clair de Lune: French Piano Music
    Clair de Lune: French Piano Music, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Erik Satie, Kun Woo Paik
  16. Classic Concert Masterpieces [Live]
    Classic Concert Masterpieces, Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Emmanuel Chabrier, Jeremiah Clarke, Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, George Frideric Handel, Jules Massenet, Jacques Offenbach, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Simmons, Barry Griffiths
  17. Classical Broadway [Cast Recording]
    Classical Broadway, Cy Coleman, John Harold Kander, Harvey Schmidt, Charles Strouse, Harvey Schmidt, Scot Woolley, Warren Jones, Carol Vaness
  18. Classical Hollywood, Vol. 3
    Classical Hollywood, Vol. 3, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Jerome Moross, Colin Towns, Franz Waxman, Scot Woolley
  19. Dancing Waves
    Dancing Waves, Tian
  20. Debussy: La Mer/Jeux/Prelude A L'Apres
    Debussy: La Mer/Jeux/Prelude A L'Apres, Claude Debussy, Serge Baudo
  21. Debussy: Les chansons de Bilitis; Sonatas; Syrinx
    Debussy: Les chansons de Bilitis; Sonatas; Syrinx, Christopher van Kampen, Claude Debussy, Lionel Friend, Nash Ensemble, Philippa Davies, Marisa Robles, Ian Brown, Roger Chase, Marcia Crayford
  22. Duets & Arias From Italian Operas
    Duets & Arias From Italian Operas, Aragall, Tumagian, Rahbari
  23. Dvorak: Bagatelles Op47; Suk: Quartet in Am
    Dvorak: Bagatelles Op47; Suk: Quartet in Am, Antonin Dvorak, Bohuslav Martinu, Josef (composer) Suk, Domus
  24. Dvorak: String Quartets, Opp. 96 & 34
    Dvorak: String Quartets, Opp. 96 & 34, Antonin Dvorak
  25. Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches/Cockaigne Overture
    Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches/Cockaigne Overture, Edward Elgar, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  26. Elgar: Symphony 2; Sospiri
    Elgar: Symphony 2; Sospiri, Edward Elgar, Jeffrey Tate, London Symphony Orchestra
  27. Elgar: The Two Symphonies; Falstaff [Box set]
    Elgar: The Two Symphonies; Falstaff, Herbert Heyner, Horace Stevens, Anonymous, Edward Elgar, Sir Edward Elgar, Margaret Balfour, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Steuart Wilson, Tudor Davies
  28. Eric Chasalow: Left To His Own Devices
    Eric Chasalow: Left To His Own Devices, Michael Finckel, Guido Arbonelli, Eric Chasalow, Gil Rose, Auros Group for New Music, Phantom Arts, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Christopher Oldfather, William Hite, Keith Benjamin, Andrea Schultz
  29. FRANCOIS COUPERIN : III Lecons de Ténèbres
    FRANCOIS COUPERIN : III Lecons de Ténèbres, Francois Couperin
  30. Falla: Canciones populares españolas G40; Aagesen: Doce Danzas Espa±olas
    Falla: Canciones populares españolas G40; Aagesen: Doce Danzas Espa±olas, Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, Manuel Barrueco, Thomas Muller-Pering, Ann Monoyios
  31. Fields of Dreams
    Fields of Dreams, Various Artists
  32. Food for Thought
    Food for Thought, Various Artists
  33. Gabrieli: Canzonas, Sonatas, Motets
    Gabrieli: Canzonas, Sonatas, Motets, Richard Wistreich, Richard Boothby, Frances Eustace, Giovanni Gabrieli, Bruce Dickey, Doron David Sherwin, Douglas Kirk, Jeremy West, Jonathan Morgan, Nicholas Perry, Stephen Escher, William Dongois, Celia Harper, Taverner Consort, Taverner Consort Choir, Taverner Consort Players, Andrew Parrott, John Toll, Lucy Carolan, Emily van Evera, Evelyn Tubb, Angus Davidson, Charles Daniels, Christopher Royall, John Dudley, Nicolas Robertson, Jakob Lindberg, Lynda Sayce, Paula Chateauneuf, Claudia Schafer, Gary Nagels, Mack Ramsey, Martin Pope, Wim Becu, Annette Isserlis, Duncan Druce, Alison Bury, Elizabeth Wallfisch, John Holloway, Rogers Covey-Crump, Simon Grant
  34. Goe Nightly Cares
    Goe Nightly Cares, William Byrd, John Dowland, Michael Chance, Fretwork, Christopher Wilson
  35. Greatest Masterpieces of the Millennium [Box set]
    Greatest Masterpieces of the Millennium, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Luigi Boccherini, Leon Boellmann, Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Emmanuel Chabrier, Fryderyk Chopin, Jeremiah Clarke, Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Alun Hoddinott, Gustav Holst, Imre (Emmerich) Kalman, Aram Khachaturian, Franz Liszt, Gustav Mahler, Jules Massenet, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Pachelbel, Giacomo Puccini, Maurice Ravel, Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Gioachino Rossini, Erik Satie, Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Jean Sibelius, Johann I Strauss, Johann II Strauss, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Joaquin Turina, Antonio Vivaldi, Richard Wagner, Carl Maria von Weber, Alessandro Fasano, Alun Hoddinott, Artur Rother
  36. Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 86 & 102
    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 86 & 102, Franz Joseph Haydn, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  37. Henry Purcell: Odes to Queen Mary
    Henry Purcell: Odes to Queen Mary, David Wilson-Johnson, Michael George, Henry Purcell, Gustav Leonhardt, Christopher Robson, James Bowman, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Julia Gooding, Howard Crook
  38. Highlights from Chicago
    Highlights from Chicago, John Harold Kander, London Tivoli Theatre Orchestra
  39. Holst: Planets, suite for orchestra (or pianos) Op32; Perfect Fool H150
    Holst: Planets, suite for orchestra (or pianos) Op32; Perfect Fool H150, Gustav Holst, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  40. Humperdinck: Fairy-tale music
    Humperdinck: Fairy-tale music, Engelbert Humperdinck, Bamberg Symphony Chorus
  41. Hymns, Volume 1 from the Classic Orchestral Music Series
    Hymns, Volume 1 from the Classic Orchestral Music Series, Various, Nashville String Machine, Larry Paxton Kristin Wilkinson
  42. Introducing duo pianists... Rose-n-Rood
    Introducing duo pianists... Rose-n-Rood, Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns, J. S. Bach, Henry Rose, Kathryn Rood
  43. J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 and 2
    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 and 2, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Rubsam
  44. Josquin Desprez: Salve regina; In te Domini speravi
    Josquin Desprez: Salve regina; In te Domini speravi, Josquin Desprez, Andrew Lawrence-King, Taverner Consort, Taverner Consort Choir
  45. José Van Dam
    José Van Dam, José Van Dam, Jacques Ibert, Frank Martin, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Kent Nagano
  46. Julian White
    Julian White, Brahms, Julian White
  47. Krommer: Octets for Wind Instruments
    Krommer: Octets for Wind Instruments, Sabine Meyer, Franz Krommer, Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer
  48. Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima / Viola Concerto / Nancy van de Vate: Chernobyl / Concerto No. 1 for Violin & Orchestra
    Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima / Viola Concerto / Nancy van de Vate: Chernobyl / Concerto No. 1 for Violin & Orchestra, Janusz Mirynski (Violin) & Grigori Zhislin (Viola), Krakow Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Szyman Kawalla (Conductor)
  49. Ludwig van Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 2 ("Archduke" Trio / "Kakadu" Variations / Trio WoO. 39 - The Castle Trio
    Ludwig van Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 2 ("Archduke" Trio / "Kakadu" Variations / Trio WoO. 39 - The Castle Trio, The Castle Trio
  50. Madison Avenue Goes to the Opera
    Madison Avenue Goes to the Opera, Giuseppe Taddei, Tito Gobbi, Fernand Benedetti, Georges Bizet, Gabriel Faure, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amilcare Ponchielli, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Richard Wagner, Alceo Galliera, Antonino Votto, Carlo Maria Giulini, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, Lamberto Gardelli, Neville Marriner, Rudolf Kempe, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Charles Mackerras, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano, Orchestre National d'Ile de France, Paris Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Rome Opera Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden, Wiener Philharmoniker, Maria Callas, Montserrat Caballé, Victoria de Los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda
  51. Monteverdi, Rovetta, Fantini and others
    Monteverdi, Rovetta, Fantini and others, David Evan Thomas, David Thomas [bass], Richard Wistreich, Girolamo Fantini, Biagio Marini, Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Rovetta, Giuseppe Scarani, Francesco Usper, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort Choir & Players, Emma Kirkby, Joseph Cornwell, Nigel Rogers, Rogers Covey-Crump
  52. Nino Rota: Film Music
    Nino Rota: Film Music, Nino Rota, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo
  53. Pachelbel: Music for Organ
    Pachelbel: Music for Organ, Johann Pachelbel, Werner Jacob
  54. Paganini: Sonatas for Violin & Guitar
    Paganini: Sonatas for Violin & Guitar, Niccolo Paganini, Maria Isabel Siewers, Amiram Ganz
  55. Placido Domingo Sings and Conducts Tchaikovsky
    Placido Domingo Sings and Conducts Tchaikovsky, Ofra Harnoy, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Plácido Domingo, Randall Behr, Philharmonia, Philharmonia Orchestra of London
  56. Pure Romance
    Pure Romance, Fryderyk Chopin, Franz Liszt, Adam Fischer, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tzimon Barto
  57. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3; Prince Rostislav
    Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3; Prince Rostislav, Sergey Rachmaninov, Jerzy Maksymiuk, National Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Bernd Glemser
  58. Rachmaninov: The Symphonies
    Rachmaninov: The Symphonies, Sergey Rachmaninov, Andrew Litton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  59. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro [Box set]
    Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro, Maurice Ravel, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  60. Ravel: Piano Works, Vol. 1
    Ravel: Piano Works, Vol. 1, Maurice Ravel, Francois-Joel Thiollier
  61. Respighi: The Complete Ancient Airs & Dances; Berceuse; Aria
    Respighi: The Complete Ancient Airs & Dances; Berceuse; Aria, Ottorino Respighi, Richard Hickox, Sinfonia 21
  62. Richard Strauss Conducts "Eine Alpensinfonie" & Film Music from "Der Rosenkavalier" [Soundtrack]
    Richard Strauss Conducts "Eine Alpensinfonie" & Film Music from "Der Rosenkavalier", Richard Strauss, Richard Strauss, Augmented London Tivoli Theatre Orchestra
  63. Roamin Holiday
    Roamin Holiday, Randol ("Randy") Alan Bass, Blaine Ichimura, Robert Landry, Adolphe Adam, Randol Alan Bass, Alfred S. Burt, Terry Dobson, Gordon Krunnfusz, Norman Luboff, Hugh / Blane, Ralph Martin, Larry [composer] Moore, Via Olatunji, Ariel Ramirez, Fred Silver, Ben Steinberg, Dale Wood, Dennis Brickman, Tony Balquin, Ed Flaspoehler, Michael Sullivan, David Baldwin, Kate Falbush, Betsey Sesler, Ellen Ritcher, Anne Albritton, Cal Cherry, Douglas Howard, Ron Snider, Antoine Spencer, Danny Ray, Terry Dobson, Bob Durnam, Efrain Sain, Gary Dobbins, Steve Fitts, Tim Anderson, Ed Jones, Craig Gregory, Daryl Curry, Fred Poggemeyer, Gene Dolphus, James Kondysar, Patrick Gardner, Sara Seglem
  64. Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval es animaux/ Piano Trio/ Septet
    Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval es animaux/ Piano Trio/ Septet, Christopher van Kampen, Camille Saint-Saens, Ian Brown, Susan Tomes, Paul Archibald, Marcia Crayford, The Nash Ensemble of London
  65. Schubert: Music for Piano Four Hands [Live]
    Schubert: Music for Piano Four Hands, Franz Schubert, Sara Fuxon, Bart Berman, Duo Beer Sheva
  66. Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 12
    Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 12, Dmitry Shostakovich
  67. Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 8, 7 and 3
    Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 8, 7 and 3, Dmitry Shostakovich
  68. Sibelius & Prokofiev: Violin Concertos
    Sibelius & Prokofiev: Violin Concertos, Sergey Prokofiev, Jean Sibelius, Mariss Jansons, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Frank Peter Zimmermann
  69. Sibelius: The Symphonies; Tone Poems; Violin Concerto [Box set] [Collector's Edition]
    Sibelius: The Symphonies; Tone Poems; Violin Concerto, Jean Sibelius, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Elisabeth Söderström, Boris Belkin
  70. Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica; Suite for 13 wind instruments in B flat major
    Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica; Suite for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, Richard Strauss, Edo de Waart, Minnesota Orchestra
  71. Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps/Petrushka
    Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps/Petrushka, Per Hannisdal, Igor Stravinsky, Mariss Jansons, Torkil Bye, Torkyll Bye, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Gonzalo Moreno, Jan Fr. Christiansen
  72. Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3; Francesca da Rimini
    Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3; Francesca da Rimini, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Neeme Järvi, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuelle Boisvert
  73. Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6/Rome & Juliet
    Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6/Rome & Juliet, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Andrew Litton
  74. Tchaikovsky: The Dance Album - 14 Romantic Dance Themes
    Tchaikovsky: The Dance Album - 14 Romantic Dance Themes, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, André Previn, John Lanchbery, Riccardo Muti, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  75. Tenor's Christmas
    Tenor's Christmas, Adolphe Adam, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frideric Handel, John Henry, Jr. Hopkins, Felix Mendelssohn, Lewis Redner, Christmas Traditional, Richard Storrs Willis, Mario Lanza
  76. The Greenberg Variations
    The Greenberg Variations, Kramer
  77. The Le Puy Manuscript: The Office for New Year's Day at the Cathedral of Le Puy-en-Velay, 12th-16th Centuries - Ensemble Gilles Binchois
    The Le Puy Manuscript: The Office for New Year's Day at the Cathedral of Le Puy-en-Velay, 12th-16th Centuries - Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard, Ensemble Gilles Binchois
  78. The Organ Concertos
    The Organ Concertos, Johann Sebastian Bach, Thomas Marshall
  79. The Rossini Bicentennial Birthday Gala
    The Rossini Bicentennial Birthday Gala, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Gioachino Rossini, Roger Norrington, Frederica Von Stade, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Marilyn Horne, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Deborah Voigt, Chris Merritt, Rockwell Blake
  80. This and My Heart
    This and My Heart, Various, Brian Zeger Jane Thorngren


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