The Essential Mozart

On this CD:

1. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525 1st Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Philip Gibson

2. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467 2nd Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Roderick Elms
Conducted by Philip Gibson

3. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Overture
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Philip Gibson

4. Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 1st Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Philip Gibson

5. Symphony No. 41 in C major ("Jupiter"), K. 551 1st Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Adrian Leaper

6. String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major ("Hunt"), K. 458 1st Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Emmanuel Petit, Pierre Lenert

7. Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314 (K. 285d) 1st Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vienna Symphony Orchestra with Robert Erich Wolf
Conducted by Adrian Leaper

8. Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 2nd Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Adrian Leaper

9. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i) 3rd Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

10. Divertimento No. 17 for 2 horns & strings in D major, K. 334 (K.320b) 3rd Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Nigel Black, Philip Dukes, Janice Graham

11. Clarinet Quintet in A major ("Stadler") K. 581 1st Movement
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Emmanuel Petit, Pierre Lenert

Tracks:

Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K525: Allegro - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K467: Andante - Radu Lupu
Le nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete - Cecilia Bartoli
Clarinet Quintet In A Major, K581: Largetto - Peter Schmidl
Ave verum Corpus, K618 - James Vivian
Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major: Laudate Dominum - Emma Kirkby
Concerto For Flute And Harp In C Major: Andantino - Lisa Beznosiuk
Le nozze di Figaro: Overture - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cosi fan tutte: Trio: Soava sia il vento - Renee Fleming
Symphony No.39 in E-flat Major, K495: Andante con moto - Chicago Symphony
Horn Concerto: Rondo - Barry Tuckwell
Don Giovanni: Serenade Deh, vieni alla finestra - Bryn Terfel
Contredanse In C Major, K609 No.1 'Non piu andrai' - Vienna Mozart Ensemble
German Dance, K605 No.3 'Sleigh Ride' - Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Piano Concerto No.23 In A Major, K488: Adagio - Vladimir Ashkenazy
A Musical Joke, K522: Presto - Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Tracks:

Symphony No.40 In G Minor, K550: Molto allegro - Vienna Philharmonic
Piano Sonata No.16 In C Major: Allegro - Andras Schiff
The Magic Flute: Queen Of The Night: Der Holle Rache - Sumi Jo
Clarinet Concerto In A Major, K622: Adagio - Franklin Cohen
Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano - Cecilia Bartoli
Serenade in Bb Major, K361: Adagio - London Wind Soloists
Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja - Hermann Prey
Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono - Kiri Te Kanawa
Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major, K216: Adagio - Joshua Bell
Requiem, K626: Lacrimosa - Vienna Philharmonic
Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento: Dulcissimum convivium - Margaret Marshall
Piano Sonata No.11 In A Major, K331: Rondo alla turca - Andras Schiff
Don Giovanni: Champagne aria: Fin ch'chan dal vino - Bryn Terfel
Divertimento No.17 in D Major, K334: Minuet & trio - Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Exsultate, jubilat, K165: Alleluja - Leontyne Price
Symphony No.41 In C Major, K551 'Jupiter': Finale: Molto allegro - Vienna Philharmonic

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous music, bad quality cd........2007-04-13

The music is Mozart's and is fantastic. The last piece on the first disc
stutters halfway through, and seizes up my system. I don't have time to return items to Amazon. On the positive side, most of the time Amazon provides quality products and service. I gave 3 stars because I love the music.

Great music, low quality reproduction.......2007-01-30

this is a great collection of his work... the only problem i have found so far is that my copy has irritating "clicks" over the recording.

A nice introduction.......2006-02-22

This is a good well rounded collection to dip you into the classical world of Mozart.

Mozart is the reference point for good classical music........2005-10-20

A good collection of his best work and I find it helps me focus when I'm writing or contempating life.

"We exposed these animals [rats] in utero and then sixty days after birth to different types of auditory stimulation and then we ran them in a spatial maze. And sure enough, the animals that were exposed to the Mozart completed the maze faster and with fewer errors. And now what we're doing is we're removing their brains so we can slice them and see neuro-anatomically precisely what has changed as a function of this exposure. So it may be that this intense exposure to the music is a type of enrichment that has similar effects on the spatial areas of the hippocampus of the brain." --Dr. Frances Rauscher

Dr. Frances Rausher sums up what I feel happening when I expose myself to this incredible composer (Mozart).

I have yet to grow tired of any of the tracks yet, but I will invest in more of his work soon.

Mozart's music.......2005-10-17

This is a review of Mozart's music, not the cd. Mozart is praised to the skies by all and sundry, including most musicians, including my father, who no doubt has his reasons. But my feeling about Mozart has always been that there is nothing in Mozart's music that is other than music. There is no logical impressionism, there are no events that seem to be transpiring as in, for example, Beethoven. Mozart is just music. Mozart is to music as pure mathematics is to science. It hints of nothing else and has no application. I find some of his music irritatingly trivial, for example, Eine Kleine Nachtmuzic. This is mechanical music that one can imagine being piped in by a totalitarian government that insists everyone be cheerful. If Disneyland was an eighteenth century totalitarian state, Mozart would be its Muzak. The populace would be awakened, like Chinese train passengers, at 6AM by the strains of some allegro. They would arise and busy themselves with their ablutions in a state of thoughtless cheer, never for one moment leaving the surface of things. That being said, the second movement of Mozart's clarinette concerto is the music that one will hear on going into heaven.

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So I'm just learning violin...
Joshua Bell...

The Essential Joshua Bell

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Tracks:

Allegro Molto Appassionato
II. Sicilienne
II. Adagio
IV. Allegro Quasi Presto
III. Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace
Caprice Viennois
Toy-Soldiers March
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II. Andante Assai
Spanish Dance - Samuel Sanders
Nigun (Improvisation)
Zigeunerweisen, Op.20

Customer Reviews:

So I'm just learning violin..........2006-09-21

and I can not play like Joshua Bell. For this, he better consider himself damn lucky as the world could not handle two of us Joshua Bells.

This was my first exposure to this phenom. Sorry, I had never heard of him until I got my first issue of STRINGS magazine and he was on the cover. My wife liked the cover and wanted to know if I got better would I not only sound like him but would I also look like him? I guess we'll never know how that will actually turn out. Safe to say, I'll end up not looking like him as I can never be quite as good as him. Again, damn lucky for Josh as I don't think the world could handle two of us.

This disc is an absolute gem not only for the Joshua Bell and violin fan, but the arrangements and the sound quality is superb. What this disc made me realize is that there are truly only a few out there that have complete and total control of their craft. It also made me decide that I would like to perhaps pick up a few more Joshua Bell recordings. For my wife, I guess I'll just duplicate them and give the copies to her in a blank cd case. I can tell her it's me playing. That ought to heat things up!

Joshua Bell..........2005-12-05

This CD is a wonderful CD to see how Joshua Bell interprets some of the standard repertory of violinists of this century. The only thing I was dissapointed in slightly was that it included music from other CD's already produced by Bell, but otherwise, a wonderful gift for someone who has never heard Bell before.

The Essential Jessye Norman [Includes DVD: Jessye Norman Sings Carmen]

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wonderful
Favorite Soprano: Gorgeous Dramatic Voice
Amazing.... if you get it somewhere else
A MUST HAVE...
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Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

Quand Je Vous Aimerai? L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Habanera)
Pres Des Ramparts De Seville (Seguidilla)
Porgi, Amor, Qualche Ristoro
E Susanna Non Vien! ... Dove Sono I Bei Momenti
Regina Coeli Laetare ... Inneggiamo, Il Signor Non E Morto (Easter Hymn)
Thy Hand Belinda ... When I Am Laid In Earth
Cacilie, Op. 27 No. 2
Wiegenlied
Villanelle (No. 1)
Standchen
Ave Maria
Amazing Grace
Somewhere
With A Song In My Heart
O Holy Night
Panis Angelicus
Mild Und Leise (Isoldes Liebestod)

Customer Reviews:

wonderful.......2007-04-04

This record is wonderful; simply Jessye Norman. What else can I say: loved it!

Favorite Soprano: Gorgeous Dramatic Voice.......2006-11-05

The first time I ever heard Jessye Norman sing was a recording of Dich Teure Halle from Wagner's Tannhauser, and I was immediately enchanted. She has a gorgeous ringing tone and powerful voice. However, she can also bring her voice to a delicate sweetness that other dramatic sopranos find difficult. This album is put together particularly well. I love her Carmen and Isolde here, but I cannot stop listening to the other songs either, the non-operatic ones included. This my favorite CD, and I would definitely reccomend it to anyone considering the purchase.

Amazing.... if you get it somewhere else.......2006-05-28

I got it for HKD $69 in HKV in Hong Kong (which is around 8.70USD)

A MUST HAVE..........2006-02-09

The American soprano Jessye Norman was born in Augusta, Georgia (the segregated South) on September 15, 1945 in a family of amateur musicians; her mother a pianist, her father a singer in a local choir.

Norman received a scholarship to Howard University (a historically black university in Washington, D.C.) -NOT INDIANA-, graduating in 1967 with a degree in music. The following year, she won the ARD International Music Competition in Munich. She made her operatic debut in 1969 as Elisabeth in Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser at the Berlin State Opera, and in subsequent years performed with various German and Italian opera companies. She returned to the US to make her professional concert debut at Lincoln Center in 1973.

Amazing Voice.......2005-07-06

Jessye Norman has possibly the greatest voice I have ever heard. Being a bass/baritone, I usually shy away from higher voices (especially tenors), but I find this soprano to be flooring. For being a classicaly trained vocalist (she attended Indiana University) Ms. Norman has an incredibly versatile voice. In this album alone, she sings broad French arias, light Mozart, spirituals, and Broadway. Each is done superbly. Out of every track, her rendition of "Ave Maria" is my favorite. She sings it so tenderly and intimately, it is like she is singing it directly in front of you. You will be moved, certainly.

I suggest this CD to everyone, a fan of classical music or not. It is important for everyone to have these songs to relax, calm down, or to just listen to. You would not regret it.

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Got to like it
A gleaming vision of brass sound
wow
Essential CD
The Best "Best of" the Canadian Brass

The Essential Canadian Brass

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Tracks:

Zarathustra Fanfare - (From 'Also sprach Zarathustra')
Concerto For Two Trumpets In C: Allegro
Concerto For Two Trumpets In C: Largo
Concerto For Two Trumpets In C: Allegro
Canzone prima a 5
Turkish Rondo (Rondo alla turca)
Fugue In G Minor 'Little'
Beale Street Blues
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum - From 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'
Serenade K. 361: Theme, Interludes And Re-Variations
The Flight Of The Tuba Bee - From 'The Tale Of Tsar Saltan'
La Virgen de la Macarena (Traditional)
Die Dreigroschenoper: Cannon Song
Amazing Grace - (Traditional)
Tuba Tiger Rag - (Traditional)
Toccata And Fugue In D Minor
Prelude No. 2, BWV 847 From 'The Well-Tempered Clavier': Be-bop Bach
Prelude No. 8, BWV 853 From 'The Well-Tempered Clavier': Blue Bach
Fugue No. 2, BWV 847 From 'The Well-Tempered Clavier': Dixie Bach
Canon
The Saint's Hallelujah - (Traditional)

Customer Reviews:

Got to like it.......2007-02-01

When I heard samples from this CD, I really wanted to get it. However, when I did and listened the full versions I did not seem to like them that much. There are several pices that I totally do not care for, a few I really like (especially, Bach's pieces), and some I got used to. Overall, I like the CD, but not as much as I though I would.

A gleaming vision of brass sound.......2005-10-18

The Canadian Brass have been a lively and fun force in music for decades, since being brought together in Toronto 'by a gleaming vision of brass sound'. They are now world famous, having delighted and dazzled people in concerts all over the globe. One of the problems for a group such as this is the lack of repertoire readily available, so the group has become expert at arranging pieces for other instruments for their ensemble. They have also commissioned a good number of pieces of their performance.

One such commission is found on this recording, entitled 'The Well-Tampered Bach', a take-off on the Bach work 'The Well-Tempered Clavier'. This is a setting of various pieces by J.S. Bach for brass quintet and drums, worked by Luther Henderson for the ensemble's 1985 appearance in Toronto. Henderson is a frequent arranger and composer for the Canadian Brass, having also put together the 'Tuba Tiger Rag', reminiscent of the World War I era, and jazz pieces like 'Beale Street Blues'.

More traditional composers are represented in arrangement for brass, such as a more standard arrangement for Bach's Fugue in G minor, Mozart's Turkish Rondon, and pieces from Gabrieli, Vivaldi, Strauss, Rossini, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Pachelbel.

The disc has a wonderful blend of pieces classical and modern, 'proper' composition and traditional/folk inspiration, and a very lively and powerful presentation of all the music.

wow.......2001-07-20

This CD is amazing. It's a shame more people don't know about this incredible group. I'm a brass player and I just learned of these guys a few months ago. If you like classical music or brass music, this is a must own!

Essential CD.......2000-12-12

If you like the sound of brass and if your tastes run the gamut from Gabrieli to Handy, with stops hither and yon, this CD is essential to your collection. In it, the Canadian Brass demonstrate their amazing ability to play the early Baroque masters right along side the early jazz masters -- and make it seem perfectly natural! In the process, a bit of Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart and Lord knows what gets thrown in for good measure. Plus, they play a rousing rendition of Bach's "Little Fugue in G Minor." If the music on this CD doesn't get you going, you need to immediately go to the ER at the nearest hospital!

The Best "Best of" the Canadian Brass.......1999-10-26

If you buy one Canadian Brass CD, buy this one. It contains the widest variety of musical eras and styles. Our favorite CB song, Beale Street Blues is hard to find, but on this CD. There are serious, classical selections and fun songs such as the "Tuba Tiger Rag" and "Flight of the Tuba Bee". This is Brass Quintet music at its best!

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Great compilation but the title's a misnomer.
A great introduction to opera!

Essential Opera

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Release Date: 1992-02-11

Tracks:

Carmen: Prelude To Act One
Tosca: Vissi D'arte
Il Trovatore: Vedi! Le Fosche
La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina
Le Nozze Di Figaro: Voi Che Sapete
Rigoletto: Bella Figlia Dell'amore
Nabucco: Va Pensiero
Carmen: La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee
La Wally: Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo Al Factorum
Verdi: Gloria All'egitto
Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babino Caro
Turandot: Nessun Dorma
Les Contes D'Hoffmann: Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'armor
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Manon Lescaut: Donna Non Vidi Mai
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Customer Reviews:

Great compilation but the title's a misnomer........2006-07-14

I agree that this--and Essential Opera 2--is a very good collection for opera lovers and opera beginners alike, but am afraid I can't agree that this is "essential" opera. Where is Maria Callas in the line-up? Absent Maria, any opera collection that deems itself "essential" deludes itself. Callas is as indispensable to opera as, say, Picasso is to cubism.

The misnomer is made the more stark and jarring when one sees that a contemporaneous rival, Renata Tebaldi, is given two tracks to sing and the Divina Absoluta, none. Tebaldi was Callas' rival like Clementi was Mozart's--whoever remembers the rivals now? History has judged well who the masters are. So I listen to arias in this CD--arias that Callas have incomparably performed like Tosca's Vissi d'Arte, La Wallys's Ebben Ne'andro Lontana"--to disappointment.

I'd give this disc five stars if not for Callas' omission, a fatal mistake for an opera collection that aspires to be "essential."

A great introduction to opera!.......1998-12-19

This CD is full of the most accessible works from the world of opera by some of the greatest performers. Several of the selections have been used in popular media(commercials, movies etc.)so they may be familiar. The liner notes give full details of the operas from which the pieces are selected. I find this an excellent gift for my opera-phobic friends and for children. The performances are top notch and the arrangement of pieces on the CD is well thought out.

Dies Irae-The Essential Choral Collection

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Dies Irae-The Essential Choral Collection Review
The Greatest Choral Masterpieces
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Dies Irae

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This certainly is a desirable compendium of some of the most famous large-scale choral pieces, primarily drawn from Deutsche Grammophon's catalog of operas and oratorios. Among the 30 selections on this two-disc set are choruses from Carmen, Lohengrin, Aida, Madame Butterfly, and Il Trovatore, as well as Messiah, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Bach's St. Matthew's Passion, and Verdi's Requiem. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Dies Irae-The Essential Choral Collection Review.......2007-07-07

This 2 disc collection of Choral music is a great introduction to classical music. Many of these selections have been made famous in movies and will be recognizable to even the most casual listener. I bought this album for O Fortuna by Carl Orff, a song that is featured in Excalibur and Jackass: The Movie. The music on these CDs is great. I especially like Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, Peer Gynt Suite by Grieg, and Requiem by Mozart.

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The Greatest Choral Masterpieces.......2005-10-02

This collection is outstanding, featuring the best choral works from operas and oratorios in classical repertoire. It begins with the fiery and intense Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem. This piece is sublimely performed by the Berlin forces. It's followed by the anthem-like Va Pensiero from Verdi's early opera Nabucco, as conducted by Sinopoli and sounds maravelous. A brief excerpt from Beethoven's Ninth "The Ode to Joy" is a treat. The Coronation Anthem from Zadok The Priest by Handel is well-executed and powerful. The famous Bridal March (better known as "Here Comes The Bride") from Wagner's opera Lohengrin is sumptuous. A lot of this music is grandiose, and all the famous grand choruse from the grand operas like Aida (The Triumphal March scene) and the Inquistion Scene from Don Carlo. What is missing however, and I would have enjoyed, is the wondrous Finale to Wagner's Die Meistersanger which features a great chorus in praise of art. My favorite piece on here is the little known Mass of Saint Cecilia by Charles Gounod. It is absolutely gorgeous and epic sounding. The underrated but great conductor Igor Markevitch conducts. The famous O Fortuna from Orff's Carmina Burana is also on here, not to mention Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus from Messiah and other pieces from Judas Maccabeus. This is a great collection of chorus masterpieces that any fan would appreciate or if you are studying to sing in chorues yourself.

Not that bad... at first.......2005-03-26

There's plenty of free samples to this CD, and I agree that this is a great collection of music. Chances are you won't find a collection of songs, all of them with angelic choirs, as great as this. When I got it I was quite happy with it, but when I heard the same songs done with different conductors I thought to myself: 'Hey, why doesn't it sound like my CD?' It's the quality that I don't like. For example, Dias Irae is a great song, and it sounds pretty good on the CD, but compare it to another version and this one is slower, the chorus is off key, and it doesn't have that intense emotion. Same thing with O Fortuna, it's a great song, but the chorus is just terrible on this CD, the instruments are lacking in emotion: percussion doesn't add that extra 'oomph' to the bass drum, the cymbals don't have enough emphasis, the chorus sounds like they're about to go asleep, and the dynamics between fortissimo and pianissimo have little effort.

I'd recomend this if you have little cash to blow on a lot of good songs, otherwise you might want to search for a bunch of seperate CDs with the same songs.

Gread Idea, Great Performance.......2003-03-03

This CD should move people in a way that few other recordings can. The one word to describe many of the works is "exalted". This is not music for dinner parties but instead should be heard in solitary contemplation of all the great artists and their efforts in creating such an inspiring recording.

Dies Irae.......2000-03-07

I have an extensive CD collection, but since purchasing this CD, it has become my very favorite. This music sent chills down my spine. I felt transported to a different world....What amazing voices! I intend to give this cd as xmas presents to family and friends.

Essential Piano: The Ultimate Piano Collection

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Essential Piano: The Ultimate Piano Collection

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ASIN: B00076YNIC
Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

I. Adagio Sostenuto - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Aria - Andras Schiff
II. Adagio Sostenuto - Zoltan Kocsis
Grande Valse Brillante In E Flat Major, Op.18 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Traumerei, Op.15 No.7 - Radu Lupu
Consolation No.3 - Jorge Bolet
Gymnopedie No.1 - Pascal Roge
Adagio - Stephen Kovacevich
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Julius Katchen
II. Andantino Semplice - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Melody In F Major, Op.3 No.1 - Shura Cherkassky
Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
II. Andante - Radu Lupu
Moment Musical No.3 In F Minor - Radu Lupu
Bagatelle In A Minor, WoO 59 (Fur Elise) - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Waltz In D Flat Major, Op.64 No.1 'Minute' - Jorge Bolet

Tracks:

Clair De Lune - Pascal Roge
Romance (Excerpt) - Vladimir Ashkenazy
II. Adagio Cantabile - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Golliwogg's Cake Walk - Pascal Roge
Impromptu In G Flat Major, Op.90 No.3 - Radu Lupu
Rondo Alla Turca - Andras Schiff
II. Adagio Un Poco Mosso - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Fruhlingrauschen (Rustle Of Spring) - Joseph Cooper
Nocturne In E Flat Major, Op.9 No.2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
II. Andante - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Nocturne, Op.33 No.1 - Pascal Roge
II. Andante - Cristina Ortiz
Sevilla - Alicia De Larrocha
Liebestraum No.3 - Jorge Bolet

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Great collection but the title's a misnomer

Essential Opera

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ASIN: B0009A41V0
Release Date: 2005-08-09

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Great collection but the title's a misnomer.......2006-07-17

The producers of Essential Opera 1 and 2 finally decided to give us a wonderful gift and combined the two for the price of one. The effect is an exciting collection for opera lovers and opera beginners alike. Thank you, producers.

However, I can't agree that the collection lives up to its name. How can it be essential when where is Maria Callas in the line-up? Absent Maria, any opera collection that deems itself "essential" deludes itself. Callas is as indispensable to opera as, say, Picasso is to cubism. To paraphrase Franco Zeffirelli, Callas showed us the maximum of what opera is. Callas IS essential opera.

This misnomer is made the more stark and jarring when one sees that a contemporaneous rival, Renata Tebaldi, is given two tracks to sing and Callas, none. Tebaldi was Callas' rival like Clementi was Mozart's--whoever remembers the rivals now? History has judged well who the masters are. So I listen to arias in this CD, arias that Callas have incomparably defined like Tosca's Vissi d'Arte, La Wallys's Ebben Ne'andro Lontana", to disappointment.

I'd give this disc four and a half stars for Callas' omission, but the Amazon rating system does not allow it. In any case, Tatiana Troyano's Habanera, Cecilia Bartoli's "Una Voce Poco fa," Krause, Popp, and Fassbaender's "Saove sia il vento," and Sutherland and Berbie's Lakme duet, and ten other tracks still make this compilation wonderful, exciting, and highly commendable. Do yourselves a favor and get this cd.

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CLassical Clarinet Lovers Look Here!

The Essential Emma Johnson

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ASIN: B00004GOWA
Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

Cl Con in A, K.622: First Movt: Allegro - Emma Johnson
Cl Con in A, K.622: Second Movt: Adagio - Emma Johnson
Cl Con in A, K.622: Third Movt: Rondo. Allegro - Emma Johnson
Cl Con No.2 in f, Op.5: First Movt: Allegro - Emma Johnson
Cl Con No.2 in f, Op.5: Second Movt: Andante Pastorale - Emma Johnson
Cl Con No.2 in f, Op.5: Third Movt: Rondo - Emma Johnson
Adagio in D flat ('Wagner's Adagio') - Emma Johnson
Cl Con No.2, Op.115: First Movt: Allegro Vivace - Emma Johnson
Cl Con No.2, Op.115: Second Movt: Lento - Emma Johnson
Cl Con No.2, Op.115: Third Movt: Allegro Non Troppo 'The Pre-Goodman Rag' - Emma Johnson

Tracks:

The Victorian Kitchen Garden - Ste: Prld - Skaila Kanga
The Victorian Kitchen Garden - Ste: Spring - Skaila Kanga
The Victorian Kitchen Garden - Ste: Mists - Skaila Kanga
The Victorian Kitchen Garden - Ste: Exotica - Skaila Kanga
The Victorian Kitchen Garden - Ste: Summer - Skaila Kanga
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: Flight Of The Bumble-Bee - Julius Drake
Vocalise, Op.34 No.12 - Julius Drake
Fant Pieces, Op.73: I. Zart Und Mit Ausdruck - Emma Johnson
Fant Pieces, Op.73: II. Lebhaft, Leicht - Emma Johnson
Fant Pieces, Op.73: Rasch Und Mit Feuer - Emma Johnson
Prlds Book I: The Girl W. The Flaxen Hair - Emma Johnson
Pavane For A Dead Infanta - Emma Johnson
Scaramouche - Ste: First Movt: Vif - Julius Drake
Scaramouche - Ste: Second Movt: Modere - Julius Drake
Scaramouche - Ste: Third Movt: Brazileira - Julius Drake
Gymnopedie No.1 - Julius Drake
Three Prlds: I. Allegro Ben Ritmato - Julius Drake
Three Prlds: II. Andante Con Moto E Poco Rubato - Julius Drake
Three Prlds: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso - Julius Drake
To A Wild Rose - Julius Drake
Five Bagatelles, Op.23: I. Prld - Malcolm Martineau
Five Bagatelles, Op.23: II. Romance - Malcolm Martineau
Five Bagatelles, Op.23: III. Carol - Malcolm Martineau
Five Bagatelles, Op.23: IV. Forlana - Malcolm Martineau
Five Bagatelles, Op.23: V. Fughetta - Malcolm Martineau
The Snowman: Walking In The Air - Julius Drake
Jamaican Rumba - Julius Drake

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CLassical Clarinet Lovers Look Here!.......2000-06-13

This is a very good CD that covers a broad range of music. The Mozart Concerto for clarinet is especially good, as Emma is able to really make it sing. Other highlights on this disc are the Finzi Bagatelles and the "Victorian Country Gardens". Both are exceptional pieces of music. I had never heard Emma play before, but now I am hooked, and I can't wait to get another recording. I definetly reccomend this for the classical Clarinet lover.

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The Essential Wedding Collection

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Tracks:

Sheep May Safely Graze - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Aria (Air On The G String) - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Air - Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - Richard Farnes
Canon in D major - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Bridal Chorus - Stephen Cleobury
The Prince Of Denmark's March - Michael Laird Brass
Trumpet Tune And Air - Peter Hurford
Panis Angelicus - Luciano Pavarotti
Ave Maria - Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, National Philharmonic Orchestra and Luciano Pavarotti
Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165 - Leontyne Price
Water Music - Stephen Cleobury
Wedding March - Peter Hurford
The Lord's My Shepherd - Huddersfield Choral Society
Laudate Dominum - Wren Orchestra
Let The Bright Seraphim - Dame Joan Sutherland
Abide With Me - Anthony Way
Ombra Mai Fu - Anthony Way
On Wings Of Song - Utah Symphony Orchestra
Toccata - Stephen Cleobury
Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven - Richard Farnes

Tracks:

My Heart Will Go On - James Horner
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
Love Theme - Nino Rota
Up Where We Belong - Will Jennings
As Time Goes By - Herman Hupfeld
Take My Breath Away - Giorgio Moroder
Can You Feel The Love Tonight? - Elton John
Evergreen - Barbra Streisand
Love Is All Around - Reg Presley
Maid Marian At The Waterfall (Everything I Do) I Do For You - Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Moon River - Henry Mancini
Where Do I Begin - Francis Lai
When A Man Loves A Woman - Andrew Wright
The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch
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