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Strauss: Orchestral Works
from: EMI Classics
: essential recording:When it comes to the music of Richard Strauss, none of the world's great orchestras has a more distinguished tradition than the Staatskapelle Dresden. As pit orchestra of the Dresden Court Opera, the Staatskapelle was involved in the premieres, between 1901 and 1911, of Feuersnot, Salome, Elektra, and Der Rosenkavalier; later, with Karl Böhm conducting, its players participated in the premiere of Daphne. Most of Strauss's major tone poems have been in the Dresden orchestra's concert repertory since completion. Back in the 1970s, EMI was able to capitalize on this association ...
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The Best Of 1990-2000 & B-Sides
:Album Description:Includes a bonus dvd which features a collection of live and video performances from 1990-2000. :U2's second decade often seemed as preoccupied with the band's burgeoning superstardom--and how to confront/confound it--as it did with creating music. The band managed only four albums during the era (only of half its '80s output), projects whose gestations seemed perennially plagued by turmoil as much as mercurial creative instincts. But as this rewarding, 30-track double-disc anthology (and bonus DVD) chronicles, U2 ultimately managed a considerable feat: producing a memorable, lasting body of work in a decade ...
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Mahler - The Complete Symphonies / LPO, Tennstedt
: :Hot on the heels of DG's new reissue of the Bernstein's complete Mahler symphonies and song cycles, EMI has repackaged Klaus Tennstedt's recordings of all 10 symphonies. Although he remade symphonies 5 through 7, these are his first versions, essentially the same performances that used to be available in three separate boxes at mid price. Now at budget price, and at virtually a third of the cost of DG's Bernstein set, Tennstedt's Mahler is one hell of a bargain. The performances aren't as consistent as Bernstein's. The London Philharmonic was never a great ...
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Christmas Oratorio
from: Hanssler Classics
: :This recording, nominated for a 2001 Grammy, documents as fine a performance of J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio as can be found in the catalog. Led by Helmuth Rilling, it is a vibrant, stylistically informed modern-instrument account in the noble tradition of Karl Richter, featuring smashingly good orchestral playing and superb singing from both the chorus and a first-rate group of soloists. Recorded live in Stuttgart from Christmas Day 1999 to Epiphany (January 6) 2000--the precise period in the liturgical calendar for which Bach composed the six cantatas that make up this work--it was ...
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The Lionel Hampton Story
:Album Description:The 92 recordings on this 4 CD set tell the story of bandleader, vibraphonist, pianist, drummer and all-around showman Lionel Hampton. The story of the oldest established orchestra in jazz history and of a career of monumental achievements. Includes 44 page booklet with rare photographs and track details. Additional artists include Dizzy Gillespie, Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Johnny Griffin, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Mingus and Benny Bailey. 2000 release. 4 standard jewel cases housed together in a deluxe slipcase.
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Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II
from: Nimbus Records
:Album Description:The 92 recordings on this 4 CD set tell the story of bandleader, vibraphonist, pianist, drummer and all-around showman Lionel Hampton. The story of the oldest established orchestra in jazz history and of a career of monumental achievements. Includes 44 page booklet with rare photographs and track details. Additional artists include Dizzy Gillespie, Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Johnny Griffin, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Mingus and Benny Bailey. 2000 release. 4 standard jewel cases housed together in a deluxe slipcase.
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Boss Bird
:Album Description:Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.
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Sibelius: The Symphonies
:Album Description:Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.
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The Best of the Big Bands
:Album Description:Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.
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Trojan Ska Box Set
:Album Description:Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.
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