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Horowitz in Moscow
from: Deutsche Grammophon
: essential recording:Along with the extramusical significance of the aged Horowitz's return to his erstwhile homeland, there's plenty here for seekers of the essential Horowitz. Perhaps his finest Mozart recording, the C-major Sonata, gets a forward-moving reading distinguished by an Andante Cantabile movement that sings the music with the tonal splendor and command of line characteristic of the beloved bel canto singers of the past whom Horowitz looked to as musical models. The program's remainder is as formidable, and only a curmudgeon could fail to smile ...
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Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 (Digipak with 72-page booklet)
:Album Description:Earning Their White Stripes. 'But what I'm listening to most of the time at present is an album called Good For What Ails You, which is an album of songs that people used to listen to at medicine shows all over the States. It's quite an interesting album and I think that people would be well advised to pick it up.' Jack White - Sunday Mail (Australia) Dec 18, 2005 Five Stars. Groundbreaking. 'Fans of Nick Tosches' Where Dead Voices Gather will lap up this ...
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Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
from: Philips
: essential recording:Arthur Grumiaux was among the most elegant and refined violinists who ever recorded. This doesn't preclude his playing the famous Chaconne with lots of power, which he does. But it means hearing Bach with all technical difficulties minimized to give you a clear view of the music. Sometimes, as in Joseph Szigeti's late recordings (Vanguard Classics OVC 8021/2), there is a sense of struggle between the violin and the music that for more dramatic Bach. Grumiaux allows you to hear everything Bach put into ...
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The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
: essential recording:Arthur Grumiaux was among the most elegant and refined violinists who ever recorded. This doesn't preclude his playing the famous Chaconne with lots of power, which he does. But it means hearing Bach with all technical difficulties minimized to give you a clear view of the music. Sometimes, as in Joseph Szigeti's late recordings (Vanguard Classics OVC 8021/2), there is a sense of struggle between the violin and the music that for more dramatic Bach. Grumiaux allows you to hear everything Bach put into ...
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Bella Tuscany: Music Inspired by Tuscany
from: Telarc
: essential recording:Arthur Grumiaux was among the most elegant and refined violinists who ever recorded. This doesn't preclude his playing the famous Chaconne with lots of power, which he does. But it means hearing Bach with all technical difficulties minimized to give you a clear view of the music. Sometimes, as in Joseph Szigeti's late recordings (Vanguard Classics OVC 8021/2), there is a sense of struggle between the violin and the music that for more dramatic Bach. Grumiaux allows you to hear everything Bach put into ...
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André Rieu: Masterpieces
from: Philips
: :Loved by millions around the world, no one makes people feel as good as André Rieu. Whether performing a lilting waltz or a traditional folk song, the magic that Rieu creates is electrifying. A one-of-a-kind artist, his music pulls at the heartstrings and inspires you to get up and dance. More from André Rieu The Flying Dutchman Tuscany At the Movies Radio City Music Hall Live in New York Live in Dublin André Rieu Collection Album Description:Loved by millions around the world, no one makes people ...
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Glass: Violin concerto
from: Naxos American
: :Philip Glass's signature doom-and-gloom minor sonorities and shifting rhythms scintillate and eddy under the touch of Adele Anthony and the Ulster Symphony. The solo line in the Violin Concerto is at odds with a unified orchestra throughout, and Anthony's romantic tone draws the listener in for an exploration of the texture, grain, and fiber of Glass's structural minimalism. The Ulster Symphony's rendering of Company and Akhnaten, under the leadership of Takuo Yuasa, forms brilliant darts of tonal color. As a musical adaptation of Samuel Beckett's prose ...
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Baroque at Bathtime: A Relaxing Serenade to Wash Your Cares Away
from: Philips
: :Philip Glass's signature doom-and-gloom minor sonorities and shifting rhythms scintillate and eddy under the touch of Adele Anthony and the Ulster Symphony. The solo line in the Violin Concerto is at odds with a unified orchestra throughout, and Anthony's romantic tone draws the listener in for an exploration of the texture, grain, and fiber of Glass's structural minimalism. The Ulster Symphony's rendering of Company and Akhnaten, under the leadership of Takuo Yuasa, forms brilliant darts of tonal color. As a musical adaptation of Samuel Beckett's prose ...
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Music for Concentration
from: Advanced Brain Techno
:Album Description:Music for Concentration facilitates the ideal accelerated learning environment known as Body Relaxed/Mind Alert. Gentle music, shifting dynamics, and slow tempos create a Body Relaxed condition. Alternating complex/simple sound structures, variations in rhythm, and a rich harmonic spectrum facilitate the state of Mind Alert. All elements combined, this recording provides a subtle backdrop to heighten mental focus while charging the brain with beautiful high-frequency sounds.
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Christopher Parkening - The Great Recordings ~ By America's Preeminent Guitar Virtuoso
:Album Description:Music for Concentration facilitates the ideal accelerated learning environment known as Body Relaxed/Mind Alert. Gentle music, shifting dynamics, and slow tempos create a Body Relaxed condition. Alternating complex/simple sound structures, variations in rhythm, and a rich harmonic spectrum facilitate the state of Mind Alert. All elements combined, this recording provides a subtle backdrop to heighten mental focus while charging the brain with beautiful high-frequency sounds.
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