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Brahms for Book Lovers: A Cozy Companion for Reading
from: Philips
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Vivaldi: Oboe Concerti, Vol. 1
from: Naxos
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Bach: Flute Sonatas
from: Erato
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CBS Dinner Classics: Sunday Brunch, Vol. 2
from: Sony
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The Essential James Galway
from: RCA
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Handel: Water Music, The Music for the Royal Fireworks, The Alchymist, Three concerti a due cori, Two arias for wind band
from: Decca
: :This is a fine Handel compilation that provides a nice overview of his orchestral music with brass instruments, as well as his only incidental score (music written to accompany the action of a play). Christopher Hogwood uses the arrangement that Handel made of the Fireworks Music for normal-sized forces, including strings, which were absent from the original. All the music is played with a fine sense of style, and a goodly bit of the 'pomp and circumstance' that Handel above all others knew how to capture in music. At two discs ...
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Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music
from: RCA
: :This is a fine Handel compilation that provides a nice overview of his orchestral music with brass instruments, as well as his only incidental score (music written to accompany the action of a play). Christopher Hogwood uses the arrangement that Handel made of the Fireworks Music for normal-sized forces, including strings, which were absent from the original. All the music is played with a fine sense of style, and a goodly bit of the 'pomp and circumstance' that Handel above all others knew how to capture in music. At two discs ...
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Vivaldi for Relaxation
from: RCA
: :This is a fine Handel compilation that provides a nice overview of his orchestral music with brass instruments, as well as his only incidental score (music written to accompany the action of a play). Christopher Hogwood uses the arrangement that Handel made of the Fireworks Music for normal-sized forces, including strings, which were absent from the original. All the music is played with a fine sense of style, and a goodly bit of the 'pomp and circumstance' that Handel above all others knew how to capture in music. At two discs ...
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Albinoni - 12 Concertos, op. 9 / Manze, de Bruine, AAM, Hogwood
from: Decca
: :Albinoni was, along with Vivaldi, the most famous composer of baroque concertos in the 'new' three-movement form, with two fast movements enclosing a slower middle. Strangely enough, the Op. 9 concertos--the pinnacle of Albinoni's output in this medium--have never been issued complete on period instruments, so this release is certainly welcome on those grounds alone. More to the point, the performances themselves are spectacular. Composed for various solo combinations involving violin (the incomparable Andrew Manze) and two oboes (Frank de Bruine and Alfredo Bernardini), these 12 works offer an almost operatic abundance ...
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Feldman: Piano and Orchestra; Flute and Orchestra; Oboe and Orchestra; Cello and Orchestra
: :Albinoni was, along with Vivaldi, the most famous composer of baroque concertos in the 'new' three-movement form, with two fast movements enclosing a slower middle. Strangely enough, the Op. 9 concertos--the pinnacle of Albinoni's output in this medium--have never been issued complete on period instruments, so this release is certainly welcome on those grounds alone. More to the point, the performances themselves are spectacular. Composed for various solo combinations involving violin (the incomparable Andrew Manze) and two oboes (Frank de Bruine and Alfredo Bernardini), these 12 works offer an almost operatic abundance ...
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