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Schroeder's Greatest Hits
from: RCA
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Debussy: La Mer / Nocturnes / Jeux / Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre - The Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez
from: Deutsche Grammophon
: essential recording:Pierre Boulez made his early reputation as a Debussy conductor, and with good reason. Debussy's reputation as a musical 'impressionist' led most people to think of him as a sort of musical Claude Monet--all blurry outlines and fuzzy images--but Boulez changed this perception, bringing an analytical clarity and razor-sharp definition to the composer's musical mosaics. What he has achieved in this second series of Debussy recordings is an additional naturalness and spontaneity of expression. The Cleveland Orchestra is ...
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Altre Follie, 1500-1750
from: Alia Vox Spain
: essential recording:Pierre Boulez made his early reputation as a Debussy conductor, and with good reason. Debussy's reputation as a musical 'impressionist' led most people to think of him as a sort of musical Claude Monet--all blurry outlines and fuzzy images--but Boulez changed this perception, bringing an analytical clarity and razor-sharp definition to the composer's musical mosaics. What he has achieved in this second series of Debussy recordings is an additional naturalness and spontaneity of expression. The Cleveland Orchestra is ...
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Yundi Li: Liszt
: essential recording:Pierre Boulez made his early reputation as a Debussy conductor, and with good reason. Debussy's reputation as a musical 'impressionist' led most people to think of him as a sort of musical Claude Monet--all blurry outlines and fuzzy images--but Boulez changed this perception, bringing an analytical clarity and razor-sharp definition to the composer's musical mosaics. What he has achieved in this second series of Debussy recordings is an additional naturalness and spontaneity of expression. The Cleveland Orchestra is ...
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25 Classical Dance Favorites
from: Vox (Classical)
: essential recording:Pierre Boulez made his early reputation as a Debussy conductor, and with good reason. Debussy's reputation as a musical 'impressionist' led most people to think of him as a sort of musical Claude Monet--all blurry outlines and fuzzy images--but Boulez changed this perception, bringing an analytical clarity and razor-sharp definition to the composer's musical mosaics. What he has achieved in this second series of Debussy recordings is an additional naturalness and spontaneity of expression. The Cleveland Orchestra is ...
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Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1-4
from: Naxos
:Album Description:Although the symphonies, string quartets and concertos represent the core of his achievement, Shostakovich entered into the spirit of `light music' with enjoyment and enthusiasm. The Ballet Suites, four suites of light orchestral music assembled by the composer from his stage, film and ballet scores (some, ironically, proscribed under the dictates of Soviet Realism) and prepared for publication by Lev Atovmyan in 1949, were originally intended as material for radio broadcasts and promotion through `approved' Soviet outlets. These entertaining ...
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Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid and Rodeo Suite; Ferde Grofé:Grand Canyon Suite
from: RCA
:Album Description:Although the symphonies, string quartets and concertos represent the core of his achievement, Shostakovich entered into the spirit of `light music' with enjoyment and enthusiasm. The Ballet Suites, four suites of light orchestral music assembled by the composer from his stage, film and ballet scores (some, ironically, proscribed under the dictates of Soviet Realism) and prepared for publication by Lev Atovmyan in 1949, were originally intended as material for radio broadcasts and promotion through `approved' Soviet outlets. These entertaining ...
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Poulenc: Piano Works
from: Decca
:Album Description:Although the symphonies, string quartets and concertos represent the core of his achievement, Shostakovich entered into the spirit of `light music' with enjoyment and enthusiasm. The Ballet Suites, four suites of light orchestral music assembled by the composer from his stage, film and ballet scores (some, ironically, proscribed under the dictates of Soviet Realism) and prepared for publication by Lev Atovmyan in 1949, were originally intended as material for radio broadcasts and promotion through `approved' Soviet outlets. These entertaining ...
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
from: Class. for Pleas. Us
:Album Description:Although the symphonies, string quartets and concertos represent the core of his achievement, Shostakovich entered into the spirit of `light music' with enjoyment and enthusiasm. The Ballet Suites, four suites of light orchestral music assembled by the composer from his stage, film and ballet scores (some, ironically, proscribed under the dictates of Soviet Realism) and prepared for publication by Lev Atovmyan in 1949, were originally intended as material for radio broadcasts and promotion through `approved' Soviet outlets. These entertaining ...
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Mozart in the Morning
from: Philips
:Album Description:Although the symphonies, string quartets and concertos represent the core of his achievement, Shostakovich entered into the spirit of `light music' with enjoyment and enthusiasm. The Ballet Suites, four suites of light orchestral music assembled by the composer from his stage, film and ballet scores (some, ironically, proscribed under the dictates of Soviet Realism) and prepared for publication by Lev Atovmyan in 1949, were originally intended as material for radio broadcasts and promotion through `approved' Soviet outlets. These entertaining ...
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