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Smetana - The Bartered Bride
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The Vienna I Love, Waltzes From My Heart
: :If Rieu is not the most outstanding purveyor of Viennese waltzes and similar light-hearted fare, he is certainly the most popular and well-known. There are plenty of fun pieces on this album, although, to be just a tad pedantic, more of it is Italian and French than remotely Viennese. But it's all fun, and it's all well-played. --Sarah Bryan Miller
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Best Classics 100 Volume 1
from: Angel Records
: :If Rieu is not the most outstanding purveyor of Viennese waltzes and similar light-hearted fare, he is certainly the most popular and well-known. There are plenty of fun pieces on this album, although, to be just a tad pedantic, more of it is Italian and French than remotely Viennese. But it's all fun, and it's all well-played. --Sarah Bryan Miller
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Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins & Berlin Theatre Songs
from: Sony
: essential recording:Whether playing Anna in The Seven Deadly Sins or singing 'Moritat vom Mackie Messer' ('Mack the Knife'), Lotte Lenya helped define the music of her husband, Kurt Weill. The duo literally created the soundtrack for the prewar Berlin of our fantasies--an exotic land of nicotine and nightlights--where cabaret, jazz, and the odd American instrumental influence all coexist happily. Now remastered, this collection gathers Lenya's legendary 1957 recordings of Sins and her 1955 recording Sings Berlin Theatre Songs. Forget subtlety--Lenya is all about emotion. On cuts like 'Pirate Jenny,' Lenya's voice sounds ...
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Rossini: Complete Overtures
from: Umvd Labels
: essential recording:Whether playing Anna in The Seven Deadly Sins or singing 'Moritat vom Mackie Messer' ('Mack the Knife'), Lotte Lenya helped define the music of her husband, Kurt Weill. The duo literally created the soundtrack for the prewar Berlin of our fantasies--an exotic land of nicotine and nightlights--where cabaret, jazz, and the odd American instrumental influence all coexist happily. Now remastered, this collection gathers Lenya's legendary 1957 recordings of Sins and her 1955 recording Sings Berlin Theatre Songs. Forget subtlety--Lenya is all about emotion. On cuts like 'Pirate Jenny,' Lenya's voice sounds ...
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The Very Best of Anne-Sophie Mutter
from: EMI Classics
: essential recording:Whether playing Anna in The Seven Deadly Sins or singing 'Moritat vom Mackie Messer' ('Mack the Knife'), Lotte Lenya helped define the music of her husband, Kurt Weill. The duo literally created the soundtrack for the prewar Berlin of our fantasies--an exotic land of nicotine and nightlights--where cabaret, jazz, and the odd American instrumental influence all coexist happily. Now remastered, this collection gathers Lenya's legendary 1957 recordings of Sins and her 1955 recording Sings Berlin Theatre Songs. Forget subtlety--Lenya is all about emotion. On cuts like 'Pirate Jenny,' Lenya's voice sounds ...
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Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Borodin: Music from Prince Igor
from: Telarc
: essential recording:Whether playing Anna in The Seven Deadly Sins or singing 'Moritat vom Mackie Messer' ('Mack the Knife'), Lotte Lenya helped define the music of her husband, Kurt Weill. The duo literally created the soundtrack for the prewar Berlin of our fantasies--an exotic land of nicotine and nightlights--where cabaret, jazz, and the odd American instrumental influence all coexist happily. Now remastered, this collection gathers Lenya's legendary 1957 recordings of Sins and her 1955 recording Sings Berlin Theatre Songs. Forget subtlety--Lenya is all about emotion. On cuts like 'Pirate Jenny,' Lenya's voice sounds ...
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Puccini Gold
from: Decca
:Album Description:In 2008, the world of classical music will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago! Here is the definitive greatest hits package from the world's greatest vocalists. Includes tracks by Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo and more. Includes a track from new tenor sensation Jonas Kaufmann. An outstanding collection of popular arias and duets from Puccini's greatest operas--including La Bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi and Turandot. Includes reprise of Nessun dorma by the three tenors--Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo & José Carreras--from their landmark ...
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Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Fifth Edition, Volume 2: Classic to Twentieth Century (6 CDs)
from: W. W. Norton
: :The Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music includes professional recordings (many brand new) of all works in the anthology on two six-CD sets, of which this is volume 2.
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Carmen-Fantasie
: essential recording:Anne-SophieMutter obviously had fun making this disc. In the quiet pieces (Massenet, Ysaÿe, Fauré) which serve as interludes, she plays with her usual exquisite taste. In the showpieces, though, she goes to town, sliding, scooping, exaggerating, and letting all the stops out. The gypsy inflection she uses in Ravel's Tzigane and Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen is delicious. Even a ridiculous orchestral arrangement of Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata is more amusing than offensive. With James Levine and the Berlin Philharmonic providing uncommonly alert and powerful support, and Deutsche Grammophon's realistic sound, this disc is ...
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