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Joan Sutherland - The Greatest Hits
from: Decca
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Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri [Hybrid SACD]
from: RCA
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Baroque Masterpieces
from: Sony
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Essential Choral Classics
from: Decca
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Sacred Songs
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The History of Classical Music (Non Fiction)
: :A superb crossover title of enormous appeal to the vast selection of the population that enjoys classical music, but would like to know more about it. From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music - many musical expressions are also explained - with the text illustrated ...
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Spirit of Christmas
from: Sparrow
: :A superb crossover title of enormous appeal to the vast selection of the population that enjoys classical music, but would like to know more about it. From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music - many musical expressions are also explained - with the text illustrated ...
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Handel - Royal Fireworks Music · Concerto Grosso 'Alexander's Feast' · Overtures / The English Concert · Pinnock
: :Trevor Pinnock recently recorded Handel's Fireworks Music in its original version for lots and lots of winds and percussion, but there's good reason to prefer this performance of Handel's alternate version, which includes string parts. Pinnock has always had a keen ear for Handelian pomp, and this version has just that extra bit of sparkle and brilliance. The coupled overtures make a welcome bonus. --David Hurwitz
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Berlioz: L'Enfance Du Christ
from: Decca
: :Trevor Pinnock recently recorded Handel's Fireworks Music in its original version for lots and lots of winds and percussion, but there's good reason to prefer this performance of Handel's alternate version, which includes string parts. Pinnock has always had a keen ear for Handelian pomp, and this version has just that extra bit of sparkle and brilliance. The coupled overtures make a welcome bonus. --David Hurwitz
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Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
from: EMI Classics
: :Trevor Pinnock recently recorded Handel's Fireworks Music in its original version for lots and lots of winds and percussion, but there's good reason to prefer this performance of Handel's alternate version, which includes string parts. Pinnock has always had a keen ear for Handelian pomp, and this version has just that extra bit of sparkle and brilliance. The coupled overtures make a welcome bonus. --David Hurwitz
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