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Piano Favorites
from: EMI Classics
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Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto / Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter
: :Among the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms, these two have always been stepchildren. One reason is their extreme difficulty; both composers were pianists, so Beethoven wrote an idiomatic part only for the piano. Brahms's friend Joseph Joachim offered advice for the violin concerto, but not for the Double Concerto, which was written as a peace offering after a falling-out. The Beethoven Triple Concerto demands utmost virtuosity, as well as intimate teamwork among the soloists, and that is exactly what these three supreme masters of their instruments bring to it. Free--indeed unaware--of technical problems, ...
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Artur Rubinstein in Concert
from: Deutsche Grammophon
:Description:First DVD release of this legendary performance by a legendary artist. 'Rubinstein's superb form is matched by the incredible musical sensitivity of Haitink and the orchestra...Sounds and images are expertly cued to the split second... Rubinstein's face, body and hands are captured in a smooth flow of shots and reflections...The Beethoven takes on an almost Mozartean delicacy, the Brahms is infused with all the power it requires.' --The New York Times A vibrant and revealing interview, 'Rubinstein at 90' conducted by Robert MacNeil, is included as a bonus. Filmed in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, ...
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Christmas with the Academy
from: Philips
:Description:First DVD release of this legendary performance by a legendary artist. 'Rubinstein's superb form is matched by the incredible musical sensitivity of Haitink and the orchestra...Sounds and images are expertly cued to the split second... Rubinstein's face, body and hands are captured in a smooth flow of shots and reflections...The Beethoven takes on an almost Mozartean delicacy, the Brahms is infused with all the power it requires.' --The New York Times A vibrant and revealing interview, 'Rubinstein at 90' conducted by Robert MacNeil, is included as a bonus. Filmed in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, ...
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Choral Masterpieces
from: Telarc
:Description:First DVD release of this legendary performance by a legendary artist. 'Rubinstein's superb form is matched by the incredible musical sensitivity of Haitink and the orchestra...Sounds and images are expertly cued to the split second... Rubinstein's face, body and hands are captured in a smooth flow of shots and reflections...The Beethoven takes on an almost Mozartean delicacy, the Brahms is infused with all the power it requires.' --The New York Times A vibrant and revealing interview, 'Rubinstein at 90' conducted by Robert MacNeil, is included as a bonus. Filmed in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, ...
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Agnus Dei: Music of Inner Harmony: The Choir of New College Oxford
from: Erato
: :Beyond this recording's new age packaging and title is a splendid sampling of some of the world's finest choral music, sung by one of the world's outstanding choirs. This 'anthology of sacred choral music' spans 400 years and includes such masterpieces as Allegri's Miserere, Bach's 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring,' and Barber's exquisite Agnus Dei, which is the composer's choral setting of his famous Adagio for Strings. Along the way we also hear Mozart's sublime 'Ave verum corpus,' Elgar's 'Lux aeterna,' and the Kyrie from Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli. There has been a ...
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Gloria - An Acoustic Guitar Christmas
from: GuitarSounds
:Album Description:GuitarSounds specializes in high quality instrumental acoustic guitar music creatively arranged and spontaneous while exploring a wide variety of musical styles. If you like Acoustic Alchemy, Andres Segovia, Charlie Byrd, Laurindo Almeida, Ottmar Liebert, Gypsy Kings, Chet Atkins you are sure to be pleased with our perfect balance of upbeat, relaxing and inspiring music.
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Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
: : Some Quartets, like the Busch, Italiano, and Talich, have come close to the inner core of these supreme masterpieces. The Takács Quartet now joins those select few. From the opening chords of the Op. 127--firmly stated, perfectly blended, just gruff enough while still sounding beautiful--you know you're in safe hands during this journey into the deepest, most timeless works in the repertory. Slow movements are always a major test here, and if the Takács doesn't surpass some of the above-mentioned groups, they are superior to their present-day peers in conveying Beethoven's deepest ...
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Bedtime Beats: The Secret to Sleep
from: Rhino / Wea
:Album Description:Created to meet the needs of more than 40 million sleep sufferers and light-eyars beyond lullabies, Bedtime Beats: The Secret To Sleep is the first classical music collection available as a true sleep remedy, an effective alternative to medication and sleepless nights. Carefully programmed in accordance with recent research from Case Western Reserve University--which discovered that classical and soft jazz music played at 60-80 beats per minute induces sound sleep.
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Bach: Cello Suites
from: EMI Classics
:Album Description:Created to meet the needs of more than 40 million sleep sufferers and light-eyars beyond lullabies, Bedtime Beats: The Secret To Sleep is the first classical music collection available as a true sleep remedy, an effective alternative to medication and sleepless nights. Carefully programmed in accordance with recent research from Case Western Reserve University--which discovered that classical and soft jazz music played at 60-80 beats per minute induces sound sleep.
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