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Mahler - The Complete Symphonies / LPO, Tennstedt
: :Hot on the heels of DG's new reissue of the Bernstein's complete Mahler symphonies and song cycles, EMI has repackaged Klaus Tennstedt's recordings of all 10 symphonies. Although he remade symphonies 5 through 7, these are his first versions, essentially the same performances that used to be available in three separate boxes at mid price. Now at budget price, and at virtually a third of the cost of DG's Bernstein set, Tennstedt's Mahler is one hell of a bargain. The performances aren't as consistent as Bernstein's. The London Philharmonic was never a great ...
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Christmas Oratorio
from: Hanssler Classics
: :This recording, nominated for a 2001 Grammy, documents as fine a performance of J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio as can be found in the catalog. Led by Helmuth Rilling, it is a vibrant, stylistically informed modern-instrument account in the noble tradition of Karl Richter, featuring smashingly good orchestral playing and superb singing from both the chorus and a first-rate group of soloists. Recorded live in Stuttgart from Christmas Day 1999 to Epiphany (January 6) 2000--the precise period in the liturgical calendar for which Bach composed the six cantatas that make up this work--it was ...
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The Classic Collection
:Album Description:Budget-priced 1997 release from Castle's Pulse label, a fourdisc box with 80 of the pop vocalist's finest recordings!Features many great covers & all 15 of her U.S. top 40 hits,including the #1 smashes 'Downtown' & 'My Love', plus 'WhoAm I?', 'I Know A Pl
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Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II
from: Nimbus Records
:Album Description:Budget-priced 1997 release from Castle's Pulse label, a fourdisc box with 80 of the pop vocalist's finest recordings!Features many great covers & all 15 of her U.S. top 40 hits,including the #1 smashes 'Downtown' & 'My Love', plus 'WhoAm I?', 'I Know A Pl
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Boss Bird
:Album Description:Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.
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Sibelius: The Symphonies
:Album Description:Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.
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The Best of the Big Bands
:Album Description:Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.
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Trojan Ska Box Set
:Album Description:Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.
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Fillmore East: April 1971
: :This four-disc set documents the Dead's monumental five-night final run at New York's Fillmore East in April 1971. Coming from the same period as the live Skull and Roses album, it finds the band at its most sinewy--without second drummer Mickey Hart and without much in the way of Pigpen's keyboard work. What stands out here, beyond the intense, emotionally charged yet somewhat playful performances, is the strength and diversity of the repertoire. In addition to the plethora of newer originals, we hear a number of Pigpen's beloved blues shouters: 'Next Time You ...
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Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing
:Album Description:Budget-priced four disc set with 99 tracks from the golden years of Western Swing, including cuts by Light Crust Doughboys, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, Tex Williams, Adolph Hofner, Hank Thompson and Cliff Bruners Texas Wanderers. Tracks include 'Pussy, Pussy, Pussy', 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke'. 'Humpty Dumpty Heart' and 'Kangaroo Blues'. The tracks tell the story of this vibrant musical form that blended jazz with string bands, took in pop music & the blues, and pioneered amplification. Beautifully packaged, each disc also includes an illustrated booklet ...
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