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Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March, Op. 39; Cello ...
Amazon.com — EAN 0828767873725 Format Original recording remastered Original Release Date 2006-01-01 Release Date 2006-08-01 UPC 828767873725 Tracks: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major, Op. 39 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G Major, Op. 39 Concerto for ...More…
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Murray Perahia Performs Béla Bartók
Amazon.com — Perahia is unexpectedly exciting in Bartok Having made his career on the gentler side of the sound spectrum with Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Schubert, Murray Perahia applies himself forcefully to some of Bartok's greatest piano music. The composer ...More…
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Amazon.com — The Fabulous Francescatti This Sony "Great Performances" title marks the reissue of two of violinist Zino Francescatti's best stereo Concerto recordings -- the Mendelssohn with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra and the Tchaikovsky ...More…
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Stravinsky: Petrushka; Pulcinella
Amazon.com — Bernstein was a great Stravinskian, and here he's our guide through Petrushka The unique aspect of this reissue is a 20-min. talk by Bernstein taking us scene by scene through the story of Stravinsky's Petrushka, complete with musical ...More…
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
Amazon.com — Great Performances, Indeed These performances first appeared on LP during the 1960s. The Concertos and 3rd Sonata were reissued, first on LP and cassette, and later on CD, during the 1980s, as part of CBS's Great Performances reissue series. (Those of ...More…
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"; Symphony No. 4 ...
Amazon.com — EAN 0828767623429 Original Release Date 2006-01-01 Release Date 2006-03-28 UPC 828767623429 Tracks: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, "Italian"; Allegro vivace Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, "Italian"; Andante con moto Symphony No ...More…
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Mozart: Overtures
Amazon.com — Delightful big-band Mozart This collection of 12 of Mozart's opera overtures is a wonderful CD that never wanes in its ability to delight. Although Colin Davis is an accomplished Mozartean in his own right, the Staatskapelle Dresden has the music in ...More…
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Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 3, 14 & 15
Amazon.com — A great bargain in wonderful sound I guess my headline is a give away--I like the beautiful, natural sonics of this 2-CD package more than the performances. The Shostakovich quartets have inspired a range of great ensembles, such as the Borodin and ...More…
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Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrouchka; ...
Amazon.com — A real, wowie-zowie Russian Pianist: But musical, oh so musical Given the marketing hype from RCA/BMG/Sony, one may at first take Denis Matsuev for yet another prodigiously gifted keyboard wizard from those vast frozen expanses which we still know as the ...More…
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Mozart Meets Cuba
Amazon.com — If you have an open mind, you'll love this 'twist' on Mozart I've listened to my share of tropical-flavored classical music. In most of them, the latin rhythm and the percussion just overwhelm the main melody. Not here; it sounds more like ...More…
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Mozart Piano Sonatas K. 279, K. 280, K. 281 on ...
Amazon.com — Very fast, not great Mozart. Robert Levin can play this music very fast. Unfortunately, playing Mozart too fast makes the music sound facile and shallow. In Mozart, more than any other composer, the spaces between the notes are very important. Also, while ...More…
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Excerpts); Pictures at an ...
Amazon.com — Very Fine "Boris" Excerpts, a "Pictures" to Treasure The "Great Performances" sobriquet certainly applies to the Philadelphia version of "Pictures at an Exhibition." Ormandy is sometimes accused of stodginess, and ...More…