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Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors»rank: 2305by: Gian Carlo Menotti, Thomas Schippers, Rosemary Kuhlmann Chet Allen, Andrew McKinley, David Aiken Leon Lishner
0ur opinion: :Back in the days when the forces that controlled television actually cared about art, it was perfectly normal to see original plays and live musical performances right in your living room. ln 195O, Menotti was commissioned to write an opera for television, and on Christmas Eve, 1951, Amahl and the Night Visitors was performed by the NBC Television Theater. This recording, under the composer's personal direction, was made a few days later, and it remains the definitive version, even though the sound is very dated ...
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Christmas Adagios»rank: 5340from: Decca
0ur opinion: :Back in the days when the forces that controlled television actually cared about art, it was perfectly normal to see original plays and live musical performances right in your living room. ln 195O, Menotti was commissioned to write an opera for television, and on Christmas Eve, 1951, Amahl and the Night Visitors was performed by the NBC Television Theater. This recording, under the composer's personal direction, was made a few days later, and it remains the definitive version, even though the sound is very dated ...
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Bizet: Carmen (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Pretre, Paris Opera Orchestra»rank: 4437by: Georges Bizet, Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Choeurs René Duclos, Robert Massard, Jane Berbié, Andrea Guiot, Claude Cales
0ur opinion: essential recording:This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. lt is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks ...
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Rock of Ages: 30 Favorite Hymns»rank: 5186by: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
0ur opinion: essential recording:This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. lt is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks ...
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete); Swan Lake Suite»rank: 4854from: Artemis Records
0ur opinion: essential recording:This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. lt is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks ...
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Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001»rank: 4770from: Arsis Records
0ur opinion: essential recording:This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. lt is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks ...
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Bach: Violin Concertos»rank: 3549from: EMI Classics
0ur opinion: essential recording:This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. lt is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks ...
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Ambient 1: Music for Airports»rank: 1932from: Astralwerks
0ur opinion: essential recording:Eno's theory of the 'discreet music' he called ambient was far from the modern chill-out room: the idea was that it should function at very low volumes, unobtrusively coloring the atmosphere of a room. Evolving by tiny gradations, the long pieces of Music For Airports (the first in a series of albums that followed the statement of purpose Discreet Music) defy close attention, but then they're not meant to be listened to consciously; they're meant to serve as a counterpoint to the frantic ...
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Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery with CD (Audio)»rank: 6195from: Children's Book Store Distribution
0ur opinion: essential recording:Eno's theory of the 'discreet music' he called ambient was far from the modern chill-out room: the idea was that it should function at very low volumes, unobtrusively coloring the atmosphere of a room. Evolving by tiny gradations, the long pieces of Music For Airports (the first in a series of albums that followed the statement of purpose Discreet Music) defy close attention, but then they're not meant to be listened to consciously; they're meant to serve as a counterpoint to the frantic ...
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John Rutter Collection»rank: 5605by: Rutter, Cambridge Singers, London Sinfonia
0ur opinion: essential recording:Eno's theory of the 'discreet music' he called ambient was far from the modern chill-out room: the idea was that it should function at very low volumes, unobtrusively coloring the atmosphere of a room. Evolving by tiny gradations, the long pieces of Music For Airports (the first in a series of albums that followed the statement of purpose Discreet Music) defy close attention, but then they're not meant to be listened to consciously; they're meant to serve as a counterpoint to the frantic ...
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