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A Christmas Festival»rank: 2037from: Collegium
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Baby Einstein: Baby Santa»rank: 1096from: Walt Disney Records
0ur opinion: :Baby Santa Music CD celebrates the holiday spirit with music of the world! A soothing, holiday-oriented companion piece to the BABY SANTA DVD, this album introduces infants to the world of multicultural Christmas carols and other pleasant reminders of the season of giving. Some highlights include a Caribbean-flavored 'Twelve Days of Christmas,' reggae- and samba-styled versions of 'Jingle Bells,' and a lovely Hanukkah medley.Music Tracks:Jingle Bells, TraditionalDeck the Halls, TraditionalToy Symphony, Leopold MozartThe Dreidel Song, TraditionalJoy to the World, TraditionalJoy to the World, Reggae ...
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The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!»rank: 1528by: Johann Sebastian Bach, Léo Delibes, Gabriel Fauré, Erik Satie, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edvard Grieg, Johann Pachelbel, Claude Debussy, Felix Mendelssohn, Camille Saint-Saens, Henryk Gorecki, Antonio Vivaldi, Edward Elgar, Jocelyn Pook, Sergey Rachmaninov, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Luigi Boccherini, Jules Massenet, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jacques Offenbach, Pietro Mascagni, Antonin Dvorak, Giacomo Puccini, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alexander Borodin, Joaquin Rodrigo, Samuel Barber
0ur opinion: :You want relaxing classical music that'll soothe your soul but won't lull you into sleep? Here's a double CD for you. The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World ... Ever! does its best to cover both well-worn classical favorites (Bach's 'Air on the G String,' Pachelbel's 'Cannon,' Debussy's 'Clair de Lune') and some eclectic left-field choices (an excerpt from Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Jocelyn Pook's 'Blow the Wind,' and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. The performances of most of these excerpts are top-notch--artists include ...
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Chopin: Favorite Piano Works»rank: 1425from: Decca
0ur opinion: :You want relaxing classical music that'll soothe your soul but won't lull you into sleep? Here's a double CD for you. The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World ... Ever! does its best to cover both well-worn classical favorites (Bach's 'Air on the G String,' Pachelbel's 'Cannon,' Debussy's 'Clair de Lune') and some eclectic left-field choices (an excerpt from Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Jocelyn Pook's 'Blow the Wind,' and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. The performances of most of these excerpts are top-notch--artists include ...
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Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective(10 CD)»rank: 3295by: Philip Glass
0ur opinion: :This elegantly packaged 1O disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his 0scar-nominated film scores. ln music, words and pictures, it traces the evolution, as critic Tim Page puts it in his liner notes essay, of 'the first composer to win a wide, multi-generational audience in the opera house, the concert hall, the dance world, in film and in popular music-simultaneously.' The long-awaited release of this set follows this past spring's ...
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Bernstein Favorites: Children's Classics»rank: 3375from: Sony
0ur opinion: :This elegantly packaged 1O disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his 0scar-nominated film scores. ln music, words and pictures, it traces the evolution, as critic Tim Page puts it in his liner notes essay, of 'the first composer to win a wide, multi-generational audience in the opera house, the concert hall, the dance world, in film and in popular music-simultaneously.' The long-awaited release of this set follows this past spring's ...
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Bach Edition: Complete Works (155 CD Box Set)»rank: 1889from: Brilliant Classics
0ur opinion: :This elegantly packaged 1O disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his 0scar-nominated film scores. ln music, words and pictures, it traces the evolution, as critic Tim Page puts it in his liner notes essay, of 'the first composer to win a wide, multi-generational audience in the opera house, the concert hall, the dance world, in film and in popular music-simultaneously.' The long-awaited release of this set follows this past spring's ...
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White Christmas»rank: 2950by: Irving Berlin, Anastasia Barzee, Brian d'Arcy James, Jeffry Denman, Karen Morrow, Meredith Patterson
0ur opinion: :'Tis the season, and all the more reason to be jolly - a new stage adaptation of the beloved classic film White Christmas is coming to a theatre near you this season. This new holiday tradition made its stage debut on 2OO4 in San Francisco, garnering rave reviews and establishing it status as a don't miss Holiday show. The show expanded last year and played in Boston & Los Angeles. : A bright splash of holiday cheer, lrving Berlin's White Christmas is a stage ...
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The Piano Sonatas: Vol. VIII»rank: 3991from: ECM Records
0ur opinion: :This is the eagerly awaited final instalment of András Schiff's acclaimed complete Beethoven cycle. Collectors can now finally explore the extraordinary interpretative and editorial qualities of this cycle in full.Schiff's much-admired art of musical characterisation is particularly evident in these last six sonatas that combine dramatic and symphonic grandeur with intimate beauty. As Schiff completed his Beethoven performances at the Tonhalle in Zurich where all 8 volumes have been recorded live, a journalist wrote 'This was a Beethoven which transfixed the audience with its ...
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The Essential Yo-Yo Ma»rank: 1973from: Sony
0ur opinion: : Here are three dozen pieces of music, all played by Yo-Yo Ma, culled from his extensive discography. Aside from the technical mastery and beautiful tone that are absolutes in all of his playing, one is dazzled by his curiosity and ability to adapt to so many forms and types of music. His Bach and Vivaldi are pellucid and played with non-sentimental crispness, his tango music gritty and rhythmically pungent, his jazz seemingly spontaneous, the 'Meditation' from Thais simply ravishing, 'Anything Goes' a romp, and ...
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