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Last Night of the Proms Collection

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Della Jones Robert Ferriman The Royal Choral Society BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth

Release Date September 09, 1996
As a Yank and a lover of all things brit, I found this cd overwhelming. Play it at full blast and all the neighbors will join you in singing both the British version and American version of these wonderful, familiar, and sacred songs. What an experience!!!

CD-Charts Position 192
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Bizet - Carmen (Pappano, Kaufmann) [2008]

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
starring: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jonas Kaufmann, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Norah Amsellem, Antonio Pappano
directed by: Francesca Zambello

Release Date September 15, 2008
As a Yank and a lover of all things brit, I found this cd overwhelming. Play it at full blast and all the neighbors will join you in singing both the British version and American version of these wonderful, familiar, and sacred songs. What an experience!!!

CD-Charts Position 193
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Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Original Cast Recording

Release Date October 28, 2008
As a Yank and a lover of all things brit, I found this cd overwhelming. Play it at full blast and all the neighbors will join you in singing both the British version and American version of these wonderful, familiar, and sacred songs. What an experience!!!

CD-Charts Position 194
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Spanish Guitar Recital

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
from: Classical Navigator

Release Date October 08, 1994
This album showcases Julian Bream's supreme ability to interpret the spanish classical repertoire as no-one else can. His extraordinary musical sensitivity and stunning technique allow him to bring this music alive, and to evoke the land and culture from which it came in vivid colour. The tonal range he coaxes from the instrument is incredible, and the quality of these recordings is particularly high.

The pieces attempted here are a varied and rewarding selection. A highlight for me is Granados' wonderful "Danzas Españolas Op.37 No.4". The introduction is sparse and lightly phrased, with a dancing melody and chimed counter-rhythms that build into a rolling, powerful theme, and Bream plays it superbly. Albeniz's well-known "Suite ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 195
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Songs from Before

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Max Richter

Release Date October 23, 2006
Like most reviewers,I agree that this is no 'Blue Notebooks'. It does not share the same, almost intangible melancholia. Moreover, I find Robert Wyatt an uninvolving narrator, who does not share Tilda Swinton's feel for the language (in this case Japanese author Murakami). However, the same ensemble as 'Notebooks' again succeed in creating a resonant soundscape of alienation and yearning, esp. on the beautiful 'Flowers for Yulia'.
Yes, it's short. But like haiku, it is a distillation of elements, the critical deployment of only essential materials, that makes it work.

CD-Charts Position 196
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Regimental Marches, Vol.2

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards

Release Date October 01, 1999
This, and the sister CD are the finest recordings of the type I have heard.

Just like playing in the longest playoff ever.

CD-Charts Position 197
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Mario Lanza: The Ultimate Collection

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
from: RCA

Release Date January 22, 1994
A superb collection of some of Mario Lanza's finest recordings. Considering some go back to 1949 - 1958, the recordings to CD are excellent. You'll never walk alone, sung as it was originally intended by the great Mario Lanza. A perfect collection for new comers or fans looking for the best of Mario Lanza. A track for every occassion.

CD-Charts Position 198
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Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake [1996]

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
starring: Adam Cooper, Scott Ambler, Fiona Chadwick, Barry Atkinson, Emily Piercy
directed by: Matthew Bourne, Peter Mumford

Release Date October 05, 1998
A truly wonderful interpretation of the timeless classic. Every bit as stunning as seeing it live. Probably not one for the children, so if you are looking for that seek out a more traditional production.

It is witty, excellently crafted and moving. A world wide phenomenon and and instant classic. It is difficult for a DVD to truly capture the magic of a live performance, but this does an admirable job.

Essential viewing for all of the Billy Elliot's out there!

CD-Charts Position 199
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Verdi: Aida -- Metropolitan Opera (NTSC)

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
starring: Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo, Dolora Zajick, Sherrill Milnes, Paata Burchuladze
directed by: Brian Large

Release Date November 20, 2000
Verdi's Aida comes thrillingly to life in this splendid production from the Metropolitan Opera. Aprile Millo is in excellent voice in the title role and sings with great musicality throughout. Indeed this sense of musical values being the most important is reflected in the fine performances of the rest of this all star cast most notably Placido Domingo and Dolora Zajick as Radames and Amneris respectively. The production is old fashioned but attractive and the physical acting is rudimentary but the vocal acting gets prizes all round.

This was a favourite performance for me on video and is now excellently transferred onto DVD (sub titles optional). First rate.

CD-Charts Position 200
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Bach, J.S.: Great Organ Works

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Peter Hurford

Release Date October 12, 1994
Well-judged tempi, good recording, the scholarship you'd expect from Mr Hurford, allied to imaginatively chosen registration. The C Minor Passacaglia & Fugue are particularly good - I've been looking for a sensitive recording of this for ages after dismissing a lot of ponderous versions which start off with the big guns already blazing!