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Renaissance - Music for Inner Peace

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Harry Christophers, Sixteen

Release Date February 21, 2005
Beautiful and haunting vocals. Always a pleasure to listen to this uplifting CD. Recommended.

CD-Charts Position 62
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Songs of Joy and Peace: Deluxe Edition

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss, James Taylor, Diana Krall, Renée Fleming, Dave Brubeck, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Chris Botti, Natalie MacMaster

Release Date October 13, 2008
Beautiful and haunting vocals. Always a pleasure to listen to this uplifting CD. Recommended.

CD-Charts Position 63
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Feel Good - Classic FM

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Various Artists

Release Date September 29, 2008

A well chosen selection of 26 mostly familiar pieces of orchestral music on 2Ds which, judging by the title and the album cover, is intended to make you feel good and smile.

I found the choices a good mix of familiar, like Handel's Zadok the Priest, Haydn's Cello Concerto No.2 and Vivaldi's Gloria, along with slightly less familiar but equally welcome pieces such as the orchestral arrangement of David Bowie's Life on Mars and Elgar's lesser played Finale from his Enigma Variations (it will be instantly recognisable to Classic FM listeners as one of the short jingles used on their radio show).

As usual Classic FM have introduced the big names, Hayley Westenra and David Garrett included, and chosen good recordings ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 64
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Bach - Brandenburg Concertos

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
from: Universal Classics

Release Date March 03, 1995
I don't know much about classical music unlike the other reviewers for this CD. However, I was fortunate in that my mother bought me a record (remember them?) of Concertos no 1,3 and 5. You get

1. all 6 Brandenburg concertos beautifully played by English Chamber Orchestra. Normally albums of Bach's Brandenburg concertos only have three of the concertos. Having listened to a few of these, the quality of this CD is at least equal to those recordings in my opinion.

2. two additional concertos: the Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Strings and the Concerto for Flute and Strings. The first of these, as observed in the other reviews, is stunning.

I think this CD is fabulous to listen to and is a complete steal for the ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 65
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The Only Guitar Album You'll Ever Need

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Various Artists

Release Date October 06, 2003
as the old saying goes{i may not know art but i know what i like}. i may not be an expert on spanish classical guitar music but this cd is excellent. track 5 disc 1 is 10 minutes of heaven.you may recognise it as the music from the film el cid.there are 1 or 2 tracks that dont quite hit the mark but mostly this is a fantastic compilation album and will satisfy most peoples needs. just relax with a bottle of rioja,turn off your phone and dont answer the door bell. you will be transported back to that little secret tapas bar that only you and your loved one know about. the sevilla feria 05 is where it takes us.

CD-Charts Position 66
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Ikon

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Sixteen

Release Date April 03, 2006
It has to be said that there is little more versatile as the human voice as an instrument. This proves the point beyond measure.
Clarity, emotion and total respect for the piece are in abundance throughout the album.
Wonderful.

CD-Charts Position 67
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Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
from: EMI Classics

Release Date September 28, 1998
I play these pieces regularly on my piano but I was reduced to tears on hearing several of these renditions by Barenboim. They are intensely intellectual and emotive interpretations and may not be to your taste but boy, they do have impact. I am now searching for Barenboim's later recordings to compare the styles. Impetuous youth, or genius? Only you can tell!!

CD-Charts Position 68
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Allegri - Miserere; Lotti - Crucifixus; Palestrina - Stabat Mater Dolorosa

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
from: Coro

Release Date May 05, 2003
Allegri's Miserere is given the top billing on this disc, perhaps because of some celebrated special effects, explained in the liner notes, that it contains. The first track is devoted to a sombre and beautiful Crucifixus (from the Nicene Creed) by one Lotti, an older contemporary of Bach. Admirable and compelling, both of these, but what I bought this disc for was the two items by Palestrina, his Stabat Mater and the celestial Missa Papae Marcelli.

It is not just the quality of the early music specialists these days but the sheer profusion of them that continues to astonish me. I looked through the list of singers (18, not 16) and while I did not recognise most of the names offhand that may simply be because I did not investigate my large record collection, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 69
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Williams: Schindler's List Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
from: MCA Records

Release Date March 11, 2002
Yeah Ok the whole CD is based around one theme but it is a film soundtrack so that is to be expected. But the first track is incredible. The solo is played sublimely by Itzhak Perlman. The range on his instrument is amazing as he starts of fairly low and the piece finishes icredibly high. With Itzhak Perlman being from Israel the holocaust is probably something very close to his own heart and while listening to him playing the main theme it's almost like hes crying through the violin. Undoubtedly John William's best work.

CD-Charts Position 70
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The Essential Einaudi

CD-Charts > Music > Classical Instrumental
by: Jeremy Limb

Release Date September 29, 2008
I think this is a very welcome release.
Einaudi is a composer, so therefore he should be flattered and expect his works to be recorded. Jeremy Limb is a very talented pianist who has also recorded for Naxos.