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Bach - Funeral Cantatas

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by: Nancy Argenta Michael Chance Anthony Rolfe Johnson Stephen Varcoe English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner The Monteverdi Choir

Release Date April 16, 2000
Like all the other Eliot Gardiner Bach recordings I have heard, this one hits the nail absolutely on the head. The playing is always precise and clearly articulated, while the tempi are, to me, perfectly judged, never allowing the more solemn pieces to slip into sentimentality. The forces that are used are not so large as to muddy any of the individual parts, but can still convey the power of the music where appropriate. The recording is beautifully balanced, allowing all the lines to be heard clearly. Perhaps the best compliment I can pay this recording is to say that it allows the listener to appreciate 100% of the music, with no detail being lost in performance or recording. I have bought a number of the Eliot Gardiner recordings from ... Read More:

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A Danish Christmas

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from: Naxos

Release Date October 04, 1999
Like all the other Eliot Gardiner Bach recordings I have heard, this one hits the nail absolutely on the head. The playing is always precise and clearly articulated, while the tempi are, to me, perfectly judged, never allowing the more solemn pieces to slip into sentimentality. The forces that are used are not so large as to muddy any of the individual parts, but can still convey the power of the music where appropriate. The recording is beautifully balanced, allowing all the lines to be heard clearly. Perhaps the best compliment I can pay this recording is to say that it allows the listener to appreciate 100% of the music, with no detail being lost in performance or recording. I have bought a number of the Eliot Gardiner recordings from ... Read More:

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Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio

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by: Elly Ameling Helen Watts Peter Pears Tom Krause Lübecker Kantorei Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Karl Münchinger

Release Date November 10, 1997
01 - 1st Day - Jauchzet, Frohlocket!
02 - 1st Day - Es Begab Sich Aber Zu Der Zeit
03 - 1st Day - Nun Wird Mein Liebster Brautigam
04 - 1st Day - Bereite Dich, Zion
05 - 1st Day - Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen
06 - 1st Day - Und Sie Gebar Ihren Ersten Sohn
07 - 1st Day - Er Ist Auf Erden Kommen Arm / Wer Will Due Liebe Recht Erhohen
08 - 1st Day - Grosser Herr, O Starker Konig
09 - 1st Day - Ach Mein Herzliebes Jesulein
10 - 2nd Day - Sinfonia
11 - 2nd Day - Und Es Waren Hirten
12 - 2nd Day - Brich An, O Schones Morgenlicht
13 - 2nd Day - Und Der Engel Sprach Zu Ihnen
14 - 2nd Day - Was Gott Dem Abraham Verheissen
15 - 2nd Day - Frohe Hirten, Eilt, Ach Eilet
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Rutter - Mass of the Children; Wedding Canticle; Shadows

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by: James McVinnie, Cambridge Clare College Chamber Ensemble, Stewart French

Release Date April 03, 2006
I bought this CD after being impressed by the Naxos disc of `John Rutter's Requiem. That was something of a revelation, and probably the strongest recording of that work available. This disc is far less impressive.

The Mass of the Children is a fine work. As when recording the Requiem, this Naxos version uses the chamber ensemble version of the work rather than the full orchestral version. As with the Requiem the performance is top notch, both musicians and voices. No one should expect a piece called `Mass of the Children' to be as deep or searching as a Requiem and this is indeed a lighter work. John Rutter was inspired by his experience of singing in Benjamin Britten's War requiem in 1963, but it is a lighter side of Britten's choral ... Read More:

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Christmas Organ Music

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by: Various Composers

Release Date August 23, 2003
Soon it will be the time for shops to be setting out their Christmas items, for while Christmas comes but once a year, in fact people are working toward it all year long. The same is true for composers and musical performers. I found it amusing to learn that this particular CD of Christmas-related organ music was performed in August of 1995; of course, to be prepared in time for the holiday season, it had to be done ahead of time. Not quite Christmas in July, but close!

This music was performed over the two days in August by Kevin Bower, at the organ in Chichester Cathedral in the United Kingdom. This is straight organ performing - no back choir or orchestral accompaniment. Bower is a nimble and spirited player, with a good sense of holiday mood ... Read More:

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White Christmas

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by: Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra

Release Date October 25, 1990
Soon it will be the time for shops to be setting out their Christmas items, for while Christmas comes but once a year, in fact people are working toward it all year long. The same is true for composers and musical performers. I found it amusing to learn that this particular CD of Christmas-related organ music was performed in August of 1995; of course, to be prepared in time for the holiday season, it had to be done ahead of time. Not quite Christmas in July, but close!

This music was performed over the two days in August by Kevin Bower, at the organ in Chichester Cathedral in the United Kingdom. This is straight organ performing - no back choir or orchestral accompaniment. Bower is a nimble and spirited player, with a good sense of holiday mood ... Read More:

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A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music

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from: Naxos

Release Date May 05, 2003
It was only after I bought "A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music" that I then discovered "A Bride's Guide to Music for Civil Ceremonies" so if you come across the former first, be warned that it's meant for church weddings (although it doesn't specify this in the title!). The inlay inside however is quite clear that the music is meant predominatly for church weddings. Some very well known classics in here that have been heard in lager adverts to children's programmes and therefore nothing too original.

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Carols from King's

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from: Classics for Pleasure

Release Date September 23, 1991
It was only after I bought "A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music" that I then discovered "A Bride's Guide to Music for Civil Ceremonies" so if you come across the former first, be warned that it's meant for church weddings (although it doesn't specify this in the title!). The inlay inside however is quite clear that the music is meant predominatly for church weddings. Some very well known classics in here that have been heard in lager adverts to children's programmes and therefore nothing too original.

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Schütz: Christmas Story

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from: Naxos

Release Date November 04, 1996
It was only after I bought "A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music" that I then discovered "A Bride's Guide to Music for Civil Ceremonies" so if you come across the former first, be warned that it's meant for church weddings (although it doesn't specify this in the title!). The inlay inside however is quite clear that the music is meant predominatly for church weddings. Some very well known classics in here that have been heard in lager adverts to children's programmes and therefore nothing too original.

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Music for a Civil Wedding

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by: Various Composers

Release Date October 01, 1999
This is a wonderful album, musically. The sound is clear, the choices superb.
BUT - and it is a big but - if you are planning to use tracks from this album for your wedding there is a potential for gross confusion because the digital index is for a Maria Callas album. So be warned, and make sure that whoever is in charge of ensuring that the right track is played at the right time has their wits about them.