CD-Charts Position 21
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The Best of Arvo Pärt

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
from: EMI Classics

Release Date May 03, 2004
These are deeply felt and captivating performances of Pärt's best-known works. My favourite Spiegel im Spiegel is played a bit too fast, but Tasmin Little's playing is wonderfully refined and imaginative, if not so deep as Shaham's accliamed version.

CD-Charts Position 22
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Serenade

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
by: Katherine Jenkins

Release Date November 06, 2006
I will admit that when I first saw the track listing for this CD, I felt disappointed. "Come on!" I thought, "Katherine should be more original than this! Practically every soprano records 'O Mio Babbino Caro' at one point or another, and here are two common songs from the classical crossover genre, 'Nella Fantasia' and 'The Prayer'. Should I even invest in something that will only be a re-hash of things I have already heard many times?" In the end however, I decided that even with the unimaginative song selections, I would buy this CD.

I am very glad I did! There are so many gems here that I now consider this Katherine's best album. Surprisingly, "Nella Fantasia" instantly became a favorite of mine. Her rich, warm tones really ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 23
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Favourite Welsh Choirs

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
by: Various Artists

Release Date July 03, 2000
The quality of the accompanyments and the production quality are outstanding. This is undoubtedly the best Welsh Male Voice choir recording in my collection.

CD-Charts Position 24
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Essential Carols - The Very Best of King's College, Cambridge

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
by: Cambridge, The Choir of King's College

Release Date November 04, 2005
The quality of the accompanyments and the production quality are outstanding. This is undoubtedly the best Welsh Male Voice choir recording in my collection.

CD-Charts Position 25
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Classic FM Guitar - The Ultimate Collection

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
by: Various Artists

Release Date June 16, 2008
As the previous reviewer said, this is a great introduction to the world of classical guitar music. As usual with ClassicFM Cd's, the quality of the music on offer is superb, with a few well known pieces that have been arranged for the guitar; like Elgar's Nimrod etc.. As said before, if your new to this style, or you want something to just relax to, then you can't go wrong with this.

CD-Charts Position 26
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'A Classic FM Christmas' - The Ultimate Classical and Jazz Album

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
by: Various Artists

Release Date December 01, 2008

While maybe not the `Ultimate' Christmas Album from Classic FM - they have for many years released a new festive selection and I'm sure this won't be the last - this is certainly one of the most innovative thanks to its combination of traditional classical hymns and a selection of familiar festive music arranged jazz style, one disc being dedicated to each style of music.

The `jazzing up' of Christmas hits is nothing new to the pop music world, and certainly forms part of the recording repertoire of most jazz musicians, but it's rarer to find a combination of the two on one album release of greatest hits, and in this case some truly great, all American, artists. Names like Louis Armstrong, Eartha Kitt, Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 27
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Fiesta

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
by: Gustavo Dudamel

Release Date May 19, 2008

While maybe not the `Ultimate' Christmas Album from Classic FM - they have for many years released a new festive selection and I'm sure this won't be the last - this is certainly one of the most innovative thanks to its combination of traditional classical hymns and a selection of familiar festive music arranged jazz style, one disc being dedicated to each style of music.

The `jazzing up' of Christmas hits is nothing new to the pop music world, and certainly forms part of the recording repertoire of most jazz musicians, but it's rarer to find a combination of the two on one album release of greatest hits, and in this case some truly great, all American, artists. Names like Louis Armstrong, Eartha Kitt, Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 28
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Tales from the Greek Legends (Junior Classics)

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
by: Edward Ferrie

Release Date January 01, 2000
At once i loved this Talkingbook It was a brilliant find and i really loved it

CD-Charts Position 29
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Christmas With the Salvation Army

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
by: Salvation Army Band

Release Date October 22, 2001
At once i loved this Talkingbook It was a brilliant find and i really loved it

CD-Charts Position 30
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Works of Igor Stravinsky [22cd]

CD-Charts > Music > Opera and Vocal
by: Igor Stravinsky

Release Date July 02, 2007

It's common to find good value box sets from labels such as EMI Classics, Brilliant Classics and Warner Classics, but not so often on the Sony label.

In general, the bigger the set the better the value, with collections of more than ten discs often falling into the bargain category of under £1 a disc.

This collection though represents not only value for money but also provides pretty much all of Stravinsky's lifetime works (he composed around 127 pieces) in a compact box of just 5cm width thanks to the CDs being supplied in card sleeves.

The enclosed 24 booklet provides a biography of the composer, and more importantly full recording dates, venues, orchestras, soloists and conductors, and if this doesn't sound ... Read More: