Editorial Product Review: :As with his performance of the Mass in C Minor with these same forces, Leonard Bernstein provides another outstanding performance, certainly one of the very finest available of this oft-recorded music. Without indulging in the sort of Romantic mannerisms that sometimes afflict his Mozart, Bernstein urges his Bavarian forces on to heights of passion and intensity that never upset the music's natural proportions. A magnificent disc. --David Hurwitz
Editorial Product Review: :The luscious baritone Thomas Hampson says, 'I grew up with this tradition (musical comedy), with the idea of singing straight from the heart.' And sing from the heart he does, while utilizing his extensive vocal training to enliven all nuance, realize each intimate moment, and expand into every climax. His big, broad, totally controlled baritone visits falsetto land more in this recording that in his entire operatic career--but it works! In a nostalgic moment, he sings 'Hey, There' with John Raitt, who still possesses a hint of his former dominance in this ...
Editorial Product Review: :The luscious baritone Thomas Hampson says, 'I grew up with this tradition (musical comedy), with the idea of singing straight from the heart.' And sing from the heart he does, while utilizing his extensive vocal training to enliven all nuance, realize each intimate moment, and expand into every climax. His big, broad, totally controlled baritone visits falsetto land more in this recording that in his entire operatic career--but it works! In a nostalgic moment, he sings 'Hey, There' with John Raitt, who still possesses a hint of his former dominance in this ...
Editorial Product Review: :During a career spanning six decades, Jascha Heifetz, surely one of the greatest violinists of all time, left a recorded legacy of an enormous repertoire, including solo pieces, sonatas, a lot of chamber music, and, of course, all the famous violin concertos--from Baroque to the 20th century--some in several versions made many years apart with different orchestras and conductors. In addition to RCA's complete, 65-CD collection, there are many reissues of parts of his discography; this is a singularly felicitous coupling. Of two versions of each concerto, these are the earlier ones. ...
Editorial Product Review: :During a career spanning six decades, Jascha Heifetz, surely one of the greatest violinists of all time, left a recorded legacy of an enormous repertoire, including solo pieces, sonatas, a lot of chamber music, and, of course, all the famous violin concertos--from Baroque to the 20th century--some in several versions made many years apart with different orchestras and conductors. In addition to RCA's complete, 65-CD collection, there are many reissues of parts of his discography; this is a singularly felicitous coupling. Of two versions of each concerto, these are the earlier ones. ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:In addition to volumes and volumes of church and chamber music, the astonishingly prolific Georg Philipp Telemann wrote a great many concertos--the most engaging of which are those for two or more solo instruments, often in interesting combinations. It must be said that many of these concertos are a bit lightweight, but they are lively and diverting--and Christopher Hogwood and the baroque-instrument specialists of the Academy of Ancient Music give them accomplished, persuasive performances. Among the tasty confections here are a vigorous concerto for three trumpets; a double concerto for ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:In addition to volumes and volumes of church and chamber music, the astonishingly prolific Georg Philipp Telemann wrote a great many concertos--the most engaging of which are those for two or more solo instruments, often in interesting combinations. It must be said that many of these concertos are a bit lightweight, but they are lively and diverting--and Christopher Hogwood and the baroque-instrument specialists of the Academy of Ancient Music give them accomplished, persuasive performances. Among the tasty confections here are a vigorous concerto for three trumpets; a double concerto for ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:In addition to volumes and volumes of church and chamber music, the astonishingly prolific Georg Philipp Telemann wrote a great many concertos--the most engaging of which are those for two or more solo instruments, often in interesting combinations. It must be said that many of these concertos are a bit lightweight, but they are lively and diverting--and Christopher Hogwood and the baroque-instrument specialists of the Academy of Ancient Music give them accomplished, persuasive performances. Among the tasty confections here are a vigorous concerto for three trumpets; a double concerto for ...
This raw work-flow application isn't the Holy Grail many hoped it would be, but Apple Aperture 1.5 could make life easier for photographers who need to cull, retouch, and output large numbers of photographs quickly and efficiently.
This raw work-flow application isn't the Holy Grail many hoped it would be, but Apple Aperture 1.5 could make life easier for photographers who need to cull, retouch, and output large numbers of photographs quickly and efficiently.