Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection' is presented to mark the brilliant pianist's 75th birthday and the 25th anniversary of his death. It is a fascinating, limited edition: all the artist's LP recordings in the 'look and feel' of the original vinyl discs on 80 CDs. The Canadian Glenn Gould (born in Toronto 25 September 1932 - died there 4 October 1982) was without doubt one of the most important pianists of all time. Even today, the idiosyncratic interpretations and the eccentric personality of ...
Editorial Product Review: :DG has put together a fascinating compilation of Segovia's art that reminds us what a protean figure he was. Segovia single-handedly put the instrument on the map by making classical guitar concerts popular events, broadening the instrument's repertory through commissions and transcriptions, and convincing even doubters that it could be a vehicle for serious music. He's heard here in brief pieces recorded between 1952 and 1969. Even in those made when he was well into his 70s, his fingers remain nimble and interpretations lively. Listening ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Dinnerstein chose this program because of how the pieces speak to each another, and because of their relationship to the music of Bach. 'My hope with this concert was to program a group of pieces that would contrast with and relate to each other, despite being separated by hundreds of years,' she explains. 'So much music written since Bach has been influenced by him, and the Beethoven and the Lasser recorded here are no exceptions. Philip Lasser's variations on the very dark Bach chorale, ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Dinnerstein chose this program because of how the pieces speak to each another, and because of their relationship to the music of Bach. 'My hope with this concert was to program a group of pieces that would contrast with and relate to each other, despite being separated by hundreds of years,' she explains. 'So much music written since Bach has been influenced by him, and the Beethoven and the Lasser recorded here are no exceptions. Philip Lasser's variations on the very dark Bach chorale, ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Dinnerstein chose this program because of how the pieces speak to each another, and because of their relationship to the music of Bach. 'My hope with this concert was to program a group of pieces that would contrast with and relate to each other, despite being separated by hundreds of years,' she explains. 'So much music written since Bach has been influenced by him, and the Beethoven and the Lasser recorded here are no exceptions. Philip Lasser's variations on the very dark Bach chorale, ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Dinnerstein chose this program because of how the pieces speak to each another, and because of their relationship to the music of Bach. 'My hope with this concert was to program a group of pieces that would contrast with and relate to each other, despite being separated by hundreds of years,' she explains. 'So much music written since Bach has been influenced by him, and the Beethoven and the Lasser recorded here are no exceptions. Philip Lasser's variations on the very dark Bach chorale, ...
Editorial Product Review: :Although Gergiev is highly experienced in the theater, and he is leading an opera-ballet orchestra, this is definitely a concert Nutcracker. Tempos are brisk, textures streamlined, and dancers might have a good deal of difficulty keeping up with the music. For us home listeners, though, this is a superb way to hear Tchaikovsky's complete score and to remind ourselves of how much good music isn't included in the familiar suite. Gergiev justifies his reputation as an interpreter and as an orchestra leader, getting amazingly precise ...
Editorial Product Review: :Although Gergiev is highly experienced in the theater, and he is leading an opera-ballet orchestra, this is definitely a concert Nutcracker. Tempos are brisk, textures streamlined, and dancers might have a good deal of difficulty keeping up with the music. For us home listeners, though, this is a superb way to hear Tchaikovsky's complete score and to remind ourselves of how much good music isn't included in the familiar suite. Gergiev justifies his reputation as an interpreter and as an orchestra leader, getting amazingly precise ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:A special, limited edition 33-CD box set containing all of Wagner's operas from The Flying Dutchman (1841) to his final masterpiece Parsifal (1882) in performances from the opera house created specifically for the production of Wagner's masterpieces, the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. Landmark performances by some of the greatest Wagnerians can be savored here, among them singers Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Anja Silja, Waltraud Meier, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Jess Thomas, James King, Ramon Vinay, Peter Hoffmann, Bernd Weikl, Theo Adam, Karl Ridderbusch, Hans Sotin ...
