Editorial Product Review: :If I could pick a musical premiere out of the past that I could have attended, I would probably choose one of those evenings when Mozart and Haydn took the two viola parts in the first performances of Mozart's string quintets. It's something to wonder at, anyway. The string quintets are not only Mozart's greatest chamber music, they are among the most profoundly inspired pieces of music by anyone for any instruments. Three of them can be found on this budget priced set, superbly performed, along with the Horn Quintet, and the ...
Editorial Product Review: :If I could pick a musical premiere out of the past that I could have attended, I would probably choose one of those evenings when Mozart and Haydn took the two viola parts in the first performances of Mozart's string quintets. It's something to wonder at, anyway. The string quintets are not only Mozart's greatest chamber music, they are among the most profoundly inspired pieces of music by anyone for any instruments. Three of them can be found on this budget priced set, superbly performed, along with the Horn Quintet, and the ...
Editorial Product Review: :If I could pick a musical premiere out of the past that I could have attended, I would probably choose one of those evenings when Mozart and Haydn took the two viola parts in the first performances of Mozart's string quintets. It's something to wonder at, anyway. The string quintets are not only Mozart's greatest chamber music, they are among the most profoundly inspired pieces of music by anyone for any instruments. Three of them can be found on this budget priced set, superbly performed, along with the Horn Quintet, and the ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:ABBADO 2008 is a celebration of the 75th birthday (June) of Claudio Abbado, 'the most respected living conductor' (The New York Times). Foremost among the five releases planned to mark the occasion are two new Mozart recordings: the Violin Concertos with Giuilano Carmignola; and five popular Symphonies, including the 'Haffner,' 'Prague' and 'Jupiter.' Both new sets feature the Orchestra Mozart, a handpicked group of players founded in Bologna in 2004, with Abbado as their artistic director and Carmignola as concertmaster. Abbado has prepared the orchestra by touring throughout Italy--gathering acclaim for ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:ABBADO 2008 is a celebration of the 75th birthday (June) of Claudio Abbado, 'the most respected living conductor' (The New York Times). Foremost among the five releases planned to mark the occasion are two new Mozart recordings: the Violin Concertos with Giuilano Carmignola; and five popular Symphonies, including the 'Haffner,' 'Prague' and 'Jupiter.' Both new sets feature the Orchestra Mozart, a handpicked group of players founded in Bologna in 2004, with Abbado as their artistic director and Carmignola as concertmaster. Abbado has prepared the orchestra by touring throughout Italy--gathering acclaim for ...
Editorial Product Review: :Everything about Bryn Terfel is over-life-size: his physique, his personality, his breath-control, and of course his extraordinarily beautiful voice. This recording displays his stunning vocalism and versatility to full advantage, but its title belies its content. Alhough it does include some simple pieces, the execution is fussy, overdone, and calculated for maximum external effect. The program ranges from Mozart, Pergolesi and pseudo-Bach to Sondheim in arrangements that are pure Hollywood, complete with throbbing strings and rolling drums, often destroying the spirit as well as the letter of the original compositions. It begins ...
Editorial Product Review: :1999 Oppenheim Award. Based on the Avon Books release The Mozart Effect by Don Campbell, accomplished author, teacher, musician and noted authority on music and healing. Features some of Mozart's most powerful, playful and affecting compositions, selected by the author for children ages 2-16 and designed to achieve a particular effect, including encouraging movement and motivation. Includes 'Champagne Aria from Don Giovanni', 'Rondo alla turea', 'Die Leyerer', 'La Bataille', 'March #1, Cotillon - Allegro - Divertimento in B flat', 'Papageno's Song (Magic Flute)', 'Symphony #40 (1st mov.)', 'Menuetto - Serenade in ...
Editorial Product Review: :1999 Oppenheim Award. Based on the Avon Books release The Mozart Effect by Don Campbell, accomplished author, teacher, musician and noted authority on music and healing. Features some of Mozart's most powerful, playful and affecting compositions, selected by the author for children ages 2-16 and designed to achieve a particular effect, including encouraging movement and motivation. Includes 'Champagne Aria from Don Giovanni', 'Rondo alla turea', 'Die Leyerer', 'La Bataille', 'March #1, Cotillon - Allegro - Divertimento in B flat', 'Papageno's Song (Magic Flute)', 'Symphony #40 (1st mov.)', 'Menuetto - Serenade in ...
Editorial Product Review: :1999 Oppenheim Award. Based on the Avon Books release The Mozart Effect by Don Campbell, accomplished author, teacher, musician and noted authority on music and healing. Features some of Mozart's most powerful, playful and affecting compositions, selected by the author for children ages 2-16 and designed to achieve a particular effect, including encouraging movement and motivation. Includes 'Champagne Aria from Don Giovanni', 'Rondo alla turea', 'Die Leyerer', 'La Bataille', 'March #1, Cotillon - Allegro - Divertimento in B flat', 'Papageno's Song (Magic Flute)', 'Symphony #40 (1st mov.)', 'Menuetto - Serenade in ...
Editorial Product Review: :1999 Oppenheim Award. Based on the Avon Books release The Mozart Effect by Don Campbell, accomplished author, teacher, musician and noted authority on music and healing. Features some of Mozart's most powerful, playful and affecting compositions, selected by the author for children ages 2-16 and designed to achieve a particular effect, including encouraging movement and motivation. Includes 'Champagne Aria from Don Giovanni', 'Rondo alla turea', 'Die Leyerer', 'La Bataille', 'March #1, Cotillon - Allegro - Divertimento in B flat', 'Papageno's Song (Magic Flute)', 'Symphony #40 (1st mov.)', 'Menuetto - Serenade in ...
Usually we're fans of Logitech's gaming mice, but its highest-end G9 Laser Mouse is expensive, overly complex, and lacks the ergonomic thought we've come to expect. If you like to brag about dot-per-inch limits, perhaps the G9's 3,200dpi laser will be enough to sell you, but for the price, we expect the design to match.
Small and light enough for a shirt pocket, Samsung's Helix YX-M1 is a one-stop audio entertainment center with an XM radio, a digital music player, and room for 50 hours of tunes, but it comes up short on battery life.