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1.Air on a G String from: Telarc March 04, 2008
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Russell's tone always amazes me and his technique is impeccable on this CD as usual.

2.Kapell Rediscovered from: RCA May 06, 2008
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The first thing that's amazing about these recordings is that they exist at all. As for the music... wow... There is sensitivity and passion which reaches through the years and the technical limits of these recordings to touch us. But what really amazes me is that even with the extraneous noises, I can still hear incredible clarity and precision in his playing. One of the important skills of a pianist is to make the melody sing beautifully above the other notes, which frequently come across as a wave, blur or rumble of notes, especially in 19th Century music. In Kapell's playing on these recordings, not only do the melodies sing, but every single note plays a precise role with clarity, even in the Chopin Scherzo. It has given me a better musical understanding of these pieces than ... Read More

3.Schoenberg Violin Concerto Op.36/Sibelius Violin Concerto Op.47 from: DG April 08, 2008
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Yes, this is probably the best performance of the Schoenberg Violin Concerto ever recorded. That said, it is still a piece that looks better on paper than it sounds. The constant hype about the work does NOT make it a better piece of music. It is dull, paper music, PERIOD! This is musical castor oil played very sweetly, but even Mary Poppins won't make this go down "...in a most delightful way!!!" Hahn's hyperlyrical style makes the work sing better than ever before. The orchestra performance is excellent as is the conducting. The Sibelius is a DUD and completely earthbound. There is NO grit in this performance, it is all oily-smooth and punctilliously played, but it NEVER catches FIRE as it can. Just listen to Heifetz or David Oistrakh or Julian Sitkovetsky. Salonen's partnership in this ... Read More

4.The Most Soothing Lullabies In The Universe from: Denon Records April 06, 2004
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very soothing for the unborn baby (decreases in-utero kicking) and the newborn baby (increases between-feedings time at night). highly recommended for any newly minted parents out there.

5.Sousa's Greatest Hits by: John Philip Sousa, United States Marine Band September 07, 1999
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I bought this for walking..It gets me a mile in 18 minutes..Works for me. jb

6.The Chopin Collection from: RCA Victor Europe October 07, 1991
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These impressions are based on very limited listening thus far but the performances seem to be very crisp and correct and devoid of schmaltz which surprised me. I think Chopin needs a bit more melodrama to be at its best.

7.Sarah Brightman Classics by: Sarah Brightman, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Francisco Tarrega, George Frideric Handel, Fryderyk Chopin, Sergey Rachmaninov, Giacomo Puccini, Antonin Dvorak, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Marie Canteloube, Francesco Sartori, Paul Bateman November 20, 2001
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An absolutely dreadful CD, with one decent rendition (Ave Maria); the rest -- pure awfulness. It's like listening to Susan Alexander Kane (Citizen Kane's second wife) sing a whole album. Brightman's voice wavers & quivers all over the high notes. Oh, it is SO bad.

8.Divenire from: Ponderosa Italy June 10, 2008
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This is wonderful music. Much of the music I listen to is "background" music for some other activity. This can be used for that, too (e.g., a nice dinner party), but this is also great just by itself, to sit and listen to. I also play the piano, and I have found it to inspire my own "off-the-cuff" compositions.

9.25 Classical Favorites from: Vox (Classical) January 23, 1996
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Overall an excellent collection of classical favorites and for $3.99 its a steal, but strangely there is not a single Beethoven composition in the CD.

10.Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Violin Concertos from: EMI Classics August 13, 2002
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Received CD just as expected. Came a day after the last day it was supposed to, but it was okay.

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