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1.Mamma Mia! The Musical Based on the Songs of ABBA: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1999 London Cast) by: Benny Andersson, Julian Poole, Jenny Galloway, Nicolas Colicos, Paul Clarkson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Lisa Stokke, Eliza Lumley, Melissa Gibson, Siobhan McCarthy, Louise Plowright, Jenny Galloway, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson October 17, 2000
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If you've only seen the movie version of Mamma Mia, you're in for a treat, as this recording features 24 songs (much more than was featured in the film) all sung beautifully by the 1999 London cast.

2.Mamma Mia!: 5th Anniversary Edition
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If you are going to get the CD of the Mamma Mia musical this is the one to buy. I know the price is stiff, but, at least to me, it is worth it. I have played it several times and never get tired of it. In addition, it includes an encore rendition of the songs Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, and an initial rendition of Waterloo. You can buy cheaper CD's of the Mamma Mia musical, but these ABBA songs are worth paying a little more to get the best version that is available for sale.

3.Giovanni Gabrieli: Music For San Rocco from: Archiv Produktion November 19, 1996
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This recording was made only a year before La Fenice's "Giovanni Gabrieli: In Festo Sanctissimae Trinitatis". Thus for one year it was probably the best CD of Gabrieli on the market. It's still an attractive performance, with some tracks that are luscious and a few that are lumpy. I'll try to explain why I prefer the sounds of La Fenice. Like "In Festo S. Trinitatis", this performance is a composite of Gabrieli sonatas, toccatas, and Latin-texted motets, arranged as they might have been heard in the church of San Rocco in Venice, on the saint's feast day. This is surely the right concept for performing Gabrieli for modern listeners, combining solemn majesty with instrumental fireworks. Soloists Robert Harre-Jones, Robin Blaze, Donald Grieg, Charles Pott and others, familiar to ... Read More

4.Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Orgonasova, Sieden, Olsen, Peper, Hauptmann, Minetti; Gardiner by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Eliot Gardiner, Luba Orgonasova, Cyndia Sieden, Stanford Olsen, Uwe Peper, Cornelius Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists April 13, 1993
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All in all I was very pleased with this recording. The only complaints that I have would be that Konstanze's and Blonde's voices sound very dry to me. Personally I prefer a Soprano with a more rich, "wet" sounding voice if you will. Orgonasova execute's "Marten Allen Arten" very well, with a display of impeccable technique. I think Hauptmann plays Osmin very well, capturing the Powerful, Menacing, yet Slightly "Oafy" essence the character demands (although As I have witnessed here and in a recording of La Clemenza di Tito that I bought that also has Hauptmann in it, he isn't the best when it comes to coloratura passages; his voice sounds rather "klunky" when executing a sixteenth note run). The lead Tenor (can't remember his name), gives an excellent performance, have at times a very playful sound ... Read More

5.Handel: Saul from: Archiv Produktion April 13, 2004
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From the very start you know you are entering a masterpiece performed by one of the greatest living conductors. First the use of instruments. Each one has a particular part to play and, even in the most unified tuttis of the orchestra, each instrument plays its role and can be followed faithfully without getting lost in some kind of blended melting pot. This is admirable from the opening notes right on till the end. Then Handel uses voices in a very creative way too. David is an alto, which is normal in the 18th century since he is the hero and no one is going to cast a shadow on him. The alliance of this alto with the tenor Jonathan or the soprano Michal, or even the antagonistic soprano Merab, leads to giving each voice a real dramatic depth. The two sopranos are not used the same way since they are ... Read More

6.25th Hour by: Terence Blanchard January 14, 2003
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One star cause it doesn't have the songs I'm looking for, great movie though. thanks to those you posted where the club scene songs can be found, but where can we get the actual mix that was played while Naturelle and Marie were dancing? That is not on the CDs mentioned below....

7.Thamos, König in Ägypten from: Archiv & Deutsche Grammophon 1993 January 18, 1994
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I do not know precisely when Mozart wrote this music. The Play dates as far back as 1773. Mozart, then seventeen, must have set subordinate or casual music to Thamos, König in Ägypten - King Thamos of Egypt.-(KV 345(336a). ((If anyone can help me with the exact date Mozart wrote it, I shall be very appreciative.)) Thamos was first premiered in Vienna in April 1774, as per recent records, with two choruses. Five years later, Mozart added to it orchestral interludes and conducted the Play in Salzburg - his home town. The Play goes thus: Prince Thamos has succeeded his father, Ramsees, as king of Egypt. Thamos did not know that his father had already seized the throne from the lawful and true king, Menes. To cover his identity, Menes ... Read More

8.Mendelssohn & Bargiel Octets from: Hyperion UK November 16, 1993
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I do not know precisely when Mozart wrote this music. The Play dates as far back as 1773. Mozart, then seventeen, must have set subordinate or casual music to Thamos, König in Ägypten - King Thamos of Egypt.-(KV 345(336a). ((If anyone can help me with the exact date Mozart wrote it, I shall be very appreciative.)) Thamos was first premiered in Vienna in April 1774, as per recent records, with two choruses. Five years later, Mozart added to it orchestral interludes and conducted the Play in Salzburg - his home town. The Play goes thus: Prince Thamos has succeeded his father, Ramsees, as king of Egypt. Thamos did not know that his father had already seized the throne from the lawful and true king, Menes. To cover his identity, Menes ... Read More

9.Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail from: Archiv Produktion June 14, 2005
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This recording of Mozart's first German opera The Abduction From The Seraglio is also on another box set/label and has been re-issued for Deutsche Grammophone, the world's greatest classical music and opera label. The Brit Sir Jon Elio Gardiner conducts at a brisk, lively pace (too fast for some folks) and the principal singers sing with excellent German diction and in the traditional Singspiel style but lack a je ne sais quai to really stand out. Tenor Stanford Olsen sings Belmonte, baritone Hans Peter Minetti as Pasha Selim, soprano Luba Orgonasova as Konstanze, soprano Cyndia Sieden as Blonde, Uwe Peper as Pedrillo and bass Cornelius Hauptmann as Osmin. If you're a fan of any of these singers, this recording is for you. Soprao Luba Orgonasova makes a terrific, even electrifying Konstanze - intense, lionine but ... Read More

10.More Broadway's Greatest Love Songs by: Various Artists January 29, 2002
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this is a wonderful and eclectic mix of songs from Broadway- some fascinating, others just very interesting, all delightful

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