Buy Historical Periods Classical Music

Dinnerstein's Goldberg Variations was recorded in the neoclassic auditorium of the Academy of Arts and Letters in... more

• from $10.97
• 3 Stores
• at 3 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 1 coupon available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon.

  • Expires:Dec-31-2010
  • Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Bach: Goldberg Variations

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jun-04-2008

  • Simone Dinnerstein plays Bach's Goldberg Variations
  • Bach: Goldberg Variations. If you've ever questioned the value of owning different interpretations of the same musical work, just listen to this interpretations and compare it to that of Gould, or...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:May-20-2008

  • Terrible sound quality
  • Avoid this CD. The sound quality is downright awful. It is so painful to listen to this disk that any thoughts of a "performance" have to laid aside.
    
    Having heard two equal CDs, I had to...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Apr-29-2008

  • The Goldberg Variations by a human being
  • Although it's hardly fair to compare anyone, let alone a pianist on her debut CD, to the titan Glenn Gould, one of the 20th century's greatest pianists, Dinnerstein has brought it upon herself by...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

This soaring collection of carols and poems is a splendid way for adults to share with children some of the classic... more

• $9.98
• at Tower.com
• at Tower.com
  images/v5/seeit_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Classical Kids Christmas

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jan-06-2009

  • kids immediately quiet down and listen to this story!
  • I put this CD in my car when I carpool for hockey or scouts, the children immediately quiet down to listen to the story and music, its amazing! All the Classical Kids CD's are like this. My kids...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jan-09-2007

  • Not what I expected
  • I like this CD just fine but it was not what I expected or really what I wanted. I was looking for an all instrumental Christmas CD for my Autistic son. He does not particularly like the...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

ORIGINAL MUSIC WRITTEN BY ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE PHILIP GLASS ALSO INCLUDES SONGS PERFORMED BY LUCIANO PAVAROTTI,... more

• from $13.29
• Free Shipping
• 3 Stores
• at 3 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 1 coupon available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    Free Standard shipping on any order at DeepDiscount.

  • Expires:Aug-31-2010
  • Restriction:Unknow
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  No Reservations

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Apr-05-2008

  • Excellent background music to...
  • We enjoyed the movie, but loved the soundtrack. It is a nice blend of pop, instrumental and opera. Good for having on whenever.
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Mar-06-2008

  • Where's the Score?
  • Not that I don't love opera (in fact, I already own 90% of this soundtrack outside of this compilation, Puccini and Verdi included), but where is the SCORE?? I love Philip Glass' work (for me,...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Dec-06-2007

  • Joyful Listening
  • Celebrating food and good relationships, this movie was very touching to me. Now we can relive the movie with the wonderful music--it is perfect to be in the kitchen drinking wine, cooking pasta,...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Although Gergiev is highly experienced in the theater, and he is leading an opera-ballet orchestra, this is... more

• from $8.99
• 4 Stores
• at 4 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 1 coupon available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon.

  • Expires:Dec-31-2010
  • Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Pytor Illych Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Complete Ballet

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Dec-27-2008

  • Crisp, clean, lively, tastefully aggressive
  • I have never heard a Nutcracker that was done more tastefully than this one. The faster tempos that some here complain about (I suspect simply because it's just not what they're 'accustomed' to)...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Dec-26-2008

  • typical Gergiev recording
  • Gergiev, regardless of his abilities in conducting live performances of Ballet, Opera, or Orchestral concerts, is a willing tool of The System.
    Philips want "Nutcracker" on a single CD -...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Dec-13-2007

  • Not for everyone
  • If you came to love Nutcracker from trekking out to see the ballet for Christmas, this is probably not your recording. As many others have remarked, ballet requires a certain tempo; this one is...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

11cd Box Set with the Legendary Rubinsetin Recordings of Chopin Works. more

• from $22.27
• Free Shipping
• 5 Stores
• at 5 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 2 coupons available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon.

  • Expires:Dec-31-2010
  • Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    Free Standard shipping on any order at DeepDiscount.

  • Expires:Aug-31-2010
  • Restriction:Unknow
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Chopin Collection

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jul-22-2008

  • High Quality, But Not Perfect (For Me)!
  • This is a bargain for the price, with GREAT sound quality! Warm, but also clear. The perfomances are great, specially the mazurkas and waltzes and sonatas. I thought the noctures where played a bit...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:May-19-2008

  • Clean and correct
  • 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...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jan-07-2008

  • Arthur Rubinstein TheChopin Collection
  • The first box of CD's had duplicates of CD's 1-4 (of 11 CD's). Sent it back. Second set received and all the tracks on Disks 1-4 had major skips and outages--just blank spaces with NO Sound. I...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Recalling the uplifting New Age chorals of Adiemus and Enigma, Libera fuses the high, innocent voices of 11 and... more

• from $11.99
• 2 Stores
• at 2 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Libera

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Dec-25-2008

  • A simple typo, so much amusement
  • Amazon has given me the giggles. Their "on this CD" section is showing that each piece is performed with Liberace instead of Libera! Slight difference.
    
    I've submitted this error to...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Oct-12-2002

  • Good but not great
  • This album was a valiant attempt of a fusion of boys choir with rock/synthesizer music. I heard this album at a listening station at a local bookstore and was blown away by the first track "Salva...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

There's very little to say about this recording of ethereally beautifully singing by the 24 young English lads who... more

• from $11.98
• 4 Stores
• at 4 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 1 coupon available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon.

  • Expires:Dec-31-2010
  • Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Angel Voices

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:May-25-2008

  • Immaculate (as usual)
  • The studio disc "Angel Voices" represents a well-crafted cross-section of Libera's work across the majority of its 24 year history, re-recorded with the current ensemble of voices. If you're brand...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Nov-05-2007

  • New agey
  • Nice boys choir, the kids are quite talented. Pleasant music. Nobody really stands out. I'll still take Jean Baptiste Maunier and "The Chorus"--greater variety of works (especially if you catch...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:May-21-2007

  • Censoring of Be Still My Soul
  • On the fifth track, Be Still My Soul, the arrangers reworked the original lyrics of Katharina A. von Schlegel and taken the third verse:
    
    Be still, my soul:
    when dearest friends...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

The award-winning Classical Kids series introduces children -- and adults -- to the joys of classical music. A... more

• $10.19
• at Tower.com
• at Tower.com
  images/v5/seeit_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Mr. Bach Comes To Call

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Oct-31-2008

  • Excellent for first exposure to classical music
  • Our family has listened to almost the whole "Classical Kids" series and I must say the whole series is such excellent work.
    
    The words are clearly spoken, the story flow very good and...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jul-04-2000

  • Big disappointment!
  • I ordered this after hearing the smart and wonderfully creative "Beethoven Lives Upstairs." Sadly, this one is poorly written and badly acted. The setting for the story has Bach visiting modern-day...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

ANDR? RIEU: MASTERPIECES Loved by millions around the world, no one makes people feel as good as Today's Waltz... more

• from $12.59
• 2 Stores
• at 2 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Masterpieces

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Dec-14-2008

  • Rieu
  • I received this item in a timely manner, but it's for my husband's Christmas stocking, so I don't know how it sounds.
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jun-27-2008

  • Andre Rieu CD
  • This Audio CD did not have tracks I expected. Most of the tracks are lousy
    style none of the nice tracks from the Tuscany shaw.
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Oceana is the key work of this album, a composition for orchestra, three guitars, harp and voice, filled with Latin... more

• from $11.53
• 2 Stores
• at 2 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Oceana

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Dec-27-2008

  • Ugh!
  • I'm a big fan of the Atlanta Symphony and Robert Spano. I also like Dawn Upshaw. And I've heard so much about Golijov that I had to find out what all the hype was about. Sadly, it was just hype....
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jun-24-2008

  • Anyone notice the cover image?
  • 
    If you're curious, the cover image for this DG release is recycled from Bill Evans and Jim Hall's 1963 'Undercurrent' album.
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Feb-28-2008

  • The songs are the key.
  • I was very curious about this cd and almost picked it up in a store. I decided to check it out online (where I purchased it after streaming a bit) instead. The main offering ('Oceana') was...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

After astonishing debuts as an unknown young singer, Anna Netrebko is now one of the world's favorite opera... more

• from $11.40
• 3 Stores
• at 3 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Russian Album

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jul-09-2008

  • Overly cautious and too much inhibition.
  • This acclaimed disc is a collaboration of superstars - Valery Gergiev and Anna Netrebko, Russia's two top classical artists of the era.
    But the image really is much bigger than the...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jun-21-2008

  • Opinion from an opera novice............
  • As the title states,I am just starting to learn about opera,and I found Ms.Netrebko's singing on 'Russian Album' to be absolutely breathtaking!
    
    For now,she is my favorite soprano.
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jan-01-2008

  • The Empress Has Clothes ?
  • This Pig does not know a lot about Sopranos, but if she is , why did they not record her voice more forward in the recording. The recording gives her little more presence than a back up singer. I...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

As the New York Times put it when Danny Elfman's Serenada Schizophrana was performed live at Carnegie Hall in... more

• from $8.98
• 3 Stores
• at 3 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 1 coupon available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon.

  • Expires:Dec-31-2010
  • Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Serenada Schizophrana

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:May-25-2008

  • This is movie music - not a concert piece
  • I love Elfman's movie and TV scores; they never fail to delight me. And I generally enjoy listening to recordings of those scores because they evoke vivid memories of the movie they accompanied.
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Dec-23-2007

  • Serenada Schizophrana - Superba!
  • If you like clasical music composed over the last 140 years, you may well like this one. This work, along with Mishima (and some other works) by Philip Glass, repesent some of the best of modern...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jun-27-2007

  • A soundtrack without a movie
  • Danny Elfman is one of Hollywood's most talented score writers, with more than 100 movie soundtracks under his belt. His musical arrangements never fail to impress, and he has an almost mystical...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Chopin's and Rachmaninov's cello sonatas performed by accomplished cellists, Alexander Kniazev and Nikolai Lugansky. more

• from $11.99
• 4 Stores
• at 4 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 1 coupon available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon.

  • Expires:Dec-31-2010
  • Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Chopin & Rachmaninov: Cello Sonatas

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:May-07-2008

  • Worthy
  • Before buying this disc, you should be aware that there is a technical glitch in the slow movement of the Rachmaninoff Sonata. For a few seconds, a second cello apppears to be playing in the right...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Release Date: 1996-01-23, Audio CD, Naxos more

• from $12.99
• 2 Stores
• at 2 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Delibes: Copp?lia (complete in three acts) / La Source (suites)

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Mar-01-2008

  • Coppelia Perfect
  • I was in need of the complete Ballet. It is exactly what I needed. Sounds beautiful. Came quick and with no problems!!!
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Release Date: 2007-01-16, Audio CD, EMI Classics more

• from $8.67
• 4 Stores
• at 4 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 1 coupon available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon.

  • Expires:Dec-31-2010
  • Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Verdi: Falstaff

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Feb-11-2007

  • Libretto for Karajan's EMI Falstaff
  • David Bryson's review of this great recording emphasizes the need to have the libretto in hand when listening to Falstaff. This Karajan/EMI Falstaff issue comes without a printed libretto--but the...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Release Date: 1997-10-14, Audio CD, BMG more

• from $7.98
• 2 Stores
• at 2 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 1 coupon available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon.

  • Expires:Dec-31-2010
  • Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Aquitania

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jul-24-2008

  • Wonderful medieval Christmas music!
  • Aquitania by Sequentia is a wonderful, exciting Christmas CD for connoisseurs of early vocal music. These early Christmas Latin songs of the 12th century has a total time of 73 minutes. This is a...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Release Date: 2003-04-29, Audio CD, Arsis Records more

• from $11.99
• 2 Stores
• at 2 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jan-13-2009

  • Amazing!
  • Eric Whitacre rocks and the BYU singers are no doubt the only group who could pull these songs off the way they did. Incredible harmonies and impecable acuracy. I love every song on here. Each time...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jan-25-2007

  • whitacre
  • I bought this CD because it included the piece "Lux aurumque", which I feel must have been inspired because it transforms the listener into another realm. The other pieces are well done, too, but...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Release Date: 2007-06-19, Audio CD, Warner Classics more

• from $5.99
• 2 Stores
• at 2 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Artist Portrait Series

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Jan-10-2009

  • The Greatest Finnish Bass since Talvela
  • Matti Salminen is a force of nature. The immensity of his voice and the generosity of his artistry are two commodities that the opera world has known for more than three decades, and thankfully,...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Karl Jenkins's The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace is a departure from his Adiemus recordings into the more conventional... more

• from $12.99
• 3 Stores
• at 3 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif
• Review

  Selected reviews for:

  The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Sep-29-2008

  • Great piece, good performance, short-changed recording
  • The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace is a work which everyone who longs for peace will want to hear. Karl Jenkins uses a remarkable combination of text and music from major world religions to depict how...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Aug-30-2008

  • Poignantly beautiful and stunningly emotional
  • I received this CD as a gift from a friend in the UK. He was spot on as to the musical intregrity of this mass. I was moved by the beauty and power of Jenkin's 21st century lyrical move from the...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Sep-05-2005

  • The Armed Man
  • I like the music but the volume swings are far too big for any of my four sound systems to cope with. Constantly using the volume control.
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>

Release Date: 2006-11-14, Audio CD, Deutsche Grammophon more

• from $8.99
• 3 Stores
• at 3 Stores
  images/v5/compare_but.gif

• 1 coupon available

  

  • Code:No Code Required
  • Detail:

    FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon.

  • Expires:Dec-31-2010
  • Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.
  Review

  Selected reviews for:

  Mozart: Don Giovanni

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Apr-29-2008

  • THE MOST THEATRICAL DON GIOVANNI ON RECORD
  • ABOUT THE ALBUM: LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA, July and August, 1977, originally released in LP, remastered as a 3-CD set by Deutsche Grammophon. THE CAST:...
  • read full review | report as inappropriate

  See more reviews >>