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  Tommy (1969 Original Concept Album)

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  • Posted:Jan-04-2009

  • What More Can I Say
  • Unbelievable concept album with one cover song that also kills, "Eyesight to the Blind". Great songwriting, musicianship and beautiful harmonies make this an "Amazing Journey", cover to cover. I...
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  • Posted:Nov-24-2008

  • listen carefully
  • I know most of the other reviews say this is a great album . well it is , however during this sacd version there are many drop outs not found on the dvd audio version . you can really here it on...
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  • Posted:Nov-12-2007

  • Not so great
  • Although Tommy made the Who successful and Roger Daltrey into a "rock god"
    I was never drawn to it. In my opinion it is better if you listen to the album from beginning to end instead of...
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Release Date: 2003-09-30, Audio CD, Sony more

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  Simply Baroque

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  • Posted:May-14-2008

  • a little bit of prominence to the cello, to go with the picture
  • I bought this because I love to listen to cellos. On my Mark&Daniels,the sound is first rate, overall. ButI would have loved to have the cello given a bit more prominence, audio-wise. The...
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Release Date: 1996-08-20, Audio CD, Vox (Classical) more

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  25 Bach Favorites

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  • Posted:Jul-09-2008

  • waited for 2 months
  • And the company still sent me the wrong cd.The cd i received was 25 most classical favorites,so instead of returning the wrong item,i just took the lost.
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  • Posted:May-19-2007

  • Just what you would expect
  • I was looking for a CD of exclusively Bach music, not necessarily played by a famous artist or orchestra. This had a lot of his well-known pieces and was exactly what I was looking for.
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Release Date: 2001-03-27, Audio CD, EMI Classics more

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  The Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever!

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  • Posted:Aug-29-2008

  • Wonderful
  • Wonderful classical music. The CD is very relaxing and offers a wide variety of favorite classical music. I can't wait to listen to the other "Relaxing" CD's that are available.
    
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  • Posted:Feb-15-2008

  • Not very relaxing
  • This CD is ok and Obviously is not Grammy material. For the price it is ok but was looking for something "more relaxing." Sorry I cannot be more specific.
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  • Posted:Dec-08-2007

  • Not that relaxing
  • I was disappointed in this CD because I didn't find the music was as soothing as I would have expected from the title. Much of the music tended to be faster beats, loud, and somewhat "noisy". The...
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Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach is one of those rare novelty recordings that never gets boring. In the capable hands... more

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  Switched-On Bach

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  • Posted:Oct-03-2008

  • 40 years later it's STILL great
  • even though it's been 40 years since it was released, Switched on Bach by Wendy (formerly Walter) Carlos is one of the best musical performances ever recorded. Anyone even remotely into classical...
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  • Posted:Aug-25-2008

  • Switched-On Bach
  • This is some Bach songs played on a synthesizer back in the 80's. Synthesizers were still in their infancy, so the recording is less than great by today's standards.
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Release Date: 1996-10-29, Audio CD, Sony more

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  Greatest Hits: Broadway

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  • Posted:Sep-08-2008

  • Simply OK
  • I haven't enjoyed this one very much. As a matter of fact, I passed it on. Seemed lackluster somehow.
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  • Posted:Jun-28-2008

  • The original recordings
  • A nice sampler. I bought it primarily for "Together, Forever" from Gypsy, though its nice to have the Broadway version of "Send in the Clowns (I believe by Glynis Johns). But it is just a...
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In the wake of its previous, Grammy-winning disc of contemporary madrigals (Colors of Love), the all-male a... more

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  Magnificat: A Capella Works by Josquin, Palestrina, Titov, Victoria, and Others

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  • Posted:Jun-27-2007

  • Beautiful with excellent sound engineering and singing
  • I got what I wanted ---some absolutely beautiful compositions with exquiste voices.
    Should be a grammy nominee
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  • Posted:Dec-26-2001

  • Disappointing performance practice
  • Although this album does not differ from any other Chanticleer album in its gorgeous sound, the performances of Palestrina and Josquin are...well, boring. Contrary to popular belief, this music was...
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Christmas is the season for whipping out those holiday-specific standard recordings. This splendid gift by... more

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  Sing We Christmas

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  • Posted:Feb-18-2008

  • Sing We Christmas
  • There's not much more I can add to the glowing reviews of this CD except to say that I'm surprised that "A un nino llorando" doesn't get a mention! It became my favorite on the album, even though...
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Michael Tilson Thomas is an expert Ivesian. His 1970 recording debut was with Three Places in New England, still... more

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  Ives: An American Journey

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  • Posted:Dec-18-2005

  • A superb evening of Ives, the best in decades
  • Tilson Thomas's PR team should put out a ocntract on me; I rarely express enthusiasm for him. So let me bow especially low to this superlative 1999 concert of Ives as viewed from his most melodic,...
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  • Posted:Jan-12-2004

  • Something of a disappointment
  • I was very much looking forward to the latest Ives recording from Michael Tilson Thomas, whose reputation as an Ives specialist began with his first recording of the Three Pieces in New England,...
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Release Date: 2004-03-16, Audio CD, Naxos more

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  Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

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  • Posted:Apr-14-2004

  • Lloyd-Jones is a Worthy Successor to Beecham as a Delian
  • In 1997 David Lloyd-Jones conducted a different program of Delius orchestral (and vocal) music that included the early 'Florida Suite' and the final scene of his American opera 'Koanga.' It was...
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"Vision--The Music of Hildegard von Bingen"? Make that "Hildegard--the Dance Remix." (Yes, it has been used on the... more

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  Vision: The Music of Hildegard von Bingen

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  • Posted:Jan-19-2009

  • Varied yet true
  • I think all of these reviews are right. I have several recording from the purist classical perspective attempting to convey the mind and spirt of Hildegard at the time. I also rediscovered...
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  • Posted:Oct-31-2008

  • Interesting experiment, mixed success.
  • Richard Souther's electronic, sometimes techno arrangement/accompaniment of Hildegard's pure and intense melodies is an experiment that works well for certain pieces (Virga ac Diadema, O Frondens...
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  • Posted:May-19-2005

  • I agree with Amazon
  • I, too, bought this cd used for a very low price and found out why when I got it home. I was looking for Hildegard and was vastly disappointed. I'll remember next time that you get what you pay for.
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  Black Angels

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  • Posted:Jun-07-2008

  • Something to Be Said...
  • I haven't written a review for a product in an extremely long time here, but I felt that I needed to say something on this album.
    
    I was looking for pieces of George Crumb to listen to...
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  • Posted:Apr-12-2008

  • unspeakably awful: 5 stars
  • I am an amateur fan of classical music: I know enough to understand most of what people say when they talk about classical music, and enough to keep my mouth shut when that is going on.
    
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  • Posted:Nov-30-2004

  • Black Angels isn't enough to save it
  • This is perhaps the single worst recording that I've heard all year in the chamber music genre. I love modern quartet music and avante garde in general, but this is a waste. Specifically:
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  Pure

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  • Posted:Sep-30-2008

  • music
  • Pure represents the initial international, read US, CD release of Hayley Westenra. Other albums had been released outside of the US market, but Pure is an excellent cross-section of the wide...
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  • Posted:Jan-12-2005

  • A Pure Disappointment
  • When I heard of her, I was quite excited for another young performer. However, when I actually bought the cd I felt like crying. Not only does she not stand up to Charlotte Church she lacks any...
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  • Posted:May-08-2004

  • Lovely voice OVER-SHADOWED by over-the-top arrangements
  • Hayley is a remarkable talent, it's too bad her producers and arrangers get in the way. From the opening track you hear her lovely voice, and just as you settle in to enjoy it you get hammered...
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Release Date: 1991-09-13, Audio CD, Nonesuch more

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  A Renaissance Christmas / Cohen, Boston Camerata

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  • Posted:Dec-27-2008

  • Renaissance Christmas by Joel Cohen and the Boston Camerata
  • Simply a delightful trip back across the centuries, long before the crass commercial exploitation of this glorious day on the Christian calendar. The polyphonic voices, the delicious syncopation...
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Release Date: 2002-07-16, Audio CD, Teldec more

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  Orff: Carmina Burana

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  • Posted:Dec-06-2008

  • 20th Century Classic
  • An excellent rendition of a 20th century classical classic. A pure pleasure to sit and absorb, over and over again. The conducting is enthusiastic and precise as one might expect from Mehta, and...
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Release Date: 2004-02-24, Audio CD, Sony more

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  Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

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  • Posted:Jan-19-2009

  • A zillion-seller, now in best sound but badly faded
  • A previous reviewer at Amazon entitles his post "Good ol' Eugene Ormandy," tempting me to supply a one-word review: Exactly. Here he is in all his bland, limp, golden-voiced splendor. I owned the...
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  • An Unforgettable Musical Feast
  • Camina Barana
    
    Resurrected by Karl Orff, from the caves of a Monastery in Germany, the manuscripts of a large collection of Georgian Chants were put together, re-scored into the beautiful...
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Release Date: 1994-08-09, Audio CD, Sony more

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  Bach: Greatest Hits

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  • Posted:Dec-26-2008

  • the right kind of classical (actually, Baroque) greatest hits album
  • There are two things you should know before buying a greatest hits album by one of the legendary composers whose music we often call 'classical'.
    
    First, the purists hate them. Their ire...
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  • Posted:Jul-28-2000

  • Bach for amateurs
  • A good selection of the most popular works of J.S.Bach.Really suitable for non professional musicians or music lovers. The best tracks ,no doubt,are the ones of Glenn Gould,specially his...
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Release Date: 1992-10-28, Audio CD, Chandos more

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  Quilter Songs

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  • Posted:Jan-14-2005

  • The Germans can't have all the fun
  • To show us that subtlety isn't uniquely French and that beautiful sing-along melody wasn't invented by Schubert, God gave us Roger Quilter. This is some of the most exquisite song writing in the...
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Release Date: 1995-08-22, Audio CD, Naxos more

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  Britten: Ceremony of Carols

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  • Posted:Jul-17-2006

  • great music, but not a great recording
  • This is a recording of treble-choir music by Benjamin Britten, performed by the New London Children's Choir and directed by Ronald Corp.
    
    I love Britten's music, and having sung several...
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  • Posted:May-14-2004

  • BEST OF BRITISH
  • This disc can be recommended enthusiastically to all admirers of Britten's work and also to newcomers. His genius and originality often show up most clearly when he writes for small forces. There...
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Release Date: 2000-05-09, Audio CD, Hyperion UK more

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  Taverner: Missa Mater Christi Sanctissima

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  • Posted:May-30-2007

  • Double Five!
  • This is easily my favorite Taverner mass, and easily my favorite performance by The Sixteen. To my ear, the English Renaissance masses such as Taverner's are more suited to choral performance than...
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