Faure: Requiem and other choral music
by Stephen Varcoe
Price: $17.99
Customer Review:
John Rutter made substantial changes to the previously most-performed version of the Faure Requiem when he recorded this. He went back to the version of 1893 to do so, rather than using the more famous, more heavily orchestrated later version. One difference is that the violins in the Sanctus are... more info
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4.5 / 5.0
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Billy Elliot
by Steve Pearce
Price: $16.99
Customer Review:
Wow, what a musical. This is the best one Elton John has written. The subject, Billy Elliot, learning ballet in a working class English coal mining town is great. The movie was excellent but this sounds so much better. I am only sorry that the musical has not come to Broadway yet. Just wait until it... more info
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4.5 / 5.0
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Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts
by Simon Keenlyside
Price: $13.99
Customer Review:
Simply superb. I don't know what our local (Wash DC) paper was talking about when they said Deep River was the weakest link. I was enthralled from beginning to end. I have had the pleasure of hearing Bryn Terfel live in recital at the Kennedy Center. I can assure you that his voice has only improved... more info
Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
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Russell Watson · The Voice
by Russell Watson
Price: $18.98
Customer Review:
I'm glad that musical artists besides opera singers are encouraging the art of opera. I also like some of his more upbeat selections as well. In my opinion though, I couldn't listen to his CD for very long. A couple of his arias sounded a bit splatty at times, and back in the throat at others. I... more info
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4.0 / 5.0
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Angel Dances
by David Delacroix
Price: $14.99
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The Best Carols in the World...Ever!
by Gareth Morrell
Price: $18.98
Customer Review:
This album contains traditional carols performed in a traditional way at the best quality. It is an excellent album to ensure the spirit of christmas is present and to bring the true meaning of christmas back. The double CD selection has all the golden favourites as well as not so wellknown carols... more info
Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
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Renee and Bryn: Under the Stars
by Renee Fleming
Price: $16.98
Customer Review:
I truly enjoy Terfel's vocal talent and found it to be well suited for this genre. Fleming's impeccable soprano voice is a bit overpowering for this style of music. (I own this CD)
Customer Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
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Stravinsky:Symphony of Psalms/Mass/Canticum Sacrum
by Stephen Roberts [baritone]
Price: $21.98
Customer Review:
One aspect of the founder of modernism that gets little press is his deep faith rooted in the Russian Orthodox Church. Stravinsky's ballets use the savage irregular rhythms and epigrammatic melodies of Russian folk song. The sacred choral works featured on this disc are "Russian", too, but theirs is... more info
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4.5 / 5.0
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Bach: Magnificat; Easter Oratorio
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Price: $7.99
Customer Review:
All my reservations I had against Parrott in Bach are completely gone with these discs.
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Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
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Bach: St. John Passion; Mass in B Minor; Easter Oratorio; Ascension Oratorio
by David Evan Thomas
Price: $30.49
Customer Review:
Went looking for the Mass only, but got the whole box set at roughly the same price. Sure I'm not complaining.