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For the price, Decca's five-disc collection entitled Ultimate Cello Classics does a fairly nice job of introducing listeners to some of the instrument's great literature. |
Artist: VA|
Like other titles in this substantial Decca series, Ultimate Chopin is a box set devoted to recordings drawn from the label's prestigious backlist, designed to give beginners and casual listeners a well-rounded introduction to this Romantic master of piano music. |
Artist: VA|
The bold, beautiful symphonies of Johannes Brahms are the towering triumphs of his compositional legacy-yet no serious Brahms collection is complete without many of the other famous works you'll find in this 5-CD set. |
Artist: VA|
De Vito is recognized by audiences and critics alike as one of the greatest artists of her time and was considered Europe’s foremost woman violinist. |
Artist: Gioconda de Vito|
This album begins with a woman on a rooftop alone, singing to the birds, her voice gutsy, darkly magical. Since her first album away from her folk dynasty family, 2015’s Two Wolves, with outstanding guitarist David A Jaycock, Marry Waterson’s many talents have been unfurling themselves, like late-season roses bursting from cut branches. |
Artist: Marry Waterson & David A. Jaycock|
Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey; January 4, 1957) is an American country music singer. Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first (self-titled) album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of neotraditional country. |
Artist: Patty Loveless|
The madrigal became a beloved specialty of The Deller Consort, and their recordings were arguably the most influential factor in the revival in popularity of the a cappella repertoire that flourished in the late Renaissance and the dawn of the Baroque era. |
Artist: Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort|
Seven discs, 168 items: and this is only Vol 1. Deller is most widely known and commonly remembered on records for the dozen or so songs by Dowland, Purcell and others brought out by HMV shortly after the war. |
Artist: Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort|
Ultimate Classical Chill Out: The Essential Masterpieces basically delivers what it promises: a large selection of mellow classical music appropriate for unobtrusive background listening. |
Artist: VA|
It includes one Baroque aria, from Handel's Rodelinda, and several from the Classical era - two arias from Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice, and seven from Mozart's operas - and the rest range from the bel canto of Rossini to the verismo of Cilea and Puccini. |
Artist: VA