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I am a 41 year old husband and father of two who grew up in and around Washington, DC, and now lives in Portland, Maine. Musically, I was raised on alternative/indie rock, and discovered jazz in college. While I still have a strong love for both, it is classical music that has become my newest passion, now outnumbering all my other albums combined. My entire music collection is approaching 5000… Read moreI am a 41 year old husband and father of two who grew up in and around Washington, DC, and now lives in Portland, Maine. Musically, I was raised on alternative/indie rock, and discovered jazz in college. While I still have a strong love for both, it is classical music that has become my newest passion, now outnumbering all my other albums combined. My entire music collection is approaching 5000 titles (and my dad has another 3000+ classical discs, which we often trade back and forth -- we have gone to great lengths to avoid duplicating our collections). As a rule, I try to only review items that have not been previously done so by customers. In utilizing this fantastic resource Amazon has put together, nothing has frustrated me more than going to a title I am interested in and finding nothing said about it. Hopefully, by writing these reviews, I can help someone else out there avoid similar disappointment.
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Thank you Amazon for carrying such a large selection of titles from the Australian "Eloquence" series! While the majority of the performances in this mid-price import line are available stateside (but as different titles or with different packaging), some are not and needless to say I am snapping many of those CDs up quickly. This delightful disc features Handel's Water Music, performed by Eduard van Beinum and the Royal Concertgebouw, and Music for the Royal Fireworks, with Bernard Haitink conducting the same orchestra. I own and enjoy accounts of these works by Dorati, Mackerras, Malgoire, Marriner, Scherchen, Steinberg and Szell, and the accounts featured here are every bit… Read more
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This 2CD set from EMI's "Double Forte" series is an excellent way to get five outstanding piano concertos for the price of one full-priced disc (get it in the Marketplace, Amazon's price is inflated). The main attraction here is the three Tchaikovsky Concertos, as performed by legendary pianist Emil Gilels with Lorin Maazel and the New Philharmonia Orchestra in 1972 recordings. (As an aside, I've always wondered if EMI had intended George Szell to record these works with Gilels. When Szell left Epic/Columbia for EMI in the late 1960s, his new studio made a point of partnering the conductor with the master soloists under their contract. Unfortunately, Szell's death in 1970 left… Read more
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Unlike most of the recent batch of RVG releases (6/29 & 7/13/04), trumpeter Lee Morgan's "The Sixth Sense" hasn't been out-of-print for years, as it was first released on CD relatively recently in 1999. While there are certainly more deserving titles currently languishing in the Blue Note vaults, it is good to have this remastered reissue back in the catalog nonetheless. The best thing about this CD is it is actually two sessions. The original album, recorded on November 10, 1967 with Jackie McLean on alto sax, Frank Mitchell on tenor sax, Cedar Walton on piano, Victor Sproles on bass and Billy Higgins on drums, featured this disc's first six tracks. The original CD… Read more
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