The Essential Canadian Brass

Title: The Essential Canadian Brass Artist: The Canadian Brass Date: 1991 Style — Classical crossover Mood — happy, jovial, quirky Good for — relaxing, chilling out in an energetic sort of way A fun mixture of classical, pop, and jazz elements. I was very impressed with Canadian Brass’s Zarathustra Fanfare which almost fooled me into [...]

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Piano Quartets

Title: Piano Quartets / Die Klavierquartette Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Artist: Beaux Arts Trio with Bruno Giuranna, viola Date: 1984 Style: Classical Mood: bittersweet, intense, brooding, moody, brilliant, playful Good for: writing, editing, researching Loved this album. I listened to it at least a dozen times while doing research for a paper. There is just [...]

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Haydn/Hummel Trumpet Concertos

Title: Haydn/Hummel Trumpet Concertos Artist: Alison Balsom, trumpet; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Date: 2008 Style – Classical, Baroque Mood – bright, cheerful, happy Good for – studying, writing, background, relaxing, entertaining This is one of those albums which I liked okay on first listen, but once I learned a bit more about how this recording [...]

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Mozart Gran Partita

Title: Mozart Gran Partita Performer: Moonwinds; Joan Enric Lluna, director Date: 2006 Label: Harmonia Mundi I took this CD off the library shelves because it was one of the more recently purchased Mozarts we had, and I needed some inspirational music to write my most recent paper to. This CD did the trick. I was [...]

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Angela Hewitt Plays Handel & Haydn

Title: Angela Hewitt Plays Handel & Haydn Performer: Angela Hewitt Date: 2009 Much like another famous Canadian pianist (i.e., Glenn Gould), Angela Hewitt is known for her expert interpretation of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. In this recording, however, she turns to the classical period with works by Handel and Haydn. Since I really should [...]

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Violin Concertos No. 1 & No. 4 and Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

Title: Violin Concerto No. 1, K. 207; Violin Concerto No. 4, K. 280; and Rondo for Violin and Orchestra, K.269 Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performer: Cho-Liang Lin, violin ; English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Date: 1988 Not a new CD per se, but it is new to the library where I work. For some [...]

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The Collection 1, The Solo Recordings

Image by exquisitur via FlickrTitle: The Collection 1, The Solo Recordings Artist: Martha Argerich Date: 2009 So, how do you sum up the career of an artist? This collection of 8 CDs begins with Argerich’s career as a teen and concludes with recordings in her 40s. To truly get a feel for this set, I [...]

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