Are you looking for an album filled with five star recordings? Then look no further than this fine CD by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Here is one review I pulled from an Amazon listener. “I have found that the performance style of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (OCO) typically coincides exactly with my personal preferences; it […]
Ceremonial Music for Trumpet and Symphonic Organ: CD Recommendation for Week
Ceremonial Music for Trumpet and Symphonic Organ is my CD recommendation for the week of January 4, 2015. I’ve given five stars (top rating) to each cut from this CD. Composers such as Mendelssohn, Purcell, Clarke, Hovhaness, Bach, Handel, and Charpentier are featured. Here is a review that I can easily second. Classical music lovers […]
Schubert: Quintet in C
Schubert’s Quintet in C is the CD recommendation for this week. Part 2 or the Adagio is one of my favorite sections of this Heinrich Schiff recording of the Alban Berg Quartet. Here is a positive review I found on Amazon. Here is another fine recording of this same piece by Schubert. “Many consider Schubert’s […]
Ceremonial Music for Trumpet and Symphonic Organ
Ceremonial Music for Trumpet and Symphonic Organ is the recommended CD this week. Rolf Smedvig is the featured trumpeter and Michael Murray is on the organ. Of the positive reviews on Amazon, this one provides an overview of what to expect from this music. As a former trumpet player, I thoroughly enjoy this sound. […]
Gounod’s Messe solennelle de Sainte Cecile
Gounod’s “Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte Cecile” contains some of the most beautiful music one might ever want to hear. My favorite selections from this masterpiece are Sanctus and Benedictus, cuts five and six. I first heard Sanctus in the early 1950s when my parents brought home a vinyl recording that included the musical […]
Seven Last Words of Christ: Theodore Dubois
Of the two recordings I have of “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” one by Dubois and one by Haydn, the composition by Dubois is by far my favorite. The purity of “Christ We Do All Adore Thee” is well worth the price of this CD. The accompaniment is organ and I would prefer a […]
Chopin: 24 Preludes
There are many Chopin: 24 Preludes to choose from. Gregory Sokolov is the artist in this particular and most of the cuts I rate as five stars. Hence my music recommendation for this week. The following review by Scott Morrison mirrors my reaction to this recording. “Grigory Sokolov is a pianist who just recently ventured […]
The Bells of St. Genevieve and Other Baroque Delights
The Bells of St. Genevieve and Other Baroque Delights is my classical music recording for the week. Downloading the MP3 version seems to be the only way to capture this music, but it is worth it. Below is a positive review from an Amazon reader. Based on the way I frequently listen to music (one […]