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Mozart for Mothers-To-Be: Tender Lullabies for Mother and Child
Fill the womb--I mean, the room--with the gentle sounds of Mozart's lovely Adagios and Adantes performed by strings and winds.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: MOZART,W.A.
Title: FOR MOTHERS TO BE
Street Release Date: 04/09/1996
Genre: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Bach: The Art of Fugue
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Media Type: CD
Artist: BACH,J.S.
Title: ART OF FUGUE
Street Release Date: 08/12/2003
Genre: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
This all-star chamber ensemble was specifically formed to play Messiaen's masterpiece. Two decades after this recording was made, it still shows the effects of their intense identification with the music. Some listeners find Messiaen's music longwinded and difficult, and my own opinion varies depending on the work and my mood. But this piece, written in a German concentration camp during the early years of World War II, is truly one of the greatest works of music of the 20th century. Although it lasts nearly an hour, its variety of color and its powerful expressiveness will engross any responsive listener, especially in this performance. --Leslie Gerber
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Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, etc / Bernstein, New York PO
Happy is the composer who has an advocate as passionate and talented as Leonard Bernstein. These Copland performances have been the preferred versions since they were first issued--better even than the composer's own, later recordings. Originally they were spread over two discs, but thanks to the extended playing time of the compact disc, you can now get all three great Copland ballets together, along with the ever popular Fanfare for the Common Man. Bernstein brings to this music the right sharpness of rhythm but also a typically open-hearted warmth. He coaxes a virtuoso response from the New York Philharmonic, which knows this music as well (or better) than anyone. Self- recommending. --David Hurwitz
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