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Music : Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits
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Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits from: Polygram Childrens Toy Shop Price: CDN$ 17.99 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028946324028 Format: Import, Best of Label: Polygram Manufacturer: Polygram Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Polygram Release Date: January 01, 1999 Running Time: 154 minutes Studio: Polygram MPN: 463240 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: From Amazon.com: For those who want the most remembered passages of classical music's best-loved works, here's a package for you. On this bargain priced double-CD, you'll find music from 40 different classical composers; for the most part, the recordings excerpted here are some of the very best. Of course, you only get one Bach sampling (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, played by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) and one Mozart (A Little Night Music conducted by Herbert von Karajan), but this is still a nice collection--perhaps the starting point for a budding collection of classical music. This set's downfall? Unfortunately, though the liner notes discuss the evolution of classical music chronologically, the tracks are programmed in alphabetical order by composer's last name. This makes for some startling transitions! Emil Gilels's reflective performance of the Adagio from Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata is followed by the crashing cymbals and bombast of Carmen's "March of the Toreadors," a recipe for a heart attack if there ever was one. Still, there's something here for everyone and the liner notes even explain what movies this music can be found in. A nice touch. --Jason Verlinde Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - DisappointingThe only reason I wanted this CD is for Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. However March of the Toreadors immediately follows it. I see that it was arranged in alphabetical order but I wonder if it wasn't also a cruel joke. I now am conditioned to have my nerves jolted every time I put in the CD and listen to the Moonlight Sonata. Rating:  - Not that good.The only good thing I can say is that it includes about 10 songs I personally love. But I can also say it includes at least 5 songs that are extremely cheesy. The rest of the songs are in the so-so category :) But what I find really dissappointing is the volume leveling, its terrible! Just to mention a few, Monlight Sonata (Beethoven) and Clair De Lune (Debussy) are barely hearable, increasing the volume not only causes white noise but it will break your ears when playing one of the loud songs (like the March Of The Toreadors). Rating: - Some say worn out, i say thats because its a classic...I bought this cd not expecting to recieve such joy from it. the recordings are flawless and beautiful, and they go very well together on this cd... though i felt it was missing something. personally, out of openion, these wold not all be on my 40 greatest compositions of the millenium. i was quite surprised that Bach's tacatto in D minor was not featured on this cd. my true feelings for this song are not the greatest, but many have argued it was one of the best compisitions written (i think i'll leave that to personal openion myself). i read a review of someone saying it was just tired music from comercials... pitiful review i might add. just because something is worn out is not a horrible thing... we must defien what a classic means, ... Read More: Rating:  - I love this CD so much!It is definitely one of my all-time favorites. The songs they chose to put on it are all wonderful and complement each other well. It is a perfect mix of different styles of music, and different composers. It also just gives you a taste of each piece, not the whole entire piece, so you can decide if you like it or not. I would have to say my favorites are March of the Toreadors on disc 1 and the Lieutenant Suite on disc 2. But every piece is enjoyable, so I recommend you get this CD. It is good for the person who already enjoys classical music, or for the person who has decided to give it a try. It will definitely warm you up to classical music! Rating: - A must for home-schoolersHow do you do music education if you aren't musically trained? I have friends who home school, but they don't have the musical training I got as a kid. A good starter is this CD. It really is "the best of the best" and a wide sampling of everything from Baroque to Opera to classical with Jazz inspiration (Gershwin.) If you aren't a classical music buff and want to introduce yourself or your kids to the great music of the centuries, this is a very good starting point. The pieces are arranged alphabetically, which I find strange (I would have preferred chronologically) but for searching and replaying composers, this is a good thing. That's why I think this makes a good resource for home schoolers or for ... Read More: |
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