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Tennessee Pusher

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
by: Old Crow Medicine Show

September 23, 2008

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Mozart For Meditation Quiet M

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
from: Universal Music Group

February 15, 1995
I love this CD. Anyone been through high stress times and found a CD that calmed you to the point you could function? That is what this CD did for me. I listened to it in the lab and while I was writing my dissertation. Now I am looking for a CD for my baby and decided to look this up to find some like it. Really really enjoyed it. But I guess I said that.

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Vln Cto/Ser For Strs

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
from: Onyx

November 06, 2007
I love this CD. Anyone been through high stress times and found a CD that calmed you to the point you could function? That is what this CD did for me. I listened to it in the lab and while I was writing my dissertation. Now I am looking for a CD for my baby and decided to look this up to find some like it. Really really enjoyed it. But I guess I said that.

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Cello For Relaxation Featuring Steven Isserlis, Ofra Harnoy & Janos Starker

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
from: RCA

July 10, 2001
I bought this CD solely based on the fact that I love the cello. I do not pretend to know classical music - I buy what I like to hear, and this CD exceeded my expectations. It is such a pleasure to listen to this disk; it is soothing and every track is worth it!

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The Great Pianists

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
from: Nh

September 23, 2003
This 2-CD compilation of historical recordings of great pianists doesn't have a single bad performance on it, and most are exemplary. Indeed, it makes one want to hear more from these men and women. That is probably Naxos's idea, too: they are in the midst of releasing a series called 'Great Pianists' and this disc is culled from that series. I'm sure they'd love you to buy the whole series! Understandably there are 'bleeding chunks' here; that is to say, we get single movements of concerti, single pieces from sets of works (like Chopin nocturnes or a single prelude and fugue from the Bach Well-Tempered Clavier). But these are well-loved recordings and serve the purpose of whetting one's appetite. As a former pianist with over fifty years of collecting ... Read More:

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Master And Commander Far Side

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
by: Soundtrack (Score)

November 18, 2003
I have been listening to this CD regularly since January and have yet to be bored with it. It has a wonderful variety of the powerful, serious and playful. And it gives more complete versions of the music in the film.

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Most Relaxing Classical Album

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
from: EMI Music Canada

September 14, 1999
I was not interested in becoming a classical expert, just looking merely for SOMETHING in the classical realm to add to my collection and this double CD is perfect.

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Baby Mozart

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
by: Baby Einstein

May 14, 2002
I like classical music, but some of the pieces have crescendos and accents that make it very difficult to listen to when you just want to relax. When I saw Baby Beethoven, I bought it and enjoyed it. I saw Baby Mozart at a different store and instantly picked it up.

The music doesn't have the sudden musical attacks that classical music has because the instant sound can frighten little ones. That is one of the great things about this CD. I can listen to in when I just want to sit down and relax.

I also like that the pieces and the CD itself, it's too long. I can finish the CD during a nice bath. The music also isn't too loud in general, so you don't have to have the CD player volume at full blast one moment, just to hear the music ... Read More:

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Pno Ctos 1/2

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
from: Deutsche Grammophon

September 09, 2008
I like classical music, but some of the pieces have crescendos and accents that make it very difficult to listen to when you just want to relax. When I saw Baby Beethoven, I bought it and enjoyed it. I saw Baby Mozart at a different store and instantly picked it up.

The music doesn't have the sudden musical attacks that classical music has because the instant sound can frighten little ones. That is one of the great things about this CD. I can listen to in when I just want to sit down and relax.

I also like that the pieces and the CD itself, it's too long. I can finish the CD during a nice bath. The music also isn't too loud in general, so you don't have to have the CD player volume at full blast one moment, just to hear the music ... Read More:

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James Ehnes Barber Korngold

Childrens Toy Shop > Classical > Instruments
by: Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

October 24, 2006
This disc featuring Manitoba-born violinist James Ehnes (pronounced 'Ennis') confirms for me my suspicion that he is one of the best of the younger generation of violin soloists on the concert circuit. I had heard and greatly admired his earlier recordings of Bach's Unaccompanied Violin Partitas and of Mozart's five Violin Concerti, but this is the first I've heard him play anything from the Romantic violin concerto literature. And although these three concertos -- those by Korngold, Barber, and Walton -- are from the twentieth century they are quintessentially Romantic in thrust.

Korngold's luscious concerto, written in a style I've always thought of as '1940s Hollywood chromatic' (think of Raksin's 'Laura' or Korngold's own film scores) was premiered ... Read More: