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  Classical Music Legendary Performers
Dvorák: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations Mstislav Rostropovich Why aren't there more cello concertos? The voice of this instrument is so profoundly expressive -- especially in the hands of an extraordinary performer like Mstislav Rostropovich -- yet there are only ...(more)
A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981) Glenn Gould In 1955, Columbia Records released a recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations that introduced the musical world to Glenn Gould. The young Canadian pianist's joyous, quicksilver interpretation not ...(more)
The Art of Segovia Andres Segovia Anyone who loves the classical guitar must also love Andrés Segovia -- even if he/she doesn't know it yet. He is credited with garnering -- almost single-handedly -- big-league status for the plucky six-string ...(more)
The Complete Chopin Recordings Dinu Lipatti If you love Chopin, by all means, get these recordings. If you love great piano playing, by all means, get these recordings. If you love life and beauty and grace and love ...(more)
The Original Jacket Collection: George Szell Plays & Conducts Mozart George Szell Long prized by collectors, George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra's Mozart sessions from the 1950s and '60s fill this delightful ten-disc installment in Sony's Original Jacket series. The 2006 Mozart ...(more)
The Studio Recitals Maria Callas In addition to her legendary studio recordings of complete operas, Maria Callas made 11 studio albums of arias and scenes, including both music from her stage repertoire and pieces she never sang in an ...(more)
Price Rediscovered: Carnegie Hall Recital Debut Leontyne Price Leontyne Price already had a flourishing international career when she made her Carnegie Hall recital debut on February 28, 1965, an event recorded by RCA but never released commercially until now, with ...(more)
Ernest Ansermet: Decca Recordings 1953-1967 Ernest Ansermet Ernest Ansermet enthusiasts will be thrilled by the items chosen for inclusion in this six-disc set dedicated to the Swiss conductor with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the orchestra he founded and led ...(more)
Debussy: Préludes Walter Gieseking Debussy and Gieseking. The names go together like Beethoven and Schnabel, Copland and Bernstein, and other great composer/performer pairs in recorded music. Gieseking recorded all of Debussy's keyboard ...(more)
The Art of the Prima Donna Joan Sutherland The original release of this double-LP set in 1960 changed the way we hear music. Not as dramatically exciting as Callas or as vocally ravishing as Tebaldi, the Australian Joan Sutherland was nonetheless ...(more)
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