Chopin: Preludes; Impromptus by Composer: Frdric Chopin (1810 1849) Artist: Arrau, Claudio [Piano] When this reissue of Claudio Arrau's 1973 recording of Chopin's preludes was released by Philips, it was the third reissue of that particular recording released that year. PentaTone, the astoundingly clean Dutch label, had released a disc coupling Arrau's 1973 recording of Chopin's preludes with his 1974 recording of Schumann's Papillons, and Philips, the great Dutch label itself, had released an eight-disc set of all Arrau's postwar Chopin recording for them. Of course, Arrau's preludes are uniformly ineffably beautiful, perhaps a little slow sometimes, but with such effortless technique, such tonal opulence, and such poetic soulfulness that it only serves to grant the listener more time to contemplate the heights and depths. The sound from all three issues presents different aspects of recorded perfection: the PentaTone may be somewhat clearer, but all three incarnate in their zillions of zeros and ones in breathtakingly real representations of a real piano in a real room in real time.
In 1980 John Williams accepted the conducting post for the Boston Pops Orchestra. Thus begant the partnership of the most successful film composer/ conductor and the oldest and most successful "pops" orchestra in the world. Celebrate this fantastic partnership with this new 2-CD set with almost two and a half hours of memorable tunes in magnificent arrangements.
The mention of his voice ignites the passion of millions worldwide. They eagerly anticipate each & every new album containing that is distinctly Andrea Boccelli. Now they will wait no more. His latest album he has recorded some of the most beautiful and inspired music. A combination of timeless melodies, newly discovered gems and the world's favorite "Ave Maria,'s,". This album also contains two bonus Christmas tracks, "Silent Night," in English and Italian. Also, O Come, All Ye Faithful,". He is accompanied by the internationally acclaimed conductor Myung-Whun Chung and the Orchestra e coro dell'Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
From his unprecedented sold-out arena tour to the Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, Andrea Bocelli IS the new voice capturing millions. Sogno (pronounced "sone yo") is a brand new collection of pop tracks highlighted by Carole Bayer Sager's soulful ballad, "The Prayer" (this year's Golden Globe winner for Best Song). Originally recorded by Andrea for the Quest for Camelot soundtrack, the song has been re-orchestrated as a duet with Celine Dion, and is the album's lead single.
More Mozart for Your Mind, with it's fast-moving music full of surprising twists and turns, is meant to sharpen listening skills and, as proven in University studies, raise audiences' I.Q.s! The original Mozart for Your Mind (part of the best selling Set Your Life to Music series) has been on Billboard's Classical Midline chart for more than 122 weeks and is consistently in the Top 5 - this follow-up (targeted to casual classical consumers and new age and mainstream audiences) is destined to be a huge success.
