Customer Review: Placido Domingo's magnificent voice scarcely needs any introduction or praise or comments, as it is a splendid vehicle that speaks for itself. Not only is the voice - a strong, wood-grained, ringing tenor of a richer and darker sound than a pure lyric tenor - an amazing thing, a gift of God, but... more info
Customer Review: I fear that you will rarely have a chance to hear this wonderful music in a concert hall. There is simply too much work in this, the length (>30 minutes), choir and orchestra, romantic music with very tricky "conductor's traps", etc. But what a great music it is! Bashmet was made for this music, the... more info
Customer Review: Havint already extolled this somewhat controversial new Swan Lake from Gergiev, with its deliberate pacing but magnificent playing, I only want to note that the highlights CD offers almost two-thirds of the complete score. Because the conducting is to attuned to the dancers on stage, however, the... more info
Customer Review: This is a great CD. I've listened to it at least 10 times both in my car
and in my phones at work. Yes, I have other versions of these pieces.
This version certainly stands up to any I've heard.
One disclaimer though is that I have seen Lang Lang in concert
and so I can... more info
Customer Review: yes, very "challenging". is that snob code for "it stinks"? endless one note droning, much pounding and clashing of symbols going nowhere, the screech of sopranoes better employed elsewhere. no faith based free pass here, this aint the republican convention. as homer simpson would put it..."BE MORE... more info
Customer Review: The late Viktor Fedotov was prominent in the Soviet Union and gained acclaim for his Tchaikovsky, well deserved to judge by this overlooked Nutcracker, originally on JVC and now reissued on the Classical label (it can be downloaded online through Napster). I can't add a word to the authoritative... more info