This collection features performances of popular works for the guitar by Julian Bream, Alexandre Lagoya, Paco Pena, Andres Segovia, John Williams, and Pepe Romero.
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Artist: ESSENTIAL GUITAR: 34 GTR MASTERPIECES
Title: ESSENTIAL GUITAR: 34 GTR MASTERPIECES<br><b>Street Release Date: 08/13/2002<br><Domestic or Import: Domestic<br><b>Genre: CLASSICAL COLLECTIONS-ARTIST DESC.

While many hospitals across the country send new mums and babes home equipped with discs of classical music to soothe and gently stimulate babies' tender minds, Ultrasound brings together a delightfully well-rounded set specifically chosen for those still in the womb. Expectant moms will appreciate the effects of the mellow strains of Bach's Suite No. 3, the delicate playfulness of Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy," and Mozart's proven-to-make-you-smart Sonata for Two Pianos featuring André Previn. Debussy's "Clair de lune" is especially lovely as conducted and fluted by James Galway, and Leontyne Price is a warm blanket of comfort giving voice to Schubert's "Ave Maria." Indeed, these songs are aural balm to both parent and child long after birth. <i>--Paige La Grone

You want relaxing classical music that'll soothe your soul but won't lull you into sleep? Here's a double CD for you. The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World ... Ever! does its best to cover both well-worn classical favorites (Bach's "Air on the G String," Pachelbel's "Cannon," Debussy's "Clair de Lune") and some eclectic left-field choices (an excerpt from Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Jocelyn Pook's "Blow the Wind," and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. The performances of most of these excerpts are top-notch--artists include Sir Neville Marriner, James Galway, Jacqueline du Pré and the Philadelphia Orchestra--and there's enough variety here for everyone. --Edward Garabedian

Jacketed in their original cover-art, the fifty-five albums that comprise The Collector's Edition offer decade-spanning highlights of Deutsche Grammophon's master musicians interpreting masterworks. These landmark albums offer their complete, original programs and, in some cases, additional music has been added. Thoughtfully chosen and unprecedented in scope, this 55-CD anthology of pivotal Deutsche Grammophon artists - from Claudio Abbado to Krystian Zimerman - covers centuries of music - from Monteverdi to Pärt - giving tangible testimony to our company's commitment to audio quality equal to these musicians' talents. While no collection surveying 111 years of Deutsche Grammophon can be comprehensive on (only!) fifty-five discs; as a "miniature musical reference library", The Collector's Edition is the classical-music jukebox of one's dreams - and is offered at an exceptional price.

In celebration of Chopin's 200th anniversary in 2010, here is the ultimate, complete, specially priced 17-CD edition of the composer's works, combining the very best recordings from the Deutsche Grammophon and Decca catalogs. Featured are some of the great Chopin interpreters of our time--Argerich, Pires, Pollini, Zimerman--with significant contributions from exceptional pianists of the younger generation such as Rafał Blechacz and Yundi Li. The capbox includes a booklet with complete track information, an essay on Chopin's career and works and a chronology of his life from 1810-1849. <P>CD 1: Piano Concertos Krystian Zimerman CD 2: Works for Piano and Orchestra Claudio Arrau; London Philharmonic Orchestra CD 3: Ballades, Nouvelles Études, Ecossaises Zimerman, Anatol Ugorski CD 4: Études, Barcarolle, Berceuse Maurizio Pollini CD 5 & 6: Mazurkas Vladimir Ashkenazy CD 7 & 8: N octurnes Maria João Pires CD 9: Polonaises Pollini CD 10: Polonaises, Bourées, etc. Martha Argerich, Ugorski CD 11: Preludes, Impromptus R afał Blechacz, Yundi Li CD 12: Scherzos, Rondos Pollini, Lilya Zilberstein, Mikhail Pletnev CD 13: Piano Sonatas Pollini, Zilberstein CD 14: Variations, etc. A shkenazy CD 15: Waltzes A shkenazy CD 16: Chamber Music Beaux Arts Trio, Mstislav Rostropovich, Argerich CD 17: Songs Elzbieta Szmytka, Malcolm Martineau