Best Lieder
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Once again I can enjoy the beautiful music of days gone by."
"This CD captures the real Trapp family and their love for good pure music."
"I never actually heard this CD as it was a gift to my granddaughter at the time of her appearance in the stage play, "The Sound of Music" but she loved the CD."
"Many of us were unfamiliar with the Trapp Family Singers until Rodgers and Hammerstein produced "The Sound of Music," first on Broadway in 1959 and then in the beloved motion picture version in 1965. Nevertheless, Maria had a hand in creating a wonderful singing group that still delights us via these vintage recordings."
"The original von Trapp Family's twenty years of touring and performing internationally had finished, and Maria Augusta von Trapp had written their story in three books and begun several decades of missionary work in New Guinea by the time "The Sound of Music" hit Broadway, and Julie Andrews later sang about her favorite things in a top-earning film. I don't know if the original von Trapp Family benefitted from show and film royalties; they certainly deserved to, for they worked very hard perfecting, under their conductor Dr Franz Wasner, their natural ensemble and music-making talents."
"But the final result is very pleasant, excellent to listen in the car while you're driving in the countryside (before lunch, of course)."
Edelweiss by Vienna Boys' Choir.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is my favorite Vienna Boys Choir CD."
"Recipient loved this, she is from Germany."
"This is my favorite album by the Boy's Choir."
"No choir sings like the Vienna Boys Choir."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I am enjoying the cd and the book that comes along with this item."
"In fact, it's worth it for the liner notes alone - very good job."
"Because of the quality and range of performances, it is an excellent bench mark for judging other recordings applicable to these periods. From an economic perspective, the hyperactive, somewhat infantile, multi-gender fugue by Clement Janequin in Track 23 is worth the entire purchase price."
"I am using this of rone of my classes, and am recommending this to my students for purchase."
"(e.g., where the booklet says tracks 15 and 16 are two versions of Josquin's "El Grillo," your CD player will show them to be tracks 20 and 21.)."
"Inevitably, the selection of chosen material is determined by the record company's existing catalogue; thus the resulting CD says more about them (here Naxos) than the repertoire itself (here early music). To illustrate the observation that modern performances of the same piece can vary in ensemble and interpretation, the CD presents Josquin's "El Grillo" (CD1 tracks 15 + 16) and Landini's "Non avra ma'pieta questa mia donna" (CD1 tracks 10 + 11) (p.34), but this is misleading: they come from contrasting versions in separate manuscripts from different decades! *1 The closest included examples - Josquin's "El Grillo" (CD1 tracks 15 + 16) and Lassus' "Lagrime di San Pietro: I. Il magnanimo Pietro" (CD2 track 12) - being a frottola and spiritual madrigal respectively."
"But the booklet contains one of the most informative essays I've found about early music, and I've spent a few dozen dollars buying books."
"Very complete intro to early music."
Best Madrigals
Morten Lauridsen : Lux aeterna.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I can't pronounce the title, I often find churchy choral music quite boring or pompous, but I accidentally stumbled across a PBS broadcast about the composer, and as I watched I thought "This man loves what he's doing, is deeply inspired, and seems unpretentious and cool.""
"This is my go to music when I am experiencing anxiety or turmoil, or when I just need a spiritual boost."
"I'm not a fan of choral music ordinarily but this is a must buy."
"one of the most hauntingly beautiful cds I have ever heard."
"A friend sent me a cd of Lux Aeterna ..I had no idea what to expect.."
"A powerful, haunting CD of superb music by Lauridsen."
"Lux Aeterna is the best album ever..."
"Beautiful music to calm the soul..."
Best Folk Songs
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Welcome gift to German friends."
"Great item, price and seller."
"A change of pace from my usual Christmas CDs."
"When I ordered this I was leery as so much music is out there but it was beautiful."
"Beautiful Christmas music."
"It is an excellent choice of Christmas music.. and real anthology of music which I have used over the years to celebrate Christmas."
"Received this CD in perfect new condition - and fast!"
"The music on this CD is gorgeous."