Bach, C P E, J S, & W F: Trio Sonatas

Advantages: great alternative rock music
Disadvantages: Kelly Jones' gnawing vocals could come annoying

...they'd be told to just head back to their quarters, perhaps with the commanders waiting for orders or if they'd be needed for something depending on what would come up. Sort of like the same perverted drill of pun they'd have us when being given the first drill on the call center where i worked for. 4 . p i c k a p a r t t h a t ' s n e w >(##) >(##) >(##) >(##) Good song on the more light hearted level, about trying to attempt on doing things in a different way that'll be unorthodoxed, like in some certain method that is quite perverse. 5 . j u s t l o o k i n g >(##) >(##) >(##) >(##) >(##) Anthem for all the losers out there, and whose wallets are gapingly broke. Similarly like the third track, this is yet another heartwrenching moving lazy ballad, that's kind of sad and sweet at the same time. One of my faves... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant, stirring, excitingly unpredictable, fresh performance; "genius" is not hyperbole in Argerich's case.
Disadvantages: Reflecting its LP origins, the CD lasts only 50' 16"!

...[NOTE: This review dates from January 2001, shortly after that personal musical milestone when I first heard Martha Argerich through this J. S. Bach recording--only to be blown away over to the next galaxy. I’ve edited the piece for clarity, but have not updated or altered the original tone.] Eureka! I have just discovered another great pianist! Goes by the name of Martha Argerich, ever heard of her? Well, for hermit-living-under-a-rock Philistine me, not till now! I’m only a few decades late, but I finally made her acquaintance recently, through a Toccata, a Partita, and an English Suite composed by my beloved J. S. Bach. All found on a CD purchased on the spur of the moment, music unheard, believing that Deutsche Grammophon Records could not be exaggerating when they included Martha Argerich in the re-releases of their "Legendary... Read review

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Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: nothing

...A cracking cd if you loooovvvveeeee clasical sounds like me I can't get enough! Johann Pachelbel Canon in D major for strings & continuo Johann Sebastian Bach Aria (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988) Toccata und Fuge D minor, BWV565 Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV 1048: Allegro Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Adagio in G minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio (Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622) Andante (Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467) Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K. 626) Ludwig van Beethoven Allegretto (Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral") Adagio sostenuto (Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No. 2 -"Moonlight") Allegro con brio (Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67) Choral: Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125) Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings Op.11 Sergei V. Rachmaninov Adagio... Read review

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