Chill with Mozart

Advantages: Brilliant chill-out album
Disadvantages: Not good to get a party kicking

...There’s no better music to relax to than the haunting melodies and angelic singing of Portishead – as Aldous Huxly once said ‘Music is the only art for which can totally intoxicate you and move you to another level’ this is defiantly true of Portishead, unlike many similar bands like Radiohead or No Doubt, Portishead use a full orchestra when performing there songs plus the classic acoustic guitar and emotive singing plus a DJ scratching and sampling on the decks. The really amazing thing is that Portishead manage to tie in all the different musicals styles to create a truly moving piece to match anything by Mozart, Radiohead or Apex Twin. The twisted soundscapes and haunting lyrics make this a definitive chill out album... Read review

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Advantages: Unparalleled playing, Unbelievably good bargain for 6 CDs!
Disadvantages: Um, paper sleeves? No, seriously, it's great

...This box set comprises recordings from 1985-89, when Horowitz was 81 years old! In 1986 Horowitz returned to Russia after 60 years away to give his monumental Moscow recital of which the live recording is included in this set. I personally find this performance of Liszt's Sonetto 104 del Petrarca to be the finest ever recorded. Alongside this is Scarlatti, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Schumann, Chopin, Moszkowski, and Schubert. Accompanying this recital is 5 other discs of outstandingly unique playing. As he got older, Horowitz's playing became a sort of caricature of itself in the nicest possible way. By this I mean, his dynamics became more extreme, he became more expressive than ever, and his sense of style was heightened to new levels. Horowitz's Mozart playing has been criticized for being too free and not in Mozart... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: The instruments actually manage to sing to each other!
Disadvantages: If there is any I'd like to know.

...'Mozart is sunshine' Antonin Dvorak Mozart is undoubtedly one of the most famous composers there ever was. His music is simply put spellbinding and has to be listened to at least once by everyyone in the course of thier lives. His abudance of talent has to be heard by all. All of Mozart's scores are individual from any of his other pieces and should be appreciated piece by piece and not at all as a whole. ---Background--- For those of you who are not familar with Mozart here are a few basic facts. FULL NAME: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NATIONALITY: Austrian BORN: 1756 DIED: 1791 SPECIALIST MUSIC GENRES: Opera, symphonies, piano concertos, string quartets, church music. Mozart has one of the most colourful lives of all the composers, and this is well illustrated in the film 'Amadeus' which follows his life and is well worth viewing... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful