Pablo Casals - (The) Complete Published EMI Recordings 1926-1955

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

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Advantages: Some of Savage Garden's best songs and a fantastic Darren Hayes ballad
Disadvantages: The B-Sides are bad...real bad!

..., bringing it out on the 7th November 2005, so fans worldwide could pre-order a copy for themselves and be reassured that they wouldn?t have a Savage Gardenless Christmas? So, like the good little fans we are, my Brother and I bought it as an X-Mas prezzie for my Mum who will always be a Savage Garden fan, even if she hasn?t exactly been what you?d call enthralled with Darren?s career afterwards. This has nothing to do with the fact that she fancied that arse off him and he ruined her married lady fantasies, by the way... WHAT MAKES THE ?TRULY MADLY COMPLETELY? COLLECTION DIFFERENT TO OTHER SG STUFF? Whilst the one disk is primarily dedicated to the work of the band until their separation, it isn?t exclusively about the songs they released in the form of singles or music videos. There are five B-Sides included, which are all Savage... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to Use, lots of standard format
Disadvantages: text sizes between formats - read on, you'll understand !

...Microsoft Publisher, a very useful piece of software. For anyone who produces newsletters, invitations or greetings cards, perhaps a restaurant or cafe who produces menu's, this is fantastic. Being a Microsoft piece of software means that all of the commands , keys and theory you will have already learnt from Word and Excel all applies in Publisher, which means that if you have used Word and Excel, you can open this up and use it to about 90% of it's capability straight away. If you have never used Word or Excel then a) what planet have you been on!? b)you will pick it up very quickly, and be able to transfer that knowledge to other software application in the Microsoft family. Anyway, Publisher, it's great. The easiest way to start off is with a pre-produced template, let's say for a newsletter. There are dozens of styles... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful