The Essential Classical Recordings

Author : Edward Greenfield,Ivan March,Paul Czajkowski,Robert Layton
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 921 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780141399768

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The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings by Edward Greenfield,Ivan March,Paul Czajkowski,Robert Layton Pdf

INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR This completely new edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the 1000 best classical albums issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates. More comprehensive than ever before, it indicates key recordings on CD, DVD and enhanced SACD, including those in surround sound. If you want the finest available version of any major classical album you will find it listed and assessed in these pages. Ranging from long-established albums to the newest releases, the latest edition represents the cream of the international repertoire and has all the information you need to select the finest classical music available.

Author : Caroline Haigh,John Dunkerley,Mark Rogers
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000194845

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Classical Recording by Caroline Haigh,John Dunkerley,Mark Rogers Pdf

Classical Recording: A Practical Guide in the Decca Tradition is the authoritative guide to all aspects of recording acoustic classical music. Offering detailed descriptions, diagrams, and photographs of fundamental recording techniques such as the Decca tree, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the essential skills involved in successfully producing a classical recording. Written by engineers with years of experience working for Decca and Abbey Road Studios and as freelancers, Classical Recording equips the student, the interested amateur, and the practising professional with the required knowledge and confidence to tackle everything from solo piano to opera.

Author : Matthew Rye,Steven Isserlis
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 963 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780785835820

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1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die by Matthew Rye,Steven Isserlis Pdf

A thick and informative guide to the world of classical music and its stunning recordings, complete with images from CD cases, concert halls, and of the musicians themselves.

Author : Rick Phillips
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781551995212

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The Essential Classical Recordings by Rick Phillips Pdf

Most guides to classical recordings on CD comprise thousands of brief listings. In their attempt to be comprehensive, they end up being heavy and intimidating. Phillips knows better. He sticks to what he considers to be the 101 essential CDs, and tells readers not only why each one is the best recording in his opinion, but also why this piece of music belongs in their collection and where thecomposer fits into the evolution of classical music. Read consecutively, the recommendations — from medieval Gregorian chant to Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, written in 1977 — form a dazzling and concise history of classical music. Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart are here, of course, along with other beloved but lesser-known composers, such as Josquin Desprez, Anton Bruckner, and Gabriel Fauré. And popular pieces, such as Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Handel’s The Water Music, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, are complemented by such less-familiar but outstanding compositions as the Turangalila Symphony by Olivier Messiaen. Connoisseurs and die-hard listeners to “Sound Advice” will appreciate having Phillips’s recommendations of specific recordings (and their catalogue numbers) between two covers at long last. And those who are just starting to explore the rich world of classical music will soon discover that Phillips is a guide they can trust.

Author : Jan Swafford
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992-12-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780679728054

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The Vintage Guide to Classical Music by Jan Swafford Pdf

The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond. The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features: -- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times; -- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement; -- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds; -- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library. Written with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.

Author : Allan Kozinn
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781429997713

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The New York Times Essential Library: Classical Music by Allan Kozinn Pdf

A dazzling appraisal of the definitive classical music performances available today For classical music lovers, there is nothing more beguiling and exciting than the range of technique and emotion that can capture or transform the great works in the hands of a conductor and musicians. But with hundreds of recordings released every year, discovering the jewels is a challenge, for newcomers as well as for connoisseurs. New York Times classical music critic Allan Kozinn offers the ultimate collector's guide, packed with a rich history of the composers and performers who stir our souls. From Bach's eloquent Goldberg Variations performed by master pianist Glenn Gould at the beginning and end of his career in startlingly different interpretations, to a lyrical performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherezade conducted by Kiril Kondrashin shortly after his defection from the Soviet Union, Kozinn places each work in the greater context of musical development and stretches the listener's understanding of each pivotal composition. These original essays on the one hundred greatest recorded classical works provide both practical guidance for building a library and deep insight into the transcendent power of music itself.

Author : Robert Toft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351213769

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Recording Classical Music by Robert Toft Pdf

Recording Classical Music presents the fundamental principles of digitally recording and editing acoustic music in ambient spaces, focusing on stereo microphone techniques that will help musicians understand how to translate "live" environments into recorded sound. The book covers theory and the technical aspects of recording from sound source to delivery: the nature of soundwaves and their behavior in rooms, microphone types and the techniques of recording in stereo, proximity and phase, file types, tracking and critical listening, loudness, meters, and the post-production processes of EQ, control of dynamic range (compressors, limiters, dynamic EQ, de-essers), and reverberation (both digital reflection simulation and convolution), with some discussion of commercially available digital plugins. The final part of the book applies this knowledge to common recording situations, showcasing not only strategies for recording soloists and small ensembles, along with case studies of several recordings, but also studio techniques that can enhance or replace the capture of performances in ambient spaces, such as close miking and the addition of artificial reverberation. Recording Classical Music provides the tools necessary for anyone interested in classical music production to track, mix, and deliver audio recordings themselves or to supervise the work of others.

Author : Kenyon C. Rosenberg
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0810823225

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A Basic Classical and Operatic Recordings Collection on Compact Discs for Libraries by Kenyon C. Rosenberg Pdf

Lists classical and operatic recordings that are specifically available in the new (and desirable) compact disc format. Individual titles are graded for their appropriateness to specific types and sizes of libraries. The main portion covers some 160 composers whose works are important in constituting a nuclear library collection of "serious" music. There are over 1,200 titles included and individually numbered (and fully cross-referenced) and graded. For numerous works, two or more performances are cited in order to provide the librarian with greater choices; monophonic works are specifically indicated. Many of the works are annotated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Peter Herring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Compact discs
ISBN : 0861012542

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A Critical Guide to the Best Recordings of Classical Music on Compact Disc by Peter Herring Pdf

Author : David Dubal
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 0865476640

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The Essential Canon of Classical Music by David Dubal Pdf

Identifies almost two hundred forty composers whose works are most important to an understanding of classical music, with essays on sixty of the most significant. Presented in chronological order for the Medieval, Renaissance, and Elizabethan ages, the age of the Baroque, the age of Classicism, the Romantic age, and the age of Modernism.

Author : John Suchet
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780802192912

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Beethoven by John Suchet Pdf

“An ideal ‘first book’ on Beethoven” from one of the world’s most eminent classical music aficionados (Booklist). Beethoven scholar and classical radio host John Suchet has had a lifelong, ardent interest in the man and his music. Here, in his first full-length biography, Suchet illuminates the composer’s difficult childhood, his struggle to maintain friendships and romances, his ungovernable temper, his obsessive efforts to control his nephew’s life, and the excruciating decline of his hearing. This absorbing narrative provides a comprehensive account of a momentous life, as it takes the reader on a journey from the composer’s birth in Bonn to his death in Vienna. Chronicling the landmark events in Beethoven’s career—from his competitive encounters with Mozart to the circumstances surrounding the creation of the well-known “Für Elise” and Moonlight Sonata—this book enhances understanding of the composer’s character, inspiring a deeper appreciation for his work. Beethoven scholarship is constantly evolving, and Suchet draws on the latest research, using rare source material (some of which has never before been published in English) to paint a complete and vivid portrait of the legendary prodigy. “A gripping and thought-provoking read.” —Howard Shelley, pianist and conductor “By exercising a genuine authority in identifying how Beethoven, the man, manifests himself in our appreciation of the music, Suchet brings an incisive freshness to an extraordinary life.” —Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music

Author : David Dubal
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 1194 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781466807266

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The Essential Canon of Classical Music by David Dubal Pdf

The ultimate guide to classical composers and their music-for both the novice and the experienced listener Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are "gifted listeners." But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices can seem overwhelming at times. In The Essential Canon of Classical Music, David Dubal comes to the aid of the struggling listener and provides a cultural-literacy handbook for classical music. Dubal identifies the 240 composers whose works are most important to an understanding of classical music and offers a comprehensive, chronological guide to their lives and works. He has searched beyond the traditional canon to introduce readers to little-known works by some of the most revered names in classical music-Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert-as well as to the major works of lesser-known composers. In a spirited and opinionated voice, Dubal seeks to rid us of the notion of "masterpieces" and instead to foster a new generation of master listeners. The result is an uncommon collection of the wonders classical music has to offer.

Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476840550

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The Big Book of Classical Music (Songbook) by Hal Leonard Corp. Pdf

(Piano Solo Songbook). All your favorite piano masterpieces in one convenient collection! This book features piano solo arrangements of 100 classics by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Faure, Franck, Gounod, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pachelbel, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Vivaldi, Wagner, and more!

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780744033472

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The Complete Classical Music Guide by DK Pdf

Packed with photographs, composer biographies, analyses of major works, and essential information on every musical genre, style, form, instrument, and ensemble, DK's Complete Classical Music Guide is a portable encyclopedic guide to more than one thousand years of Western classical music. From Bach to Berlioz, Glinka to Gershwin, Stravinsky to Shostakovich, and everyone in between, the Complete Classical Music Guide contains more than three hundred composer profiles, and offers a clear definition of the particular styles and characteristics of seven key eras: Early Music (1000-1600); The Baroque Era (1600-1750); The Classical Era (1750-1820); The Romantic Era (1810-1920); Romantic Opera (1810-1920); National Schools (1830-1950); and Modern Music (1900-). The Complete Classical Music Guide also includes a timeline that charts the evolution of musical styles and forms, instruments, and provides explanations of the building blocks of music — melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, form, tempo, and dynamics. Previously published as Eyewitness Companion: Classical Music, this book has been reformatted and designed and now comes packaged in an exclusive presentation slipcase.

Author : Gramophone Publications
Publisher : General Gramophone Publication
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Compact discs
ISBN : 0902470663

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100 Classical Gramophone by Gramophone Publications Pdf

A compilation of 100 CDs that have achieved classic status and that are the most remarkable performances of the music of the greatest composers of all time.