The Best of America: Centenary Collection [Import]

Track Listings
1. You Can Do Magic    
2. Border    
3. Last Unicorn    
4. All My Life    
5. Survival    
6. Tall Treasures    
7. One Morning    
8. Honey    
9. My Dear    
10. One In A Million    
11. Right Before Your Eyes    
12. We Got All Night    
13. Lady With A Bluebird    
14. Only Game In Town    
15. Ventura Highway    
16. Daisy Jane    
17. I Need You    
18. Tin Man    
19. Sister Golden Hair    
20. Horse With No Name    

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
20 Track Collection Spanning 1979 Thru 1985. Includes 6 Live Tracks.

The Best of America: Centenary Collection, Music, America, AM Pop, Adult Contemporary, Folk-Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock, Rock, Rock/Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock
The Best of America: Centenary Collection
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • An odd mishmash of latter-day America
  • Re-issue of the Premium Gold Collection
  • A nice collection.
 The Best of America: Centenary Collection
America
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005RRZ
Release Date: 1997-02-25

Tracks:

  1. You Can Do Magic
  2. Border
  3. Last Unicorn
  4. All My Life
  5. Survival
  6. Tall Treasures
  7. One Morning
  8. Honey
  9. My Dear
  10. One in a Million
  11. Right Before Your Eyes
  12. We Got All Night
  13. Lady with a Bluebird
  14. Only Game in Town
  15. Ventura Highway
  16. Daisy Jane
  17. I Need You
  18. Tin Man
  19. Sister Golden Hair
  20. Horse with No Name

Album Details

20 Track Collection Spanning 1979 Thru 1985. Includes 6 Live Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars An odd mishmash of latter-day America.......2005-12-08

America didn't have many hits in their Capitol era, the three they did have are here - namely 'You Can Do Magic', 'The Border' and 'Right Before Your Eyes', along with songs such as 'Survival' and 'The Last Unicorn' which were hits in Europe. And then the CD closes with 6 pleasant but far from definitive live versions of most of the Beckley and Bunnell-penned hits from their 70s heyday.

All of which leaves plenty of room for a load of their best album cuts from this underrated era of their career. Unfortunately, rather than really seeking out the 'best' songs from these albums it seems the gaps were filled completely randomly - how else to explain the inclusion of, say, 'Honey' or 'One in a Million' over 'She's A Runaway' or 'Might Be Your Love'?

The tracks that are included are all pleasant enough, and there are a few real gems scattered amongst them, but the 'best'? No chance! (The third disc of the 'Highway' boxed set features a far better representation of this era, and is well worth purchasing for any America fan)

4 out of 5 stars Re-issue of the Premium Gold Collection.......2004-06-16

This is a different edition of the Premium Gold CD. It has the same songs, but slightly different packaging. This is a collection of hits and album cuts from their albums released on the Capitol label (from 1979 through 1985). While they were past their commercial peak, this CD still has some strong material and several songs produced by legendary Beatles producer, Sir George Martin. The hits include You Can Do Magic, The Border, and Right Before Your Eyes. The six earlier hits (Horse With No Name, Ventura Highway, Sister Golden Hair, Tin Man, etc...) are all live performances taken from the 1985 In Concert CD, and are not the original hits. All-in-all, not a bad collection.

4 out of 5 stars A nice collection........1998-06-23

A nice collection from the Capitol albums.
Deutsche Grammophon Centenary Collection, 1978-1987 (Box Set)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Superb Schumann, etc.
  • Who says there was nothing good in the 1980s?
 Deutsche Grammophon Centenary Collection, 1978-1987 (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DI2R
Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

  1. Vn Con No.5 in A K.219: 1. Allegro Aperto - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  2. Vn Con No.5 in A K.219: 2. Adagio - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  3. Vn Con No.5 in A K.219: 3. Rondeau: Tempo Di Menuetto - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  4. Vn Con No.1 in g Op.26: 1. Vorspiel: Allegro Moderato/Attaca - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  5. Vn Con No.1 in g Op.26: 2. Adagio - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  6. Vn Con No.1 in g Op.26: 3. Finale: Allegro Energico/Presto - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  7. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: Intro: Allegro Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  8. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: I. Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  9. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: II. Lento Assai - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  10. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: III. Allegro Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter
  11. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: IV. Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter

Tracks:

  1. Vn Con in D Op.35: 1. Allegro Moderato - Gidon Kremer
  2. Vn Con in D Op.35: 2. Canzonetta: Andante - Attaca: - Gidon Kremer
  3. Vn Con in D Op.35: 3. Finale: Allegro Vivacissimo - Gidon Kremer
  4. Ser Melancolique in b flat Op. 26 - Gidon Kremer
  5. Con in d: 1. Allegro - Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich
  6. Con in d: 2. Adagio - Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich
  7. Con in d: 3. Allegro Molto - Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich

Tracks:

  1. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 1. Allegro Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
  2. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 2. Scherzando: Allegro Molto - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
  3. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 3. Intermezzo: Allegretto Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
  4. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 4. Andante - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
  5. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 5. Rondo: Allegro Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
  6. Sym No.3 in c Op.78 'Organ Sym': 1. Adagio - Allegro Moderato - Poco Adagio - Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize
  7. Sym No.3 in c Op.78 'Organ Sym': 2. Allegro Moderato - Presto - - Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize
  8. Sym No.3 in c Op.78 'Organ Sym': 2. Maestoso - Allegro - Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize
  9. Conc Paraphrase On The Qrt From Giuseppe Verdi's Opr `Rigoletto': Preludio: Allegro - Andante... - Daniel Barenboim

Tracks:

  1. Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 1. Grave - Doppio Movimento - Ivo Pogorelich
  2. Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 2. Scherzo - Ivo Pogorelich
  3. Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 3. Marche Funebre: Lento - Attaca: - Ivo Pogorelich
  4. Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 4. Finale: Presto - Ivo Pogorelich
  5. Gaspard De La Nuit: 1. Ondine: Lent - Ivo Pogorelich
  6. Gaspard De La Nuit: 2. Le Gibet: Tres Lent - Ivo Pogorelich
  7. Gaspard De La Nuit: 3. Scarbo: Modere - Ivo Pogorelich
  8. Pno Son No.6 in A, Op.82: Allegro Moderato - Ivo Pogorelich
  9. Pno Son No.6 in A, Op.82: Allegretto - Ivo Pogorelich
  10. Pno Son No.6 in A, Op.82: Tempo Di Valzer Lentissimo - Ivo Pogorelich
  11. Pno Son No.6 in A, Op.82: Vivace - Ivo Pogorelich

Tracks:

  1. Falstaff: Act I, Part One: 'Falstaff!'/'Ola!'/'Sir John Falstaff' - Michael Sells/Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann
  2. Falstaff: Act I, Part One: 'Sei Polli: Sei Scellini' - 'So Che Andiam, La Notte' - Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann
  3. Falstaff: Act I, Part One: 'Ma E Tempo D'Assotigliar L'Ingegno' - Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann
  4. Falstaff: Act I, Part One: 'L'Onore! Ladri!' - Renato Bruson
  5. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Alice'/'Meg'/'Nannetta' - Brenda Boozer/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Barbara Hendricks
  6. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Fulgida Alice!' - 'Quell'otre! Quel Tino!' - Brenda Boozer/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Barbara Hendricks/Michael Sells...
  7. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'In Due Parole: L'enorme Falstaff Vuole' - William Wildermann/Michael Sells/Leo Nucci/Francis Egerton/Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks...
  8. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Pst, Pst, Nannetta'/'Labbra Di Foco!' - Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani
  9. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Udrai Quanta Egli Sfoggia' - Francis Egerton/Leo Nucci/William Wildermann/Michael Sells/Dalmacio Gonzalez...
  10. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'Siam Pentiti E Contriti' - 'Reverenza!' - Francis Egerton/William Wildermann/Renato Bruson/Lucia Valentini Terrani
  11. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'Alice E Mia!...Va', Vecchio John' - Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton
  12. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'Signore, V'Assista Il Cielo!' - Leo Nucci/Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann
  13. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'C'e A Windor Una Dama' - Leo Nucci/Renato Bruson
  14. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'E Segno? O Realta' - Leo Nucci/Renato Bruson

Tracks:

  1. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Presenteremo Un Bill'/'Giunta All'albergo' - Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Brenda Boozer/Barbara Hendricks
  2. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Gaie Comari Di Windsor!' - Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Barbara Hendricks
  3. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Alfin T'ho Colto, Raggiante Fior' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli
  4. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Quand'ero Paggio' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani
  5. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Mia Signora!' - Lucia Valentini Terrani/Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Leo Nucci...
  6. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Vien Qua, Che Chiasso!' - Barbara Hendricks/Dalmacio Gonzalez/Michael Sells/Leo Nucci/William Wilderman/Francis Egerton
  7. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'C'e, C'e, Se T'Agguanto! Se Ti Piglio!' - Leo Nucci/Michael Sells/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Brenda Boozer/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann...
  8. Falstaff: Act III, Part 1: 'Ehi! Taverniere!' - 'Mondo Ladro' - Renato Bruson
  9. Falstaff: Act III, Part 1: 'Reverenza. La Bella Alice...'/'Quando Il Rintocco Della Mezzanotte' - Lucia Valentini Terrani/Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Leo Nucci/Barbara Hendricks/Brenda Boozer...
  10. Falstaff: Act III, Part 1: 'Brava. Quelle Corna Saranno La Mia Gioia!' - Leo Nucci/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks/Michael Sells...
  11. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Dal Labbro Il Canto Estasiato Vola' - Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Brenda Boozer
  12. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Una, Due, Tre, Quatro' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer
  13. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Ninfe! Elfi! Silfi!' - 'Sul Fil D'un Soffio Etesio' - Barbara Hendricks/Los Angeles Master Chorale/Roger Wagner/Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli
  14. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Alto La!' - 'Pizzica, Pizzica' - Francis Egerton/William Wildermann/Renato Bruson/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Katia Ricciarelli...
  15. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Ogni Sorta Di Gente Dozzinale' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Leo Nucci/Michael Sells...
  16. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Facciamo Il Parentado' - 'Tutto Nel Mondo E Burla' - Leo Nucci/Katia Ricciarelli/Barbara Hendricks/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani...

Tracks:

  1. Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 1. Allegro Vivace - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
  2. Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 2. Andate Con Moto - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
  3. Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 3. Con Moto Moderato - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
  4. Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 4. Saltarello: Presto - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
  5. Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 1. Sostenuto Assai - Allegro, Ma Non Troppo - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli
  6. Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 2. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli
  7. Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 3. Adagio Espressivo - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli
  8. Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 4. Allegro Molto Vivace - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli

Tracks:

  1. Candide: Ov - LSO/Leonard Bernstein
  2. Candide: The Best Of All Possible Worlds - Adolph Green/Jerry Hadley/June Anderson/Kurt Ollmann/Della Jones
  3. Candide: Glitter And Be Gay - June Anderson
  4. Candide: Nothing More Than This - Jerry Hadley
  5. Trouble In Tahiti: 'Doo - Da - Day - Day -' - Louise Edeiken/Mark Tomsen/Kurt Ollmann
  6. Trouble In Tahiti: 'How Could You Say' - Edward Crafts/Wendy White
  7. Trouble In Tahiti: 'Yes? Oh, Mr. Partridge!' - Edward Crafts/Louise Edeiken/Mark Tomsen/Kurt Ollmann
  8. Trouble In Tahiti: 'I Was Standing In A Garden' - Wendy White/Edward Crafts
  9. Trouble In Tahiti: 'Well, Of All People' - Edward Crafts/Wendy White
  10. West Side Story: Prologue - Leonard Bernstein/Orch
  11. West Side Story: Jet Song - Kurt Ollmann/Chor
  12. West Side Story: Maria - Jose Carreras
  13. West Side Story: Balcony Scene (Tonight) - Jose Carreras/Kiri Te Kanawa
  14. West Side Story: America - Tatiana Troyanos/Louise Edeiken/Chor
  15. West Side Story: I Feel Pretty - Kiri Te Kanawa/Tatiana Troyanos/Louise Edeiken
  16. West Side Story: Ballet Sequence (With 'Somewhere') - Marilyn Horne

Tracks:

  1. Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 1. Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  2. Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 2. Allegro Ma Non Tanto - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  3. Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 3. Andante - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  4. Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 4. Allegro Moderato - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  5. Vc Con in a, RV 418: 1. Allegro - Mischa Maisky
  6. Vc Con in a, RV 418: 2. [Without Tempo Indication] - Mischa Maisky
  7. Vc Con in a, RV 418: 3. Allegro - Mischa Maisky
  8. Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 1. Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  9. Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 2. Allegro - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  10. Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 3. Andante - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  11. Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 4. Allegro - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  12. Vc Con in b, RV 424: 1. Allegro Non Molto - Mischa Maisky
  13. Vc Con in b, RV 424: 2. Largo - Mischa Maisky
  14. Vc Con in b, RV 424: 3. Allegro - Mischa Maisky
  15. Vc Son No.3 in g, BWV 1029: 1. Vivace - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  16. Vc Son No.3 in g, BWV 1029: 2. Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
  17. Vc Son No.3 in g, BWV 1029: 3. Allegro - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich

Tracks:

  1. Son in E K.380 (L.23): Andante Comodo - Vladimir Horowitz
  2. Pno Son in C K.330 (300h): 1. Allegro Moderato - Vladimir Horowitz
  3. Pno Son in C K.330 (300h): 2. Andante Cantabile - Vladimir Horowitz
  4. Pno Son in C K.330 (300h): 3. Allegretto - Vladimir Horowitz
  5. Prld in G, Op.32 No.5: Moderato - Vladimir Horowitz
  6. Prld in g#, Op.32 No.12: Allegro - Vladimir Horowitz
  7. Etude in c#, Op.2 No.1: Andante - Vladimir Horowitz
  8. Etude in d#, Op.8 No.12: Patetico - Vladimir Horowitz
  9. Soirees De Vienne: Valse-Caprice No. 6: Allegro Con Spirito - Vladimir Horowitz
  10. Sonetto 104 Del Petraca: Agitato Assai - Adagio - Vladimir Horowitz
  11. Mazurka in c#, Op.30 No.4: Allegretto - Vladimir Horowitz
  12. Mazurka in f, Op.7 No.3 - Vladimir Horowitz
  13. Kinderszenen: Traumerei - Vladimir Horowitz
  14. Etincelles Op.36 No.6, Morceau Caracteristique: Allegro Scherzando - Vladimir Horowitz
  15. Polka De W. R.: Allegretto - Vladimir Horowitz

Tracks:

  1. Ballade No.1 in g, Op.23 - Krystian Zimerman
  2. Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38 - Krystian Zimerman
  3. Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47 - Krystian Zimerman
  4. Ballade No.4 in f, Op.52 - Krystian Zimerman
  5. Pno Con No.1 in E flat: 1. Allegro Maestoso - Krystian Zimerman
  6. Pno Con No.1 in E flat: 2. Quasi Adagio - Allegretto Vivace - Allegro Animato - Krystian Zimerman
  7. Pno Con No.1 in E flat: 3. Allegro Marziale Animato - Presto - Krystian Zimerman
  8. Dance Macabre (Totentanz): Andante - Allegro - Allegro Moderato (Var. I & II) - Molto Vivace... - Krystian Zimerman

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This is the decade when Deutsche Grammophon discovered America. Though the label's motherland is still well represented by Herbert von Karajan's unveiling young Anne-Sophie Mutter in Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 and Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 (both played with the freshness of youth), Carlo Maria Giulini brought the yellow label to Los Angeles in a much-heralded return to opera with Verdi's Falstaff. The mellifluous though not always dramatically attuned dream cast features Barbara Hendricks (Nannetta), Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford), and Renato Bruson as the most poetic Falstaff on record. Leonard Bernstein's all-star but problematic Candide and West Side Story recordings are heard in well-chosen excerpts, and the one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti is reconstituted from his opera A Quiet Place (in which it was dispersed and imbedded). Elsewhere, Ivo Pogorelich's early Chopin Sonata No. 2, Ravel's "Gaspard de la nuit," and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 6 show a musician of staggering imagination limited by unrefined technique. Horowitz in Moscow, Krystian Zimerman's Chopin Ballades and Daniel Barenboim's Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 have all aged well, though Gidon Kremer's Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Giuseppe Sinopoli's Mendelssohn "Italian" Symphony paired with Schumann's Symphony No. 2 have surprisingly little to say. Mischa Maisky's Bach and Vivaldi recordings (many with Martha Argerich on modern piano) have lots to say, but not to the historically informed performance crowd. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Superb Schumann, etc........2000-11-08

Seven years ago I was in a Vienna music shop and passed on the opportunity to buy the original Sinopoli recording of the Schumann Second - my favorite musical work - with the Vienna Philharmonic. Until this collection was released, I had never heard this particular 2nd Symphony recording which is now truly my favorite (and I have them all). It even led me to find the original release (which includes the Manfred Overture) by searching the Internet for used CDs. Sinopoli and Vienna beautifully convey the struggle and ultimate triumph of this great symphony.

The other recordings are also among DG's best and helped to fill in several repertoire gaps in my collection. I highly recommend the entire set. Thanks to DGG for reissuing these great recordings, especially Sinopoli's Schumann.

5 out of 5 stars Who says there was nothing good in the 1980s?.......2000-04-09

Not enough can be said for this marvellous compilation of some of the finest recordings from 1978-87! Nevertheless, I will try to do some justice and start at the beginning. Anne-Sophie Mutter's Mozart concerto and stellar Bruch set the tone for this set. Very few recordings have the depth of insight into the Mozart that she does, and for such a young woman! The next disc is dedicated to another violinist par excellence: Gidon Kremer, whose Tchaikowsky concerto will blow you out of your chair, even compared with the Perlman recording of the same work. Disc three focuses on Daniel Barenboim the conductor, although the last track features one of his finest recorded piano works, the paraphrase of Rigoletto by Liszt. The two recordings featured are (brace yourself), the Perlman/Paris recording of the Lalo Symphonie Espagnole, the likes of which have not been known before or since, and the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony with Chicago and the organ of Chartres. The little catch in the Saint-Saens is that the organ part and orchestral work were recorded a month seperate from each other and across the Atlantic, but if you didn't read the liner notes, it would be impossible to tell; the editing is so well done! Ivo Pogorelich's Gaspard de la Nuit gives the work new meaning, not to say any less of his Chopin Second sonata. Giulini's conducting of Verdi's Falstaff is a force not to be reckoned with, with flawless casting to boot. I would expect more from Sinopoli than the Schumann delivers, however this is partly DG's fault for picking one of his least successful recordings. The Bernstein disc is all of his own music, including highlights from the splendid Candide and Trouble in Tahiti. Have a laugh over Carreras' pronunciation in West Side Story (why cast him as the American! ) and the other thoroughly inappropriate voices for this work, but remember that Bernstein was given the cold shoulder on this work and was trying to make it appeal to the classical crowd that had unfortunately shunned it on Broadway.

Maisky's cello playing is next, with the three sonatas originally for harpsichord and viola da gamba being played on modern cello with Martha Argerich at the piano. These are excellent recordings if inauthentic, but are certainly the best modernizations available, as are the two Vivaldi concerti with Orpheus. Saving the best for last, Vladimir Horowitz's landmark 1986 return to Moscow is no less breathtaking on the 1000th listening than on the first. There may be no better single CD of piano music in existance; the simplest track "Träumerei" from Schumann's Kinderszenen is utter perfection and emotion molded into one. Zimerman holds his own beautifully, though, with some of the best Chopin Ballades to be had. True, they lack some of the momentum and drive of the Rubinstein recordings, but the sheer technical ability displayed along with absolute control (and they're not at all skimpy on the emotion either!), they are in the top five recordings of these works ever. Add to this his recording of the Liszt E-flat concerto with Seiji Ozawa/Boston Symphony, which is flawless. The cherry on top (!) is the Liszt Totentanz, which is so often played as an overly flashy, bangy, loud and raucous showpiece. Not so here, even in such a murderously difficult and crashing work, Zimerman displays control, even if it means wrestling the work to the floor. This set is pricey, no doubt, but well worth it (and the sore arms you'll get carrying it home, another good reason to mail-order it) for the unmatched brilliance.

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