RCA's Classical Music 101
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All Music Guide
RCA's Classical Music 101 is a clever execution of a timely concept, collecting (you guessed it) 101 famous classical themes and associating them with the movies, television shows, and commercials that have brought them to the public at large. The intent is to show newcomers that they already know more classical music than they think they do, and in doing so entice them to learn more by exploring RCA's catalog of full-length recordings (conveniently indexed in the track listing). But it is also a convenient reference for those who might need to remind themselves of how a famous tune goes, or forget where the melody that's been stuck in their head all day came from.
Classical Music 101 is not a real listening experience any more than collecting the hooks from every famous pop song onto one CD would be. It's a reference -- a reminder of already familiar things that allows you to connect them with their original contexts. When considered that way, it's a brilliant execution. And since every recording is in splendid RCA sound, often performed by the finest musicians of the last 50 years, the quality is superb. Allen Schrott
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Collection of Lullabies for babies
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hug me
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Help your baby gently relax and fall asleep, or ease colic, naturally with...
Lullabies, Nursery Rhymes, Baby Sleep Music
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Voices of Firestone: The Great Sopranos
Now Playing: Steber, Price, Tebaldi, Sayao, Nilsson, Moffo, Albanese, Peters, Munsel, Traubel, Sutherland
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For more than thirty years, The Voice of Firestone brought the world's greatest artists into the homes of music lovers. Now, through a special arrangement with New England Conservatory in Boston, Kultur is proud to make these rare telecasts available to today's audience. CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES 1950-1963 ELEANOR STEBER: Dove sono (Mozart), My Hero (Strauss) * JOAN SUTHERLAND: The Soldier Tir'd (Arne)* LEONTYNE PRICE: O patria mia (Verdi) * BIRGIT NILSSON: Suicidio (Ponchielli), Wien, du Stadt meiner Traume (Sieczynski) * ANNA MOFFO: Jewel Song (Gounod) * BIDU SAY?0 O mio babbino caro (Puccini)* RENATA TEBALDI: Un bel di vedremo (Puccini) * LICIA ALBANESE Ballatella (Leoncavallo) * HELEN TRAUBEL: Du bist der Lenz (Wagner) * ROBERTA PETERS: Der holle Rache, Batti batti (Mozart) * PATRICE MUNSEL: Adele's Laughing Song (J. Strauss) * JEANETTE MACDONALD: Italian Street Song (Herbert)
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