Classical Tape - Classical Music
Kaija Saariaho: Notes on Light; Orion; Mirage
In Quest of Spirit: Thoughts on Music (Ernest Bloch Lectures)
Elliott Carter: Concerto for Orchestra; Violin Concerto; Three Occasions for Orchestra
The Hal Leonard Pocket Music Dictionary
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op34; Simple Symphony Op4

Kirchner won a well-deserved Pulitzer Prize for his Third String Quartet, which combines live players with electronic music in an intellectually and emotionally convincing manner. The Second Quartet is actually a more difficult piece, atonal and challenging but still swept along by its vital, rhythmic drive, which is usually a potent force in Kirchner's music. The First Quartet shows the young composer, in 1949, finding his own voice under the influences of Bartók (whom he quotes) and Schoenberg. This is a fascinating, well-played disc, and it leaves me hungry for more of Kirchner's music as well as some of his phenomenal piano playing. --Leslie Gerber - $10.42
The Music of Mario Davidovsky, Vol. 3; Synchronisms Nos 5, 6, 9, Duo Capriccioso, Quartetto, Chacona
American Music for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Leslie Bassett: Echoes from an Invisible World
Leon Kirchner: Duo for Violin and Piano; Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano; etc.
Luigi Nono: Fragmente; Hay que caminar
Tristan Murail: Gondwana; Désintégrations; Time and Again

This charming collection includes such classic favorites as The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Match Girl, Big Claus and Little Claus and more. - $8.52
Classic Fairy Stories (Classic Literature With Classical Music. Junior Classics)
Tell Me a Story: Timeless Folktales from Around the World
Thumbelina And Other Fairy Tales (Junior Classics)
Tales From The Arabian Nights: Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves And Other Stories (Junior Classics)
Unsuk Chin: Akrostichon-Wortspiel
Luigi Nono: Fragmente; Hay que caminar
The Gulda Mozart Tapes II: 6 Sonatas
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Complete) [Box Set]
Mozart: Great Piano Concertos, Nos. 20, 21, 25 & 27 [Germany]

A superb crossover title of enormous appeal to the vast selection of the population that enjoys classical music, but would like to know more about it. From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music - many musical expressions are also explained - with the text illustrated by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years (all but a few taken from the Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues). - $17.33