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 Time Life Presents: Classical Thunder $12.98 A very good compilation of all-time favorites. The selections on this set are truly awe inspiring, especially "Mars, the Bringer of War." The artistic performance is also flawless and masterful. The mastering itself, however, leaves much to be desired. The sound level is very low and as a result the amp has to be cranked up real high, which inreases the noise signature. On pieces like "Montagues and Capulets" it is really hard to hear the quiet passages, and on a truly thunderous system like my Sunfire you have to be wary so as to not shake the shingles off the neighbor's roof when the march comes on. This flaw degrades the whole experience since you can't just sit back and enjoy the music without fiddling with the remote control all the time.  Classics for Kids $15.98 My kids and I are teaching ourselves how to play these instruments and we are using these three CD's to hear how some short, familiar songs are *supposed* to sound. I did not like any of the selections on Disc 1, piano, but the other two discs had a lot of simple, pleasant-sounding ones. The recording quality is very good on all three.Complaint: The discs are practically not labeled! One must look at the case to see the song numbers and names. Worse, the discs have "disc one," "disc two," and "disc three" printed on them, but the cases don't say which is which, piano, flute, or strings! I'm going to write "piano," "violin and cello," and "flute" on each disc with a paint pen, or write 1,2,3 on the cases. |
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