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60 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a great low cost box set which does exactly what it says on the box - it gives you 100 classical music hits, covering all the styles such as baroque, classical, romantic and modern, and includes music from all the popular composers.
Some of the tracks are simply excerpts from the full piece, for example Beethoven's Ninth symphony, originally over 60 minutes long, is reduced to a two and a half minute rousing chorus of the popular `Ode to Joy'. Likewise, Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture is cut from 15 minutes down to the last few minutes of the exciting thunder and fireworks finale.
This editing enables a great range of `hits' to be squeezed onto five discs, and gives the classical music novice a chance to dip their toe in the water and maybe move onwards to more comprehensive works from their favourite artist if they like what they hear.
For the more serious listener, who will probably already have much of the music, this collection may have less appeal but I think it's a great set to have, even just to keep in the car or use as a little background music for those dinner parties...
A bargain box of classical music.
Some of the tracks are simply excerpts from the full piece, for example Beethoven's Ninth symphony, originally over 60 minutes long, is reduced to a two and a half minute rousing chorus of the popular `Ode to Joy'. Likewise, Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture is cut from 15 minutes down to the last few minutes of the exciting thunder and fireworks finale.
This editing enables a great range of `hits' to be squeezed onto five discs, and gives the classical music novice a chance to dip their toe in the water and maybe move onwards to more comprehensive works from their favourite artist if they like what they hear.
For the more serious listener, who will probably already have much of the music, this collection may have less appeal but I think it's a great set to have, even just to keep in the car or use as a little background music for those dinner parties...
A bargain box of classical music.
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you are more inclined to call yourself serious about classical music, this box set will surely not bring you much in the way of new and exciting recordings. However, for a beginner (such as myself) this box set provides a good variety of perhaps the greatest and well known of classical pieces. It also gives you an idea of the different composers and their music, providing a foundation on which to build on. For beginners to classical music, highly recommended!!!
109 of 114 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been a classical fan for many years and it has often been the case that classical compilation CDs that I've listened to have been short exerpts of composers' most famous works. This box set includes some of the best loved compositions and I really cannot fault the selection of the pieces. My main critique is that several tracks have been shortened to only what the makers consider to be 'the most famous bits' like the haunting opening to Bach's Toccata and Fugue, while leaving out some of the essential parts. For example, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2 has been shortened to just under 5 minutes beginning only at the main crescendo and Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is reduced to only 3 mins 18 seconds. So overall, if you are perhaps just getting into classical music, this is an excellent introduction to help you find out which composers you like or don't like, however I don't think this should be a purchase for serious classical fans.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
SIMPLY CLASSICAL MUSIC....
I love these 100 classic tracks. Lovely relaxing music, just turn on your cd player full on and sit back and enjoy, endless classical music....Buy It
Published 2 months ago by HONEST JOHN
Best Classical Mix Ever
If you're looking for a broad selection of classical music, that you will recognize, you've just found it. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Claire
no expectations
i didnt have any expectations because i have no idea about classical music and brought this to play to my unborn baby. i enjoy listening to it and it relaxed me. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Belldray
Pure Pleasure
As expected, I'm 100% satisfied with this product and I definitely recommend it to every classical music fan. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Serdar Serdar
100 Classical Hits
We needed a copy of one of the tracks but when the CD collection was DeliveredI listened to all 5 CDs, the quatity was excellent as was the choice of the 100 pieces of music.
Published 14 months ago by Snoopy
100 Classical Hits CD
This compilation, on five discs, is wide sweeping and has many familiar pieces on it which are pleasing to the ear. Read more
Published 15 months ago by R. Ebers
Una verdadera armonia de piezas inolvidables
Este CD box contiene una muy buena seleccion de piezas clasicas. Desde notas muy fragiles hasta graves y estremecedoras. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Francisco L. Hernandez González
Very pleasantly surprised.
I bought this compilation to keep in the car. It had versions of many of my favourite pieces and I thought it would just save having lots of different CDs in the car. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Simon
a good classical compilations!
this is a great catalogue of various beautiful classical pieces, from Verdi to Grieg, and Mozart to Ravel all the best airs are there! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Gaby107
Good Collection of Classical Music
This collection was an inexpensive way to get a large amount of the most popular classical music items. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Kevin Foster
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