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Could have been better   February 19, 2004

Still, I suppose for the price, one can't go wrong.


Some great tracks, but flawed nonetheless   January 12, 2004
  11 out of 13 found this review helpful

Whether or not this CD lives up to its promise of "Romantic" music is not truly a concern, being that the entire nature of classical music is that it is open to one's own interpretation. However, I can speak to the quality of the recordings themselves.

A few of the tracks (Reverie, Canon, Sarabande, a few others) are absolutely superb. Well recorded, and played with genius bravado, coupled with great arrangements (it was interesting to hear Reverie outside of its native instrument, the Piano). Most of the tracks, however, are absolutely horrid. Fur Elise for the sheer amateurish quality, Vivaldi's Concerto for oboe and strings sounds like it was copied from an old phonograph record, as does Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty Suite, Mendelssohn's Spring Song, and Puccini's Gianni Schicci, and a few others. A few other tracks still are played horribly, most of them already mentioned.

All in all, for the price you are getting quite a few good tracks, but don't expect stellar quality. I would instead recommend Chopin's Nocturnes and Mozart's and Tchaikovsky's Piano concertos of you're looking for something romantic.


Very nice sampler   January 11, 2004
  5 out of 5 found this review helpful

As someone who is not a big classical aficionado, this was a great way to get a little bit of everything while avoiding the crashy-bangy "Overture of 1812" stuff that I can't stand. My particular favorite is track 9, "Reverie" by Debussy. Absolutely goes to the core of my being; when I am deeply upset I play this track and I am transported into a realm of peace and tranquility I can't get to any other way. I'd buy the CD for that track alone, but the others are good as well. As with any compilation there are a couple that you will always skip over. But overall it's a good CD and I keep it in my car for whenever I need it.


Not worth the money   July 6, 2003
  14 out of 17 found this review helpful

I have heard this CD (25 Romantic Classics). The main problem in the 25 tracks is that most of them are not pure romantic music. The Air on G string could not be classified as "Romantic" because the general theme is closer to tragic than romantic. The same thing goes for Vivaldi's allegro. The Performance of Mozart's Piano concerto in A made by the poor "Israel Chamber Orchestra" is weak, and i am still wondering of putting this performance in the CD Although There are dozens of great performances for Mozrat's piano concertos. The performance of Beethoven's Fur Elise is quite poor. it went faster than the usual, in addition to extreme use of the sustaining pedal. I Believe that any amateur could perform it better than the soloist here. I wonder why t Chopin's prelude no.7 is in such a CD, its quite out of any conceivable thematic context in addition to being to short. preludes such No.6 (the Tolling Bells) and No.15 (Raindrops) could have been much better for such a CD of romantic music. Add to that, the pianist didn't use the tempo rubato in playing this piece. So the semi-romantic piece was totally destroyed. The rest of the tracks too humble for the serious critic. I don't believe that this CD makes any addition to any classical collection.


Terrible   June 21, 2003
  5 out of 10 found this review helpful

Terrible sound, boring.... worst classical CD I have ever listed to. I highly recommend Mozart: Requiem.