Oxygene
Artist: Jean Michel Jarre
Community Score: 7.60

Jean Michel Jarre, son of film composer Maurice Jarre, is one of the true pioneers of electronic music. Oxygene is one of the original e-music albums. It has withstood the test of time and the evolution of digital electronica. Jarre's compositional style and his rhythmic instincts were his strong points in 1976. While his popularity has... Read More

Baroque Angels
Artist: Gerald Jay Markoe

Classically trained synthesizer composer Gerald Jay Markoe has often used Baroque themes for his "Angel/Pleiades" series of albums. Here, he goes all out for Baroque with celestial arrangements of the works of Bach, Telemann, and Corelli. Markoe's arrangements and synthesizer orchestrations replicate the original strings, guitar, harpsichord,... Read More

Celestial Christmas, Vol. 5
Artist: Franz Lehrndorfer

Celestial Christmas 5 is one of the most powerfully recorded releases of seasonal organ music ever to be heard. It is performed by Prof. Franz Lehrndorfer, an internationally esteemed interpreter of the classical and modern organ literatures and one of the few organists who still practice the traditional art of improvisation. Through his... Read More

Romantic Piano
Artist: Nina Postolovskaya

Romantic Piano, performed by Russian-born virtuoso Nina Postolovskaya, features a beautiful collection of melodic and passionate classical works by some of the greatest composers of all time. This release features "Claire De Lune" (Debussy), "The Swan" (Carnival of Animals/Saint Saens), "Pathetique" (Adagio Op. 13/Beethoven) and more... ~ MusD,... Read More

The Classical Child, Vol. 1
Artist: Classical Child
Les Chants Magnetiques
Artist: Jean Michel Jarre
Community Score: 8.06

Les Chants Magnetiques was the third of Jarre's albums in a row to update Tangerine Dream's atmosperic sequencer trance for a synth-pop and mainstream crossover audience. The side-long "Les Chants Magnetiques Part 1" is the capstone of the album, while parts two through five move through driving electronic pop and several passages more indebted... Read More

Christmas Classics for Guitar
Artist: Stevan Pasero

Guitar transcriptions and arrangements of a variety of traditional Christmas fare, folk tunes, and classical compositions. ~ Michael Erlewine, All Music Guide Read More

Images: The Best of Jean Michel Jarre
Artist: Jean Michel Jarre

Putting together Jarre's best tracks over 12 albums, Images is a superb collection of his greatest electronic feats and atmospheric pieces, displaying his supreme instrumental prowess. With 20 tracks spanning the same number of years, this compilation serves as an enjoyable guide through electronic transition. Beginning with the keyboard... Read More

Suite Dreams
Artist: Christopher Peacock

Peacock's label is called Pure and Simple, just like his music. First we heard Island Time, then Oceans, and now he captures our attention with Suite Dreams. Featuring oboeist Nancy Rumbel, acoustic guitarist Gene Nery and saxophonist Jon Goforth, Christopher's piano style glides gently throughout the album from contemporary jazz to classical... Read More

The Essential
Artist: Jean Michel Jarre

Interesting at times, it's certainly not essential. ~ Linda Kohanov, All Music Guide Read More

Day Parts: Holiday Musik
Artist: Chip Davis' Day Parts

Much more traditional in spirit than Chip Davis' seasonal records under his Mannheim Steamroller alias, Day Parts: Holiday Musik will nevertheless please Mannheim fans with its dramatic and contemplative readings of Vivaldi's "Allegro Op. 3, No. 12," Handel's "Adagio B Minor" and Bach's "Affetinoso Brandenburg Concerto #5, 11." ~ Jason Ankeny,... Read More