Classic FM Music for Drving

Advantages: Great songs - wonderful, popular tunes
Disadvantages: A few songs aren't as good as the others

...I recently bought this CD from amazon, costing £4.97 (which I thought wasn't too bad a price for a CD of anout 75 minutes of good, popular classical music), because I thought it would be nice to have to listen to when I'm learning to drive in a few months time. When the CD arrived I put it on the shelf, intending to keep it until I'm learning to drive but the attractive cover was too attractive and so I just had to listen to it - and I'm glad I did. The CD is really good, with some absolutely wonderful songs like Gabriel's Oboe and Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (18th movement), played by famous orchestras like the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra etc. Tracks include: 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - first movement (07:12) This famous piece of music is played by the North German Radio Symphony...

SScott764 18.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Classic FM Music for Driving

A Classic Memory...

Advantages: Sound Quality, The Features...
Disadvantages: The Podcast Feature Is A Little Useless...

...hold on your iPod Classic. This iPod holds the most memory from the whole family. You can store up to an amazing 40,000 mp3 tracks on your iPod Classic. The amount of songs seems heck of a lot , but if you are a really big fan of music then you may need this 160 GB model!!!... Music As i have already mentioned, you can store up to an amazing 40,000 songs from synchronising your tracks from iTunes or by inporting a CD's tracks into iTunes to add even more songs to your Ipod Classic music collection. Some of us may use up all 160 GB if you love music like I do , or if you only have a certain amount under the 160 GB capacity , then you will have plenty of space left o your iPod for any of the other features on the iPod Classic... You may be thinking that you need to hustle and bustle through each song to get to a certain track...

Jordan2493 14.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPod classic 160 GB

Music for Meditation

Advantages: A good introduction to sacred music
Disadvantages: A rather niche album on which those into the genre will find nothing new

...Introducing people to a new genre of music is often best accomplished through compilation albums, particularly where the music in question is not what one would really consider "mainstream" listening. Compilations enable one to listen to a range of music which, although of a type, will often vary quite a bit. I've found this to be particularly true of the classical genre. Some classical pieces can feel very inaccessible to the novice listener and concertos, sonatas and symphonies can go on for what seems like an age. So, when the time came for me to introduce someone to sacred works I decided that compilation was the way forward. As a label Naxos are well known for producing good quality but cheap recordings and were one of the first labels to open up the classical market challenging the more established labels to produce...

CareBear 15.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Requiem - Classical Music for Reflection & Meditation

An absolute Classic

Advantages: This doesn't have room, this has aircraft hangars. Great iPod
Disadvantages: Few small problems, nothing major though

...Why would you want to have so much memory inside your MP3 player you might ask, well, why not? Before I purchased the 160GB iPod Classic, I owned a 256mb Goodmans MP3 player, which only held 30-40 songs. I then was given a 2GB iPod Nano for my birthday and I thought that 2GB was a lot considering I didn't really have much music on my computer at the time. But as I started downloading music and buying more CD's, I started to acquire a lot of tracks that would require a lot of space. Then I had so much, it was quite a task trying to sift out 2GB of music worthy enough to go onto my iPod. Then I started downloading U2 bootlegs at 100MB (approx.) a show and this was the final straw, I was in need of a bigger capacity MP3 player. So, after much thought and the release of the new iPod Classics at the time I decided upon the Classic...

Timothij 14.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPod classic 160 GB

Ipod is a classic

Advantages: Plenty of storage
Disadvantages: Battery could do with a updating

...I have had my ipod classic for nearly two years now and ive only ever had one fault with it, and even then apple sent a U.P.S van out with package, i returned it with the driver and the ipod was sent back to me full circle in three days. I have owned the ipod shuffle and the video and i would have to say the classic is the best. The menus are easy to minovure around and the coverflow is a very nice touch. The cover flow enables you to find the album just by remembering what the cover looked like, sound like it cannot be hard to forget a fav track, with 160gig its easily done so you will be thankfull of the cover flow after twenty minutes of searching. The video play back is crisp and smooth and even with such a small screen it is a joy to watch your favourite movies on. All the music and videos, and pictures, are sync easily and with not...

englishtrog 10.02.2009 · Read review
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The Biggest Little Box of Classical Music

Advantages: An excellent introduction to Classical Music
Disadvantages: None

...This is a companion set to Naxos' "The A~Z of Opera" (previously reviewed.. It follows the same format and is an ideal compilation for people who are new to classical music as well as classical music buffs. It contains a double CD with two and a half hours of classical music (as you would expect) and a 562 page book (not quite as thick as the Opera one) compiled and written again by Keith Anderson. So what's in the pack? ~~ The Book This contains 562 pages of information pertaining to classical music. It's the same size as a CD and fairly thick. The text is concise and clear and informative, with portraits of composers throughout. After the index you get 450 pages of concise histories of composers, with recommendations of recordings from the Naxos catalogue. It is arranged in alphabetical order, and starts with Adolphe Adam...

mikeydred 17.04.2001 (27.04.2001) · Read review
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Review of A-Z of Classical Music

One Thousand Years of Classics

Advantages: Extremely thorough and visually appealing.
Disadvantages: None for me.

..."Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." This is the quotation from French writer Victor Hugo which begins this Eyewitness Companion to Classical Music. Musically, I'm a bit of a butterfly. I flit around between all kinds of music, but as I've got older I've found myself listening to an increasing amount of classical. Partly this is because I am at home more and classical music seems better for my concentration when I'm doing any sort of work on the computer. I decided it was time I needed a handy music reference book that I could dip into. Something that would help me identify one Bach from another and give me some background on composers I am interested in learning more about. When I was browsing in the bookshop, this Eyewitness Companion really stood out. It is published by...

JoannaPiano 19.06.2008 (08.06.2008) · Read review
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Review of Classical Music (Eyewitness Companions) - John Burrows

Ipod Classic - 160GB

Advantages: Size, Workmanship, Functionality
Disadvantages: Zero support for some old peripherals, crashes car stereo , Bit heavy!

...Initially I bought this for my commute to work. Having owned a IPod video 30 gig which suffered long term abuse, and being dropped countless times - I decided to splash out and treat myself. The IPod classic - well, there is not much difference functionality then the IPod video. Opening any product made by apple is a joy in itself - one does wonder how long they deliberate over the pretty box! Getting over the box design, the IPod is neatly presented - with the contents kept in individual packaging. Once I tapped the play button, the usual setup menu was a welcoming sight and I continued the usual setup process. However you can setup the IPod by hooking it directly to the laptop and launching ITunes. Synced the IPod up to my library - and have been happy since! The audio quality is excellent, sync times are more then...

cmatt 28.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPod classic 160 GB

Classic product

Advantages: Everything about it
Disadvantages: None that I have found

...I have fallen in love with Apple's 80GB Classic. The Classic has been slimmed down by a to suit your pocket at just 10.5mm. Its design is stylish and highly ergonomic The video capacity of is marvelous There are categories for movies, TV shows, music and your own play lists. Music videos are impressive and show up crystal clear on the large iPod screen. You should get about 30 hours battery life of if you're listening to music or 5 hours for video clips Loads of extra features like clock, calendar, contacts, alarm, games, notes, screen lock, stopwatch. The calendar allows you to make a to-do list. The alarm can be set with your favourite song. Three games are also supplied. I got it as a gift from someone who really cares for me. I would recommend this to all potential buyers for its value for money....

Simplecash 17.07.2008 · Read review
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BOSE: Music for the soul

Advantages: Great sound quality, perfet at loud volumes, just in general FANTASTIC
Disadvantages: none so far

...Anything made by BOSE can be trusted. Its sound quality is always at its best, no matter what soundsystem you use from bose, and it's true... you get what you pay for. Jus plug it in and press "ON" and you're set up! IT'S THAT EASY! bose is a big brang name, and everyone expects the best from, and how right they are. The sounddocks simplistic design brings out the best of your mp3 player, making it the whole music experience that much better. For (at most) £300, you are getting exactly what you pay for AND more! The bose soundock has an inate wonder within itself, which brings you to appreciate the minor details embedded into whatever track you are listening to. Its reasonably light weight, comes with an easy to use remote and from there onwards, it really is just you and your music i can easily say that the best thing about...

joshm12 30.05.2008 · Read review
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