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Ipod Nano
Pledge Level: $1000
Description:
Loaded with 300 Classics from EMI. 100 Best Classics. 100 Best Adagios. 100 Best Opera Classics! 300 favorites total already loaded on to an 8 gig iPod nano! Plus, left over room for you to add more music, photos, audio books – whatever you want. The iPod will transform your listening experience! |
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Ultimate Chopin 5 CD set NEW
Pledge Level: $120
Description:
Performer: Claudio Arrau, Jorge Bolet, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zoltán Kocsis
Orchestra: Montréal Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Composer: Frederic Chopin
Audio CD (September 24, 2007)
SPARS Code: ADD
Number of Discs: 5
Format: Box set
The most popular composers of all-time now offered at an incredible price! FIVE CDs for the price of ONE--who could resist! Collections of the essential works of the most popular composers and their greatest hits! Outstanding artists and recordings from the Decca and Philips Classic's catalogues. Each package is a slipcase loaded with FIVE jewel boxes - that's over 5 HOURS of great music in each boxed set. CD 1 Jorge Bolet, piano & Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Charles Dutoit, conductor CD 2/CD 3 Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano CD 4 Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano CD 5 Claudio Arrau, piano
Featuring:
Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 1 in C major (42:57)
Prelude for piano No. 25 in C sharp minor, Op. 45, CT. 190 (4:57)
Prelude for piano No. 26 in A flat major ("Presto con leggerezza"), KK IVb/7, CT. 191 (B. 86) (12:47)
Impromptu for piano in A flat major, Op. 29, CT. 43 (3:32)
Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT.
Waltz for piano No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18, CT. 207 (1:12)
Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 34, CT. 208-210: Waltz No. 3 Valse brillante in A minor, Op. 34 No. (2:52)
Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 64, CT. 212-214: Waltz No. 6"Minute Waltz" in D flat major, Op. 64 |
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Portable HD Radio
With armband & earbuds
*plus AC to USB Power adapter
Pledge level: $150
Description:
When you're on the go, listen to your favorite HD and FM radio stations using this portable player that features an armband for easy portability.
What's Included:
Insignia® HD Radio Portable Player
Headphones, USB Cable
Arm band
Owner's manual
Product Features
HD radio with 10-station presets
So you can find your favorite stations at the touch of a button. Also receives standard FM stations (HD radio delivers CD-quality sound from compatible stations in areas where HD radio is available).
1.5" LCD color screen
Displays radio station, artist name and song name.
Arm band
For easy portability.
3.5mm output
Can be used with a car stereo (cable required, not included).
Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Provides up to 10 hours of playing time. USB cable included for charging. |
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Portable HD Radio
With armband & earbuds (no AC adapter)
Pledge Level: $120
Description:
When you're on the go, listen to your favorite HD and FM radio stations using this portable player that features an armband for easy portability.
What's Included:
Insignia® HD Radio Portable Player
Headphones,
Arm band
Owner's manual
Product Features
HD radio with 10-station presets
So you can find your favorite stations at the touch of a button. Also receives standard FM stations (HD radio delivers CD-quality sound from compatible stations in areas where HD radio is available).
1.5" LCD color screen
Displays radio station, artist name and song name.
Arm band
For easy portability.
3.5mm output
Can be used with a car stereo (cable required, not included).
Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Provides up to 10 hours of playing time. |
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5 CD Set
Pledge Level: $120
Description:
Ultimate Classical Relaxation includes two CDs devoted to the music of J.S. Bach and one devoted to Tchaikovsky. The remaining two contain a sublime program of music by Dvorák, Barber, Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Canteloube and many more.
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The Ultimate Strauss Family
5 CD set
Pledge Level $120
Featuring works by Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II as well as Josef and Eduard Strauss. Includes such pieces as On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Voices of Spring (Frühlingsstimmen), Radetzky March and a number of the most famous waltzes, polkas, marches and more!
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Ultimate Beethoven
Pledge Level: $120
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Ultimate Mozart
Pledge Level: $120
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Ultimate Bach
Pledge Level: $120
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Blue and White Umbrella
With WNED Corporate Logo
Pledge Level: $100 |
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WNED Tote With WNED Corporate Logo
Pledge Level $60
Replace your paper bags and plastic bags with this reusable sturdy tote bag. Heavyweight non-woven tote bag has dual reinforced 20-inch carrying handles. Large bottom with matching cardboard bottom insert. Perfect for grocery shopping, carrying books and more. The tote bag is forest green with the WNED corporate logo in white on both sides. |
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2 CD Set
Pledge Level: $100
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Un bel di NEW!
Puccini Scenes & Arias
By Mirella Freni
2CD set
Pledge Level: $75
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Pretty Good Joke Book
Soft cover book
Pledge Level: $50
Description:
Have you heard the one about the Joke Show? Most years, the staff of A Prairie Home Companion finds the latest knee-slappers and groaners for the almost-annual Joke Show.
The new fifth 5th edition of the Joke Book gathers together all of the most recent fun, puns and one-liners, and arranges them into categories. Contains the jokes from all 12 Joke shows heard on A Prairie Home Companion.
Softcover book is 400 pages |
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Member Card
Pledge Level $120
*in addition to any Thank You gift selected.
150 Dining Benefits
13 Stores & Online Shopping
29 Performances & Attractions
www.membercard.com |
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NPR Listeners Encyclopedia
Pledge Level: $100
The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia is an everything-you-need-to-know bible for the classical music lover. Written with infectious enthusiasm by Ted Libbey, author of The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection, with 174,000 copies in print, this is an encyclopedia with wit and verve, covering those terms, works, composers, and performers that NPR listeners and concertgoers are most likely to encounter. In addition, buyers of the book will receive a password that opens the door to an interactive Web site, created in a partnership with the classical music powerhouse, Naxos, that allows them to listen to 600 examples of works, techniques, and performers discussed and cross-referenced in the book. This is the first interactive encyclopedia of music!
Libbey, a spirited, selective guide, writes “lyrically and lucidly about music and music makers” ( Chicago Tribune) and knows how to ground abstract ideas in the real. How does it work? Look up barcarolle, and he not only defines the term vividly (“the melody is a gentle, rocking rhythm suggestive of the swaying of a boat”) but suggests three exemplary pieces of music to listen to—Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman, Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words, and Chopin’s Barcarolle. Then go to the Web site and hear what he’s writing about.
What is the tonic? Why is there such a satisfying psychological impact at the end of a sonata? Who is Thomas Tallis? What is the idea behind Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, and was there ever an ill-tempered clavier? For the music lover, impossible to put down.
About the Author
Ted Libbey is one of America's most highly regarded music critics. A former music critic for The New York Times, he is known to millions of NPR listeners as curator of the Basic Radio Library on Performance Today. Mr. Libbey is now Director of Media Arts of the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Rockville, Maryland. |
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1000 Recordings to Hear Before you Die
Paperback book
Pledge Level: $100
About the Book
The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz—author of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—does for travel, Tom Moon recommends 1,000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners the joy, the mystery, the revelation, the sheer fun of great music.
This is a book both broad and deep, drawing from the diverse worlds of classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, world, opera, soundtracks, and more. It's arranged alphabetically by artist to create the kind of unexpected juxtapositions that break down genre bias and broaden listeners' horizons— it makes every listener a seeker, actively pursuing new artists and new sounds, and reconfirming the greatness of the classics. Flanking J. S. Bach and his six entries, for example, are the little-known R&B singer Baby Huey and the '80s Rastafarian hard-core punk band Bad Brains. Farther down the list: The Band, Samuel Barber, Cecelia Bartoli, Count Basie, and Afropop star Waldemer Bastos.
Each entry is passionately written, with expert listening notes, fascinating anecdotes, and the occasional perfect quote—"Your collection could be filled with nothing but music from Ray Charles," said Tom Waits, "and you'd have a completely balanced diet." Every entry identifies key tracks, additional works by the artist, and where to go next. And in the back, indexes and playlists for different moods and occasions. |
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Samuel Barber Adagio 100th Anniversary 2 CD set
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This commemorative set marks the centenary of Barber's birth and gives a rounded picture of Barber the composer, from his ever-popular Adagio to the evocative Dover Beach.
This 2CD commemorative set marks the centenary, in 2010, of Barber's birth and gives a fairly rounded picture of Barber the composer, including the ever-popular Adagio for Strings and other orchestral, chamber and song music.
The first disc starts with the Adagio for Strings in its orchestral guise; continues with the lively overture to The School for Scandal – written in 1931, which was Barber's first work for orchestra. This is followed by the 1939 Violin Concerto, with its exquisite slow movement – another early illustration of the composer's gift for melody – and then comes what is, perhaps, Barber's most 'American' piece, Knoxville: Summer 1915, a beautifully nostalgic work for soprano and orchestra. Then the first of the three fine Essays for Orchestra, written in 1937, 1942 and 1978 and, finally, the disc ends with a piece extracted from the 1946 ballet Medea.
The second CD is made up of some of Barber's better-known chamber music and songs. Dover Beach is an evocative setting of a poem by Matthew Arnold, written in 1931 for baritone and string quartet. Then two examples of Barber's piano music: the Excursions, Op.20, from 1942-44 and the Piano Sonata written in 1949. These are followed by one of the most charming of 20th century chamber works, the 1955 Summer Music for woodwind quintet. There follows a group of early songs, written 1927-34. The last item on the disc is the String Quartet written in 1936, the slow movement of which Barber arranged for string orchestra two years later as the Adagio for Strings.
1. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber
2. The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 by Samuel Barber
3. Concerto for Violin, Op. 14 by Samuel Barber
4. Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24 by Samuel Barber
5. Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12 by Samuel Barber
6. Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a by Samuel Barber
7. Dover Beach, Op. 3 by Samuel Barber
8. Excursions (4) for Piano, Op. 20 by Samuel Barber
9. Sonata for Piano in E flat minor, Op. 26 by Samuel Barber
10. Summer Music, Op. 31 by Samuel Barber
11. Songs (3), Op. 2 by Samuel Barber
12. Quartet for Strings in B minor, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber |
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Ultimate Bach
Pledge Level: $120
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The Ultimate Strauss Family
5 CD set
Pledge Level $120
Featuring works by Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II as well as Josef and Eduard Strauss. Includes such pieces as On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Voices of Spring (Frühlingsstimmen), Radetzky March and a number of the most famous waltzes, polkas, marches and more!
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Schumann: Piano Concertos with Martha Agerich
Pledge Level: $100
- Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54: Allegro affettuoso
- Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54: Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso)
- Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54: Allegro vivace
- Fantasiestücke Op. 12: Des Abends
- Fantasiestücke Op. 12: Aufschwung
- Fantasiestücke Op. 12: Warum?
- Fantasiestücke Op. 12: Grillen
- Fantasiestücke Op. 12: In der Nacht
- Fantasiestücke Op. 12: Fabel
- Fantasiestücke Op. 12: Traumeswirren
- Fantasiestücke Op. 12: Ende von Lied
- Gaspard de la nuit: 1. Ondine (Lent)
- Gaspard de la nuit: 2. Le Gibet (Très lent)
- Gaspard de la nuit: 3. Scarbo (Modéré - Vif)
- Danzas argentinas, Op.2: I. Danza del viejo boyero (Dance of the Old Cowherd)
- Danzas argentinas, Op.2: II. Danza de la moza donosa (Dance of the Delightful Young…
- Danzas argentinas, Op.2: III. Danza del gaucho matrero (Dance of the Artful Herdsman)
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Media Vita CD
Pledge Level: $60
It is more than 20 years since the Tallis Scholars recorded Media Vita and though their performance remains peerless, Stile Antico's recording has many attractive qualities.
The first of these is a very lovely alto blend, which remains a constant in a programme that contrasts Sheppard's ecstatic Latin polyphony with the quiet simplicity of his English motets. "I Give You a New Commandment" is similar in subject and style to Tallis's "If Ye Love Me", while "The Lord's Prayer" is one of the finest I've heard.
- Gaude gaude gaude Maria virgo by John Sheppard
- The Lord's Prayer by John Sheppard
- I give you a new commandment by John Sheppard
- Media vita by John Sheppard
- Christ rising again by John Sheppard
- Haste thee, O God by John Sheppard
- Te Deum, laudamus by John Sheppard
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PHC Red and White Microphone Mug
Pledge Level: 50
12 oz. ceramic mug with glossy white glaze has a red rim and handle and carries the popular A Prairie Home Companion 2-color Microphone Logo in red and black. |
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Valentine’s Day Flowers with Chocolates
Pledge Level: $130
One-time credit card charge
Delivery: Friday, February 12, 2010
Does not include Canada but Canadians can send to someone in the USA
One Dozen assorted Roses with Clear Ginger Glass Vase & 9 Chocolates in a heart shaped box. |
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