Customer Rating:      Summary: Schroeder's Da Man! Comment: I do not listen to very much classical music, but...I listen to this Disc quite often. My Wife grew up in front of a piano, and she has played many of these selections, and she is quite familiar with almost everything persented here. This is a CD that we both, {coming from two completly different musicial worlds} can both agree upon. This CD is wonderful and it belongs in any music collection.
With: "Fur Elise" leading the way through to: "Prelude-Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 1" this is piano as it was meant to be presented. This is the music that Schroeder loves to play. One listen to this, and it is easy to see why. When Schroeder plays these classic selections on his little toy piano {with Lucy right there bugging him} he seems to drift to another place, now I understand why this is so, like any other music that is as great as this, you will be transported.
This is just a sample of some of the greatest music of the last 600 years. With: Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Schubert, Scarlatti, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky & Chopin. Every musicial piece has that spark and clarity of what perked our ears to these wonderful selections, all those years ago when we heard this music as background to a Bugs Bunny Cartoon {bowl of cereal, is optional.}
This collection is generous {34 tracks, 68.5 minutes} and as a bonus, the final selection is: "Linus & Lucy" by Vince Guaraldi, that was featured in the TV Special: "A Charlie Brown Christmas" in the early 1960's. Again, I am very limited in my knowledge of the classics, but this is one of the most enjoyable CD's of piano works that I have ever come across. I have sampled this music on small children, and it has always had a positive effect on them as well. From 3 to 83, this CD has something for everyone...Timeless Music played to perfection.
FIVE STARS !!!
Customer Rating:      Summary: Schroeder's surprising dexterity! Comment: The album, Schroeder's Greatest Hits is a compilation of pure classical performance with a little bit of fun mixed in it and is showcased by the flawless execution on technique by the 'real' performers. I would whole heartedly recommend this disk for anyone who has loved Peanuts cartoon OR an aspiring pianist.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Schroeder's Hits Comment: If you enjoy the Peanuts cartoons will will enjoy the music played by the Peanuts character Schroeder.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Almost perfect Comment: This CD is great. The only flaw it has is that the first track starts with what I is supposed to be a cute little intro. You're tormented with the sound of someone playing on what is likely supposed to be a toy piano. It would be okay if this little bit of annoyance sat on its own track, but it unfortunately serves as the beginning of the first track, ultimately ruining it. So every time you want to hear Fur Elise, you need to hear this annoying toy piano intro. If they had only put the toy piano intro on its own track, this CD would be perfect.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Great Compilation of Classical Music Comment: the is a beautiful album with some of the best music ever written on it
it's also a really nice cd to listen to
mozart,beethove,chopin,bach are just a few of the composers who's music is featured on here,i would highly recommend this for anyone who likes classical as it has a wide range of styles and it is a greatest hits of sorts in that alot of the songs will be familiar to anyone who has either studied the piano or just likes this type of music
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