Following two sensational studio albums, the Vienna-based electronica chill-meisters are live and organic here. Dzihan's keyboards and Kamien's guitars and samples are heard at the crest of a hip one-world sonic universe, supported by a hand-picked battalion of top-notch international talent. Vocalists Ma. Dita (performing in English) and Özden Öksüz, DJ "Mangito" Mango, and super-percussionist Sammy Figueroa (who has played with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, John Scofield, Stevie Wonder, and David Bowie---you can't get much cooler than that) are flanked by smoldering Turkish drummers, strings, reeds, and brass. The result resembles a late-night love-in between Isaac Hayes (wah-wah firmly in place), Barry White, retro Latin jazz, classic Middle-Eastern massed-violin vamps, and Pink Floyd, augmented by white-hot trumpet solos and filigreed Islamic calls to prayer. The album includes a bonus disc of remix tracks, wherein "Drophere" undergoes three treatments while "Slibdub," "Stiff Jazz," and "Ford Transit" reveal glimmering new facets. --Christina Roden
Product Description
This stunning live album is one of those rare moments when a producer duo, well known from the electronic club genre prove that it is possible to cross the border into the world of performing live with real instruments. Live in Vienna grew out of dZihan & Kamiens desire to do something special for the release party for their last studio CD, Gran Riserva. With the help of the Austrian government, 22 people were gathered on stage at Porgy and Bess, one of the most famous jazz clubs in Vienna. Master musicians from Turkey to Miami formed a "dreamteam" to translate the dZihan & Kamien sound into an orchestral performance featuring the downtempo duo's signature blend of cool jazz, dancefloor beats and Eastern strings.
The North American version of this release features a special bonus disc of dZihan & Kamien remixes- many of which have been previously unavailable in this country.
Live in Vienna,The dZihan & Kamien Orchestra,Six Degrees,Austria,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Downtempo,Electronic,House,Pop
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Live in Vienna
The dZihan & Kamien Orchestra Manufacturer: Six Degrees ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002VGRW2 Release Date: 2004-09-14 |
Tracks:
- After
- Thrill
- Just You & I
- Before
- Basmati
- Homebase
- Drophere
- Ford Transit
- Slidub
- Airport
- Ahmet & Sammy
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Following two sensational studio albums, the Vienna-based electronica chill-meisters are live and organic here. Dzihan's keyboards and Kamien's guitars and samples are heard at the crest of a hip one-world sonic universe, supported by a hand-picked battalion of top-notch international talent. Vocalists Ma. Dita (performing in English) and Özden Öksüz, DJ "Mangito" Mango, and super-percussionist Sammy Figueroa (who has played with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, John Scofield, Stevie Wonder, and David Bowie---you can't get much cooler than that) are flanked by smoldering Turkish drummers, strings, reeds, and brass. The result resembles a late-night love-in between Isaac Hayes (wah-wah firmly in place), Barry White, retro Latin jazz, classic Middle-Eastern massed-violin vamps, and Pink Floyd, augmented by white-hot trumpet solos and filigreed Islamic calls to prayer. The album includes a bonus disc of remix tracks, wherein "Drophere" undergoes three treatments while "Slibdub," "Stiff Jazz," and "Ford Transit" reveal glimmering new facets. --Christina RodenAlbum Description
This stunning live album is one of those rare moments when a producer duo, well known from the electronic club genre prove that it is possible to cross the border into the world of performing live with real instruments. Live in Vienna grew out of dZihan & Kamien's desire to do something special for the release party for their last studio CD, Gran Riserva. With the help of the Austrian government, 22 people were gathered on stage at Porgy and Bess, one of the most famous jazz clubs in Vienna. Master musicians from Turkey to Miami formed a "dreamteam" to translate the dZihan & Kamien sound into an orchestral performance featuring the downtempo duo's signature blend of cool jazz, dancefloor beats and Eastern strings.The North American version of this release features a special bonus disc of dZihan & Kamien remixes- many of which have been previously unavailable in this country.
Customer Reviews:
This is a lot of music !!! Deep and Good..........2005-06-22
This is a deep album from the MASTERS D&K with an incredible array of talented musicians that make this masterpiece a phenomenal purchase. There is so much music in here that is difficult to describe. There's funky bass (if you're a bass player, you gotta have this CD), strings, horns, insane percussion (unreal), sexy vocals (great talented singers), all beautifully combined with that electronica sound D&K are known for.
World Music? Yes.
Jazz? Yes.
Electronic Downtempo/Chillout? Yes.
Funk? Yes.
Boring? NEVER !
Fact is, that after listening to this you will be wondering if this is the original D&K who put this orchestra together to make these tracks sound so organic or if this is a really talented jazz jam band. This CD is so good, it won't be out of rotation for a very very long time... This is the one live album that makes you wish you'd been there to see it with your own eyes...
UPDATE: After a full year with this CD, I have to upgrade it to a 5-star rating.
Incredible Live CD!.......2005-03-21
The things you find..........2004-12-01
The truth is, this CD isn't going anywhere in a hurry. From the first track, I heard the bass loud, the drums clear and the rest of the band tight. From then on, it just got better as brass licks and other ostinatos started flying about driving and authoritive percussion and bass lines.
This CD has already earned a spot up there with the Nightmares on Wax and Thievery Corporation collection. The thing that sets this one apart is that it is a fun CD. NOW and T.C are polished, and absolutely brilliant at their game, but this CD really reminds me of what playing music is about. It ain't about getting up in front of thousands of people and showing them how good you are, but it's more about getting together with the intention of going to another place. The musicianship on this CD certainly takes the crowd/listener there, and I would be surprised if the muso's themselves were not moved also. This is truly a brilliant CD if you like music. There's no star of the show, no big name single to draw you in. Track 1 is as good as the middle of the album, and the middle is as good as the end. If you're into groove, trip hop, or just plain good music played with passion, then this CD will not dissapoint you. I for one will look for more of this outfit's work!
Live and better than ever!.......2004-09-17
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All Things Bright and Beautiful
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008ZZ3Z Release Date: 2003-07-08 |
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Wilhelm Furtwängler: Live Recordings 1944-1953
Ludwig van Beethoven , Franz Schubert , Robert Schumann , Johannes Brahms , Anton Bruckner , Richard Strauss , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Paul Hindemith , Cesar Franck , Maurice Ravel , Richard Wagner , Wilhelm Furtwangler , Berlin Philharmonic , and Vienna Philharmonic Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00007BGXS Release Date: 2003-02-11 |
Album Details
Original Masters serie.Customer Reviews:
A representative introduction to Furtwängler's art.......2003-02-15
This set is therefore mainly destined for anybody wanting a well-programmed and representative introduction to the art of Furtwängler. Except for the already mentioned Tchaikovsky, the "Rapsodie espagnole" by Ravel, and the "Symphonic Metamorphosis" by Hindemith, interesting but not really indispensable, the rest of the box is required listening. There are stunningly revelatory cuts of Brahms 2nd (Vienna, 1945), Beethoven's 7th (Berlin, 1953), Schubert's 8th (Berlin, 1952), Bruckner's 8th (Vienna 1944), and a formidable disc of orchestral excerpts from Wagner's operas. On top of that the Vienna 1944 recording of Beethoven's Leonore III is a real killer. The "Haydn Variations" by Brahms, "Manfred" by Schumann, "Don Juan" by Strauss, and the "Symphony" by Franck are equally rewarding.
It goes without saying that the sound quality of these live recordings from the 1940s and 1950s is variable, although within context everything is acceptable and well remastered (There is some serious distortion though in the final movement of the Franck "Symphony").
This set comes in yet a new limited-edition historical series "Original Masters" from Deutsche Grammophon. The liner notes emphasizing the rarity of the recordings (so-called "buried musical treasures") are however to be taken with more than a grain of salt. The presentation of the CDs in paper bags with a transparent cover isn't exactly a great idea either.
Indispensable for those music lovers willing to find out what Wilhelm Furtwängler is all about.
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Live in Vienna
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004V47M Release Date: 2005-03-22 |
Album Description
Last Call. 2005.
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100 World's Best Loved Melodies
Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009VNBR4 Release Date: 2005-07-05 |
Tracks:
- Blue Danube
- Waltz of Flowers
- Waltz No. 1
- Waltz of the Snowflakes
- Naila Waltz
- Spanish Dance
- I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
- Sugar Plum Fairy
- Dance of the Comedians
- Camptown Races
- Carnival of the Animals Finale
- Dance of the Clown [From "A Midsummer Night's" Dream]
- Dance of the Hours
- Dance of the Swans [From "Swan Lake"]
- Faust Ballet
- Tritsch Tratsch Polka
- Hungarian Dance
- Dance of the Priestesses
- Overture from "William Tell"
- Toreador Song [From "Carmen"]
- Overture from "Carmen"
- Samson & Delilah
- Ride of the Valkyries
- Baracole from "The Tales of Hoffmann"
- Scheherazade
- Water Music - The Hornpipe
- Nocturne
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Hungarian Rhapsody
- Prde L& Arlenne
- Preer Gynt Suite No. 1 Anitra's Dance
- Liebestraum
- Adagio from "The New World Symphony"
- Flight of the Bumblebee
- Ave Maria
- Air on a G String
- Neapolitan Song
- Violin Concerto
- Serenade No. 4
Tracks:
- When You Wish Upon a Star
- Chances Are
- Calcutta
- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
- Gigi
- They Call the Wind Maria
- Memories Are Made of This
- Catch a Falling Star
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- So in Love
- Begin the Beguine
- Misty
- Little Things Mean a Lot
- Embraceable You
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- On the Street Where You Live
- Moment to Remember
- Anniversary Song
- Golden Days
- Theme from a Summer Place
- Tonight
- Lullaby of Broadway
- Easter Parade
- Tenderly
- Young at Heart
Tracks:
- Claire de Lune
- Piano Concerto No. 1
- Minute Waltz
- Piano Concerto
- Fantasy Impromptu
- Piano Sonata No. 20 - Finale
- Swan
- Polonaise No. 6
- Waltz in C Minor
- 1812 Overture
- Light Cavalry Overture
- Nutcracker Overture
- Marche Militaire
- Tannhauser Overture
- Radetsky March
- Tragic Overture
- Triumphal March
- Tales of Vienna Woods
- Emperor's Waltz
- Waltz. Wine, Women and Song
- Voice of Spring
- Fledermaus Overture
- Skater's Waltz
- Roses from the South
- Romance
- Symphony No. 5
- Mer
- Moonlight Sonata
- Capriccio Espagnol
- Lohengrin
- Symphonie Fantastique
- Greensleeves
- Souvenir
- Lonely Heart
- Die Meistersinger
- Polovtsian Dance
Customer Reviews:
Peculiar Amazon indexing.......2007-06-08
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Sym 5
Manufacturer: Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra/Hobart Earle, Conductor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CADOOM Release Date: 2002-01-15 |
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Live in Vienna
Alvin Lee Manufacturer: Viceroy Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000008QVZ Release Date: 1996-02-06 |
Tracks:
- Keep on Rockin'
- Long Legs
- I Hear You Knockin'
- Hear Me Calling
- Love Like a Man
- Johnny B. Goode
- I Don't Give a Damn
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Skooboly Oobly Doobob
- Help Me Baby
- Classical Thing
- Going Home
- Rip It Up
Customer Reviews:
Simply Alvin Lee at his best.......2003-06-20
Alvin does the best recorded version of "I'm Going Home" on this as well. The most underated musician of his time at his best.
It is so cool to hear new version of old Alvin classics as well as new tunes as well. The best is that if you haven't heard Alvin Lee without his old Ten Years After backup band, you are in for a treat. Like in his solo work, especially the Alvin Lee Anthology, Zoom, 1994, Pure Blues, to hear Alvin finally play with superior muscians is magical and you can hear the great versatility of his music.
This is a guy who has done everything he can NOT to be a pop star or superstar, but a musician. Since he left the Ten Years After backup band, you can really hear Alvin smoke. No more limitations.
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Edition Wiener Staatsoper/Vienna State Opera Live, Vol. 4
Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000001SUR Release Date: 1994-06-28 |
Tracks:
- Aida, Act 1: O ware ich erkoren-Holde Aida - Jussi Bjorling
- Aida, Act 2: Also du bist?-Ihr Vater. Ich hab' gekampft - Jussi Bjorling/Maria Nemeth/Kersten Thorborg/Alexander Svied/Ludwig Hofmann/Vienna St Opr Chor
- Aida, Act 3: Bald kommt Radames - Maria Nemeth
- Aida, Act 3: Ich seh' dich wieder, meine Aida - Jussi Bjorling
- Aida, Act 3: Du bist nicht schuldig - Alexander Sved/Maria Nemeth/Jussi Bjorling
- Aida, Act 3: Eilet und fliehet - Jussi Bjorling/Maria Nemeth/Kersten Thorborg/Alexander Svied/Ludwig Hofmann
- Don Carlo, Act 1: Die menschliche Begierde-'s ist seine Stimme - Todor Mazaroff/Piero Pierotic/Carl Bisutti
- Don Carlo, Act 1: Gott, der entflammte der Liebe - Todor Mazaroff/Piero Pierotic/Vienna St Opr Chor
- Don Carlo, Act 1: Ich kam, um zu erflehn eine Gunst - Todor Mazaroff/Maria Reining/Herbert Alsen
- Don Carlo, Act 2: Elisabeth!-Du bist's du bist's - Todor Mazaroff/Piero Pierotic/Piroska Tutsek
- Don Carlo, Act 4: Elisabeth!-Ich rief Euch hierher-Leb wohl auf ewig - Todor Mazaroff/Maria Reining/Piroska Tutsek/Carl Bisutti/Herbert Alsen/Vienna St Opr Chor
- I Pagliacci, Act 1: Seid nochmals geladen - Jussi Bjorling/Vienna St Opr Chor
- I Pagliacci, Act 1: Spielen jetzt?-Hull' dich in Tand nur - Jussi Bjorling
- I Pagliacci, Act 2: Nein, bin Bajazzo nicht bloss! - Jussi Bjorling/Margit Bokor/Friedrich Ginrod/Vienna St Opr Chor
- Faust, Act 2: Da ich nun verlassen soll - Alexander Sved
- Faust, Act 5: Auf eilet! - Jussi Bjorling/Alexander Kipnis/Esther Rethy
- Tannhauser, Act 1: Als du in kuhnem Sange uns bestritten - Alexander Sved
- Tannhauser, Act 3: Wohl wusst' ich hier sie im Gebet zu finden - Alexander Sved
- Tannhauser, Act 3: O du mein holder Abendstern - Alexander Sved
Tracks:
- Der Fliegende Hollander, Act 2: Er freite alle sieben Jahr - Maria Nemeth/Josef Kalenberg/Bella Paalen/Vienna St Opr Chor
- Der Fliegende Hollander, Act 2: Du flogst, den Vater zu begrussen - Maria Nemeth/Josef Kalenberg
- Der Fliegende Hollander, Act 2: Allewiger, durch mich-Ach, konntest das Geschick du ahnen - Maria Nemeth/Alfred Jeger
- Der Fliegende Hollander, Act 2: Sag, bist du auch bereit-Hier meine Hand - Alfred Jeger/Maria Nemeth/Karl Norbert
- Tosca, Act 2: Fliege, du Falke - Sigurd Bjorling/Karl Ettl
- Tosca, Act 2: Sei's, man reded mir nach - Sigurd Bjorling/Maria Nemeth
- Turandot, Act 2: Lass drei die Ratsel sein-Des Kaisers Wort ist heilig-Drei Ratsel gabst du mir auf - Maria Nemeth/Todor Mazaroff/Vienna St Opr Chor
- Turandot, Act 3 (fragment): Keiner schlafe - Todor Mazaroff
- I Pagliacci, Act 1: Heute abend um neun - Todor Mazaroff/Vienna St Opr Chor
- I Pagliacci, Act 1: Lache, Bajazzo - Todor Mazaroff
- I Pagliacci, Act 2: Nein, bin Bajazzo nicht bloss - Todor Mazaroff/Georg Monthy/Aenne Michalski
- Samson Et Dalila, Act 2: Salut, o mon maitre - Rosette Anday/Rene Maison
- Samson Et Dalila, Act 2: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix - Rosette Anday/Rene Maison
- Aida: Vorspiel - Vienna St Opr Orch/Victor de Sabata
- Aida, Act 1: Zu des Niles reinen Ufern-Als Sieger kehre heim - Maria Nemeth/Rosette Anday/Alexander Sved/Carl Bissuti/Vienna St Opr Chor
- Aida, Act 2: O sag, warum auf's neue - Maria Nemeth/Rosette Anday
- Aida, Act 2: Heil dir, Agypten - Vienna St Opr Chor
- Aida, Act 2: Zum Lorbeer windet-Der Isis tone Lobgesang - Maria Nemeth/Rosette Anday/Koloman von Pataky/Alexander Sved/Nikolas Zec/Carl Bissuti...
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Panorama: Modest Mussorgsky
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004W3IV Release Date: 2000-09-26 |
Tracks:
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Gnomus
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
- Pictures At An Exhibition: The Old Castle
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Tuileries
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet Of The Unhatched Chicks
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle
- Pictures At An Exhibition: The Market At Limoges
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Catacombs: The Roman Tomb
- Pictures At An Exhibition: With The Dead In A Dead Language
- Pictures At An Exhibition: The Hut On Chicken's Legs
- Pictures At An Exhibition: The Great Gate Of Kiev
- Night On Bald Mountain
- Songs And Dances Of Death: 1. Lullaby
- Songs And Dances Of Death: 2. Serenade
- Songs And Dances Of Death: 3. Trepak
- Songs And Dances Of Death: 4. The Field Marshal
- Khovanshchina - Highlights: Prelude: Dawn Over The River Moscow
- Khovanshchina - Highlights: Dances Of The Persian Slave Girls
Tracks:
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Gnomus
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Il vecchio castello - Promenade
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Tuileries
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet des petits poussins dans leurs coques
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Limoges: Le Marche
- Pictures At An Exhibition: Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
- Pictures At An Exhibition: La Cabane sur des pattes de poule
- Pictures At An Exhibition: La Grande Porte de Kiev
- 6 Songs: Lullaby
- 6 Songs: The Magpie
- 6 Songs: Night
- 6 Songs: Where Art Thou, Little Star?
- 6 Songs: The Ragamuffin
- 6 Songs: On The Dnieper
- Boris Godunov - Highlights: Shuisky: 'Long Live Our Tsar Boris Feodorovich!' (Prologue)
- Boris Godunov - Highlights: Boris Godunov: 'My Soul Is Sad! (Prologue)
- Boris Godunov - Highlights: Boris Godunov: 'I Stand Supreme In Power'
- Boris Godunov - Highlights: Boris Godunov: 'Farewell, My Son, I Am Dying'
- Boris Godunov - Highlights: Boris Godunov: 'Hark! 'Tis The Knell Of Death!'
Customer Reviews:
A Mussorgsky feast beyond praise.......2006-06-11
Another high point is the orchestral reading of Pictures under Giulini with the CSO. This was a famous recording in its day, because Giulini took the thrice-familiar music seriously, a bit slower than usual, adding many individual touches. Maybe his approach becomes ponderous and too serious at times, but it's one of a kind, and the solo winds in the orchestra are a delight.
Actually, I was most moved by Vishnievskaya's selection of songs, recorded in the Soviet Union with Igor Markevitch adding his superlative accompaniments--this is Mussorgsky singing of the highest order. But so is Fassbaender's Songs and Dances of Death, despite her lack of Slavic authenticity. Maazel bombs through Night on Bald Mountain with suitable thrills.
In all, this Panorama two-fer can't be faulted. It's one of the very best in the seeries, and several of the choicest things on it are otherwise out of print.
A STRONG REBUTTLE to the "bad" reviews........2006-05-19
A reviewer doesn't like vocal music..so 2 stars. I DON'T GET IT! Just because one does not like "classical" vocals, doesn't mean they stink.
This is over 2 1/2 hours at single CD budget price. Geez...
Giulini gives a superbly recorded THRILLING performance of Pictures that, in my humble opinion, is second only to Reiner's. Also with the CSO 15 years earlier.
This 34+ minutes alone is worth the price of this collection.
The excerpts from Boris Gudonov are considered one of the best performances in the catalog (Karajan/VPO). 29 minutes and a good way to determine if you want to purchase the complete opera 3 CD set for over $30+ bucks.
Markevich/Vishnevskaya is considered to be the definitive version for the "6 songs".
The Kovanshchina prelude (Dawn on The Moskva River) is one the most heart rending themes in the canon. Simply gorgeous 6 minute piece of music.
I could go on and on.
Sure there are a few "gaffs" on these CDs. Maazel brings in Bald Mountain in under 10 minutes. Whew!
But hey...kudos to the orchestra for being able to play that well, that fast without stumbling over each other. Quite exhilerating acually.
And Then there is Richter's famous/"infamous" Pictures. Yes the annoying cough and a not so sonic recording. But anyone looking for just this track should already have been aware of this problem. "Classisists" have been talking about this problem for 50+ years. Obviously it can't be fixed. But still several coughs in 30+ minutes just makes it sound as live a performance as it is.
So let's recap...155 minutes of music with maybe parts of 15 minutes of minor problems for DISCOUNT bucks. Pretty good math I'd say. Equals 5 STARS where I come from.
Overall, this is an excellent CD for those who want Mussorgsky's major orchestral output in one package at a bargain price.
Top conductors, top orchestras, great performances and, except for Richter's Pictures, GREAT SONICS.
If you want a truly magnificent solo piano Pictures try Pletnev's on Virgin Classics. It will blow you away. And you get the bonus of his own piano transcription of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty which is even better.
ENJOY!
Review for Richter's "Pictures" Only.......2006-04-24
I also will refrain from entering the "Is it the greatest Pictures ever?"-debate. It is my favorite. One sometimes hears critics dismiss the piano--thus Mussorgsky's--version as monochromatic. But Richter presents a much more percussive version than most others, which may be why some people don't care for it. (My dad played this piece with a more Romantic reading.) It's a matter of taste: I have never cared for the Ravel version, probably because the percussive aspect doesn't translate into orchestration.
I almost never write music reviews, since I'd hate to convince people to plunk down good money on a CD that conforms to my taste but not theirs. BUT, if you have enjoyed this performace in the past . . .
I give five stars to Richter recital, which amazes me still. I agree that his deliberate "clunkers" are distracting. But having listened to this performance for almost twenty years, it is the "correct" playing of Pictures that now jars me. If you love this performance, as I clearly do, you'll be happy to have this CD. Just don't Google the Hartmann pictures which inspired Mussorgsky. It's disillusioning, but they aren't very good!
A bad whooping cough in 1958 in Sofia, Bulgaria.......2006-04-17
overall sound of this double release, from 2000, #469 169-2,
when throughout the 1st CD, which opens up with the Mussorgsky
number PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION, there's an irritating
musician in the room, exhibiting signs of a bad whooping cough,
thereby totally destroying the 20 minutes or so recording!
There are many soft passages throughout the number, and
it is just incredible that DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON allowed the
bad caugh distractions and irritations (cough! cough! cough!)
to stay on the tape!
Unbelievable! It's so bad, I thought about unloading this
art work, at a second hand music store for a buck and a half,
although I surely paid more than $20 for this double CD release
a few years ago.
I don't care much for the vocal pieces, either.
Aside from that, the remainder of the release is very strong,
so ...I can't bring myself to unload it....yet, anyway.
Giant performance!.......2005-06-03
There are several works in the Symphonic repertoire whose meaning depends in last instance of your personal world's approach. The list wold be extremely long but briefly I would name five classic works: The Eroica, The First of Mahler, The Ninth of Bruckner, The fourth of Nielsen and this work.
What do you demand from this work? Fireworks, nostalgic approach, musical musculature,effectism or tonal poolish?
Besides a great amount of recorded versions, there is however, a relatively small number of succesful performances from the early forties with Arturo Toscanini, Guido Cantelli and Igor Markevitch in the fifties, Dorati in the sixties and then Markevitch again and Giulini in the seventies.
Giulini gives this work a remarkable stature, enriching the score with sumptuous details and rubatos, smart accents, inflexions, color sense and above all a noblesse spirit that personally I haven't listened in any other previous version.
Go for this golden treasure recording. But do not expect great fireworks exercises. Giulini never searched the gallery' s applause. He was a honest and original master by himself: his personal landmark.
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Vienna State Opera Live Volume 8: Verdi
Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000001SUV Release Date: 1994-08-23 |
Tracks:
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: O meine Freunde-Ah, welche, hohe Wonne - Max Lorenz/Alda Noni/Marjan Rus/Sigmund Roth/Chorus
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: Fur dein Gluck und fur dein Leben - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: Wer weiB, ob dort nicht die Gelegenheit-Jeder Gram Weiche heut dem... - Max Lorenz/Alda Noni/Mathieu Ahlersmeyer/Marjan Rus/Sigmund Roth/Chorus
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: Und wo? Ihr wollt es wagen-Dort, wo auf odem Brachfeld - Hilde Konetzni/Elena Nikolaidi/Max Lorenz
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: O sag, wenn ich fahre auf schaumenden Wogen - Max Lorenz/Alda Noni/Sigmund Roth/Marjan Rus/Elena Nikolaidi/Chorus
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: Nur Scherze sind's und Possen - Max Lorenz/Elena Nikolaidi/Marjan Rus/Sigmund Roth/Alda Noni/Chorus
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: Er ist's!-Herbei, ihr Leute! - Franz Worff/Alda Noni/Elena Nikolaidi/Max Lorenz/Mathieu Ahlersmeyer/Marjan Rus/Sigmund Roth/Chorus
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 2: Wenn das Kraut, wie die Seherin kundet - Hilde Konetzni
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 2: WeiBt du nicht, daB, wenn Qualen der Reue-Amelia! Du liebst mich? - Max Lorenz/Hilde Konetzni
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 3: Ja, nur du hast dies Herz mir entwendet - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 3: Hier steht mein Name-Doch heiBt mich auch mein Pflichtgebot - Max Lorenz
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 3: LaBt ab mit Fragen - Alda Noni
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 3: Ich kenne keine Gefahr-Lieben, ja lieben muB ich dich - Max Lorenz/Hilde Konetzni/Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 3: Nein! Nein! O lasset ihn-Unverletzt ist deine Ehre - Max Lorenz/Hilde Konetzni/Mathieu Ahlersmeyer/Alda Noni/Marjan Rus/Sigmund Roth/Chorus
- Aida: Prelude - Orch der Wiener Staatsoper/Gui
- Aida, Act 1: ...und das Nilgestade-o ware ich erkoren-Holde Aida - Josef von Manowarda/Set Svanholm
- Aida, Act 1: Legt die heil'ge Wehr an-Auf! des Niles heil'ges Ufer - Marjan Rus/Josef von Manowarda/Daniza Ilitsch/Elena Nikolaidi/Chorus
- Aida, Act 1: (Als Sieger kehre heim)-Sei Besieger meiner Bruder - Daniza Ilitsch
- Aida, Act 2: Heil dir, Agypten, Isis Heil - Marjan Rus/Chorus
- Aida, Act 2: Du also bist?-Ihr Vater! Ich hab' gekampft - Marjan Rus/hans Hotter/Daniza Ilitsch/Elena Nikolaidi/Josef von Manowarda/Chorus
Tracks:
- Aida, Act 3: ...des Niles dunkle Tiefe-O Vaterland - Daniza Ilitsch
- Aida, Act 3: Ein Konigskind ist deine Rivalin-Wiedersehen wirst du die duft'gen Walder - Hans Hotter/Daniza Ilitsch
- Aida, Act 3: An meiner Liebe zweifelt Aida?-Zur Ferne entfliehen-Die Schluchten bei Napata - Set Svanholm/Daniza Ilitsch/Hans Hotter
- Aida, Act 4: Es hat der Stein sich uber mir geschlossen-Leb wohl, o Erde - Set Svanholm/Daniza Ilitsch/Elena Nikolaidi/Chorus
- Falstaff, Act 2: Meine Ehrfurcht!-Willkommen, liebe Frau! - Mela Bugarinovic/Georg Hann
- Falstaff, Act 2: Fur sie vertreu' ich Schatze-So traum' ich? Oder ist's wahr?-Vereinbart die Stunde - Karl Kronenberg/Georg Hann
- Falstaff, Act 2: Ich lieb' dich-Einstens als Page - Georg Hann/Esther Rethy/Mela Bugarinovic/Elena Nikolaidi/Karl Kronenberg/William Wernigk/Marjan Rus
- Falstaff, Act 2: LaB dich umarmen-Viktoria! - Anton Dermota/Adel Kern/Josef Witt/Karl Kronenberg/William Wernigk/Marjan Rus/Mela Bugarinovic/...
- Falstaff, Act 3: LaB uns Gluhwein gieBen in diesem Bauch voll - Georg Hann/Mela Bugarinovic/Adele Kern/Esther Rethy
- Falstaff, Act 4: Dem Mund entflieht ein Lied - Anton Dermota/Adele Kern/Esther Rethy
- Falstaff, Act 4: Zeus, als du Europa liebtest - Georg Hann/Esther Rethy/Elena Nikolaidi/Adele Kern
- Falstaff, Act 4: Auf sachten Zephyrs Welle - Adele Kern/Chorus
- Falstaff, Act 4: Ein Chor soll die Komodie schlieBen-Alles um uns ist Narrheit - Georg Hann/Karl Kronenberg/Esther Rethy/Adele Kern/Elena Nikolaidi/Mela Bugarinovic/Anton Dermota/..
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