Live in Vienna [Live]

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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 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 & 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.

Live in Vienna,The dZihan & Kamien Orchestra,Six Degrees,Austria,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Downtempo,Electronic,House,Pop
Live in Vienna
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • This is a lot of music !!! Deep and Good...
  • Incredible Live CD!
  • The things you find...
  • Live and better than ever!
Live in Vienna
The dZihan & Kamien Orchestra
Manufacturer: Six Degrees
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ASIN: B0002VGRW2
Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

  1. After
  2. Thrill
  3. Just You & I
  4. Before
  5. Basmati
  6. Homebase
  7. Drophere
  8. Ford Transit
  9. Slidub
  10. Airport
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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 Roden

Album 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:

4 out of 5 stars This is a lot of music !!! Deep and Good..........2005-06-22

The chillout/downtempo/electronic music gurus go live. WOW !

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.

5 out of 5 stars Incredible Live CD!.......2005-03-21

First off I have to say that I am usually not a big fan of live concert CD's. I am a huge live music fan, but generally I find the energy of a great concert lost in traslation to CD. Not so with this little wonder! I have heard little bits of Dzihan & Kamien on various Six Degrees compilations over the years, but I was wholly unprepared for the absolute monstrosity of the musicians and arrangements on this CD. As a musician I know how difficult it is to achieve tight arrangements and subtle dynamics with a large group of musicians. Apparently I have totally underestimated these guys... D & K are great musicians in their own right and they have assembled the tightest, heaviest, tastiest "orchestra" on the planet. An incredible feat in itself, but to bring their catalog of material to such heights as this is simply astounding. Rhythm, strings, horns, percussion, guitars, DJ, vocals, this band has absolutely no weak links. All these songs are great.. I keep thinking I am going to get sick of this but it's been stuck in the changer for almost six months with no signs of leaving the "A" rotation. I am wearing holes in the carpet dancing to it. I really hope this piece of work doesn't fall through the cracks between the genres that it covers, because it truly transcends mere jazz, trip-hop, electronica, funk, and worldbeat. I am really surprised that this has not completely blown up because it is HUGE. I remain hopeful that we will get some sort of tour out of these guys, for now I will just turn it up and imagine...

5 out of 5 stars The things you find..........2004-12-01

I got this on the recommendation of Amazon, who sent me an email telling me of its release. I took a gamble, thinking that if it was no good, I could palm it off as a Christmas present to some drum and bass fanatic.
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!

4 out of 5 stars Live and better than ever!.......2004-09-17

Dzihan and Kamien have always drawn comparissons to that "other" Vienna act you may have heard about...Kruder and Dorfmeister. Both crews are mutual fans of each others work and have even remixed tracks for each other. I've always thought the comparissons were a little bit off but here on their first live album, D & K really come into their own. While on their studio albums things can tend to be a little too electronic for a K & D comparisson, on "Live" we see D & K strip things down and present tracks from their last studio album with a full band and even a string section! The results? By stripping back the sounds and creating a more organic feel, D & K's songs sound more alive than ever before! As if this werent enough, for the North American release, D & K have included a bonus disc of tracks from their last album remixed by the likes of Richard Dorfmeister & Rodney Hunter and Howie B as well as a rework by themselves as well. This package is not to be missed if your a fan of smooth nu-jazz and funk. D & K may live up to those K & D comparissons yet!
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    All Things Bright and Beautiful

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    Wilhelm Furtwängler: Live Recordings 1944-1953
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    • A representative introduction to Furtwängler's art
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    4 out of 5 stars A representative introduction to Furtwängler's art.......2003-02-15

    We are not exactly short on recordings by Wilhelm Furtwängler, and for collectors and aficionados of the great German conductor this box of 6 CDs with live recordings from 1944-1953 will undoubtedly be a severe disappointment. The only rarity is the (otherwise unnecessary) Tchaikovsky "Pathétique" from Cairo, 1951. All the rest are reissues and have been released by various labels in different couplings.

    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.

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    Indispensable for those music lovers willing to find out what Wilhelm Furtwängler is all about.
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      20. Waltz. Wine, Women and Song
      21. Voice of Spring
      22. Fledermaus Overture
      23. Skater's Waltz
      24. Roses from the South
      25. Romance
      26. Symphony No. 5
      27. Mer
      28. Moonlight Sonata
      29. Capriccio Espagnol
      30. Lohengrin
      31. Symphonie Fantastique
      32. Greensleeves
      33. Souvenir
      34. Lonely Heart
      35. Die Meistersinger
      36. Polovtsian Dance

      Customer Reviews:

      1 out of 5 stars Peculiar Amazon indexing.......2007-06-08

      A search for Deep Purple's "Smoke on [in] the water," brought up this title. I rate it only #1 because I could not locate the "Smoke on the Water" listing. Amazon seems to be having an indexing problem.
      Sym 5
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        Sym 5

        Manufacturer: Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra/Hobart Earle, Conductor
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000CADOOM
        Release Date: 2002-01-15
        Live in Vienna
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Simply Alvin Lee at his best
        Live in Vienna
        Alvin Lee
        Manufacturer: Viceroy Music
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
        Blues RockBlues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000008QVZ
        Release Date: 1996-02-06

        Tracks:

        1. Keep on Rockin'
        2. Long Legs
        3. I Hear You Knockin'
        4. Hear Me Calling
        5. Love Like a Man
        6. Johnny B. Goode
        7. I Don't Give a Damn
        8. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
        9. Skooboly Oobly Doobob
        10. Help Me Baby
        11. Classical Thing
        12. Going Home
        13. Rip It Up

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Simply Alvin Lee at his best.......2003-06-20

        What a pleasure and what a special musician.
        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.
        Edition Wiener Staatsoper/Vienna State Opera Live, Vol. 4
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          Edition Wiener Staatsoper/Vienna State Opera Live, Vol. 4

          Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.)
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          RomancesRomances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B000001SUR
          Release Date: 1994-06-28

          Tracks:

          1. Aida, Act 1: O ware ich erkoren-Holde Aida - Jussi Bjorling
          2. 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
          3. Aida, Act 3: Bald kommt Radames - Maria Nemeth
          4. Aida, Act 3: Ich seh' dich wieder, meine Aida - Jussi Bjorling
          5. Aida, Act 3: Du bist nicht schuldig - Alexander Sved/Maria Nemeth/Jussi Bjorling
          6. Aida, Act 3: Eilet und fliehet - Jussi Bjorling/Maria Nemeth/Kersten Thorborg/Alexander Svied/Ludwig Hofmann
          7. Don Carlo, Act 1: Die menschliche Begierde-'s ist seine Stimme - Todor Mazaroff/Piero Pierotic/Carl Bisutti
          8. Don Carlo, Act 1: Gott, der entflammte der Liebe - Todor Mazaroff/Piero Pierotic/Vienna St Opr Chor
          9. Don Carlo, Act 1: Ich kam, um zu erflehn eine Gunst - Todor Mazaroff/Maria Reining/Herbert Alsen
          10. Don Carlo, Act 2: Elisabeth!-Du bist's du bist's - Todor Mazaroff/Piero Pierotic/Piroska Tutsek
          11. 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
          12. I Pagliacci, Act 1: Seid nochmals geladen - Jussi Bjorling/Vienna St Opr Chor
          13. I Pagliacci, Act 1: Spielen jetzt?-Hull' dich in Tand nur - Jussi Bjorling
          14. I Pagliacci, Act 2: Nein, bin Bajazzo nicht bloss! - Jussi Bjorling/Margit Bokor/Friedrich Ginrod/Vienna St Opr Chor
          15. Faust, Act 2: Da ich nun verlassen soll - Alexander Sved
          16. Faust, Act 5: Auf eilet! - Jussi Bjorling/Alexander Kipnis/Esther Rethy
          17. Tannhauser, Act 1: Als du in kuhnem Sange uns bestritten - Alexander Sved
          18. Tannhauser, Act 3: Wohl wusst' ich hier sie im Gebet zu finden - Alexander Sved
          19. Tannhauser, Act 3: O du mein holder Abendstern - Alexander Sved

          Tracks:

          1. Der Fliegende Hollander, Act 2: Er freite alle sieben Jahr - Maria Nemeth/Josef Kalenberg/Bella Paalen/Vienna St Opr Chor
          2. Der Fliegende Hollander, Act 2: Du flogst, den Vater zu begrussen - Maria Nemeth/Josef Kalenberg
          3. Der Fliegende Hollander, Act 2: Allewiger, durch mich-Ach, konntest das Geschick du ahnen - Maria Nemeth/Alfred Jeger
          4. Der Fliegende Hollander, Act 2: Sag, bist du auch bereit-Hier meine Hand - Alfred Jeger/Maria Nemeth/Karl Norbert
          5. Tosca, Act 2: Fliege, du Falke - Sigurd Bjorling/Karl Ettl
          6. Tosca, Act 2: Sei's, man reded mir nach - Sigurd Bjorling/Maria Nemeth
          7. 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
          8. Turandot, Act 3 (fragment): Keiner schlafe - Todor Mazaroff
          9. I Pagliacci, Act 1: Heute abend um neun - Todor Mazaroff/Vienna St Opr Chor
          10. I Pagliacci, Act 1: Lache, Bajazzo - Todor Mazaroff
          11. I Pagliacci, Act 2: Nein, bin Bajazzo nicht bloss - Todor Mazaroff/Georg Monthy/Aenne Michalski
          12. Samson Et Dalila, Act 2: Salut, o mon maitre - Rosette Anday/Rene Maison
          13. Samson Et Dalila, Act 2: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix - Rosette Anday/Rene Maison
          14. Aida: Vorspiel - Vienna St Opr Orch/Victor de Sabata
          15. Aida, Act 1: Zu des Niles reinen Ufern-Als Sieger kehre heim - Maria Nemeth/Rosette Anday/Alexander Sved/Carl Bissuti/Vienna St Opr Chor
          16. Aida, Act 2: O sag, warum auf's neue - Maria Nemeth/Rosette Anday
          17. Aida, Act 2: Heil dir, Agypten - Vienna St Opr Chor
          18. Aida, Act 2: Zum Lorbeer windet-Der Isis tone Lobgesang - Maria Nemeth/Rosette Anday/Koloman von Pataky/Alexander Sved/Nikolas Zec/Carl Bissuti...
          Panorama: Modest Mussorgsky
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • A Mussorgsky feast beyond praise
          • A STRONG REBUTTLE to the "bad" reviews.
          • Review for Richter's "Pictures" Only
          • A bad whooping cough in 1958 in Sofia, Bulgaria
          • Giant performance!
          Panorama: Modest Mussorgsky

          Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00004W3IV
          Release Date: 2000-09-26

          Tracks:

          1. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
          2. Pictures At An Exhibition: Gnomus
          3. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
          4. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Old Castle
          5. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
          6. Pictures At An Exhibition: Tuileries
          7. Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo
          8. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
          9. Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet Of The Unhatched Chicks
          10. Pictures At An Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle
          11. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Market At Limoges
          12. Pictures At An Exhibition: Catacombs: The Roman Tomb
          13. Pictures At An Exhibition: With The Dead In A Dead Language
          14. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Hut On Chicken's Legs
          15. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Great Gate Of Kiev
          16. Night On Bald Mountain
          17. Songs And Dances Of Death: 1. Lullaby
          18. Songs And Dances Of Death: 2. Serenade
          19. Songs And Dances Of Death: 3. Trepak
          20. Songs And Dances Of Death: 4. The Field Marshal
          21. Khovanshchina - Highlights: Prelude: Dawn Over The River Moscow
          22. Khovanshchina - Highlights: Dances Of The Persian Slave Girls

          Tracks:

          1. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
          2. Pictures At An Exhibition: Gnomus
          3. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
          4. Pictures At An Exhibition: Il vecchio castello - Promenade
          5. Pictures At An Exhibition: Tuileries
          6. Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo
          7. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
          8. Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet des petits poussins dans leurs coques
          9. Pictures At An Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle
          10. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
          11. Pictures At An Exhibition: Limoges: Le Marche
          12. Pictures At An Exhibition: Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
          13. Pictures At An Exhibition: La Cabane sur des pattes de poule
          14. Pictures At An Exhibition: La Grande Porte de Kiev
          15. 6 Songs: Lullaby
          16. 6 Songs: The Magpie
          17. 6 Songs: Night
          18. 6 Songs: Where Art Thou, Little Star?
          19. 6 Songs: The Ragamuffin
          20. 6 Songs: On The Dnieper
          21. Boris Godunov - Highlights: Shuisky: 'Long Live Our Tsar Boris Feodorovich!' (Prologue)
          22. Boris Godunov - Highlights: Boris Godunov: 'My Soul Is Sad! (Prologue)
          23. Boris Godunov - Highlights: Boris Godunov: 'I Stand Supreme In Power'
          24. Boris Godunov - Highlights: Boris Godunov: 'Farewell, My Son, I Am Dying'
          25. Boris Godunov - Highlights: Boris Godunov: 'Hark! 'Tis The Knell Of Death!'

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars A Mussorgsky feast beyond praise.......2006-06-11

          It was incredibly generous of DG to throw toegther these great performances--one of them legenday--in a bargain two-fer. The legendary performance, of course, is Richter's 1958 Pictures at an Exhibition performed in concert. The rights are owned by Philips, but I don't know if their latest remastering has been used here. The complaints about dreadful sonics are justified: the piano is far away and tinny, the Sofia audience coughs continuously--some of them are lucky to have left with their lungs intact--and there is a noisy exhaust fan in the foreground. It's a testimony to Richter's incandescent reading that it survives beyond all obstacles.

          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.

          5 out of 5 stars A STRONG REBUTTLE to the "bad" reviews........2006-05-19

          155 minutes of music and one reviewer gives these CDs 1 star for couging here and there during 7 minutes of Richter's Pictures recital. Not continually mind you. I DON'T GET IT!
          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!

          2 out of 5 stars Review for Richter's "Pictures" Only.......2006-04-24

          I was thrilled to find that Deutsche Grammophon has reissued Sviatoslav Richter's famous Sophia performance of "Pictures." I have owned it on tape, but have until now not had it on CD. I was surprised by previous reviews of this edition, since I thought that the explosive coughing had been toned down substantially. My tape broke years ago, so maybe my memory is off. But the re-engineering of this performace has been one of the most needed "retrofits" in the entire classical catalogue. The sound quality of this edition is certainly much better than the old Polydor record.

          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!

          1 out of 5 stars A bad whooping cough in 1958 in Sofia, Bulgaria.......2006-04-17

          I was listening to the magnificient percussion and
          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.

          5 out of 5 stars Giant performance!.......2005-06-03

          Carlo Maria Giulini has been to my mind one of the most aristocratic, intelligent, wisdom and remarkable conductors in the last Century. Born in 1914, Giulini owns that special touch of genius that has been proved in several ocassions.
          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.
          Vienna State Opera Live Volume 8: Verdi
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            Vienna State Opera Live Volume 8: Verdi

            Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.)
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            All Works by VerdiAll Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B000001SUV
            Release Date: 1994-08-23

            Tracks:

            1. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: O meine Freunde-Ah, welche, hohe Wonne - Max Lorenz/Alda Noni/Marjan Rus/Sigmund Roth/Chorus
            2. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: Fur dein Gluck und fur dein Leben - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
            3. 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
            4. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: Und wo? Ihr wollt es wagen-Dort, wo auf odem Brachfeld - Hilde Konetzni/Elena Nikolaidi/Max Lorenz
            5. 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
            6. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 1: Nur Scherze sind's und Possen - Max Lorenz/Elena Nikolaidi/Marjan Rus/Sigmund Roth/Alda Noni/Chorus
            7. 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
            8. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 2: Wenn das Kraut, wie die Seherin kundet - Hilde Konetzni
            9. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 2: WeiBt du nicht, daB, wenn Qualen der Reue-Amelia! Du liebst mich? - Max Lorenz/Hilde Konetzni
            10. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 3: Ja, nur du hast dies Herz mir entwendet - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
            11. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 3: Hier steht mein Name-Doch heiBt mich auch mein Pflichtgebot - Max Lorenz
            12. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 3: LaBt ab mit Fragen - Alda Noni
            13. Un Ballo In Maschera, Act 3: Ich kenne keine Gefahr-Lieben, ja lieben muB ich dich - Max Lorenz/Hilde Konetzni/Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
            14. 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
            15. Aida: Prelude - Orch der Wiener Staatsoper/Gui
            16. Aida, Act 1: ...und das Nilgestade-o ware ich erkoren-Holde Aida - Josef von Manowarda/Set Svanholm
            17. 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
            18. Aida, Act 1: (Als Sieger kehre heim)-Sei Besieger meiner Bruder - Daniza Ilitsch
            19. Aida, Act 2: Heil dir, Agypten, Isis Heil - Marjan Rus/Chorus
            20. Aida, Act 2: Du also bist?-Ihr Vater! Ich hab' gekampft - Marjan Rus/hans Hotter/Daniza Ilitsch/Elena Nikolaidi/Josef von Manowarda/Chorus

            Tracks:

            1. Aida, Act 3: ...des Niles dunkle Tiefe-O Vaterland - Daniza Ilitsch
            2. Aida, Act 3: Ein Konigskind ist deine Rivalin-Wiedersehen wirst du die duft'gen Walder - Hans Hotter/Daniza Ilitsch
            3. Aida, Act 3: An meiner Liebe zweifelt Aida?-Zur Ferne entfliehen-Die Schluchten bei Napata - Set Svanholm/Daniza Ilitsch/Hans Hotter
            4. Aida, Act 4: Es hat der Stein sich uber mir geschlossen-Leb wohl, o Erde - Set Svanholm/Daniza Ilitsch/Elena Nikolaidi/Chorus
            5. Falstaff, Act 2: Meine Ehrfurcht!-Willkommen, liebe Frau! - Mela Bugarinovic/Georg Hann
            6. Falstaff, Act 2: Fur sie vertreu' ich Schatze-So traum' ich? Oder ist's wahr?-Vereinbart die Stunde - Karl Kronenberg/Georg Hann
            7. Falstaff, Act 2: Ich lieb' dich-Einstens als Page - Georg Hann/Esther Rethy/Mela Bugarinovic/Elena Nikolaidi/Karl Kronenberg/William Wernigk/Marjan Rus
            8. Falstaff, Act 2: LaB dich umarmen-Viktoria! - Anton Dermota/Adel Kern/Josef Witt/Karl Kronenberg/William Wernigk/Marjan Rus/Mela Bugarinovic/...
            9. Falstaff, Act 3: LaB uns Gluhwein gieBen in diesem Bauch voll - Georg Hann/Mela Bugarinovic/Adele Kern/Esther Rethy
            10. Falstaff, Act 4: Dem Mund entflieht ein Lied - Anton Dermota/Adele Kern/Esther Rethy
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