10 Years

LA Weekly
"Banco de Gaia has created a fantastic body of work, successfully blending world-beat sounds and styles with cutting edge technology"

Product Description
10 Years celebrates career highlights from the pioneer of global electronica, Banco de Gaia. This DJ mixed double CD is divided into "beats" and "chill" packages and features rare tracks and remixes.

"Banco de Gaia has created a fantastic body of work, successfully blending world-beat sounds and styles with cutting edge technology"-LA Weekly

"Consistently releasing albums of wondrous beauty and almost mind boggling creativity"-Making Music Magazine

"Banco is Banco is Banco"-Muzik Magazine

10 Years

10 Years,Banco de Gaia,Six Degrees,Ambient Dub,Ambient Techno,Dance Music,Pop,Techno

Average customer rating: A Casual Fan Semi-Review... "The Only Elvis That Matters" Done Justice Same Old Music in Yet Another New Sleeve how many times can you jump out of the cupboard +1/2 -- The best early Costello single CD yet

The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years Elvis Costello Manufacturer: Hip-O Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music British Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rock and Roll Music The Police (2CD Anthology) Elvis Costello Collector's Box Set - Limited Edition - Amazon.com Exclusive Stand in the Fire Easy Tiger ASIN: B000OHZJJQ Release Date: 2007-05-01

Tracks:

1. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
2. Alison
3. Watching The Detectives
4. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
5. Pump It Up
6. Radio, Radio
7. Accidents Will Happen
8. Oliver's Army
9. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
10. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
11. High Fidelity
12. Clubland
13. New Lace Sleeves
14. Good Year For The Roses
15. Beyond Belief
16. Man Out Of Time
17. Almost Blue
18. Every Day I Write The Book
19. Shipbuilding
20. Brilliant Mistake
21. Indoor Fireworks
22. I Want You

Album Description

22 Timeless songs compiled by Elvis Costello from his first 11 albums.

Customer Reviews:

A Casual Fan Semi-Review..........2007-05-29

Being a fan,but not a fanatic of Elvis,I came across this new collection of hits from him and thought it was a great time to buy. I had purchased an old hits of his from the 80's, on cassette.Of course,I know the standard hits.Alison,Pump It Up,Accident's Will Happen and my fave, What's So Funny...,among a couple of others. Noticed a whole bunch of songs I wasn't familiar with and look forward to hearing them,when I receive this new set.Of late,I am digging deeper into many classic artists I listen to.Elvis fits into that. For that reason,I am giving this collection,4 stars.For the songs I know. After listening to the others,perhaps I can raise it to 5 stars.

"The Only Elvis That Matters" Done Justice.......2007-05-20

In my opinion, this is the best single-disc Elvis Costello compilation anyone has ever released. In fact, it may even be the best introduction to E.C. out there (He's so stylistically diverse that no single album is an effective introduction, and both of the more extensive collections - "Girls Girls Girls" on Columbia and "The Very Best of Elvis Costello" on Rhino - would probably be overwhelming to someone unfamiliar with the majority of his work). Also, the collection "Rock and Roll Music," as is evident in the title, ignores his non-"Rock and Roll" songs.

But this disc finally gets it right. There was a "The Very Best of Elvis Costello & the Attractions" single-disc issued on Rykodisc in 1994 that came close, but as good as that disc was, this collection makes three substitutions that are actually improvements: "(The Angels Want to Wear My) Red Shoes," "New Lace Sleeves," and "Almost Blue" replace "Watch Your Step," "New Amsterdam," and "Love Field."

Not only are the substitutions slightly better songs in my opinion, they also paint a more complete picture of Elvis Costello as an artist and writer. Especially "Red Shoes" - if you'd only heard the ballad "Alison" and the reggae-influenced "Watching the Detectives" from his debut album, you'd have no idea what to expect from the rest of the CD, but "Red Shoes" really sets the tone for the rest of that disc (and it's just an amazing song). Some people complain that these songs have been repackaged too many times, but I have a hard time arguing with the final result.

The remastering of this collection sounds as good as the Rhino remasters (which managed to be a slight improvement over the already great-sounding Rykodisc versions), and I really don't understand why some people complain about the sound (but I never owned any of the vinyl records, so maybe I am missing something). Still, the sound is the best that I've heard on CD, and in terms of song selection, this is a near-perfect set. For some, this will be all the Elvis Costello they ever need. For others, it will be the beginning of a long journey into the career of one of the best, most insightful and most interesting singer-songwriters in popular music. Either way, it's hard to go wrong with this collection.

Same Old Music in Yet Another New Sleeve.......2007-05-15

Now that thirty years has passed since his debut, it is apparent to me that Elvis Costello has a lot more in common with his namesake than a singing career. Case in point - Almost immediately upon his arrival at RCA, Elvis Presley's recordings were packaged with little regard to the consumer, and then re-packaged so relentlessly that nobody except the most dedicated, wealthy, and mentally unbalanced collector could possibly hope to amass all of Presley's catalog. With blithe regularity, RCA executives would abuse their position as the historic caretakers of a rock and roll legend by digging deeper and deeper into obscurities, then packaging them with recycled classic recordings. Very, very little was genuinely `new' except the package itself. These collections are innumerable, and I pity the poor soul who suffers the disease of being a completist collector, because it can cost you your bank account, your house, and maybe even your marriage, all in the pursuit of owning all that is Elvis.
It now appears as though the same type of abuse has befallen the recorded works of Elvis Costello. I should know. I was one of those `mentally unbalanced' individuals who felt the need to own every Elvis Costello item released on the marketplace. In the beginning, it was kind of fun. Costello had numerous singles with non-LP b-sides, and plenty of `alternate' versions to keep fans quite busy. I was a part of that vinyl junkie set, a cult of obsessed lunatics who lived to find the rarest single, or an alternate package. After three years and hundreds of dollars spent, I remember feeling betrayed when Columbia issued "Taking Liberties," a collection of Elvis' rare b-sides. In an instant, one five-dollar album made twenty rarities commonplace. Nevertheless, I soldiered on; buying 10" collector's singles, alternate mixes, and all sorts of oddities. Then, the CD era began, and it started to happen all over again. Elvis changed labels (from Columbia to Warner Brothers), and his catalog albums were subjected to not one, not two, but three separate repackagings, each of them containing unique `rarities' that could be obtained nowhere else. A dedicated collector would require four versions of each Elvis Costello album. At this point, I finally surrendered, but I already spent enough to finance a Hawaiian vacation for some record executive and his family of four. Nowadays I simply stand by, amazed as the repackaging craze continues unabated. By my count, the above named collections represent the 10th and 11th re-compilation of Elvis Costello's `hits'. I'm not saying they are bad collections. The booklets contain song lyrics, which is a nice touch, especially for the older material. Naturally, the songs are great and I should know, because I bought each of these tracks at least a half-dozen times already. If you still don't own them, then go ahead and buy them. You will enjoy them. I, however, will stare at my room full of Elvis-related plastic and acknowledge the reason that I never made that trip to Hawaii myself.
B+ Tom Ryan

how many times can you jump out of the cupboard.......2007-05-12

i swore i wouldnt buy the elvis cannon again=LPs,Singles,3 sets of CDs etc., unless it was on SACD,and i wont.But the 2 comps were worth a listen,rock and roll for the unreleased stuff{how is it possible?}and 10 years for the 4th remaster.Seeing Elvis's Lexus commercial with him enjoying surround sound just makes me sad for what could have been.Rock on,EC!

+1/2 -- The best early Costello single CD yet.......2007-05-09

You can't hardly swing a dead cat without hitting Costello's early material in reissue form. With Ryko and Rhino both having taken ever-lengthening passes at his albums, Hip-O picks up the catalog years of 1977-1986 for another round. In addition to a new pair of compilations (this one and "Rock and Roll Music") that skim the initial decade's eleven albums, their May 1 release date also marks the re-re-re-reissue of the albums on CD and the catalog's digital download debut (initially from iTunes, later from addtiional services).

After so many Costello reissues and compilations, this collection is mostly a retail shelving refresher and a beacon for Hip-O's album reissue and digital programs; all 22 of these tracks have been available on CD before. And as with other single-disc Costello anthologies such as Sony's 1990 19-track "Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions" and Ryko's 1994 22-track "Very Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions," there's simply too much worthy material in Costello's initial eleven albums (not to mention assorted singles and B-sides) to fully essay in 80 minutes.

What you get here is a well drawn sketch that provides the neophyte a sense of Costello's incredible torrent of early creativity, the sustain of his first few years, a few missteps in the mid-80s, and a stronger-than-ever comeback with 1986's "King of America" and "Blood & Chocolate" LPs." Though fans of the albums will mentally flinch at the inter-album segues (and thus the missing classics), condensing Costello's career arc does demonstrate how his punk-era angst and blistering song-writing aged and then reasserted itself in a more mature, but no less powerful form a decade later. Reducing 10 years to a single CD also creates a bit of genre whiplash as Costello applied himself to rock, punk, pop, soul, R&B blues, and jazz.

As on Ryko's 1994 collection, Costello aided in the track selection. No surprise then that there are 19 tracks in common with Ryko's earlier release. The three substitutions add the essential "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes," "Almost Blue," and "New Lace Sleeves" in place of the expendable "Watch Your Step," "New Amsterdam," and "Love Field," making this the best single-disc Costello anthology on the market. Costello fans are better off making their own anthologies from the original albums, but those just coming to his work decades after the fact will find this an excellent primer. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2007 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

Average customer rating: sounds original to me.... they sound like tool..but none the less a great record Finally a Tool/APC sound-alike that does 'em justice More then a tool clone Pleasant, darkly ambient

The Autumn Effect 10 Years Manufacturer: Republic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Melody And The Energetic Nature of Volume Twelve Year Silence Flyleaf One X HURT Vol.1 ASIN: B000A2H65U Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

1. Waking Up
2. Fault Line
3. The Recipe
4. Cast It Out
5. Wasteland
6. Seasons To Cycles
7. Half Life
8. Through The Iris
9. Empires
10. Prey
11. Insecsts
12. Paralyzing Kings
13. The Autumn Effect

Customer Reviews:

sounds original to me...........2007-07-25

I don't know--I guess I'm an idiot, but I just don't hear the 'Tool template' or 'cloning effect' that many reviewers mention here. This stuff is not nearly as meaty and introspective as Tool; these guys don't take you on anywhere near the same journey as Tool, but it's still a nice ride. None of the sub--5:00 minute tracks here sound anything at all like "10,000 Days" or "Lateralus". Plus, I've seen both bands live on more than one occasion and to me there's just really not much worth juxtaposing.

Let's give 10 Years credit for a decent album with some very catchy licks and melodies, and for releasing it when the market was lacking in inspirational stuff. A solid release from an excellent band.

they sound like tool..but none the less a great record.......2007-05-30

yes 10 years does sound like tool but dispite that the music is really good. i highly recommend this album.

Finally a Tool/APC sound-alike that does 'em justice.......2007-04-12

While it is true that 10 Years has undeniably been influenced by Maynard James Keenan and company, they are not just a copycat band that has no originality. Song for song, this is one of the best records I've ever heard. It takes supreme talent to pull off the kind of music that these guys are making, and I can tell that they have the know-how to write catchy, hook-filled hard rock songs that never get old. Rarely does a cd affect me as much as this one has. It was my most-listened to disc of 2005-2006, and I buy pretty much every heavy music release that comes out, so I know what else is out there. I suggest that you don't be so quick to write these guys off as Tool clones, and see them for the talented band that they are. The vocals give Maynard a run for his money. There. I said it.

More then a tool clone.......2007-04-09

You can tell these guys are definetely influnced by tool, but this cd is fantastic and amazing. 5 star cd all the way, much better then the majority of mainstream bs out there right now.

Pleasant, darkly ambient.......2007-03-23

Although I see many reviews stating the unoriginality of this band, I really don't see that this is a detrimental factor as far as this CD is concerned. It presents a beautiful view of the darker side of consciousness without coming across as hopeless, crude, or arrogant. It is extremely heartfelt, especially "Wasteland," about drug addiction and the surrounding struggle it entails. The band's smooth sound is great as background music, while having the content worth a listen. Overall, four stars, just because, while the music i good, it gets a little blurred together.

Average customer rating: Essential Great music but very poor packaging It Doesn't Get Any Better Love is Just a Four-Letter Word A well recommended CD

The First 10 Years Joan Baez Manufacturer: Vanguard Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Revival | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer Songwriters | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Joan Baez - Greatest Hits Very Early Joan Joan Baez Diamonds & Rust The Very Best of Judy Collins ASIN: B000000EF4 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Ghetto
2. If I Were a Carpenter
3. Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word
4. There But For Fortune
5. John Riley
6. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
7. Mary Hamilton
8. Manha De Carnaval
9. If I Knew
10. With God on Our Side
11. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
12. Geordie
13. Te Ador
14. No Expectations
15. Sweet Sir Galahad
16. Turquoise
17. Farewell Angelina
18. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Amazon.com essential recording

She had the public persona of a saint, and a face and voice that captured all the idealism, innocence, and optimism of the '60s folk revival. She wasn't the movement's greatest talent, but her work helped shape all women balladeers who followed. Baez's best youthful work is here, including a host of Dylan songs: "Don't Think Twice," "Gates of Eden," "Farewell Angelina," and "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word," one of the best songs Dylan wrote but never recorded. Her version of Phil Ochs's "There but for Fortune" is her finest vocal interpretation, a political song that never ceases to move. --Roy Francis Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Essential.......2007-03-02

This item gets five stars... just as sure as spring follows winter. The task is to explain why. I have read and appreciated the other reviews (and learned a lot!) so I will try a less factual approach. If you are new to Joan Baez and/or want to know where to start, this CD is IT.

I had the vinyl version of this album a hundred years ago and somehow lost track of it as is the case with many by-gone valuables. So with vague fondness, I went looking for a CD containing a song called "Sweet Sir Gallahad" because I remembered how it captivated me.

I put the CD on... and it was as though I'd always had it, had never gone a week without listening and knowing every word. Have you gotten reacquainted with a dear friend and noticed the value of your friendship melts years and miles away in an instant? Have you ever met a new friend and known instinctively that person would always be a dear friend? Look forward to savoring this CD as one of those dear friends.

Maybe you've picked up that Joan Baez has a hauntingly beautiful voice. It's true. The POWER and PURITY with which she delivers the stories on this CD are deliciously intoxicating. She could be singing Mary had a little lamb and it would be wonderful, but Joan Baez does not sing anything but deeply moving ballads...They are "meaty:" they kind of stick with you. And they grow on you. And after a while you just know they aren't going away anytime soon... so they are yours.

This is the greatness of Joan Baez. You think that listening to this rich, beautiful voice - music on its own - is the gift... and when the CD is over, the next day comes and goes, you realize that not only is the song stuck in your head, but all the richness that Joan Baez put into the song is stuck there too. Most of these songs are timeless, as if they had written themselves... so many are stories collected from here and there and cherished because they have strong messages, passionate plots. Joan Baez found the stories that became her songs. She found them, she loved them, she sang them, she shared them, gave them to us - and now they are ours.

This could be the reason there are so many high ratings... One does't take lightly the value of pricelss gifts and we diehard fans think this CD qualifies.

Bottom Line: (knowing what I know) I would buy this CD if it cost twice as much and came in a paper bag... and now you know what I know... so go ahead and pay whatever it costs... and you may find it a bargain.

Great music but very poor packaging.......2007-02-20

I doubt if anyone is going to not buy this because of the packaging, but it's worth noting anyway. There are no liner notes whatsoever. Also, no recording dates. Very cheaply produced and not remastered, though the sound is good.

69 minutes

It Doesn't Get Any Better.......2006-08-24

Two of my favorite songs are on this CD, "There But For Fortune" and "With God on Our Side". The price of the CD is worth those songs alone as far as I'm concerned! Recommended!
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Love is Just a Four-Letter Word.......2006-04-09

I first got this CD from the library I had never heard Joan Baez before and I wanted to try her music out. I ended up liking the CD so much that I bought it. Joan Baez has a beautiful voice and although she does not write many of her own songs she does a great job of interpreting others.
Here are some of the highlights of the CD:
Love is Just a Four Letter Word: An excellent song which suprisingly Bob Dylan never recorded. Although the lyrics are not fully formed that type of poetry fits well with the song about the falseness of love.
There but for Fortune: Joan Baez really captures the melancholy mood of the song. She sings it with lots of passion.
John Riley: Joan Baez does a great job of interpreting English Ballads.
Don't think Twice It's Allright: Although I prefer Bob Dylan's version of the song Joan Baez sings the song plainly and honestly.
Sweet Sir Galahad: A sweet, pretty, yet sad song which shows that Joan Baez is a talented poet as well as singer.
With God on Our Side: This song is supposed to be the one that inspired Joan to become a protest singer. The lyrics are so powerful that Joan Baez's voice is not the main centerpiece.
Farewell Angelina: An amusing somewhat surreal waltz written by Dylan shortly before his rock period.

A well recommended CD.......2006-03-18

Joan Baez is one of the most accomplished interpretive folk singer from the 60's.
Still going strong after 35 years; her First ten years were definitely her best.
All the essential songs from Baez's early years are included in this album. It is an excellent overview of her best recordings and her best songs. For any casual fan (like me), this album would probably be all what you will ever need; however if you are a novice in Joan Baez's Music, This album would be your best choice and excellent introduction to her music and songs. Recommended.

Average customer rating: very good CD wish there was a "7 stars" option :) Very Nice. Great Stuff Armin is back, and cheezier than ever

10 Years Armin van Buuren Manufacturer: Ultra Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Elements of Life A State of Trance 2007 Ibiza '06 State of Trance 2006 State of Trance: Year Mix 2006 ASIN: B000JMKJFK Release Date: 2006-12-05

Tracks:

1. Hymne
2. Sail
3. Communication Part 3
4. Yet Another Day (feat. Ray Wilson)
5. Clear Blue Moon
6. Love You More (feat. Racoon)
7. Sound of Goodbye (Dark Matter Remix)
8. 4 Elements
9. Burned With Desire (feat. Justine Suissa)
10. Blue Fear
11. Eternity (feat. DJ Tiesto)

Tracks:

1. Who's Watching (Tonedepth Remix)
2. Saturday Night (vs. Herman Blood)
3. Sunspot (feat. Airwave)
4. Zocalo (feat. Gabriel and Dresden)
5. Wall of Sound (Airbase Presents Parc Mix feat. Justine Suissa)
6. Touch Me
7. 4 Elements
8. Simple Things (feat. Justine Suissa)
9. Shivers (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Red Light Club)
10. Intruder (feat. M.I.K.E.)

Amazon.com

All "best of" records have potential pitfalls, and 10 Years is no exception. Pulling together a decade's worth of work from any artist, with tracks reshuffled and removed from the rhythm of the album--or club set--they were initially intended for can render every song an island and create a disjointed experience. Armin Van Buuren has a bigger problem than most because his specialty, both as a producer and a DJ, is trance. And to trance, what came before and what comes after--the rolling, up-and-down coaster ride that inspires warehouses full of people to writhe and rumble--is everything. Van Buuren has released some scorchers, and most of them find their way here, from early hits like "Communication" and "Blue Fear" (an update of the blistering version which appeared on Sasha and John Digweed's iconic Northern Exposure: West Coast release) to more recent club anthems like "Exhale." But when you put them all together, the result is hyper-giddy, up-up-and-away, all peak and no valley. It's more than a little wearying, and makes getting through the entire 2-disc set somewhat of a chore. On the other hand, Van Buuren's dance-floor instincts have led him to intelligently jumble up the play order (no straight chronologies here), and so he manages to at least partially keep the flow intact. But really, this collection would be best experienced in pieces, maybe as strategic additions to your own mix. Van Buuren's rave-a-thons make it exceedingly easy to play DJ for a day. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description

Van Buuren is undoubtedly one of the leading trance DJs in the world. Holding firm at #2 in the prestigious public-voted DJ Mag Top 100, he's successfully made the transition from talented young upstart to tastemaker in the echelons of trance. His unique style of progressive trance has fittingly earned him this title and his discography of hits makes up his latest album. "10 Years" contains all of Armin's biggest tracks from the last decade, including radio smashes "Burned With Desire", "Shivers", "Hymne", and "Yet Another Day". An essential addition to any trance fan's collection.

Customer Reviews:

very good CD.......2007-07-24

Armin is a great DJ and this is a great CD, nice beat, i love trance!!!! put that in your car cd changer, lower the windows, put the sunglasses and vroom vroom........

wish there was a "7 stars" option :) .......2007-06-29

Superb music.. He's the true master of trance..

A well deserved no:2 position in the DJList and we're waiting for the day that he'll be number one..:)

Looking at this compilation, it's so hard to pick one or two favorites, but if you're a first timer for AVB's music, it is a great introduction to his music and a chance meet the classic hits like Communication part3, Yet another day and Love U More...

But if you truly want to understand his style and DJing, "a state of trance compilations and radio series" are also strongly recommended..

Very Nice........2007-06-14

I've been listening to electronic music for over a decade, and trance for about 8 years. While trance is good, in general, there's very few songs that I'd want to actually OWN, thus, I mostly just listen to online radio stations. There's a few songs on this album that have made this one of the handful of albums I've bought over the years. I think that speaks volumes.

"Simple Things" is one of my favorite tracks.

Great Stuff.......2007-05-07

This is the first Armin van Buuren I've ever owned, and so I am unaware as to his talent outside of the tracks on this album. However, I felt like this is a pretty good CD, and I felt like a got a good deal for my dollar with two CD's in the album. The fast tracks are great, but my only problem is that there are a few songs that I'll always skip over because they aren't good at all.

Armin is back, and cheezier than ever.......2007-02-17

This is by far the most trendy progressive/trance album i have bought in a while. The fact that he is #2 on DJ magazine's prestigious top 100 dj list makes me think that progressive/trance is heading in a bad direction. He should be nowhere near Paul Van Dyke. I own ALOT of progressive/trance albums including one of his earlier releases (and the best in my opinion) In Motion. I also own ASOT 2005 and 2006, and with each one of those releases he sounds more and more cheezy. This whole cd sounds like it could be the soundtrack to the newest "Dance Dance Revolution" for playstation 3. If you like real progressive/trance, and not techno that sounds like it could be heard at chucky cheeses, dont look here. Try Markus Schulz, Paul Van Dyk, ferry corsten, above and beyond, sasha, and digweed just to name a few. The only thing that makes me give this 2 stars and not 1 is the fact that it has a few of his older tracks that are not so bad.

Average customer rating: Buddha Bar Specilist Buddha Bar 10 Years

10 Years of Buddha Bar ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Buddha Bar, Vol. 9 Buddhattitude Vol. 3-Buddha-Bar Buddha-Bar Buddha-Bar, Vol. 7 ASIN: B000ICMGEI Release Date: 2006-10-24

Customer Reviews:

Buddha Bar Specilist.......2007-04-08

Its a wonderful Cd a must have for the Collective
A good starting point if u want a feel for the Whole series
So Go out and get it
u wont be disappointed

Buddha Bar 10 Years.......2006-11-14

If you are new to the Buddha Bar collection, this might be a good first test to see if you'd like to buy other Buddha Bar disc's. This project are their choices of the best of the Buddha Bar music previously released. There might be one or two original songs on it, maybe. If you have most or all of the other disc's like I do, this might not be for you. I've remixed my own version of the Best of the Buddha Bar music. I paired down the eight volumes the Buddha Bar, three volumes of Siddhartha and one Chill Out in Paris disc's. Remixing those volumes took me six very full CD's not only two. My guess, they will release other volumes like this one. Seems only logical they would since they still likely have the rights to the music.

Average customer rating: Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material! Beginner or Expert Very Informative and Enjoyable Frank's view Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra

Instruments of the Orchestra Various Artists Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music National Philharmonic Orchestra London | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Blowout Box Sets | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra | ( H ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra | ( M ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music National Philharmonic Orchestra London | ( N ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op34; Simple Symphony Op4 The Mahler Symphonies: An Owner's Manual (includes 1 CD) The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Book & CD) What to Listen for in Music Study of Orchestration, Third Edition ASIN: B00006O0NT Release Date: 2002-12-03

Tracks:

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

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This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Average customer rating: Love the voice. This CD? Not so much. love this cd 10 Years of Hits - Newly Recorded Great country New Recordings

10 Years of Hits -- Newly Recorded Vern Gosdin Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vern Gosdin - Super Hits The Truly Great Hits Chiseled in Stone The Gospel Album Very Best of the Voice ASIN: B0000026WI Release Date: 1990-07-25

Tracks:

1. If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right))
2. Slow Burnin' Memory
3. This Ain't My First Rodeo
4. Today My World Slipped Away
5. Way Down Deep
6. Is It Raining At Your House
7. Friday Night Feelin'
8. Til The End
9. I Can Tell By The Way You Dance
10. Time Stood Still
11. Was It Just The Wine

Customer Reviews:

Love the voice. This CD? Not so much. .......2007-06-05

I love Vern Gosdin's voice. I got this CD, but it was disappointing. It has all of his classics, but they are newly recorded, so they don't sound the same. Just stick with Very Best of the Voice and you'll be satisfied.

love this cd.......2006-05-20

I love this...if you are a vern gosdin fan...its a must have!

10 Years of Hits - Newly Recorded .......2006-03-19

He sounds as good as ever. Great CD for country fans when country was really country!

Great country.......2005-09-24

Vern Gosdin is a highly underrated singer. He is old school. It is a relief to hear his music with "country" sound. "If you're gonna do me wrong (do it right)", is awesome. His voice sounds like a combination of George Jones and Trace Adkins.

New Recordings.......2005-08-03

Once upon a time in the early 1980's, Vern Gosdin had a long string of hits. It was for a record company that really didn't have all it's stuff together. Well that company went belly up, and the original recordings seemed lost forever.

Jump ahead to 1987, Vern Gosdin resurfaces on Epic Records, and has a whole new string of hits, and garners loads of attention from critics and award shows. Fans take notice again, only they just can't seem to acquire his earlier hits such as "I Can Tell By The Way You Dance." Well Vern and Epic try their best and do what they can. So Vern heads back to the studio and re-records his greatest hits, doing his best to make them sound like they did on the original recordings. Oh how welcome it was....back in 1989.

Now jump ahead to 2005, all of those Vern Gosdin recordings from the 1980's are now available in their original, and far superior form. This collection, while terrific in 1989, is now completely rendered obsolete.

As with many remakes, they don't hold up to the originals. Vern sounds like he's just plain tired of singing "I Can Tell By the Way You Dance."

The only reason to have this cd, and I must say it's a good reason is for "This Ain't My First Rodeo," which is an original song, and deserved to be a hit.

Average customer rating: the 70s

Casey Kasem: America's Top 10 Through Years - The 70's Various Artists Manufacturer: Top Sail Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Casey Kasem: Top Ten - 70's Singers & Songwriters Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten - The 70's Classic Rock's Greatest Hits Casey Kasem: America's Top 10 Through Years - The 80's Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten - The 70s #1 Pop Hits Casey Kasem: America's Top 10 Through Years - The 60's ASIN: B00005B53W Release Date: 2001-04-24

Tracks:

1. American Woman - The Guess Who
2. Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates
3. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
4. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
5. Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner
6. Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
7. That's The Way (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band
8. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
9. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
10. Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
11. Why Can't We Be Friends? - War
12. My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
13. Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
14. She's A Lady - Tom Jones
15. Diamond Girl - Seals & Crofts
16. Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
17. What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
18. A Horse With No Name - America
19. Without You - Nilsson
20. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - The Spinners

Customer Reviews:

the 70s.......2005-09-01

I love the 70s and Casey kasems radio show. I love Rod stewart ,Carly simon, Frankie valli,America and Harry nilson.I also like other artists of the 70s tat are not on this album like John travolta,Paul mccartney, bee gees , John lennon and Elton john. The 70s has great ,great music. FROM A BIG 70S FAN ADAM!!!!!!!

Average customer rating: Suprisingly Pleased Ronan Keating compact disc Great Collection Ronan Does His Best - But Results are Rather Bland Classic hits album from Boyzone singer!

10 Years of Hits Ronan Keating Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Turn It On Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits V.1 (+1 Bonus By Request Bring You Home Greatest Hits ASIN: B00064AFQ4 Release Date: 2004-10-25

Tracks:

1. When You Say Nothing at All
2. Life Is a Roller Coaster
3. Way You Make Me Feel - Bryan Adams, Ronan Keating
4. Lovin' Each Day
5. If Tomorrow Never Comes
6. I Love It When We Do
7. We've Got Tonight - Ronan Keating, Lulu
8. Long Goodbye
9. Lost for Words
10. She Believes (In Me)
11. Last Thing on My Mind - Ronan Keating, LeAnn Rimes
12. Father and Son - Ronan Keating,
13. Words
14. To Be Loved
15. I Hope You Dance
16. Somebody Else

Customer Reviews:

Suprisingly Pleased.......2007-06-08

Ronan takes well known songs and sings them with tender emotions. It's like having a collection of your favorite love songs all on one CD sung by someone with a soothing familiarity that resembles the feeling you have when you're with your best friend. A wonderful CD for the road.

Ronan Keating compact disc.......2007-01-10

I was so thrilled to find this at your site. It is my favorite Cd and was so difficult to find in stores. Thank You !

Great Collection.......2006-07-16

I liked a lot of these songs. Ronan's music is not for people who hate pop or ballads, (although I do but I still love his music...not sure why). Ronan has a great tone to his voice, but never really seems to have strength. Not sure why, neither he does not have strong pipes but more likely is seems he holds back to give his music a soft love song sound. The only problem with this CD is a few of his best songs were not hits, so they are not on this CD. She Believes (in me) is the best song on this CD by far. The Long Goodbye is also a great Ronan style balled. Its so weird that I like his music because I only like Hip-Hop and R&B. Maybe his music is just so good that I like it regardless of its genre.

Ronan Does His Best - But Results are Rather Bland.......2006-06-07

I like Ronan Keating for the fact that he is a very average singer but makes the best of what he has..!!! He is good at 'middle of the road ' pop music, that does not put any great demand on the vocal chords...There are some good pop tunes here, like 'Life is A Rollercoaster', 'Lovin' Each day', and some nice ballads like 'Last Thing on My Mind' (with Leanne Rimes) and 'When You Say Nothing at All'...It's all rather bland and uneventful for me. Nice background music that will not ask anything of the listener, but at the same time, gives very little in return.

Classic hits album from Boyzone singer!.......2006-01-21

Straight outta Ireland, Ronan gives us his greatest hits CD, and what a treat it is! For once, we now have all his singles on one fabulous CD! This is great pop music; none of that pompous classic rock garbage. I see the future of pop music, and his name is Ronan!

Average customer rating: In my mama's eyes.... David in Tune A Country Legend If this album is not country... The Quintessential Outlaw

For the Record: The First 10 Years Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: David Allan Coe - 17 Greatest Hits The Essential David Allan Coe Penitentiary Blues Original Outlaw Ultimate Waylon Jennings ASIN: B00000261J Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. You Never Even Called Me By My Name
2. Please Come To Boston
3. Jody Like A Melody
4. Longhaired Redneck
5. If That Ain't Country
6. Willie, Waylon And Me
7. Take This Job And Shove It
8. Just To Prove My Love For You
9. Jack Daniels, If You Please
10. Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
11. Divers Do It Deeper
12. X's And O's (Kisses And Hugs)
13. This Bottle (In My Hand)
14. Git A Little Dirt On
15. Stand By Your Man
16. Tennessee Whiskey
17. Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat
18. What Made You Change Your Mind
19. The Ride
20. Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile

Customer Reviews:

In my mama's eyes...........2007-03-21

In my mama's eyes I never did a wrong thing....except not putting Family Album or David Allen Coe Rides Again...or Long Haired Redneck on CD in their original recorded entirety. Come on....give us the guy's music as it was intended. All these offerings are great for the Greatest Hits bucks...but the essential, laying off the night before in Atlanta or getting run out of Boulder music that is David Allen Coe is found in his concept of an album.

David in Tune.......2007-01-14

This is a great CD. And David is in tune on all songs. Great country music. I recommend this CD for your Country collection.

A Country Legend.......2006-03-10

This is the best collection of David Allan Coe's out today. Period. Anyone who is a fan of current country superstars like Gretchen Wilson and Big and Rich owes it to themselves to check out the Outlaw Country movement and this collection shows that DAC had the songwriting skills to hang with some of the better known artist of that era, many of whom Coe name-checks in "Willie, Waylon, and Me."

The songs range from THE anthemic country sing along ("You Never Even Called Me By My Name"), to beautiful balladry ("Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)"), to honkey-tonk stompers ("Long Haired Redneck"); and if you have any respect for country music at all, I defy you to listen to "The Ride" and not get goose bumps.

There are a few covers, and a couple of songs written by Coe but made famous by other performers (Tanya Tucker on the aforementioned "...Field of Stone" and Johnny Paycheck with "Take This Job and Shove It") But it only takes a few listens to feel that Coe really makes these his own.

All and all an excellent set of songs by a rather under appreciated artist. Recommended for anyone who likes Outlaw Country, Southern Rock, or anything inbetween.

If this album is not country..........2005-11-15

Great album for the person who wants a little taste of the DAC experience.

The Quintessential Outlaw.......2004-09-15

I first came across David Allen Coe when I started DJing country music in the early 80's. Stations I grew up listening to didn't play his stuff at all, but I found out quick who he was, and his influence on the Outlaw movement, and that as a songwriter.

This is a best-of collection, mostly the radio hits, with a few interesting extras, "Jody Like A Melody" being one. That was a B-side which he still does live (as he says in the notes).

Look for his 70's vintage albums, when he truly was a rocking outlaw, and the rare "Penitentiary Blues." This is a blues album, and it is very neat stuff.

While the consultants and Madison Avenue types have hijacked country music in favor of GQ models and cheerleaders who couldn't cut it as pop singers, there are still outlaws that do it the right way...Coe is one of the few left, along with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and a few more.

While he may look like Kid Rock's dad nowadays, the man does what he wants, how he wants and IF he wants. DAC rules!

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