Great Motown Songs 1

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It almost goes without saying that only a churl would deny that every song here is a classic. Some may find that not every one of these songs has been played to death and that hearing them back-to-back only adds to the enjoyment. But what requires explanation is this: Why, with "Where Did Our Love Go" and "Baby Love," to name two personal favorites, just minutes away at any given moment on any given Oldies radio station, do you need this particular collection? A great compilation album creates its own special context, and 14 great Motown songs (Why only 14 when a CD will fit nearly twice that? It's not like there's a shortage of material to choose from) doesn't cut it. --David Wolf

Great Motown Songs 1,Gaye,Weston,Marvelettes,Every Great Motown Song,Motown / Pgd,Pop,R&B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

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Johann Strauss, Jr.: 100 Most Famous Waltzes, Overtures, Polkas and Marches, Vol. 6 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Johann Strauss Jr.: 100 Most Famous Waltzes, Overtures, Polka and Marches, Vol. 5 Johann Strauss Jr.: 100 Most Famous Waltzes, Overtures, Polkas and Marches, Vol. 1 Johann Strauss Jr.: 100 Most Famous Waltzes, Overtures, Polka and Marches, Vol. 4 Johann Strauss Jr.: 100 Most Famous Waltzes, Overtures, Polka and Marches, Vol. 9 Johann Strauss Jr.: 100 Most Famous Waltzes, Overtures, Polka and Marches, Vol. 8 ASIN: B00000JYTM Release Date: 1999-08-31

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1. Die Gottin Der Vernunft, Ov - Slovak State PO/Alfred Walter
2. Liebesliede, Walzer, Op.114
3. Vom Donaustrande. Polka Schnell, Op.356
4. Cagliostro-Walzer, Op.370 - Polish State PO/Oliver Dohnanyi
5. Klipp-Klapp, Galopp, Op.466 - CSSR State Phil/Johannes Wildner
6. Erinnerung An Covent Garden, Walzer, Op.329
7. Perpetuum Mobile, Musikalischer Scherz, Op.257
8. Gross-Wien, Walzer, Op.440
9. Trische-Tratsch-Polka, Op.214 - CSSR State Phil/Johannes Wildner
10. Rosen Aus Dem Suden, Walzer, Op.388
11. Hoch Osterreich, Marsche, Op.371

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Johann Strauss Jr.: 100 of His Best Compositions (Box Set) Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Johann Strauss Sr. | Strauss Sr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000026C0T Release Date: 1999-10-26

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1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Waltzer, Op. 1 - Orf Symphony Orchestra
3. Polka Schnell, Op. 348 - Johannes Wildner
4. Walzer, Op. 395 - Johannes Wildner
5. Kunstlerquadrille, Op. 201 - Johannes Wildner
6. Kunstlerleben, Walzer, Op. 316 - Orf Symphony Orchestra
7. Polka, Op. 43 - Johannes Wildner
8. Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437 - Johannes Wildner
9. L' Enfantillage (Zepperl-Polka), Op. 202 - Orf Symphony Orchestra
10. Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Rettungs-Jubel-Marsch, Op. 126 - Alfred Walter

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1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Walzer, Op. 210 - Michael Dittrich
3. Polka Schnell, Op. 324 - Johannes Wildner
4. Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354 - Johann Strauss Jr
5. Polka, Op. 320 - Johann Strauss Jr
6. Walzer, Op. 410 - Johann Strauss Jr
7. Polka, Op. 269 - Johannes Wildner
8. Walzer, Op. 307 - Alfred Walter
9. Polka Francaise, Op. 389 - Alfred Walter
10. Marsch, Op. 349 - Johannes Wildner

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1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Waltzer, Op. 270 - Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Polka Mazurka, Op. 323 - Alfred Walter
4. Waltzer, Op. 342 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
5. Quadrille - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Waltzer, Op. 463 - Johannes Wildner
7. Polka, Op. 211 - Alfred Walter
8. Waltzer, Op. 321 - Alfred Walter
9. Polka Francaise, Op. 328 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Marsch, Op. 428 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

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1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Waltzer, Op. 101 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Polka Francaise, Op. 301 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Du Und Du (Fledermaus - Waltzer), Op. 367 - Alfred Walter
5. Tausend Und Eine Nacht, Intermezzo - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Waltzer, Op. 400 - Oliver Dohnanyi
7. Polka, Op. 72 - Johannes Wildner
8. Walzer, Op. 314 - Johannes Wildner
9. Russiche Marschfantasie, Op. 353 - Oliver Dohnanyi

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1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Waltzer, Op. 234 - Johannes Wildner
3. Polka schnell, Op. 319 - Oliver Dohnanyi
4. Waltzer, Op. 340 - Alfred Walter
5. Polka Schnell, Op. 373 - Johannes Wildner
6. Waltzer, Op. 427 - Alfred Walter
7. Polka Francaise, Op. 372 - Peter Guth
8. Waltzer, Op. 333 - Orf Symphony Orchestra
9. Polka Mazurka, Op. 315 - Johannes Wildner
10. Marsch, Op. 156 - Alfred Walter

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1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Walzer, Op. 114 - Alfred Walter
3. Polka Schnell, Op. 356 - Alfred Walter
4. Walzer, Op. 370 - Oliver Dohnanyi
5. Galopp, Op. 466 - Johannes Wildner
6. Walzer, Op. 329 - Alfred Walter
7. Musikalischer Scherz, Op. 257 - Alfred Walter
8. Walzer, Op. 440 - Alfred Walter
9. Polka, Op. 214 - Johannes Wildner
10. Walzer, Op. 388 - Alfred Walter
11. Marsch, Op. 371 - Alfred Walter

Tracks:

1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Polka Mazurka, Op. 322 - Alfred Walter
3. Waltzer, Op. 235 - Johannes Wildner
4. Polka Schnell, Op. 393 - Alfred Walter
5. Waltzer, Op. 346 - Alfred Walter
6. Quadrille, Op. 363 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Waltzer, Op. 423 - Alfred Walter
8. Polka - Alfred Walter
9. Waltzer, Op. 298 - Alfred Walter
10. Polka, Polka Francaise, Op. 276 - Johannes Wildner
11. Perisscher Marsch, Op. 289 - Johannes Wildner

Tracks:

1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Polka, Op. 291 - Czecho-Slovak RSO
3. Waltzer, Op. 157 - Oliver Dohnanyi
4. Polka Schnell, Op. 365 - Alfred Walter
5. Waltzer, Op. 390 - Oliver Dohnanyi
6. Polka Schnell, Op. 326 - Johannes Wildner
7. Waltzer, Op. 433 - Alfred Walter
8. Polka, Op. 117 - Johannes Wildner
9. Waltzer, Op. 279 - Johannes Wildner
10. Polka Francaise, Op. 317 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
11. Russischer Marsch, Op. 426 - Michael Dittrich

Tracks:

1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Motoren Waltzer, Op. 265 - Alfred Walter
3. Polka schnell, Op. 332 - Alfred Walter
4. Waltzer, Op. 364 - Alfred Walter
5. Polka Schnell, Op. 378 - Oliver Dohnanyi
6. Schatzwaltzer, Op. 418 - Alfred Walter
7. Polka, Op. 362 - Alfred Walter
8. Waltzer, Op. 300 - Alfred Walter
9. Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 - Alfred Walter

Tracks:

1. Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Waltzer, Op. 125 - Alfred Walter
3. Polka Francaise, Op. 336 - Richard Edlinger
4. Waltzer, Op. 411 - Oliver Dohnanyi
5. Ritter Pasman Csardas, Op. 441 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Waltzer, Op. 361 - Alfred Walter
7. Polka Schnell, Op. 281 - Alfred Walter
8. Geschichten Aus Dem Wiener Wald, Walzer, Op. 325 - Johannes Wildner
9. Polka, Op. 449 - Alfred Walter
10. Radetzky Marsch, Johann Strauss I - Ondrej Lenard

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All Under One Roof: The Ultimate Abbado Sampler.......2006-01-30

This 25-CD set is intended to commemorate the then-25-year-long working relationship between Deutsche Grammophon and Claudio Abbado. The preface to each of the CD booklets is the same for all 25 CDs: a letter from Dr. Andreas Holschneider, president of DG, to Claudio. It's a Dear Claudio letter that explains the impetus behind, and structure of, this celebratory issue, and what it's intended to document: a history going back to 1967. Holschneider's biggest problem was a simple one: out of over 150 recordings Abbado had completed, less than one-sixth could appear in this box set.

Of course, monster box sets are now in vogue: 171 CDs for the Complete Mozart Edition on Brilliant Classics; also 171 CDs for the Hanssler Complete Bach Edition. DG therefore COULD have offered the whole thing had they been so inclined, but the market for a 25-CD set wasn't that large to begin with. Remember that there is a LOT of music on 25 CDs. It may be dwarfed by the Bach and Mozart monster boxes (not to mention the Complete Beethoven Edition by DG itself, which runs to 87 CDs), but it is commensurate in size to the complete works of several major composers: William Walton in a 23-CD boxset, Prokofiev in a 24-CD boxset, and Bartok in a 29-CD boxset.

So, aside from made-over packaging and CD booklets with an integrated "look," what does this quasi-vanity project give us that we don't get from the original releases? Re-mastering isn't explicitly credited anywhere in this set, and a comparison of several CDs in this box set with the original releases doesn't yield any noticeable differences to my ear. One might have hoped that earlier analog cuts might have been better de-hissed and cleaned up, for example, but such processing is not evident. So, we must treat this for what is: a rare, out-of-print collection of The Best of Abbado's First 25 Years. It functions something like DG's Complete Beethoven Edition, which is also out-of-print -- namely, it becomes something that gains collector status with time.

There is variety aplenty in this boxset (which Holschneider intended to achieve). Enough Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, and Schubert to please less adventurous ears, but some Berg and Stravinsky to push the envelope a bit. Quite a few orchestras are heard here: Chicago, London Symphony, Vienna Phil, Berlin, Boston, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, etc. Some are live performances (e.g., the Eroica with the Vienna Philharmonic). There is a mix of analog and digital recordings, pretty much determined by recording date. But as a "sampler," you get nothing complete in any mini-genre. Why program the Brahms 2nd symphony, but not the 1st or 4th? Why program 2 CDs of Mozart piano concertos, but not a single Mozart symphony? We get symphonies 3,5,6, and 7 of Beethoven's, but no 9th. Why didn't DG configure this set to include all 9 Beethoven symponies and all 4 Brahms symponies, plus Mozart's symphonies 35-41? Wouldn't the appeal of this collection have quadrupled knowing you were getting some sequences of major works without gaping holes?

Well, the simple reason this didn't happen is because DG President Andreas Holschneider has a Ph.D., and knows better than folks like us on how to market Abbado and program a box set. On the other hand, this box set isn't in print anymore. Maybe that Ph.D. didn't come in all that handy after all.

The performances are 5 stars, the recordings would have been awarded 5 stars IF we were living in the year the recording was done. But nowadays, we have a right to expect better sound in the re-mastering process. What has been programmed is played with intensity and integrity, and always with a deft hand, but the program contents leave something to be desired (as noted above). If the intent is to leave you "wanting more," I suppose this sampler achieves that. This principle obviously works in the case of "opera highlights" from Carmen and Aida. But others might simpy be annoyed at the "set list."

If you simply like Claudio's work (as do I), grab this set. You'll find Claudio at his best here, insofar as his first quarter-century with DG is concerned. On the other hand, he's doing some amazing stuff the last several years, with an exceptionally strong, new Mahler cycle coming into view album by album.

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1. The Jazz Singer: My Mammy
2. Hollywood Review Of 1929: You Were Meant For Me
3. Love Me Tonight: Lover
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5. Going Hollywood: Temptation
6. Top Hat: Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
7. Every Night At Eight: I'm In The Mood For Love
8. Born To Dance: I've Got You Under My Skin
9. Swing Time: The Way You Look Tonight
10. Vogues: That Old Feeling

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1. Greatest Hits
2. Half Heaven Half Heartache [Import]
3. Here, My Dear/In Our Lifetime [Original recording remastered] [Import]
4. Hi Records: 45's Collection [Original recording remastered] [Import]
5. Higher and Higher [Original recording remastered]
6. Hotter Than July
7. If You Feel Like Dancin'
8. In Effect Mode
9. In Heat [Import]
10. In My Mind [Content/Copy-Protected CD]

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A Perfumed Garden, Vol. 1 [Import]

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Golden Memories [Import]

Remix & Additional Production [Import]

Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill

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