Differences [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
Swedish single off the 2001 album, The Life. The album version is backed with the Kenny Diaz Mix, Mike Rizzo Radio Mix & the video.

Differences,Ginuwine,Sony Int'l,5"CD Singles,Pop,R&B

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Average customer rating: Great Album Interesting listening Great New CD Froom! Memorable....

Despite Our Differences Indigo Girls Manufacturer: Hollywood Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: These Four Walls Long Night Moon Rarities Continuum The Calling ASIN: B000GG4SOC Release Date: 2006-09-19

Tracks:

1. Pendulum Swinger
2. Little Perennials
3. I Believe In Love
4. Three County Highway
5. Run
6. Rock and Roll Heaven's Gate
7. Lay My Head Down
8. Money Made You Mean
9. Fly Away
10. Dirt and Dead Ends
11. All The Way
12. They Won't Have Me
13. Last Tears

Amazon.com

The Indigo Girls, now marking their 20th anniversary, were in a bit of slump before turning to producer Mitchell Froom, who serves them well on this energized effort--their 10th studio album and first for a new label. Recorded at Froom's home studio in Santa Monica, California, the album finds Ray, Saliers & Co. trying a few new things--recording with everybody in the same room, for example, and stepping further out of their acoustic framework for an enhanced sonic landscape, e.g., the Beatlesque "Little Perennials." They also invited impressive newbie Brandi Carlisle to harmonize on "Last Tears," one of the disc's most memorable tracks, and called on Pink (the IGs appeared on I'm Not Dead) for "Rock and Roll Heaven's Gate." All this contributes to a fresher sound and attitude, but the songwriting (Amy's rock leanings, Emily's moody balladry) is up a notch, too, with the social activism ("Pendulum Swinger") better expressed and more sophisticated than their usual banner-waving. What hasn't changed is the way the duo's vocal lines entwine like tangled lovers--at their best, it's hard to tell where one leaves off and the other begins, their corduroy-and-denim harmonies becoming a sort of third tone. That's a neat trick for voices as diverse and distinctive as these, still commanding as they enter their third decade. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

Great Album.......2007-06-08

This is a great album. It's a must have for Indigo Girl fans.

Interesting listening.......2007-05-22

I enjoyed the images painted by the songs in this album. The music is anything but boring.

Great New CD.......2007-05-14

The Indigo Girls are back to their great style of fun music while still making their social commentaries. Love it!

Froom!.......2007-04-04

At this later stage in their career, I don't completely understand this album. After waiting years for it, I am surprised by how it sounds. Froom covered up what is most interesting of IG, 1. their voices, 2. their lyrics, and 3. their music. He ruined a good album. And how they allowed it, i dont understand, smitten by $$$$ maybe (signing a new record deal) Not to be too harsh, the songs are excellent. They show a willingnes to try new sounds (rock, punk, rap...) which is exciting, but, Froom covers up their voices. I want to hear the harshness of age...the imperfection of knowing...it is all lost in Frooms percussion and sparkling strings. I think they should recover this album, only use electric guituars and relevant percussions and lose Froom and MOST of all----put their voices out FRONT!!! Froom took an exceptional album and made it dull and worst of all, IG let him. ???

Memorable...........2007-02-26

The harmony is still perfection; the music is stripped down, harking back to the CDs they made before "Become You" and "All That We Let It". The lyrics, you can get lost in. The contrast between the seven songs of Emily and the six songs of Amy form a smooth counterpoint in the aptly named, latest CD from the Indigo Girls, "Despite Our Differences".

With a new producer and a new label, it seems as though IG has shaken off the doldrums that populated their last effort, when they replaced strong songwriting with lots of instrumentation. They use a variety of guitars here, mostly acoustic, but with electrics, slide and mandolin counterpoints. (No banjo, more's the pity.) Their back up musicians are solid and sparse. Pink appears on one song, and although her appearance and the rocker quality of the song made waves when the CD first appeared, the song "Rock and Roll Heaven's Gate" is an anthem about the music business, and, while clever and tuneful, fades away in the power of the other songs.

I normally gravitate towards Emily's songs, and here she is the sad balladeer of love lost, for the most part. She writes the opening song, "Pendulum", which is the most political ("the ticker of the nation breaking down like a bad clock") of the songs here. As in all Emily's political statements, she blends the political and the spiritual; it's a woman's power song, and lyrically stirring. My favorite of her songs on this CD is also one of those songs I can't let go of. It's entitled
"Run". In this song, Emily is relegating herself to the role of one of many lovers who've been left by someone who becomes fearful of giving too much in a relationship:

...."And you run, that's all you've ever done
It's all you know to do
I can't hold that against you.
And you'll flee, you're born to be free
And if you go, I'll understand
But you better get out while you can."


Her lyrics are as intense and as fiery in "All the Way", and her "Last Tears" and "I Believe in Love" are equally beautiful in the combination of lyrics and music. Only "Fly", with its metaphors about birds, is a weak contribution in her portion of the CD.

Amy Ray surprises with a rhythmic "Little Perennials", my favorite of her songs on this CD and the tune that keeps coming to mind whenever I look to find the CD to play again. It's a bit nonsensical, and finds, uniquely, Emily doing the low harmony instead of the high. Amy's two "rural" songs are drawn from the land on which she lives, with "Dirt and Dead Ends" the most striking and "They Won't Have Me" describing how little she fits into the rural southern landscape, despite her good intentions.

"Three County Highway" describes just about every little town I've been in and it's a love song, a little different than what Ray usually writes about.

Musically, "Despite Our Differences" is a great blend of two musicians coming together and blending their differences in a collaboration that weaves back and forth. Lyrically, it is outstanding. As usual, it gets more frequent play than anything else I've purchased in the last 6 months in my car. It's good road music, it's articulate, it's everything I buy an IG collaboration for.

I hope you listen and enjoy.

Average customer rating: Another Chapter In The Indigo Girls Story Amazing CD Not their best effort but still good Despite All Preconceived Notions You should buy it!

Despite Our Differences Indigo Girls Manufacturer: Hollywood Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rarities Prom Long Night Moon These Four Walls All That We Let In ASIN: B000HEZBRG Release Date: 2006-09-19

Tracks:

1. Pendulum Swinger
2. Little Perennials
3. I Believe In Love
4. Three County Highway
5. Run
6. Rock And Roll Heaven's Gate
7. Lay My Head Down
8. Money Made You Mean
9. Fly Away
10. Dirt And Dead Ends
11. All The Way
12. They Won't Have Me
13. Last Tears

Tracks:

1. Money Made You Mean
2. Last Tears
3. Little Perennials
4. Fly Away
5. Pendulum Swinger
6. Three County Highway

Customer Reviews:

Another Chapter In The Indigo Girls Story.......2007-01-10

When you stop to reflect and think about the fact that Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have been recording Indigo Girl albums since the mid 1980's you realize what a rich body of work they have given us and how sometimes many critics under value and overlook their new work.

Listening to "Despite Our Differences" will force long time Indigo Girl fans to think back through the years and various periods of the girls work and once again appreciate having a new age of Indigo Girls music to step into. After a long history at CBS/Sony, "Despite Our Differences" is the first release on the Hollywood Records label and a wonderful sign of an artist receiving a fresh welcome from a new home to continue to create in their own unique way.

"Pendulum Swinger" is an apt name for an opening track on an album that finds both Amy and Emily taking a fresh view at the current landscape of our world, our popular culture, our politics, and their own place inside of it. "Rock and Roll Heavens Gate" is an Amy Ray track that rocks with the punk rock fueled angst of her solo work and is an excellent song for many of us middle aged rebels who still believe in the power of music to be true and inspirational despite the way the corporate climate tries its best to stifle the life out of all of it. "Lay My Head Down" is Emily Sailers at her best. Her songs are always so emotionally powerful and she seems to lay out her heart and soul into all of her tracks on "Despite Our Differences."

It has been a long time since the Indigo Girls amazingly successful 1989 debut, but one should never overlook a new release from them as they consistently find a way to get under your skin with their sense of searching and always seeking to inspitre themselves and all of us with each new work.

Amazing CD.......2007-01-05

Great from top to bottom. My favorite song is track #3, I Believe in Love. You gotta be in a great mood after hearing that song.

Not their best effort but still good.......2007-01-05

This doesn't seem like the Indigo Girls most cohesive disc but I still enjoy it. Even on their less than stellar efforts, they still are stretching their boundaries. I appreciate that each album is unique and not just a rehash of Closer To Fine.

Despite All Preconceived Notions.......2007-01-05

Although it has roots in pop, folk, country and rock, "Despite Our Differences" is completely free of the pretention, posturing and empty sloganeering that usually fatally flaws those genres. Musically and lyrically honest, and incredibly resonant, this collection of songs is hook-filled and catchier than I ever thought possible. Hard to believe these ladies have been at it for the better part of twenty years and are still capable of writing such great songs. A mixture of full band arrangements and spare acoustics that are absolutely impeccably produced, this cd just plain SOUNDS good, with nothing added to the mix that doesn't belong. This is the antithesis of ( and the perfect antidote to ) prefab teen pop, precocious ( and pretentious ) art-rock and empty, bravado-filled rap. Standout tracks include "Little Perennials" ( thank you, Miss Ray, for giving me my newest favourite should-have-been-a-hit single ), "Money Made You Mean" ( which is even better in the live version featured on the bonus disc ), "Run",the gorgeous ballad "Fly Away" and the urgent, angry "Rock and Roll Heaven's Gate." This is the kind of pop album REM used to make before they disappeared up their own arses, that Let's Active made before they disappeared completely and that most of the new wave of young, sensitive singer-songwriters ( Mayer, Jones, Branch, et al ) only wish they could make. If ever an album was truly deserving of heaps of praise, this is it. Richly rewarding and very highly recommended.

You should buy it!.......2006-11-03

I really enjoyed the new cd by the Indigo Girls. It has a good mix of music, and was really entertaining. It has some slow songs, and some fast songs. There really isn't a song on here that I don't enjoy, so no need to skip over any songs while listening to it! It has quickly become one of my favorite Indigo Girls CD. I also got to see them in concert, as the other reviewer mentioned, and they are wonderful to watch. You can really see the passion they have in their music when you see them live. Buy it, it's a good one.

Average customer rating: Great Living Legends CD... This CD Is Horrible Eclectively Solid Give It A Chance.... legendary

Creative Differences The Living Legends Manufacturer: Legendary Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Classic Legendary Music Vol. 1 Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition No More Greener Grasses End of the Beginning ASIN: B0001O3YNA Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

1. Crative Differences
2. Fill My Drink Up
3. Addicted
4. Time To Ride
5. Days Go By
6. Damn It Feels Good
7. Awakening
8. Get In Your Soul
9. No Strings
10. It Might Be You
11. Real Slow The Fast Way
12. Whatizit?
13. How You Take It
14. Trust Me ?
15. Friends Are Calling
16. Hold Your Own
17. Aspirations

Customer Reviews:

Great Living Legends CD..........2006-01-20

The Living Legends crew came out poppin with this CD. Instead of the mainstreatm crap we hear everyday on the radio, the Living Legends tend to be comical and humerous and also have good beats to copmly with it. This Cd is a good pick up if you can find them in stores. At first if you dont like it, pop it in again and you'll hear why these guys are truly Legends.
Top Trax: #2 Fill my drink up, #3 Addicted, #5 Days go by,#11 Real Slow the fast way, #17 Aspirations

This CD Is Horrible.......2005-07-27

I like Living Legends but this album deserves to be thrown into the void, its annoying and boring. The production is lame and the lyrics just fell off on this one.

Eclectively Solid.......2005-02-15

Yes, the first time through this album left a bad taste in my mouth. This was the first and only Living Legends album that I've got from them or any of their individual members. The more I listened to "Creative Differences" though, the stars just kept shooting up on my rating scale. The great thing about this album is that there are many different styles to choose from that should appeal to fans of all different types of Rap.
Living Legends are underground, but they concoct many songs here I would not be mad at hearing in a club or at a party. Don't fret! They got some surefire underground/conscious Hiphop hits like "Days Go By," "Damn It Feels Good," "Hold Your Own," and "Aspirations," which are introspective and provoke thought. The last two are probably my favorites off the album. Each of the eight members get their own solo here, and I think the best ones out of these were The Grouch's "No Strings Attached" and Eligh's "Friends Are Calling." Odd that those two happen to be the only non-African-Americans out of the group. Sunspot (Jonz) cooks up a rock-solid party hit with "It Might Be You," which I listen to often and it has a cool beat.
"Creative Differences" starts out with the 6-minute title track which is the only song with all eight members involved. This one is loose, funky, and comical. Next is the lighthearted "Fill My Drink Up," which is not terrible, but it is forgettable. "Addicted" is actually very good. It uses A LOT of dark humor, and is memorable just because many artists are afraid to touch upon the topic(see for yourself). Scarub's "Time To Ride" is next and showcases his wacky wordplay, although it doesn't do him much justice. This one should grow on you though. Elsewhere, Bicasso controlls the solid "Get It In Your Soul," and Murs's solo is the underwhelming "Real Slow The Fast Way," which has some good moments, but a lame chorus and an eyesore of a third verse(I need not repeat it). The only song I'm not feeling at all was "How You Take It," mostly because 2/3 of it is in a different language by Arata, while Scarub raps(in English) for the rest of it. However, how many artists do you see out there including a track in a foreign language? At least it was different.
This album turned out to be good because it's like a grab bag for fans of all different tastes. I bought this album having known a little of Scarub, and while he holds it down, the member who caught my ear was Eligh. Eligh participated in three of the four strongest songs on this album, as well as dropping a memorable solo track. He displays a quick rhyming technique at times, and constantly has insightful and witty lyrics. Yes, some of the tracks may sound rather mainstream-ish, but I think they wore the hat well and weren't trying to sell out. They just want to rock the party as well as stimulate the minds, that's all. The beats were all done by a variety of the members, and they range from fresh to unnoticeable. If you see "Creative Differences" in the stores, it may very well be worth your money to see what's it's all about!

Give It A Chance...........2004-08-27

Most agree, this album WILL grow on you. I got this CD, listened to it for about 10 minutes, and didn't touch it for a week. It just has a different feel to it than past LL productions. You really need an open mind to appreciate this album. It wouldn't hurt to be an LL fan in the first place. After listening to it a couple times through, you'll discover some tracks that appeal to you that didn't catch your attention at first. Check it out.

legendary.......2004-06-10

Just as someone else mentioned in there review, I also didn't like this CD that much when I first got it, but after a couple of weeks worth of listening its definitley growing on me. There are a couple of joints on here I can't listen to all the way through, but for the most part this is a solid album. Best cuts are "Addicted", "No Strings", "Real Slow the Fast Way", and "Trust Me". Although this isn't a 5 star joint its still worth peepin out.

Average customer rating: world in sync My favorite CD in existence

Differences Badmarsh Manufacturer: Ubiquity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005NTT Release Date: 1997-01-28

Tracks:

1. Tribal Warfare
2. Differences
3. Simply Rolling
4. Goa Funk
5. Easin' In [*]
6. Let It Roll [*]

Customer Reviews:

world in sync.......2004-02-26

every album has a mood, this is one of those albums where you listen to it and suddenly you notice everything around you is in time to the music, dogs barking, your footsteps, cars... i reccomend this album who wants to make their good mood last a little longer

My favorite CD in existence.......2000-05-22

Badmarsh is definitely the one CD that I have found that kicks some serious butt no matter what song you listen to. I love this CD and I would have to recommend this to anyone that likes electronic music. This has a perfect ethnic touch and hey, its cheap too!

Average customer rating: Classic Sacramento creative difference pure classic Northern California's siccest Nonfiktion - Creative Differences

Creative Differences Nonfiktion Manufacturer: Black Market Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mind at Ease ASIN: B00001X51N Release Date: 1999-08-27

Tracks:

1. Willfully & Unlawfully
2. Raw Game
3. Burgandy Day
4. Soldier
5. Puttin' It Down
6. Highway Music
7. Life Gets Hard
8. East/West Party
9. Murder Pays
10. My Joint
11. Smoke Out

Customer Reviews:

Classic Sacramento.......2007-07-24

The first review pretty much hit it on the dot. You dont get any more classic then this album here. Those who are brotha lynch fans (even though they had beef at one point) will not be dissapointed in this black market exclusive. Even though the cd is about 11 tracks long, each track is connected together to listen smoothly all the way through. He doesnt take up space with stupid skits, strictly that Sacramento underground, with Young Jayda, Melle Mel, and Mr. K Geeta as great compliments to the album. If you are a fan of west coast underground this album is a must. This cd will be well worth your money even at full price (most albums aint worth the amount they charge). Just listen to the sample of "Burgandy Day" and you will be hooked just off of a sample. It is seriously one of the tightest tracks ive ever heard coming out of Sacramento, and that is saying A LOT.

creative difference pure classic.......2005-10-06

this is pure class , gangsta rap as it should be done !!

Northern California's siccest.......2002-01-04

Gangsta Dre and Young jayda is one of the realest rappers from Northern California. Their song "Burgundy Day" came with the tightest lyrics to ride too. Not many rappers would explain everyday life in raw verses. These two cats put it down for the valley and I suggest you get this album if you ain't got it.

Nonfiktion - Creative Differences.......2000-12-13

My God I got this album and I thought really nothin of it. But when I opened it and popped in my cd player I was out of my mine. This album has to be one of the top albums of all time. Like I always say if your goin to release a album with 11 or 12 songs that are Tight do it. Don't release something with 20 or 21 tracks that only have like 7 tight tracks.

Nonfiktion aka Gangsta Dre is one of the siccness rappers I have ever heard. This album "Creative Differences" has to be on top of my favorite west coast albums of all time besides Brotha Lynch's albums and Young Ridah. My favorite type of rappers are flow/speed rappers and this man did it all on this album. Everytime I listen to it I don't skip one song EVER because none of them are sorry.

I suggest if you don't have this album you order it now or find it at your local mom and pop's stores because it's rare and it's one of the greatest albums you will ever hear. The production is out of this world and Nonfiktion rappin style is also out of this world. I would have to say he is one of the greatest rappers of all time.

MC

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Berio: Différences; Sequenzas III & VII; Due pezzi; Chamber Music Manufacturer: Lilith ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Berio, Luciano | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000KLPIXI Release Date: 2007-02-26

Tracks:

1. Differences
2. Sequenza Iii
3. Sequenza Vii
4. Due Pezzi
5. Chamber Music

Album Details

Collection of Works (1951-1969) by Italian Avant-garde Composer and Sound Pioneer Luciano Berio. Featuring Performances by Mezzo Soprano (And Muse of Such Composers as Stravinsky, Bussotti and Henze) Cathy Berberian and Leading Oboe Virtuoso Heinz Hollinger, as Well as One of the First Attempts to Combine Live Instrumentation with Pre-recorded Sound.

Average customer rating: I really liked it... goth/ industrial/ ambient soundtrack

Insects & Angels: Differences & Indifferences Xorcist Manufacturer: Metropolis Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Nomad Phantoms ASIN: B00004XSMK Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

1. The Bottom
2. Insecticide
3. Sailfin
4. Spider (8 Legged Mix)
5. Angels On The Bottom
6. Thoughtful Pools
7. Eclipse
8. Bizarre Denizens
9. Score Experiment #1
10. Score Experiment #2
11. Pook
12. Children Of God

Customer Reviews:

I really liked it..........2000-10-09

this is a great album,It's a blend of Nomad and of soul reflections,and a couple of newer things,it's a pretty good album all insturmental and very trancy.. If you like xorcist this is a must have for all the true inustrial heads out there.

goth/ industrial/ ambient soundtrack.......2000-10-07

With this compilation of soundtrack pieces and remixes, Xorcist ventures even farther into the cinematic territory of Nomad. Though a far cry from the aggressive industrial/ electro-goth of earlier work, I&A draws one in with relaxing atmospheres, rather than the assault of earlier works. The songs of Insects and Angels reflect a variety of mysterious/ mystical moods; depsite being a compilation, the album maintains a smooth flow from track to track. A enjoyable mix of cybernetic new-age, darkwave, chill-out ambient, and ethnic sounds/tribal rhythms

Average customer rating: A modernist miscellany Some info for you, but only about differences. Solid selection at budget price

Music by Sciarrino, Bussotti, Berio and Xenakis Manufacturer: Arts Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Berio, Luciano | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tristan Murail: Gondwana; Désintégrations; Time and Again ASIN: B000006BZD Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

1. Intro all' oscuro - Salvatore Sciarrino
2. Nascosto (Nove Parti per Pierre Boulez) - Sylvano Bussotti
3. Differences - Luciano Berio
4. Waarg - Iannis Xenakis

Customer Reviews:

A modernist miscellany.......2004-01-04

This disc, featuring music by Sciarrino, Bussotti, Berio and Xenakis, played by the Italian group Contempoensemble under the direction of Mauro Ceccanti, is currently given the rather misleading title "Music for Violin, Guitar and Piano" by Amazon. This is not a good description of the music on the disc, which in fact ranges in ensemble size from five instruments plus tape (the Berio) to thirteen instruments (the Xenakis).

Salvatore Sciarrino's Introduzione all'oscuro was written in 1981, and is for twelve instruments. Much of the writing here verges on silence, with brief, insistently repeated motifs swirling out of the pianissimo writing, growing in diversity as the work progresses (in his note, the composer mentions distorted fragments of popular songs amongst the material). Ceccanti directs what is to my mind an overly swift reading that glosses over the subtleties in the score--the ensemble recherche's reading on Kairos is much more to my taste.

Sylvano Bussotti's 1985 work Nascolto is a brief quodlibet for nine instruments in honour of Pierre Boulez's 60th birthday. It entertains for its three-minute duration without threatening to become something more major.

Luciano Berio's Différences, completed in 1959, is one of the composer's most important early scores. It contrasts live music (for flute, clarinet, viola, cello and harp) with a tape of electronically modified versions of the live music. Inevitably the taped part sounds rather dated now, but the work still stands up remarkably well (and demonstrates how different Berio's essentially lyrical music was to that of his colleagues Boulez and Stockhausen. This performance doesn't strike me as any inferior to the long-standard Juilliard Ensemble recording (now deleted, formerly on Philips) and arguably it integrates tape and live playing more effectively.

Waarg, a 1988 composition by Iannis Xenakis, is a fairly typical product of the composer's later years. It progresses slowly and heavily, with a tendency towards block chords and regular rhythms, from an arresting opening to a pungent climax. I would have preferred a slightly more vigorous rendition, but this performance captures much of the essence of a work that appears otherwise unavailable.

Mixed results, then, with the rather short 43-minute playing time somewhat made up for by the low price. Those looking for the Berio or the Xenakis need not hesitate.

Some info for you, but only about differences........2003-04-29

I actually talked to Mr Berio in 1981 about Differences. There is a somewhat curious situation with the piece.

It's only available for hire - at some expense. It is VERY difficult to negotiate with the publishers about viewing it, but I have a feeling that this is only because UE have some problem in their Vienna headquarters about this, not the British or American agents, that's for sure.

Differences is actually one of Berios most cogent pieces, and has such a strong tonal feel, that it is scarcely an inheritor of the post serialist sphere of ideas - yet it undoubtedly is a puzzle of a piece, and definitely part of the jigsaw of the late 20th century.

Because I have never had access to the score, I can only guess, but the piece contains very novel unfolding of themes in an overlapping way that is reminiscent of fugal development. Perhaps the strong tonal feel is due to the unconscious recognition of fragments with strong logical connections, each fragment having the feeling of specific location. Some people will say that this is evidence of strict atonal technique, and all my feelings of key centers are actually illusional and based on comparative cognition only.

Certainly, a piece like "Le marteaux sans Maitre" by Boulez is on the extreme edge of the this kind of cellular development idea. I have a book by a certain Bogaslaw Schaffer which describes this piece in great detail in these terms.

One might compare Differences with Tempi Concertati, composed in the same year - but you would get nowhere fast. Tempi Concertati is for a far larger ensemble, with a leading instrument (the flute) with very different compositional intentions. It's interesting how Berio always seems capable of holding so many very different ideas at the same time.

My very brief discussion with him was quite revealing. He is mildly dissatisfied with the development section after the second electronic interlude. He really wanted to return to this and re-write it, but it turned out that other projects really demanded attention, together with a time in America (I believe the piece was composed in Europe, probably Oneglia), and was interupted by the unexpected arrival of a member of Cathy Berberians family.

But even unfinished, or incomplete pieces from this man are treasure indeed.

I first heard a rendition from the Juilliard ensemble, which was played at a slightly slower tempo, and perhaps a little clearer. But I suspect that those players had the benefit of a long while with the score, and a lot of time to really contemplate the piece structurally. The players on this recording are nevertheless splendid and, give, of course, yet another view of the mystery. Thank you very much for a great and spirited performance.

The other pieces are wonderfuly played, but I don't have a great deal of knowledge about them.

Solid selection at budget price.......1999-04-20

An eclectic and well-performed collection of modern European (mostly Italian) music. The Sciarrino piece (Introduction to the Obscure) is not one of his strongest recorded works, but the Berio (Differences) and Xenakis (Waarg) are excellent. Could serve as a useful introduction to any of the composers except Bussotti, whose short "Nascolto" is a homage to Boulez. Timing is rather skimpy at 43 minutes.

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Differences Hearsay Manufacturer: Hapi Skratch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004TGL0 Release Date: 1999-07-20

Tracks:

1. Clouds of Doubt
2. Differences
3. Listen
4. Breathe
5. Last Picture
6. I Wanna Know
7. Regrets
8. Thing Called Life
9. Crashin'
10. Everything
11. Funkytown

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Differences In Space Winthrop Manufacturer: Taylor Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001OJX08 Release Date: 2004-02-26

Tracks:

1. Lively Spirits
2. The Spirit Of Youth
3. The Power Of Subtle Differences
4. Controlled Chaos
5. Angels At Play
6. Goo Which Is Light Blue
7. Harmonious Space
8. Light Variations
9. Sensible Nonsense
10. Simplicity's Power
11. High Resolution
12. Less Gravity
13. Up and Down
14. Craziness To The Second Power
15. Keep Moving
16. Instrumental Conversation
17. Cricket Chorus
18. From One To One Point Five
19. Ascending Vibrations
20. Tangling Notes

Album Description

Differences In Space is an album of lively new age music. This is not meditation or background music. Each of the 20 tracks is unique and has a style of its own. There are no vocals. Everything is synthesizer but it doesn't always sound like synthesizer. Today synthesizers can simulate the sounds of acoustic instruments very realistically. The synthesizer simulated sounds of flute, piano, guitar, drum, marimba and other acoustic instruments are used on this CD. Three of the tracks are based in rhythm and percussion. Theses are Controlled Chaos, Sensible Nonsense and Craziness To The Second Power. The two tracks that could be considered space music are Harmonious Space and Cricket Chorus. Most people who enjoy classical, popular and light rock should enjoy the music on Differences In Space.

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