Camp III [Explicit Lyrics]

1. On the Wire

2. They Ain't 'Bout No Trouble

3. Sh*t Real

4. Camp Camp

5. B Get off Me

6. Outlaws

7. Not a Thang Change

8. We F**kin Tonight

9. Real Sh*t

10. Boosie

11. Twist It Up

12. I Got Mine

13. Down South

14. They Ain't 'Bout No Trouble [Radio Edit]

15. B Get off Me [Radio Edit]

16. I Got Mine [Radio Edit]

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Average customer rating: Missing tracks Marc Shaiman's work is excellent as always If you liked the movie, you'll love the soundtrack.

Addams Family Values: The Original Orchestral Score Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Addams Family Values ASIN: B0000014U1 Release Date: 1993-12-07

Tracks:

1. It's An Addams!
2. Sibiling Rivalry
3. Love On A Tombstone
4. Debbie Meets The Family
5. Camp Chippewa/'Camp Chippewa Song'
6. Fester's In Love
7. The Big Date
8. The Tango
9. Fester And Debbie's Courtship
10. Wedsnesday And Joel's Courtship
11. The Honeymoon Is Over
12. Escape From Debbie
13. 'Eat Us'
14. Wednesday's Revolt
15. Debbie's Big Scene
16. Some Time Later

Customer Reviews:

Missing tracks.......2002-08-07

This was a very good CD. The only problem, is that about 10 songs from the movie are missing from the CD. and a few songs had the singer changed from the movie version, and it sounds trerible

Marc Shaiman's work is excellent as always.......2000-11-23

The score of Addams Family Values (in fact a really good movie) is just super! If you like the film you will love the music! Mr. Shaiman used his themes from the first movie and of course the famous TV theme and completed it with new melodies, for example Pubert's theme, Debbie's theme (you hear a fantastic variation of it on "The Honeymoon Is Over" and at the end of "Escape from Debbie) and the Chippewa melodies. Unfortunately there are some missings for a die-hard-fan like me: "Wednesday's Revolt" (an ultimate highlight in movie and on cd) misses the end melodies played by violins. In the film you hear it after the TV theme (when Wednesday shocks Amanda whith making fire). But therefor we can listen to a melodic introduction on the very same sample unheard in the movie. I also miss the music which is played when Pugsley and Wednesday have to sit in the harmony hut and then try to escape. There are a few other nice variations of the music heard in the movie which did not make it on the CD. However it is real good stuff you get. The best of all, of course, is "The Tango"; really exciting!! I also love "The Big Scene" - it is something like a Finale in which the most melodies and themes come together... There is a CD of the first Addams-Family-Movie Soundtrack. If you have it, this one will complete Mr. Shaiman's fantastic work. If you don't have it, buy this one and you will love it even more.

If you liked the movie, you'll love the soundtrack........1998-12-18

Hey Addams Fans! I would totally reccomend this cd. Listening to the music without watching the movie is really different. True most of it IS instrumental, but its really cool and fun to listen to. I haven't been able find the original Addams Family movie soundtrack and I'm not sure if there is one...so this is as close as you get!!! Not only do you get the catchy (I mean ADDIVTIVE) instrumental music, but the "Eat me" song. What more could you ask?

Average customer rating: A very fine set of vintage recordings.

Smetana: Richard III; Wallenstein's Camp; Hakon Jarl; Novák: South Bohemian Suite Manufacturer: Supraphon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Smetana | Smetana, Bedrich | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Novák: Lady Godiva/De profundis/Toman and the Wood Nymph Novák: In The Tatra Mountains/Eternal Longing/Slovak Suite ASIN: B00009L4T4 Release Date: 2003-05-27

Customer Reviews:

A very fine set of vintage recordings........2003-09-11

It's good and even gratifying to have this fine disc in our midst, and heartwarming praise shall be given to Supraphon for its initiative. With it, we get more of a taste of Kubelik's emerging talents and instinctiveness as among the last Century's greatest conductors. His penchant for raw energy, exuberance, and the underlying warmth and poetry remained with him for the rest of his illustrious and influential career (as his later recordings of Smetana's tone poems with the Bavarian Radio Symphony will testify). What's more is the further opportunity to hear how the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra became a world class orchestra, then and now. It's the orchestra that's well blended, polished, and with flair. And yet it has that flair and style that made it even during Talich's tenure, as distinctive as, say, the Moscow Philharmonic under Samuel Samosud and Kondrashin. An invaluable disc in essence and a joy upon every listening, especially with the remasterings being as successful as they are here.

Smetana's three of his symphonic poems, which were composed during his stay in Sweden (between 1856 & 1861), are of fine qualities, if not, with the exception of Richard III, as finer as Ma Vlast. And Richard III is the piece I'm drawn myself to more often than not. Not only is it more memorable, but it's quite captivating (like Lizst's symphonic poems but a successful derivative of it). The sombre opening is arresting in its restraints. But turn to the dreamingly-like secondary subject and the beauty as well as elegance pervade throughout (it's funerealism casts a shadow also, but the melancholy is not as overwhelming as one might expect). The ceremonious passage (depicting Richard's dream of his triumph over the forces resisting his tyranny) is with imagination and somewhat cinematic with its bold gestures. And Kubelik really have this piece in full measure (how graceful is his handling of that secondary subject, with such poetry & inner world of wonder and woefulness).

But Novak's South Bohemian Suite (1936-1937) is the real find here. Is the work written when his native land was under the Nazi's threat. Yet this highly visionary piece remained dignified and the reflection, lofty. Is not a rebellious piece per se, but a testament of man's appreciation of life and nature when the surrounding seems threatening and uncertain. And while I've listened to the first movement "Pastorals" (Horizons) in particular, a number of composers sprung up in my mind in the inner beauty, poise, and the playfulness they themselves are masters of: Bax, Delius, Dohnanyi, Suk, Kodaly, Janacek, and fleetingly Myaskovsky (his Lyric Concertino) and for a slight moment, even Nikolai Rakov. Although there are some melancholy within, the piece is not self-defeating but absorbing in its own right. The Second movement "Dreaming" is equally as enthralling and the harp arpeggio towards the end add magic and wonder while the "Once Upon a Time" third movement and Epilogue add to my conviction that this piece is perhaps Novak's masterpiece. Kubelik's approach and the Czech Philharmonic's response glow as the piece goes along. It's the performance of such conviction and inner poetics that would (and quite frankly should) convey to even the skeptics of how major this piece actually is (no more than five recordings of the score is especially appalling). But, never mind the well justified advocacy for the moment. Just enjoy the piece, the disc, the performances, and Jaromir Havlik's informative booklet essay. Because to do otherwise will be a misfortune.

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Joseph Szigeti: The Recordings With Bartók & Foldes Manufacturer: Biddulph Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bloch | Bloch, Ernest | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Corelli | Corelli, Arcangelo | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Kodály, Zoltán | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Lalo, Edouard | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009K2K Release Date: 1994-08-17

Average customer rating: just right A fine representative set of Ives' orchestral music.

Ives: Symphony No. 3, Orchestral Set No. 1 ("Three Places in New England"), March III, The Unanswered Question, Central Park in the Dark, Fugue in Four Keys Charles Ives , Leonard Slatkin , and Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4/Hymns Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians ASIN: B000003FA7 Release Date: 1992-10-09

Tracks:

1. Three Places In New England: The 'St. Gaudens' In Boston Common
2. Three Places In New England: Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut
3. Three Places In New England: The Housatonic At Stockbridge
4. March III With The Air ' Old Kentucky Home'
5. The Unanswered Question
6. Central Park In The Dark
7. Fugue in Four Keys On ' The Shining Shore'
8. Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting': Old Folks Gatherin'
9. Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting': Children's Day
10. Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting': Communion

Amazon.com essential recording

These are the major works of Charles Ives (1874-1954), done in magnificent sound--and superlative performances--by Louis Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Three Places in New England--and perhaps this version--belongs in every collection of 20th-century American music. Also a treat here are The Unanswered Question and Central Park in the Dark. These aren't tone poems, quite. (It's hard to say what they are.) But Ives had the knack for providing even his most discordant works a tonal C major core. Usually. This would allow him--as in Symphony 3--to wander occasionally astray. Highly recommended. --Paul Cook

Amazon.com

This is a great Ives disc. You get: (1) his most popular "normal" symphony; (2) his most famous "radical" orchestral suite; (3) his most famous short piece; and (4) a bunch of interesting and little-known experimental pieces. In short, this disc is the perfect introduction to the music of Danbury- -Connecticut's greatest composer--a true American original. The last of the Three Places in New England is a short tone poem called The Housatonic at Stockbridge. It depicts the flow of the Housatonic River past a covered bridge and a village church, where the strains of a hymn tune seem to merge with the mist coming off the river. It's as hauntingly memorable as anything you'll ever hear. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

just right.......2006-10-23

There's something really all-American about the way Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra play Ives here. The very timbre of the orchestra is idiomatic; the Boston Symphony or the Philadelphia Orchestra, by contrast, have opulent, Old World sounds that don't suit these scores as well as the direct, no-nonsense, clean-cut, grassroots, Midwestern sort of sonority produced by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra here. I mean it... it may sound doubtful as written on the page and it's difficult to put it into words, but you'll hear for yourself that St. Louis has got the right sort of sound for this music where other orchestras don't. Furthermore, Slatkin has a real knack for getting intimate, controlled, chamber music-type playing out of large orchestras and sprawling scores. This allows for some really interesting interpretations, and it only serves to enhance the sound of an orchestra already well suited to playing Ives. Add this one to your collection without delay.

A fine representative set of Ives' orchestral music........2001-08-28

The recording is excellent, the performances are as fine as any I can remember. If you have the Orpheus recording, you won't need this one -- and vice-verse -- as far as the two major works are concerned. The pieces are arranged well for a complete Ives concert on a single disc. Highly recommended, but I wish it were midprice like the Eastman disc on Mercury.

Average customer rating: Fire and emotion in Czech national music An unknown repertoire of Smetana!

Smetana & Janacek: Orchestral Works Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Smetana | Smetana, Bedrich | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sinfonia | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Smetana: Má Vlast ASIN: B00000E55Y Release Date: 1993-05-11

Customer Reviews:

Fire and emotion in Czech national music.......2007-07-11

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) and Leos Janacek (1854-1928) were two of the principal architects of the new Czech national music that evolved in the late 19th century. Neither are best known for the contents of this CD; Smetana is best known for "My Homeland", a set of tone poems depicting Czechoslovakia and Czech legends, and the opera "The Bartered Bride". Janacek composed several operas including "Jenufa" and "The Cunning Little Vixen" and the suite "Taras Bulba". His "Sinfonietta" on this recording is among his better-known orchestral works.

Perhaps as little known as "Hakon Jarl" is that Smetana -- like Beethoven with the Symphony No. 9 -- composed "Ma Vlast" after he was deaf as a result of syphillis. The composer eventually went mad from the disease and died in a madhouse. Janacek apparently met a better fate at the end.

Smetana's tone poems are not well known and this recording, made in 1971, is still the best recording of "Richard III", "Wallenstein's Camp" and "Hakon Jarl" made in the analog or digital eras. Czech conductor Rafael Kubelik is an outstanding advocate for the music. He has recorded it before; a recording with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra dating from the 1940s, with pretty good sound for the era, is available accompanied by Vitezslav Novak's South Bohemian Suite (ASIN: B00009L4T4). For my money, however, this is the recording of choice in this repertoire.

Smetana's tone poems are modeled after Liszt; they tell a story, usually about a Czech legend, and are developed in rising romantic waves that sweep the listener along, later settling into calm before again exploding into sound. They are not on the level of inspiration of a Tchaikovsky tone poem but they compare well to Dvorak's tone poems such as the "Noonday Witch".

The sound on this 35-year-old recording is excellent with good frequency response, clarity and bass depth. The playing of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is outstanding and they acquit themselves under Kubelik as if they were Praque residents that survived the 1968 Soviet takeover. This is a CD to treasure if you enjoy romantic Czech music.

An unknown repertoire of Smetana!.......2006-04-15

According the learned precepts of his mentor, Franz Liszt, Smetana three symphonic poems between 1858 and 1861, being conductor of the Philharmonic Society `s concerts in Gothenburg, Sweden. Eventually, these works point the way to his fame cycle My Country.

It should be said the Orchestral cycle of Smetana is unfinished without having listened these symphonic poems, which gives you a total support to enjoy his acclaimed "My Country"

Richard III (1858) as well as the other symphonic poems is built according the Liszt pattern: four movements, disguised and shortened form. The delirious paranoia and power `s thirst until the tragic finale is underlined with an admirable orchestration and frenetic drama.

Wallenstein `s Camp (1859) was originally conceived as an Overture based on a Schiller's play.

Hakon Jarl (1861) was written in homage to the hospitable Scandinavians and describes an episode from the time when Norway was converted to Christianity, and deals with the effort of this Regent in order to re-establish heathendom but his plans are modified because Olaf Trygvason, the legitimate heir of the dethroned king.

Carnival in Prague was composed in a terrible period in which Smetana, already threatened with a serious mental illness, could complete it. It is provided of heightened expressiveness where the composer intermingles folk dances, high jinks, whirl of a polonaise. The first performance was given before his sixtieth anniversary at the eve of his final reclusion in the Prague mental asylum, that constituted indeed his last sojourn due the proximity of his death.

Rafael Kubelik enriched and illuminated the score with his fervent and masterful directorial abilities, making sound the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks with precise articulation in every one of the attacks.

Average customer rating: Concentration Camp rowdy crunk down south sh** REPPIN HARD nolimitXxxx

Camp III Thug Brothas Manufacturer: C-Loc 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: Ya Heard Me Da Holocaust Camp II: The Holocaust I'm All I Got It's a Gamble ASIN: B00004RJ40 Release Date: 2000-02-15

Tracks:

1. On the Wire
2. They Ain't Bout No Trouble
3. Shit Real
4. Camp Camp
5. B Get off Me
6. Outlaws
7. Not a Thang Change
8. We Fuckin Tonight
9. Real Shit
10. Boosie
11. Twist It Up
12. I Got Mine
13. Down South
14. They Ain't 'Bout No Trouble (Radio)
15. B Get off Me (Radio)
16. I Got Mine (Radio)

Customer Reviews:

Concentration Camp.......2005-08-01

"...Concentration Camp, what, what, why they wanna knock us? / spitting sh*t like this how the f*ck they gonna stop us..." as said on "Camp Camp" give their position of being independent and their ability to handle the majors. Being led by C-Loc the group consists of, Max Minelli, Boo, J-Von and Lil Boosie. The production is tight with that Soouthern bounce of highs and kicks by C-Loc & Happy. "Not A Thang Change" is a highlight as C-Loc 'sings' the hook with impressive gangster rhymes. The non-hook / chorus of "Real Sh*t" is an overall hit as the they show "...one day a real n*gga gone win..." as a powerful message as how important Camp III is to Baton Rouge, Louisiana's history of hip-hop / rap. Lil' Boosie flows two verses on the solo track "Boosie". "I Got Mine" could have been "B Get Off Me" as they both have a club appeal. This 16 track release has everything that a solid release should.

rowdy crunk down south sh**.......2002-10-17

This is some hard sh**. First time I heard concentration camp was on this cd and they off the hook. Lil Boosie tears it up he's bound to come up, peep Boosie's solo sh** also. If you like that rowdy south music similiar to old No Limit pick this up. Baton Rouge to the world ya heard

REPPIN HARD.......2001-08-05

PEEP GAME I THINK U TIGHT BUT SHID I ALWAYS SEE U IN VIBES AND THE ZONE SO I AM STRAIGHT BUT YOU KNOW U FROM THAT SOUTHSIDE AND LIKE U SAY WE QUICK TO TAKE IT OUTSIDE!

nolimitXxxx.......2000-04-02

The camp waz off the hinges.Everybody who lis'n to rap neezs to go an grab the peace .RIGHT NOW

Average customer rating: Beware - Recordings are from 1940's or earlier

Kubelik Conducts Tone Poems Smetana , Kubelik , and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Manufacturer: Classica D'oro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000066TXU Release Date: 2002-06-04

Tracks:

1. The Moldau (From Ma Vlast)
2. From Bohemia's Meadows And Forest (From Ma Vlast)
3. Richard II, Op. 11
4. Hakon Jarl, Op. 16
5. Wallenstein's Camp, Op. 14

Customer Reviews:

Beware - Recordings are from 1940's or earlier.......2005-08-02

If you are into Kubelik's orchestral interpretations over the years, this may be of interest, but note the sound does in fact sound like old 78 rpm quality; in fact I probably have old 78's that sound better. I was hoping that this CD was a reissue of a Deutsche Grammaphone LP that I have, but missed the small print before purchasing, that said these were "historical performances" that dated (I think) 1946 and earlier. The performance of The Moldau is a little too relaxed for my taste. I prefer a brisker tempo such as is found in the Ma Vlast performance by Zubin Mehta & the Israel Philharmonic on CD, which I'd recommend.

Average customer rating: An American sampler Hanson's MLP Gems Are Back!

Howard Hanson Conducts American Masterworks Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Morton Gould | Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by MacDowell | MacDowell, Edward | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Piston | Piston, Walter | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schuman | Schuman, William | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bartok: Orchestral Works; Bluebeard's Castle Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 Antal Dorati Conducts Rafael Kubelik conducts Dvorák, Smetana, Mussorgsky, Bartók, Hindemith, Schoenberg Howard Hanson Conducts Howard Hanson ASIN: B00035VV82 Release Date: 2004-11-09

Customer Reviews:

An American sampler.......2006-06-21

My wife and I often eat at a local restaurant that offers what it calls an "American sampler" of shishkabob, Hawaiian chicken and Louisiana Gulf shrimp. I liken that plate to this collection by the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra and longtime conductor-director Howard Hanson. Based on the quality of much of this music, I think the title could more readily have been "Howard Handson Conducts An American Sampler" rather than American masterworks, for the quality of some of this music is arguable in that respect.

Hanson was not only a composer and conductor, he was a great champion of American music in the 1950s, when its profile and exposure were much less than today. Many of the compositions included in this anthology have since been recorded in DDD in the Maxos American music series. Others have been recorded on other labels in newer, sometimes better, recordings. This does nothing to diminish these recordings or to dampen the memory of Hanson and his band.

However, many of the more well known recordings in this set have been re-done either more artistically and/or in better sound since these recordings first appeared the better part of 50 years ago. In particular, Barber's Capricorn Concerto and Medea suite, Ives's Third Symphony & Three Places in New England, Piston's Incredible Flutist and Schuman's New England Triptych have all been recorded many times in the intervening years. The recordings here sometimes magnify the thin and wiry sound coming from the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra. Some are simply not very well played, either.

That said, there are still five decade old gems to be located here. Among my favorites are William Bergsma's "Gold and Senor Commandante" ballet suite, a delightful nine-movement ballet suite that is clearly meant for the concert hall and not the stage. I also enjoy Morton Gould's "Sprituals" and George Whitfield Chadwick's "Symphonic Sketches" that merges British stoicism with American melody-making.

Best for me is the performance of Peter Mennin's Symphony No. 5. This 1962 recording was probably the first of a Mennin symphony and it still stands up well to competition. The dramatic three movement edifice is completely engaging. Its syncopated rhythm on an ostimato E-F-G-F sharp-A-E theme in the closing movement is catchy and stays long in memory.

Another important and rarely recorded piece is Johann Friedrich Peter's "Sinfonia in G". Peter was an early American composer from the Classical period; he was born 1746 and died 1813. The sinfonia mimics the CPE Bach crossover from Baroque to Classical early symphony with modular thematic development in each of its four movements.

There are other memorable chunks of Americana on this collection and everything sound wonderful, captured in ultra-clear and well-defined three channel tapes (produced here in stereo and not SACD) from the 1950s and early 1960s. The notes are very helpful and the bookelt details the origin of each recording. There is a very high level of nostalgia evident in this grouping that adds much to its appeal.

I think this collection is best suited to people that want to recapture the nostalgia of these great old recordings. Today's DDD technology has nothing on these fine sounding CDs even though Mercury missed an opportunity to release these as three channel SACDs. Perhaps that is coming in the future?

Another group of listeners that will most appreciate this collection are people that want exposure to many American composers and don't want to pay a lot to get it. The modest list price for this five CD collection is usually reduced by 40-50 percent when purchasing used from an Amazon vendor. I bought mine for about $20, the cost of less than three new Naxos CDs. This set is certainly worth more than that. Even veteran collectors (who didn't buy the original LPs or individual CDs) will probably find something new and different here.

Hanson's MLP Gems Are Back!.......2005-06-09

Those familiar with my reviews on Amazon know of my great love for the Mercury Living Presence series. Equally great is my disgust that so many of these brilliant recordings have been deleted in the last few years! Thankfully, some of these legendary performances are resurfacing as SACD hybrids. However, they are unfortunately now being sold at full-price, despite a competing Living Stereo hybrid series on RCA/BMG being available at midline. In spite of the added expense, I hope this MLP reissue trend will continue, and maybe we'll even see a few items receiving their CD debut in this series.

These performances of American Masterwoks by Howard Hanson are in most cases definitive accounts of rarely recorded pieces by many of our country's too often neglected composers -- Barber, Chadwick, Piston, Moore, Carpenter, Rogers, MacDowell, etc. While three of these recordings continue to be available in their original CD incarnations, the remaining two discs featuring Ives and Gould have been out-of-print for some time. Now with this box set they are deservedly restored to the catalog. Even better is the fact that the 5CD box sets being reissued have been reasonably priced because they are not SACD Hybrids. This set and three others (see my reviews) have a total cost cheaper than the original single issue CDs! Once again, Mercury Living Presence lives!

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Hugo Wolf Society, Vol.2 Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolf | Wolf, Hugo | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000WO6 Release Date: 1995-02-07

Tracks:

1. Wass Soll Der Zorn - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
2. Ich Esse Nun Mein Brot - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
3. Wie Soll Ich Frohlich Sein - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
4. Wie Lange Schon - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
5. Du Sagst Mir - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
6. Ich Liess Mir Sagen - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
7. Woll Kenn'Ich Euren Stand - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
8. Man Sagt Mir - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
9. Wenn Du, Mein Liebster - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
10. Mein Liebster Singt - Ria Ginster/Michael Raucheisen
11. O War'Dein Haus - Ria Ginster/Michael Raucheisen
12. Gesegnet Sei Das Grun - Ria Ginster/Michael Raucheisen
13. Mir Ward Gesagt - Ria Ginster/Michael Raucheisen
14. Mein Liebster Ist So Klein - Ria Ginster/Michael Raucheisen
15. Ich Hab'In Penna - Ria Ginster/Michael Raucheisen
16. Gesegnet Sei, Durch Den Die Welt - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
17. Ihr Seid Allerschonste - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
18. Hoffartig Seid Ihr - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
19. Dass Doch Gemalt - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
20. Und Willst Du - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
21. Wenn Du Mich - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
22. Heut'Nacht Erhob Ich Mich - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
23. Ein Standchen - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
24. Nunn Lass Uns Frieden - Alexander Kipnis
25. Wir Haben Beide - Alexander Kipnis
26. Geselle, Woll'N Wir Uns - Alexander Kipnis
27. Heb'Auf Den Blondes Haupt - Alexander Kipnis
28. Sterb'Ich, So Hullt In Blumen - Coenraad Van Bos
29. Wie Viele Zeit - Alexander Kipnis
30. Was Fur Ein Lied - Alexander Kipnis
31. Muhvoll Komm'Ich - Elisabeth Rethberg/Coenraad Van Bos
32. Auf Den Grunen Balkon - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
33. Treibe Nur Mit Lieben Spott - Gerhard Husch/Hanns Udo Muller
34. Trau'Nicht Der Liebe - Ria Ginster/Gerald Moore
35. Sie Blasen - Ria Ginster/Gerald Moore
36. Biterolf - Herbert Janssen/Michael Raucheisen
37. Seufzer - Herbert Janssen/Michael Raucheisen
38. Gebet - Herbert Janssen/Michael Raucheisen

Tracks:

1. Auf Ein Altes Bild - Herbert Janssen/Michael Raucheisen
2. An Die Geliebte - Herbert Janssen/Michael Raucheisen
3. Verborgenheit - Herbert Janssen/Michael Raucheisen
4. Denk'Es, O Seele - Herbert Janssen/Michael Raucheisen
5. Bei Einer Trauung - Herbert Janssen/Michael Raucheisen
6. Ein Stundlein Wohl Vor Tag - Ria Ginster/Michael Raucheisen
7. Elfenlied - Ria Ginster/Michael Raucheisen
8. Wie Glanzt Der - Alexander Kipnis/Gerald Moore
9. Cophtisches Lied I - Alexander Kipnis/Gerald Moore
10. Der Musikant - Alexander Kipnis/Gerald Moore
11. Der Soldat I - Alexander Kipnis/Gerald Moore
12. Der Schreckenberger - Alexander Kipnis/Gerald Moore
13. Der Feuerreiter - Helge Roswaenge/Gerald Moore
14. Gesellenlied - Helge Roswaenge/Gerald Moore
15. Migon I: Heiss Mich Nicht Reden - Marta Fuchs/Michael Raucheisen
16. Migon III: So lasst Mich Scheinen - Marta Fuchs/Michael Raucheisen
17. An Den Schlaf - Karl Erb/Gerald Moore
18. Lebe Wohl - Karl Erb/Gerald Moore
19. Ach, Im Maien War'S - Karl Erb/Gerald Moore
20. Herz, Verzage - Karl Erb/Gerald Moore
21. Storchenbotschaft - Marta Fuchs/Gerald Moore
22. Neue Liebe - Marta Fuchs/Michael Raucheisen
23. Dereinst, Dereinst - Herbert Janssen/Gerald Moore
24. Alle Gingen - Herbert Janssen/Gerald Moore
25. Tief Im Herzen - Herbert Janssen/Gerald Moore
26. Zur Ruh - Herbert Janssen/Gerald Moore
27. Komm, O Tod - Herbert Janssen/Gerald Moore
28. Wiegenleid (Im Sommer) - Tiana Lemnitz/MIchael Raucheisen

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Smetana: Richard III / Wallenstein's Camp / Hakon Jarl / Dvorak: In Nature's Realm / Scherzo capriccioso Manufacturer: Supraphon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Smetana | Smetana, Bedrich | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000JIT0 Release Date: 1995-11-14

Dance Music:

1. Can't Be Faded [Explicit Lyrics]
2. Choice Is Yours [Explicit Lyrics]
3. Da Hustlers Files: Down & Dirty, Vol. 1 [Explicit Lyrics]
4. Deez Nutz [EP]
5. Destine II Shine [Explicit Lyrics]
6. Different Kind of Love [Enhanced] [Import]
7. Director's Cut EP [Explicit Lyrics] [EP]
8. Don't Judge a Book by It's Cover, Vol. 1 [Explicit Lyrics]
9. Dual Committee [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Dual Committee [Explicit Lyrics]

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Transmission

Complete Piano Duets 5

Compact Jazz: George Shearing

Trumpet After Dark

Greatest Hits [Import]

Egoland [Import]

Couldn't Be Hotter [Live]

Flagello: Concerto for piano No2; Concerto for piano No3

Chameleon [Import]

Black Topaz - Joan Tower

Do You Think About Me?

Destroy All Monsters [Extra tracks] [Import]

Ay Nomas lo Mejor De

Beethoven: The Piano Concertos; 3 Sonatas

Whistle Stop