Piano Inspirations

Product Description
Uplifting songs performed on solo piano

Piano Inspirations,Stan Whitmire,Village Square

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Average customer rating: Serious listening pleasure

Kreisler: Inspirations Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | 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 Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sarasate | Sarasate, Pablo de | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | 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 General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | 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 Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fritz Kreisler Plays Kreisler Heifetz Showpieces ASIN: B00005B6FW Release Date: 2001-08-21

Tracks:

1. Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile
2. Kreisler: Liebesleid
3. Rachmaninov: Vocalise
4. De Sarasate: Ziguenerweisen, Op. 20: Moderato
5. De Sarasate: Ziguenerweisen, Op. 20: Un poco piu lento
6. De Sarasate: Ziguenerweisen, Op. 20: Allegro, molto vivace
7. Massenet: Meditation
8. Vitali: Ciacona G Minor
9. Schubert: Ave Maria
10. Petri: Variations On A Danish Folk Tune "Mads Doss"
11. Lalo: Fantaisie Norwegienne: Allegro non troppo
12. Lalo: Fantaisie Norwegienne: Andante
13. Lalo: Fantaisie Norwegienne: Allegro, presto
14. Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin

Customer Reviews:

Serious listening pleasure.......2001-12-28

Ms. Petri is one of the finest solo recorderists working today. She has produced a dozen or so CDs in the last 20 years that cover the solo repetoire from the early Baroque to modern day. Her technique is flawless, her speed is incredible, but some say her playing lacks emotional power and warmth. I think she may be a victim of less than excellent sound engineering on some of those CDs.

In the last few years she has worked with her husband, guitarist Lars Hannibal and produced CDs that look away from the traditional sources and take the recorder into new areas (new to us at least - the notes present evidence that the recorder wasn't really dead in the 19th century, just disguised). Listening to duets after hearing concertos takes a little getting used to. This is quiet, intimate music. No problems with the sound engineering here as far as I could tell.

The pieces on this album are all transcriptions and the liner notes discuss this honorable practice but don't go into enough detail about each selection. My favorite piece was the oldest one, a Baroque Ciacona that was probably a violin piece. I also greatly enjoyed her own variations of Mad Doss, a folk tune - after showing how fast she really is in the first few variations she demonstrates a number of unusual techniques like humming the tune and embellishing it at the same time, and a wonderful glissandi variation. Massenet's Meditation is right up there for me also.

On most of the tracks she uses a new alto instrument that doesn't sound like a Baroque instrument. I have one - I wish I could make it sound like she does. I think it has a much more flute-like sound in the lower register, and has a clean, clear upper register. She uses its greater dynamic range wonderfully.

I am a serious amateur player and listener. I was perfectly satisfied with this CD and intend to listen to it many more times. However, if you're looking for bubbly enjoyment with sonic surprises and variation, look elsewhere. This is solo recorder playing at a high level, no more and no less.

Picky details: I noticed a misspelling on page 2 and the instrument list on page 3 doesn't correctly identify which instruments are used on some of the tracks.

Get this and enjoy it!

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Broadway Inspirations Various Artists Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000067APP Release Date: 2002-06-11

Tracks:

1. Seize the Day - Debbie Gravitte
2. Day by Day - Catherine Carpenter
3. Time Heals Everything - Mary Lee Graffeo
4. It's What You Believe In - Liz Larsen
5. Never Never Land - Michelle Nicastro
6. You'll Never Walk Alone - Laurie Beechman
7. The Rose - Heartbeats cast
8. It's Today - Paige O'Hara
9. Celebrate - Emily Skinner & Alice Ripley
10. You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile - Jason Graae
11. Our Time - Liz Callaway & Ann Hampton Callaway
12. Dream with Me - Glory Crampton
13. Seasons of Love - Michelle Nicastro
14. These Are the Good Times - Laurie Beechman

Average customer rating: Hungarian Folk Music

Folk Inspirations Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Enescu, Georges | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | 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 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004W3JE Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

1. Hungarian Pictures, Sz97: 1 An Evening In The Village
2. Hungarian Pictures, Sz97: 2 Bear Dance
3. Hungarian Pictures, Sz97: 3 Melody
4. Hungarian Pictures, Sz97: 4 Slightly Tipsy
5. Hungarian Pictures, Sz97: 5 Swineherd's Dance
6. Hungarian Folkdance Suite, Op. 18: I Allegro risoluto e ben marcato
7. Hungarian Folkdance Suite, Op. 18: II Andante poco sostenuto - Allegro con fuoco
8. Hungarian Folkdance Suite, Op. 18: III Andante poco sostenuto - Pesante, poco maestoso
9. Hungarian Folkdance Suite, Op. 18: IV Presto
10. Romanian Rhapsody In A Major, Op. 11 No. 1: Modere - Tres vif
11. Romanian Rhapsody In D Major, Op. 11 No. 2: Lent - Vite

Customer Reviews:

Hungarian Folk Music.......2005-10-10

Chandos has compiled 3 works from previous CD's to create one theme CD called Folk Inspirations, achieved with great success.

The CD begins with Bela Bartok's Hungarian Sketches or Pictures. Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly wandered around the countryside of their homeland with nothing but a notebook and a primitive phonograph recorder to record folk songs and traditions. Bartok, and Kodaly, used the melodies, harmonies, and dance rhythms from their tour and put them into their classical musical language. Hungarian Sketches are slices of Hungarian peasant life. Some are re-orchestrated piano works, but all are based on folk songs or dances. Perhaps more transparent than the rest of the works on this CD, each movement is quaint, often humorous, successfully capturing peasant life in Bartok's musical language. You can also find a successful rendering of this work including other complementary Bartok pieces with Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

If the Hungarian Pictures are the appetizer of the CD, the two Romanian Rhapsodies by Enescu or Enesco, are the dessert. Both are rather popular in the classical music world, the first especially so. The first rhapsody features clarinet, oboe, and growling viola in the slow opening, which opens into the famous Tres vif. Neemi Jarvi takes the fast section at breakneck speed, yet never loses control. The second rhapsody is more lugubrious than the first, but utterly shimmers with folk harmonies and modes.

The crux of this CD is Leo Weiner's Hungarian Folkdance Suite. This is one of the most exciting works I own, and just stumbled upon it by purchasing this CD on a whim. The first movement slaps you in the face with blazing horns and huge orchestra hits, followed by a developed Hungarian melody and a return of the brilliant beginning. Movements 2 & 3 open up with a modal clarinet invocation, but both move into a very exciting scherzo/fanfare for the 2nd, and the 3rd into a heavy march with a melody evocative of Kodaly. The fourth movement opens with screaming strings, the movement progresses into a breathless fashion, never dwelling longer than nessecary, and always providing a twist in harmony and rhythm.

Neemi Jarvi really gives exciting performances with both orchestras represented on this disk to works of the folk-inspired genre. All sections of the orchestra speak well and play with great virtuosity; warm textures abound and instruments bite when nessecary. Jarvi rarely langors, but moves the music along, ocassionally stretching out for an off-kilter folk dance feel. This CD is mid-priced and highly recommended, just for the Weiner alone. But with the addition of the other selections represented here by worthwhile composers of the folk idiom, this CD cannot be passed up.

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Piano Inspirations Manufacturer: Village Square ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Unforgettable Love Songs God and Country Classic Movie Love Songs Collection A Piano Christmas ASIN: B0002Z9UIQ Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
2. What the World Needs Now Is Love
3. I Can Only Imagine
4. You Raise Me Up
5. Make Someone Happy
6. A Moment Like This
7. Hero
8. When You Wish Upon a Star
9. Butterfly Kisses
10. I Believe In You and Me
11. What a Wonderful World
12. Ave Maria

Album Description

Uplifting songs performed on solo piano

Average customer rating: Odd Assortment of Material

Les Inspirations Insolites D'erik Satie Erik Satie , Pierre Dervaux , Louis Auriacombe , Aldo Ciccolini , Mady Mesplé , Andrea Guiot , Andrée Esposito , Danielle Millet , Gaston Lataize , Pierre Bertin , Hubert Deschamps , Joseph-Marie Falcucci , Marie Laurence , Yan-Pascal Tortelier , Orchstre des Concerts Lamoureux Orchestre de Paris , and Orchstre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | 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 General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002S0J Release Date: 1992-04-30

Tracks:

1. Les Aventures De Mercure, 1 tableau: Ov-La Nuit-Danse de tedresse-Signes du Zodiaque... - Orch de Paris/Pierre Dervaux
2. Les Aventures De Mercure, 2 tableau: Danse des graces-Fuite de Mercure-Colere de Cerbere - Orch de Paris/Pierre Dervaux
3. Les Aventures De Mercure, 3 tableau: Polka des lettres-Nouvelle danse-Le chaos-Finale - Orch de Paris/Pierre Dervaux
4. Socrate, 1 partie: Portrait de Socrate (Le Banquet) - Danielle Millet
5. Socrate, 2 parte: Bords de I'llissus - Andrea Guiot
6. Socrate, 3 partie: Mort de Socrate - Mady Mesple
7. Messe Des Pauvres (Oeuvre posthume): Kyrie eleison - Chor Rene Duclos/Gaston Litaize
8. Messe Des Pauvres (Oeuvre posthume): Dixit Dominie - Chor Rene Duclos/Gaston Litaize
9. Messe Des Pauvres (Oeuvre posthume): Priere des Orgues - Chor Rene Duclos/Gaston Litaize
10. Messe Des Pauvres (Oeuvre posthume): Commune qui mundi nefas - Chor Rene Duclos/Gaston Litaize
11. Messe Des Pauvres (Oeuvre posthume): Chant Ecclesiastique - Chor Rene Duclos/Gaston Litaize
12. Messe Des Pauvres (Oeuvre posthume): Priere pour les voyageurs et les marins en danger de mort... - Chor Rene Duclos/Gaston Litaize
13. Messe Des Pauvres (Oeuvre posthume): Priere pour le salut de son ame - Chor Rene Duclos/Gaston Litaize

Tracks:

1. Gymnopedie No.1 - Orch Societe Cons Conservatoire/Louis Auricombe
2. Gymnopedie No.3 - Orch Societe Cons Conservatoire/Louis Auricombe
3. Genevieve De Brabant - Mady Mesple/Jean-Christopher Benoit/Pierre Bertin
4. Les Pantins Dansent - Orch Cons Lamoureux/Aldo Ciccolini
5. Le Piege De Meduse - Pierre Bertin/Hubert Deschamps/Joseph-Marie Falcucci/Marie Laurence
6. Choses Vues A Droite Et A Gauche - Yann-Pascal Tortelier/Aldo Ciccolini

Customer Reviews:

Odd Assortment of Material.......2007-05-30

One of the dangers of spelunking through the more remote corners of musical genres and composers is that in spite of the best intelligence, sometimes the urge to explore something totally new turns up a dud. Now, I'm not saying Erik Satie is a poor or inconsequential or weak composer. It's just that this particular album does nothing to warm me to his music or encourage me to listen to it again. It's an odd collection of very different types of material, none of which quite matches my picture of Satie as a musical innovator. There are things which sound like conventional stage music and other pieces which sound like liturgical movements, and still others which are spoken word (French). This album won't turn me off Satie, but it will make me much more careful in selecting the next album of his works.

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Classic Inspirations Manufacturer: Golden Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Nonets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Boccherini | Boccherini, Luigi | ( 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 Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( 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 Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ponchielli | Ponchielli, Amilcare | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Spohr | Spohr, Ludwig | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Carl Stamitz | Stamitz, Carl | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music National Philharmonic Orchestra London | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00013D5DA Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

1. Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 "Italian": I Allegro Vivace - The London Symphony Orchestra
2. Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 2 in D Major: III Allegro
3. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale": V Allegretto - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Orpheus and Eurydice, Suite: Overture
5. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: II Andante - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
6. German Dance in C Major - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
7. Symphony No. 3 "Rhenisch" in E Flat Major, Op. 97: IV Solemn
8. Aria Italiana - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
9. Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 - The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tracks:

1. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": IV Molto Allegro - London Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No.2, In a Major: III Rondo ...
3. Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6/12: II Allegro - George Egger, , Andreas Schmidt,
4. Concerto Grosso in a Minor, Op.6/3: IV Polonaise Andante - Anna, , , , Ludovit Kanta
5. Nonet in F Major, Op.31: I Allegro - Hermann Herder, Susanne Lautenbacher, , , ,
6. Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish": I Vivid
7. Peer Gynt Suite No.2, Op.55: Abrabian Dance - Slovak Philharmonic
8. Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op.48: IV Finale Andante, Allegro
9. Dance of the Hours - London Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Symphonic No. 73 in D Major, Hon 1/73 "La Chasse": IV Presto (La ...)

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Society of Composers, Inc.: Inspirations Manufacturer: Capstone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005TQ5G Release Date: 2001-11-27

Tracks:

1. On Poems Of John Keats: On The Grasshopper And Cricket - James Curnow
2. On Poems Of John Keats: O Solitude! - James Curnow
3. On Poems Of John Keats: Fancy - James Curnow
4. Sketches For Silvano - Judi Silvano
5. Surface Inventions: I. Mobile - Daniel Koppelman
6. Surface Inventions: II. Persistent - Daniel Koppelman
7. Surface Inventions: III. With Restraint - Daniel Koppelman
8. Surface Inventions: IV. Mercurial - Daniel Koppelman
9. Surface Inventions: V. Extremely Subdued - Daniel Koppelman
10. Surface Inventions: VI. Frenzied - Daniel Koppelman
11. Another Reunion - Steven Everett
12. Liam-Hiong - Dizi
13. ...And Every Island And Mountain Were Moved From Their Place... - Jack Sutte

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Inspirations Manufacturer: Independent, Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CADDCU Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

1. Autumn Leaves
2. Night And Day
3. Rain Waltz
4. Turn Out The Stars
5. Spring Is Here
6. If Ever I Would Leave You
7. You've Changed
8. My Funny Valentine
9. Waltz For Debby

Meditation Music:

1. Remembrance
2. Romance Volume Six
3. Sacred Drums (for the Shamanic Journey
4. Sacred Gateways
5. Sanctus
6. Sedona Sun
7. Serenity Rush
8. SGB0032 Female Super Stars (Karaoke CD&G)
9. Sing The Hits of Sarah Brightman, Linda Eder, & Charlotte Church (karaoke)
10. Sing the Songs of Celine Dion: New Awakenings (karaoke)

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

Aux Armes et Cætera [Import]

In My Sky at Twilight

Guitar Town (Remastered)(Bonus Track) [Original recording remastered]

Music: Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 2 - Clavier-Ubung Part III -

Giornata Nera Per L'ariete [Soundtrack]

Hella Deep [Explicit Lyrics]

Ec Was Here

Get It While You Wait [CD-single] [Import]

Collection Dansez, Vol. 7 [Import]

Gaetano Donizetti: The Complete Piano Duets

Ege Bamyasi

Doro No Michi [CD-single] [Import]

Fearless [Explicit Lyrics]

Virtuosity of Bassoon, Vol.1 - Valery Popov

Classic Julie Classic Broadway