One Thousand & One Nights

1. One Thousand and One Nights (Prelude)

2. One Thousand and One Nights

3. Yasmine - Sepehr, Shahin

4. Tears of Fire

5. Middle of the Night - Sepehr, Shahin

6. Mediterranean Dream

7. Persia

8. Cuban Sky

9. Feeling Good Love

10. Body and Soul

11. Natasha

One Thousand & One Nights,Shahin & Sepehr,Higher Octave,Jazz Music,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Relaxation

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Average customer rating: Mantovani Strass Waltzes Excellent Classic Another Gold Record for Mantovani! Beautiful Strings Everywhere!!

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Tracks:

1. Blue Danube
2. Voices Of Spring
3. Roses From The South
4. Emperior Waltz: Emperor Waltz
5. A Thousand And One Nights
6. 'The Gipsy Baron': Treasure Waltz
7. Village Swallows
8. Wine, Women And Song
9. Accelerations Waltz
10. Tales From The Vienna Woods
11. Morning Papers
12. 'Die Fledermaus': Du Und Du

Customer Reviews:

Mantovani.......2007-06-20

How can you go wrong with a mantovani cd

Strass Waltzes.......2007-01-15

The jewel case was cracked. Could not replace because it was a Christmas gift. Very disappointed that the packaging was bad.

Excellent Classic.......2005-09-08

The sound quality is out of this world!! you just want to get on the floor and dance!!

Another Gold Record for Mantovani!.......2003-02-02

This remarkable CD was first released on LP in 1953 and re-released in stereo sound in 1958. It was one of Maestro Mantovani's classic gold records, an enormous favorite then and now. These are the original London/Decca recordings so you will hear the brilliance of the authentic Mantovani sound. To some, it may be hard to imagine today, but this album of Strauss waltzes meticulously orchestrated by the late Mantovani stayed on Billboard's charts for about 60 weeks, reaching as high as #7. For those who cannot get enough of Mantovani LPs on CD, scoop this one up fast and enjoy Vienna through the creative lush sounds created by the world's greatest light orchestra leader.

Beautiful Strings Everywhere!!.......2000-12-12

This CD has strings galore. You'll never hear strings sound so beautiful as on this particular recording of Strauss waltzes. Mantovani and his orchestra have achieved something quite special and lovely. The waltzes have an added lightness to them. Instead of heavy sluggish playing by the strings, you hear a bouncy sheer beauty in the string section---truly the gem of this CD. These pieces were recorded in the late 50's but sound magnificent. The sound that London/Decca was able to create back then was astounding. Highlights (personal favorites) on this disc are of course the Blue Danube, Emporer Waltz, and Du und Du. On top of the great sound, playing, and conducting, you'll get this CD at a bargain basement price.

Average customer rating:

Story Of Johann Strauss In Words And Music Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Story Of Brahms The Story of Tchaikovsky Story Of Chopin In Words And Music Story Of Verdi In Words And Music The Story of Schubert ASIN: B000001KDD Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Blue Danube Waltz
2. Die Fledermaus (The Bat): Overture
3. Pizzicato Polka
4. Singer's Joy Polka
5. Emperor Waltz
6. Vegnugungzug (Pleasure Trip)
7. Voices Of Spring
8. Vienna Blood
9. Accelerations Waltz
10. Stadt Und Land (City And Country)
11. Blue Danube Waltz
12. Roses From The South
13. Blue Danube Waltz
14. Tales From The Vienna Woods
15. Die Fledermaus: Overature
16. Die Fledermaus: Laughing Song
17. Gypsy Baron: Overature & 'Open Roads, Open Skies'
18. A Thousand And One Nights: Overature
19. Emperor Waltz
20. Blue Daube Waltz
21. Tales From The Vienna Woods (Complete)
22. Blue Danube Waltz (Complete)
23. Vienna Blood Waltz (Complete)

Average customer rating: Bellydance workout Easy listening groove with some bass. One Thousand and One Night Fantastic Music Good for background music as well as performance.

One Thousand and One Nights Various Artists Manufacturer: Ark 21 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bellylicious Galactic Caravan: Intergalactic Bellydance Bellydance Overdrive Sa'Iyr a Tribal Metamorphosis (Dig) Tribal Fusion - Yoga Isolations & Drills for Bellydance ASIN: B00008BRDH Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. One Thousand and One Nights (Alf Leyla We Leyla)
2. Where Do We Begin (Hikaya)
3. Move Your Belly
4. Love Night (Leilat Hob)
5. Beginning
6. Sandstorm (Sinbad)
7. One Thousand and One Nights (Alf Leyla We Leyla) [Club Version]
8. Disturb (Izaaj)

Customer Reviews:

Bellydance workout.......2007-07-24

This CD contains a fabulous assortment of high energy bellydance tracks. The music pounds with strong beats and fast rhythms, with a hint of techno flavour. The music is great when you want to workout to arabic music and have a little fun. My favourite tracks include "Where do we begin" and "Love night".

Easy listening groove with some bass........2006-12-02

I enjoyed this album a lot. I'm a percussionist and have been purchasing belly dance themed albums as of late. This album has a lot of what seems to be "live" performances. One can find oneself shimmying to the beat and pulling off a few belly dance basics to the rhythms. I'd even use this album for meditating. It has a very mellow beat with some raspy percussion solos thrown in perfectly. It's got a great "groove" to fall into, which is why I'd use for meditating.

Overall I love this album and would recommend it to others looking for the eastern influences with a nice bass beat. I've heard songs on other albums with a bass overkill. The bass hasn't over blown the songs.

One Thousand and One Night.......2006-11-10

I bought this cd because I saw a tribal belly dance on You Tube using a piece of the music. It's okay, but does not inspire me as much as some CD's. I was trying to find music to do my tribal dancing with. It was a beautiful cheographied belly dance on the you tube! Everyone listens and responds to the music differently, and it is a pretty cd.

Fantastic Music.......2005-02-24

I am very new to this whole world of Middle Eastern Belly dance Music & even though I don't know how to Belly Dance well, I'm hooked on trying, hopefully for the rest of my life, or at least as long as my body will cooperate! I recently bought this CD & enjoy the sounds so much, regardless of if I even were trying to Belly Dance at all! It's excellent & when I do try to practice my moves, there is always a song that fits. Said Mrad is fantastic & I'll definately be looking for more CD's by him. This one is so good, I don't see how any of his other one's wouldn't be!

Good for background music as well as performance........2005-02-08

Some of the songs seem to evoke a mood rather then to get one up & dancing. Those choices are great for performing slower numbers where one would want to use interesting implements such as fire, swords or wings. They are also pretty handy to play before or after a performance to keep the atmosphere going. The drum solo (Disturb) piece is indeed fantastic. Most audience members take notice really quickly when that one comes on!
Overall, a pretty good CD to keep around.

Average customer rating: This is awesome! Awesome CD!! I absolutely LOVE this! Vienna Boys do it again Wow

The Best of the Vienna Boys' Choir (Box Set) Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | 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 Humperdinck, Engelbert | ( 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 Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Johann Strauss Sr. | Strauss Sr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruckner | Bruckner, Anton | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | 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 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 Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Lieder | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Christmas With the Vienna Boys Choir Christmas with the Vienna Boys Choir Angelic Voices: The Best of the Vienna Boys' Choir The Christmas Album: Vienna Boys Choir Luminosa ASIN: B00000IGUW Release Date: 2000-12-06

Tracks:

1. Mass in C major K. 317 'Coronatoin' Mass: I. Kyrie
2. Mass in C major K. 317 'Coronatoin' Mass: II. Gloria
3. Mass in C major K. 317 'Coronatoin' Mass: Ave verum corpus KV 618 - K. 618
4. Requiem KV 626 (Auszuge) - K. 626: Dies irae
5. Requiem KV 626 (Auszuge) - K. 626: Lacrimosa
6. Requiem KV 626 (Auszuge) - K. 626: Agnus Dei
7. Requiem KV 626 (Auszuge) - K. 626: Lux aeterna
8. Ave Maria
9. The Creation: Terzett: 'In holder Anmut stehn'
10. The Creation: Terzett mit Chor: 'Der Herr ist gross in seiner Macht'
11. Locus iste
12. Ave Maria
13. Abendsegen
14. Pueri concinite
15. Messiah: No. 03 Chorus: ' And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed'
16. Messiah: No. 06 Chorus: 'And he shall purify'
17. Messiah: No. 42 Chorus: 'Hallelujah'
18. Messiah: No. 51 Chorus: 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain' - 'Amen'

Tracks:

1. The Blue Danube
2. Annen - Polka Op. 117
3. Walzer - Tales from the Vienna Woods, Waltz
4. Tritsch - Tratsch Polka
5. Village Swallows from Austria
6. Pizzicat - Polka
7. Morning papers, waltz
8. Radetzky - Marsch
9. Thousand and one night, waltz
10. Heidenroslein
11. The Magic Flute: Trio
12. Innsbruck, I must leave thee
13. Aba Heidschi Bumbeidschi
14. Edelweiss
15. Do - Re - Mi

Customer Reviews:

This is awesome!.......2002-12-13

I love this bos set, especially the second one Edelweiss is simply great, it's filled with passion and truly shows the beauty of music.But if you had already bought Ave Maria and Edelweiss please don't buy this one, they are the same, this CD is just perfect!

Awesome CD!!.......2002-06-07

Wow...That was my first word when I listend to this CD.

I like classical numbers more than like traditional songs of
other countries, so the 1st one was wonderful
(Of course as well as the second one.)

When you want to relax, you may choose the 1st one, but
if you want to be excited, choose 2nd one!!

You will feel as if you were out of this world.

I absolutely LOVE this!.......2002-02-20

When I received this album, I found that it was much, much more than I had expected. The angelic, pure, innocent yet DEFINED voices of these boys add the spark to your day. (at least to mine!)

The first CD is absolutely beautiful choral music which is really relaxing. I DO prefer boys' singing to adults, because it just sounds so much better.
When I bought the CD, I wasn't expecting much out of the second CD because I bought it for the first CD's sake, but the second CD turned out to be my real favorite.
Not that I don't adore the first one, but the second one is SO IRRESISTABLY CUTE!! whenever I listen to it, I keep on smiling and going "awww. isn't this cute!"
It is REALLY sweet and fun to listen to. I just LOVE this CDs and want to give 10 stars out of 5, but obviously there are limitations, so..

Well, if you like choral music, you won't regret getting this one.

Vienna Boys do it again.......2001-08-18

Their performance is just superb. If you like classical music. I find this elevating my spirits.

Wow.......2000-09-06

What can really be said about this two CD set except "Wow." The tone quality and emotion contained in the music is incredible, and I don't think there's another boys' choir out there who can match it. The rendition of Schubert's "Ave Maria" alone is worth buying the CD. Amazing. Between the two CD's there is a great variety of music as well, ranging from the soft, sad "Locus Iste," to Johann Strauss' polkas. There is a piece for every mood. These CDs are more than worth the money and rank among the favorites in my collection.

Average customer rating: Love that Octopus! Impressed Instrumental electronic rock at its best Great Album

One Ten Hundred Thousand Million The Octopus Project Manufacturer: Peek-a-Boo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Identification Parade The House of Apples and Eyeballs The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore Start A People Feels ASIN: B0006ZOVGI Release Date: 2004-02-01

Tracks:

1. Exit Counselor
2. The Adjustor
3. All Of The Champs That Ever Lived
4. Bruise
5. Responsible Stu
6. Music Is Happiness
7. Tuxedo Hat
8. Malaria Codes
9. Hold The Ladder
10. Six Feet Up
11. Lots More Stairs

Customer Reviews:

Love that Octopus!.......2006-01-31

I bought this album a couple of months ago and then went to a show in Austin. They're great on cd and excellent in person. They put on a fun show (sorta loungy costumey pinata strange themed) and the fact that they're truly fantastic musicians really comes through on the album and live. My favorite tracks are Exit Counselor and Six Feet Up. And the lead 'singer' (the keyboardist) is really fun to watch in person. If you get the chance, see them live.

The album is completely instrumental dominated by keyboard effects. Sorta like Four Tet. Sorta like Amon Tobin. I don't know Broken Social Scene well enough to comment on them... but you get the idea.

Impressed.......2006-01-29

I just saw this band live last night at Emo's in Austin, Texas. They were opening for Explosions in the Sky. Having never heard their music, I did not know what to expect. I was not disappointed. There is a lot of synth used...guitar and drums. They play loud. I've never heard their CDs, but if you ever get the opportunity to see them in concert, do it.

Instrumental electronic rock at its best.......2006-01-27

I first saw the Octopus Project as an opening band for Trail of Dead in D.C., and I was instantly hooked. Their catchy, instrumental songs got stuck in my head and finally I broke down and bought this album. I wasn't disappointed in the least. If you're a fan of experimental post-rock along the lines of Broken Social Scene, you definitely should check this band out.

Great Album.......2005-02-05

I typically don't listen to much instrumental stuff, but this album is the exception. Perhaps because it still has pieces that qualify as 'songs' rather than just experiments. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of experimentation going on here. It's just that these 'songs' actually elevate themselves above being background noise and become living, engaging pieces of music. Few other instrumental albums accomplish this.

Average customer rating: El mejor Strauss Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas Ormandy Suited to Strauss

Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music 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 Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Sheherazade / Russian Easter Overture ASIN: B00008PX9P Release Date: 2003-04-01

Customer Reviews:

El mejor Strauss.......2004-10-02

Notoriamente incomparable este CD nos entrega lo mejor de Strauss. Es versatil, jocoso, alegre, sereno, majestuoso, pomposo, vibrante y envolvente.
Ormandy llega a un punto de versatilidad increible, no estamos frente a una gran sinfonía, ni mucho menos al mas espectacular de los grandes conciertos, sino frente a los mejores vals de la historia por lo que la orquesta debe hacer lo mejor, es genial, los sonidos espectaculares los matices, la alegria de Strauss por todos lados. La orquesta de Filadelfia se empeña en hacernos disfrutar del genio de Austria al máximo. Vaya a un gran salón y deslicese al compás del vals maravilloso o de una encantadora polka, y si no hay mucho espacio sientese y disfrute de un momento mágico inolvidable. Ormandy y Strauss de lo mejor.

Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas.......2003-05-26

I just bought this CD today and I agree with the previous review. This is a wonderful recording of Strauss' waltzes. I grew up with Antal Dorati's recording of the waltzes. However, I have not been able to find his recordings re-issued on CDs though! I wonder if Michael can let me know where to find the Dorati's Strauss CD? Thanks.

Ormandy Suited to Strauss.......2003-05-19

Stravinsky once said, in one of his "Prince Igor" moments, that Eugene Ormandy was a perfectly good conductor of Johann Strauss. Well his insult was half-right -- Ormandy is a good conductor of Strauss' Waltzes, he just also happens to be a great conductor of everything from Bach to Wagner. I personally feel that almost all of the material Ormandy committed to disc with the Philadelphians during his association with CBS/Columbia/Sony is worth owning, and this CD of Strauss Waltzes is no exception. While I'm not a huge waltz fan (I don't own one of those big Boskovsky Boxed Sets -- not yet anyway), I do have J. Strauss CDs by Bernstein, Dorati, Kleiber, Reiner and Walter, and the Ormandy is just as vibrant and joyous as any of the previously mentioned collections. I guess the one thing that does separate the Ormandy from the others is that it is the only one available at budget line. So with this title, you can waltz through the night and still have enough money left for drinks.

Average customer rating: Another stellar performance by Kleiber and the VPO The Finest Gypsy Baron Overture The Finest J. Strauss Recording - Ever?

1992 New Year's Concert Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Johann Strauss Sr. | Strauss Sr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Carlos Kleiber Conducts Strauss New Year's Concert 2003 New Year's Concert 2005 New Year's Concert (2002) Beethoven: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 7 / Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ASIN: B0000027ZT Release Date: 1992-04-21

Tracks:

1. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
2. Stadt und Land
3. Dorfschwalben aus Osterreich
4. Vergnugungszug
5. Der Zigeunerbaron
6. Tausend und eine Nacht
7. Neue Pizzicato-Polka
8. Persischer Marsch
9. Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
10. Spharenklange
11. Unter Donner und Blitz
12. An der schonen, blauen Donau
13. Radetzky-Marsch

Customer Reviews:

Another stellar performance by Kleiber and the VPO.......2002-06-03

Carlos Kleiber once said that he wanted to be "the next great Strauss conductor after Herbert von Karajan." He's achieved it. This is another amazing performance. The energy is his interpretations is palpable. I'm a huge Strauss fan, and a huge von Karajan fan, but this just might be one of those rare cases of the pupil outdoing the master.

The Finest Gypsy Baron Overture.......2000-05-23

I've heard that when Carlos Kleiber rehearses an orchestra, they get rehearsed thoroughly. Such is the case concerning this timeless recording of Strauss music. The Gypsy Baron Overture is given the best performance I have ever heard, live or on recordings. The opening string passage couldn't have been played any better, even by gypsys themselves. The finesse and clarity that the Vienna musicians play with is remarkable. And if one can unglue themselves enough from listening to the Gypsy Baron more than once, the Thunder and Lightening Polka can easily takes its place. Who else has attempted this polka at such a break-neck speed but has also kept the spirit of the music just as intense? Carlos Kleiber wins here!

The Finest J. Strauss Recording - Ever?.......1999-12-19

As I write (1999), this 1992 performance has become the stuff of legend, and with good reason. Carlos Kleiber, perhaps the premier conductor of his generation, achieved a stupendous feat in grafting his extraordinary musical intelligence to pure, unabashed glee to create what may be the finest single Strauss performance ever. There isn't a single note which doesn't communicate verve, wit, and joy, nor is there a better argument for the case that Johann Strauss, while not a profound composer, was, in his idiom, a GREAT one. (It's interesting to note that the strength of his abilities was perhaps the only thing upon which Wagner and Brahms agreed.)

The Vienna Philharmonic has never sounded better, and the occasion - the 1992 New Year's concert - brings the ultimate Strauss audience to the proceedings as a participant. In short, this is a stupendous recording, and it should serve as a cornerstone of any music lover's collection.

Average customer rating: Definitive Compilation of Strauss Waltzes Best set of waltzes Boskovsky's Secret Good! But... what is in it?

Strauss: An der schönen, blauen Donau Waltz Op314; Kaiser Walzer Op437 Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Strauss: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches Smetana: Má Vlast Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21 Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Furtwangler, Schwarzkopf The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs 2005/06 Edition: The Key Classical Recordings on CD, DVD and SACD, 30th Anniversary Edition (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Dvds) ASIN: B000004244 Release Date: 1995-02-14

Tracks:

1. An der sch blauen Donau
2. Frsstimmen
3. Sphn-Kle
4. Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
5. Du und Du
6. Wein, Weib und Gesang
7. Tausend und eine Nacht
8. Wo die Zitronen bl
9. Liebeslieder

Tracks:

1. Wiener Blut
2. Wiener Bonbons
3. Krleben
4. Morgenbler
5. Dorfschwalben aus terreich
6. Rosen aus dem S
7. Kaiser-Walzer
8. Accellerationen

Customer Reviews:

Definitive Compilation of Strauss Waltzes.......2001-09-30

For many years Willi Boskovsky, concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic, led his orchestra in its annual New Year's Day Concert series. I believe this splendid collection is recorded from many of these concerts, featuring both familiar and lesser known Strauss waltzes. Boskovsky was a superlative technician at the podium, but also one with much emotion, capturing the essence of Strauss' light-hearted music. Those in search of a definitive Strauss waltz collection need look no further.

Best set of waltzes.......2001-09-26

I have had this set for almost 2 -3 years now. This set easily betters most other sets of waltzes I have heard. Highly recommended

Boskovsky's Secret.......2001-09-07

Before purchasing this two-CD set last year ..., I did considerable shopping for the "perfect" Strauss collection. Even at the time of purchase, all the Boskovsky hype left a nagging concern that these pieces might reflect too much Willi and not enough Strauss.

No need for concern. This offering is a treasure.

Part of Maestro Boskovsky's secret seems to be a perfect mix of technique and technicality -- a blend to please the romantic, the purist, and even us music lovers who are a little of both. His conducting reflects feeling and passion but without crossing the line and affecting the integrity of the music.

And the selection is great. Not only do we get the usual "suspects" but some slightly lesser known waltzes as well. Don't miss the energetic performance of Morning Papers, with its memorable brass passages played here to perfection.

Don't worry that it isn't a DDD recording; it's great digital stereo. Besides, it's the Vienna Philharmonic and Boskovsky! Highly recommended.

Good! But... what is in it?.......2000-03-05

I find the selection excelent but I regret that the titles are in German. Unless you speak German there is no way to learn the title of any of the waltz. A real pitty. The 3 stars I give it is because of the lack of English titles.The amazing thing is that the publishing company is British! Bloody mess!

Average customer rating: Great CD!! Favorite Moravian chorales from childhood.

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Tracks:

1. Three Chorales: O Lord In Me Fulfill - O Deepest Grief - What Splendid Rays
2. Three Sonatas: Largo, Allegro, Scherzo
3. Three Sonatas: Largo, Allegro, Allegro
4. Three Sonatas: Adagio, Allegro, Scherzo
5. Communion Hymn
6. Moravian Funeral Chorales: Passion Chorale - Sleep Thy Last Sleep - Passion Chorale
7. The Liturgical Year: Advent - Come Thou Long Expected Jesus - Once He Came In Blessing
8. The Liturgical Year: Christmas - All My Heart This Night Rejoices
9. The Liturgical Year: Passion Week - Go To Dark Gethsemane
10. The Liturgical Year: Easter - Sleepers Wake - I Give Thee Thanks Unfeigned
11. The Liturgical Year: All Saints Day - The Thousand Times Ten Thousand
12. Moravian Chorale Cycle
13. Hosanna
14. O Come, Immanuel; All the World Gives Praises; How Shall I Meet My Saviour
15. Ave Maria
16. To Us A Child Is Born This Night - Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly - Once He Came In Blessing
17. To Us A Child Is Born
18. O Come All Ye Faithful - Angels We Have Heard On High - Hark The Herald Angels Sing
19. Hosanna
20. Prague, 7th C.; Ride On In Majesty; Go To Dark Gethsemane
21. Crucifixus
22. Solemn Intrata
23. Christians Dismiss Your Fear; The Day Of Resurrection; Jesus Christ Is Risen Today; Lyra Davidica
24. Christ Unto Us Has Left An Example

Customer Reviews:

Great CD!!.......2003-08-07

This is a must for all trombonists and music historians!! The sound of these groups is just amazing! Nowhere else can you get a sound like you do with the instruments that these trombonists use. Where else can you hear a contrabass, bass, tenor, alto, soprano, and sopranino trombones all together? A great CD for a historical reference on the trombone also...tromobone chiors are one of the oldest forms of music, and THE oldest perfoming groups in the USA are the Moravian trombone choirs. This CD gives us a rare look into the past of how trombones were commonly used in centuries past, and how the tradition continues today.

Favorite Moravian chorales from childhood........1999-11-20

Trombone choirs! I love them. Everytime I hear this recording, I see again the church of my childhood and the trombone choir standing out in the snow near the front steps playing Christmas chorales during the hour before the Christmas Eve service. Why were they out there a full hour before the service? If you wanted a seat, you had to arrive an hour early, because late comers sat in folding chairs in the cloakrooms, or stood in the back. That church was filled to brimming only on Christmas Eve, because music lovers came from miles away to hear traditional Moravian Christmas music, and where else could one possibly hear it? Some of it is on this recording. The words sung to track 8 are "All my heart this night rejoices...", and that sense of anticipation and pleasure is exactly what Moravians feel as they enjoy a night of great music, sung mostly by the people in the pews, not just the choirs. It's all here. The great songs from Advent, Lent, songs of repentance, forgiveness, joy, for baptising babies and burying old people. When you hear track 19, Hosanna, think of a room full of singers on Palm Sunday, echoing back and forth to each other, the little girls and women singing back to the boys and men. My only criticism is that there are perhaps too many songs in minor keys grouped together. They evoke too much sadness and start to sound like endless dirges. The musical interpretation and masterful rendering of the chorales is absolutely delightful, not only for us who hold all the words in our heads and are singing along, but also for those who will assign their own meaning to the music.

Average customer rating: One Who Loved Sir Robert; eager to see him again I may be musically challanged but.... Good selection of pieces, uniformly flat performances Standard Shaw

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Tracks:

1. Prologue (Excerpt)
2. Agnus Dei - Donna Carter
3. Kyrie - Edith Wiens
4. Hallelujah
5. Bless The Lord, O My Soul
6. Sanctus
7. Te Deum Laudamus (Excerpt)
8. Et In Terra Pax
9. Suscepit Israel
10. Pie Jesu - Judith Blegen
11. Libera Me (Excerpt) - Susan Dunn
12. Regina Coeli - Christine Brewer
13. Benedictus - David Gordon
14. Rex Tremendae
15. Finale - Heidi Grant Murphy

Amazon.com

This sampler, which appeared in 1997, features Robert Shaw, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and its associated choruses in selections from some of the choral-orchestral blockbusters they recorded for Telarc between 1979 and 1993, in consistently excellent sound. Shaw's unrivalled mastery of this repertory shines through in every selection on the disc, not least in the excerpts that frame the program: the final pages of the "Prologue in Heaven" from Boito's Mefistofele, and the towering conclusion of Mahler's Symphony No. 8, both magnificently done. Just one warning: after listening to this, you're likely to find yourself hurrying back to buy the recordings of the complete works. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

One Who Loved Sir Robert; eager to see him again .......2006-06-30

If anyone goes back into that memory of nostalgia...It is easy to create good reminders of seeing, hearing and singing with Sir Robert Conducting JS Bach, Berlioz, Brahms, Mozart, Poulenc, Schubert and Vivaldi!

When anyone hears once again Donna Carter, Edith Wiens, Judith Blegen, Susan Dunn, Christine Brewer, Dawn Upshaw and William Stone it is a totally unforgetable Moment! Upon more keenly intense listening I found similarities in the voices of Edith Wiens...Judith Blegen and Donna Carter. In fact, I can exchange the songs of Donna, Edith and Judith without being sure of which is the right soprano. That is almost equal to the voice of Susan Dunn! The last two Sopranos, Christine Brewer and Dawn Upshaw are different qualities with a bit more variety of color and depth! Shaw had a masterful taste in choosing the right soprano for each demand and challenge!

When one dwells upon Shaw Favorites with CD's of "Deep River & other SPIRITUALS, Christmas with Robert Shaw, surely, CHORAL MASTERPIECES and Johannes Brahms GERMAN REQUIEM...what else is THERE?

No other Choral Inflence has been seen greater than upon Donald Neuen, Craig Jessop or Norman MacKenzie! SING-Cerely, "Revi" Fred W Hood

I may be musically challanged but...........2002-10-23

This is one of those recordings that would have a hole worn in it from overuse if CD's were capable of getting holes from being used. This is the most used CD in my entire collection. I love it! It picks me up when I am down and it quiets me when I am high. It send shivers down my spine and sets my heart pounding. In short, it does everything a good CD is supposed to do. I don't want to listen to an hour of the same piece. I am entirely content listening to the highlights. As I said before, I may be musically challanged, but this CD is my favorite.

Good selection of pieces, uniformly flat performances.......2000-07-27

This is a collection of choral selection from previous Telarc recordings featuring the Robert Shaw Chorale and the Atlanta Symphony. Recording dates range from 1979 to 1993.

It's a great cross-sampling of (mostly) Romantic-era choral pieces, the choral singing is as usual impeccable, and it's a great group of soloists.

As these excerpts are from some of my very favorite pieces of music, I kept wondering why I wasn't more enthusiastic about this compilation.

Part of the problem is hearing the music in excerpts (a movement here, an aria there) is pretty frustrating. Entering smack in the middle of the last movement of Mahler 8, it can take you a while to get your musical bearings.

I'm also not wild about most of the interpretations, many of which struck me as kind of flat and uninspired (the Verdi Requiem and the Mahler 8 stick out in my mind). Suffice to say I didn't learn anything new about any of the pieces on the album, and in every case there is a recording of the work I like much better. (Except the Cavalleria rusticana excerpt, which I really liked, go figure.)

Bottom line: if you're not familiar with these works, and want a good (and very well-performed) cross-section of Romantic choral pieces, give it a listen. But then do yourself a favor and buy complete and more inspired versions of the pieces you really like.

Standard Shaw.......2000-05-29

Like all of Shaw's recordings, this one is once again up to standards. A great assortment of selections from the religous works of many artists.

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