Power Play [Import]

Power Play [Import]

Power Play [Import]

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1. Anything You Want, You Go
2. Enough Is Enough
3. If You See Kay
4. What If We Fall In Love
5. What If We Fall In Love
6. Waiting On A Miracle
7. Ain't Got Your Love
8. Blood Money
9. Tell Me Why
10. Runners In The Night

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Originally Released Through Capitol Records in 1982, this is the 1998 Imported Reissue on the Aquarius Label. Features Much Power-Pop-Metal Tunege, I.e. "Waiting for a Miracle", "Enough is Enough" and Eight More.

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Release Date: 2002-12-03

Tracks:

  1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
  2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
  3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
  4. Hungarian Dance No.7
  5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
  6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
  7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
  8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
  9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
  10. Csardas Music
  11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
  12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
  13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
  14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
  15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
  16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
  17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
  18. Tzigane
  19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
  20. Caprice No.24
  21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
  22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
  23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
  24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
  25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
  26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
  27. The Violin Muted
  28. Clair De Lune
  29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
  30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
  31. The Pizzicato Violin
  32. Pizzicato Polka
  33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
  34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
  35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
  36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
  37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
  38. Hungarian Dance No.4
  39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
  40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
  41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
  42. Bolero
  43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
  44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
  45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
  46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
  47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
  48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
  49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
  50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
  51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
  52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
  53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
  54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
  55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
  56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
  57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
  58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
  60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
  61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
  62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
  63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
  64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
  65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
  66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
  67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

  1. Introduction To The Viola
  2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
  3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
  4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
  5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
  6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
  7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
  8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
  9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
  10. Cypresses (No.9)
  11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
  12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
  13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
  14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
  15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
  16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
  17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
  18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
  19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
  20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
  21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
  22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
  23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
  24. Elfentanz, Op.39
  25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
  26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
  27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
  28. Flamenco
  29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
  30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
  31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
  32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
  33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
  34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
  35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
  37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
  38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
  39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
  40. Capriccio Di Bravura
  41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
  42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
  43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

  1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
  2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
  3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
  4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
  5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
  6. Sa'Dawi
  7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
  8. Chamber Music No.II
  9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
  10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
  11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
  12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
  13. A Variety Of Techniques
  14. Chamber Music No.II
  15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
  16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
  17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
  18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
  19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
  20. Naelden, Naelden
  21. The Bachian Oboe
  22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
  23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
  24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
  25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
  26. The Swan Of Tuonela
  27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
  28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
  29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
  30. Bolero
  31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
  32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
  33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
  34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
  35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
  36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
  37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
  38. ...And Quite Low.
  39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
  40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
  41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
  43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  44. Introduction To The Saxophone
  45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
  46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
  47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
  48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
  49. Bolero
  50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
  52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
  53. Sax-O-Phun
  54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
  55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
  56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
  57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
  58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
  59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
  60. Bolero
  61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
  62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
  63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
  64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
  65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
  66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
  67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
  68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
  69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
  70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
  72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
  73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
  74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
  75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
  76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

  1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
  2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
  3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
  4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
  5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
  6. Fanfare For The Common Man
  7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
  8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
  9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
  10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
  11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
  12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
  13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
  14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
  15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
  16. Billy The Kid
  17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
  18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
  19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
  20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
  21. The Birth Of The Trombone
  22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
  23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
  24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
  25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
  26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
  27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
  28. Hosannah
  29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
  30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
  32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
  33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
  34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
  35. The Horn And The Hunt
  36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
  37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
  38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
  39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
  40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
  41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
  42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
  43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
  44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
  45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
  46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
  47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
  48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
  49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
  50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

  1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
  2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
  3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
  4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
  5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
  6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
  7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
  8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
  9. Den Hoboecken Dans
  10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
  11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
  12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
  13. Gymnopedie No.2
  14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
  15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
  16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
  17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
  18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
  19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
  20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
  21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
  22. The Birth Of The Bongo
  23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
  24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
  25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
  26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
  27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
  28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
  29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
  30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
  31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
  32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
  33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
  34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
  37. Ravel And The Xylophone
  38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
  39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
  40. Introducing The Vibraphone
  41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
  42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
  44. Folk Dances
  45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
  46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
  47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
  48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
  49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
  50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
  51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  52. Introducing The Celeste
  53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
  54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
  55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
  56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
  57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
  58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
  59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
  60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
  61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
  62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
  63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

  1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
  2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
  3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
  4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
  5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
  6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
  7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
  8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
  9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
  10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
  11. Mahler's Sleighbells
  12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
  13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
  14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
  15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
  16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
  17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
  18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
  19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
  20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
  21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
  22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
  23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
  24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
  25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
  26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
  27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
  28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
  29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  30. Nocturnes
  31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
  32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
  33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
  34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
  35. The Oboe As Duck
  36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
  37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
  38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
  39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
  40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
  41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
  42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
  43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
  44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
  45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
  46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
  47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
  48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
  49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
  50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
  51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
  52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

  1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
  2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
  3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
  4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
  5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
  6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
  7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
  8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
  9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
  10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
  11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
  12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
  13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
  14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
  15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
  16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
  17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
  18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
  19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
  20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
  21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
  22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
  23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
  24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
  25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
  26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
  27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
  28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
  29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
  30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
  31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
  32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
  33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
  34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
  35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
  36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
  37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
  38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
  39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
  40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
  41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
  42. Canzon 28
  43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
  44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
  46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
  47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
  48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
  49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
  50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
  51. Images (Gigues)
  52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
  53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
  54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
  55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
  56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
  57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
  58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

5 out of 5 stars Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

5 out of 5 stars Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

3 out of 5 stars Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
Power Play
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Here's Where The Wine Starts To Go Bad...
  • Two good tracks, two medium, rest - filler
  • As good as Nature of the Beast!
  • Great Early 80's Hard Rock
  • This is the ONE
 Power Play
April Wine
Manufacturer: Aquarius Music
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000006SI6
Release Date: 1998-06-30

Tracks:

  1. Anything You Want, You Got It
  2. Enough Is Enough
  3. If You See Kay
  4. What If We Fall in Love
  5. Waiting on a Miracle
  6. Doin' It Right
  7. Ain't Got Your Love
  8. Blood Money
  9. Tell Me Why
  10. Runners in the Night

Album Details

Originally Released Through Capitol Records in 1982, this is the 1998 Imported Reissue on the Aquarius Label. Features Much Power-Pop-Metal Tunege, I.e. "Waiting for a Miracle", "Enough is Enough" and Eight More.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Here's Where The Wine Starts To Go Bad..........2006-07-25

What happened? "First Glance" gave us a fresh taste of a more aggressive April Wine, "Harder...Faster" improved on that formula, and "Nature Of The Beast" was the best vintage of Wine yet. "Power Play" not only knocked the momentum out of April Wine's upward growth, it disappointed a lot of their fan base. For a band that once declared "I Like To Rock," the performances here suggest otherwise. "Enough Is Enough," the first single, is a nice attempt to regain some radio airplay, but after that, the album is littered with unmemorable tunes. In addition to the band's tepid performance on "Power Play," Goodwyn sounds like he's run out of ideas lyrically, to the point where the band's second single, "If You See Kay" gained more notority from what the title sounded like (say it real fast) instead of the song itself. And that's sad, because April Wine was on their way to becoming more successful than they turned out to be. This album was the reason they never got there.

2 out of 5 stars Two good tracks, two medium, rest - filler.......2005-01-12

This was definitely a disappointment for the fans - after two really good records they got this piece of ... hmm ... vinyl. "Anything You Got..." is great fast number. "If You See Kay" is original and very entertaining - an attentive listener will surely immediately notice the naughty wordplay but even without it the song is catchy and extremely listenable. But that's where the fun stops. "Enough is Enough" is decent rocker and "Waiting on a Miracle" is more or less OK but the rest is pretty uninspired.

5 out of 5 stars As good as Nature of the Beast!.......2004-09-07

Sadly April Wine's follow up to The Nature of the Beast, 1982's Power Play is only available as an important. I believe that by 1986 Power Play hadn't even gone gold, but I dont' see why it wouldn't have sold as much as The Nature of The Beast, other than Capitol records lack of promotion. Anyway, Anything YOu Want, and Enough is Enough(the hit single)open the album. Followed by If You See Kay. The quality of the songs is out of this world, I just can't believe that the album bombed. This is much better than a lot of that crap out there today. It's such a crime that this is only available as an important. Capitol should reissue this and make a two for one with The Nature of the Beast album.

5 out of 5 stars Great Early 80's Hard Rock.......2004-05-16

This cd was April Wine's 1982 follow up to their very successful Nature Of The beast cd form 1981. This cd is great,but not quite as awesome as Nature of The Beast. The music is melodic hard rock with 3 electric guitars and great vocals produced by Mike Stone and lead vocalist/guitarist Myles Goodwyn.There are 2 ballads out of the 10 songs on the cd and 8 rockers. The stand out songs are the two hit singles; ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and IF YOU SEE KAY(WHICH CREATED A STIR IN 1982 WHEN PEOPLE TRANSLATED THE TITLE TO A 4 LETTER WORD),RUNNERS IN THE NIGHT,ANYTHING YOU WANT YOU GOT. The songs are not as hard rockin' as there 70's albums,but still sounds pretty good to me.

5 out of 5 stars This is the ONE.......2001-06-23

I've heard thier stuff, this is still my fav... It's early but, this is A W , don't care what ya say. . Trks. 1 - 3 ? . HOT! . . #6 . Wow ! . . My Fav. Trk. ? . # 9 . . Tell Me Why , . (She's Mine!) . . . Buy It Man ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hey! If you See KAY . . . . . . . .
Johnny Bush - 14 Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Good album
  • Texas Honky Tonk At Its Best
  • serious honky tonk
  • Johnny Bush 14 Greatest Hits
  • What a Talent!
 Johnny Bush - 14 Greatest Hits
Johnny Bush
Manufacturer: Power Play
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003ONP
Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

  1. Undo The Right
  2. You Gave Me A Mountain
  3. Each Time
  4. City Lights
  5. Jim, Jack, And Rose
  6. You Ought To Hear Me Cry
  7. Lonely Street
  8. I'll Be There
  9. Warmth Of The Wine
  10. What A Way To Live
  11. My Joy
  12. You'll Never Leave Me Completely
  13. She Just Made Me Love You More
  14. Put Me Out Of My Memory

Amazon.com

Honky-tonk crooner Johnny Bush is a country music icon in his home state of Texas; to the rest of the world, he is a minor figure with a couple of charting singles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As evidenced by the 14 treasures included here, the Lone Star folks know exactly what they're talking about when it comes to Texas honky-tonk. Bush's spectacular, almost operatic voice tears into these tunes as if his life depended on it, imparting them each with a palpable sense of pain and longing. Most of these cuts are from Bush's successful late-1960s tenure with little-known Stop Records, and the arrangements stick mostly to whining fiddles and steel guitar. Bush deserves wider recognition from country music aficionados in general, but if you're going to be a local country legend, Texas is certainly the place to do so. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Good album.......2005-11-07

Johnny Bush is probably one of the more "remote" names heard in Country Music......and that is a real shame. He is overshadowed by Ray Price, and I will opine that I think Ray is a far better singer (especially his Cherokee Cowboy days). But, Johnny is an excellent performer and if you like the late Nashville Sound "era" or the later Ray Price, you'll enjoy this album. There are two really fine numbers here: "You Ought to HEar Me Cry" and "Warmth of the Wine". I'd have to say that these two numbers define Johnny Bush's voice and showcase his talent. I admit I was hesitant to buy this CD simply because the label appears to be something from TV's "Kay-Tel" recordings; but this is very well produced and superbly recorded.

5 out of 5 stars Texas Honky Tonk At Its Best.......2003-06-05

All I can say is move over Ray Price!!![.] This collection of Johnny Bush's Greatest Hits puts anything Ray Price has done under the table real fast!!![.] Bush has a voice that is almost beyond belief. As another reviewer has already said there isn't a bad track on this album. It is worth every cent you pay for it. The sound quality on this CD is excellent. If you like good old fashioned country music in the Texas Honky Tonk style, this one is a winner!!![.]

5 out of 5 stars serious honky tonk.......2002-03-16

serious honky tonk fans, you ought to pick this disk up. if you like ray price, webb pierce, faron young, then you'll like this one, and the price is right on.

5 out of 5 stars Johnny Bush 14 Greatest Hits.......2001-03-16

I've listened to a lot of country music over the years and owned a lot of albums. 14 Greatest hits is by far the best album I've ever owned. Top to bottom, there's not a bad one in the bunch. Enjoyable for listening, dancing or anything else.

4 out of 5 stars What a Talent!.......2000-07-31

This is a very enjoyable collection of Johnny Bush's recordings. There are a few oversights, like the omission of My Cup Runneth Over and several others, but hearing Bush's astonishing performance on Undo the Right is something not to be missed. Bush was a member of Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys for a number of years and, like Darrell McCall, is one of his proteges. He learned well from the master, but Bush can be more fearless with a lyric than Price and is willing to go where even Price would fear to tread. And, hey, I'm not even from Texas, but hail from New York!
D.I.Y.: Come Out And Play - American Power Pop (1975-78)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent CD compilation featuring DIY punk rock and power pop bands
  • Great primer on 70's power pop
  • The Second Best Power Pop Collection Ever
  • Hanging on the CD!!
 D.I.Y.: Come Out And Play - American Power Pop (1975-78)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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ASIN: B0000032YM
Release Date: 1993-02-16

Tracks:

  1. Shake Some Action - Flamin' Groovies
  2. Baby It's Cold Outside - Pezband
  3. Hanging On The Telephone - The Nerves
  4. Wayside - Artful Dodger
  5. Hit The Floor - Earthquake
  6. Can't Wait - Piper
  7. When You Find Out - The Nerves
  8. The Summer Sun - Chris Stamey
  9. Blow Yourself Up - Tommy Hoehn
  10. My Mind - The Scruffs
  11. Why Can't It Be - The Names
  12. Southern Girls - Cheap Trick
  13. All Kinds Of Girls - The Real Kids
  14. Come Out And Play - The Paley Brothers
  15. Where Have You Been All My Life - Fotomaker
  16. Stop! Wait A Minute - Pezband
  17. Christi Girl - The Flash Cubes
  18. Tired Of Waking Up Tired - The Diodes
  19. I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent CD compilation featuring DIY punk rock and power pop bands.......2005-05-25

A note of trivia, the artwork cover to this CD release features The Nerves, a band who existed from 1974-1977 and recorded the original version of Hanging On The Telephone later covered by Deborah Harry and Blondie. From left to right you can see Jack Lee, Paul Collins (The Beat) and Peter Case (The Plimsouls). This is one of the greatest CD compilations and is packed with more songs than most standard albums would contain. This is one of the few CDs where you can actually find full songs from The Nerves and this will have to suffice until Paul Collins can re-issue The Nerves to CD and vinyl in 2007. This disc features other legendary bands in addition to The Nerves, including Cheap Trick, Fotomaker, Chris Bell (of Big Star), The Scruffs, The Real Kids, Pezband, Chris Stamey, Artful Dodger and The Flashcubes.

5 out of 5 stars Great primer on 70's power pop.......2003-09-19

Rhino records is a godsend to fans looking to learn more about a musical genre. Every genre they tackle is chronicled lovingly and contains a great mix of obscure gems and popular classics. The D.I.Y. series views late 70's punk-styled music in 9 volumes, separated by region and musical style. There are 4 "pop" collections, 2 each for the U.S. and the U.K. The U.S. collections are less stylistically varied but considerably more fun and tuneful, since British pop often goes over my head (see: XTC, for starters, who I am starting to love). This collection covers the "early" years of US power pop, 1975-1978, which means it misses the Raspberries and Big Star but still gets many of the major players. Very highly recommended, snag this while its around!

Best Tracks:
"Shake Some Action" - Stones meets Beatles anthem. One of the Groovies' best and that's saying something, this has a great chorus and some tidy guitar work.
"Wayside" - Big Star acoustics give way to something that's equal parts power pop, hard rock, and pure genius rock and roll.
"Hit The Floor" - More great guitar and a booming mix make this Earth Quake's best original. The most raw and rocking song here, it's a song just waiting to be discovered by bar bands everywhere.
"Can't Wait" - Why are the Piper CD's out of print? Billy Squier's best work was done with this unknown band, and this track is nearly perfect.
"Blow Yourself Up" - Off-kilter drum work and Tommy Hoehn's alternately strong/shaky voice showcase this shoulda-been-a-classic.
"Why Can't It Be" - The Names are one of the totally unknown bands on this compilation and this was a fine single. Wild drumming and very Eric-Carmen vocals, the liner notes slam the production, but it's great for a 70's indie.
"Come Out And Play" - Cheesy? Yes, but this song has such great hooks that it's a worthy power pop song by anyone's standards. Better than today's teen pop by far.

5 out of 5 stars The Second Best Power Pop Collection Ever.......2000-08-01

Bless Rhino's heart for compiling this gem. Flamin' Groovies, Nerves, Artful Dodger...terrific! But the long lost nugget of this CD is Chris Stamey & the dbs' "Summer Sun". Released as an indie single, it was backed with what I deem the most influential indie pop song of the era, "I Thought You Wanted To Know". Reminiscent of Big Star, this little masterpiece is available only on Vol. II of the American Power Pop series, "Shake It Up", which has been sadly deleted from Rhino's catalog. The #1 best power pop collection of all time, "Vol. II" deserves to see the light of day again. I myself would give just about anything to find a copy...can anybody out there help me out?

5 out of 5 stars Hanging on the CD!!.......1999-05-07

Bravo, Rhino!! That is a huge selection of a very funny times for power pop. It is plenty of jewels and gems (please Rhino, we want a Nerves discography re-edition!) like probably one of the best songs ever made: "I am the Cosmos" of the Big Star most unknown half Chris Bell, or the Flamin' Groovies masterpiece "shake some action" from their self named LP...best recomended!!
At Play with the Playmates: Golden Classics
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Wow - Who'd a thunk it?
  • Ummmm....what?
  • Great stuff
  • Look for the Unexpected
  • Which Beep Beep Is This?
 At Play with the Playmates: Golden Classics
The Playmates
Manufacturer: Collectables
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ASIN: B0000008S8
Release Date: 1991-11-25

Tracks:

  1. Jo Ann
  2. Let's Be Lovers
  3. Don't Go Home
  4. The Way I Died
  5. While The Record Goes Around And Around
  6. Beep Beep
  7. Your Love
  8. Star Love
  9. What Is Your Love?
  10. First Love
  11. Wait For Me
  12. Little Miss Stuck Up

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Wow - Who'd a thunk it?.......2004-06-20

I found this album's link on a Worst Album Covers site, and upon reading the reviews was shocked to discovered that I know a Playmates song. "Beep Beep" was a standard on Dr. Demento's playlist back in the 70's. That sort of says it all.

1 out of 5 stars Ummmm....what?.......2004-06-16

Good lord... you gotta be kidding me. After listening to a few of the sample cuts on this site, it is no wonder I have never heard of the Playmates. Go buy Freak Out from the Mothers of Invention and save the Playmates for the squares.

5 out of 5 stars Great stuff.......2003-11-15

Dude, this is some of the better yet least known 50s music you'll ever find. "What is Love" and "Joanne" are hugely underrated among that genre. Let's not even get into "Beep, Beep" which also is way cool.

4 out of 5 stars Look for the Unexpected.......2003-10-30

The Playmates are, unfortunately, best known for their "hit" Beep Beep. They say in Latin "Non es Disputendum" or there is no arguing about tastes. Well sorry to say that I find "Beep Beep" an insufferably annoying novelty song. So how does a CD featuring a song that I find thoroughly obnoxious earn four stars? That's because if "Beep Beep" is everything bad about an era, the Playmates song "Wait For Me" is everything that's good about their era. "Wait For Me" features lovely vocal harmony and skilled arrangement unheard in today's popular music. Unlike the rediculous "Beep Beep" and it's little mash Rambler challenging a Cadillac, "Wait For Me" tells an intricate and touching tale. Unlike most story telling songs, "Wait for Me" never lets its lyrics interfer with its music. "Wait For Me" alone is worth the price of the CD.

4 out of 5 stars Which Beep Beep Is This?.......2003-10-06

Beep Beep is indeed a classic. Not sure about the rest. Can someone tell me which "Beep Beep" is on this cd? The one I have, on the "Bop Rock'N'Roll" compilation is bowdlerized into being about a limousine and a bubble car. Rather than about a Cadillac and a Nash Rambler! Ruins the whole furschlugginer thing, if you ask me.
Play With Your Head
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Keep on Playing
  • Falling into Place while Playing with your Head
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  • Listen to this album more than once!
  • Cool!
 Play With Your Head
Candy Butchers
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000063120
Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

  1. Worry My Dome
  2. My Monkey Made A Man Out Of Me
  3. You Belong To Me Now
  4. Ruby's Got A Big Idea
  5. Tough Hang
  6. Baby, It's A Long Way Down
  7. It's A Line
  8. I Let Her Get Away
  9. My Heart Isn't In It
  10. Make No Mistake
  11. Call Off The Dogs

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Keep on Playing.......2003-11-29

Power-pop hasn't sounded this good in a long time. Not since Matthew Sweet told us about his girlfriend in the mid-90's has something this authentic and energetic been released. Candy Butchers' newest disc, Play With Your Head, will undoubtedly make my year-end top ten list, and it's only January. Front-man Mike Viola got attention for singing in the film That Thing You Do, but his vocals here are more reminiscent of Steven Tyler than Tom Hanks or Joaquim Phoenix. "My Monkey Made A Man Out Of Me" is an ethnic-tinged romp in the sack while the dark Beck-esque "My Heart Isn't In It" fills the post-Midnite Vultures void. "It's A Line" is one of the smarter tracks on the album playing with rock clichés turning "restless thoughts into bad poetry," as "Make No Mistake" and "Call Off The Dogs" shows the more acoustic side to Viola. Hopefully they can get their own club tour going and won't become just another opening act for Lifehouse. Play With Your Head is the first great disc of 2002.

4 out of 5 stars Falling into Place while Playing with your Head.......2003-01-05

Candy Butcher's second outing is a bit darker than the first. No song pops out like "Hills of L.A." from the "Falling Into Place" CD. But the CD does hang together as a cohesive whole. "I'm a mess, let's take a trip to the stip mall," he sings as Viola's guitar insurgently pulses and Mike Levesque pounds the drum skins on "Worry My Dome." Recalling George Harrison, Indian sitars intro the rocker "My Monkey Made a Man Out of Me." It is apparently a tongue-in-cheek celebration of a drug dependence, "I was looking for a cure without a disease." "You Belong to Me Now" slows to midtempo with a bright pop sound & perky melody. "Ruby's Got a Big Idea" hits territory somewhere between "Rocky Racoon" & "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." "Tough Hang" references George Harrison's "Little Piggies" on a smoking track that seems to be about a guy hanging out with his ex & her new man. The cover art has Mike Viola sitting in a theatre; and on the slow "Baby, It's a Long Way Down" he sings, "In the end it's not how you played; it's what you find while sweeping up the stage." "It's A Line" is an electric rocker that contemplates how time dulls the dreams of younger years. When I first played this CD with my wife in the car, "I Let Her Get Away" came on. When Mike sang, "Looks like one of the seeds I have sown spread inside of her like mold on the cement basement floor where I laid her down," she objected strongly to comparing a baby to mold. The sharpness of the lyric cuts against the pretty pop melody. "My Heart Isn't In It" sounds like a ghostly science fiction theme with a rap chorus and almost works for me when the surf guitar reverbs. The highest achievement, albeit a sometimes difficult one with porno star references contrasted with impotence, is the gorgeous "Make No Mistake" which shows Mike Viola to be a passionate singer, "Fade in your past crashes in waves on the lawn; fade out your last laugh lasts a little too long." The CD concludes with the lullaby, "Call Off the Dogs." "Play With Your Head" challenges the listener. While Viola may not get a gold record with this approach, it is excellent in its reach and inventiveness. U snooze U lose!

4 out of 5 stars Keep the Band Name.......2002-11-22

Even though Mike Viola's name has been taken off the marquee, this so-called group remains a vehicle for his songs, singing, and sonic ideas. And this time he has come up with a much more solid and consistent piece of work than his/their last album. Still rejoicing that the British invaded us back in the Sixties and several times since, Viola has put together a satisfying mix of up-tempo rockers and particularly strong ballads. Viola's hook-laden ditties are filled with clever word play and presented in his attractively raspy voice. There are still a couple of tracks that don't try hard enough and a couple that try too hard, but there's enough good stuff here to make us go back and re-evaluate that first album.

4 out of 5 stars Listen to this album more than once!.......2002-07-31

I admit, I bought this album because the comparisons to Elvis Costello, the Beatles, and Brian Wilson. Basically any album that illicits comparison to Brian I am sure to buy. The first time I listened to this album all the way through I was a little dissappointed. Consistent, yes, but nothing stuck out. The voice (his voice is one that every singer would walk on fire for) immediately impressed, of course, but the songwriting was weaker than expected and the album sounds as if made on a shoestring budget. Not in sound quality, but in that it seems as though he had more costly ideas than his label was willing to give in to. I was reading the next day though and the CD was still in my player, so out of sheer laziness I put it on again. This time the songs stuck. Each track revealed itself to be complex and intelligent, particularly in the lyrics. I would have to say every time I listen it gets better and better. It's also refreshing to hear someone with a retro vibe who does not utterly give into to sixties experimentation and pretensions. I would recommend this to any fan of Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and any modern power pop music.

5 out of 5 stars Cool!.......2002-06-21

I recently saw Mike Viola when he came to Chicago as an opening act for Robyn Hitchcock. I heard the acoustic guitar versions of these songs then, and liked them so much I decided to purchase the album. What a surprise that the songs really rock out with the other two members! My 12 year old was at the concert, and I don't think he was much interested then, but he really digs the album with its harder guitar and bass workouts. Plus, what could be cooler than hearing "I want to kiss a suburban girl" as the opening line of the album.
Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Six : Original Television Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great, but no prize
  • Xena;Warrior Princess volume six
  • Great Collection
  • Exceptional
  • A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING
 Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Six : Original Television Soundtrack

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005LMK2
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

  1. With the Angels
  2. Battling Archangles
  3. Go to Them
  4. Body Snatch
  5. Resistence
  6. Gab's Trial
  7. They're Coming
  8. Back from the Dead
  9. She'll Be Here
  10. Callisto in Hell
  11. Way of Pain
  12. Kee Coming
  13. End of Coming
  14. Ring
  15. Valhalla
  16. On a Cow
  17. Up the Rhein
  18. Rhein Maidens
  19. Out of Options
  20. Kiss
  21. Return of the Rheingold
  22. Pas de Deux Femmes
  23. You Will Dance

Tracks:

  1. Sounds of War
  2. To the Rising Sun
  3. Sounds of Life and Death
  4. Snow Falling on Cedars
  5. Burning Higuchi
  6. Die Demon
  7. Reality of Dreams
  8. Xena Vs. Yodishi
  9. Return to Chin
  10. Power of the Book
  11. Secret of the Powder
  12. Haulin' to the North
  13. Mausoleum
  14. It's Over
  15. Love Is a Weapon
  16. United in Love
  17. Joxer the Mighty
  18. Play's the Thing
  19. Woman's a Natural Thing/Miss Known World
  20. Day in the Life
  21. Catching Fish
  22. Up in the Trees
  23. Things in Common
  24. Down the Valley
  25. Neighbor Lady
  26. Smelling Mortality
  27. Chasin' Chickens
  28. Quill Is Mightier
  29. Here Girl
  30. Xena Main Title

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great, but no prize.......2002-03-31

The selections from the Ring trilogy, Friends in need and Fallen Angel were excellent, however, some of the special request such as joxer the mighty, seemed a little bit rushed. Wasn't that song on Volume 2 already? Where was M'Lila's song from Destiny, or the music played During the first Kiss in "The Quest"
The cd has its good points, personally "It's Over" from "THAB" with its haunting melodies portraying the consequences of war.

5 out of 5 stars Xena;Warrior Princess volume six.......2002-01-09

I am so happy that the last and final cd has come out, now my collection is complete. I am very sad for the show ending, but I am glad to still collect things.

5 out of 5 stars Great Collection.......2001-12-25

Well, I have them all by now, but this last one is a great collection, with the added bonus of the music from A Friend In Need.
Just another fine addition to my Xena collection!

5 out of 5 stars Exceptional.......2001-11-30

I am a fanatic and devoted Xenite.I have a huge problem:i can't stop listening to that cd,since the first time i listened to it,which means 1 month!That cd is really exceptional and i think that every true and genuine Xenite should buy it!It's really good!I was moved when i heard the Fallen Angel part.I was passioned when i heard the Ring Trilogy!I was astonishing when i heard the bonus cues that were included,especially the cue from The Quill Is Mightier(fishin part),oh,i was completely satisfied!
Though,there is a complain:i can't understand,why after 6 cd's,the producers don't do a cd including cues like:M'laila's song,the cues from the Bacchaen festival,music from Deja Vou All Over Again,where in the end,Gabrielle says to Xena those wonderful words,or even the scene of the kiss in The Quest!That,i can't understand it!
Last, i believe that whoever likes LoDuca's music style,should buy this cd.
Pay attention to the 22 cue:Pas De Deux Femmes.It is one of a something and whoever remembers what's the scene of this song,will agree with me!Mmmm!

4 out of 5 stars A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING.......2001-11-29

To all truly Xena fans this CD is a must-have but have some lacks... Fun (comedy episodes music) scores destroy the the great combination of FALLEN ANGEL, THE RHEINGOLD TRILOGY AND I FRIEND IN NEED. In the first selections LoDuca creates spectacular high level music good enough to be played in a Symphony orchestra concert. The others selections have easy-to-fill-space western cowboy music instead of put M'Lilas song of DESTINY, Amazon's climbing trees of ADVENTURES IN THE SIN TRADE and NAJARA vs XENA music that would be gladly accepted by us. I doubt the company will launch a next CD but if they'll do this track and another valuable more must be there and the adittion of some famous characters quotes like "I have many skills" from Xena.
George Morgan - 14 Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Look before you buy!
  • 14 Greatest Hits ~ George Morgan
  • An absolute must for any country music fan
 George Morgan - 14 Greatest Hits
George Morgan
Manufacturer: Power Play
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ASIN: B000003ONN
Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

  1. Candy Kisses
  2. You're The Only Good Thing (That's Happened To Me)
  3. Almost
  4. Hello Darlin'
  5. Please Don't Let Me Love You
  6. Precious Memories
  7. He'll Understand And Say Well Done
  8. I'm In Love Again
  9. Sounds Of Goodbye
  10. Room Full Of Roses
  11. This Cold War With You
  12. Lilacs And Fire
  13. Softly And Tenderly
  14. Beyond The Sunset

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Look before you buy!.......2003-09-18

Good news and bad news here.

First the bad. The big named songs here, Roomfull of Roses, Almost, and Candy Kisses are all remakes done for Starday and Stop records in the 1970's.

Now the good. This cd is the only available collection of his Stop and Starday recordings. "Lilacs and Fire, and Sounds of Goodbye" were all chart hits for Morgan. The sound is good and Morgan was always a great vocalist.

More bad news, the packaging is generic. You can usually find this cd in a bargain bin or at a gas station.

5 out of 5 stars 14 Greatest Hits ~ George Morgan.......2002-10-31

Great songs by one of the best singers in the history of country music. Candy Kisses,of course is unforgettable. The bulk of his playtime nowadays is from Candy Kisses, but don't forget the others. Room Full of Roses is equal to Jim Reeves, better in my opinion. Precoius Memories, Beyond the Sunset, Hello Darlin', Softly and Tenderly for example have all been done by others. Maybe more recently or better known, but none equal to George.
His voice has a timbre and tone equal to Eddy Arnold, and more than once I have had to wait for a couple of lines to make sure who was singing. I think he deserves to be held in equal standing with the Tennessee Plowboy, and this Album is all the evidence I need to base my stand upon.
The PRICE is more than reasonable and the music is beyond compare. The only reason I didn't buy one right away is because I needed something for my Christmas list.

5 out of 5 stars An absolute must for any country music fan.......2002-10-31

Great songs by one of the best singers to hit country music.
Candy Kisses,of course is unforgettable. The bulk of his playtime nowadays is from Candy Kisses, but don't forget the others. Room Full of Roses is equal to Jim Reeves, better in my opinion. Precoius Memories, Beyond the Sunset, Hello Darlin', Softly and Tenderly all have been done by others. Maybe more recently or better known, but none have done any of the songs equal to George.
His voice has a timbre and tone equal to Eddy Arnold, and more than once I have had to wait for a couple of lines to make sure who was singing. I think he deserves to be held in equal standing with the Tennessee Plowboy, and this Album is all the evidence I need to base my stand upon.
The PRICE is more than reasonable and the music is beyond compare. The only reason I didn't buy one right away is because I needed something for my Christmas list.
We Came to Play
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B0000025AU
Release Date: 1993-05-11

Tracks:

  1. We Came To Play
  2. Lovin' You Is Gonna See Me Through
  3. Let Me Touch You
  4. Yin-Yang Thang
  5. Share My Life
  6. Bittersweet Soul Music
  7. Am I A Fool
  8. Love Bug
  9. Somewhere Down The Road

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars T of P Horns: the best of the best.......2006-09-06

I used to hang out with these guys in the late 70s S.F. and travelled around the west coast to see their shows. Bruce & Victor Conte were at the top of their game, as was that phenomenal brass section. "Lovin' You Is Gonna See Me Thru" is an excellent cut and of course the title cut is T of P sheer beauty. I highly recommend, if you can get your hands on a copy.

2 out of 5 stars Disappointing For Tower.......2001-06-03

Besides the title cut, which is a Tower Of Power classic, there is not much else on this album that will thrill anybody that likes this group. The song "Yin-Yang Thing" is the only other song on here that's really good Tower. "Share My Life" and "Love Bug" are merely ok, and the rest.....pretty awful.

2 out of 5 stars Disappointing For Tower.......2001-06-03

Besides the title cut, which is a Tower Of Power classic, there is not much else on this album that will thrill anybody that likes this group. The song "Yin-Yang Thing" is the only other song on here that's really good Tower. "Share My Life" and "Love Bug" are merely ok, and the rest.....pretty awful.
Stravinsky: The Flood; Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • release this you crinimals!
  • Terrific Recording! But Dunderheaded DGG Dropped It
  • More please
  • Surprisingly, one of the best albums I recently purchased!
  • breathtaking musicianship
 Stravinsky: The Flood; Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B000001GPK
Release Date: 1995-11-14

Tracks:

  1. The Flood: Prelude: 'Te Deum laudamus'
  2. The Flood: Melodrama: 'In A Worm's Likeness Will He Wend'
  3. The Flood: The Building Of The Ark (Choreography)
  4. The Flood: The Catalogue Of The Animals: 'The Lord Bade That I Should Bring'
  5. The Flood: The Comedy (Noah And His Wife): 'Wife, Come In!'
  6. The Flood: The Flood (Choreography)
  7. The Covenant Of The Rainbow: 'A Covenant, Noah, With Thee I Make'
  8. Abraham And Isaac - A Sacred Ballad: 'Vay'hi ahar hadvarim ha'eleh v'ha'Elohim' ('After These Things God Tested Abraham')
  9. Abraham And Isaac - A Sacred Ballad: 'Vayikakh Avraham et atze ha'olah' ('And Abraham Took The Wood Of The Burnt Offering')
  10. Abraham And Isaac - A Sacred Ballad: 'Vayi sa Avraham et enav vayat v'hineh' ('And Abraham Lifted Up His Eyes And Looked')
  11. Variations - Aldous Huxley In Memoriam
  12. Requiem Canticles: Prelude
  13. Requiem Canticles: Exaudi
  14. Requiem Canticles: Dies irae
  15. Requiem Canticles: Tuba mirum
  16. Requiem Canticles: Interlude
  17. Requiem Canticles: Rex tremendae
  18. Requiem Canticles: Lacrimosa
  19. Requiem Canticles: Libera me
  20. Requiem Canticles: Postlude
  21. A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Reliquary
  22. A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Variation
  23. A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Lament
  24. A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Variation Continued
  25. A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Reliquary
  26. A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Coda

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars release this you crinimals!.......2004-05-13

the insensativity polygram has displayed in the 'oh so causual' dropping of this; possibly the most needed and best modern collection we have of late starvinsky, borders on crinimal recklesness.
sadly, it used to be EMI that we thought of when it came to tactics like this but polygram is quick on the way to catching up in the reputation of wielding the deletion axe.
too, late straivnsky needs all the friends he can get.
every collection in the world of course had the firebird and one can understand igor's late hatred of it.
when stravinsky went 'serial' protestes of 'sell out' were heard everywhere.
but stravinsky was too much the artist to merely be a follower. his exploration into serial music was much like his exploration into post romanticism; he filtered it through his own artisitc sensabilities.
the huxley memeorial may well be the best late stravinsky and here it is beautiflly played.
knussen obviousely relishes the music and all here give their best.
in a field of very crowded beethoven cycles and mozart concertos we desperately need a great recording like this of stravinsky's most ignored period.
thank you polygram accontants for your depth and understanding regarding art.
god, i hate accountants.

5 out of 5 stars Terrific Recording! But Dunderheaded DGG Dropped It.......2003-04-24

My title ought really to have trumpeted what a great job Knussen has done in preparing and recording this music. As a composer himself, Knussen has an unusually acute affinity for this literature, which he takes great pains to bring off accurately.

The Flood is more than merely accurate, though; it is here realized as a flowing dramatic narrative. James Wood deserves great credit for expertly preparing the New London Chamber Choir both in this, and in the Requiem Canticles.

The notion of having the voice of God represented by more than one voice singing (and not in unison), inspired related treatment in Wuorinen's Genesis.

The crowning lament in DGG's having dropped this disc, is the Wuorinen Reliquary, built from sketches which Stravinsky left at his death (and what a testimony to an active musical mind, that he was sketching fresh works at such an advanced age). Wuorinen's piece is a fine achievement, a setting for these sketches, the setting itself skilfully woven, largely out of gestures from other serial Stravinsky works.

Write to DGG; tell them they made an artistic mistake in deleting this item from their catalogue.

4 out of 5 stars More please.......2001-06-29

Despite Stravinsky's reputation as a musical giant of the last century, his later serial compositions often don't get the attention they deserve. So this CD is much appreciated. Without going into the virtues of the CD, which I see other reviewers have amply done, I want to make a different point: It's time we had a new recording of Stravinsky's Threni. Many people say that S's Requiem Canticles is his most successful 12-tone composition. I can't agree. Requiem Can. is too much like a series of independent pieces and not enough like a unified composition. Threni, I want to suggest, is his most successful 12-tone piece. Highly unified, the first chord ultimately ushers in the last. It is a sustained meditation highly focused on a single mood space. Requiem Can. is too much like a compilation of pieces which happen to have some serial links to one another.

My point -- my plea -- is this: If there are any conductors out there listening, please consider recording a new performance of Threni. It's long overdue and would be much appreciated.

5 out of 5 stars Surprisingly, one of the best albums I recently purchased!.......2000-07-07

I hadn't heard the requiem canticles since the 1970's on an old recording, so this is quite a treat. Similar things could be said for the other performances. While another equally outstanding performance of the Variations is currently available by Michael Tilson Thomas, this performance is incredible. Even the Wuorinen piece is a delight-it really does sound like late Stravinsky and works well in its own right. All in all, I'm glad I gave in to a whim and purchased this CD.

4 out of 5 stars breathtaking musicianship.......2000-01-17

At last - late Stravinsky played musically by someone who has lived with this style and assimilated it to its very bones! The Requiem Canticles recieve a stunning performance, finely etched and honed, every detail of its magical sound world precisely observed. The bell effects in the Epilogue are breathtaking - you'd rarely get such unanimity of attack and dynamic perfection in a live performance. Strong solo performances too. The recording on the Stravinsky edition (conducted Craft) was always one of the most disappointing with rough choral intonation and a cactus-y recording, so this is doubly welcome.

The revelation on this CD is the recording of 'The Flood', so often regarded as the Cinderella of Stravinsky's dramatic works. Here this strange hybrid casts a spell, the pictorial moments are beautifully etched. The narration is unobtrusive, if a little 'BBC' and redolent of the schoolroom in quality - the Stravinsky recording (which this undoubtedly supercedes)has a starry line up including Laurence Harvey and Elsa Lanchester which is (understandably) superior. Superlative performances of the Variations - and of 'Abraham and Isaac' - a piece I find totally resistable in every way, you may differ. The Wuorinen piece is interesting and well worth hearing, though any composer must suffer in comparison to the trenchancy and individuality of the best of these late works. Buy, and if you are new to these pieces, start with the 'Requiem Canticles'.

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