Terror Audio [Import]

Terror Audio [Import]

Track Listings

1. Please Lord

2. By The Flag

3. Fear Dotgov

4. Day Of Torment

5. Gunshell Revenge

6. Right Hand Servant

7. On Bleeding Knees

8. Deviant

9. Ten Times The Pain

10. Absolute Hate

11. Die Now!

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Evildoer was Formed in 2004 by Johan (Guitars) and Agge (Drums) with the Intention of Doing Something that Incorporated Several Extremes of the Metal Scene Into the Bands Music. Later Martin (Guitars) and Simon (Bass) were Recruited to Fill in the Line-up. Andy from Gothenburg Death-thrashers "Within Y" was Convinced to Join the Band on Vocals. Their Debut Album was Recorded in Famous "Berno Studio" Malmö, Sweden with Producer Berno Paulsson. Their Music Spans from Total Chaotic Grind Parts to Melodic Choruses, Political and Society Based Lyrics Weaved Together in an Extreme Statement of Aggression!

Tracks:

Overture
Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire!
Thou, God Most High, And Thou Alone
The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh
Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!
Behold, By Persia's Hero Made
Well May They Laugh/Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul
Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief
Dry Thoes Unavailing Tears
Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem/Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates
Now, Tell Me, Gobrias
Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
Can You Then Think It Strange
Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known
My Friends, Be Confident
All Empires Upon God Depend
Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!
Rejoyce, My Countrymen
Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!

Tracks:

Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!
For You, My Friends
The Leafy Honours Of The Field
It Is The Custom, I May Say, The Law
Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command
They Tell You True
Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!
By Slow Degrees The Wrath Of God
See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!
You See, My Friends, A Path
Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near
To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!
Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire
Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?
Call All My Wise Men

Tracks:

A Singony (Allegro Postillions)
Ye Sages! Welcome Always To Your King/Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes
Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!
Oh King, Live For Ever!
No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be
Yet, To Obey His Dread Command
Oh Sentence To Severe!
Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!
You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace
Oh Glorious Prince!
Alternate Hopes And Fears
Fain Would I Hope
Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?
My Hopes Revive
Bel Boweth Down!
I Thank, Thee, Sesach
A Martial Symphony
To Pow'e Immortal My First Thanks
Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias
Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow
Say, Venerable Prophet
Tell It Out Among The Heathen
Yes, I Will Build Thy City
I Will Magnify Thee

Customer Reviews:

ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES.......2005-06-19

One question I might find among the more difficult in my life would be - which is my favourite Handel oratorio? I suspect that my answer would generally be 'the one I heard most recently', and that, as I write this, is Belshazzar. It is a magnificent thing, a heavenly thing. It has taken me longer than it should have to come to an appreciation of what makes Handel the phenomenon - as a genius, as an artist, as a craftsman - that he is, but I am comforted to reflect that no less a genius than Haydn, at the age of nearly 70 gaining a more thorough knowledge of Handel in performance, was driven to say that he felt a mere apprentice. In his sense of how to pace a dramatic narrative, in his instinct for how to use the human voice in song and above all in chorus, in the matchless flexibility and adroitness he displays at word-setting and in the audacity of his melodic and harmonic effects I can think of nobody who can approach Handel on his own terms.

Belshazzar was not a great success at the box-office, although this may have had more to do with difficulties in the casting than because it was deemed insufficiently biblical for oratorio, which seems to have been the fate of Hercules. It seems to me to be perfectly well described as oratorio in other ways too, with (for one thing) the extensive use of the chorus that we find in, say, Samson but not in Hercules. The one passage that cries out for visual effects is of course the apparition of the moving finger itself. Even here the composer can go a long way with sheer power of suggestion, by the strange unaccompanied violin figure creeping upwards and the frightened brevity of the vocal numbers. Otherwise for me Belshazzar is as much an oratorio as Samson is. It has the same librettist too, the crusty and formidable Jennens, who had also collaborated with Handel on Saul and on Messiah itself. Jennens' full text is not provided, but I think if you read the synopsis first and then follow the work from the headlines to each number you will have no difficulty in catching the words, so clear is the enunciation by soloists and chorus alike. As usual, Handel was driven to make alterations to the score for practical reasons. He had been a little concerned about its length, roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes in this performance, but where he wishes to be expansive he gives us full measure - two arias in Act I scene 4 take well over 7 minutes each. The liner-essay (a good one, by Anthony Hicks) goes into the issue of the version of the score used here, and I personally have no problem with it.

I have no faults to find with the performance in any way. Pinnock is an established specialist, the instruments are period instruments and vocal cadenzas at the end of the arias are kept minimal. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, James Bowman and David Wilson-Johnson are tried and trusted Handel singers and at their best here, and Nicolas Robertson and Richard Wistreich in the smaller parts are every bit as good. The part of Cyrus is a soprano part, taken by Catherine Robbin, and when I thought I heard just one touch of strain in `Destructive War' in the final scene she makes up for it instantly in her superb duet with Arleen Auger in the following number. Auger as Nitocris the mother of Belshazzar has the biggest part, and she covers herself with glory all the way through.

The recording is perfect, and when I saw an aria entitled `Destructive War, thy limits know' near the end I felt a sharp sense of irony in the year 2005. Cyrus, Handel, Jennens, you should all have been living at this hour.

Enjoiyable, but lacking, too........2004-08-16

This 3CD set of George Frederic Handel's (1685-1759) "Belshazzar", from Archiv Production, a division of Universal Music, is proof again that transfer from vinyl to tape to disc brings with it improvements in listening that make the purchase a worthwhile addition to anyone's listening library. Written in 1744, "Belshazzar" is an oratorio in the operatic style that is wonderful oratorio, but lacking the true depth one expects to hear in an opera. London opera audiences of Handel's day agreed, as both "Belshazzar" and Handel's other offering of the period in the same style, "Hercules", were not terribly successful. Instead of the scheduled 24 performances only 16 were given and Handel never offered a full season of oratorio again. The Libretto by Charles Jennens (1700-1773) is, as the production notes say, meant "not only to show the fall of Babylon but to show it as a fulfillment of divine prediction and to confirm the biblical testimony by reference to classical history." There's only one problem, as good a quality as the CDs are, it is not possible to follow the full libretto and the accompanying booklet includes no text, which is a shame. I think the listening experience would have been increased immeasurably if one was able to follow the text of what is being sung. Nonetheless the dramatic narrative is fluid and even, and the English Concert and Choir provide nice balance to the less full vocal passages, as in Disc 3s "Oh Glorious prince", cut 10. There is enough of this throughout to keep one's interest, but disappointing if what one expects is another ""Messiah".

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Incredible package and bargain!
The best box set bargain
Down With Lazy Engineers
"the boxed set buy of the year"(so far)

History Of Terror (3CD / DVD)
Hallows Eve
Manufacturer: Metal Blade
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EHQ6LQ
Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

Plunging to Megadeath
Outer Limits
Horrorshow
Mansion
There Are Not Rules
Valley of the Dolls [Instrumental]
Metal Merchants
Hallows Eve
Death and Insanity
Goblet of Gore
Leathal Tendencies
Obituary [Instrumental]
Plea of the Aged
Suicide - Hallows Eve
D. I. E. (Death in Effect)
Attack of the Iguana [Instrumental]
Nefarious
Nobody Lives Forever
Death and Insanity (Reprise)
Mansion [*]
Metal Prisoners [*]

Tracks:

Speed Freak
Sheer Heart Attack
Rot Gut
Monument
Pain Killer
Mighty Decibel
Righteous Ones
No Sanctuary
Hallows Eve [*]
Metal Merchants [*]
Scream in the Night [*]
There Are No Rules [*]
Eighteen [*]
Hallows Eve [*]

Tracks:

Plunging to Megadeath [Live]
Valley of the Dolls [Live]
Suicide [Live] - Hallows Eve
Attack of the Iguana [Live]
Lethal Tendencies [Live]
Evil Offerings [Live][#]
Mansion [Live]
Metal Merchants [Live]
Hallows Eve [Live]
Plea of the Aged [Live]
Horrorshow [Live]
Goblet of Gore [Live]
Nefarious [Live]
Death and Insanity [Live]
Lethal Tendencies [Live]
D. I. E. [Live]
Nefarious [Live]
Horrorshow [Live]

Tracks:

Pain Killer [DVD][Live]
No Sanctuary [DVD][Live]
Goblet of Gore [DVD][Live]
Rot Gut [DVD][Live]
Monument [DVD][Live]
D. I. E. [DVD][Live]
Speed Freak [DVD][Live]
Drum Solo [DVD][Live] - Tom Knight
Mighty Decibel [DVD][Live]
Death and Insanity [DVD][Live]
Valley of the Dolls [DVD][Live]
Metal Merchants [DVD][Live]
Sheer Heart Attack [DVD][Live]
Riff Raff [DVD][Live]
Goblet of Gore [DVD][Live]
Valley of the Dolls [DVD][Live]
Suicide [DVD][Live]
Plunging to Megadeath [DVD][Live]
Horrorshow [DVD][Live]
D. I. E. [DVD][Live]
Attack of the Iguana [DVD][Live]
Death and Insanity [DVD][Live]
Lethal Tendencies [DVD][Live]
Plea of the Aged [DVD][Live]
Metal Merchants [DVD][Live]
Hallows Eve [DVD][Live]
(Intro) Obituary [DVD][Live]
Goblet of Gore [DVD][Live]
Nefarious [DVD][Live]
Valley of the Dolls [DVD][Live]
Suicide [DVD][Live]
D. I. E. [DVD][Live]
Attack of the Iguana [DVD][Live]
Death and Insanity [DVD][Live]
Lethal Tendencies [DVD][Live]
Plunging to Megadeath [DVD][Live]
Metal Merchants [DVD][Live]
Hallows Eve [DVD][Live]
(Encore) Evil Offerings [DVD][Live][#]
(Intro) Obituary [DVD][Live]
Goblet of Gore [DVD][Live]
Plunging to Megadeath [DVD][Live]
D. I. E. [DVD][Live]
Metal Merchants [DVD][Live]
Hallows Eve [DVD][Live]

Album Description

Mandatory box set including all three HALLOWS EVE albums in re-mastered versions, several rehearsals, demos and live recordings, plus a bonus DVD with over 200 minutes of HALLOWS EVE live on stage! 3 CD + 1 DVD (pal region free) for the price of one cd!!!!

Customer Reviews:

Incredible package and bargain!.......2006-11-10

It's pretty amazing to see such a beautiful and comprehensive package like this for a band that never enjoyed a ton of success. Thank you Metal Blade for the effort that went into this - this set is well worth checking out for any fan of old school 80's metal - I guarantee it will be like discovering buried treasure. Hallows Eve could thrash with the best of 'em but what really amazes is how memorable so many of these songs are after all these years - there are endless catchy choruses and musical hooks and hearing them again after 15+ years is a joy.

The live DVD is all bootlegs and of lower quality, but it really gives the vibe of those early years and how hungry hard working bands like Hallows Eve were back in the glory days of a very exciting scene. 4 for the music, 5 for the package.

Would LOVE to see a Nasty Savage package like this from Metal Blade!

The best box set bargain.......2006-07-14

For the price, you can not beat this. All three albums- all of which are great! Plus lots of extra bonus songs and a live DVD- which is a great look back into the day when metal was great.
The only downside is the rehearsal and live tracks are of poor sound- but what do you expect for a bonus rehearsal track?
Buy this- great metal from a band that should have been much bigger.

Down With Lazy Engineers.......2006-07-13

I gotta tell ya: I still think the album Tales of Terror (the first 8 tracks on this compendium) is one of the best albums ever recorded, and that's why I got this boxed set -- so I could get the remasters of that brilliant work. The next two studio albums were okay, not so brilliant. I listened to all of them numerous times as a kid, but anymore it's Tales of Terror alone that does it for me. So I just listened to the remastered version Tales of Terror featured here. Y'know, even when I had piped the cassette into my PC and made a CD out of it, I fixed the stereo fluctuations on the track "Hallow's Eve." (The track leans to one side then pops back to the center twice.) Unfortunately, whoever did this project neglected to correct this error. I hate when they make a remaster and they don't fixed retarded mistakes like that. Boo, lazy engineer! Boo! BTW: The live stuff and demos in this set are for completely insanely devoted fans only. They almost shatter my grandiose image Hallow's Eve -- after worshipping their godlike (though admittedly flawed) debut album then hearing them sound like any other lousy local beer-swilling '80s metal band in some small room full of idiots. This is your final warning.

"the boxed set buy of the year"(so far).......2006-06-10

i'm still fairly new to hallows eve.i heard samples of their stuff over the past few years & planned to eventually purchase a disk or two.anyway i stumbled upon this "History of terror " recently here on amazon.reading the track listings, i realized this set contains every song,from every album(xcluding the recent come back effort)in their original order plus bonus trax,a live disc & a live DVD w/ 45 songs!!all this for just a little more than one of their albums by itsself.at this point my only apprehention was the possibilaty the band had remixed or redone the songs as some from their time have done(Mike Muir,Glenn Danzig,Dave Mustaine).this is a serious turn off for me. anyway i took a chance & was so NOT sorry!! it was better than i hoped it would be.everythings original & remastered,the bonus trax include their first demo tape & two very raw rehearsal tapes from 1984 w/ covers from the likes of Alice Cooper,canadas'Exciter & (ex band for two of H.E.s line up)Warrior.the live cd & dvd contain entire sets & excerpts from 7 shows spanning from 1985 to 88.a previously unrealeased track & an AC/DC cover are thrown into this mix.the inlay books are loaded w/ band history,photos,old flyers oh, & the lyrics!the 4 disc set takes the space of two discs on your shelf.i won't go into detail about the music (basic early eighties thrash metal).you can click on the indivisual albums to read reveiws or sample songs.oh & if anyone from metal blade is reading this ,PLEASE!!! consider SACRED REICH for this awsome boxed set treatment.

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Terror Audio
Evildoer
Manufacturer: Scarlet
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000ARCJ9S
Release Date: 2005-09-19

Tracks:

Please Lord
By the Flag
Feardotgov
Day of Torment
Gunshell Revenge
Right Hand Servant
On Bleeding Knees
Deviant
Ten Times the Pain
Absolute Hate
Die Now!

Album Details

Evildoer was Formed in 2004 by Johan (Guitars) and Agge (Drums) with the Intention of Doing Something that Incorporated Several Extremes of the Metal Scene Into the Bands Music. Later Martin (Guitars) and Simon (Bass) were Recruited to Fill in the Line-up. Andy from Gothenburg Death-thrashers "Within Y" was Convinced to Join the Band on Vocals. Their Debut Album was Recorded in Famous "Berno Studio" Malmö, Sweden with Producer Berno Paulsson. Their Music Spans from Total Chaotic Grind Parts to Melodic Choruses, Political and Society Based Lyrics Weaved Together in an Extreme Statement of Aggression!

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Some Uncommon but also Delicious Mancini

Henry Mancini

Manufacturer: Delta Camden
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Second Time Around
Moon Talk
Old College Try Cha-Cha
High Time
Tiger
Fanny
Love Music
Frish Frosh
My Cousin from Naples

Tracks:

Theme from "The Great Imposter"
'Till There Was You
Bluesy
Tender Is the Night
In a Mellow Tone
Shot in the Dark
Fluter's Ball
Kelly's Tune
White on White
Mild Blast

Tracks:

Shadow of Paris
Dream of You
Powdered Wig
Sidewalks of Cuba
Playboy's Theme
Castle Rock
Swing Lightly
Tequila
Everybody Blow!
Far East Blues
Moanin'

Customer Reviews:

Some Uncommon but also Delicious Mancini.......2000-03-26

I think it is very difficult to find something bad within all Mancini output. Here you'll find delicious Mancini although it is not the expected material when you buy a box set of supposedly great hits. Unquestionably it's Mancini and even if you have to double some tracks from other CDs you may already own, I recommend the selection sequence balance.

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Advocating pouring acid on gay men

Just Ragga
Various Artists , Red Dragon , Buju Banton , Cutty Ranks , Cobra , Powerman , Simpleton , Terror Fabulous , Joseph Stepper , and Mad Cobra
Manufacturer: Charm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Live Together - Cobra
Do Bogle Dance - Red Dragon
Batty Rider - Buju Banton,
Wife
G. C. T.
Belly Come - Capleton
Gal a Wah So - Powerman 5000
Make Hay - Capleton
Chatty Chatty - Tony Rebel
Ah No Nu-Un - Ridla
Woman Yu Nice - Cobra
Matey a Talk - Cobra
Gal Fi Bek - Buju Banton,
Move You Body - Buju Banton,
Disappear - Cutty Ranks
Open Up - Cutty Ranks

Tracks:

Gun Fanatic
Me a Go Ride - Ninjaman
Dem a Tan - Papa San
Eye Nuh See
Mi Did Have It - Grindsman
Batty Rider a Kill Man
Pum Pum Shorts - Joseph Stepper
Good Love - Capleton
Dip Him - Tumpa Lion
Bust Wey
Life Fi Live
Who She - Nardo Ranks
Kebba You Mouth - Grindsman
All Fruits Ripe - Little Lenny

Tracks:

Boom Bye Bye
Step Aside - Ninja Ford
Clap Dance - Red Dragon
Miss. Kill & Bury - Powerman 5000
Protein, Vitamin & Mineral - Galaxy P
Tickie
Butterfly - Admiral Bailey
Action - Nadine Sutherland, Terror Fabulous
Broke Wine Butterfly - Daddy Screw, Terror Fabulous
Hands on Lover - Dennis Brown,
Don't Touch the Coke - Cobra
Racists
No Retreat - Terror Fabulous
Diseases

Tracks:

Wicked Dickie - Buju Banton, Nadine Sutherland
Position - Terror Fabulous
Cock Up and Ride - Jigsy King
Yu Body Good - Red Dragon
Sound Boy Killing - Mega Banton
Mr. Want All Leroy Smart - Mega Banton,
Chat Dem a Chat - Louie Culture
Murder Weapon - Echo Minott
Fat and Buff - Mad Cobra
Operation Ardent - Buju Banton,
With Compliments - Galaxy P
Drop It Cool - Terror Fabulous
Gal Grudge Yuh - Johnny P.
Gully Rider - Daddy Screw

Customer Reviews:

Advocating pouring acid on gay men.......2004-12-05

If you like homophobic murder music, you'll love this! Banton advocates killing gays and lesbians in a number of songs, and is wanted for questioning in the attack of six gay men.
His song Boom Bye Bye talks about shooting gay men with Uzis as well as pouring acid on their heads. "Burn him up badly, like you would burn an old tyre wheel"

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Little Evil Things, Vol. 1
Frank Macchia & Tracy London
Manufacturer: Little Evil Things
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00066FMIS
Release Date: 2000-08-15

Tracks:

Transformation
Little Evil Thing
Quiet Child
It's After Me!
Parasites

Product Description

Take a trip with us the the darkest side of horror you can imagine. Award winning film composer Frank Macchia and writer Tracy London have created a new concept in terror, inspired by the classic hoor radio shows of the 1940's. They have created a series of short horror stories on compact disc combined with modern music and sound design immersing the listener in an imaginative, horrifying experience that is spellbinding.

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Terror Audio
Evildoer
Manufacturer: Season of Mist
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FOPPPQ
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

Please Lord
By the Flag
Feardotgov
Day of Torment
Gunshell Revenge
Right Hand Servant
On Bleeding Knees
Deviant
Ten Times the Pain
Absolute Hate
Die Now!

The Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) [Box Set]

Average customer rating:

There were greater talents.
This Is No Lesson in Economics...
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT ITS MOST EXPENSIVE (AND BEST)
It's actually not so expensive
A Superb Reissue

The Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) [Box Set]

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001O2XZ
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Amazon.com

A retail price of $1,600 for a box set? Granted, it's not something most of us can afford. But, for piano buffs and fans of Artur Rubinstein, this mammoth limited-edition 94-CD set might be an investment to consider. For starters, BMG has collected all of the approved studio recordings of Rubinstein (including 200 or so that have never been on CD) and added a handful of previously unreleased recordings and some interviews. The lot has been remastered for this collection using the latest technology (RCA's disc-and-a-half Highlights sampler actually showcases some of the more dramatic remasterings)--a good thing, when you consider that many of these master tapes have a lifetime's worth of surface noise. You get a lavishly illustrated book with essays and photographs and a nice case to store the works; everything but the credit plan is included, really. Of course, it's up to you to decide whether you want 706 recordings of 347 pieces played by the same great pianist. And, though owning Rubinstein's three complete cycles of Beethoven's concertos might sound tempting, will you really listen to each of them? Probably not, but if you need 'em, here they are. (His Chopin cycles, on the other hand, you will listen to repeatedly!) It's easily one of the most impressive and comprehensive box sets that classical music has seen: a true career overview with excellent remastering and handsome packaging that reflects the collection's price tag (unlike some box sets that are just that: CDs in boxes). Do you need it? Probably not. Will you want it? You bet. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

There were greater talents........2005-05-30

I must confess that I hate Rubinstein's sound as a pianist, but his dedication and verve were notable. Think though of Claudio Aurru's gifts, remarkable... I feel that to love Rubinstein one must love a world of safe emotional borders and sameness; sorry A.R fans. jb

This Is No Lesson in Economics..........2004-10-10

It is a natural tendency when reviewing items in this price-point to contemplate cost-effectiveness first and foremost. Considering that CDs have no nutritional value and cannot keep kids off crack, I am uncomfortable recognizing, much less crossing, some line in the sand where space ordinarily reserved for record-reviews must yield to amateur musings on the evils of conspicuous consumption or macroeconomic conceptions of social justice. Let's assume for the moment that this box set is free, removing from our purview the materialistic thrill or global economic blight one might seek and/or wish to stave off in purchasing it.

Rubinstein's "official" recorded output is astounding. It spans 5 decades, and encompasses significant forays into the oeuvre of dozens of composers. Though technique is generally expected to decline with age, few pianists live to be 96 years old. Rubinstein the pianist and Rubinstein the musician reached their highest collective summit when Rubinstein the man was well into his 60s. The "late-bloomer" aspect of his career places a considerable quorum of his most polished recordings squarely within the stereo era. Some of this material had made its way onto CD prior to this release, most notably his Chopin. Unfortunately, Rubinstein's well-deserved public acclaim as Chopin's supreme torchbearer unjustly limits his reputation along "expresio unius est exclusio alterius" lines. For example, though Rubinstein chose to record only a small handful of Beethoven sonatas, it is doubtful that one might hear them better played, even by his Beethoven specialist contemporaries Schnabel and Kempff. Rubinstein also ardently championed French and Spanish music, and is said to have loved performing Brahms most of all. This release places many of his most accomplished recordings before the ears of the listening public for the first time since their original release on vinyl.

I am frequently intoxicated by the earliest recordings from the 30s and 40s. Some of them, like his first traversal of the Chopin scherzi, are bite-your-nails-til-they-bleed thrilling. On the other hand, the initial limitations of the recording process required this (and every) pianist to make bothersome compromises with respect to tempi and dynamics at times. Ultimately, it comes down to personal taste. I am more consistently drawn to Rubinstein the wise-master than Rubinstein the young Turk.

RCA invested undisclosed sums of time and money into restoring, remixing, and remastering all of the recordings for this release. Some of the earlier recordings have been available on CD for quite some time (e.g. Chopin's Op. 28 Preludes, the Ormandy/Philadelphia Grieg concerto). Despite the intervention of acoustical restorationist-par-excellence Ward Marston, the remastering undertaken in the course of this project has not dramatically improved the sound on these releases. Short of traveling several decades into the past and placing more sensitive microphones in more strategic locations, there was probably little else that could have been done. Marston's brilliance is far more obvious in restoring to near original luster many deteriorating tape recordings from the late 40s and early 50s. The stereo recordings also sound fuller.

I am pleased with my purchase because having access (and, most importantly, having listened to) all of these recordings is a moving experience. It allows me to contemplate this extraordinary artist as a man, whose performance is inevitably colored by the accumulation of experience, the expanding flexibility of the recording process, the onset of maturity, and (perhaps sadly) declining physical powers. There are multiple recordings of most pieces in this collection, but I rarely find it difficult to cull a favorite among them. At this point, I play some of the records frequently, and others rarely. If your aim is to hear Rubinstein at his best, this set provides the resources you need to make what are at turns obvious, and others hopelessly personal choices. This set includes detailed (and mostly newly written) liner notes for each record as a well as an engaging hardcover book providing no fewer than 3 complete indices to the recordings (by date of recording, Composer, and Volume number). The box itself is a work of art, looks stunning on a shelf, and never requires polishing. Most of the 81 volumes are sold separately, and have been made available for download on the Apple Music Store.

While I will not claim that Rubinstein's interpretations are equally effective, I cannot think of any other pianist, now living or forever deceased, who could approach such a broad repertoire with the unwaivering technical finesse and prophetic musicianship evident in the bulk of his recorded output. If you never see the likes of a "Rubinstein Collection" on the shelf again, do not dismiss it as another textbook illustration of price elasticity. To do so is to dwell on on the vagaries of consumerism when the more important issue is that the next Rubinstein may never be.

CLASSICAL MUSIC AT ITS MOST EXPENSIVE (AND BEST).......2003-05-30

You have two choices: Starve the kids or skip the mortgage payments for a month or two. How else can you afford this 94 (!) disc set that captures every studio recording the classical icon ever recorded. Trust us: The kids are fat enough.

It's actually not so expensive.......2001-06-06

Provided you have the time, listening to this collection not only helps you better appreciate Rubinstein's supreme talent but also gives you some idea of his unfolding genius--how his technique and interpretation changed through the years. There's enough room in music for every kind of interpretation, as long as you take the music first, and all the interpretations Rubinstein offered are interesting. Of course this set is expensive, but it's nearly 100 CDs plus liner notes, so the price is not that bad. Besides, if you decide to really listen to this set the way it deserves, it's going to be years before you buy another CD.

A Superb Reissue.......2000-04-30

A friend of mine was able to aquire the Rubinstein Collection and I have been borrowing from it liberally.

RCA deserves to be commended on going the extra mile and releasing ALL of the authorized Rubinstein recordings, well organized and superbly remastered in this comprehensive edition. Hopefully, RCA will also release the individual volumes for those who are not completists or who simply cannot afford the entire set. True, this set is at full price. A source who was connected with this reissure has told me that RCA planned to issue the set at mid price, but the cost of this mammoth edition went far overbudget--and the full price was dictated by their production costs. Certainly, the money was well spent. The ramastering, particularly in the earlier recordings, must be heard to be believed. The packaging, documentation, and liner notes are all first class.

It is fascinating to trace Rubinstein's evolution as an interpreter--from the devil-may-care early days through the mature recordings of the 1950s, into the 1970s, when his playing on record tended to be a bit cautions.

Tracks:

Moon River
Pink Panther Theme
Peter Gunn Theme
Days of Wine and Roses
Mystery Movie Theme
Baby Elephant Walk
Theme from "Love Story" (Where Do I Begin)
Theme from "The Thorn Birds"
Sweetheart Tree
Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet"
Dear Heart
Theme from "Cade's County"
Charade
Shot in the Dark
Evergreen
Magnificent Seven
Penny Whistle Jig

Tracks:

Midnight Cowboy
Theme from "Shaft"
Windmills of Your Mind
Secret Love
Mr. Lucky
Experiment in Terror
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
Theme from "Hatari!"
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Untouchables
Shadow of Your Smile
Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Mona Lisa
All His Children
Portrait of the Beatles Medley: A Hard Days Night/And I Love ...

Tracks:

Theme from "Molly Maguires"
Godfather (Theme)
Moonlight Sonata
Big Noise from Winnetka
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Love Theme from "Airport"
That Old Black Magic
Pie-In-The-Face Polka
Unchained Melody
As Time Goes By
Two for the Road
Summer Knows
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Misty
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Gigi
Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
Medley: Days of Wine and Roses/Moon River/Charade/Cameo for Flute

Album Details

Three CD Set of 50 Tracks from One of the Most Consistently Popular Theme Composers of the 20th Century.

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Terror Audio

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ASIN: B000B6KQNO
Release Date: 2005-09-20

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