Concert for the Earth [Live]

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Product Description
Recorded live at the General Assembly of the United Nations on World Environment Day, 1984, this album features a "reunion Consort" of twelve including Susan Osborn and Jim Scott, with the 80-voice Back Bay Choral. During "Wolf Eyes," 2,000 people joined in what was most likely the UN's first howl-along chorus.

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Concert for the Earth [Live]

The Science Fiction Album
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The penultimate collection ...

Muisic of the Spheres

The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection

SciFi Album gift

Away From to be a Collectible Peace

The Science Fiction Album
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Fantasy Album

ASIN: B000066HE5
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Aliens
Sound Effect - The Nostromo
Alien
A.I.
Armageddon
Sound Effect - Apollo 13 Lift-off
Apollo 13
Back To The Future
Battle Beyond The Stars
Battlestar Galactica
The Black Hole
Contact
Capricorn One
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Dune

Tracks:

Galaxy Quest
Sound Effect - Dogfight in Space
Enemy Mine
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Heavy Metal
Independence Day
E.T.
Judge Dredd
The Last Starfighter
Lifeforce
Sound Effect - Crash Landing
Lost In Space
Mars Attacks
The Matrix
Predator
The Right Stuff

Tracks:

Moonraker
Robocop
Silent Running
Sound Effect - Alien Organism
Species
Stargate
Starship Troopers
Starman
Star Trek - TV Theme
Star Trek: The Motion Picture End Title
Klingon Attack
Sound Effect - Warp Drive
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Tracks:

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Sound Effect - Transporter Crew
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Theme
Star Trek First Contact
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Sound Effect - Battle Stations
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - The Flag Parade
Anakin's Theme
The Adventures of Jar Jar
Duel of the Fates
The Time Machine
Things to Come
The Thing From Another World
War of the Worlds
When Worlds Collide
Total Recall
You Only Live Twice
Superman

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The penultimate collection ..........2006-12-07

Generally I agree with Strategos in his ecstatic Spotlight Review above. It is a joy to here some of the most memorable themes and cues from some of the most memorable science fiction and fantasy movies (re)recorded in great sound and in lavish (re)orchestrations, played by renowned classical orchestras, namely the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, no less.

I have always had a weak spot for (good, or maybe even intelligent) science fiction/fantasy and film music, especially its way of evoking mystery, grandure and wide open spaces. Call it a weakness if you want. But it was maybe really kick started off, for as far as I can remember, with Star Trek. But especially Star Trek II, III and IV - essentially a trilogy - because of their very romantic but very warm, human core, set on the broadest canvasses of unlimited and mysterious outer space. But then there was the music for adding that essential extra dimension of emotion and atmosphere. I am happy that much of the music on this album is from the Star Trek series and films, often equaling or sometimes even outclassing the original recordings.

This kind of music (for the movies) should be seen as an art on its own rights with its own merits and qualities. As such, the musical sequences on these CD's are a beautifully played cross section of some of the most evoking orchestral music for science fiction/fantasy film ever created. And I very much like the nicely blended, wide and deep orchestral soundpicture with enough reverberation to evoke a sense of wide open spaces.
I am quite thrilled by tracks like the evocative music from Dune, truly transporting one to the vastly sands of Arrakis (the music is wonderful, but to my great regret I think the movie itself is a flawed masterpiece at best, alas.). And then there is the very different, goofy music for Ghostbusters (memories of childhood), the spoofy but electrifying music from Mars Attacks (lovingly parodist music, this, with not a little touch of irony) and the happily adventurous, forward driving Theme from Galaxy Quest ('Never give up, never surrender!'), now also used for the internet-based fan-series Star Trek: The Hidden Frontier. On the other side of the spectrum we have the atmospheric music for Enemy Mine (an underestimated 'little' movie), the Theme from The Right Stuff (actually science FACT, not fiction, this film, just like Apollo 13, of course), the eerily attractive music for Species, the original End Title for Alien (not used in the theatrical version of the movie, where it was replaced by music from howard Hanson's Second Symphony), the exquisitely exotic music for Stargate, the sweet and warmly sympathetic, beautifully re-orchestrated, theme for Starman, the title cue for Star Trek: TOS (much more melodiously played than the original! If only a series nowadays could continue to be as thought provoking and as original as Star Trek was during its launch, fourty years ago ...) and a truly overpowering End Titles Suite from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. I especially like the thrillingly grandiloquent rendition here of the music for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. And how nice it is to hear the (thematic) similarities between James Horner's music for The Wrath of Khan, his great break-through as a film music composer, and his (two years) earlier music for Battle Beyond the Stars (which did indeed help him earn the job for writing the music for Star Trek II) ...

But on the 'down side', if one is looking for - for example - the gorgeously expansively played End Titles from Cocoon, it is not included here: one has to acquire the album that 'kicked it all off', so to say, namely 'Space and Beyond', also on Silva Screen. I was very pleased also with the inclusion on that album of some of the music from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, namely where one of the characters, Tasha Yar, in one of the episodes (Skin of Evil) is saying goodbye to her crewmmates: sweetly sentimental and simple music which I have always wanted to own on CD. I guess that a few cues from the other two sequals ('Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II' and 'Space3: Beyond the Final Frontier') didn't make it onto this 4 CD collection-album as well, but I guess that it would be the 'better part of the bargain' to opt to buy this 'The Science Fiction Album' instead of buying all three albums separately. Well, of course it is for yourself to ultimately decide what you really want ;-)

If I were to nitpick (which is not easy with such a marvellous project as this one), then I would say that while all music is performed with magnificent grandure and with style, some of it is not performed as crisply and as technically 'on the spot' as some of the original recordings: ensemble is a little slack and the playing somewhat stilted sometimes, losing some of the edge and the originality of the writing. ET and Star Wars spring to mind, but then the soundtracks for Star Wars are traditionally recorded with the magnificent London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro John Williams himself, and these superior recordings (especially the ones for Episode I, II and III) can't really be bettered, IMHO. Likewise for the music from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, I believe that in the end one really has to resort to the ultimate reference, namely the original recording (which is true in many other instances of 'original recordings'), and then the 20th anniversay colector's edition of this soundtrack on Columbia/Legacy (truly unmissable, this veritable classic of sci-fi/film music soundtracks!).

But all in all this 4CD-collection amounts to probably being the penultimate high quality sci-fi music album collection (I certainly know of no other project that comes as close quality as well as quantity wise), with some of the most memorable musical moments from classic to modern sci-fi/fantasy film captured in lavish orchestrations.
Collection-wise: five *stars*. Playing: generally four *stars*, sometimes more. The recording quality: five *stars*. The music (qualified on its own merits as film music) and its (re)orchestrations: generally five *stars*. In the end this is all highly recommended, and certainly not to be missed by science fiction and fantasy film music fans. Klaatu barada nikto.

Muisic of the Spheres.......2006-11-06

You wonderful four disk collection of SF music. It startsa up the the grand master of SF music, 2001: A space Odyssey all the way to Superman. This is all American SF music and several themes I would have liked to have included are not there. All in all though, a collection you will enjoy.

The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection.......2005-10-23

If one person gives great gifts, it's the illustrious Codemaster Talon. I've received a fair number of gifts in my lifetime, but so far, my older sister's take the cake. Take this one for instance. I'm real big on orchestral music, to the point where I listen to them more than any other kind of music. I've got orchestral versions of video game themes, orchestral soundtracks to truck-loads of anime shows (Big O, Escaflowne, and Giant Robo are incredible), and could probably spend the rest of my life just trying to study the nuances of all the classical music I've got. Being such a huge fan of orchestral music, I also have come to believe that orchestra music produced for movies and television is the new classical music (or as someone once said, Mozart would be making music for movies if he were alive today). Being a huge sci-fi fan, that kind of music has always been particularly near and dear to my heart. But were I to buy each and every soundtrack for every sci-fi I liked it would cost quite a bundle, and would include a lot of sub-par music along with the grandiose and fantastic main and memorable themes. That's where this beauty comes in.

The moment I ripped off the shrink-wrap and popped it into my cd player was a moment of great trepidation. Believe me when I tell that I've seen my fair share of sub-par orchestral recording in my lifetime. Very often they are in those big super-packs of music, and suffer from poor direction, improper mastering, and sometime even pathetic orchestration (or worse yet have something sounding like a cheap synthesizer and a kazoo in place of a full orchestra). I needn't have worried though. This sucker is fantastic.

Many people who are not audiophiles will probably miss the point of this cd collection. It is not the original versions of the pieces. It is re-orchestrations, mostly by the phenomenal Prague Symphony Orchestra. Many of these themes didn't sound all that hot in there original versions because they were low budget films or were not recorded in high-fidelity. Here they are given the full treatment, mastered with the most loving care imaginable. Often the version found in these cds is SUPERIOR to the original.

Remember the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Of course you do. But how many times have you heard a cheap imitation of the original version from the movie, starting too low in volume and ending too high (and missing the essential pipe-organ that gives it that extra oomph)? Well, this first track in the entire collection is not only everything it should be instrumental and timing-wise, but it also has been oh-so-carefully adjusted during the mastering process so that at no time is the music either too low or too high in volume (surely a benchmark for every other recording ever to be made of the piece).

Or what about the theme from the (at-the-time) uber-creepy The Black Hole? The orchestration of this piece of music goes from tiumphant to terrifying and back again, with a splendor and cleanness that I CERTAINLY don't remember being in the original recording.

Then there's the new version of the theme from Independence Day, complete with a violin solo, a far more electrifying ending climax, and a chorus so thunderous that you feel like applauding at the end. Simply indescribable. Kind of like the MIND-BLOWING rendition of the theme from The Last Star Fighter. This has been one of my favorite themes for a long time now, but I've never heard it played like this. I think the original version of the theme is something like 1 minute long, but this new version doesn't just fade out (HAHAHAHA!!!!) THIS version is THREE minutes long, goes through the main theme THREE times, with the final strains being so triumphant and joyous I could not help but feel an electrifying charge the first dozen or so times (come to think of it, I still feel that way). This is superior to the original in EVERY way. AWESOME.

And let's not forget the incredible new rendition of Stargate with it's heavy use of clarinets (for Egyptian effect!) and a triumphant new ending (completely lacking the chanting from the original version. This version is so different that for the first minute it is very hard to tell that it is in fact Stargate. But then the main theme kicks in, and then you get this incredible flute solo for my favorite part of theme (the whole thing is played slower, but arguably more powerfully than the original). My goodness. At first I found the thing so different I didn't like it. But then I listened to it again. And again. And again.

I could go on and on, talking about the fantastic new rendition of Moon Raker, the ear-popping Battlestar Galactica, the classic Star Trek (First Contact has a minute or two of the theme from Star Trek:The Motion Picture before going into the main theme), or the sweet renditions of music from the Star Wars movies (or the music from E.T.).

I have to mention though that this collection was not picked based merely on what people want, or on what is popular. No, the people who made it obviously thought a GOOD music collection was better than a popular one. That's why you get a heartbreakingly beautiful theme from A.I. instead of the main theme. It's why you get music from movies that you probably never gave a second thought to the music (because the movie was lousy). It's why you get Armageddon, Judge Dredd, and Robocop (who would have guessed their music was so COOL when there was all that crazy action and bad-acting going on on-screen).

I said it before and I'll say it again. This cd-set was mastered with tender-loving-care, and it shows BIG-TIME. High-fidelity the likes of which I have not seen since the days when cds were brand-new in the world. Dolby Surround. Perfectly balanced. BEAUTIUFL orchestrations. About the only thing that makes me scratch my head is the weird sound-effect tracks (Oooookay.....). Other than that, it's PERFECT. Obviously they could not include every sci-fi theme ever (no one can), but this collection is REALLY GOOD. A lot of great themes that got away (forgotten gems :), new versions of old favorites, and under-appreciated classics aplenty, but ALWAYS the full and complete versions with nothing cut-out (the theme from Dune is quite extended).

If you love movie music (and sci-fi movie music in particular) you MUST buy this awesome collection). It is not the original recordings. Almost always the new ones are better (if they aren't better they're just equal). This is what you have been waiting for. I for one am going to be buying quite a few cds from this company in the future. Give your ears the treat they deserve. Buy it NOW.

SciFi Album gift.......2005-07-20

I bought the Science Fiction Album as a gift for my son who is twenty-one years old. He is a musician, and also a huge fan of many SciFi shows and movies. I thought this would be the perfect thing for him and I was right. He loves it!

Away From to be a Collectible Peace.......2004-12-16

If you like Sci-Fi movies and want a compilation of their important scores, this is the CD-set to buy. But let me warn you about that very few songs in the cds are from the original soundtracks. Most of them is re-recorded by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. But the sound quality of cds are very good, because they have HDCD and Dolby Surround labels. This set is away from to be a collectible peace, but it is a good general compilation of favorite Sci-Fi movie scores.

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Best Comprehensive Survey of Canadian Music Available

Introduction to Canadian Music

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ASIN: B0000014C7
Release Date: 2006-03-01

Tracks:

Marche Indienne - Hannaford Street Silver Band
Fiesta: Vif Et Bien Rythme - Neil Chotem
The Contented House - Mario Bernardi
Carnival Overture - Kazuhiro Koizumi
Fall Fair - Uri Mayer
Harbours - Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six
Andante Allegro - Orford Quartet
Fast And Frenzied - Robert Aitken
Mont-aux-Sources - Mario Bernardi
Allegro - Robert Silverman
Allegro Vivace - Lento - Franco Mannino
Giocoso (With A Touch Of The Absurd) - Janina Fialkowska
Thunder Dragon - Espirit Orchestra
Romance For Brass Band - Steven Chenette
Akasha (Sky) - Bramwell Tovey
Elan - Walter Boudreau

Tracks:

Magnus Dominus - Patrick Wedd
Hodie, Christus Natus Est - Elmer Iseler Singers
Feller From Fortune - Elmer Iseler
Soleils Couchants - Patrick Wedd
Ave, Verum Corpus - Vancouver Chamber Choir
Notre Seigneur En Pauvre - Saint John String Quartet
Pemoengkah - Robert Aitken
Quarks - Judy Loman
Toccata For Flute And Soprano - Robert Aitken
No.2 - Valerie Tryon
African Funeral Song - Nexus
Chanson Du Matin - David Kent
Six Themes-Solaires - No.1 - Piano Soleil - Richard Raymond
Le Jeu De Telephone - Ensemble Koln
Alma Chillin - Mark Duggan
Dripsody - Hugh Le Caine
Big Bang II - Marcelle Deschenes
Nadir - Douglas Perry

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Best Comprehensive Survey of Canadian Music Available.......1999-01-19

This anthology of three Centuries(!) of Canadian music was assembled by a former producer from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation who now works for Naxos Canada. This producer is also active in the Canadian music world, so he knows whereof he speaks (or selects, as in this case). Liscensing the best performances available from major Canadian and International labels, this is the best collection of, and introudction to, the entire Canadian music scene that I have ever come across. The booklet is informative and is as enjoyable a read as is the 2 CD set is to listen. I doubt there will ever be anything quite like it again. If only NAXOS would now start recording Canadian music on top of the Canadian artists they already record, than they will truly have one of the finest and most comprehensive classical catalogues in the world. As for now, don't pass this one up.

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Stravinsky: Greatest Hits

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ASIN: B00000DSLV
Release Date: 1994-08-09

Tracks:

The Rite Of Spring (Excs), Part I: The Adoration Of The Earth: Intro/The Auguries Of Spring... - Philharmonia Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Petrushka (Excs), Scene I: The Shrove-Tide Fair/The Charlatan's Booth/Russian Dance - Philharmonia Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
Petrushka (Excs), Scene II: Petrushka's Room - Philharmonia Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
The Firebird (Excs): Infernal Dance - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
The Firebird (Excs): Berceuse - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
The Firebird (Excs): Finale - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
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Pulcinella (Excs): Tarantella - Yvonne Kenny/John Aler/John Tomlinson
Pulcinella (Excs): Allegro - Yvonne Kenny/John Aler/John Tomlinson
Pulcinella (Excs): Vivo - Yvonne Kenny/John Aler/John Tomlinson
Pulcinella (Excs): Tempo Di Minuetto. Allegro Assai - Yvonne Kenny/John Aler/John Tomlinson
Scherzo A La Russe - Philharmonia Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
Ragtime For 11 Instrs - London Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ste No.2: I. Marche - Ens Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez
Ste No.2: II. Valse - Ens Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez
Ste No.2: III. Polka - Ens Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez
Ste No.2: IV. Galop - Ens Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez
The Soldier's Tale: The Royal March - Columbia Chm Ens/Igor Stravinsky
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Oedipus Rex, Act II: Gloria - Swedish Radio Chor/The Ericson Chm Chor/Orphel Drangar
Fireworks, Op.43 - Columbia SO/Igor Stravinsky

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Panorama: Festive Baroque

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ProductGroup: Music
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Release Date: 2001-02-27

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Adagio - Orpheus CO
Con 'Winter': 1. Allegro Non Molto - Simon Standage
Con 'Winter': 2. Largo - Simon Standage
Con 'Winter': 3. Allegro - Simon Standage
Canon & Gigue: Canon - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
Canon & Gigue: Gigue - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
Orchestral Ste No.2: Badinerie - Stephen Preston
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Italian Con: 2. Andante - Trevor Pinnock
Italian Con: 3. Presto - Trevor Pinnock
Con in B flat: 1. Allegro - Peter Westermann/Michael Niesemann/Piet Dhont
Con in B flat: 2. Largo - Peter Westermann/Michael Niesemann/Piet Dhont
Con in B flat: 3. Allegro - Peter Westermann/Michael Niesemann/Piet Dhont
Dido And Aeneas: 'Thy Hand, Belinda - When I Am Laid in Earth' - Ann Sofie Von Otter
Organ Con 'The Cuckoo And The Nightingale': 1. Larghetto - Simon Preston
Organ Con 'The Cuckoo And The Nightingale': 2. Allegro - Simon Preston
Organ Con 'The Cuckoo And The Nightingale': 3. Larghetto - Simon Preston
Organ Con 'The Cuckoo And The Nightingale': 4. Allegro - Simon Preston
Con in b: 1. Allegro - Simon Standage/Elizabeth Wilcock/Micaela Comberti/James Golding
Con in b: 2. Largo - Larghetto - Largo - Simon Standage/Elizabeth Wilcock/Micaela Comberti/James Golding
Con in b: 3. Allegro - Simon Standage/Elizabeth Wilcock/Micaela Comberti/James Golding
Zadok The Priest - Choir Of Westminster Abbey

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Orchestral Ste No.3: Air - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
Ombra Mai Fu - Bryn Terfel
Con in C: 1. Allegro - Hannes Laubin/Wolfgang Laubin
Con in C: 2. Largo - Hannes Laubin/Wolfgang Laubin
Con in C: 3. Allegro - Hannes Laubin/Wolfgang Laubin
Toccata & Fugue in d: Toccata - Simon Preston
Toccata & Fugue in d: Fugue - Simon Preston
Te Deum: Prld - Les Muciciens Du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Le Coucou - Trevor Pinnock
Battalia: 1. Son. Allegro - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Battalia: 2. Allegro. Die Liederliche Gesellschaft The Dissolute Company La Compagnie Libertine - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Battalia: 3. Presto - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Battalia: 4. Der Marsch (March/Marche) - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Battalia: 5. Presto - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Battalia: 6. Aria - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Battalia: 7. Die Schlacht (The Battle/La Bataille) - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Battalia: 8. Adagio. Lament Of The Wounded Musketeers - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
'Christmas Con': 1. Vivace - Grave - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
'Christmas Con': 2. Allegro - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
'Christmas Con': 3. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
'Christmas Con': 4. Vivace - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
'Christmas Con': 5. Allegro - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
'Christmas Con': 6. Pastorale. Largo - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
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Fl Con 'La Tempesta Di Mare': 2. Largo - Patrick Gallois
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Heinichen: Dresden Concerti Highlights

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John Rutter: The Choral Collection

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Requiem & Magnificat/Rutter, Cambridge Singers

ASIN: B000ASTECM
Release Date: 2005-09-26

Tracks:

Look At The World
Of A Rose, A Lovely Rose
For The Beauty Of The Earth
Hymn To The Creator Of Light
Lord, Make Me An Instrument Of The Peace
Deep River
Lord Bless You And Keep You
All Things Bright And Beautiful
Pie Jesu
Sanctus
A Clare Benediction
Lord Of The Dance
Be Thou My Vision
A Gaelic Blessing
Gift Of Music
O Waly Waly
I Know Where I'm Going
Keel Row
Willow Song
Golden Slumbers
Sans Day Carol
Mary's Lulabby

Album Description

This CD contains John's most essential choral music and is released just days before his 60th birthday. Rutter is best known as a composer of choral music and so this disc is a fitting way to celebrate. The disc surveys a variety of the composer's styles and accomplishments from his career including a few rarities as well as his best-loved pieces, both sacred and secular. The works are performed by the Cambridge Singers, a choir that Rutter had formed in 1981 and which has gone on to attain astounding results. 22 tracks. Universal. 2005.

Album Details

A Collection of Essential Choral Music.

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An emotional cornucopia for the ears and the heart

Concert for the Earth
Paul Winter Consort , and Susan Osborn
Manufacturer: Living Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000AFPG
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

Sound Over All Waters
Lullaby From The Great Mother Whale For The Baby Seal Pups
Song For The Earth
Hymn To The Russian Earth
Sun Singer
Wolf Eyes
Minuit
Common Ground

Customer Reviews:

An emotional cornucopia for the ears and the heart.......1998-10-03

In my eclectic musical tastes, this album satisfies totally. The rich gospel of Sound Over all Waters makes me want to raise my hands to God in praise, and Minuet makes me clap and shout for joy. The warmth of the three part round from the Russian Earth lasts well beyond the last note and curls my toes with it's rich melodies and intricate mix. The Whale song is moving and brings me near tears, but probably the most overwhelming emotional moment in the entire album is when the audience, moved by the wolf cry and the echo of the wolf-like clarinet of Winter, responds as one in wolf howl. Try to listen to that without wanting to join in! Every song is unique and after 10 years of listening, it is still in my personal top ten favorite albums. Susan Osborn's vocals are especially moving and one could only wish she had more examples of her music available.

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/Nightingale/Rite of Spring

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One of the Most Incredible Firebirds Ever!
very good, but it has nothing on the NYP-Boulez recordings of this repertoire
Excellent and Refined
Impressive but cool

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/Nightingale/Rite of Spring

Manufacturer: Reference Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Bolero: Orchestral Fireworks
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/ Vocalise/ Etudes-tableaux
Mephisto & Co.
Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba

ASIN: B0000015A6
Release Date: 1996-04-30

Tracks:

The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Introduction
The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: The Firebird And Her Dance
The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Variation Of The Firebird
The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Round Dance Of The Princesses
The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Infernal Dance Of King Kashchei
The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Berceuse
The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Finale
The Song Of The Nightingale: Presto
The Song Of The Nightingale: Chinese March
The Song Of The Nightingale: Song Of The Nightingale
The Song Of The Nightingale: Game Of The Mechanical Nightingale
The Rite Of Spring: Introduction - Adoration Of The Earth
The Rite Of Spring: Auguries of Spring - Dance Of The Adolescents- Adoration Of The Earth
The Rite Of Spring: Game Of Abduction - Adoration Of The Earth
The Rite Of Spring: Spring Rounds - Adoration Of The Earth
The Rite Of Spring: Games Of The Rival Towns - Adoration Of The Earth
The Rite Of Spring: Procession Of The Sage - Adoration Of The Earth
The Rite of: Adoration Of The Earth (The Sage) - Adoration Of The Earth
The Rite Of Spring: Dance Of The Earth - Adoration Of The Earth
The Rite Of Spring: Introduction - The Sacrifice
The Rite Of Spring: Mystic Circles Of The Young Girls - The Sacrifice
The Rite Of Spring: Glorification Of The Chosen One - The Sacrifice
The Rite Of Spring: Evocation Of The Ancestors - The Sacrifice
The Rite Of Spring: Ritual Action Of The Ancestors - The Sacrifice
The Rite Of Spring: Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) - The Sacrifice

Customer Reviews:

One of the Most Incredible Firebirds Ever!.......2006-11-16

Eiji Oue and his Minnesota Orchestra have produced a Firebird performance that takes one's breath away!

Most of the music is slow and quiet up till the finale. Then the orchestra builds to a collossal explosion of brass power that makes STAR WARS sound puny, and that's not easy! It's one of the most impressive moments in classical music history, and it shocks people that an orchestra can actually sound this good. My friends are always asking to borrow this disc from me, and the finale astounds them with its power and its clarity. They return the disc with awed looks, and seem truly impressed. Why can't all music be as brilliant or original as this? What is WRONG with composers these days?

The Rite of Spring is also truly impressive, although my favorite piece on the disc is the Firebird by far.

The Rite of Spring pounds and grinds away, and some of the areas are incredibly distressing, shrieking and squealing like mad. The Sacrificial Dance at the end is a little too slow to be really unsettling, but the tones are marvellously clear and live. All in all, a very impressive disc, with the Firebird as a highlight.

For purists, the grandest part of the Firebird finale is played at EXACTLY the same speed as a live performance by THE COMPOSER HIMSELF, recorded on a black-and-white DVD in London, when Stravinsky was a frail 83-year old man. No doubt the composer would have enjoyed Oue's version as well. Since the sould quality on the DVD is scratchy mono, Oue's incredible stereo performance is now my favorite disc of all time.

very good, but it has nothing on the NYP-Boulez recordings of this repertoire.......2006-08-03

The Minnesota Orchestra deserves recogition as one of the front-runners amongst American orchestras these days. I'm very serious about that: they can match Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, or any other, section for section and note for note. These readings are outstanding performances by a great ensemble, then.

But the recordings of these pieces by Boulez, conducting the New York Philharmonic, are amongst the greatest recorded performances of any repertoire, and are preferable to these in every way. They're better recorded, leaping from the speakers with a raw power that simply isn't present with the effect of aural distance in the Minnesota recordings, and Boulez, with his mathematically analytical interpretitive approach, is more effective than Oue in this most rhythmically oriented music.

The difference is mostly due to the quality of the respective recordings, I think; but it remains true that the MSO delivers a lighter-bodied sound than the NYP... it's a Chianti to the NYP's Syrah. These are admirable readings but not the first choice.

Excellent and Refined.......2002-01-19

This CD I believe is very well done. The engineering of this recording is excellent and the quality of the orchestra is superb. Maestro Oue does a great job of taking the listener through the mind and works of Stravinsky. The Firebird is my favorite piece on the CD. One of the most wonderful moments in modern music is the beautiful horn solo at the beginning of the Finale. The Rite of Spring is also incredibly done. The emotion and the quality of this recording is at the highest level possible.

Impressive but cool.......2000-08-04

These magnificent works of art by Stravinsky are being played and recorded by numerous orchestras and the Minnesota Orchestra under Mr. Oue has made a startling performance of it. But there are some catches to it, and I think it is the excellence of the performance that bothers me most. Especially in the Firebird there is a lack of prominence, a lack of joy de vivre, and although the drumbeats are breathtaking, the intentions of Stravinsky are not fulfilled. As a matter of fact, there are better performances than this one, i.e. The Firebird in its original setting by Gergiev on Philips or The Nightingale by Dorati on Mercury Living Presence. Most of my criticism is focused on the point that it does not sound Russian enough. The recording by Reference Recording is flawless, although you should turn up your equipment to a rather unusual high volume to hear all details.

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Jessye Norman Collection

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000411W
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

All The Things You Are
Spring Is Here
Love Is Here To Stay
In The Still Of The Night
With A Song In My Heart
Ave Maria
Amazing Grace
Greensleeves (What Child Is This)
The Holy City
Panis Angelicus
Messe solennelle de Ste. Cecile: Sanctus
There Is A Man Going Round
Give Me Jesus
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
Do Lawd, Oh Do Lawd
Gospel Train
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

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'Le nozze di Figaro': Porgi, amor
'Le nozze di Figaro': Dove sono i bei momenti
Zueignung, Op.10 No.1
'Ariadne Auf Naxos': Es gibt ein reich
Fruhling
Schlechtes Wetter, Op.69 No.5
'Dido and Aeneas': Dido's Lament: When I'm laid In Earth
'Les Nuits D'Ete': Le Spectre De La Rose
Gretchen am spinnrade
L'invitation au voyage
Je te veux
Les chemins de L'amour
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Good for music fans

Concert For Planet Earth

Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000028N5
Release Date: 1992-12-08

Tracks:

El Trust de los Tenorios: 'Jota'
La taberna del puerto: 'No puede ser'
L'Africaine: 'O paradis'
Black Orpheus: 'Manha de Carnival' (The Morning After)
'Dindin'
'Eu sei que vou te amar'
'1, 2, 3, 4'
'The Death Of Jazz' - 'Oh But On The 3rd Day'
First Movement from Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major: 'Allegro maestoso'
TOSCA: 'E lucevan le stelle'
Samson et Dalila: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix'
'El dia que me querias'
Candide: 'Make Our Garden Grow'
'Aquarela do Brasil'

Customer Reviews:

Good for music fans.......2001-10-01

Anyone who loves classical music and jazz, will truly love this album. Marsalis is wonderful in his numbers, and Sarah Chang is beyond outstanding!! She plays Paganini like she really means it.

Placido Domingo is very good in his numbers. He sings with great might. But if you want more magic, get the videotape. You will see the whole effect, which is better then hearing it.

A must for a music fan. Enjoy!!

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