Grand Union

Track Listings

1. Bad Day in Bow Creek

2. When the Victim Takes the Tyrants Place

3. Passing Through

4. Bethnal Green Tube Disaster

5. Cities of the Plain

6. Fallen Angel

7. Ikb (Rip)

8. Liberty Tree

9. One November Morning

10. Great Altractor

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Grand Union

Tracks:

Reponds Moi, Danse Cubaine, Op.50
Printemps D'Amour, Mazurka, Caprice De Con, Op.40
Marche De Nuit, Op.17
Ses Yeux, Celebre Polka De Con, Op.66
La Jota Aragonesa, Caprice Espagnol, Op.14
Le Bananier, Chanson Negre, Op.5
Ojos Criollos, Danse Cubaine, Caprice Brillante, Op.37
Orfa, Grande Polka, Op.71
La Scintilla (L'Etincelle), Mazurka Sentimentale, Op.21
Marche Funebre, Op.64
La Gallina, Danse Cubaine, Op.53
Radieuse, Grande Valse De Con, Op.72
Grande Tarantelle, Op.67

Tracks:

Souvenirs D'Andalousie: Caprice De Con Sur La Cana, Le Fandango Et Le Jaleo De Jerez
Le Banjo: Grotesque Fant, Caprice Americain
Grand Scherzo
Pasquinade Caprice
Berceuse: Cradle Song
Tournament Galop
Mazurk
'Union': Paraphrase De Con On The National Airs/The Star Spangled Banner/Yankee Doodle/Hail Columbia
The Last Hope: Religious Meditation
Scherzo Romantique
Le Mancenillier: West Indian Ser
The Dying Post: Meditation

Amazon.com

Disc 2 of this new collection, the solo piano pieces, has been doing good service for well over a decade. Marks plays a good variety of Gottschalk music, sparkles in the virtuoso pieces, and even manages to keep a straight face when he plays sentimental tripe like "The Last Hope" and "The Dying Poet." As the only important composer produced by the U.S. in the 19th century, Gottschalk still deserves our attention, and his folk-influenced pieces are still fun to hear. Oddly, the four-hand piano recording is inferior to the solo piano disc; it sounds thin and shrill, evidently not the pianists' fault since Marks plays with beautiful tone in his solo disc. Also, more of this music comes from Gottschalk's sentimental salon style, making the program a bit less attractive. But there is still a lot of fun to be had, especially in the concluding "Grande Tarantelle." So, if you regard disc 1 as a free bonus and disc 2 as the real matter, you're definitely getting your money's worth here. --Leslie Gerber

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If you don't love this-you're deaf..or you don't know blues!
Ghastly Guitar Phrasing
Guitars on Fire!!!
The Best Just Keeps Getting Better!!

Grand Union
Otis Grand , Anson Funderburgh , and Debbie Davies
Manufacturer: Valley
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000J8BO
Release Date: 1998-10-27

Tracks:

Guitars On Fire
There Was A Time
Holding You Up For Love
The Things I'd Do For You
Bone Tones
I Got Eyes
Don't Talk About Me
Westside Bossman
TC Blues
Rockin' Daddy
Country Girl
A Little Too Late
The Big Prayer

Product Description

1. Guitars On Fire
2. Bone Tones
3. TC Blues
4. Big Player, The
5. There Was A Time
6. I Got Eyes
7. Rockin' Daddy
8. Holding You Up For Love
9. Don't Talk About Me
10. Country Girl
11. Things I'd Do For You, The
12. Westside Bossman
13. Little Too Late, A

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

If you don't love this-you're deaf..or you don't know blues!.......2000-10-26

Whether you are a guitarist, or not - you can't fail to be impressed by this CD. Otis has one again excelled himself with the aid of Debbie Davies and Anson Funderburgh, not to mention all the other fine players. Every track on this CD just exudes fine blues and r&b and I strongly recommend it to anyone. Check Otis out live too to see probably the best Blues you will ever see!

Ghastly Guitar Phrasing.......1999-11-18

Anson is fine, but the other guitars here are unsoulful and tasteless. What an over-estimated player Grand is! Notes not in the right places and he speaks when he should be quiet -- offenses which beset most british bluesmen. Like Clapton, Otis just doesn't get it. I'll take 50's B.B. King any day.

Guitars on Fire!!!.......1999-09-10

What a great blues feast this CD is! From the blistering opening cut of 'Guitars on Fire' right through to the soulful final track 'The Big Prayer' the level of commitment, passion and sheer quality never falls below 110%.

And how could it? The list of musicians contributing to this CD reads like a Who's Who of Blues Greats. The guitars of Otis Grand, Debbie Davies and Anson Funderburgh contrast and compliment each other beautifully. The vocals of Sugar Ray Norcia and Brother Roy Oakley are pure gold, and the rhythm section of Mudcat Ward's bass and Neil Gouvin's drums cook up the coolest groove. Add to this guest musicians of the calibre of Ike Turner (good grief!), and Tony Coleman and the 'Bee Horns' from the BB King band.

The reason I am so impressed with this CD is because it works so well, the whole being much greater than the sum of its parts.

Otis Grand, who assembled this banquet, obviously knows the blues like the back of his hand. This CD has certainly wetted my appetite for more. He must have a helluva live act!

The Best Just Keeps Getting Better!!.......1999-09-10

It seems pointless to me reviewing a new Otis Grand release. Let's face it, the man just doesn't do bad; and when he surrounds himself with musicians of the calibre of co-headliners Davies and Funderburgh, vocalists Sugar Ray Norcia and Roy Oakley, a rhythm section comprising Neil Gouvin and 'Mudcat' Ward on drums and bass, Anthony Geraci and Ike Turner on keys, along with B.B.King's horn section and drummer, Tony Coleman, who also contributes a couple of vocals .... you get what I'm trying to say? It is testament indeed to his standing in the world blues community that Grand can pick up a phone and assemble such a line-up to help with his project. And believe me, even though the billing is shared, this is Otis Grand's project! From the choice of material to the classy production, Grand has pulled out all the stops to ensure everything is perfect. Since playing on Joe Louis Walker's 'Great Guitars', Grand has been consumed with expanding the concept. Enlisting the help of Funderburgh and Davies, writing a bunch of new songs and setting aside ten days in the studio for everybody to bounce ideas off each other, Grand has produced an album worthy of following the multi-award winning 'Perfume and Grime'. From the explosive opening of 'Guitars On Fire' to the down-home steel guitar closer 'The Big Prayer', everything in between is a gem. Having already started to break big in the States with his last effort, if this album doesn't do it for Croydon's best known American, English nationalised blues guitarist then nothing will. With this album alone, Grand shows that he has more talent in his little finger than most of the hyped up super-stars being paraded as musicians today. 'Grand Union' is certainly one of my contenders for album of the year, so it follows that it comes highly recommended. But then again ... you already knew that!

PS - This is my review published last year in Britain's 'Blueprint' magazine. I still stick with what I said at the time. Steve Cooke

Rachmaninov: Complete Works for chorus & orchestra - The Bells Op. 35; Three Russian Folk Songs, Op. 41; Spring (Cantata), Op. 20
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Rachmaninov Rarities

Rachmaninov: Complete Works for chorus & orchestra - The Bells Op. 35; Three Russian Folk Songs, Op. 41; Spring (Cantata), Op. 20
A. Gauk , Mikhail Lanskoi , Yevgeny Kibkalo , State Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture , and Grand Symphony Orchestra and Grand Chorus of All-Union Radio (U.S.S.R.)
Manufacturer: Russian Revelation
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000006BB0
Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

The Bells - Choral Symphony, Op. 35 - Poem For Soprano, Tenor, And Baritone, Chorus And Orchestra: I The Bells (Allegro ma non tanto)
The Bells - Choral Symphony, Op. 35 - Poem For Soprano, Tenor, And Baritone, Chorus And Orchestra: II Golden Bells (Lento)
The Bells - Choral Symphony, Op. 35 - Poem For Soprano, Tenor, And Baritone, Chorus And Orchestra: III Bronze Bells (Presto)
The Bells - Choral Symphony, Op. 35 - Poem For Soprano, Tenor, And Baritone, Chorus And Orchestra: IV Iron Bells (Lento)
Three Russian Folk Songs, Op. 41: Over the River (Moderato: allegro assai)
Three Russian Folk Songs, Op. 41: O Vanka, You Bold Fellow (Largo)
Three Russian Folk Songs, Op. 41: Powder And Paint (Allegro moderato: alla marcia)
Spring - Cantata For Baritone, Chorus And Orchestra, Op. 20

Customer Reviews:

Rachmaninov Rarities.......2007-06-18

This disc contains all of the music Sergei Rachmaninov composed for chorus and orchestra. The foremost piece (and the composer's favorite) is The Bells, which receives a magnificent performance conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky (from 1991) and played by the State Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture. The soloists are excellent with tenor Igor Slutskovsky singing the first movement with the brightness and cheerfulness associated with birth; Natalia Mihailova sings with nice control and sensitivity in the marriage section but is a little thin on her high notes. Bass Mikail Lanskoy is fabulous in the final movement in conveying the desolation of death.

The Three Russian Folk Songs was written in 1927 and was first performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski on the same program with the premiere of the Fourth Piano Concerto. The first two songs were suggested to the composer by Chaliapin and the third was performed by a popular Russian singer at a small social gathering. The songs, perhaps not surprisingly have to do with dislocation - in the first a duck and drake are crossing a bridge when the duck is frightened away and in the second a wife is abandoned by her husband for the winter and the third has to do with a faithless wife. The cantata Spring was Rachmaninov's first large work for chorus. One is reminded of liturgical chants with the chorus singing and the music is dramatic, a precursor to The Bells.

The performances of the Folk Songs and Spring, conducted by Alexander Gauk, come from 1958 and 1968, and are well recorded. The performances are spirited and with the chorus doing a splendid job. The recording of The Bells has much clearer sound with better engineering but, altogether, the recordings on this disc are beautifully performed and should not be missed by anyone interested in Rachmaninov.

Gottschalk, Vol.2: A Night in the Tropics; Grand Tarantelle

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One of the best CD's we've EVER bought
FABULOUS!

Gottschalk, Vol.2: A Night in the Tropics; Grand Tarantelle

Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000023DB
Release Date: 1993-05-11

Tracks:

One Piano, Four Hands: La Jota Aragonese
One Piano, Four Hands: Souvenirs d'Andalousie
One Piano, Four Hands: La Gallina
One Piano, Four Hands: Orfa
One Piano, Four Hands: Marche De Nuit
One Piano, Four Hands: Printemps d'Amour
One Piano, Four Hands: Radieuse
One Piano, Four Hands: Rnds-moi
One Piano, Four Hands: Tremolo
One Piano, Four Hands: L'Etincelle
One Piano, Four Hands: Ses Yeux
Two Pianos: The Union
Two Pianos: Grande Tarentelle For Piano & Orchestra - A Night In The Tropics
Two Pianos: Andante
Two Pianos: Allegro Moderato

Customer Reviews:

One of the best CD's we've EVER bought.......2001-01-07

Talk about a mood lifter! Play this one at your next party.

FABULOUS!.......1999-10-18

An invigorating and joyful musical assortment

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Fast Fantasy

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001XAQC8
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

Fast Fantasy - Fred Sherry, Charles Wuorinen
Cello Variations - Fred Sherry
Orbicle of Jasp - Fred Sherry, Charles Wuorinen
Cello Variations II - Fred Sherry
Andante Espressivo - Fred Sherry, Charles Wuorinen
Cello Variations III - Fred Sherry
Grand Union - Fred Sherry

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KEYBOARD FIREWORKS BUT FUZZY SOUND
KEYBOARD FIREWORKS BUT FUZZY SOUND

Great American Piano I, Volume VII

Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Galops | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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Tracks:

The Union
Danza
Pasquinade
The Last Hope
Le Bananier
Bamboula
The Banjo
Souvenir of Puerto Rico
Creole Eyes
Midnight in Seville
Tournament Galop
Polka in B Flat
Grand Scherzo
Mazurk in f#
Bercuese-Cradle Song
Battle Cry of Freedom-Grand Caprice de Concert

Customer Reviews:

KEYBOARD FIREWORKS BUT FUZZY SOUND.......2000-03-29

LEONARD PENNARIO IS A VIRTUOSO AT THE KEYBOARD BUT NOT VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE GENERAL CLASSICAL SCENE. HIS NAME DOES NOT CARRY THE SAME RECOGNITION AS WATTS, ASHKENAZY, RICHTER OR AX BUT HIS PLAYING IS AS FLUID AND EXPRESSIVE. I GIVE HIM A LOT OF CREDIT FOR FOCUSING HIS TALENTS ON THIS LESSER KNOWN AMERICAN COMPOSER (HE HAS 2 ALBUMS ON THE ANGEL LABEL WITH THE MUSIC OF GOTTSCHALK) AND I'VE YET TO HEAR THE COMPOSER PLAYED WITH MORE FIRE AND BRILLIANCE. THE BOMBAST OF "THE UNION", "BAMBULA" AND "THE BANJO" ARE NICELY BALANCED BY THE TENDERNESS OF "THE DYING POET", "CRADLE SONG" AND "DANZA". THE PIANISM IS FLAWLESS YET THE RECORDING CAN SOUND FUZZY AND EVEN HARSH AT TIMES. DESPITE THE ACOUSTIC SHORTCOMINGS, THE 2 DISCS IN THE SERIES ARE A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO "AMERICA'S FIRST MUSICAL SUPERSTAR" AND THE LINER NOTES OFFER A FINE SYNOPSIS OF THE COMPOSER'S FASCINATING LIFE AND WORK.

KEYBOARD FIREWORKS BUT FUZZY SOUND.......2000-03-29

Great artists in Moscow conservatoire - Vadim Borissovsky, viola

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Great artists in Moscow conservatoire - Vadim Borissovsky, viola

Manufacturer: The Moscow State Concervatoire
ProductGroup: Classical
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000M6VSL2

Product Description

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) Sinfonia Concertante for Double-bass, Viola & Orchestra in D major 1. Allegro 2. Andantino 3. Menuetto 4. Allegro ma non troppo Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Harold en Italie, symphony for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 16 1. Harold aux montagnes 2. Marche des pelerins 3. Serenade d"un montagnard des Abruzzes 4. Orgie de brigands Vadim Borissovsky, viola Leopold Andreyev, double-bass(1-4) Moscow Region Philharmony Symphony Orchestra Conductor Mikhail Terian(1-4)All-Union Radio Grand Symphony Orchestra Conductor Alexander Gauk (5-8) Recorded in Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatoire, February 25, 1958(1-4) and All-Radio Union Studio (5-8)

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Ian MacKaye of ....
Good stuff but should be called Minor Threat II.

Skewbald/Grand Union
Skewbald
Manufacturer: Dischord
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000JO9
Release Date: 1997-10-07

Tracks:

Grand Union

Customer Reviews:

Ian MacKaye of ...........2001-12-20

Teen Idles, Minor Threat, Egg Hunt, Embrace, Pailhead, Fugazi, and this 2 songer. It is excellant, quite like Minor Threat and I wonder if they didn't just record these two under this name just for the hell of it. It is a must have....

Good stuff but should be called Minor Threat II........2000-06-21

This is a good CD and everything, but it sounds a lot like Minor Threat (not a complaint really, just a comment.) If you like Minor Threat, buy this.

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Grand Union
Lights
Manufacturer: Seeca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BQVGAG
Release Date: 2005-11-07

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Jane Jane
Grand Union
Manufacturer: People Tree
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FGFUBS
Release Date: 2006-07-17

Tracks:

Jane Jane
Wonderful World
Hares On The Mountain
Motherless Child

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Debut EP from Fantastic Folkers Grand Union Brings a Timeless Summer Sound That's Perfect for Lazy Summer Days. The First Single Release for People Tree.

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