Dance of the Unicorn

Track Listings

1. Die Prinzessin des Waldwindes (Princess of the Woodwind)

2. Sonnensee (Sun Sea)

3. Young Jon

4. Mein Subes Verlangen (My Sweet Desire)

5. Dance of the Unicorn

6. Schneewittchen (Snow White)

7. Die Stimme des Jupiter (The Voice of Jupiter)

8. Romance au Bal Masque

9. Blue-Eyed Spring Fairy

10. Katzentraum (A Cat's Dream)

11. Der Botschafter Der Vogel (The Messenger of the Birds)

12. Monique

13. Atlantic Dream

14. Tloxeenea

15. Samt Auf Deiner Haut (Velvet on Your Skin)

16. Royal Chamber

Dance of the Unicorn,Sidh F. Tepperwein,Nightingale Records,Contemporary Instrumental,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop

Tracks:

Bransles
Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle
Medley: Gracieusette/Cotton Eyed Joe
Shake It Down
Lady Gay
Red Rockin' Chair
Chicken Tree
Como Poden
Medley: Rhymer's Favorite/Allemande & Ronde
Medley: Contre Le Temps/Back Door Man
Enhorningen
Captain Kidd
La Valse De Guedan
Herdsman's Tune
Lady Hamilton
Little Rabbit
Medley: Midnight On The Water/La Shymyze
Medley: La Bounette/Jenny On The Railroad

Chominciamento di gioia: Virtuoso dance-music from the time of Boccaccio's Decamerone

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Inventive, enjoyable interpretations by Ensemble Unicorn!
EARLY work for this ensemble
Plays to the strengths of this band
Cant find better

Chominciamento di gioia: Virtuoso dance-music from the time of Boccaccio's Decamerone

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B00000144W
Release Date: 1994-12-13

Tracks:

Chominciamento di gioia - Saltarello No. 4
Lamento di Tristano - La Rotta
Bellicha
Tre fontane
Parlamento
Principio di virtu
Saltarello No.1
Trotto
Saltarello n.2
Isabella
Ghaetta
Saltarello No.3
In pro
La Manfredina - La Rotta

Customer Reviews:

Inventive, enjoyable interpretations by Ensemble Unicorn!.......2002-11-29

These wonderful Italian dances are from the British Library's 14th century manuscript #29987. Though melodically and structurally complex, they are monophonic--only one line of music. The challenge for groups of instrumentalists is to find appropriate ways for all their members to contribute. The European musicians of Ensemble Unicorn certainly rise to the challenge, and in a creative and rousing manner. Director and recorder player Michael Posch, fiddler and shawm player Marco Ambrosini, lutenist Thomas Wimmer, percussionist Wolfgang Reithofer, and hurdy-gurdy/harp/bagpipe player Riccardo Delfino have a spirited, good time romping through the up-tempo numbers, while reflecting meditatively on the gentler ones. The quality of this and the many other Ensemble Unicorn releases for Naxos is superb without qualification, but even moreso considering that the purchase prices are less than half of what most other CDs cost. I bought every Ensemble Unicorn recording I could get my hands on, and enjoy them all--varying styles of medieval and early Renaissance music from different ages and regions, but all very well done by this talented and innovative group! Look them up by searching for "Ensemble Unicorn"--the titles are too long and numerous to cite here. If you like this particular recording and these 14th century Italian dances, you might also want to check out "Istanpitta!: A Medieval Dance Band" and "Istanpitta II: Medieval Dances" by New York's Ensemble for Early Music.

EARLY work for this ensemble.......2001-08-11

With later releases -- especially Codex Faenza and The Black Madonna -- Unicorn proves itself the no-holds-barred best instrumental ensemble in medieval music. This is their first mass-market CD, and their musicianship is...iffy. For instance, the later-incomparable Thomas Wimmer saws monotonously through Lamento di Tristano, and the later-virtuosic Marco Ambrosini is just plain jittery. Even Michael Posch, later the only medieval musician who approaches the level of the Indian masters, is at this stage unformed. Their performance style here is very mannered, opting often for "weird" or unusual effects and approaches.

Plays to the strengths of this band.......2001-02-23

The choice of the material again plays to the strengths of Ensemble Unicorn, and makes for a very enjoyable presentation of this mostly familiar material.

These monophonic mediaeval dance and instrumental compositions are chestnuts of early music performances. There just wasn't that much of this very early secular dance music preserved, so you have a choice of performances. Unicorn's take on them gives a good variety of instrumentation, and the extensive improvisation needed to make a whole record's worth of this familiar stuff interesting.

It's worth comparing this record to another set of recordings covering similar territory, the also enjoyable -Istanpitta- and Istanpitta II- collections. By contrast, Unicorn does not resort so much to the thundering shawms, bagpipes, and percussion that certain -Istanpitta- tracks resort to. By contrast, though, their reading of the -Tre Fontane- estampie is upbeat, recalling the classic performance by David Munrow on -The Art of Courtly Love-, as compared to -Istanpitta's- somewhat too mellow take on that number. You don't get the big swings between loud and soft here that you do from -Istanpitta-, which makes it somewhat easier to listen to.

Some of the instrumental combinations seem to evidence a sense of humour here. This record is not quite as good as -The Black Madonna- or -Songs of the Troubadors-, but it is an excellent introduction to these mediaeval dances.

Cant find better.......1999-12-25

If you've made it this far, I assume that you are famioliar with the beauty, joy and rhythmic variety of early music. I've have discs from many renowned groups and this one is as good as any and better than most. Fresh, inventive presentations--bringing out the spirit and beauty of this music.

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An Excellent Jazz/Fusion LP, Well Worthy Of Your Time.

Unicorn
Teruo Nakamura
Manufacturer: Three Blind Mice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00008R0ZF
Release Date: 2003-04-21

Tracks:

Unicorn Lady
Understanding
Some Other Blues
Umma Be Me
New Moon
Derrick's Dance

Album Details

First Release Outside of Japan of this Excellent Jazz/Fusion Album Originally Released on Three Blind Mice Label in 1973. It features Many of the Young Jazz Lions of the Time, Hubert Eaves, George Cables, Lenny White, Charles Sullivan and Steve Grossman.

Customer Reviews:

An Excellent Jazz/Fusion LP, Well Worthy Of Your Time........2004-12-14

A holy grail for many years, this fine example of Japanese fusion is finally available to all (even though it's through the notoriously ham-fisted cheapskates at Soul Brother). Forget the 'club' track ('Umma Be Me') - it's the only blight on this otherwise immaculate musical landscape. The down-tempo opener 'Unicorn Lady' is funky, moody and intense. 'Some Other Blues' finds Steve Grossman in playful (but "not playing"!) mood and 'New Moon' & 'Understanding' are just class. If you thought the fusion idiom was trite and unsophisticated, this is one of many obscure LPs which will hopefully change your mind. Heartily recommended.

The Delius Collection, Vol.1 - A Dance Rhapsody, for orchestra No. 1 & No. 2; A Song of the High Hills, for wordless chorus and orchestra; 3 Preludes for piano

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The Delius Collection, Vol.1 - A Dance Rhapsody, for orchestra No. 1 & No. 2; A Song of the High Hills, for wordless chorus and orchestra; 3 Preludes for piano

Manufacturer: Unicorn (U.K.)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000001PBZ
Release Date: 1995-06-13

Tracks:

Dance Rhapsody No.1 (Ed. Beecham) - Norman Del Mar
The Song of the High Hills - Ambrosian Singers
Three Pno Prlds
Three Pno Prlds
Three Pno Prlds
Polka-Zum Carnival
Fantastic Dance - Eric Fenby
Dance Rhapsody - Eric Fenby

Delius: Paris / Dance Rhapsody No. 1 / Life's Dance (Lebenstanz) / Piano Concerto

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Delius: Paris / Dance Rhapsody No. 1 / Life's Dance (Lebenstanz) / Piano Concerto
Frederick Delius , Philip Fowke , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , and Norman Del Mar
Manufacturer: Unicorn (U.K.)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000001PCU
Release Date: 1993-12-07

Alexander Goehr - Metamorpohosis/Dance op 36, Romanza for Cello & Orchestra op 24 (Unicrn-Kanchana)

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Alexander Goehr - Metamorpohosis/Dance op 36, Romanza for Cello & Orchestra op 24 (Unicrn-Kanchana)

Manufacturer: Unicorn-Kanchana
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000R5NCGW

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John Harle's Saxophone Songbook

Manufacturer: Unicorn (U.K.)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001PDM
Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

Vocalize Op. 34, No. 14
Melodies Op.35: No. 1
Melodies Op.35: No. 3
Melodies Op.35: No. 5
Flow my tears
Can she excuse
Miserere Paraphase
Voyager
Children's songs
Tom Sails away
Berceuse
Syrinx
Piece en form de habanera
N' aroit autre depart
What if I never speed?
Sorrow stay
Where the bee sucks
Ariel songs: Where the bee sucks
Ariel songs: Before you can say come and go
Ariel songs: Full fathom five
Ariel songs: While you here do snoring lie
Dinah and Nick's love song

Delius Songs of Sunset, Dance Rhapsody No 2, Fennimore and Gerda-Intermezzo, An Arabesque (Unicorn-Kanchana)

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Delius Songs of Sunset, Dance Rhapsody No 2, Fennimore and Gerda-Intermezzo, An Arabesque (Unicorn-Kanchana)

Manufacturer: Unicorn-Kanchana
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000R7PQKK