A Comet's Tale

Track Listings

1. Out There

2. Neptune and Pluto

3. Uranus

4. Saturn

5. Jupiter

6. Mars

7. Earth

8. Venus

9. Mercury

10. The Sun

11. Reprise

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A Comet's Tale

Tracks:

The Golden Cockerel - Ste: First Movt: Tsar Dodon In His Palace
The Golden Cockerel - Ste: Second Movt: Tsar Dodon On The Battlefield
The Golden Cockerel - Ste: Third Movt: Tsar Dodon As The Guest Of The Queen Of Shemakha
The Golden Cockerel - Ste: Fourth Movt: The Wedding And Lamentable End Of Dodon
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan - Ste, Op.57: First Movt: The Tsar's Farewell And Departure (Intro...
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan - Ste, Op.57: Second Movt: The Tarina in A Barrel At Sea (Intro To Act 1)
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan - Ste, Op.57: Third Movt: The Three Wonders (Intro To Act 4, Scene2)
Flight Of The Bumble-Bee: From 'The Tale Of Tsar Saltan'
Christmas Eve - Ste: Holy Night
Christmas Eve - Ste: Games And Dances Of The Stars .1 Mazurka/.2 The Sixth Comet/.3 Csardas And...
Christmas Eve - Ste: The Devils Christmas
Christmas Eve - Ste: Polonaise
Christmas Eve - Ste: Procession To Midnight Mass And Carols

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The Armenian Philharmonic is just the orchestra for this kind of thing. Hardly a world-class organization, what they lack in polish they more than make up for in sheer color and enthusiasm. There's a tendency in today's orchestras to play everything with the same, highly finished gloss. This is simply a function of their high level of proficiency. And while there's nothing at all wrong with technical perfection, the fact is that this music usually doesn't arouse the kind of dedication you notice when a musician really feels proud of having conquered a tricky piece of writing. Well, you do get that sense of pride with the Armenians, and it's probably as close as we can come to what the music sounded like in the composer's own time. --David Hurwitz

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Orchestral Works (Box Set)

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Orchestral Works (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

The Sea And Sinbad's Ship (Largo E Maestoso-Lento-Allegro Non Troppo) - Loris Tjeknavorian
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The Tsar's Bride, Overture - Philharmonia Orchestra
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Tracks:

Tsar Dodon In His Palace - Loris Tjeknavorian
Tsar Dodon On The Battlefield - Loris Tjeknavorian
Tsar Dodon As The Guest Of The Queen Of Semakha - Loris Tjeknavorian
The Wedding And Lamentable End Of Dodon - Loris Tjeknavorian
The Tsar's Farewell And Departure - Loris Tjeknavorian
The Tsarina In A Barrel At Sea - Loris Tjeknavorian
The Three Wonders - Loris Tjeknavorian
Flight Of The Bumble-Bee - Loris Tjeknavorian
Holy Night - Loris Tjeknavorian
Games And Dances Of The Stars-Mazurka-The Sixth Comet-Csardas And Rain Of The Falling Stars - Loris Tjeknavorian
The Devil's Christmas - Loris Tjeknavorian
Polonaise - Loris Tjeknavorian
Procession To Midnight Mass And Carols - Loris Tjeknavorian

Comet's Tale: The Best of Patrick Kosmos, Vol. 3

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Comet's Tale: The Best of Patrick Kosmos, Vol. 3
Patrick Kosmos
Manufacturer: Innovative Commun.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000025IYA
Release Date: 1993-02-01

Tracks:

Shuttle Lock, Part III
Random Illusion
Hurry On Sundown
Photon-The Theme, Part 1-3
Sunburst, Part 1-3
The Tower

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Comet's Tale: The Best of Patrick Kosmos, Vol. 3
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Manufacturer: Innovative
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ASIN: B000006K0O
Release Date: 1991-01-01

Tracks:

Shuttle Lock, Part III
Random Illusion
Hurry On Sundown
Photon-The Theme, Part 1-3
Sunburst, Part 1-3
The Tower

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A Comet's Tale
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Manufacturer: Gopher Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IM5K
Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

Out There
Neptune and Pluto
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
The Sun
Reprise

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Comet's Tale: The Best of Patrick Kosmos, Vol. 3
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Manufacturer: The Orchard
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ASIN: B000056T8C
Release Date: 2000-12-26

Tracks:

Shuttle Lock, Part III
Random Illusion
Hurry On Sundown
Photon-The Theme, Part 1-3
Sunburst, Part 1-3
The Tower

Music of Cosmos: Selections from the Score of the Television Series "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan (2-Disc)

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More music than original LP release, but no Takemitsu!
EL MEJOR SOUNDTRACK
Great music from Cosmos, wish there were no interruptions.
A musical analogue of the TV series
The Music of Cosmos - To Buy - or Not to Buy

Music of Cosmos: Selections from the Score of the Television Series "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan (2-Disc)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Cosmos Studios / BMG
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Music of Cosmos: Selections from the Score of the PBS Television Series Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Cosmos: Carl Sagan (7 DVD Set)

ASIN: B00006HCVP
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

Heaven & Hell, Part 1 - Vangelis
Symphony No.11 In G Minor, Op.103 'The Year 1905' - Shostakovich
Alpha - Vangelis
(Depicting) Cranes In Their Nest - Yamaguchi
Clarinet Concerto In A Major, K.622 - Mozart
Pachelbel: The Pachelbel Canon - Galway
Metamorhposis - Boydstun
The Sea Named 'Solaris' - Bach
Partita For Violin Solo No.3 In E - Bach
The Four Seasons: Spring - Vivaldi
Sonata D-Dur Fur Trompete, Oboe Und Basso Continuo - Finger
Concerto For Mandolin & Strings In C Major - Vivaldi
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op.57 II - Rimsky-Korsakov
Legacy - Fast
Russian Easter Festival Overture - Rimsky-Korsakov

Tracks:

Pulstar - Vangelis
'Vishnu' Symphony No.19, Op.217 - Hovhaness
Melancholy Blues - Bloom
Aquarius - MacDermot
Beaubourg, Part 2 - Vangelis
The Planets - Mars - Holst
Alien Images 1 - Boydstun
Fly...Night Bird - Roussel
Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer? - Vangelis
The Rite Of Spring - Stravinsky
Prayer Of St. Gregory - Hovhaness
Bulgarian Shepherdess Song - Traditional
Comet 16 - Vangelis

Customer Reviews:

More music than original LP release, but no Takemitsu!.......2007-07-14

Unfortunately, this 2-CD set appears to be unavailable now. But if you can find it, don't hesitate to purchase it. If you loved the 80s TV series, this captures many of the musical moments that made the series so unique.

As many reviewers have mentioned - yes, Age of Aquarius does not fit in well; the segues between selections range from being odd to downright annoying; and yes there is much more music represented here than on the original LP, including the Vangelis track that he composed for the second Special Edition of Cosmos that aired as a mini-series several years after the original series aired.

One thing that reviewers so far have overlooked is that one track from the original LP somehow did not make it onto this 2CD set - Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu's short track "Inside the Heart of the Universe". A brief and somewhat odd piece of music, it still has a mystical beauty to it. It also gave me reason to know Takemitsu's name when I was six or seven years old, growing up watching the Cosmos series and enjoying the original LP. I grew up to be a professional musician, and tried to find out just where this track came from. It took a lot of research, but I found that it was from a soundtrack called Legacy For the Future. It was released on LP in the early 1970s, and was only briefly released on CD by Deutsche Grammophon in 1996 and I was lucky to find a copy (the whole CD is wonderful!). Anyway, this probably more info than most readers care for, but for any who remember this cool piece of music and lament that it did not make it to this 2CD set - you aren't the only ones who noticed this!

There is a CD release of the original LP tracks - right now there appear to be several copies available from Marketplace sellers. So those who are dissatisfied with the 2CD release, or wish to experience both on CD, can purchase it while supplies last. The artwork is different from, and not as breathtaking as the original LP, but the music is the same. And the Takemitsu piece is on that one!

John Kendall Bailey

EL MEJOR SOUNDTRACK.......2006-11-13

Este es sin duda alguna uno de los mejores soundtrack de todos los tiempos.Incluye, ademas de la musica seleccionada para la serie televisiva de Carl Sagan, algunas piezas de las que estan a bordo de la nave espacial Voyager.Si usted quiere pasar una noche disfrutando de una buena seleccion musical no dude en colocar estos dos discos ya que tienen una variedad y balance estupendamente escogidos.Esta dedicado a todos los musicos del planeta Tierra como tributo.

Great music from Cosmos, wish there were no interruptions........2006-08-16

This newer two CD soundtrack of Carl Sagan's Cosmos has more music than the old vinyl LP, which I liked, but I thought the old record arranged the selections in a more logical, listenable order. The "environmental" sound effects are not all musical The crane was the only bird's call I heard and unfortunately no songbirds were included, though the sounds of other not so musical animals were included (e.g., the lion and zebra). The saw and bulldozer were annoying. There was certainly an attempt at convey an environmental message, but why permit noise to intrude on the music?

There's a moving version of "Pachelbel's Canon", J. S. Bach's "The Sea Named Solaris", selecions from Holst's "The Planets" and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". and many of the other classical music tracks used in the series. These works sound even better than they did on the old LP. This makes the album well worth owning, though it would have been better if those who designed it had followed the concept of the old LP more closely.

A musical analogue of the TV series .......2005-04-08

I am astounded that everyone who disliked the track segues on this release apparently didn't read the any of the liner notes or apparently watch the COSMOS TV series itself. Like the TV series, this soundtrack musically covers the origins of the Universe, the development of stars, planets, life, evolution, civilization, scientific discoveries and meditations on humanity's fate and place in the universe. A quick glance at the back cover and liner notes clearly illustrate this.

Perfectionists are advised that if they really want the actual soundtrack music to the series, simply purchase the DVD box set. There is a music only track on each DVD for each program. As broadcast, most of the pieces were multiply re-arranged, cut, trimmed and even made into different versions, so you'll not hear exactly what was broadcast even with an original recording. Besides, many pieces were omitted from the CD due to copyright, time constraints, etc.

That having been said, the Age of Aquarius cut is awful, regardless of whether it was in the TV show or not. Omitting Beethoven for that? Ugh. That alone makes me give it a 4/5.

The Music of Cosmos - To Buy - or Not to Buy.......2004-12-26

I want to buy this album badly, but some of the previous comments on the 'in-between effects' scares me off. I will probably buy it anyway, but if I hated the extra stuff, I would transfer the CD's to my computer, then burn each track back onto new CD's. If I did this, would it get rid of the effects, or are they integral to the tracks. Has anyone tried to do this?

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