Never Really Was [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Track Listings
1. Never Really Was
2. Never Really Was
3. Bear With Me
4. Never Really Was (Video)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Taken from the Album "Hurt No More".

Never Really Was,Mario Winans,Universal Int'l,Contemporary R&B,Pop,R&B/Soul,Rock,Urban


Never Really Was [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Never Really Was [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
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Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Good bargain.
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Manufacturer: Prism Leisure
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  1. Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, Trial of Jury
  2. The Pirate Queen (2007 Original Broadway Cast)

ASIN: B000068ZTB
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Hark the Hour of Ten Is Sounding [From Trial by Jury]
  2. Judge's Song [From Trial by Jury]
  3. We Sail the Ocean Blue..... Buttercup's Song [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
  4. My Gallant Crew... I Am the Captin of the Pinafore [From H. M. S. ...]
  5. When I Was a Lad [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
  6. Never Mind the Why and Wherefore [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
  7. He Is an Englishman [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
  8. Pirate King's Song [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  9. Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast? ...Poor Wandering One [From the ...]
  10. How Beautifully Blue the Sky [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  11. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General [From the Pirates of ...]
  12. When the Foeman Bears His Steel [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  13. When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  14. Ah! Leave Me Not to Pine Alone [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  15. Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  16. With Catlike Tread [From the Pirates of Penzance]
  17. March and Entry of the Peers [From Iolanthe]
  18. Law Is the True Embodiment [From Iolanthe]
  19. When I Went to the Bar [From Iolanthe]
  20. When All Night Long [From Iolanthe]
  21. When Britain Really Ruled the Waves [From Iolanthe]
  22. Oh Foolish Fay [From "Iolanthe"]
  23. Nightmare Song [From Iolanthe]
  24. If You Go In [From Iolanthe]
  25. Finale: Soon as We May [From Iolanthe]

Tracks:

  1. If You Want to Know Who We Are.... a Wandering Minstrel I [From ...]
  2. Our Great Mikado [From the Mikado]
  3. Behold the Lord High Executioner [From the Mikado]
  4. I've Got a Little List [From the Mikado]
  5. Three Little Maids from School [From the Mikado]
  6. Braid the Raven Hair [From the Mikado]
  7. Sun Whose Rays [From the Mikado]
  8. Here's a How-De-Do [From the Mikado]
  9. More Humane Mikado [From the Mikado]
  10. Flowers That Bloom in the Spring [From the Mikado]
  11. Tit Willow [From the Mikado]
  12. There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast [From the Mikado]
  13. Is Life a Boon? [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
  14. Where I Thy Bride [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
  15. Hereupon We're Both Agreed [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
  16. Strange Adventure [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
  17. Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
  18. When a Wooer Goes a Wooing [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
  19. For the Merriest Fellows Are We [From the Gondoliers]
  20. We're Called Gondolieri [From the Gondoliers]
  21. From the Sunny Spanish Shore [From the Gondoliers]
  22. In Enterprise of Martial Kind [From the Gondoliers]
  23. I Stole the Prince [From the Gondoliers]
  24. When a Merry Maiden Marries [From the Gondoliers]
  25. Regular, Royal Queen [From the Gondoliers]
  26. Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes [From the Gondoliers]
  27. There Lived a King [From the Gondoliers]
  28. In a Contemplative Fashion [From the Gondoliers]
  29. Small Titles and Orders [From the Gondoliers]
  30. I Am a Courtier Grave and Serious [From the Gondoliers]
  31. Finale: Once More Gondolieri [From the Gondoliers]

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good bargain........2004-08-25

The performances are good--this is the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, after all--and you get 2 full CDs, with 2 selections from "Trial by Jury", 5 from "HMS Pinafore", 9 from "The Pirates of Penzance", 9 from "Iolanthe", 12 from "The Mikado", 6 from "The Yeomen of the Guard", and 13 from "The Gondoliers". The booklet is a bit skimpy, and only lists recording dates for the first CD (1929-1949). But the sound is good, and the music is great, and at this price it's a great "greatest hits" collection.
String Quartet Tribute to the Smiths
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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  • mediocre
  • Great album.
  • a little odd
  • Worked for The Cure tribute not for The Smiths
String Quartet Tribute to the Smiths
S. Morrissey , J. Marr , and Eric Gorfain
Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
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ASIN: B00008J2SO
Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

  1. Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me
  2. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
  3. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
  4. How Soon Is Now
  5. William, It Was Really Nothing
  6. Back To The Old House
  7. There Is A Light That Never Goes
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  9. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
  10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
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Product Description

1. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
2. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
3. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
4. How Soon Is Now
5. William, It Was Really Nothing
6. Back To The Old House
7. There Is A Light That Never Goes
8. This Charming Man
9. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
11. Not This Time (Original Composition)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Haunting.......2006-02-22

I'm giving this compilation 3 stars not because it isn't good...but because I feel that the String Quartet didn't take advantage of The Smiths catalogue. I was disappointed to see that some of my favorites were not covered. Maybe for volume 2?

Other than that...it was mostly beautiful. The cover of "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" was particularly good. In fact, they managed to make it even more
melancholy than the original! I didn't even know that was possible.

3 out of 5 stars mediocre.......2004-06-20

This CD sounds like a good idea, but on hearing it I was disappointed. The string quartet doesnt seem enough for a lot of these songs, maybe with a few more instruments in there it could work. It also seems, like many other string quartet tribute CDs, that these people playing the songs are not fans of the band, they don't seem to get into the music, or understand what makes it great. This CD is only nescassary for hardcore smiths fans that already have their albums.

4 out of 5 stars Great album........2004-04-04

This is a wonderful album if you truly are a "Smiths" fan. The strings do an excellent job of masking as Morrissey's voice. However, even if you aren't a fan of The Smiths, the melodies are enjoyable. Johnny Marr will go down as a gifted guitarist/writer (as all his Guitar magazine accolades). People who aren't fans or are "Morrissey-jaded" wouldn't like this or probably anything else not Morrissey. Oh yeah, that's right I said it!!!

3 out of 5 stars a little odd.......2003-10-05

Uh, this is wierd. It is like Morrissey and the Smiths covering Metalica. It just doesn't fit. Even so, for the hardcore Smiths fan it is worth the buy. Back To The Old HOuse was enjoyable, but I would suggest that you listen to the versions of other artists. And who chose the playlist? Crappy at best.

3 out of 5 stars Worked for The Cure tribute not for The Smiths.......2003-09-08

The String Quartet's tribute to The Smiths doesn't quite work as well as the tribute to The Cure. Maybe it's because the music from The Cure is much more colorful and has more layer and works wonderfully well with string instruments. However, without Morrisey's voice the string music doesn't work well.
The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
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    The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

    Manufacturer: Angel Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00004SSJR
    Release Date: 2002-11-05

    Tracks:

    1. The Mikado: Overture
    2. The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
    3. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
    4. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
    5. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
    6. The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
    7. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
    8. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
    9. The Mikado: I Am So Proud
    10. The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
    11. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
    12. The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
    13. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
    14. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
    15. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
    16. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
    17. The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
    18. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
    19. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
    20. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
    21. Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
    22. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
    23. H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
    24. Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
    25. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term

    Tracks:

    1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
    2. H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
    3. H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
    4. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
    5. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
    6. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
    7. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
    8. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
    9. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
    10. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
    11. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
    12. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
    13. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
    14. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
    15. Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
    16. Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
    17. Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
    18. Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
    19. Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
    20. Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
    21. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
    22. The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)

    Tracks:

    1. When All Night Long A Chap Remains
    2. When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
    3. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
    4. If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
    5. Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
    6. Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
    7. Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
    8. Ruddigore: You Understand?
    9. Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
    10. Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
    11. Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
    12. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
    13. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
    14. The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
    15. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
    16. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
    17. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
    18. The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
    19. The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
    20. The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
    21. The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
    22. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
    23. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
    24. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride
    Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • There are better collections available
    • A Must for Savoyards
    • Almost first generation performances to revel in
    Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

    Manufacturer: Memoir Classics
    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B0000044RQ
    Release Date: 1994-12-08

    Tracks:

    1. The Mikado: If You Want To Know Who We Are...A Wandering Minstrel I - Derek Oldham/Radley Flynn
    2. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School - Brenda Bennett/Marjorie Eyre/Elizabeth Nickell-Lean
    3. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do - Brenda Bennett/Derek Oldham/Martyn Green
    4. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - Brenda Bennett/Marjorie Eyre/Derek Oldham/Martin Green/Sydney Granville
    5. The Mikado: Tit Willow - Martyn Green
    6. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Is Life A Boon? - Derek Oldham
    7. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Were I Thy Bride - Nellie Briercliffe
    8. H.M.S. Pinafore: We Sail The Ocean Blue...I'm Called Little Buttercup - Bertha Lewis
    9. H.M.S. Pinafore: I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore - George Baker
    10. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad - Sir Henry Lytton
    11. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore - Elsie Griffin/George Baker/Sir Henry Lytton
    12. H.M.S. Pinafore: He Is An Englishman - Sydney Granville
    13. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast...Poor Wandering One - Derek Oldham/Muriel Dickson
    14. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General - George Baker
    15. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment - Sydney Granville
    16. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Catlike Tread - Chor And Orch/Sir Malcolm Sargent
    17. Iolanthe: When Britain Really Ruled The Waves - Darrell Fancourt
    18. Iolanthe: If You Go In - Derek Oldham/George Baker/Darrell Fancourt
    19. Trial By Jury: The Judge's Song - Leo Sheffield
    20. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries - Aileen Davies
    21. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes - Derek Oldham
    22. The Gondoliers: In A Contemplative Fashion - Winifred Lawson/Aileen Davies/Derek Oldham/George Baker
    23. The Gondoliers: Once More Gondolieri - Chor And Orch/Harry Norris

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars There are better collections available.......2000-08-03

    This is a nice collection of Gilbert and Sullivan work. I would advise however that the sound quality is very poor. I understand that this is an original recording but for the average listener interested in owning a general collection of Gilbert and Sullivan tunes (such as myself) there are better collections available.

    5 out of 5 stars A Must for Savoyards.......2000-03-24

    This nostalgic CD contains recordings of singers who actually rehearsed with Gilbert and Sullivan. The beautiful quality of these voices makes me wish I could have seen these wonderful performers on stage. Since this wish is impossible, this CD is the next best thing.

    5 out of 5 stars Almost first generation performances to revel in.......1999-07-07

    The performances on this selection of G&S are so numerous and varied that it is difficult to 'pin-point' a preference. But, I would have to choose the rendition by Nellie Briercliffe as Phoebe, in 'Were I thy bride'. The sheer character of the part leaps at you combined with a delicious sense of the humour, to make this performance easily the winner. No other rendition of this music has been equalled. The bonus of the Gondoliers and Pirates of Penzance make for a bargain release. My only quibble is the choice of the electric recording of the 1936 Mikado. A better choice would have been the 1926 recording with Sir Henry Lytton as Ko-Ko. The transfers would require some cosmetic choices to 'clean up' the hisses and other background noises, but it would have been far more interesting and in keeping with the 'Best' of Gilbert and Sullivan performances. As for purchasing this release, I whole-heartedly support you in doing so. Have nostalgic fun!
    Never Really Was
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      Never Really Was

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      ASIN: B0002U9K8Q
      Release Date: 2004-09-28

      Album Description

      Taken from the 2004 album 'Hurt No More'. Includes three non-LP tracks. Details TBA. Universal.
      Never Really Was
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        Never Really Was
        Mario Winans
        Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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        ASIN: B0002SFO6A
        Release Date: 2004-10-26

        Tracks:

        1. Never Really Was
        2. Never Really Was
        3. Bear with Me
        4. Never Really Was

        Album Description

        Taken from the 2004 album 'Hurt No More'. Tracks TBA. Bad Boy Entertainment.
        Never Really Was
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          Never Really Was
          Mario Winans
          Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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          ASIN: B0002O39BQ
          Release Date: 2004-12-07

          Tracks:

          1. Never Really Was
          2. Never Really Was
          3. Bear with Me
          4. Never Really Was

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          Taken from the Album "Hurt No More".
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          2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
          3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
          4. Hungarian Dance No.7
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          7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
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          9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
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          15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
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          17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
          18. Tzigane
          19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
          20. Caprice No.24
          21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
          22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
          23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
          24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
          25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
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          28. Clair De Lune
          29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
          30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
          31. The Pizzicato Violin
          32. Pizzicato Polka
          33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
          34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
          35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
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          59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
          60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
          61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
          62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
          63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
          64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
          65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
          66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
          67. Elfenreigen

          Tracks:

          1. Introduction To The Viola
          2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
          3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
          4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
          5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
          6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
          7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
          8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
          9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
          10. Cypresses (No.9)
          11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
          12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
          13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
          14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
          15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
          16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
          17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
          18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
          19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
          20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
          21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
          22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
          23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
          24. Elfentanz, Op.39
          25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
          26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
          27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
          28. Flamenco
          29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
          30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
          31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
          32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
          33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
          34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
          35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
          36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
          37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
          38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
          39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
          40. Capriccio Di Bravura
          41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
          42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
          43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

          Tracks:

          1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
          2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
          3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
          4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
          5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
          6. Sa'Dawi
          7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
          8. Chamber Music No.II
          9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
          10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
          11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
          12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
          13. A Variety Of Techniques
          14. Chamber Music No.II
          15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
          16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
          17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
          18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
          19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
          20. Naelden, Naelden
          21. The Bachian Oboe
          22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
          23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
          24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
          25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
          26. The Swan Of Tuonela
          27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
          28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
          29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
          30. Bolero
          31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
          32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
          33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
          34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
          35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
          36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
          37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
          38. ...And Quite Low.
          39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
          40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
          41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
          42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
          43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
          44. Introduction To The Saxophone
          45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
          46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
          47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
          48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
          49. Bolero
          50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
          51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
          52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
          53. Sax-O-Phun
          54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
          55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
          56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
          57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
          58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
          59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
          60. Bolero
          61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
          62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
          63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
          64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
          65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
          66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
          67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
          68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
          69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
          70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
          71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
          72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
          73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
          74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
          75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
          76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

          Tracks:

          1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
          2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
          3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
          4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
          5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
          6. Fanfare For The Common Man
          7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
          8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
          9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
          10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
          11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
          12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
          13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
          14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
          15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
          16. Billy The Kid
          17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
          18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
          19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
          20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
          21. The Birth Of The Trombone
          22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
          23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
          24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
          25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
          26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
          27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
          28. Hosannah
          29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
          30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
          31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
          32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
          33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
          34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
          35. The Horn And The Hunt
          36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
          37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
          38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
          39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
          40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
          41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
          42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
          43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
          44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
          45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
          46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
          47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
          48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
          49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
          50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
          51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

          Tracks:

          1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
          2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
          3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
          4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
          5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
          6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
          7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
          8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
          9. Den Hoboecken Dans
          10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
          11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
          12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
          13. Gymnopedie No.2
          14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
          15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
          16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
          17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
          18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
          19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
          20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
          21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
          22. The Birth Of The Bongo
          23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
          24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
          25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
          26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
          27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
          28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
          29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
          30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
          31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
          32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
          33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
          34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
          35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
          36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
          37. Ravel And The Xylophone
          38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
          39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
          40. Introducing The Vibraphone
          41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
          42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
          43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
          44. Folk Dances
          45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
          46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
          47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
          48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
          49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
          50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
          51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
          52. Introducing The Celeste
          53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
          54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
          55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
          56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
          57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
          58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
          59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
          60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
          61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
          62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
          63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

          Tracks:

          1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
          2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
          3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
          4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
          5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
          6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
          7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
          8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
          9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
          10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
          11. Mahler's Sleighbells
          12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
          13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
          14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
          15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
          16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
          17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
          18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
          19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
          20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
          21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
          22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
          23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
          24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
          25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
          26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
          27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
          28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
          29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
          30. Nocturnes
          31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
          32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
          33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
          34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
          35. The Oboe As Duck
          36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
          37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
          38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
          39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
          40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
          41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
          42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
          43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
          44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
          45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
          46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
          47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
          48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
          49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
          50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
          51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
          52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

          Tracks:

          1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
          2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
          3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
          4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
          5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
          6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
          7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
          8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
          9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
          10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
          11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
          12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
          13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
          14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
          15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
          16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
          17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
          18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
          19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
          20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
          21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
          22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
          23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
          24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
          25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
          26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
          27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
          28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
          29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
          30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
          31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
          32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
          33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
          34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
          35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
          36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
          37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
          38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
          39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
          40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
          41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
          42. Canzon 28
          43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
          44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
          45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
          46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
          47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
          48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
          49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
          50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
          51. Images (Gigues)
          52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
          53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
          54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
          55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
          56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
          57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
          58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

          This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

          5 out of 5 stars Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

          This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

          5 out of 5 stars Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

          Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

          3 out of 5 stars Frank's view.......2006-08-19

          This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

          5 out of 5 stars Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

          I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

          The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

          I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

          The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
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          ASIN: B00004XR7M
          Release Date: 2000-08-15

          Customer Reviews:

          2 out of 5 stars Old recordings.......2002-08-26

          Tracks are from performances in 1949, the rest
          are from performances in 1929. The quality is
          what you would expect from these years.

          R&B Music:

          1. New Beginning
          2. Nexus [Import]
          3. Nina Sky
          4. Northern Soul: the All-Night Party Album [Import]
          5. Not Too Late for Love, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
          6. Not Too Late for Love, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]
          7. Nu Soul [Import]
          8. Oh My God [CD-single]
          9. On the Move
          10. Rock N Roll Baby

          R&B Music

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          Recommended Music:

          Tribal House, Vol. 2

          Carl Nielsen: Symphonies 2 & 3

          Cathedral Organ Favourites

          My Brother and I

          Flaming Pie

          China [Import]

          Celebration of Joy

          Dying To Meet You

          Brazilian Club Sounds [Import]

          Brahms, Schumann

          Dirty Sanchez

          Best Tracks [Import]

          Crunk Juice [Explicit Lyrics]

          Colors Never Imagined

          The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack