Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
2. Whippoorwill
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
3. Comes the Dawn
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
4. Sonoran Nights
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
5. Shaman's Call, for solo Native American Flute
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
6. Eye of the Eagle
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
7. Garden of Dreams
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
8. Into the Twilight
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
9. Under the Beautiful Sky
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
10. Little Dog
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
11. Meditations on Dinétah
Composed by R. Carlos Nakai
Performed by Canyon Symphony with R. Carlos Nakai
Fourth World,R. Carlos Nakai,Canyon Records,Chamber,Flute Solo/Sonata,Int'l & World Music,Miscellaneous,Miscellaneous Music,Native American,New Age,Pop,World Music
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Fourth World
Kara's Flowers Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002234ZY Release Date: 2004-05-25 |
Tracks:
- Soap Disco
- .
- Future Kid
- Myself
- Oliver
- The Never Saga
- Loving The Small Time
- To Her With Love
- Sleepy Windbreaker
- Pantry Queen
- My Ocean Blue
- Captain Splendid
Album Description
L.A.-based modern rock quartet Kara's Flowers - frontman Adam Levine plus Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick - were the nucleus for what would become - with the addition of James Valentine -today's hot act Maroon 5. Southland stars in the late '90s, these friends since high school released only one full-length disc, an instant favorite among fans of world-class, literate, Beatle-esque pop-rock everywhere.Customer Reviews:
!Fourth World! .......2006-03-19
This Ablum , as other reviews have said, is beatle-esc and is a good album to listen to whatever your mood. My favourtie song has to be "My Ocean Blue" which is most defiantely beatle-esc. Others like the opening track 'soapdisco' sound slightly punk-pop-y. Another great track is 'Oliver'.
All in all a brilliant album for anyone to buy.
Sounds like Maroon 5 Demos...Not the Best There is.......2006-01-02
Please, go for Maroon 5 instead
Pleasant Surprise.......2005-12-27
<3 for KF & M5.......2005-10-27
Not The True Maroon 5.......2005-10-23
Fallout Boy
Backstreet Boys
Simple Plan
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Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
Jon Hassell , and Brian Eno Manufacturer: Editions Eg Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003S2B Release Date: 1990-08-31 |
Tracks:
- Chemistry
- Delta Rain Dream
- Griot (Over 'Contagious Magic')
- Ba-Benzele
- Rising Thermal 14*16' N; 32*28' E
- Charm (Over 'Burundi Cloud')
Amazon.com
The term "Fourth World" has often been used to describe various ethno-electronic compositions. Joining trumpeter Jon Hassell in different combinations on Possible Musics are coproducer and synthesist Brian Eno and percussionists Nana Vasconcelos and Ayibe Dieng, among others. Hassell has found a unique way to summon a lush, otherworldly sound from his trumpet, applying the Indian vocal techniques he learned from Pandit Pran Nath to the way he plays his instrument. On Possible Musics, he mixes his ethereal brass sounds with hand percussion, bass, analog synths, Eno's trademark studio treatments, and the occasional looped trumpet or keyboard riff. The hypnotic fusion of Indian and African aesthetics creates a dreamy brand of otherworldly world music that, despite the electronic influences swirling around it, maintains a strongly organic feel. This classic recording predated all of the ethnoambient music that proliferated throughout the last decade, but unlike many of those efforts, it still retains a strong sense of identity. --Bryan ReesmanCustomer Reviews:
Far Ahead Of Its' Time.......2006-09-18
Sparse (as is typical) ambient instrumentation, which in earlier incarnations of ambient music was less techno-oriented, and more drawn from world, jazz and experimental/classical sources; here the prophet synth, Hassell's flugelhorn, Eno's loops and textures and the layered rhythms (somewhat processed and submerged into the mix) are the attractions.
About the only comparison I could make, aside from their own work, would be certain bits of early 1970s Miles Davis, where some similar electronic processing of trumpets (over multi-layered percussion) was happening.
In any case, this is a very unique and extraordinary disc.
-David Alston
One of his best.......2005-07-14
Unexpected Masterpiece.......2005-04-06
Beautiful, Chilling, Subliminal Psychedelia.......2003-04-27
Fourth World Vol 1 (where are the others???) treads a line between jazz, ambent and eastern devotional music, finding its own niche in the course of listening. Of special note is the final track, "Charm (over Burundi Cloud)", clocking in at 21:29 and could have been longer if not for the limitations of vinyl production at the time of the original's release. One wonders if the original sessions of Possible Musics could be made available ...... my only criticism of this package being that it seems like more of a sampler, a teasing taste, of all that it could be.
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Those Congas!.......2003-01-30
This record features a bizarre (yet pleasant) combination of styles: there are of course the indian influences, but there are also traces of Terry Rily (in the looped keyboards) and Brian's contemporary work with David Byrne. The instrumentation is sparse: Two Congas, Trumpet, Prophet V synthesizer, and Bass Guitar, but these colors are blended superbly to form some great sound paintings. I wish there were more records that use the Prophet V like this one does.
And the drumming - I have never heard such exquisite Conga work anywhere.
One warning: Hassel's style might grate on some people's ears, as it does with mine, but it can be handled in small doses. But the 22-minute-long song at the end of the record can get annoying in some places. If you have heard Hassel before and like it, you'll like this record, but if you're not sure, well, you were forewarned.
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Fourth World, Vol. 2: Dream Theory in Malaya
Jon Hassell Manufacturer: Editions Eg Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003S2I Release Date: 1991-07-01 |
Tracks:
- Chor Moire
- Courage
- Dream Theory
- Datu Bintung at Jelong
- Malay
- These Times...
- Gift of Fire
Customer Reviews:
Sounds like a sounds effects cd.......2006-06-13
Hassell's High Point: Rhythmic Variety.......2005-10-01
Just before recording this LP, Hassell had been working with Brian Eno and Talking Heads, and he absorbed their ability to craft strong world-rhythms. This gave his meandering compositions a grounding and propulsion they heretofore lacked. Eno and company's influence can be heard in the slight-of-hand backing tracks here, where the percussion and bass play shifting melodies that constantly intermingle like cards being shuffled.
What makes this stand out from his other work, however, is the way each song's rhythm creates a unique sound world for that particular song. Some of his other work tends to have a sameness of sound over the entire project (with each project sounding different from the others). Here, each track shifts into its own thing, and each song takes you on a sonic voyage and leaves a unique melodic imprint on your brain. Yes, there is a sort of overall feel, a psychedelic swirling of processed trumpet sounds set against rhythms at once earthy and primitive, yet urban and experimental. Yet you can feel each track stretching in a different direction, giving the album a variety that results in an easy-to-digest listening experience.
Still under the influence of Eno's production, Hassell also shows us his ability to create using post-production and sound-shaping techniques. I dare anyone to find me something that sounds like "Chor Moire!" The texture of the music here reminds me of the best of Eno's ambient work, but with more of a rhythmic thrust and organic feel to it. Yet the studio manipulations never take away the warmth of what is essentially a live-in-studio, greatly improvised jazz recording.
I recommend this highly for anyone who likes music that is subtle, innovative and beyond category. If only Miles Davis had been listening to Jon Hassell instead of Michael Jackson before he died, he might have kept his position at the forefront of progressive trumpet music.
give me a break.......2004-04-14
Beyond music.......2002-12-05
Strangely, I most often put this CD on when I'm not feeling well. Its healing powers always helps me get through a fever. It's like a 40 minute session with my own private shaman.
This is music best heard in a reclining position with the lights down low. Enjoy.
Suitable Companion to Fourth World Vol. 1.......2001-12-21
Here, Hassell does his own thing without Brian Eno as producer. As on succeeding LPs, he pursues a cleaner and somewhat louder version of his signature sound. Here, it works well and again takes us into realms of trance that no one had taken us to before. Enough of the LP sounds outstanding and slightly different from the music on Volume 1 to make this worthwhile in its own right.
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2
Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006SSQ7U Release Date: 2005-01-04 |
Tracks:
- First Season End Title
- Vulcan Affair (Suite No. 2)
- Iowa-Scuba Affair
- Shark Affair
- Deadly Games Affair (Suite No. 2)
- Meet Mr. Solo
- Giuoco Piano Affair
- King of Knaves Affair: Suite No. 2
- First Season Main Title [Revised]
- Deadly Decoy Affair
- Spy With My Face
- Second Season Main Title
- Alexander the Greater Affair
- Ultimate Computer Affair
- Very Important Zombie Affair
- Dippy Blonde Affair
- Seadly Goddess Afair
- Moonglow Affair
Tracks:
- One of Our Spies Is Missing
- Third Season Main Title
- Sort of Do-It-Youself Dreadful Affair
- Galatea Affair
- Pop Art Affair
- Come With Me to the Casbah Affair
- Off-Broadway Affair
- Concrete Overcoat Affair
- Napoleon's Tomb Affair
- Alternate Fourth Season Main Title
- Fourth Season (End Title)
- Test Tube Killer Affair
- Prince of Darkness Affair
- Seven Wonders of the World Affair
Customer Reviews:
Another great trip down the MFU memory lane.......2005-10-19
My only problem is that THE CDs ARE COPY PROTECTED! Considerable work is needed to get the music onto your iPod, if you really want the music in your mp3 collection. This is a major hassle and a surprise, since the first set in the series was not copy protected.
The best of the three Double CDs ORIGINAL soundtrack release.......2005-07-12
Indeed, this is an unbelievable collection of three double CDs packages with the complete series soundtrack, and I mean the complete music, not a tune is missing.
And this is the ORIGINAL Man From Uncle music. Let me stress the point: this is the four years ORIGINAL soundtrack with the original recordings as they were heard throughout the series, not a no-name orchestra doing personal versions of the stuff. The audio transfer is very, very good, the music from late episodes is even in stereo.
Each individual CD carries over 70 minutes of music. All in all there you have the four TV seasons main titles and all, absolutely all of TMFU unforgetable music.
This is not a chronological release, meaning, all CDs have a mix of music from all four TV seasons. Volume 1 is heavier on early TV seasons stuff, fans of Jerry Goldsmith will love it. Those of us who prefer what Gerald Fried and later Richard Shores did with TMFU music, then volume 2 is mandatory. If you are a fan, you can't miss any of these six CDs. However if buying all three double packages is too much for you, you must go with Volume 2, no questions asked. Volume three is the weakest of them as it brings "suites" and a whole CD with "The Girl From Uncle" soundtrack, but you have a bonus "Open Channel D" beeper.
Each package is gorgeous, each with a glossy color booklet with extensive liner notes with details on how each tune was written to a specific TV series episode and how it was used onwards. You have bios on the composers, on how the recordings were made, even an overview on how many instruments were available in each of the years the music was recorded.
So, throw away your Hugo Montenegro Man From Uncle CD, this is the REAL thing.
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Idiot's Guide to Classical Music
Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003FPT Release Date: 1995-02-14 |
Tracks:
- Adagio
- Air on the G String: Air on the G String, Excerpt
- Brandenburg Concerto: Third Movement, Excerpt
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Excerpt
- Tocatta & Fugue: Excerpt
- Adagio for Strings: Excerpt
- Synphony No. 5: First Movement, Excerpt
- Symphony No. 9: Fourth Movement, Excerpt
- Fse: Excerpt
- Turkish March: Turkish March, Excerpt
- Moonlight Sonata: Excerpt
- Symphonie Fantastique: March Ot the Scaffold, Excerpt
- Damnation of Faust: Excerpt
- Carmen - Habanera: Habanera, Excerpt
- Toreador Song [From Carmen]
- Minuet: Minuet, Excerpt
- Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No 17, Excerpt
- Hungarian Dance No. 5: No 5, Excerpt
- Lullaby: No 4, Lullaby, Excerpt
- "Minute" Waltz: Excerpt
- Grande Valse Brillante: Excerpt
- Marche Fune: Marche Fune
- Appalachian Spring: Excerpt
- Fanfare for the Common Man: Excerpt
- Clair de Lune: Excerpt
- Prelude to the Afternoon: Excerpt
- Lakm Flower Duet: Flower Duet, Excerpt
- Symphony No. 9 "New World": Second Movement, "Going Home" Theme, ...
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Excerpt
- Pomp & Circumstance: Excerpt
- El Amor Brujo
- Pavane: Excerpt
- Rhapsody in Blue: Excerpt
- American in Paris: Excerpt
- Funeral March of Marionette: Excerpt
- Piano Concerto in a Minor: Excerpt
- Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Morning: Morning, Excerpt
- Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus: Hallelujah Chorus, Excerpt
- Water Music - Hornpipe: Hornpipe, Excerpt
- Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Second Movement, Excerpt
- The Planets - Mars: Mars, Excerpt
- Sabre Dance: Sabre Dance, Excerpt
- Pagliacci: Vesti la Giubba, Excerpt
- Hungarian Rhapsody
- Liebestraum No. 3: No 3, Excerpt
- Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo: Intermezzo, Excerpt
- Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March: Wedding March, Excerpt
- Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Fourth Movement, Excerpt
- Rondeau: No 1, Rondeau
- Piano Concerto No. 21: Andante, Excerpt
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: First Movement, Excerpt
- The Marriage of Figaro - Overture: Overture, Excerpt
- Sonata in A - Rondo Alla Turca: Rondo Alla Turca, Excerpt
- Symphony No. 40: First Movement, Excerpt
- Night on Bald Mountain: Excerpt
- Pictures at an Exhibition - Great Cave of Kiev: Great Gate of ...
- Barcarolle: Barcarolle, Excerpt
- Orpheus in Hades - Theme II: Excerpt (Theme)
- Carmina Burana - O Fortuna: O Fortuna, Excerpt
- Canon: Canon, Excerpt
- Romeo & Juliet - Montagues & Capulets: Montagues & Capulets, Excerpt
- Lt. Kije's Wedding: Lt. Kije's Wedding, Excerpt
- Turandot - Nessun Dorma: Nessun Dorma, Excerpt
- Piano Concerto No. 2: Second Movement, Excerpt
- Symphony No. 2: Third Movement, Opening, Excerpt
- Rhapsody on a Theme: Variation 18, Excerpt
- Bolero
- Flight of the Bumblebee
- Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio: Adagio, Excerpt
- The Barber of Seville - Overture: Excerpt
- The Barber of Sville - Largo Al Factotum: Largo Al Factotum, Excerpt
- William Tell Overture - Theme II: Excerpt
- Danse Macabre: Excerpt
- Gymnope No. 1
- Symphony N0. 8 "Unfinished": Excerpt
- Ave Maria: Excerpt
- Finlandia [Finale: Finale, Excerpt]
- Valse Triste: No 1, Valse Triste, Excerpt
- Stars & Stripes Forever: Excerpt
- Semper Fidelis: Excerpt
- Blue Danube Waltz: Excerpt
- Tales from the Vienna Woods: Excerpt
- Also Sprach Zarathustra: Fanfare, Excerpt
- Firebird - Infernal Dance & Main Theme: Infernal Dance & Main ...
- The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers: Waltz of the Flowers, Excerpt
- Swan Lake - Waltz: Waltz, Excerpt
- Sleeping Beauty -: Waltz, Excerpt
- Romeo & Juliet - Theme II: Theme LL, Excerpt
- Piano Concerto No. 1 - Opening: Opening, Excerpt
- 1812 Overture - Finale: Finale, Excerpt
- Fantasia on "Greensleeves": Excerpt
- Alda - Grand March: Grand March, Excerpt
- Il Trovatore - Anvil Chorus: Anvil Chorus, Excerpt
- Requiem - Dies Irae: Dies Irae, Excerpt
- Rigoletto - La Donna Mobile: La Donna Mobile, Excerpt
- The Four Seasons "Spring" - Allegro: Allegro, Excerpt
- The Four Season "Winter" - Largo: Largo, Excerpt
- Lohengrin - Bridal Chorus: Bridal Chorus, Excerpt
- Die WalkRide of the Valkyries: Ride of the Valkyries, Excerpt
Customer Reviews:
I can name that tune in three notes.......2005-02-19
A Fabulous CD.......2004-10-14
Mega-Sampler! This really does have 99 tracks!.......2002-03-20
If you like burning your own CDs, then this is a great source for intra-track fillers, along the lines of They Might Be Giants' "Apollo 18" album, which has all of those short tracks on the end. The idea is to put your CD player on shuffle, so the short tracks get mixed in with the bona fide songs. The result being a very unusual album.
The booklet gives an explanation of the track, where you heard it (i.e. the Warner Brother's Cartoons, or on famous films), and where you can get the full piece of music. So it's a mega sampler CD.
I can honestly say that this CD is a great gift for the friend who has everything.
Fun Sampler.......2001-11-09
Useful........1999-03-22
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Simply the Best Christmas Album
Manufacturer: Erato ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005MJ0G Release Date: 2001-08-21 |
Tracks:
- Adeste Fideles - Thomas Hampson
- Ehre Sei Gott In Der Hohe (From Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio) - Tom Koopman
- A Spotless Rose - Edward Higginbottom
- Silent Night - Kiri Te Kanawa
- O Joyful Children - Vienna Symphony
- Festive Cheer: (Sleigh Ride/Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas/Jingle Bells/We Wish You A Merry Christmas) - London Brass
- Glory To God (From Handel's Messiah) - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
- Il Riposo - ...Per Il Natale (From Vivaldi's Christmas Concerto) - Il Giardino Armonico
- O Holy Night - Sumi Jo
- Noel Sur Les Jeux D'anches - Marie-Claire Alain
- Panis Angelicus - Vienna Symphony
- Jesus The Light Of The World - The Boston Camerata
- In Dulci Lubilo - Chanticleer
- Fallt Mit Danken, Fallte Mit Loben (From J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio) - Ton Koopman
- Glory To Christmas - Moscow Liturgic Choir
Tracks:
- The Nutcracker Suite (Opus 71a: Miniature Overture) - Alexander Lazarev
- The Nutcracker Suite (Opus 71a: March) - Alexander Lazarev
- The Nutcracker Suite (Opus 71a: Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy) - Alexander Lazarev
- The Nutcracker Suite (Opus 71a: Trepak, Russian Dance) - Alexander Lazarev
- The Nutcracker Suite (Opus 71a: Dance Of The Reeds) - Alexander Lazarev
- Away In A Manger - London Brass
- Christmas Stays The Same - Linda Eder
- O Tannenbaum - Thomas Hampson
- Pour La Nuit De Noel (Concerto Grosso Op.8 - Third Movement) - I Solisti Veneti
- A Christmas Carol - Chanticleer
- Agnus Dei - Vienna Symphony
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Jouko Harjanne
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Kiri Te Kanawa
- Entre Le Boeuf Et L'ane Gris - Maitrise Saint-Pierre Aux Liens De Bulle
- Christen, Atzet Diesen Tag (From Bach's Christmas Cantata, BWV 63 First Movement: Coro) - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Jung
- The Holly And The Ivy - Vienna Symphony
- The Little Road To Bethlehem - Edward Higginbottom
- Schliesse, Mein Herze (From Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Third Cantata: Alto Aria) - Ton Koopman
- The Four Seasons, Winter (From Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Second Movement) - Progretto Avanti
- Hallelujah (From Handel's Messiah: Part II/Chorus) - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Amazon.com
A rather presumptive holiday title, Simply the Best Christmas Album is an unqualified best--if you like classical, choral, and symphonic music. Marquee talent such as Placido Domingo, Natalie Cole, and Jose Carreras anchor the mix, abetted by the redoubtable London Brass, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Edward Higgenbottom & The Choir of New College, Oxford, and the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra. This two-disc, 36-piece set presents a broad spectrum of holiday pageantry that embraces familiar traditional works like The Nutcracker and more contemporary pieces from Sumi Jo and Linda Eder. From triumphant brass and angelic choirs to stirring string pieces and rich, lovely orchestral movements, Simply the Best sets an exquisitely festive mood. --Martin KellerCustomer Reviews:
Joyous surprises!.......2006-06-01
Simply the Best..........2002-11-19
The vocal power on this 2 CD set is amazing as well--Broadway star Linda Eder, Thomas Hampson, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, Chanticleer, and numerous others. I usually purchase one Christmas CD a year. This was it for me this year--make it part of your holiday collection.
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Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00067GKF6 Release Date: 2005-02-08 |
Customer Reviews:
It's wonderful to have Bernstein back, but the performances fall short.......2006-11-26
For me, the performances themselves fall short. They were often recorded in a rush, sometimes late at night after a summer concert. I know that the Stadium Sym. is actually the NY Phil., but they don't sound particularly fine, and Bernstein's interpreatations, though vigorous, often border on the slapdash. Plowing through Beethoven's 3rd, Dvorak's 9th, Schumann's 2nd, Brahms' 4th and Tchaikovsky's 6th, I found few sparks of originaity, much less genius. This is a tough admission from one of LB's geat admirers, but there you are. The original recorded sound is also a bit thin and harsh.
Come back Lennie, we need you.......2006-02-22
Then there are the performances. I'm not the biggest fan of mono symphonic recordings, but these positively leap down your ears, unmannered, committed and electric. It's hard to believe what was achieved under the hasty recording conditions described in the booklet. The sound is a little fierce, but good enough to make this set a wonderful gift for any open-minded but symphonically ignorant acquaintance. I can easily imagine it turning someone on to classical music.
For Bernstein enthusiasts, it's like owning a gold mine.......2005-06-19
The performances are a revelation, because they demonstrate conclusively that Bernstein did not always "exaggerate" or "overinterpret" great music, as critics frequently claim. His performances here are very, very direct and straightforward, more like Fritz Reiner or Toscanini than like Bernstein.
If this album contained only Bernstein's early performances of these symphonies, it would be interesting, but it might not really attract that much attention, since he re-recorded all of these pieces in stereo in later years, and with the same orchestra.
What makes this set so valuable is that it contains his long out-of-print lectures on these symphonies, and far from what the previous reviewer claims, they never become boring and monotonous. No musician in our time, or maybe even in the history of music, was a better or more articulate and sensitive lecturer on music than Leonard Bernstein. His legendary appearances on the "Young People's Concerts" did more for the appreciation of classical music than all the "Beethoven's Wig" albums combined. (If you don't know what "Beethoven's Wig" is, check it out and shudder at how far music appreciation has fallen since Bernstein's death.)
Bernstein had a unique ability to make classical music accessible to everybody, without ever condescending to the listener or cheapening the music. His lectures on this album, previously only available to 1950's Book of the Month Subscribers (except for part of the Beethoven lecture, which is the only one that Bernstein did re-record in stereo), are invaluable both to music students and to those who are willing to listen. All of the lectures included cover all four movements of the symphonies discussed, except for the Brahms; that one is just as extensive as the others, but it covers only the first movement of the symphony.
However--be warned, the lectures do have a flaw that the symphonies themselves do not, and that is why I have subtracted one star.
The symphony recordings are obviously remastered from magnetic tape, but the lectures have been transferred from LP's. Thus, you will be able to hear an occasional click or pop from time to time, and there is a clearly audible "skip" on the Brahms lecture. It is NOT the CD being defective, or the laser beam on your player skipping; it is clearly the lecture recordings themselves. Deutsche Grammophon, which released this CD set, is very honest about the source of the transfers to compact disc, and is to be commended for this. (They mention it in the last page of the accompanying booklet.) But this shouldn't deter anybody from buying this enormously important Bernstein set.
Bernstein's Early American Recordings.......2005-04-02
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Music from the Once Festival 1961-1966
Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000C7PVT Release Date: 2003-09-23 |
Tracks:
- Sonata - Robert Ashley
- Groups For Piano - Robert Ashley
- String Trio - Edith Perrow
- Epigram And Evolution - Robert Ashley
- Sinfonia For 12 Instruments And Magnetic Tape - Once Chamber Orchestra
- In The Autum Mountains - Shirley Zaft
- Two Pieces For Piano And Chamber Group - Bruce Wise
- The Fourth Of July - Robert Ashley
Tracks:
- Matrix For Clarinetist - John Morgan
- Wedge - Once Chamber Orchestra
- Meanwhile, A Twopiece - Robert Ashley
- Sounds For Eleven - Once Chamber Orchestra
- Gestures II - Robert Ashley
- Bestiary I: Eingang - Once Chamber Orchestra
- Details (2b) - Robert Ashley
- Ballad - Philip Krumm
Tracks:
- Large Size Mograph - Larry Leitch
- Fives - David Maves
- A Quarter Of Fourpiece - Hartt Chamber Players
- Two Worlds - Bob James
- Mosaic - Bob James
- Pianopiece I - Donald Bohlen
- Cassiopeia - Donald Bohlen
- Pianopieces II - Donald Bohlen
- A Portrait For Vanzetti - David Maves
- Greys - Gordon Mumma
Tracks:
- Music For Clocks - Philip Krumm
- Diotima - Anne Aitchison
- 7PTPC - Larry Leitch
- Landscape Journey - John Morgan
- Advance Of The Fungi - William Albright
- In Memoriam...Crazy Horse - ONCE Festival Orchestra
Tracks:
- Music For Three - Robert Ashley
- Time On Time In Miracles - ONCE Chamber Players
- Track - ONCE Chamber Ensemble
- Apple Box Concerto - Pauline Oliveros
- Quartet - William Albright
Album Description
Ann Arbor, Michigan, seems an unlikely site for the establishment of a major avant-garde festival that would shake the new-music community. Tucked away in America's heartland, the city is equally removed from the Eastern metropolises whose artists pride themselves on sensing the pulse of the times, and from the nonconformist West Coast. Yet during the 1960s Ann Arbor played host to one of the most extraordinary adventures in American music history: the annual ONCE Festival and its nexus of related activities.The primary aim of ONCE's founders--Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma, George Cacioppo, Roger Reynolds, and Donald Scavarda--was to create a forum for the presentation of cutting-edge music. To this end they were phenomenally successful. Performers and composers--whether little-known or renowned--embraced the endeavor, demanding almost nothing in return. Perhaps most important, however, ONCE acted as a creative stimulus for its organizers. Scavarda describes the adventure as an explosion of pent-up energy: "Suddenly we could write anything we wanted and have it heard." And they did. The ONCE composers--and many guest artists--wrote a host of new works, some experimental, others more traditional.
What united the ONCE composers was their exploration of sound, whether through the medium of extended techniques on traditional instruments, electronic (or electronically modified) timbres, or the intersection of musical sounds with those of the environment.
A major slice of ONCE's rich musical legacy--35 works constituting six hours of music--is presented here, almost all for the first time. These pieces are as diverse in style as they are compelling in expression. This landmark set, the most comprehensive document ever released of this legendary event, is an opportunity for anyone interested in contemporary music to hear history in the making. Included in the set is a 140-page booklet with a lengthy scholarly essay by musicologist and biographer Leta Miller and numerous rare photos of ONCE personages and performances.
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Fourth World
R. Carlos Nakai Manufacturer: Canyon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006BXHV Release Date: 2002-08-13 |
Tracks:
- Fourth World, Rainbow World
- Whippoorwill
- Comes The Dawn
- Sonoran Nights
- Shaman's Call
- Eye Of The Eagle
- Garden Of Dreams
- Into The Twilight
- Under The Beautiful Sky
- Little Dog
- Meditations On Dinetah
Product Description
1. Fourth World, Rainbow World
2. Whippoorwill
3. Comes The Dawn
4. Sonoran Nights
5. Shaman's Call
6. Eye Of The Eagle
7. Garden of Dreams
8. Into The Twilight
9. Under The Beautiful Sky
10. Little Dog
11. Meditations On Dinetah
Format: CD
Customer Reviews:
Joy (Poem).......2007-06-02
A journey to the centre of Creation.
Sharing pleasure of the heart.
Nakai is a gift.......2007-04-17
music will reach into you
and set you soaring.
I highly recommend any
of his music. What a gift
R. Carlos Nakai is to all.
words can never fully describe Music and that's why I generally can't review Music..........2006-07-24
to tame the accompaniment
of the lone flute's breadth.
7-22-06 (a musical haiku)
Bold, ambitious attempt that hits some marks, misses others.......2002-12-06
I applaud Nakai's innovation and experimentation, but I think his strongest work with Western classical music forms is still best demonstrated in his collaborations with pianist Peter Kater, such as "Migrations". Oddly enough, Kater's work with Nakai is not mentioned in the liner notes.
Music to Contemplate By.......2002-12-01
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Fourth World
Kara's Flowers Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002NFA Release Date: 1997-08-19 |
Tracks:
- Soap Disco
- Future Kid
- Myself
- Oliver
- The Never Saga
- Loving The Small Time
- To Her With Love
- Sleepy Windbreaker
- Pantry Queen
- My Ocean Blue
- Captain Splendid
Album Description
L.A.-based modern rock quartet Kara's Flowersfrontman Adam Levine plus Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusickwere the nucleus for what would becomewith the addition of James Valentinetoday's hot act Maroon 5. Southland stars in the late '90s, these friends since high school released only one full-length disc, an instant favorite among fans of world-class, literate, Beatle-esque pop-rock everywhere in their online review, allmusic.com calls FOURTH WORLD , "an album that, at only 11 cuts, seems criminally short." Out-of-print for some time, Rhino's timely reissue allows music lovers to return to the scene of the crime, and discover this young band's smart, expressive, upbeat, and beautifully crafted debut work.Customer Reviews:
I LOVE IT.......2004-05-20
Absolute rubbish........2004-03-30
Totally Whack... Hip... Rock and Roll.. Sexy! The BEST.......2003-08-02
It doesn't stop here. The band changed it's name to Maroon5 and they are blasting to the top with their album "Songs about Jane" CD. Extremeley talented group and look forward to hearing more from these guys... You want great music? Make sure you get Kara's Flowers "The Fourth World".. Absolutly addicting!
Kara's Flowers - Fourth World.......2002-11-27
flower of the day.......2000-07-26
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