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The ancient Andalusian poetry that Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui brings to radiant life in Alcantara has been in her family for generations. Her relatives sang the 500-year-old poems at gatherings and her grandmother murmured them while working on embroidery. The CD, whose title means "the bridge," takes listeners over time and land to the Muslim dynasties of medieval Spain and the music created there. This unique, melodious music along with Alaoui's aromatic voice makes Alcantara one of the best CDs of 1998. --Karen Karleski

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Alcantara is a testament to the beauty of simplicity. This CD holds deliciously exotic music spun from the lovely singing of Moroccan vocalist Amina Alaoui and light but expressive guitar and percussive accompaniment from Henri Agnel and Bijan Chemirani. Empty of any sublime pretensions or girlish Western tone, Alaoui sings simply and maturely--with the love for her Anadalusian heritage spilling naturally through. Her style reminds one of Cesaria Evora--not singing to impress but to preserve and celebrate her culture's music. Rooted in a Muslim dynasty of Spain that ruled from the 8th to the 15th century, Andalusian music has a distinctly ancient, Arabic feel that's not particularly melancholy, certainly not solemn--just lyrical and elegant. And Alaoui portrays these qualities with a rare grace and expertise. To mine for more gems of Amina Alaoui's talent, check out her first U.S. release, Gharnati: Arabo-Andalusian Music of Morocco. --Karen Karleski

Tracks:

Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Kyrie
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Gloria: Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Gloria: Domine Deus
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Gloria: Quoniam tu solus - Cum Sancto Spiritu (First Version)
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Credo: Credo in unum Deum
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Credo: Et incarnatus est
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Credo: Et resurrexit tertia die
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Sanctus
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Benedictus
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Agnus Dei
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Hymnus An Den Heiligen Geist, D. 948
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Psalm 92, D. 953: Lied fuer den Sabbath
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Stabat mater, D. 175
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Mass In A Flat (appendix): Credo in unum Deum (Repeat)
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Mass In A Flat (appendix): Et incarnatus est (Earliest Version)
Mass In A Flat (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Mass In A Flat (appendix): Et resurrexit (Repeat)

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This record illustrates that during his tragically short life, Schubert's style and technique chan Escondida

Escondida

Escondida
Authors: Georges Bess
Catalog: Book
Media: Reliure inconnue
Release Date: 01 January, 1998
Publisher: Les Humanoïdes associés
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Ya Gotta Try
Young Fogeys
Within Earshot / Boston Brass
The Stan Kenton Christmas Carols
Empire Brass: Greatest Hits

ASIN: B00004TVAT
Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

Overture
Glitter And Be Gay
Overture
Queen Of The Night Vengeance Aria
Aragonaise
Seguidilla
La Garde Montante
March Of The Toreadors
Danse Boheme
Thy Hand Belinda
Dido's Lament
Overture
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
There Once Were Two Royal Children
The Grisettes Of Paris Greet You
Look Where A Leafy Bower Lies
I'm Off To Chez Maxime
Come Away To The Ball
Oh These Women, Dreadful Women
Entry Of The Guests

Customer Reviews:

Amazing!.......2001-07-07

Wow--I really like this CD! The Boston Brass is so tight--it's unbelievable. Each member of the ensemble is extremely talented...there's no room for technical and musical insuperiority here. They play with such vitality, it is really fun to listen to!

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GREAT WORKS INDEED
Disappointing, ephemeral
Aural champagne
Glorious orchestral music almost unknown outside Spain

Jésus Guridi: Sinfónica pirenaica

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jesús Guridi: Ten Basque Melodies
Camargo Guarnieri: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 3
Ince: Symphony No. 3 'Siege of Vienna'; Symphony No. 4 'Sardis'
Ivanovs: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 20
Yasushi Akutagawa: Ellora Symphony; Trinita Sinfonica Rapsodia per Orchestra

ASIN: B0007XHL16
Release Date: 2005-04-19

Tracks:

I. Andante Sostenuto/Allegro Molto Moderato/Poco Meno Mosso/Allegro Moderato
II. Prest Non Troppo/Andante Sostenuto
III. Allegro Brioso
Espatadantza (Sword Dance)

Customer Reviews:

GREAT WORKS INDEED.......2007-06-28

As a music student, I tell you that
the works recorded here are great
pieces, wonderfully written, and the
performances are glorious, and Guridi
is by no means a third class or "lesser"
composer, the are three other recordings
under the Naxos label that feature the
music of this great master of musical emotion.
The Sinfonia Pirenaica bring to mind
some of the technicalities of Strauss, in
his "Alpine Symphony". The other work recorded
here is the "Sword Dance" from his opera "Amaya".

Disappointing, ephemeral.......2007-03-19

I bought this CD after reading the recommendation of the previous reviewers and listening to the samples, but was disappointed. The performance is very good, and no doubt Guridi was a skilled orchestrator, but the music itself is unmemorable in terms of melody and drama. My final impression was of music with good intentions but no great inspiration, notes lined up one after another in order to reach the end. If you are one of those who delights in the lesser works of Rimsky-Korsakov then you may like this as well, but if you are looking, as I was, for a good new-ish symphony, look elsewhere.

Aural champagne.......2005-08-18

Eric Wolfgang Korngold...meet Manuel de Falla.

More than anything, Jesus Guridi's Sinfonia pirenaica reminds me of his Iberian neighbor Joly Braga-Santos's Third and Fourth symphonies. Pure joy infused with brilliant orchestration, inspired by folk music, and transformed into wondrous works for the full (ne, augmented) symphony orchestra.

I can only echo the words of the preceding reviewer. Buy this absurdly low-priced disc and play it whenever you might be feeling down. It's not only guaranteed to cheer you up and lift your spirits, it will remind you yet again of the service labels like Naxos do in bringing unjustly neglected work to a wider audience. Buy the aforementioned other disc of Guridi's music as well. And ask for more.

Shove this in the face of your local symphony coordinator when they insist there's nothing new to play.

Glorious orchestral music almost unknown outside Spain.......2005-04-26

I was very pleased with an earlier CD of music by the Basque composer, Jose Guridi - 'Ten Basque Melodies,''Así cantan los chicos,' et al, featuring the same artists as this CD -- that is part of Naxos's ongoing Spanish Classics series. It was with great anticipation that I acquired this CD with Guridi's 'Sinfonia Pirenaica' ('Pyrenean Symphony'). I was not disappointed. Indeed, if anything, I was more pleased with this work than the earlier ones. Guridi (1886-1961) wrote in a post-Wagnerian, post-Straussian, post-Franckian harmonic language that is leavened by Basque folk-melodies, an almost French sense of clarity, and his own formal procedures that could be characterized as rhapsodic (but in actuality are a unique use of sonata-form), rhythmically interesting (there are frequent meter changes), and a use of flatted thirds and sevenths that one is told are characteristically Basque. One is reminded, in a way, of the immediately accessible and superficially 'simple' style of Engelbert Humperdinck in that the immediate effect is deepened with further study of the craft involved. This is a symphony that not only would be popular on first hearing, even with a musically unsophisticated audience, but increasingly treasured by the cognoscenti on further familiarization.

Gulliveriana

Gulliveriana

Gulliveriana
Authors: Milo Manara
Catalog: Book
Media: Belle reliure
Release Date: 01 January, 1998
Publisher: Les Humanoïdes associés
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Diabelli Variations Op 120 - SketchVar 16

Diabelli Variations Op 120 - SketchVars 19-20

Diabelli Variations Op 120 - SketchVar 30

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CD + SACD + book! Beethoven's most inportant piece for the piano treated with the care it deserves: - 1st World recording using historical tuning; - 1st World recording of Beethoven's Sketches for the work; - Amazing booklet with 173 pages covering the history of Diabelli Variations and explaning tuning and historical tuning. You can even try to read the notes in Beethoven's sketches printed with high quality and augmented. There are many recordings of Diabelli Variations, but this one pretend to be one-stop reference for anyone interested in Beethoven's masterpiece. Text in English and Portuguese.

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Bliss

Samuel Barber: Choral and Organ Works

Manufacturer: Guild
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto; A Hand of Bridge; Intermezzo from Vanessa
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ASIN: B00002698D
Release Date: 2000-08-18

Tracks:

Reincarnations: Mary Hynes
Reincarnations: Anthony O Daly
Reincarnations: The Coolin
Under The Willow Tree
The Virgin Martyrs
A Stopwatch And An Ordnance Map
Reincarnations: Agnus Dei
Two Choruses From Antony And Cleopatra: On The Death Of Antony
Two Choruses From Antony And Cleopatra: On The Death Of Cleopatra
Twelfth Night
The Monk And His Cat
Sure On This Shining Night
Heaven-Haven
Let Down The Bars, O Death
To Be Sung On The Water
Choral Prelude On Silent Night
Wondrous Love
Happy Birthday

Customer Reviews:

Bliss.......2002-11-29

This is the best album I have ever heard. I have sung several of Barbers choral works and rapture still fills me when I hear these works. The lyrics parity all I have said about the composition. If you are in doubt, just listen to a single track.

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Great lounge trance CD
This music is pure sex

Alcantara Cafe
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Musica Alternativa
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000068QVA
Release Date: 2005-03-28

Tracks:

Jazzion
K Dance - Deise Mikhail, Ultimate Kaos
So Fine - 2 Minds
Mandol
Oh Yeah!
Syrenus Odyssey
Rave Vox
Binkerin
Yebo
Coffee Shop

Tracks:

Spanish Rain
Natural Events
Arrakis
Driviera - Soziedad Alkoholika
When I Feel Alive
Love Is U - Derek Avari,
Deep Throat - Malik
After Jaz
Laissez Moi Me Griser
Free Whistle

Customer Reviews:

Great lounge trance CD.......2002-10-21

I really like this compilation. Very professionally done, the music is smooth and sexy. Makes great background music. The two CD's are divided into "bar" and "resturante" with the bar CD being the more mellow of the two. Tracks combine both Spanish guitar rythems with French and North African electronica.

This music is pure sex.......2002-09-25

This is one of the sexiest cds I've heard in a long long time. It generates the same type of excitement I experienced the first time I listened to the Gipsy Kings. Although this is a compilation, the music flows from deep smoky jazz to clean satiny electronica in an effortless fluid movement. If the food at Alcantara Cafe is have as good as the music then let's hope they expand into the US Market. I quite simply love it.