Contrasts [Import]

The Guardian
‘An album’s worth of tunes, riffs, hooks and rhythms that are timeless and effortlessly hip’

Product Description
UK edition of the Brazilian singer/songwriter's 2003 album features 14 tracks including 3 bonus tracks, 'Valeu' (4hero Remix), 'Parabens (Danca Do Daniel)' (Daz-I-Kue's Bugz In The Attic Remix), & 'Nega Do Balaio' (Buscemi's Jungle Jazz Mix). Slpcase. Far Out.

Contrasts [Import]

Contrasts,Marcos Valle,Trama,Brazil,Brazilian Pop,Jazz,World Music

Average customer rating: The Real Stuff My Cup of Tea Get it for the Copland

Collector's Edition Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Morton Gould | Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Clarinet | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Jazz | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mozart at Tanglewood Preludes Fugues & Riffs: Influence of Jazz The Essential Clarinet Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Grand Duo Concertante; Concertino Clarinet Marmalade: 25 Great Jazz Clarinettists ASIN: B0000026F3 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Prelude, Fugue And Riffs
2. Con
3. Ebony Con: I. Allegro Moderato
4. Ebony Con: II. Andante
5. Ebony Con: III. Moderato; Con Moto
6. Derivations: I. Warm-Up
7. Derivations: II. Contrapuntal Blues
8. Derivations: III. Rag
9. Derivations: IV. Ride Out
10. Contrast Mono: I. Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)
11. Contrast Mono: II. Piheno (Relaxation)
12. Contrast Mono: III. Sebes (Fast Dance)

Customer Reviews:

The Real Stuff.......2007-03-25

This disk collects Benny Goodman performances with the composers conducting, so it is historic and probably authoritative as to performance, but great to have Copland, Stravinsky, etc. themselves and Goodman in your collection. Nice performances, although sound varies with these vintage sessions.

My Cup of Tea.......2002-05-22

Goodman's performances of all the music on this disc are superb. He (along with violinist Joseph Szigeti) commissioned the Bartok score and, notwithstanding its age (mono/1940) there has never been a better recording than this one. The other performances are first-rate stereo recordings that appeared on a 1966 CBS/Columbia Lp titled "Meeting at the Summit." Morton Gould's music often sounds like watered-down Copland to my ears, but "Derivations" is a really strong piece and quite memorable. The Stravinsky is a true masterpiece that has never sounded better, and the same goes for Bernstein's powerfully imagined, joyous "Prelude, Fugue and Riffs." Having the composers conduct was an inspired idea (in the case of the Bartok, the composer accompanies at the piano); not at all gimmicky. It's amazing how well Goodman still played in the middle '60s. Although he gave solid performances well into the '70s, he was still at or near his peak when these recordings were made and the dead-on intonation and range of color in his playing is simply breathtaking. The other reviewer mostly likes the Copland score. It's nice, but the real show-stopper here is the Bernstein: 7 1/2 minutes of sheer big-band bravado. Not to be missed!

Get it for the Copland.......2001-10-10

Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto is one of the most magical pieces of music ever to come out of North America, and for me, this is *the* recording. Fifty years old, but as is so often the case, the original is the best - Mr Goodman's finest twenty minutes. Great value, too! The other pieces (by Bernstein, Stravinsky and Bartok) I can take or leave, but who knows, they might be your cup of tea.

Average customer rating:

Jazz Contrasts Kenny Dorham Manufacturer: Riverside ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Power to the People Plays Duke Ellington Full House Pilgrimage A Bluish Bag ASIN: B000NJL070 Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

1. Falling in Love with Love - Kenny Dorham, Sonny Rollins
2. I'll Remember April - Kenny Dorham, Sonny Rollins
3. Larue - Kenny Dorham
4. My Old Flame - Kenny Dorham, Sonny Rollins
5. But Beautiful - Kenny Dorham
6. Villa - Kenny Dorham, Sonny Rollins

Average customer rating:

Contrasts Beau Hunks Manufacturer: Basta Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Saxophone Soctette Our Relations: The Lost Laurel & Hardy Music Kodachrome Manhattan Minuet Raymond Scott: Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-1938 ASIN: B0001Z4PIW Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

1. Denk Jij Nog Aan Dien Tijd?
2. Meteor
3. Hell's Bells
4. Dizzy Fingers
5. Flashes
6. Frisco Fog
7. Manhattan Serenade
8. Saxema
9. Embraceable You
10. It's A Great Life
11. In The Dark
12. The Nightmare
13. Sax-O-Phun
14. Imagination
15. Als Sterren Flonk'rend Aan Den Hemel Staan
16. Whispering
17. Powerhouse
18. Don't Stop The Beguine

Album Description

The Beau Hunks perform another 18 songs on the sequel to "Saxophone Soctette"! This is an absolutely unique setting - and the music has not been available on CD before. A must-have for saxophone lovers!

Average customer rating: Sublime and - not so sublime

Contrasts Blonde on Blonde Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Welsh Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rebirth The Open Mind Out of Sight and Sound Past is Prologue Definitive Collection ASIN: B00005IB75 Release Date: 2001-06-26

Tracks:

1. Ride With Captain Max
2. Spinning Wheel
3. No Sleep Blues
4. Goodbye
5. I Need My Friend
6. Mother Earth
7. Eleanor Rigby
8. Conversationally Making the Grade
9. Regency
10. Island on an Island
11. Don't Be Too Long
12. Jeanette Isabella
13. All Day, All Night [*]
14. Country Life [*]

Customer Reviews:

Sublime and - not so sublime.......2001-10-17

Back in '69, when we were teenagers, my brother bought this, on the advice of the geek behind the counter of a hole-in-the-corner music shop. In the following thirty years I've never seen it anywhere else, until now. What you all missed was a Side One with six thundering pop-rock tracks from four talented multi-instrumentalists. Okay, the lyrics are often trite, but the rhythm section and melodies have kept me playing it ever since my brother handed it over in '72. "Mother Earth", with soaring keyboards, echoing drum crashes, and pounding bass, is in my list of Top Fifty songs of all time. "No Sleep Blues" (Incredible String Band song)bops along on many an ICE selection, as does "Spinning Wheel" (no relation to BS&T track). "Ride with Captain Max" is a fast-paced non-nonsene mindless boogie number to please any air-drummer/bass guitarist. Oh, the reason it's called "Contrasts" is that for Side Two, the group decided to dabble in the harpsichord, acoustic guitar world of Middle Earth / pre-electric T.Rex - and turned off the electricity. Every ten years I play Side Two and then remember why I don't bother. However, Side One alone is worth four stars.

Average customer rating: Fun Side of Bartok

Contrasts: Bartók Violin Works Manufacturer: Endeavour Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: French Portraits Archduke Rudolph: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano 20th Century Music For Unaccompanied Clarinet Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas & Trio [Hybrid SACD] French Clarinet Art ASIN: B000F9RL8A Release Date: 2006-05-09

Album Description

"Wood's open luminous tones, seamless lines and impeccable technique charmed the ears, conjuring almost vocal sounds from music he shaped with seductive tenderness." - TORONTO STAR

"Encores there must be wherever Wood and Riley play: theirs is a beautiful collaboration…Wood is always a joy to hear…" - GRAMOPHONE

"Jasper Wood plays with a firm, rich tone and he's excellently balanced against David Riley's sparkling piano accompaniments." - DAVID HURWITZ, CLASSICS TODAY

Violinist Jasper Wood has garnered international critical acclaim for his solo performances with orchestras and chamber music concerts. Known for his intimate and dazzling recitals, Wood is sought after as a musician with his own personal voice. He can be heard frequently on NPR in the United States, and on the CBC in Canada. Pianist David Riley gave more than 50 concerts the past season, including two at the National Art Gallery in Washington DC and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall. He has been heard on dozens of radio broadcasts on WQXR and WNYC in New York, Canada's CBC, and NPR's Performance Today. Wolfgang Sawallisch appointed Ricardo Morales Principal Clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2002. Prior to this, he was Principal Clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; a position he assumed at the age of 21 under the direction of James Levine. Bartók's two Rhapsodies were originally written with orchestral accompaniment in 1928. Contrasts was written at the suggestion of Benny Goodman and premiered in 1940. All three works were written for violinist Joseph Szigeti, who arranged several of Bartók's piano pieces For Children into the Hungarian Folk Tunes. The Sonatina is based on Transylvanian folk tunes as arranged by Endre Gertler. Zoltán Székely did the arrangements for the Rumanian Folk Dances. Recorded in Toronto, 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Fun Side of Bartok.......2006-08-05

This is an excellent recording of many of Bartok's shorter, less-often recorded works, many of which are based on the folk songs he collected. The performers are energetic and Ricardo Morales does a superb job on Contrastes. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating:

Bartók: Sonata; Contrasts; Folk Dances; Rhapsodies Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000DJENQ Release Date: 2004-01-13

Average customer rating: errol garner,a small man who played like a giant

Contrasts Erroll Garner Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Complete Savoy and Dial That's My Kick/Gemini/Magician/Gershwin & Kern/Dreamstreet/One World Concert/Now Playin Erroll Garner's Finest Hour Campus Concert/Feeling Is Believing Close-Up in Swing/A New Kind of Love ASIN: B000006P6T Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

1. You Are My Sunshine
2. I've Got The World On A String
3. 7-11 Jump
4. Part-Time Blues
5. Rosalie
6. In A Mellow Tone
7. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
8. (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings
9. There's A Small Hotel
10. Misty
11. I've Got To Be A Rugcutter
12. Sweet & Lovely
13. Exactly Like You

Customer Reviews:

errol garner,a small man who played like a giant.......2003-03-26

this is a very fine record. nobody plays the piano like errol garner. its hard to believe he only has two hands. if you dont own his concert by the sea, the best selling piano record of all time (recorded one year after this) then this is a great introduction to him. if you do own that record, then this is a great companion piece.
recorded by the trio in 1954, contrasts includes a fine version of the song you are my sunshine and the first recording of his classic song misty. this is the king of record they call a desert island classic.

Average customer rating: I love Walter Boeykens

Stravinski: L'Histoire du soldat; Bartók: Contrastes Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Berg | Berg, Alban | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Clarinet | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Berg, Alban | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale, Dumbarton Oaks Concerto / Ward, Keeble, Soames, et al Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Concertino; Clarinet Quintet Collector's Edition Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring, Fireworks, Petrouchka / Ozawa, Tilson Thomas, Chicago Symphony ASIN: B00005B6RW Release Date: 2001-07-10

Customer Reviews:

I love Walter Boeykens.......2003-01-08

Walter Boeykens is a phenomenal clarinetist! I love all of this recordings, and this one is no exceptions. This clarinet music is actually very "odd" (you might say), but it's really worth listening to. I actually ordered it because I heard Sabine Meyer in concert and she did almost the exact program (she did Soldat, Contrasts, and 4 Pieces, by Berg). The music was a little difficult to take in just one hearing, but it had potential, so I got a recording, and after a couple listenings the songs are really nice. Boeyken's version of "Three Pieces" is really well done.

Boeykens' tone has always struck me as being particularly beautiful. It's perfect focused and not to bright. In addition to this flawless technique, he just makes every single note beautiful. I highly recommend this recording!

Average customer rating:

Edward Elgar Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000IM6Q Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

1. Theme: Andante - Alexander Gibson
2. I. L'istesso Tempo (C.A.E.)- - Alexander Gibson
3. II. Allegro (H.D.S-P)- - Alexander Gibson
4. III. Allegretto (R.B.T.)- - Alexander Gibson
5. IV. Allegro Di Molto (W.M.B.)- - Alexander Gibson
6. V. Moderato (R.P.A.)- - Alexander Gibson
7. VI. Andantino (Ysobel)- - Alexander Gibson
8. VII. Presto (Troyte) - Alexander Gibson
9. VIII. Allegretto (W.N.)- - Alexander Gibson
10. IX. Adagio (Nimrod)- - Alexander Gibson
11. X. Allegretto (Dorabella)- - Alexander Gibson
12. XI. Allegro Di Molto (G.R.S.) - Alexander Gibson
13. XII. Andante (B.G.N.)- - Alexander Gibson
14. XIII. Romanza: Moderato (***) - Alexander Gibson
15. XIV. Finale: Allegro (E.D.U.) - Alexander Gibson
16. No.1 In D Major - Alexander Gibson
17. No.2 In A Minor - Alexander Gibson
18. No.3 In C Minor - Alexander Gibson
19. No.4 In G Major - Alexander Gibson
20. No.5 In C Major - Alexander Gibson

Tracks:

1. Chanson De Matin, Op.15 No.2 - Norman Del Mar
2. Chanson De Nuit, Op.15 No.1 - Norman Del Mar
3. Serenade Lyrique - Norman Del Mar
4. Salut D'amour, Op.12 - Norman Del Mar
5. 1. Andante- - Norman Del Mar
6. 2. Allegro - Norman Del Mar
7. Contrasts, Op.10 No.3 - Norman Del Mar
8. Soliloquy For Oboe And Orchestra - Leon Goossens
9. Woodland Interlude - Norman Del Mar
10. 1. Jack Falstaff, Page To The Duke Of Norfolk - Norman Del Mar
11. 2. Gloucestershire, Shallow's Orchard - Norman Del Mar
12. 1. Allegretto Giocoso- - Norman Del Mar
13. 2. Moderato- - Norman Del Mar
14. 3. Allegro Vivace - Norman Del Mar
15. Sospiri, Op.70 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta
16. Minuet - Bournemouth Sinfonietta
17. Burlesco - Bournemouth Sinfonietta
18. Adieu - Bournemouth Sinfonietta
19. Waltz - Bournemouth Sinfonietta
20. Sursum Corda, Op.11 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Average customer rating: Very nice duets! Beautiful duets

Contrasts Bucky & John Pizzarelli Manufacturer: Arbors Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Passionate Guitars Moonglow The Best of Bucky and John Pizzarelli Live at the Vineyard Theatre Knowing You ASIN: B00000I0PH Release Date: 1999-02-09

Tracks:

1. Three Little Words
2. Coquette
3. Jersey Bounce
4. The Bad And The Beautiful
5. Three Minute Samba
6. Contrasts
7. Test Pilot
8. I Hadn't Anyone Till You/The Very Thought Of You
9. The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
10. Two Funky People
11. Stage Fright
12. Phantasmagoria
13. My Romance
14. Emily
15. Guess I'll Go Back Home This Summer
16. For Whom The Bell Tolls

Customer Reviews:

Very nice duets!.......2006-03-22

I haven't listened to much of the Pizzarelli's, but I fell in love with this album when I bought it. Two great players, great music, fun time. My favorite cuts on this album are Contrasts, Emily, and Jersey Bounce.

Beautiful duets.......1999-04-16

Father and son Pizzarelli turn out a another CD of beautiful duets, with each perfectly in tune with the other. It is mostly swing styled, but there is a nice variety of sounds. Standout tracks include Three Little Words, The Minute Samba and the Jersey Bounce, but all the tunes are wonderful. I think that this is the best disk they have made together and that is very high praise indeed.

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