"Conjures up memories of relaxing walks,and quiet,moonlit evenings along the seashore.LUMINARIA illuminates your mind like a beautiful starlit night"
Product Description
A collection of soothing instrumental tunes, inspired by the rhythms and spirit of the sea. Featured instruments include Spanish & 12-string guitars, bansurai flute, accordion, pennywhistle, violin, piano, and many other traditional and modern instruments.
This Visually Enhanced album also has a relaxation music video feturing beautiful coastal scenery, filmed in Maui, Kauai, California, and the Canadian Maritimes.
This CD was #1 on the New Age Radio chart, and is used as a relaxation aid at top US spas. It is also played on Music Choice TV, and on satellite radio.
Sea Waltz
Sea Waltz,Luminarias,Hudson Valley,International,New Age,New Age/Celtic,Pop,Rock
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Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music
Jerry Goldsmith Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009KIYDG Release Date: 2005-08-09 |
Tracks:
- Blue Max, The
- Blue Max, The
- Blue Max, The
- Blue Max, The
- Blue Max, The
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: Doctor Kildare / Room 222 / Waltons, The / Barnaby Jones / Television Themes Medley
- In Harm's Way
- The Sandpebbles: Chinatown / Patch Of Blue, A / Poltergeist / Papillon / Wind And The Lion, The / Motion Pictures Medley
- Generals, The
- Tora! Tora! Tora!
- Wild Rovers, The
- Pursuit
- Wind And The Lion, The
Tracks:
- QB VII
- QB VII
- QB VII
- QB VII
- QB VII
- Waltons, The
- Papillon
- Police Story
- Omen, The
- Capricorn One
- Swarm, The
- Boys From Brazil, The
- , The (First) Great Train Robbery
- Alien
- Star Trek The Motion Picture
Tracks:
- Masada
- Poltergeist
- First Blood - Rambo II
- Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Under Fire
- Under Fire
- Under Fire
- Under Fire
- Gremlins
- Baby - Secret Of The Lost Legend
- Legend
- Lionheart
- Rambo III
- Total Recall
Tracks:
- Star Trek Voyager
- Basic Instinct
- Russia House, The
- Gremlins II
- Medicine Man
- Shadow, The
- Forever Young
- First Knight
- Powder
- Airforce One
- L.A. Confidential
- Mummy, The
- Haunting, The
Album Description
Jerry Goldsmith's death in 2004 marked the end of one of the greatest careers in film composing. This lavish 57 track 4 CD set traces the path of his astonishing achievements and includes recordings conducted by Goldsmith himself. Featuring The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonia Orchestra, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, and The Daniel Caine Orchestra. Includes over 280 minutes of music.Customer Reviews:
Awesome Set!.......2007-07-01
Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection.......2006-11-03
Overall a strong Goldsmith sampler.......2006-04-11
Fortunately, even an ugly cover will not ruin good music. And the good news is that I'd say about 75 percent of the music is good....and on a 4 cd set, that's a lot. Like other Silva compilations, the strength of this compilation is the variety. There are selections from the big releases (Star Trek, Omen, Rambo), but there is also a healthy dose of tracks from the smaller releases(Under Fire, Lionheart, The Swarm).
Two examples come to mind. Capricorn One and The Great Train Robbery are two movies that are not exactly household names today, but are dominated by two of Goldmith's finest main themes. The City of Prague Philharmonic come through with terrific renditions. And there are plenty of other strong performances...a few being concert versions conducted by Goldsmith himself. Suprisingly, "The Wind and the Lion" works, which is no small accomplishment given the ferentic original performance of "Raisuli Attacks".
It's not a complete success. A few of the performances fall flat, particularly some of the more inventive scores. Total Recall is just bad, mangling the performance with poor percussion and synthesizer choices to boot. Also a letdown is the Klingon Attack from the first Star Trek movie. The Prague Philhamonic attempt doesn't sound bad--it's just that once you've heard the original soundtrack's "blaster beam" with enough bass to rattle your teeth...well let's just say Silva's version is a little tinny in comparison.
But I shouldn't dwell on the negative. Overall, this is a strong sampler of Goldsmith's variety. There are plenty of quality performances here, and despite a few omissions (noticeably Planet of the Apes)this is a very good release from Silva.
Jerry Goldsmith - 40 years of pleasure.......2006-02-22
Almost the perfect compilation.......2005-12-31
However, as sweepig as it is, there are a few holes in the selection. "First Contact", one of the sweetest and richest compositions from the Star Trek is absent. "The Ghost and the Darkness" is missing and the "Medicine Man" music should include the theme song. By dwelling on several selections from the Blue Max, these were squeezed out. Three full and important movie themes got the axe.
However, all but "The Ghost and the Darkness" are readily available and not overly expensive as is the "Ghost" CD. This is a must have for the TV and movie music fan.
Before there was Hans Solo there was Napolean Solo, before ER there was Dr. Kildare. Jerry Goldsmith IS Sci-Fi. "Resistance is futile.. you MUST assimilate this CD collection."
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Complete Flanders & Swann
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000006T4S Release Date: 1997-04-30 |
Tracks:
- Warthog, The (The Hog Beneath The Skin)
- The Sea Horse
- The Chameleon
- Whale, The (Mopy Dick)
- Je Suis Le Tenebreux
- Songs For Our Time
- A Song Of The Weather - Flanders & Swann
- The Reluctant Cannibal
- Greensleeves
- Misalliance
- Kokoraki
- Madeira M'Dear?
- Too Many Cookers
- Built Up Area
- In The Bath (From 'At The Drop Of A Hat')
- Sea Fever
- The Hippopotamus Song
Tracks:
- The Gas Man Cometh
- Sounding Brass
- Los Olividados
- In The Desert
- The Sloth
- The Rhinoceros
- Kangaroo Tango
- Jaguar
- Dead Ducks
- The Elephant
- By Air
- Slow Train
- A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
- The Humming Bird
- The Portuguese Man-Of-War
- Sea Fever
- The Hippopotamus Song
Tracks:
- The Gas Man Cometh
- Sounding Brass
- Los Olividados
- In The Desert
- The Sloth
- The Rhinoceros
- Kangaroo Tango
- Jaguar
- Dead Ducks
- The Elephant
- By Air
- Slow Train
- A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
- The Humming Bird
- The Portuguese Man-Of-War
- The Wild Boar
- The Ostrich
- The Wompom
- Twice Shy
- Commonwealth Fair
- P** P* B**** B** D******
- Paris
- Eine Kleine Nacht Musik Cha Cha Cha
- The Hundred Song
- Food For Thought
Album Details
Fantastic Triple CD Box Set of the Recorded Works of One of Britain's Most Popular Comedy Duos. Their Keen Observations of Everyday British Life and Abilities to Exemplify them in Song Made them the Darlings of the UK. Cleverness, Wit and Absoute Hilarity were the Order of the Day, in Just About Any Style of Music. Pure Comic Genius on Three Discs!Customer Reviews:
Return to Sanity.......2005-07-27
Have Some Madeira.......2005-07-06
"Have some Madeira, m'dear" is an all-time favorite.
British humour at its best.......2003-03-15
If you haven't heard this..........2003-01-16
After being told to take up singing as a means of strengthening his polio-weakened lungs, the wheelchair-bound Flanders teamed up with pianist Swann and proceeded to write such classic songs as "The Hippo Song (Mud Mud Glorious Mud)", "The Gasman Cometh", "The Gnu Song", "A Transport of Delight" and many others. As well as a gently satirical spirit, all these songs feature the sublime wordplay and interplay of both men.
The first two discs of this box set are actual concerts - "At The Drop Of A Hat" and its successor "At The Drop Of Another Hat". Recorded at the height of the duo's popularity and form, the sound quality is surprisingly good for recordings this old.
"At The Drop Of A Hat" opens with three of the Flanders and Swann classics. "Transport Of Delight", a song in praise of the "97 horsepower omnibus" features the wonderful harmonies of the duo on lines like "any more fares" and Flanders' dead-on impression of a London busdriver "Geddardait, we're full right up inside". "Song of Reproduction" deals with the new, as it was then, stereo technology and features Flanders delivering an incredible monologue using every conceivable piece of audiophile jargon. "The Gnu Song" (in which "gnu" is pronounced phonetically) is a real treat. The audience's reaction to the reappearance of the gnu is superb.
As well as this opening trio, the disc features Flanders' snippets of "Songs For Our Time" (in which he experiments with conventions of hit songs), "Song of the Weather" (a rundown of English weather throughout the year), "The Reluctant Cannibal" (featuring Swann in the tititular role and the chorus "I can't eat people/I won't eat people/eatin' people is wrong"), Swann's foray into Greek folksong "Kokraki" and the justifiably famous "Madeira M'Dear". The performance ends with a rousing version of "The Hippo Song".
Flanders is in fine voice throughout and his comments introducing each song are delivered with deadpan accuracy. The story behind "The Gnu Song" is an absolute masterpiece. Flanders' monologue about the creation of "Greensleeves" is also superb - "'Greenfleeves'. That's an interesting name for a fong" (referencing old English script) being just a taste.
"Another Hat" begins in equally fine form with "Gasman Cometh" and "Ill Wind". "Gasman", presaged as "a tale of unending domestic upheaval", is sure to have most people who've ever dealt with unreliable tradesmen nodding in agreement, while "Ill Wind" is Flanders' attempt at setting words to a French horn concerto featuring the immortal lines "I lost that horn/lost that horn/lost that horn/found that horn/gorn". The performance continues with Swann's Russian/English song "In The Desert", the ending of which is truly side-splitting. "All Gall" (a reinterpretation of "This Old Man" to fit then-French President Charles de Gaulle) is a little dated but very cleverly done. "Song of Patriotic Prejudice", with its introduction and opening lines grabbing the audience's attention is another triumph, while the "Hippo Encore" is a great end to the performance.
Again Flanders is at his peak. His loving description of the Spanish olive-stuffers ("Olividados") and his superb story about flying ("By Air") are both brilliant examples of the shaggy dog story.
My favourite from both of these discs would have to be "First and Second Law". Flanders decides to educate Swann in elementary science and picks on the first and second laws of thermodynamics ("heat is work and work is heat" and "heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body") and the repetition of these phrases in time to Swann's barely-there piano accompaniment is one of the finest moments in British comedy.
The third disc is largely forgettable. It begins with a series of animal-related songs performed in a studio and without much of Flanders' rambling introductions. "Warthog" has its moments, while the others were clearly not performed in front of an audience for a reason. "Wompom" is also mildly diverting, presenting a story about a made-up substance which is the answer to everything.
The rest of the disc is then filled out with much earlier material in a rather poorly-recorded concert. "20 Tons of TNT" (related to the calculation the pair had done which gave that as the amount of TNT per person on the planet at the time) provides food for thought, but little more.
Is this box set for everyone? No. Much of the humour both within and without the songs does require a bit of background knowledge to what was going on in Britain and Europe at the time (1960s), John Profumo is referenced a few times as well as Charles de Gaulle and the Common Market, while a smattering of classical music knowledge can help out a bit with Swann's work and "Ill Wind". The fact that my grandfather (who's in his late 70s) recalls hearing these songs and laughing may give an indication as to the age of some of the subject matter. Equally the fact that "First and Second Law" references an awful lot of physics might do the same.
Nevertheless, for anyone who loves British humour done in a gentle manner or who is interested in the source of "mud mud glorious mud/nothing quite like it for cooling the blood", give these CDs some serious consideration.
Gentle Satire.......2002-04-03
Here are some samples of Michael's verbal wit.
Wordplay:
- "A Transport of Delight," their song of the pleasures of the double-decker bus "has recently been adopted as the theme song of the Underground resistance movement."
- Speculating that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves: "and the royalties go to royalty."
- About a tennis referee late in the day: "the umpire upon whom the sun never sets."
- Explaining how he was hoisted in his wheelchair onto airliners by a fork lift: "Why they need a great machine like that to lift forks I do not know. Well, they're only plastic, now, aren't they?"
- On status symbols: "The object is to Gunga Din your neighbor: 'I'm a better man than you' is the acid test," and, "let's bang our status cymbals with the best."
- To a disenchanted cannibal: "You used to be a regular anthropophagi."
- Of a lecher: "And he said as he hastened to put out the cat, the wine, his cigar, and the lamps," while the girl "lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes, and his hopes."
- At the corrida d'olivas (the Andorran festival of olive stuffing, not to be confused with the Spanish corrida de toros, or bullfight): "And a great cry goes up of Ole! He has made an 'ol."
- "It's no good going up to a scientist and saying to him like you would to anybody else, 'Good morning, how are you, lend me a quid, and so on.' He'll just glare at you, or make a rude retort."
Throw-aways
- During the height of the cold war the Soviet Union sent the Moscow Ballet on a world tour. Donald sang one chorus of the Hippopotamus Song "mud, mud, glorious mud - nothing quite like it for cooling the blood" in Russian. Michael: "That should improve our cultural relations."
- During the 1963 Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler scandal: "None of that going around saying no smoke without fire. Nil cumbustibus, Profumo." Also, from "Friendly Duet," "such models of friendship are precious and rare, while the friendship of models is not."
- "Now if you're writing a musical, as I'm sure practically all of you are, . . ."
- Of Donald: "You know that no one has a higher regard for your music . . . than you do yourself. I merely meant that you are not great because you are not dead. If you wish to be great you must stop composing and start decomposing."
- "We never found a rhyme for (Soviet Premier Nikita) "Kruschev" until he was dead: Did he die or was he "pushed off"?"
- "We spent two dreadful, uh, delightful years, entertaining the Americans whose need, let's face it, is greater even than yours. Of course, when we're over there we say that the other way 'round."
- "No matter what you may say about the Germans, and who doesn't . . ."
- "Some of the songs that have made our names a household word, like slop-bucket . . ."
- "They've started testing cars now. They started at 10 years, then 5, now three. There's even some talk of having them tested before they leave the factory."
Absurdities
- "I'm delirious about our new oven fitted with the eye-level grill. This means that without my having to bend down the hot fat can squirt straight into my eye."
- A spectator during the construction of Stonehenge: "So, it's not going to be lived in. Well, that's something anyway. So what is it, then? It's a what?! A calendar?! A bit big for a calendar isn't it? You'd look pretty foolish with that on your desk."
- "Donald knocked himself out this morning. Got one of those new pop-up toasters. Nasty things."
Incredible multiple rhymes:
- "The fair hippoptama he aimed to entice from her seat on her hilltop above, as she hadn't got a ma to give her advice, went tip-toeing down to her love."
- Of Josephine: "Nonsense, said Bonaparte. She lives on her own, apart, in her own apartment."
- "Oh let us be married if our parents don't mind. We'd be happy and inseparable. Inextricably entwined. We'd live happily every after, said the Honeysuckle to the Bindweed."
- "And you'll always see a single lace-less left-hand leather boot. A bootless British river bank's a shock. We leave them there at midnight, you can track a member's route by the alternating print of boot and sock."
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The Longest Day: The Ultimate World War Movie Theme Collection
Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00020R02O Release Date: 2004-05-25 |
Tracks:
- The Longest Day
- Attack On The Iron Coast
- Band Of Brothers-Prelude
- Band Of Brothers-Theme
- Battle Of Britain
- The Battle Of The Bulge
- The Blue Max
- Das Boot
- The Bridge At Remagen
- The Bridge On The River Kwai
- A Bridge Too Far
- The Caine Mutiny
- The Captive Heart
- Casablanca
Tracks:
- Coastal Command
- The Cruel Sea
- The Dambusters
- The Diary Of Anne Frank
- The Eagle Has Landed
- Empire Of The Sun
- The English Patient
- Fear And Desire
- Force Ten From Navarone
- Gallipoli
- The Great Escape
- The Guns Of Navarone
Tracks:
- Hanover Street
- The Hindenburg
- In Harm's Way
- Is Paris Burning?
- King Rat
- Lawrence Of Arabia
- Lifeboat
- Macarthur / Patton
- Malta G.C.
- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
- Midway
- The Mountain Road
- 1941
Tracks:
- The Naked And The Dead
- The Night Of The Generals
- Paradise Road
- Paths Of Glory
- Pearl Harbor
- Saving Private Ryan
- Schindler'S List
- Sergeant York
- The Sharkfighters
- Sink The Bismarck!
- 633 Squadron
- Where Eagles Dare
- The World At War
- The Longest Day
Customer Reviews:
These are not the same arrangements as the original movie soundtracks.......2007-01-21
An outstanding compilation.......2006-08-25
The really good ones are missing........2005-07-18
"many were winners by the Academy for best scores".......2004-05-26
Released to commemorate the sixth Anniversary of D-Day, never has there ever been such a tribute compilation package from any other label and Silva comes to the forefront ~ featuring The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Paul Bateman, Nic Raine Tony Bremner and Carl Davis as conductors), The Philharmonia (Kenneth Alwyn, Jerry Goldsmith, Mario Klemens and Paul Bateman as conductors) and also the world renown Crouch End Festival Chorus (David Temple as choir master) ~ what a gathering of talented musicians and singers fill this collection supreme.
The lineup of composers is a Who's Who in the world of film music ~ John Addison, Tomaso Albinoni, Kenneth J. Alford, Paul Anka, John Barry, Arnold Bax, Elmer Bernstein, Eric Coates, Carl Davis, Klaus Doldinger, Antonin Dvorak, Benjamin Frankel, Gerald Fried, Hugo Friedhofer, Jerry Goldsmith, Ron Goodwin, Bernard Herrmann, Maurice Jarre, Michael Kamen, Jerome Moross, Alfred Newman, Clifton Parker, Alan Rawsthorne, Ryvichi Sakamoto, Lalo Schifrin, Gerard Schurmann, David Shire, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Williams, Gabriel Yared and Hans Zimmer ~ set the stage for compositional human drama while exploring the deepest troves of musical emotion ~ one masterpiece after another, each cue manages to display both a convincing authenticity of the times and places ~ experience every tracks passion and skill for striking the exotic orchestral colors, explosive power and spectacular works of full large scale orchestral arrangements previal at every turn.
We are grateful to James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reybnold da Silva (executive producer), Rick Clark (associate producer/album sequence), Marion Garden (associate producer) and the whole gang at Silva America who have resurrected many of the soundtracks for the "film-score-buffs" in all of us.
Total Time: 4-CD-Set ~ Silva America 812 ~ (5/25/2004)
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Songs of Romance, Vol. 1
Manufacturer: Ranwood Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000BBS Release Date: 1997-02-18 |
Tracks:
- Schubert's Serenade
- El Condor Pasa
- The Wind Beneath My Wings
- Clair de Lune
- Spanish Eyes
- La Mer
- Serenade From 'The Student Prince'
- La Paloma
- On Wings Of Song
- Musetta's Waltz
- You Light Up My Life
Customer Reviews:
Romancing Romance.......2005-02-26
I listened to this album's samples and ALL of the songs are just beautifil. I highly recommende it to alll those who really love soft and romantic music, and I am buyinbg this album too!...
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Korngold: The Sea Hawk
Erich Wolfgang Korngold , London Symphony Orchestra , and Andre Previn Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005UW3Z Release Date: 2002-02-12 |
Tracks:
- The Sea Hawk: Main Title
- The Sea Hawk: Reunion
- The Sea Hawk: The Albatross
- The Sea Hawk: The Throne Room
- The Sea Hawk: The Orchid
- The Sea Hawk: Gold Caravan
- The Sea Hawk: Duel Part I
- The Sea Hawk: Duel Continued
- The Sea Hawk: Freedom
- The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Main Title
- The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Essex' Victory March
- The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: The Chess Game
- The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Lady Penelope
- The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Elizabeth the Queen
- The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Defeat In Ireland
- The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Darling (Love Scene)
- The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex: Finale
- Captain Blood: I. Main Title
- Captain Blood: II. Sold Into Slavery
- Captain Blood: III. Meeting On The Ocean
- Captain Blood: V. Peter And Arabella
- Captain Blood: VI. Finale
- The Prince And The Pauper: I. Main Title
- The Prince And The Pauper: II. Tom
- The Prince And The Pauper: III. The Prince
- The Prince And The Pauper: IV. The Boys Go To Play
- The Prince And The Pauper: V. Riot
- The Prince And The Pauper: VI. Flirtation Waltz
- The Prince And The Pauper: VII. Duel
- The Prince And The Pauper: VIII. The Seal
- The Prince And The Pauper: IX. Epilogue And Finale
Customer Reviews:
Good Previn Great Korngold.......2006-12-23
MAGIC FORMULA.......2005-12-17
The liner-notes that come with the disc are admirable. Previn contributes a short and lucid introduction giving us his general view of Korngold and of film music. The majority of the material is from the authoritative source of Brendan G. Carroll, providing a more detailed commentary on the four film scores separately. These are given in the chronological order of the films, whereas the scores are not, in case anyone needs to know that. Previn suits me down to the ground as an interpreter of music like this. He had an exceptionally adept touch with scores that are thick-textured and lyrical, something I found many years ago in his Brahms readings, and which you will find in his recording of the German Requiem from 2000, one year prior to the present disc. The way he does it is just right for me, with plenty of body and fullness to it, but showing real mastery in keeping the texture clear at the same time. He and the LSO are long acquainted of course. Their relationship had its stormy episodes, but in my own opinion it was one of the most successful such partnerships in the entire 20th century. There is a sense of consistency here, which might seem unsurprising given that this is Korngold whose idiom is not exactly varied, but it does great credit to the various orchestrators, of whom I count five. Korngold simply was not given time to go through the hard slog of writing out his scores in full, but he knew the kind of sound he wanted and I would guess he supervised his assistants pretty closely.
The recording seems exemplary to me as well. It suits Korngold, it suits the LSO, it suits Previn's special approach. The packaging is a new kind that I was also given by DG for a set of Lutoslawski concertos. It is in soft board, with a fold-over cover forming an envelope containing the liner. Extracting the latter can be like coaxing an unwilling dog out of its kennel sometimes, but I have no objection to this new format. In my filing system this disc will be separated by only one other from my disc of Ketelbey, another composer for the masses during the same era. The two make an interesting contrast. Ketelbey wrote for the radio, specifically for the BBC Light Programme and was listened to by an audience of impoverished British housewives in pinnies as in the film Vera Drake, and by the husbands and sons of these in flat caps. Korngold sang of romantic adventure and - more to the point - of romantic opulence. Where I come from, and for my age-bracket, this is the music of escapism, and it is a pleasure to escape down memory lane again.
Suffocated in marzipan?.......2005-11-05
This 2001 CD from Previn and the LSO is about ten shades less luxurious and shmaltzy than those earlier sets. Here Previn aims to keep the sweetness below the saccharine level. Is that even possible? I think he succeeds a lot of hte time, despite the loss of visceral excitement that goes along with it. One big dose of Korngold per lifetime is a great thrill; too much leads to insulin shock.
So, at this stage of life I welcome these less excitable readings (in gorgeous sound) and can enjoy them without feeling that someone is suffocating me in marzipan.
Great Music, but a Mediocre Performance.......2005-11-05
While it is already granted that what is being played is both brilliantly constructed and enjoyable to listen to, I was disappointed in the playing itself, especially given the reputations of the players. In this recording, the LSO is uncharacteristically lethargic, and their sound is a bit on the bellowing, turgid side, lacking in an articulation adequate enough to highlight the many breathtaking orchestral details which are typical of Korngold's intricate style. I also find it disconcerting that this recording continues the trend of committing to disc only truncated suites of the scores. If we are ever to appreciate these great pieces of music, one must first play them in their entirety. Two-hour tone poems operatic in their scope cannot be done justice when they are turned into fleeting musical interludes.
Film Scores By Korngold.......2003-05-03
of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's great film scores is for the film
that made President Ronald Regan a major film star "King's Row"
with Claude Rains, Robert Cummings, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn
and a host of very fine film actors of the period - 1942. I have
often though that the film could be remade for a new, younger
audience, but no one could duplicate the outstanding film music
composed by Korngold, along with Max Steiner,and Sir Malcom
Arnold, a favourite of mine.
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My Favorite Things: A Richard Rodgers Celebration
Jason Danieley , and Boston Pops Orchestra Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000640NM Release Date: 2002-04-23 |
Tracks:
- Main Title (Oklahoma!)
- "My Favorite Things" (The Sound of Music)
- "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Oklahoma!)
- Overture to Babes in Arms
- "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" (On Your Toes)
- "March of the Clowns" (Nursery Ballet)
- "I Have Dreamed" (The King and I)
- "Grant Avenue" (Flower Drum Song)
- "D-Day" (Victory at Sea)
- "The Sound of Music" (The Sound of Music)
- "Mountain Greenery" (The Garrick Gaieties of 1926)
- "The Carousel Waltz" (Carousel)
- "Shall We Dance?" (The King and I)
Customer Reviews:
Actually a great recording -.......2003-10-12
Also, I have taped two 1 hour Rodgers specials off PBS which feature some of these performances. I'd love for PBS to put these episodes on a DVD instead of the usual pledge drive DVD fare.
The glass is half full on this project.......2002-10-16
For this occasion the Boston Pops did a good job of paying tribute to this master tunesmith. I think Richard would be more than proud to see his masterpieces performed in such a manner.
BRAVO to the B.P.O.!
If there were any shortcomings to this project it would have to be two things. First, I felt like they should have used better vocalists. Second, I felt like the repertoire was not as good as it could have been. Some of the tunes performed here I really disliked. I can think of a lot of songs I would have rather been listening to.
I think it would safe to recommend this cd to all the die hard Richard Rodgers fans.
Rodgers - 5, Pops - 3.......2002-09-15
A Mixed Bag.......2002-07-18
Otherwise, the most satisfying selections on the disc are the Main Title from the film version of "Oklahoma!" (the work of Robert Russell Bennett), the overture to "Babes in Arms" (Don Walker's orchestration captures the spirit of the Broadway original in full orchestra terms), "D-Day" (Lockhart paces it more as a jaunty march than an epic one), and the "Carousel Waltz."
I confess that I like big-orchestra arrangements of show music even though I know I'm not supposed to, but the remaining instrumental numbers are played in arrangements (by Sammy Nestico, Don Sebesky, and Alexander Courage) that I don't like. They are mostly fussy, heavy, lacking in fun, and tinged with elements from the Big Band era that sound out of place in these surroundings. It's too bad Hollenbeck didn't do these arrangements, too. Failing that, the Pops music library must still have arrangements Bennett, Leroy Anderson, and Richard Hayman did of Rodgers scores, and I don't understand why they weren't used here. They never wear out their welcome.
The singers are uniformly disasters. Martina McBride ("My Favorite Things"), Jason Danieley ("I Have Dreamed"), and Collin Raye ("The Sound of Music") are described on the label as "vocalists." The term tells you all you need to know about their lack of any sense of the appropriate style for their numbers. They are club, not theater, singers. Their vocalizings can't hurt Rodgers, but they are jarring to the listener in the context of the rest of this disc. Their voices, as voices, are mediocre, and the arrangements (each by a different person) of the pieces don't help. (Some comparably dubious items have been included in most recent Pops recordings. Each has some interesting, unusual things along with others that don't really belong. I wonder if they are the price Lockhart has to pay in order to record the interesting stuff.)
The Boston Symphony and Pops were the orchestras I grew up with, so it hurts to have to say that this disc is such a mixed bag.
(By the way, Nelson Riddle recorded an LP of his own splendid arrangements of the principal numbers from "Oklahoma!", and I wish Capitol would resurrect it from the vaults as a salute to Rodgers's memory in his centennial year.)
Boston Pops: A Richard Rodgers Celebration.......2002-05-08
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Debussy at Dawn
Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000041O4 Release Date: 1997-10-14 |
Tracks:
- Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune
- The Sea At Dawn
- Dances For Harp & Orchestra - Sacred Dance
- Suite Bergamasque: Prelude
- La Plus Que Lente
- La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl With The Flaxen Hair)
- Prelude No. 11 For Composed Arpeggios
- Nocturnes for Orchestra - Nuages
- Pour le piano - Sarabande
- Images: Lent
- Images: Souvenir de Louvre
- Images: Images - Book 1, Reflections In The Water
- Images: Rhapsody For Clarinet & Orchestra
- Images: Nocturnes for Orchestra - Sirenes
Customer Reviews:
An absolute joy.......2006-01-26
CD review.......2003-04-06
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Red, White & Brass
Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000414O Release Date: 1991-10-11 |
Tracks:
- Voluntary On Old Hundredth
- American Patrol
- George M. Cohan On Broadway: Give My Regards To Broadway - Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway - Mary's A Grand Old Name - You're Grand Old Flag - The Yankee Doodle Boy
- Westward Ho
- Salute To John Philip Sousa: Semper Fidelis - Manhattan Beach - The Liberty Bell - Hands Across The Sea - The US Field Artillery March - The Stars And Stripes Forever
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Grand Circus Fantasia: 1. Entry Of The Gladiators, 2. The Squealer, 3. Skater's Waltz, 4. Three-Ring Finale: Rolling Thunder - Czardas - Entry Of The Gladiators
- Shaker Suite
- An American Theme And Variations - Beautiful Dreamer
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Canuck Brass' Salute to the States.......2004-03-03
Here is a CD that is needed in our time: a collection of patriotic, good ole' American music.
This is 4th of July clap your hands firework watching music at its best. In fact, that is exactly what listening to this collection does for me: it takes me to the excellent Greenfield Village at Henry Ford's annual 4th Fireworks Concert.
This is good stuff, well done by early CBrass.
Fun.......2002-01-29
Fun.......2000-10-24
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Strauss: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000042GN Release Date: 1997-11-11 |
Tracks:
- Walzer, Op. 314: An der schonen, blauen Donau
- Polka schnell, Op. 373: Auf der Jagd
- Walzer, Op. 410: Fuhlingsstimmen
- Pizzicato-polka
- Op. 335: Egyptischer Marsch
- Op. 214: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
- Op. 173: Dynamiden-Waltzer
- Polka-Mazurka, Op. 144: Die Schwatzerin
- Walzer, Op. 270: Carnavals Botschafter
- Op. 117: Annen-Polka
- Walzer, Op. 75: Fesche Geister
- Polka schnell, Op. 278: Jokey Polka
- Walzer, Op. 235: Spharenklange
- Polka francaise, Op. 269: Feuerfest
- Op. 29a: Wettrennen-Galop
Tracks:
- Walzer, Op. 325: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
- Polka schnell, Op. 240: Eingesendet
- Op. 228: Radetzky-Marsch
- Op. 269: Demolirer-Polka
- Walzer, Op. 367: Du und Du
- Polka-Mazurka, Op.129: Brennende Liebe
- Op. 433: Spanischer Marsch
- Polka schnell, op.45: Bahn frei!
- Walzer, Op.258: Aquarellen
- Polka schnell, Op.393: St|rmisch in Lieb' und Tanz
- Polka-Mazurka, Op.166: Frauenherz
- Op. 411: Lagunen-Walzer
- Polka francaise, Op. 235: Piefke un Pufke
- Freuet euch des Lebens Walzer, op.340
- Musikalischer Scherz, Op.257: Perpetuum mobile
Tracks:
- Walzer, Op. 333: Wien, Weiss und Gesang
- Polka francaise, Op. 336: Im Krapfenwaldl
- Walzer, Op. 346: Tausend und ein Nacht
- Op. 156: Napoleon Marsch
- Walzer, Op. 364: Wo die Citronen blueh'n!
- Polka-Mazurka, Op. 204: Die Libelle
- Polka francaise, Op. 57: Moulinet
- Walzer, Op. 443: Seid umschlungen, Millionen
- Polka schnell, Op. 413: So angstlich sind wir nicht
- Polka-Mazurka, Op. 315: Lob der frauen
- Op. 43: Explosions Polka
- Walzer, Op. 184: Transactionen
- Polka francaise, Op. 281: Heiterer Mut
- Op. 42: Sperl Galopp
Tracks:
- Walzer, Op. 354: Wiener Blut
- Op. 211: Champagner-Polka
- Walzer, Op. 307: Wiener Bonbons
- Op. 449: Neue Pizzicato-Polka
- Walzer, Op. 114: Liebeslieder
- Ungarische Polka schnell, Op. 332: Eljen a Magyar
- Walzer, Op. 316: Krleben
- Op. 378: Banditen-Galopp
- Op. 426: Russischer Marsch
- Polka schnell, Op. 324: Unter Donner und Blitz
- Walzer, Op. 279: Morgenbler
- Polka schnell, Op. 133: Auf Ferienreisen
- Walzer, Op. 164: Dorfschwalben aus terreich
- Op. 126: Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Rettungs-Jubel-Marsch
Tracks:
- Walzer, Op. 388: Rosen aus dem S
- Polka schnell, Op. 281: Vergnzug
- Op. 437: Kaiserwalzer
- Polka schnell, Op. 319: Leichtes Blut
- Walzer, Op. 154: Loreley-Rhein-Kle
- Polka, Op. 291: 'S gibt nur a Kaiserstadt, 's gibt nur a Wien !
- Walzer, Op. 143: Schneeglhen
- Polka-Mazurka, Op. 282: Die Emancipirte
- Polka schnell, Op. 259: Mit Extrapost
- Walzer, Op. 234: Accelerationen
- Polka Francaise, Op. 372: Bitte Sch
- Op. 289: Persischer Marsch
- Walzer, Op. 212: Delirien
- Op. 365: Tik-Tak-Polka
Tracks:
- Op. 363: Fledermaus-Quadrille - Various Artists
- Polka, Op. 271: Ohne Sorgen - Various Artists
- Walzer, Op. 263: Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb und Lust - Various Artists
- Op. 236: Orpheus-Quadrille - Various Artists
- Polka, Op. 230: Im Fluge - Various Artists
- Walzer, Op. 361: Bei uns z'Haus - Various Artists
- Schutzen-Quadrille - Various Artists
- Polka, Op. 241: Extempore - Various Artists
- Walzer, Op. 390: Nordseebilder - Various Artists
- Polka, Op. 241: Freikugeln - Various Artists
- Walzer, Op. 101: Mephistos Hollenrufe - Various Artists
- Marsch, Op. 478: Aufs Korn - Various Artists
- Walzer, Op. 329: Erinnerung an Covent-Garden - Various Artists
- Op. 152: Rudolfsheimer-Polka - Various Artists
Amazon.com
Boskovsky's encyclopedic collection with the Vienna Philharmonic, recorded between 1957 and 1976, is as close to definitive as one is likely to get. There was a special camaraderie between Boskovsky and the Philharmonic--he was a member of the orchestra's violin section for 37 years and conducted their New Year's Day concerts from 1955 until 1979. There was also a special empathy that these performers, as custodians of a tradition going back to its origins, felt for the music of the Strauss family. It comes across quite wonderfully on these mid-price CDs, which have been painstakingly remastered for an edition every collector should have. --Ted LibbeyCustomer Reviews:
Superb collection.......2006-03-07
Boskovsky and the Strauss Family of Vienna........2003-06-12
No combination has ever excelled Willi Boskovsky and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in performing this repertoire. Although the waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, marches and overtures were performed over and over again by these musicians, there is never a hint of workaday routine or staleness to be heard here. Everything seems to unfold naturally. Each item's inherent character is displayed. Tiny nuances and felicities of phrasing and a balance that favors the melody and reduces the accompaniment make these performances inimitable. The performance of "Morgenblätter" seems to provide a tad more excitement and impact than the other 85 items.
The recordings were made between 1960 and 1976. They are studio recordings, not deriving from the famous New Year concerts, and all but the few items from the very earliest year provide excellent sound.
Strauss's Lover Must Own!!!!!.......2001-10-09
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The Music Of Richard Addinsell
Manufacturer: White Line ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000030Z6 Release Date: 1997-08-19 |
Tracks:
- Warsaw Concerto
- Prologue: Sea Devils
- Tea - Time Music ('Palms And Fountains'): The Day Will Dawn
- Waltz Theme: Blithe Spirit
- Theme: Highly Dangerous
- Greengage Summer - Suite: Main Titles, Joss, Zizi's Tango
- Greengage Summer - Suite: In The French Countryside
- Greengage Summer - Suite: Carpet Dance
- Greengage Summer - Suite: Slow Waltz
- Greengage Summer - Suite: Eliot's Escape
- Greengage Summer - Suite: End Titles
- Invocation
- Cavalry Of The Clouds: March: The Lion Has Wings
- Lovers' Moon: The Passionate Friends
- Suite: Under Capricorn
- Theme: Out Of The Clouds
- March Of The United Nations
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Just wonderful music.......2000-04-26
British movie music at its best.......1999-04-17
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