Top Percussion

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In the history of recorded music, there are a few albums that define a genre. Among them are Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations and Miles Davis's hypnotic Kind of Blue. In that select realm, timbalero Tito Puente's 1957 Top Percussion is the most influential Latin jazz recording of all time. Simply put, this date is a once-in-a-lifetime summit meeting of Cuban and Puerto Rican master percussionists of Afro-Cuban music: Mongo Santamaria, Franciso Aguabella, Willie Bobo, and Julito Collazo. Together, these masters explore the endless folkloric inventions and dimensions of Cuba's complex drum music-- from the Afrocentric bembe/Santeria syncopations of "Eleguara" and "Obatala Yeza" to the clave-coded "Mon Ti," "Four by Two," and "Conga Alegre." The "hit" is the cool cha-cha "Ti-Mon-Bo," named for Tito, Mongo, and Bobo. Like their African musical forefathers, Tito Puente and his compatriots have delivered an ancestral drum message that has danced and entranced musicians and listeners for years. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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Average customer rating: not to great Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$ You get what you pay for. Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ...

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Tracks:

1. America the Beautiful
2. All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
3. Ballad of the Green Berets
4. On Top of Old Smokey
5. Coyote Warrior
6. Semper Fidelis
7. Breeze from Alabama
8. Onward Christian Soldiers
9. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
10. Patriot
11. Sweet Betsy from Pike
12. Marines' Hymn
13. America Is
14. When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
15. Happy the Soldier
16. American Trilogy
17. Home Sweet Home
18. Washington Post March
19. Enraptured I Gaze
20. Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
21. Yellow Rose of Texas
22. Over There
23. Simple Gifts
24. Liberty Bell
25. Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

1. God Bless the USA
2. Yankee Doodle Dandy
3. Katy Cruel
4. I Vow to Thee My Country
5. King Cotton
6. Beautiful Dreamer
7. America
8. American Patrol
9. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
10. Mohican Dream
11. Red, White and Blue
12. Some Folks
13. Liberty Song
14. Pomp and Circumstance
15. Hail to the Chief
16. Bennington Rifles
17. Peace on the Battlefield
18. I've Been Working on the Railroad
19. Under the Double Eagle
20. Red River Valley
21. My Country 'Tis of Thee
22. Camptown Races
23. Wild Blue Yonder
24. Hands Across the Sea
25. Fanfare for the Common Man

Tracks:

1. Stars and Stripes Forever
2. Living in America
3. Home on the Range
4. Old Colony Times
5. Clementine
6. Invincible Eagle
7. Ring Ring de Banjo
8. Yankee Doodle
9. Largo from "The New World"
10. To a Wild Rose
11. Hail Columbia
12. Alexander's Ragtime Band
13. Gettysburg
14. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
15. Capitan
16. Prairie Daughter
17. Little Brown Jug
18. Marching Through Georgia
19. Entertainer
20. Steamboat Around the Bend
21. Revolutionary Tea
22. Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
23. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
24. Amazing Grace
25. Grand Old Flag

Tracks:

1. God Bless America
2. National Emblem
3. Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
4. Anchors Away
5. Oh, Susannah
6. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
7. Toast
8. Dixie
9. St. Louis Blues
10. Appalachian Spring
11. Bonnie Blue Flag
12. Old Hundreth
13. Swanee River
14. Battle Cry of Freedom
15. U. S Field Artillery
16. Sidewalks of New York
17. Chester
18. Auld Lang Syne
19. Kingdom Come
20. My Old Kentucky Home
21. Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
22. Battle Hymn of the Republic
23. Shenandoah
24. Abraham's Daughter
25. This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.

Average customer rating: Not what you're thinking. A Gotta Get!!! Percussion Madness The world's best latin-american percussionist- in full swing Unbelievable

Top Percussion Tito Puente Manufacturer: Sony International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Big Band | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Afro Roots Mongo Santamaria - Greatest Hits [Bonus Tracks] Kenya: Afro-Cuban Jazz Dance Mania Dance Mania, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000005LFE Release Date: 1992-06-30

Tracks:

1. Eleguara
2. Bragada
3. Obatala Yeza
4. Alaumba Chemache
5. Oguere Madeo
6. Obaricoso
7. Four By Two
8. Gonga Alegre
9. Ti Mon Bo
10. Mon Ti
11. Hot Timbales
12. Night Ritual

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In the history of recorded music, there are a few albums that define a genre. Among them are Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations and Miles Davis's hypnotic Kind of Blue. In that select realm, timbalero Tito Puente's 1957 Top Percussion is the most influential Latin jazz recording of all time. Simply put, this date is a once-in-a-lifetime summit meeting of Cuban and Puerto Rican master percussionists of Afro-Cuban music: Mongo Santamaria, Franciso Aguabella, Willie Bobo, and Julito Collazo. Together, these masters explore the endless folkloric inventions and dimensions of Cuba's complex drum music-- from the Afrocentric bembe/Santeria syncopations of "Eleguara" and "Obatala Yeza" to the clave-coded "Mon Ti," "Four by Two," and "Conga Alegre." The "hit" is the cool cha-cha "Ti-Mon-Bo," named for Tito, Mongo, and Bobo. Like their African musical forefathers, Tito Puente and his compatriots have delivered an ancestral drum message that has danced and entranced musicians and listeners for years. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

Not what you're thinking........2007-07-05

A lot of people have preconceptions about Afro-Cuban music and what it should sound like. This CD will correct this. The bulk of this CD is no polished studio product. No, when I listen to this CD, aside from a few tracks, I feel as though these musicians have existed for hundreds of years, and one day a studio sort of seemed to be built around them, and they just sort of shrugged as they played as they have always played.

In some ways, the raw nature of this CD is very appealing. As I have said, it is definitely REAL. At times however, it can get old. The majority of the tracks consist of a vocal leader doing call and response with other singers as percussion rhythms fill the surrounding musical space. Often times there are so many instruments, and the recording technology so primitive, that the music often becomes a mess of indistinguishable racket where the listener can barely pick out the Downbeat. I feel as though some of the tracks with more diverse orchestration would be top notch if we could properly hear what each instrument is doing.

My favorite tracks of this album are those at the end. There, the most care is taken to preserve each instrument's personality.

If you're Latino or African and want to know more about your roots, listen to this CD. If you're a drummer or percussionist and want to hear some rhythms you don't encounter in the typical Western musical tradition, listen to this CD. If you like Ricky Martin, leave this CD alone.

A Gotta Get!!!.......2007-03-23

Recorded in 1957, this is truly an unbelievable record, and a wonderful introduction to both Latin percussion and the Afro/Cuban folkloric tradition. Though Puerto Rican by birth, Tito was an initiate to the Cuban Santeria religion, and in this album he pays homage to the spiritual and musical roots of the Mambo and Cha Cha styles for which he became most famous. Tito, Mongo, Willie Bobo, Julito Collazo, etc., all play at an unsurpassed level of virtuosity and creativity, maintaining a dizzying array of poly-rhythms that provide a virtual catalog of the West African rhythms that filtered through Cuba to become the Latin music we know and love today. As honest, beautiful, and interesting a record as any Tito Puente made. An absolute must for anyone with even the slightest interest in Latin music, drumming, Cuban culture and experience, Tito Puente, or even rhythm in general. Go get it!!!

Elequara
Bragada
Obatala Yeza
Alaumba Chemache
Oguere Madeo
Obaricosu
Four By Two, Part 1
Conga Alegre
Ti Mon Bo
Mon-Ti
Hot Timbales Night Ritualmusicians:

Tito Puente (timbales) Bobby Rodriguez (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums) Mongo Santamaria, (percussion) Willie Bobo, (percussion) Francisco Aguabella, (percussion) Enrique Marti (percussion) Julito Collazo (percussion, background vocals) Marcelino Guerra, (vocals) Mercedita (vocals) Evaristo Baro (bass) Gene Quill, (alto saxophone) Allen Fields (alto saxophone) Marty Holmes (tenor saxophone) Joe Grimm (baritone saxophone) Francis Williams, (trumpet) John Frosk, (trumpet) Gene Rapetti, (trumpet) Doc Severinsen, (trumpet) Jimmy Frisaura (trumpet) Eddie Bert, Bob Ascher, (trombone) Sonny Russo (trombone) Alvin Gellers (piano) Barry Galbraith (guitar)

Percussion Madness.......2006-06-28

Muy buen album de la serie de la RCA sobre Tito, recomiendo tambien el trabajo CUBAN CARNIVAL de esta misma, es muy bueno aunque soy más del trabajo: PUENTE IN PERCUTION sacado años despues por el sello ALEGRE, en compañia de Willie Bobo y Santamaria nuevamente. Ritmos tradicionales de cuba acopañado por los grandes. Como te extraño Tito.....

The world's best latin-american percussionist- in full swing.......2003-03-07

In case anyone had any doubts -- at all -- that Tito could play the real, hardcore, pure Afro-Cuban percussion, then this album should settle that question. With Mongo Santamaria and several other percussion heavyweights on board, Tito pounds away on some of the toughest-sounding rhythm work imaginable. The second half of the album gets funkier and more slinky, with a subtle, jazzy bass added into the mix. This is a killer instrumental album, formidable and funky in every aspect. Recommended!

Unbelievable.......2003-02-06

A truly unbelievable record, and a wonderful introduction to both Latin percussion and the Afro/Cuban folkloric tradition. Though Puerto Rican by birth, Tito was an initiate to the Cuban Santeria religion, and in this album he pays homage to the spiritual and musical roots of the Mambo and Cha Cha styles for which he became most famous. Tito, Mongo, Willie Bobo, Julito Collazo, etc., all play at an unsurpassed level of virtuosity and creativity, maintaining a dizzying array of poly-rhythms that provide a virtual catalog of the West African rhythms that filtered through Cuba to become the Latin music we know and love today. As honest, beautiful, and interesting a record as any Tito Puente made. An absolute must for anyone with even the slightest interest in Latin music, drumming, Cuban culture and experience, Tito Puente, or even rhythm in general. Go get it!!!

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The Essential Wedding Collection Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Monk, William Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mancini | Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rota, Nino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kamen | Kamen, Michael | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Trumpet | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Classical Wedding Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings 25 Wedding Favorites Call Me Irresponsible Night at the Museum (Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B0001U0GCG Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

1. Sheep May Safely Graze - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
2. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
3. Aria (Air On The G String) - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
4. Air - Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields
5. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - Richard Farnes
6. Canon in D major - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
7. Bridal Chorus - Stephen Cleobury
8. The Prince Of Denmark's March - Michael Laird Brass
9. Trumpet Tune And Air - Peter Hurford
10. Panis Angelicus - Luciano Pavarotti
11. Ave Maria - Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, National Philharmonic Orchestra and Luciano Pavarotti
12. Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165 - Leontyne Price
13. Water Music - Stephen Cleobury
14. Wedding March - Peter Hurford
15. The Lord's My Shepherd - Huddersfield Choral Society
16. Laudate Dominum - Wren Orchestra
17. Let The Bright Seraphim - Dame Joan Sutherland
18. Abide With Me - Anthony Way
19. Ombra Mai Fu - Anthony Way
20. On Wings Of Song - Utah Symphony Orchestra
21. Toccata - Stephen Cleobury
22. Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven - Richard Farnes

Tracks:

1. My Heart Will Go On - James Horner
2. I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
3. Love Theme - Nino Rota
4. Up Where We Belong - Will Jennings
5. As Time Goes By - Herman Hupfeld
6. Take My Breath Away - Giorgio Moroder
7. Can You Feel The Love Tonight? - Elton John
8. Evergreen - Barbra Streisand
9. Love Is All Around - Reg Presley
10. Maid Marian At The Waterfall (Everything I Do) I Do For You - Seattle Symphony Orchestra
11. Moon River - Henry Mancini
12. Where Do I Begin - Francis Lai
13. When A Man Loves A Woman - Andrew Wright
14. The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch
15. Unchained Melody - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

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Classics Explained: Rite of Spring Stravinsky , Rahbari , and Brt Po Brussels Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Classics Explained: Pastoral Symphony An Introduction to Ravel's "Boléro" and "Ma mère l'oye" Classics Explained: Brandenburg Concertos 4 & 5 Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak An Introduction to Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 ASIN: B00007FPFN Release Date: 2003-07-15

Average customer rating: Exceptionally moving Horne brings these wonderful masterpieces to life!

Marilyn Horne - I Will Breathe A Mountain ~ Songs of Barber, Bernstein & Bolcom / Martin Katz, Tokyo String Quartet Samuel Barber , William Bolcom , Leonard Bernstein , Marilyn Horne , Martin Katz , Tokyo String Quartet , Kikuei Ikeda , Kazuhide Isomura , Peter Oundijian , and Sadao Harada Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bolcom, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Horne, Marilyn | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000064Y9 Release Date: 1998-03-10

Tracks:

1. The Daisies, Op. 2 No. 1
2. A Nun Takes The Veil, Op. 13 No. 1
3. Bessie Bobtail, Op. 2 No. 3
4. The Secrets Of The Old, Op. 13 No. 2
5. Sure On This Shining Night, Op. 13 No. 3
6. Barber: I Hear An Army, Op. 10 No. 3
7. Dover Beach, Op. 3
8. I Will Breathe A Mountain: Pity Me Not Because The Light Of Day
9. I Will Breathe A Mountain: How To Swing Those Obbligatos Around
10. I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Crazy Woman
11. I Will Breathe A Mountain: Just Once
12. I Will Breathe A Mountain: Never More Will The Wind
13. I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Sage
14. I Will Breathe A Mountain: O To Be A Dragon
15. I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Bustle In A House
16. I Will Breathe A Mountain: I Saw Eternity
17. I Will Breathe A Mountain: Night Practice
18. I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Fish
19. My House
20. So Pretty
21. Greeting
22. Take Care Of This House
23. Rabbit At Top Speed
24. Sonnet: What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
25. Nachspiel
26. Dream With Me

Amazon.com

Though Horne is audibly at the end of her long and rich career, she did a good deed for American music with this disc, which consists of songs by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, and a new song cycle by William Bolcom, from which the disc takes its title. Horne's voice has a quiver, a lack of center, almost as if it refuses to stop singing Rossini (Horne's lifelong specialty). However, it's worth buying for the Bolcom cycle, which is one of his best vocal works, typically an eclectic, natural outgrowth of Bernstein's style with Horne gamely employing a wide range of vocal techniques with more eloquence than one could hope for. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Exceptionally moving.......2003-10-16

This is AMERICAN SONGS at their most moving and emotional best, not to mention with great melody. Unlike a lot of American song literature (not broadway type, but "serious classical art songs"), these songs are actually quite beautiful, melodic, and can touch the heart of the listener easily. There is no strain to enjoy them. There is a bit of "sameness" between them, which is my only complaint about this recording; one piece starts to sound like another, especially if you are not listening carefully while listening. Even then, it is still very lovely.

It has been mentioned that Horne is now far past her prime, and that may be, but even far past her prime she is far better than most singers half her age. There is still vibrancy, life, and depth to her voice. It communicates on a very deep level. Martin Katz, her life long accompanist, is, as usual, a revelation as an accompanist. Unlike people think, the accompanist just doesn't play in the background, he is a very vital part of making a performance work. Accompaning singers is a very new art form, and many performers of earlier ages simply had very bad accompanist. With Gerald Moore we started to have people who knew how to support the singer, actually adding to the performance giving it depth and helping the singer shine. Now we are so used to good accompanist, and are so accustomed to their high level of performance, it is very easy to forget what they add.

Katz knows Horne well, and is fully aware of when she is having troubles supporting a phrase, or when she is in best voice. He gives so much to her awesome performance through his very sensitive way of playing this music.

I would recommend this for anyone to buy: fans of modern art songs, fans of Marilyn Horne, and simply fans of good singing.

Horne brings these wonderful masterpieces to life!.......1999-07-17

Throughout the Barber, Bolcom and Bernstein, Marilyn Horne uses her ability to combine technical definition with artistic movement and expansion. Having had the opportunity to see her perform this literature live was an emotionally elevating experience. The way Horne and Katz have reworked a few of the Berstein pieces brings new life and perspectuve to these already wonderful pieces. I highly recommend this recording for the casual classical listener, as well as, for the student that enjoys learning from a master through their art.

Average customer rating: Minimalism

Early American Minimalism: Walls of Sound II Manufacturer: Sub Rosa ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Reich, Steve | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Riley, Terry | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glass | Glass, Philip | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Philip Glass : Analog Philip Glass: The Concerto Project, Vol. 2 The Illusionist ASIN: B0002Y4PR8 Release Date: 2004-10-19

Customer Reviews:

Minimalism.......2007-01-17

This CD is a great view of minimalistic music. Most of the pieces use saxophones, but two use things not generally considered instruments. For one piece, microphones swinging above speakers are recorded and it really makes you think about music in everyday things. You would not guess this particular piece was swinging microphones if you heard it without this knowledge. I really enjoyed this CD. However, as a string intrumentalist, it would have been nice to hear something with strings.

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A Total Embrace: The Composer Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Clarinet | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Leonard Bernstein - A Total Embrace: The Conductor ASIN: B0000AQS3U Release Date: 2003-09-09

Tracks:

1. Concert Works: I. Psalm 108 (Verse 2) & Psalm 100 (Complete) - Camerata Singers
2. Concert Works: II. Psalm 23 (Complete) & Psalm 2 (Verses 1-4) - Camerata Singers
3. Concert Works: III. Psalm 131 (Complete) & Psalm 133 (Verse 1) - Camerata Singers
4. Concert Works: III. Lamentation - Jennie Tourel
5. Concert Works: IV. Agathon (Adagio) - Isaac Stern
6. Concert Works: B. The Masque: Extremely Fast - Philippe Entremont
7. Concert Works: C. The Epilogue: Adagio; Andante; Con Moto - Philippe Entremont
8. Concert Works: IV. ' A Big Indian And A Little Indian' Con Brio - Leonard Bernstein
9. Concert Works: IV. 'Civet A Toute Vitesse (Rabbit At Top Speed)' - Leonard Bernstein
10. Concert Works: I. Prelude For The Brass - Benny Goodman
11. Concert Works: II. Fugue For The Saxes - Benny Goodman
12. Concert Works: III. Riffs For Everyone - Benny Goodman
13. Concert Works: I. Invocation. Kaddish 1 - Camerata Singers
14. Concert Works: Film: Love Theme - New York Philharmonic

Tracks:

1. Theater Works: Opening: 'New York, New York' - Adolph Green
2. Theater Works: 'Lonely Town'/Dance: Lonely Town - John Reardon
3. Theater Works: Dance: Times Square - Leonard Bernstein
4. Theater Works: 'Some Other Time' - Betty Comden
5. Theater Works: Dance: The Real Coney Island - Ensemble
6. Theater Works: I. Enter Three Sailors - Leonard Bernstein
7. Theater Works: IV. Pas De Deux - Leonard Bernstein
8. Theater Works: VII. Finale - Leonard Bernstein
9. Theater Works: 'The Pirate Songs' - Boris Karloff And The Pirates
10. Theater Works: 'Ohio' - Rosalind Russell
11. Theater Works: 'A Little Bit In Love (Never Felt This Way Before)' - Jacquelyn
12. Theater Works: 'A Quiet Girl' - Sydney Chaplin
13. Theater Works: 'Conga!' - Ensemble
14. Theater Works: 'Wrong Note Rag' - Ensemble
15. Theater Works: Overture - Original Broadway Cast
16. Theater Works: 'Best Of All Possible Worlds' - Chorus
17. Theater Works: Mazurka - Barbara Cook
18. Theater Works: 'Glitter And Be Gay' - Barbara Cook
19. Theater Works: 'Make Our Garden Grow' - Ensemble

Tracks:

1. Theater Works: Prologue - Orchestra
2. Theater Works: The Dance At The Gym - The Jets
3. Theater Works: 'Maria' - Larry Kert
4. Theater Works: 'Tonight' - Larry Kert
5. Theater Works: 'America' - Marilyn Cooper
6. Theater Works: 'Cool' - The Jets
7. Theater Works: 'Somewhere' (Ballet) - Reri Grist
8. Theater Works: 'The Community' - David Johnson
9. Theater Works: 'Part II: Allegretto' - Leonard Bernstein
10. Theater Works: Scene III/IIIa: 'I Was Standing In A Garden/Then Desire Took Hold Of Me' - Nancy Williams
11. Theater Works: I. Devotions Before Mass - Hymn And Psalm: 'A Simple Song' - Alan Titus
12. Theater Works: V. Meditation No. 1 - Alan Titus
13. Theater Works: VI. Gloria - Alan Titus
14. Theater Works: XIV. Sanctus: 'Holy! Holy! Holy!' - Alan Titus
15. Theater Works: XVII Pax: Communion - Final Hymn (Excerpt) - Alan Titus

Average customer rating: interesting indeed Interesting

Philip Glass: Early Keyboard Music Manufacturer: MD&G Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Improvisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glass | Glass, Philip | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Philip Glass : Analog Solo Piano Philip Glass: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 ASIN: B000059GGN Release Date: 2001-03-27

Tracks:

1. Contrary Motion
2. One+One (1st version)
3. Mad Rush
4. One+One (2nd version)
5. Two Pages

Customer Reviews:

interesting indeed.......2003-07-11

I find the earlier work by Glass to be his best. It's exciting because in this time Glass, with others like Steve Reich, comes to a new style in classical music: minimal. Later work by Glass will be less and less true to this style, it waters down to more usual, standard 19th century kind of classical (that's a generalization, yes). Only the melodies are played over the same minimal sounding support.
Looking through some cd's with earlier work by glass, I believe Contrary Motion is thought to be an important piece by Glass. Listening to it emphasizes this idea: you hear the, by now, well known, repeated, subtly changing repetitions. What's nice about this piece compared to ensemble pieces, like a version of Contrary motion, for instance, is that it clarifies Glass' minimal idea better because it's only one musician playing. This idea is further well explained in the booklet and, playfully, on the cd by tapping on a table by Steffen Schleiermacher.
Besides Contrary motion there's an even more minimal track on this cd: two pages (which referes to the fact that the, in this case, 27 minutes of music can be written out on two pages (an idea inspired by minimalist Terry Riley?)). This only has only one ever slightly changing melody line and clarrifies Glass' minimal method of adding and cutting to and from a melody line.
Both the minimal tracks have an extremely hypnotising, trance envoking quality to them. That is: if your in for that, otherwise, the booklet explains, you may just find them extremely boring.
The cd is completed by a nice, more normal sounding, track, composed for the first visit of the Dalai Lama to New York: Mad Rush.

Interesting.......2002-12-04

This disc contains some of Philip Glass' early organ works, showcasing the repetitive style that made him famous. the first and last tracks on the CD are more repetitive than the middle track, and are somewhat like musical "paintings", not meant to be actively listened to, but just played in the background, where you can visit them from time to time.

The middle track, "Mad Rush", might be rushy but certainly isn't mad. It is in a strict formal structure, with a quiet theme contrasted by a fst, loud theme, and going back and forth between the two. This track is overall the most enjoyable on the CD.

I don't understand the two versions of "One+One"; first why are they on an "Early Keyboard Works" CD, and second, I've just never been able to understand the intricate complexities of music meant to be played by banging on a tabletop.

Average customer rating: Latin Fire really lives up to its name. The best Latin jazz album Finally - A CD that I can listen to all the way through!

Latin Fire Rebeca Mauleón Manufacturer: Rumbeca Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Descarga en California Round Trip The Last Bullfighter Jazz Descargas United We Swing ASIN: B0002474R6 Release Date: 2004-05-10

Tracks:

1. Batamambo
2. Cuba Hermosa
3. Fuego
4. A La Rumba
5. Te Canto Puerto Rico
6. Ritmo Caribeno
7. Ven Conmigo
8. La Ventana
9. CuBrazil
10. Pa'Lante
11. La Ventana (D.J. Mix)

Album Description

"Latin Fire" is a fiery collection of Afro-Caribbean and Latin-Jazz flavored original music by Latin Rennaissance woman Rebeca Mauleon, featuring legendary percussion virtuoso Giovanni Hidalgo, along with Cuban drum sensation Jimmy Branly, trumpeter Bill Ortiz (of the Santana band) and funk-meister Gary Brown on bass. This enhanced CD also features a unique Latin music video clinic by Rebeca, showcasing the basic elements of Latin music performance.

Customer Reviews:

Latin Fire really lives up to its name........2004-08-05

Latin Fire really lives up to its name. The music is refreshing, the musicians are amazing and the energy is out of this world. The bonus video clinic was an unexpected treat, what a great idea! Rebeca and her music totally rock... and the percussion work you have to hear to believe. Keep them coming...

The best Latin jazz album .......2004-08-01

The best Latin jazz album I¡¦ve ever heard. The bonus video clinic is a great idea. I can't stop listening to this CD. Thanks for the great music.....

Finally - A CD that I can listen to all the way through!.......2004-06-10

Latin Fire really lives up to its name. The music is refreshing, the musicians are amazing and the energy is out of this world. The bonus video clinic was an unexpected treat, what a great idea! Rebeca and her music totally rock...
and the percussion work you have to hear to believe. Keep them coming...

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Top Percussion/Dance Mania Tito Puente Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Big Band | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000282UL Release Date: 1994-06-28

Tracks:

1. Elequana
2. Bragada
3. Obatala Yeza
4. Alaumba Chemache
5. Oguere Madeo
6. Obaricosu
7. Four By Two, Part 1
8. Conga Alegre
9. Ti Mon Bo
10. Mon-Ti
11. Hot Timbales
12. El Cayuco
13. Complication
14. Mambo Gozon
15. Saca Tu Mujer
16. Liego Mijan
17. Agua Limpia Todo
18. Cuando Te Vea
19. Mi Chiquita Quere Bembe
20. 3-D Mambo
21. Varsity Drag
22. Hong Kong Mambo
23. Estoy Siempre Junto A Ti

Album Details

Two LPs on One CD.

Salsa Music:

1. Tres Deseos
2. Tropicaliente
3. Vallenato a la Mexicana
4. Ven Mi Amor
5. Vida Parrandera
6. Vol. 1: VI Dedico le Mie Più Belle Canzoni
7. 14 Corridos Exitos de Paulino Vargas
8. 15 Exitos de Oro
9. 15 Grandes Exitos de Nicola Di Bari en Espanol
10. 15 Super Exitos

Salsa Music

salsa music

Salsa Music

need sombody [Explicit Lyrics]

Vincenzo Bellini: Romeo and Juliet (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)

Tatum Group Masterpieces [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Country Music Hall of Fame: 1970

This Feeling Gets Old

Tango Club [Import]

Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3

The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste

Three

Reyna del Pueblo 2000

That's When You Know [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Structure et Force

Sugar Daddy

Gerard Pape: Ascension to Purgatory

Complete Recordings: Donald Byrd Sextet with Yusef Lateef & Barry Harris