Don Juan

1. Don Juan

2. Araca Corazón - Jorge Casal, Aníbal Troilo

3. Corralera

4. Que Risa - Angel Cardenas, Aníbal Troilo

5. Tecleando

6. Medianoche

7. Pollo Ricardo

8. Milonga Que Peina Canas - Roberto Goyeneche, Aníbal Troilo

9. Fuegos Artificiales

10. Sur - Edmundo Rivero, Aníbal Troilo

Don Juan,Aníbal Troilo,Orfeon Records,Argentina,Argentina / Tango,Int'l & World Music,Latin,Latin Music,Tango

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Average customer rating: Pleasing to the senses Rich Romantic Heavenly Music Michael Kamen's genius shines on this CD My Favorite Soundtrack! one song soundtrack? I don't think this is Titanic buddy!

Don Juan DeMarco : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Michael Kamen Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Don Juan DeMarco Chocolat: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2001 Film) Benny & Joon: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Once Upon a Time in Mexico Edward Scissorhands: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ASIN: B000002G3I Release Date: 1995-04-18

Tracks:

1. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? - Bryan Adams
2. Habanera
3. Don Juan
4. I Was Born In Mexico
5. Has Amado Una Mujer De Veras?
6. Dona Julia
7. Don Alfonso
8. Arabia
9. Don Octavio Del Flores
10. Dona Ana

Customer Reviews:

Pleasing to the senses.......2007-03-12

I initially saw the movie, which I thought was ok. However, the music is pleasing and calming, especially Bryan Adams singing "Have you really ever loved a woman." For me, it is enjoyable.

Rich Romantic Heavenly Music.......2007-02-13

This is likely to go down in history of cinema as one of the most beautiful scores ever composed. A story from beginning to end told only with music. The Bryan Adams song at the beginning is beautiful but always skip it to get directly to Michael Kamen's wonderful compositions. Highly recommended.

Michael Kamen's genius shines on this CD.......2007-02-13

Bryan Adams doesn't get in the way of the title track "Have you ever really loved a woman" thankfully...All of the tunes on the soundtrack are entertaining and well recorded. Fabulous Spanish guitar and arrangements! Recommend for romance!

My Favorite Soundtrack!.......2006-02-25

I highly recommend this soundtrack! It is my favorite and is so romantic and relaxing.

one song soundtrack? I don't think this is Titanic buddy!.......2005-08-18

This song is full of pure and beautiful spanish and mexican music played with an acoustic guitar full of catchy melodic hooks and the beautifully written ballad Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman which was a monster hit in 1995. The rest of the album is nothing like that though it's a musical score of the movie soundtrack, it's not a bunch of tracks from pop artists, you'll have to check out waiting to exhale, another successful movie soundtrack of 1996 for that.

Average customer rating: Brilliance times Two Reckless Ambition; Relentless Experimentation The Ultimate Stretch Difference between art and artifice Her Last Great Album

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Joni Mitchell Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mingus Hejira The Hissing of Summer Lawns For the Roses Turbulent Indigo ASIN: B000002GXG Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Overture-Cotton Avenue
2. Talk To Me
3. Jericho
4. Paprika Plains
5. Otis And Marlina
6. The Tenth World
7. Dreamland
8. Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
9. Off Night Backstreet
10. The Silky Veils Of Ardor

Customer Reviews:

Brilliance times Two.......2007-07-26

The spectacular collaboration of singer-songwriter Joni and mega-bassist Jaco shines as brightly here as on the landmark Hejira. The fusion of folk, jazz and orchestration holds up three decades later because of Joni's lyrics and Jaco's licks. Don't miss Shadows and Light on CD and DVD, which also features Pat Metheny.

Reckless Ambition; Relentless Experimentation.......2007-06-17

After the muted reception she received from "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns" and "Hejira," Joni Mitchell returned to the studio to record her next album. Most artists sensing a sort of critical backlash would retreat and release another commercial hit, another "Court And Spark," as it were: but not Joni. If anything, she delved further and further into experimentation which peaked around the late Seventies. "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter," her ninth studio album release in as many years received an even frostier reception than her two previous efforts (which I regard as two of my personal Joni favourites). Critics are divided as to whether this double album (upon initial release, now simply joined as one on CD) is a pretentious mess or a creative success. I lean towards the latter: this album isn't as solid as her previous albums, but it does have many high points, some of which I regard very highly in the overall cannon of her work.

Opening track "Overture/Cotton Avenue" is one of these such highlights. At almost seven minutes, the two songs here are divided perfectly because the time flies by and I always find myself wondering where those seven minutes went. This song draws you in, setting the atmosphere for the rest of the album. Jaco Pastorius is on top bass form here on the second half and the way the two segue into one another is flawless. The vocal delivery packs a punch, but it takes intense listening to 'get it' otherwise I think it will just wash over many listeners. "Talk To Me" is a wonderfully upbeat number that features Pastorius's fretless bass and superb guitar work by Joni. The memorable line, "I'm always talking! Bwak, bwak, bwak! Chicken squawking!" reveals her humour and we can laugh along because she still has something to say, as in "Jericho." This wonderful song was first featured three years earlier on the live album "Miles Of Aisles." This studio reworking is one of the highlights here. The vocal deliver is particularly impassioned and I find myself having to sing along to this in the exact same way that she belts it out. It creates such an atmosphere, but none more so than on the next track.

"Paprika Plains" is probably the most infamous song on this entire set. Clocking in at more than 16 minutes, it's a wonder she even got this song onto the record in the first place. It was 1977 after all. It's one of the longest songs I've ever heard and it sometimes feels like a chore getting through it, but I have to say that it works brilliantly when you're in the right mood and I'd go as far as to say it's one of my top 10 Joni songs ever. I listened to this song on the beach in Zante last June and it was so perfectly aligned with my surroundings: I watched an aeroplane take off overhead as the last five minutes of the song played (when the singing starts up again, "The rain retreats, like troops to fall on other fields and streets," etc.) and I kept my eye fixed on it until it finally vanished from view. It was surreal, but for some reason Joni captures random moments like that for me. The first five minutes are perfect. The vocal phrasing and the piano work beautifully and harmoniously. The nine minutes of piano in the middle is Joni's dreamlike section, before she comes around again and finishes the song off. The lyrics work so well, such verbosity, such directness. The bass and the sax are absolutely breathtaking. So grand. Masterpiece.

"Otis And Marlena" is another great song. I feel like I'd have to be drunk to really appreciate this song, I'm not sure why. It feels like there's something missing about the way it's arranged that only being wasted could bring out of it. "The Tenth World" clocks in at almost seven minutes and is one of the most bizarre offerings here. There's not even much coherence in the sound, it's just a solid wall of sound that works as a sort of successor to "The Jungle Line," except more typically alternative. The congas and the bongos are in full effect here. I think the aim is to transfix the listener so they get lost in this tribal beat, and it really works: before you know it, the startling lines of "Dreamland" kick in: "It's a long, long way from Canada!" I love this song as well, the rhythm is very funky and the melody works well with the drums and the looping backing vocal. It's very experimental for the time, too. People were doing this in the Nineties, little realising Joni preceded them all by at least a decade.

"Don Juan's Reckless Daughter," the title track, is very evocative of Hejira and could've easily fitted on that album. It works as a counterpart to the subject of "Coyote," the opener to that album, too. The chordal movement is very similar too, as is the vocal delivery. From father to daughter, as it were. "Off Night Backstreet" reveals more of Joni's wonderfully dark humour which comes across in not only the lyrics but the vocal too, working beautifully with the bass. It's short and sweet but it works wonders before the closer, "The Silky Veils Of Ador." The lyrics here are amazing. Joni had never delivered such cryptic words before this, they work beautifully, telling of heartbreak and a foreboding warning to girls younger than her. It's an almost sad and heartbreaking ending to a great album: but the vocal (and the guitar especially) act as a dawn break, giving me a sonic vision of hope and a rising sun instead of a setting one.

OVERALL GRADE: 9/10

Thought not as consistent as her previous efforts, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is still a must-have in any Joni fan's collection. The whole album has a very Mexican, multicultural feel to it, which is reflected in the beautiful, warm and bright soundscapes, and the album cover art (in which Joni is dressed as her alter ego Art Noveau, the black pimp). On this album, Joni took her experimentation further and whilst she was lambasted for it at the time, over the decades she has come to receive noteworthy praise for her daring and relentless ambition in the face of adversity.

The Ultimate Stretch .......2007-04-23

THOSL and Hejira, the predecessors most lingering in effect for DJRD, were both superb recordings. Yet, mainstream music critics struggled with the nuance, most notably with the former. This misfortune led to Mitchell feeling exiled, so when excommunicated, but still under contract, what is an artist left?

DJRD is unquestionably a finer introduction in the form of a CD as opposed to two long play records. The key to understanding this album is an appreciation of the last two efforts, along with the empathy to stand beside Mitchell, feeling she had earned the right to stretch so far as to pull herself completely away from a public, particularly critics, that seemed to misunderstand what she was trying to accomplish. Most reviews include brief backdrop, but this one necessitates a more thorough knowledge base.

The songs are,by admission, challenging. DJRD is a descendent of "Coyote", the rugged ladies man from " Hejira". In this song there is even, to the attentive ear, a clear chordal movement that comes straight from father to daughter. "Cotton Avenue" is a fine tune, actually not terribly taxing toward the end of a straight, good song. " Talk to Me" has one of the funniest moments in all of Mitchell's career ... " I talk so much... bwak, bwak, bwak...." loud and clear, there for the listener to laugh along with Mitchell at her verbosity. The beauty for us, though,is she always has something relevant to say!

"Jericho" has great lyrics, and for Joniphiles has already been encountered on " Miles of Aisles". " Otis and Marlena" is another treasure, painting such a futuristic picture of what we see today with aging Baby Boomers, still searching for the great Eden and eternal youth, whether it be under the sun drenched skies of corrupted Miami, or the blinding glare of the overhead lights in the operation room. While the Boomers chase the elusive dream, " Muslims hold up Washington." This was 1977, guys..... gives chills, huh?

" The Silky Veils of Ardor" offers the first real completely cynical perception of love that Mitchell had put forth. Warning the fair maidens that behind that silky veil, the one that represents uncovering oneself to the betrothed, lies a vision that will deceive you. Don't look in his eyes after lifting that veil and expect to see your eternity.

" The Tenth World" foreshadows Paul Simon's " Graceland" by almost a decade, so for that it deserves credit that has never been ascribed. It could, in fairness, have been cut to three minutes verses six plus, probably having a better effect as a result. This is not Mitchell's finest hour, but her least is superior to most mortal's best.

Difference between art and artifice.......2007-03-11

I grew up to Joni's early work, was amazed at her ability to cloak wonderful, accessible messages and a dreamy, emotional world within the architecture of her songs and the artistic imagery of her lyrics. She was a wonder, from CLouds, Song to a Seagull through For the Roses and Blue....some good bits on Hissing, Court and Spark, and Hejira. I try not to be closed-minded about artistic evolution, and all my favorite artists seem to do it. But here is absolutely no discernible effort at the craft of songwriting as I understand it. No rhythm, no melody, no message, nothing memorable, except sadness and a sense of histrionics. I needed so much more when I spent scarce money on this decades ago, and I have to say it, I feared her internal clash with Los Angeles had finally destroyed her. I have heard a few minutes of her work since this album, and it seems true.

Now, for all the people that give this such great reviews, I wonder if they really find it likable enough to play often and return to. Really? If so, that's great. I just had to say my part.

Her Last Great Album.......2007-02-25

This album is a little uneven, and sometimes wanders off into the realm of the absurd, however, it is Joni's last great album. She made some nice music on "Wild Things Run Fast," but this is the end of her genius phase. She reminds me of the Moody Blues. Seven great albums, with the 7th giving a hint that the show is about over.

Average customer rating: Strauss served straight, no chaser Can't Go Wrong One of the essential Strauss tone poem recordings.

Strauss: Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks/Don Juan/Death And Transfiguration Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cleveland Orchestra | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | 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 $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Cleveland Orchestra | ( C ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Dvorák: Symphony No.9 Franck: Symphony in Dm; Chasseur maudit Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain Copland: Appalachian Spring/Fanfare For The Common Man/El Salón México/Danzón Cubano ASIN: B0000025JH Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
2. Don Juan, Op. 20
3. Death And Transfiguration, Op. 24

Customer Reviews:

Strauss served straight, no chaser.......2003-01-12

George Szell was not a conductor much given to bombast. Clarity, precision and directness were his watchwords, and his overall approach serves the music of his onetime boss very, very well. Strauss' lushly (not to mention densely) scored tone-poems are creamy enough without the conductor upping the cholesterol count, and this Szell does not do. What he does is present the music straight, letting it speak for itself, and the Cleveland Orchestra--which Szell turned from an okay provincial ensemble into one of the world's great orchestras (which it still is)--responds brilliantly. The sound quality is dated and a little constricted, but that's a minor complaint.

Can't Go Wrong.......2002-07-30

In general, I don't think you can go wrong with Szell's magnificent accounts of these perenial Strauss favorites. The Columbia sound of the 60s was in many ways far superior to modern recorded sound, warmer and much more live. And Szell was a great conductor for this kind of music. It doesn't require an extreme personality, and in fact, doesn't respond well to that kind of conducting. Szell was nothing if not workmanlike...just what Strauss' tone poems need.

One of the essential Strauss tone poem recordings........1998-12-07

Yet another great Szell/Cleveland recording. It seemed that everything George Szell touched in the recording studio turned to gold, and this fabulous recording is no different. Along with Reiner's 1954 'Zarathustra' and Karajan's 1959 'Heldenleben' and 1976 'Don Quixote,' this is one of the truly essential Strauss tone poem recordings. Szell, who was an assistant to Strauss himself, removes the usual bombastic interpretive dust and lets the music speak clearly and articulately. Everything that is marvelous about this music Szell simply gives you--no show, nothing overdone. And this makes the music all the more effective. For instance, in Death and Transfiguration, the first three statements of the 'Transfiguration' theme are much faster than usual. This may lead some to say that Szell is being cold and unemotional. But where Szell's genius lies is that he realizes the truly climactic statement of this theme is at the end of the piece. When Szell reaches the final, orgasmic statements of the theme, he then drastically slows the tempo down. This makes the moment 100 times as effectice, moving and powerful as usual. Just one among many marvels that listeners will find in these great recordings.

Average customer rating: Worst Wanderer Fantasy EVER? Pianistic Glory at its best!!!! An outstanding performance and story of a child prodigy Most Impressive! Trust the peanut gallery? Or trust experts. Your choice ...

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Tracks:

1. Applause
2. Abegg Variations, Op.1
3. 1. Allegro [Piano Sonata in C, H.XVI No.50]
4. 2. Adagio [Piano Sonata in C, H.XVI No.50]
5. 3. Allegro molto [Piano Sonata in C, H.XVI No.50]
6. 1. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo [Fantasy in C Major "Wanderer"]
7. 2. Adagio [Fantasy in C Major "Wanderer"]
8. 3. Presto [Fantasy in C Major "Wanderer"]
9. 4. Allegro [Fantasy in C Major "Wanderer"]
10. 1. Missing Moon [Eight Memories In Watercolour, Op.1]
11. 2. Beans [Eight Memories In Watercolour, Op.1]
12. 03. Herdboy's Song [Eight Memories In Watercolour, Op.1]
13. 4. Blue Nun [Eight Memories In Watercolour, Op.1]
14. 7. Red Wilderness [Eight Memories In Watercolour, Op.1]
15. 5. Ancient Burial [Eight Memories In Watercolour, Op.1]
16. 6. Floating Clouds [Eight Memories In Watercolour, Op.1]
17. 8. Sunrain [Eight Memories In Watercolour, Op.1]
18. Nocturne No.8 In D Flat Op.27 No.2
19. Reminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418 (after Mozart)
20. 7. Tr=E4umerei [Kinderszenen, Op.15]
21. Horses (after pieces by Huang Hai Hwai, Chen Rao Xing and Shen Li Qun) - Arr. by Lang Lang and Lang Guo-ren
22. Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3

Amazon.com

This is a dazzling recital, taped live at Carnegie Hall in November 2003--complete with applause. Lang Lang's virtuosity is almost frightening: the Liszt "Reminiscenses du Don Juan" is a showpiece when played "normally." Here, Lang plays it to its extremes, with soft passages amazingly soft and subtly delineated and the bigger moments heaven-thundering. And it is played so fast, and so accurately (a cascade of notes in mid-"La ci darem la mano" sounds like a waterfall), that it leaves the listener breathless--surely just what Liszt wanted. In a Haydn sonata, Lang's classical line is impeccable, but he's not afraid to shine through the music and embellish occasionally. The Schumann "Traumerei" is suitably dreamy and hushed; Schubert's "Wanderer" Fantasy, a real crowd-pleaser, is just that--beautifully played, familiar yet fresh sounding. And an encore, with Lang's father playing a two-string fiddle called the erhu, is a fascinating look into Eastern music. There's more (this is a 2-CD set), and it's stunning--and highly recommended for all admirers of great piano playing. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Worst Wanderer Fantasy EVER?.......2007-02-14

I can't believe the positive reviews this recording has gotten. Don't believe the hype folks; Lang Lang may have technique to burn, but most 1st-year conservatory students possess at least the same interpretive depth, if not more. When he isn't indulging himself in interpretive excess, then Lang Lang is playing as if he really doesn't care much at all.

His Schubert is garbage. Let him stick to playing Chinese compositions unknown to Western audiences, because virtually none of us will have any way of drawing comparisons between his interpretation and that of others. I can only assume that his interpretation of Dun Tan is the definitive version --- but I doubt it.

Pianistic Glory at its best!!!!.......2006-11-07

Wow!!
I have read several of the 'negative' reviews here and can only conclude (after viewing the DVD four times and counting) that what may be going on with these folks is something they themselves simply don't understand (about themselves!). They cannot or will not accept that here with Lang Lang, as with Evgeny Kissin (ever notice?) the world is being introduced to the next and even greater generation of pianistic virtuosos, young prodigies who can do everything that Horowitz and even Lizst ever did and more... I have no doubt those two would agree were they alive today. Karajan wept (for joy)when he heard the young Kissin perform Chopin's Fantasy in F# minor, Mehta was so taken with Kissin's performance under his baton that he could not refrain from hugging the young boy after a stellar performance... Andre Watts, not often praising his contemporaries, mused about finding the nearest bridge to jump off after hearing Kissin play realizing he was not in the same league and one other recent winner of an International Competition had to pull his car over to the side of the road, he was so taken with Kissin.... yes, I know it seems like I forgot we are talking about Lang Lang.... Lang Lang can do everything Kissin can and maybe more...Are we to believe that these aforementioned individuals are musical idiots prone to such actions?!!

Folks! accept it, embrace it and thank God for it!... just as he did when simultaneously brought Chopin and Liszt to our world in the early 1800's (they were the same age except for a year) He has now given us another Double Blast of Pianistic Glory in Kissin and Lang Lang! Pity those who can't get beyond their envy, jealously, general jadedness with life... or whatever ails them... they need help, lots of help!

As for me and many like me (BTW, it doesnt count for much but I am a pianist myself)... we are so grateful and blessed to have these 2 young men and the miracle of DVD technology to bring their concerts right into our living room!

An outstanding performance and story of a child prodigy.......2006-06-14

Lang Lang has the charm of an ebullient child as he plays the piano. I have never seen a pianists enjoy himself with such gay abandon, a delight that lured me into a space of complete attention. I sat with a smile on my face thoughout most of the performance. However, his wonderful performance air was only second to his pianism. You will gasp in awe during Reminiscenses de Don Juan. Lang Lang conveys powerful energy though the piano without losing the delicate touches and grace. The skill is a contradiction that few virtuosos have. Bravo!

Most Impressive!.......2006-05-18

When I first heard Lang Lang on the Internet, I thought he only played fast. When I heard him again (this time live), I thought, wow! He really is amazing! Lang Lang was born in 1982 in Shenyang, China. He started piano at the age of three, and played in his first public recital at age 5. He studied piano with many teachers. I love piano, too. Although I am not going to be like him, I must say that he is one of a kind. When he plays, he doesn't just play. He feels it, too, and uses his body to show his different emotions. And he's only 23!

Trust the peanut gallery? Or trust experts. Your choice ..........2006-01-05

o Lang Lang. German Echo Klassic 2004 Award Winner. Best Pianist.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Klassik

o About this Carnegie Hall recording? The one given some pretty bad reviews from the peanut gallery? Well, the recording won a 2005 Amadeus Austrian Music Award. And a DVD of this recital with documentary footage won the 2005 "Music DVD of the Year" Echo Klassik Award.

Music has always been interpretive and a vital mark of virtuosity is having your own voice - Lang has his own voice and he masterfully distinguishes himself with it. Lang is a refreshing draft of fresh air in a typically stagnant arena. Technically, the kid can flat out play. Period. Interpretively, he is bold, unafraid, and lets it all hang out.

Nuff said ...

Cheers!

Average customer rating: Don't downrate a CD because of a missing piece - please! Bolet is outstanding Great selections; technically great but dull performance Great Liszt compilation Missing The Famous Hungarian Rhapsody #2

Liszt: Favourite Piano Works Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Chopin: Favorite Piano Works Liszt: 10 Hungarian Rhapsodies Debussy: Piano Works Liszt: The Complete Etudes Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata ASIN: B00000427O Release Date: 1995-11-14

Tracks:

1. Liebestraum No. 3 In A Flat Major
2. Mephisto Waltz No. 1
3. Funilles
4. Rniscences de Don Juan
5. La campanella
6. Die Forelle
7. Erlkonig
8. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 In C Sharp Minor

Tracks:

1. Consolation No. 3
2. Sonetto 104 del Pentrarca
3. Les Jeux d'eau a Villa d' Este
4. Au bord d' une source
5. Gnomenreigen
6. Un sospiro
7. Rigoletto
8. Sonata In B Minor - Lento assai
9. Andante sostenuto
10. Fugato

Customer Reviews:

Don't downrate a CD because of a missing piece - please!.......2005-07-15

This is an excellent representative 2-CD bargin set of Liszt's piano works played by a recognized expert pianist in this repertoire. The other reviewers (i.e. those w/ 5* ratings) have made their points well. What continues to bother me in many of these classical CD reviews is 'downgrading' a CD by several stars, if not more in some cases, because the listener is irked at the lack of a feature that has nothing to do w/ the performance on the recording. Such is the case here - a 3* rating because one piece was mislabelled is ridiculous - rate the music & performance first, please. If there is a problem unrelated to the performance (sound quality, liner notes, etc.), then simply state that in your review. I often look at the overall rating to determine if I even want to consider a classical CD & read the reviews - knocking off a star or two because of petty complaints is not justified.

Bolet is outstanding.......2005-01-23

There are many Liszt performers, and while Bolet was known to never substitute technical perfection for feeling, there is a great balance to his playing. 'Un Sospiro' is played on the slow side, every melody note can be heard perfectly, while his interpretation and rubato are heart stopping. While I don't agree with his Liebstraum (the honor of greatest playing is held for Cliburn on this piece, if you haven't heard him play it, go buy the CD, now), the lesser played works such as the Elf King transcription more than makes up for it. If you want a technically perfect, clear, sometimes very moving performance of Liszt, Bolet is for you (I prefer him infinitely over Cziffra, although I may be alone on that one). Postscript: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 is NOT No. 2, this is an error on Amazon's part, and also on the other Bolet albums, it is indeed no. 12 and not 2.

Great selections; technically great but dull performance.......2004-04-09

I know this pianist Jorge Bolet is supposed to be one of the world's greatest. But I bought this as a replacement set when I temporarily lost my Phillips "Best Of Liszt" set and couldn't live without Liszt. I was sadly disappointed on the selections that overlap. While some of my favorite selections (Liebestraum, Mephisto Waltz) are actually longer here, they simply do not stir my soul as much. The pressure of the notes, the timing, something indefinable just isn't the same in this recording as in the Phillips one. The quality of sound reproduction is fine, the piano-playing is certainly correct and crisp (maybe TOO crisp?), and again, the variety of the pieces chosen is commendable, but I recommend the Phillips 2-disc set over this one. There ARE some very interesting selections of not just Liszt's original works but also some of his arrangements or adaptations of other's works, i.e., the Shubert pieces and La campanella (from Paganini).

Great Liszt compilation.......2003-12-23

Bolet's finest moments on this two-fer are the Schubert-Liszt transcriptions - you'd almost think 'Who needs a voice?' But he's equally good in the aforementioned Mephisto Waltz, and the operatic journey through Mozart's Don Giovanni.

The cons are here too: Bolet's RCA Liszt recital has better, less cautious versions of Liebestraum, Un sospiro and Funerailles. The Sonata is tremendous overall but in the end I'd rank it just a little below the best - particularly Brendel, Richter and Arrau. Yet all these renditions have great merits - even the ones Bolet surpassed himself. This Liszt compilation is overall very good.

Missing The Famous Hungarian Rhapsody #2.......2003-05-27

Although the listing at Amazon.com says this CD contains Hungarian Rhapsody #12, A.K.A #2, it does NOT have the famous #2 in C Sharp Minor. It is indeed #12. Since I bought this CD specifically for Hungarian Rhapsody #2 in C Sharp Minor, I was disspointed that it was not included. It is Liszt's most famous song, at least in my opinion. If you are looking for this song, I would suggest Hungarian Rhapsodies Vol. 1, by Jeno Jando.

Average customer rating: Ethereal LIszt in Superb Sound A great collection of Liszt treasures An excellent collection of Liszt interpretations. Liszt for the ages.

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Tracks:

1. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 In C-Sharp Minor
2. Liebestraum No.3
3. Mephisto Waltz No.1
4. Funerailles (No.7 Of Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses)
5. Rigoletto: Conc Paraphrase
6. La Campanella

Tracks:

1. Die Forelle
2. Der Muller Und Der Bach
3. Wohin?
4. Lebe Wohl!
5. Das Wandern
6. Der Lindenbaum
7. Horch, Horch, Die Lerch
8. Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen
9. Die Post
10. Aufenthalt
11. Lob Der Tranen
12. Erlkonig
13. I. Allegro Con Fuoco
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Presto
16. IV. Allegro

Tracks:

1. Lento Assai - Allegro Energico -
2. Andante Sostenuto
3. Allegro Energico - Andante Sostenuto - Lento Assai
4. Valse Impromptu
5. I. 'Hohe Liebe' In A flat
6. II. 'Selinger Tod' In E Flat
7. III. 'O Lieb' In A Flat
8. Grand Galop Chromatique

Tracks:

1. I. Sposalizio
2. II Penseroso
3. III. Canzonetta Del Salvator Rosa
4. IV. Sonetto 47 Del Petrarca
5. V. Sonetto 104 Del Patrarca
6. VI. Sonetto 123: Del Petrarca
7. VII. Apres Une Lecture De Dance (Fant Quasi Son)

Tracks:

1. I. La Chapelle De Guillaume Tell
2. II. Au Lac De Wallenstadt
3. III. Pastorale
4. IV. Au Bord D'une Source
5. V. Orage
6. VI. Vallee D'Obermann
7. VII. Eglogue (Hirtengesang)
8. VIII. Le Mal Du Pays
9. IX. Les Cloches De Geneve

Tracks:

1. I Gondoliera
2. II. Canzone
3. III. Tarantella
4. Les Jeux D'eau A La Villa D'Este (No.4 Of Annees De Pelerinage, Troisieme Annee)
5. Benediction De Dieu Dans La Solitude: (No.3 Of Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses)
6. Ballade No.2 In B

Tracks:

1. I. Preludio: Presto
2. II. Molto Vivace
3. III. Paysage: Poco Adagio
4. IV. Mazeppa: Allegro
5. V. Feux Follets: Allegretto
6. VI. Vision: Lento
7. VII. Eroica: Allegro
8. VIII. Wilde Jagd: Presto Furioso
9. IX. Ricordanza: Andantino
10. X. Allegro Agitato Molto
11. XI. Harmonies Du Soir: Andantino
12. XII. Chasse-Neige: Andante Con Moto

Tracks:

1. Zwei Konzertetuden: I. Waldesrauschen
2. Zwei Konzertetuden: II. Gnomenreigen
3. I. Il Lamento
4. II. La Leggierezza
5. III. Un Sospiro
6. I. Andante Con Moto
7. II. Un Poco Piu Mosso
8. III. Lento Placido
9. IV. Quasi Adagio
10. V. Andantino
11. VI. Allegretto Sempre Cantabile
12. Reminiscences De Don Juan

Tracks:

1. Reminiscences De Norma
2. Totentanz (Danse Macabre)
3. Malediction
4. Fant On Hungarian Folk Themes

Customer Reviews:

Ethereal LIszt in Superb Sound.......2006-09-29

Piano playing of extraordinary romantic depth and breadth. Bolet is inside Liszt's mind, as Liszt's romantic self unfolds on the keyboard. It is as if Bolet is the master himself. Superlative recordings to boot!

A great collection of Liszt treasures.......2004-01-12

The booklet of this set has an interesting explanation of why Jorge Bolet stayed out of the spotlights for so long before taking up his -glorious- career. It was his devotion to Liszt. By then, in the 1950s, Liszt was still regarded as a B-composer (There are still people who tend to think so: I read someone who called Liszt `the father of all bar pianists'. Now, if you know a worse offence...). Only after Liszt's reputation had increased, Bolet could enter his `Indian summer', which lasted from about 1975 until his passing away in 1990. During this period, he was finally able to perform his favourite music as much as possible. This fine 9-disc set may indeed be Bolet's most important testament. Additionally, it's one of the most important Liszt collections on the market. But beware: there's much more than just Bolet, considering Liszt's piano works. I can't say this is the perfect set or near it. Still five stars, for some astonishing piano playing that we don't come across very often nowadays.

Bolet won a Gramophone Award for his 1st book of Années de Pelerinage, which is not strange when listening to the recordings. This is a portrait of a man who's entirely on his own, looking for his soul while wandering trough the beautiful Switzerland - I can't say it better than B. Johnson already did. It's Romantic nonsense, of course, but in Liszt's days it was a common idea, and it can still sweep me away. Bolet's superior tonal colouring - beautiful, but not too far-driven, for the risk it would almost be too intimidating - and his peaceful nature lift this music to the greatest heights. My only complaint would be the `Orage' piece: Bolet's technique can't quite handle it, and its aggressive nature is much less overwhelming as a result. Nevertheless, the rest of the pieces show him at his very best. So does the second year of the Années (that is oddly placed in the set before the first year by Decca). The Dante Sonata, one of Liszt's greatest pieces, fares very well under Bolet's hands.

Equally excellent were the Schubert Song Transcriptions. The transcriptions aren't very different from the original songs, but they are definitely interesting. Especially when someone like Bolet takes them under his hands! All songs are terrifically played, with real standouts like `Auf dem Wasser zu singen', `Der Mueller und der Bach' and `Erlkoenig'. Bolet's romantic touch (he may have been the last of his kind) lets the music unendingly flow. Brilliant!

These comments also apply to Liszt's Consolations, which are placed on another disc. Liszt shows here how much he's in debt to Schubert, and wrote music of a disarmingly lyrical nature. Bolet gives almost naively innocent readings of these pieces. Talking about singing music, why not include the Liebesträume, `Venezia e Napoli' and many, many other pieces as well. Although some people still regard Liszt as a bombastic composer, he was in fact much more active on the spiritual and lyrical area. It is largely this nature of Liszt that is put into the spotlights by Bolet. He is really terrific whenever music ought to sound peaceful and meditative.

But Liszt was also a stunning virtuoso. People may eschew him for that, but that's often without any good ground. The B minor Sonata and the Transcendental Etudes, to give some names, are not only pianistically but also musically amazing works. It takes to be both a good technician and a musician to play them well, and this is where Bolet occasionally fails. He was over 65 when he made these recordings, and I can't help but say that his technique was not anymore what it used to be. In many pieces you can hear him struggle.

In what may be the most difficult music Liszt wrote, the Transcendental Etudes, Bolet takes tempi that are almost too easy (e.g. no.10 should be `Allegro molto agitato' but Bolet plays it very moderately), perhaps because his technique was by then too limited to give the pieces a really impressive treatment. Even then, I do feel a ertain nobility in Bolet's slow approach that gives every study a dignified stature (and that's something you won't find with Kissin or Cziffra!). The sonata is similarly noble and yet tremendously powerful in its scope, even though Bolet may lack some technial control at isolated spots.

Anoter treacherous piece is the `Reminiscences de Don Juan', which is a transcription of no less an opera than -of course- Don Giovanni! Bolet plays this 20-minute piece with a lot of humour and swing: it's a great way to clean up your mind! Also recommendable are the Etudes de Concert (e.g. Waldesrauschen), whose light spirit is very well captured.

A treasure trove set overall, I can recommend it without any limitations. There's no other composer that suited Bolet as well as Liszt, and the vice versa may be true as well. But the pianist also has his weaker points, particularly regarding his technique, that wasn't what it used to be. Oh, and the piano sound is not always equally convincing: the instrument sounds a little shrill at times. But there's an amazing amount of colour in the instrument, and it allows Bolet to reachfor the deepest, darkest sonorities you've heard. This collection is therefore not just THE best Liszt: there are many more pianists who made supreme recordings of him (e.g. Arrau, Brendel, Richter) and I definitely recommend searching them out as well. After you've heard this!

An excellent collection of Liszt interpretations........2003-12-03

I was very impressed with Bolet's playing. His rendition of La Campanella is the best I've ever heard.

Liszt for the ages........2001-12-05

Both for those that would like to find out for the first time what Liszt is all about, and for those few that are very familiar with the Paganini of the 88: LOOK NO FURTHER!

It doesn't get any better than this.

After I heard throughout the seventies about this "unknown" great of the romantic repertoire, I was fortunate enough to see him for the first time about a month after he recorded the first issue of this now legendary Liszt series. While his technique may not have exactly been what it used to be before (e.g. Orage in Suisse of Les Annees), all the performances benefit from the wisdom of many, many years. While all the performances are of a uniform Olympic level, two issue stand out in my mind.

First, there is the cd of Schubert Liszt transcriptions. Bolet really sets the standards for "singing" on the piano. His version of "Der Muller und der Bach" has to be believed to be heard.

Most importantly though, there is "Suisse" the first year of Liszt's years of pilgrimage. I own this disc from the day it appeared on the shelves and still listen to it every month. Surely, there are more technically brilliant versions. For the true "Liszt Nuts", I would certainly advise Leslie Howard's version of "L'Album d'un voyageur", that contains the first version of many of the "Suisse" pieces, and some additional pieces that Frenz (for reasons that escape me completely) excluded from the later Suisse. Yet, nobody, not even Brendel or Berman, have come close to Bolet on delivering on the central theme of Suisse, man finding himself back in an exploration of nature.

While they stem from the earlier days of digital recording the recordings are still more than respectable and benefit greatly from Bolet's attention for color, aided by his favorite Bechstein.

Many of these recordings have not been available for a while. Get them before they're history!

Average customer rating: Mill. Classical review classical music for the unitiated Some little gems there that I had forgotten! A very helpful collection Excellent!

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Tracks:

1. Brandenbutg Concerto No.3 In G First Movement
2. Overture No.3 In D Second Movement
3. Violin Concerto In E First Movement
4. Prelude In C minor
5. Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude (Chorus From Cantata No.147)
6. Overture No.2 In B minor Minuet And Badinerie
7. Oboe Concerto In D minor Second Movement
8. Brandenburg Concerto No.4 In G Third Movement
9. Musical Offering - Fuga canonica
10. Easter Oratorio - Overture
11. Minuet In D minor
12. Kommst Du Nun, Jesu, Vom Himmel herunter(From Choral Prelude BWV 650
13. Brandenburg Concerto No.1 In F Second Movement
14. Art Of The Fugue - Contrapunctus 9
15. Concerto For Flute, Violin, Harpsichord And Strings. Triple Concerto - Third Movement
16. Overture No.4 In D - Réjouissance
17. Concerto No. 1 in E: Spring
18. Concerto No. 1 in E: Spring
19. Concerto No. 1 in E: Spring
20. Concerto No. 2 in G minor: Summer
21. Concerto No. 2 in G minor: Summer
22. Concerto No. 2 in G minor: Summer
23. Concerto No. 3 in F: Autumn
24. Concerto No. 3 in F: Autumn
25. Concerto No. 3 in F: Autumn
26. Concerto No. 4 in F minor: Winter
27. Concerto No. 4 in F minor: Winter
28. Concerto No. 4 in F minor: Winter
29. Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
30. Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
31. Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
32. Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
33. Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
34. Concerto for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 10, no.2
35. Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 3, no. 8
36. Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 3, no. 8
37. Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 3, no. 8
38. Water Music - Alla Hornpipe
39. Xerxes - Ombra Mai Fu (Largo)
40. Messiah - And The Glory Of The Lord
41. Concerto Grosso In A Minor, Op. 6, No. 4 - Larghetto Affettuoso
42. Organ Concerto In F, Op. 4, No. 4 Allegro
43. Water Music - Air
44. Messiah - For Unto Us A Child Is Born
45. Concerto Grosso In B flat, Op. 3, No. 2 - Largo
46. Salomon - Sinfonia, Act 3
47. The Choice Of Hercules - While For Thy Arms
48. Water Music - Allegro (Suite No. 1)
49. Suite No. 5 In E - Air With Variations
50. Jephtha - How Dark, O Lord
51. Organ Concerto In F, Op. 4, No. 5 Alla Siciliana - Presto
52. Mi Palpita Il Cor (Solo Cantata) S'un Di M'adora
53. Water Music - Andante Allegro Da Capo
54. Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E-flat: First Movement
55. Symphony No. 94 in G: Surprise Symphony-second movement
56. Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D: Third Movement
57. Flute Trio No. 31 in G: Second Movement
58. Symphony No. 31 in D: Hornsignal-First Movement
59. String Quartet No. 17 in F, Op. 3, no. 5: Serenade Quartet-Second Movement
60. Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat for Violin, Cello, Oboe, Bassoon and Orchestra-Third Movement
61. Concerto for 2 Horns & Orchestra in E-flat: Second Movement
62. Symphony No. 88 in G: Fourth Movement
63. String Quartet No. 77 in C: Kaiser Quartet-Poco adagio cantabile
64. Notturno No. 1 in C: Second Movement
65. Symphony No. 98 in B: Londoner No. 4-Fourth Movement
66. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - first movement
67. Piano Concerto in A - second movement
68. Flute Concerto in D - Rondeau
69. Serenade - Minuet
70. Violin Concerto - first movement
71. Symphony No. 40 in G minor - first movement
72. Clarinet Concerto - second movement
73. Turkish March
74. Divertimento - Minuet
75. Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat - first movement
76. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67-First Movement
77. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, no. 2: Moonlight Sonata-First Movement
78. Overture
79. O welche Lust (Prisoners' Chorus)
80. Ha, welch ein Augenblick (Pizarros's Aria)
81. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: Second Movement
82. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 61: Third Movement
83. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13: Pathétique-Second Movement
84. Sympony No. 6 in F, Op. 68: Pastorale-First Movement
85. Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80: Choral Fantasy - Finale
86. German Dance No. 1 In C
87. Impromptu Op. 90, No. 3 In G-Flat
88. Heidenroslein
89. Ave Maria
90. Der Lindenbaum
91. Quintet In A 'Trout Quintet' - Andante
92. Mass No. 6 In E-Flat - Kyrie
93. Die Schone Mullerin Des Mullers Blumen
94. German Dance No. 2 In G
95. Piano Sonata In B-Flat
96. Nachtgesang Im Walde
97. Winterreise - No. 15: Die Krahe
98. German Mass - Zum Sanctus (Heilit, Heilig Ist Der Herr)
99. Symphony No. 8 In B Minor 'Unfinished' - Second Movement
100. Waltz No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 18 Grande Valse brillante
101. Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9, no. 2
102. Etude in G-flat, Op. 10, no. 5
103. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21-Second Movement
104. Mazurka in D minor, Op. 33, no. 2
105. Prelude in D-flat, Op. 28, no. 15 Raindrop
106. Etude in C, Op. 10, no. 1
107. Nocturne in D-flat, Op. 27, no. 2
108. Impromptu No. 4 in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 Fantasy Impromptu
109. Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20
110. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35-Third Movement
111. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 - Third Movement
112. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor - first movement 113.String Seranade - Waltz
113. Violin Concerto - second movement
114. The Sleeping Beauty - Waltz
115. Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
116. Swan Lake - Waltz
117. Eugene Onegin - Polonaise
118. The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers
119. Orchestral Suite No. 4 - Mozartiana - Third Movement
120. Swan Lake - Dance of the Swans
121. Symphony No. 6 in B minor - Pathétique - Third Movement
122. Hungarian Dance No.5
123. Lullaby
124. Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op. 68 - Third Movement
125. Intermezzo in E-flat, Op.117, no. 1
126. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 77 - Third Movement
127. Waltz, Op. 39, no. 15
128. Concert for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83 - Second Movement
129. String Quintet in G, Op. 111 - Second Movement
130. Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op. 98 - Third Movement
131. Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 76, no. 7
132. Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor
133. German Requiem Selig sind die Toten (Final Chorus)
134. Die Fledermaus - Overture
135. Kaiser Waltz, Op.437
136. Thunder And Lightning Polka, Op. 324
137. Roses From The South Waltz, Op. 388
138. AnnenPolka, Op. 117
139. Vienna Blood Waltz, Op. 354
140. Eljen A Magyar Polka, Op. 332
141. Wine, Women and Song Waltz, Op. 333
142. On The Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 134
143. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Overture
144. Tannhauser - Die Pilger sind's (Pilgims' Chorus)
145. Tannhauser - O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram's Aria)
146. Lohengrin - Act 3 Prelude and Bridal Chorus
147. The Flying Dutchman - Jo-ho-he Traft ihr das Schiff (Senta's Ballad)
148. The Flying Dutchman - Steuermann, lass die Wacht (Sailors' Chorus)
149. Die Walkure - Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund's Aria)
150. Die Walkure - Ride of the Valkyries
151. Siegfried Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede mein Hammer (Siegfried's Forging Song)
152. Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod
153. Thus sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (excerpt)
154. Don Juan, Op. 20
155. Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, I.Nacht
156. Don Quixote, Op.35, first movement: Introduction
157. Salome, Op. 54, Dance Of The Seven Veils
158. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Finale: Hab' mir's gelobt ihn lieb zu haben
159. Piano Concerto 2 In C minor, Op. 18 - First Movement
160. Vocalise, Op.34, No. 14
161. Prelude In G Sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12
162. Piano Concerto No. 4 In G minor, Op. 40 - Third Movement
163. Symphony No. 2 In E minor, Op. 27 - Third Movement
164. Piano Concerto No. 1 In F sharp minor, Op. 1 - Second Movement
165. Rhapsody, Op. 43 On A Theme By Paganini
166. Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
167. Liebestraum No.3 in A-flat
168. Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat - third movement
169. Angelus
170. Mephisto Waltz No.1 (Dance in a Village Tavern)
171. Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
172. Dante Symphony - Finale. - Purgatorio - Magnificat
173. Les Préludes
174. Boléro
175. Daphnis et Chloé first movement: Nocturne
176. Rhapsodie Espagnole
177. Shéhérazade - first movement: Asie
178. Ma Mère l'Oye - fourth movement: La Belle et la Bête
179. Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet
180. La Valse
181. Slavic Dance No. 1 in C, Op. 46, no.1
182. Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' - second movement
183. Humoresque, Op. 101
184. Slavic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46, no. 8
185. Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 22 - second movement
186. Romance for Violin and Orchestra In F minor, Op. 11
187. Symphony No. 7 in D minor - third movement
188. Melodie (Songs My Mother Taught Me)
189. Carneval Overture, Op. 92
190. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104 - third movement
191. Symphony No.4 In A, Op. 90. Italian - First Movement
192. Frühlingslied In A, Op. 62, No. 6
193. Wedding March (From A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61)
194. Duetto In F, Op.30, No.6 (From Songs Without Words)
195. String Symphony No.9 In C. Schweitzer Symphony - Third Movement
196. Concerto For Violin, Piano And String Orchestra No. 1 In D minor - Second Movement
197. Symphony No.3 In A minor, Op.56 Scottish - Third Movement"
198. Notturno (From A Midsumment Night's Dream, Op. 61)
199. Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14
200. String Symphony No. 12 In G minor - First Movement
201. Venetian Gondola Song In F Sharp minor, Op.30, No.6
202. Scherzo (From A Midsumment Night's Dream, Op. 61)
203. Violin Concerto In E minor, Op.64 - Third Movement
204. Peer Gynt - Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - Morgenstimmung
205. Holberg Suite, Op. 40 - I. Prelude. Allegro vivace
206. Holberg Suite, Op. 40 - IV. Air. Andante religioso
207. Arietta, Op. 12, no. 1
208. Homage March from Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 56
209. Peer Gynt - Suite No. 2, Op. 55 - Solveig's Song
210. Wedding Day at Troldhauen, Op. 65, no. 6
211. The Last Spring, Op. 34, no. 2
212. Peer Gynt - Suite No. 1, Op 46 - Anitra's Dance
213. Nordic Melody Op. 63
214. Notturno, Op. 54, no. 4
215. Elegie, Op. 47, no. 5
216. Peer Gynt - Suite No. 2, Op. 55 - Arabic Dance
217. Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 - Allegro
218. Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 97 - Rhenish - first movement
219. Traumerai (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)
220. Mondnacht (from Eichendorff-Liederkreis, Op. 39)
221. Aufschwung (from Fantasietucke, Op. 12)
222. Triolett, Op. 114, no. 2
223. Tanzlied (No. 1 from Duets, Op. 78)
224. Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 - second movement
225. Frühlingsgruss
226. Abschied (from Waldszenen Op. 82)
227. Dichterliebe, Op. 48 - Im wunderschonen Monat Mai
228. Manfred Overture, Op. 115
229. Romance in F sharp, Op. 28, no. 2
230. Die Rose stand im Tau
231. Liebesgarten (from Four Duets, Op. 34)
232. Warum? (from Fantasiestucke, Op. 12)
233. Kennst du das Land, Op.79, no. 29 (from Lieder der Mignon, Op. 98a)
234. Von fremden Landern und Menschen (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)

Album Description

An extraordinary 20-CD collection of great works by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, J. Strauss, R. Strauss, Schumann, Wagner, Dvorak, Grieg and Liszt. It also features worldrenowned artists such as Sir Neville Marriner, Martha Argerich, Ivo Pogorelich, Hermann Prey, Reiner Goldberg, Sylvia Sass, Jochen Kowalski, Peter Schreler and many more. This exquisite, copper metallic, deluxe boxed set is the perfect gift for the classical music neophyte.

Customer Reviews:

Mill. Classical review.......2007-05-13

This is a great set of recordings for the money, the only problem was I've had to clean some of the CD's before they played correctly.

classical music for the unitiated.......2007-04-01

This set is a good way to start listening to classical music. It's very well produced and easy to listen to. I purchased it to use as part of my world history high school class. It would have been nice to have some bio information on the composers. However, the product is exactly as advertised and good value for the money. The students were intrigued by how many of the excerpts they had heard before.

Some little gems there that I had forgotten!.......2007-03-30

Although I studied classical music at school, I had all but forgotten it until I bought this set. I heard several tracks I haven't heard for over 30 years, and I had been humming Brahms's 'Hungarian Dance no. 5' for years without ever knowing what it was and it was on the disc, so that was nice.

I found it to be a very good selection overall, but I felt too much had already been heard on TV, which of course is what lots of newcomers to classical music might appreciate. I managed to find about 2 hours of tracks that I wanted to keep, which works out quite expensive per disc, but I did find some wonderful music I had completely forgotten about, so it was worth it. All in all, it represents good value, and I have only knocked one star off as so much of it had been used in adverts.

It is definitely a good introduction to classical music, and it has made me want to listen to more of it, so I don't regret this 'expensive' purchase one bit!

Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium [20 CD Set]

A very helpful collection.......2007-03-24

I define this set as an excellent way to find out who you like, and who you don't, among 20 of the important composers. It opens the door to purchasing more complete pieces by composers you do like, and can save a lot of time and money in the process.
To criticize the set for not containing more composers, or more than just snippets of those who are in the set, is missing the point: it is a helpful introduction to finding your way in the huge maze of classical music. It succeeds admirably in this.
Sound quality is uniformly very good on an audiophile system.
Highly recommended.

Excellent!.......2007-03-08

A great way to start a classical music collection. It's nice to have a full CD of each composer. It makes it easy to keep track of selections/composers I already have and what composers I still need to puchase to complete my collection.

Average customer rating: Excellent Strauss representative in a modest collection Great! Truly one of the very finest Zarathustras Til Eulenspiegel is the reason I have this C.D.! The greatest recording of Zarathustra ? Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan / Karajan

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Tracks:

1. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Tone-poem For Large Orchestra (Freely After Friedrich Nietzsche): Einleitung - Introduction
2. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Tone-poem For Large Orchestra (Freely After Friedrich Nietzsche): Von den Hinterweltlern - Of The Backworldsmen
3. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Tone-poem For Large Orchestra (Freely After Friedrich Nietzsche): Von der grossen Sehnsucht - Of The Great Longing
4. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Tone-poem For Large Orchestra (Freely After Friedrich Nietzsche): Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften - Of Joys And Passions
5. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Tone-poem For Large Orchestra (Freely After Friedrich Nietzsche): Das Grablied - The Song Of The Grave
6. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Tone-poem For Large Orchestra (Freely After Friedrich Nietzsche): Von der Wissenschaft - Of Science And Learning
7. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Tone-poem For Large Orchestra (Freely After Friedrich Nietzsche): Der Genesende - The Convalescent
8. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Tone-poem For Large Orchestra (Freely After Friedrich Nietzsche): Das Tanzlied - The Dance-Song
9. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Tone-poem For Large Orchestra (Freely After Friedrich Nietzsche): Nachtwandlerlied - Song Of The Night Wanderer
10. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28 - Nach alter Schelmenweise - In Rondeauform: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks - After An Old Picaresque Legend - In Rondeau Form
11. Don Juan Op. 20: Tondichtung nach Nikolaus Lenau - Tone-poem After Nikolaus Lenau
12. Salome: Tanz der sieben Schleier - Dance Of The Seven Veils

Amazon.com essential recording

Herbert von Karajan was a Strauss specialist, and if ever composer and conductor were united in musical philosophy, then these two were. Both favored making a beautiful, creamy, homogenized sound over just about all else, and von Karajan clearly relished the opportunities this music offered for playing that combined both tonal opulence and virtuosity. His Zarathustra (a.k.a. 2001: A Space Odyssey) is, along with Fritz Reiner's, probably among the two or three best performances preserved on disc, and von Karajan is nearly flawless on the other works as well. More good news: DG has given him warm, rich sound that's much better than their Berlin average. An essential Strauss collection. --David Hurwitz

Amazon.com

The readings from Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic are exquisitely played and splendidly recorded. Von Karajan's way with the music is supple, suave, and dashingly characterful, and his tempos are faultlessly judged. The orchestra is at its best, remarkable for the silky transparency it brings to the texture and the fascinating detail of the solo work--not least, the flute solos by James Galway, then a member of the BPO. The recording has been optimally transferred and presents a solid image. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Strauss representative in a modest collection.......2007-05-03

This is another example of 'big' music, major works by Strauss by THE major post WW II German conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. I probably would have never bothered to spend much time listening to Richard Strauss if it were not for the fact that the first few bars of 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' was the opening music for Stanley Kubrick's '2001'. And, I believe it was this version (or one sounding extremely similar to this one) which was used by Kubrick. As a fan of liturgical music, I have to say that Strauss' 'Zarathustra' may be thought of as 'anti-liturgical' music, since it takes its title and temper from the philosopher Friedrich Nietsche's most famous work, a distinctly anti-Christian, existential source document. The other works on this recording are also 'high' Strauss, especially 'Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche', a celebration of classic German folklore.

There must be hundreds of 'Zarathustra' recordings, but if you must have at least one, this one is a winner, especially at the price.

Great! Truly one of the very finest Zarathustras.......2005-12-24

Herbert von Karajan recorded the great Strauss tone-poem Also Sprach Zarathustra three times, each time it was exceptional and each record ranks at the top of the mountain, so to speak. The first record was in 1959 with the Vienna Philharmornic. That was the version used by Stanley Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey. This version that I'm reviewing here is from 1974 with the Berlin Philharmonic and there is a final version from 1983, also with Berlin. This 1974 account is probably the best ever from Karajan and possibly anybody. Perhaps the later 1983 has deeper, richer digital sound but this 1974 account is more passionate and breaths fire. The only reason I give it four and not five stars is the recording itself. The remastering has really brightened up the aural image and it sounds quite fierce at times. The later version, coupled with the tone-poem Don Juan is on the Karajan Gold disc, catalog number 439 016-2. Make sure you get that Gold disc to compare and contrast. If you're a fan of this work, you might want to get them both as there are a few, albeit, slight differences in the 2 recordings.

On this 1974 record I'm reviewing, track 2, Of the Backworldsmen is tremendously powerful, such sweeping string sound unlike in any Zarathustra you've ever heard and let's not forget to mention the riveting timpani at the famous opening. Unbelievable! However the later version packs quite a punch too in places on account of the digital sound, but it's not as driven or intense as this earlier Karajan version.

As for the music itself, Zarathustra is one of the most evocative and fascinating of the orchestral works of Strauss, from the famous opening to the transcendent fury to come to the hushed, meditative polytonal ending, contrasting the two keys representing man and nature. I want to pay particular attention to a couple of passages that display Strauss' strengths and weaknesses in this work. Listen to track 6, subtitled Of Science and Learning. Strauss composes a fugue based on all 12 tones of the chromatic scale, years before Schoenberg's shenanigans. The fugue is great, a dark sound rumbling from the bowels of the orchestra and then it grows and grows and wham, you get this ultra sweet sound on high violins! What's up with that? Strauss schmaltzing it up! Well, you can't have everything. Later in the work, Strauss uses the Viennesse waltz to convey the dance of Nietzsche's Superman. This is Strauss being at his ironic and humorous best and worst! Later the orchestra expands and explodes with unrelenting force in the part just before the Midnight Bell and then the music closes beautifully in the Song of the Grave. All in all, the tone-poem is a stunning display of orchestral wizardry and power and no composer in history could utilize the modern orchestra to the farthest range of it's capabilities like Richard Strauss. ( Gustav Mahler, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Maurice Ravel and Ottorino Respighi are four challengers. )

The other works on this CD are quite a success as well, Karajan loved the tone-poem Don Juan and played it many times, Till Eulenspiegel is played well too, I might prefer Haitink's version here. The dance of the seven veils from Salome is highly sensual, but I prefer the power and sexual excitement of Solti's recording for this Salome excerpt.

I've heard many Zarathustras, two versions by Solti, the 1954 and 1960 Reiner versions as well as Kempe, Sawallisch, Boulez, Previn, Haitink and others, but it's Karajan I return to. This 1974 is top of the line but make sure to add the digital 1983 recording to your collection as well for comparison's sake, turn it up loud and be swept into ecstasy while sending all your neighbors into a fury!

Til Eulenspiegel is the reason I have this C.D.!.......2005-10-19

Herbert Von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic did a splendid job on one of my personal favorite classic pieces, Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. It's 15 minutes worth of wonderful music put together in this C.D. along with Also Sprach Zarathustra! Enjoyable listening with this c.d.!!

The greatest recording of Zarathustra ?.......2005-09-13

Karajan and his beloved Berlin Philharmonic have been accused of "over indulgency" (for example, in the complete recordings of the Beethoven Symphonies, also available on Deutsche Gramaphon). However, the same cannot be said for this recording. Lustrous strings, powerful brass and clear and concise woodwinds, all combined under the virtuosity of probably, at the time, the world's greatest conductor with the world's greatest orchestra !

The opening of Zarathustra (made famous to the point of boring repetition from the movie 2001, a space odyssey), is easily susceptible to over emotional interpretation from the conductor; not so here.It is delivered with subtlety and combined with the awe inspiring power one would expect from the combination of the reputation of such a conductor and such an orchestra.

This almost "hands-off" interpretation of the work extends to the other Richard Strauss works also on the CD; Til Eulenspiegel, Don Juan and Salome, Dance of the Seven veils. For ANYONE interested in the works of this German composer, this CD is an absolute MUST!!! In over 35 years of listening to classical music, I would say this superbly re engineered recording from the original of 1974 represents the geatest interpretation ever made on vinyl (or in this case, digital)media of Strauss' best music.

An absolutely wonderful CD demonstrating the technical AND musical skills of an orchestra that during the 1970's and 80's was regarded as the world's best, being conducted by a conductor who, for over 30 years, was regarded as the world's best!

Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan / Karajan.......2005-08-09

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