This Is for the Players

Track Listings
1. Treat Me Right
2. This Is for the Players
3. Sexual Playground
4. You Can Do Me Right
5. Interlude
6. High Rollers
7. Sexual Healing
8. I Am What You Want
9. Funking With Father
10. Interlude
11. Hey...How Ya' Doin'
12. I Want Your Lovin'
13. Interlude
14. Life

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Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas
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  • My favorite Christmas CD of all time
  • $9.99 at iTunes... just thought I'd mention it
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  • fresh and witty
Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas

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ASIN: B000002RR4
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Veni, veni Emmanuel
  2. Stille Nacht
  3. Il est ne, le devin Envant
  4. Nova! Nova!
  5. Marche des rois
  6. The Babe of Bethlehem
  7. Verbum caro: Y la Virgen
  8. Glory to God on High
  9. This endere nyghth
  10. O Jesulein suess
  11. Il est ne, le devin Enfant (Instrumental Version)
  12. God rest you merry, gentlemen
  13. Swete was the song the Virgine soong
  14. Quem pastores laudavere
  15. Quanno nascente ninno
  16. Riu, riu, chiu
  17. Gabriel fram heven-king
  18. Christum wir sollen loben schon
  19. The Coventry Carol
  20. Gaudete!
  21. Verbum caro: In hac anni circulo
  22. Alleluya: A nywe werk is come on honde
  23. The Old Year now away is fled
  24. Branle de l'Officiel (Ding! Dong! Merrily on high)

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Most people think of Christmas carols as originating from ancient--or at least olden-times, and indeed, many of the most enduring ones have survived for many centuries. Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Consort take us back seven centuries, in fact, and thoughtfully mix the old tunes ("Swete was the song," "This endere nyghth," "Nova! nova!") with more recent tunes. Parrott's musicians offer interesting takes on such familiar carols as "Silent Night" and "God rest ye merry, gentlemen." "Silent Night" sounds like an Austrian folk tune, complete with guitar accompaniment that reportedly was used in its original performance; "God rest ye..." is performed in the style of an English country church congregation--and uses a different tune from the one we usually hear. Various period instruments add to the color and flavor, and the arrangements are original and very effective. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars My favorite Christmas CD of all time.......2006-12-21

This collection of Christmas music strives for authenticity in performance, right down to Old French pronunciation in "Il est né le divin enfant." The carols are of varying antiquity and presented, not in order of age, but in an order that makes for an enjoyable listening experience, by contrast. There is precision in singing, use of period instruments, and presentation in original languages. It all adds up to excellence. Further, it brings joy and delight to the receptive ear.

Another reviewer said there wasn't any joy in these performances, and I say, "Humbug!" As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, joy is in the ear of the listener, and I couldn't receive this music without being transported to bliss.

As to the first track ("Veni, Veni Emmanuel") and audibility issues many have complained about, it's apparent that the a capella singing gets louder and louder as the chant progresses and we, the listeners, are being given the experience of sitting in a large cathedral as the choristers make their processional from the distant back of the nave up the center aisle and into the choir stalls in the chancel. That's why the music is barely audible at first and gets gradually louder, until it has full of volume. It's also why it's the very first track -- the choristers are processing in to begin the concert.

Hearing "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" performed using its original tune and what is held to be and very likely is the original guitar accompaniment from 1818 was a revelation -- I no longer sing the "improved" version of the tune that has become universal. It has the character of a Tyrolean folk song, light, joyous, reverent, and close to the hearts of the people singing and hearing it in that small Alpine church.

In fact, what's great about this album is that each carol conveys its original joy. The experience is enhanced by the welcome notes in the accompanying booklet that tell you about the history and background of each carol, the particulars of the version being performed, and more.

This CD is like a box of See's chocolates for the ear. The Taverner Consort, Singers and Players eventually came out with a second volume ("The Carol Album 2") and that's definitely worth having, too.

5 out of 5 stars $9.99 at iTunes... just thought I'd mention it.......2006-12-05

CD sounds divine. If you want this album, thought you might like to know iTunes has it available for download for $9.99. I just mention that since most sellers are treating it like a hard-to-get collector's item, and charging some startling prices even for used copies.

5 out of 5 stars My Very Favourite Christmas Album.......2005-12-25

Not only is this my own favourite, but so many friends have fallen in love with it hearing me playing it over the Christmas season, that I have frequently bought it as a (much appreciated!) Christmas gift. A wonderfully diverse mix of earlier Christmas music, performed with freshness and vigour. If I could only have one album of Christmas music in my collection, this would be it. (Messiah doesn't really count does it? It's not officially Christmas music!!)

4 out of 5 stars Something different -- very enjoyable.......2001-12-16

If this very stylish album does not have something that will please you, you are just too hard to please. With carols spanning seven centuries, in French, German, and English, from the old world and the new, this is a comprehensive survey of the Christmas carol.

The performances are not arranged chronologically, but rather in contrasting and complimentary order, alternating unaccompanied with accompanied, vocal with instrumental. Both the vocal and instrumental ensembles have a range of styles and sonorities. Compare, for example, the brash open sound of "The Babe of Bethlehem" and "Glory to God on High" with the restrained pure sound of "This endere nyghth" or the full sound of "Christum wir sollen loben schon."

The booklet contains notes and texts as well as a list of players, but do not identify the various soloists.

5 out of 5 stars fresh and witty.......2001-12-12

If you've never strayed into the Early Music racks, start here! And if you have 30" of Christmas CDs in your collection and half of them are Early Music and traditional, you're still going to love this! No muddy, pretentious, over-orchestrated stuff here. Just period instruments or fresh voices, and some gentle musical jokes. (The little-sung and wonderfully rhythmic "March of the Kings" instrumental starts out barely audible in the distance with the jingle of harness and bells, grows louder, then fades in the distance as though the magi and their magnificent procession had passed on. And "Il est ne', le divin enfant", which mentions the reedy voice of the musette, is played on one.)
This Is for the Players
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This Is for the Players
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Release Date: 1995-10-17

Tracks:

  1. Treat Me Right
  2. This Is for the Players
  3. Sexual Playground
  4. You Can Do Me Right
  5. Interlude
  6. High Rollers
  7. Sexual Healing
  8. I Am What You Want
  9. Funking With Father
  10. Interlude
  11. Hey...How Ya' Doin'
  12. I Want Your Lovin'
  13. Interlude
  14. Life

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars off da chain!.......2004-06-14

The one song Sexual playground is worth the C.D and all the other songs are tite too
For Background Use Only
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    Morpholinos
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    ASIN: B0009G3B6K
    Release Date: 2005-05-17

    Tracks:

    1. Rio
    2. Rock With You
    3. Synchronicity 2
    4. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
    5. Leave It
    6. Garage-Flavored Tune
    7. Billy Don't Lose That Prayer
    8. Carry on Wayward Son
    9. Borderline
    10. Sidecar
    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass: The Spirit of Christmas
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    ASIN: B0000DG00F
    Release Date: 2003-11-11

    Tracks:

    1. Golden Bells
    2. First Noel
    3. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
    4. Take Me to Christmas Past
    5. O Come, O Come, Emanuel
    6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
    7. Wassail Song
    8. O Little Town of Bethlehem
    9. Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella
    10. Christmas Oratorio, Jauchzet, Frohlocket
    11. Coventry Carol/Lully - Lullay
    12. Corpus Christi Carol
    13. Christmas Oratorio, Finale
    14. Away in a Manger
    15. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
    16. O Tannenbaum
    17. Angels We Have Heard on High
    18. O Come All Ye Faithful
    19. Chocolate from the Nutcracker
    20. Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah
    21. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Album Description

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass and Four Winds Entertainment are proud to present "The Spirit of Christmas." This splendid new recording features wonderful Christmas favorites arranged in magnificent settings that capture the joy and good cheer of the holidays, played as only Pittsburgh Symphony Brass can. Like their successful first holiday recording "A Christmas Concert," the new album offers popular carols in short festive arrangements for brass, but also adds to the program songs arranged for brass, organ, tympani, and voice. Sure to be a favorite is a very special new Christmas song "Take Me Back To Christmas Past," written by Marvin Hamlisch and sung by the talented young mezzo-soprano Tami Fire. Led by Grammy Award winner George Vosburgh and produced by the renowned Arnie Roth, Pittsburgh Symphony Brass performs on "The Spirit of Christmas" with the bold, virtuoso flair for which they have become so popular.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Majesty & grace; power & subtlety.......2003-12-15

    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is considered to be one of the finest orchestras in the United States, and their renowned brass section contributes to its characteristic tight, warm sound. The Pittsburgh Symphony Brass contains members of the PSO, including trumpet wielders George Vosburgh and Neal Berntsen, who provided the arrangements for this wonderful CD. Completing the sextet are William Caballero (horn), Peter Sullivan and Murray Crewe (trombones) and Eric Bubacz (tuba).

    This, their second Christmas recording, is their finest thus far. "A Christmas Concert", their other Christmas CD, plays it straight with good performances of mostly traditional arrangements. "Spirit of Christmas" adds timpani (Timothy Adams) and pipe organ (Richard Webster) to many pieces, as well as mezzo soprano Tami Fire, who joins the players to sing Marvin Hamlisch's touching "Take Me to Christmas Past." The result of the additional orchestration is a more lush and varied sound; it makes for a more interesting experience to hear these larger orchestrations interspersed among those featuring the brass alone.
    The final piece, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is a particularly beautiful reading by George Vosburgh, playing solo on the Flugelhorn.

    The new arrangements are superb and appropriate to the subject matter, exuding majesty without becoming bombastic. They also serve to spotlight the virtuosity and power of the PSO brass.

    This is a work of brilliance that will give you chills; I give it my highest recommendation.
    Christian Wolff: (Re:) Making Music - Works 1962-99
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • great imagery in seldom heard settings
    Christian Wolff: (Re:) Making Music - Works 1962-99

    Manufacturer: Mode
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    ASIN: B0001CCX7A
    Release Date: 2004-04-06

    Tracks:

    1. Violist Pieces: Piece #1
    2. Violist Pieces: Piece #2
    3. Violist Pieces: Piece #3
    4. Violist Pieces: Piece #4 -- Resonant
    5. Violist Pieces: Piece #5 -- Clear
    6. Violist Pieces: Piece #6 -- Freely
    7. Kegama
    8. Peace March 1 ("Stop Using Uranium")
    9. Peace March 2
    10. Emma: Movement 1
    11. Emma: Movement 2
    12. Emma: Movement 3
    13. Emma: Movement 4
    14. Emma: Movement 5
    15. Emma: Movement 6
    16. Emma: Movement 7
    17. Emma: Movement 8
    18. Emma: Movement 9
    19. Emma: Movement 10
    20. Emma: Movement 11
    21. Digger Song
    22. From Leaning Forward: A Woman Invented Fire
    23. From Leaning Forward: Drowning (II)
    24. From Leaning Forward: The Women Let the Tide Go Out
    25. From Leaning Forward: Note to the Grandparents
    26. From Leaning Forward: Mulberry Street Ends in Good Works
    27. From Leaning Forward: The Sad Children's Song
    28. From Leaning Forward: This Is About the Women of That Country
    29. From Leaning Forward: That Year

    Tracks:

    1. Three Pieces: Rock About
    2. Three Pieces: Instrumental
    3. Three Pieces: Starving to Death on a Government Chain
    4. For 5 or 10 Players
    5. Exercise 15
    6. Exercise 16
    7. Exercise 17
    8. Exercise 18
    9. For 5 or 10 Players
    10. Dark As a Dungeon
    11. Schoenen Met Veters

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars great imagery in seldom heard settings.......2004-10-13

    It is many times difficult to comprehend why a composer, a creative artist turns to the lifeworlds of politics to find him/herself,to locate and appraise materials to transform them into dramatic works.We are taught in our "democratic" institutions never to mix the dangers of politics and art, the two have no real affinity for each other, we are told. But the post-war avant-garde grew elitist,wrote a music for no one, harboring the torch of modernity. Soon however the modern grew institutionailzed the very places it loath to be and monopolies of commissions and opportunities became commonplace as you may find in France today, right now,or the marginalization of creative artists from lack of funds(mostly the USA)where the lion's share of funds is saved for establishment venues, who merely stick out their hand for money.
    Christian Wolff's turn to a politics, Democratic socialism to be specific in the later Sixties, was logical move, a committed one, one that would prove to bear much fruit, with the ant-War rebellions on USA campuses and streets and in the major capitials of Europe, something we see again.

    For Wolff emerged from the New York John Cage mileau of creativity,where his music(the Fifties and Sixties) was process oriented allowing performative freedoms to the musician with graphic notations and minimal instructions with many times mixed musical results, however the results here(the aesthetic object) was not the only end of this music. It was not until he began adopting these same techniques and approaches now attached committed to the political image where (to my mind) Wolff's imagination found fertile ground.

    The ensemble pieces included on these two CDs is music seldom heard in any performative venue, in fact here is the only place you will ever hear this music.
    Wolff's music we hear has a raw unfinished quality to it,somewhat like Chas Ives in concept and gesture, opaque much of the time with a plaintive simple melody sometimes emerging from the welter, the texture of things. It continues to be truly modern in its ongoing affinity for timbre, the love of pure timbre, of exposed lines not really resolving themselves just pure tension to equal the subject matter, as the anxiety-ridden life of Emma Goldman here. Emma once said, "If I can't dance I don't want a revolution" meaning that a revolution does not really transform every dimension of the lifeworld.

    As you work your way through these disks the probelm emerges that Wolff many times leaves many performative decisions to the musicians themselves which does not make for interesting listening. I overall did not find myself bored however, sometimes the length of the piece is too long, overextends its premise. I found this here in the viola solos. Perhaps Wolff should discover the concept of the musical miniature.

    The Barton Workshop are a committed bunch to Wolff's music and have done and performed live this repertoire numerously.

    It is difficult music to listen to many times for Wolff's contrapuntal lines may look wonderful on paper but not when commenced in the real auditory world. Still you struggle through this music for you sense the imaginative power the political subject imparts here as "Dark as a Dungeon" after a tune of Kentucky coal miners,You sense Wolff's ongoing creativity that enriches the chamber music genre, gentle,questioning and fully enamored over what the instrument can offer the imagination.
    Tabla Series
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      ASIN: B000A1G9TU
      Release Date: 2005-08-09

      Tracks:

      1. Teentaal: Peshkar
      2. Teentaal: Qaida
      3. Teentaal: Rav
      4. Teentaal: Qaida
      5. Teentaal: Gat
      6. Teentaal: Chakradar
      7. Teentaal: Mishra Jati
      8. Teentaal: Paran
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      10. Deepchandi Taal: Qaida
      11. Deepchandi Taal: Rela
      12. Deepchandi Taal: Tukra / Chakradar / Anagat
      13. Deepchandi Taal: Rela
      This Is Where We Bury It
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        Janine Stoll
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        ASIN: B000CAFN28
        Release Date: 2005-08-02

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        1. Disappearing Act
        2. Suddenly
        3. Leaving Autumn
        4. Novel
        5. Devour You
        6. Lay Your Hands on Me
        7. Lament of the Lazy Lover
        8. Empty Bottles
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        10. Kitchen Table
        11. What of These Things
        12. Where Is the Rain
        13. Lost to Me
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        2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
        3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
        4. Hungarian Dance No.7
        5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
        6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
        7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
        8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
        9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
        10. Csardas Music
        11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
        12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
        13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
        14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
        15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
        16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
        17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
        18. Tzigane
        19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
        20. Caprice No.24
        21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
        22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
        23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
        24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
        25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
        26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
        27. The Violin Muted
        28. Clair De Lune
        29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
        30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
        31. The Pizzicato Violin
        32. Pizzicato Polka
        33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
        34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
        35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
        36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
        37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
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        39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
        40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
        41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
        42. Bolero
        43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
        44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
        45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
        46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
        47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
        48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
        49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
        50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
        51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
        52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
        53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
        54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
        55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
        56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
        57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
        58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
        59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
        60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
        61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
        62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
        63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
        64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
        65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
        66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
        67. Elfenreigen

        Tracks:

        1. Introduction To The Viola
        2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
        3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
        4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
        5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
        6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
        7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
        8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
        9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
        10. Cypresses (No.9)
        11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
        12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
        13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
        14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
        15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
        16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
        17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
        18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
        19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
        20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
        21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
        22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
        23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
        24. Elfentanz, Op.39
        25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
        26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
        27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
        28. Flamenco
        29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
        30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
        31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
        32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
        33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
        34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
        35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
        36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
        37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
        38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
        39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
        40. Capriccio Di Bravura
        41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
        42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
        43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

        Tracks:

        1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
        2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
        3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
        4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
        5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
        6. Sa'Dawi
        7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
        8. Chamber Music No.II
        9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
        10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
        11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
        12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
        13. A Variety Of Techniques
        14. Chamber Music No.II
        15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
        16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
        17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
        18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
        19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
        20. Naelden, Naelden
        21. The Bachian Oboe
        22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
        23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
        24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
        25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
        26. The Swan Of Tuonela
        27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
        28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
        29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
        30. Bolero
        31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
        32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
        33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
        34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
        35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
        36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
        37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
        38. ...And Quite Low.
        39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
        40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
        41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
        42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
        43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
        44. Introduction To The Saxophone
        45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
        46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
        47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
        48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
        49. Bolero
        50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
        51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
        52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
        53. Sax-O-Phun
        54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
        55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
        56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
        57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
        58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
        59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
        60. Bolero
        61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
        62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
        63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
        64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
        65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
        66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
        67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
        68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
        69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
        70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
        71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
        72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
        73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
        74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
        75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
        76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

        Tracks:

        1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
        2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
        3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
        4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
        5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
        6. Fanfare For The Common Man
        7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
        8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
        9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
        10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
        11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
        12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
        13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
        14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
        15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
        16. Billy The Kid
        17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
        18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
        19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
        20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
        21. The Birth Of The Trombone
        22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
        23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
        24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
        25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
        26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
        27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
        28. Hosannah
        29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
        30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
        31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
        32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
        33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
        34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
        35. The Horn And The Hunt
        36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
        37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
        38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
        39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
        40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
        41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
        42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
        43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
        44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
        45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
        46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
        47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
        48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
        49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
        50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
        51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

        Tracks:

        1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
        2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
        3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
        4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
        5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
        6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
        7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
        8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
        9. Den Hoboecken Dans
        10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
        11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
        12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
        13. Gymnopedie No.2
        14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
        15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
        16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
        17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
        18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
        19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
        20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
        21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
        22. The Birth Of The Bongo
        23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
        24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
        25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
        26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
        27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
        28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
        29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
        30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
        31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
        32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
        33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
        34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
        35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
        36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
        37. Ravel And The Xylophone
        38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
        39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
        40. Introducing The Vibraphone
        41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
        42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
        43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
        44. Folk Dances
        45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
        46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
        47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
        48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
        49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
        50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
        51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
        52. Introducing The Celeste
        53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
        54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
        55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
        56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
        57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
        58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
        59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
        60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
        61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
        62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
        63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

        Tracks:

        1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
        2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
        3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
        4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
        5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
        6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
        7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
        8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
        9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
        10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
        11. Mahler's Sleighbells
        12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
        13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
        14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
        15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
        16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
        17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
        18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
        19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
        20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
        21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
        22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
        23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
        24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
        25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
        26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
        27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
        28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
        29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
        30. Nocturnes
        31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
        32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
        33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
        34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
        35. The Oboe As Duck
        36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
        37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
        38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
        39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
        40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
        41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
        42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
        43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
        44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
        45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
        46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
        47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
        48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
        49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
        50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
        51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
        52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

        Tracks:

        1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
        2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
        3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
        4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
        5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
        6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
        7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
        8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
        9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
        10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
        11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
        12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
        13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
        14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
        15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
        16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
        17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
        18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
        19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
        20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
        21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
        22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
        23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
        24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
        25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
        26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
        27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
        28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
        29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
        30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
        31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
        32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
        33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
        34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
        35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
        36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
        37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
        38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
        39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
        40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
        41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
        42. Canzon 28
        43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
        44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
        45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
        46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
        47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
        48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
        49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
        50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
        51. Images (Gigues)
        52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
        53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
        54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
        55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
        56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
        57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
        58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

        This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

        5 out of 5 stars Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

        This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

        5 out of 5 stars Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

        Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

        3 out of 5 stars Frank's view.......2006-08-19

        This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

        5 out of 5 stars Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

        I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

        The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

        I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

        The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
        Jazz for the Soul
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • sound quality was poor
        • Another great CD from The Allen/Cohn inc.
        • Great Album
        • a breakthrough ballads albumn
        Jazz for the Soul
        Harry Allen
        Manufacturer: www.mcmahonjazzmedicine.com
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
        Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B0007DFWPS
        Release Date: 2005-02-15

        Tracks:

        1. Body And Soul
        2. She's Funny That Way
        3. Sophisticated Lady
        4. Desafinado
        5. Laura
        6. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
        7. My Funny Valentine
        8. One For My Baby
        9. Star Dust
        10. Where Or When
        11. Willow Weep For Me
        12. Blame It On My Youth
        13. Young At Heart

        Product Description

        This is the long awaited "Ballads Only" album from Harry Allen with his sensational quintet, produced exclusively by the new, independent label www.mcmahonjazzmedicine.com. You can also purchase most of Harry's 29 previous cd's from this new site.

        Customer Reviews:

        1 out of 5 stars sound quality was poor.......2007-06-26

        I am not a fan of hot jazz, so maybe my review is biased. I wa hoping for very smooth jazz which this is not. Also the sound quality was poor. I returned it.

        4 out of 5 stars Another great CD from The Allen/Cohn inc........2006-11-03

        I begin this review stating that the Harry Allen/Joe Cohn quartet is my n°1 favourite jazz combo. Period. Allen is one of the best mainstream sax player I ever heard: a wonderful tone, a mix between the sensual sweetness of Stan Getz and the big macho tone of Ben Webster, a total technique, an astounding sense of phrasing and melodic solo building. The same can be said for Joe Cohn (although he plays very sparingly in this record, not really on the spotlight). Furthermore, the quartet, thanks to nearly ten years of intense playing together, shows an incredible thigh interplay. I don't give five stars to this records only because in some moments it seems to me a bit something like a "jazz exercise", like if they would show the listener how a famous standard should be played. I'm not mad about the pianist, John Bunch, he plays with a quite predictable style, I would have been much more happy without him an with just more guitar... and the "all ballads" format makes the listening a bit too much relaxing after a while. However, this CD is wonderfully played, full of nice ideas and solos, highly advisable to listeners who like classic jazz, evergreen ballads and that mellow sexy jazz style good to listen to in front of your fireplace with a glass of good Cabernet, better if in good company... Personally I would advise other CDs to discover this fantastic quartet. And if you live in NY don't miss the chance to see them live, they are really unbelievable!

        5 out of 5 stars Great Album.......2006-09-26

        Harry Allen plays a lilting, smooth tenor sax ballad. Brings back memories of the late great Ben Webster. Buy this album!

        5 out of 5 stars a breakthrough ballads albumn.......2005-01-15

        If your a Harry Allen fan you,ll love this cd,if not this will make you a fan of this up and coming tenor player with the Ben Webster,Stan Getz sound.Also a top flight back up group headed by Joe Cohn and the piano great, John Bunch.You can tell by the song list it,s all Ballads.

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