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1. Graceful World

2. Jirenma (Album Mix)

3. Japanese

4. Good For Nothing

5. Japanese

6. Sweetaholic Girl

7. Home Sweet Home

8. Fragile

9. No Limit

10. Force Of Heart

11. One

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Average customer rating: Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V) Not one of his bests, but very close John Williams' finest work A Great Conclusion to the Prequel Trilogy Williams is slumming it

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Wars | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music from the Star Wars Saga Star Wars Trilogy Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope ASIN: B000850IS6 Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

1. Star Wars and The Revenge Of The Sith
2. Anakin's Dream
3. Battle Of The Heroes
4. Anakin's Betrayal
5. General Grievous
6. Palpatine's Teachings
7. Grievous and the Droids
8. Padme's Ruminations
9. Anakin vs. Obi-Wan
10. Anakin's Dark Deeds
11. Enter Lord Vader
12. The Immolation Scene
13. Grievous Speaks to Lord Sidious
14. The Birth Of The Twins and Padme's Destiny
15. A New Hope and End Credits

Amazon.com

John Williams' lovely and moving score for the sixth Star Wars film brings thirty years of collaborating on George Lucas' beyond-popular intergalactic franchise to a close. (Is this really the end of Star Wars? Can't Lucas and Williams work together on a prequel to these prequels? Let us hope so, and that Jar Jar Binks is nowhere near it.) As this music accompanies the most exciting Star Wars film in many a moon, the soundtrack itself is more fun, more evil, more nasty and bumpy. Many of the heroic, anthemic themes woven throughout Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith will necessarily be familiar to any fan of the series, from the "Imperial March" to the main theme. It's remarkable how stirring the latter can be, no matter how many times you've heard it, and even for those who do not have all their money invested in S.W. memorabilia. There is a lot of new music here, and the lush, extensive range of both Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra is on display, most notably in the menacing, percolating "General Grievous" and the rousing "New Hope" end theme. --Mike McGonigal

The Force Is Also with:

Star Wars Trilogy soundtrack box set	Star Wars Episode II sountrack	Star Wars Episode II, Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace	Star Wars Trilogy on DVD	Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Customer Reviews:

Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V).......2007-06-21

product: Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V), included as bonus disc in Episode III soundtrack.

The bonus dvd with this soundtrack was the reason I purchased. I enjoy film soundtracks, and science fiction, but this dvd was a real highlight for me. I got the soundtrack cd out of the local library. The cd was missing from the case, but I found this wonderful dvd instead that I went out to purchase later.

With optional segments of dialog from Ian McDiarmid, this film is a stunning visual and musical overview of the full epic story of episodes I-VI of Star Wars. For those of us who felt that eps. IV-VI fell short of our expectations, this film presents them well as parts of the whole story. The Musical Journey also stands as a summary of the entire SW opus for someone who is not familiar with the Star Wars characters and plot. Highly recommended.

Options: no subtitles or other options.

Not one of his bests, but very close.......2007-05-21

The Episode III soundtrack is very good. Not great, but very, very good. You can tell that Williams is getting old, but he still manages to weave together a very memorable score.

My favorite tracks are "Battle of the Heroes," "Anakin's Betrayal," Palpatine's teachings, "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan," and the "Immolation Scene."
The others are very good as well, but these are especially nice. "Battle of the Heroes" is Dual of the Fates for Revenge of the Sith. "Anakin's Betrayal" is a very sad track that is, in my opinion, one of William's most powerful pieces. "Palpatine's Teachings" is really, really neat. It's very dark and moody, a perfect piece for the evil emperor. The only weird thing is the end. "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan" is the action piece that plays during the battles of Anakin and Obi-Wan, and Yoda and the Emperor. Finally, "The Immolation Scene" is another sad piece, even more so than "Anakin's Betrayal."

Although I really like this CD, there are some things that are missing (as usual). First, the whole sequence where the droids are looking for Obi-Wan after he was shot. You see Obi-Wan in his ship with Senator Organa on the Hologram (or whatever it is), and Obi-Wan says that his clones turned on him. That was some pretty awesome music that OF COURSE was left out of the CD. Then there was Dual of the Fates in the movie, but completely absent from the CD. And probably the most annoying was that whole piece of music before Obi-Wan and Anakin fight. It was so touching and sad and I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LEFT IT OUT! Absolutely amazing. Also, did anyone notice that some little bits were cut out? For example, in Anakin vs. Obi Wan, they cut out about a second or two of choir. What?! What the heck is with that? It's when Anakin is running on the long thing and jumps on the droid on the lava. Also, there was some pretty cool drumming when you see Yoda and the Emperor fighting, and you can see the whole stadium (the big room). There's also drumming in "Enter Lord Vader" that is muted in the soundtrack.

Oh well...if I'm going to collect movie scores, I'm going to have to get used to the fact that in almost all cases there's not going to be every bit of music. I've experienced this in both Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park I (there was very little left out on this score), and almost everything else. At the moment, I'm just waiting for the 22nd, for the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 soundtrack. It's gonna be amazing.

See Yu

John Williams' finest work.......2007-04-20

There is little more I can say that hasn't already been said about the soundtrack to Episode 3, especially what Amazon contributor Dan Mohr wrote in his review of the soundtrack on 2/2/2006. His review captured almost all the thoughts, feelings, and emotions I had when I first listened to the soundtrack, and was, IMO, the best review of John Williams' greatest masterpiece.

Having said that, I will say that few soundtracks have ever so perfectly captured the underlying emotional currents of their respective movie; in the case of ROTS, the contemporaneous tragedies of Anakin's fall to the Dark Side, the extermination of the Jedi, and the rise of the oppressive Empire. The listener is confronted with the depth and totality of the evil that has beset the entire galaxy to a degree that the film could not reach in only 2 hours.

Bravo, Dan Mohr, and BRAVO John Williams!

A Great Conclusion to the Prequel Trilogy.......2007-04-07

This is a great work of art. I rank it 4th among Star Wars soundtracks after A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and The Phantom Menace. I had a hard deciding which I thought was better, The Phantom Meance or Revenge of the Sith, but I decided that The Phantom Menace lays the foundation for so much that is in this soundtrack and is thus the more masterful work. But that doesn't mean that this score still isn't great. Every piece is a thrill to listen to and pace never lets up. "Battle of the Hereos" is an amazing piece and the rendition of the "Funeral Theme" from Episoded I captures the film's tragety magnificently. Also I do not think John Williams could have portrayed the Jedi's extinction more perfectly than he did in "Anakin's Betrayal". This is without a doubt the best score of 2005 and one of the best of the decade.

Williams is slumming it.......2007-04-01

Williams's score for Revenge of the Sith is almost entirely overbearing, lacking any emotional subtlety. The music is overcomplicated and even a bit confusing, especially in the tracks that correspond to action sequences in the movie. His overuse of choral tracks and vocals is too bombastic and irritating to be listened to without the explosions and laser blasts of the soundtrack to soften them. (Yes, this music is actually softened by the sounds of warfare.) Worst of all, much of the music has simply been lifted from earlier scores. At times his self-imitation was so blatant that I actually wondered whether the editor who had complied this score had made a mistake and I was listening to The Empire Strikes Back or A New Hope. Also suffers from not including the entire score, in some cases cutting out musical segues in obvious and awkward ways.

Average customer rating: Good CD Could have been great where is the electronic song "My Funny Valentine takes center stage ~ Rodgers & Hart"

The Company Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by O'Connor | O'Connor, Mark | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Soundtracks | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Company Floating into the Night The Voice of Love Dream Dancer That's Dancing! ASIN: B0000YTP1Q Release Date: 2003-12-09

Tracks:

1. My Funny Valentine - Elvis Costello
2. Bach: Menuett - Yo-Yo Ma
3. The World Spins - Julee Cruise
4. Rabekin - Light Rain
5. Appalachia Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma
6. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker
7. My Funny Valentine - Marvin Laird
8. Ray One From Creative Force - John Zeretzke
9. Curtain Calls - Van Dyke Parks
10. My Funny Valentine - Kronos Quartet
11. Saint-Saens: Pas Redoublie - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
12. Blue Snake & Zebras - Van Dyke Parks

Amazon.com

Writer/director Robert Altman's predilection for complex character studies has focused a jaundiced eye on everything from Nashville to the fashion industry. Here the director explores the interactions of a contemporary ballet troupe, set to a diverse pop/classical score that's anything but predictable. The dominant theme that runs throughout is the American songbook staple "My Funny Valentine," given four distinctly different idiomatic turns here by Elvis Costello, Chet Baker, the Kronos Quartet, and the piano/cello duet of Marvin Laird and Clay Ruede. The remaining source tracks range from the expected classical roots (Bach and Saint-Saens) to Twin Peaks vocal icon Julee Cruise and the world music of Light Rain, but it's left to veteran songwriter/composer/arranger Van Dyke Parks to weave those disparate influences together in his orchestral score, a task the included excerpts argue he's accomplished with typical wit and considerable charm. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Good CD.......2007-01-09

If you have seen the movie, this CD includes all the songs from all the dances in the movie. I'm a dance teacher, and this CD has been used in my classes many, many times.

Could have been great.......2005-02-14

This CD follows the all-to-common practice of presenting a dozen of the "most marketable" pieces, leaving off the more unique music. Where is the great electronic composition from the beginning, the wonderful practice piano music, and the other instrumental selections? A complete soundtrack, given courage and dedication by the CD producers, would be more unique, engrossing, and worth owning than this selection.

where is the electronic song.......2004-11-04

The sound track is great... but where is the song at the beggining of the movie? That strange electronic song? If anyone knows who did that song please email me! Thomasology@yahoo.com

"My Funny Valentine takes center stage ~ Rodgers & Hart".......2004-03-03

From director Robert Altman we have the ultimate ballet film "The Company", featuring Nerve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, James Franco, Barbara Robertson, William Dick and actual members of Joffrey Ballet. Very effective camera work captures the poise and brilliance of the ensemble during their key ballet performances.

One of my all time favorite songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart "MY FUNNY VALENTINE", is presented in four different performances ~ in this order we have Elvis Costello, Chet Baker (a classic interpretation by a very talented young artist at the peak of his career), Marvin Laird (piano) and Clay Ruede (cello), Kronos Quartet ~ brings to the fold popular and classical performers ~ each approaching this standard cue with all melodic magic they can muster.

Stand outs in my book is "CURTAIN CALLS" and "BLUE SNAKE & ZEBRAS", both composed by Van Dyke Parks with extraordinary orchestration and counter parts ~ "THE WORLD SPINS", from composers Angelo Badalmenti and David K. Lynch, performed by Julee Cruise is intoxicating and thrlling, with no hangover ~ let's mention "MENUETT" (J.S. Bach) and "APPALACHIA WALTZ" (Mark O'Connor), performed by the one and only renown cello player who is recognized world wide, Yo-Yo Ma ~ "RABEKIN" (Russ Guthier), wonderful cue that rings so true for the film, a meaningful fantasy instrumental, blending Middle Eastern rhythms from world fusion group, Light Rain...gotta love it!

Total Time: 44:50 on 12 Tracks ~ Sony 93092 ~ (12/09/2003)

Average customer rating:

Higher Octave Is . . . Smooth Grooves, Vol. 4 Various Artists Manufacturer: Higher Octave Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Higher Octave Is . . . Smooth Grooves, Vol. 3 Higher Octave Is . . . Smooth Grooves, Vol. 2 Higher Octave Is . . . Smooth Grooves, Vol. 1 Night Grooves, Vol. 1: The Best of Narada Jazz Night Grooves 2 ASIN: B0000CDL5S Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

1. Luminosa - Craig Chaquico
2. Dimelo Siempre - Cooly's Hot-Box
3. (Don't You Wanna) JAM - Tom Scott
4. Two Cool - Bryan Savage
5. No Doubt - 3rd Force
6. Temperature Rising - Les Nubians (Gabriel Rene Edit)
7. Shot Clock - Four80East
8. Om Namah Shivaya - Yulara (Instrumental)
9. Love Comes My Way - Sacred Spirit
10. Venus Morena - Acoustic Alchemy
11. What Am I Gonna Do - Jimmy Sommers (DJ Spinna Mix)

Average customer rating: Fine reissue of a classic set

Purcell: Theatre Music Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Hogwood, Christopher | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Cantatas for Solo Countertenor Purcell: The Fairy Queen Purcell: Songs & Airs / Argenta, North, Boothby, Nicholson, Toll Monteverdi - Madrigali guerrieri ed amorosi / Concerto Köln, Jacobs Lute Music, Vol. 2 ASIN: B0001Y4JHA Release Date: 2004-10-12

Customer Reviews:

Fine reissue of a classic set.......2006-05-24

Think about the stupidest, most formulaic Hollywood movies you can think of: cheesy action pictures, fluffy, unfunny comedies, big but stiff epics. Now imagine that one of the greatest living composers was working in Hollywood, turning out astonishing, hauntingly beautiful and stirring musical scores for these throwaway movies. That's what you get with this set: music Henry Purcell composed for some two dozen often utterly forgettable plays (trust me--I've read a number of them!) Occasionally, when he teams up with a playwright worthy of his stature, such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, or William Congreve, the results are even better, but for the most part you can enjoy the music here without knowing anything about the original plays.

This set originally appeared as separate LPs in the 70s and 80s, and has been long out of print. That's a pity, since Purcell spent a good deal of his short professional life in the theatre, either writing the incidental music contained on these CDs, or the music for his larger works, the semi-operas (King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and the like). Almost all of these works are enjoyable gems; certainly, they represent a pinnacle of English 17th century music. Purcell had a genius for spinning musical gold out of the most leaden lyrics (check out his Odes and Welcome Songs on Hyperion if you don't believe me), and he does the same with the song texts in these plays.

Hogwood and the AAM offer clean, listenable performances, and the sound on these old analog discs has been cleaned up and brightened--although they were pretty good, even in the late 70s. As with most Hogwood, emotional extremes are kept to a minimum, so the "otherworldly" nature of late 17th century music, so often emphasised in more recent Baroque performances, doesn't come across here. It would be interesting to see what a group like The King's Consort would do with this music, but this set fills the major gap in the Purcell canon quite nicely.

My only beef with the reissue, as with many reissues, is that the liner notes are rather thin for a 6-cd set--the lyrics to the songs, for example, are especially missed. Still, it's a worthwhile set, and a must for fans of Purcell, English Baroque music, or anyone who just wants to experience a taste of the last days of the Restoration stage.

Average customer rating: Great songs! 1st Album without Mitsuru Igarashi: Still Excellent Another great album from ELT

4 Force Every Little Thing Manufacturer: Avex Trax ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005HURB Release Date: 2001-03-22

Tracks:

1. Graceful World
2. Jirenma (Album Mix)
3. Japanese
4. Good For Nothing
5. Japanese
6. Sweetaholic Girl
7. Home Sweet Home
8. Fragile
9. No Limit
10. Force Of Heart
11. One

Customer Reviews:

Great songs!.......2003-01-07

Even with the loss of their keyboardist (and primary songwriter) Igarashi Mitsuru, ELT steps up to the plate to create a fantastic album! The album suffers none of the setbacks that usually occur when a main member leaves.
There are decidedly more guitar solos as the band really now only consists of Kaori-chan on vocals and Ito Ichiro on guitars, but the old, synthy-sounds remain the main driving force. The songs are all infectious and upbeat (even the ballads), and fun to listen to.

Kaori-chans vocals are powerful and really pleasant to listen to.
By far the real standouts, IMHO, would be Jirenma and Fragile.
Well worth the cost, although I got mine in Japan for a whole lot less =)

1st Album without Mitsuru Igarashi: Still Excellent.......2002-10-13

So ELT has Mochida Kaori-chan to step in and write some really great stuff for their 4th CD. Personally I like the way ELT music is going (I still love the older stuff too). More emphasis on the Vocals and less on the keyboards / programming. ELT will always be ELT as long as they have Kaori's great voice out front. 'Good for Nothing' is an instant favorite. 'Jirenma' & 'Fragile' are also wonderful songs. I can hardly wait for the next CD. As mentioned, their older CDs are great too. I especially enjoy 'Time to Destination' (2nd CD) this was a watershed CD in J-pop. Much like Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' Album was in US pop music.

Hope this Helped!

RPS

Another great album from ELT.......2001-10-09

ELT is one of my favorite JPOP group, among Ayumi Hamasaki, ZARD, and TWO-MIX. ELT has fast paced songs that somewhat close to dance music but with more vocals IMO. If you have heard some ELT songs before and liked them, this one will be better.

Average customer rating: Stellar performance of Russia's National opera masterpiece!! a solid, exciting production, supurb sound

Moussorgski - Boris Godounov / Raimondi, Wischnewskaja, Plishka, Gedda, Dubosc, Cowan, Rostropovitch (1989 film) Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky , Mstislav Rostropovitch , Ruggero Raimondi , Galina Wischnewskaja , Wyatscheslaw Polozov , Paul Plishka , Nicolai Gedda , Catherine Dubosc , and Richard Cowan Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Booth, Thomas | A to B | Featured Performers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vishnevskaya, Galina | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005E6S Release Date: 1992-05-01

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov: Introduction orchestrale: Scene - Eh bien, qu'avez-vous?
2. Boris Godounov: A quis nous abandonnes-tu ?
3. Boris Godounov: Fideles croyants, notre boiar reste inexorable
4. Boris Godounov: Tu as entendu les hommes?
5. Boris Godounov: Scene du Couronnement, Coronation Scene
6. Boris Godounov: Mon ame est en peine
7. Boris Godounov: Encore un dernier recit
8. Boris Godounov: O Dieu de force, Dieu de Justice
9. Boris Godounov: Tu as ecrit toute la nuit
10. Boris Godounov: Oh, je me souviens - Ouglich
11. Boris Godounov: On sonne les matines - Boris, tout tremble devant toi
12. Boris Godounov: J'ai pris un caneton gris
13. Boris Godounov: Peuple chretien, bonnes gens aimes de Dieu
14. Boris Godounov: Dans la bonne ville de Kazan
15. Boris Godounov: Pour moi!
16. Boris Godounov: Qui etes-vous? - D'humbles pelerins, de saints moines
17. Boris Godounov: Que faites-vous, maudits coquins - Fuite de Grigori

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov: Ou est mon fiance?
2. Boris Godounov: Oh, c'est assez, Princesse - Chanson du Moustique, Mosquito Song
3. Boris Godounov: Ah, Nounou, en voila un conte, Jeu de la Main chaude, The Hand-Clapping Game
4. Boris Godounov: Qu'y a-t-il?
5. Boris Godounov: Comme c'est bien, mon fils!
6. Boris Godounov: Aie, chut! - Qu'y a-t-il donc?
7. Boris Godounov: A cause de notre Perroquet
8. Boris Godounov: Mon fils, mon cher enfant!
9. Boris Godounov: Tsarevitch, obeis!
10. Boris Godounov: Tu ne me crois donc pas?
11. Boris Godounov: Assez, ah, je suffoque!
12. Boris Godounov: Au bord de la Vistule bleue
13. Boris Godounov: Cela suffit!
14. Boris Godounov: Je n'ai pas besoin de toi aujourd'hui, Rouzia
15. Boris Godounov: Ah! Mon Dieu! Cest vous, mon Pere!
16. Boris Godounov: A minuit, dans le jardin
17. Boris Godounov: Prends-garde, Tsarevitch - La Polonnaise - Nous aurons bientot conquis la Moscovie

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov: Elle! Marina!
2. Boris Godounov: Eh bien, la messe est-elle finie?
3. Boris Godounov: Trrr, trrr, trrr
4. Boris Godounov: Aaah! Boris! Ils ont offense L'Innocent!
5. Boris Godounov: Nobles Boiars!
6. Boris Godounov: Eh bien, passons au vote
7. Boris Godounov: Que dites-vous la, Boiars!
8. Boris Godounov: Arriere, arriere
9. Boris Godounov: Auguste Souverain - Mon recit sera simple et bref
10. Boris Godounov: J'etouffe
11. Boris Godounov: Pleurez, bonnes gens
12. Boris Godounov: Amene-le par ici
13. Boris Godounov: Trrr...le bonnet de fer
14. Boris Godounov: Le ciel et la lune se sont eteints
15. Boris Godounov: Hardi! notre male temerite
16. Boris Godounov: Domine, salvum fac regem
17. Boris Godounov: Qui le Malin nous envoie-t-il encore

Customer Reviews:

Stellar performance of Russia's National opera masterpiece!!.......2004-07-02

Let's start with the quibbles, on account of their relative insignificance: 1) I miss the real bells used on the Gjórgiev (especially!!!) and the Abbado recordings (the samples I got to hear alerted me to this - the chimes used here sound poor by comparison); 2) the Russian original-language libretto is incomplete (were more space allowed here, I'd have published the missing parts in the original Russian). [I recommend downloading the libretto from other websites - and then piecing in the few things that are otherwise absent from the regular-performance libretto from the booklet supplied - Rostropóvich's reading gives this opera (a composite of the 1868 and 1872 versions) as completely as possible (the réprise of the Simpleton's scene in the last tableau, originally salvaged from the St. Vasíljiy's (Basil's) tableau cut in the 1872 version and which however was reinstated in this recording, could have been omitted consequently - though I'm glad it wasn't!).] 3) I wish the orchestra (very good indeed!!!) could be heard more even when the singers are in full voice (this defect relative to Culshaw's Wagner recordings - my standard in taste - also afflicts Rostropóvich's otherwise superb recording of Shostakóvich's "Lady Macbeth of Mcjénsk").

Otherwise, a very powerful reading with everybody in peak form fully deserving a full 5 stars - even the venerable arch-star of Russian soprani from 1952-82 (from her début with the Boljshóy to her retirement from live operatic performances - of course she was forced out of the Boljshóy in 1974 into exile...) Vishñévskaja, who was close to being 61 years of age at the time of this recording, comes off as well as everybody else (you could hardly tell her age)! Another success is that of Mira Zakai as one of the nurses (in Act II) - she's much better here than in Solti's recording of Mahler's 2nd Symphony with the CSO (where she sounds so uninvolved as well as plain when compared to Helen Watts or Maureen Forester). Gedda sings the Simpleton's part as movingly as could be anticipated from somebody who has given so much of his career to the Russian repertoire, while Plishka gives a wonderfully warm Pimjén. As to Ruggero Raimondi - wow, what a wonderfully evocative portrayal of the demented Carj (C pronounced as 'ts' like in "bolts"; 'j' just softens the 'r' somewhat...)!!! One doesn't need a bassus profundus (which he's not - though his low notes lack nothing!) to do justice to this rôle after all...

Finally, regarding the version of the score being used: while it's indeed based on the 1872 "definitive" version, much stuff cut therefrom which was in the 1868 original version makes it into the recording (not a note is cut from the score). While obviously the earlier version of Act II as well as a few other snippets in Act I (when Grigóriy wakes up) are superseded (the latter's snippets are merely the same music given to offstage choir instead of the strings as done initially), other things (e.g., the dismissal of the crowd in the Prologue's 1st scene, the scene in front of St. Vasíljiy's Cathedral) are fully reinstated - all of this can be vouched for from the full score 2-book set published by Oxford University Press giving Musórgskiy's original version.

Most definitely recommended in all events and regards!!! [Hopefully Erato will reissue this recording as it's amply deserving!]

a solid, exciting production, supurb sound.......2000-07-29

Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov is so rich that it never can be encompassed by one interpretation, however strong. It's worth having two or more versions, including this one, conducted by Rostropovitch, on hand. Here's how it stacks up with two other fine quality, stereo recordings using Mussorgsky's original orchestration: Abbado's and Gergiev's.

Rostropovitch and the ensemble under his baton, provide both a polished orchestral presentation and dynamic drama dominated by one of the best Borises of the digital age. The story and the music reinforce one another seamlessly.

The dramatic presentation in the Rostropovitch version is much more exciting than that in the Abbado version, which focuses more on creating a flawlessly recorded, stunning symphonic and choral atmosphere. In the Rostropovitch version, beautiful children's voices add both an innocent element to Mussorgsky's dark drama and another stunning instrument to the orchestration. In the perfectly polished Abbado version, adult women with full voices flawlessly sing the children's roles.

Rostropovitch's production lacks some of raw dramatic heft of Gergiev versions, but it has more polish. The Gergiev CD set offers two complete versions, both Mussorgsky's 1868 version and the 1873, each complete and with different casts, making it a bargain, if such a thing can be said about overpriced classical music CDs. The Rostropovitch version contains only the 1872 score.

I have all three versions and listen to all of them with great pleasure. If, heaven forbid, I could only have one, this version conducted by Rostropovitch might be it. It would be a tough call to make.

Average customer rating: Rogers, i'm drooling over your voice. Standing the test of time - truely beautiful

The Medieval Romantics: French Songs and Motets, 1340-1440 Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dufay | Dufay, Guillaume | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Machaut | Machaut, Guillaume de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Virelais | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002ZOR Release Date: 1993-11-19

Tracks:

1. Quiconques Veut D'amors Joir
2. Je Languis D'amere Mort
3. Joieux De Cuer En Seumellant Estoye
4. Quant Voi Le Douz Tans; En Mai; [Immo]LATUS
5. Alma Polis Religio; Axe Poli Cum Artica
6. C'est Force, Faire Le Weil
7. Sofrir M'estuet Et Plus No Puis Durer
8. Plus Bele Que Flors; Quant Revient; L'autrier Jouer
9. Tant Doucement Me Sense Emprisonnes
10. Degentis Vita; Cum Vix Artidici
11. Mais Qu'il Vous Viengne A Plaisance
12. En Ce Gracieux Tamps Joli
13. Comment Qu'a Moy Lonteinne
14. Je Requier A Tous Amoureux
15. Las, Que Feray? Ne Que Je Devenray?
16. Je Voel Servir Plus C'onques Mais
17. Tota Pulcra Es, Amica Mea

Amazon.com

There are a few ensembles that you can count on consistently to deliver performances of the highest quality. Gothic Voices fit that description, and their many recordings of medieval music are invariably among the finest in the catalog. This disc, with its seemingly oxymoronic title, reveals aspects of 14th-century French music that suggest the term romantic is absolutely correct. Director Christopher Page's lucid liner notes explain,"if Romanticism implies a taste for beauty touched by strangeness, and if it is associated with a desire to expand the resources of musical language (especially harmony) . . . then the second half of the 14th century in France was truly a period of Romantic composition." You won't disagree, whether you're listening to the anonymous, harmonically ravishing rondeau that begins the disc or to a delightful virelai by Machaut. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Rogers, i'm drooling over your voice........2001-05-06

I first heard this cd when i went to see nature, at a forestnear my house and my friend made me a surprise & gave me this cdas a gift ... i heard it in my disk-man. i was amazed of the beautiful voices (especialy rogers covey-cromp! his voice is so warm and sensual.)i love french songs from the 14th century,they are so sensitive to true beauty and this album has its own fasson. buy it !!!

Standing the test of time - truely beautiful.......2000-06-20

The Medieval Romantics is a beautiful album. Each song is done with subtle, contemplative passion and shows a very rich, melodious and complicated thought process.

You can see bits and pieces of these songs and motets laying the way for the coming Renaissance.

The Gothic Voices have painstakingly tried to reproduce what these very old songs probably would have sounded like as there is very minimum background instruments.

This album has a strange beauty all it's own and is a study of where we have come from as a species in our music, man's soul.

Worth every penny.

Average customer rating: ~* The Quartet *~ The best flute quartet These flutes force.

Pastorale Manufacturer: Video Artists Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003LLF Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

1. Daphnis et Chloe
2. String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11: Adagio
3. Jour d'ete a la montagne: I. Pastorale
4. Jour d'ete a la montagne: II. Aux bords du torrent
5. Jour d'ete a la montagne: III. Le chant des forets
6. Jour d'ete a la montagne: IV. Ronde
7. Pastorale
8. Quartet In D Major, Op. 12: I. Allegro
9. Quartet In D Major, Op. 12: II. Andante
10. Quartet In D Major, Op. 12: III. Minuet And Trio
11. Quartet In D Major, Op. 12: IV. Allegro
12. Reverie
13. Preludes, Book I: No. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin
14. Semele: Where'er You Walk

Customer Reviews:

~* The Quartet *~.......2004-04-11

The four flutists play outstandingly throughout the whole cd.
They compliment eachother in their playing. I CAN'T wait to hear their next cd!!

The best flute quartet.......2003-02-24

This group of four flutists is fabulous example of virtuosity and creative chamber music. The variety of music on the CD is very appealing, and the choice of repertoire show this group to be first-rate. Bravo!

These flutes force........2002-11-24

Very aggressive, poorly played, weak ensemble skills, not much sense of style. Another group of flautists cashing in on their sex. Sheryl Henze is a terrific player and you can hear it despite the others, but mostly this is a weak collection of uninteresting compositions played by inferior musicians.

Average customer rating: At least it's Poulenc

Voyage à Paris: Songs of Francis Poulenc Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000AFJM Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

1. A Sa Guitare
2. Ce Doux Petit Visage Benalites
3. I. Chanson D'Orkenise
4. II. Hotel
5. III. Fagnes De Wallonie
6. IV. Voyage A Paris
7. V. Sanglots
8. Deux Poemes De Guillaume Apollinaire: I. Montparnasse
9. Deux Poemes De Guillaume Apollinaire: II. Hyde Park
10. Rodeuse Au Front De Verre
11. QUATRE CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: I. La Tragique Histoire Du Petit Rene
12. QUATRE CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: II. Nous Voulons Une Petite Soeur
13. QUATRE CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: III. Le Petit Garcon Trop Bien Portant
14. QUATRE CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS: IV. Monsieur Sans-Souci (Il Fait Tout Lui-Meme)
15. Fancy
16. Deux Poemes de Louis Aragon: I. C
17. II. Fetes Galantes
18. Bleuet
19. Le Disparu
20. Priez Pour Paix
21. Nos Souvenirs Qui Chantent
22. Une Chanson De Porcelaine
23. Tel jour telle nuit: I. Bonne Journee
24. Tel jour telle nuit: II. Une Ruine Coquille Vide
25. Tel jour telle nuit: III. Le Front Comme Un Drapeau Perdu
26. Tel jour telle nuit: IV. Une Roulotte Couverte En Tuiles
27. Tel jour telle nuit: V. A Toutes Brides
28. Tel jour telle nuit: VI. Une Herbe Pauvre
29. Tel jour telle nuit: VII. Je N'Ai Envie Que De T'Aimer
30. Tel jour telle nuit: VIII. Figure De Force Brulante Et Farouche
31. Tel jour telle nuit: IX. Nous Avons Fait La Nuit

Amazon.com

This is a delightful record. Francis Poulenc was a composer who commanded many different styles, and these 31 songs are so well chosen for variety of length, weight, mood, and character that no two of them are alike, although some are connected through their poets or subject matter. In Four Children's Songs, poems that begin innocently become scary; they are set to music of utmost simplicity. There are outpourings of ardent passion, tenderness, joy, sorrow, longing, and nostalgia, as well as sarcastic parodies, jazzy cabaret songs, and one setting of Shakespeare in English. The performances are wonderful. White's bright, light tenor is just right for this music; he brings out every nuance and inflection with complete idiomatic identification, and his diction is perfect. Sanders, his long-time partner, provides both support and leadership, setting moods in his preludes and sustaining them in his postludes--the mark of a great accompanist. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

At least it's Poulenc.......2003-05-14

Being a tenor, I know I am harsh on other voices - especially those that are stringy, strident, strained, sickly - pick an "s".
Poor Robert White should be singing lower rep at this point, his voice is really not suited to the range of some of these songs... and we all know they weren't even written for tenors... oh well - the pianist is good, Mr. White's performance isn't terrible, it's just not nice.

Average customer rating:

Flute Force Manufacturer: Composers Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005TU8 Release Date: 1994-04-20

Tracks:

1. Serenade For Four Flutes: I. Alla Marcia
2. Serenade For Four Flutes: II. Cadenza
3. Serenade For Four Flutes: III. Canon
4. Serenade For Four Flutes: IV. Pas de Quatre
5. Serenade For Four Flutes: V. Alla Marcia
6. Grand Quartet For Flutes: In Memoriam: Friedrich Kuhlau
7. Four Etudes: I. Allegro
8. Four Etudes: II. Adagio
9. Four Etudes: III. Quarter Note = M.M. 112
10. Four Etudes: IV. Presto
11. Cantilena
12. Tibiau (Solo For Four)
13. Quartet For Diverse Flutes: I. Andante molto rubato con espressione
14. Quartet For Diverse Flutes: II. Allegro Molto
15. Quartet For Diverse Flutes: III. Candenza
16. Quartet For Diverse Flutes: IV. Finale

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2. Anand [Import]
3. And God Created B.B. [Import]
4. Ao Vivo Convida [Import]
5. Ao Vivo [Import]
6. Back to Quawwali
7. Best Morning Musume V.1 [Import]
8. Best of [Import]
9. Biyuya
10. Bonjour la France, Vol. 4 [Import]

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Wonderful, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]

X-Posed [Import]

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Wake Up, America!

Wealth Over Poverty

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