Enchanted Gardens

1. Hlokomela

2. Naomi's First Dance

3. For God So Loved Us

4. Baya Ndiphatha - Phatha - Xolisa Dlamini, Selaelo Selota

5. Out of My Heart

6. So Good

7. Enchanted Gardens

8. Village Chants

9. Ile Kae

10. Untold Stories

11. THRRR... Phaaa!

Enchanted Gardens,Selaelo Selota,BMG,Africa

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Enchanted Gardens Selaelo Selota Manufacturer: BMG ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000AQVD0 Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

1. Hlokomela
2. Naomi's First Dance
3. For God So Loved Us
4. Baya Ndiphatha - Phatha - Xolisa Dlamini, Selaelo Selota
5. Out of My Heart
6. So Good
7. Enchanted Gardens
8. Village Chants
9. Ile Kae
10. Untold Stories
11. THRRR... Phaaa!

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Tracks:

1. Peer Gynt: Morning
2. Concerto In E: Spring - Largo
3. Come To My Garden
4. Sakura (Cherry Blossom)
5. Down By The Sally Gardens
6. Over The Sea To Skye
7. Concerto In G Minor: Summer - Adagio
8. Song Of The Seashore
9. The Last Rose Of Summer
10. La vie en rose
11. The Rowan Tree
12. Concerto In F: Autumn - Adagio molto
13. Song Of The Deep Forest
14. The Enchanted Forest
15. Misty Moon Night
16. Clair de lune
17. The Dark Island
18. Concerto In F Minor: Winter - Largo
19. Thais: Meditation
20. Suo Gan

Average customer rating: Good, not great. Incredible! overly rich nostalgic pieces and particles of the piano

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Tracks:

1. Hexentanz
2. Chant Polonais No. 1 In G 'Maiden's Wish'
3. The Crimson Petal
4. The Fuchsia tree
5. Capriccio In F Minor, Op. 28 No. 6
6. Minuet In G, Op. 14 No. 4
7. Nocturne, In B Flat, Op. 16 No. 4
8. Etude In A-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 2
9. Melodie In E
10. Caprice-Burlesque
11. My Favorite Things
12. Kashmiri Song
13. Music Box
14. The Swan
15. Papillons
16. The Gardens Of Buitenzorg- (From 'Java Suite', Book 3)
17. Waltz In A, Op. 2
18. En route, Op. 9
19. Sicilliano, Op. 42 No. 2
20. Caprice espagnol, Op. 37

Tracks:

1. Variations Brillantes Op. 14
2. The Enchanted Nymph
3. Der Kontrebandiste
4. Melody In F
5. Gargoyles, Op. 29: I. Presto
6. Gargoyles, Op. 29: II. Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
7. Gargoyles, Op. 29: III. Allegro moderato
8. Gargoyles, Op. 29: IV. Presto feroce
9. The Musical Snuffbox
10. The Musical Snuffbox
11. Etude de style, Op. 40 No. 1 'Agilite'
12. Till I Wake
13. Weep You No More
14. March Of The Siamese Children
15. Valse mignone
16. Serenata, Op. 15 No. 1
17. Bourree (From Violin Sonata No. 2)
18. Erinnerungen (Triakontameron No. 25)
19. Adagietto (From 'L'Arlesienne')
20. Ungarishe Zigeunerweisen

Customer Reviews:

Good, not great........2002-05-22

I got this double cd, since a fellow reviewer of Hamelin's Kaleidoscope said he couldn't fully endorse that disc, since this cd would be so much better. Wrong again, sewer boy!

Thanks to Arthur Schnabel complete recordings of Sonatas, Concertos and Variation Works have become the mainstay of the recorded piano repertoire. Nowadays, it is hard to imagine that this has not always been the case. Yet, just have a look at the complete Rachmaninov recordings on RCA to see that even this giant mostly recorded little trifles, since the record buyers of his time prefered snacks over meals.

This generous and economic double cd contains a compilation of mostly romantic smaller scale works, that Rachmaninov's clientele would have enjoyed. Some are obscure, others e.g. Ljadov's snuff box and Taussig's Gypsy tunes are pretty well known.

Hough-a man from the splendid 1961 vintage, just like Hamelin and your's truly- is a highly accomplished pianist. His playing is good, yet not up to the Hamelin standards. The repertoire, however, started to bore the hell out of me after a while. I admit, that there are true exceptions like the Liebermann Gargoyles, but for me this set was simply too much of a good thing.

The interpretations vary from decent to good. I used to own an lp of the French virtuoso Setrak, that contained both the Ljadov and Taussig mentioned above and believe you me those interpretations dwarfed what we get here.

In conclusion, a generous compilation of smaller scale pianoworks. Good clean piano playing and more than adequate recordings.

Incredible!.......2001-01-12

I am a pianophile and longtime record collector, and this is one of the most awe-inspiring recordings I have ever heard. Stephen Hough's pianism - and I don't mean to be hyperbolic - simply exhausts all adjectives one might try to use to describe it. This is the kind of album to listen to not so much for the music (though these are charming and now-rarely heard pieces) but for the artistry of the performer. For stunning virtuosity, listen to the final measures of the Moszowski piece or to the MacDowell; for rich tone and melting legato listen to Hough's own transcriptions of the two Roger Quilter songs. Out of hundreds of CDs I have heard, this is one of my absolute favorites - and a steal at the price. Stephen Hough is the modern day Cortot, Gieseking, Rachmaninoff, and Joseph Levine, for he has it all - drama, precision, color, intellect, raw strength, and yes - delicacy. I rarely make recommendations like this, but you absolutely must hear this recording.

overly rich nostalgic pieces and particles of the piano.......2001-01-06

This is music that seems to have lapsed into a forgotten time warp, like when you open that old wood truck in the attic to find odd bits and particles,objects,dolls and photographs that immediately transports you into another fantasia place. That's what this music does. Hough has selected for the most part fast filigreed,rapid cascades and ribbons of pieces. Each however has its own narrative,its own special tale to reveal, a special musical texture,an endearing melody. Needless to say most of the composers here are those you've never heard before,like Ignaz Friedman, whose "Music Box" is not what you think, yes it has that timbre of forever moving tickly tones,for a ballerina popping out of a ceramic box. But there is a large pallette of sophistication here as well with the unique timbre of the piano. Every piece does this admirably. The Hexentanz of MacDowell (arr.Liszt) is a helter-skelter piece never stopping,scaling the upper regions of the keyboard,and this would be an encore work. It keeps you on the edge of your upholstered chair.Leoplold Godowsky is not an unfamiliar name,he is a specialist in the art of the arragement trying to capture a timbre, and here in Camille Saint-Saens forever memorable "Swan"the final days of post-romantic Louis Napoleon the Third era is handled with just a few more ripples in the pond than before almost imperceptible.

When played in consecutive order all these works I found myself bored,this music inhabits such a rich timbral world that it's message overspends itself, overspills into the next work. A modernist voice of Lowell Lieberman is here, a postmodern specialist in this genre of the new tonality, or the past revisited. Proust taught us the rich chasms of remembering, and the process of reoccurence of time returning in differnt guises. Lieberman's "Gargoyles" has its own sardonic charm.,equally at home compliasant with his timbral brethren.

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