Eternal Rhapsody [Live]

1. Raga Shree: Soon le Ho Araj Mora

2. Raga Shree: Vilambit Khayal in Jhaptaal

3. Raga Shree: Kahe Dar Paun Main

4. Raga Shree: Drut Khayal in Ektaal

5. Raga Gauri: Khabariya le Ho Mori Khayal in Madhyalaya Teentaal

6. Raga Marwa: Rakho Mori Laaj Khayal in Madhyalaya Jhaptaal

7. Raga Marwa: Ho Guniyan Mil Gao Bajao

8. Raga Marwa: Drut Khayal in Ektaal

Eternal Rhapsody,Pandit C.R. Vyas,Navras,Int'l & World Music,Pop,World Music

Average customer rating: Beautiful music. 5 stars for performance, 4 stars due to omissions "Hammer & Silva...raises the hair on the back of your neck"

Hammer the Studio That Dripped Blood Various Artists Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Legendary Horror Films Universal's Classic Scores of Mystery & Horror Monster Music: Film Music Classics House of Frankenstein The Hammer Studio Frankenstein Film Music Collection ASIN: B000063IUP Release Date: 2002-04-09

Tracks:

1. Main Theme/Inside Castle Darcula/Lure Of The Vampire Women/Dracula's Rage/The Kiss Of The Living Dead (Dracula)
2. Funeral In Carpethia/Finale: Confrontation & Climax/The Fall Of Dracula (Dracula Prince Of Darkness)
3. Love Theme (The Scars Of Dracula)
4. Finale/Dracula And The Crucifix (Dracula Has Risen From The Grave)
5. The Blood Of Dracula (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
6. Romance: The Young Lovers/Shadow Of The Tomb (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
7. Ride To The Ruined Church/Romance At Dusk (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
8. Dracula Triumphant/Pursuit/Death Of Lucy (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
9. The Victory Of Love (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
10. Christina (Frankenstein Created Woman)
11. The Power Of Evil (The Devil Rides Out)
12. Invocation To The Devil/Dance Frenzy (The Devil Rides Out)
13. Awakening And Absolution (The Devil Rides Out)
14. Vampire Rhapsody (Kiss Of The Vampire)

Tracks:

1. Cosmic Sequence/Tumak Meets Luana/In The Domain Of The Shell People/Eruption Of The Volcano (One Million Years B.C.) - Mario Nascimbene
2. Main Theme/Storm Over The Sea (When Dinasours Ruled The Earth) - Mario Nascimbene
3. Life Of The Tribe/Finale (Creatures The World Forgot) - Mario Nascimbene
4. The Tomb/The Desert (The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb) - Carlo Martelli
5. Ayesha - She Who Must Be Obeyed (She)
6. Bedouin Attack & Desert Quest (She)
7. In The Kingdom Of She - Processional/The Cruelty Of She (She)
8. The Eternal Flame And The Destruction Of She (She)
9. Main Title (The Abominable Snowman) - Humphrey Searle
10. Defeat Of The Aliens/Finale (Quatermass II)
11. Main Titles/Anna's Theme - Christopher Gunning
12. Prologue (Vampire Circus) - David Whitaker
13. Main Themes (The Vampire Hunter) - Jamed Bernard
14. Pastorale/The Werewolf At Bay/Aptheosis (Curse Of The Werewolf) - Benjamin Frankel

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful music........2007-01-10

I sat back with the lights dimmed and a cup of hot coffee and enjoyed the beautiful haunting music of years gone by. Memories abound.

5 stars for performance, 4 stars due to omissions.......2006-08-29

Why doesn't this get a perfect five stars?

Simple reason.

The producers at Silva, for wahtever reason, decided to cut down their SHE suites and Hands of the Ripper suites.

On the previous Hammer releases, "Draculas - Classic Horror Films", released in 1993, recorded in 1989, they had seven additional minutes of "Hands of the Ripper" that could have been included on this set.

Additionally, The Devil Rides Out: Film Music of James Bernard, released in 1997, recorded in 1995 and 1996 had about a minute more of additional music from SHE, PLUS about seven minutes worth of suites from Quatermass and X: The Unknown.

Both discs in this new re-issue round out at around 68 minutes, so there was room for some of these omissions.

Silva Screen gets big kudos for a reissuing these recordeings in the remastered HDCD format, but I don't understand these omissions. In fact, one of the tracks included, "Vampire Hunter" isn't even from a Hammer film, and its the only recording on this collection not on previous Silva CD's.

Again, 5 stars for the performances, the 1989 performances with Neil Richardson and the Philharmonia are fantastic. (Dracula, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Dracula Has Risen From The Grave, Taste the Blood of Dracula, Hands of the Ripper, Vampire Circus.)

Additionally, The Westminster Philharmonic under the baton of Kenneth Alwyn do an excellent job as usual (Kiss of the Vampire, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, She, THe Abominable Snowman, Quatermass II and Curse of the Werewolf.) Finally, the City of Prague Philharmonic, who get a bad rap more often than they deserve round out hte album and IMHO, deliver the goods, under the trusty batons of Paul Bateman (Scars of Dracula, Frankenstein Created Woman, additionally, Bateman also plays the piano solo on Kiss of the Vampire.) and Nic Raine (The Devil Rides Out, One Million Years BC, When Dinosuars Ruled the Earth, Creatures The World Forgot, The Vampire Hunter)

I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could.

Much thanks to producers David Wishart, Eric Tomlinson and James Fitzpatrick and recording engineers Mike Ross-Trevor, John Luard Timperley and Jan Holzner for contributing to these fine historical film music recordings.

"Hammer & Silva...raises the hair on the back of your neck".......2002-04-09

Silva Screen takes us on tour through the castles of Transylvania with a collection of
outstanding scores from James Bernard on Disc One ~ "DRACULA" (1958)..."KISS OF
THE VAMPIRE" (1964)..."DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS"
(1966)..."FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN" (1967)..."THE DEVIL RIDES OUT"
(1968)..."DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE" (1968)..."THE SCARS OF
DRACULA" (1970)..."TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA" (1970)...even though the
blood doesn't flow as easily in "KISS OF THE VAMPIRE", the score from Bernard is
seductive, sensual to say the least for "creatures of the night", masked ball scene blends
atmospheric trance-masquerade themes, intoxicating main title is hauntingly mesmerizing with
"VAMPIRE RHAPSODY", just listen to the piano solo from our character in the film Carl
Ravna (Barry Warren), son of Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman) along with daughter Sabena Ravna
(Jacqueline Wallis), a cult of vampires in early 20th century Bavarian, praying on a young
honeymoon couple...Bernard's rhapsody captures the listeners heart and BLOOD!

Let's look at Disc Two with the other Hammer themes and their composers ~ "THE
ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN" (1957-Humphrey Searle)..."QUATERMASS II"
(1957-James Bernard)..."CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF" (1960-Benjamin
Frankel)..."CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB" (1964-Carlo Martelli)..."SHE"
(1965-James Bernard)..."ONE MILLION YEARS B.C." (1966-Mario
Nascimbene)..."WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH" (1969-Mario
Nascimbene)..."HANDS OF THE RIPPER" (1971-Christopher Gunning)..."VAMPIRE
CIRCUS" (1971-David Whitaker)..."VAMPIRE HUNTER" (2000-James
Bernard)...difficult as it may be, there is a stand out ~ "THE CURSE OF THE
WEREWOLF", fine direction from Terence Fisher (director) with an outstanding cast Oliver
Reed (Leon-the Werewolf), Clifford Evans (Alfredo), Yvonne Romain (Servant Girl) and
Catherine Feller (Christina), Hammer's departure from the old stereotype of the beast is
refreshing, Reed's performance as the tormented sole, from man to wolf is touching, the score
by Ben Frankel is tense building at it's best, to say the least, setting the tone and mood for the
transformation with counterpoints is stimulating, inclusive orchestration development for what
lies ahead during a full moon.

Without a doubt the highlight pick hands down is "SHE", composer James Bernard gives of
himself without question, the SUITE takes the orchestra into lilting melodic exercises with
percussion chiming in, the harmonies are hypnotic blends of textured fabric, listen as The
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn display stirring strings and
a solo harp run the scales in "THE ETERNAL FLAME AND THE DESTRUCTION OF
SHE", hold-fast arrangement has haunting echoes of Bernard's constant theme, with a final
beat from a drum in the percussion section.

Must make mention the cast of players that made this possible ~ The Philharmonia Orchestra,
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra ~ and
their various conductors Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman, Nic Raine and Neil
Richardson...supported by the illustrious staff from Silva Screen Records LTD ~ Reynold da
Silva (executive producer), David Stoner (associate producer), Gareth Williams (Dolby
Surround/HDCD Mastering) and of course James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), who
has the knack of developing quality in every Silva Screen release...similar to "A History Of
Horror:From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense" (SSD-1111/2CD Set), guaranteed to raise the
hair on the back of your neck!

Total Time: Disc One 68:01 on 14 Tracks & Disc Two 68:46 on 14 Tracks ~ Silva Screen
Records SSD-357 ~ (2002)

Average customer rating: A nice introduction of Poland's Emerging Talent!

Stanislaw & Anna / Symphonic Poem / Eternal Songs Karlowicz , Tortelier , and BBC Philharmonic Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Karlowicz: Rebirth Symphony; Bianca da Molena; Serenade Karlowicz: Returning Waves; A Sorrowful Tale; Episode at a Masquerade Moszkowski: Violin Concerto in C, Op. 30, Ballade in G minor, Op. 16 No. 1; Karlowicz: Violin Concerto in A, Op. 8 Gernsheim: Complete Symphonies Stojowski: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 ASIN: B000068PVM Release Date: 2002-07-23

Tracks:

1. Song Of Everlasting Yearning: AndanteLento - Piu Mosso - Allegro MOderato - Tempo I
2. Song Of Love And Death: Andante Con Moto - Allegro - Lento - Tempo I
3. Song Of Eternal Being: Moderato - Piu Mosso (Agitato) - Tempo I
4. Allegro Ben Moderato, Ma Energico
5. Allegro Ben Moderato - Allegretto Pastorale - Tempo I - Lento - Allegretto Giocoso - Tempo I

Customer Reviews:

A nice introduction of Poland's Emerging Talent!.......2004-05-06

It is frequently said that had Mieczyslaw Karlowicz lived longer, he would have become among Poland's major composers (the same claim is made in regards to his Russian counterpart, Vasily Kalinnikov and Mikolajus Ciurlionis of Lithuania). Be that as it may, what we have is Karlowicz early example of his absorption of the melodic languages of Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Wagner, and Grieg. Yet, Karlowicz's style and craftsmanship shows him as an idiomatic, enterprising composer, quite pantheistic as often said. Pantheism is a doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material world and humanity are only manifestations. This is an opposite doctrine from Theism, which concludes that there is a "personal" God. His music, a bit like that of Ciurlionis, shows some spellbinding transcendental qualities within and while an avalanche accident in 1909 robbed him of what clearly was to become of and from him, his mark in the history and development of Polish music remains firmly intact and even enriched.

Curiously, the interest in Karlowicz and his music happens to be a rather recent development. In the 1980s, recordings of his music were sporadic and hard to find (the old recordings of his Symphony and Violin Concerto were no longer available for quite some time). A serious glimpse of his style and development was opportuned by the recordings of his symphonic poems, courtesy of Jerzy Salwarowski and the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (under the DUX Records label-reissued into CDs in 1993). In more ways than one, that album remains a milestone even in its day. Not to say that the performances and its recordings were states of the art, but the playing by all involved shows care and admiration. But the sumptuousness and details were in some ways robbed by the rather shallow, one-dimensional recordings and a competent yet a fairly slipshod and uncomfortable ensemble.

Such problems disappear in this Chandos recording, with Yan Pascal Tortelier and the BBC Philharmonic outstripped Salwarowski and his Silesian in every way possible (aided by Chandos' sound that continues its state of the art recording tradition). With the visionary pictorialism and coloring of Karlowicz' works as vital as they are here, the orchestra and its conductor must be masters of tone painting; that is, to bring out the pantheistic peculiarities to their fullest effects. This is what Tortelier and the BBC achieved and with great results. And Karlowicz' individual attributes are quite apparent even in his "Revival" Symphony (otherwise known as "Rebirth" or "Renaissance" Symphony). The Eternal Songs (1906) is a good case in point. The first movement "Song of Everlasting Yearning" is gloomy in outlook, quite detached in mood that in ways evokes Rachmaninov's "The Isle of the Dead" and the "Die Toteninsel" movement from Reger's Bocklin Suite. The tragic underpinning is there, though with greater quiet subtlety in disturbance than in, say, Tchaikovsky's Voyevode. The same attribute continues into the first half of "Song of Love and Death" before glimpses of hope enter. But even the finale "Song of Eternal Being" remains mystical and transcendental.

The next two symphonic poems are likewise attractive. "Slanislaw and Anna Oswiecim" (1907) was inspired by a painting of Stanislaw Bergmann (1862-1930). It tells a tale of an incestuous love between the siblings and their intense struggles in maintaining it. The piece is pretty much a mixture of love, conflicting emotions, confusion, and perhaps unresolved resolution. This is what Karlowicz brings out in this piece. He was not a master of story telling as was Strauss and Tchaikovsky, but I like clear cutting portrayal of the lovers and events which surround them. The range of emotions this piece brings forth is wide and even the funeral march have some very effective poignancy in it. I once wondered whether Hugo Alfven was familiar with this piece when composing his Fourth Symphony "Fran Havsbandet" twelve years later. Nevertheless, Karlowicz' next tone poem, Lithuanian Rhapsody (1907), is more inward looking, quite introspective in tone and a Slavic feel to it in the outer sections. Somehow some of the string writings evokes a rather Nordic sound world exemplified by, say, Sibelius and Atterberg. But, the middle sections of this piece is quite variational in design, with a certain playfulness and sparkle especially at 12'12". Again, Tortelier and his orchestra paint this work with some vivid and imaginative strokes of paint.

Now, that Volume I gives us other dimensions behind Karlowicz' art, Volume II expands it more wondrously with the same first class orchestra and a very poetically inclined conductor, Gianandrea Noseda.

Average customer rating: A great bargain for Markevitch fans

Eternal Russia Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001GJI Release Date: 1995-03-14

Customer Reviews:

A great bargain for Markevitch fans.......2005-09-18

This twofer is filled out with a couple of performances by Lorin Maazel, but the bulk is conducted by Igor Markevitch with his usual incisiveness and intensity. Markevitch was a better conductor before his disastrous hearing loss in the early Sixties. Even so, his great talent and individuality shine through, and the orchestral playing here is generaly better than he got from lesser orchestras, the kind he found himself conducing as he dropped form the first rank. Like Scherhcen and Horenstein, Markevitch is a cult conductor who is very much worth hearing.

Average customer rating:

Garden of Sounds: Music for Clarinet and Percussion Richard Stoltzman , and NEXUS Manufacturer: Bis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Stoltzman, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: 20th Century Music For Unaccompanied Clarinet ASIN: B00004OCGH Release Date: 2000-03-01

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Miecsyslaw Kartowicz: Symphonic Poems Manufacturer: Dux Recording Prod. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005YRQF Release Date: 2000-10-17

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The Devil Rides Out: Music For Hammer Horror, Romance And Adventure (Film Score Anthology Re-recording) Manufacturer: Silva Screen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008132 Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

1. Vampire Rhapsody [From Kiss of the Vampire] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
2. Ayesha-She Who Must Be Obeyed [From She Done Him Wrong] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
3. Desert Quest and Bedouin Attack [From She Done Him Wrong] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
4. In the Kingdom of She-Processional [From She Done Him Wrong] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
5. In the Kingdom of She-The Cruelty of She [From She Done Him Wrong] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
6. Eternal Flame and The Destruction of She [From She Done Him Wrong] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
7. Christina [From Frankenstein Created Woman] - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Power of Evil [From the DeVil Rides Out] - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Invocation to the Devil/Dance Frenzy/Incarnation-The Goat of ... - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Awakening and Absolution [From the DeVil Rides Out] - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
11. Love Theme [From the Scars of Dracula] - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
12. Introduction and Death of the Monster [From the Quatermass Expirement] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
13. Radiation and Requiem [From X-The Unknown] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
14. Defeat of the Aliens [From Quatermass II] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
15. Finale [From Quatermass II] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir

Average customer rating:

Eternal Rhapsody Pandit C.R. Vyas Manufacturer: Navras ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD India | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000488TN Release Date: 2000-02-14

Tracks:

1. Raga Shree: Soon le Ho Araj Mora
2. Raga Shree: Vilambit Khayal in Jhaptaal
3. Raga Shree: Kahe Dar Paun Main
4. Raga Shree: Drut Khayal in Ektaal
5. Raga Gauri: Khabariya le Ho Mori Khayal in Madhyalaya Teentaal
6. Raga Marwa: Rakho Mori Laaj Khayal in Madhyalaya Jhaptaal
7. Raga Marwa: Ho Guniyan Mil Gao Bajao
8. Raga Marwa: Drut Khayal in Ektaal

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