C.W.A.

C.W.A.

ASIN: B0007N19YG

Track Listings

1. Holdin' Back

2. The #

3. End of the Night

4. Sea of Grass

5. Stupid Girl

6. Maybe I'm in Love

7. Bessie's Song

8. Maxfield Parrish Sky

9. You're So Boring

10. Baby Please

11. Stateline

12. Drawn

13. Mr. Spaceman

Tracks:

Divertimento In B-Flat (Adagio)
Cassation (Final-Musik) In G - Adgio
Divertimento In G Minor (Andante)
String Quartet No. 12 In B-Flat - Adagio
Divertimento In D, KV 131 - Adagio
'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' - Romance (Andante)
Divertimento In D, KV 136 - Andante
Serenade In B-Flat 'Gran Partita' - Adagio
Prelude No. 3 In F
String Quartet No. 1 In B-Flat - Adagio
Violin Concerto In D - Andante cantabile
Divertimento In B-Flat - Adagio

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful.......2007-06-26

I bought this CD to listen to at work (I am 6 months pregnant). The quality is awesome and the choice of songs is perfect I can listen to it over and over.

Great for putting kids to sleep!.......2007-06-08

I absolutely love this CD! In fact this is our second one because we wore out the first since we played it so much. It is very soothing, and in fact we used it to help both our kids (now 4 and 18 mo) go to sleep since they were babies. I highly recommend it!

Very Relaxing.......2007-04-10

It is very soothing and really helps you relax. I enjoy listening to it in the car during my high stress commute.

A Must Have for all Parents of Little Children !!!.......2006-11-25

I bought this when my first baby was...well, a baby. That was 8 years ago. Now I am on my 4th copy of this cd (Mozart For Mothers to Be) and my 3rd child. Nothing works better. I'm on here to buy my 4th copy becasue I've worn them out over the years and have to keep replaceing them. My 8 and 3 year old still use it, and now the new baby, also. Make it part of your nightly bed time routine and you'll have good little sleepers in no time. I swear by it. It is very soothing, calming and not distracting so it won't drive you bonkers if you can hear it a little from the next room.

A truely great gift for new parents, or if you have a sleepless little one at home. Turn on the cd, turn down the lights and let it sooth them to sleep.

Inspire the baby-within.......2005-12-13

Beyond sheer musical appreciation and enjoyment, Mozart's music in general is ideal for gently stimulating the "creative centers" as well as instilling a sense well-being. While there is much academic disagreement about the extent or reality of the so-called "Mozart Effect," it doesn't take a genius to observe how Mozart's music puts most people (and probably babies-to-be) in a happy mood ready to take on the day's challenges. There is a simplicity - yet elegance and musical brilliance - in his music that is also well-suited for the youngest of children.

The selections on this CD are all excellent and represent a nice range of Mozart's compostions, emphasising those that are ideal for creating a pleasant backdrop for leisure, dining and social occasions ("divertimentos"). The recordings are from the creme of musicians famous for their Mozart. Few works are as elegant and soaring as the Serenade #10 for winds - an astonishingly beautiful tune made famous from the early scenes of the movie, "Amadeus." Mozart supreme gifts of music are even seen in such humble "background music" as these pieces. And such continuity of warm, leisurely tones as these over 70 minutes is ideal for inspiring the baby to-be if that is why you are considering this CD. Better to expose a baby to the gentile, lyrical music of Mozart than to the dissonant, loud and disturbing tones of some classical music written well after Mozart.

As the reviewer below rightfully notes, compilation CD's of various unrelated works like this one is not quite how classical music is best meant to be heard. But in a way it is better for many to start with such collections like this - especially for those who just want the more quiet selections that are unintrusive. In that respect, this collection can be satisfying for most anyone (not just moms or babies). I have a huge classical music collection, but still really enjoy listening to one full CD of similar-temperament music like this one that flows easily and smoothly that doesn't demand my attention but only seeks to delight. And, in the end, that was the simple and primary goal of many of Mozart's compositions - to be purely enjoyed and delighted.

Average customer rating:

What a great find!
Fun and interesting songs
this is a very good C.W. album but not the best
They should make every community planning board
C W McCALL hits the nerves

C.W. McCall - Greatest Hits
C.W. McCall
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ASIN: B000001FE3
Release Date: 1993-09-21

Tracks:

Convoy
The Silverton
Four Wheel Drive
Wolf Creek Pass
Classified
There Won't Be No Country Music (There Won't Be No Rock 'N' Roll)
Old Home Filler-Up An' Keep On A-Truckin' Cafe
Crispy Critters
'Round The World With The Rubber Duck
Black Bear Road
Roses For Mama
Aurora Borealis

Amazon.com

The linkage between consumerism and popular music finds a strange analogue in William Fries, a.k.a. C.W. McCall. Trained in graphic design and advertising, Fries invented his trucker persona while working on a bakery ad campaign and helped drive the trucker craze of the '70s with a slew of novelty tunes, few of which have aged very well. McCall described his delivery as a "walkin', talkin' singin' style," though emphasis always falls on his deadpan spoken wit. McCall never took himself seriously, and tunes like "Crispy Critters" and "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck" will inspire a laugh at just how weird the '70s could be. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

What a great find!.......2007-02-14

Back in high school, yes too many years to be counting!!! This was one that we enjoyed listening to. Lots of fun.
I've now introduced my teenage boys to these fun musical stories, and they are played over and over and OVER!!!

Nice to have a family CD in the car that everyone enjoys!!! Fun entertainment for the kids and adults alike.

Looking for the rest of the songs to be released as well!!!

Fun and interesting songs.......2006-05-18

C.W. McCall (nope, there was no one in the band with that name) was the creation of Billy Dale Fries. The idea for the group and the songs came from a series of advertising features Fries created for the Metz Baking Company, that included a trucker named C.W. McCall! Well, the rest, as they say, is history! Combining the work of Billy Fries, Chip Davis (of Mannheim Steamroller fame) and a number of other talents, C.W. McCall produced a number of songs that were quite popular in their time.

I must admit, I am getting nostalgic at this point in my life, and I really wanted to hear some of the great C.W. McCall songs again, so my loving wife went out and got this album for me. It's a great album, full of the great songs that I remember. Yeah, Convoy was their biggest hit, but it actually isn't one of my favorites. I love The Silverton, Four Wheel Drive, and Aurora Borealis.

I am so happy playing this album, which I do all the time. My son said that it reminded him of that trucker movie (Smokey and the Bandit), and it is from the same era and genre. Overall, I think this is a great album, with lots of fun and interesting songs. I love this album, and highly recommend it.

this is a very good C.W. album but not the best.......2006-03-19

This is one of the better albums of C.W.McCall's tunes.
I've been looking for years for a copy of the Wolf Creek Pass album. I have it on a worn out 8-track and can't seem to locate it anywhere else. With songs like Nite Rider, Old Sloan,Classified, 4-Wheel Drive, Old Thirty and more. This one will serve as a substitute till I can find one.

They should make every community planning board.......2005-07-24

Listen to "There won't be no country Music there won't be No Rock and Roll" before they vote on things.

When I listen to this song I realize how accurate he was almost 30 years ago.

"And the whole damn world is gonna be made of styrene"

Remember the popular advertising commercial of the Indian crying at all of the pollution. It was playing roughly the same time.

Lot of good old songs. Folk songs the way it was meant to be.

C W McCALL hits the nerves.......2004-12-22

This CD has some of the best tracks and the worst track ever from the legend that is CW.. What I liked least was 'Roses for Mama' not a good track for driving across Europe to. GOOD thats out the way... Best track is a tie between Aurora Borealis for its atmosphere and wonder and care for nature -- who needs big cities anyway !! AND 'Classified'.. superb!! Comedy, Skill, Story telling at its best. Then Four wheel drive, reminders of the Wilderness album... Convoy - what ever happened to Black Bear Road - there is an audience in GB here in Scotland, where we can sing along but can't get our hands on it .. Friends of mine in Germany in the car club would KILL to be able to listen all day long to this champion

Average customer rating:

Fun music, terrrible packaging
Good But Carefull
We Got A Great Big Convoy Rocking Through The Nigh
great but not excellent
Really Is The Best

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ASIN: B0000047O1
Release Date: 1998-04-08

Tracks:

Convoy
Jackson Hole
Four Wheel Cowboy
Wolf Creek Pass
Old Home Filler-Up An' Keep On A-Truckin' Cafe
The Gallopin' Goose
Audobon
There Won't Be No Country Music (There Won't Be No Rock 'N' Roll)
Long Lonesome Road
Green River
Black Bear Road

Customer Reviews:

Fun music, terrrible packaging.......2007-06-09

C.W. McCall is one of those guilty pleasure listening experiences. You know its cheesy, you know its not great music, but you love it just the same. This CD, like all of his greatest hits albums, collects all the songs you need (really there are only two or three) and more.

The problem is the packaging is TERRIBLE! The picture on the cover looks like it was pulled off a Web site. It is horribly pixelated and is used all over the cover. Frankly I'm suspicious that this isn't some bootlegged CD, though the sound quality is fine.

So if you want to update your old cassette of C.W. McCall to CD, look for a different one, this one is a dud.

Good But Carefull .......2005-02-22

For my money, make Convoy the last song you buy this for..not the first! Black Bear Road, The classified...and several others are essential...and beat the overly popularized Convoy as his best tune. That said, pick your best

We Got A Great Big Convoy Rocking Through The Nigh.......2003-09-02

I Love C.W.McCall his music is so much fun and at the same time he has a seriouse side there are some classics on here like Convoy(natch),Silvertone,Old Home Fill'er up and Keep on Truckin Cafe and Autobaun
C.W.McCall Rules

great but not excellent.......2003-01-29

From the Roundhouse at Ridgway to the Depot in Durango on board the Rio Grande Southern RR's Gallopin Goose rail car number 5, to driving a load of chickens on a flatbed out of Wiggins over Wolf Creek Pass to 4x4ing over Black Bear Road to running in a Convoy or Rafting on the Green River this album has it all but it is somewhat lacking in song selection such as where's the better knowin train song "The Silverton"? and two of the best trucking songs I know "Night Rider" and "I've Trucked All Over this Land"? and don't forget old 30 and Riverside Slide which is based on a true story. If CW put those songs on this or a new CD it would be in my book Excellent

Really Is The Best.......2002-12-02

C.W. McCall lived a hard-knock life and has been largely under appreciated as a singer. His songs, however, paint lively and glorious pictures of a life many of us love to imagine. The classic Convoy is probably his best known work. Wolf Creek Pass is another wonderful classic evoking images of the trucker life and the funny things that can sometimes happen. My favorite McCall song is Green River. I can almost see the mists of the early morning...men in plaid flannel blowing on their hands and sipping steaming cups of coffee. The canyon walls echo with their whispered talk as the river roars it's challenge. No McCall song sets my mind into over-drive like this one. If you only buy one C.W. McCall album, make sure it includes Green River.

Average customer rating:

Salute to America
A good choice but...
Ho-Hum
"Boston Pops".. Alway's do the Job!
Full-Spirited

Salute to America

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Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

Candide (Overture)
New York, New York (America Medley)
Lonely Town (America Medley)
America (Ameriaca Medley)
Battle Hymn of the Republic
American Salute
America the Beautiful
This Land is Your Land
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Strike Up the Band
When the Saints go Marchin' In

Customer Reviews:

Salute to America.......2006-07-27

Very similar in quality and music to I Love A Parade and a very upbeat reminder of why we are a patriotic nation. The arrangements and quality of the songs are great.

A good choice but..........2005-06-29

It is not the best CD that I have bought but it is an honest one. The orchestration is good, the choice of tunes is excellent and the tunes are well played. As you know, it is always difficult to say : I like it or I hate it because hearing a CD is a question of personal point of view. In my case, I may not say that I like it or I hate it, I prefer some other orchestration but it us a good CD.

Ho-Hum.......2005-06-08

I wanted some rousing marching music. This album is half asleep. The sound quality is poor. Apparently Mr. Williams writes better music than he conducts.

"Boston Pops".. Alway's do the Job!.......2001-10-03

John Williams/Boston Pops.. Salute to America.

And they do! They salute America! This is a wonderful C.D
Battle Hymn of the Republic, is great..

New York, New York,will bring tears to your eyes!
12 renditions in all..

All these are performed wonderfully, and well worth the money!

I would recommend this to anyone who loves patriotic music, it will stir the heart and soul of Americans....

Full-Spirited.......2000-09-02

I'm a classical music/opera person for the most part. But I find this CD entralling. Even the organization of the CD is ideal-almost like a symphony--with the rousing Candide Overture and the musical medleys at the beginning, the patriotic songs as the B section, and the Dixieland and other music from American musicals to finish up. And I particularly like the orchestration of the medleys. A wonderful CD.

Average customer rating:

Horowitz Returns to Moscow at the Age of 82
My favorite classical recording of all time.
Oh, God...5 stars would be simply unfair...
Magnificent!!! Bravo Horowitz!!
Amazing

Horowitz in Moscow

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ASIN: B000001G7Y
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Sonata In E Major, K.380 (L.23): Andante Comodo
Piano Sonata In C Major, K.330 (300 h): Allegro Moderato
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Soirees De Vienne: Valse-Caprice No.6: Allegro Con Spirito
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Mazurka In F Minor, Op.7, No.3: Allegretto
Kinderszenen: Traumerei
Etincelles, Morceau Caracteristique Op.36, No. 6: Allegro Scherzando
Polka de W. R.: Allegretto

Amazon.com essential recording

Along with the extramusical significance of the aged Horowitz's return to his erstwhile homeland, there's plenty here for seekers of the essential Horowitz. Perhaps his finest Mozart recording, the C-major Sonata, gets a forward-moving reading distinguished by an Andante Cantabile movement that sings the music with the tonal splendor and command of line characteristic of the beloved bel canto singers of the past whom Horowitz looked to as musical models. The program's remainder is as formidable, and only a curmudgeon could fail to smile with delight at a favorite Horowitz encore, Rachmaninoff's Polka de W.R. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Horowitz Returns to Moscow at the Age of 82.......2007-05-06

This profoundly beautiful recording was made in 1986, when Horowitz was 82. This was his first visit since he had left his homeland at the age of 22. The recording itself will make you cry, and when you read the CD insert, written masterfully by Charles Kuralt, of CBS News, you will cry some more. Mr. Kuralt speaks of Horowitz's life away from his homeland and his return. Many touching pictures of Horowitz with his wife, family, and music students enhance Mr. Kuralt's write up.
This recording of the live performance of Horowitz is superb. You will sit with your body rigid, with your hands cold and clenched, and with a smile of anticipation glued on your face, and will wait for the great maestro to play. Here you are, imagining that you are in Moscow, right there and then, and you are moved to tears by the music. What is it about the great performers that they make you breathless with the anticipation of the next note, although you know all these timeless favorites so well? In the search for an answer, I have gone so far even to read the books and articles about the biological foundation of music. I did find information about the neuronal connections and developments of various areas in the brains of the musicians. However, I did not find an explanation as to why is it that the average listener gets uplifted and enriched so much by the music when it is played by the great performers, but may be completely uninvolved when the lesser musicians play the same music. Do we have some sort of music receptors that can be triggered only by the selected few? In the absence of a scientific explanation, I have temporarily accepted that there is some sort of magic, which flows through the performer, and every soul in the concert hall. The great performers know how to make this magical connection with the average listeners. Somehow, I believe, the performer and the audience feed on each other.
I remember reading somewhere how Horowitz loved to perform. He said that he could make people in the audience hold their breath while his hand is up, in the great anticipation of his hand coming down to the keyboard. Yes, it is true; I was literally dying in the anticipation of the next note in many passages. Mr. Horowitz is a great master of passion. Just when you think that you cannot take any more passion, he tones it down, but he never lets the momentum of passion be lost.
You will love to death Horowitz's selection, each a real gem: Sonatas by Scarlatti and Mozart, Preludes by Rachmaninov, Etudes by Scriabin, Chopin Mazurkas, and much more.
You will love this recording!

My favorite classical recording of all time........2007-03-19

I have a couple of hundred classical CDs, and like most of them. But this is the one I play the most. It mixes familiar piano works with others that were entirely new to me.

The concert was held during Horowitz's first return to Moscow, and the emotion of both artist and audience seem audible. Anyhow, the playing is inspired.

Oh, God...5 stars would be simply unfair..........2006-06-07

Upon hearing this record for the first time, I had to pinch myself to make sure I was actually listening to such an amazing, if not perfect display of talent and beauty. After having listened to it over and over again along the years, maybe more than 1000 times, I still find it hard to believe that the guy was even a human being. The only fair review for such a record would be a wordless one: nothing I can write or say would do justice to the rich, almost infinte world of emotions, thoughts and colors he's able to convey through his playing. 20 stars. ;-)

Magnificent!!! Bravo Horowitz!!.......2006-01-07

I remember hearing all about this concert in Moscow when I was a kid. Whatever I thought - so some old guy played in Mosocw.

Well, reader you must forgive me for my stupidity, because for some time I realize the greatness of Maestro Horowitz, and the importance of his playing in Moscow, his hometown and homeland after 60 years.

I bought this album because I remember the hoopla in 1986. I was not dissapointed. The playing is emotional and incredible. Horowitz really was an amazing piano player - the ability to hold rapture over the audience is captured here. Those fingers -connected to a difficult, sole-eating, slight, Russian man - were magic. Wow. Those beautiful notes he plays hold in the air like ripe fruit. A master at work!

This was an inspired performance by a magician on the ivories. If your wondering what the fuss was about, or you want a CD that expresses how classical music can move the soul - then I recommend this CD very highly. Along with the Three Tenors IN Concert, it just has some inherent quality to move you.

Horowitz may have made better studio recordings, and better live recordings, but I am convinced this is just a good. I join along with the gentleman who can be heard yelling "BRAVO" at the conclusion of several pieces. BRAVO!

Amazing.......2005-11-19

Every now and then throughout history a genius in a certain area or discpline emerges. Whether it is Newton, Mozart, Freud. Horowitz falls into this category. Although there are some contrarians who don't like Horowitz, these people are usually not pianists and mere amateurs. Not for nothing he is considered one of the best if not the best pianists. Saying someone does not appreciate Horowitz is the equivalent of the creationists denying evolution.
Horowitz does things with the piano that are practically impossible to emulate or duplicate. His control over color, sound and pedalling dynamics just boggles the mind. He balances left hand right hand accents in a unique way. Horowitz reaches what is in my opinion the most technically challenging accomplishment, namely being ablt to play multiple voices simultaneously as if they all are autonomous one from the other, namely, playing three voices in which one has a crescendo, another a descrescendo and a third staying the same. I challenge any pianist to go to the piano and play 10 different level of marginal volume differences. starting from forte to pianissimo. For non musicians... this is like a shotput thrower throwing the shotput 100 times and hitting 50 feet, then 50 feet and 1/4 inches, 50 and half inches (you get this point) back and forth. This control over volume is just unparralled in the world of music. It is as if Horowitz fingers have their own brains and can do things that boggle the mind. This is akin to inducing schizophrenia in mice. There is NO ONE in the solar system who can play like this.

Into the Twangy First Century/Row vs. Wade

Average customer rating:

Almost Genius
This Album Is A Ball!
Great Listening
Bad to the Bonegrass..

Into the Twangy First Century/Row vs. Wade
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Release Date: 2006-07-31

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Ballad Of the Burns Brothers
Walkin' the Dog
Medley: Unchained Medley: Flint Hill Special (Intro)/What'd I Say/Superstition/Stop In the Name Of Love
My Girl
Sweet Soul Music
Hold On I'm Comin'
Medley: Opus Taylor: Working In The Coal Mine/I Feel Good
Medley: Suite T: Wildwood Flower/In the Midnight Hour/Please, Please, Please
Medley: Bill's Medley: Can't Turn You Loose/I've Been Loving You Too Long
Itchy Twitchy Spot (Parody Of Achy Breaky Heart)
Let Me In
Medley: Hot Corn, Cold Corn/I Like It Like That
Reach Out, I'll Be There
Hold What You've Got
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Spanish Harlem
I Second That Emotion
Chain Of Fools
Bring It On Home To Me

Product Description

1. Ballad Of The Burns Brothers
2. Walkin' The Dog
3. Unchained Medley: Flint Hill Special (Intro)/What'd I Say/Superstition/Stop In..
4. My Girl
5. Sweet Soul Music
6. Hold On I'm Comin'
7. Opus Taylor: Working In The Coal Mine/I Feel Good
8. Suite T: Wildwood Flower/In The Midnight Hour/Please, Please, Please
9. Bill's Medley: Can't Turn You Loose/I've Been Loving You Too Long
10. Itchy Twitchy Spot (Parody Of Achy Breaky Heart)
11. Let Me In
12. Medley: Hot Corn Cold Corn/I Like It Like That
13. Reach Out I'll Be There
14. Hold What You've Got
15. Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours)
16. Papa Was A Rolling Stone
17. Spanish Harlem
18. I Second That Emotion
19. Chain Of Fools
20. Bring It On Home To Me

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Almost Genius.......2007-04-24

I bought these when they were first released (1993 & 1994). Bought the first one "Into the Twangy-First Century" on a whim - because I recognized Russell Smith on the cover. Smith was/is the songwriter/signer for the Amazing Rhythm Aces, one of my favorite bands of all time.

I bought them and made a conscious decision to keep them in good shape thinking: "no way these oddball recordings would ever be re-issued." Glad I was wrong for you Run C&W newbies . . . welcome to the club! The musicianship is amazing. I mean, listen to this line-up:

VINCE MELMED:SINGER/SONGWRITER who has played with the Eagles, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffett, Dan Fogelberg, Bobby Womack, Rosanne Cash, J.D. Souther, Rita Coolidge and Danny O'Keefe.

RUSSELL SMITH: leader of the Amazing Rhythm Aces and writer of the classic song 'Third Rate Romance';

BERNIE LEADON: formerly w/ the Flying Burrito Brothers, the Eagles, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band;

JIM PHOTOGLO: prolific singer/songwriter whose most famous song may be the #1 'Fishin' In the Dark' by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

As Rug Burns would say, "'preciate it."

This Album Is A Ball!.......2007-03-26

I'm sure this album was intended as nothing more than a parody of '60s R&B music, with the humorous verse changes and anecdotes included. What transpired is a delightful version of these old standards done Bluegrass style by a very talented group of musicians. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!

Great Listening.......2007-01-12

Greetings. I made the purchase and enjoyed listening. I took it to work, and it was an instant hit with my co-workers! We all listen to different styles of music, and we all love it! I ended up makeing a purchase of a second copy for one of my co-workers.

Not only is it, Just plain funny, but it is great to listen too at the same time. I recomend it to anyone, country music fan or not!

Bad to the Bonegrass.........2006-09-29

I bought these albums years ago, and somehow misplaced them; I can't believe that they are finally being reissued. Run C&W were doing bluegrass covers of Motown hits before it occured to anyone else; the difference is in their drive and passion for both types of music. Their music could easily descended into cornball territory if it didn't hit you so hard in the gut when you hear it. Highlights are "My Girl", "Walkin' the Dog", "Stop in the Name of Love", "Papa was a Rolling Stone" and on and on. Forget "Strummin' with the Devil"; these guys are the real Mccoy...

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Kuijken reigns supreme!
fine, but better can be had
Great recording!
Top performance and a bargain
Wow! Where Did These Guys Come From?

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88 - 92

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Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

Symphony No. 88 In G Major: I. Adagio - Allegro
Symphony No. 88 In G Major: II. Largo
Symphony No. 88 In G Major: III. Allegreto
Symphony No. 88 In G Major: IV. Allegro con spirito
Symphony No. 89 In F Major: I. Vivace
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Symphony No. 89 In F Major: III. Menuet
Symphony No. 89 In F Major: IV. Vivace assai
Symphony no. 92 in G major: I: Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
Symphony no. 92 in G major: II: Adagio
Symphony no. 92 in G major: III: Allegretto
Symphony no. 92 in G major: IV: Presto

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Symphony in C major, No. 90: I. Adagio - Allegro assai
Symphony in C major, No. 90: II. Andante
Symphony in C major, No. 90: III. Menuet
Symphony in C major, No. 90: IV. Allegro assai
Symphony in E flat major, No. 91: I. Largo - Allegro assai
Symphony in E flat major, No. 91: II. Andante
Symphony in E flat major, No. 91: III. Menuet
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Customer Reviews:

Kuijken reigns supreme!.......2007-05-04

These 5 symphonies were composed between the perennially popular 'Paris' and 'London' cycles in the late 1780's. Only the 92nd is named - 'Oxford', after Haydn received an honary doctorate from that university. It is a justly famous work, fully comparable with Mozart's late symphonies
The others are an absolute delight displaying the wit and brilliance of orchestration that had made Haydn famous throughout Europe. The largo of the 88th is surely one of Haydn's most beautiful!
There are a number of very commendable performances of the works available, though few offer the intuitive grasp that Kuijken and his players display, and at super bargain price.
Collectors of Kuijken's survey of Haydn's music need not hesitate, while others are strongly urge to.

fine, but better can be had.......2006-08-15

These are tenderly played and executed symphonies; but perhaps a little too tenderly and too strict an adherence to original practice technique. Take the magisterial symphony no. 92 as an example: well played, but lacking the excitement and incredible lush (and I may add, old fashioned) sound of Karl Böhm with the Vienna (nla). The introduction is stately, but lacks drive and passion and when the Allegro begins it is understated and under- whelming. I am no opponent of original instruments; I rather think Adam Fischer with the Austro Hungarian Haydn Orchestra maintains the drama and excitement of Haydn better though I have not heard him do these particular symphonies. For the bargain price I may be getting petty, after all they are played well and these are thoughtful performances but it may be a good idea to look elsewhere.

Great recording!.......2003-01-31

This is a great recording! Lots of energy. I find music hard to describe so give it a listen on your Real Player.

Top performance and a bargain.......2002-01-09

If you are looking for two of the most beautiful late Haydn symphonies in one set, this is it! No. 88 (no name) and no. 92 (Oxford) do not belong to the "Paris" or "London" groups of Haydn's symphonies, they are in between. While every movement of no. 88 is a gem, the slow movement is one of the most beautiful compositions in all of classical music. (Remember Brahms' saying, I wish the slow movement of my ninth will sound like this.) The better known no. 92 is perhaps the most dramatic and energetic of all of Haydn's symphonies. Nos. 89 - 91 are beautiful works too, but perhaps not as truly great in every movement as nos. 88 and 92. The performances are dynamic and warm at the same time, i.e. really exciting. The sound is first-rate. A bargain. I have no doubt this should be given a rating of five stars.

Wow! Where Did These Guys Come From?.......2000-04-22

This is an excellent value for the nine dollars or whatever it is, and I'd highly encourage everyone to get it. Granted, there are points where the playing sounds restrained and almost flat, such as the last movement of the 89th symphony. It's also true that Kuijken doesn't have the flair for the dramatic that Solti or Bernstein et al. would have; the music isn't necessarily given any special interpretation. But it is interpreted solidly and with a surprising amount of energy; as well, the skill level of the orchestra is outstanding. What really drew me to these recordings, however, was their earthy, "gutsy" tone; the harpsichord and drum parts to these symphonies, parts which are so integral to Haydn's work, are more prominent than usual, and this takes the music from being something refined and snobbish in a concert hall to being something everyone can identify with. Buy this CD! Now!

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Very Refined Yet Not Uncharming - One of Her Best Performances
Lovely, heartfelt Bach
It's perfect.
Elegant Artistry
Hewitt or Gould

Bach: French Suites / Angela Hewitt
Johann Sebastian Bach , and Angela Hewitt
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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Customer Reviews:

Very Refined Yet Not Uncharming - One of Her Best Performances.......2007-03-27

Ms Hewitt has never quite swept me away, and she certainly does nothing here to suggest she is a legendary pianist. However, she is very at ease with these works, and brings to them quite a bit of charm and piquancy. She's convincing and - my most important criteria for rating any CD - relistenable. The music itself is fresh and delightful, as charming as anything in all of Bach - he could be very charming indeed: though for too many Bach is revered as serious and intellectual. Anyway, these are nice performances and perhaps it's just my personal taste, but I find Ms Hewitt's efforts here in the lighter keyboard repetoire of Bach easier to accept than most of her efforts in the French repetoire.
The great performances of Bach's French Suites remain those of long ago - Helmut Wacha on the harpsichord, but those are not currently available in America.

Lovely, heartfelt Bach.......2005-11-07

Bach's music weaves together many elements: heartfelt story-telling, intellectual fascination, inspiring technique, and joyful dance. My favorite Bach interpreters are those who can reveal the innate sensitivity of Bach's music, and Angela does that superbly. Her tone is always singing, her dance rhythms will set even Grandma to jumping and cavorting, and her emotional connection so intimate I thought it was my mother singing to me in the cradle.

I particularly like that her technique never becomes showy in itself; even the difficult final Gigue of Suite 5 is purely about dance and joy.

Her ornaments are always tasteful. Not easy to do with Bach, when you consider that ornamenting is a form of composition.. and to ornament well, one is essentially adding to Bach's composition.

Her interpretation of Bach on the piano (as opposed to the harpsichord, for which is was written) is absolutely convincing.

This is my first CD purchase of Angela's Bach, and I plan to get them all.

It's perfect........2005-09-10

Awesome CDs. You need to have this if you enjoy piano classical music. Angela performs the best french suites!

Elegant Artistry .......2005-08-14

Recorded early in Angela Hewitt's Bach cycle, the popular French Suites (along with the "Little Preludes" and other two more dynamic virtuoso pieces) take a step back from the more serious and complex fugal compositions of Bach and settle into the restrained elegance of the courtly and rustic dances of the era. Although Bach never titled these works as "French," the suites take much of their inspritation from the various "dance" forms of music in that period (French mainly) that form each suite: the processional German-inspired allemandes ... the stately French courantes ... the spicier Italian correntes ... the slow and meditative sarabandes of Spanish-origin ... the French-aristocratic minuets, gavottes and airs ... the bouncy and free-spirited bourrees ... and, to close the suite, the most musically serious French gigues (inspired by the English 'jig'). The three minor-key suites take a more introverted flavor while the three major-key suites are more extraverted and bright. Suites 5 and 6 are perhaps the most popular for their bright, major-key sounds.

Every generation has its one or two Bach legends, and for the 'boomer generation,' one of them is certainly Angela Hewitt. Her poised playing finds its natural home here and wonderfully matches the spirit of this elegant, gentle and noble music. Her decorative touches are pure artistry and always delightfully enhance the atmosphere of the music without detracting or distracting. Penguin Guide gave this set their "Recommended Recording" of all the available recordings of the French Suites. It all just sounds "right" for this type of music. Addtionally, the sound quality is clear and without extraneous noise and has a somewhat-spacious but pleasant ambiance.

The so-called "Little Preludes" were exercises for Bach's son or pupils but really are not so "little" in terms of style or substance. Most are light and delightful - with some pure charm (BWV933). Notably Hewitt makes them all sound - not as mere exercises - but as viable performances in themselves. On a more virtuostic scale are the "filler works" on this CD: the Sonata in D minor and the Prelude/Fugue in A minor - the former being transcribed from the solo violin sonata in A minor (BWV 1003) and the latter being a work Bach later encorporated into the "Triple Concerto (BWV 1044, on Hewitt's Bach Concertos Vol. I). The closing allegro of the Sonata is a highlight and is played by Hewitt with an effortless radiance. Her galloping triplets and ever-so delicate and deft shifts in dynamics and touch here create the famous Bach "echo" that gives a facinating and larger-than-life quality to the movement. All-in-all, a most pleasant, accessible and artistic recording from one of the most talented pianists playing Bach today.

If you are trying to sort out Bach's great solo keyboard music, you can characterize them like this in general: the FRENCH SUITES are overall the most refined, elegant and 'restrained' musically (French courtly style) as compared to the more dynamic preludes and dances in the ENGLISH SUITES (but also having haughtingly-beautiful sarabandes to contrast). Along with the great showpieces, CHROMATIC FANTASY & FUGUE in C minor, the PARTITAS and the TOCCATAS are certainly the most outright virtuostic of the sets - with the latter being the most free of form and the most extemporaneous sounding. The two books of Bach's "WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER" are in a class of their own from the often-charming preludes in Book I to the most complex musical-intelligence contained in the fugues of Book II. Bach's WTC is both systematic and pedogogic but also delightfully lyrical and often deeply meditative and is essential music in any piano-loving human being. This wide range of contrasting emotional qualities (movements) is really characteristic of nearly all of Bach's keyboard music and is most marvelously showcased in the legenday 30 GOLDBERG VARIATIONS. All of Angela Hewitt's Bach recordings are excellent (no 'dogs') and are consistently rated among the top 2 or 3 choices in the field. Hard to go wrong with any really.

Hewitt or Gould.......2004-09-29

Angela Hewitt is often compared to Glenn Gould, her fellow Canadian pianist, because she also plays Bach. I won't compare them. When I listen to Gould I marvel at his genius. When I listen to Hewitt, I marvel at Bach's genius.