The Queen of Country Music

The Queen of Country Music

ASIN: B000008M77

Track Listings

1. Left to Right

2. Password

3. Wedding Ring Ago

4. I Don't Claim to Be an Angel

5. Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On

6. Lonely Side of Town

7. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

8. Release Me

9. I'll Repossess My Heart

10. Lonely Street

Tracks:

The Crush Collision March
Combination March
Harmony Club Waltz
Original Rags
Maple Leaf Rag
Swipesy Cakewalk
Reacherine Rag
Sunflower Slow Drag
The Augustan Club Waltz
The Easy Winners
Cleopha
A Breeze From Alabama
Elite Syncopations

Tracks:

The Entertainer
The Strenouous Life
March Majestic
Something Doing
Weaping Willow
Patr Leaf Rag
The Favorite
The Sycamore
The Cascades
The Chysanthemum
Bethena
Bink's Waltz
The Rosebud March

Tracks:

Leola
Eugenia
Antoinette
The Ragtime Dance
Searchlight Rag
Gladiolus Rag
Lily Queen
Rose Leaf Rag
Heliotrope Bouquet
The Nonpareil
Fig Leaf Rag
Sugarcane
Pineapple Rag

Tracks:

Wall Street Rag (1909)
Solace (1909)
Pleasant Moments (1909)
Country Club (1909)
Euphonic Moments (1909)
Paragon Rag (1909)
Stop-Time Rag (1910)
Felicity Rag (1911)
Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)
Kismet Rag (1913)
Magnetic Rag (1914)
Reflection Rag (1917)
Silver Swan Rag (1917)

Customer Reviews:

The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin.......2007-06-08

John Arpin does a great job with these pieces. The songs carry a consistent sound and are played very close to as-written, which comes and goes with old ragtime pieces. The stamping on Stop-Time Rag doesn't have a consistent sound to it, can be a little distracting. Everything else is great, overall I think that it's a great buy, I'm very happy with it.

Another Performer Rewrites Joplin's Masterpieces.......2007-05-31

Once again, another performer feels the need to rewrite the music of the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin spins in his grave each and every time this recording is played.

Again, to those who believe that concert music is meant to be rewritten by each and every performer I ask, is the same treatment also acceptable for Chopin's and Rachmaninoff's music? Would "Moonlight Sonata" sound better if played at twice the tempo and with a reprise of the first Adagio movement thrown in at the end? Obviously, the answer to these questions is a resounding NO!, so why does one of America's greatest composers get such disrespect?

Interpretation is an integral part of every performance. Adding one's own notes, phrases and chords where none should be is not. Randomly changing the structure of the piece is not. Playing a piece at twice the indicated tempo is not.

One the plus side, the depth of this collection is outstanding. Joplin's lesser known pieces like "Harmony Club Waltz" really shine. The recording is decent in quality, although a bit bassy in places.

While its been stated before, I feel its worth repeating: Buy Joshua Rifkin's performances of Joplin in order to hear how the Master intended his pieces to sound.

complete piano music of Scott Joplin on 4 CD's.......2007-02-14

Although all of the music is terrific it is rather a lot of a similar sound. I think I would have preferred 2 CD's of selected piano works of Scott Joplin. But I did get the music at a good price.

Ragtime Marvel.......2005-10-09

This collection of Scott Joplin's piano music is outstanding. As a lover of ragtime which was a prelude to jazz, I am thoroughly enjoying this collection. If you are not a lover of jazz, you may be a lover of ragtime. Jazz can sometimes be grating on the nerves, whereas ragtime lifts the spirit.

Complete, but poor quality.......2005-09-25

I have been learning some ragtime and wanted to hear more to find other selections to learn. Listened to Maple Leaf Rag, my favorite, first and was disappointed. Listened to others and was more disappointed. Maple flies - much faster than anyone would play it, you can't make out some of the phrases. And talk about ad libs - Tempo, dynamics, embelishments, nuances - I really think he plays some wrong notes too because he's going so fast. It's really a poor recording - and that's just on Maple Leaf. Others with "intros" start quick and then there's a grand pause, not a rest, but nearly a five second break. It's hard to argue how Joplin would have played it, but this is hardly anything I want to try to imitate. The only qualitating factor is the number of songs for the price. A lot of variety of a poor interpretation is only worth 3 stars. if that. Look for Rifkin or a copy that is as written to listen to first, then go for the ad libs and "artistic interpretations"

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The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!
Persuaders Theme!
A Variety Of Classics!
Incredible Barry Collection
" one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry"

John Barry: The Collection

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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High Road To China
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Out Of Africa
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Dances With Wolves
Chaplin
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Indecent Proposal
The Specialist
The Scarlet Letter
Cry The Beloved Country
Mercury Rising
The James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09

Granted, they only need it for one composition (the last one, "The James Bond Theme") but still, without the guitar it's just not the same. Barry didn't compose this one so I suppose it was a bonus and I shouldn't complain, really. The rest of the music on all the CDs is fantastic. Some of the stuff I had heard before without realizing who had composed it. Very enjoyable, to say the least.

Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02

Buy it for the Persuaders theme, probably the best TV theme song ever written.

A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06

John Barry has been composing film scores for over forty years and this is only scratching the surface of his productions. Never mind that the entire set is recorded by the Prague Philharmonic; it's pure to Barry's themes. While John Williams compositions ("Star Wars", etc.) are wild and flamboyant and Jerry Goldsmith's (Hoosier's, etc.) are mood pieces, John Barry crosses over all barriers and is amazingly diverse. Barry has recorded most of the exciting James Bond themes, melodramatic classics like "The Lion In Winter' and moody theme hits like "Midnight Cowboy". He also tugs at the heartstrings with compositions from, "Somewhere In Time", "Frances" and "Out Of Africa". He varies his themes for all types of films and few composers capture it so well.

There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.

Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11

Any fan of movies will absolutley love this collection. Being a movie buff I couldn't wait to get this boxed set. Knowing Barry from all the James Bond movies, I did not realize his involvement with so many others. The orchestra is magnificent in all these themes. I'm listening to "High Road to China" right now and I'm drifting in the clouds in a Tiger Moth with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong. If you are familiar with a movie it will definitely have you seeing it again, if not the scores are still beautiful. Any fan of classical music will be pleased as well. Travellers will defintitely enjoy it for a long drive. I know from when I use to travel that music like this made the miles float by faster. I highly recommend these four CDs even if you just know a handful of the songs.

" one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06

This collection of four compact discs...are worth their weight in GOLD! Barry creates visual moods for each film he scores...romantic, sentimental, action, adventure, suspense and mystery...the list could go on. Strings, brass and lush-velvet arrangements overlay each cue in his distinctive style of legendary scoring...we have ~ "John Barry:The Collection", Silva Screen's release traces 40 years of film music, featuring "The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra" ~ conducted by Mr. Nic Raine (outstanding)..."Crouch End Festival Chorus" ~ David Temple, Choir Master...perform 56 selections, over four hours of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em!

Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!

Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)

You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.

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nice assortment
aka "apollo's Banquet" watch out!
You may not want this if . . . .
Delightful Music-making!
Buy it!!!

English Country Dances
Douglass , Lawrence-King , and O'Dette
Manufacturer: Hmf Classical Exp.
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Release Date: 2002-11-12

Customer Reviews:

nice assortment.......2007-03-13

I enjoy historical music, and this cd was a good assortment of songs. I was expecting all bouncy country dances, but some tracks sound more complex and serious. I'm no expert on country dances, so I don't know if the selections are representative, but I enjoy the entire album. Perfect for an afternoon of relaxing with some good music and it won't put you to sleep.

aka "apollo's Banquet" watch out!.......2006-10-05

I can say that this was a surprise, and it's my fault for not checking the contents track by track. This is a re-issue of Apollo's banquet, and also a re-issue of the same from yet another name! I've had Apollo'w banquet for a long time. Somehow, I thought this CD would be mixed consort English music. Not so, it's mostly violin + cittern/ continuo.

Under the name "apollo's banquet" it's been a favorite of mine for years- very good division violin work, very nice improv too. This is top notch.

Nevertheless, beware! $6 for this disk is a real bargain- but it's still too pricey if you've already got it on your shelf! It seems this series is a fabulous value- I have the Italian renaissance dan ces vol 2 too, and it is also superb performace practice.

This series is a great way to buy excellent performances on the cheap- just watch out in case you already have it!

You may not want this if . . . ........2006-03-26

Personally, I found the music a bit slow and subdued. Not what one typically thinks of country dance music being like. However, the reason I rate it so low is because of the deception on the part of the producer/manufacturer/packager/whatever of this cd. This CD is actually the same - track for track, down to the timings - as "English Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master". But this CD is deceptively attributed to the individual members of the band instead of naming the group, The Broadside Band. It is cheaper than the original cd, though. The short and sweet - if you have the Broadside Band cd, you don't want this one.

Delightful Music-making!.......2005-08-27

These selections of English Country Dances from the publications of the English music publisher John Playford are recorded and played so well as to relegate any criticism to spoiled grapes. Perhaps a musicologist might carp on some fine points, but then again probably not - musicologists actually enjoy a good tune, too. There is a nice couple pages of notes by Jack Ashworth on the historical background of the music, and a further short page by David Douglass on how he envisioned the 'nature' of several of the pieces. There is also a French translation following the English notes. Seven instruments are mixed higgledy-piggledy as the performers deem best - a copy of a 1652 Amati Violin, and copies of a Theorbo, a Cittern, a 16-string harp, an Italian Double Harp, an Irish Harp, and a Guitar. For the curious Douglass plays the violin only, but offers playing consanguineous with his name.
Among the choices cut 15 - "Long Cold Nights" - seems almost New Age in its evocation of the heavens: one might be in Big Sur looking up at the stars. The many other pieces come in divers moods and tempi, with great care given to which instruments are employed. It's difficult to imagine anyone disliking such engaging tunes, such joy in their making. The recording is of course digital so it helps to have a system capable of taming the inevitable string stridencies, but that said - if you like music from this period, or are curious, this CD offers a wonderful selection.

Buy it!!!.......2003-09-12

This is a great cd! Very lively at times; very mellow at other times - but all tracks are wonderful interpretations of traditional songs by highly talented musicians....and who can argue with the price? BUY THIS CD if you are at all into this type of music!

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Inspiring, noble, and also relaxing!
Beautiful Music
I love this composer
Balanced & Refined English Folk Song Adaptations
A great CD

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

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Partita For Double String Orchestra: IV. Fantasia: Allegro
In the Fen Country
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Customer Reviews:

Inspiring, noble, and also relaxing!.......2007-06-15

Hi. I am familiar with a lot of classical music. However, I knew little about the oeuvre of Vaughan Williams. What a great find! Getting so much of his instrumental work is truly a bargain. He evokes the English countryside and folk traditions very effectively. "The Lark Ascending" is relaxing while also being a virtuoso piece of work. Makes me wonder if J.R.R. Tolkien, with his love for rural England, ever attended a concert by Vaughan Williams...

Highly recommended! :)

Beautiful Music.......2007-01-29

Each piece on this CD is wonderful to listen to. My 2 year old daughter takes her nap everyday with this CD playing softly in the background. This CD is a great deal as it includes 2 CD's including Vaughan Williams: Fantasies; the Lark Ascending; Five Variants. Which is also a wonderful CD, we got it for 2 friends at our church. But better to get this CD with 2 CD's for the price of one. My favorite is Fanatasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis!

I love this composer.......2006-03-17

While not all his works are to my taste, his pastoral ones are so gorgeous that you don't really care that the more boisterous ones are wanting.

Balanced & Refined English Folk Song Adaptations.......2005-02-04

Vaughan Williams is certainly one of the consummate English composers who took the folk song of his country and compsed delightful orchestra works around them.

This budget worthy 2-CD set displays this in two parts, the first performed by the Acadamey of St.Martin in-the-Fields while the second disc features more period instruments with the New Queen's Hall Orchestra and the London Philharmonic.

Celia Nicklin is superb with the Oboe Concerto nusancing this pastoral yet lively offering. Iona Brown likewise contributes a fine solo violin performance with "The Lark Ascending"

The strings also provide a strong offering on the "Tallis Fantasia", one of his strongest compositions on this selection.

Excellent example of this prominent English composer's love with folk song interpretation, in this recording done passionately and naturally.

A great CD.......2004-02-10

English Folk Song Suit is one of my favorite pieces ever! I first heard the song when I played it in Windensambe. It's an exciting piece to play and to listen to. I would recommend this Cd to anyone with an intrest in great music.

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Available at retailers for about $18
A classic compilation
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Scott Joplin: His Complete Works

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Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin
King of the Ragtime Writers
Entertainer: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls
Joplin: Treemonisha
Joplin: Piano Rags

ASIN: B000001RR2
Release Date: 1994-07-19

Tracks:

Please Say You Will - Richard Zimmerman
A Picture Of Her Face - Richard Zimmerman
The Great Crush Collision March - Richard Zimmerman
Harmony Club Waltz - Richard Zimmerman
Combination March - Richard Zimmerman
Original Rags - Richard Zimmerman
Maple Leaf Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Swipesy - Cake Walk - Richard Zimmerman
Sunflower Slow Drag - Richard Zimmerman
Peacherine Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Augustan Club Waltz - Richard Zimmerman
The Easy Winners - Richard Zimmerman
Cleopha - Richard Zimmerman
The Strenuous Life - Richard Zimmerman
I Am Thinking Of My Pickanniny Days - Richard Zimmerman
The Ragtime Dance - Richard Zimmerman
A Breeze From Alabama - Richard Zimmerman
Elite Syncopations - Richard Zimmerman

Tracks:

March Majestic - S. Joplin
The Entertainer - S. Joplin
Something Doing - S. Joplin
Weeping Willow - S. Joplin
Little Black Baby - S. Joplin
Palm Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
The Favorite - S. Joplin
The Sycamore - S. Joplin
The Cascades - S. Joplin
The Chrysanthemum - S. Joplin
Rosebud March - S. Joplin
Bethena - S. Joplin
Leola - S. Joplin
Sarah Dear - S. Joplin
Binks Waltz - S. Joplin
Eugenia - S. Joplin
Antoinette - S. Joplin
Snoring Sampson - S. Joplin

Tracks:

Gladiolus Rag - S. Joplin
Searchlight Rag - S. Joplin
The Nonpareil (None to Equal) - S. Joplin
When Your Hair Is Like The Snow - S. Joplin
Rose Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
Heliotrope Bouquet - S. Joplin
School Of Ragtime - S. Joplin
Fig Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
Sugar Cane - S. Joplin
Pine Apple Rag - S. Joplin
Wall Street Rag - S. Joplin
Solace - S. Joplin
Pleasant Moments - S. Joplin
Country Club - S. Joplin
Paragon Rag - S. Joplin
Euphonic Sounds - S. Joplin
Stoptime Rag - S. Joplin
Felicity Rag - S. Joplin

Tracks:

Highlights From Treemonisha - Richard Zimmerman
A Real Slow Drag - Richard Zimmerman
Prelude To Act 3 - Richard Zimmerman
Frolic Of The Bears - Richard Zimmerman
Lovin' Babe - Richard Zimmerman
Scott Joplin's New Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Kismet Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Magnetic Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Reflection Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Silver Swan Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Lily Queen - Richard Zimmerman
Sensation - Richard Zimmerman

Customer Reviews:

Available at retailers for about $18.......2006-12-21

Excellent collection - but there are re-sellers listed here that are selling this for as much $50 or $60. Yikes, most major retailers are selling this complete set for $18 - so beware.

A classic compilation.......2006-10-07

This collection is one of my most treasured possessions. (My father gave me the original 5-album set in the 70's when it was originally released on vinyl.)

This is the definitive collection of Scott Joplin's work. Richard Zimmerman provides wonderful performances that accurately reflect Joplin's intentions. (As evidence beyond my personal opinion, I submit the recent releases of digital recordings made from Joplin's piano rolls.)

A few points to consider regarding negative comments you may encounter in other reviews:
* This is a digital recording from an analog master. Lack of quality in the recording does not imply a lackluster performance.
* This is a complete collection. Some similarity is due to Joplin re-exploring melodic themes. But some is due to the fact that these are "rags". One might as well complain that all 50's doo-wop (or all 70's disco) sounds the same.
* Many pieces of the period exhibit formal musical structures, such as the marches of John Phillips Sousa. (Both Sousa and Joplin performed at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.) Actually, Joplin is responsible for extending the formal boundaries of ragtime to concert waltzes (Bethena) and opera (A Guest of Honor, Treemonisha)
* This is probably one of the few collections which will include selections from "Treemonisha". It is my understanding that after the initial release, one of Joplin's descendants made a copyright claim that was upheld in court. (I presume the issue was that Joplin had to finance "Treemonisha" himself, and therefore the customary performance clearances did not cover those selections.)

For ragtime students and enthusiasts, this is a "must-have" collection at a very affordable price.

A dis-service to Joplin.......2006-02-01

Sadly, the only virtue this set possesses is completeness.

The pianist does not play Joplin's pieces "as written", the piano is of poor quality, and not properly in tune.

This is emphatically NOT the set to buy. A far better set, beautifully annotated and well played on a good concert grand piano, is the complete works played by Guido Nielsen on the Basta Label.

This set is a dis-service to Joplin and his music. He deserves better, and gets it elsewhere.

Unique .......2004-10-19

I have several cd sets of Joplin's music: Rifkin, Arpo, Nielsen, and Zimmerman. All have their excellent qualities. What sets Zimmerman's set apart is the inclusion of excerpts from Joplin's opera, Treemonisha---especially "A Real Slow Drag." Why the other sets do not include excerpts from Treemonisha, I don't know---because they are some of his most beautiful and joyful pieces of music. Of course, you can hear the orchestrated version of Treemonisha in the Houston Grand Opera recording, and it is spectacular. But Zimmerman's piano version, especially of "A Real Slow Drag," is not to be missed.

Great set.......2001-10-16

I guess this will be a rather one sided review. I have been a fan of Scott Joplin since I first learned to play a piano.

I was shocked to see that one reviewer thought it all sounded the same. How silly. All of Frank Sinatra's music sounds like Frank Sinatra. All of Led Zeppelin sounds like Led Zeppelin. So, if the songs were drastically different, I would question if the same author composed them. As it is, though, each song on this set is fantastic!!

I don't know that I have heard of Richard Zimmerman, and I was a little leary as to what I would be getting, I certainly was impressed. Without a doubt the best renditions of "Weeping Willow" and "Bethena" I have heard, and at least a dozen songs I didn't know Joplin wrote.

Tracks:

Dioclesian: Overture
Dioclesian: Preludio
Dioclesian: Song Tune: 'Let The Soldiers Rejoice'
Dioclesian: Trumpet Tune
Dioclesian: Country Dance
Dioclesian: Aire
Dioclesian: Hornpipe
Dioclesian: Aire
Dioclesian: Canaries
King Arthur: Overture
King Arthur: Aire
King Arthur: Aire
King Arthur: Song Tune: 'Fairest Isle'
King Arthur: Hornpipe
King Arthur: Aire
King Arthur: Song Tune: 'How Blest Are Shepherds'
King Arthur: Aire
King Arthur: Song Tune: 'Round Thy Coast'
King Arthur: Song Tune: 'Come, If You Dare'
King Arthur: Trumpet Tune
King Arthur: Trumpet Tune
King Arthur: Chacone
The Fairy Queen: Overture
The Fairy Queen: Hornpipe
The Fairy Queen: Aire
The Fairy Queen: Aire
The Fairy Queen: Rondeau
The Fairy Queen: Preludio
The Fairy Queen: Hornpipe
The Fairy Queen: Overture
The Fairy Queen: Song Tune: 'If Love's A Sweet Passion'
The Fairy Queen: Jigg
The Fairy Queen: Dance for Furies (Fairies)
The Fairy Queen: Aire 4 In 2 (Dance For The Followers Of Night)
The Fairy Queen: Song Tune: 'Sing While We Trip It'
The Fairy Queen: Aire
The Fairy Queen: Aire
The Fairy Queen: Song Tune: 'Thus Happy And Free'
The Fairy Queen: Chacone
The Fairy Queen: Aire
The Indian Queen: Overture
The Indian Queen: Trumpet Tune
The Indian Queen: Trumpet Tune
The Indian Queen: Aire
The Indian Queen: Hornpipe
The Indian Queen: Aire
The Indian Queen: Hornpipe
The Indian Queen: Aire
The Indian Queen: Song Tune: 'WeThe Spirits Of The Air'
The Indian Queen: Rondeau

Customer Reviews:

a beautiful CD.......2003-11-26

This CD has given me so much pleasure that it feels almost a duty to recommend it. This is exquisite music, subtly and sonorously played. Do buy it!

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Release Date: 1992-09-08

Tracks:

The Royal Salute
The National Anthem
Here's A Health Unto Her Majesty
Crown Imperial
My Heart Is Inditing
Imperial March
Jerusalem
Orb And Sceptre
The King Shall Rejoice
Coronation March
Rule, Britannia
Trecento (Fanfare)
'Solomon': The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
Pomp And Circumstance March No. 4
Zadok The Priest
'Jupiter' ('The Planets'): I Vow To Thee My Country
Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1

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The Handel Collection

Manufacturer: American Gramaphone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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The Johann Sebastian Bach Collection
The Mozart Collection

ASIN: B0000005MH
Release Date: 1990-04-30

Tracks:

Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Harpsicord Suite in E: Air and Variations. The Harmonious Blacksmith
Semele: Where'er You Walk
Concerto a due cori no. 1 in B Flat
Organ concerto in F op 4 no 5
Water Music: Minuet in G
Water Music: Country Dance
Water Music: Air
Harpsichord Suite in C: Sarabande
Harp Concerto in B Flat, Op. 4 No. 6
Saul: Bell Sinfonia
Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 12: Aria
Harpsichord Suite in A: Gigue
Obo Concerto in B Flat. Op.4 No.6
Water Music: Hornpipe

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Fantastic!

Queen of Country Blues 1929-1937
Memphis Minnie
Manufacturer: Jsp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Blues | Styles | Music

Memphis Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music

General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music
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Queen of the Delta Blues, Vol. 2
All the Published Sides
All the Classic Sides 1928-1937
Remastered 1935-1938
Complete Recorded Works (1928-1929)

ASIN: B0000CER8H
Release Date: 2003-09-08

Tracks:

Goin' Back To Texas
'Frisco Town
Bumble Bee
I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits
Mister Tango Blues
She Wouldn't Give Me None
What Fault You Find Of Me: Pt. 1
What Fault You Find Of Me: Pt. 2
I'm Talking About You
Bumble Bee
Can I Do It For You: Pt. 1
Can I Do It For You: Pt. 2
I'm Going Back Home
Bumble Bee Blues
Meningitis Blues
I Never Told A Lie
Don't Want No Woman
Georgia Skin
I Don't Want No Woman I Have To Give My Money To
Memphis Minnie - Jitis Blues: Take A
Memphis Minnie - Jitis Blues: Take B
Good Girl Blues
Plymouth Rock Blues
Bumble Bee - No. 2
Georgia Skin Blues

Tracks:

New Dirty Dozen
New Bumble Bee
Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
I'm Talking 'Bout You - No. 2
She Put Me Outdoors
I Called You This Morning
Grandpa And Grandma Blues
Garage Fire Blues
Dirt Dauber Blues
You Dirty Mistreater
What's The Matter With The Mill
North Memphis Blues
I Don't Want That Junk Outa You
Crazy Cryin' Blues
Tricks Ain't Walking No More
Don't Bother It
Today Today Blues
Lay My Money Down (If You Run Around)
Hard Down Lie
Somebody's Got To Help You
Pickin' The Blues
Let's Go To Town
Soo Cow Soo
After While Blues
Fishin' Blues

Tracks:

Jailhouse Trouble Blues
Outdoor Blues
Where Is My Good Man
You Stole My Cake
Kind Treatment Blues
Socket Blues
My Butcher Man
Too Late
Ain't No Use Trying To Tell On Me
Stinging Snake Blues
Drunken Barrel House Blues
You Got To Move: Pt. 1
Keep It To Yourself
Keep It To Yourself - Alt. Track
Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing)
Banana Man Blues (I Don't Want That Thing)
You Got To Move: Pt. 2
Hole In The Wall
Give It To Me In My Hand (Can I Go Home With You)
Squat It
Moaning The Blues
Dirty Mother For You
Sylvester And His Mule Blues
When You're Asleep
You Can Give It Away

Tracks:

Let Me Ride
When The Saints Go Marching Home
Jockey Man Blues
Weary Woman's Blues
Reachin' Pete: Take A
Reachin' Pete: Take B
Down In New Orleans
You Wrecked My Happy Home
I'm Waiting On You
Keep On Goin'
Ball And Chain Blues
He's In The Ring (Doing That Same Old Thing) - Take A
He's In The Ring (Doing That Same Old Thing) - Take B
Joes Louis Strut
When The Sun Goes Down: Part 2
Hustlin' Woman Blues
Selling My Pork Chops
Doctor, Doctor Blues
Biting Bug Blues
Minnie's Lonesome Song
You Ain't Done Nothing To Me
Ain't Nobody Home But Me: Take 1
Ain't Nobody Home But Me: Take 2
New Orleans Stop Time

Tracks:

Ice Man (Come On Up)
Hoodoo Lady
My Strange Man
I'm A Gamblin' Woman
I'm A Bad Luck Woman
Caught Me Wrong Again
Black Cat Blues: Take 1
Black Cat Blues: Take 2
Good Morning
Man You Won't Give Me No Money
If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home)
I Don't Want You No More
Out In The Cold
Dragging My Heart Around
Moonshine
It's Hard To Be Mistreated
Haunted Blues: Take 1
Haunted Blues: Take 2
Hot Stuff: Take 1
Hot Stuff: Take 2
Living The Best I Can
You Can't Rule Me
No Need You Doggin' Me
Look What You Got: Take 1
Look What You Got: Take 2

Album Details

Remastered Recordings from 1929 - 1937.

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic!.......2004-05-11

I've been visiting this box-set often since picking it up a few months ago. Previous to this, I only had one Memphis Minnie disc, so the vast majority of this box was new to me. Memphis Minnie is truly one of the giants of pre-war blues, yet she seems to be somewhat forgotten. Her name doesn't often seem to roll off the tongues of even many of the people who have gotten beyond just Robert Johnson. Hopefully this low priced yet high quality collection will help fix that situation.

I think I have ten of these great JSP boxes so far, and this is one of the very best.

In the majority of current blues, lyrics are little more than an after thought. Just something to play a supporting role to the trite guitar wankery. The pre-war era was when blues lyrics actually had something to say, and Minnie's lyrics are an excellent window into not only herself, but also into the flipside of life (of that era) and blues... life and blues from the female perspective. Minnie would seem to be as rough and tumble as any of her male counterparts.

Guitaristically, the first major glimpse we get into her playing comes on Mister Tango Blues. Throughout this box it strikes me that Minnie may well have been a more influential guitarist than many of the more famous males of her time. She does things you can still hear people doing today. A compliment to Minnie, but yet another comment on the stale state of most blues today.

One of the things that makes this entire box such a joy is that Minnie's music is comprised of many different styles. Whereas someone like Blind Lemon Jefferson only really did a handful of different things and everything he did fell into those categories, Minnie does everything from low-down blues to more mournful songs illustrating the female perspective, to jaunty, goofily fun tunes, jugband stuff, etc...

If you're only interested in hearing her do When The Levee Breaks, this isn't the set for you, as it's not here. I e-mailed JSP before this box was released and they told me that it would be included on a Kansas Joe box instead. Considering how many Minnie and Joe tracks are on here, I'm not sure why that wasn't included also, but it's a small gripe considering the great price of these JSP boxes and that it it won't bother me to pick up the Joe box for Levee and all the other tracks they did together that were not included here.

Tracks:

So We'll Go No More A-roving
Queen Mary's Song
The Cloths Of Heaven, Op. 30 No. 3
Love's Philosophy, Op. 3 No. 1
Silent Noon
The Shawl
Fish In The Unruffled Lakes
O Lurcher-Loving Collier, Op. 53 No. 2
O Waly, Waly
The Sprig Of Thyme
Sigh No More, Ladies
Come Sing And Dance
Gavotte
Go Not, Happy Day
My Own Country
Silver, Op. 30 No. 2
The Early Morning
Sweet Chance, That Led My Steps Abroad
The Swing
Red Roses And Red Noses
Come You Not From Newcastle?
Old Sir Faulk

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