Three Chords & the Truth

Three Chords & the Truth

Three Chords & the Truth

ASIN: B000002X16

Track Listings
 
1. True Lies
2. Shame About That
3. Three Chords and the Truth
4. If You Ever Want My Lovin'
5. Imagine That
6. Even Now
7. I Don't Wanna See the Light
8. I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
9. Unopened
10. Walk Out Backwards
11. Week the River Raged

Three Chords & the Truth,Sara Evans,RCA,Contemporary Country,Country,Country & Western,Country-Pop,Pop
Three Chords and the Truth
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Debut
  • Early Sara Evans
  • A great debut album!
  • Sara's Best!
  • Sara Evans - Three Chords And The Truth
 Three Chords and the Truth
Sara Evans
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
ContemporaryContemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000002X15
Release Date: 1997-09-30

Tracks:

  1. True Lies
  2. Shame About That
  3. Three Chords And The Truth
  4. If You Ever Want My Lovin'
  5. Imagine That
  6. Even Now
  7. I Don't Wanna See The Light
  8. I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
  9. Unopened
  10. Walk Out Backwards
  11. The Week The River Raged

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Debut.......2007-07-02

This is a great traditional-flavored debut country album by Sara. Sara has a great voice. I'm not much into the traditional country sound, but I think this album really won me over because of its great energy on the uptempo stuff mixed with truly engaging ballads. Here are notable songs:

True Lies
Shame About That - very high-spirited
3 Chords and the Truth - ballad about reconciling with lover after hearing song on radio

If You Ever Want My Lovin
Even Now - really moves
Tiger by the TAil - very feisty, listener wants to dance around
Walk Out Backwards

Sara's done good stuff since, but nothing better than this album

5 out of 5 stars Early Sara Evans.......2007-05-16

It has a country twang you don't find on the newer Sara Evans albums more traditional, but good

4 out of 5 stars A great debut album!.......2007-03-31

This is one of Sara's best albums. It's very country and has a great country songs on it. Too bad Radio didn't like it - It hit a wall with radio sadly. But if you love old-fashioned country songs, this is for you!

Choice tracks:
True Lies
Shame about That
Three Chords and the Truth
I don't wanna see the light
Unopened

5 out of 5 stars Sara's Best!.......2007-02-18

If you only buy one Sara Evans album, this should unquestionably be the one. This is a truly superb album. I have found it very, very rare to have the reaction that I had to this fine collection of traditional country songs. From the very first Patsy Cline-ish introductory notes of "True Lies", I was entranced by the warmth and emotion of the words and music. Sara's voice is wonderful and many of the songs were penned by her. This is not Pop/Country crossover along the lines of Faith Hill or Shania Twain; this is "Old School" country at its very best. (Unfortunately, Sara diverged in that direction on later albums before returning triumphantly with "Real Fine Place", another wonderful country CD. If you have a few dollars more, get "Real Fine Place" next.)

5 out of 5 stars Sara Evans - Three Chords And The Truth.......2005-10-14

This is probably one of the best counry performances, ever. Sara is not ony beautiful but she is a dynamic singer who puts her whole being into her singing. Hearing her sing "Imagine That" puts her a very close second, if not and equal, to Patsy Cline. I have never heard anyone other than Patsy sing this song with the feeling and quality that Sara does. "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"? Absolutely super! This CD is a must for anyone who loves pure country.
Three Window Coupe
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Some of the guys were clappin' their hands, and some of 'em were laughin' out loud.
  • a few points
  • Babes & Cars & Surf & Sun!
  • TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE SONGS
  • More forgotten classics
 Three Window Coupe
The Rip Chords
Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003GZN
Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

  1. Three Window Coupe
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Album Description

1996 Sundazed release, the worldwide CD debut for one of their 2 original albums, plus three rare bonus tracks: 'One Piece Topless Bathing Suit', 'Wah-Wahini' & 'Red Hot Roadster'. 15 tracks total. Originally released on Columbia in 1964. The band is a surf outfit with vocals.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Some of the guys were clappin' their hands, and some of 'em were laughin' out loud........2006-02-04

This was the second, and last, album released under the Rip Chords name. The Rip Chords were originally Phil Stewart and Ernie Bringas, but by the time this album was recorded, producers Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher had pushed them aside and sang most of the Rip Chords songs themselves. (Phil Stewart was allowed to sing lead on two songs on this album.) Regardless of all that, this is a fun album that features the early-'60s California sound. Bruce & Terry didn't write too many original songs for the album, relying mostly on covers of Fantastic Baggys and Jan & Dean songs. (The hit single "Three Window Coupe" was, in fact, originally a Jan & Dean song.) The CD adds three bonus tracks, including the Rip Chords last chart single, "One Piece Topless Bathing Suit". (Which was another cover of a Jan & Dean song!) This is a fun album, which fans of the California sound will enjoy.

4 out of 5 stars a few points.......2005-07-28

Just to clarify, an earlier point made by Bobbie Mcfarland, he says "THE GROUP HAD DONE THIS WITHOUT THEIR HELP ON HEY,LITTLE COBRA. AND THEY HAD A GREAT GREAT ALBUM." Actually Bruce and Terry had been involved prior to this, and in fact are singing on Hey Little Cobra. The Rip Chords were really just a convienient vehicle for Terry and Bruce to get their product out. Bringas and Co. did participate, but it was Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher all the way, when it comes to the Rip Chords.

Three Window Coupe is a must have for anyone wanting a great "window' to the emergence of the Southern California rock scene. SOngs like Beach Girl show the growing sophistication with which Melcher and Johnston were developing their studio prowess.

5 out of 5 stars Babes & Cars & Surf & Sun!.......2002-10-08

This CD is full of harmony-filled word-paintings, fab falsettos and finger-snapping choruses, which bring about visions of endless summers, sexy beach babes and that big wave!

On the Rip Chords' car crusin' classic single "Three Window Coupe," the lead vocals were shared between soon-to-be-Byrds' producer, Terry Melcher and soon-to-be-Beach-Boy, Bruce Johnston. Original members (from "Hey, Little Cobra") Ernie Bringas and Phil Stewart were present but didn't participate on this work, nor on most of the recordings after that. Touring group members, Arnie Marcus and Ritchie Rotkin were not at the session. (From the CD's liner notes from Stephen J. McParland editor of California Music Magazine.)

The lovely ballad "Beach Girl" on this CD easily competes with the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl," and "My Big Gun Board" is a definition song about a surfer dude's favorite mode of transportation -- his surfboard!

And who's the young, attractive girl with the big-gun board that surfs in her yellow bikini, who "walks with a wiggle that turns me on?!" It's "Wah-Wahini." (P.Sloan - S. Barri)

"Hot Rod U.S.A." is somewhat harmony-reminiscent of "Drag City" by Jan and Dean. "Old Car Made in '52" has a countrified lead vocal. And "Surfin' Craze" happily reminds me of the Beach Boy classic, "Surfin' USA."

Check out the charming "This Little Woody" with its cool guitar lick, along with hot-rod rockers "Bonneville Bonnie" "Red Hot Roadster" and "Gas Money," the latter highlighted by a groovy sax solo!

"Summer USA" has more fine falsettos and super sax work:
"Find yourself a girl now with long-blonde hair,
'cause summer means fun most anywhere.
Yeah, it's summer......... USA!" (Terry Melcher-Bruce Johnston-Judy Lovejoy)

If you fancy the Chantays' Pipeline, you'll like "Big Wednesday" which features both a superb bongo intro and guitar interlude.

An added bonus is "One-piece Topless Bathing Suit." (It's not what you think, guys!)

Contributing musicians on this album included Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell, Daryl Dragon, Larry Knechtel, Bruce Johnston, Ed Hall, Steve Douglas, Phil Sloan, James Burton and Leon Russell, to name just a few.

Catch the new Rip Chords on tour sometime with Bob "Dr. Robert" Rush, Mitchell Schecter, Fred Brog, Larry "Lorenzo" Branca and original member Ritchie Rotkin!

4 out of 5 stars TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE SONGS.......2001-03-13

THE RIP CHORDS ARE A GREAT GROUP. BUT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE LEAD SINGERS IS MY COUSIN ERNIE BRINGAS. HEY,LITTLE COBRA HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST HOT ROD ALBUMS AROUND. WHEN THREE WINDOW COUPE CAME OUT, THE WAS ALOT OF TENSION WITH THE FACT THAT TERRY MELCHER HAD BROUGHT IN BRUCE JOHNSTON,AND TOGETHER, THEY STARTED WRITING AND COMPOSING THE SONGS FOR LITTLE COBRA. THE GROUP HAD DONE THIS WITHOUT THEIR HELP ON HEY,LITTLE COBRA. AND THEY HAD A GREAT GREAT ALBUM. ITS UNFORTUNATE THAT SOMEONE HAD TO COME IN AND START TELLING THEM HOW TO WRITE, HOW TO COMPOSE AND HOW TO SING. LIKE SO MANY GROUPS AT THAT TIME, THEY FELL LIKE A BUCKET OF BRICKS. HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW. BUT THE RIP CHORDS LIVE ON...THEIR MUSIC IS STILL GREAT... HEY,ERNIE!! YOU STILL DID A GOOD JOB ON HERE I STAND!!!

5 out of 5 stars More forgotten classics.......2000-11-25

"Three Window Coupe," the Rip Chords' follow up to "Hey Little Cobra," (see my review of it, too) is even less remembered than the first album, and it's a shame, because "Three Window Coupe" was just as great, and in some ways better. The title track isn't quite as good a rocker as "Hey Little Cobra" but it's still a great song. While it's a cover of a Jan & Dean song, the Rip Chords improved considerably on the original, adding the "Three window coupe, you're the toughest in town" and "Three window coupe, make a trophy run" lines in the chorus and making it much more upbeat. "This Little Woodie" is a great song, reminding us that just because a car can't do the quarter mile in 10 seconds doesn't mean it's bad. "Hot Rod U.S.A." is another good one, and makes an interesting companion to the Beach Boys' "Surfin' U.S.A." when you compare them. "My Big Gun Board," in my book, ranks right up there with any of the surf tunes by The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean, and "Red Hot Roadster" is another great rockin' hot rod song. As little remembered as they are, the Rip Chords are worthy of sharing the title of "Kings of Surf and Hot Rod Music" with the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean.
Three Chords and the Truth
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • blah
  • MUST HAVE THIS.
  • Solid albumn, no breakthrough though
  • must own
  • I can't get enough!
Three Chords and the Truth
The Ducky Boys
Manufacturer: Thorp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-11-16

Tracks:

  1. Boston, USA
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  5. Fight
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Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars blah.......2007-01-26

allright Ducky Boys "Dark Days" and "No Gettin Out" are two of my favorite CD's in my collection. the new ducky boys CD's however i cant stand, its sounds to commercial, like a song youd here on m-tv being requested by a lettle girl with a room full of unicorns or something im gonna sell it to a used cd store and pretend i never bought it! oh ya "the war back Home" is even worse.
now to be fair to the music and to the Ducky Boys, because with there other music i consider them my favorite band! my style of music is punk! you might like the newer ducky boys, to each is own!

5 out of 5 stars MUST HAVE THIS........2006-02-25

What a great music and lyrics,,,,that's my wrap-up. This CD is still my rotation ever since I bought it a month before the release through Thorp records. When I am energetic I always start listeing from the begining (sound transition from track 1 to 3 is outstanding). When I do not feel good about life, I start listening from the track 7 ("Stand By Me"). Although I love all songs, if I have to pick one favorite, I might select either "Richmond Skyline" or "Crumbling Heart." These songs are incredible, man! I mean, everything good are in here-excellent song structure, sweet vocal, nice guitar works, awesome lyrics-this cd is purely good. I am afraid that next Ducky Boys CD might not surpass the productivity of "Three Chords" but I hope that "The War Back Home" is at least as good as this album (I know they'll live up to my expectation!). I have to reiterate that this album is monster! Also I do not understand why some fans do not like this album as much as "Darky Days" because the band has successfully extended their range of instrumentation to be more heuristic. To conclude, everything that Mark Lind does are phenomenal, since he is a very creative artist.

3 out of 5 stars Solid albumn, no breakthrough though.......2005-10-04

I have liked the Ducky Boys since their first release. They bring more of the same but with a serious upgrade in production.
The resulting sound is mellower, more intentionally melodic, and less raw.
It is a good record but it isn't these Bostonians best

5 out of 5 stars must own.......2005-05-06

Absolutely outstanding. Mark Lind and The Ducky Boys have a masterpiece here from the first track to the last. . . BUY THIS RECORD!!! And while your at it, pick up 'Dark Days'.

5 out of 5 stars I can't get enough! .......2005-01-31

This is the first album I own by this group, and I can't get enough. This is very good, driving, guitarsy punk rock, along the lines of Social Distortion, Naked Raygun, and Dropkick Murphys. I highly recommend this. My favorite tracks are "Break Me", "One for the Underdogs", and "Crumbling Heart", but there's not a song on this album I don't like. You'll find yourself singing along!
Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak
    Dvorak
    Manufacturer: Naxos
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000069HGK
    Release Date: 2002-09-17
    Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • The slender difference that makes the great difference!
    		 Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos
    Bela Bartok , and Gyorgy Sandor
    Manufacturer: Sony
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000028MQ
    Release Date: 1993-02-09

    Tracks:

    1. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 1-6. Six Unison Melodies
    2. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 7. Dotted Notes
    3. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 8. Repetition (1)
    4. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 9. Syncopation (1)
    5. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 10. With Alternate Hands
    6. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 11. Parallel Motion
    7. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 12. Reflection
    8. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 13. Change of Position
    9. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 14. Question and Answer
    10. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 15. Village Song
    11. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 16. Parallel Motion with Change of Position
    12. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 17. Contrary Motion (1)
    13. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 18-21. Four Unison Melodies
    14. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 22. Imitation and Counterpoint
    15. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 23. Imitation and Inversion
    16. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 24. Pastorale
    17. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 25. Imitation and Inversion (2)
    18. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 26. Repetition (2)
    19. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 27. Syncopation (2)
    20. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 28. Canon at the Octave
    21. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 29. Imitation Reflected
    22. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 30. Canon at the Lower Fifth
    23. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 31. Dance in Canon Form
    24. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 32. In Dorian Mode
    25. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 33. Slow Dance
    26. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 34. In Phrygian Mode
    27. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 35. Chorale
    28. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 36. Free Canon
    29. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 37. In Lydian Mode
    30. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 38. Staccato and Legato (1)
    31. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 39. Staccato and Legato (canon)
    32. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 40. In Yugoslav Style
    33. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 41. Melody with Accompaniment
    34. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 42. Accompaniment in Broken Triads
    35. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 43. In Hungarian Style
    36. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 44. Contrary Motion (2)
    37. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 45. Meditation
    38. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 46. Increasing-Diminishing
    39. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 47. Country Fair
    40. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 48. In Mixolydian Mode
    41. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 49. Crescendo-Diminuendo
    42. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 50. Minuetto
    43. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 51. Waves
    44. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 52. Unison Divided
    45. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 53. In Transylvanian Style
    46. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 54. Chromatics
    47. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 55. Triplets in Lydian Mode
    48. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 56. Melody in Tenths
    49. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 57. Accents
    50. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 58. In Oriental Style
    51. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 59. Major and Minor
    52. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 60. Canon with Sustained Notes
    53. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 61. Pentatonic Melody
    54. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 62. Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion
    55. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 63. Buzzing
    56. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 64. Line Against Point (a & b)
    57. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 65. Dialogue
    58. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 66. Melody Divided
    59. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 67. Thirds Against a Single Voice
    60. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 68. Hungarian Dance
    61. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 69. Study in Chords
    62. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 70. Melody against Double Notes
    63. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 71. Thirds
    64. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 72. Dragon's Dance
    65. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 73. Sixths and Triads
    66. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 74. Hungarian Matchmaking Song (a & b)
    67. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 75. Triplets
    68. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 76. In Three Parts
    69. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 77. Little Study
    70. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 78. Five-Tone Scale
    71. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 79. Hommage a J.S.B.
    72. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 80. Hommage a R. Sch.
    73. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 81. Wandering
    74. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 82. Scherzo
    75. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 83. Melody with Interruptions
    76. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 84. Merriment
    77. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 85. Broken Chords
    78. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 86. Two Major Pentachords
    79. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 87. Variations
    80. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 88. Duet for Pipes
    81. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 89. In Four Parts (1)
    82. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 90. In Russian Style
    83. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 91. Chromatic Invention (2)
    84. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 92. Chromatic Invention (2)
    85. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 93. In Four Parts (2)
    86. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 94. Once Upon a Time...
    87. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 95. Fox Song (a & b)
    88. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 96. Jolts

    Tracks:

    1. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 97. Notturno
    2. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 98. Thumbs Under
    3. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 99. Hands Crossing
    4. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 100. In Folk Song Style
    5. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 101. Diminished Fifth
    6. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 102. Harmonics
    7. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 103. Minor and Major
    8. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 104. Wandering through the Keys (a & b)
    9. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 105. Game (with two five-tone scales)
    10. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 106. Children's Song
    11. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 107. Melody in the Mist
    12. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 108. Wrestling
    13. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 109. From the Island of Bali
    14. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 110. And the Sounds Clash and Clang
    15. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 111. Intermezzo
    16. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 112. Variations on a Folk Tune
    17. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 113. Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
    18. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 114. Theme and Inversion
    19. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 115. Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
    20. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 116. Song
    21. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 117. Bouree
    22. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 118. Triplets in 9 8 Time
    23. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 119. Triplets in 3 4 Time
    24. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 120. Triads
    25. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 121. Two-part Study
    26. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 122. Chords Together in Opposition
    27. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 123. Staccato and Legato (2) (a & b)
    28. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 124. Staccato
    29. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 125. Boating
    30. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 126. Change of Time
    31. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 127. New Hungarian Folk Song
    32. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 128. Stamping Dance
    33. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 129. Alternating Thirds
    34. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 130. Village Joke
    35. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 131. Fourths
    36. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 132. Major Seconds Broken and Together
    37. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 133. Syncopation (3)
    38. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 134. Studies in Double Notes (a, b & c)
    39. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 135. Perpetual Motion
    40. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 136. Whole-tone Scales
    41. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 137. Unison
    42. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 138. Bagpipe Music
    43. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 139. Jack-in-the-Box
    44. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 140. Free Variations
    45. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 141. Subject and Reflection
    46. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 142. From the Diary of a Fly
    47. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 143. Divided Arpeggios
    48. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 144. Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths
    49. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 145. Chromatic Invention (3) (a &b)
    50. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 146. Ostinato
    51. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 147. March
    52. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 148. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
    53. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 149. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
    54. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 150. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (3)
    55. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 151. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (4)
    56. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 152. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (5)
    57. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 153. Six Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm (6)

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    Bartók's Mikrokosmos ("Little World") essentially comprises 153 teaching pieces, divided into six books of progressive difficulty. These works make ideal vehicles for budding piano students who are ready to face the myriad challenges of 20th-century keyboard music. They also reveal the kernels of the Hungarian composer's uncompromising compositional style. György Sándor was a piano pupil of Bartók's, and his fluid, perceptive playing is unfailingly idiomatic, from the simple, canon-like exercises at the start to the demanding Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm that crown the cycle. The mono engineering is thin but acceptable. Suffice it to say that the composer would have been proud of what his pupil achieves here. --Jed Distler

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The slender difference that makes the great difference!.......2006-09-29

    At the actual moments it's hard to find out that unusual and missed way of play Bartok with these well known dissonant inflections, for all of us who had the immense privilege to watch this legendary pianist twice in Caracas in the seventies and eighties. To this reviewer, it will be absolutely impossible to forget his egregious presence and powering [...], steeled phrasing hovered by that special reverberation and acidic lyricism at the moment to play Out of doors that cold night of December 9, 1982.

    Without another intention in mind, but intending to illustrate and motive the newcomer listener, I would say that in just few counted occasions (Richter and Prokoviev, Ravel and Cortot) there has been such chemical rapport between composer and performer.

    At least in my case, I have not heard about any other pianist able to sound so sarcastic, reverberating and genuinely Hungarian as Gyorgy Sandor did it.

    So I really hope you to keep in mind all these previous considerations at the moment to make this wise choice. Go for this record without any shadow of doubt.

    This album is now part of the mythic legend of the treasures for keyboard.

    No other pianist will sound so astonishingly as Sandor does.

    David Rakowski: Hyper Blue
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Blistering, Lyrical, Boisterous
    • David Rakowski's music is visceral, voluptuous, and humorous
    		 David Rakowski: Hyper Blue

    Manufacturer: Composers Recordings
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00000J8RS
    Release Date: 1999-06-22

    Tracks:

    1. Martler (Etude No.14): Crossing Hands Etude - Marilyn Nonken
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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Blistering, Lyrical, Boisterous.......1999-08-19

    Rakowski's music is all about energy -- his music is the rarest of this genre in that it contains the vibrancy of bebop or rock, with the lyricism and smarts of the best of the European tradition. Envision this: Alban Berg, standing onstage in a smokey nightclub in 1950s New York, burning it up on his sax, while Maurice Ravel comps on the keys, and the Ramones provide the rhythm section. After you're through with that vision, rub your eyes, put on a clean t-shirt, and go out and buy this CD. Somebody hand this guy the Pulitzer.

    5 out of 5 stars David Rakowski's music is visceral, voluptuous, and humorous.......1999-06-24

    From the blistering opening of the piano etude "Martler" to the gorgeous middle movement of "Sesso e Violenza," this disc features some of the most exciting classical music around. Other treats include the suitably raucous "Attitude Problem" and the haunting and delicate song cycle on poems of Louise Bogan. Perhaps due in part to the performers' close association with the composer (Rakowski has written works for all of the artists involved), the virtuoso performances on the disc are expert and the interpretations definitive.
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