Time Squared [Enhanced] [Hybrid SACD]

Time Squared [Enhanced] [Hybrid SACD]

Time Squared [Enhanced] [Hybrid SACD]

ASIN: B00009OOMZ

Track Listings
 
1. Go Go
2. Monk's Habit
3. Smithtown
4. Healing Waters
5. Time Squared
6. Gabriela Rose
7. Sea Folk
8. V
9. Claire @ 1 8
10. Village Gait
11. My 1st Best Friend

Time Squared,The Yellowjackets,Heads Up,Contemporary Jazz,Funk,Jazz,Jazz-Pop,Pop,Smooth Jazz
Grieg: Holberg Suite; Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Elgar: Serenade for Strings [Hybrid SACD]
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Gorgeous, Splendid, Beautiful String Sound
Grieg: Holberg Suite; Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Elgar: Serenade for Strings [Hybrid SACD]
Antonin Dvorak , Edward Elgar , Edvard Grieg , Conrad van Alphen , Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra , Monique van Zelst , and Noëmi Bodden
Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DG01I
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

  1. Prelude - Allegro Vivace - Noemi Bodden
  2. Sarabande - Andante - Noemi Bodden
  3. Gavotte - Allegretto; Musette - Poco Piu Mosso - Noemi Bodden
  4. Air - Andante Religioso - Noemi Bodden
  5. Rigaudon - Allegro Con Brio - Noemi Bodden
  6. Moderato - Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
  7. Tempo Di Valse - Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
  8. Scherzo - Vivace - Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
  9. Larghetto - Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
  10. Finale - Allegro Vivace - Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
  11. Allegro Piacevole - Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
  12. Larghetto - Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
  13. Allegretto - Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Gorgeous, Splendid, Beautiful String Sound.......2004-04-25

First, Last year I heard a better performance of the Dvorak. It was a live concert of the Budapest Strings. They played as if Toscanini were conducting. Dvorak's usually dreamy music became electric... but in this SACD, as in most performances, it remains dreamy. All the performances on this disc are nice, competent, lovely really, but not electric - yet I strongly recommend you buy it. My five stars are for the sound: buy it for the sound. It will tell you what SACD can do for the sound of strings. Strings are almost always sadly cheated on regular CDs. This SACD does the sound of strings proud!
Telarc Classical SACD Sampler 2 [Hybrid SACD]
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    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000DG01S
    Release Date: 2003-10-28

    Tracks:

    1. Rondeau - Empire Brass Quintet
    2. Death Of Tybalt - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
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    Marcel Dupré: Le Chemin de la Croix [Hybrid SACD]
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      Manufacturer: Cpo Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Dupré, Marcel | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0007ORDR2
      Release Date: 2005-03-22
      Haendel: Saul [Hybrid SACD]
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        2. 1. Chorus: How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord
        3. 2. Air (Soprano): An Infant Raised By Thy Command - 3. Trio (Alto, Tenore, Basso): Along The Monster Atheist Strode
        4. 4. Soprano, Alto, Tenore, Basso: The Youth Inspired By Thee, O Lord - 5. Chorus: How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord
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        7. 11. Air (Merab): What Abject Thoughts A Prince Can Have! - 12. Recitative (Merab): Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow
        8. 13. Air (Jonathan): Birth And Fortune I Despise!
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        10. 16. Recitative (Saul, Merab): Thou, Merab, First In Birth, Be First In Honour - 17. Air (Merab): My Soul Rejects The Thought With Scorn - 18. Air (Michal): See, With What A Scornful Air - 19. Air (Michal): Ah, Lovely Youth, Wast Thou Designed
        11. 20. Symphony: Andante Allegro - 21. Recitative (Michal): Already See The Daughters Of The Land - 22. Chorus: Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!
        12. 23. Accompagnato (Saul): What Do I Hear? - 24. Chorus: David His Ten Thousands Slew - 25. Accompagnato (Saul): To Him Ten Thousands - 26. Air (Saul): With Rage I Shall Start Burst His Praises To Hear
        13. 27. Recitative (Jonathan, Michal): Imprudent Women! - 28. Air (Michal): Fell Rage And Black Despair Possessed
        14. 29. Recitative (High Priest): This But The Smallest Part Of Harmony - 30. Accompagnato (High Priest): By Thee This Universal Frame
        15. 31. Recitative (Abner): Racked With Infernal Pains - 32. Air (David): O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless
        16. 33. Symphony: Largo - 34. Recitative (Jonathan): 'Tis All In Vain, His Fury Still Continues
        17. 35. Air (Saul): A Serpent, In My Bosom Warmed - 36. Recitative (Saul): Has He Escaped My Rage?
        18. 37. Air (Merab): Capricious Man
        19. 38. Accompagnato (Jonathan): O Filial Piety! - 39. Air (Jonathan): No, Cruel Father, No!
        20. 40. Air (High Priest): O Lord, Whose Providence - 41. Chorus: Preserve Him For The Glory Of Thy Name
        21. 42. Chorus: Envy! Eldest Born Of Hell!
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        23. 45. Recitative (David, Jonathan): Oh Strange Vicissitude! - 46. Air (David): Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move

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        2. 49. Air (Jonathan): Sin Not, O King, Against The Youth - 50. Air (Saul): As Great Jehovah Lives - 51. Air (Jonathan): From Cities Stormed, And Battles Won
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        6. 59. Recitative (David): Thy Father Is As Cruel - 60. Duet (David, Michal): At Persecution I Can Laugh
        7. 61. Recitative (Michal, Doeg): Whom Dost Thou Seek - 62. Air (Michal): No, No Let The Guilty Tremble
        8. 63. Recitative (Merab): Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now - 64. Air (Merab): Author Of Peace, Who Canst Controul
        9. 65. Symphony: Allegro
        10. 66. Accompagnato (Saul): The Time At Length Is Come - 67. Recitative (Saul, Jonathan): Where Is The Son Of Jesse?
        11. 68. Chorus: Oh Fatal Consequence Of Rage
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        13. 71. Recitative (With, Saul): With Me What Would'st Thou - 72. Air (Witch Of Endor): Infernal Spirits
        14. 73. Accompagnato (Samuel, Saul): Why Hast Thou Forced Me From The Realms Of Peace
        15. 74. Symphony: Allegro
        16. 75. Recitative (David, Amalekite): Whence Comest Thou? - 76. Air (David): Impious Wretch, Of Race Accurst!
        17. 77. March: Grave
        18. 78. Chorus: Mourn, Israel
        19. 79. Air (High Priest): Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard
        20. 80. Air (Merab): From This Unhappy Day
        21. 81. Air (David): Brave Jonathan His Bow Never Drew - 82. Chorus: Eagles Were Not So Swift As They
        22. 83. Air (Michal): In Sweetest Harmony They Lived! - 84. Solo (David And Chorus): O Fatal Day! - 85. Recitative (Abner): Ye Men Of Judah, Weep No More!
        23. 86. Chorus: Gird On Thy Sword, Thou Man Of Might
        Screamers, Circus Marches, March Time (3-Channel and Stereo Hybrid SACD)
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          • Suberb!! Definitive!!
          Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4; Mass in G minor; 6 Choral Songs [Hybrid SACD]

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          ASIN: B00009AQMK
          Release Date: 2003-06-24

          Tracks:

          1. I. Allegro - Meno Mosso - Largamente - Lento
          2. II. Andante Moderato - Tranquillo
          3. III. Scherzo. Allegro Molto -
          4. IV. Finale Con Epilogo Fugato. Allegro Molto - Lento (Non Troppo) - Tempo I - Con Anima - Meno Mosso
          5. 1. Kyrie
          6. 2. Gloria. Lento - Allegro - Andante Con Moto
          7. 3. Credo. Allegro Con Moto - Lento - Allegro Con Moto - Andante
          8. 4. Sanctus. Andante Con Moto - Piu Mosso - Osanna I. Moderato Maestoso
          9. Benedictus. Moderato Tranquillo Osanna II. Moderato Maestoso
          10. 5. Agnus Dei. Moderato
          11. I. A Song Of Courage. Allero Moderato
          12. II. A Song Of Liberty. Andante Alla Marcia
          13. III. A Song Of Healing. Andante Con Moto
          14. IV. A Song Of Victory. Andante Con Moto
          15. V. A Song Of Pity, Peace and Love. Andante Moderato
          16. VI. A Song Of The New Age. Andante Moderato

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Suberb!! Definitive!!.......2003-08-13

          AT LAST!! A near-definitive RVW 4th, in wonderful sound.

          First, the performance. It's wonderful, to my ears the best since RVW's own some 70 years ago, but in rather better sound (!!). It's driven, tense, urgent, magnetic, mesmerizing, angry, powerful, searing, gut wrenching (literally) and disturbing. For the first time since you could first apprehend its power in RVW's and Mitropoulis recordings, this fourth comes across as being as motorific as Prokofiev, as visionary as Nielsen and as angry as Shostakovich, but adding the two qualities RVW's great teacher, Parry enjoined him to display, the temperament of an englishman and a democrat. The result is that the fourth finally takes its rightful place as a great 20th century symphony rather than a "fine" `or an "interesting" one. This is what RVW meant!!

          I have owned the Mitropoulis, Previn and Handley recordings and heard the RVW, Boult and Thomson and found Mitropoulis energetic and compelling, Handley a little light-on, to be honest (certainly compared to his marvellous 3rd and 5th), the Boult and Previn fine but ultimately unconvincing and the Thomson close to the best but a little rough. But this, ---- this is complete!!

          The LSO plays brilliantly for Hickox, who gets more out of them in this piece than other fine conductors. Despite my words about energy, the LSO and Hickox also bring a subtlety to this recording which enhances the stature of both symphony and performance. Hear the "chill and eeriness" (to quote the Penguin Guide 02/03 yearbook) in the second movement and you'll get a taste for the range of their achievement here. And everywhere, even in the midst of the anger and passion, are the great tunes VW couldn't help but write, all played sublimely.

          No wonder the Penguin guide awards this a Rosette.

          But their review was of the CD. What about the SACD sound (please note, my comments relate only to the SACD stereo layer)?I loved it. Some of my fellow users of a favourite review-site of mine (SACDinfo) haven't been enraptured by the Chandos SACD sound, but I am. This 24 bit, 96 khz recording sounds wonderful, as did Hickox's "London Symphony" but I couldn't quite put my finger on why I thought the recording of the London so good in SACD whereas others didn't like the string softness. This disc of the Fourth made it clear to me that what i like (and of course, this is only subjective opinion) is the feeling that the recording has captured the proper relationship of the instruments to each other and to the themes they're given.

          One of my bugbears with all-DSD recordings has been that although dynamic range is wide, what we tend to get given is a differentiation between loud and soft, with even soft passages and soft playing still crystal clear and sometimes even "spotlit". That's fine when the theme or the instrument playing it is meant to be dominant (as opposed to just heard as part of the fabric) but, for me, can distort musical balances, presenting a crystal clear but fairly monochromatic picture.

          What I like about this and the "London" recording is that instruments are present in context, - and are sometimes dominant and at others deliberately subordinate (not just "soft"). They are truly part of an orchestra and an orchestral sound and the internal emotional balance of the composition in a way which some (I hate to say this, Telarc) DSD recordings aren't. There is more to orchestral sound than dynamic range and there are good reasons why we use the word "sonority" instead of just "sound".

          I feel that the Chandos SACD transfer brings out the best of PCM and DSD with the result being a very natural orchestral sonority. Yes, at times the strings may be silkier.sofeter-focussed than in the 16bit layer, and at times the brass may not blare as in some other DSD derived recordings, but that's because there are times when VW didnt want them to blare, but to establish a subordinate tone (both emoptionally and aurally/musically). When they and the percussion are called on to sound out, they do! and when the strings are meant to sing out in visionary fashion in the middle of anger and betrayal, they do too!

          I've over-run my usual self-imposed review length and still haven't mentioned the other 2 works, the lovely Mass in G minor and the six songs "In time of War", so I'll be brief. The Mass is sharp and dramatic as well as lovely, with, thankfully, women's voices instead of boys' (a purely personal taste, I know, but I HATE pre-pubescent boys' voices, and consequently, most recordings of English choral music). The songs are intense and lyrical. They are both also, to again quote the Penguin Guide yearbook, "given superb Chandos sound", which is comparatively just as superb in stereo-SACD.

          If I sound breathless at the end of this review, it's because that's exactly how I felt when the Symphony ended. Bravo, RVW, LSO, Hickox and Chandos. More, please, more !!!!!
          Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas Suite; McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan [Hybrid SACD]
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            Manufacturer: Chandos
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B0000CABBX
            Release Date: 2003-11-11

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            1. 1. Pemoengkah
            2. 2. Gambangan
            3. 3. Taboeh Teloe
            4. 1. Ostinatos. Animato - Subito Molto Energico - L'istesso Tempo, Subito Con Fuoco - Pochissimo Piu Lento, Molto Delicato - Grazioso - Tempo I - Subito Molto Brilliante - John Alley
            5. 2. Nocturne. Tranquillo - Molto Fluido - Poco Piu Lento - Poco Piu Animato, Grazioso E Gaio - Subito Tranquillo, Ma L'istesso Tempo - Molto Tranquillo - John Alley
            6. 3. Finale. Quieto E Misterioso - Agitato - Piu Tranquillo - Animato - Piu Allegro - Meno Mosso - Molto Pesante, L'stesso Tempo - Dolcissimo - Brutale - Pochissimo Piu Animato - Intenso Ed Appassionato - Poco Piu Allegro - Risoluto - Piu Lento - John Alley
            7. Quick - Slow
            8. Variation Of The King Of The North. Quick And Heavy
            9. Variation Of The King Of The East. Slow And Languorous
            10. Variation Of The King Of The West. Moderately Quick
            11. Variation Of The King Of The South. Quick And Heavy - Energetic
            12. Belle Rose Is Borne In By Frogs. As At The Beginning
            13. Pas De Deux: Male And Female Flames. Majestic
            14. Coda: Male And Female Flames And Corps De Ballet Of Flames. Very Quick And Impetuous - The Whole Orchestra Staccato - Slower - Gradually Dying Away
            15. Very Free - Slow - Quick - Slower - Very Slow And Deliberate - Quicker Suddenly - Quick
            16. Pas De Deux: The Prince And Belle Rose. Gently Moving - Very Quick - Slow As Before - Quicker - As Before
            17. Slow - Same Tempo
            18. Pas De Six: Entree. Quick And Energetic
            19. Pas De Deux. Broadly
            20. Pas De Trois. Flowing
            21. Very Quick - Waltz Time
            22. Boys Of The Pas De Six
            23. The Emporer And The Fool
            24. Girls Of The Pas De Six
            25. The Prince Of The Pagodas
            26. Belle Rose
            27. Apotheosis. Quick - Broadly - Quick
            Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss [Hybrid SACD]
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • Urgently recommended despite some production missteps
            Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss [Hybrid SACD]

            Manufacturer: Chandos
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            Vaughan Williams, RalphVaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            General ContemporaryGeneral Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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            GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            EnglishEnglish | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B0000DIGLL
            Release Date: 2003-11-25

            Tracks:

            1. Overture
            2. No. 2. Opening Chorus: 'Secret Are The Sounds...'
            3. No. 3. Scena. Gallanthus: 'What's That?'
            4. No. 4. Scena. Angelica: 'Day Is Dawning'
            5. No. 5. Duet. Gallanthus: 'It's Really Time...'
            6. No. 6. Ensemble. Hob, Lob And Gob: 'Here We Come...'
            7. No. 7. Duet And Chorus. Dipsacus: 'I'm A Sorcerer Bold'
            8. No. 8. Duet. Amaryllus: 'It's True I'm Inclined...'
            9. No. 9. Ensemble. Tormentilla: 'Hush, Lovely Cobra'
            10. Amaryllus: 'Desist, Lest You Die!'
            11. No. 10. Duet. Amaryllus: 'I Know We See...'
            12. Amaryllus: 'Blue Larkspur In A Garden'
            13. No. 11. Ensemble. Dipsacus: 'Who's In My Forest?'
            14. Dipsacus: 'North Wind, South Wind'
            15. Tormentilla: Angelica?
            16. Amaryllus And Gallanthus: 'O, Come To Our Arms'
            17. No. 12. Song. Tormentilla: 'O, Who Would Be...'
            18. No. 13. Finale. Dipsacus: 'All Is Ready!'
            19. No. 14. Introduction
            20. No. 15. Chorus: 'Here We Come'
            21. No. 16. Song And Chorus. Angelica And Flower Girls: 'By All The Powers...'
            22. No. 17. Trio. Lob: 'Ho There!'
            23. No. 18. Duet. Angelica: 'It Does Not Apear...'
            24. No. 19. Trio. Third Medium: 'If You Want To Escape'

            Tracks:

            1. No. 20. Chorus: 'Tormentilla! Tormentilla!'
            2. No. 21. Song And Duet. Tormentilla: 'There Was...'
            3. No. 22. Ensemble. Amaryllus: 'Twas Here It Bade...'
            4. No. 23. Serenade. Amaryllus: 'Dear Love, Behold...'
            5. No. 24. Duet. Tormentilla: 'Sleeping Or Waking'
            6. Tormentilla: 'You Must Not Kiss Me'
            7. No. 26. Finale. Tomentilla: 'Too Dark For Me...'
            8. No. 27. Introduction
            9. No. 28. Trio. Mediums: 'Behold Our Mystic...'
            10. No. 29. Ensemble. Empress: 'Monstrous Vision!'
            11. No. 30. Ballad. Empress: ' When I Was Young...'
            12. No. 31. Ensemble. Empress: 'You Can Leave Us'
            13. No. 32. Duet. Tormentilla: 'Is My Love Alive?'
            14. Empress: 'Love Breaks All The Rules...'
            15. No. 33. Invocation. Empress: 'Imps And Demons'
            16. No. 34. Ensemble. Empress: 'Come, O Gentle Powers'
            17. No. 35. Duet. Empress: 'Can You, Can You Remember'
            18. No. 36. Quartet. All: 'Love In A Hut...'
            19. No. 37. Sextet. First Medium: 'Horrid Monster!'
            20. No. 38. Duet. Gallanthus: 'It's The Proper Thing To Do'
            21. No. 39. Finale. Chorus: 'Love Has Conquered!'

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars Urgently recommended despite some production missteps.......2007-01-07

            This premiere recording makes some very beautiful music available for the first time. The opera was first performed in 1936, and Vaughan Williams continued to make revisions into the mid 1950s. The music is representative of the composer's mature style. In the opera's later version given here, Evelyn Sharp's original book was revised by Ursula Vaughan Williams.

            The Poisoned Kiss is a romantic comedy, a fairy tale about the triumph of true love over revenge. The opera is not through-sung; rather, the dramatic action is carried forward by dialogue in a manner reminiscent of Gilbert and Sullivan or the West End. At times, the witty, good-naturedly sarcastic text and playful rhyme schemes are reminiscent of Noel Coward.

            The musicians are just about ideal. Hickox leads a luscious performance, capturing by turn the music's pastoral beauty and (not very threatening) irony. The singers are of uniformly high quality, with the characterization and fresh voices of James Gilchrist and Janice Watson as the young lovers deserving special mention. Anne Collins's fruity, wide-vibratoed contralto at times seems to be a musical caricature, but it works nicely in the role.

            The production has two major flaws. First, the sound image is placed rather distant from the listener. I felt as if I were sitting towards the back of the auditorium and wanted to move up closer to the stage. The SACD's surround mode did add compensatory perspective and body to the sound, as well as a little extra punch to the thunder, cat shrieks, and other fairy-tale sound effects. The two-channel version sounded significantly flatter and more distant. Second, almost all of the dialogue has been omitted. It would have been enjoyable to hear the music in its dramatic context. Indeed, the abrupt juxtaposition of musical numbers that in performance would be separated by dialogue and a shift of dramatic tone is sometimes jarring. With less than an hour on each disc (and with singers who display such fine diction and acting skills), this is a major missed opportunity. Fortunately, the dialogue is printed in the libretto.

            Despite these quibbles, this set is still urgently recommended!

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