Artistry in Paris

Artistry in Paris

ASIN: B00080M9QK

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Theme - Artistry in Rhythm

2. Young Blood

3. Stan Says "Hello"

4. Collaboration

5. Love for Sale

6. Walking Shoes

7. Opus in Pastels [Saxes & Rhythm]

8. Zoot

9. 23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West

10. Solitaire

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Peanut Vendor

2. Portrait of a Count

3. Round Robin

4. Eager Beaver

5. Frank Speaking

6. Taboo

7. Introduction of Band Members

8. Taking a Chance on Love

9. I'll Remember April

10. Great Scott

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Matthaus-Passion
Johannes-Passion
Weihnachts-Oratorium
Juditha Triumphans
Messiah
Crudel Tiranno Amor
Die Schopfung
Orlando Paladino
7 Lieder
Le Nozze Di Figaro
Exsultate, Jubilate Ch'io Mi Scordi Di Te, K505
Misera! Dove Son! K369
18 Lieder
Frauenliebe Und- Leben
11 Lieder
20 Morike-Lieder

Customer Reviews:

Elly Ameling now more available .......2007-03-07

I had a 33 rpm album of Elly Ameling singing Schubert lieder accompanied by piano and clarinet at times. It was one of my all time favorite albums so I have been disappointed that I have not been able to find it anywhere on CD.

Now I can just buy this excellent collection. So much music in one place! Since I confess that I am far from an expert on the rest of her records, I look forward to hearing her sing many other styles and composers.

I think it is silly to criticize her for not singing Wagner, for example, since her version of many songs, especially lieder, are nothing short of sublime. I would like to hear how many Wagnerians sing Schubert or Mozart.

I doubt if they could approach the skill and soul with which Elly Ameling sings lieder.

Delight in every note.......2006-03-10

To speak as briefly as possible about this superb collection from an equally superb singer, what can I say but that Ms Ameling possessed a voice that shone with radiant warmth and star-like shimmer? And unlike many another light lyric soprano, Elly Ameling was possessed of a very high standard of musicianship, considerable intelligence, and a sort of immediate charm that captivates the listener.

So many of her recordings have still to be released on CD, but this 5CD-set goes some way towards remedying the situation. The repertoire spans a wide variety - French mèlodies, Lieder, light-hearted "sentimental" songs, Bach, etc. - and in each piece, Ms Ameling shows that quality of pearl-like beauty. It is a beauty which is also extremely pretty - a beauty of voice that is never overbearing and over-ripe, but perfectly blossoming upon the tree of inspiration.

I recommend this set unequivocally. It truly is sheer delight.

While they last..........2005-05-17

Elly Ameling held the quiet stage for recitals of great artistry and dignity for several decades and sadly most of the enormously successful CDs of her long career output are now unavailable. For those who have little access to the documentation of this very special artist, this box set is a must. It is a compilation of many of her recordings with differing accompanists, conductors, orchestras and composers. And while not all of the choices for inclusion here would be considered her greatest moments, there are enough works that sustain the warm memories of the little Dutch hausfrau who quietly and simply paid homage to composers with her clear and intelligent musicianship and radiant voice.

Ameling was known to schedule recitals of Schubert cycles and songs and in the afterglow of her performance answer the demand for curtain calls with additional Schubert melodies: she gifted her audience with the dignity of honoring a composer's works by maintaining the focus on that composer rather than milk the audience with the usual encore applause-getting favorites. And special moments such as quietly and pensively strolling through the orchestra during the Mahler 4th symphony to arrive at front stage, unapplauded, just in time for the opening line of her singing - those simple homage to composers and collaborators made her selfless manner endearing to audiences.

Despite the fact that Ameling's voice was on the small side she was always able to muster the projection to carry her message solidly in context with an orchestra. Yes, other more famous singers have recorded Ravel's quintessentially French SHEHERAZADE, but few have the perfection of diction and aura of mystery that Ameling maintained. Whether singing with piano or orchestra, or interpreting Bach, Mozart, Handel, and Vivaldi with the same degree of involvement as Brahms and Schumann and Schubert, Elly Ameling spanned a career that engendered passionate commitment from her fans. And this boxed set is a pocket full of memories to be treasured. Buy it before this too becomes unavailable. Grady Harp, May 05

Treasures From a Treasure.......2004-09-25

Treasures from a Treasure.

Ameling, one of the world's most beloved recitalists is captured here in a 5 CD collection offering some of her most beautiful recordings of song. While we are used to her perfection in songs of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Faure and Hahn, an added joy is her "pop" side, tackling - without a whiff of pretension, Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Ellington, et al.

What an absolute joy it is listening to this amazing artist sing these songs with an almost uncanny natural ease. There is no resorting to a "pop" voice and yet most of these pop standards songs sound as though they could have been written for her. Clean attacks, sometimes a bit of the pop technique of hanging on to a consonant longer than a classical artist normally would shows an appreciation and understanding of the style. Still, there is never once a compromise of her vocal beauty.

I like the way the songs have been arranged for her voice in that she sort of sings them clean, unaffected in the first half and then lets loose and kinda "swings" with it adding embellishments but never really changing her voice (Price, von Stade and other favorite singers of mine seem to have always added a breathy quality to much of their crossover material.)

Ameling doesn't resort to trying to "let her hair down" or get down and dirty, but rather the honest with which she approaches every one of these songs shows how much she enjoys singing them and her style is as refreshing as stumbling onto a cool spring on a sweltering summer's afternoon. A wonderful surprise.

More than fully earned praise for an exceptional singer........2003-07-15

As I had the privilige of hearing this outstanding Lied-singer during her long career in Holland and being the proud possessor of almost all her recordings, I cannot but fully agree with the professional and joyful review of Mr. Robert Holliston from Victoria, B.C. Canada.
Yes, it is unbelievable that of about the 150 recordings Mrs. Ameling made during her long career (for the greater part of course on the 'oldfashioned' LP's, as well as the innumerable Dutch live-recorded radio-concerts), so few CD's have been released.
Speaking of tradition: it was the page-turner of the Wigmore Hall in London who told Mrs. Ameling after her first recital in this hall, that she reminded him of Elisabeth Schumann. (And he certainly didn't mean her looks only!)
For those who are eager to hear her singing Ravel's Shéhérazade (just one example of stirring imagination combined with her Art of Singing) I can tell you that Philips released a 2-box CD of this work in 1999, combined with Debussy's La Damoiselle élue and a compilation of French mélodies, i.e. Debussy, Fauré, Duparc, Satie. One of the gems is Caplet's Le Corbeau et le Renard which even make children, who know the fables of La Fontaine, revel in the singing of the quarrelsome birds....
Her brilliant accompanyist is Rudolf Jansen. Let us cherish great artists in their art!

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STAN KENTON ARTISTRY IN PARIS

Artistry in Paris
Stan Kenton
Manufacturer: Jasmine Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Orchestral Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
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Artistry in Symphonic Jazz
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Viva Kenton!
Stan Kenton Alumni Live On The Road

ASIN: B00080M9QK
Release Date: 2005-05-17

Tracks:

Theme - Artistry in Rhythm
Young Blood
Stan Says "Hello"
Collaboration
Love for Sale
Walking Shoes
Opus in Pastels [Saxes & Rhythm]
Zoot
23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West
Solitaire
Intermission Riff
Lover Man
In Lighter Vein
Lover

Tracks:

Peanut Vendor
Portrait of a Count
Round Robin
Eager Beaver
Frank Speaking
Taboo
Introduction of Band Members
Taking a Chance on Love
I'll Remember April
Great Scott
Willow Weep for Me
How High the Moon
Concerto to End All Concertos
Kenton Says "Goodnight"

Customer Reviews:

STAN KENTON ARTISTRY IN PARIS.......2006-07-07

Fifty years ago, I had the pleasure to hear Stan's 1956 band here in Liège (Belgium). From the Alhambra concert, I had only one excerpt in the LP box Kenton Era : "Zoot", featuring Zoot Sims, wonderful execution with fantastic Stan Levey on drums. I could not dream of a reissue of the whole concert. Now, this is it. There is a marvelous Conte Candoli. I should like to give 5 stars for the music but the quality of recording is not very high. Sorry but congratulations to Jasmine for this reissue.
Just one suggestion : a better quality control for the case whose center was broken. Maurice Creuven.

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Not Perfect, but highly recommended.

The Artistry Of Heinz Holliger

Manufacturer: Denon Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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Concerti per Oboe
Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos

ASIN: B0000034NB
Release Date: 1994-12-12

Tracks:

Fantasy No.1 In A Major
Fantasy No.3 In B Minor
Suite In G Minor
Trio sonata In B Flat Major, Op.2 No.3
Quartet In B Flat Major
Adagio In C Major
Ricercare a 6
Capriccio
Studie uber Mehrklange for oboe
Lied for electric flute

Customer Reviews:

Not Perfect, but highly recommended........2000-06-26

Heinz Holliger is an excellent performer. Each time I hear something that he has done, the performance is impeccable. Holliger is almost universally known as the premiere oboist in the world. His playing is spare, but always aesthetically appropriate and musical. It is less well known that Holliger studied composition with Pierre Boulez and has been an ardent patron of modernist music through his career.

Many pieces on this 'beginners guide to Holliger' are outstanding. First, Holliger's adaptation of J. S. Bach's "Musikalisches Opfer" is performed with the insight of a composer or great conductor; with a knowledge of the interaction of the actual and 'implied' melodic lines. Holliger has done his schenkerian analysis and it shines in this recording. Holliger does just as well on the telemann (especially the solo pieces), though the rigor of holliger doesn't get to reveal itself as thoroughly in the comparatively simple music of Telemann. The virtuosity and poise of the Penderecki track is excellent (this is where we see some of the best ensemble work, along with the musical offering).

My initial reason for purchasing this collection with Holliger's own 'Study on Multiphonics' (Studie uber Mehrklange), which I had heard performed in the university concert hall some year earlier. This piece is a wonderful expose' of the possibilities of the technique of multiphonics, and if you are a composer, you must hear this piece. If you are a woodwind player who has never heard multiphonics before (or if you have and are interested), you should hear this piece. However, I would recommend it to anyone with an open mind about music. The ideas are almost purely timbral (dealing with sound color), but it is a tight and involving piece (it is a study for both the oboist and audience). The 'Lied' for electric flute was, in my opinion, the second highlight of this disc. It is a very interesting work, reminiscent of the works of Luciano Berio. Sparse, diverse sounds are combined in a somewhat 'conversational' fashion.

However, I have some reservations about the Mozart Adagio and the Handel Trio Sonata. Both of these are ensemble pieces coupling oboe or english horn with a small string ensemble (one with basso continuo). The balance is totally off at times. I think that the sound engineer tampered with the dynamics so that the oboe 'soloist' would be featured in places. In my opinion, Holliger is too loud in these tracks. Though these pieces are mostly homophonic, most brief contrapuntal devices are completely bulldozed by this defect. I'm using some hyperbole here, and I should say that the balance is not consistently bad throughout these tracks, but there are moments the strings and harpsichord sound as if they are located in a different room than Holliger.

However, I still must recommend this disc. The Mozart and Handel compositions weren't that interesting to begin with, and an outstanding performance probably wouldn't have rescued them from mediocrity, anyway. The Telemann is somewhat dull in composition, but worth a listen for Holliger's excellent interpretation of the material. He makes the banal Telemann sound live and graceful. The Bach, Penderecki and Holliger compositions are excellent and excellently played, and they alone are worth the low price of this disc (an excellent half an hour for just over ten dollars). Plus, this is the only affordable recording of the Holliger multiphonic study, which as I previously mentioned, you should hear.

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