Pictures
ASIN: B0000249U6
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Now available on CD in America, Pictures (1977) is an intriguing offshoot of drummer Jack DeJohnette's work with guitarist John Abercrombie in the Gateway Trio and other groups. A series of lightly colored aural collages that also feature DeJohnette on organ and piano with Abercrombie playing electric and acoustic, it conjures spare, plaintive moods without ever seeming static or New Age-y. The styles vary, ranging from Spanish folk to lyrical fusion to splintered string effects reminiscent of experimental British guitar great Derek Bailey. DeJohnette, who has recorded on the piano in a more straightforward context to less satisfying effect, succeeds in making us see as well as hear his compositions. --Lloyd Sachs
Pictures,Jack DeJohnette,Ecm Records,Avant-Garde,Fusion,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop,Post-Bop
Average customer rating:
|
Moving Pictures
Rush Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001ESP Release Date: 1997-06-03 |
Tracks:
Amazon.com essential recording
With Moving Pictures, Rush's complex songwriting and musical virtuosity reached new heights. It's that rarest of creatures, a highly listenable progressive-rock album; even the all-instrumental "YYZ" is of interest to listeners besides musicians. The highlight of the album is "Limelight"; like many progressive-rock bands, Rush writes songs about the experience of being on-stage. The result is impressive, with almost orchestral arrangements that never overwhelm the actual music. "Tom Sawyer," another classic, is on this album, as well as the science-fiction-meets-road-movie "Red Barchetta," the epic "The Camera Eye," the cautionary "Witch Hunt," and "Vital Signs," which takes advantage of the budding digital sound technology available at the time the album was recorded. This is probably Rush's best album; it's definitely their most accessible. --Genevieve WilliamsCustomer Reviews:
The Greatest Rush Ever Made!!!!.......2007-06-13
rush moving forward.......2007-05-29
Best album ever.......2007-05-11
Simply a must own CD.......2007-04-27
ON TOP OF THEIR GAME!.......2007-04-25
Average customer rating:
|
Simple Things
Zero 7 Manufacturer: Palm Pictures (Audio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005R5M6 Release Date: 2001-11-13 |
Tracks:
Amazon.com
Zero 7's ability to conjure beautiful lullabies with all the romance of 1960s French pop (as found on their debut LP, Simple Things) would have made them the toast of soundtrack composers and chill-out connoisseurs the world over. Unfortunately, two Frenchmen beat Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker to the title of "masters of comedown cool," leaving the London duo to be forever called "the British Air." And this is fair; the similarities between Zero 7's lush cinematic soundscapes and those of Air's Moon Safari and the Virgin Suicides score are so strong as to sound almost intentional. Nonetheless, their debut is a truly gorgeous album. It has all the tried and tested atmospheric tricks--bleeps and whooshes layered over plodding Fender Rhodes chords, swathes of strings and tender trumpet parps--but it's Binns and Hardaker's languid grooves and the soft melancholy of their melodies that make dream-state instrumentals "Give It Away" and "Polaris" utterly enchanting. The real power of Simple Things, however, is in its songs. As beautiful as the ambient strains are, when laid beneath the seductive vocals of Australian diva Sia on the ethereal "Destiny" or the heart-breaking "Distractions," their potency becomes apparent. --Dan GennoeAlbum Description
2001 debut full length for dance act described as, 'the British Air', the follow-up to two limited, critically acclaimed EPs. Highlights include the awesome African influenced instrumental passage 'Likufanele', the velvety 'I Have Seen' feat. Mozez & the quiet storm of 'Destiny' feat. Sia. Quango.Customer Reviews:
Fantastic.......2007-04-05
Fabulous.......2007-03-16
Fantastic.......2007-02-25
If you like downtempo and lounge house, this is for YOU!.......2007-02-18
No match for Air.......2007-02-01
Average customer rating: |
Who Needs Pictures
Brad Paisley Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000IPYC Release Date: 1999-06-01 |
Tracks:
Amazon.com
You'd never have guessed that this country hunk would turn out to have a brain and a heart hiding under his Western gear, but Brad Paisley's Who Needs Pictures is among the more encouraging albums to come out of Nashville in some time. Rather than running from country's traditions, Paisley embraces them, going so far as to include the gospel standard "In the Garden" alongside original songs that tackle more contemporary subjects such as single motherhood ("He Didn't Have to Be") or church services that interfere with a Sunday out on the lake ("Long Sermon"). Just as promising, the guitars (Paisley's own picks) and fiddles here have been recorded in all their biting, twangy glory. There are problems--a few arrangements are predictably busy and the gimmicky fake-out ending of "Me Neither" is clever precisely once--but overall, Paisley's debut seems like a sign of something good about to develop. --David Cantwell
Average customer rating: |
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain, and Other Russian Showpieces [Hybrid SACD]
Modest Mussorgsky , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Alexander Borodin , Dmitry Kabalevsky , Mikhail Glinka , and Fritz Reiner Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002TKFRM Release Date: 2004-09-14 |
Tracks:
Average customer rating: |
25 Thunderous Classics
Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004Y6SQ Release Date: 2000-09-05 |
Tracks:
Average customer rating: |
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000025JN Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
Average customer rating: |
Art of Segovia
Andres Segovia Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006B66L Release Date: 2002-10-08 |
Tracks:
Tracks:
Amazon.com
DG has put together a fascinating compilation of Segovia's art that reminds us what a protean figure he was. Segovia single-handedly put the instrument on the map by making classical guitar concerts popular events, broadening the instrument's repertory through commissions and transcriptions, and convincing even doubters that it could be a vehicle for serious music. He's heard here in brief pieces recorded between 1952 and 1969. Even in those made when he was well into his 70s, his fingers remain nimble and interpretations lively. Listening straight through, one hears many all-time Segovia favorites as Turina's Sevillana and Albeniz's Asturias and Zambra Granadina and renews appreciation for path-breaking composers like Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He wrote extensively for Segovia and his Capriccio diabolico and Tonadilla are pieces of real substance. Disc two is largely made up transcriptions and it's amazing how well so many of them work on the guitar, at least under Segovia's magic fingers. Thus the transformations of Bach's violin music and even a Chopin Prelude sound idiomatic, and the gorgeous melodies of the Canzonetta from Mendelssohn's Op. 12 String Quartet are irresistible here. An entrancing set. --Dan Davis
Average customer rating: |
Rhapsody in Blue - Ultimate Piano Collection [20 CD Set]
Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00012QLSW Release Date: 2003-12-09 |
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Tracks:
Album Description
This amazing 20-CD set truly is the ultimate piano collection! With over 20 hours of the greatest piano classics, from Mozart's priceless Piano Concertos and Sonatas to Gershwin's legendary Rhapsody in Blue, this set is a must have for everyone's collection. So sit back, relax and drift away on the beautiful melodic waves of classical piano at its very best.
Average customer rating: |
Elgar: Cello Concerto; Sea Pictures; Cockaigne Overture
Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002VEQGG Release Date: 2004-09-07 |
Tracks:
Average customer rating: |
Pictures at an Exhibition
Manufacturer: Shout Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000OPO6UQ Release Date: 2007-06-26 |
Tracks:
Jazz Music: