Schwarzwaldfahrt

Schwarzwaldfahrt

ASIN: B000BBOFEU

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
This is the re-issue (plus an entire second disc of previously unreleased material) of legendary "Bro-Ben" Black Forest recordings where they set up recording equipment in the Black Forest during the grim, rainy, dead of winter in 1977. Bennink didn't take his drums so he played on trees, stones, and whatever else was at hand. They didn't have any big message in their heads, they just did it for the excitement of being there, playing on trees and in the water and with the birds and wind, using what instruments they had and what they found. With all that, they made music, which is, in a way, the real meaning of improvising: to work with what you have.

Tracks:

Catari, Catari
Theme From Capriccio Italien
Italia Mia
Vissi d'Arte From Tosca
Mattinata
Variations on Carnival of Venice
I Bersaglieri
Come Back to Sorrento
Return to Me
Nessun Dorma
Italian Fantasia Medley: Tarantella/O Sole Mio/A Frangesa/Santa Lucia
Wenn der weisse Flieder wieder blhen the Lilac Blooms Again)
Ich Tanze Mit Dir in Den Himmel Hinein
Capri-Fischer
Du, du, du (You, You, You)
Melodia
Der frche Wanderer (The Happy Wanderer)
Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt (A Walk in the Black Forest)
Der Sommerwind (Summer Wind)
Mit siebzehn hat Man noch Tre
Junge, Komm Bald Wieder
Heidschi Bumbeidschi
Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweerheart - Chorus Of HM Forces, Vera Lynn, Mantovani

Customer Reviews:

Mantovani's Eighth Million Seller Arrives on CD!.......2003-08-20

Italia Mia was the great maestro Mantovani's eighth, million selling recording in 1961. It stayed in the US charts for 50 weeks! This is not surprising because the Italian melodies enhanced by Mantovani's gifted arrangements are still attracting listeners today who may hear some of the renditions by the current day orchestra bearing the Mantovani name. These original recordings are even more spectacular to hear, and we are indebted to the producers at Vocalion for starting the process of re-releasing Mantovani's music on CD. Some of the CD's selections have not heard for decades, such as the hauntingly beautiful "Come Back to Sorrento," the stunning "Mattinata," the ever popular Dean Martin classic, "Return to Me": a heart tugging "Vissi D'Arte," and a very lively and clever arrangement of the "Bersagieri March," among many other Italian classics. As a special bonus, Vocalion added a scarce recording from 1969 Germany, never before issued in any format in the US, Japan or UK. Perhaps for the very first time, avid fans will hear Mantovani's distinctive strings playing many beautiful German melodies. To sum up, this two CD set is a glorious treat for those who can never get enough of the Mantovani sound, or who have difficulty finding the original master recordings on CD.
The meliorating music of Mantovani makes its marvelous return.

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Schwarzwaldfahrt
A Welcome Reissue, But a Mediocre Album

Schwarzwaldfahrt
Peter Brötzmann & Han Bennink
Manufacturer: Atavistic Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
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Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Album Description

This is the re-issue (plus an entire second disc of previously unreleased material) of legendary "Bro-Ben" Black Forest recordings where they set up recording equipment in the Black Forest during the grim, rainy, dead of winter in 1977. Bennink didn't take his drums so he played on trees, stones, and whatever else was at hand. They didn't have any big message in their heads, they just did it for the excitement of being there, playing on trees and in the water and with the birds and wind, using what instruments they had and what they found. With all that, they made music, which is, in a way, the real meaning of improvising: to work with what you have.

Customer Reviews:

Schwarzwaldfahrt.......2007-02-11

Two strange gods of free jazz (one German and one Dutch) disappear into the Black Forest and create bucolic nature music with instruments and found objects on bitter, windy May days.

A Welcome Reissue, But a Mediocre Album.......2005-12-12

I recall finding out about this album a few years ago. At the time, it was selling for fairly hefty prices on auction sites. For that reason alone, it is great to see this recording reissued on CD at a reasonable price. What is even better is that this is an expanded edition, featuring an entire disc of previously unreleased music. I sincerely hope that Atavistic continues to reissue these long out-of-print gems originally released on FMP (how about doing Globe Unity's "Pearls" next?). The works of Brotzmann in particular are all deserving of reissue.

This recording, outside of the novelty of it being recorded in a forest, is not remotely indicative of the best work of either Brotzmann or Bennink. I'm a fan of free improvisation, but it works best when the players are "connected" and develop ideas from a conceptual perspective collectively. The playing on this recording is disconnected, random, and unfocused. Sure, it is a hoot occasionally to hear an airplane flying by or hear some birds chirping. However, when those sounds are as pleasurable and as interesting (if not more) as the music, we're in trouble. At that point, I could have skipped purchasing the CD altogether and just leaned my head out the bedroom window to listen to the wind blow.

Buy this CD anyway, simply to show Atavistic that there is a market out there for this stuff. This is a great reissue, if only because now we don't have to pay large sums of cash to buy an LP copy at an auction just to hear it.

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Sounds of the Circus - Volume 26

Manufacturer: Whitmarsh Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

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

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ASIN: B0001M3X9W
Release Date: 2004-01-25

Tracks:

Echoes From The Big Top (Warner)
Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Lassus Trombone (Fillmore)
Sunshine Galop (King)
Temple Dancer (Leigh)
Salute To Washington (Kiefer)
Quando, Quando, Quando (Renis)
A Walk In The Black Forest (Jankowski)
Mexican Hat Dance (Tailor)
Speed (Biese)
Double Time Galop (Briegel)
Instantaneous Rag (English)
Seventy-Six Trombones (Willson)
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Kern)
Father Of Victory (Ganne)
Barcelona (Evans)
Temptation (Brown)
Tempest (Sanglear)

Album Description

This is pure unadulterated music from the Golden Age of the American Circus, backed up by information on how the music was used by the circus. The numbers are presented as they would be played at an actual circus, with all the enthusiasm expected from a circus band.

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