Night Flight

Night Flight

ASIN: B00005Y7SA

Track Listings

1. Fascinating Rhythm

2. Marguerite

3. Satin and Glass

4. Night Flight

5. I'm Beginning to See the Light

6. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

7. Smack Dab in the Middle

8. Hard-Hearted Hannah

9. Warm Breeze

10. Samantha

11. Pressure Cooker

12. 88 Basie Street

Tracks:

Adagio In G Minor
Jesu, Joy OF Man's Desiring
Moonlight Sonata - Adagio sostenuto
March Of The Toreadors (Carmen)
Celebrated Minuet
Polovtsian Dance No. 1 (Prince Igor)
Cradle Song
'Minute' Waltz
Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune
Largo
Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1
Rhapsody In Blue - Andante And Finale
Peer Gynt Suite: Morning
Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Liebestraum
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
'Masterpiece Theater' Theme: Rondau (First Symphonic Suite)
The Great Gate Of Kiev

Tracks:

Eine klein Nachtmusik - Allegro: Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro
Orpheus In The Underworld: Cancan
Carmina Burana - O Fortuna
Canon In D
Lietenant Kije Suite - Troika
Turandot: Nessun dorma
Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini - 18th Variation: Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini- 18th Variation
Bolero - Conclusion
The Tale Of Czar Sultan: Flight Of The Bumblebee
William Tell Overture - Finale
Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan
Gymnopedie No. 3
Ave Maria
Blue Danube Waltz
Thus Spake Zarathustra - Sunrise
Firebird Suite - Finale
1812 Overture - Finale: 1812 Overtune - Finale
Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
Anvil Chorus (II Trovatore)
The Four Seasons - Largo From 'Winter'
Die Walkure: Ride Of The Valkyries

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For those who want the most remembered passages of classical music's best-loved works, here's a package for you. On this bargain priced double-CD, you'll find music from 40 different classical composers; for the most part, the recordings excerpted here are some of the very best. Of course, you only get one Bach sampling (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, played by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) and one Mozart (A Little Night Music conducted by Herbert von Karajan), but this is still a nice collection--perhaps the starting point for a budding collection of classical music. This set's downfall? Unfortunately, though the liner notes discuss the evolution of classical music chronologically, the tracks are programmed in alphabetical order by composer's last name. This makes for some startling transitions! Emil Gilels's reflective performance of the Adagio from Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata is followed by the crashing cymbals and bombast of Carmen's "March of the Toreadors," a recipe for a heart attack if there ever was one. Still, there's something here for everyone and the liner notes even explain what movies this music can be found in. A nice touch. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Waste of money.......2006-01-12

Watch out for the volume leveling mentioned in another review. Surely the compliers could have come up with a better sort order than by composer. The change in tempo/volume between pieces makes it impossible to enjoy. My two CD's ended up in the trash.

Ken

Great Music Compilation.......2005-08-15

This is a great CD full of many songs that you will recognize and enjoy. If you are someone who likes classical music but doesn't necessarily know which songs or which composers you like, then this CD is for you. You will likely recognize many of the songs as the classical songs you would have picked out to be your favorites.

If you like classical music don't buy this CD........2005-03-11

Most of the tracks were chopped down to 3-4 minutes so some of the best parts of the compositions are missing. I don't know what I was thinking trying to buy 40 classical songs on two CD's. If you really want to enjoy the music you would do better to purchase a CD with fewer, but better quality tracks.

A must for anyone wanting the staples of classical music.......2005-02-23

In my years of experience teaching Fine Arts to high school students, I know that the majority, if not all, of the music included on this album is commonly used in collge music appreciation courses. This is an excellent sample of truly all the "greatest hits" of classical music. My students enjoy listening to the music and have later told me when take their required music apreciation courses in college that they "already know it all" because of this CD! The recordings are clear, the selections are passionate, and the listener will gain a familiarity with all of the most commonly heard classical music used in tv commercials, movies, etc.
I recommend this album, along with the boxed set, "Age of the Classics" for anyone who is interested in becoming familiar with the most famous staples of classical music.

A great compilation.......2005-02-09

This cd somes up some of the greatest pieces of instrumental (and is some cases choral) music ever written. It is a great starter for a beginning classical music lover or a quick and easy all-in-one for those of us who study classical music for a living. I highly recommend this cd to anyone who wants to love or already does love classical music.

Passion - Most Famous Orchestral Spectaculars [20 CD Set]

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A good gift for novice

Passion - Most Famous Orchestral Spectaculars [20 CD Set]

Manufacturer: Delta
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ASIN: B00012QLTQ
Release Date: 2003-12-09

Album Description

Music can be both calming and relaxing, or invigorating and passionate...this phenomenal 20-CD set is definitely the latter. This amazing collection brings together for the first time the most passionate music of all time, from Ravel's Bolero, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Wagner's Magic Fire Music to Ravel's La Valse, Orff 's Carmina Burana and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. This is a must have collection for every passionate music lover.

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A good gift for novice.......2007-05-12

This was a good gift for somebody learning about Classical music in Japan.

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Amazing....

Ultimate Collection

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Choreography

ASIN: B0000DFZ86
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

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I Feel Love (Single Version)
Picante
Red Hot (Symphonic Mix)
Yantra
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Leyanda
Cotton Eyed Joe
I Can Can (You?)
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Album Description

2003 UK compilation for the world-renowned classical crossover star features 14 tracks. Copy Controlled. EMI Gold. 2003.

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Amazing...........2005-05-28

she is an Excelent and great violin player, her music is unique, if you love instrumental music, you can't miss it.

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Night Flight
Not as strong as his previous solo album "Songwriter"...
Lyrically short - Vocally Wonderful!

Night Flight
Justin Hayward
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00011FXT6
Release Date: 2004-05-03

Tracks:

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Maybe It's Just Love
Crazy Lovers
Penumbra Moon
Nearer to You
Face in the Crowd
Suitcase
I'm Sorry
It's Not On
Bedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories [Single Version][*]
Forever Autumn [Live][*]

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Expanded Edition of the Second Solo Album from the Leading Moody Blue that was Originally Released in the Summer of 1980 on the Decca Label. Two Bonus Tracks have Been Added to the Original Lineup of Tracks, Including a Live Solo Rendition of "Forever Autumn", a Song Hayward Performed on Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds" Concept Album that Became a Standard in his Personal Repertoire.

Customer Reviews:

Night Flight.......2007-02-22

If you own Songwriter, than expect more of the same. Played back-to-back the two albums have consistency. This is not a Moody Blues album, however.

Like Songwriter, select tracks here are wonderful and make the album worth getting for fans, though the entire record arc is lovely.

Night Flight, Penumbra Moon, Face in the Crowd all have that special something and those Justin harmonies always get me...

Not as strong as his previous solo album "Songwriter"..........2006-03-09

In 1978, Jeff Wayne recruited Justin Hayward to sing and perform on the highly acclaimed "War Of The Worlds" album. Wayne went on to produce the album, including Hayward's single "Forever Autumn", which became a worldwide hit. As a way of saying "thank you" for Hayward's contribution, two years later Wayne returns the favor by producing Hayward's 1980 album "Night Flight".

The title cut is the best song on the album, showcasing Hayward's soaring vocals and recognizable guitar. The next track "Maybe It's Just Love" is light and pretty, however, the rest of the tracks here just don't match up to the creativity and originality of Hayward's previous solo album "Songwriter" from three years earlier. The album features brass and string arrangements, a female group occasionally providing background vocals, and a slight bit of a "disco" beat to some of the songs, but unfortunately these aspects don't carry the album to top notch status. Nonetheless, die-hard Moody Blues/Justin Hayward fans will desire this album to make sure their collection is complete.

Lyrically short - Vocally Wonderful!.......2004-04-26

Hayward only wrote six of the songs on this collection and each one of them stands up to every song he's done since. The others don't seem to have the range of emotional urgency Hayward delivers so well - perhaps it's because it didn't pen them. However, it's still a great vocal recording and having all his CD's, I couldn't pass this one up and I'm glad I have it. The additional bonus tracks of, "Bedtime Stories" is just additional filler, but the live rendition of "Forever Autumn" is excellent and hard to find.

Rachmaninov: Transcriptions, Corelli Variations

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Music to Treasure
Olga is a Pianist among Pianists
Ha ha! I have an autographed copy!
Absolutely essential -Virtousity at its best
OLGA KERN - A GREAT FUTURE

Rachmaninov: Transcriptions, Corelli Variations
Olga Kern
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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The Cliburn - Playing on the Edge

ASIN: B00020HB3C
Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

Preludio
Gavotte
Gigue
Wohin?
Lilacs Op. 21, No. 5
Scherzo
Daisies Op. 38, No. 3
Liebeslied
Liebesfreud
Minuet
Lullaby Op. 16, No. 1
Hopak
Flight Of The Bumblebee
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Variations On A Theme Of Corelli, Op. 42

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Cliburn Competition medallist Olga Kern plays Rachmaninov as if he wrote this music just for her. She's a virtuoso in the grand tradition, playing with a huge tone and brilliant fingerwork, captured with life-like realism by the engineers. The big work here is the Corelli Variations, a fiendishly difficult set of twenty variations on a Baroque sarabande, La Folia. The composer wrote it to wow his audiences, but it's also serious, full of with dark-toned poetry, serene lyricism, and a huge climax that ends in a poignant coda. Kern plays it with tremendous power and fleet agility. The rest of the disc consists of Rachmaninov's transcriptions of his own and other composers' music, ranging from romanticized Bach to an opulent rewrite of Schubert's Wohin? to his elaborate cadenza for Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. Kern plays the Liszt with plenty of dash, evoking its gypsy flavor and exploiting its opportunities for virtuosity. Here's one competition winner who seems destined for stardom. -- Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Music to Treasure.......2007-06-20

Olga Kern, the young Russian pianist and Van Cliburn gold medal winner (2001), offers a wide-ranging selection of Rachmaninoff transcriptions, starting with J.S. Bach's superb Suite from the Partita in E major for violin. Many of these are favorites that the public has loved for decades: Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 with a cadenza by Sergei himself; plus lyrical and demanding arrangements from Bizet, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Tchaikovsky. For this listener, the supreme moments are Olga's performance of Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme of Corelli, which have been recorded by many virtuosos. It was like hearing them for the first time--fresh, dynamic and radiantly powerful! If you are tired of reading wimpy movie, book and music reviews that leave you wondering whether to bite, here's one vote: say yes!
Beverly Crandall

Olga is a Pianist among Pianists.......2006-11-03

I was privileged to hear Olga perform at Zankell Hall at her Carnegie Hall debut several years ago. Her performances have a very rich individual flare, exactness and confidence. I was not disappointed with her then and I was not disappointed with this cd, Corelli Variations. On this cd, Olga's performances exude something definitely masculine. Though this may not appeal to everyone, it is simply a matter of every pianist having his individual style, feel and texture, if you will. Her playing is warm and vivacious at the same time, and what she says, she says beautifully. The programme is also quite captivating, especially the Bach transcriptions. Thank you Ms Kern!

Ha ha! I have an autographed copy!.......2005-12-02

I was lucky enough to receive an autographed copy of this cd from my brother for christmas, who went to see Olga live, and it definitely made my favorite X-mas gift list. This cd has excellent selections, Olga is a veritable phenomonon, her interpretation and control of the piano is superb, if you love excellently performed classical piano music, use harpoons, tranquilizer darts, or anything else you may need to get this cd. Even if it isn't (sigh) autrographed...

Absolutely essential -Virtousity at its best.......2005-03-11

Firstly i must say Im not very much fond of a solo piano but the first time i heard Olga Kern's Corelli Variations I immediately went to order this magnificent CD. Olga plays with maturity, virtoussity as if the music was written for her. I usually prefer the piano accompanied by a a violin or cello but this time around I was taken by surprise. ALL songs are out of this world I would not be able to describe the songs in musically terms but i know this is good. Go on thrill yourself with the best music. The inlay booklet is included with English, French& Dutsch translations with information about composer ,songs & artist.One might add that the outside cover of the CD is very artistically beautiful with red dress &shaded pianos background just like Ms Kern, so its not misleading, you know the saying "what u see is what u get".

OLGA KERN - A GREAT FUTURE.......2004-12-09

I CANNOT RAVE ENOUGH ABOUT THIS ALBUM.
IT ABSOLUTELY LIFTS YOU UP AND KEEPS YOU THERE THROUGHOUT
MS. KERN'S SUPERB PERFORMANCES. THIS IS A RARE FIND
AND THERE IS NO DOUBT MS. KERN DESERVED THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE VAN CLIBURN COMPETITION. THIS ALBUM CONTAINS A WONDERFUL
VARIETY OF MUSICAL INTERPRETATIONS, ORIGINALLY TRANSCRIBED
BY THE GREAT RACHMANINOFF. THERE'S SELECTIONS BY BACH, SHUBERT,
RIMSKI-KORSAKOV, TSCHAIKOVSKY, KREISLER AND MUCH, MUCH MORE,
PLAYED WITH ALL THE BRAVURA & FABULOUS TECHNICAL SKILL MS. KERN CAN IMPART. THE ICING ON THE CAKE IS THE FINAL SELECTION; THE CORELLI VARIATIONS. BUY THIS ALBUM, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

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Little known but wonderful
Rare Rimsky-Korsakov well done.
A great collection for Rimsky fans. (And if you're not a fan, you will be.)
As complete and good a collection as you're likely to find.
Excellent compilation

Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

Manufacturer: Chandos
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Release Date: 1992-04-03

Tracks:

May Night - Overture
The Snow Maiden: Beautiful Spring
The Snow Maiden: Dance Of The Birds
The Snow Maiden: The Procession Of Tsar Berendey
The Snow Maiden: Dance Of The Tumblers
Christmas Eve: Christmas Night - Ballet Of The Stars - Witches' Sabbath And Ride On The Devil's Back - Polonaise - Vakula And The Slippers

Tracks:

Mlada: Introduction
Mlada: Redowa: A Bohemian Dance
Mlada: Lithuanian Dance
Mlada: Indian Dance
Mlada: Procession Of The Nobles
The Invisible City of Kitezh: Prelude: A Hymn To Nature
The Invisible City of Kitezh: Wedding Procession
The Invisible City of Kitezh: Tartar Invasion And Battle Of Kerzhenets
The Invisible City of Kitezh: Death Of Fevroniya And Apotheosis Of The Invisible City

Tracks:

The Golden Cockerel: Introduction And Dodon's Sleep
The Golden Cockerel: King Dodon On The Battlefield
The Golden Cockerel: Queen Of Shemakha's Dance; King Dodon's Dance
The Golden Cockerel: Wedding Feast; Death Of King Dodon; Finale
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: Tsar's Departure And Farewell
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: Tsarina Adrift At Sea In A Barrel
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: The Three Wonders
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: The Flight Of The Bumble Bee

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Rimsky-Korsakov's operatic suites used to be standard repertoire, but like so much attractive and colorful music, it seems that recording has absolved orchestras of the need to play them live! It's a rare day that you will find such lovely works as the Christmas Eve or Snow Maiden suite in the concert hall, so by all means invest in this comprehensive collection and enjoy them at home. This was the first project in Neeme Järvi's epic collaboration with the Scottish National Orchestra, and as is so often the case in such instances, everyone really plays their collective hearts out. Even Chandos outdoes itself in providing sound of speaker-shattering impact. A great set. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Little known but wonderful.......2007-06-03

When was the last time you sat down and listened to Sheherazade? Have you ever heard it at good volume on good equipment? I thought not. So that's one thing to do. And now even better news: Rimsky-Korsakov wrote much great music in operas which have remained unknown to Western audiences. Here is a little of it in orchestral suites - good performances and sound and at a reasonable price. May it be the beginning of a delightful new journey into Russian opera!

Rare Rimsky-Korsakov well done........2006-07-19

Actually I was already familiar with some of the selections--most notably "Procession of the Nobles" from "Mlada" and "Dance of the Tumblers" from "The Snow Maiden". Thus I had a standard of quality from which I could compare the unfamiliar music.

Every piece sparkles. Rimsky-Korsakov's music is, generally, a study in elegance. Every note of these suites proves it. Frequently, when you hear music that is seldom performed, you discover WHY it isn't done. That does not apply here. I think it is a shame that I have not heard most of this music before.

Neeme Jarvi and the Scottish National Orchestra do a wonderful job performing all these suites. I whole-heartedly recommend this recording.

A great collection for Rimsky fans. (And if you're not a fan, you will be.).......2005-08-19

I have fond feelings for this collection. It was my introduction to the Chandos label and to conductor Neemi Jarvi, and I was bowled over. Since that time, recording just about every piece of music written by Western composers has apparently reduced some of Jarvi's enthusiasm, because his later recordings are often not as just-right as his Rimsky performances herein. But these performances are everything they should be. Jarvi and his Scottish orchestra stress the sparkling colors and the near-classical leanness of Rimsky's orchestrations. No Wagnerian bloat, no Brahmsian bottom-heaviness here. Rimsky seems to return to Berlioz as his orchestral paradigm, I always think.

I was immediately attracted to the Christmas Eve Suite, which I hadn't heard before; it builds to a wonderful climax in the tempo of a polonaise. Move over, Piotr I. Tchaikovsky--this music is a great change from chestnuts out of the Nutcracker (a pretty lame pun, but I'll let it stand).

However, Christmas Eve is not the only pleasure these discs provide. Jarvi offers first-rate performances of the lovely May Night, Rimsky's finest overture, as well as suites from the Golden Cockerel, the Snow Maiden, and Mlada, which contain some of Rimsky's most memorable music: the Dance of the Tumblers, the Procession of the Nobles, the Wedding Feast and Death of King Dodon. Great stuff.

And then there's Chandos' recording: incredibly clean and wide-ranging, with just the right sense of hall sound. I'm still impressed every time I listen.

As complete and good a collection as you're likely to find........2003-08-02

Over a 35-year period, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote fifteen operas, all but a handful of them still in the active Russian repertoire. A few of them have even gained something of a foothold recently in the U.S., with Valery Gergiev and his Kirov Opera company performing them on tour. For those seeking orchestral works of Rimsky-Korsakov beyond Sheherazade, the Great Russian Easter Festival Overture, and, perhaps, Capriccio Espagnol and the 2nd ("Antar") Symphony, a logical place to start is with the orchestral suites he fashioned from several of his better-known operas (covering nearly half of his operatic output).

For those so interested, my first - and highest - recommendation goes to this Chandos boxed set, with Neemi Järvi conducting the Scottish National Orchestra (as it was known in 1984, when this recording was made; it is now the Royal Scottish National Orchestra). With the possible exception of some incidental music from Sadko and The Tsar's Bride, this set contains virtually all of the most popular orchestral music from Rimsky-Korsakov's better-known operas.

Over the years, Järvi has developed somewhat of a reputation for "recording everything in sight," not always with the most effective of results. But here, in what the editorial reviewer identifies as his first recording session with the SNO, he has done a splendid job all around, bringing out the often gorgeous coloristic effects of the music, with an orchestra that fully does justice to the performance requirements, and with stunning sound captured by the Chandos engineers.

Particularly noteworthy are the suite from Mlada (with its dramatic "Procession of the Nobles" march), the atmspheric and magical music from The Invisible City of Kitezh, and the better-known suite from The Golden Cockerel. In all of these suites - and in the balance of the boxed set as well - Järvi and the SNO capture the orchestrational genius of Rimsky-Korsakov with perfection: brilliant brass, shimmering strings, nicely-detailed woodwind playing, as is seldom heard from all too many Russian orchestras.

This was clearly an auspicious debut album for Järvi and the SNO, an orchestra that he would direct in many recordings over the following decade or so. And, though not inexpensive, it is the single finest (and most complete) album of Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral suites from his operas that I have had the pleasure of hearing.

Recommended without reservation.

Bob Zeidler

Excellent compilation.......2000-09-07

I concur that this is an excellent set, performed exquisitely by Jarvi and the Scottish National Orchestra. The comprehensive liner notes refer to the Procession of the Nobles from the Mlada Suite as "splendid." Indeed it is, a tour de force of orchestration that has few peers. The panache with which it is performed here is a touchstone for the quality of the entire set.

Tracks:

Adagio
Air on the G String: Air on the G String, Excerpt
Brandenburg Concerto: Third Movement, Excerpt
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Excerpt
Tocatta & Fugue: Excerpt
Adagio for Strings: Excerpt
Synphony No. 5: First Movement, Excerpt
Symphony No. 9: Fourth Movement, Excerpt
Fse: Excerpt
Turkish March: Turkish March, Excerpt
Moonlight Sonata: Excerpt
Symphonie Fantastique: March Ot the Scaffold, Excerpt
Damnation of Faust: Excerpt
Carmen - Habanera: Habanera, Excerpt
Toreador Song [From Carmen]
Minuet: Minuet, Excerpt
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No 17, Excerpt
Hungarian Dance No. 5: No 5, Excerpt
Lullaby: No 4, Lullaby, Excerpt
"Minute" Waltz: Excerpt
Grande Valse Brillante: Excerpt
Marche Fune: Marche Fune
Appalachian Spring: Excerpt
Fanfare for the Common Man: Excerpt
Clair de Lune: Excerpt
Prelude to the Afternoon: Excerpt
Lakm Flower Duet: Flower Duet, Excerpt
Symphony No. 9 "New World": Second Movement, "Going Home" Theme, ...
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Excerpt
Pomp & Circumstance: Excerpt
El Amor Brujo
Pavane: Excerpt
Rhapsody in Blue: Excerpt
American in Paris: Excerpt
Funeral March of Marionette: Excerpt
Piano Concerto in a Minor: Excerpt
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Morning: Morning, Excerpt
Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus: Hallelujah Chorus, Excerpt
Water Music - Hornpipe: Hornpipe, Excerpt
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Second Movement, Excerpt
The Planets - Mars: Mars, Excerpt
Sabre Dance: Sabre Dance, Excerpt
Pagliacci: Vesti la Giubba, Excerpt
Hungarian Rhapsody
Liebestraum No. 3: No 3, Excerpt
Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo: Intermezzo, Excerpt
Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March: Wedding March, Excerpt
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Fourth Movement, Excerpt
Rondeau: No 1, Rondeau
Piano Concerto No. 21: Andante, Excerpt
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: First Movement, Excerpt
The Marriage of Figaro - Overture: Overture, Excerpt
Sonata in A - Rondo Alla Turca: Rondo Alla Turca, Excerpt
Symphony No. 40: First Movement, Excerpt
Night on Bald Mountain: Excerpt
Pictures at an Exhibition - Great Cave of Kiev: Great Gate of ...
Barcarolle: Barcarolle, Excerpt
Orpheus in Hades - Theme II: Excerpt (Theme)
Carmina Burana - O Fortuna: O Fortuna, Excerpt
Canon: Canon, Excerpt
Romeo & Juliet - Montagues & Capulets: Montagues & Capulets, Excerpt
Lt. Kije's Wedding: Lt. Kije's Wedding, Excerpt
Turandot - Nessun Dorma: Nessun Dorma, Excerpt
Piano Concerto No. 2: Second Movement, Excerpt
Symphony No. 2: Third Movement, Opening, Excerpt
Rhapsody on a Theme: Variation 18, Excerpt
Bolero
Flight of the Bumblebee
Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio: Adagio, Excerpt
The Barber of Seville - Overture: Excerpt
The Barber of Sville - Largo Al Factotum: Largo Al Factotum, Excerpt
William Tell Overture - Theme II: Excerpt
Danse Macabre: Excerpt
Gymnope No. 1
Symphony N0. 8 "Unfinished": Excerpt
Ave Maria: Excerpt
Finlandia [Finale: Finale, Excerpt]
Valse Triste: No 1, Valse Triste, Excerpt
Stars & Stripes Forever: Excerpt
Semper Fidelis: Excerpt
Blue Danube Waltz: Excerpt
Tales from the Vienna Woods: Excerpt
Also Sprach Zarathustra: Fanfare, Excerpt
Firebird - Infernal Dance & Main Theme: Infernal Dance & Main ...
The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers: Waltz of the Flowers, Excerpt
Swan Lake - Waltz: Waltz, Excerpt
Sleeping Beauty -: Waltz, Excerpt
Romeo & Juliet - Theme II: Theme LL, Excerpt
Piano Concerto No. 1 - Opening: Opening, Excerpt
1812 Overture - Finale: Finale, Excerpt
Fantasia on "Greensleeves": Excerpt
Alda - Grand March: Grand March, Excerpt
Il Trovatore - Anvil Chorus: Anvil Chorus, Excerpt
Requiem - Dies Irae: Dies Irae, Excerpt
Rigoletto - La Donna Mobile: La Donna Mobile, Excerpt
The Four Seasons "Spring" - Allegro: Allegro, Excerpt
The Four Season "Winter" - Largo: Largo, Excerpt
Lohengrin - Bridal Chorus: Bridal Chorus, Excerpt
Die WalkRide of the Valkyries: Ride of the Valkyries, Excerpt

Customer Reviews:

I can name that tune in three notes.......2005-02-19

My family likes to put this disc in on shuffle and play name that tune. I wish they made more discs like this, only with more obscure works.

A Fabulous CD.......2004-10-14

The Idiot's Guide to Calssical Music is an awesome Cd for those people who want to have a tiny sample of all the great classical compositions. Track 61 and 63 are my favorite.

Mega-Sampler! This really does have 99 tracks!.......2002-03-20

Yes, this CD really does have 99 tracks. How do they do it? Each is about a minuet long. Some are longer, some are shorter, but you get the micro-essential moments of the music.

If you like burning your own CDs, then this is a great source for intra-track fillers, along the lines of They Might Be Giants' "Apollo 18" album, which has all of those short tracks on the end. The idea is to put your CD player on shuffle, so the short tracks get mixed in with the bona fide songs. The result being a very unusual album.

The booklet gives an explanation of the track, where you heard it (i.e. the Warner Brother's Cartoons, or on famous films), and where you can get the full piece of music. So it's a mega sampler CD.

I can honestly say that this CD is a great gift for the friend who has everything.

Fun Sampler.......2001-11-09

For the beginner. You will be surprised at how many of the 99 themes you recognize here. It is an easy introduction to classical music. Nice booklet too.

Useful........1999-03-22

Take it for what it is, a clever and useful GUIDE to classical music. No, it is NOT an uncut rendition of Beethoven's 9th symphony. It IS a cd that will jog your memory. You have heard many of the tunes presented here, but not always knowing what the work was. This is your chance to catch up with all the great classical music you have been exposed to. Cheap too.

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The Ultimate

Manufacturer: Disky
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Ultimate Collection

ASIN: B00019RAO4
Release Date: 2004-02-05

Tracks:

Red Hot [Symphonic Mix]
I Feel Love
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(I) Can, Can (You?)
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Import exclusive compilation for the classical crossover star features 14 tracks including 2 live tracks. Highlights include, 'Red Hot' (Symphonic Mix), 'I Feel Love', 'Classical Gas', 'Picante', '(I) Can, Can (You?)', & many more. Disky. 2003.

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This is my idea of a fine saxophone quartet!!!

Anything Goes
Frederick Loewe , Victor Young , Ludwig van Beethoven , Cole Porter , Anonymous , Traditional , Edward , Robert Schumann , Ben Bernie , George Gershwin , Igor Stravinsky , Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov , David B. Stambler , Jule Charlap Mark / Styne , Mark Lanz Weiser , Lee Harline , and Capitol Quartet
Manufacturer: Summit(Classical)
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ASIN: B000056OE9
Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

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This is my idea of a fine saxophone quartet!!!.......2004-07-01

A superb recording in every respect, from the perfect intonation, blend, and balance to the unique style and sound of this talented group! An array of tunes to delight the casual listener and music critic alike. Perhaps my best recording...certainly a favorite! As a saxophonist and teacher, I would like all my students to hear this fine recording.

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Rachmaninov of majestic poise, technique
Making sense of the second

Simon Trpceski Plays Rachmaninoff

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ASIN: B0006SGEQA
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

Prelude Op.23 No.2 In B Flat Major
'Siren' Op.21 No.5
Prelude Op.23 No.1 In F Sharp Minor
Prelude Op.23 No.10 In G Flat Major
Prelude Op.32 No.12 In G Sharp Minor
Lullaby
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The Flight Of The Bumblebee
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I. Allegro Agitato
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III. Allegro Molto-Poco Meno Mosso-Presto

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This is only Simon Trpceski's second recording, but it sounds like the work of a far more experienced pianist. Although the opening Prelude (Op. 23, No. 2) starts things off with quite a bang, the pianist is quite up to the challenge. He then goes on to offer a very well-planned recital, alternating familiar and unfamiliar items and offering a wide variety of moods. The producer has even varied the amount of time between tracks, adding to the impression that we are listening to a real recital. Best of all, Trpceski proves to be a gifted Rachmaninov player. He offers tonal variety in his playing which is sometimes even reminiscent of Richter--the highest praise this reviewer has to offer. And in the bombastic Second Sonata, Trpceski plays with such conviction and resource that he has convinced at least one previously-skeptical listener that this piece is actually worth hearing. Even if your collection is already well supplied with Rachmaninov piano music, this disc is still worth a try. --Leslie Gerber

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Rachmaninov of majestic poise, technique.......2005-04-07

The name Simon Trpceski, until I heard this disc, was but a name in passing this past year or so, among those of so many pianists, but no longer. This all-Rachmaninov program includes the 1931 revised edition of the Sonata No. 2, eight etudes (the famous C-Sharp Minor from the five pieces of Opus 3, five from Opus 23, two from Opus 32), and five transcriptions. Transcriptions for two of the composer's most familiar songs (Daisies or "Marguerites", 'Margaratki' if you will, and Lilacs or 'Siren'' from his Opus 38) are here and also the composer's last transcription - of a cradle song written by a young Tchaikovsky, possibly for the wife of Rimsky-Korsakov.

The first track on this disc sets things immediately ablaze with the celebrated B-Flat Major Prelude from Opus 23, as several writers have noted already. What got me were the cascades of octaves and thirds at pianissimo, seamlessly from what had preceded it and the same way with the rapid filigree that spins off from everything toward the end. Lilacs (from the composer's Opus 21 collection of twelve songs) is turned into a shimmering Debussy-esque landscape of colours and half-tones, without losing any sense of line. Ironically, Daisies, with tune similar in character to that found in Sadko, Trpceski delivers with the greater melodiousness and with also a wild flourish (marked mezzo forte) at the end - whereas Ashkenazy, to opposite ends, opts for understatement. The composer's last set of songs from which Daisies come are settings of prominent Russian Symbolist poets of the period to music.

In the two preludes that follow Siren', Trpceski engages us in controversially slow takes on each, and each featuring quite steeply terraced climaxes for both - especially on a more than usually despairing F-sharp Minor that opens Opus 23 (less defiant, as especially with the deleted Kocsis on Philips, than usual) and also for the gentle, Chopinesque G-Flat from Opus 32, the Orientalesque episode (again) toward the end of which wafts an abundance of fragrance here. I despair, however, for not being able to report that any risk-taking, such as cited above, makes for any vulgar playing in the least from this pianist.

Trpceski is equally unabashed at taking on the climax of the celebrated D Major cavatina from Opus 23, though stopping well short of making Mario Lanza out of it, by the end of page 1, as with Van Cliburn. Add on the slow-tempo list the famous G Minor, during which Trpceski makes something truly haunting and spectral for the retransition to the reprise of the A section, and emotionally firm, reticent about his way of it the entire way. Somewhat lachrymose is the opening of the B-Flat Minor Prelude (strategically followed here by 'Margaratki') but midway challenges Kocsis (again) in bringing the daemonic element in it to the forefront as well. Flight of the Bumblebee spins off very deftly as it should, yet Gramophone is not alone in having found the Mendelssohn Scherzo from MND a bit heavy-handed. The transcription of the Tchaikovsky romance is played with gentle pathos, and just as weightlessly as so much before, breaks into the beautiful filigree that Rachmaninov has composed for a coda to it. The G-sharp Minor Prelude is brilliantly, coloristically dispatched at moderate tempo and without any showiness, a la Horowitz or Cliburn.

The B-Flat Minor Sonata ends this disc in the same tonality as and much the same way as it had begun. Perish the thought that is for any lack of technique that Trpceski chooses the revised version (the more frequently played at competitions), over the original. This now could indeed be called its definitive interpretation on disc. The illusion that Trpceski builds of this music not having been truncated (or of perhaps being the original or a bowderlization instead) may seem a bit recidivist. He finds such fullness of expression, that it had to have been for the greater simplicity that Trpceski chose it - and he follows it entirely. It could perhaps serve as a referendum for those who hear a growing chill or fragmentation with late Rachmaninov a little more than perhaps did the composer himself.

The unassuming display of bravura, the cliff dropping cascades of octave and thirds for the segue into the Recapitulation, played in such a way to hear them all as the simple legato harmonic progression they are is again almost terrifying, and without grandstanding by way of jumping over to the original version of the last four measures up to the Recapit, as at least almost all the bowdlerizations on disc give you, including the newest one on DGG. Similar happens with so much of the development section of the finale, and during which Rachmaninov rewrote some accenting (from what it is in the Original Version). Trpceski's poise and tastes are at such a high level, that rest assured, he would not have missed the right accenting (and which most notably Kocsis at least almost alone entirely gets), had he picked the original, and for which Horowitz both times uses the original notation.

The slow movement is played with great tenderness, the right sense of being completely at rest, and beautiful tone, as are the Meno mosso sections of the two outer movements. A possible encore for this program could have been perhaps the G Major Prelude from Opus 32, a piece I was introduced to by the wonderful EMI recording by a young Geza Anda, playing of which Trpceski might remind a few listeners. There is nevertheless a full 69 minutes of playing time here - no reason at all for complaint. Richter or the composer may be the last word on simplicity for a few of the preludes here. This is, however, playing not to be missed.

Making sense of the second.......2005-02-15

Down through the years I've heard many recordings and performances of Rachmaninov's second piano sonata; however, due to (I'm sure) something lacking within me, I've never been able to appreciate the work. This recording with Simon Trpceski "turned the light on" for me, and for once I actually liked the work and was emotionally moved by it. His technique is astounding and , to me for the first time, it did not sound as if the pianist was pounding the piano with his fists-the work's beautiful melodies were revealed to me for the first time.
The shorter works on the recording are also played very well, but the second sonata, for me is the standout.
The sound and musical programming are also outstanding!

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