The Music Master [Box set]

The Music Master [Box set]

The Music Master [Box set]

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Disc: 1
1. Goodbye Blues - The Chocolate Dandies
2. Cloudy Skies - The Chocolate Dandies
3. Got Another Sweetie Now - The Chocolate Dandies
4. Bugle Call Rag - The Chocolate Dandies
5. Dee Blues - The Chocolate Dandies
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Disc: 2
1. When Lights Are Low - Benny Carter
2. Blue Interlude - Benny Carter,
3. Gin and Jive
4. Nagasaki
5. There's a Small Hotel
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Disc: 3
1. O. K. For Baby
2. Smack - The Chocolate Dandies
3. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - The Chocolate Dandies
4. Boogie Woogie Sugar Blues - Benny Carter
5. All of Me
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Disc: 4
1. Moonglow
2. Give Me Something to Remember You By
3. Lady Be Good
4. Deep Purple
5. Sweet Georgia Brown - Benny Carter
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ASIN: B00006O0NT
Release Date: 2002-12-03

Tracks:

  1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
  2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
  3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
  4. Hungarian Dance No.7
  5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
  6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
  7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
  8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
  9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
  10. Csardas Music
  11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
  12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
  13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
  14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
  15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
  16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
  17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
  18. Tzigane
  19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
  20. Caprice No.24
  21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
  22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
  23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
  24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
  25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
  26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
  27. The Violin Muted
  28. Clair De Lune
  29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
  30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
  31. The Pizzicato Violin
  32. Pizzicato Polka
  33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
  34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
  35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
  36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
  37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
  38. Hungarian Dance No.4
  39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
  40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
  41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
  42. Bolero
  43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
  44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
  45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
  46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
  47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
  48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
  49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
  50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
  51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
  52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
  53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
  54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
  55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
  56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
  57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
  58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
  60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
  61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
  62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
  63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
  64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
  65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
  66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
  67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

  1. Introduction To The Viola
  2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
  3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
  4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
  5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
  6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
  7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
  8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
  9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
  10. Cypresses (No.9)
  11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
  12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
  13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
  14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
  15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
  16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
  17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
  18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
  19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
  20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
  21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
  22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
  23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
  24. Elfentanz, Op.39
  25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
  26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
  27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
  28. Flamenco
  29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
  30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
  31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
  32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
  33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
  34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
  35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
  37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
  38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
  39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
  40. Capriccio Di Bravura
  41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
  42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
  43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

  1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
  2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
  3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
  4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
  5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
  6. Sa'Dawi
  7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
  8. Chamber Music No.II
  9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
  10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
  11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
  12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
  13. A Variety Of Techniques
  14. Chamber Music No.II
  15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
  16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
  17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
  18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
  19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
  20. Naelden, Naelden
  21. The Bachian Oboe
  22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
  23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
  24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
  25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
  26. The Swan Of Tuonela
  27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
  28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
  29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
  30. Bolero
  31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
  32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
  33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
  34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
  35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
  36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
  37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
  38. ...And Quite Low.
  39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
  40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
  41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
  43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  44. Introduction To The Saxophone
  45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
  46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
  47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
  48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
  49. Bolero
  50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
  52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
  53. Sax-O-Phun
  54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
  55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
  56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
  57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
  58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
  59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
  60. Bolero
  61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
  62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
  63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
  64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
  65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
  66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
  67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
  68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
  69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
  70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
  72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
  73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
  74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
  75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
  76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

  1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
  2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
  3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
  4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
  5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
  6. Fanfare For The Common Man
  7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
  8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
  9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
  10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
  11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
  12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
  13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
  14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
  15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
  16. Billy The Kid
  17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
  18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
  19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
  20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
  21. The Birth Of The Trombone
  22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
  23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
  24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
  25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
  26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
  27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
  28. Hosannah
  29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
  30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
  32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
  33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
  34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
  35. The Horn And The Hunt
  36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
  37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
  38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
  39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
  40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
  41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
  42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
  43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
  44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
  45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
  46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
  47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
  48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
  49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
  50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

  1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
  2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
  3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
  4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
  5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
  6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
  7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
  8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
  9. Den Hoboecken Dans
  10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
  11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
  12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
  13. Gymnopedie No.2
  14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
  15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
  16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
  17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
  18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
  19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
  20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
  21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
  22. The Birth Of The Bongo
  23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
  24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
  25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
  26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
  27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
  28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
  29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
  30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
  31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
  32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
  33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
  34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
  37. Ravel And The Xylophone
  38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
  39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
  40. Introducing The Vibraphone
  41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
  42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
  44. Folk Dances
  45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
  46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
  47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
  48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
  49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
  50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
  51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  52. Introducing The Celeste
  53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
  54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
  55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
  56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
  57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
  58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
  59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
  60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
  61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
  62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
  63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

  1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
  2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
  3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
  4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
  5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
  6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
  7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
  8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
  9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
  10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
  11. Mahler's Sleighbells
  12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
  13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
  14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
  15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
  16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
  17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
  18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
  19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
  20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
  21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
  22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
  23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
  24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
  25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
  26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
  27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
  28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
  29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  30. Nocturnes
  31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
  32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
  33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
  34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
  35. The Oboe As Duck
  36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
  37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
  38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
  39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
  40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
  41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
  42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
  43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
  44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
  45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
  46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
  47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
  48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
  49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
  50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
  51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
  52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

  1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
  2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
  3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
  4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
  5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
  6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
  7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
  8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
  9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
  10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
  11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
  12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
  13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
  14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
  15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
  16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
  17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
  18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
  19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
  20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
  21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
  22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
  23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
  24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
  25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
  26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
  27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
  28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
  29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
  30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
  31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
  32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
  33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
  34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
  35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
  36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
  37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
  38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
  39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
  40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
  41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
  42. Canzon 28
  43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
  44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
  46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
  47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
  48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
  49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
  50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
  51. Images (Gigues)
  52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
  53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
  54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
  55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
  56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
  57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
  58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

5 out of 5 stars Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

5 out of 5 stars Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

3 out of 5 stars Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1935-1939
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    The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1935-1939
    Louis Armstrong
    Manufacturer: Definitive
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00005AU8U
    Release Date: 2001-03-27

    Tracks:

    1. I'm in the Mood for Love
    2. You Are My Lucky Star
    3. Cucaracha
    4. Got a Bran' New Suit
    5. I've Got My Fingers Crossed
    6. Old Man Mose
    7. I'm Shooting High
    8. Falling in Love With You
    9. Red Sails in the Sunset
    10. On Treasure Island
    11. Thanks a Million
    12. Shoe Shine Boy
    13. Solitude
    14. I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
    15. Music Goes 'Round and Around
    16. Rhythm Saved the World
    17. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
    18. Yes! Yes! My! My!
    19. Somebody Stole My Break
    20. I Come from a Musical Family
    21. If We Never Meet Again
    22. Lyin' to Myself
    23. Ev'ntide
    24. Swing That Music
    25. Thankful
    26. Red Nose
    27. Mahogany Hall Stomp

    Tracks:

    1. Skeleton in the Closet
    2. When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
    3. Hurdy Gurdy Man
    4. Dippermouth Blues
    5. Swing That Music
    6. Pennies from Heaven Medley: Let's Call a Heart a Heart/So Do ...
    7. Pennies from Heaven
    8. To You Sweetheart, Aloha
    9. On a Coconut Island
    10. On a Little Bamboo Bridge
    11. Hawaiian Hospitality
    12. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
    13. My Darling Nellie Gray
    14. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
    15. Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)
    16. Public Melody Number One
    17. Yours and Mine
    18. Red Cap
    19. She's the Daughter of a Planter from Havana
    20. Alexander's Ragtime Band
    21. Cuban Pete
    22. I've Got a Heart Full of Rhythm
    23. Sun Showers

    Tracks:

    1. Once in a While
    2. On the Sunny Side of the Street
    3. Satchel Mouth Swing
    4. Jubilee
    5. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
    6. Trumpet Player's Lament
    7. I Double Dare You
    8. True Confession
    9. Let That Be a Lesson to You
    10. Sweet as a Song
    11. So Little Time (So Much to Do)
    12. Mexican Swing
    13. As Long as You Live
    14. When the Saints Go Marching In
    15. On the Sentimental Side
    16. It's Wonderful
    17. Something Tells Me
    18. Love Walked In
    19. Flat Foot Floogie
    20. Song Is Ended
    21. My Walking Stick
    22. Shadrack
    23. Going to Shout All over God's Heaven
    24. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
    25. Jonah and the Whale

    Tracks:

    1. Naturally
    2. I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams
    3. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
    4. Ain't Misbehavin'
    5. Jeepers Creepers
    6. What Is This Thing Called Swing?
    7. Rockin' Chair
    8. Lazy Bones
    9. Hear Me Talkin' to Ya?
    10. Save It, Pretty Mama
    11. West End Blues
    12. Savoy Blues
    13. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
    14. Our Monday Date
    15. If It's Good (Then I Want It)
    16. Me and Brother Bill
    17. Baby Won't You Please Come Home?
    18. Poor Old Joe
    19. Shanty Boat on the Mississippi
    20. Poor Old Joe
    21. You're a Lucky Guy
    22. You're Just a No Account
    23. Bye and Bye
    24. Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Throwing Stones
    25. Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Generosity
    Fritz Reiner Conducts Richard Strauss [Box Set]
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Reiner's Chicago Richard Strauss: A Touchstone
    • Reiner's Strauss
    • NOBODY conducted Richard Strauss better!
    • Simply the Best
    Fritz Reiner Conducts Richard Strauss [Box Set]

    Manufacturer: RCA
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    PianoPiano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
    CelloCello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
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    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000003G5X
    Release Date: 1997-04-15

    Tracks:

    1. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Sunrise
    2. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Of The People Of The Unseen World
    3. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Of The Great Longing
    4. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Of Joys And Passions
    5. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Dirge
    6. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Of Science
    7. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 The Convalescent
    8. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Dance Song And Night Song
    9. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Night Wanderer's Song
    10. Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 The Hero
    11. Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 The Hero's Adversaries
    12. Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 The Hero's Companion
    13. Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 The Hero's Battlefield
    14. Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 The Hero's Works Of Peace
    15. Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 The Hero's Retreat From The World And Fulfillment

    Tracks:

    1. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Introduction
    2. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Theme: Don Quixote, The Knight Of The Sorrowful Countenance
    3. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Sancho Panza
    4. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation I: (The Adventure With The Windmills)
    5. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation II: (The Battle With The Sheep)
    6. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation III: (Dialogue Of Knight And Squire)
    7. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation IV: (The Adventure With the Penitents)
    8. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation V: (The Knight's Vigil)
    9. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation VI: (The False Dulcinea)
    10. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation VII: (The Ride Through The Air)
    11. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation VIII: (The Adventure With The Enchanted Boat)
    12. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation IX: (The Combat With The Two Magicians)
    13. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Variation X: (The Defeat Of Don Quixote By The Knight Of The White Moon)
    14. Don Quixote, Op. 35 Finale: (The Death Of Don Quixote)
    15. Don Juan, Op. 20

    Tracks:

    1. Elektra Elektra's Soliloquy: Allein! Weh, Ganz Allein
    2. Elektra Recognition Scene: Was Willst Du, Fremder Mensche?
    3. Elektra Finale: Elektra! Schwester! Komm Mit Uns!
    4. Salome Dance Of The Seven Veils
    5. Salome Final Scene: Ah! Du Wolltest Mich Nicht Deinen Mund

    Tracks:

    1. Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 Bewegt
    2. Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 Scherzo
    3. Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 Wiegenlied/Cradle Song
    4. Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 Adagio
    5. Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 Finale
    6. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60 Overture
    7. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60 Minuet
    8. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60 The Fencing Master
    9. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60 Entrance And Dance Of the Tailors
    10. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60 Entrance Of Cleonte
    11. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60 Prelude To Act II (Intermezzo)
    12. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60 The Dinner

    Tracks:

    1. Burleske
    2. Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes
    3. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Introduction
    4. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Of The Inhabitants Of The Unseen World
    5. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Of The Great Longing
    6. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Of Joys And Passions
    7. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Dirge
    8. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Of Science
    9. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 The Convalescent
    10. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Dance Song And Night Song
    11. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Night Wanderer's Song

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Reiner's Chicago Richard Strauss: A Touchstone.......2004-10-09

    Fritz Reiner was more than a fanatical, perfectionistic musical technocrat...His greatest recordings are stamped with undeniable
    humanity, humor, flexibility, even charm- apart from their
    bedrock interpretative honesty and (I choose these words carefully) sheer lust for quality. All these things are represented by Reiner's fabled Living Stereo Chicago recordings of Richard Strauss.

    Of course, there are gaps : no AUS ITALIEN or MACBETH, and no ALPENSINFONIE; you must turn to Rudolf Kempe's Dresden box for definitive stereo versions of these. And Reiner's only stereo versions of TOD & TILL (Vienna, 1956) are on a Decca Legends disc. Now, John Culshaw waxed enthusiastic about these sessions, because, no doubt, Reiner got the Vienna to play more accurately than Culshaw & Co. were used to hearing them play. But, overall, these versions lack the focus and sheer characterization of the 1950 RCA mono versions. (The mono TILL is finally available in the Reiner volume of GREAT CONDUCTORS OF THE 20th CENTURY. The TOD UND VERKLARUNG was available on a 1990 BMG CD, coupled with an earlier transfer of the SYMPHONIA DOMESTICA than the one in this present box. This TOD is currently available on a German BMG 2-fer ( # 74321846082), along with Reiner's '54 ZARATHUSTRA & HELDENLEBEN, and Eugen Jochum's ( ! ) TILL.)

    With those details out of the way, what a LIVING STEREO treasure chest, here! And all 20-bit remastered, in that famous warm, sweet, tube-electronicish sound from the master tapes...Let's take them on, in order of recording:

    The March 1954 HELDENLEBEN (just LISTEN to it, I won't waste space trying to describe it), starts off a journey into a lost world of disciplined melos and relative historical proximity to the composer himself. The '54 ZARATHUSTRA (admittedly with an orchestra-and-organ pitch clash, at the end of the Sunrise) and the SALOME DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS are still "demo" recordings...The December '54 DON JUAN is even more urgently passionate than the 1941 Pittsburgh version or the 1960 remake (which IS available, coupled with all of Reiner's Living Stereo Wagner).

    The SALOME & ELEKTRA scenes, with Inge Borkh, are stupendous;
    too bad RCA Victor didn't spring for one more singer and include Klytaemnestra's dream sequence- the most bone-chilling part of the score. (Search out Reiner's 1952 Met broadcast of ELEKTRA, with Astrid Varnay.)

    The BURGER ALS EDELMANN Suite of April 1956 (minus the 5th & 6th movements) is one of the greatest Strauss recordings of all time: awash in tonal beauty, yet acerbic in its ruthless satire of Monsieur Jourdain. A wiseass-ness coupled with extremely disciplined culture. Which shows why he was Fritz Reiner, and we're not.

    As if all that weren't enough, six months later Reiner achieves the impossible: he miraculously holds together the sprawly,
    nearly-out-of-control structure of the SYMPHONIA DOMESTICA,
    and brings out the humor and high spirits which this piece
    MUST have if is is not to either fall apart, or come off as hopelessly trivial.

    The BURLESKE of March 1957, with Byron Janis, is not without its poetic structure, and the sparks fly without ceasing- in a way almost identical with (and perhaps more fitting in) their '59 recording of Liszt's TOTENTANZ (which is available on THE REINER SOUND.) For a recording that captures more of this work's subtle wit and beauty, go to Kempe's Dresden version, with pianist Malcolm Frager.

    The ROSENKAVALIER WALTZES, in an arrangement by Reiner himself, are good enough to be frustrating, because one finds one self wanting to hear ALL of this opera, with Reiner and his Chicago. (No such luck, but you CAN get Reiner's fabled 1949 MET production on imported Naxos.)

    The April 1959 DON QUIOXTE, with Antonio Janigro on cello, is a spell of autumnal regret and incisive musical characterization, never tippping over into the cartoon-like.

    Finally, there's the 1962 remake of ZARTHUSTRA, Reiner's very last Strauss recording...The orchestra-organ pitch clash is MUCH less severe, but, overall, it must be admitted that, both sonically and musically, the '54 version has far more electricity and characterization (i.e., "higher highs, and lower lows"). Still, the '62 version is worth having for the greater contemplative warmth which Reiner brings to the last five minutes of the score. As if Der Fritzl were contemplating his own not-too-distant end. This is so affecting that it almost makes one cease to regret that the energy/time/money put into this not-entirely-necessary remake COULD have gone into, say, a Reiner/Living Stereo ALPENSINFONIE, Beethoven's FOURTH & EIGHTH, a LE SACRE, a FIREBIRD, or a Brahms FIRST- to name some of the glaring omissions in the Reiner studio discography.

    Still, these recordings opened the commercial way for other eventual treasures, such as Kempe's Dresden set and some of Szell's Cleveland Strauss.

    Sadly, this set may "go," soon. Snap it up ASAP and be intrigued, enraptured, and instructed.

    5 out of 5 stars Reiner's Strauss.......2003-10-22

    Probably no one conducted the music of Richard Strass better than Fritz Reiner. I've heard most of these recordings in other packages, including the original RCA Victor "Living Stereo" LPs. The digitally-reprocessed versions are even more astounding. The earliest of the recordings was made in March 1954 and it doesn't seem possible because the sound is every bit as good as today's digital recordings. It's a real tribute to the RCA engineers, who were experimenting with stereophonic sound using a triple track tape recorder. The 1954 "Also sprach Zarathustra" remains a milestone for intensity, drive, and excitement; the waltz sections are particularly haunting and relentless. The 1962 recording of the same piece is not as sensational as the 1954 version, perhaps because Reiner's health was failing (he died the following year), but it's still quite good. I especially like his "Dance of the Seven Veils" from "Salome"; it is one of the more intense performances of the works, perhaps only matched by Antal Dorati's 1963 recording with the Royal Philharmonic of London for a special Reader's Digest boxed set. Overall, Reiner's performances with the Chicago Symphony were only matched by Strauss' own 1944 recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic, recorded with a Magnetophon tape recorder in the Vienna State Opera House. What a shame that all those recordings are not currently available; they last appeared in a special box set of LPs issued by Vanguard.

    5 out of 5 stars NOBODY conducted Richard Strauss better!.......1999-03-24

    Fritz Reiner was the greatest authority on the music of Richard Strauss, with the likely exception being the composer himself. RCA knew that they had the "cream of the crop" with Reiner in these works, and had the foresight to accord Reiner cutting-edge 1950's technology (early high-quality 3-track stereo), and the best available recording technicians in this country (Jack Pfeiffer, Leslie Chase, Richard Mohr, and Lewis Layton). You absolutely CANNOT go wrong with purchasing this set, for as the years go by, the pennies spent will continue to return musical dividends that will reinvest themselves with each hearing, as you learn over time just how good Reiner was with this music in comparison to others. Indicative of this was when I attended a banquet featuring National Symphony Orchestra superstar conductor Leonard Slatkin, when someone asked him what recordings he planned to make with that orchestra. He answered that he didn't plan to make recordings of the "warhorses," for why should he make a recording of Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben," when Reiner said all that there is to say about it? Enough said!

    The only disappointments (and they are small) are the omission of Reiner's later 1960 recording of "Don Juan" and the recordings of "Till Eulenspiegel" and "Death and Transfiguration" he made with the Vienna Philharmonic, which initially appeared on RCA Living Stereo LPs. The likely reason for the omission of the Vienna recordings is that these are currently under license to Polygram (Decca/London). Buy this set and enjoy/cherish!

    5 out of 5 stars Simply the Best.......1998-09-11

    Except for the openings of Zarathustra, these are the absolute best recordings of these Strauss tone poems available. Even though they were recorded in the 50's and 60's the recorded sound is extremely good, sometimes better than newer recorded sound. The Chicago Brass section was born to play this music
    Handel Master of Chamber Music
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      Handel Master of Chamber Music

      Manufacturer: Master Tone Multimedia Ltd
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B000216R54

      Product Description

      4 CD Box Set, rerelease of titles from the Vienna Masters Series by Kannon. Includes: Watermusic Suites 1 & 2, Fireworks Music,Concerto Grossi Opus 3 Nos 1-6, Opus 6 Nos 1-7
      The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Absolutely Terrible!
      • I like it!
      • I'd rather listen to Jeb play the spoons!
      • I know nothing about these guys....
      The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber
      Andrew Lloyd Webber
      Manufacturer: Madacy Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B000000KGD
      Release Date: 1996-12-03

      Tracks:

      1. The Phantom Of The Opera: The Phantom Of The Opera
      2. The Phantom Of The Opera: Music Of The Night
      3. The Phantom Of The Opera: All I Ask You
      4. The Phantom Of The Opera: Angel Of Music
      5. The Phantom Of The Opera: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
      6. Jesus Christ Superstar: Overture
      7. Jesus Christ Superstar: What's The Buzz
      8. Jesus Christ Superstar: Everything's All Right
      9. Jesus Christ Superstar: I Don't Know how To Love Him
      10. Jesus Christ Superstar: King Herod's Song

      Tracks:

      1. Barcelona 1992 Olympic Theme: Amigos Para Siempre
      2. Evita: Don't Cry For Me Argentina
      3. Evita: Another Suitcase In Another Hall
      4. Evita: On This Night Of A Thousand Stars
      5. Evita: High Flying Adored
      6. Evita: She's A Diamond
      7. Evita: Oh! What A Circus
      8. Starlight Express: Starlight Express
      9. Starlight Express: Pumping Iron
      10. Starlight Express: Only You

      Tracks:

      1. Cats: Memory
      2. Cats: Mr. Mistoffelees
      3. Cats: Old Dueteronomy
      4. Cats: Gus The Theater Cat
      5. Cats: Macavity The Mystery Cat
      6. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Any Dream Will Do
      7. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: One More Angel in Heaven
      8. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Close Every Door
      9. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Joseph's Dreams
      10. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Song Of The King

      Product Description

      Johann Sebastian Bach Beruhmte Orgelwerke Vol. 2 Famous Organ Works Vol. 2 Otto Winter (Silbermann Orgel/ Silbermann Organ)

      Customer Reviews:

      2 out of 5 stars Absolutely Terrible!.......2005-05-24

      This collection of Webber numbers is an absolute disgrace to each and every song presented here. All of the songs sound like they were recorded using an electric keyboard, and most singing numbers have been reduced to purely 'orchestral' affairs. The song that sealed my hatred of this product was their rendition of "Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera. This was one of the few numbers that retained the choral parts, but the man they chose for it made my ears bleed, and the song- the formerly lovely duet between the phantom and a soft piano- has been changed into a synthesized, pop-like monstrosity. Skip this collection and buy the original recordings of your favorite Webber musicals; it's well worth the extra money, especially the original cast recording of Phantom of the Opera.

      5 out of 5 stars I like it!.......2001-09-18

      This is a good CD, with excellent music tuned for the mass.
      If you like pop music and opera, you'll see this is a combination of the two.

      3 out of 5 stars I'd rather listen to Jeb play the spoons!.......2001-08-19

      This is one of the worst renditions of Webbers' music that I have ever opened my ears to. While no music deserves one star, this collection nears that mark at a lowly three, narrowly missing two, only because the melodies are still in tact. However the resemblance to a Casio's song bank is uncanny, thus making these works hardly worth listening to mush less purchasable.

      1 out of 5 stars I know nothing about these guys...........2000-07-11

      ....and therefore should be avoided at all costs.
      Jazz Master Files
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Jazz Master Files
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: United Multi Consign
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
        Vocal Jazz GeneralVocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music
        Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B000066ROA
        Release Date: 2002-06-25
        Famous Organ Works (Box Set)
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          Famous Organ Works (Box Set)

          Manufacturer: Naxos
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          QuartetsQuartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
          All Works by J.S. BachAll Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          All Works by BoyceAll Works by Boyce | Boyce, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          All Works by CharpentierAll Works by Charpentier | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          Purcell, HenryPurcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          Reger, MaxReger, Max | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          FantasiesFantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
          FuguesFugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
          SuitesSuites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
          ToccatasToccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          Sacred & ReligiousSacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
          Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
          GeneralGeneral | Reger, Max | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          Ballets & DancesBallets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          TrumpetTrumpet | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
          OrganOrgan | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
          VoluntariesVoluntaries | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
          CompilationsCompilations | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          ChantsChants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          Te DeumTe Deum | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          ClassicalClassical | Box Sets | Stores | Music
          ASIN: B0000013I4
          Release Date: 1996-06-18

          Tracks:

          1. Prelude - Wolfgang Ruebsam
          2. Fugue - Wolfgang Ruebsam
          3. Pastorale In F Major BWV 590 - Wolfgang Ruebsam
          4. Toccata In D Minor BWV 565 - Wolfgang Ruebsam
          5. Prelude - Wolfgang Ruebsam
          6. Fugue - Wolfgang Ruebsam
          7. Prelude - Wolfgang Ruebsam
          8. Fugue - Wolfgang Ruebsam

          Tracks:

          1. Grand Choeur - Simon Lindley
          2. Berceuse - Simon Lindley
          3. Te Deum - Simon Lindley
          4. 1. Pater Noster - Simon Lindley
          5. 2. Noel Nouvelet - Simon Lindley
          6. 3. Veni, Creator Spiritus - Simon Lindley
          7. Epitaph - Simon Lindley
          8. Romance - Simon Lindley
          9. Paraphrase 1 - Simon Lindley
          10. Paraphrase 2 - Simon Lindley
          11. Paraphrase 3 - Simon Lindley
          12. Paraphrase 4 - Simon Lindley
          13. Suite Gothique - Simon Lindley
          14. Stele Pour Un Enfant Defunt - Simon Lindley
          15. Cantilene-Pastorale, Op. 19 - Simon Lindley
          16. Toccata - Simon Lindley

          Tracks:

          1. Galliard - Joseph Payne
          2. A Fancye - Joseph Payne
          3. La Bounette: La Doune Cella - Joseph Payne
          4. O Lux With A Meane - Joseph Payne
          5. Exultet Cellum Laudibus With A Meane - Joseph Payne
          6. Christe Qui Lux - Joseph Payne
          7. Lucem Tuam - Joseph Payne
          8. Christe Qui Lux With A Meane - Joseph Payne
          9. Sermone Blando Angelus - Joseph Payne
          10. Eterne Rerum Conditor - Joseph Payne
          11. Iam Lucis Orto Sidere - Joseph Payne
          12. Te Deum - Joseph Payne
          13. A Pavan - Joseph Payne
          14. Fantasy - Joseph Payne
          15. Bony Sweet Robin - Joseph Payne
          16. The Old Spagnoletta - Joseph Payne
          17. Trumpet Voluntary In D Major - Joseph Payne
          18. Voluntary In G Major - Joseph Payne
          19. Verse In G Major - Joseph Payne
          20. Voluntary In D Major - Joseph Payne
          21. Voluntary In A Minor - Joseph Payne
          22. Voluntary In D Minor - Joseph Payne
          23. Greensleeves And Yellow Lace - Joseph Payne
          24. The Constant Lover - Joseph Payne
          25. The British Toper - Joseph Payne
          26. The Happy Clown - Joseph Payne
          27. Salley's Fancy - Joseph Payne
          28. The Maiden's Blush - Joseph Payne
          29. London's Glory - Joseph Payne
          30. Introduction And Voluntary In G Major - Joseph Payne
          31. Prelude - Joseph Payne
          32. Courante - Joseph Payne
          33. Fugue - Joseph Payne
          34. Voluntary In D Minor - Joseph Payne

          Tracks:

          1. Carillon - Andrew Lucas
          2. Toccata In D Minor Op. 59, No. 5 - Andrew Lucas
          3. Fugue In D Major, Op. 59, No. 6 - Andrew Lucas
          4. Aria, Op. 51 - Andrew Lucas
          5. Toccata - Andrew Lucas
          6. Benedictus, Op. 59, No. 9 - Andrew Lucas
          7. Choral No. 3 In A Minor - Andrew Lucas
          8. La Nativite - Andrew Lucas
          9. Scherzo - Andrew Lucas
          10. Hymne D'action De Grace 'Te Deum' - Andrew Lucas
          11. Carillon De Westminster - Andrew Lucas
          Master Serie Vol 1 & 2 2cd,S Box Set
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            Master Serie Vol 1 & 2 2cd,S Box Set
            Nana Mouskouri
            Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B00000DXTD
            Release Date: 1993-04-01

            Jazz Music:

            1. The Three Bears
            2. The Wild One/Private Hell
            3. Thirteen Cosmic Standards by Sun Ra & Funkadelic
            4. This Is Your Life
            5. This Land
            6. Two of a Kind
            7. Wham [Live]
            8. 75th Birthday Celebration [Import]
            9. A Few Dozen
            10. Absolutely!

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