Big Up!

Big Up!

Big Up!

ASIN: B000005HQ4

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Product Description
1997 album for reggae artist considered one of Jamaica's finest brass players. Fraser's appeared on innumerable reggae singles, working with some of Jamaica's legends, including Bob Marley & the Wailers, since 1978. On 'Big Up', Fraser takes reggae & Jama --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Big Up!,Dean Fraser,Polygram Records,Dancehall,Pop,Reggae,Reggae Music
Big Come Up
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Meet me at the bottom.
  • Bruised Blues
  • Welcome Addition To Your Blues Collection
  • stripped down rock
  • Their best
 Big Come Up
Black Keys
Manufacturer: Alive Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000063WDH
Release Date: 2002-05-14

Tracks:

  1. Busted
  2. Do The Rump
  3. I'll Be Your Man
  4. Countdown
  5. The Breaks
  6. Run Me Down
  7. Leavin' Trunk
  8. Heavy Soul
  9. She Said, She Said
  10. Them Eyes
  11. Yearnin'
  12. Brooklyn Bound
  13. 240 Years Before Your Time

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Meet me at the bottom........2006-10-12

This CD has one of the best versions of Sleepy John Estes classic "Leavin' Trunk". My goodness, the song is almost tailor made for Dan Auerbachs tormented, distorted vocals.
This is one of the most talented young bands around. They've succeeded with a sound that's all their own and with minimal equipment. I wish them every success.

3 out of 5 stars Bruised Blues.......2006-05-07

Pragmatically getting the job done of equal parts rockin and bluesin, yet somehow managing to reinturpret some of the oldest sounds in the book and make it sound hip to indie ears is a hard feat indeed. Few bands play with such lack of pretense and irony that it is utterly refreshing in it's sincerety to here these guys do what they do. There is a definite repetition of sound that can bog the disc down, but that self-less raw-ness always seems to kill the monotony, especially on those few hard hitting songs with insanely delicious riffs in all their tonal simplicity.

5 out of 5 stars Welcome Addition To Your Blues Collection.......2006-03-12

I found these guys listening to Pandora online one day. Had no clue who they were or what they were about. Who knew some awesome blues could come from two skinny fellas from Akron, Ohio recording in a basement!!!??? First song I heard was Brooklyn Bound - great super dirty gritty blues sound that I love. Came to Amazon to listen to more clips and bought on the spot! All three albums carry through this great sound...I honestly can't pick a favorite album. Here are my top three fav songs on their three albums released to date...

Off The Big Come Up
Busted
Do The Rump
Brooklyn Bound

Off Thickfreakness
Title track - Thickfreakness
Have Love Will Travel
Hurt Like Mine

Off Rubber Factory
Just Couldn't Tie Me Down
Grown So Ugly
Keep Me

Really good stuff if you are into thick, gritty, full sounding blues style music.

4 out of 5 stars stripped down rock.......2006-02-23

Butt shaking music. If you like bluesy rock you'll love this. Not as refined as there 3rd Cd, much more primitive. Drums and guitar. Play it loud.

5 out of 5 stars Their best.......2006-01-26

This is a great album by a great band. The best thing to come out of Akron Ohio. This two piece band takes blues-rock to another level, with vocals that will surprise anyone listening that its a white guy. The soul of Dan A.'s voice is one that i havent heard yet. Surprisingly, like the Stripes in less ways than one would think, and in many ways better. A truely powerful debut by an amazing band.
Up and Running
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellence Extended
  • Another Home Run For The John Fedchock New York Big Band
 Up and Running
John Fedchock New York Big Band
Manufacturer: Reservoir Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MGTF4Y
Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

  1. Up & Running
  2. Embraceable You
  3. Moment's Notice
  4. Dedicated To You
  5. Alfie's Theme
  6. J Birds
  7. Elvin's Empire
  8. Theme For Ernie
  9. The Ariztocrat
  10. Mr. Dudley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellence Extended .......2007-03-30

Once every four or five years composer arranger/trombonist John Fedchock takes his New York Big Band into a studio and makes a recording for Reservoir records. Fedchock's latest "Up and Running", recorded in the fall of 2006, may be the best yet of a very consistent string of Fedchock big band CD's. The excellence displayed on his first three CD's is extended, or even raised a notch upward, with this release. The band itself sounds remarkably cohesive and perhaps even a bit more relaxed than before, which is evident on the title track. Furthermore, Fedchock has incorporated more influences into his writing without causing it to lose any of its strong and distinctive character.

Fedchock's cleverly places "Moments Notice" over a Latin rhythm and disguises the tune somewhat so that it nearly becomes an original composition. In "Mr. Dudley" Fedchock incorporates the second line beat of New Orleans and a taste of Dixeland. "The Emperor's Empire" is a powerhouse chart reminiscent of Elvin Jones' drumming translated for big band, and certainly stands out as one of Fedchock's best originals to date. Fedchock shows off his dramatic arranging flair and lyrical ballad trombone chops on "Embraceable You and " Dedicated to You." Baritonist Gary Smulyan is featured at length on the hard-swinging "Alfie's Theme." Fedchock always returns for a look at his roots in the Woody Herman band and does so here with a hard swinging shuffle blues "The Ariztocrat," in honor of the late, great bandleader. Rich Perry is featured on "Theme for Ernie," a flowing ballad chart originally written by Fedchock for the Woody Herman Band. "J Birds" is a bright, boppish original penned in memory of J.J. Johnson and Carl Fontana, featuring Fedchock and Steve Davis in fluent solos. Fedchock solos extensively throughout the CD and proves again why he is one of the outstanding trombonists in jazz today, playing with excitement, fleet technique, melodic shape, and complete control in every register.

The solo strength of this band is awesome, there's just no other way to put it. The very distinctive tenor sound of Rich Perry, the more Coltrane-esque style of tenorist Rich Margitza, the bright, lyrical solos of altoist Mark Vinci, the solo trumpets of Scott Wendholt and Barry Ries, and the strong lead and fiery high work of trumpeter Tony Kadleck will consistently catch your ear. The rhythm section of Allen Farnham on piano, either Lynn Seaton or Dick Sarpola on bass, and Dave Ratajczak on drums is right on the money on every chart, playing each groove with power and complete control and conviction. The recording quality of the CD is outstanding as well, with careful attention to balance and dynamics.

John Fedchock's 68 minute "Up and Running" has everything the lover of modern big band jazz could possibly want in a CD. The music will both challenge and comfort you, sometimes get your foot tapping, sometimes whisper in your ear, sometimes blow you away with its power, and definitely command your listening attention at every turn. "Up and Running" is an excellent CD in every respect and highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Another Home Run For The John Fedchock New York Big Band.......2007-03-30

I have been waiting a while for this new release ... it's about time that this vastly under-rated group cut a new disc. The playing is tight, superb ... the arrangements are good. Trumpets = Tony Kadleck and Craig Johnson are the Lead players with Barry Ries, Scott Wendholt and Kerry MacKillop rounding out the section. Ries plays some absolutely beautiful flugel. The entire band is an allstar line-up on New York musicians. Great solos ... very good arrangements ... modern harmonics together with good old straight ahead swing. I'll take this group over Down Beat Magazines annual picks anyday. Add this disc to your collection ... you will not be disappointed!
Satie: Piano Works
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Picasso in sound
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  • There's only one.
  • Don't forget Satie was an Anti-Romantic
  • "Electric Spirit of Eric Satie" fans this is the one !
 Satie: Piano Works

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002SBP
Release Date: 1992-01-23

Tracks:

  1. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Gymnopedie I
  2. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Gymnopedie II
  3. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Gymnopedie III
  4. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Les Trois Valses distingu du preux dI: Sa taille
  5. Oeuvres Pour Piano: II: Son binocle
  6. Oeuvres Pour Piano: III: Ses jambes
  7. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Trois Gnossiennes: I Lent
  8. Oeuvres Pour Piano: II Avec nnement
  9. Oeuvres Pour Piano: III Lent
  10. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Trois Gnossiennes: IV Lent
  11. Oeuvres Pour Piano: V Mod
  12. Oeuvres Pour Piano: VI Avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse
  13. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Trois Mouvements en forme de poire, uatre mains: Mani de commencement
  14. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Prolongation du m
  15. Oeuvres Pour Piano: I
  16. Oeuvres Pour Piano: II
  17. Oeuvres Pour Piano: III
  18. Oeuvres Pour Piano: En plus
  19. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Redite
  20. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois: I Tyrolienne turque
  21. Oeuvres Pour Piano: II Danse maigre (a mani de ces messieurs)
  22. Oeuvres Pour Piano: III Espa (Sorte de valse)
  23. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Sonatine bureaucratique
  24. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Trois Nocturnes: I Doux et calme
  25. Oeuvres Pour Piano: II Simplement
  26. Oeuvres Pour Piano: III Un peu mouvement
  27. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Premi penset sonneries de la Rose Croix: Air de ldre
  28. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Air du Grand Maitre
  29. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Air du Grand Prieur
  30. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Le Fils des oiles: Prde du 1er acte: la Vocation
  31. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Prde du IIe acte: l'Initiation
  32. Oeuvres Pour Piano: Prde du IIIe acte: l'Incantation

Tracks:

  1. Jack In The Box: Prelude
  2. Jack In The Box: Entracte
  3. Jack In The Box: Final
  4. Sports et Divertissements: Choral inappetissant
  5. Sports et Divertissements: La Balanre
  6. Sports et Divertissements: La Chasse
  7. Sports et Divertissements: La Come italienne
  8. Sports et Divertissements: Le Ril de la Mari
  9. Sports et Divertissements: Colin-Maillard
  10. Sports et Divertissements: La Pe
  11. Sports et Divertissements: Le Yachting
  12. Sports et Divertissements: Le Bain de mer
  13. Sports et Divertissements: Le Carnaval
  14. Sports et Divertissements: Le Golf
  15. Sports et Divertissements: La Pieuvre
  16. Sports et Divertissements: Les Courses
  17. Sports et Divertissements: Les Quatre-Coins
  18. Sports et Divertissements: Le pique-nique
  19. Sports et Divertissements: Le Water-chute
  20. Sports et Divertissements: Le Tango
  21. Sports et Divertissements: Le Traau
  22. Sports et Divertissements: Le Flirt
  23. Sports et Divertissements: Le Feu d'artifice
  24. Sports et Divertissements: Le Tennis
  25. Oeuvres Pour Piano: I D'Holothurie
  26. Embryons desseches: II D'Edriophtalma
  27. Embryons desseches: III De Podophtalma
  28. Preludes flasques (pour un chien): I Voix d'interieur
  29. Preludes flasques (pour un chien): II. Idylle cynique
  30. Preludes flasques (pour un chien): III. Chanson canine
  31. Preludes flasques (pour un chien): IV. Avec camaraderie
  32. En habit de cheval (a 4 mains): I Choral
  33. En habit de cheval (a 4 mains): II Fugue litanique
  34. En habit de cheval (a 4 mains): III Autre chose
  35. En habit de cheval (a 4 mains): IV Fugue de papier
  36. Apercus desagreables: I Pastorale
  37. Apercus desagreables: II Choral
  38. Apercus desagreables: III Fugue
  39. Descriptions automatiques: I Sur un vaisseau
  40. Descriptions automatiques: II Sur une lanterne
  41. Descriptions automatiques: III Sur un casque
  42. 3 Petites pieces montees (a 4 mains): De l'enfance de Pantagruel (Reverie)
  43. 3 Petites pieces montees (a 4 mains): Marche de Cocagne (Demarche)
  44. 3 Petites pieces montees (a 4 mains): Jeux de Gargantua (Coin de Polka)
  45. Peccadilles importunes: Etre jaloux de son camarade qui a une grosse tete
  46. Peccadilles importunes: Lui manger sa tartine
  47. Peccadilles importunes: Profiter de ce qu'il a des cors aux pieds pour lui voler son cerceau
  48. Pieces froides - No. 1 Airs a faire fuir: I D'une maniere particuliere
  49. Pieces froides - No. 1 Airs a faire fuir: II Modestement
  50. Pieces froides - No. 1 Airs a faire fuir: III S'inviter
  51. Pieces froides - No. 2 Danses de travers: I En y regardant par deux fois
  52. Pieces froides - No. 2 Danses de travers: II Passer
  53. Pieces froides - No. 2 Danses de travers: III Encore
  54. La Belle Excentrique: I Grande ritournelle
  55. La Belle Excentrique: II Marche franco-lunaire
  56. La Belle Excentrique: III Valse du 'Mysterieux baiser dans l'oeil'
  57. La Belle Excentrique: IV Can-can grand-mondain
  58. 3 Sarabandes: No. 1
  59. 3 Sarabandes: No. 2
  60. 3 Sarabandes: No. 3

Amazon.com

It's simple: in his various realizations of the piano music of Erik Satie, Aldo Ciccolini set a standard that has yet to be bettered. This compilation, drawn from recordings made between 1966 and 1971, is consequently the best of the best. Ciccolini always played Satie's music as though it had been written by Claude Debussy, not by some cheap charlatan or uneducated primitive (which, to an extent that is still debatable, Satie was). The result is that these seemingly simple piano pieces acquire a tonal allure that is as surprising as it is undeniable. They possess an understated sophistication that points directly toward Ravel and Poulenc, at the same time providing an opening to the minimalist aesthetic of the later 20th century. Ciccolini's playing is pliant and graceful, and under his fingers the music seems to breathe and come alive. What more could a composer or a listener want? --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Picasso in sound.......2006-02-19

Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau and Eric Satie were drinking buddies; it shouldn't be surprising that their work, though in different media, should bear striking similarities. This CD set replaces a very badly abused vinyl recording from the 1960s. No one plays Satie like Aldo Ciccolini. I do wish the Parade had been included, Satie wrote the music, Cocteau the libretto and Picasso did the sets and costumes-Satie's only ballet. Of course, the circa 1910 audience walked out. It's the story of an out-of-work ballet company that goes out onto the streets of Paris to try to get customers to come inside. The customers are stereotypes like the American in a cowboy outfit who adds the sound of this six gun to the music and the secretary who types through the encounter. The back wall of the theater was covered with Picasso designed neon signs flashing in bright colors throughout the performance. Across the front of the stage he'd strung acetate on which were playing street scenes of Paris from three cameras-red, blue and green. The men were way, way ahead of their times.

5 out of 5 stars Great but NOT complete.......2004-12-23

Please note that this collection does NOT contain Erik Satie's complete works for piano. The collection makes no such claim, but at 5 CDs, some may assume it to be complete and none of the other reviews to date mention this. I am too lazy to do the research to come up with a complete list, but offhand I know that these songs are missing - "Je Te Veux", "Fantaisie-Valse" and "Valse-Ballet". These 3 are among my favorite Satie pieces, so yes, I think the collection is diminished somewhat by their absence.

Aldo Ciccolini always has been the greatest interpreter of Satie's work for piano. Ciccolini has a feel for Satie that no one else does, although I have to admit that I prefer a faster tempo to "Poudre D'Or" than the slower, introspective tempo Ciccolini always uses, but that's only a small matter of personal preference. These recordings were originally made in 1967 and 1971 and the sound quality is excellent. At the dawn of the CD era at various sessions from 1983-1986, Ciccolini recorded Satie's complete works for piano on EMI on 5 CDs. They are currently out of print in America, with the exception of one compilation CD (also available at Amazon at the time of writing) with Gabriel Tacchino playing the 2nd piano on the pieces for 2 pianos. Ciccolini was overdubbed playing the 2nd piano on the original recordings in this review. I have a slight preference for the later recordings, but many seem to prefer these originals. You can't go wrong with these, just understand that they are not complete and the missing songs are among Satie's best.

5 out of 5 stars There's only one........2004-06-26

If you're reading this, you've already heard Satie's music, so I needn't to go into that. I do want to say that this is the only recording of Satie that is worth hearing. Ciccolini is the only foot that will fit the Satie glass slipper. Don't waste your money on the ugly step-sisters.

4 out of 5 stars Don't forget Satie was an Anti-Romantic.......2002-02-25

No one could deny that setting every disperse music in a unique album is a remarkable job. But I didn't like much the approach of Ciccolini, which I knew around 1975 while getting borrowed the vinyl LPs in the Embassy of France in Buenos Aires. Now I'd like to explain to whom it may concern why do I feel that way.
Satie was an anti-romantic composer, at the point of creating the "furniture-music" (musique d'ameublement) which refuses that music could be so expressive as romantics wanted. Other ones clasifies him as a "Surrealist" composer (anti-romantic movement too), but there are no signs of dreams of unconsciousness through his work. Since that point of view you could play Satie's music anyway but expressively. Satie wasn't Debussy, besides the fact that they knew personally and admire each other. Could you play Debussy in a plain style without damage?. I don't think so, because Satie was farther of expressive tradition than Debussy: we can say that Debussy is a spirit of the XIX Century while Satie is a precursor of the XXth. Remember his own words: "I came to the world too young in a time too old".
The best performance I heard of the piano work of our composer was in charge of Jacques Fevrier on the excelent album called "Monsieur Erik Satie", with such a "sideman" as another member of the group of six as Georges Auric for the 4 hands pieces.
I wave goodbye with a great embrace to all Satie's fans.

5 out of 5 stars "Electric Spirit of Eric Satie" fans this is the one !.......2001-08-17

Fans of "The Electronic Spirit of Eric Satie" will immediately recognize Aldo Ciccolini as one of the few musicians in touch with the true "Satie" style. The selections correspond to "Electric Spirit" ; except, performed as a good piano solo. The piano recording is done so well it's better than most orchestral versions. It sounds very much like "Electric Spirit" without orchestration nor electronic "boops" and "beeps"-- just a good piano. It's really just as funny and powerful; and here it has a class act. This performance is a rare find !
Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1: Film & Television Music
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1: Film & Television Music

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ASIN: B000002OEB
Release Date: 1990-10-15

Tracks:

  1. Excerpts From: Pee Wee's Big Adventure
  2. Excerpts From: Batman
  3. Excerpts From: Dick Tracy
  4. Excerpts From: Beetlejuice
  5. Excerpts From: Nightbreed
  6. Excerpts From: Darkman
  7. Excerpts From: Back To School
  8. Excerpts From: Midnight Run
  9. Excerpts From: Wisdom
  10. Excerpts From: Hot To Trot
  11. Excerpts From: Big Top Pee Wee
  12. Excerpts From: The Simpsons
  13. Excerpts From: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jar
  14. Excerpts From: Tales From The Crypt
  15. Excerpts From: Face Like A Frog
  16. Excerpts From: Forbidden Zone
  17. Excerpts From: Scrooged

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great compilation - and that's just the first half........2005-09-14

I first got this on cassette in the summer of '94 and listened to it every day, drawn by its thematic range and compositional depth. And that was just side-one.

Elfman pioneered the sound that drives today's movie adaptations of comic-books and darker-themed children's stories. Side-One kicks things off with a rollicking, hyper-cartoonish theme from the first Pee-Wee movie - the one where Pee-Wee searches for his beloved bike. Elfman's theme contains layers of different rides - on tightropes, highways, in the middle of a NASCAR rally - which rudely yet melodically crash into each other.

The Batman entry actually contains several pieces - the opening credits, the extended sequence in the cathedral and the climax - which show Batman's darkened extreme at its "Frank Miller" best. (Dir. Tim Burton couldn't sustain the mood in the next sequel, and the franchise took a turn towards the camp of the TV series with the next 2 movies.)

The theme for "Dick Tracy" is perhaps the most romantic on this disc, a quality that surpasses the theme's comic-book origins, but ends on an ironic note that's pure Elfman.

"Beetlejuice" (opening & closing credits) gives Elfman's childish ID a chance to stretch its legs, or in this case, slam-dance.

"Nightbreed" is an enigma wrapped in a dark mystery, and that's just Elfman's score. Elfman's work on this movie is as good as the movie wasn't, having a more powerful narrative than the script - easily the best track on the entire disc, one likely to exceed the movie in its dose of chills.

"Darkman" doesn't quite rise to the occasion, though the score may be hobbled by the movie itself, which seldom surpassed one of the many "Batman" clones of the early 1990's. "Darkman" (the movie, I mean) excelled as a parody of many comicbook staples (the wronged hero, the relentless villain, the scientific breakthrough with just one flaw), but not enough to escape being largely anonymous. Within those constraints, it's still a moving if scary piece.

When is Elfman not like Elfman? When he was in the mid-late `80's and scored "Back to School" (A Rodney Dangerfield vehicle) and "Midnight Run". Horns in "School" bring it closer to Elfman's over-the-top style, while "Run" sounds like a love-theme for the run-down, out-of-the-way parts of America that seldom appear in Elfman-movies. "Run" is a fun score for a fun movie - it's nothing like Elfman's previous work but it perfectly captures the on-the-road-without-a-map craziness of the movie.

To this day, I don't know why I never ventured to Side-two, but it's irrelevant. Even half this disc is worth it

5 out of 5 stars The best of Elfman!!!.......2005-09-05

I was obsessed about getting this CD right from when I heard about it. I found it at the library and was so excited about it, and it didn't let me down. In fact, it was a lot better than I expected. It's a fun and creepy (strange mix, but it really works!) collection of Danny Elfman's film and television soundtracks. The first track, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, is probably my favorite. Also, I really like Batman and Wisdom. Batman is creepy and dark, and Wisdom is just weird, in the best possible way.
I'd recommend this to anyone who likes film music, or everyone who is even the tiniest bit an Elfman fan. It's amazing!

4 out of 5 stars Great Collection, A LIttle Too Eclectic.......2003-08-19

You should be able to tell from the movies and TV shows listed here whether or not you'd be interested in this collection. It's a little too eclectic for my tastes (hence only 4 stars) but better than volume 2. I think thatthe miscellaneous collected ites here along with the previously unreleased stuff should make this worth buying. Especially if you're a fan of Elfman's movie soundtrack work.

5 out of 5 stars What Great Music.......2003-05-11

I fell in love with the music of Danny Elfman when Beetlejuice came out. There was something different about the music that he made. When Edward Scissorhands, and then Nightmare Before Christmas - I knew this man was a musical master. Its the verbal form of surrealism.

5 out of 5 stars super.......2003-04-17

What a great CD. Danny's music is so original and inventive. this CD contains his pre 90's quirky, gothic music. it's all very well written and beautifully orchestrated. batman and darkman contain some really excellent long, dark, gothic cues that really take u away from reality. in my opinion no one, apart from howard shore, is as inventive and original as danny in the world of filmmusic. he far surpasses the repetitive works of williams or horner. buy this, and volume two, and keep supporting one of the greatest film composers of all time.ohh...and buy fellowship of the ring and two towers by howard shore....amazing work!
Greatest Hits: Broadway
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ASIN: B0000029PM
Release Date: 1996-10-29

Tracks:

  1. Oklahoma!: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - John Raitt/Franz Allers
  2. On The Town: New York, New York - Michael Kermoyan/Adolph Green/John Reardon/Cris Alexander & Chorus/Leonard Bernstein
  3. Annie Get Your Gun: I Got The Sun In The Morning - Doris Day/Franz Allers
  4. Fiddler On The Roof: If I Were A Rich Man - Topol/Gareth Davies
  5. West Side Story: Tonight - Larry Kert/Carol Lawrence/Max Goberman
  6. The Sound Of Music: The Sound Of Music - Mary Martin/Frederick Dvonch
  7. My Fair Lady: On The Street Where You Live - Jerry Lanning/Theodore Saidenberg
  8. Annie: Tomorrow - Andrea McArdle/Peter Howard
  9. The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones - The Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
  10. Anything Goes: You're The Top - Eileen Rodgers/Hal Linden/Julian Stein
  11. Bye Bye Birdie: Put On A Happy Face - Dick Van Dyke/Elliot Lawrence
  12. Mame: Open A New Window - Angela Lansbury & Cast/Don Pippin
  13. Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band - The Chestnut Brass Co.
  14. Sweet Charity: Hey, Big Spender - Helen Gallagher/Thelma Oliver/Fan-Dango Girls/Fred Werner
  15. Bells Are Ringing: Just In Time - Judy Holliday/Sydney Chaplin/Milton Rosenstock
  16. Gypst: Together, Wherever We Go - Ethel Merman/Jack Klugman/Sandra Church/Milton Rosenstock
  17. Cabaret: Cabaret - Jill Haworth/Harold Hastings
  18. Phantom Of The Opera: The Music Of The Night - The Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
  19. Show Boat: Ol' Man River - William Warfield/Franz Allers
  20. A Chorus Line: What I Did For Love - Priscilla Lopez & Cast/Don Pippin
  21. A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns - Glynis Johns/Harold Hastings

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past.......2007-07-05

I just wanted to confirm what the first reviewer had to say about this CD. To hear Ethyl Merman, Mary Martin, Andrea McCardle etc. singing their trademark songs brought a lot of memories from the mid-centry musical theater back again. The last song by Glynis Johns is especially poignant.
You certainly can't beat the price!

5 out of 5 stars A Good One!.......2006-11-10

This is a very good CD, mostly because it's the original artists. I've had some that were re-recorded by no name artists that were ghastly. This one is a really good one--including the sound quality. If I had one wish, I would wish it were longer!
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    Superman - The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Original 1978 Recording?
    • AWESOME! John Williams shows again why he's the master of movie scores
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    • Excellent!
    • Hector, about the liner notes...
    		 Superman - The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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    ASIN: B000046PVN
    Release Date: 2000-02-15

    Tracks:

    1. Prelude and Main Title March
    2. Planet Krypton, The
    3. Destruction of Krypton
    4. Star Ship Escapes
    5. Trip to Earth, The
    6. Growing Up
    7. Death of Jonathan Kent
    8. Leaving Home
    9. Fortress of Solitude, The
    10. Welcome to Metropolis
    11. Lex Luthor's Lair
    12. Big Rescue, The
    13. Super Crime Fighter
    14. Super Rescues
    15. Luther's Luau
    16. Planet Krypton (Alternate), The
    17. Main Title March (Alternate)

    Tracks:

    1. Superman March (Alternate)
    2. March of the Villains, The
    3. Terrace, The
    4. Flying Sequence, The
    5. Lois and Clark
    6. Crime of the Century
    7. Sonic Greeting
    8. Misguided Missiles and Kryptonite
    9. Chasing Rockets
    10. Supefeates
    11. Super Dam and Finding Lois
    12. Turning Back the World
    13. Finale and End Title March
    14. Love Theme from Superman
    15. Can You Read My MInd (Alternate performed by Margot Kidder)
    16. Flying Sequence/Can You Read My Mind, The
    17. Can You Read My Mind (Alternate Instrumental)
    18. Theme from Superman (Concert Version)

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    Released during the era of leisure suits and pet rocks, the film Superman: The Movie has aged about as well. But the often-clumsy charms of Richard Donner's cartoonish, hit-and-miss take on the Man of Steel was blessed with at least one superlative artistic effort: John Williams's epic score. The composer's Oscar-nominated music (coming on the heels of Star Wars and Close Encounters) was a wall-to-wall heroic symphony, rife with memorable melodies and ominous arrangements. Almost every original cut on this soundtrack appears in an expanded version, supplemented by nearly a dozen previously unreleased cues and alternate takes. Featuring a deluxe slipcase and extensive, new liner notes, this is the definitive release of one of Maestro Williams's greatest scores. --Jerry McCulley

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars Original 1978 Recording?.......2007-04-04

    FIVE STAR FOR MUSIC. 1 STAR FOR AUDIO. Ok I've wanted this recording for almost 4 years. Now I got it. I am a discerning listener. This soundtrack is not the best quality. Tape hiss is very pronounced. You can tell it's taken directly from a cassette recording. I have other digital recordings of this music. They are miles ahead of this cd. Soundtrack is on the Rhino label. What? Rhino is not known for high fidelity. So it is very deceiving for one to buy a cd thinking it's John Williams conducting on a new recording in 1998 or whenever. It's the actual 1978 recording. Now let me unleash my rage. This thing sounds as if it's recorded with a single microphone in a bathroom, at a truck stop. Yes the music is phenomenal. My favorite track is #2 Krypton. I was hoping to discover some new hidden melodies that I've never heard in previous recording (original 1978). Nope. This IS the 1978 recording. So I will be getting the Debney recording just so I can hear what I'm missing. Love the music. Just can't hear it. ALL OF IT! But cool booklet. I can't listen to a booklet. But I got it. Whoopee.

    5 out of 5 stars AWESOME! John Williams shows again why he's the master of movie scores.......2006-08-31

    After over a year of trying to find a seller of this fine soundtrack, I finally found it! It is high time that the full score was released on CD.
    The original soundtrack release from 1978, while still an excellent collection, was sadly lacking in several of the best cues from the film. Most important of these was Track 12 (Disc 1) in which the helicopter crashes on the Daily Planet's roof and dangles precariously above the street. Williams builds on it, introducing Superman's theme into it as Clark Kent runs across the street, then rips open his shirt to reveal the 'S' - the symbol of the House of El - then enters the revolving door & exits as Superman. At the end of this is one of my favorite cues; the Superman theme is played as the Man of Steel appears above Metropolis, flying over the city on the hunt for criminals. 'Crime of the Century' (Track 6, Disc 2) was one of my favorite cues; this one portrayed the missile convoy as it made its way along the freeway, where Luthor staged the accident to get his cronies close enough to sabotage the missiles. There are too many new tracks to list here that should have been included the first time around, just a lack of space precluded this from happening.

    5 out of 5 stars Is John Williams Superman???.......2006-08-20

    After listening to the CD, John Williams must be Superman. By far, the greatest movie score ever written.

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent!.......2006-08-10

    Other than the over kill of "Can you read my mind", an excellent collection.

    5 out of 5 stars Hector, about the liner notes..........2006-07-14

    I have the previous edition, and the notes that came with it were nestled next to the CD in a thick booklet (with a cover of Reeve in front of an American flag) that was large enough for the slipcase cover, but too big to fit into the CD case front. Otherwise, the one-sheet cover that came with your soundtrack is identical to the slipcase version.
    Stars & Stripes: America's Greatest Hits
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • worth money
    • Great Patriotic Music
    • A good choice of tunes with good quality
    • Brilliant!!!
    • Best Patriotic Music I've Found
    		 Stars & Stripes: America's Greatest Hits

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    ASIN: B000000BMS
    Release Date: 1997-02-25

    Tracks:

    1. The Star Spangled Banner
    2. George M. Cohan Medley: Yankee Doodle Dandy/Harrigan/Mary's A Grand Old Name/You're A Grand Old Flag
    3. American Salute
    4. The Washington Post
    5. El Capitan
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    10. Americans We
    11. Manhattan Beach
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    9. The Stars And Stripes Forever

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars worth money.......2007-05-24

    this cd set is definately worth the money spent. i haven't heard some of the music before but was willing to give it a try.

    5 out of 5 stars Great Patriotic Music.......2007-02-21

    Beautiful music perfect for feeling patriotic. Received CD promptly and in great condition.

    4 out of 5 stars A good choice of tunes with good quality.......2005-06-30

    If you like military tunes and marches, this 2-CD is a good choice. The orchestration is good, it is well played and the quality of recording is good. If you like this kind of music, it is a good choice to buy.

    5 out of 5 stars Brilliant!!!.......2003-08-11

    I have the CD at home and the songs sound fabulous. I've heard the Houston Symphony's version of the Star Spangled Banner many times on TV as this anthem has been used at sign-off (when this was happening). It's as powerful a version you'll hear. Probably the finest patriotic music CD you can find out there.

    5 out of 5 stars Best Patriotic Music I've Found.......2001-09-20

    Loved the CD! I am buying it to use with a Musical Freestyle Ride for a Quadrille. A horse oriented endeaver. The music will be perfect to bring positive patriotism to fairs and fund raisers for NYC.
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    Release Date: 2002-12-03

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    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.
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    15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
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    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)
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    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)
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    58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
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    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.
    How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 7: Hangin' It Up
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    ASIN: B00004YLJI
    Release Date: 2000-10-03

    Tracks:

    1. Police Chief
    2. Roy Vs. Goldberg
    3. Lost Lunch Box
    4. Smooshed Hand
    5. Lost Heirloom
    6. Zeerox The Myna Bird
    7. RV Backwash
    8. Poison Pansies
    9. JJ The DJ
    10. Cookie Buzz
    11. Giant Squarsh
    12. Who Wants To Whup A Millionaire?

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Hilarious!.......2005-09-04

    Our family was recently "introduced" to the CD's by Roy D. Mercer. After listening to a couple different CD's, we knew we would be getting some of our own. They are so funny, they have had our family and friends laughing out loud!

    5 out of 5 stars a great cd for anyone who loves to play jokes on others.......2002-05-08

    I have been listening to RD Mercer for about 3 years now. Unlike the Jerky Boys (who I dont find funny at all) RD Mercer calls up people with a problem, asks for money to solve the problem and then if he gets no money he tells them he will kick there butt....and the lets the person on the other end off the hook. This CD never has a dull call and will keep you on the edge of your seat. To me this is the last of the best radio skits around.

    5 out of 5 stars Couldn't Be Much Better.......2000-12-22

    Probably the best yet. Zeerox the mynah bird is incredibly funny!

    5 out of 5 stars Never a Dull Moment With Roy D. Mercer........2000-10-13

    Roy D. Mercer is a telephone prankster which is actually, the creation of two DJS from Tulsa, Oklahoma, namely, Brent Douglas (the voice of Mercer) and Phil Stone. In each of its' ribtickling releases, Mercer, calls up on unsuspecting victims tells them that their responsible for a strange incident that took place. The fun part is that Mercer threatens to whup their you-know-what if he isn't financially compensated. Unlike the Jerky Boys, Phil and Brent let their victims off the hook.

    Volume Seven never has a dull moment. One of the highlights is track two "Roy vs Goldberg" which features its' first celebrity victim, professional wrestler Bill Goldberg. My favorite of all has to be "Giant Squarsh" in which Roy harasses a TV journalist about her failure to show up to cover a giant Squash." Wait until you hear her reaction when she realizes that the phone call was a prank.

    Like the first six volumes, you'll get an enjoyment out of people reacting to Roy's threat of a major "...".

    If you never heard of Roy D. Mercer. Volume Seven counts as your introduction to this mad redneck maniac and his two creators.

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