Motive

Motive

Motive

Track Listings
 
1. Wrack
2. Farb
3. Lude
4. Prick
5. Roil
6. Wound
7. Zig
8. Code

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Originally completed in 2000 and released as an exclusive MP3 album in 2002 on Artifact Recordings, Motive by Tim Perkis comes to CD as the second release for Praemedia. A meditation on modern electronica by a veteran computer musician, Motive is a pulse-driven array of electronics informed by a long history of improvisation in the electronic music field.

Perkis has been working in the medium of live electronic and sound for many years, performing and recording in North America, Europe and Japan. His sounds have appeared on the labels 482 Music, Tzadik and Artifact in the U.S. as well as Sonore and Meniscus. Perkis’s projects and passions have ranged from creating spatial sonic environments to building electronic instruments based on the behavior of genes in biological systems. His work has been largely concerned with exploring the emergence of life-like properties in complex systems of interactions.

He is also well known for his collaborations with artists such as Chris Brown, ROVA, Fred Frith, Kaffe Mathews, Wadada Leo Smith, John Zorn, John Bischoff and is an active member of the San Francisco Bay Area’s new music community.

Motive,Tim Perkis,Praemedia
An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Ring introduction critique
  • FASCINATING STUDY FOR NOVICES AND AFFICIONADOS ALIKE
  • Welcome back to a classic analysis
  • Essential for Understanding Wagner's Ring Cycle
  • Very Functional
 An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen
Deryck Cooke , Georg Solti , Wiener Philharmoniker , Anita Valkki , Berit Lindholm , Birgit Nilsson , Brigitte Fassbaender , Christa Ludwig , Claire Watson , Claudia Hellmann , Dame Gwyneth Jones , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Eberhard Wächter , George London , Gerhard Stolze , Gottlob Frick , Grace Hoffmann , Gustav Neidlinger , Hans Hotter , Helen Watts , Helga Dernesch , Hetty Plumacher , Ira Malaniuk , James King , Jean Madeira , Joan Sutherland , Kirsten Flagstad , Kurt Böhme , Lucia Popp , Marga Höffgen , Marilyn Tyler , Maureen Guy , Oda Balsborg , Paul Kuen , Régine Crespin , Set Svanholm , Vera Little , Vera Schlosser , Waldemar Kmentt , Walter Kreppel , and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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ASIN: B00000424H
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

  1. Of All Great Musical Compositions... (Examples 1-4)
  2. The Fundamental Symbol... (Examples 5-11)
  3. Returning Now To The Nature Motive... (Examples 6, 12-16)
  4. A Number Of Further Motives... (Examples 5, 17-21)
  5. A Second, Much Smaller Family... (Examples 22-25)
  6. So Much For Nature. (Examples 26-38)
  7. The Cause Of The Deterioration... (Examples 39-44)
  8. The Other Transformation... (Examples 45-48)
  9. Several Other Motives... (Examples 49-52)
  10. Two Further Motives... (Examples 41, 53-61)
  11. The Basic Motive Associated With The Spear... (Examples 62-68)
  12. Along Another, More Complex Line... (Examples 69-72)
  13. In Act Two Of Walkure... (Examples 69, 73-75)
  14. Returning Now To Act Two Of Walkure... (Examples 76-79)
  15. Love Is Another Of The Central Symbols... (Examples 80-83)
  16. Later In The Same Scene... (Examples 84-87)
  17. Freia's Motive Has Two Independent Segments... (Examples 88-91)
  18. The Label 'Flight'... (Example 92)
  19. When Fasolt, In Scene Two Of Rhinegold... (Examples 93-98)
  20. A Little Later In The Interlude... (Examples 99-103)

Tracks:

  1. The Other New Motive... (Examples 104-109)
  2. There Are Several Independent Love-Motives... (Examples 110-114)
  3. The Characters In Whose Lives... (Examples 115-120)
  4. One Further Motive Belongs... (Example 121)
  5. The Sword Motive Recurs... (Examples 122-130)
  6. Ironically, This Phrase... (Examples 131-135)
  7. Closely Associated With Gutrune's Motive... (Examples 136-140)
  8. Here We Come To The End... (Examples 141-146)
  9. Complemtary To This Symbol... (Examples 147-149)
  10. One Last Central Symbol... (Examples 150-157)
  11. One Further Motive Connected... (Examples 158-161)
  12. There Are One Or Two Motives... (Examples 162-168)
  13. These Motives Of Alberich And Mime... (Examples 169-171)
  14. Quite A Number Of The Subsidiary Motives... (Examples 172-176)
  15. Besides This Family Of Motives... (Examples 177-180)
  16. Our Final Example... (Examples 10, 181, 182)
  17. In The Final Scene Of Gotterdammerung... (Examples 181-183)
  18. Even More Masterly... (Examples 184-188)
  19. Now If We Return... (Examples 189-191)
  20. This Masterly Way... (Examples 192, 193)

Amazon.com

When Wagner set the Ring to music, he intended the orchestra to act in the fashion of a chorus from a classic Greek tragedy--setting the mood and commenting on the action. In order to allow a nonverbal musical line to reflect on the plot, Wagner developed a psychologically and musically complex symbology to communicate his thoughts to the listener. From the beginning the Ring has spawned numerous written commentaries on the relationships of the motif structure, but by using examples from the Decca Ring recording, Deryck Cooke's thoughtful spoken commentary is by far the most accessible guide for either the fledgling Ring enthusiast or the seasoned veteran. --Christian C. Rix

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Ring introduction critique.......2006-11-04

This is very worthwhile, at the same time it requires time, patience and attention, but it does provide some keys to better enjoyment of a sensational piece of music.

5 out of 5 stars FASCINATING STUDY FOR NOVICES AND AFFICIONADOS ALIKE.......2006-08-16

This may look an intimidating, daunting and dull prospect - a 2+ hour lecture on the motifs in the Ring. Don't be put off. Whether you're a relative novice to the Ring and want to find out what it's all about, more experienced with a desire to understand the composer's methods better or an afficionado who thinks he knows it all inside out, there is great pleasure as well as elucidation to be had from this set. Originally made to accompany the Decca Solti Ring, it contains a multitude of musical illustrations taken from those recordings as well as some specially recorded by Solti just for this Introduction.

It wasn't the first time this has been tried. The famous HMV sets from the late 20's also included recorded examples of over 100 motifs. (These, by the way, are available as part of the Pearl reissue of those wonderful HMV recordings). What that set lacked was the wonderful insights as well as the approachability of the talk by Deryck Cooke. Cooke was a great and much missed musicologist - a Mahler expert responsible for the performing edition of the Tenth Symphony still most played today, a fascinating explorer into the nature of music's basic building-blocks in his excellent book, The Language of Music, and an inspiring and elucidating critic of Wagner's work as shown by the fascinating book he left unfinished at his death, I Saw the World End.

On these CDs he does much more than list the leitmotifs and identify them as calling-cards. He shows the amazingly integrated and organic growth of the musical material that Wagner uses throughout his vast work. He demonstrates how motifs can change their sense and meaning as they evolve through the drama. And he shows how the complex combinations of motifs can radically advance both the musical and the dramatic narrative of the piece. There are even places where he corrects the misinterpretation of some of the motifs that had become ingrained from early commentators' false labels.

This set should engage and enlighten anyone with an interest in Wagner's huge and inexhaustible tetralogy. Do give it a try - no matter how far down the road to Wagnerianism you are.

4 out of 5 stars Welcome back to a classic analysis.......2006-05-28

Deryck Cooke's lecture series upon THE RING is almost as much a classic by now as the Solti RING cycle, with which it was originally issued on LP, and from which it derives its musical examples. The difference is that whereas the Solti RING has been continuously in print ever since it was completed, and was among the first opera sets to benefit from the CD revolution, the Cooke analysis was for long almost totally unobtainable. Now we have it back. It should be welcomed: it is a classic. Cooke's mellow, deep voice with the hint of a Celtic burr - which made him ideal on BBC radio - patiently explains Wagner's melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic metamorphoses to such good effect that if you own this recording, you really require no other RING analysis. (A pity about the abrupt beginnings and endings of too many vocal and orchestral illustrations, though.) Musicology lost a fine, sensitive thinker with Cooke's premature death in 1976.

If all you want is dilettantish baby food, there are plenty of dumbed-down Wagner commentaries on the market, stretching from Anna Russell's famous monologue (which doesn't pretend to be anything other than a parody aimed at morons) to the latest standard-issue "Wagner-was-a-Nazi-boo-hiss" feuilleton (which, unfortunately, does). Without reasonable score-reading skill you will find Cooke useless, however diligently you have ploughed through Marx, Jung, Freud, or other gurus purportedly relevant to THE RING. Cooke expects you to use your brains and your musical sense. Quelle horreur. At today's BBC his "elitism" would render him unemployable.

5 out of 5 stars Essential for Understanding Wagner's Ring Cycle.......2006-05-15

I originally bought this set on vinyl in the early 70s when I discovered the Ring in college. I studied the records and booklet assiduously, and after about three run-throughs I finally started getting it. Wow! Thirty-five years later, I still remember Mr. Cooke's analyses of various motive families, and I don't know how I could have mastered and loved the Ring without him. I now own this set on CD and listen again on the rare occasion of attending a Ring performance. My wife calls me a "Ring nut," but of course I'm nuts about many other things as well.

Bottom line, buy this set and study it if the Ring has captivated you as it has countless others. The presentation is dry, but sticking with it brings measureless and longlasting rewards.

4 out of 5 stars Very Functional.......2006-03-19

This CD set is excellent for what it sets out to do: present the leitmotives of the Ring according to their relationship to one another and their role in developing both characters and plotlines. Deryck Cooke's lectures on each motive are very insightful, very helpful at cueing the listener into the semantic aspect of Wagner's orchestral writing. The one drawback is that the musical examples are a bit jarring. Without fade-ins or -outs, the engineering is quite barbaric. And though the orchestra was, I believe, conducted by Solti, and is beautifully done, the vocal performances can be quite unpleasant. Point being: this is not background music, but in accomplishing what it sets out to do, it is very successful, and I don't know of anything else like it.
Loco Motive
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Rap masquerading as country
  • Took me by surprise.....I love it
  • Awesome CD - Unfair Reviews
  • CBT breaks the model of country music
  • Unfairly reviewed
 Loco Motive
Cowboy Troy
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Release Date: 2005-05-17

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When Tim McGraw and Big & Rich toured together in 2004, their special guest rapper all but stole the show. With his full-length CD debut, Cowboy Troy returns to build a bridge between country and hip-hop through a fusion that he dubs "hick-hop." Produced by Big & Rich, who collaborated on much of the material with Texan Troy Coleman, the raps bring down-home humor to uptown rhyming, as fiddle, banjo, and steel guitar punctuate the beat. While "I Play Chicken with the Train" and "My Last Yeehaw," both with Big & Rich, might generate some novelty airplay, Troy shows more reflective depth on a spoken-word ballad, "If You Don't Love Me," and a spiritual dimension on "Somebody's Smilin' on Me," with chorus harmonies by McGraw and Big Kenny. "El Tejano" includes a Spanish-language interlude, while "Beast on the Mic" has a Japanese hook. With the closing "Wrap Around the World," Troy celebrates hip-hop as the universal language, with the world of country music no longer an exception. --Don McLeese

Album Description

Get ready for Hick-Hop Muzik, rap meets country, with a very different short of posse. It's country of a different color from Cowboy Troy, who burst onto the scene with the rap in "Rollin'" from Big & Rich's multiplatinum Horse Of A Different Color and was a sensation performing on last year's Tim McGraw tour and "New Year's Rockin' Eve." Now MuzikMafia godfathers Big & Rich launch the major label debut of Cowboy Troy, the world's only black country rapper.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Rap masquerading as country .......2006-08-27

This is NOT country, it is nothing more than rap with a fiddle and a twang thrown in. Cowboy troy is just more flash in the pan Nashville trash, trying to masquerade rap as country.

Trust me when I say that this is NOT country, only an idiot who has never listened to classic country would say this is country music. This is Nashville at the bottom of the barrel.

Modern country does not need any of this trash. What it needs are guys like Dale Watson(The modern Merle Haggard) and Wayne Hancock(The modern Hank Williams), Zona Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis, Scott Hisey, James Hand, Kenneth Brian and the like, not this rap trash.

4 out of 5 stars Took me by surprise.....I love it.......2006-08-25

I first heard one of Cowboy Troy's songs on Cirrus radio and could not help myself; I just got up and started moving to the music. Oh, by the way, I am a 46 year old white woman who lives in the deep south and I have loved country music all of my life. I feel as though his style is helping to move country music into the new millennium and I hope I get a chance to see him in concert...Great Find Big and Rich...Keep it up !!!

5 out of 5 stars Awesome CD - Unfair Reviews.......2006-04-24

Cowboy Troy has a wonderful CD collaboration and I think it's unfair that there are so many negative reviews. All of his songs are extremely creative and worthwhile to listen to. His music is very addictive and upbeat and exciting, and he's even better in concert. So if you ever get a chance to see him in concert, go!

I also don't think it's fair to say that a bunch of white people wrote bad reviews because how do you even know? I'm white and I love Cowboy Troy. What does race have to do with if someone likes his music or not? Not cool - you should be ashamed of yourself!

5 out of 5 stars CBT breaks the model of country music.......2006-04-19

CBT is a well deserving artist! I'm a southerner by the grace of GOD along with CBT. Country music runs in our vains. Why all the bad feedback? CBT is doing more with what he loves (country and rap) then half of us. When I'm on the Deere mowin' I want to listen to up beat country and what does CBT provide? Upbeat country. Not only does he reach country fans but also rap and spanish fans. Also to the guy the dissed his first album. Have you gone to the CMA's or sang with Tim McGraw? CBT and the Muzic Mafia is going to be the next big thing! So if you dont like it listen to elevator music and stop being a foney country fan! Grow up, color and fusion of diffrent music is not a problem any more. It has been around for years. IF YOU ARE TRUE COUNTRY FAN PICK UP THIS CD! ITS WELL WORTH THE EXPENSE! CBT KEEP PLAYIN CHICKEN WITH THE TRAIN. LIKE TIM MCGRAW I LIKE THE CHANGE ALSO! BUY THIS CD!

5 out of 5 stars Unfairly reviewed.......2006-03-18

This is a fun album. A fun and GOOD album. It does not deserve the bad reviews it is getting. The ONLY people that are giving bad reviews are white people who do not like the fact that a black man is doing country music. That is THE ONLY reason!!!! Give this album a chance, you may actually like it.
Story Of Dvorák In Words And Music
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Narration with music
 Story Of Dvorák In Words And Music

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ASIN: B000001KD7
Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

  1. Furiant
  2. Allegro Grazioso
  3. Allegro Grazioso
  4. Scherzo
  5. Opening
  6. Serbian Dance
  7. You Ask Why My Songs
  8. Kolo
  9. Nature, Life And Love Motive
  10. Kolo
  11. Allegro Non Troppo
  12. Kolo
  13. Allegro Assai
  14. Eja, Mater Fons Amoris
  15. Kolo
  16. Allegro Molto
  17. Dumka
  18. Scherzo Caprccioso, Op. 66
  19. Allegro Moderato
  20. Allegro Moderato
  21. Largo
  22. Vivace Non Troppo
  23. Humoresque In G Flat Major, Op. 108 No. 7
  24. Allegro
  25. Allegro
  26. Polka
  27. Slavonic Dances
  28. Slavonic Dances
  29. Slavonic Dances
  30. Slavonic Dances

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Narration with music.......2006-01-07

I ordered this CD because of the price, and quickly found out why it is a cheap one. The narration is fine, but it is spoken over the music, and the music is just excerpts except for the featured selections at the end of the CD, which is all of four pieces. This is a great CD for the car - a little audio learning lesson, and does give a good intro into some of Dvoraks most famous pieces. But, it is no Carl Haas rendition.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet ~ Liszt - Opera Transcriptions ~ Wagner · Mozart · Donizetti · Verdi · Gounod · Tchaikovsky
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Superb playing
  • Thibaudet triumphs on this disc
 Jean-Yves Thibaudet ~ Liszt - Opera Transcriptions ~ Wagner · Mozart · Donizetti · Verdi · Gounod · Tchaikovsky
Franz Liszt , Gaetano Donizetti , Charles Gounod , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi Richard Wagner , Ferruccio Busoni , and Jean-Yves Thibaudet
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ASIN: B00000421C
Release Date: 1994-01-18

Tracks:

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Superb playing.......2006-12-27

This CD consists entirely of truly outstanding playing. In fact, these recordings are so good that even Horowitz himself (who rarely said positive things about other pianists) expressed admiration for them and for the power and technique which Thidaudet demonstrates. In fact, it is not just power and technique but also lyricism and a beautiful touch which Thibaudet brings to these pieces. Every note and phrase has been assiduously judged and weighted and these really are artistic performances, full of life with never a dull moment.

The pieces are all arrangements by Liszt of popular tunes from famous operas. Liszt wrote many such pieces and, of course it's a matter of opinion, but for my money Thibaudet has selected most of the best ones for this CD. Perhaps the least exciting one is the well-known Rigoletto paraphrase, a piece which has been done to death by so many pianists. I don't know if this is what takes the edge off it, perhaps it even took the edge off it for Thibaudet and so although his performance of this is very good, it is not inspirational like the other pieces.

The Spinning Chorus paraphrase is played superbly and with a great deal of charm and grace. Similarly, the Concert Waltz based on tunes from 2 operas by Donizetti is played with power and charm - brilliant octave and chordal playing throughout and in the exciting finale. The Polonaise from Eugene Onegin is also excellent - you'll be humming the tune to yourself for ages afterwards and listen out for the glittering passage work in the middle of this piece, Thibaudet makes the piano sparkle and sing.

The biggest feat of technique is in the notoriously difficult Figaro paraphrase. Here the music makes many demands of the pianist right from the word go yet when you hear Thibaudet playing it, it's hard to guess at how difficult the piece is so graceful and easy is his playing. There are a couple of minor clinkers towards the end in a fiendish passage but frankly that's neither here nor there. Particularly impressive (for the pianists among you) is his playing of the rapid contrary motion scales in thirds in both hands - such speed and accuracy and he even manages to inject some wit into it. A phenomenal performance.

The Faust waltz is great too. Listen out for the fun glissandos in the recapitulation of the second theme towards the end.

Finally, a word about the Liebestod from Tristan & Isolde. A very performance but the definitive performance of this is by Horowitz in his CD "The Last Recording".

A great CD, destined to become a classic recording. Thibaudet should be proud of this superb piece of work. If only other pianists took the same care to make their playing as polished and musical and imaginative.

5 out of 5 stars Thibaudet triumphs on this disc.......2000-05-14

I fell in love with this CD upon my first hearing of it. First of all the transcriptions by Liszt are excellent. Secondly, the way Thibaudet plays them is just mind boggling. His pianissimos are incredibly controlled and moving, while his fortes are spectacularly powerful, bold, and commanding. The London recording catches all this detail with brilliant clarity. One example on this disc is the transcription of the Liebestod. You know it should be wonderful, but in the hands of this gifted pianist, the piano soars and aches the feelings of Isolde. It's like Lizst and Thibaudet bring out the whole of the orchestration on the piano. In the climax, I was amazed to hear the loud rumblings of the lower end of the keyboard while the soaring melody on the other end of the keyboard lifted me away. The transcription of Mozart is wonderful. It makes one wish that Mozart had lived and composed on into the Romantic Period. There are some wonderful transcriptions of Donizetti and Verdi as well. In the end, what I can say is this: Thibaudet has become a wonderful interpreter of Liszt. On this disc Thibaudet shows us the wonderful ability of Liszt and his own wonderful pianist abilities.
Victor Herbert: The American Girl
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Beautiful Victor Herbert
  • Beautiful Victor Herbert
  • Beautiful Victor Herbert
 Victor Herbert: The American Girl

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ASIN: B000000T6L
Release Date: 1992-10-26

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  1. The American Girl Two-Step
  2. The Princess Pat (Sels)
  3. The Dream Girl (Sels)
  4. Natoma (Sels)
  5. A Kiss In The Dark from Orange Blossoms
  6. A Love Sonnet
  7. Inauguration March

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This recording (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discovered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discoivered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discoivered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.
Money Iz Motive
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • For tha CUTTHOATS
 Money Iz Motive
Mac Dre Presents the Cutthroat Committee
Manufacturer: Gateway Ent.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009Q0EVU
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

  1. Cutthoat Intro
  2. Money Iz Motive
  3. Song 4 U
  4. So Fly
  5. What U Got 4 Me?
  6. Cuddie Roc Ughh
  7. Respect
  8. I Can't Be on That!
  9. Reek Daddy Skit
  10. Paper
  11. Wo Di Do Skit
  12. I Think I Luv U Gal
  13. Wasn't Me
  14. What I Tell U? - J.D. Diggs, Mob Figaz
  15. B**** Lost Her Mind
  16. Can't F*** Wit Me [*]
  17. Get Stupid [Cut Remix][*]

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars For tha CUTTHOATS.......2005-06-28

I jsut listened ta this at NorthernRidaz.com and its pretty sav! The FEW Mac Dre verses that are on this album are gold and Dubee, PSD, and Mac Mall come really nice... my only beef wit this album is I wish there was more Mac Dre!!!!!!!!! RIP FURLY!!!!!
S.P.Y.T.I.M.E.
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • Turn it down!
 S.P.Y.T.I.M.E.
Ulterior Motive
Manufacturer: Tradition Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

LoungeLounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000058QW
Release Date: 1996-11-05

Tracks:

  1. Goldfinger
  2. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
  3. Trial By Terror
  4. From Russia With Love
  5. My Friend Ilya
  6. Man With The Golden Gun
  7. Secret Agent Man
  8. 007 Theme
  9. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  10. I Spy
  11. Live & Let Live
  12. James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Turn it down!.......1999-01-16

Outside of a couple of tracks (most notably, a decent version of Secret Agent Man), this disk really isn't very good. It blares out at you and is obnoxious. Way too overdone and noisy. It's from a good genre, orchestral spy music, but it's far too bombastic. If you're looking for good loud spy-type music, I'd recommend Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited's "Fluid Soundbox" over this.
The Motive Series
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		The Motive Series
    Mark Sherman
    Manufacturer: Cap Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00049QNT4
    Release Date: 2004-09-28

    Tracks:

    1. Nature Boy
    2. Motive #10 Judaican
    3. Motive #1
    4. Motive #11 Always Reaching
    5. Motive #7 Alla Sandra
    6. Motive #3 That Moment
    7. Motive #4 Venture Within
    8. Motive #9 Soothing Dream
    9. Old Folks
    10. Motive #8 Altered
    Rampal, Kudo, Ritter play Telemann, Kuhlau, Bach, Mozart, Doppler
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Rampal, Kudo, Ritter play Telemann, Kuhlau, Bach, Mozart, Doppler

      Manufacturer: Sony
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00000279Q
      Release Date: 1991-03-22

      Tracks:

      1. Scherzo No 1 In A Major: I. Allegro
      2. Scherzo No 1 In A Major: II. Moderato
      3. Scherzo No 1 In A Major: III. Allegro
      4. Trietto No. 3 In D Minor: I. Allegro
      5. Trietto No. 3 In D Minor: II. Largo
      6. Trietto No. 3 In D Minor: III. Allegro
      7. Grand Trio In G Major For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 119: I. Allegro moderato
      8. Grand Trio In G Major For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 119: Adagio patetico - Sostenuto-assai
      9. Grand Trio In G Major For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 119: III. Rondo. Allegro
      10. Sonata No. 3 In G Minor For 2 Flutes & Harpsichord, BWV 1029: I. Vivace
      11. Sonata No. 3 In G Minor For 2 Flutes & Harpsichord, BWV 1029: II. Adagio
      12. Sonata No. 3 In G Minor For 2 Flutes & Harpsichord, BWV 1029: III. Allegro
      13. The Magic Flute For 2 Flutes: No. 1 The Bird Catcher, That's Me - Andante
      14. The Magic Flute For 2 Flutes: No. 15 Ah, I Sense It Has Vanished! - Andante
      15. The Magic Flute For 2 Flutes: No.17 A Girl Or A Little Wife - Andante
      16. Hungarian Duettino For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 36: Allegro moderato
      17. Hungarian Duettino For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 36: Andante moderato
      18. Hungarian Duettino For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 36: L'istesso tempo
      19. Hungarian Duettino For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 36: Poco meno
      20. Hungarian Duettino For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 36: Poco animato
      21. Hungarian Duettino For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 36: Allegro
      22. Hungarian Duettino For 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 36: Tempo primo
      An Ennio Morricone Anthology: All Music Composed & Conducted By Ennio Morricone - From The EMI General Music Vaults
      Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
      • Remembering Past Enchantments And Past Ills
      • Delightful scores from Ennio Morricone
      		 An Ennio Morricone Anthology: All Music Composed & Conducted By Ennio Morricone - From The EMI General Music Vaults

      Manufacturer: Drg
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      ASIN: B000000PIZ
      Release Date: 1995-09-19

      Tracks:

      1. The Lady Caliph
      2. Women at the River
      3. Without Apparent Motive
      4. Night Search
      5. A Friend
      6. The Ballad of Hank McCain
      7. Rosemary
      8. God With Us
      9. What Am I Doing?
      10. Like Maddalena
      11. Moscow Farewell
      12. Amusing Diversion
      13. End Credits
      14. A Neighborhood Song
      15. The Wind, The Shout
      16. My Name Is Nobody
      17. March in F
      18. The Unholy Three
      19. Dedication
      20. Belinda May
      21. Lullaby in Blue
      22. Companeros

      Tracks:

      1. Slalom
      2. Sestriere
      3. Viva la revolucion
      4. Chi mai
      5. A Far Away Italy
      6. To Forget Palermo
      7. Three Columns on Front Page
      8. The Lamb is Going to Die?
      9. Song of Nostalgia
      10. This Kind of Love
      11. To the People of Parma
      12. A Little Bitter Irony
      13. Place of Spain
      14. Reason, Heart, Love
      15. Veruschka
      16. The Cousin
      17. The Hellbenders
      18. To Serenity
      19. The Venetian Woman
      20. Western?
      21. Theme for a Woman Alone
      22. Castles in Scotland
      23. The Outsider

      Customer Reviews:

      2 out of 5 stars Remembering Past Enchantments And Past Ills.......2004-06-07

      Few composers outside of the classical canon have expressed the ineffable as beautifully as Ennio Morricone. The Italian Morricone, who has written scores of wildly varying quality for over 400 films, came to international prominence with and is still best - known in America for his "Spaghetti Western" scores of several classic Sergio Leone films of the Sixties, such as A Fistful of Dollars (1964), The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1966), and Once Upon A Time In The West (1969).

      With the Leone scores, Morricone created musical pieces structured like complex mathematical equations, many of which were suffused with a driving, hypnotic, and archetypal power. In fact, the soundtrack for The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly was so dramatically dynamic that it thoroughly outstripped the finished film in terms of imaginative potential. Only with Once Upon A Time In The West did Leone create a film well crafted and realized enough to match Morricone's entrancing, playful, and occasionally perditious score. Similarly, Dario Argento's The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1969) almost completely failed to utilize Morricone's contribution, the best portions of which were heard only dimly and sporadically in the finished film. Leone's late masterpiece, Once Upon A Time In America (1984), two - thirds a perfect film, also failed to fully rise to the occasion of Morricone's simultaneously poignant, wistful, and wonderfully exuberant score.

      Today, Morricone's work is available on literally hundreds of soundtracks and soundtrack compilations dedicated to the composer, very few of which are entirely satisfying. An Ennio Morricone Anthology (1995), which contains 45 tracks from 39 films produced in Italy from 1965 onward, perpetuates this frustrating tradition.

      Of the 45 tracks, about a third represent Morricone realizing or approaching the height of his talent, another third are fairly interesting but ultimately repetitious and self-cannibalizing, and the final third, which may have worked reasonably well within the context of the films they were written for, never rise above the status of shrill, discordant, and bellowing kitsch (several attempt a Henry Mancini - like levity and fall flat). In fact, there is a great deal of healthy, raw, and leveling vulgarity even in some of Morricone's most famous compositions, such as "Le Vent, Le Cri" from 1981's The Professional and "Chi Mai" from 1971's Maddalena, both of which are included.

      Those seeking haunting compositions on the scale of "L'Estasi Dell 'Oro" or "Il Triello" from The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly or "Poverty" from Once Upon A Time In America will be disappointed to find very few pieces approaching their caliber here, especially if already familiar with such well - known pieces such as "Moscow Farewell" from the 1987 film of the same name or the otherworldly "Il Gatto A Nove Code" from The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971).

      As compositions of vastly different quality are interspersed amongst one another in dizzying array, many may find An Ennio Morricone Anthology virtually impossible to listen to from beginning to end without skipping tracks repeatedly. As a genius whose greatest compositions address both the immanent and the transcendent, both perdition and salvation, both the archaic and the modern, Morricone and his admirers deserve a more carefully selected and thoughtfully produced anthology than this haphazard collection offers.

      5 out of 5 stars Delightful scores from Ennio Morricone.......1998-12-19

      Few composers in film music today are as greatly admired as Ennio Morricone whose scores for a wide range of screen fares and many Oscar nominations and wins have attracted the attention of fans all over the world. This compilation is one of the best and contains very fine original musics and rare tracks of this Italian composer.

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