Swing Slow [Import]

Swing Slow [Import]

Track Listings

1. Western Bolero

2. Time Scan 1

3. I'm Leaving It All Up To

4. Disappeared

5. Hotek Etoiles

6. Snow Wave

7. Yuki - Ya - Konko

8. Good Morning, Mr. Echo

9. Capybara

10. Voo Doo Surfer

11. Time Scan 2

12. Paradise Ver..2

Tracks:

Make It Last Forever - Keith Sweat
Giving Him Something He Can Feel - En Vogue
Ribbon In The Sky - Intro
As We Lay - Shirley Murdock
Baby Hold On To Me - Gerald Levert
Love Under New Management - Miki Howard
How Can I Ease The Pain - Lisa Fischer
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red
I Like - Kut Klose
Freak Me - Silk
Something In My Heart - Michel'le
Through The Fire - Chaka Khan

Customer Reviews:

Make me wanna holla!.......2002-11-07

This has got to be one of the best CD's I've ever heard. This is that CD that you put on when you're alone and just want to be soothed to think about things, whatever's going on in your life. This is also good if you have that special someone with you and you just want to cuddle up and relax with them.

Amazing CD.......2001-08-29

I LOVE this CD!! There is not one song on it that I don't like. I really like the Shirley Murdock - As We Lay song. Trust me, you can't go wrong when buying this CD. It is truly amazing!!!!

Good Laid Back Disc.......2000-08-15

these songs are Good.Something in My Heart&Make it Last are the cuts.real Laid-Back cuts.some Good solid cuts here.worth checking into.

Love is At It's Best.......2000-01-24

Someone finally made it possible to get alot of great songs and put it on a c.d.! I love maximum slow jams not only because it is a great gift to give to someone you love, but also the fact that all the songs take you back to a specail person in your life ( if their not still there). I loved all the songs especially Keith Sweat Make It Last Forever and Chaka Chan's Through The Fire ! This blazing hot c.d. needs to be in everyone's c.d. collection ! You won't be maxed out!

WONDERFUL CD.......1999-09-21

I AM SO GLAD SOMEONE HAS PUT ALL THE GOOD LOVE MAKING SONGS ON ONE CD. THANKS

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Best of Slow Jams
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Unidisc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000X9742
Release Date: 2004-02-05

Tracks:

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
You Are My Lady - Freddie Jackson
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
All My Life - K-Ci & JoJo
Whip Appeal - Babyface
Anniversary - Tony! Toni! Toné!
Lady - The Whispers
Slow Jam - Midnight Star
Sweet Love - Fierce
Two Occasions - The Deele
Ready or Not - After 7
Lovin You - Minnie Riperton

Album Description

Import exclusive compilation from SPG Music features 26 tracks by artists such as Marvin Gaye, Al Green, K-Ci & Jo Jo, Luther Vandross, D'Angelo & many more. Slipcase. 2003.

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Swing an' Slow
Bobby Darin
Manufacturer: EMI Gold Imports
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ASIN: B000GFLI0U
Release Date: 2006-10-16

Tracks:

Mack the Knife [Live]
Intro. & Hello Young Lovers [Live]
Always
I'm Beginning to See the Light
Oh! Look at Me Now
Hello Dolly
Call Me Irresponsible
More
Charade
On the Street Where You Live
Sunday in New York
Goodbye, Charlie
As Long as I'm Singing
Standing on the Corner
I'm Sitting on Top of the World
That Funny Feeling
I Got Rhythm
There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

Tracks:

I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Good Life
I Wanna Be Around
All by Myself
My Buddy
Roses of Picardy
You'll Never Know
Blue Skies
You Made Me Love You
Days of Wine and Roses
Where Love Has Gone
You're the Reason I'm Living
End of the World
Blowin' in the Wind
Somewhere
Softly, As I Leave You
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
Party's Over

Album Description

Exceptional two CD set spotlighting a few of the different musical sides of Bobby Darin. 36 tracks that showcase his ability to tackle any song and style he chose including 'Mack The Knife', 'Blowin' In The Wind', 'Days Of Wine And Roses', 'Sunday In New York' and many others. EMI Gold. 2006.

Album Details

Bobby Darin is One of the Only Artists to have Success in the Rock'n'roll, Pop, Jazz, Country, R&B and Easy Listening Fields. He was a Multi-grammy Winning Singer, a Member of Both the Rock'n'roll and Songwriters' Halls of Fame, a Proficient Musician and an Oscar Nominated Actor. This Wonderful Double CD Collection features Some of his Finest and Coveted Moments from Fine Swinging Classics Such as Mack the Knife to Wonderful Ballads Such as I Left My Heart in San Francisco.

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this is so cool
SERENADED BY AN ANGEL....

Swing Slow/Della Della Cha-Cha-Cha
Della Reese
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005NKRM
Release Date: 2001-09-10

Tracks:

Come on-A-My House
Why Don't You Do Right?
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
When a Woman Loves a Man
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
You're Driving Me Crazy
I'm Beginning to See the Light
You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Loves You
It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House
Tea for Two
Call Me
I Get the Blues When It Rains
There's Nothing Like a Boy
Whatever Lola Wants
Three O'Clock in the Morning
Daddy (Hey Daddy)
I'm Just a Lucky So and So
Let's Get Away from It All
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
And Now
How Did He Look?
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
Won' Cha Come Home, Bill Bailey
Most Beautiful Words
Don't You Know
Not One Minute More

Customer Reviews:

this is so cool.......2004-12-04

i have bought this album on vinyl and worn it out several times. finally i decided to get the cd.

it is such a cool snapshot of a time and place.

you can put this on and clean your house or hang out with friends.

buy it!!!

SERENADED BY AN ANGEL...........2003-02-07

This is a great combo of two albums by Della that works well together. "Swing Slow" is a group of standards given Della's touch that will keep you entranced. And "Cha-Cha-Cha" is just that---standards set to cha-cha-cha. Lots of fun and great listening. Her version of "Whatever Lola Wants" cha-cha is steamy and sexy. If you like Della Reese then this is for you. It's a collectors' item and a great reminder that the star of "Touched By An Angel" was (and still is I hope) a great American vocalist with no fear of expressing herself. This CD is a wonderful vintage example.

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A Fabulous Collection of Memories
Good R&B Collection

Slow Jams
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Spg Records
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ASIN: B0000075MJ
Release Date: 1998-06-23

Tracks:

Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Love You Down - Ready For The World
Caravan Of Love - Isley Jasper Isley
Here And Now - Luther Vandross
Slow Dance (Hey DJ) - R. Kelly
Dreamin' - Vanessa Williams
Day & Night - Barretz
Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
Ready Or Not - After 7
Weak (Bam Jams Jeep Mix) - SWV
You Are My Lady - Freddie Jackson
Do What You Do - Jermaine Jackson
Can You Stand The Rain - New Edition
Turn Off The Lights - World Class Wreckin' Cru
Tender Love - Force M.D's
One Last Cry - Brian McKnight

Album Description

1995 SPG release featuring 16 hit love songs by top soul artists of the '70s, '80s & '90s. Includes: Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing', Ready For The World 'Love You Down', Luther Vandross 'Here And Now', R. Kelly 'Slow Dance (Hey DJ)', Vanessa Williams 'Dreamin'', Gregory Abbott 'Shake YouDown', After 7 'Ready Or Not', SWV 'Weak' (Bam Jams Jeep Mix), Freddie Jackson 'You Are My Lady', Jermaine Jackson 'Do What You Do' and New Edition 'Can You Stand The Rain'.

Customer Reviews:

A Fabulous Collection of Memories.......2004-08-09

I bought this CD to use for a wedding. I played the entire compilation and ended up selling it to the Best Man at the end of the night. A wonderful collection of classic, sexy slow jams - perfect for weddings or candlelight dinners at home... ;)

Good R&B Collection.......2001-04-28

This is a nice collection of R&B songs. It has "Tender Love" by the Force MD's, which is one of my favorite slow jams of all time. I also like "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye, "Love You Down" by Ready For The World, "You Are My Lady" by Freddie Jackson, "Can You Stand The Rain" by New Edition, "Slow Dance" by R. Kelly, and "Dreamin'" by Vanessa Williams. If you want a good collection of slow jams, check this out today!

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Excellent performer
A unique project
Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival
Definative

Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001Z2RSC
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

Swanee
Come To the Moon
I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
Nobody But You
Limehouse Nights
Drifting Along With The Tide
Rhapsody In Blue
Oh Lady Be Good!
Fascinating Rhythm
Hang On To Me
I'd Rather Charleston
The Man I Love
The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
So Am I
Kickin' The Clouds Away
Concerto In F

Tracks:

Sweet And Low-Down (I)
That Certain Feeling (I)
Looking For A Boy
When Do We Dance?
Sweet And Low-Down (II)
That Certain Feeling (II)
Irish Waltz
Do, Do, Do
Someone To Watch Over Me
Clap Yo' Hands
Maybe
Three Preludes: I. No.1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso / II. No.2: Andante Con Moto / III No.3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
Meadow Serenade
My One And Only
'S Wonderful/Funny Face
He Loves And She Loves
An American In Paris
Liza
Strike Up The Band
Embraceable You
I Got Rhythm (I)
I Got Rhythm (II)

Tracks:

Of Thee I Sing
Jilted
Second Rhapsody
For You, For Me, For Evermore
Cuban Overture
Isn't It A Pity?
Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
II. Porgy Sings: 'I got Plenty O' Nuthin' - 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'
III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene 1
IV. Hurricane: Introduction, Act II Scene 3 - Hurricane, Act II Scene 3
V. Good Morning, Brother: Occupational Humoresque, Act III Scene 3 - 'Good Morning, Brother' - Children's Song 'Sure To Go To Heaven' - 'I'm On My Way' (Finale)
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Our Love Is Here To Stay

Tracks:

Girl Crazy Overture
French Ballet Class
Dance Of The Waves
Slap That Bass
Walking The Dog
I've Got Beginner's Luck
They All Laughed
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Shall We Dance
By Strauss
I Can't Be Bothered Now
The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
Put Me To The Test
The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
Stiff Upper Lip
A Foggy day (In London Town)
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Things Are Looking Up
I Was Doing All Right
Love Walked In

Customer Reviews:

Excellent performer.......2007-03-09

This plates are wonderful. I was charmed, and when I close my eyes now, I see scenes with American in Paris or Porgy and Bess but my favorite piece of music is Rhapsody in Blue. It's more than excellent is fantastic. Jack Gibbons perfectly feels the unique tone Gershwin's music, the mixture rythms of jazz with influences of impressionists and clear and beauty melodies.
I'm fascinating.

A unique project.......2006-11-23

Gibbons' undertaking is unique: to reconstruct and then execute and record the note-for-note playing of Gershwin as documented on the composers' piano rolls, sound recordings and certain published arrangements. I agree with the reviewer who points out that the result is like a library and not a recital you sit back and listen to (or get up and dance to). In fact Gibbons does some editing of his "library" now and then, and clearly documents it in his liner notes: in some reconstructions he augments accompaniment effects and even the melodic line itself. I don't mind that at all, especially as Gibbons scrupulously accounts for such tampering in his liner notes; but it seems to me that it is in this area of "tampering" that Gibbons the artist is asserting himself...which of course undermines the "library", the "historical archive": you have to search and read a bit to find out when you're hearing only Gershwin and when you're hearing some added Gibbons. I don't mind; Gibbons is a remarkable artist in his own right, not merely an impeccable documentarian. For sheer generosity of production Gibbons' Gershwin must also be unique: 4 cd's, scholar-level liner notes (yes, you need a magnifying glass to read them), and rock-bottom bargain price.

Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12

First: this is 4 high-end produced cd's (in low-end jewel cases) for the price of 2. The liner notes of all 4 cd's are condensed in a booklet of microscopic print, so you may need to spend the savings on a magnifying glass. MONEY WELL SPENT.
Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.

Definative.......2005-07-23

Here's the whole Gershwin catalog at a great price... Five plus hours of bliss. Definately five stars!

Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.

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Swing, Rumba and Slow Waltz
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Direct Source Label
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ASIN: B000FUF6SG
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

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Choo Choo Ch'boogie [Swing & Jive]
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It was great - until I got passed half the record...
los in love
Should have been called "Slow Jams: Group and Solo" by NE
A great compaltion
N.E. at their best.

Lost in Love: The Best of Slow Jams
New Edition
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Release Date: 1998-11-17

Tracks:

Lost In Love
With You All The Way
Earth Angel
Boys To Men
Can You Stand The Rain
Old Friends
Do What I Gotta Do - Ralph Tresvant
Girlfriend - Bobby Brown
Roni - Bobby Brown
Rock Wit'cha - Bobby Brown
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Customer Reviews:

It was great - until I got passed half the record..........2004-10-29

Athough I appreciate including Bobby Brown hits like "Rock Wit'cha" in there, I sure can't figure out what they were doing in an NE hits collection, in lieu of other NE track greats. They might as well have included "Roni" in there. In any case, it's good, but could've been A LOT better.

los in love.......2004-03-16

I Felt that other slow song's like Delious and Let's be friend's should have been on that album.I've been a fan since they've been out. I notice that there's one albulm missing when I go to the record store and that's the one with the them holding news papers. If there's any one out there know where I could find it reply back.

Should have been called "Slow Jams: Group and Solo" by NE.......2004-01-11

I have been and always will be an NE fan. In my Listmania here at Amazon, NE's "Home Again" and "NE Heartbreak" are tied for the #1 spot. So for me to slam this CD was tough on me, but i'll explain why. First of all, this CD did not do NE any justice as far as putting together a greatest love songs collection AS A GROUP. With ALL the CD's that New Edition as a group have put out, their record label could have put out a love songs collection by NE alone...not including all the solo stuff which was featured on the CD. What about the first Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis song written for NE, the classic "Helplessly In Love"?, Or these: "Mr. Telephone Man", "You're Not My Kind Of Girl", "Whispers In Bed", "Is This The End", "Still In Love With You", "I'm Coming Home", "How Do You Like Your Love Served", "Maryann", "Home Again". New Edition is the greatest and most talented r&b group of all time and they certainly have the ballads to stand alone as a group without the help of all the NE solo projects.

A great compaltion.......2000-09-13

This cd is a great Slow Jam collection. I think they should have had Mr. Telephone Man, Helplessly In Love and I'm Still In Love With You though which were all huge NE Ballads but this is still a great CD for those of us who love NE slow jams. The unreleased track really shows how vocally strong Ralph Tresvant is and it should have been on the album.

N.E. at their best........2000-06-04

This collection of slow jams by the various acts New Edition sprung over the years is truly incredible. The album features classics from New Edition such as "Can You Stand The Rain?", "Boys To Men", and "Lost In Love." As well as hits from Bobby Brown (Girlfriend, Rock Witcha, and Roni), Ralph Tresvant (My personal favorite: "Do What I Gotta Do") and Bell Biv Devoe (When Will I See You Smile Again, etc...) Old Friends, a previously unreleased track, with lead vocals by Tresvant, holds it's own alongside all the other great songs on this cd. I do have one question to ask the guys, where's "I'm Still In Love With You." I love that song, and I can't figure out why in the world they left it off. All in all, a fantastic album.

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A Real Find!
An Ambitious Interpretation of Gershwin's Pianism
Authentic is a misused word, but this time it really applies

The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1

Manufacturer: White Line
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000030YA
Release Date: 1993-11-02

Tracks:

Swanee
Come To The Moon
I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo
Nobody But You
Limehouse Night
Drifting Alone With The Tide
Rhapsody In Blue
Oh Lady Be Good!
Fascinating Rhythm
Hang On To Me
I'd Rather Charleston
The Man I Love
The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
So Am I
Kickin' The Clouds Away
Con in F

Customer Reviews:

A Real Find!.......2003-08-20

This CD was released in about 1992 but somehow I'd never run across it. I was interested because Jack Gibbons is a pianist I very much admire, primarily for his superb 2CD recording of the minor key études of Alkan, the kind of music that makes even piano virtuosos have nightmares because of their difficulty. One thing I noted in Gibbons's Alkan release was his loose and easy sense of rhythm. So, thought I, maybe he can do Gershwin the way he was meant to be played. And sure enough, he can and does.

These are mostly recreations from the piano roll elaborations that Gershwin recorded himself. Unfortunately the technology at the time Gershwin made them was fairly primitive and it created a kind of rhythmic strait-jacket for his playing. So what Gibbons has done is play the same notes Gershwin played, but subtly free the rhythms so that they sound spontaneous. And do they!

The CD includes a solo piano version of 'Rhapsody in Blue' based on Gershwin's own two-piano arrangement. Also recorded is the slow movement from the 'Concerto in F.' Both are done beautifully.

There is a dynamite performance of 'I'd Rather Charleston,' a tune hardly remembered today. And then there's Gershwin's own patented version (here perfectly mimicked) of 'Fascinating Rhythm.' And on and on.

This is 67 minutes of sheer joy!

Scott Morrison

An Ambitious Interpretation of Gershwin's Pianism.......2002-02-25

Jack Gibbons does a remarkable job in performing his transcriptions of Gershwin's works -- TOO remarkable that is. Each track easily displays Gibbons' technical gifts as a pianist but this is the rare case where it actually works against him. Listen to the original recordings of Gershwin himself playing these works of his and you'll see how EASILY the music flows whereas Gibbons' performance projects that "hard-work" atmosphere; you can hear Gibbons concentrating more on playing everything exactly "right" instead of having plain, flat-out fun. This is not surprising considering Gershwin's pianistic style was shaped by the free-wheeling, Harlem stride-piano masters whereas Gibbons was no doubt a classically-trained pianist where typically each and every single note must be played with proper dynamics and tempo (Gershwin didn't vary his dynamics nor tempo as often as many believe). Still, Jack Gibbons' "The Authentic George Gershwin" series is hands-down the best window into the artistry of George Gershwin's piano playing style. High praise should be given to Gibbons for not "watering-down" Gershwin's piano pieces (like so many have before) and making a recording for anyone who admires Gershwin as a composer as well as a magnificent pianist.

Authentic is a misused word, but this time it really applies.......1999-02-11

I have a huge Gershwin collection accumulated over 40 years and know all this music cold. But I've never heard it played better. I think George himself would smile to hear Gibbons. Unlike the perfect--and bloodless--Gershwin renditions of Michael Feinstein, this one truly captures the spirit of the music. It takes the old Gershwin piano roll renditions with their mechanical rhythm and gives them life. Here, you'll hear hundreds of small variations and Gershwinesque riffs you've never heard before, even if you know this music as well as I do.

Bernard Herrmann: The Devil and Daniel Webster, etc.

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Bernard Herrmann: The Devil and Daniel Webster, etc.

Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001SGX
Release Date: 1994-03-22

Tracks:

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1942) - (Suite for Orchestra): Mr. Scratch: Allegro Moderato e Agitato
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1942) - (Suite for Orchestra): Ballad of Springfield Mountain: Andante tranquillo
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1942) - (Suite for Orchestra): Sleighride: Allegro con brio
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1942) - (Suite for Orchestra): The Miser's Waltz: Tempo de Valse Lente
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1942) - (Suite for Orchestra): Swing Your Partners: Allegro Vivace
Silent Noon (1933-1975) - an idyll
For The Fallen (1943) - a berceuse
Currier & Ives Suite (1935): I. The Whirlwind Skater: Presto
Currier & Ives Suite (1935): II. Waltz: Moderato
Currier & Ives Suite (1935): III. Gallop - The Whip: Allegro
Currier & Ives Suite (1935): IV. The Fat Man: Slow
Currier & Ives Suite (1935): V. Torchlight Finale: Allegro Molto

Music:

Music

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