Volume 2: The Collection [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Hit List

2. Get Ready to Roll

3. You Don't Wanna Run Up

4. Oldie But Goodie

5. Nutty Block

6. Fo Funky Stories

7. Let's Do It Like This

8. Miss Crenshaw

9. Dose of Dope

10. My Hood

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Y.F.N.Y.

2. U Don't Hear Me Tho' [Street Mix]

3. Why Must I Be Like That

4. What Really Goes On

5. Chase the Bass

6. Jammy

7. Sit Back (Listen to the Rhyme)

8. Back in a Minute

9. Sounds of the Underground

10. Humps for the Blvd.

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 1
1. Hit List
2. Get Ready to Roll
3. You Don't Wanna Run Up
4. Oldie But Goodie
5. Nutty Block
6. Fo Funky Stories
7. Let's Do It Like This
8. Miss Crenshaw
9. Dose of Dope
10. My Hood
See all 12 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Y.F.N.Y.
2. U Don't Hear Me Tho' [Street Mix]
3. Why Must I Be Like That
4. What Really Goes On
5. Chase the Bass
6. Jammy
7. Sit Back (Listen to the Rhyme)
8. Back in a Minute
9. Sounds of the Underground
10. Humps for the Blvd.
See all 14 tracks on this disc

Volume 2: The Collection,Rodney O & Joe Cooley,Kritican Ent.,Bass Music,Old School Rap,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,West Coast Rap

Tracks:

Wooden Heart - Joe Dowell
I Really Love You - The Stereos
Foot Stomping, Part I - The Flares
Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter
Dear One - Larry Finnegan
I Wish That We Were Married - Ronnie & The Hi-Lites
Theme From Dr. Kildare (3 Stars Will Shine Tonight) - Richard Chamberlain
Little Red Rented Rowboat - Joe Dowell
Patches - Dickey Lee
Bobby's Girl - Marcie Blane
I Saw Linda Yesterday - Dickey Lee
I Will Follow Him (Chariot) - Little Peggy March
Young Lovers - Paul & Paula
Sugar Shack - J. Gilmer & The Fireballs
You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry - The Caravelles
Dominique - Singing Nun
Popsicles And Icicles - The Murmaids
Navy Blue - Diane Renay
Diane - The Bachelors
LIttle Honda - The Hondells
The Wedding - Julie Rogers

Customer Reviews:

Great CD - Very happy with purchase.......2007-07-01

With the exception of 'I Really Love You' (I don't remember this one) I'm happy with the rest of the songs. The only thing they're missing are the hiss and pop of the old 45's. These are from the early 60 and the chart numbers (on the back of the case) show they were all in the top 30, mand 10 or higher. I'm going to wear the grooves out on this CD :-)

Oldies.......2007-05-15

The CD was everything I wanted and more you hear the song's a fraction of the time on the radio

Hard to find 45's on CD.......2007-04-07

This is a really great CD!! I didn't know how to find these songs without my old 45's. The CD was in excellent condition and delivered on time as promised.

Great CD.......2007-01-17

Along with the one song I've been looking for, this has a lot of great songs.

A Lot of Quality for a Bargain Price.......2006-08-01

I received the 45's On CD Vol 2: 1961-1964, and already looking for more of these lost gems. Some of the songs I had on 45's which had worn with age and use. Now I can have the songs I grew up with forever on CD. Love it!! Bring out more of 'em.

Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection-Volume 2

Average customer rating:

Not ultimate- but wonderful, none-the-less
Very Nice Bream Collection
Not what I thought!
Ultimately Satisfying
Spectacular

Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection-Volume 2

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ASIN: B00004UEH6
Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

I: Allegretto
Capricho Arabe
A Fancy
Etude No. 5 In C
I. Allegretto
I. Allegretto
I. Allegro
The Wood So Wild
Adante; Molto Adagio; Adante
Fandango
Segovia, Op. 29
Fantasia XXII
II. Andante
Preludio
II. Andantino Grazioso
Fantasia
Bourree
Gigue
Polonaise, Op.2, No.2
Canario

Customer Reviews:

Not ultimate- but wonderful, none-the-less.......2007-04-14

As good a guitarist as Julian Bream is, one must begin by acknowledging that the title of this 2-CD set containing 32 admittedly seminal pieces written for hand-played strings ( primarily, the lute) is a tad hyperbolistic. An "Ultimate" collection of anything would have to be more complete, by definition, than any two CDs can be and, again, it almost goes without saying that no two people are apt to be in total agreement about what should or should not have been included in any such collection. All caveats considered and aside, this is, indeed, a thoughtfully selected and masterfully performed collection of what is, unarguably, some of the very best classical pieces ever written for the lute. Bream plays some of them on the guitar and others on a renaissance lute - the latter giving a somewhat truer indication of the stylings and musical nuances intended by the various composers. But, even the pieces he plays on the guitar - an instrument that, in it's current form, did not exist when many of the pieces were originally composed - are sensitive and lyrical interpretations that sound as if they MIGHT have been composed for the guitar.

Without spending space here reiterating the specific pieces, their titles and lengths, I will simply list the composers whose works Bream presents so nicely in this collection. They span a range of about five centuries beginning in the time of England's Elizabeth I and spanning the years through to the 20th Century's premier Spanish and Brazilian classical guitar composers. The list reads like a `Whose Who" of classical plucked-string instrument music and of composers whose keyboard compositions work particularly well on the strings of a lute or guitar, and includes;
- John Dowland
- Francis Cutting
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Gaspar Sanz (*)
- Mateo Albeniz (*)
- Manuel de Falla
- Enrique Granados (*)
- Hector Villa-Lobos, and
- Joaquin Rodrigo
(*) = Pieces originally written for keyboard play.

Every classical guitarist has his own recognizable style and approach to the instrument and the material. An experience listener would not confuse Bream's work with that of Andres Segovia, for example: but it is not that one is better than the other. Each, in his own distinctive way, is simply superb. Though the Spanish influence is clearly audible with both musicians, Bream's stylings have a more contemporary lilt and inflection than do those of Segovia; he makes each piece his own. One suspects that each time he plays a piece it comes out differently according to the moment, his mood, the instrument and God knows what else. Segovia, on the other hand, was well known for his constancy once he had found a version of each piece that fully suited his own ear and temperament.
While I am admittedly a Segovia fan, I find Bream's renditions to be noticeably fresher and each infused with an aura of presence in the here-and-now which I find especially enjoyable.

The collection is neither complete not `ultimate', but it is VERY good and well worth having in any collection of classical guitar music. In fact, for audiophiles not familiar with this genre, it is a fair place to begin to develop an ear for and a listener's knowledge of and experience with the classical guitar.

Very Nice Bream Collection.......2005-03-03

I have volumes one and two, but I prefer volume two because it contains later recordings, which are of a better sound quality than the tin-can reverb that predominates in volume one. I really like the inclusion of about a half dozen lute pieces in addition to the guitar. I wasn't a lute fan before, but after hearing Bream playing lute on this CD, I am a convert. Ditto with what one reviewer said about Sor's Andantino Grazioso--purely delightful.

Overall, this CD consists of a good variety of masterfully played music. I only wish most of Bream's recordings were recorded using later technology, which would make his playing shine even more.

Not what I thought!.......2004-11-08

Well, a bit of a "anti-climax"! I was expecting something totally different. Not at all the kind of guitar music I like but will make out a great unexpected gift (hopefully). The delivery time from order to delivery was excellant, 19days - internationally!

Ultimately Satisfying.......2004-02-03

A wonderful companion to the first set, this edition includes 20 beautifully recorded pieces by one of the master guitarists of the twentieth century. And Bream is at his best in these recordings, showing off his amazing technique, as well as his almost daunting emotional power. An amazing gift to guitarists and music lovers.

Spectacular.......2002-02-11

The brilliance of Breams guitar/lute shines through. If you love any of his work you will love this, I can never get tired of his work.Especially this one. Antantino grazioso is absolutely amazing.

Teen Time - The Young Years Of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: I Got Rhythm

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Just one song can make a CD 5 stars worth!
Only label that can match ACE reissues
A MUST HAVE FOR OLDIES FANS
Another outstanding volume in the series
This Is Just Outstanding!

Teen Time - The Young Years Of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: I Got Rhythm
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Eric Collection
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001V5QH0
Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

Party Doll - Buddy Knox
I'm Stickin' With You - Jimmy Bowen
Forty Days - Ronnie Hawkins
Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again - Jimmie Rodgers
She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be) - Ral Donner
Blue Moon - Marcels
I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) - The Ikettes
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - Little Eva
Chains - The Cookies
Don't Mention My Name - The Shepherd Sisters
Two Faces Have I - Lou Christie
What A Guy - The Raindrops
Swinging On A Star - Big Dee Irwin With Little Eva
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - The High Keys
Hey, Girl - Freddie Scott
A Walkin' Miracle - The Essex
But It's Alright - J.J. Jacksonn
(When She Needs Good Lovin') She Comes To Me - Chicago Loop
It's Cold Outside - The Choir
I Got Rhythm - The Happenings

Album Description

This second release in Eric's new oldies series makes a perfect companion to Volume 1. This volume has a more R&B & rockabilly flavor with 12 Top Twenty tracks again drawn mostly from the Roulette/Colpix/Warner Bros. vaults. And for collectors there are two songs appearing on CD for the first time! All recordings have been digitally mastered in ultra-high quality and are in true stereo wherever possible. Includes an 8-page booklet with detailed liner notes on each song.

Customer Reviews:

Just one song can make a CD 5 stars worth!.......2006-08-14

The Eric label, as does ACE, stands for superb quality "oldies"
+ the fact that they "recuperate" songs or hits that might be
considered as completely "unknown" to the majority of us even
though one considers himself an expert of that era (1956-1965)
who lived through it and collected most of those good old 45's.
There's one song on this compilation that makes this CD worth
5 stars: "Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports" interpreted by
Mark Dining and written by the great John D. Loudermilk.
The music is fantastic and resumes every sound there was in the
early 60's: nice melody, female backing vocals, strings, up- tempo
rhythm and incredible lyrics. I had never heard this song
before but the lyrics made me decide to write this review because
it reminds me so much of the real facts that were happening back in 1961.
Lumumba was the "revolutionist" fighting
the Belgians in Congo, what to say about Fidel who celebrates
his 80th birthday today, Ike Eisenhower struggling with Kruschev
at the UN combined with the other crazy contents of these lyrics
that remind me more of a typical Ray Stevens song.
Thanks to Eric records there are some more "beauties" on this
Teen Time Vol 3 like Ninety Nine Ways, Morgen (a # 1 hit in
Europe then), The Way Of A Clown, And The Heavens Cried and last
but not least a song by Eddie Holland who still had to become
one of the greatest songwriters ever. I must admit that there
are quite some "newies" on this fantastic good old Rock & Roll
compilation!

Only label that can match ACE reissues.......2005-01-15

I am a enthousiastic collector, and have almost all the Time Life rock n roll stuff, as well as ACE cds of this era.
I could comment like this like I have on ACE editions, or the Eric Records HArd to Find 45s series. Excellent, and must have!
A few points why:
20 tracks per cd (Time life is also excellent, but you get 15 per cd!)
excellent booklets with background info
not the same old songs over again, but many rare and still excellent tracks!
last but not least amazing sound quality.
So although you might have some songs there on other collections like ACE, it is for above mentioned points alone worth it to always have an Eric copy as well.

A MUST HAVE FOR OLDIES FANS.......2004-07-11

Have volume #1, love them both and can't wait for volume #3. Full of superb quality recordings, some never before available on CD.

Another outstanding volume in the series.......2004-05-06

Volume two, "I Got Rhythm" continues Eric Records' new series of tunes from the first decade of rock and roll. Many of the tracks here come from the Roulette, Colpix, Dimension and Jubilee labels and were once readily available on various Rhino and Sequel single-artist and compilation CD's. But with most of those pieces out-of-print, Eric has brought them back and added to these well-known tunes a sprinkling of rarities and even two new-to-CD songs. Appealing to the casual fan, top-10 favorites like the Happenings' "I Got Rhythm" and Lou Christie's "Two Faces Have I" share the spotlight with the seldom-found "I'm Blue" from the Ikettes and the Chicago Loop's "My Baby Comes To Me". Not neglecting the true collector, Eric has brought to CD-daylight the High Keys' move-over Doris Day version of "Que Sera, Sera" and "Don't Mention My Name" from the Shepherd Sisters, known for their big hit rendition of "Alone". As has come to be expected and always appreciated is Eric's attention to quality reproduction here exemplified by the use of the mono version of J.J. Jackson's "It's Alright", a track that has been issued in "stereo" on other CD's when in fact it has always been the remanufactured faux-stereo version. The tracks that do appear in true stereo here are 3,5,6,11,15,16 and 20. Rounding out the piece are the informative liner notes providing backround on the included artists and tracks. Once again, Eric shows how it should be done.

This Is Just Outstanding!.......2004-04-19

What can I say, except that it doesn't get any better than this. As with all of Eric's CDs, this one is flawless!

In addition to the tracks that we already have (but are now relegated to the obsolete pile by this CD), there are several tracks not found on any other domestic CDs, such as Don't Mention my Name by The Sheppard Sisters, Que, Sera, Sera by The High Keys, and (finally) a true mono version of the single, But It's Alright by J. J. Jackson, instead of the horrible re-channeled one that has appeared before.

The guys at Eric know how to do this sort of thing right, and we are the real winners in getting to listen to these hits the way they should be heard.

A wonderful CD! You owe yourselves a treat, and this is it!

The Classical Kids Collection: Volume 2: Tales of Enchantment and Classical Music
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Simply the Best

Great series, great collection

Great Start

Tchachovsky Discovers America

THE CLASSICAL KIDS COLLECTION - VOLUME 2

The Classical Kids Collection: Volume 2: Tales of Enchantment and Classical Music
Jeremy Irons
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Release Date: 1999-09-21

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Once Upon a Time (Lauda) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Procession (Danse Royale) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Travelling (Early One Morning) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
By the River (Gibbons-The Silver Swan) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
At the Monastery (Gregorian Chant) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
In the Dormitory (Riddle Lullaby) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
In the Village (Summer Is Icumen In) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Meeting Merlin [Celtic Harp] - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Cave Dance (Baile Cervantino) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Birth of Music [Sound Effects, Instruments] - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Future of Music (Chaconne on Greensleeves, Bach, Mozart) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Beethoven and the Unicorn's Song - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Meeting King Arthur (Festivities, Chanson a Lie) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Galloping Horse [English Dance] - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Lake (Tallis-Audivi Vocem) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Miracle of the Feathers (Western Wind into Unicorn's Song) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Boat (Shepards, Calm Your Flocks) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Arriving in Avalon (Psaltery) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Court Dance (Trotto) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Morgan (Pilgram's Journey) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Meeting in the Unicorns (Sir John, His Alman) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
In the Groove (Danzon) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Peace (Sweelinck-Mon Dieu, J'Ai en Toy) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Storm (Ghaetta) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Freedom (Celtic-Style Tune) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean
Conclusion (Amen) - Sylvan Bergeron, Kirk Elliott, Michael Franklin, Ben Grossman, Katherine Hill, Avery MacLean

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Piano Concerto # 1, MVT 1 Danse Napolitaine (Swan Lake) - Walter Babiak
Trepac (Nutcracker) - Walter Babiak
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/Turkey in the Straw/Waltzes [Serenade and ...] - Walter Babiak
Tea (Nutcracker) - Walter Babiak
Danse des Cygnes, Allegro (Swan Lake) - Walter Babiak
1812 Overture [Excerpt] - Walter Babiak, High Park Girls Choir
Silver (Sleeping Beauty), Ragtime - Walter Babiak
Overture Act II (Swan Lake) - Walter Babiak
Girls' Chorus (Eugene Onegin) - Walter Babiak, High Park Girls Choir
Coda, Act II (Nutcracker) Rag on Tchaikovsky Theme - Walter Babiak
Marche Slav - Walter Babiak
Violente (Sleeping Beauty) Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker) - Walter Babiak
Sommeil, Panorama (Sleeping Beauty) - Walter Babiak
Long, Long Ago Girls Chorus (Onegin); Waltz Op. 20 (Swan Lake) - Walter Babiak
Amazing Grace - Walter Babiak
Serenade for Strings, MVT 1 Serenade for Strings, Finale 1812 ... - Walter Babiak

Tracks:

Horn Concerto, K495, MVT 3 - David Fallis
Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, MVT 2 - David Fallis
Symphony No. 1, K. 16, MVT 2 - David Fallis
Piano Sonata in F K. 332, MVT 3 - David Fallis
We Are Three Spirits ("Drei Knabchen") Magic Flute, K. 620 - David Fallis, High Park Girls And Boys Choir
Oveture, Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 - David Fallis
Arrival at Court: Child's Minuet in C - David Fallis
Symphony No. 1, K. 16, MVT 1 Variations on "La Ci Darem", by Beethoven - David Fallis
Evening Falls ("Abendempfindung"), K. 523 - David Fallis, High Park Girls And Boys Choir
Flute Quartet, K. 285, MVT 2 - David Fallis
Symphony No. 40, K. 550, MVT 1 - David Fallis
Arrival in Rome - David Fallis
Miserere Mei, by Allegri - David Fallis
Cassation in C, K. 63 - David Fallis
Minuet, Don Giovanni, K. 527 - David Fallis, High Park Girls And Boys Choir
Barrel-Organ Variation on "Deh Vieni", Don Giovanni, K. 527 - David Fallis
Variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, " K. 265 - David Fallis
Letter Duet, ("Canzonetta Sull'aria"), Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 - David Fallis, High Park Girls And Boys Choir
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, MVT 4 - David Fallis
Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 - David Fallis
Waldstein Sonata, Op. 53 by Beethoven Piano Concerto in C, K. 467, MVT - David Fallis
Piano Sonata in A, K. 331, MVT 1 Gran Partita, K361, MVT 7 - David Fallis
Blow Softly, You Breezes ("Soave Sia il Vento"), Cosi Fan Tutte, ... - David Fallis, High Park Girls And Boys Choir

Tracks:

Sarabande, Harpsichord Suite in D Minor - Walter Babiak
Hornpipe, Water Music Suite #2 in D Major Andante, Harp Concerto, Op 4 - Walter Babiak
"Give Me My Freedom", Rinaldo, "Lascia Ch'io Pianga"/Andante, ... - Walter Babiak
"Evening Stillness, "Nine German Arias, "Susse Stille" - Walter Babiak
Rejouissance, Music for the Royal Fireworks, MVT. 4 Overture, ... - Walter Babiak
Largo, Concerto Grosso, Op 6 No. 4, MVT. 2 - Walter Babiak
"See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes, " Judas Maccabaeus - Walter Babiak
"For Unto Us a Child Is Born, " Messiah - Walter Babiak
"Golden Sunlight, " Alcina, "Verdi Prati" - Walter Babiak
"Far from Tempest, " Julius Caesar, "Da Tempesta" Chaconne, ... - Walter Babiak
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Soloman Sinfonia, Julius Caesar ... - Walter Babiak
Sinfonia to "V'adoro, " Julius Caesar " I Love You, My Treasure, " ... - Walter Babiak
Air, Water Music Suite #1 in F Major "Stand Round My Brave Boys, " ... - Walter Babiak
"O Lovely Peace," Judas Maccabaeus - Walter Babiak
Harmonious Blacksmith, " Harpsichord Suite in E Major Pastoral ..." - Walter Babiak
"There Were Shepherds, " Messiah "Glory to God, " Messiah - Walter Babiak
Sinfonia, Samson/"I Shall Weep, " Julius Caesar, "Piangero" ... - Walter Babiak
Founding Concert - Walter Babiak
"He Shall Feed His Flock, " Messiah/"Hallelujah, " Messiah - Walter Babiak
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Walter Babiak

Customer Reviews:

Simply the Best.......2001-12-29

I love these! I got them on tape many years ago. It's a great way to get to know the composers and their music in an entertaining way. I'm now twenty and a piano performance major and I still listen to them.

Great series, great collection.......2001-04-22

We've had the CDs in this boxed set for over a year now. The Classical Kids series has been wonderful. We have two boys (now 6 and 8) and this has been a great introduction to classical music. At first, the kids loved the stories that surround the music. The stories provide a sense of history and place and, ultimately, we found that they keep the kids interested in the entire CD. As they listened (time and time again) to the stories, they started to pay more attention to the musical portions that are in the background or that break up portions of the stories.

Recently, we've been able to tell that they've picked up a sense of the music as we've listed to classical music on the car radio. Time and again, they perk up when listening to a piece of music and surprise us by saying "That's Beethoven". Sure enough - they've picked up something about the style of music that's characteristic of Beethoven. Sometimes it's the snippet of music from the CD and other times it's just the rhythms that are characteristic of that piece. As a family, we all recommend this.

Great Start.......2001-01-05

This is an excellent beginning for classsical music, and supplement. It does not replace a classical music education , but for those who have no idea where to start, this is fun and is excellent for those with short, short attention spans or are used to the Brittany Spears generation. For those with an extensive music background, it is limited to the quite young.

Tchachovsky Discovers America.......2000-06-14

Okay, maybe the Amazon title doesn't describe exactly what you are getting, an incrediby kid-oriented story with classical music playing in the background. But these stories use a kid's imagination and really interest them in a composer. My children beg to hear Tchaicovsky! (I know my spelling is wrong). "Mommy, please don't play your music; I want to hear Tchicovsky again." (for the fourth time in a row!) How many kids beg for you to buy Swan Lake so they can hear how it ends? I think this CD creates a love of classical music in a way that kids can enjoy. Good long trip tape, although I have had to sit in my driveway for them to hear the end of a story after coming home from school.

THE CLASSICAL KIDS COLLECTION - VOLUME 2.......2000-01-27

WHAT I RECEIVED WAS NOT AT ALL WHAT I EXPECTED. THERE IS VERY LITTLE MUSIC ON THESE C.D.S THEY ARE A FOUR CD COLLECTION OF NARRATION MIXED WITH MUSIC. I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING ALL MUSIC. THE NARRATION GETS VERY ANNOYING AFTER A WHILE AND EVEN MY YOUNGEST CHILD DOES NOT LIKE LISTENING TO THEM. I WISH THE DESCRIPTION POINTED OUT THAT THESE ARE HISTORICAL STORIES ABOUT THE COMPOSERS WITH SMALL EXCERPTS OF MUSIC. I THOUGHT FROM THE DESCRIPTION THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY ALL MUSIC.

Vladimir Horowitz, The Complete Masterworks Recordings 1962-1973, Volume VII: Early Romantics

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The Schumann Kreisleriana is worth everything, and the Chopin is magical
Chopin + Schumann + Horowitz = Unforgettable Playing
Classic Chopin

Vladimir Horowitz, The Complete Masterworks Recordings 1962-1973, Volume VII: Early Romantics

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Vladimir Horowitz, Complete Masterworks Recordings 1962-1973, Vol. VI: Horowitz Performs Beethoven
Horowitz: The Historic Return Carnegie Hall 1965; The 1966 Concerts
The Complete Masterworks Recordings, Vol. 4: The Legendary 1968 TV Concert

ASIN: B00000290G
Release Date: 1994-07-19

Tracks:

Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4: Lento, ma non troppo
Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5: Vivace
Introduction & Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16
Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2: Lento
Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53: Maestoso
Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3: Vivace
Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3: Moderato
Mazurka in D-flat major, Op. 30 No. 3: Allegro non troppo
Mazurka in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2: Andantino
Mazurka in D major, Op. 33 No. 2: Vivace
Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4: Presto
Etude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3: Lento, ma non troppo
Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12: Allegro con fuoco
Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6: Lento assai

Tracks:

Posonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1: Allegro con brio
Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15: Sostenuto
Etude in E-flat minor, Op. 10 No. 6: Andante
Etude No. 2 in A-flat major from 'Trois Nouvelles Etudes': Allegretto
Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3
Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto
Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck from Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14: Andantino
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: I. Auberst bewegt
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: II. Sehr innig
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: III. Sehr aufgeregt
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: IV. Sehr langsam
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: V. Sehr lebhaft
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VI. Sehr langsam
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VII. Sehr rasch
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VIII. Schnell und spielend

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Schumann and Chopin were staples of Horowitz's repertory, and this late 1960s-early 1970s collection finds him at his mature peak, playing with elan and imaginative fantasy. The Kreisleriana is one of his greatest recordings, trumping rivals with its spectacular pianism and complete identification with the composer. The Chopin set typifies Horowitz's approach--big and bold, with personalized editorial emendations and an energy that shatters the conventional salon approach. But he also sings Chopin's touching melodies as few others can, making the lovely Op. 10 No. 3 Etude an achingly touching poem. --Dan Davis

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The Schumann Kreisleriana is worth everything, and the Chopin is magical.......2005-12-20

This is a must have dual CD set of one of the great pianists of all time playing some of his favorite music. Later in life Horowitz made a TV show that became a best selling VHS tape entitled "Horowitz: The Last Romantic". If you ever heard him play, you know that title is appropriate and what the grand piano style was all about.

I have often referred to recordings of music as photographs of music. And just as photographs of people a wonderfully valuable, they are not the real person and do not capture the real person. Even a movie or documentary distorts the reality of the person. Still, we treasure our home movies, photos, and recordings. And we should. We just need to remember what they really are and that they are representations of reality (or of fictions if that is what they are) rather than real life.

It was my good fortune to hear Horowitz in recital three times; twice here in Ann Arbor and once in East Lansing. While I have heard dozens of great pianists, and hundreds of very fine quality, Horowitz (and Rubenstein) had a special charisma that was totally involving. His playing had special qualities that were unique to him. He played more quietly and yet was able to send that whisper of sound to the farthest rows in Hill Auditorium. I believe the secret of his power was that he had so many shades of pianissimo. While we clearly here a great dynamic range in these recordings, the compressed nature of recordings cannot capture the full range of what we heard in live performance.

The other thing he had was the ability to not only keep the voices clear in the music he was playing, but to give each voice its own character and sound. The recording of Schumann's fabulous Opus 16, Kreisleriana included here captures this ability to a stunning degree. This recording should be in your collection and studied carefully. While these phantasies are full of contrasts that make listening to them seemingly easy, there is so much quality and interesting music that they will reward as much close listening and study as you can lavish on them.

The other Schumann work included is the "Variations on a theme by Clara Wieck" (who became Schumann's wife and was a superb and important pianist).

The Chopin pieces included here are a wonderful collection of etudes, mazurkas, the two famous polonaises, preludes, waltzes, and the wonderful but not often heard "Introduction and Rondo in E-flat major Op 16". These are all full of magic and will hold your imagination closely. I find myself saying, "Oh, I LOVE this piece" and then the next one comes on, and I say the same thing again and then again for the next one. They are all pieces I have learned to play or want to learn (like the Intro & Rondo).

Get a hold of these disks if you can. Just a number of wonderful listening experiences.

Chopin + Schumann + Horowitz = Unforgettable Playing.......2003-04-12

Volume Seven of Sony's Horowitz reissue contains very convincing performances of Chopin and Schumann, Romantic composers whose music was sympathetic to the pianist's interpretive style.

It was not uncommon for Horowitz to bring to light a rarely played work by a well known composer, which is the case with Chopin's Introduction & Rondo in E-flat. This early composition (probably written for Chopin's most advanced pupils) abounds with glittery passagework and technical configurations similar to his Concertos (which Horowitz never recorded). Under Horowitz's hands, the work exceeds the boundaries of mere salon piece and emerges as a virtuoso tour de force.

Horowitz (who had a Polish grandmother and was fond of pointing out that he was "half as much a Pole as Chopin") considered the Mazurkas to be Chopin's greatest works, and often stated that there was more music in the shortest Chopin Mazurka than in the longest Mahler Symphony. The pianist treated the Mazurkas less as dance pieces than as "dance-fantasies" and his playing of the works was freer than the more straightforward Rubinstein. Highlights of this set include a seductive F-sharp Minor, Op. 59 No. 3.

Horowitz made several recordings of the ever popular A-flat Polonaise, and this one adheres most closely to Chopin's text. The introduction is very sparsely pedalled (as if Horowitz were saying "Look! I can play the tricky introduction without using the pedal to cover up insufficient fingerwork. Take THAT, Rubinstein!"). The remainder of the piece goes with gusto and flair (too fast to be a Maestoso), but he somehow misses the grandeur which Rubinstein brought to the piece--and which Horowitz himself would attain in his last years. The A-major Polonaise is also taken at a fast clip, but this somehow seems more appropriate to this work, and one is reminded of Chopin's remark that if he were able to play the piece the way he meant it to be played, the piano would lay in ruins afterward.

If anyone thought Horowitz, then approaching 70, had lost any of his fire, their worries were quickly dispelled with the Etudes included here. The C-sharp Minor goes at a rapid clip, but unlike many pianists, there is no loss of clarity. The famous Revolutionary Etude is given a more outwardly virtuosic performance then the pianist's 1963 recording, yet somehow the piece has less impact here.

The ubiquitous C-sharp Minor Waltz is from the Boston concert of April 7, 1968. Three days previously, the Reverend Martin Luther King had been murdered in Memphis. At the beginning of this concert, Horowitz came onstage with an African-American minister, and played Chopin's Funeral March in memory of Dr. King.

Horowitz learned Shumann's Kreisleriana in the 1930s, but did not play it in public until 1968. Several attempts to record the work in concert were not successful, and Horowitz came to the conclusion that he needed the peace and quiet of a recording studio to achieve the concentration for a performance suitable for posterity. Horowitz recorded the work at one inspired session on December 1, 1969, and this may well be the most successful Kreisleriana ever recorded. Ironically, Horowitz, who often had trouble holding together a Beethoven Sonata, makes this structurally splintered work emerge as one piece. This is one Kriesleriana which is never rambling or boring. There is virtuosity here, but never for its own sake, and there is poetry in plenty. This stands alongside the 1932 Liszt Sonata and 1951 Rachmaninoff Third Concerto as one of Horowitz's greatest recordings. However, it should be pointed out that this reissue of Kriesleriana uses a few alternate takes, which are markedly different from the original LP and an earlier CD issue (MK42409). Although the performance is basically similar, there are several differences in detail.

Schumann's Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck, originally included as a filler for the Kriesleriana record, is given a straightforward reading here. It a lovely little work, but it is even more beautiful in its original context: as the third movement from the composer's Sonata in F Minor, another rarely played work Horowitz would bring to light in 1975.

The sound is more than acceptable here, and especially fine in the Schumann works.

Classic Chopin.......2000-11-23

Volume Seven of Vladimir Horowitz's "Complete Masterworks Recordings" ("Early Romantics") compiles almost two discs worth of classic Chopin performances. There's a little bit of everything here -- Polonaises, Etudes, Mazurkas and Preludes, but sadly no Nocturnes. The Chopin renditions here are as good as, if not better than, anything available -- Rubinstein, Kissin, Pollini and Cliburn included. And just when you thought the highlight of this collection was the Chopin material, on come two amazing pieces by Schumann, "Variations on a Theme by Clara Wreck" and "Kreislerania." The latter piece is a particular favorite of mine -- a wild and turbulent, and at times poetic and lovely, masterpiece which Horowitz captures in all its brilliance. In all, "Early Romantics" is a thoroughly enjoyable couple of discs that anyone should love.

Boatsongs Collection, Volume 2: The Legend of the Lost Soul

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Lost Soul
A sailor's album!
A MUST FOR YOUR STONE CD COLLECTION!

Boatsongs Collection, Volume 2: The Legend of the Lost Soul

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Boatsongs Collection Vol. 3 Permanently Temporary

ASIN: B00005OSX1
Release Date: 2001-08-15

Tracks:

Manatee Island
The Humuhumunukunukuapua'
Maria
The Legend of the Lost Soul
The Whole 9 Yards
Sailing
North Shore Reggae Blues
My Sweet Linda
I'll Quit Loving You Tomorrow
Mekong
Bomba's Shack
24 Meets 40
The Great Bull Dolphin Roundup

Album Description

Listen to the second effort by Boatsongs Recording Artist Eric Stone. It is soon to be the fastest selling Sailing CD in independant music history. Eric spent more than a year writing the songs on this wonderful CD. If you liked the first. You'll love the second.

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Lost Soul.......2007-01-21

Eric Stone is absolutely awsome. He brings the sea's to you or makes you really wish you were out there. I love the little trigger fish song it make me want to fill my bathtub up and slap on my snorkle.

A sailor's album!.......2006-05-06

This is a great collection of songs depicting sailing, life in the tropics and the ocean. It's fun, uplifting and I simply love it, especially "the whole 9 yards." If you've ever been to the caribbean this will bring back all good memories, if you've not been, it'll make you want to go.

A MUST FOR YOUR STONE CD COLLECTION!.......2003-11-19

The title of this CD is the story of Bob Bitchin, of Latitudes and Attitudes Magazine fame, a legend in his own right, who morphed from Biker dude to Sailor dude, the story of how sailing changed his life forever..... If you have ever seen the moon and stars at nite from a sailboat at sea, or if you ever dreamed of it, this CD will definitely put you there. Eric's smooth voice and lyrics just make you melt. It's the only music I ever listen to!

The Segovia Collection, Volume 9: The Romantic Guitar

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The Greatest Classical Guitarist who ever lived!
An expressive Genius

The Segovia Collection, Volume 9: The Romantic Guitar

Manufacturer: Mca
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ASIN: B000002OGJ
Release Date: 1991-06-04

Tracks:

Op. 62, No.2: Chant du Paysan, Op. 62, No.2
Op. 12, No. 2: Waltz, Op. 12, No. 2
Op. 30, No. 3: Song Without Words, Op. 30, No. 3
Canzonetta
Op. 19, No. 6: Song Without Words Op. 19, No. 6
Menuetto
Largo assai
Romanza
Andantino Variato
Op. 39, No. 2: Waltz, Op. 39, No. 2
Prelude in A
Romanza
Melodie
Preludio
Allegretto
Sonata
Homenaje, Pour Le Tombeau De Debussy
Prelude
Prelude: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin

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Of all the discs in MCA's fine Segovia collection, this is the least successful, though fans of the great guitarist will naturally want this collection of transcriptions of piano works by various Romantic composers, including Grieg, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Debussy. The problem does not lie with Segovia's performances, which are excellent, but with the music itself, some of which resists being performed on the guitar rather more than the Spanish pieces that are the "meat and potatoes" of the classical repertoire. If this one reservation doesn't trouble you, then by all means buy. --David Hurwitz

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My Personal Favorite.......2004-06-12

While Segovia's forte is Spanish music and his mastery of the Bach sonatas and partitas which were transcribed from the violin to the guitar, I keep finding myself listening to this CD on an almost daily basis. As a classical guitarist myself, hearing pieces like Grieg's piano works and Mendlesohns' string quartets played to perfection on his 1947 Herman Hauser II with such strength, clarity and authority makes me realize this man understood more about the music that went onto this one CD than most "musicians" past and present could ever hope to understand in a lifetime. His guitar sings like a human voice and when he plays it truly sounds like a choral ensemble being played through one instrument. Sweet!

The Greatest Classical Guitarist who ever lived!.......2000-09-22

Every classical Guitarist today owes a debt of gratitiude to Andres Segovia. He was not only an amazingly unique talent but an innovator as well. When he rediscovered the guitar it was a forgotten instrument that shared little respect from the musical community. He literally invented the technique that all classical guitarists use today. In addition he sought out and compiled thousands of lost pieces for the instrument. He also made many transcriptions of pieces written for other instruments such as the piano and translated them brilliantly into the language of the guitar. Out of the entire Segovia collection, this CD is my personal favorite for the diversity and choice of material. The waltzes are charming. My favorite cuts are Canzonetta and Song Without Words OP 19.no 6, both but Felix Mendelssohn. If you only buy one CD out of this collection it should be this one.

An expressive Genius.......1999-02-17

Segovia truly shows his expressive genius on this album. Many of these pieces were written for the piano but arranged for the the guitar by Segovia. These titles express much of what is moving about the romantic period in classical music and Segovia captures this in his masterful way. This is a must have for Segovia fans. If not for some noisy recordings, I would have given this album 5 stars.

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Now it's possible to get your Partch all in a row

The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 1

Manufacturer: New World Records
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Harry Partch: Enclosure 7

ASIN: B0002WZTKC
Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Castor & Pollux---A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Castor & Pollux---A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
Ulysses at the Edge (1955)

Album Description

This newly remastered reissue marks a welcome return to the catalog of the first volume of the classic 4-CD collection that was formerly available on the CRI label. The works recorded on this disc span the first six years of what Harry Partch (1901-1974), slightly tongue-in-cheek, called the "third period" of his creative life. They show him moving away from the obsession with "the intrinsic music of spoken words" that had characterized his earlier output (the vocal works of 1930-33 and 1941-45) and towards an instrumental idiom, predominantly percussive in nature. This path was to take him through the "music-dance drama" King Oedipus (1951)—-the culmination of his "spoken word" manner—to the "dance satire" The Bewitched (1954-55), in which his new percussive idiom manifests itself. The three works on this disc show Partch before, during, and after this period of transition. In their quiet, forlorn way, the Eleven Intrusions are among the most compelling and beautiful of Partch's works. The individual pieces were composed at various times between August 1949 and December 1950, and only later gathered together as a cycle. Nonetheless they form a unified whole, with a nucleus of eight songs framed by two instrumental preludes and an essentially instrumental postlude. Although foreshadowed by the dance sequences of King Oedipus, the Plectra and Percussion Dances (1952) are the first of Partch's major works to be wholly instrumental in conception. They stand in relation to Oedipus as a satyr play in relation to a Greek tragedy—hence the work's subtitle, "Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theater." He felt that after the prolonged period of composition and production of Oedipus it was "almost a necessity to give vent to feelings and ideas, whims and caprices, even nonsense, that seem to have no place in tragedy." The final work on this disc is Ulysses at the Edge, written at Partch's studio at Gate 5 in July 1955. Ulysses, which Partch describes as a "minor adventure in rhythm," is unique among his mature compositions in that, in its original form, it did not call for any of his own instruments. The version recorded here, for alto and baritone saxophones, Diamond Marimba, Boo, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, and speaking voice, is considered the third version of the piece.

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Now it's possible to get your Partch all in a row.......2006-02-20

Harry Partch is the quintissential mad genius of music--his image of music that was non-Eurocentric led to him devising his own tonal scale based on ancient Greek and Asian methods and then creating his own instruments. This series release of Partch music lets one organize his Partch tastes and get a real sense of his progress through time. This disc is superb for the Intrusions, ghostly little pieces that were my first introduction to this fine composer. I would also highly recommend volume 3, which has Barstow, one of my favorite Partch pieces.

Be prepared. This is classical music you have not been prepared for. If you're already a fan of Partch, aren't you glad SOMEONE is getting all his amazing stuff together in one tightly knit package?

Arturo Toscanini Collection, Volume 51: Overtures

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Interesting Overtures
An Amazing Collection of Unique Overture Performances!

Arturo Toscanini Collection, Volume 51: Overtures

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Tracks:

Zampa: Ov
Hansel Und Gretel: Prld
Colas Breugnon: Ov
Die Zauberflote: Ov
William Tell: Ov
The Bartered Bride: Ov/Die Verkaufte Braut
Mignon: Ov
La Forza Del Destino: Ov
Der Freischutz: Ov

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Interesting Overtures.......2006-02-01

This RCA Victor compilation is indeed quite interesting. While it includes some familiar recordings that had been included on various RCA LPs, including the Victrola series in the late 1960s, there are a few recordings that had previously only been available on the original 78-rpm issues. Generally, the performances are all top-notch.

Anyone who has listened to recordings of Toscanini's rehearsals (let alone witnessed them) can attest to how hard he worked even on shorter workers. A particularly good example is Naxos' release of the rehearsal of Debussy's rarely heard "Scottish March" from 1940; Toscanini spent a great deal of time on refining the NBC Symphony's performance, possibly because the work was less familiar to the musicians. Relatively few people have ever heard that remarkable, delightful work; however, it is treated with great precision in Toscanini's hands.

Conductor Charles Gerhardt, who was present at many Toscanini performances and recording sessions, cited the Maestro's performance of the overture to Herold's "Zampa." This is a frequently performed work, even if the opera itself is largely neglected. Toscanini managed to bring out the most exciting, lively, and brilliant playing from the NBC musicians in this 1952 "studio" recording from Carnegie Hall. It is a good example of how Toscanini strived for the best in ALL of the music he conducted.

The overture to Humperdinck's "Hansel und Gretel," also taken from a 1952 recording session in Carngie Hall, is another treasure. This music, too, is quite familiar and is given a fresh approach in Toscanini's hands. He truly brings out the Wagnerian influences in the music so that the spectacular use of brass is magnificent. The softer, tender passages, including the famous prayer, are handled with great sensitivity.

The first time I heard Toscanini's recording of Dmitri Kabalevsky's overture to his opera "Colas Breugnon," I was absolutely amazed. This is very challenging music; it requires great precision and energy from the musicians and, fortunately, Toscanini succeeded remarkably. The music is extremely syncopated, too. This piece was frequently played on his 1950 American tour with the NBC Symphony and was undoubtedly a delight for all who heard it.

The broadcast concert performance of the overture to Mozart's final opera, "The Magic Flute," is especially wonderful. It is a good demonstration of Toscanini's great love for the music of Mozart. There is an energy and enthusiasm that one rarely hears in this very familiar music. It is one of the better-sounding recordings taken from a broadcast in Studio 8-H.

Toscanini's 1953 recording of the famed overture to Rossini's "William Tell" became the gold standard for all conductors and orchestras who played it. Certainly Toscanini recognized that many associated the finale with "The Lone Ranger" on radio and television. (One reads of Toscanini's delight in sitting close to his television set and marveling at the early programs he watched with family and friends. He would shout "look!" whenever something caught his attention.) However, RCA included his 1939 Studio 8-H broadcast on this disc; as with many of his earlier recordings, this one truly excels with the precise, exciting playing of the storm and the chase music, while the introduction and the calm after the storm are again played with incredible sensitivity.

Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" is best known for its overture and dances. Toscanini's performance is particularly showy and delightful. There is a relentless energy in this performance.

The recording of Thomas' overture to "Mignon" originally appeared on a single 12-inch 78-rpm disc. It was recorded in Carnegie Hall, since producer Charles O'Connell felt it was a better venue for commercial recordings than Studio 8-H. The overture is a medley of familiar tunes from the opera, including the particularly difficult soprano solo. The NBC strings especially excel in this recording.

There are several recordings of the overture to Verdi's "La Forza Del Destino," including the OWI film that Toscanini made with the NBC Symphony in Studio 8-H in 1943 (one of the rare opportunities to SEE Toscanini conducting). This version, which was originally issued on a 78-rpm disc, is one of the best. There is more energy and excitement than in the later recording that was first issued on LPs.

Finally, there is a vibrant performance of the overture to "Der Freischutz." Although the sound is not up to the more familiar 1952 recording, this is certainly a very fine rendition. It is yet another chance to hear the NBC strings at their best. One person who had attended NBC broadcast concerts said that Toscanini, who had been a cellist, was especially good in building a strong string section and this is quite true. The wind section also excels in this recording.

An Amazing Collection of Unique Overture Performances!.......1998-11-17

Only Toscanini at his most intense could inspire an orchestra to such an outpouring of passion as can be heard here in evergreens like the "William Tell" overture, the Verdi "Forza del Destino" overture, and Herold's "Zampa".

Many of the recordings were re-done by Maestro in the early fifties: here the forties' 78s are included, though the earliest (William Tell, 1939) still sounds quite fine in the decent monaural transfers.

These would not all be my favorites of the versions conducted by Maestro that have appeared on LP and CD: the "Mignon" of Thomas makes a greater impact in the high-fidelity recording of 1952, as does the "Freischuetz" Overture. The Kabalevsky "Colas Breugnon" Overture, recorded here on a 78 rpm disk in 1946, does not have the passion, panache, and lively spirit of a broadcast of that same year, available on Dell'Arte. And I take issue with the inclusion of a rather scrappy, poorly played, and scratchy transcription disk from 1946 of the Smetana "Bartered Bride" Overture; an earlier NBC concert performance from 1939 (about to be issued by Naxos but not in the U. S.) has better sound and cleaner playing. One wonders why the Maestro approved this later and inferior performance.

However, the spectacular recording of the 1952 "Zampa" has never sounded better! It is nearly the equal of any recording made that year, by any record company! So much for the canard that "Toscanini records always sounded bad!" Nothing could be further from the truth!

Soul 70's Collection 2-Cd Set, Volume 4
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Soul 70's Collection 2-Cd Set, Volume 4
Bill Withers , Main Ingredient , Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes , and Jackson 5
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