F-Line [Explicit Lyrics]

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About the Artist
F-Line was formed in Aberdeen, WA IN 1999. Five guys from totally different musical backgrounds came together for one singular purpose. To rock!

Album Description
A great hard rock album with something for everyone.

Tribute to Madam
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    Tribute to Madam

    Manufacturer: White Line
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    ASIN: B00005NUOJ
    Release Date: 2001-10-23

    Tracks:

    1. Checkmate: Prologue - The Players
    2. Checkmate: Dance Of The Red Pawns
    3. Checkmate: Dance Of The Four Knights
    4. Checkmate: Entry Of The Black Queen
    5. Checkmate: The Red Knight's Mazurka
    6. Checkmate: Ceremony Of The Red Bishops
    7. Checkmate: Entry Of The Red Castles
    8. Checkmate: Entry Of The Red King And Queen
    9. Checkmate: The Attack
    10. Checkmate: The Duel
    11. Checkmate: The Black Queen Dances
    12. Checkmate: Finale - Checkmate
    13. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 1 Allegro Assai
    14. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 2 Vivace
    15. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 3 Tempo Di Gavotta
    16. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 4 Menuetto
    17. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 5 Adagio
    18. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 2 Allegro
    19. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 3 No: 1 Vivace
    20. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 3 No: 2 Allegro Ma Non Troppo
    21. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 4 No: 1 Andante
    22. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 4 No: 2 Allegro
    23. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 4 No: 3 Andante
    24. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 4 No: 4 Vivace
    25. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 5 Ov - Larghetto
    26. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 5 No: 1 Allegro
    27. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 5 No: 2 Pondoroso
    28. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 5 No: 3 Bouree
    29. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 No: 1 Balletto Grazioso
    30. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 No: 2 Gavot
    31. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 No: 3 Jigg
    32. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 Finale - Adagio
    33. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 Finale - Menuetto

    Tracks:

    1. The Rake's Progress: Prld
    2. The Rake's Progress: The Reception
    3. The Rake's Progress: The Dancing Lesson (Menuetto Galante)
    4. The Rake's Progress: The Orgy (Rondo)
    5. The Rake's Progress: The Faithful Girl (Loure)
    6. The Rake's Progress: The Gambling Den (Gigue)
    7. The Rake's Progress: Outside The Prison Gates (Saraband)
    8. The Rake's Progress: The Mad House (Quod Libet)
    9. The Haunted Ballroom: Scene 1
    10. The Haunted Ballroom: Interlude
    11. The Haunted Ballroom: Scene 2
    12. The Haunted Ballroom: Scene 3
    Bach to the Beatles
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • Disappointing..
    • Yes, Jazz but no much
    • More jazz than Bach
    • Papa Bach boogies! Oh, yeah!
    • interesting
    Bach to the Beatles

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    ASIN: B0000030XV
    Release Date: 1993-12-21

    Tracks:

    1. All My Loving
    2. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
    3. A Hard Day's Night
    4. Groovy Gavotte II
    5. The Long And Winding Road
    6. Air On A G String
    7. Can't Buy Me Love
    8. Minuet
    9. Yesterday
    10. Aria
    11. Hey Jude
    12. D Minor Double
    13. Michelle
    14. Jig
    15. Norwegian Wood
    16. Sleepers Awake
    17. Eleanor Rigby
    18. Sicilienne
    19. Here, There And Everywhere
    20. Brandenburg Boogie

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars Disappointing.........2006-06-29

    Not worth the money or time and trouble ordering this product. I just did not like it!!!!

    4 out of 5 stars Yes, Jazz but no much.......2006-02-24

    This CD is very smooth to ear. The player trio is fine. The flute (Elena Duran) is more present on Beatles music, Grapelli (violin) presents a splendid violin solo on Bach music (his Air On A G String violin solo is unforgettable). The jazzistic components are presented by bass, drums and piano, but they're not enough to give a genuine jazz touch to this disc, I think so. If you want mor jazzistic features for Bach and Beatles music, you must ear Swingle Singers and Jacques Loussier.

    3 out of 5 stars More jazz than Bach.......2004-05-20

    Given the title of this album, I was expecting arrangements of a baroque nature; that's not what they've done, however. There are renditions of 19 Beatles tunes done in a style that is largely of the light, sprightly jazz variety, and a similar treatment of a theme from Bach's Brandenburg No. 2. If you like this kind of thing, the recording quality is excellent and the players are good at what they do; the performance is very fluid (to my ear) and the sound is crisp. It is not, however, a baroque adaptation of modern material; the style of performance is merely shifted from rock to acoustical jazz ensemble with embellishments to match. Unfortunately, the moods of the original pieces do not always match the moods of the versions here, and some of the arrangements venture off into other styles in places as well. If I hadn't been expecting something else, I'd probably have liked this CD more.

    5 out of 5 stars Papa Bach boogies! Oh, yeah!.......2004-04-06

    You are welcome to the Beatles cuts on this CD. The Bach tracks are what make it worth the price.

    Don't get me wrong. I love the Beatles, but honestly, the works of Lennon and McCartney do not easily adapt to the jazz trio style. It's more like being pummeled into submission. What's left is better heard in a vertically moving metal booth with a panel of numbered buttons next to its automatic sliding doors (OK, OK, I'll say it! It's ELEVATOR MUSIC!). ::whew::

    The Bach selections, quite the opposite, are as at home with a cup of strong black coffee at a bistro table for two as they are on a picnic with an 8-piece spicy chicken dinner from Popeye's (red beans and rice, please). It's only right. Bach was, after all, such an improviser that some of his compositions consist of 2 or 3 chords. It was up to the performer to put SOMETHING between those chords.

    When these recordings were originally released on the Angel Records digital LP "Brandenburg Boogie," the titular track was the opening salvo. Here, it's saved for last and very well indeed it serves as a finale to the works that precede it.

    "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" sways in a hammock nudged by the breezes of Stephane Grappelli's violin and Elena Duran's flute while Laurie Holloway's piano work sparkles like sunlight filtering through the leaves.

    "Groovy Gavotte," based on the Gavotte from French Suite for keyboard No. 5 in G major struts along like an iron-pumping peacock with attitude. Grappelli sits this one out while Duran plays straight lady to Holloway's key-pounding improvisation evocative of that peacock whomping the snot out of a hawk that tried to have him for lunch.

    Everyone who records Bach records "Air on the G String." Maybe it's some kind of RIAA reguirement but here, the most mellow cut on the whole disc, is where the whole trio seems to be at their most adventurous. Even Duran nudges her flute outside the dots and lines more than on any other cut.

    The Minuet from the Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach returns to the norm with Duran once again playing the melody as straight as an arrow while Holloway comes back with the kinds of electric piano riffs you only hear in those previously smoke-filled jazz clubs.

    The aria from Cantata No. 30 starts off like a ride in a swing at the park but soon soars over town like a hot-air balloon. Duran's octave leap on the closing bars is a true high point of the disc.

    What do you do when you have only one violin but you're playing a movement from the "Double" Violin Concerto? You have Elena play one violin part on her flute while Stephane rocks on his violin and Laurie rolls on his keyboards. Yes, it's been done on classical recordings before but never like this.

    The Gigue in B flat major gives the listener and the performers a chance to cool down with a stretch. Once more, one notes Duran's careful note-for-note playing contrasted by Grappelli's sonic leaps and bounds.

    The other must-record piece is "Wauchet Auf". Grappelli's improvisation dances around Duran's presentation of the melody. Then, Stephane takes center stage and challenges Laurie to a violin versus electric piano showdown at twenty paces. Who wins? Does it matter?

    The Sicilienne from the Sonata for harpsichord and flute exudes an air of mystery and lulls the listener into a sort of calm before a musical storm of Bayou hurricane proportions.

    That storm arrives when the trio gets down on "Brandenburg Boogie", modeled after the first movement of the second Brandenburg Concerto. In its original form, the piece was once described as "Dixieland Baroque," all the more fitting for this performance. Grappelli and Holloway provide the most raucous moments while Duran's flute keeps order. Everything culminates in a sort of musical "Oh, yeah!" that leaves the listener both invigorated and out of breath.

    4 out of 5 stars interesting.......2002-06-20

    This mix of baroque touch and beatle melody results in true pleasure for the ear.
    Reverie
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      Reverie

      Manufacturer: White Line
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      ASIN: B0000030Y3
      Release Date: 1993-12-22

      Tracks:

      1. Reverie
      2. Arabesque No.1
      3. Ste Bergamasque: Clair De Lune
      4. Etude, Op.42 No.4
      5. Sleepers Awake!
      6. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
      7. The Lark
      8. Alt Wien
      9. Le Carnaval Des Animaux: The Swan
      10. Arabesque in C, Op.18
      11. Kinderszenen: Traumerei, Op.15 No.7
      12. Intermezzo in A, Op.118 No.2
      13. Lyric Pieces Book 3: Butterfly, Op.43 No.1
      14. Lyric Pieces Book 5: Nocturne, Op.54 No.4
      15. Le Tombeau De Couperin: Forlane
      16. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
      British Light Music, Vol. 6: Discoveries
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        British Light Music, Vol. 6: Discoveries

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        ASIN: B00025OHIO
        Release Date: 2004-07-27

        Tracks:

        1. March Past The Royal Air Force - Royal Ballet Sinfonia
        2. Prologue - Michael Allen
        3. Night Flight - Michael Allen
        4. Remembrance - Michael Allen
        5. Manhunt - Michael Allen
        6. Spirit Of The Lake - Michael Allen
        7. Londonderry Air - Royal Ballet Sinfonia
        8. Rondo in A Flat - Alan MacLean
        9. Overture 1912 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia
        10. Tarka The Otter - City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
        11. Serenata: Mother And Child - City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
        12. Fallingwater - London Symphony Orchestra
        13. Guggenheim NYC - London Symphony Orchestra
        14. Solar Hemicycle - London Symphony Orchestra
        15. Wingspread - London Symphony Orchestra
        The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • 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

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        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0000030YA
        Release Date: 1993-11-02

        Tracks:

        1. Swanee
        2. Come To The Moon
        3. I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
        4. Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo
        5. Nobody But You
        6. Limehouse Night
        7. Drifting Alone With The Tide
        8. Rhapsody In Blue
        9. Oh Lady Be Good!
        10. Fascinating Rhythm
        11. Hang On To Me
        12. I'd Rather Charleston
        13. The Man I Love
        14. The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
        15. So Am I
        16. Kickin' The Clouds Away
        17. Con in F

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars 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

        5 out of 5 stars 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.

        5 out of 5 stars 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.
        Haydn: The Battle of the Nile
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Outstanding and varied period Haydn
        • Haydn Hitting on All Six
        Haydn: The Battle of the Nile

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        ASIN: B00005COYC
        Release Date: 2001-06-26

        Tracks:

        1. Kbd Trio No.19 (Son) in g, Hob XV:19: Andante - Presto
        2. Kbd Trio No.19 (Son) in g, Hob XV:19: Adagio Ma Non Troppo
        3. Kbd Trio No.19 (Son) in g, Hob XV:19: Presto
        4. Two Italian Duets, Hob XXVa: 2&1: Senti Qui
        5. Two Italian Duets, Hob XXVa: 2&1: Guarda Qui
        6. Andante With Vars in f, Hob XVII:6
        7. The Spirit's Song, Hob XXV1a: 41
        8. The Battle Of The Nile, Hob XXV1b:4
        9. Kbd Trio No.18 (Son) in A, Hob XV:18: Allegro Moderato
        10. Kbd Trio No.18 (Son) in A, Hob XV:18: Andante
        11. Kbd Trio No.18 (Son) in A, Hob XV:18: Allegro

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Outstanding and varied period Haydn.......2004-04-24

        Here is one of the most unusual and outstanding Haydn disks extant. The Four Nations Ensemble has put together a pair of piano trios -- played on a period piano -- with two Italian duets, the famous Andante with Variation in F Minor for keyboard, "The Spirit's Song" from Haydn's lieder, and an unusual and rarely recorded duet, "The Battle of the Nile", which the Penguin Guide says has been recorded one other time.

        Certainly the greatest interest must be in this piece of music, a counterpart to Haydn's famous "Nelson" mass, written to commemorate Admiral Nelson's victory over Napoleon at the Nile. In this concert aria accompanied by fortepiano, soprano Ann Monoyios tells the story again. "The Nile with wrecks o'erspread," she says, "the curling smoke, the captive banners seat the doom of haughty France and break her galling yoke. (A bit of Haydn's irrelverent national humor in that last line, perhaps?) "Eternal praise, great Nelson to they name and these immortal partners of they fame!"

        I love Haydn vocal music and must say this CD presents gifts I never knew of before. "The Spirit's Song", performed by Brown, is so lovely it makes me wish he'd record the entire set of Original Canzonettas with fortepianist Andrew Appel as accompanist. The keyboard trios are not my thing, to be honest, although I enjoyed the tinkly performances. The Italian duets are nice but insubstantial. On the other hand, Appel's performance of the Andante with Variations is good enough to compete with Brendel, Peraiha, Richter and the rest of the world's greatest Haydn players.

        This is an unusual and unusually exemplary CD that has been around since 2001. Considering the state of the classical CD business, if you like this kind of thing you may want to act soon. This is the kind of CD that, once disappeared, never reappears. And it is too full of beauty and interest to never have been heard.

        5 out of 5 stars Haydn Hitting on All Six.......2001-11-21

        This wonderful speculative Haydn soiree features vocal, chamber, and solo instrumental works written when the composer was at the very height of his powers. Like Dvorak a century later, Haydn could seem to do no wrong in the '90s, and the music he produced, even those pieces at the edge of or outside the repertoire, are done with the consummate skill of a master entertainer.

        The least of the works on this ASV disk is "The Battle of the Nile," an occasional recitative and aria based on a poem written by Lord Nelson's lover to commemorate his triumph over the French fleet on the Nile, which doomed Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Despite the negligible quality of the verse, the piece shows Haydn's superb skill as a tone painter. And it features Haydn's characteristic dry humor in the somewhat overboard drama the composer imparts and that the performers capture well.

        The two trios, which the very good notes to the recording explain are actually augmented keyboard sonatas, are nicely contrasted, one in the minor key and the other in the major. The A minor trio is music in Haydn's Emfindsamkeit style--brooding, yearning, emotionally charged. The A major trio, on the other hand, is all smiles and energy. Both trios have marvelously impetuous finales that make for great listener satisfaction.

        Then there are the "Two Italian Duets" and "The Spirit's Song." The former is a lovely pair of love songs that, if they happened to bear the sainted name of Mozart, would be at the center of the duet repertoire. The later shows Haydn in a Gothic mood, capturing the spookiness of England's latest literary crazy, thanks to Horace Walpole et al. Again, this is fun.

        Finally, the keyboard "Andante with Variations," an acknowledged masterwork though not heard much today. The mood is that of the A minor trio: very stern and serious stuff for Haydn, very commanding as well.

        The performances on period instruments were obviously very carefully considered so that balances would be just right. The result, in the trios at least, is of hearing this music for the first time. Although I love the classic Beaux Arts treatment of the trios on Philips, the ASV recording shows how this music should sound, the fortepiano clearly a much more equal partner as should be the case. The vocal soloists blend very well and deliver their solo numbers with aplumb. And fortepianist Andrew Appel brings great feeling to the serious keyboard music, great dash to the bracing fast music. If you love Haydn, get this disc. If you don't, here's a great way to start.
        Cello Romance
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          Cello Romance

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          GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B0000030Z2
          Release Date: 1997-01-21

          Tracks:

          1. Cello Romance: Serenade
          2. Cello Romance: Sicilienne
          3. Cello Romance: Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14
          4. Cello Romance: Irish Tune From County Derry
          5. Cello Romance: Spanish Cance No. 5 'Andaluza'
          6. Cello Romance: Apres Un Reve Op. 7 No. 1
          7. Cello Romance: Romance
          8. Cello Romance: Song Of India
          9. Cello Romance: Valse Sentimentale Op. 51 No. 6
          10. Cello Romance: Elegy
          11. Cello Romance: Romance
          12. Cello Romance: Christmas Of The HOmeless Children
          13. Cello Romance: Elgie Op. 17 -
          14. Cello Romance: Billy Boy
          15. Cello Romance: Blow The Wind Southerly
          16. Cello Romance: The Keel Row
          17. Cello Romance: Spanish Serenade Op. 20 No 2
          18. Cello Romance: Piece en forme D'Habanera
          19. Cello Romance: The Swan
          20. Cello Romance: Melody In F Op. 3 No. 1
          21. Cello Romance: Albumblatt, Op. 51. No. 1
          Locomotion Express
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • MARCH FANS HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
          • Playing Does Not Meet Concept of Album
          Locomotion Express

          Manufacturer: Centaur
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          MarchesMarches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
          MarchesMarches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
          Classic Big BandClassic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B000056V21
          Release Date: 2001-01-23

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars MARCH FANS HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.......2001-06-08

          IF YOUR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT ANY TRAIN FAN, OR MARCH FAN WILL ENJOY, THAN THIS DISC IS FOR YOU. THE PERFORMANCE IS ENERGETIC AND STRONG. THE DISC FEATURES MORE THAN ENOUGH MUSIC TO KEEP YOUR NEIGHBORS BANGING ON YOUR DOOR TO QUIET DOWN. GREAT LINER NOTES FROM A MORE HISTORICAL POINT OF VIEW. A MUST FOR TRAIN LOVERS. TOTALLY ENJOYABLE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

          3 out of 5 stars Playing Does Not Meet Concept of Album.......2001-04-25

          What could be more fun than a disc of band music about trains? There is the great band standard "Rolling Thunder" (Henry Fillmore) and several marches that promise to be great fun. (The Toledo Blade, The B&O March, Little Red Caboose, Field & Concert Novelty for example).

          I was really looking forward to this album when I saw it. The circus band sounds underrehearsed. There's some great music on this disc--little-played, but not worth investing money. Mr. Phillips has another disc with his Circus Band out--I hope it is better prepared than those on this disc.

          The notes center around railroad history, and in that regard they are very interesting. I was hoping more for info on the composers of these marches, galops, and screamers. But that's nitpicking. I would just like to know who people like C. Carlton and D. Moffitt are.
          Great Marches, Vol.7
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            Great Marches, Vol.7

            Manufacturer: BNA
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            All Works by HerbertAll Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by SousaAll Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            MarchesMarches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
            General ContemporaryGeneral Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
            MarchesMarches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
            Classic Big BandClassic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000024FWY
            Release Date: 1994-01-01

            Tracks:

            1. The Stars And The Stripes Forever - The Band Of The Royal Air Force College Cranwell
            2. Imperial Echoes - The Band Of The Adjutant General's Corps
            3. Army And Marine - The Band Of The Grenadier Guards
            4. Father Rhine - The Royal Artillery Band
            5. Wait For The Wagon - The Band Of The Royal Corps Of Transports
            6. Sarie Marais - The Regimental Band Of The King's Own Royal Border Regiment
            7. Grenadier Mars - The Band Of The Grenadier Guards
            8. Gladiator's Farewell - The Band Of HM Royal Marines School Of Music
            9. Marche De La Gendermerie National Belge - St. George's Band The Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers
            10. Thundering Guns - The Regimental Band 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
            11. Quality Plus - The Band Of The Corps Of Royal Engineers
            12. Under Freedom's Banner - The Royal Artillery Band
            13. The Empire - The Band Of The Welsh Guards
            14. Royal Bulgers - The Band Of HM Royal Marines Commandos
            15. The Jaguars - The Central Band Of The Royal Air Force
            16. Les Grande De La Reine - The Regimental Band Of The 14th/20th King's Hussars
            17. Forward Of The Line - The Regimental Band 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
            18. Vimy Ridge - The Band Of HM Royal Marines, Royal Marines School Of Music
            19. The Tornado - The Band Of The Royal Air Force Germany
            20. Royal Highlanders - The Regimental Band Of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
            21. Ca Ira - The Regimental Band Of The 13th/18th Royal Hussars (QMO)
            22. Stable Jacket - The Regimental Band 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
            23. Under The White Ensign - The Band Of HM Royal Marines (C-in-C, NHC)
            24. March Of The Toys - The Royal Artillery Orchestra
            25. The Vanished Army (They Never Die) - The Regimental Band Of The Royal Welch Fusiliers
            The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-3
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • 'Swonderful and Fascinatin'
            The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-3

            Manufacturer: White Line
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            All Works by GershwinAll Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            OverturesOvertures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            Tone PoemsTone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
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            Movie ScoresMovie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
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            GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
            Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
            ClassicalClassical | Box Sets | Stores | Music
            ASIN: B00000I85Q
            Release Date: 1995-10-17

            Tracks:

            1. Swanee
            2. Come To The Moon
            3. I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
            4. Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo
            5. Nobody But You
            6. Limehouse Night
            7. Drifting Alone With The Tide
            8. Rhapsody In Blue
            9. Oh Lady Be Good!
            10. Fascinating Rhythm
            11. Hang On To Me
            12. I'd Rather Charleston
            13. The Man I Love
            14. The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
            15. So Am I
            16. Kickin' The Clouds Away
            17. Con in F

            Tracks:

            1. Tip-Toes: Sweet And Low-Down (I)
            2. Tip-Toes: That Certain Feeling (I)
            3. Tip-Toes: Looking For A Boy (I)
            4. Tip-Toes: When Do We Dance? (II)
            5. Tip-Toes: Sweet Low-Down (II)
            6. Tip-Toes: That Certain Feeling (II)
            7. Irish Waltz (Three-Quarter Blues)
            8. Oh, Kay!: Do,Do,Do
            9. Oh, Kay!: Someone To Watch Over Me
            10. Oh, Kay!: Clap Yo' Hands
            11. Oh, Kay!: Maybe
            12. Three Prlds: No. 1, Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso/No. 2, Andante Con Moto/No. 3, Allegro Ben Ritmato
            13. Strike Up The Band: Meadow Serenade
            14. Funny Face: My One And Only
            15. Funny Face: 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
            16. Funny Face: He Loves And She Loves
            17. An American In Paris
            18. Show Girl: Liza
            19. Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band
            20. Crazy Girl: Embraceable You
            21. Crazy Girl: I Got Rhythm (I)
            22. Crazy Girl: I Got Rhythm (II)

            Tracks:

            1. Of Thee I Sing Ov
            2. Jilted
            3. Second Rhapsody
            4. For You, For Me, For Evermore
            5. Cuban Ov
            6. Isn't It A Pity?
            7. Vars On 'I Got Rhythm'
            8. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): I. Catfish Row: Intro-Jasbo Brown (Complete)...
            9. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): II. 'I Got Plenty O' Nuthin''...
            10. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene I
            11. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): IV. Hurricane: Intro, Act II Scene 3...
            12. Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): V. Good Morning, Brother...
            13. They Can't Take That Away From Me
            14. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
            15. Our Love Is Here To Stay

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars 'Swonderful and Fascinatin'.......2001-09-24

            A slim volume of Gershwin's own arrangements of his popular songs exists, and has been recorded by many pianists. Unfortunately, these arrangements exist for only a scant few of Gershwin's songs, and they are rather abbreviated and dare I say it? Unsatisfying. Enter Jack Gibbons. Mr. Gibbons has meticulously researched George Gershwin's own playing of these pieces, from old radio shows, movie soundtracks, and other archival sources and he plays them exactly the way the composer did. He kids you not about "authentic". This is about as close as you can get to the source, and the recorded sound is spectacular. Bravo!

            Music:

            1. Four Star Explosion
            2. Gangway
            3. Garbage
            4. Going Blind [CD-single] [Import]
            5. Gorillaz [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics]
            6. hellBOX/Mood Rings
            7. Hollow Eyes
            8. I Miss You Pt.1 [CD-single] [Import]
            9. I Miss You Pt.2 [CD-single] [Import]
            10. In the City [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

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            Wheel of Life

            Choral & Organ Music of Charles Wood

            Chabrier: Une éducation manquée / 4 Mélodies

            Everyday Real

            Live: Two Guitars, Bass and Drums [Live]

            Christmas, Vol. 1

            Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Box set]

            Berlioz: Béatrice Et Bénédict/Le Roi Lear/Herminie

            Celtic Compass

            Glad to Be Unhappy [Import] [Original recording remastered]

            Combat Rock [Original recording remastered]

            Centenary Celebration (1997)

            Best [Import]

            Puccini: Turandot (Highlights) / Mehta, Sutherland

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