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Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Michael Manring (bass), known for his innovative approach to the bass and adventurous solo concerts, has appeared on approximately 200 recordings, and toured throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He has received Grammy and Bammie nominations, the Berklee School of Music Distinguished Alumni Award, two Gold Records, and the Bassist of the Year award from the readers of Bass Player magazine.

Larry Kassin (flute) founded the internationally recognized Noe Valley Music Series in 1981, one of the most innovative, eclectic, and cool concert series in the United States. His wide-ranging performance style has led to appearances with Bobby McFerrin, Jessica Williams, SF Klezmer Experience, Rhiannon, Sonia, and Box Set, plus a recent CD release with Doors keyboardist Ray Manzerek and Beat poet Michael McClure.

Tom Darter (piano), founding editor of Keyboard magazine, established the Contemporary Music Ensemble at the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University, where he also taught music theory and composition. He has arranged two albums of music for the Kronos Quartet (Monk Suite and Music of Bill Evans), played keyboards on numerous Jerry Goldsmith, film scores, and won several composition awards.

Album Description
Separately, Michael Manring, Larry Kassin, and Tom Darter have extensive, multi-faceted careers as musicians. Together, Manring Kassin Darter plays provocative, complex compositions - music that tears down stylistic walls and refuses to be compartmentalized. While listeners can hear echoes of classical, jazz, rock, folk, avant-garde, and world music in their performances, the net result is something completely new: chamber music for the new century. Artist biography: Michael Manring (bass), known for his innovative approach to the bass and adventurous solo concerts, has appeared on approximately 200 recordings, and toured throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He has received Grammy and Bammie nominations, the Berklee School of Music Distinguished Alumni Award, two Gold Records, and the Bassist of the Year award from the readers of Bass Player magazine.

Tracks:

A Smile Will Go A Long, Long Way
The Petite Waltz
Die Regimentskinder
With The Wind and Rain In Your Hair
Nights Of Gladness
Espanita Waltz
Three Little Fishes
Scatter Brain
Beer Barrel Polka
Over The Top
Royal Trumpeters
Say It Again
Georgia On My mind
After the Ball
Unter Dem Siegesbanner
Just A Gigolo
The Sidewalks of New York
Deep Purple
Liberty Bell
Trisch-Trasch
The Kings Horses and The Kings Men
Sweet Rosie O' Grady
The Carousel Waltz (Recorded on Moving Carousel)

Album Description

More marches, waltzes, and fox trots in this recording of the New Verbeeck Band Organ at Seabreeze Park in Upstate New York. On a hill above scenic Lake Ontario, the music of the band organ can be heard on the breezes drifting over the blue water. Twenty-three tunes bring back the sounds of summer from Seabreeze Park - the whirling carousel and prancing horses spin around to the music of childhood, and this fabulous recording captures the wonderful memories. Grab the popcorn, and come for a ride! This completely digital recording is crystal clear and an oversized insert includes pictures and fond memories of Merrick Price - to whom the album is dedicated. The last song was recorded on the carousel while it was moving - an innovative idea that captures the sensation of really being on the ride is enhanced by wearing headphones. This piece of Americana in music - a must for the audio collector, carousel enthusiast, or fan of mechanical music, is a one-of-a-kind gift item.

Customer Reviews:

carousel.......2007-01-03

Carousel Memories does not have the luster that I had expected. The music is not as clear as I would have liked, however, it does have some good qualities that make it worth while to listen.

The Ideal Merry-Go-Round.......2005-07-18

This is a recording by and for merry-go-round lovers. It assembles 23 tracks of mostly characteristic carousel music, played upon a newly constructed band organ handmade by Belgian Johnny Verbeeck to replicate the old Wurlitzer 165 destroyed by a fire around 1995. The fire also claimed most of the carousel itself, which was rebuilt using some restored parts from the original (PTC#36). The recording site is Seabreeze Park on Lake Ontario in upper New York.

In another review I mentioned that that CD offered a partial and rather idealized carousel experience, for it could only provide the sound, and that sound was much more refined and free of ambient noise than would be encountered during an actual carousel ride. That comment applies as well to this recording, and perhaps more so, for the band organ in a typical operating carousel never sounded so good as the one here. This instrument has a remarkably lovely, sweet tone and, being brand new, is in perfect condition. The rolls used were obtained from no less a source than the Library of Congress, and represent a very choice selection.

The music itself includes mostly waltzes, marches, polkas, and one-time popular songs, such as Beer Barrel Polka, Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Liberty Bell, and Scatter-Brain. Less to be expected, but supremely apt, is the fine waltz from Richard Rodger's overture to the musical show Carousel. This last was experimentally recorded on the moving carousel, and thus provides an especially realistic auditory image.

For merry-go-round and band organ enthusiasts this recording might well occupy a place of honor in their CD collection. For those who desire a more realistic, though less ideal, recording I would recommend the old 1973 Takoma Records release "Last Chance on the Merry-Go-Round" (# A 1038), which I believe is no longer in the catalog. (Takoma Records was acquired in 1995 by Fantasy Records.) My personal copy of A 1038 is an LP, and I suspect no CD version was ever released. That recording was made at the carousel on the pier at Santa Monica, California, shortly before the pier was to be demolished. (Thus the title of the recording.) Since it was made while the carousel was actually in operation, the sounds of bystanders and children, along with the carousel drive motor are included. I don't know what ever became of that carousel or its band organ, but would guess they were moved to some collection somewhere. In any case, I have fond memories of wandering along the pier on a fine Saturday afternoon and watching and listening to the carousel and its excited young customers.

Average customer rating:

dangerously addictive

Songs of Desire

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Customer Reviews:

dangerously addictive.......2007-06-26

This CD contains an excellent selection of songs from the Russian 5. I was atrracted immediately by the Borodin songs which open this CD, and was suprise to find that the quality of the songs are just as good for the less well known Balakirev and Cui. And maybe because of their lack of formal music training, they tend to excel in this short genre. Borodina does justice to all the songs. Her voice is dark and seductive and her interpretation tends to understate (when comparing to Gorchakova), which is perfectly fine. Once I know the songs, I find myself hard to stop listening to them, it seems like each repeated listening reveals something new.

Average customer rating:

Scatter Some Stones
Andrew Rathbun
Manufacturer: Challenge
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00003Q5BE
Release Date: 2000-01-11

Tracks:

Scatter Some Stones
Lost Poems
Stumblin'
The Top Corner
9 Nations
Deja you
Lazybird
Two Lines
Ephesus

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English Hymn 3
Wells Cathedral Choir , and Archer
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Classical | Imports | Stores | Music
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English Hymn 1
Jerusalem the Golden
Lead, Kindly Light: Hymns of Faith and Assurance
All Things Bright and Beautiful
A Vaughan Williams Hymnal

ASIN: B00006GO6I
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

Hills Of The North, Rejoice
On Jordan's Bank
Of The Father's Heart Begotten
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Brightest And Best Of The Sons Of The Morning
From The Eastern Mountains
Forty Days And Forty Nights
Lord Jesus, Think On Me
Ah, Holy Jesu, How Hast Thou Offended
It Is A Thing Most Wonderful
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise The Strain
Ye Choirs Of New Jerusalem
Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise
Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire
I Bind Unto Myself Today
Holy!, Holy!, Holy!
We Plough The Fields And Scatter
For The Beauty Of The Earth
Palms Of Glory, Raiment Bright
For All The Saints

Olga Guryakova sings Russian Arias & Romances

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Olga Guryakova sings Russian Arias & Romances

Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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My Soul Enraptured
Tchaikovsky Duets: Domashenko and Guryakova
Songs by Fauré, Hahn and Head; Arias by Rossini and Handel

ASIN: B00005A88E
Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

Aria Of The Kuma
Tatyana's Letter Scene
Iolanta's Arioso
Tell Me, What In The Shade Of Branches
If Only I Had Known
Does The Day Reign?
Final Scene - Olga Guryakova/Andrei Baturkin
Of What I Dream In The Quiet Night
The Clouds Begin To Scatter
Gorislava's Aria
Natasha's Arioso
Twilight
How Long My Friend
Lilacs
Spring Waters

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Mozart and Salieri

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000ARE
Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene One: Introduction. Adagio
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene One: Saliere: Vsye govoryat: nyet pravdi na zyemle
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene One: Salieri: O Mozart, Mozart!
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene One: Mozart: Iz Mozarta nam chtonibud!
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene One: Mozart: Pryedstav sebye...kovo bui?
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene One: Salieri: Tui s ietim shel ko mnye
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene One: Salieri: Nyet, nye mogu protivitsya ya dole sudbye moyei
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Intermezzo - Fughetta. Allegro
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene Two: Salieri: Chto tui syevodnya pasmuryen?
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene Two: Mozart: Nyedyeli tri tomu, prishelya pozdno domoi
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene Two: 'Mozart's Requiem'. Adagio
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene Two: Mozart: Tui plachesh?
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene Two: Mozart: Togda b nye mog i mir sushchestvovat
Mozart & Salieri, Op. 48: Scene Two: Salieri: Tui zasnyosh
Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada, Op. 42 (The Banks Of Shifting Clouds Are Thinning)
Na holmah Gruziyi Op. 3 (Upon The Hills Of Georgia)
Y pomnu chudnoye mgnovenye (Oh, I Recall That Lovely Moment)
Rizarskiy Romans (A Knight's Romance)
Svadebnaya Pesnya (Wedding Song)
Ya zdes, Inezilya (I Am Here, Inezilya)
Kak sladko s toboyu mnye bits (How Sweet It Is For Me To Be With You)
V krovi gorit ogon zhelanya (Within My Blood Burns A Flame Of Desire)
Nye govori, shto serdzu bolno (Oh, Do Not Say That Your Heart Aches)
K Molli (To Molly)
Priznaniye (The Confession)
Somneniye (Doubt)