Romantic Violin Miniature

On this CD:

1. Poème for violin & orchestra, Op. 25
Composed by Ernest Chausson
Performed by New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Jacques Kantaorow
Conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue

2. Zigeunerweisen, for violin & piano (or orchestra) ("Gypsy Airs"), Op. 20
Composed by Pablo de Sarasate
Performed by New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Jacques Kantaorow
Conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue

3. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, for violin & orchestra in A minor, Op. 28
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Jacques Kantaorow
Conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue

4. Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert for violin & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Jacques Kantaorow
Conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue

5. Romance for violin & orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Jacques Kantaorow
Conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue

Tracks:

The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 1 In E Major 'Spring,' I. Allegro
Overture No. 3 BWV 1068: Air
Water Music: Alla Hornpipe
Orpheus and Eurrdice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
Piano Sonata In A Major K. 331: Alla turca
Symphonie No. 3: Allegretto
String Serenade: Waltz
Foreign Countries And People op. 15 No. 1
Flute Concerto No. 1 In G Major, K. 313: Rondo. Tempo di Minuett
Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor Op. 21: Larghetto
Quintet In A Major 'Trout': Theme & Variations
Waltz In A Flat Major
Impromptu In G Flat Major D 899,3
Sinfonia concertante In E Flat Major K 364: Presto

Tracks:

Voices Of Spring Waltz Op. 410
Serenade Op. 3 No. 5
Songs Without Words In E Major Op. 19,1
Horn Concerto No. 3 In E Flat Major K. 447: Allegro
Fausts Verdammnis: Dances Of The Sylphes
Flute Concerto In G minor
Salomon: Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
Piano Concerto No. 23 In A Major K 488: Andante
Holberg Suite Op. 40: Prelude
Carmen: Intermezzo
String Serenade op. 22: Tempo di valse
Impromptu In B Flat Major D 935 No. 3
I Love You Op. 5 No. 3
Roses From The South, Waltz Op. 388

Tracks:

Peer Gynt: Morning
The Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarole
Melody In F, Op. 3 Nr. 1
The Nutcracker: Waltz Of The Flowers
Standchen
Etude In G Sharp Minor 'La Campanella'
Peer Gynt: Anitras Dance
Moment Musical D 780 No. 3
Canon In D
Overture No. 2: Menuet & Badinerie
Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major: Andante
Carmen: Seguedille
'Songs without Words': The Venetian Gondola
Eugen Onegin: Waltz
Romance For Violin And Orchestra In G major Op. 26

Tracks:

Die Fledermaus: Overture
Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song
Waltz No. 1 Op. 18 In E flat major 'Grande Valse brillante'
Lullaby
L'Arlesienne: Intermezzo
The Seasons Op. 37b: Barcarole
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fairies' March
Clarinet Concerto In A Major K 622: Adagio
The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
La Traviata: Prelude
Carmen, Suite No. 2: Chanson du Toreador
Happy Farmer
Menuet
On The Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz Op. 314

Tracks:

A Little Night Music K 525: Allegro
Sonata No. 2 In E Major BWV 1031: Siciliano
Op. 11 No. 5: Menuet
Songs Without Words: Duetto
The Nutcracker: Dance of the Toy Flutes
Fruhlingslied (Spring Song)
Waldszenen: Abschied
Mandolin Concerto: Allegro
Music For The Royal Fireworks: La paix: Largo alla Siciliana
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: Allegro
Waltz In B Minor Op. 69 No. 2
Romance Op. 5
Impromptu In A Flat Major D 935 Nr. 2
Tales from the Vienna Woods, Waltz Op. 325

Tracks:

Ave Maria
Humoresque Op. 101
Sleeping Beautiful: Panorama
Impromptu In E Flat Major, D899 No. 2
Melancholy
Waltz Op. 54,1
Nocturne In B Major Op. 9 No. 3
Caro mio ben
PARTITA IN D FLAT MAJOR: Pastorale
An den Fruhling
The Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre, Adagio
Rosamunde - Ballet In G Major
Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor Op. 37: Largo
Emperor Waltz, op. 437

Tracks:

Harp Concerto In B Flat Major: Andante allegro
Oboe Concerto In D Minor: Adagio
Flute Concerto In F Major, Op. 10 'La Tempesta di Mare': Presto
Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor Op. 13 'Pathetique': Adagio cantabile
Horn Concerto In E Flat Major K 495: Rondo. Allegro vivace
Poeme Op. 41 No. 6
Wilhelm Tell: Soldier's Dance
Liebestraum No. 3 In A flat Major
Violin Romance No. 2
Flute Concerto In E Minor: Rondo
Intermezzo In E Flat Major Op. 117,1
Carmen: Habenera
Symphony No. 3 'Scottish': Vivace non troppo
Vienna Bonbons: Waltz Op. 307

Tracks:

Symphony No. 40 In G Minor K. 550: Molto Allegro
Preghiera - Mozarianna Suite: Ave Verum
Arietta Op. 12,1
Concerto BWV 1056: Arioso
The Four Seasons: Concerto Nr. 3 Autumn: Allegro
Des Abends (Evening)
Holberg Suite Op. 40: Gavotte
Melancholy Galliard
Flute Concerto No. 2 In D Major K. 314: Rondo. Allegretto
Spinning Song
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Valse Melancolique
Flute Quartet K. 285a: Tempo di Minuetto
Moment Musical In A Flat Major, D 780 No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 9 In E Flat Major K 271 'Jeunehomme': Rondo - Presto

Tracks:

String Serenade: Moderato
Traumerei Op. 15
Ave Maria
Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Major: Allegro
Minuet In D Minor
Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Notturno
Mazurka In D Major Op. 33 No. 2
Divertimento K 251: Andantino
On Wings Of A Song
Carmen: Nocturne
Melody
Sonata In C Major BWV 1033: Allegro
Symphony No. 1 In G Minor 'Winter Dreams': Adagio cantabile
Sound Of The Spheres, Waltz Op. 235

Tracks:

The Marriage Of Figaro: Overture
Sonata In C sharp Minor Op. 27,2 'Moonlight Sonata': Adagio sostenuto
German Dance No. 1
Nocturne In C Sharp Minor Op.posth.
Haffner Serenade: Minuet
Septet In E Flat Major Op. 20: Tempo di Minuetto
Symphony No. 4 Italian: Andante con moto
Prelude In D Flat Major Op. 28, No. 15 'Rain Drops'
'3 Small Pieces': Impromptu
'The Nutcracker': March
Romance In E Flat Major Op. 44
Piano Sonata No. 16 In C Major 'Sonata facile': Allegro
'The Nutcracker': Scene No. 10
Enjoy Your Life Waltz, Op. 340

Average customer rating:

Tarantella
Fabulous Playing
Awesome bass playing
Bravissimo!
Great CD

Tarantella

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Original Double Bass Sonatas

ASIN: B00004X09E
Release Date: 2000-08-15

Amazon.com

There have never been many compositions written for solo double bass. There probably never will be. But, as anyone who has heard bassist Edgar Meyer performing the Bach cello suites can attest, there's a lot that can be done with the instrument. On Tarantella, we get a fascinating collection of more than a dozen 19th- and 20th-century miniatures arranged or written for double bass. Performed gorgeously by British double bassist Duncan McTier, joined by pianist Kathron Sturrock, the music made during this recital will dramatically change your perception about the double bass. From the flowing grace McTier injects into his arrangement of Kreisler's Liebesleid to his spirited bow attack on Reinhold Gliere's Tarantella Opus 9 No. 2, the technique is faultless. The bass sounds perfectly suited to these bonbons, and the recorded sound is excellent. Between the pretty music and the accomplished playing, this creative disc really is a knockout. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Tarantella.......2007-01-03

This is an excellent CD of lyrical bass music. The rendition of Rachmaninov's Vocalise in G minor and the Kreisler are particularly fine (although I would have perhaps taken the Vocalise a notch slower). The Tarantella of the final track is a superb dispay of musical virtuosity.

Fabulous Playing.......2003-12-23

As a musician myself, i can honestly say this is the best bass playing i have ever heard. As said in somebody else's review the technique is faultless and the musicality is amazing! The Tarentella itself is inspiring to other musicians whether they be bass players or not. He takes full advantage of the music actually written for the bass and im sure people will be absolutely inspired by the way Duncan McTier plays the bass. This is a perfect stocking filler for all classical music lovers.

Awesome bass playing.......2003-04-30

Duncan McTier is amazing! Buy this CD if you want to hear some fantastic music.

Bravissimo!.......2003-03-11

This is an amazing disc, and by far one of the best bassist CD's ever released. McTier's interpretation of Bottesini is without peer, especially "Romanza Patetica" - the most sensitive and nuance filled interpretation I've ever heard.

His choice of pieces is also interesting, including Rossini's "Une Larme pour Basse" - a simple and understated piece overlooked by virtuosos in search of fast and/or high register playing. Unless you're looking for a disc with McTier's take on the most popular virtuoso showpieces, you will not be disappointed with this. It's a well thought out and executed program of well and lesser known works.

Great CD.......2002-10-25

Of all of the performances at the International Society of Bassists convention in 2001, Mr. McTier's was probably the closest to "flawless". It was a very humbling experience and this CD was a very satisfying follow up to my first Duncan McTier hearing. The only problem other than the lack of "meat" in the sound in the loud passages, is that the music tends to be very "safe"-in other words there isn't much of the music "between the lines", but the CD is still a wonderful addition to any bass CD library.

RCA Red Seal Century: Soloists and Conductors

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RCA Red Seal Century: Soloists and Conductors

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ASIN: B00005OLDB
Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

Sicilienne And Rigaudon - Mischa Elman/Percy Kahn
Nocturne in G, Op.37 No.2 - Vladimir de Pachmann
Ste No.1 in D, Op.43 - IV: March Miniature - Boston SO/Karl Muck
Vn Con in D, Op.35 - II: Canzonetta - Fritz Kreisler/Carl Lamson
Litanei, D.343 - Alfred Cortot
Gotterdammerung - Closing Scene - Leopold Stokowski
Ste, Op.15 - Valse - Harold Bauer/Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Mazurka in D, Op.33 No.2 - Ignace Jan Paderewski
Vn Partita No.3 in E, BWV 1006 - I: Prld - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Etude in a, Op.25 No.11 'Winter Wind' - Josef Lhevinne
Jalousie - Tango Tzigane - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Vc Con No.2 in e, Op.30 - II: Lento - Andante Tranquillo (Abridged) - Emanuel Feuermann/Albert Hirsh
Schon Rosmarin - William Primrose/David Stimer
Ser in C, Op.48 - II: Waltz - Boston SO/Serge Koussevitzky
Beatrice Et Benedict - Ov - Boston SO/Charles Munch
Messiah, Pt.II, No.44 - Hallelujah Chor - Hugh Porter/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw
Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan - Gregor Piatigorsky/Ralph Berkowitz
Don Pasquale - Ov - NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini
Mazurka In a, Op.7 No.2 - William Kapell
Cancion De Cuna (Cradle Song) - Jose Iturbi

Tracks:

Prld in c#, Op.45 - Arthur Rubinstein
Fant On Themes From Bizet's Carmen - Vladimir Horowitz
Fant in c, BWV 906 - Wanda Landowska
Coppelia - Prld: Mazurka - Boston SO/Pierre Monteux
Colas Breugnon, Op.24: Ov - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner
Porgy And Bess - Jascha Heifetz
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Jascha Heifetz
Five Bagatelles - No.1: Allegro - Julian Bream
I Vespri Siciliani-Ballet: The Four Seasons: Winter - New Philharmonia Orch/James Levine
L'Isle Joyeuse - Van Cliburn
La Flute De Pan: Pan And The Birds - James Galway
Rosamunde, D.797 - Ballet Music No.II - Cologne RSO/Gunter Wand
Fantasiestuck, Op.73 No.3 - Rasch Und Mit Feuer - Richard Stoltzman
Light In Darkness - Evelyn Glennie
Fanfare For The Uncommon Woman, No.1 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin
Transcendental Etude No.5 'Feux Follets' - Evgeny Kissin
A Hymn To New England - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
Fanfare For The Common Man - San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas

The Last Dance: Music for a Vanishing Era (The Music Heard on the Fateful Voyage of the Titanic)

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An excellent recording.

The Last Dance: Music for a Vanishing Era (The Music Heard on the Fateful Voyage of the Titanic)

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ASIN: B0000061LV
Release Date: 1998-02-24

Tracks:

Melodie In F; Op. 3
Serenata
Noce Villageoise
La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin
La Plus Que Lente
Intermezzo
Humoreske; Op. 101 No 7
Kuolema; Op.44: Valse Triste
L'Heure Espagnole
Syncopation
Spanish Dances; Op: 12, No 1 Moderato, No 2 Con spirito, Bolero
Blumengefluster
Petite Marche Viennoise
Gebet Einer Jungfrau
Csardas

Customer Reviews:

An excellent recording........1999-03-22

I cannot think of anything better to say than the caption on the album itself: "A tender soiree, a romantic tete-a-tete, the anticipation of a jour fixe are what come to mind when listening to this album of fond reminiscences from a vanished but perhaps more colourful and intimate era. As an expression of a quite definite spirit of an epoch, the music on this recording is romantic without being sentimental, colourful but never flamboyant, and intimate whilst avoiding excessive stylisation."

Tracks:

Spring From The Four Seasons: Allegro
Spring From The Four Seasons: Largo e pianissimo sempre
Spring From The Four Seasons: Allegro: Rustic Dance
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral': Allegro ma no troppo
From Symphony No. 1 'Spring': Allegro animato e graxioso (Finale)
Voices of Spring
Carmina Burana: The Sun Tempers All From Springtime
Carmina Burana: Love Flutters Everywhere From 'The Court Of Love'
Carmina Burana: Day, night and everything from The Court of Love
Appalachan Spring

Tracks:

Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Allegro Non Molto
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Adagio: Presto
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Presto: Impetuous Summer Storm
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Sheep May Safely Graze
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Adagio sostenuto Moonlight sonoata
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream Suite
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Dawn From Peer Gynt Suite
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Prelude: The Afternoon Of A Faun
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Hoe-Down From Rodeo
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': The Pines Of Janicuulum From 'The Pines Of Rome'
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Summertime From Porgy & Bess Suite
Soace
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': Finale From 1812 Overture
Summer From 'The Four Seasons': The Stars and Stripes

Tracks:

Fall: Dancing & Singing Of The Peasants: Allegro
Fall: The Sleeping Drunkards: Adagio
Fall: The Hunt: Allegro
Fall: Academic Festival Overture
Fall: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
Fall: A Night on Bald Mountain
Fall: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Fall: Danse Macabre
Fall: Largo from Symphony #9

Tracks:

Winter: allegro non molto
Winter: Largo
Winter: Allegro
Winter: Joy To The World
Winter: Hallelujah From Messiah
Winter: Sinfonia From Christmas Oratorio
Winter: Sleighride
Winter: Sleighride From Three German Dances
Winter: Miniature Overture
Winter: March
Winter: Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy
Winter: Waltz Of The Flowers
Winter: Snowflake Waltz
Winter: Strauss Jr: Snowdrops Waltz
Winter: Troika (Russian Three Horse Sleigh)
Winter: Skaters' Waltz
Winter: Carol Of The Bells
Winter: Fantasy On Greensleeves
Winter: March from Babes in Toyland

Customer Reviews:

Good variety of music.......2006-10-16

I bought this 4-disc set at Costco a decade ago when it was still called Price Club, and I still listen to it. Each of the 4 discs contains music from a particular season of the year, and the compilations cover numerous pieces from all the styles of classical music; from Baroque thru the Romance period. Leading each disc are the appropriate parts from the 4-Seasons by Vivaldi. Thee are followed by pieces from composers such as Copland, Beethoven, Strausss, Mozart, Dukas, etc... Some of the pieces are quite famous, and should have been left out as most classical fans already have them; i.e. Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. The up-side is that this set also has a lot of more obscure pieces that are quite good; such as "Sleighride" by Mozart. Overall, this set provides multiple hours of good listening that is appropriate for a car ride, or while reading a book.

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ASIN: B000003FRA
Release Date: 1994-10-11

Tracks:

Light Cavalry Overture
Little Fugue In G Minor
Hora Staccato
The Love For Three Oranges: March from The Love For Three Oranges
Tambourin chinois
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
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In the Steppes of Central Asia
Oberon: Overture
Rodeo: Hoedown from Rodeo
Goyescas: Intermezzo from Goyescas
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Tracks:

Poet And Peasant Overture
The Merry Wives Of Windsor: Overture
Lohengrin: Prelude To Act III
Hungarian Dance No. 6
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2: Solvejg's Song
Der Freischutz: Overture
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Sleigh Ride
Mlada: Procession Of The Nobles
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1
Gayne: Sabre Dance

Tracks:

Reverie
Jewels Of The Madonna: Dance Of The Cammoristi
Suite No. 3: Air On The G-String
Cradle Song
Xerxes: Largo
Serenade
Sadko: Song Of India
Gayne Suite No. 1: Lullaby
Serenade
Spring Song
Serenade
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Quintet No. 11: Minuet
Liebestraum
None But The Lonely Heart
Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus
Hansel And Gretel: Dream Pantomime

Tracks:

Tales From The Vienna Woods
The Skaters' Waltz
Pizzicato Polka
Wine, Women And Song
Thunder And Lightning Polka
Roses From The South
The Count Of Luxemburg: Waltzes
Music Of The Spheres
Acceleration Waltz
On The Beautiful Blue Danube

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Aida: Grand March
Babes In Toyland: March Of TheToys
Semper Fidelis
Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature
Yankee Doodle
Up The Street
The Damnation of Faust: Rakoczy March
March Of The Siamese Children
Caucasian Sketches: Procession Of The Sardar
Sambre et Meuse
The Ruins Of Athens: Turkish March
Colonel Bogey
Dixie
American Salute
Strike Up The Band
Athalie: War March Of The Priests
Karelia: Alla marcia
Funeral March Of A Marionette
Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1
Valdres March
National Emblem March
The Stars And Stripes Forever

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Cuban Overture
Rhapsody In Blue
El Salon Mexico
Interplay: Gavotte
Interplay: Blues
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
The Typewriter
George M. Cohan Medley: George M. Cohan Medley: Give My Regards To Broadway, Mary's A Grand Old Name, Little Nelly Kelly, You're A Grand Old Flag, You Remind Me Of My Mother, Harrigan, Yankee Doodle Dandy

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In The Mood
Eleanor Rigby
Stardust
The Three-Penny Opera: Mack The Knife
Love Is Blue
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Love Me Tender
The Syncopated Clock
Laura
A Man And A Woman
Moonlight Serenade
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
The Brave Bulls: La Virgen De La Macarena
Moon River
Days Of Wine And Roses
Mame
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Jalousie

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Perhaps I should start by admitting a bias: Many years ago, lying on Boston's grassy Esplanade by the Charles River on warm summer nights, I learned what a symphony orchestra should sound like, with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. Those concerts were free; these seven compact discs are not--not quite. But for any lover of light classical music, they are certainly one of the best buys available. The orchestra (essentially the Boston Symphony) is one of the world's greatest; the music, from Smoke Gets in Your Eyes to the Goyescas Intermezzo and Ride of the Valkyries is instantly enjoyable and permanently valuable; the conductor is at the same time genial and exacting, convinced that any music you play, no matter how frivolous, deserves the best you can give it. --Joe McLellan

Customer Reviews:

Now.......2006-11-03

Now, if you are a music-lover, and you like The Boston Pops & Arthur Fiedler. You should get it as soon as posible.
I cannot find any reasonable objection to this product.

Heavenly.......2003-02-02

Highly Pleasing. If you're a Fiedler fan this is a must have one. It encompasses his entire wealth of perception, understanding, knowledge, vision and talent. Buy it now.

Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops at its best.......2000-06-23

Anyone in Love with the Boston Pops during its great Fiedler years should have this set in their CD collection. Hours and hours of all our favorite Pops tunes. Enjoy!

Nice, Nice, Nice!.......1999-11-18

Definitly one of my favorite classical CD's....has a bit of everything, and it's all extremely well played and recognizable. I never go on car trips without it with me. If you buy only one classic CD (set), THIS IS IT!

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Great fun EXCEPT FOR ONE THING!

The Golden Age of the Saxophone

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ASIN: B00005NBVK
Release Date: 2001-07-01

Tracks:

La Cinquantaine
Ser Badine
Miniature Viennese March
Liebesfreud
L'Arlesienne: Minuet
Piece En Forme De Habanera
The Piggle-Wiggle
Ambassador - Valse Intermezzo
Jack And Jill
Karussell
Vocalise
Souvenir
Tango
Playera
Salut D'Amour
Prelude No.2
Valse Marilyn
Valse Vanite
Sax-A-Doodle
Sax-O-Phun
Largo
Dizzy Fingers

Customer Reviews:

Great fun EXCEPT FOR ONE THING!.......2002-07-05

What a shame! Lots of great fun pieces (mix of classical, with a few pop rag types) played very well by both saxophone and piano perfs, BUT almost all bands have CLAPPING AT END (obviously live performance)which really ruins flow of music. If they had taken the time to cut the clapping, would have rated close to 5, so, if you don't mind the short audience ends on each, you'll enjoy this cd.

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Classical Treasures: Sampler

Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005YPM4
Release Date: 1999-08-17

Tracks:

Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement
Miniature Overture [Nutcracker Suite]
Blue Danube Waltz Op. 314
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, 1st Movement
Four Seasons- Spring: Allegro
Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Moonlight Sonata (Quasi Una Fantasia)
Hallelujah [The Messiah]
Foccata and Fugue in D Minor
Minute Waltz in a Flat Minor
Canon in D Major for Strings & Orchestra
Fur Elize
Slavonic Dance No. 1
Radetzky March
Una Furtiva Lacrima "L'Elisir d'Amore"

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AH THOSE RUSSIANS ARE DELIGHTFUL
A Beautiful Musical Portrait of the Russian Soul
Outstanding!
Wieniawski, Henryk
Gorgeous listening

Russian Soul

Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00000J86G
Release Date: 1999-05-25

Tracks:

The Rush Light
Meditation
Folk Song
Andante
Nocturne
Serenade Melancolique
Elegie
Miniature
Melodie
Tears
Andante Cantabile
Chorus Of The Peasants
Melodrama

Customer Reviews:

AH THOSE RUSSIANS ARE DELIGHTFUL.......2007-01-02

This album is a delight in every way. Russian Soul consists of mainly rather unknown works that were composed by and/or arranged by some very imminent Russian composers such as Borodin, Gliere, Shostakovich, Scriabin, and, of course, Tchaikovsky. These works are filled with those rather dark, melancholy and beautiful melodies which are played exquisitely by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra lead by Constantine Oberlin and featuring Corey Cerovesk on violin who plays most sensitively and beautifully. At all times, one is made very aware of the gorgeous melodies in these works!

If you love Russian music, as I do, and want to hear some works that are not performed too often, buy this album.

A Beautiful Musical Portrait of the Russian Soul.......2006-01-10

This music is pristine, exquisite, sublime. Everything on this CD is outstanding: the selections, the sound quality, the orchestra and the very talented violinist, Corey Cerovsek.

The CD insert is also excellent. It has a very well-written, detailed, informative essay explaining the historic origins of and influences on Russian music that have contributed to its special deep soulful character and concluding with a reference section on each of the composers represented on this CD. The essay is followed by information on the conductor, orchestra, and violinist.

The violinist, Corey Cerovsek, was 26 years old when he recorded this CD with Constantine Orbelian, one of the world's finest conductors, and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, one of the world's great chamber orchestras. His playing is truly a pleasure to listen to. I quote directly from the CD insert: "Born in 1972 in Vancouver, Canada, Corey graduated at age 12 from the University of Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music. That same year, he was accepted by Joef Gingold as a student and enrolled at Indiana University, where he received bachelor's degrees in mathematics and music at age 15, master's in both at 16, and ocmpleted his doctoral course work in mathematics and music at age 18."

The CD dedication is written by Constantine Orbelian:

"Dedicated to my mother, Vera Voznesenskaya Orbelian, who has given me tremendous love, comfort, happiness, strength -- and shown me life through her beautiful Russian soul."

This wonderful musical portrait of the beautiful Russian soul has my highest recommendation.

Outstanding!.......2004-10-03

There are few albums that convey the pathos of the Russian soul like this one. This collection includes not only staples like "Serenade Melancolique" but also rare gems like "The Rush Light" and Gedike's "Miniature". Highly recommended!

Wieniawski, Henryk.......2001-08-14

Henryk Wieniawski was a great Polish composer. How would you feel I somebody will call for example Mark Twain a Canadian or Mexican writer. Sincerely, Magdalena Melamed New York, NY USA

Gorgeous listening.......1999-06-15

Ordinarily I cringe when I get a CD filled with "arrangements" of music, great or less great. My reasoning is that a composer knew what he was doing in the creative process and who is so-and-so to alter it? on the other hand proved so beautiful at first hearing that all my prejudices went out the window. Here are 13 tracks of Russian music by Gliere, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and other lesser known composers (including "Folk"), played with melancholy love by violinist Cerovsek. This Delos release is highly recommended not only for its playing but especially for the selections, some of which I do not think are available on any other recording.