La Caccia: Music Of The Hunt

On this CD:

1. Sinfonia da caccia for orchestra in G major
Composed by Leopold Mozart
Performed by Saxoniae Virtuosi

2. Violin Concerto ("La caccia" ), for violin, strings & continuo in B-flat major ("Il cimento" No. 10), Op. 8/10, RV 362
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Saxoniae Virtuosi

3. Diana Cacciatrice (Alla caccia), cantata, HWV 79
Composed by George Frideric Handel

4. Sinfonia in F major "Di Moritzburg"
Composed by Johann David Heinichen
Performed by Saxoniae Virtuosi

5. Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt," ("Hunting Cantata"), BWV 208
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Claudia Kunz

6. Symphony No. 31 in D major ("Hornsignal"), H. 1/31
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Saxoniae Virtuosi

Tracks:

Sinfonia to Cantata #29
Air on a G String
Two-Part Invention in F Major
Two-Part Invention in B-Flat Major
Two-Part Invention in D Minor
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Prelude and Fugue #7 in E-Flat Major
Prelude and Fugue #2 in C
Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf" Bradenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: I. Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: II. Adagio
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: III. Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: II. Adagio
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: Initial Experiments

Tracks:

Orfeo Suite: Toccata/Ritornello I/Choro II/Ritornello II/Choro II/Ritor
Sonata in G Major
Sonata in D Major
Bourree
Air
Allegro Deciso
Sonata in E Major
Sonata in D Major
Bradenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: I. Allegro
Bradenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: II. Andante
Bradenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: III. Presto
Domine Ad Adjuvandum
Stereo Allignment Tones
Well-Tempered Experiments

Tracks:

Badinerie
Minuet
Bourree
Two-Part Invention in A-Minor
Two-Part Invention in a Major
Sheep May Safely Graze
Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Musette in D Major
Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Minuet in G Major
Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Bist du Bei Mir
Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Marche in D Major
Little Fugue in G Minor
Bradenburg Concerto #5 in D Major: Allegro
Bradenburg Concerto #5 in D Major: Affettuoso
Bradenburg Concerto #5 in D Major: Allegro

Tracks:

Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: I. Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: II. Adagio
Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: III. Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: IV. Menuuetto, Trio I, Polocca, Trio
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major: I. Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major: II. Andante
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major: III. Allegro Assai
Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat Major: II. Adagio Ma Non Tanto
Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro

Amazon.com

In 1968, keyboardist-composer Wendy Carlos released Switched-On Bach, her bestselling LP featuring baroque music performed on the Moog synthesizer. Carlos intended to spread the gospel of electronic classical music through this quirky release; instead, she sold more albums than Karlheinz Stockhausen could ever dream of, released a few follow-ups, and paved the way for Hot Butter's "Popcorn." Carlos has since become well known for more than just these wacky classical interpretations--she recorded the soundtracks to A Clockwork Orange and Tron and released new works--but the Switched-Ons are the goofy synthesizer recordings that most of us still remember.

No less than Glenn Gould proclaimed, "Carlos's realization of the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto is, to put it bluntly, the finest performance of any of the Brandenburgs--live, canned, or intuited--I've ever heard." We're not sure what he meant by that, but if you have half the enthusiasm Gould did for this music, check out this box set. All four of Carlos's baroque-gone-space-age LPs from the '70s are included here--Switched-On Bach, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, Switched-On Bach II, and Switched-On Brandenburgs--completely remastered in all their stereophonic glory and containing bonus tracks (the fourth CD is even enhanced for use on your computer). The liner notes weigh in at around 150 pages, filled with photos and background information even on the evolution of Carlos's studio (you get the original LP notes in their entirety, too). The music? It's hilarious, absolutely riveting, and--whether Scarlatti, Bach, Handel, or Monteverdi--played successfully by Carlos and her battery of special effects. For the lover of the eclectic or the classical fan who knows how to let loose, this is a box set to get. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Truly A Masterpiece!.......2007-05-11

This collection is a treasured addition to our music library here at home, in part because I have long been a fan of the artist. Also, because we all enjoy the spin that Wendy puts on many of the classical works of the old masters of music. I heartily recommend this boxed set to any listener who wants to be delighted by the sounds of the Moog synthesizer, played in a masterful way by Wendy Carlos...

Definitive, historical, all-in-one.......2007-03-04

If you've loved the Walter/Wendy Carlos recordings over the years, this is a great way to get them all in one place. If you are at all interested in the production process, this is a _must have_ item.

Some have complained about the discussion tracks at the end of some CDs; I guess I can see how some might find them annoying. For pure ambience, you'll want to program your CD player to not play them, or just rip these CDs and burn a new copy minus those tracks.

One minor complaint I have is that the Brandenburgs are scattered throughout. I don't think it should have been all that bad to just have some of them duplicated. But I do understand the rationale, including them as is on the albums where they appeared individually, and then only putting the rest on the actual Brandenburgs pair of CDs. Personally, I love being able to listen to all the Brandenburgs straight through, so again I just made new versions of CD for my own use with them all together in their original order.

And of course, these days so many people aren't even listening to their CDs on the CD player. The music is ripped and then played using an MP3 player, computer, or similar device. Making playlists for your preferred track arrangements obviates any of the above complaints.

Regardless, I think that the value of having an all-in-one collection of these classic electronic instruments and performances far outweighs any minor issues regarding one's opinion of the choice of production arranagement.

Súper Colección.......2007-01-03

Una joya de arte, en su estuche y con un gran contenido de los primeros volúmenes de esta gran interprete.
Simplemente una gran colección para los fanaticos de Wendy

Walter's best.......2006-06-09

I know record and CD covers have been reprinted to reflect that Walter goes by the name of Wendy now. But this is all his best stuff in one collection. If you never had "Switched-On Brandenburgs Vol. 1 & 2" on LP and didn't get them either on CD back in 1987, then this is your chance to get them along with bits from his other works. Also get his other masterpiece "By Request" and the soundtrack of the movie "A Clockwork Orange". That's all you need if you are a fan of 60's analog synthesizer classical music, which only Walter was doing at that time.

Loved It All Over Again.......2005-08-03

When I heard the first piece from the first album as a young boy, I was completely hooked. I don't think Wendy could have picked a better song to start with. The power and expansiveness of the Sinfonia is surely what Bach must have heard in his head when he wrote it over 300 years ago.

Honestly, some of the music on these albums is so good you may never hear Bach, Handel, or Scarlatti the same way again.

When I saw this boxed set for sale, I purchased it with a little trepidation, unsure if it would live up to my memory of it and not sure what my wife or daughter would make of it. I'm glad I got it, though. It's a wonderful recording and the two bonus tracks are fun to listen to. In fact, I wish CDs had the same "commentary" tracks that DVDs have as I would have enjoyed hearing more about how this recording was put together.

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto No. 10 in B flat major "The Hunt"; Concerto in A major "per eco in lontano"

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Pina Carmirelli's Is The Best By I Musici If Not The Best Period

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto No. 10 in B flat major "The Hunt"; Concerto in A major "per eco in lontano"

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ASIN: B00004UPTC
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Allegro Non Molto
Adagio - Presto
Presto
Allegro
Adagio Molto
Allegro
Allegro Non Molto
Largo
Allegro
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Allegro
Larghetto
Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Pina Carmirelli's Is The Best By I Musici If Not The Best Period.......2005-10-20

Although I Musici is certainly one of the best chamber groups in the world for Baroque music if not the best as claimed by Toscanini, there is also a standard of excellence for the violin soloists in I Musici itself over the past 50 years and Felix Ayo is simply not a top contender. Ayo is decent for the concerti but the crucial 'Four Seasons' is very average by the standards of I Musici itself. Although I find Ayo's interpretation better than Michelucci's with I Musici, this performance of 'The Four Seasons' itself is not I Musici's best for this piece by a long shot. I have not heard one rendition anywhere whether chamber or symphonic that even compares to the absolutely brilliant 1982 performance by I Musici and Pina Carmirelli. It is truly the clearest and most passionate performance available to date. Carmirelli's proficiency for this piece completely surpasses Ayo's rather safe and monotone interpretation. Michelucci's is even worse. With a steady but constant pace, Carmirelli swings the bow and soars the scales with impeccable clarity and proficiency: there is simply not one hesitation or moment of faltering in transitions. It is simply a breathtakingly divine performance that surpasses Ayo's rather cautious performance.

For those who are debating other options, don't be deceived into buying other performances even if they have skilled violinists such as Perlman or Zuckerman. The latter are specialized in the German Romantic and Klezmer traditions of violin and so tend to perform better with Northern European composers from the Romantic period such as Brahms or Wienawski but not with Italian ones generally and Italian Baroque violin pieces least of all! As for performances by great conductors and symphonies such as Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic or Solti and the Chicago/London Symphonies, the orchestral ensembles they use are generally too large for chamber pieces and most of the instruments used are modern. They are also recorded in too large of spaces so the performances sound like Beethoven's 9th instead of a chamber lyrical piece. There are other groups and recordings that are more faithful to Baroque techniques and traditional interpretations but their performances tend to suffer in their lyrical aspects and recording quality. The artists in such chamber groups generally come from academic backgrounds in traditional techniques and instruments instead of professional circles and so are more focused on applying the techniques instead of evoking from them the lyrical mood required by the piece. This results in clumsy and lifeless performances where each musician is so painfully struggling to apply the correct technique to their individual instrument that the entire piece comes out sounding as a cacophony instead of a symphony. Vivaldi was an innovative and demanding composer and this piece is one of the most difficult pieces to perform in the repertoire of music for the solo violin. I Musici have been world acclaimed leaders in performing Italian Baroque for over 50 years and have performed with many of the best musicians in this field. They emphasize more on a passionate Italian Romantic interpretation in its performances instead of a rigid Baroque one but reach a good balance with tradition by performing in the Italian style almost exclusively on Stradivarius instruments and within the size of a small Baroque chamber orchestra. The Stradivarius is the gem of traditional string instruments and really an instrument in and of itself that no other period instrument can even compare to. There are also really no chamber groups in existence that perform on so many Stradivari at once as they are simply too rare and even many professionals simply lack sufficient talent to play one proficiently.

Ayo's performance is not the worst in terms of I Musici but it is definitely not the best the group ever performed. It is simply not a good performance in which Ayo sounds frustrated with the technically demanding parts in each season and especially the movement for 'Summer.' It is still better than most of those by your typical chamber groups out there however. The best for I Musici if not across the board is its 1982 performance with Pina Carmirelli. Carmirelli's performance is extremely hard to find these days and sometimes ridiculously expensive so a close match by a comparable Italian chamber group is Salvatore Acardo's Stradivarius performance with I Solisti delle Settimane Musicali di Napoli which is available in abundance here on Amazon. Accardo himself had already played several times with I Musici before making his legendary performance with Il Solisti and had cultivated his talent to mastery. That peformance is the only close contender I can think of that comes even close to Carmirelli's passionate and legendary performance. Unless you are interested purely in symphonic interpretations, I would stick to either Carmirelli's performance or Accardo's as an alternative because the quality of their performances is exponentially superior to everyone elses' without question.

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Roman Trekel , Johann Sebastian Bach , Johann Friedrich Fasch , George Frideric Handel , Franz Joseph Haydn , Johann David Heinichen , Leopold Mozart , Antonio Vivaldi , Virtuosi Saxoniae , Claudia Kunz , Mona Spagele , Robert Worle , and Ludwig Guttler
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Tracks:

Con in D: 1. (Without Tempo Indication): Der Erste Ruff Von Der Force Jagd/Der 2. Ruff/Die Jagd...
Con in D: 2. Andante
Con in D: 3. Allegro
Sinf Di Caccia in G: 1. Allegro
Sinf Di Caccia in G: 2. Andante Piu Tosto Un Poco Allegretto-A Gusto D'un Eco
Sinf Di Caccia in G: 3. Menuet-Trio-Menuet Da Capo
Con in B Flat, Op.8 No.10, RV 362: 1. Allegro
Con in B Flat, Op.8 No.10, RV 362: 2. Adagio
Con in B Flat, Op.8 No.10, RV 362: 3. Allegro
Diana Cacciatrice, HWV 79: Cant: 1. La Marche - Mona Spagele/Hallenser Madrigalisten/Andreas Gopfert/Ludwig Guttler
Diana Cacciatrice, HWV 79: Cant: 2. Recitativo: 'Alla Caccia, O Miei Ninfe Seguaci' - Mona Spagele/Hallenser Madrigalisten/Andreas Gopfert/Ludwig Guttler
Diana Cacciatrice, HWV 79: Cant: 3. Aria: 'Foriera La Tromba' - Mona Spagele/Hallenser Madrigalisten/Andreas Gopfert/Ludwig Guttler
Diana Cacciatrice, HWV 79: Cant: 4. Chor: 'Alla Caccia, Mie Fide Compagne' - Mona Spagele/Hallenser Madrigalisten/Andreas Gopfert/Ludwig Guttler
Diana Cacciatrice, HWV 79: Cant: 5. Chor: 'Di Questa Selva Fra Dubie Vie' - Mona Spagele/Hallenser Madrigalisten/Andreas Gopfert/Ludwig Guttler
Sinf in F 'Di Moritzburg': 1. Allegro-Adagio
Sinf in F 'Di Moritzburg': 2. Allegro
Sinf in F 'Di Moritzburg': 3. Sarabande
Sinf in F 'Di Moritzburg': 4. Rejouissance
Sinf in F 'Di Moritzburg': 5. La Chasse
Sinf in F 'Di Moritzburg': 6. Aimable
Sinf in F 'Di Moritzburg': 7. Allegro
Sinf in F 'Di Moritzburg': 8. Tempo Di Menuet

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'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: Sinf, BWV 104a: Movt I - Mona Spagele/Claudia Kunz/Robert Worle/Roman Trekel
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 1. Recitativo: 'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur... - Mona Spagele
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 2. Aria: 'Jagen Ist Die Lust Der Gotter' - Mona Spagele
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 3. Recitativo: 'Wie? Schonste Gottin?... - Robert Worle
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 4. Aria: 'Willst Du Dich Nicht Mehr... - Robert Worle
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 5. Recitativo-Arioso: 'Ich Liebe Dich... - Mona Spagele/Robert Worle
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 6. Recitativo: 'Ich, Der Ich Sonst Ein... - Roman Trekel
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 7. Aria: 'Ein Furst Ist Seines Landes Pan' - Roman Trekel
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 8. Recitativo: 'Soll Denn Der Pales Opfer.. - Claudia Kunz
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 9. Aria: 'Schafe Konnen Sicher Weiden' - Claudia Kunz
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 10. Recitativo: 'So Stimmt Mit Ein' - Mona Spagele
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 11. Chor: 'Lebe, Sonne Dieser Erden' - Hallenser Madrigalisten/Andreas Gopfert
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 12. Duetto. Aria: 'Entzucket Uns Beide' - Mona Spagele/Robert Worle
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 13. Aria: 'Weil Die Wollenreichen Herden' - Claudia Kunz
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 13. (Ritornello) BWV 1040
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 14. Aria: 'Ihr Felder Und Auen' - Roman Trekel
'Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd'-Cant, BWV 208: 15. Chor: 'Ihr Lieblichste Blicke, Ihr... - Hallenser Madrigalisten/Andreas Gopfert
Sinf in D No.31, Hob 1:31 'Horn Signal'-'Auf Dem Anstand': 1. Allegro
Sinf in D No.31, Hob 1:31 'Horn Signal'-'Auf Dem Anstand': 2. Adagio
Sinf in D No.31, Hob 1:31 'Horn Signal'-'Auf Dem Anstand': 3. Menuet-Trio-Menuet Da Capo
Sinf in D No.31, Hob 1:31 'Horn Signal'-'Auf Dem Anstand': 4. Finale. Moderato Molto-Var 1-7-Presto