With and Without Memory

On this CD:

1. Nocturne With and Without Memory, version for piano & ensemble
Composed by Blue" Gene Tyranny
Performed by Lois Svard

2. Imaginary Dances for piano
Composed by William E. Duckworth
Performed by Lois Svard

3. Van Cao's Meditation
Composed by Robert Ashley
Performed by Lois Svard

Editorial Reviews
Mike Silverton, Fanfare
"Audiophile-quality engineering by Tom Lazarus and Robert Spangler, Jr. have Svard's close-miked, resonant, bottom-rich piano charming the birds right out of their trees. Recommended with all possible enthusiasm."

Album Description
The music on this disc spans a wide range of memory types, though it all came into existence because of single pianist. A highly emotive performer with an atmospheric stage presence, Lois Svard has become a leading interpretive champion of New York's Downtown music, a pioneer in repertoire that until recently as performed mainly by its composers. Her taste in new music is as superlative as her pianistic technique, as is shown by these works she commissioned and premiered by three of New York's most outstanding musical figures: "Blue" Gene Tyranny's Nocturne With and Without Memory, William Duckworth's Imaginary Dances, Robert Ashley's Van Cao's Meditation.

Tracks:

Give My Regards To Broadway- Joel Grey
Swanee- Al Jolson
When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine- Bert Williams
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody- John Steel
My Man- Fanny Brice
Fascinating Rhythm- Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)- 78rpm Version Eddie Cantor
Someone To Watch Over Me- Gertrude Lawrence
Bill- 78 rpm Version Helen Morgan
Ol' Man River- Paul Robeson
Ain't Misbehavin'- Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Ten Cents A Dance- Ruth Etting
Body And Soul- Libby Holman
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime- Bing Crosby
Night And Day- Fred Astaire
Heat Wave- Ethel Waters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- Tamara
You're The Top- Ethel Merman
Summertime- Anne Brown
September Song- Walter Huston
My Heart Belongs To Daddy- Mary Martin
It Never Entered My Mind- Shirley Ross
Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered- Vivienne Segal
Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning- Irving Berlin
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'- Alfred Drake

Tracks:

New York, New York- Cris Alexander,Adolph Green,John Reardon
If I Loved You- John Raitt,Jan Clayton
Come Rain Or Come Shine- Ruby Hill,Harold Nicholas
There's No Business Like Show Business- Ensemble
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? From "Finian's Rainbow"- Ella Logan
Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend- Carol Channing
Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
Getting To Know You- Gertrude Lawrence
Who Cares?- Jack Carson,Betty Oakes
Stranger In Paradise- from " Kismet" Doretta Morrow,Richard Kiley
Ballad Of Mack The Knife- Gerald Price
Hey There- from "The Pajama Game" John Raitt
Whatever Lola Wants- Gwen Verdon
I Could Have Danced All Night- Julie Andrews
Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
The Party's Over- Judy Holliday
Glitter And Be Gay- Barbara Cook
Tonight- Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence

Tracks:

Seventy-Six Trombones- Robert Preston
I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
Put On A Happy Face- from "Bye Bye Birdie" Dick Van Dyke
Try To Remember- Jerry Orbach
Camelot- from "Camelot" Richard Burton
Love Makes The World Go 'Round- Anna Maria Alberghetti
I Believe In You- Robert Morse And Co.
The Sweetest Sounds- Diahann Carroll,Richard Kiley
Comedy Tonight- Zero Mostel
What Kind Of Fool Am I?- Anthony Newley
As Long As He Needs Me- Georgia Brown
Hello, Dolly!- Carol Channing,Cast
People- Barbra Streisand
Anyone Can Whistle- from "Anyone Can Whistle" Lee Remick
If I Were A Rich Man- Zero Mostel
Night Song- Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Impossible Dream- Richard Kiley
If My Friends Could See Me Now- Gwen Verdon
Open a New Window- from Mame Voice

Tracks:

Willkommen- from "Cabaret" Joel Grey
Let The Sunshine In- James Rado,Lynn Kellogg,Melba Moore,Cast
I'll Never Fall In Love Again- Jill O'Hara,Jerry Orbach
The Ladies Who Lunch- from "Company" Elaine Stritch
Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn,Susan Watson
I'm Still Here- Yvonne De Carlo
I Don't Know How To Love Him- Yvonne Elliman
We Go Together- Adrienne Barbeau,Barry Bostwick,Walter Bobbie,Cast
Corner Of The Sky- John Rubinstein
Send In The Clowns- Glynis Johns
Ease On Down The Road- Stephanie Mills,Tiger Haynes,Ted Ross,Hinton
One- from "A Chorus Line" Cast
All That Jazz- Chita Rivera,Ensemble
Tomorrow- Andrea Mcardle
Don't Cry For Me Argentina- Patti Lupone
Come Follow The Band
Lullaby Of Broadway- Jerry Orbach
And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday
The Bells Of St. Sebastian- Raul Julia

Tracks:

Memory- Betty Buckley
I Am What I Am- George Hearn
Move On- Bernadette Peters,Mandy Patinkin
Do You Hear The People Sing?- Michael Maguire,Cast
The Music Of The Night- Michael Crawford
You're Nothing Without Me- James Naughton,Gregg Edelman
The American Dream- Jonathan Pryce,Cast
Doctor Jazz- Gregory Hines,Company
With One Look- Glenn Close
On Broadway- Adrian Bailey,Frederick B. Owens,Ken Ard,Victor Trent Cook
Le Jazz Hot- Julie Andrews,Ensemble
Seasons Of Love-
Hakuna Matata- Max Casella,Tom Alan Robbins,Scott Irby-Ranniar,Jason Raize
I Wanna Be A Producer- Matthew Broderick,Ensemble
Dancing Queen- Louise Plowright,Jenny Galloway
Good Morning Baltimore- Marissa Jaret Winokur
Movin' Out- Michael Cavanaugh,Band
I Go To Rio- Hugh Jackman,Company
Defying Gravity- Kristin Chenoweth,Idina Menzel

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30

Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a gift to several friends with rave reviews.

Top Shelf.......2007-01-04

This is THE definitive collection of Broadway hits. I have other collections, and none of them measure up. A great deal of care was obviously taken in compiling and presenting this box set. It covers a lot of ground, starting with some long-forgotten but still very enjoyable hits from the days of yore, and finishing with present-day favorites. To the best of my knowledge, the recordings are by those who made them famous. You won't be disappointed.

TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23

THESE BROADWAY MUSICALS CD'S ARE A BROADWAY LOVERS DREAM. WITH EACH SONG, MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK. BOTH THE FAMILIAR AND THE FORGOTTEN SONGS ARE A TRUE LISTENING PLEASURE. IF YOU LIKE BROADWAY, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SET.

Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14

This Collection was perfectly made it has almost all the most famous Broadway songs on this 5 cd set. The Music is great and has Broadways greatest treasures like "Memory""People""With One Look""Give my regards Too Broadway" just to name a few of this numerous cd set with over 100 songs. This is a great buy if you like musicals or The music of Broadway

Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17

If you are a fan of the Broadway Musicals, this is a collection that you should purchase. Since I got the 5 disc set I've enjoyed listening to it. The majority of the songs are done by the original singers. The collection is priceless considering that you will have over 100 songs from popular musicals since the beginning of Broadway

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music so good you'll cry
This is one for everybody
should be accepted by any rational person as strong evidence for God's existence.
Fill in your blank slate with some innovative music...
Modern classical music that is beautiful

Tabula Rasa
Dennis Russell Davies , Keith Jarrett , Gidon Kremer , Stuttgart State Orchestra , Tatiana Grindenko , Alfred Schnittke , and Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
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ASIN: B0000262K7
Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

Fratres
Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten
Fratres
Tabula Rasa

Amazon.com essential recording

This seminal disc now almost seems like the manifesto for a whole new strain of minimalism that has found an enormously receptive audience. It represented a breakthrough for Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, whose music--like that of his European colleagues John Tavener and Henryk Górecki--pursues an austerely beautiful simplicity that suggests spiritual illumination. Fratres, given here in two versions, one for piano and violin and the other for 12 cellos, repeatedly intones a sequence resembling chant to convey a sensibility that seems at once archaic and beyond time. Violinist Gidon Kremer, for whom Pärt wrote the exquisitely contemplative and hypnotic title work, grasps the music's koan-like idiom, allowing an inner fullness to resonate through the most fragile, ethereal wisps of tone against the mysterious clangings of prepared piano. The tolling of the tubular bells in Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten is an emotionally charged lament, based on a simple minor descending scale, that introduces Pärt's fascination with what he calls "tintinnabulation": the literal and metaphorical sound of ringing bells. This recording is also famous for the acoustically warm presence produced by ECM's Manfred Eicher, which magnificently captures the mystical simplicity of Pärt's sound world. --Thomas May

Customer Reviews:

music so good you'll cry.......2007-04-21

I first heard one of the songs playing in a Starbucks and had to ask them what it was... I couldn't hear it very well, but I knew I needed to hear more. After I got home and listened to the previews on Amazon, I was hooked.

There is so much depth and sweetness to this music. It has literally brought me to tears. If you're looking for an album of chamber music that truely goes beyond the normal lulling sound and into the realm of true artistic expression, this is one to own. It is one of the prizes of my collection.

This is one for everybody.......2006-08-30

I'm not completely dug on classical and contemporanean music, ECM stuff included. Lygeti, Xenakis they make me sense, all along american minimalists like Reich or Cage. Electro-acustic is more ear-friendly for me (Ferrari, Parmegiani) but... All this speech just to say that thsi is one ECM record I own - the 1977's Tabula Rasa. The great Gidon Kramer (check out "Silence" from Nonesuch who has another version of tabula rasa) is here with all his magic, even the world-piano-star K. Jarrett plays piano, and everything makes sense. The music is so cold and complex, ethernal yet listenable for the common of mortals. Give a try, i did and i'm inloved with.

should be accepted by any rational person as strong evidence for God's existence........2006-06-20

arguably, it was THIS music by THIS composer that Manfred Eicher's label, ECM, was meant for. If an album was released on ECM, no doubt it sounds lovely, but when purpose is paired so perfectly with sound, even ECM attains something angelic and beyond. Arvo Part's non-modulating approach to harmony, great care and attention with so few notes, and the reverent spirit that carries through his efforts encompasses a catalogue of works so great and beautiful I'm not sure any 20th century composer can remotely compare.

This ECM disc is possibly the best of all. _Tabula Rasa_, first and foremost, is a masterpiece. A violin concerto of sorts, it flows through static haze and torrid whorls, with ghostly sounds of strings punctuated by the bell- and chime-like intonations on sounds of prepared piano. Divine and without momentum, this piece forever hovers between being and nothing. _Fratres_, performed in two versions here (for violin and piano, and for 12 cellos), features a chorale-like figure recurring over an ethereal drone. Radiant and simple, not a sound is out of place. the _Cantus_ is based on rich chords arranged in a variety of rhythmic patterns, so beautiful one kind of wishes it would last longer.

this is an excellent introduction to one of the best composers of the 20th century. i would really encourage you to hear this.

Fill in your blank slate with some innovative music..........2006-01-03

This CD started it all. In 1984 it introduced the then little known Arvo Pärt to a new western audience. Pärt had long before made his "tinntinnabulation" discovery (around 1976). Before this pivotal epiphany, the majority of Pärt's work fell into the serialist category. His early work shows all of the grinding atonal experimentation of the 1950s. It thus lies in stark contrast to his later work as presented on this CD (he shares this same evolutionary path with the Polish composer Górecki).

"Tabula Rasa" introduced a new music and a new style to the west. This music doesn't follow traditional harmonic or melodic forms. Listening to Pärt differs from listening to Sibelius or Stravinski. In Pärt, environment and setting are everything. The melodies and harmonies function to set a mood rather than to follow a path or a harmonic progression leading to an ultimate resolution. Subsequently, one experiences rather than listens to Pärt's work. The notes merely provide the structure. In this way Pärt's pieces represent frameworks for music (which probably explains, as related in the CD booklet, why the members of one orchestra asked "where is the music" upon seeing the score for "Tabula Rasa"). So Pärt not only presents beautiful and moving music but also helps listeners conceive of it in new ways.

The tracks on this CD provide the perfect showcase for Pärt's work. Beginners should start here. Two versions of the meditative "Fratres" appear, but each utilize such different arrangements that they sound like two separate works. "Cantus" remains one of Pärt's most moving compositions. It sounds like a slowly exploding wall of catharsis. The nearly half hour "Tabula Rasa" features incredible violin work and prepared piano (a la Cage). Overall, the mood of each piece on this CD veers strongly toward the meditative, mystical, and ethereal. As such it serves as a great introduction to the "late" Pärt and as a showcase of incredible musicianship.

Pärt remains more of a phenomenon on CD than in the concert hall. The lush rich sound of this CD, which will have your cochleas swimming, provides some evidence as to why. Not only that, the amount of quietude and silence utilized by Pärt must create difficulties for orchestra hall performance. Pärt's music, intimate and close, probably plays best in seclusion or in small venues. For the maximum experience, put on some headphones and listen to this CD. In this way listeners can experience all the subtle harmonics and nuances that make up the music of Arvo Pärt.

Modern classical music that is beautiful.......2005-10-23

Too many modern classical composers have sacrificed beauty for virtuosity and expermintality. Not so Part. This Baltic composer writes melodic music of outstanding lyricism and profound beauty. He has succesfully managed to write in the classical format while not sounding like a repetition of the great artists of yore. The music is melancolic, but not tragic, pensive but not unpenetratable. I had the great honour to listen to a live perfomance of works by Part by the Hilliard Ensamble at the Royal Festival Hall in London, UK. It was one of the few times I know of that the audience gave a standing ovation, and just did not want to stop. Mr Part was present and he almost started crying.
Part has contributed music to films as diverse as Les Amants du Pont-Neuf and Fahrenheit 9/11.

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Pianoforte Opus 5: Broadway Delight!
Music that is great to accompany any quiet project or event.

Pianoforte Opus 5: Broadway
Christopher Peacock , Lionel Bart , Leonard Bernstein , George Gershwin , Andrew Lloyd Webber , Eduardo Toldra , Tommy Wolf , and Vincent Youmans
Manufacturer: Pure & Simple
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ASIN: B000008S3V
Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

One Hand, One Heart/Somewhere from 'West Side Story'
Memory from 'Cats'
I Don't Know How To Love Him from 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
Sun & Moon /Why God Why from 'Miss Saigon'
Think Of Me from 'The Phantom Of The Opera'
The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men from 'The Nervous Set'
Love Changes Everything from 'Aspects Of Love'
Without A Song from 'Great Day'
Embraceable You/Summertime from 'Crazy For You And Porgy & Bess'
Don't Cry For Me Argentina from 'Evita'
Where Is Love from 'Oliver'
With One Look from 'Sunset Blvd.'

Customer Reviews:

Pianoforte Opus 5: Broadway Delight!.......2007-03-20

Christopher Peacock is an extremely talented pianist. This CD is both exciting and soothing. I play it in my office as background music and use the auto reverse mode! I am planing to purchase additional CDs of his.

Music that is great to accompany any quiet project or event........1998-09-27

This CD is my favorite when I work on my computer especially after a long day at work. The music is current and liked by teens as well as adults. My niece asked her parents to buy a copy after hearing it during Easter dinner at our house. The music simply makes me feel good.

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Tchaikovsky Adagios

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Release Date: 2006-01-10

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Mesmerizing
Amazingly subtle variety
Sublime
Superb
Quite Simply.......

Pärt: Fratres

Manufacturer: Telarc
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ASIN: B000003D0Q
Release Date: 1995-04-18

Tracks:

Fratres For Strings And Percussion
Fratres For Violin, Strings And Percussion
Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten For Strings And One Bell
Fratres For Wind Octet And Percussion
Fratres For Eight Cellos
Summa For Strings
Fratres For String Quartet
Festina Lente For Strings And Harp Ad Libitum
Fratres For Cello And Piano

Customer Reviews:

Mesmerizing.......2006-05-11

OK, the people who made this album are officially crazy. Nine tracks, and six of them are different arrangements of Fratres! But it's a good crazy. The piece is fascinating and very evocative and draws you in. So, believe it or not, it works.

Once I had it playing while I was working on something else. Fifteen minutes after the CD ended I realized that there was no more music, although in some mysterious and enchanting way I continued to hear it in the air.

Amazingly subtle variety.......2001-12-19

Arvo Part is one of the only composers (if not the only one) I can think of where a CD containing six versions (albeit with different instrumentation) of the same piece is not boring or pretentious.

In addition to "Fratres" six times, we are treated to three other pieces as well. (I will comment more on them later.)

"Fratres" the obvious centerpiece of this album is a piece that roughly runs about 10 minutes and is incredibly rich in material as to score it for a plethora of different instruments is refreshing instead of frustrating. The various combinations offered here are for: 1. strings & percussion; 2. violin, strings & percussion; 3. wind octet & percussion; 4. eight cellos; 5. string quartet; 6. cello and piano.

I like the producers choice to put versions one and two next to each other (with the only difference being the "solo" violinist.) You can tell how much that one instrument's line really changes up the piece. Additionally that soloist uses a lot of pizzacato and it reinvigorates the piece. The version for wind octet is probably the most bizarre of all. It sounds like it uses strings and an organ. A testament both to Part's writing and the performers skills. The version for eight cellos is quite rich, showing once agains Part's compositional prowess, but also showing the great range of the cello (its my favorite instrument in the western orchestra.) The version for string quartet is the least compelling of bunch in my opinion. Not because Part can't write for quartet, but this piece just calls for more. The version for cello and piano is a nice way to close out the record, its probably my favorite version of all.

In addition to "Fratres" we are treated to "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten" which is beautiful...a fitting tribute to a brilliant composer (I'm told Part was quite fond of his music.) If this doesn't bring tears to your eyes...I don't know what will. This piece (more than "Fratres") is what people expect more from Part, the somber, yet joyous and ethereal tones with bells pealing. Its what the Eastern Orthodox describe as "joyful sadness."

"Summa" is just gorgeous, that's the best I can give you ;)

"Festina Lente" is a dramatic piece with swells of contrasting emotion that some movie maker will eventually steal turning Arvo Part onto millions of unsuspecting people.

Although this album is geared towards "Fratres," Part's "Silouan's Song" would have been a nice inclusion here as well.

I wouldn't recommend this as the starting spot for Part's music, but its still a fine listen. (To start with Part, I would recommend "Litany" "Miserere" or "Symphony no. 3")

Sublime.......2001-05-16

I just got this CD in search of the "Fratres for wind octet and percussion." I was braced for some trying repetition, even though the recording also includes my very first Part piece, "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten," and two others, "Summa" and "Festina Lente."

I was wrong. The 79-minute recording is sublime. I was constantly taken by surprise in the different realizations of the basic "Fratres" materials. The "Cantus," "Summa" and "Festina Lente" were added, not to break up the monotony, but to enhance the variety of the CD.

This CD will now join the precious few I listen to when life simply ceases to make sense and I am in desperate need for centering and grounding. (The recording of mystic minimalist works by the Chilingirian String Quartet is one of them. The achingly slow late Bernstein recording of the Barber "Adagio for Strings" is another.)

Superb.......2000-09-19

Composer Arvo Part is problably the most compelling composer of the last decade, and the "Fratres" count as one of his best works. They are not for every listener, though, as their slow pace and repetitive patterns (rendered even more repetitive by the fact that they appear ten times here in different versions) set a very particular mood. Werthen's interpretation emphasises the solemn and sometimes "marble cold" aspect of one of Part's most minimalist work (although he may not be considered a minimalist himself). Someone whishing to introduce himself to Part's compositions may prefer to try the ECM New Series recording of "Tabula Rasa", which also contains two "Fratres" (played by Keith Jarrett) along with the "Cantus in Memoriam", and another major work (the title work).

Quite Simply..............2000-01-15

The best recordings of the greatest piece of music EVER written period

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Articulating sacredness
Oy vey intonation...
Part: Fratres
pretty neat CD, but...
More fun than...ummm...some other CDs!

Arvo Pärt: Fratres

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ASIN: B0000014AG
Release Date: 1997-08-05

Tracks:

Fratres For Strings And Percussion
Fratres For Violin, Strings And Percussion
Festina Lente For Strings And Harp Ad Lib.
Fratres For String Quartet
Fratres For Cello And Piano
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Fratres For Eight Cellos
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Customer Reviews:

Articulating sacredness.......2006-05-15

3 1/2 stars

The repetition throughout the 6 variations on this theme do become tiresome upon further listening to this album as a whole; however, the different implementations of this theme are justified due to the subtle changes found throughout that somehow make this minimalist theme flourish with progressive subtlties. The interspersed 3 remaining tracks do a great deal to enhance the album on the whole, breaking the pace from the profound, yet tiresome thematic experiment. Reforming my belief that modern classical music can still retain a sense of majesty, yet making a spiritual connection the likes no other composer has ventured, Avro Part is for anyone who enjoys the truely intense silence of sacredness, but this album should be an unlikely starting point.

Oy vey intonation..........2003-06-24

Well I like the idea of this CD, making a compilation of all the Fratres', but as usual with most naxos recordings, the string players are rather out of tune (especially the cellos). If you buy naxos recordings go for orchestral recordings and pianists (like the Shostakovich preludes and fugues is good). In the end though its probably worth the 7 bucks because the repetoire is so cool.

Part: Fratres.......2003-03-07

The Cantus track is a delight every time I listen.

pretty neat CD, but..........2003-01-11

It's neat of the Naxos folks to put together a compilation of all the known Fratreses (if that's the correct plural) together in one place. Each version is different enough so that a complete listen-through doesn't get tiring.

The other reviews of this CD have tended to focus on the beauty and spirituality of Pärt's music- I totally agree with those comments- he writes incredible music. The quality of the performances on this CD, however, is a little suspect at times. Particulary in the string quartet version of Fratres, there is some seriously shaky intonation... The chords don't exactly ring like they should in order to transcend space and time- qualities for which Pärt's music is known.

Overall, it's an acceptable CD, but it could have been better. I think there are some good recordings of the quartet version out there, but I'm not certain.

More fun than...ummm...some other CDs!.......2001-11-27

Part's music defies classification. We can call him Minimalist, yet much of his material expands beyond that genre--almost to the point of neo-romanticism, but not really. At first hearing, Part, is inoffensive and strangely luring. Soon the listener is sitting in front of the speaker asking for more and more an more...like an addictive and degrading drug.

Well, not really much like an addictive and degrading drug at all...more like extremely likable music. While not overwhelmingly profound, Part is never shallow, either. "Fratres" is actually several different pieces written from roughly the same material, and arranged for several different types of ensembles. I have been particularly enraptured by the setting for cello and piano, which displays some rather virtuosic playing.

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Etude Tableux Op. 33 No. 2 In C Major
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Ravishing music, matchless pianism.......2005-08-25

The superb Russian-born pianist Vladimir Feltsman plays the short pieces in this exquisitely chosen program with his habitual intelligence, clarity, and passion. This ravishing collection is worth the price just for Liszt's gorgeous transcription of Schumann's "Widmung," one of the most beautiful and moving love songs ever written. This is a CD you will want to play again and again.

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Itzhak Perlman Collection

Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DOKC
Release Date: 1995-01-01

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Carter in Europe

Elliott Carter: Homages & Dedications
Elliot Carter , Spanjaard , and Nieuw Ensemble
Manufacturer: Disques Montaigne
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Elliott Carter: The Complete music for Piano

ASIN: B0000C8WXM
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

Luimen 'For The Nieuw Ensemble' (1997) For Mandolin, Guitar, Harp, Vibraphone, Trumpet And Trombone
Scrivo In Vento 'For Robert Aitken' (1991) For Flute
Con Leggerezza Pensosa - Omaggio A Italo Calvino (1990) For Clarinet, Violin And Cello
Changes 'For David Starobin' (1983) For Guitar
Esprit Rude, Esprit Doux II 'For Pierre Boulez' (1994) For Flute, Clarinet, Violin And Cello
Bariolage 'For Ursula Holliger' (1992) For Harp
Inner Song 'For Heinz Holliger' In Memory Of Stefan Wolpe (1992) For Oboe
Immer Neu 'For Ursula And Heinz Holliger' (1992) For Harp And Oboe
Gra 'For Witold Lutoslawski' (1993) For Clarinet
Enchanted Preludes 'For Ann Santen's Birthday' (1988) For Flute And Cello
90+ 'For Goffredo Petrassi' (1994) For Piano
Canon For 4 - Homage To William 'For Sir William Glock' (1984) For Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin And Cello

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Carter in Europe.......2006-06-28

Though Elliott Carter's music has often found greater acceptance within modernism-friendly Europe rather than at home, many of his most distinguished interpreters (particularly on record) have been American musicians. By contrast, this disc has a distinctly European flavour, with members of the Dutch group Nieuw Ensemble playing ten works, including one dedicated to them.

The two most weighty works on the disc are Luimen and Trilogy. Luimen (roughly meaning 'whimsical moods') is a sextet for the unusual combination of mandolin, guitar, harp, vibraphone, trumpet and trombone, and was written for the performers on this disc. It's a delightful piece, written with a very light touch as it swings from one mood to another. There is a previous recording by Speculum Musicae, which I slightly prefer due to its greater intensity, but the more relaxed feel of this reading suits the music very well too.

Trilogy, for oboe and harp, was written for Heinz and Ursula Holliger. As the title would suggest, it's in three movements: Bariolage for solo harp, Inner Song (an elegy for Stephan Wolpe) for solo oboe, and Immer Neu for both instruments. As with Luimen, it's amongst the most charming of Carter's later works, the harp part full of unusual sounds and techniques, the oboe solo a beautiful lament, and the finale a witty, conversational dialogue. As the Holligers' performance is no longer available, this reading will do very nicely as a replacement (even if it doesn't supersede the original).

The rest of the pieces on the disc are rather slighter. Scrivo in vento is a flute solo which alternates slow, lyrical music in the lower range of the instrument with shrieks and cries at the top of its range, while Con leggerezza pensosa, for clarinet, violin and cello, pays homage to Italo Calvino's writings with rapidly shifting moods. Changes is a delightful solo guitar work that never stays in the same mood for more than a few moments, while Esprit rude, esprit doux II, for flute, clarinet and marimba, celebrates Pierre Boulez's 80th birthday and the two sides of his personality--generous and irascible.

Gra, a homage to Witold Lutoslawski, is a vivacious solo clarinet piece (practically a repertory work now, too), while the charming Enchanted Preludes is a witty dialogue between flute and cello with a joyous close. 90+ celebrates the 90th birthday of Goffredo Petrassi with 90 bars of contrasting pianistic styles...then refuses to quit, while the not-as-austere-as-you'd-expect Canon for 4 is a hommage to BBC radio controller Sir William Glock, for the typically Carterian combination of flute, bass clarinet, violin and cello.

This isn't an absolutely essential Carter disc--unless you don't have another recording of Trilogy--but it's hard to see any lovers of this composer's music being disappointed by it. I know I enjoyed it.

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Make sure you check out the enhanced PC Disc 2!
Jimmy does it again!

James Galway-A Portrait

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003G0R
Release Date: 1996-11-12

Tracks:

Con No.2, K.314 in D: III. Allegro
Flight Of The Bumble Bee
The Four Seasons: I. Allegro 'Spring'
Ste No.2, BWV 1067, in b: Minuet & Badinerie
Carnival Of Venice
Belfast Hornpipe
Concierto Pastoral: III. Rondo
Song Of The Seashore
Waltzing Matilda
Shenandoah
Berceuse
Adagio Of Spartacus And Phrygia
Cameo '...For James'
Ser (Standchen), D.957
Syrinx
Voyage
La Ronde Des Lutins

Tracks:

Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
Memory (From Cats)
Sakura (Cherry Blossom)
Con, Wq 169 in G: III. Presto
Over The Sea To Skye
Qt, K.370 in F: III. Rondeau
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Son, Op.1 No.11 in F: III. Siciliana
Son, Op.1 No.11 in F: IV. Allegro
Little Jeannie

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Make sure you check out the enhanced PC Disc 2!.......2002-10-19

Every Galway fan must get the 2 disc set for their collection. The enhanced disc 2 allows you to view Sir James Galway in interviews, photos and showing you his daily routine. It was such a treat! I was so pleased with the pc option that it gets more use than the audio portion but all Galway fans will enjoy these cds.

Jimmy does it again!.......1998-11-08

I have looked through this great CD ROM from Jimmy Galway. It is a must for all flautists or as Jimmy would say flutists. In it he shows us all how a dedicated and fine musician and humourist as he is can reach the top and stay there with his wonderful humour and such clearly defined playing that improves with every album he releases.

He has collected here on the music CD the very best in interesting and inspiring pieces. I have just been to his Daytona Concert here in Florida and he and Jeannie his wife sounded exactly as fresh and exciting as his discs do.

This dual CD set is worth twicw as much as Amazon are asking - you must get it not only because it is so good but as an historic and individualistic record of the very best flute player we have this side of heaven.

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Turn on the Night [CD-single]

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