A Classical Adventure

On this CD:

1. The Perfect Fool, opera & ballet, Op. 39, H. 150 Introduction & Dance of the Earth
Composed by Gustav Holst
Performed by Summit Brass

2. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue Flight of the Bumble Bee
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Summit Brass

3. Fascinatin' Rhythm, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical)
Composed by George Gershwin

4. La Revue de Cuisine (Kitchen Revue), jazz suite & ballet for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, cello & piano, H. 161 Finale
Composed by Bohuslav Martinu
Performed by Michele Zukovsky

5. Tombeau de Mireille Allegro
Composed by Research Composer
Performed by Christopher Millard

6. Elegy for trumpet, strings & piano
Composed by Jeff Tyzik
Performed by Allen Vizzutti

7. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Champagne Aria
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

8. Madrigal for flute & piano
Composed by Mark Sparks
Performed by Clinton Adams, Mark Sparks

9. Mondoline: Grand e Fantasie for harp, Op.84
Composed by Marcel Grandjany
Performed by Anne Marguerite Michaud

10. Richard III, symphonic poem, JB 1:70 (Op. 11)
Composed by Bedrich Smetana

11. Masquing Ayre
Composed by Research Composer

12. A mi tirsi
Composed by Luca Marenzio

13. West Side Story, musical America
Composed by Leonard Bernstein
Performed by Summit Brass

14. T-Rex Big Feet/Fast Feet
Composed by Research Composer
Performed by Thomas Bacon

15. Trio for Clarinet (or viola), Cello & Piano in A minor, Op. 114 Allegro (excerpt)
Composed by Johannes Brahms

16. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 Scherzo
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

Conducted by Michael Palmer

17. Diversions for Wind Quintet Promenade
Composed by Lee Hoiby

18. Sonata for flute & piano Movemenet III
Composed by Alexandre Tansman
Performed by Richard M. Sherman

19. Romance for oboe (or violin or cello) & piano (Einfach, innig), Op. 94/2
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Im Soo Lee

20. Tico-Tico no Fubá, for voice & ensemble
Composed by Zequinha de Abreu

21. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Composed by Stephen Foster

22. The Army Goes Rolling Along
Composed by H. W. Arberg

23. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber

24. The Legacy Excerpts
Composed by Research Composer

25. The Perfect Fool, opera & ballet, Op. 39, H. 150 Dance of the Spirits of Fire
Composed by Gustav Holst
Performed by Summit Brass

Tracks:

Orchestral Suite #3, 1/Minuet in G+/Gigue in G+ (French Suite #5) - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring/Chromatic Fantasy/Prelude in B - (WTC1) - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Introducing the Orchestra/Organ: Chorale Preludes, "Allein Gott" - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Brandenberg Concerto #5, MVT. 3 - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Flute Sonata C+, MVT. 2/Organ; "Es Ist das Heil"/Orchestral Suite ... - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Prelude in C (WTC1)/Orchestral Suite #2, MVT. 2 - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Bist du Bei Mir - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Orchestral Suite #2, Badinerie - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Orchestrak Suite #3, Air for the G-String - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Orchestral Suite #3, Gigue - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
"Adventure in Music" - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
Goldberg Variations/Art of Fugue - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
"Liebster Jesu"/Flute Sonata in C, MVT. 4 - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir
"We Hasten, " Cantata #78 - Studio Arts Orchestra, The Toronto Boys' Choir

Tracks:

Symphony #7, MVT. 2
Symphony #5, MVT. 1
Piano Sonata, Op 90, MVT. 2/Flute Serenade, Op 23, MVT. 3/Violin ...
Pathue Sonata, Op 13, MVT. 2/Contradanse #1 in Major
Symphony #5, MVT. 2/Piano Sonata, Op 14 #2, MVT. 2/Flute Serenade, ...
Polonaise/La Marmotte/Country Dance in a Major/Fse/Flutnuhr
Sonatina in G Major/Minuet in G Major/Violin "Spring" Sonata, MVT. 1
Moonlight Sonata, Op 27 #2, MVT. 1
Flute Serenade, MVT. 2
Symphony #6, Storm
Nel Cor Piu Variations
Piano Concerto #1, MVT. 1/Piano Concerto #5, MVT. 2
Bass Excerpts from Symphony #9/Violin"Spring Sonata"/Rage Over a ...
Symphony #9, MVT. 4
Sonata Opus 49 #2, MVT. 2
Symphony #6, Shepherd's Theme

Tracks:

Lost in the Opera House: Oh Help Me (Zu Hilfe) - Nils Brown, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra
Papageno and the Birds: The Best Birdcatcher (Der Vogelfer) - Russell Braun, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra
Queen of the Night: You Must Free My Daughter (O Zittre Nicht) - Marjorie Sparks, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra
Pamina Arrives, Papageno's Magic Bells: A Girlfriend (Ein Mhen) - Russell Braun, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra
Castle of Sarastro: O Endless Night (O Ew'ge Nacht) - Nils Brown, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra
Magic Flute: O Listen (Wie Stark) - Nils Brown, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra
Escape: Let Us Hurry (Schnelle FWhat Tinkles So Brightly ... - Russell Braun, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra, Monica Whicher
Sarastro's Welcome: The Gods Above (O Isis) - Gordon McLeod, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra
Attack of the Queen: The Powers of Night (Der H Rache)/This ... - Marjorie Sparks, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra
Pamina's Lament: Oh, My Heart Is Broken (Ach, Ich F - St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra, Monica Whicher
In the Labrynth: Seekers of the Light (Der, Welcher ...) - Nils Brown, Gordon McLeod, Marjorie Sparks, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra, Monica Whicher
Papageno and Papagena: Ring, O Bells (Klinget Glhen) - Adriana Braun, Russell Braun, St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra
Conclusion: Our Journey Is Over [Bei Mern] - St. Simon's Choir, Studio Arts Orchestra

Tracks:

Four Seasons, Spring, I, RV 269
Piccolo Concerto, II, RV 293
Arriving at the Pietour Seasons, Autumn, I RV 293/Guitar/Flute ...
Violin Concerto in a Minor, I, RV 356
Four Seasons, Winter, II, RV 297
Guitar Concerto, II, RV 93
Venice by Day/Guitar Concerto, III, RV 93/Four Seasons, Autumn, ...
Sonata for Two Violins, II, RV 50/"Farnace", RV 711, [Recording Premier
Violin Concerto in a Minor, II, RV 356
Venice by Night/La Notte, I, II, III, RV 439
Island of the Dead/Four Seasons, Autumn, II, RV 293
Gardellino, RV 90/Beatus Vir, RV 597/Alma del Core/Violin Sonata ...
Concert Preparations/Piccolo Concerto, I, RV 443/Guitar Concerto, III,
Conclusion/Double Orchestra Concerto, II, RV 585/Guitar Concerto, ...

Customer Reviews:

It stays with them..........2005-10-24

I enjoyed reading the reviews of parents whose kids have recently discovered "Classical Kids." I'm about to order the boxed set for my kids, ages 21, 19 and 16 because the nineteen-year-old, who has a college radio show and loves a wide variety of music, remembers this series (then only on cassette) with great affection and wants to hear them again. Those of you wondering whether it's worth it or not to try to introduce kids to classical music this way, be assured it works. We've turned one of Mr. Bach's lines into a family "saying:" "the more you study, the more you know; the more you know, the more you appreciate; the more you appreciate, the more you love." A great series!

It all started with Beethoven.......2004-02-03

Many years ago I purchased my first CD in this series, "Beethoven Lives Upstairs." My children and I were delighted with it. I then discovered that there were more and searched them all out, one by one. My children, now 11, 9 & 5, have listened to these stories as they fall asleep for years. They each have a favorite composer and have gone on to learn more about them. These stories are a great introduction to some of our greatest composers. Not to mention a good intro to history, too!

Imagine my delight that they are now in one boxed set! Now when asked, I suggest this set. What a great way to get it ALL! I truly believe that by surrounding our children with a variety of good music (including POP music) and information they will grow up with a greater appreciation for music and the arts.

Not What I expected.......2002-09-20

I love the idea, but I don't want to expose my children to the stories in these cd's. They contain children talking back to their parents, disrespectful language, sorcery, etc. If you don't like Harry Potter, you won't like these CD's.

Music, history, culture, & intriguing story -Amazing!.......2002-04-08

My 6 year old son loves music...and stories! Here is the prefect combo. Lovely music of the composer accomapnies a fictional story which weaves the composer's life, the culture of his homeland as well as history...in an intriguing and fun way! Now, my son can pick out pieces he hears on the classical radio station. He really enjoys the stories and can tell people @ carnival in Venice, Italy and tidbits @ Beetoven and the Magic Flute by Mozart! A must for any child with any of these interests! We also have enjoyed the CD's and have learned lots!
I only can wonder...what took whomever so long to broaden our horizons in such a way! BRAVO!

Great series, great collection.......2001-04-22

We've had the CDs in this boxed set for over a year now. The Classical Kids series has been wonderful. We have two boys (now 6 and 8) and this has been a great introduction to classical music. At first, the kids loved the stories which provide a sense of history and place and, ultimately, keep the kids interested in the entire CD. As they listened (time and time again), they started to pay more attention to the musical portions. Recently, we've been able to tell that they've picked up a sense of the music as we've listed to classical music on the car radio. Time and again, they perk up when listening to a piece of music and surprise us by saying "That's Beethoven". Sure enough - they've picked up something about the style of music that's characteristic of Beethoven. Sometimes it's the snippet of music from the CD and other times it's just the rhythms that are characteristic of that piece. As a family, we all recommend this.

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The Only Demonstration Disc You'll Ever Need
An Adventure For Your Ears
Blows Away All Other Such Compilations!
The perfect movie theme collection
This is the best cd I have ever bought

The Great Fantasy Adventure Album

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003CZH
Release Date: 1994-04-26

Tracks:

El Cid: Fanfare And Entry Of The Nobles
Hook: Main Themes
T. Rex!
Jurassic Park: Main Themes
Splitting Hairs
Robin Hood: Main Titles
Henry V: Opening And Closing Titles
Willow: Main Themes
The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad: Overture
The Abyss: End Titles
Clash Of The Titans: Main Titles, Love Theme, And End Titles
The Rocketeer: To The Rescue And End Titles
Bettlejuice: Main Titles
Total Recall: Main Titles
The Princess Bride: Main Titles
Wizards And Warriors: Main Titles
Conan The Barbarian: Anvil Of Crom
The Hunt For Red October: Hymn To Red October
Cybergenesis
Terminator: Theme
Jurassic Lunch

Customer Reviews:

The Only Demonstration Disc You'll Ever Need.......2006-06-10

Well, I suppose that depends on the type of music you're testing your equipment for. However, go to almost any online discussion of audio equipment, particularly subwoofers, and you'll come across this disc. Sure, most of the other reviewers mention the sound effects in less than glowing terms. It remains though that this disc contains some of the crazy lowest signals one can buy on disc. The T rex footsteps shake the windows in my house despite being below my hearing range with my Velodyne 12" sub. Incredible stuff. And the glass shattering sound effects in the Terminator theme can melt your tweeters too if turned up too loud. Don't take yourself too seriously for a few minutes and enjoy the noise!
Beyond that, musically this is one of the Cincinatti Pops' finest soundtrack collections. Perhaps the best. Almost all of their recordings are sonically of the highest quality (Copland: Music of America won a Grammy for best engineering), but all too often in recent years the releases have not met the standard of this album. Arrangers that don't begin to care what the composer's intent was or tacking on pre-fab endings are the worst offenders, but most of the selections here meet or exceed the quality of the original soundtracks. All around, a great soundtrack collection.

An Adventure For Your Ears.......2004-06-01

The Cincinnati Pops do an excellent job of faithfully reproducing movie soundtracks and this album is a perfect example. In fact after listening to this CD a few times, I tracked down some of the original soundtracks because I enjoyed the selections on here, such as the "El Cid" music and "Jurrasic Park." I also really enjoyed the music from "Henry V" "Robin Hood,"and "Hunt for Red October." The different tracks go together surprisingly well, like many of the pops other thematic CD's. While it might be helpful to have seen some of the movies the soundtracks come from, it is not crucial. The added soundeffects are a little gimmicky, but fairly short and on seperate tracks, so they can be skipped. If you enjoy movie soundtracks, this is a great investment.

Blows Away All Other Such Compilations!.......2003-04-02

"Caution: Digital Sound Effects of high levels with intrasonic frequencies to 5 Hz. Please establish safe playback levels before playing tracks [3], [5], [19], [20], and [21]. Excessive playback levels could result in damage to equipment."

The above quote is found prominantly on the back cover and is a warning not to be taken lightly. The respective tracks are awesome and should be played, as well as listened to, with great care.

A 20-bit digital recording that is perfect for surround-sound systems, "The Great Fantasy Adventure Album" is a wonder for fans of the sci-fi/fantasy film genre. Highlighting some truly landmark films, the 1994 release showcases compositions from the legends of past and contemporary film scoring. Themes from the likes of Rosza, Williams, Horner, Herrmann, and Elfman are grandiosely featured here.

The best cuts are Goldsmith's "Total Recall: Main Title", "Conan the Barbarian: Anvil of Crom" (Poledouris), and Brad Fiedel's "Terminator: Theme".

Upon hearing this trio, chills will not just go up the spine but will permeate every ounce of one's body

The perfect movie theme collection.......2000-08-16

I have a good number of Kunzel CDs, but this one could easily be called "Mark's Favorite Movie Themes." It doesn't matter that I have many of these repeated on other CDs; it saved me the trouble of having to burn my own 'faves' disc. It's good to see Basil Polodouris' "Conan" and "Red October" themes, he's often overlooked as a film composer, in my book, and regardless what one might think of the movie, the Conan score is still probably the best thing he's ever done. And the hard-to-find "Terminator" theme is hard NOT to listen to, with its highly unusual rythmic motif. I enjoy all the music selections, but having James Horner's sublime theme from "The Rocketeer" was well worth the price of the CD by itself. This is what a movie themes CD should be, and it helps that I happen to like Kunzel's choice of selections, for once. The sound effects that typically accompany these CDs are generally annoying, but I like the sonar segue into "Red October," and the T-Rex roar that precedes "Jurassic Park" is useful for scaring kids at Halloween.

This is the best cd I have ever bought.......1999-10-27

No words can compare how remarkable this cd is. Combined with incredible sound quality, this cd will twist and turn you emotions with every single score. i can honestly say that this disc is the perfect relaxation and energizing thing ever.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott/the Adventure of the Resident Patient/the Adventure of the Noble Bachelor/the Adventure of the Final Problem

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Classical music enhances these wonderful tales

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott/the Adventure of the Resident Patient/the Adventure of the Noble Bachelor/the Adventure of the Final Problem

Manufacturer: Naxos Audiobooks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: 9626342803
Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

Adventure of the 'Gloria Scott'
'One Evening, Shortly After My Arrival'
'On the Very Day, However, Before I Left'
'All This Occurred During the First Month'
'Well, Matters Went from Bad to Worse'
'My Friend Ascended With the Doctor'
'These Are the Very Papers, Watson'
'That Was His Style of Talk'
'And Now I Come to the Most Suprising Part'
Adventure of the Resident Patient
'I Am Compelled, To Begin With'
'Some Weeks Ago, Mr. Blessington Came Down To'
'Well, I Never Thought I Should See Anything'

Tracks:

'Within a Quarter of an Hour'
'Sherlock Holmes's Prophecy Was Soon Fulfilled'
'He Went Over to the Door'
"I'll Be Back by Three"
Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
'He Picked a Red-Covered Volume from a Line'
'Such as They Are, They Are Set Forth'
"Lord Robert St. Simon"
'He Opened a Locket'
'Lord Robert St. Simon Shrugged His Shoulders'
"It Is Very Good of Lord St. Simon to Honour My Head"
'It Was After Five O'Clock'
"Frank Here and I Met in '84"
'Lord St. Simon Had by No Means Relaxed His Rigid Attitude'

Tracks:

Adventure of the Final Problem
'There Was Something Very Strange in All This'
'He Is the Napolean of Crime, Watson'
'I Was Sitting in My Room Thinking the Matter Over'
"That Was My Singular Interview With Professor Moriarty"
'In the Morning I Obeyed Holmes's Injunction'
'The Train Had Already Begun to Move
'We Made Our Way to Brussels That Night'
'I Shall Be Brief, And Yet Exact'
'It May Have Been a Little Over an Hour'
'But It Was Destined That I Should'

Customer Reviews:

Classical music enhances these wonderful tales.......2003-07-25

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes VI is the latest volume in the simply outstanding Naxos AudioBooks CD series of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved detective stories featuring that intrepid master of deduction, Sherlock Holmes. "The Adventure Of The Gloria Scott"; "The Adventure Of The Resident Patient"; "The Adventure Of The Noble Bachelor"; and "The Adventure Of The Final Problem", are all presented in a complete and unabridged format, and are adroitly and dramatically narrated by David Timson, a skilled and experienced television actor. Classical music enhances these wonderful tales of mystery and deduction that have flourished throughout the test of time.

John Cage: Music for Prepared Piano, Vol. 2

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Thank You, Naxos!
Uncaged
Acceptable performances of minor Cage
Berman's Cage

John Cage: Music for Prepared Piano, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Naxos American
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005A8A6
Release Date: 2001-03-20

Tracks:

The Perilous Night: No.1
The Perilous Night: No.2
The Perilous Night: No.3
The Perilous Night: No.4
The Perilous Night: No.5
The Perilous Night: No.6
Tossed As It Is Untroubled
Daughters Of The Lonesome Isle
Roots Of An Unfocus
Primitive
Mysterious Adventure
And The Earth Shall Bear Again
The Unavailable Memory Of
Music For Marcel Duchamp
Totem Ancestor
A Room
Prld For Meditation

Amazon.com

John Cage abdicated his role as composer around 1950 to become a bystander as random sounds went by. Before that, he wrote some of the most fascinating music produced in America. Some of Cage's best early music was written for percussion ensembles. When the limited space at a dance performance forced him to become an inventor, he thought up a one-man percussion ensemble: the "prepared piano," a standard piano altered by clamping objects onto the strings. The music on this disc covers a wide range of moods and temperament, from the ghostly "Daughters of the Lonesome Isle" to the aggressive "And the Earth Shall Bear Again." Most of the pieces are imaginative enough to stand up to repeated listening. Boris Berman, a Russian-born pianist who now runs Yale's piano department, is better known for playing music like Scriabin and Prokofiev. But he seems completely in command of this radical idiom, with only a bit of rushing here and there keeping him from perfection. With its vivid sound and fascinating repertoire, this disc is another notable Naxos bargain. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Thank You, Naxos!.......2006-01-20

The term "John Cage" seems to haunt my mind as long as I live. He certainly was one of the most controversial American composers during his days; he was the key figure to introduce "chance" and the "prepared piano" - by placing different small objects on the strings, the instrument produces various timbre, thus creating sort of a one-man percussion ensemble!

"4:33" is the first piece I knew by Cage, and I did listen to bits and pieces from radios and such, but I didn't have a single CD to own and have myself fully introduced to Cage's radical music. Plus, all this avant-garde albums are incredibly hard to find in high-profile Classical labels including Deustche Grammophon and Sony.

That's when I relied on Naxos, which currently holds one of the largest arrays of Classical music. And sure enough, I immediately bought what I needed; the first two Cage CDs released, performed by Russian pianist Boris Berman - the first one featuring "Sonatas and Interludes" for prepared piano, and this album. At a budget price, there is only little risk out of my wallet. So thank you, Naxos! Now I can listen to Cage's music wherever I can.

Of the two albums, I like this one better, because it features (except for the brief cycle "The Perilous Night") different separate pieces, each with distinct "preparations", moods, and colors the instrument can produce with all those objects inside. My favorite are "Tossed as it is Untroubled" and "Music for Marcel Duchamp", both with a foreign folk-like quality. I also like the extravagant "Mysterious Adventure" and the percussive "Primitive". Another particularly bizarre work is "Root of an Unfocus". There are some relatively calm pieces too, including "The Unavailable Memory of", "A Room", and "Prelude for Meditation".

A great CD for other people new with John Cage's music, but a good CD for Cage fans and experts too.

Uncaged.......2004-06-12

Try this album, patiently listening all the way through, and I think you will want immediately to play it again. Cranky music, perhaps, but absolutely fascinating. Cage was a grand experimenter, and here he even reconstructs a piano to achieve just the exact sonorities he wants, brilliantly played by Boris Berman. Haunting music, like nothing heard before. Bob Finley

Acceptable performances of minor Cage.......2003-12-18

Following up on his recording of the complete Sonatas and Interludes, Boris Berman's second Cage disc for Naxos takes on a miscellany of music for prepared piano that gives a good overview of the composer's music for dance of the 1940s. The overall tone of the music is generally rhythmic and percussive rather than melodic; hence Cage's placing of objects on the piano strings to completely change the piano sound.

This disc contains three larger works and nine shorter ones. The Perilous Night is in six movements--the other works here are all in one movement--and explores a variety of sounds, rhythms and timbres. Daughters of the Lonesome Isle alternates between ghostly sound and vigorous dancelike rhythms, while Mysterious Adventure is a wide-ranging--if discursive--eight minute fantasy.

The shorter works tend even more towards vigorously rhythmic writing: Primitive, Totem Ancestor and And the Earth Shall Bear Again are near-orgiastic dances (I particularly like how, in the last of these pieces, Cage prepares the bass notes of the piano but leaves the treble untouched). In contrast, The Unavailable Memory of, Prelude for Meditation and Music for Marcel Duchamp are slow, meditative works, often monophonic. The rhythmic vagaries of Tossed as it is Untroubled, Root of an Unfocus and A Room add a little variety to the music, and probably come as close as any of these pieces to Cage's later style.

This is an interesting disc, and provides a strong foretaste of Minimalism, though an hour of largely similar works is a little much to take in one sitting. Berman's performances are acceptable, but nothing more: most of the works here have received superior readings on rival recordings by pianists such as Karis, Tan, Drury and Schleiermacher. Recommended to those on a budget, or for whom the collection is attractive.

Berman's Cage.......2001-05-08

My only complain comes from his choice of tempo for a piece such as "Music For Marcel Duchamp", which is the fastest i've ever heard (at 5'06 aprox)and lacks the mesmeric atmosphere that got me hooked on it the first time I listened to it.

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Well read, abridged version.
Jack London - Part Prolific Novelist, Part Wolf
The call of the wild
the call of the wild
Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

Manufacturer: Naxos Audiobooks
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ASIN: 9626340649
Release Date: 2000-10-09

Tracks:

Into The Primitive
The Law Of Club And Fang
Toiling In The Traces
The Dominant Primordial Beast
'Dat Buck Two Devils'
The Feud Grows
Who Has Won To Mastership
New Masters
'Mush On, Poor Sore Feets'

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The Toil Of Trace And Trail
Underfed And Worn Out
The Yukon Strains To Break The Ice
For The Love Of A Man
The Thousand Dollar Bet
The Sounding Of The Call
The Blood Longing
The Last Tie Broken
The Long, Mournful Howl

Book Description

Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title-offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.This edition of The Call of the Wild includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Dwight Swain.Kidnapped form his safe California home. Thrown into a life-and-death struggle on the frozen Artic wilderness. Half St. Bernard, half shepard, Buck learns many hard lessons as a sled dog: the lesson of the leash, of the cold, of near-starvation and cruelty. And the greatest lesson he learns from his last owner, John Thornton: the power of love and loyalty.Yet always, even at the side of the human he loves, Buck feels the pull in his bones, an urge to answer his wolf ancestors as they howl to him.

Customer Reviews:

Well read, abridged version........2007-05-09

This is not a good version for a classroom setting. The cover doesn't reveal this.

Jack London - Part Prolific Novelist, Part Wolf.......2007-04-15

After reading "The Call of the Wild" or more precisely, after being transferred to another place and time, or even more to the point after being totally submerged into the being of this animal, I'm left completely awe-struck by London's work.

To see what Buck saw, to feel the forces and the instincts that he felt... that is the power of this book. Here's a passage from the third chaper to illustrate what I mean:

"At the mouth of the Tahkeena, one night after super, Dub (a member of the sled-dog team) turned up a snowshoe rabbit, blundered it, and missed. A hundred yards away was a camp of the Northwest Police, with fifty dogs, huskies all, who joined the chase. The rabbit sped down the river, turned off into a small creek, up the frozen bed of which it held steadily. It ran lightly on the surface of the snow, while the dogs plowed through by main strength. Buck led the pack, sixty strong, around bend after bend, but he could not gain. He lay down low to the race, whining eagerly, his splendid body flashing forward, leap by leap, in the wan white moonlight. And leap by leap, like some pale frost wraith, the snowshoe rabbit flashed on ahead.

All the stirring of old instincts which at stated periods drives men out from the sounding cities to forest and plain to kill things by chemically propelled leaden pellets, the blood lust, the joy to kill--all this was Buck's, only it was infinitely more intimate. He was ranging at the head of the pack, running the wild thing down, the living meat, to kill with his own teeth and wash his muzzle to the eyes in warm blood.

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad on a stricken field and refusing quarter; it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time. He as mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars and over the face of dead matter that did not move."

The call of the wild .......2007-01-18

The call of the wild, by Jack London is a great book for all ages. Buck (the main character) is a tame dog in Santa Clara California living with Judge Miller, a man that everyone new and enjoyed. This changed when a rush for gold in Yukon made men need strong dogs to pull their sleds. Buck was a very strong dog and as a result, was kidnapped. He was then taken to Yukon where there was harsh snow and was very cold. He was treated poorly until he met John Thorton. John Thorton was very kind to Buck but then one day he died. Buck was left in the wild and became friends with a wild animal. I personally like it because it is always telling you what is happining in great detail. Jack London also got right to the point making it easy to understand.

the call of the wild .......2007-01-18

The call of the wild by Jack London is a great book for all ages. Buck (the main character) is a tame dog in Santa Clara California living with Judge Miller a man that evryone new and enjoyed. All this changed when a rush for gold in Yukon. These men needed strong dogs and because of the fact Buck was strong he was kidnapped. He was then tuck to Yukon where there was harsh snow and was very cold. he was treated poorly intill he met John Thorton. John Thorton was very kind to Buck but then one day he died. Buck was left in the wild and became friends with a wild animal and learned to live in the wild.

Call of the Wild.......2006-11-13

The book The Call of the Wild is an excellent book. It is about a dog named Buck, who had to struggle while turning from a tame dog to a wild dog. He ran into cruel people, but a man named John Thorton saved his life. Buck and Thorton were devoted to each other until Thorton was killed. Buck then had to live by himself in the wild. I enjoyed this book because of the interesting plot and descriptive phrases. I would recommend this book to other fourth and fifth graders because it is marvelous.

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A great idea, but incomplete
Excellent. The best of this style.

Bond and Beyond

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Beautiful Hollywood
Classics of the Silver Screen
Fantastic Journey
From the Heart
Sailing

ASIN: B000003CX1
Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

Theme From Goldfinger
James Bond Theme
From Russia With Love
Main Theme From Dick Tracy
Crime Spree From Dick Tracy
Main Theme From The Untouchables
Al Capone From The Untouchables
It's A Long Road From Rambo (First Blood Part Two)
Medley Of TV Adventure Themes: Dragnet/Peter Gunn/Perry Mason/The F.B.I./Hillstreet Blues/Mission Impossible/The Man From U.N.C.L.E./L.A. Law/Miami Vice/Hawaii Five-O
To Live And Let Die
For Your Eyes Only
Axel F From Beverly Hills Cop
Theme From Leathal Weapon
Woe, The Darkman, Woe! From Darkman
Nobody Does It Better
Theme From Shaft
All Time High From Octopussy

Customer Reviews:

A great idea, but incomplete.......2000-10-26

Erich Kunzel plays the Bond themes? What a great idea! In addition, there are a few more selections in the same vein, like the cops-n-robbers TV medley, music from The Untouchables, Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop, etc.

Sometimes, you want to listen to the 007 music in instrumental only, and Kunzel and the Cincinatti Pops do a good job with the arrangements. But where are the rest of the songs? Missing are three of my all-time favorites, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker. I think the album would be better with 'more Bond, less other.' We certainly don't need TWO selections from Dick Tracy. And the theme from Darkman is stylistically quite similar to Dick Tracy; nothing is gained by playing both. Don't get me wrong; I like Danny Elfman (check out his "Beetlejuice" theme on Kunzel's 'Great Fantasy Adventure Album'). I just wanted to hear all my fave Bond pieces on the one CD.

Still, it's a keeper.

Excellent. The best of this style........1999-02-15

All I can say is listen to the Trumpet solo on goldfinger. The best

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Early beautiful meditative Cage

Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1

Manufacturer: MD&G Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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John Cage: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 5 (Two Pianos)

ASIN: B0000021HL
Release Date: 1997-10-21

Tracks:

Bucchanale
Totem Ancestor
And The Earth Shall Bear Again
Primative
I.
II.
Our Spring Will Come
A Room
Tossed As It Is Untroubled
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Root Of An Unfocus

Tracks:

The Unavailable Memory Of
Spontaneous Earth
Triple Paced
I.
II.
III.
Prelude For Meditation
Mysterious Adventure
Daughters Of The Lonesome Isle
Music For Marcel Duchamp
I.
II.

Tracks:

Sonata I.
Sonata II.
Sonata III.
Sonata IV.
Interlude I.
Sonata V.
Sonata VI.
Sonata VII.
Sonata VIII.
Interlude II.
Interlude III.
Sonata IX.
Sonata X.
Sonata XI.
Sonata XII.
Interlude IV.
Sonata XIII.
Sonata XIV.
Sonata XV.
Sonata XVI.

Customer Reviews:

Early beautiful meditative Cage.......2005-01-26

You will not be disappointed or dismissive of this early music, primarily for prepared piano, an instrument that has sort of fallen out of existence. I know of no vigorous repertoire that had followed Cage's innovations. The idea for placing nuts and bolts, woodscrews and erasers between the piano's internal strings was from Henry Cowell, a piano timbral innovator in his own right. Cage developed the instrument as an accompaniment to the performances of Merce Cunningham dance in the early Forties, and the idea simple took off toward theatre,toward performance art and associative images, Lincoln Kirstein also commissioned works from Cage. Well here you get the full weight of this repertoire, and my favorite is "Perilous Night", it reveals the "subjectivity" residing in Cage despite his numerous attempts to circumvent his persona, Well it comes through here although you always sense that timbre and rhythm remain the primary focus of this early music.Also the un=prepared works, single exposed threadbare lines are what interested early Cage .The timbral differences of the piano preparation are interesting in and of itself and seem to engage concept and image;as "prelude and meditation",a minimal work of three four lines, only a few strings are prepared, or the "Music for Marcel Duchamp" where only the middle register of the piano is utilized with a single melody written in alto clef. This work has more a lyric interest yet having a deeply sombre feel to it.

The more expansive "Sonatas and Interludes" are all here, and there are now dozens of recordings,(like a standard within the repertoire,as Chopin's "preludes") and some play them fast(Joshua Pierce) others slow. I prefer the John Tilbury, Decca recording (now unavailable) but here as well the renderings/readings are quite engaging. The negative feature to all this music is that the timbre seems to never suggest anything more than what it is, it is like anything remains beautiful. Perhaps that is why there has not been a "thousand flowers" blooming from this instrument. It has astatic quality to it,one-dimensional. Cage you feel knew this and did introduce as much variety, distributions of densities, and rhythms, textures, and the structural plan as well adheres to maintaining an agenda for variety. The "Sonatas" here being the primary focus, the exposition, and the "Interludes" the digression relief from the gestural whole.

Halcyon Days: A Treasury of British Light Music

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Halcyon Days: A Treasury of British Light Music

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000Y37NI
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

Overture
Lento, Ma Non Troppo
Gaily, But Not Quick
Cantilena
Vivace
Miss Melanie
Raf March Past
Very Slow
Maestoso; Alla Marcia Funebre
Fairly Slowly, But Evenly Flowing In Strict Time
Allegretto Rubato
Overture, Op.52
Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
Country Dance: Allegretto E Leggiero
Burlesco: Allegro
Adagio
Sarabande: Maestoso
Bourree: Vivace
Rondo In A Flat
Allegro
Lento Moderato
Con Brio

Tracks:

March
Plymouth Hoe (A Nautical Overture)
Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square
Tower Hill
The Horse Guards, Whitehall
Rotten Row
Covent Garden
Westminster
Knightsbridge March
No.1 Wheatly Processional
No.2 Constant Billy
No.4 Jockie To The Fair
No.5 Ladies Of Pleasure
No.6 Princess Royal
Malltraeth (Pastorale)
Cemaes (Scherzo)
March Of The Bowmen
City Of Lincoln March
Overture, Op.3
Londonderry Air

Tracks:

The Devil's Galop
Sailing By
High Adventure
The Watermill
Loch Laggan
Psalm 23 - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Southern Rhapsody
Ecce Homo - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Girls In Grey
Halcyon Days
March Glorious
An English Overture
Spitfire Prelude And Fugue
Carry On Suite
Carry On Up The Khyber
Andante Expressivo
The Dam Busters March
Tarka The Otter
The African Queen

Tracks:

Caramba
Two Interlinked French Melodies
Kanikani
Preambule
Barcarolle
Provencale
By The Sleepy Lagoon
A L'ombre D'un Buissonet
Triste Est Le ciel
Allons Gay
A Mountain Tune
Tambourin
Passepied
Sarabande
Farandole
Petite Promenade
Andante/Medium Beguine
Song Dance
Fado
Kolo
In The French Countryside
Carpet Dance
Slow Waltz
End Titles

Tracks:

Miniature Overture (Help!)
March (When I'm 64)
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Can't Buy Me Love)
Arabian Dance (It's For You)
Chinese Dance (Ticket To Ride)
Dance Of The Reed Flutes (She Loves You)
Waltz Of The Flowers (From Me To You)
Pas De Deux (All My Loving)
Sarabande
The Reception
The Orgy (Rondo)
Danza Gaya
Scene 1
Malaguena (Vivace)
Habanera (Moderato)
Tango (Vivace)
The Hiring Fair
Carousing
Round Dance
Pas De Deux
Hornpipe
March
Doll's Dance
Round Dance
Bobby Shaftoe
The Keel Row
The 98th Jacks Listed!

Cinematic Piano: Solo Piano Music from the Movies

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Elegant interpretation of some of the finest movie scores
Moody music

Cinematic Piano: Solo Piano Music from the Movies

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Palace of the Winds: The Piano at the Movies
Love at the Movies

ASIN: B000003CZW
Release Date: 1994-06-28

Tracks:

The Heart Asks Pleasure
Big My Secret
The Mood That Passes Through You
Bridal Lullaby
Main Theme
Clair De Lune
Main Theme
Main Theme
Mitch And Abby
Blues: The Death Of Love And Trust:
Medley: E.T. And Elliot - Adventure On Earth - Over The Moon
Kinderszenen:
Have You Got a Story for Me?
Theme
Main Title:
Gymnopedie No. 1
Theme:
As Time Goes

Customer Reviews:

Elegant interpretation of some of the finest movie scores.......2006-11-01

I have had this CD for over 10 years and still love listening to it. In particular, his rendition of "On Golden Pond" makes you think that you are sitting on the banks listening to the peaceful rippling water.

The CD includes famous movie scores from "Schindler's List," "ET," and "Casablanca," but you might be surprised how much you enjoy the score from "The Firm" and other movies whose music were much better than the movies themselves.

Moody music.......2000-02-04

Very mellow piano solos, perfect for inspiring your dinner date to cling to you hoping that you will defend her from the heartless world.

Ben's Birthday Present - A Classical Music Adventure for Children

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An excellent CD
My 2nd Grade Grade Class Loved This CD!!!!
Musical Inspiration for Kids!!

Ben's Birthday Present - A Classical Music Adventure for Children

Manufacturer: Tempered Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Mozart's Magnificent Voyage

ASIN: B0001NIRRE
Release Date: 2003-12-15

Tracks:

In the Hall of the Mountain King
The Turkish March
The Wild Horseman
The Entertainer
Fantasie Impromptu
Sinfonia #15
The Witch
Flight of the Bumblebee
Fur Elise
Minute Waltz
Back in Ben's Room

Album Description

In the tradition of Prokoffiev's PETER AND THE WOLF, this project combines music and story to create a dynamic reading and listening experience! But we take it a few steps further . . .

In this exciting new project, you will find a fully illustrated storybook, with an accompanying CD of narration and classical piano music. Designed to get young listeners engaged and excited about classical music, every piano piece is performed by a different young pianist, ranging in age from 9 to 17. Produced by kids, and FOR kids, BEN'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT will inspire children's imaginations and interest in classical music.

Every year on his birthday, Ben's grandmother gives him a magical and mysterious gift. But when Ben pulls back the wrapping paper on this year's present, all he finds is an antique music box that doesn't even work. Brokenhearted, Ben shelves the music box and forgets all about it . . . until one stormy day when the box comes alive and changes Ben's life forever.

Customer Reviews:

An excellent CD.......2007-01-10

This CD is a great introduction to classical music, and a love for music, for children of all ages. It interweaves various classical pieces with a story about a little boy named Ben who receives a magical music box from his grandmother. He originally doesn't see any appeal to the "silly old box," but gradually realizes over time that when he listens to the music, he is taken away to a different place by feeling as if he is actually part of the music. He gets involved in many exciting scenarios as he listens to the music and imagines himself in the middle of things based on the mood of the music. My 5-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter have really enjoyed it, and I feel that it's extremely well-made.

My 2nd Grade Grade Class Loved This CD!!!!.......2004-06-21

In the 'reading & math' focused environment that our schools have become, music is often the first subject to be sacrificed. After playing this CD for my 2nd grade class, my students were both excited and inspired by what they heard. They were amazed to learn that such great music was played by children their own age. The mixture of story and music captured the imaginations of all my students!

Musical Inspiration for Kids!!.......2004-03-17

Ben's Birthday Present is a wonderful, ingenious way to introduce classical music to children!
The book is beautifully illustrated, fully narrated and the classical pieces are brilliantly
interwoven into the story. It's truly delightful and the young pianists deliver extraordinary performances on all ten tracks. ~ I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to musically inspire young lives.

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