From the House of the Dead [Cast Recording]

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Oveture - Leos Janácek

2. Act One: Introduction - Leos Janácek

3. Today They'll Bring a Gentleman!

4. What's Your Name? -

5. Wretched Creature! It Resists!

6. Never Again Will My Eyes Behold My Birthplace

7. I, A Maiden, Went to a Fête

8. Alieia, Get Me a Thread! -

9. Alieia! Thread!

10. Act Two: Introduction - Leos Janácek

See all 14 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2

1. Devil Himself Will Take Me

2. Pantomime About the Miller's Beautiful Wife

3. Nice Plays, Weren't They? - Miroslav Svejda

4. Act Three: Introduction - Leos Janácek

5. Jesus, The Prophet of God -

6. O, Brothers! That Pain

7. Ah, My Dear Children

8. You, Said Filka

9. And Filka Shouts

10. And I Was Drunk -

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
Witness (Maurice Jarre)
Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
The Fly (Howard Shore)
RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
Brainstorm (James Horner)
Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
The Dead (Alex North)
Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
Babe (Nigel Westlake)
The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

To Die For (Danny Elfman)
The Player (Thomas Newman)
Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
2001 (Alex North)
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
The Crow (Graeme Revell)
Blade (Mark Isham)
The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Scream (Marco Beltrami)
The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
The Matrix (Don Davis)
The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
Rounders (Christopher Young)
The Score (Howard Shore)
The Replacements (John Debney)
Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
XXX (Randy Edelman)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
Cleopatra (Alex North)
Life As A House (Mark Isham)
Emma (Rachel Portman)
In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
Ice Age (David Newman)
Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

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Failed Ideas
Simply Exquisite

Out of This World
Harold Arlen , Herbert/ Arlen, Harold ("Hal") Stothart , Allan Schwartzberg , Joe Beck , Cyro Baptista , James Saporito , Jeffrey Harris , and Mike Renzi
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Customer Reviews:

Failed Ideas.......2004-12-09

Maureen McGovern is a national treasure. Her Naughty Baby CD to me is the 2nd coming of Christ. By comparison Out of this World is quite disappointing. Mostly either Harold Arlen or MM's uninspiring interpretations and/or Renzi's arrangements don't seem to suit MM on this CD. The drums and percusion are sometimes schlocky. The screechy sax is always terrible. Also not working for me are the electric keyboard/synthesizer, the electric guitar and the cello. Even Renzi's piano playing is sometimes a let down. Jay Leonhart's great bass work seems to be the only thing that you can depend on here. Did MM do this to herself or is Renzi mainly responsible? Spend your money instead on: Naughty Baby, The Music Never Ends, The Pleasure of his Company and Christmas With MM. All wonderful music.

Simply Exquisite.......2003-12-01

I'd forgotten what a beautiful, supple vocal instrument McGovern has. Here, she sings blues- and jazz-flavored tunes, torchy ballads, and more--all Harold Arlen--including "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Over the Rainbow," "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block," "The Man That Got Away" and "Come Rain or Come Shine." Her "Optimistic Voices" (from The Wizard of Oz) is worth the price of the entire CD. It is simply exquisite, like a fine jewel, polished and gleaming with feeling.

Janacek - From the House of the Dead / Mackerras

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Definitive performance of original score
Outstanding
Great Opera Recording of Authorative Edition
Una de las mejores Operas del Siglo XX
Please Put it in Production, Somebody

Janacek - From the House of the Dead / Mackerras

Manufacturer: Decca
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Release Date: 1991-09-12

Tracks:

Prelude - Sir Charles Mackerras/Vienna PO
Act One: Privedou dnes pana! - Vladimir Kredjick/Richard Novak/Beno Blachut
Act One: Jak te nazyvaji? - Antonin Svorc
Act One: Neuvidi oko jiz tech kraju - Vladimir Kredjick/Richard Novak/Beno Blachut
Act One: Aljejo, podavej nitku! - Jiri Zahradnicek
Act Two: A...a... - Zdenek Svehla
Act Two: Alexandr Petrovic, bude prazdnik - Vladimir Kredjick/Richard Novak/Beno Blachut
Act Two: Presel den, druhy, treti - Ivo Zidek
Act Two: Dnes bude muj posledni den! - Jaroslav Sousek
Act Two: Pantomime o Pekne mlynarce - Sir Charles Mackerras/Wiener Phil
Act Two: Pekne hrali, co? - Jaroslava Janska

Tracks:

Act Three: Scene 1: Isaj, prorok bozi - Jaroslava Janska
Act Three: Scene 1: Ma detatka mila - Beno Blachut
Act Three: Scene 1: A ja byl, bratricku, az do svatby zpit! - Vaclav Zitek
Act Three: Scene 1: S Filkou jste se opet spratelili? - Zdenek Svehla
Act Three: Scene 2: Petrovici! Ja jsem te urazil - Antonin Svorc
Mladi: I. Andante - Sebastian Bell/Janet Craxton/Antony Pay/Michael Harris/Martin Gatt/Phillip Eastop
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Mladi: III. Allegro - Sebastian Bell/Janet Craxton/Antony Pay/Michael Harris/Martin Gatt/Phillip Eastop
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Customer Reviews:

Definitive performance of original score.......2005-08-18

How do you make an uplifting opera out of a group of exhausted, demoralised, malnourished prisoners stuck in the Nineteenth Century equivalent of a Stalinist Gulag? Let Janacek show you how.

This is a piece where practically nothing happens. A new prisoner arrives, there's a bit of aimless brutality, the prisoners put on a ramshackle show, a caged eagle is given its (symbolic) freedom and...er...that's about it. The most interesting action happens in a series of long narratives, life-stories told by prisoners to while away the endless time spent in this hellhole.

Yet this is throughout edge-of-the-seat stuff. Janacek, in the last opera of his Indian Summer, uniquely captures that 'spark of humanity' to be found in even the most degenerate of men - both musically and emotionally. Just listen to the Prelude for a taste of what is to come - the chain-clanking drudge of prison life; the manic, soaring, screaming violin cadenza taken from an unfinished Violin Concerto; the brief brassy moments of uplifting hope and thoughts of freedom. And these harsh juxtapositions are clothed in a brutal, spare, blackboard-scraping instrumenation that seems to push Janacek's unique orchestration methods to its limits.

This is especially true in Mackerras's riveting performance, for he will accept none of the later attempts to smooth out Janacek's searing textures, made under the pretext that he left the work unfinished at his death. Mackerras, greatest of all Janacek conductors, presents us with the cruel unwavering truth of the composer's vision. He is abetted by a cast of top singers, Czech nationals all (including the wonderful veteran Beno Blachut), who bring the range of low-life characters vivdly to life.

This is an opera unlike any other in the repertoire and a masterpiece to boot. And Mackerras, wearing his copious research as lightly as ever, delivers a definitive performance of it.

Outstanding.......2004-05-16

This is a superb recording of this rarely performed work. Janacek was never afraid of violating convention and this opera is no exception. Dramatized from Doestoevsky's novel, it lacks a conventional plot with a single dramatic action and clear primary characters. Instead, From The House of the Dead is a series of episodes treating the themes of crime, punishment, and expiation. The structure is mirrored in the structure of the music, which has sort of a theme and variations structure. The score has been reconstructed to approximate Janacek's original intentions, dropping accretions added after his death by some of his well intentioned disciples. The result is also atypical with orchestration featuring a relatively small orchestra and ensemble, as opposed to star-oriented, vocal parts. The result is certainly unconventional and features some of Janacek's most powerful music.

Great Opera Recording of Authorative Edition.......2003-08-10

This is a very important and fine recording of Janacek's final and most remarkable opera. It is done in a very authorative edition based on the copied autograph score the way Janacek left it, undoing virtually all of the changes and additions to the orchestration his disciples Chlubna and Brekala made, which unfortunately softens the power of this opera.

This results in an edgier, harsher, rougher, chamber-like sound which is truer to Janacek's intentions. It also heightens the power of this work and shows the uniqueness of the composer's voice. Mackerras and John Tyrell must be commended for the tremendous amount of musicological work to restore the work to it's original intended glory.

The two chamber works also serve as wonderful complement to this great work.

Una de las mejores Operas del Siglo XX.......2002-12-09

Sin duda, esta ópera es una de las más grandes que se hayan escrito en el Siglo XX. Esta grabación raya casi en lo perfecto: Sonido, balance, dirección orquestal, intérpretes, etc.
Sir Charles Mackerras es sin duda el mejor exponente de Janacek hoy día, logra captar a la perfección las sutilezas orquestales de Janacek y en todo momento mantiene la música con la tensión necesaria que se necesita para comentar situaciones de la vida diaria en una prisión. Los personajes crecen a lo largo de la obra y cada uno de ellos en sí vive su propio drama.
El sonido del preludio es glorioso, con sus tremendos agudos en las cuerdas y las ásperas disonancias, logra crear la atmósfera necesaria. Una joya, sin lugar a dudas. Recomiendo ampliamente ésta grabación, la que en mi opinión, tardará muchos años en ser igualada.

Please Put it in Production, Somebody.......2002-06-13

This is a stunning piece of music, a rich symphony of voices, a pleasure to sit and listen to! Not all operas bear listening to, dare I say, without the support of staging. Janacek's late style is complex and bold, but comprehensible without reference to musical theory. "From the House of the Dead" is relatively short, for an opera; I for one feel that I couldn't ask for more of such acoustical and emotional intensity. The two chamber pieces that fill out the second disc are wonderfully eccentric and original.
My real question is, why doesn't some company seize the chance to produce this great opera? The audience IS ready!

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Lives up to the rave review by Mr. Hollingsworth
Serebrier at his finest: The best Janacek discs!

Janácek: Orchestral Works

Manufacturer: Reference Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
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Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00005RDB2
Release Date: 2001-10-30

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Sinfonietta: Fanfares
Sinfonietta: The Castle
Sinfonietta: The Queen's Monastary
Sinfonietta: The Street
Sinfonietta: The Town
Lachian Dances: Starodavny
Lachian Dances: Pozehnany
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Taras Bulba: Prophecy And Death Of Taras Bulba

Tracks:

The Cunning Little Vixen - Ste: Part One
The Cunning Little Vixen - Ste: Part Two
Jealousy (Original Prld To Jenufa)
From The House Of The Dead: Prld
The Makropulos Case: Act I
The Makropulos Case: Act II
The Makropulos Case: Act III

Customer Reviews:

Lives up to the rave review by Mr. Hollingsworth.......2003-01-24

I've become a recent devotee of Janacek's music, in particular with regards to his most folk-inspired works (Lachian Dances and Rakos Rakoczy). I'm always on the lookout for worthy recordings of the Lachian Dances and the previous review seemed positive. I was not disappointed. Compared to the Decca Double Decker with Mackerras and Huybrechts, Srebenier extracts a bit more verve and fun from his players. The Decca recording is indeed impressive in its own right (I'd give it 4-and-a-half stars), but the Czech State Philharmonic and Srebenier seem to be genuinely enjoying themselves playing on "home turf" as it were. In other words, although the Decca recording sounds more polished from a technical standpoint, the playing sounds a little stately or "officious" (for lack of a better word) compared to the Reference recording. If you already have the Decca recording, by all means, go for this one as well.

Serebrier at his finest: The best Janacek discs!.......2002-07-19

For decades, Mackerras' recording of Janacek's Taras Bulba and Sinfonietta has been deemed the best in the catalogue, against which all others have been measured. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (VPO), which knows as much of Janacek as they do of Bruckner, played the works with authority and with real feeling. The strings are of real bloom and weight, the woodwinds crispy, the brass blazen and glorious, and the percussion mesmerizing. Sir Charles Mackerras, among the best of Janacek's interpreters (along with Bretislav Bakala, Frantisek Jilek, & Vaclav Neumann earlier), gives the renditions of vividness and imagination and the phrasings are as genuine and ideal as expected.

But,...here comes this recording! Let me say upfront that Serebrier measures up to Mackerras in every way. And the Czech State Philharmonic (of Brno) is as authoritative as the VPO, with every bar & every detail so well caught and conveyed even at higher levels than its Viennese rival. Furthermore, the Czech State Philharmonic brings out more authenticity of these works, thanks in some part to the recording. For example, listen to the second movement of Sinfonietta "The Castle." Notice how a sense of mystery, after, say 1'35", becomes compellingly restraint and haunting (the strings and woodwinds must be credited for this, as well as Serebrier, who conveys these dimensions more successfully than even Belohlavek). How about the third movement "The Queen's Monastary", which is played with real beauty and eloquence, with a certain feeling of nostalgia and sadness. Exemplary, even in regards to the other works like Taras Bulba and the Lachian Dances. I would hesitate to replace my Decca recording of the Lachian Dances well served by Francois Huybrechts and the London Philharmonic, especially since it's coupled with Janacek's Vec Makropulos-which London Decca foolishly deleted-along with other Janacek's operas extremely well executed by Mackerras, the VPO, and its wonderful casts (remember Elisabeth Soderstrom?). Instead, Serebrier's edition is well worth having: it has plenty of vitality and enjoyment. And the way Serebrier brings out the tragic menance and drama of Taras Bulba is idiomatic and purely exciting. The closing of Taras Bulba is done triumphantly and with appropriate grandioseness, although the organ should have more of an imposing presence.

Reference Recordings (RR), which compiled the original 1995-1996 recordings of these works, includes the second disc (under the two for the price of one scheme). This disc contains selections from Janacek's popular operas: Suite from "The Cunning Little Vixen", preludes to "Jenufa" (entitled "Jealously") and "From the House of the Dead", and Serebrier's Symphonic Synthesis of "Vec Makropulos." This second disc is as every bit enjoyable as the first disc containing Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba, and the Lachian Dances. The "Cunning Little Vixen" Suite (in the Talich/Smetacek edition) is done with upmost vividness and flair. But the Vec Makropulos synthesis is every bit as paradigmatic. Serebrier, a very successful composer in his own right, confessed the challenge he faced in coming up with the synthesis, which no one has done before. Well, it pays off. The synthesis upholds the essence of Janacek's very demanding opera, while not minimizing its emotional and musical impact. Moreover, the Czech State Philharmonic comes up huge again (the prelude comes off well and with fire under their musicianship).

So, an highly enjoyable two-disc set that in many ways outshine Mackerras' Decca recording. As alluded to earlier, the quality of the recording is part of this album's success. The sound is more "Czech" in feeling and extremely well focused. You might be tempted to buy Belohlavek's Chandos recording of especially the Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba. Chandos likewise offer, for the price of one, a two-disc (compiled) set of these works, plus Fiddler's Child as well as Idyll and Suite (both for Strings idiomatically played by Gregory Rose and the Jupiter Orchestra), but minus the "House of the Dead" prelude and "Vec Makropulos." The Chandos album is well worth having, though Belohlavek's approach to Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba is not as ideal as Serebrier or Mackerras (the brass of the Czech Philharmonic is surprisingly not as glorious and blazen as the Czech State Philharmonic or the VPO and their strings lack tonal radiance and body comparatively speaking). Otherwise, Belohlavek is better on the other works, like Fiddler's Child and the "Cunning Little Vixen" Suite.

Tracks:

Oveture - Leos Jank
Act One: Introduction - Leos Jank
Today They'll Bring a Gentleman! - Karel Berman, , , Jaroslav Striska, Chorus
What's Your Name?
Wretched Creature! It Resists! - Karel Berman, Beno Blachut, , , Chorus
Never Again Will My Eyes Behold My Birthplace - Chorus
I, A Maiden, Went to a F - Chorus
Alieia, Get Me a Thread!
Alieia! Thread! - Beno Blachut, , , Chorus
Act Two: Introduction - Leos Jank
My Dear, Dear Alieia! - Chorus
Alexander Petrovich, There Will Be a Holiday - Karel Berman, , Karel Petr, , , Chorus
Eh, I Poor and Useless Man - Miroslav Frydlewicz, , Chorus
Day Passes, Two, Three - Karel Prusa, , Chorus

Tracks:

Devil Himself Will Take Me - Karel Prusa, Chorus
Pantomime About the Miller's Beautiful Wife - Karel Prusa
Nice Plays, Weren't They? - Beno Blachut, , Alena Mikova, , , Miroslav Svejda
Act Three: Introduction - Leos Jank
Jesus, The Prophet of God - Beno Blachut, , , ,
O, Brothers! That Pain - Chorus
Ah, My Dear Children - Beno Blachut, , Viktor Koci, Jaroslav Soucek, Chorus
You, Said Filka - Viktor Koci, , Jaroslav Soucek, Chorus
And Filka Shouts - Viktor Koci, Jaroslav Soucek, Chorus
And I Was Drunk - Viktor Koci, Jaroslav Soucek
Next Day, Drunk as a Sod - Beno Blachut, , , Viktor Koci, Jaroslav Soucek, Chorus
And I Followed Her to the Room - Beno Blachut, , , , Jaroslav Soucek, Chorus
They Call: Alexander Petrovich Gorianchikov! - Chorus
Petrovich, I Have Offended You - Chorus
You Are My Father - Chorus

Vital Spark of Heav'nly Flame - churches & chapels 1760-1 (English Orpheus, Vol 44) /Psalmody * Parley of Instruments * Holman

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Vital Spark of Heav'nly Flame - churches & chapels 1760-1 (English Orpheus, Vol 44) /Psalmody * Parley of Instruments * Holman

Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1998-04-14

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This is the day the Lord hath made
Vital spark of heav'nly flame
When rising from the bed of death
The Lord is risen
Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?
Yes! the Redeemer rose
Angels, roll the rock away
I heard a voice from heaven
Unveil thy bossom, faithful tomb
Christ being raised from the dead
Might I in thy sight appear
O Lord, what is man!
Spirit, leave thine house of clay
Rejoice, the Lord is King
Now is Christrisen from the dead

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Artistically beautiful....

Chant Traditionnel Maronite
Maronite Chant , Syrian Catholic Chant , Syrian Orthodox Chant , Syrian Traditional , L'Ensemble de la Paix , Sister Marie Keyrouz (Performer) , and Soeur Marie Keyrouz (Chanteuse)
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Qanoun
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Customer Reviews:

Artistically beautiful...........2003-07-18

however, I am not a big fan of Sr. Mary Keyrouz and her voice is the lead in every Chant on this disk. A bit bland compared to other religious chant CD's on the market. The only reason I gave this CD 3 Stars is because it is accurate in it's presentation of Eastern Rite (Maronite) Chant.

I much prefer and would recommend without any reservation whatsoever the CD, "Chants of the Maronitic Liturgy" by Prof. Louis Hage and P. Paul Rouhana over this album.

Better Off Dead
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Boogie Picking

A fun record by a band I'd never heard of before

Better Off Dead
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Release Date: 1998-03-01

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List Of Things To Do
Kleptomaniac
Crazy 'Bout An Automobile
When World's Collide
Walking Blues

Album Description

With songs like "She Like That Chicken," "Get On The Whiskey," and "Vibrator," Better Off Dead's self-titled debut on Garageland Records serves up 15 heaping helpings of smoky, greasy, extra rare, home-cooked treats that go equally well with red- or white-labeled beer. The band cites numerous influences and inspiration ranging from multiple gin and tonics to inadequate sexual performance (though these may be somehow related). The album sounds like a late night roadtrip where you stop for gas, cigs, and coffee at a Quickie Mart only to discover that you've stumbled into a wild eviction party being held by the proprietors.

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Boogie Picking.......2001-06-21

I purchased this CD, because an old friend of mine was in the band. "Here you go buddy, don't ask for any more favors." When it arrived in the mail I toss the thing, cardboard and all, into the back seat of my car, and I'm off to run some errands. Now, I'm not afraid to admit to you that I have a problem: I can't seem to stop listening to those same three CDs that have been in my car since October, 1999. Nevertheless, I pop in that Guns and Roses for about the one millionth time. Just when Sweet Child O Mine hits its opening crescendo, I've had it. Too much repetition in my life. At the next traffic light, I'm going to pull it from the backseat and listen to Better Off Dead. The disc opens with Boogie Disease, and it is working on my rundown psychie. I am grooving all the way to the Post Office. Next, I need to return some clothing, (father's day error) which is my least favorite chore. She Like That Chicken is a good way to go. Nice song, road-house blues style, and it successfully puts a smile on my face. By the time the song, Liquor in the Front hits me, I'm no longer smiling. I am laughing. I'm laughing so f-ing hard that I sideswipe a telephone pole. Now I have the blues, because I have another errand to run. It's just the normal blues not the Lesbian Blues, track 9, a down and dirty ditty that is truly a gem. In fact most of the tracks included in this fifteen count are gems. The self titled Better Off Dead is a rocking rebellion from the depths of Northern New Jersey, the blues capitol of New Jersey. Do yourself a favor, order yourself a copy, Get on The Whiskey and Get on The Fun.

A fun record by a band I'd never heard of before.......1999-08-06

I took a chance on these guys based on a review in Blues Access Magazine. I'm glad I did. Has a real raw, upbeat boogie, almost rockabilly feel and the lyrics are a blast. Sounds like they'd be a lot of fun to see live.

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EARLY MACKERRAS - SHOCK OF THE NEW

Janácek: Sinfonietta: Four Preludes

Manufacturer: Testament UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DG0DU
Release Date: 2004-01-13

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EARLY MACKERRAS - SHOCK OF THE NEW.......2007-03-28

We are indeed lucky to have lived through the times of Charles Mackerras. The man is a phenomenon. He was well before his time in the development of the authentic music movement with his still startling Fireworks Music with a full complement of woodwind (just about every oboist in London, recorded in the early hours of the morning) and with the use of elaborate authentic ornamentation in Handel and Mozart. He demonstrates a witty lighter side as an arranger of Gilbert and Sullivan. As Head of English National Opera there were memorable performances of Verdi and Wagner as well as rarities like Szymanowski, Smetana and Martinu. But, above all, it is probably as the man who brought the operas of Janacek to a British and then to a World audience that he will be most gratefully remembered.

This reissue is of an early Mackerras recording of Janacek, his first of the Sinfonietta, and made before a lot of the editorial cleaning-up for which Sir Charles was in large part responsible. Nevertheless, these are marvellous Janacek performances. There is a special freshness and a conviction about the playing of the Pro Arte Orchestra (a largely ad hoc ensemble with some fine soloists, especially among the woodwind). The acoustic is quite dry and the recording quite lean, which suits this music admirably. There is, for example, a crispness to the timps and a brightness to the brass in the opening and closing fanfares of the Sinfonietta that is more apt in this music than the more usual lushness we get from other conductors. Even Mackerras' later versions of the Sinfonietta with the Vienna and Czech Phils seem a little over-upholstered by comparison.

The opera preludes, too, revel in a sense of discovery and revelation. Whether it's the imperial fanfares of Makropoulos, more tight crisp timpani with the insistent Fate motif in Katya Kabanova or the hair-raisingly wild violin cadenzas in House of the Dead, both tempi and sound are perfectly judged in these performances. And Jealousy, the original prelude to Jenufa, is a fine work in its own right - even if Janacek's second thoughts work better in the context of the opera.

The fill-ups on this disc, not on the original LP, are more evidence of Mackerras' indefatigable versatility. The Enescu, especially, has great energy, flexibility and shape - but the Brahms, Dvorak and Bartok also show off Sir Charles as the master of the tempo juste, even in familiar music.

In short, the slightly dated sound suits Janacek's music well and Sir Charles' performances match anything he did later (and more than match anyone else). Most of all, there is a special sense of discovery about the composer here that carries well down the years.

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An overgrown path to the opera suites
An overgrown path to the opera suites

Janácek: Opera Suites

Manufacturer: Supraphon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00001QEFT
Release Date: 1999-10-01

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An overgrown path to the opera suites.......2001-02-28

Janacek opera suites present an unexplored new era because actually Janacek never have considered to write orchestral suites even to one of his seven operae

Janacek used to regard his operae as entities with a whole content of their own who did'nt need any refinement for orchestral listeners .

Idiosincrastic and Whimsical are only few titles which tried to depict Janacek music. Dvorak did'nt even try to disclose his sheer detest of what he heard in it.

We need however to admit that Janacek had managed to plant in our minds the seeds of affection and wonder eventhough from the first glimpse his music is not easy to digest.

The opera suites emerged to the concert halls thanks to the courtesy of the famous Czech conductors Tallich, Jilek and Smolka who skillfuly arranged all these almost forgotten treasures which probably would have been lost in provincial Czech Opera casts without their fertile work. .

This CD from the label of "Supraphon" Czech recording company, makes the best of these opera suites under the skillfull button of Jiri Belohlavek . It's only fault is that the sound as in most cases of "Supraphon" records is not in the highest level.

An overgrown path to the opera suites.......2001-02-28

Janacek opera suites present an unexplored new era because actually Janacek never have considered to write orchestral suites even to one of his seven operae

Janacek used to regard his operae as entities with a whole content of their own who did'nt need any refinement for orchestral listeners .

Idiosincrastic and Whimsical are only few titles which tried to depict Janacek music. Dvorak did'nt even try to disclose his sheer detest of what he heard in it.

We need however to admit that Janacek had managed to plant in our minds the seeds of affection and wonder eventhough from the first glimpse his music is not easy to digest.

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Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury

1. Oveture - Leos Janácek
2. Act One: Introduction - Leos Janácek
3. Today They'll Bring a Gentleman!
4. What's Your Name? -
5. Wretched Creature! It Resists!
6. Never Again Will My Eyes Behold My Birthplace
7. I, A Maiden, Went to a Fête
8. Alieia, Get Me a Thread! -
9. Alieia! Thread!
10. Act Two: Introduction - Leos Janácek

1. Devil Himself Will Take Me
2. Pantomime About the Miller's Beautiful Wife
3. Nice Plays, Weren't They? - Miroslav Svejda
4. Act Three: Introduction - Leos Janácek
5. Jesus, The Prophet of God -
6. O, Brothers! That Pain
7. Ah, My Dear Children
8. You, Said Filka
9. And Filka Shouts
10. And I Was Drunk -