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Like It Should Be

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Tracks:

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Average customer rating: Arguably "The Best" English "Merry Widow "

Léhar: The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; The Count of Luxembourg (Highlights) Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; The Gypsy Baron (Highlights) Offenbach: La Belle Helene; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights) Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld / Burgess, Watson, etc (Highlights) The Best of Operetta, Vol. 3 The Best of Operetta, Vol. 2 ASIN: B00009KHY2 Release Date: 2003-09-02

Customer Reviews:

Arguably "The Best" English "Merry Widow ".......2006-09-12

This is the "Merry Widow" with English translation by Christopher Hassel sung by June Bronhill. I loved this rendition ever since I first heard it in about 1960. What's to love? First the translation is the best I've heard. The language doesn't sound "stilted" as some others. And, you can understand almost every word sung. Plus, the famous song, "Vilja" has some wording that moves me every time I hear it: The soprano sings, "Love me and I'll DIE for you!" with the word "die" somewhat emphasized. I don't know, there's just something "powerful" about someone saying they'd "die" for love! AND, at the end of "Vilja" the chorus and soprano raise to a crescendo hitting a high note together. In many renditions the chorus is heard but not the soprano on the final high note. In THIS version, the soprano, June Bronhill, can be heard rising to the final high note with an incressing crescendo and fortissimo louder than the chorus and holding the final high note---which gives a very thrilling effect as she holds that final note, I assure you!

The "problem" is that this June Bronhill, Reid, and Hassel version is hard to find on CD. For example, this CD is made in Holland and "there is one left" so it says on Amazon. But, if you can find it, I think it would be very much worth a listen. Then, after hearing it, if you think there's a "better" Merry Widow, please let ME know! Thanks. Email:boland7214@aol.

Average customer rating: Overlooked Hieroglyphics classic don't support exploit-ulators Hiero's Black Sheep (4.5 stars) Snatch This Off The Shelves {5 Stars} Snupe we hardly knew you...

Like It Should Be Extra Prolific Manufacturer: Jive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Criminal The Swoll Package Contemporary Jeep Music Rooftop Soundcheck #1 Player ASIN: B000000515 Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Brown Sugar
3. In Front Of The Kids
4. Is It Right?
5. Sweet Potato Pie
6. Cash Money
7. One Motion
8. Never Changing
9. First Sermon
10. Now What
11. It's Alright
12. In 20 Minutes
13. Go Back To School
14. The Fat Outro
15. Brown Sugar (Domino Remix)
16. Give It Up

Amazon.com

If hip-hop were really about lyrical style and skill--and not about where you're from--Snupe would be platinum and his Bay Area crew, the Hieroglyphics, would be on top of the rap game. Snupe, the Houston-born/Oakland-bred MC and DJ behind Extra Prolific, has a swaggering confidence and a precise glide that hasn't been heard since that other Snoop came around. This Snupe, though, can twist and turn words with a speed and poetry Doggy Dogg can't touch. There are no threats--except when it comes to rhyming--and not an angry or violent sentiment on Like It Should Be. What drives Snupe is sex, and if you believe his ribald tales of skirt chASINg, he's had a good deal of success with the pastime. The record is raunchy without being brutal, dirty but rarely ugly, and often very funny. And for the repentant, Snupe's Southern gospel roots sneak out on "First Sermon": "Raise your hands we're having church today / Get out your seat we're having church today." In hand with the smart lyrics, Snupe's keen musical sense completes the package. While spare and unspectacular backing tracks have limited other Hieroglyphics acts like Souls of Mischief, Casual, and Del tha Funky Homosapien (many of whom guest here), Extra Prolific's '70s soul--thick and bubbly bass lines, cool keyboards--are good enough to stand alone. Like It Should Be is clearly among the best hip-hop albums of the year. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews:

Overlooked Hieroglyphics classic.......2007-04-21

The moniker Extra Prolific is really just a name for the hip hop product produced by DJ and rapper Snupe, a Hieroglyphics-affiliated and Houston-born, Oakland-bred MC. His album "As It Should Be" is an absolutely beautiful, musically gorgeous, lyrically inventive piece of music. Musically the beats are incredible. The music has a very live feel, often utilizing jazz instrumentation like a stand-up bass and soulful saxaphones. There's a great deal of 70s era soul inflicted as well, evidenced by the soaring vocal samples and production influence. At times, you'll even see a little southern-fried funk work its way into the beats through some slap guitars. These are some of the most purely appealing and unique beats I've ever heard, they're laidback, relaxing, and incredibly polished. Snupe is also especially interesting as a rapper. I like him because he speaks of the life of a pretty regular person in his raps, albeit one with a distinct gift as a performer. He's not a pimp or a player, certainly not a gangster, or a thug. He's not the least bit menacing, he comes across like a friendly young man, out to have a good time. As he raps about his inclinations and optimistic philosophies, it's easy to imagine him smiling as he raps over the beats. He's very unlike the other rappers in his Hieroglyphics crew, such as Souls of Mischief who were more inclined to rap of deep subjects or Del the Funkee Homosapien, both of whom were a little more out there lyrically. Snupe is one-of-a-kind, both as a rapper and a producer. This album is truly a slept-on masterpiece, and fans of jazzy production and '94-era hip hop (with no regard to coasts either) will adore "As It Should Be."

After a dope sounding intro, the album kicks in with "Brown Sugar," a bouncy and appealing song where Snupe speaks of his preferences in ladies. The beat is incredible and his rhymes are quite appealing. "In Front of the Kids" has a totally dope beat, with bluesy synths and a great vibe. Lyrically it matches the great beats, too, overall an excellent track. The nice "Is It Right?" precedes the wonderful "Sweet Potato Pie," a slow and lyrically grabbing song. Casual collaborates on the minute-and-a-half long "Cash Money," another highlight. "One Motion" has winding bass and great instrumentals, one of my favorite tracks, because lyrically it's so laidback and fun. I love the soulful chorus on "Never Changing," which is followed by my favorite song, "First Sermon." Over a typically funky jazzy beat, Snupe kicks some of his most likable verses, proclaiming that the listener "Lift your hands...to the man...we havin' church today" over a gorgeous sax in the hook. Souls of Mischief appear on the extra-funky collabo "Now What," and the unique "It's Alright" serves as a beautiful musical interlude. The typically great "In 20 Minutes" comes before the incredible "Go Back to School." After the well titled "Fat Outro" is another of my favorites, "Brown Sugar (Domino Remix)," a more soulful version. "Give It Up" closes out the album nicely.

I'm glad to see that this album is once again available for a reasonable price in the Amazon marketplace, there was a spell where people were asking for ridiculous prices. In any event, this album is a perfect piece of pure 1994 underground hip hop. Extra Prolific is a one-of-a-kind rap act, and the underground fan should go out of his/her way to add this album to the collection. A wonderful album in every sense.

don't support exploit-ulators.......2006-09-16

I just found another CD copy of this in the used bin for under ten bucks, so they're out there (especially if you keep it true to cassettes, which is how I had mine originally; I'm sure you can find it in this format if you know how to look). Don't line the pockets of these clowns who try to claim that nationally distributed rap CDs are valuable (they ain't). Dig deeper. Still, a real nice find: short, sweet, bangin'. Ironically, hailing from Houston puts Snupe's style more in line with the traditional Oakland steez that his clik was moving away from, but don't worry, he still gives plenty taste o the Hiero. The Domino beats are a notch above, but A-plus drops some gems too, such as the underground DJ-friendly "Now What" feat. Opio. After Snupe reminds the suckas that "there's extra robes in your choir stand" Opio drops one of the sickest Hiero verses of all-time. I would put this one on the level of Fear Itself and 93 til Infinity, and even a cut above No Need for Alarm.

Hiero's Black Sheep (4.5 stars).......2006-09-01

So who were these people? Extra Prolific consisting of Duane 'Snupe' Lee (and Mike G) were part of the Hieroglyphics, a group that I just became heavily intrested in this past year. Infact I didn't know that they were part of the Hiero fam until I saw some Listamania lists here on Amazon. The first time I heard Snupe was on the second half of the last verse on Del Tha Funkee Homosapien's "No More Worries" from his No Need For Alarm album. He kicked a dope verse and grabbed my attention.

So in 1994, he moved from his hometown, Houston, Texas to Oakland, California (hooking up with DJ Mike G.) released "Like It Should Be" under the group Extra Prolific. Production is OUTSTANDING, curteosy of Extra Prolific (Snupe would produce the majority and Mike G. would only do one), Domino, Casual, and A-Plus. It's really funky and smooth sailing, just check out "Brown Sugar" and "Sweet Potatio Pie".

Lyrically Snupe was great. He had one of those voices that blended in with the production. Most of the album he rhymes about females and his pimpin game on tracks like "One Motion" and "In 20 Minutes". He would take a break from all of those pimp rhymes and rhyme about other subjects, such as going to church on "First Sermon", as well as telling kids to focus on other things other than pimpin on the song "In Front Of The Kids", which is ironic because that song would contradict half of the album.

Guest Appearance are pretty dope. Casual would come for the minute or so track "Cash Money". Pep Love would team up with him on "Go Back To School". And Opio would have the better verse as he and Snupe diss wack emcees on the song "Now What".

Well, as you're aware Snupe was dropped from the Hiero roster, and that was very unfortunate. During Hiero's Third Eye Vision, Snupe would have contributed to the album vocally on some tracks (the ones reviewer Smoka J named), and it pains me that they were cut from the album (especially the "You Never Knew" track), because it would have been better than what it is now. Hopefully the Hieroglyphics will patch up their differences with him and add him back into the group, or atleast release all of the lost tracks that had his involvement one day. True, Snupe was recording another album called "2 for 15" that is extremely rare to find. Believe it or not he also had a third album called "Masterpiece". That album would have a songs like "Second Sermon" the sequel to the first one on this album. Snupe and Mike G. would also do an Old English Commercial, rhyming with eachother.

You should thank Extra Prolific (in response to Jimmy Garcia's review). This album is nothing but smooth lyrics and production, which is different from many Hiero albums that I've heard lately. It's sad that this album didn't get the love it deserved. From what I understood, this suffered lack of promotion and sales, making this one of the biggest slept on albums in the 90's. I for one am thankful that I own this album.

Also I believe that this is a reissue that Amazon is showing, because the version that I have doesn't have the last two tracks ("Brown Sugar [Remix]" and "Give It Up"), but I can imagine that those are dope tracks also worth hearing. Since this is out of print, it is becomming rare to find, so I suggest that you find a copy ASAP. If you're a Hiero fan and enjoyed "Third Eye Vision", I highly recommend this album to you.


Lyrics: A
Production: A+
Guest Appearances: A
Musical Vibes: A+
Overall: A

My Favorite Tracks: Brown Sugar, Sweet Potato Pie, One Motion, First Sermon, Now What, It's Alright, Go Back To School, The Fat Outro

Snatch This Off The Shelves {5 Stars}.......2006-08-05

There isn't a whole lot that I can add to the other reviews. Smoka J's review is pretty accurate. This is definitely a classic. I had this on wax back in the day, but I let a friend borrow it and I never saw it again (you know how that goes). Anyway, I copped this about two weeks ago brand new and it still sounds as dope as it did back then. Plenty of laid back, funky flavor on this album. How albums like this fall between the cracks is beyond me.

There are no wack tracks. Nothing negative about this album at all. The replay is still great 12 years after its release.

Extra Prolific is one of those artists that just never really caught on. Was it because he was held back by Heiro? I don't know. I just wish he would've been recognized for his contributions. Extra Prolific did manage to drop a second album, but that one is even harder to find than this one is. Good luck finding it.

P.S. - forget these clowns charging $80 for this CD. I bought 3 copies on Ebay BRAND NEW and still in the shrink wrap for less than $20. The cheapest I saw was $6.99 and the most expensive was $30. Don't let these cats rip you off.

Standout Tracks: Every track is phat. No wackness here.

Snupe we hardly knew you..........2006-07-25

but at least the world will forever have this incredible album.

Extra Prolific is a duo consisting of MC Dwayne "Snupe" Lee and DJ/Producer Mike G, but I'll be honest, it's basically a solo act. Mike G has no vocals and only produces one track (the intro), the rest is all Snupe. I read that Mike G left Hiero shortly after this album dropped, for whatever reason, I don't really care.
Snupe was introduced into the Hiero camp by Casual, who was his freestyling partner in high school. Extra Pro were late additions into the crew and were never really staples in Hiero, often appearing sparingly within Hiero's amazing run of albums between 1993-1995. Unlike the main members of Hiero (Del, SOM, Casual, Pep, and producers Jay-Biz and Domino) who received enough guest spots on crew members albums to make their names stick, Snupe emerged with one guest verse and was subject mainly to the chorus and background hollering on a few tracks. Possibly, this negligence from the crew was the seed that grew into Snupe's eventual dismissal from Hieroglyphics.

A short breakdown of Snupe's pre-"3rd Eye Vision" Hiero contributions:
-Del's "No Need for Alarm" (1993), on the posse track "No More Worries," Snupe's verse was his intro to the world. He also produced the haunting head-banger "You're in Shambles."
-Souls of Mischief's "'93 'til Infinity" (1993), on "Batting Practice," Snupe was one of many hollering the hook.
-Casual's "Fear Itself" (1994), on "This is How we Rip S**t," Snupe trades the hook back and forth with A-Plus. Also on "Be Thousand," Snupe and Tajai come in with the background vocals.
-Souls' "No Man's Land" (1995), on the highly underrated "Time's Ain't Fair," Snupe adds the perfect flavor for a great hook. He also produced the track "Dirty D's Theme (Hoe or D*e)."

So as you can see, compared to the other crew members Snupe never really got his chance to shine...until "Like it Should Be" dropped in '94 and recieved 4 mics in The Source. This album has been deemed by far too many as Hiero's worst album and/or the most unpopular...to those I say `get the bozack.' Anyone with a lick of sense knows, if you actually peep this album in its entirety, you can't help but love it - it's perfect '94 west-coast Hip-Hop. Maybe it doesn't follow the traditional suit of Hiero's albums, but that is by no means grounds for dismissal - Extra Pro just has their own vibe. The majority of the tracks are produced by Snupe, with the rest of the beats handled by Mike G, Domino, Casual & A-Plus. The beats are funky, jazzy, original & catchy - the recipe that has helped make Hiero legendary.

The break-up between Hiero and Snupe, which was reportedly because the crew felt Snupe would be better off on his own (whatever that means) was officially announced on Dec 24th, 1996. As a result almost ALL of Snupe's contributions to the forthcoming Hiero super-album "3rd Eye Vision" were scrapped. The album dropped in mid-'98 and was a complete success (as successful as a dope non-commercial, non-sellout album can be). I personally love the album, but I can't help but think what it could have been, with Snupe's laid-back, funky verses. The ONLY track with Snupe that wasn't scrapped was the jazzy, game-show like "Off the Record," where Snupe has no verses but plays host introducing the MC's before each verse. So, a few years back I hunted like a ravenous wolf for Snupe's lost tracks that were supposed to appear on 3EV, this is what I came up with:
-"You Never Knew," the lead single off the album contains verses from every member of Hiero. I found the original version w/ Snupe, he comes in right after Del's verse - the album version will never be the same.
-"No Joke," features Casual, Pep Love, A-Plus and Snupe. Interestingly, Cas starts the song off with the verse he uses as his personal title track on 3EV. Producer, Domino.
-"Bubble Up," features Casual and Snupe trading verses and Pep and Tajai on the hook. Producer, Casual.
-"Hittin' Corners," features Pep Love and Snupe trading rhymes over a bumpin' beat by Snupe.
-"Snupe," as you know on 3EV each MC had a personal track, which was about a minute long and self-titled. This was Snupe's track and it's dope.
So as you can see, the album was missing alot of the pieces that were meant to complete the puzzle. I found these tracks years ago on a web-site that no longer exists, but YOU can find them on Hiero's web-site (Hieroglyphics dot com), unfortunately the sound quality is pretty bad, but a true fan will just be happy to hear them.

One more thing, I recently discovered that Snupe released a 2nd album in '96 after he was dropped from Hiero. The album is called "2 for 15" and it was recorded while he was still a part of the group. For the life of me I can't find it anywhere and I've been looking hard for years, so as far as I'm concerned it's OOP and lost forever. What was it with Hiero albums not getting released in 1996? Del's 3rd album "Future Development" was shelved until 2002, Casual's 2nd album "Meanwhile" was never commercially released and is only available on cassette through the Hiero web-site and now this recent discovery of Snupe's 2nd album that is impossible to find. Oh well, it is what it is. This long review was written for a good cause - to help raise awareness of Snupe who over the years, through this album has given me countless (!!!) hours of listening enjoyment. I've probably heard it straight through over 500 times, and I'm still not sick of it...that's how dope it is. I hope this review was helpful.

Bottom Line: Any fan of lounging Hip-Hop, especially Hiero fans need to own this album. It's incredible and I stand behind it 100%. A 5 star classic, Peace.

Average customer rating:

Extremely Country Clay Cooper Manufacturer: Clay Cooper ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA8QQI Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

1. I'm a One Woman Man
2. I'm Gonna Love You Back to Loving Me Again
3. It's Too Late Now
4. Old Habits
5. Lucky Me, Lonely You
6. After the Fire Is Gone
7. Who's Counting
8. To Make You Feel My Love
9. Revenooer Man
10. Together Again
11. Deck of Cards

Average customer rating:

Keepin It Country Manufacturer: Apple Tree ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA6SOK Release Date: 2004-10-19

Average customer rating: The real thing

Bagarap Empires Iain Campbell Smith Manufacturer: Iain Campbell Smith ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFSBE Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

1. Blue Guitar
2. Say a Prayer
3. When She Cries
4. Mr. Circle
5. Radio Bougainville
6. Century Girl
7. Independence Park
8. You and Me
9. Kusi and You
10. Bougainville Sky
11. Bagarap Empires
12. Infinite Ocean

Customer Reviews:

The real thing.......2007-01-20

Wow. I don't usually listen to "alternative singer/songwriter", but after hearing this guy play a couple songs on a radio show, I picked this album without hesitation. It's one of my strongest purchases of 2006, and certainly the best outside my usual genre.

Strongest tracks include "You and Me", "Century Girl", and "Mr. Circle" (one of a couple of tracks written in a South Pacific pidgin, whose optimism is unmistakable).

Average customer rating:

Perils of a Small Town Life Manufacturer: Walrus Gumboot ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAA4HW Release Date: 2003-07-01

Average customer rating: Another slept on product

The Life and Times of Walley DeLuxe DeLoach Manufacturer: Blackson ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CA6RKA Release Date: 2005-01-01

Customer Reviews:

Another slept on product.......2007-06-06

I know that sounds cliche these days. But seriously, here's an example of a good LP that got no kind of support whatsoever. Deloach had the production behind him with S1 (Strange Fruit Project) He displayed the skills to carry his own weight. And while it wasn't perfect, it was far and away from being trash. Of course, if you're into mainstream rap, where the artist (if you can still call them that...) haven't broken out of their mode of talking about the drug game, the number of women he has on his arm and how hot his whip is, you'll totally dismiss this one with a quickness. Deloach is a true throwback to the days when MCs had true skills and you better bring your best material or get dealt with in front of the crowd. And there's a difference between Deloach and the average every day artist we hear today, being that, he's not pretending to be something he's not. That's refreshing in this day and age. This LP was done out of the love for the art form, not the money as well. Seriously, you can't really go wrong with this one.

Average customer rating:

The Heat Class6 Productions Manufacturer: Class6 Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFF6M Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Carry You Home
3. Tag Team
4. Get It In
5. E-Way
6. Beef
7. Time to Waste
8. Brotherly Love
9. Streetz of Philly
10. Star Spangled
11. Whatchu Want
12. Plague
13. Unforgettable
14. Master
15. Can't Hold On
16. Done Get It F! @#$%d Up
17. Are You Up There?
18. Breathe Eazzy
19. Outtro

Average customer rating:

Tchaikovsky Rachmaninov Glinka Dargomyzhsky Romances / Araxia Davtian (Russian Disc) Manufacturer: Russian Disc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001LME Release Date: 1996-03-19

Tracks:

1. Romances: Alla Centra
2. Romances: I Remember That Marvelous Instant (Pushkin)
3. Romances: The Blue Waves Are Asleep (Kukolnlk)
4. Romances: I'm Happy To Be With You (Ryndin)
5. Romances: Tell Me Why (Golitsyn)
6. Romances: The Fail Maiden Is Miserable (Rimsky - Korsay)
7. Romances: The Sierra Nevada Is Covered With Fog (Shirkov)
8. Romances: The Garden (Pushkin)
9. Romances: Sixteen years (Delvig)
10. Romances: The Clouds In The Sky (Lermontov)
11. Romances: The Youth And Maiden (Pushkin)
12. Romances: That Was In Early Spring. Op. 38 No. 2 (Tolstoy)
13. Romances: Amidst The Bustling Party, Op, #38 (Toldstov)
14. Romances: Not a Word, Oh My Friend, Op. 6, No. 2 (Pleshcheyev)
15. Romances: In A Single Word (Mey)
16. Romances: Again, Like Before (Rathaus)
17. Romances: Don't Sing, My Belle, Op. 5, No. 4 (Puskin)
18. Romances: The Lilac, Op. 21, No 5 (Beketova)
19. Romances: An Experpt From A. Mussle Op. 21, No. 6 (A pukhtin)
20. Romances: Rat - Catcher, Op. 38 No. 4
21. Romances: Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3 (Severyanin)
22. Romances: Spring Waters, Op. 14, No. 11 (Tyutchev)

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3. Louder Than Ever, Vol. 1 [Explicit Lyrics]
4. Lowrider Boulevard Tour 2000 [Explicit Lyrics] [Live]
5. Mobbin' Muzik Melodies
6. Mr. Smith [Clean]
7. N-Da-Game [Explicit Lyrics]
8. N Gatz We Trust
9. Nasty Bass [Explicit Lyrics]
10. New Mic Order

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