McCartney II [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
McCartney's top three 1980 album, out of print in the U.S. & digitally remastered with three bonus tracks added, 'Check My Machine', 'Secret Friend' & the hit 'Goodnight Tonight'. 14 tracks total, also featuring 'Coming Up'. 1993 release.

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McCartney II [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Average customer rating: Paul McCartney goes too far. Not McCartney's Best Paul McCartney--former Beatle Hard to find in stores Ouch!

McCartney II Paul McCartney Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: London Town Back To The Egg Red Rose Speedway At The Speed Of Sound Press to Play ASIN: B000005RT8 Release Date: 1993-08-16

Tracks:

1. Coming Up
2. Temporary Secretary
3. On The Way
4. Waterfalls
5. Nobody Knows
6. Front Parlour
7. Summer's Day Song
8. Frozen Jap
9. Bogey Music
10. Darkroom
11. One Of These Days
12. Check My Machine
13. Secret Friend
14. Goodnight Tonight

Album Description

McCartney's top three 1980 album, out of print in the U.S. & digitally remastered with three bonus tracks added, 'Check My Machine', 'Secret Friend' & the hit 'Goodnight Tonight'. 14 tracks total, also featuring 'Coming Up'. 1993 release.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of the Original Album with Coming Up / Waterfalls / Temporary Secretary, plus Three Bonus Tracks Added: Check My Machine / Secret Friend / Goodnight Tonight.

Customer Reviews:

Paul McCartney goes too far........2007-07-02

Not really. That was a title the great Macca briefly considered for a solo project while he was still in The Beatles.
Some listeners of this CD will most certainly think "goes too far" is an apt description of some of the music here;I hated it the first time I heard it (on vinyl) many years ago,but the more I listened to it,the more I have grown to love it-just because IT IS so quirky. It sounds like Paulie is exorcizing himself of the trauma of his pot bust and incarceration in Japan by producing some of most extreme and experimental music he's capable of. When he was a Beatle,he was a student of Stockhausen,the avant-garde classical composer of the late '60's and perhaps this CD is as close as we'll ever get to any Macca music that can be traced back to his love of Stockhausen.
Maybe-or maybe not. I could be totally wrong. I like this CD-it is very challenging.

Not McCartney's Best.......2007-07-01

1980's McCartney II was recorded afer McCartney disbanded Wings following his dust-up with Japanese law enforcement. McCartney played all the instruments and pretty much recorded it himself. It has a few nice ballads (Waterfalls, Summer's Day Song and One Of These Days) but it is for the most part forgettable.

Paul McCartney--former Beatle.......2007-03-11

I'm the Beatles' number one fan. McCartney carried on after they broke up
in 1969 with some of the best post-Beatles music, but "the good stuff" only
came out of Paul for about five more years. "McCartney", "Ram", "Wings Wild
Life", "Red Rose Speedway", "Venus and Mars", "Band on the Run", and a few
great singles like "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (banned in England) and
"Hi Hi Hi" (banned in England) were the only good stuff Paul has ever done
since the Beatles.
Too much money, too much fame, he paid his post-Beatles bandmates
peanuts and raked it all in for himself. Money does corrupt. Paul died
in about 1975. Sorry folks.

Hard to find in stores.......2007-02-07

This item was not in stock in stores my froend tried, I ordered it for her through you. It arrived within a couple days. The two other orders you had showen but bothe were not available so I excepted them to be canceled.

Thank you

Ouch!.......2007-01-20

You do not want to purchase this CD unless you have every other McCartney CD and wish to have a complete collection.
This record is tied with Pipes of Peace as the worst McCartney recording - even with the Bonus Goodnight Tonight thrown in.
From a musician's perspective it is perhaps admirable that he plays all the instruments and recorded the whole album at home, but from a listener's point of view it is mostly painful.
The CD opens with Coming Up, a song with potential as evidenced by the live version on Back in the U.S. CD. Temporary Secretary is somewhat amusing and musically clever. It could close Side I of an album. It isn't good enough for a #2 song.
Waterfalls is frankly schmaltzy and would need a great deal of work to make it as a full fledged song.
The only song I like is Summer Day Song,which somehow has a deeply mystical/religious aspect that makes me want to kneel and bow my head. It's a distant cousing of Warm and Beautiful from Wings at the Speed of Sound. This song will come back one day in the form of religious music.
Is is worth getting the whole CD for this song?
Only if you are desperate for a McCartney song you haven't heard yet.

Average customer rating: A Slight Innacuracy Excelente Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals, Vol. 2 Not totally an instrumental Another Collection You Wonr Find Anywhere else

Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals II Manufacturer: Eric Collection ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Oldies | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hard to Find Pop Instrumentals II All-Time Great Instrumental Hits, Vol. 1 All-Time Great Instrumental Hits, Vol. 2 25 Rockin' Instrumentals Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 3: The Seventies ASIN: B00008L3O0 Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky') - Bill Conti
2. Theme From 'Ben Casey' - Valjean
3. Theme From 'The Apartment' - Ferrante & Teicher
4. The Long Ships (Part 1) - Charles Albertine (mono)
5. The Day The Rains Came - Raymond Lefevre (mono)
6. Beautiful Obsession - Sir Chauncey
7. Theme From 'The Sundowners'- Felix Slatkin
8. Chariot (I Will Follow Him) - Franck Pourcel
9. That's The Way With Love - Peter Soffici (mono)
10. Theme From 'The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs' - Percy Faith
11. Theme From 'A Man And A Woman' (from The Soundtrack) - Francis Lai
12. Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle
13. Moonglow & Theme From 'Picnic' - George Cates (mono)
14. Swinging Sweethearts - Ron Goodwin (mono)
15. Ringo's Theme (This Boy) - George Martin
16. Song For Anna (Chanson D'Anna) - (Herb) Ohta-San
17. Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless) - Barry Devorzon & Perry Botkinc Jr.
18. Danny Boy - Sil Austin
19. Trumpeter's Prayer - Tutti Camarata
20. One Moment In Time - Vienna Symphonic Orchestra (VSOP)

Album Description

A spectacular follow-up to Volume One in this instrumental series featuring 15 songs that have never been on a U.S. CD before. But this set isn't just for collectors, but also for listeners. All recordings have been digitally mastered from the original master tapes & are in True Stereo wherever possible. Includes a full 8-page booklet with detailed liner notes on each song.

Customer Reviews:

A Slight Innacuracy.......2007-06-13

The version of "Nadia's Theme" (Theme from The Young and the Restless) isn't actually the one you're expecting. I believe it's actually the original arrangement made for "Bless the Beasts and the Children". So what later became the Young and the Restless theme (the one that was a hit) still remains unreleased on CD.

Hopefully, we can see that version on a future release. Maybe they could get "Little Ballerina Blue" on one while they're at it.

Still, some great stuff here.

Excelente .......2007-03-22

El tema de nadia es una de las canciones mas excelentes de la historia de la musica

Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals, Vol. 2.......2006-03-22

The purchase went as we had hoped. The delievry was as promised, and the quality of the product equal too, or above our expectations.

Not totally an instrumental.......2006-03-10

I was excited to find this album. I bought it but was horrified to find a loud vocal on the first track. The rest of the music is all instrumental but this one track simply JARS you when it plays. Very disappointing!

Another Collection You Wonr Find Anywhere else.......2003-05-06

Well, ERIC records has done it again.

Continuing their unique practice of giving us both well known hits and impossible to find rarities, Eric presents Volume 2 of "Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals". This one is, in my opinion, even better than the first.

First off, the sound quality of this disk is ASTOUNDING. ERIC has gotten the various reissue departments to provide them with absolute first generation mono and stereo masters and this CD proves it. The aural quality is breathtaking. The fact that Orchestral music is so beautifully suited for true stereo playback is exhibited here, as a whopping 15 of the 20 tracks are True Stereo and sound magnificent.

There are, of course, the big soundtrack hits here, like 'The Day The Rains Came" "Rocky", "Ben Casey", "Theme from The Apartment", and " Nadias Theme". All top 30 and well remembered. However, for this 43 year old fan, it was the some of the lessor known tracks, in particulatr the 1963 Colpix low level charter "Theme From The Long Ships" that really makes this collection the gem that it is. Outstanding tracks include "Theme From The Sundowners" , "The Dark At The Top of The Stairs" and "I Will Follow Him" , all tracks that will suddenly sound familiar again after first listen.

Therein lies the BEST part of this collection. When you put this on your player, you will be treated to a nostalgic feast,
a time when the magic of Orchestral music still ruled the charts, and existed in all our homes. And you'll certainly remember most of these once you hear them, which is the fun part!!

There arent enough great things I can say about this collection AND its sister CD "Hard To Find pop Instrumentals- Part 2" I personally liked this volume better, but if you dont have either yet, give yourself a musical treat, and some REAL listening enjoyment and pick these up...

Its listening the way it used to be.

MA....

Average customer rating: the actual first solo Beatle project! It Seems To Be... Great to finally have available, but could've been better

The Family Way - Original Sound Track Manufacturer: Xxi-21 Canada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Thrillington Liverpool Sound Collage Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Memory Almost Full [Deluxe Limited Edition] Old Wave ASIN: B00008W6RI Release Date: 2003-03-31

Tracks:

1. Family Way - Original Sound Track - George Martin & His Orchestra
2. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
3. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
4. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
5. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
6. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
7. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
8. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
9. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
10. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
11. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
12. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
13. Family Way - Original Sound Track (Continued) - George Martin & His Orchestra
14. Family Way - Variations Concertantes Opus 1: I - Carl Aubut, Claudel String Quartet, Claire Marchand,
15. Family Way - Variations Concertantes Opus 1: II - Carl Aubut, Claudel String Quartet, Claire Marchand,
16. Family Way - Variations Concertantes Opus 1: III - Carl Aubut, Claudel String Quartet, Claire Marchand,
17. Family Way - Variations Concertantes Opus 1: IV - Carl Aubut, Claudel String Quartet, Claire Marchand,
18. Family Way - Variations Concertantes Opus 1: V - Carl Aubut, Claudel String Quartet, Claire Marchand,
19. Family Way - Variations Concertantes Opus 1: VI - Carl Aubut, Claudel String Quartet, Claire Marchand,
20. Family Way - Variations Concertantes Opus 1: VII - Carl Aubut, Claudel String Quartet, Claire Marchand,
21. Family Way - Variations Concertantes Opus 1: VIII - Carl Aubut, Claudel String Quartet, Claire Marchand,
22. Family Way - Variations Concertantes Opus 1: IX - Carl Aubut, Claudel String Quartet, Claire Marchand,
23. Family Way (Theme) [Samba]
24. Family Way (Theme) [Waltz]
25. Family Way (Theme) [Rondeau]

Album Description

The very rare original recording of Paul McCartney's first solo venture, THE FAMILY WAY Sound Track composed in 1966 and performed by The George Martin Orchestra. To complete the program, we have included Carl Aubut's own arrangements and performance of the same music along with Anthony Rozankovic's arrangements performed by The Flûte Enchantée Quartet released on the ATMA label: both recordings authorized by Sir Paul McCartney himself.

Album Description

The soundtrack to the film 'The Family Way', with music composed by Paul McCartney & performed in part by the George Martin Orchestra. While on a break between 'Revolver' & 'Sgt. Pepper' in late 1966, & with touring now out of the question & John Lennon off making the film 'How I Won the War', Paul McCartney tried his hand at a film score with a lot of help from Beatles arranger/producer George Martin. The rather pleasing result is one of the most elusive souvenirs of the Beatles' high tide in the '60s, long out of print, & commanding sky-high prices on the collectors' circuit. Only 24 minutes in length, the album is a collection of film cues based on a single McCartney tune, 'Love in the Open Air'. XXI-21 Records.

Album Details

First Time on CD, the Original 1966 Movie Soundtrack with Music Written by Paul Mccartney and Performed by the George Martin Orchestra.

Customer Reviews:

the actual first solo Beatle project!.......2007-06-14

An interestingly historical work, featuring Paul's original soundtrack music plus newer recordings that expand the scope of the piece. George Martin deserves major credit for translating Paul's ideas into symphonic reality. Quick shipping and quality product!

It Seems To Be..........2004-04-30

Sourced from vinyl. The original 1966 music that is. I've noticed numerous pops, hiss and clipping on the brass throughout the cd and the jumping back and forth from mono to stereo is a hassle. Still, it's nice to have these tracks coupled with the newer versions. Although, I should point out this cd is missing both versions from the original George Martin single and the alternate theme song by the Tudor Minstrels. There's a boot floating around with all the '66 versions in great quality. Search this one out if you're longing to hear these recordings in better quality.

Great to finally have available, but could've been better.......2003-08-27

Although it's great to finally have the complete 1966 Paul McCartney/George Martin score, it's important to note that I feel the producers missed an opportunity to make this CD the definitive issue. Although the newer tracks featuring guitarist Carl Aubut from 1995 & the Quatuor La Flute Enchantee from 1998 sound wonderful, they are nevertheless re-recordings of the McCartney score. What fans want to hear is the original 1966 George Martin Orchestra performed tracks (#1-#13). Unfortunately these tracks, to my ears, seem to come from an inferior tape source. To be fair, the interviews in the CD booklet with McCartney, Martin & Aubut are enjoyable and informative. Most importantly, the music itself is good. My only quibble is with the source of the 1966 recordings. While it's certainly listenable (there are no noticable dropouts, early fades or vinyl pops) at times the solo acoustic guitar just sounds muddy. Some tracks have a bit more hiss than others. The fact that the producers of this CD have opted to use primarily mono masters mixed with an occasional stereo one just doesn't make sense. Original stereo versions of the LP feature every track in stereo. Why did they opt to only use a few for this CD edition? Another minor point is track timings listed on the back cover for the original 1966 recordings are incorrect. So, IMHO, a definitive issue still needs to be done. A single from 'The Family Way' film entitled "Love In The Open Air" is available on the George Martin box set 'Produced by George Martin'. It's sound is very clear & clean, albeit in mono. So...I believe a better tape source is available...somewhere. My own vinyl version sounds better than this CD. It should be noted stereo versions of the original '66 album have appeared on bootleg CD's but even those are rather spotty in quality, utilizing a vinyl source and changing the tracks running order(!). At least the bootleg gives you the music in stereo. The definitive version of this film score would still be the ultra rare stereo LP if you can ever find one and you're willing to spend big bucks. But..until then, this CD will do just fine. It's really quite enjoyable if it's all you have, but it's just a shame that it wasn't done a bit better. Let's hope next time someone who really cares about these important recordings will handle them with the loving care they deserve and really deliver the goods to longtime McCartney fans. Recommended, but could've been better.

Average customer rating: none humble opinion of a music student 5 stars for the janacek, anyway... Different...

The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (1988 Film) Mark Adler , and Ernie Forselius Manufacturer: Fantasy Spec. Prod. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Two-Disc Special Edition) On Chesil Beach: A Novel ASIN: B000000XEW Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Fairy Tale, III. Allegro - Jerry Grossman, Diane Walsh
2. The Holy Virgin Of Frydek (Grave) from 'On The Overgrown Path', Set 1 - Ivan Klansky
3. In The Mist , II. Molto adagio - Ivan Moravec
4. Hey Jude - Marta Kubisova
5. Joj, Joj, Joj - Jarmilla Sulakova, Vojtech Jochec
6. String Quartet No.2 from 'Intimate Pages' IV. Allegro - Smetana Quartet
7. Sonatat For Violin And Piano, IV. Adagio - Sergiu Luca, Paul Schoenfield
8. The Bird Of III Omen Lingers On (Andante) From 'On The Overgrown Path' Set i - Ivan Klansky
9. On The Overgrown Path, Set 2, 4th Movement, Allegro - Ivan Klansky
10. String Quartet No.1-III. Con Moto-Vivace-Andante - Smetana Quartet
11. A Blown-Away Leaf: Andante from 'On The Overgrown Path' - Ivan Moravec
12. Goodnight - Radoslav Kvapil
13. Idyll For String Orchestra, V. Adagio - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra/Gerard Schwartz

Customer Reviews:

none.......2005-02-12

The Janacek on this is the best available on compact disc.
The version of Hey Jude---a plodding, overrated song to begin with---is absolutely god-awful; akin to nails on a chalkboard to this beautiful album.

humble opinion of a music student.......2004-07-02

It was brilliant to use the music of Leo Janacek as the score of this fantastic film. It gives a great feeling of the country and its people. The performances on this soundtrack could be better, but the occasional coarseness - that sometimes annoys me - suits the movie. The two songs shouldn't be next to all that great repertoire, but they are a part of the soundtrack...While I wouldn't compare Debussy and Satie with Janacek as they are completely different, I do agree that it's worth listening to!

5 stars for the janacek, anyway..........2001-02-17

i have to disagree with the last review in that if I could take the version of hey Jude off, plus Joj Joj Joj, I would in a second. they stick out sorely and are unlike the rest of the album, which introduced me to janacek, for which I'm forever grateful. the piano songs in particular rank up there for me with Debussy's solo piano work, and Erik Satie's. evocative, delicate, melodious, accessible; just gorgeous. the versions here seem good to me - I'm no expert, but they are better than the versions on the janacek CD this album led me to buy.

Different..........2000-07-29

An excellent version of Hey Jude. Good music all around.

Average customer rating: Disappointing.. Yes, Jazz but no much More jazz than Bach Papa Bach boogies! Oh, yeah! interesting

Bach to the Beatles Manufacturer: White Line ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Folk | Latin Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cello Submarine: Beatles Classics by the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Bach Meets the Beatles: Revisited Bach >> Beatles >> Bluegrass The Beatles Gregorian Songbook Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Play the Beatles ASIN: B0000030XV Release Date: 1993-12-21

Tracks:

1. All My Loving
2. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
3. A Hard Day's Night
4. Groovy Gavotte II
5. The Long And Winding Road
6. Air On A G String
7. Can't Buy Me Love
8. Minuet
9. Yesterday
10. Aria
11. Hey Jude
12. D Minor Double
13. Michelle
14. Jig
15. Norwegian Wood
16. Sleepers Awake
17. Eleanor Rigby
18. Sicilienne
19. Here, There And Everywhere
20. Brandenburg Boogie

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.........2006-06-29

Not worth the money or time and trouble ordering this product. I just did not like it!!!!

Yes, Jazz but no much.......2006-02-24

This CD is very smooth to ear. The player trio is fine. The flute (Elena Duran) is more present on Beatles music, Grapelli (violin) presents a splendid violin solo on Bach music (his Air On A G String violin solo is unforgettable). The jazzistic components are presented by bass, drums and piano, but they're not enough to give a genuine jazz touch to this disc, I think so. If you want mor jazzistic features for Bach and Beatles music, you must ear Swingle Singers and Jacques Loussier.

More jazz than Bach.......2004-05-20

Given the title of this album, I was expecting arrangements of a baroque nature; that's not what they've done, however. There are renditions of 19 Beatles tunes done in a style that is largely of the light, sprightly jazz variety, and a similar treatment of a theme from Bach's Brandenburg No. 2. If you like this kind of thing, the recording quality is excellent and the players are good at what they do; the performance is very fluid (to my ear) and the sound is crisp. It is not, however, a baroque adaptation of modern material; the style of performance is merely shifted from rock to acoustical jazz ensemble with embellishments to match. Unfortunately, the moods of the original pieces do not always match the moods of the versions here, and some of the arrangements venture off into other styles in places as well. If I hadn't been expecting something else, I'd probably have liked this CD more.

Papa Bach boogies! Oh, yeah!.......2004-04-06

You are welcome to the Beatles cuts on this CD. The Bach tracks are what make it worth the price.

Don't get me wrong. I love the Beatles, but honestly, the works of Lennon and McCartney do not easily adapt to the jazz trio style. It's more like being pummeled into submission. What's left is better heard in a vertically moving metal booth with a panel of numbered buttons next to its automatic sliding doors (OK, OK, I'll say it! It's ELEVATOR MUSIC!). ::whew::

The Bach selections, quite the opposite, are as at home with a cup of strong black coffee at a bistro table for two as they are on a picnic with an 8-piece spicy chicken dinner from Popeye's (red beans and rice, please). It's only right. Bach was, after all, such an improviser that some of his compositions consist of 2 or 3 chords. It was up to the performer to put SOMETHING between those chords.

When these recordings were originally released on the Angel Records digital LP "Brandenburg Boogie," the titular track was the opening salvo. Here, it's saved for last and very well indeed it serves as a finale to the works that precede it.

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" sways in a hammock nudged by the breezes of Stephane Grappelli's violin and Elena Duran's flute while Laurie Holloway's piano work sparkles like sunlight filtering through the leaves.

"Groovy Gavotte," based on the Gavotte from French Suite for keyboard No. 5 in G major struts along like an iron-pumping peacock with attitude. Grappelli sits this one out while Duran plays straight lady to Holloway's key-pounding improvisation evocative of that peacock whomping the snot out of a hawk that tried to have him for lunch.

Everyone who records Bach records "Air on the G String." Maybe it's some kind of RIAA reguirement but here, the most mellow cut on the whole disc, is where the whole trio seems to be at their most adventurous. Even Duran nudges her flute outside the dots and lines more than on any other cut.

The Minuet from the Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach returns to the norm with Duran once again playing the melody as straight as an arrow while Holloway comes back with the kinds of electric piano riffs you only hear in those previously smoke-filled jazz clubs.

The aria from Cantata No. 30 starts off like a ride in a swing at the park but soon soars over town like a hot-air balloon. Duran's octave leap on the closing bars is a true high point of the disc.

What do you do when you have only one violin but you're playing a movement from the "Double" Violin Concerto? You have Elena play one violin part on her flute while Stephane rocks on his violin and Laurie rolls on his keyboards. Yes, it's been done on classical recordings before but never like this.

The Gigue in B flat major gives the listener and the performers a chance to cool down with a stretch. Once more, one notes Duran's careful note-for-note playing contrasted by Grappelli's sonic leaps and bounds.

The other must-record piece is "Wauchet Auf". Grappelli's improvisation dances around Duran's presentation of the melody. Then, Stephane takes center stage and challenges Laurie to a violin versus electric piano showdown at twenty paces. Who wins? Does it matter?

The Sicilienne from the Sonata for harpsichord and flute exudes an air of mystery and lulls the listener into a sort of calm before a musical storm of Bayou hurricane proportions.

That storm arrives when the trio gets down on "Brandenburg Boogie", modeled after the first movement of the second Brandenburg Concerto. In its original form, the piece was once described as "Dixieland Baroque," all the more fitting for this performance. Grappelli and Holloway provide the most raucous moments while Duran's flute keeps order. Everything culminates in a sort of musical "Oh, yeah!" that leaves the listener both invigorated and out of breath.

interesting.......2002-06-20

This mix of baroque touch and beatle melody results in true pleasure for the ear.

Average customer rating: You call this electronic? BULL!

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Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Flight Of The Bumble Bee, Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Light Cavallerie, Carmen: Flight Of Carmen
2. The Moldau, Sheherazade, Nabucco: Soul And Sound
3. Umbra Mai Fu, From Xerxes: Largo For Lovers
4. Air, Pathetique, Solveig's Song: Solveig's Air
5. Sonatas In C Major, A Major (Rondo Alla Turca): Amadeus Up To Date
6. Nocturne In E Flat Major, Prelude In A Major, Mazurka In A Flat Major Op. 9,2 - 28,7 - 24,3: Blue Hour With Frederic
7. Poem, Ave Maria: Mary's Poem
8. Etude In A Major Op. 10,3 - Moonlight Sonata Op. 27,2: Moonlight Fantasy
9. Trumpet Voluntary, Trumpet Tune In B Flat Major: Old Trumpet Sound
10. Ave Verum KV 618: Mozart's Prayer
11. Porgy And Bess: Summertime
12. West Side Story: America

Tracks:

1. Swan Lake, Capriccio Italien, Romeo & Juliet (Overture), Pathetique, Nutcracker Suite (Trepak, The Sugar Plum Fairy, The Reed Flutes), Romeo & Juliet (Finale): Russian Sounds
2. Preludes In C Major And Minor, Italian Concerto BWV 846, 847, 971: The Well - Tempered Bach
3. Emperor Waltz, Hunters Polka, Perpetuum Mobile, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Pizzicato Polka, Thunder & Lightining Op. 437, 373, 257, 214, 324: Vienna In Rhythm
4. In C Major, A Minor, B Flat Major BWV 772, 784, 785: John Sebastian's Inventions
5. Inpromptu In A Flat Major Op. 142,2: Always All Ready
6. Aida (Temple Scene & Romance) Rigoletto (Violetta): Aida In The Background
7. Aria In F Minor, March From 'Sciplo', Allegro In F Minor: Festive Baroque
8. Song Of India
9. Can't Buy Me Love
10. It Ain't Necessarily So
11. Nabucco Slave's Chorus, Gefangenchor - Tannhauser
12. For Elise, Symphony No. 9, Ode To Joy

Tracks:

1. A Fifth Of Beethoven
2. Reverie (Traumerei)
3. Serenade KV 330, Serenade From Sonata KV 284, Turkish March KV 331
4. Largo From Symphony No. 9: New World
5. Symphony No. 40 In C Minor
6. Can Can, Thunder & Lightning (Polka), Hungarian Dance, Galop, Medley, Staccato, Orpheus In The Underworld
7. Moonlight Sonata: Blue Moon
8. A Little Night Music
9. Also Sprach Zarathustra
10. Waltz In A Minor Op.39
11. From Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarole
12. Toccata Spectrum
13. Melody In F
14. Fantasy
15. Serenade

Customer Reviews:

You call this electronic? BULL!.......2003-01-26

I think I know what electronic classical music is, considering I made an album called Kulture. This does not sound electronic, if it does, it uses drums = not good. It sounds way too classical.

Average customer rating:

McCartney II Paul McCartney Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DQYS Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Coming Up
2. Temporary Secretary
3. On the Way
4. Waterfalls
5. Nobody Knows
6. Front Parlour
7. Summer's Day Song
8. Frozen Jap
9. Bogey Music
10. Darkroom
11. One of These Days
12. Check My Machine [*]
13. Secret Friend [*]
14. Goodnight Tonight [*]

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Fairy Dreams: Bedtime Lullabies Manufacturer: Big Blue Dog ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruch | Bruch, Max | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | 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 Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Airs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Compilations | Children's Music | Styles | Music Lullabies | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000C23DC Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

1. Waltz No. 1 (Blue Danube Op. 314)
2. Lyric Pieces Op. 12 Arietta
3. Danse des Mirlitons (Nutcraker Suite)
4. Lyric Pieces Op. 38 Berceuse
5. Danse Arabe (Nutcracker Suite)
6. Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Adagio
7. Lyric Pieces Op. 12, Vigilante Song
8. Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64, Andante
9. Waltz in a Minor
10. In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46)

Tracks:

1. Appalachian Lullaby
2. Winter Light
3. Safe and Warm in My Arms
4. Bedtime
5. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
6. Starlight, Starbright
7. Goodnight
8. Sweet Dreams
9. Moment I Saw You
10. With You in My Arms

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Entre Amis: Canadian and American Music for Chamber Orchestra Manufacturer: Cbc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Corigliano | Corigliano, John | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Clarinet | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005NBY1 Release Date: 2001-07-01

Tracks:

1. Ov To An Unwritten Comedy
2. Peom For Strings
3. George III, His Lament
4. Con: Andante
5. The Bird Of The Morning Singith All Night Long
6. Ser
7. Scherzo

Tracks:

1. Quiet City
2. Adagio
3. Sunset
4. Elegy
5. The Unanswered Question
6. Poem
7. Rounds

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Bedtime Lullabies Manufacturer: Big Blue Dog ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruch | Bruch, Max | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | 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 Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Airs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Compilations | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Children's Music | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Children's Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00005YEIE Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

1. Winter Light
2. Hush, Little Baby
3. I Bid You Goodnight
4. Dream a Beautiful Dream
5. All the World Is Sleeping
6. Go Away, Little Fairies
7. Lullaby
8. Irish Lullaby
9. Moon and Me
10. There, There, Hush Awhile
11. Hush-A-Bye
12. Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Tracks:

1. Waltz No. 1 (Blue Danube Op.314)
2. Lyric Pieces Op. 12 Arietta
3. Danse des Mirlitons (Nutcracker Suite)
4. Lyric Pieces Op. 38 Berceuse
5. Danse Arabe (Nutcracker Suite)
6. Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Adagio
7. Lyric Pieces Op.12, Vigilante Song
8. Violin Concerto in E Minor Op.64, Andante
9. Waltz in a Major
10. In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op.46)

Tracks:

1. Appalachian Lullaby
2. Winter Light
3. Safe and Warm in My Arms
4. Bedtime
5. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
6. Starlight, Starbright
7. Goodnight
8. Sweet Dreams
9. Moment I Saw You
10. With You in My Arms

Rap Music:

1. Melissa Etheridge
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3. Misplaced Childhood [Import]
4. Mona Bone Jakon [Original recording remastered]
5. Na Mele O Keka: The Hawaiian Tribute to Jack Johnson
6. Nighthawks at the Diner
7. October Road
8. One Step Closer
9. Out of Nothing [Enhanced]
10. Painted On

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