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With so many acts crowding the funk-rap-metal combo that 311 has been working for the past decade, now is the time for the band to crack the mold and take the genre in a new direction. Unfortunately, on From Chaos, 311 doesn't break any new ground, instead hammering the same old riffs and beats into the ground. The band blends tepid reggae, repetitive rock, and breezy mainstream pop into a mix that tanks from a lack of interesting hooks. Even the lyrics swim in mediocrity. Nick Hexum and S.A. Martinez's vocal tone and songwriting ability ("Woah, amber is the color of your energy / Woah, shades of gold displayed naturally") both fall flat throughout the album. While other genre-crossing bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and No Doubt continually increase their mainstream following by working with new artists and developing their sound, the same does not seem to be true for 311. On From Chaos, the Nebraskan band just sound stuck in their own rut. --Jennifer Maerz

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From Chaos

Average customer rating: 311 From Chaos Rocks One of their better CD's From Chaos comes tight cd Decent Blast from the Past

From Chaos 311 Manufacturer: Volcano ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rap Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Metal | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Soundsystem Evolver 311 Grassroots Music ASIN: B00005KBBL Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

1. You Get Worked
2. Sick Tight
3. You Wouldn't Believe
4. Full Ride
5. From Chaos
6. I Told Myself
7. Champagne
8. Hostile Apostle
9. Wake Your Mind Up
10. Amber
11. Uncalm
12. I'll Be Here Awhile

Customer Reviews:

311 From Chaos Rocks.......2007-01-30

They hooked me with their melodic "Amber." That song in itself is worth buying the album. They really hit hard with their opening "You Get Worked." It's just a premonition of what's to come after. They mix it up a bit with "Champagne," "Amber," and "I'll Be Here Awhile," and the
rest the album does not disappoint. They show off their musical talent and precision playing in this installment. Check it out!

One of their better CD's.......2006-12-16

I am a huge 311 fan. Heard of them way back with Music and Grassroots. I am not sure why a lot of people don't like this CD. This CD is back to old skool. It has a lot of the jams they used to do in Grassroots. Very hard core but it also has a track as like "Amber" and "I'll Be Here Awhile" that go along with their chill side. I have to admit while I AM a big fan of 311, I don't quite like their new stuff. While I appreciate they are growing as artists and I love the reggae and funk as much as the next guy, they've lacked the mix on their newer CD's. There needs to be a good balance of jam and chill but its been mostly alternative. Nonetheless, this CD is probably their last good jam CD so don't miss it.

From Chaos comes tight cd.......2006-08-08

In the '90s 311 became an underground success story with the releases of 'Music' and 'Grassroots', and later a commercial breakthrough with 'Blue' and 'Transistor' due to the popular chart-topping 'Down' and 'All mixed up' and the beloved 'Beautiful disaster'. Then in 2000, after complications arose with their Capricorn label, they switched over to Volcano.

'From Chaos' (their first Volcano release) was an awesome way to kick off a new decade and new millenia, armed with a new label and new recording studio, known as 'The hive'. 'From Chaos' showcased a much more focused and semi-creative side of 311 that stylistically is on-par with 'Grassroots' but with a perfect and solid recording and production. It doesn't hurt that the album contains the hits 'You wouldn't believe', 'I'll be here awhile' and the highly popular 'Amber' (arguably their most popular song). Just steer clear of 'You get worked' and 'Full ride' and you'll hear some of 311's finest lyrics. Listen to 'Amber' and 'Uncalm' and tell me that 311 aren't at the top of their game lyrically.

If you're a fan of 'Music', 'Grassroots' or 'Blue', then 'From Chaos' is a must listen.

Decent.......2006-05-13

This is a good album, not my favorite from the band but very solid nonetheless. Not many tracks that I just don't really like (the only one that comes to mind is Uncalm), but not many tracks that are my all time favorites either. I do think Champaigne is a great song, and also like You Get Worked/Hostile Apostle/I Told Myeslf a lot, and the other songs on the album are pretty decent as well. It is definitely a varied album of styles, like most 311 albums.

Blast from the Past.......2006-04-25

No, this isn't Music, or Grassroots, or s/t, but is that really such an issue with supposed 311 fans? I enjoy this record, as well as its predecessors. If any band remade their best album 6 times over, would that not get a bit monotonous? Well that's basically what I see here from others who have reviewed "From Chaos". They want Grassroots and s/t remade, well, if you want those albums get em' out and listen to em'. All great bands of the past have evolved within their style of music. The songwriting and the production value of a band must change over the years to keep themselves as well as their fans motivated to hear their new material. THAT'S THE IDEA OF "NEW MATERIAL" PEOPLE. It's not supposed to sound exactly like previous material they've released. Sre, I would agree with those who say Grassroots is the most well-executed album 311 has released, but I don't want or expect them to revert back to that style simply because it was their best. If you enjoy the unique mixture of genres 311 has managed to fuse together on their past albums, then you SHOULD like "From Chaos" if you give it a spin with an open mind. If you're expecting the early-to-mid 90s 311 then get those 3 or 4 records and listen to them all on repeat. If you want a heavier version of what 311 was in those days, then "From Chaos" will be a satisfactory album for you. Highlights are as such:The heavier punk/rap fusion star here would have to be "Sick Tight", and the laid back reggae/acoustic rock fusion star in my opinion (many people loved Amber, and it is a good song) is "I'll Be Here A While".

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Deep Blue: Chaos from Darkism Balzac Manufacturer: Misfits Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000SNUNO2 Release Date: 2007-07-31

Tracks:

1. Death and Confrontation
2. Godless
3. Scare
4. In Those Days
5. D.A.R.K.
6. Horrorock
7. Ziggy Stardust
8. Gaze
9. Rain
10. Deep Blue
11. Japanese Chaos
12. Xxxxxx
13. Japanese Trash
14. I Can't Stand It Anymore
15. Alone
16. D.A.R.K. [Demo Non Digital Ver.] [*]
17. Came out of the Grave [Alternate Ver.] [#] [*]
18. Gyakusatsu-No Mukou-Gava [Demo Ver.] [*]
19. I Can't Stand It Anymore [Demo Ver.] [*]
20. Zetsubou-No Aro Basho-E [Alternate Ver.] [#] [*]

Tracks:

1. Live at Liquid Room [DVD]
2. Gimme Some Truth [Live] [DVD]
3. Xxxxxx [Live] [DVD]
4. In Those Days [Video] [DVD]
5. D.A.R.K. [Deep Blue Version] [Video] [DVD]
6. Gyakusatsu No Mukou Gawa [Video] [DVD]
7. Yami No Hikari E [Video] [DVD]
8. Deep Blue [Video] [DVD]
9. [Bonus Material] [DVD]

Album Description

All new cd/dvd release from Japan's Premier horror-punks in limited edition hardcover digi-book! When supplies are exhausted, this special collectors edition hardcover pressing will be discontinued and a jewel-case release will fallow with some content omitted. Bonus dvd features over 2 hours of material. 80 min cd with 22 songs. 1 out of 10 of these gorgeous, hardcover book cd/dvd packages have been autographed by Balzac & randomly inserted into the pressing

Average customer rating: Stout Irish Music! their new album is even better excellent! Traditional Irish at its best I've listened to this CD ~20 times in the last four days

Sons of Liberty Amadan Manufacturer: Afan Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hell-Bent 4 Victory Saint Bushmill's Choir Tribute to Arthur Guinness Agony Shite 'n' Onions, Vol. 2: What the Shite ASIN: B00008PC07 Release Date: 2003-03-25

Tracks:

1. Amore de mes Amores/ The Gates of Aberdeen
2. The McBeal Mutiny
3. Johnny Jump Up/ The Swallowtail Jig
4. The Republic
5. Backwards Bound / Jeremy's Jam
6. Botany Bay
7. Tell Me Ma
8. Morrison's Jig/ Cadence to a Drunken Arms Deal
9. The Leaving of Liverpool
10. Will Ye Be Proud?
11. Back Home In Derry
12. Black and Tans

Customer Reviews:

Stout Irish Music!.......2004-07-21

I was introduced to Amadan by accident when they happened to be playing at the bar I chose for my 21st birthday bash. I fell in love with the music instantly and, several months later, I managed to purchase this CD. It spent a solid month in my CD player and somehow manages to get wedged in it every so often these days.

Like Celtic music? Like punk? Like rock? Heck, you don't even have to like any of these genres to love Amadan. They're one of those rare bands where it doesn't matter what your taste is, you can't help loving them. This CD is an excellent blend of traditional and original (that manages to sound traditional, but punkified) music that will always put a smile on your face.

Buy this CD andraise a pint to this fabulous band and their first CD!

their new album is even better.......2004-04-30

Their new album, Hell Bent 4 Victory, is even better and badder than this one. Their skill at playing and arranging has come a long way from SOL to HB4V. The same raw energy, andrelin, pub party wildness, only more focussed at a bit faster pace. For for working, working out, partying, marching to war, and sowing wild oats. I prefer these guys to Andrew W.K. by a long shot. The Pogues had a baby and it's called Amadan.

excellent!.......2004-03-23

The CD is excellent. Everyone I invite to listen to it falls in love with it. I have seen these guys live at Kells and they blow us away every time. If you like music, you must own this disc.

Traditional Irish at its best.......2004-03-01

Amadan is an incredible blend of traditional irish music, with a more modern, punk sound. Their first albumn, Sons of Liberty, is fantastic from beginning to end, each song better than the next. It comes with my highest recommendation.

I've listened to this CD ~20 times in the last four days.......2004-01-24

This is how Irish rock/punk music was meant to be made. We just had to wait a while for it to come out. This is the best CD ever. It doesn't even matter what you listen to to enjoy it. I used to be a fluent rap fan until I heard this and now I'm a fluent Amadan fan. This band is seriously good enough to make it to the next Woodstock or something like that. I have burned copy but I like it so much that I'm gonna buy the album. I highly recommend recommending this to other people too. My brothers girlfriend knows one of the members and that's how I found out, so I'm telling you. Buy this. Now. Now. Are you clicking buy...? If yes then gooood, if no, then do it. Seriously. Insanely awsome stout Irish music!!

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Classics Explained: Rite of Spring Stravinsky , Rahbari , and Brt Po Brussels Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Classics Explained: Pastoral Symphony An Introduction to Ravel's "Boléro" and "Ma mère l'oye" Classics Explained: Brandenburg Concertos 4 & 5 An Introduction to Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak ASIN: B00007FPFN Release Date: 2003-07-15

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Escape from Chaos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Electronica | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FILKBA Release Date: 2006-08-01

Average customer rating: Punk?

Complete Punk Collection: Cash From Chaos Various Artists Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music British Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music American Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Compilations | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005OA5M Release Date: 2001-11-12

Tracks:

1. Personality Crisis - New York Dolls
2. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
3. Medley - Punks On 45
4. Desperate Dan - The Macc Lads
5. Orgasm Addict - The Buzzcocks
6. Love Song - The Damned
7. God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
8. White Riot - The Clash
9. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) - The Stranglers
10. One Chord Wonders - The Adverts
11. Nasty Nasty - 999
12. Ready Steady Go - Generation X
13. Angels With Dirty Faces - Sham 69
14. Chinese Rocks - The Heartbreakers
15. Judy Say's - The Vibrators
16. Don't Take No For An Answer - TRB
17. Warhead - UK Subs
18. War Stories - Starjets
19. What A Waste - Ian Drury & The Blockheads
20. I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
21. Lookin' After Number One - Boomtown Rats
22. Love & A Molotov Cocktail - The Flys
23. Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie & The Hot Rods
24. Vengeance - New Model Army
25. Brickfield Nights - The Boys

Tracks:

1. Rich Kids - Rich Kids
2. Ant Music - Adam & The Ants
3. Love In A Void - Siouxie & The Banshees
4. My Way - Sid Vicious
5. At The Edge - Stiff Little Fingers
6. Jimmy Jimmy - The Undertones
7. Into The Valley - The Skids
8. Something That I Said - The Ruts
9. News At Ten - The Vapors
10. Right To Work - Chelsea
11. My Mother Gave Me A Gun For Xmas - Pork Dukes
12. Statue Of Liberty - XTC
13. Wardance - Killing Joke
14. Don't Touch Me There - The Tubes
15. 1-2-3 - The Professionals
16. The Greatest Cockney Rip Off - Cockney Rejects
17. Germ Free Adolescent - X-Ray Spex
18. Rip Her To Shreds - Blondie
19. Holidays In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
20. Fan Mail - The Dickies
21. Sound Of The Suburbs - The Members
22. Strange Town - The Jam
23. I Am The Fly - Wire
24. Public Image - Public Image LTD
25. Valentines Day - Jake Burns & The Big Wheel

Tracks:

1. Belsen Was A Gas - Vicious White Kids
2. Jilted John - Jilted John
3. Another Girl Another Planet - The Only Ones
4. Pet Semetary - The Ramones
5. Mongoloid - Devo
6. This Perfect Day - The Saints
7. Shot By Both Sides - Magazine
8. Beasley Street - John Cooper Clarke
9. Where's Captain Kirk? - Spizzenergi
10. So It Goes - Nick Lowe
11. Don't Dictate - Penetration
12. She's 19 - The Moondogs
13. Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
14. Little Girl - The Banned
15. GLC - Menace
16. Chelsea 1977 - The Maniacs
17. Airport - The Motors
18. Rockwrock - Ultravox
19. Who Killed Bambi? - Tenpole Tudor
20. Where Have All The Bootboys Gone? - Slaughter & The Dogs
21. Two Million Voices - Angelic Upstarts
22. Inside Out - The Stiffs
23. M-Style - Lords Of The New Church
24. Black Leather - The Runaways

Tracks:

1. Dead Cities - The Exploited
2. Streets Of London - Anti-Nowhere League
3. Puppets Of War - Chron Gen
4. Last Rockers - Vice Squad
5. Harry May - The Business
6. Decontrol - Discharge
7. Frederick Street - The Toy Dolls
8. Razors In The Night - Blit
9. England Belongs To Me - Cock Sparrer
10. Banned From The Pub - Peter & The Test Tube Babies
11. King Of The Jungle - The Last Resort
12. Yesterdays Heroes - 4 Skins
13. No Survivors - GBH
14. Typical Girls - The Slits
15. Police Story - The Partisans
16. Army Song - Abrasive Wheels
17. C30-C60-C90 Go - Bow Wow Wow
18. Ain't Been To No Music School - The Nosebleeds
19. Last Day - The Insane
20. Stab The Judge - One Way System
21. Fight To Work - Major Accident
22. In Britain - Red Alert
23. Bad Boy - The Addicts
24. New Barbarians - The Urban Dogs
25. I Lost My Love To A UK Sub - The Gonads
26. Bonus Track - Cash From Chaos - The Complete Punk Collection
27. Bonus Track - Cash From Chaos - The Complete Punk Collection

Album Details

4CD boxset. The genuine complete Punk collection. Containing 100 songs by 100 bands. Features the Sex Pistols, the Jam, the Ramones, the Damned and more. Also includes a 64-page hard bound book.

Customer Reviews:

Punk?.......2003-02-17

I must say i genuinley enjoyed this collection of classic nuggets of forgotten musical history. However I also must state for the record I think that coining this set as "punk" was a bit off. Some of this music just didnt fit under the title of punk. I mean this does have its moments, but at times it doesnt flow too well. The track listing seems sporadic and not thought out. They chose some weak material to represent some bands. For example i do not think "pet Sematary" was a good representation of most of the ramones work. To me this collection often falls more under new wave then under punk. I suggest passing on this collection unless you can get it for under 30 bucks.

Average customer rating: A decent Punk/Oi album great album Awesome Mix of British influenced Oi! and 80's American Punk Pure Punk Rock

Anthems from the Alleyway Total Chaos Manufacturer: SOS Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: In God We Kill Patriotic Shock Pledge of Defiance ASIN: B000001IS7 Release Date: 1996-06-04

Tracks:

1. Voice of the Streets
2. Back to Our Roots
3. Complete Control
4. Boot Party
5. Riot 77
6. Be What You Want
7. Riot City 2
8. Not Anymore
9. Born to Lose
10. Baby, I Hate You
11. Crowd Control
12. Johnny
13. Lost Boy
14. 12 Ounce Pounders

Customer Reviews:

A decent Punk/Oi album.......2001-07-06

Total Chaos definitely should have stuck to playing hardcore. Pledge of Defiance was one of the best CD's ever! This album has a few keepers(Boot Party, Riot City 2, Baby I Hate you, 12 Ounce Pounders)but lacks really thought out lyrics. Overall, an OK album.

great album.......1999-11-23

not like their other albums but this i think is their best! songs like voice of the streets/back to our roots/complete control/boot party/riot 77/baby,i hate you/crowd control/12 ounce pounders will get ya movin' with their sing along anthems! buy this album! you won't be dissapointed!

Awesome Mix of British influenced Oi! and 80's American Punk.......1999-02-19

Definitly an awesome CD. Don't be fooled by the cover! THey're not as HardCore as they may look, but this album shreds like a blender on liquefy!! Johnny's scratchy vocals are pleasing to the ears, Shawn smash has a grinding solo in about every song, and their chick drummer is nothing less than impressive. The only weak point is Joe Bastard's bass, he really sucks! "Johnny" sounds like a Ramones song (Kick @$$), "Voice of the streets" is a good song to listen to if you've just been dumped by a girl, "Boot Party" has loud yelling Oi!, And you heard the kick @$$ song "Riot City" on Punk -o- Rama 1, and on their debut album, pledge of defience, they do a new version of it that is pretty good. All my friends that have listened to it agree that it is one of the best records they've ever heard. Drop everything, go down to your local recordshop and demand this CD it is a must have!!! Oi!

Pure Punk Rock.......1998-10-01

this is straight ahead punk rock. total chaos is for the true punks, not the posers who like the mohawks and spikes on their belts. Great OI!, and traditional punk songs make this a good album. I would give it 5 stars, but the songs tend to sound a little repetive after a while. If you like the SEx PiStOLs, Swindle, or old Rancid, you'll definately like total chAos!

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The Life and Works of Joseph Haydn Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Carl Philipp Emman. Bach | Bach, Carl Philipp Emman. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Life and Works of Franz Schubert Life & Works Life & Works of Bach The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Brahms: Life & Works ASIN: B0000BXBXT Release Date: 2003-10-21

Average customer rating: A work of awesome proportions and intimate emotion One of the most extraordinary works ever written Music to Amaze Your Ears

Langgaard: Music Of The Spheres/Four Tone Pictures Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rued Langaard: Antikrist [Hybrid SACD] Per Nørgård: Symphony No. 3; Concerto in due tempi Symphony 6: At the End of the Day / Terrains Vague Orchestral Works Per Nørgard: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 ASIN: B000000B0N Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

1. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Like Sunbeams On A Coffin Decorated With Sweet Smelling Flowers -
2. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Like The Twinklying Of Stars In The Blue Sky At Sunset -
3. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Like Light And The Depths
4. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Like The Refraction Of Sunbeams In The Waves
5. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Like The Twinkling Of A Pearl Of Dew In The Sun On A Beautiful Summer's Morning
6. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Longing - Despair - Ecstasy
7. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Soul Of The World - Abyss - All Soul's Day
8. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): I Wish...!
9. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Chaos - Ruin - Far And Near -
10. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Flowers Wither
11. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Glimpse Of The Sun Through Tears -
12. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): Bells Pealing: Look Here He Comes!
13. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): The Gospel Of Flowers - From The Far Distance -
14. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): The New Day -
15. Sfaerernes Musik (Music Of The Spheres): The End: Antichrist - Christ
16. Tonebilleder (Four Tone Pictures): I. Like Words For A Summer's Day Saga
17. Tonebilleder (Four Tone Pictures): II. A Scent Of Mull And Mud
18. Tonebilleder (Four Tone Pictures): III. A Golden Flake Hovers Above
19. Tonebilleder (Four Tone Pictures): IV. The Flowering Summer Was Linked To The Harvest

Amazon.com

Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) was the odd duck of Danish music. He remained doggedly Romantic at a time when Romanticism was out, and he had his own funny little experiments with music that noboby particularly liked. We owe a debt to Chandos and Danacord for keeping Langgaard's music current. Music of the Spheres (1916-18) predates Gyorgy Ligeti by 50 years with its bright, pointillistic assertions and groups of ideas that evolve to their own inner logic. As demonstrated in Tonebilleder (Four Tone Pictures), Langgaard's music has an openness that allows his tone clusters to expand, contract, or simply repeat (as Ligeti would do much later). Discover Langgaard. --Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

A work of awesome proportions and intimate emotion.......2006-12-11

This Chandos disc containing two pieces by Danish composer Rued Langgaard is one of the most pleasant surprises this fan of modern-classical music has come across. Langgaard (1893-1952) was an outsider and eccentric in Danish music life, a virtuoso organist who succeeded only in his late forties at getting a position, and a composer of wild tales of the Antichrist coming into the world who found it almost impossible to get his music played. In the late 1960s, his music was rediscovered by scholars and his importance in Danish musical history is now certain, but he is still little-known in the modern-classical scene. We should be grateful to the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir and Gennady Rozhdestvensky for their performance and to Chandos for releasing the recording.

"Music of the Spheres" for soprano, chorus, orchestra, and distant orchestra (1916-1918) is stunning. The innovations here are considerable: exploiting the performance space in the use of two orchestras, writing for an "open" piano where glissandi are produced directly on the strings, and of course the clusters and polyphonic webs, massive and seemingly motionless blocks of sound reminiscent of Gyorgy Ligeti. Indeed, the Hungarian composer exclaimed that he was a Langaard imitator when Per Norgard showed him a copy of the score in 1968. But the purity of the string writing reminds me of Alexander Knaifel, and the massive proportions of the orchestral writing at its loudest is somewhat like Sandstroem's "The High Mass".

But, as is often said, it wouldn't matter how much Langgaard were ahead of his time in "Music of the Spheres" if the music wasn't great. And it is, one of the most moving half-hours of orchestral music I'm acquainted with. Langgaard was a Romantic in a time when Romanticism was out of fashion, and the proportions of what the listener may recognize as struggle, momentary defeat, and victory are just as powerful as in Mahler.

"Music of the Spheres" is an exceptional piece in Langgaard's total output. The "Four Tone Pictures" for soprano and orchestra are somewhat more typical of his art. Written on poems by J. Blicher-Clausen, Ivan Turgeniev, and Holger Drachmann, they are fairly tame lieder. These suggest that the modern-classical fan can pass on most of Langgaard's music, but "Music of the Spheres" is so good that at least this disc should be in your collection.

One of the most extraordinary works ever written.......2003-11-21

Music of the Spheres, by the eccentric Danish composer Rued Langgaard, really is the work that has everything. Written between 1916 and 1918, it uses a multitude of techniques that would not be rediscovered until after the wars. Multifarious tone clusters, floating micropolyphony, a piano played directly on the strings, an entire offstage orchestra, blurred choral singing, prefigurations of minimalism: you name it, this work has it. Yet it also has Scriabinesque ecstasy, Straussian opulence and a wacked-out religious subtext in which Christ and Antichrist clash in the violent climax to the whole work.

None of this would matter, though, if the music weren't any good. But it is good--probably the best thing Langgaard ever wrote (so far I've heard about 30 of his works, and none of them matches this one). The various short episodes flow one into another with perfect clarity and logic, the orchestration is superlative, and the dramatic writing at the climax is sonically overwhelming. Fortunately, Chandos match this work with a tremendous performance by the Danish National Radio Symphony and Choir, conducted by that indefatigable servant of underperformed music, Gennady Rozhdestvensky. This recording should be considered the best currently available, and it outstrips the rivals with ease.

Any other work isn't likely to fare so well in comparison to this, but the Four Tone Pictures are by no means eclipsed. Opulent songs in a Straussian harmonic language--though lacking the German composer's gift for melody--they are the perfect way to come down from the musical high of Music of the Spheres.

Music to Amaze Your Ears.......2003-07-23

Rued Langgaard was the man that time forgot. Completely neglected in his native Denmark because he did not fall within the prevailing neo-classic aesthetic set by Nielsen, Langgaard was rediscovered in the 60s when Per Norgard gave a score of Music of the Spheres to Gyorg Ligeti at a competition and after a minute Ligeti announced, "it seems as though I am a Langgaard imitator." Though Langgaard was essentially a conservative late romantic composer, he was capable of some real moments of innovation. He not only presaged Ligeti's color style, but also elements of minimalism, most especially in his string quartets.

Music of the Spheres is Langgaard at his most original. This work is a stunning series of small tone pictures. From the very beginning of the work, with the shimmering cluster of string harmonies over ominous timpani, through out the work, experiment reigns. Langgaard is always tonal, but in this work shows a fascination with orchestral sound and tonal clusters that was probably about 50 years ahead of the times. And yet, in the middle of the work there are sections that could come directly from Schonberg's early Gurrelieder or even the symphonies of Gade. It is a truly astonishing aural sound feast and should be a staple of the repertoire.

The accompanying Tone Pictures, four tone poems on nature themes, are also quite beautiful, though much more conventional as music. Here is Langgaard the Romantic and he is quite a good Romantic actually. The orchestrations are lush, the harmony sensuous and there is just enough oddness to mark the work as Langgaard's and no one else's.

This Chandos disc is exemplary in sound and the performance by Rozhdestvensky is definitive I think. Even if you are afraid of unusual or experimental work, this is a disc that you can take to your heart. It is stunning and beautiful and has my highest recommendation.

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12. I'll Be Here Awhile
13. We Do It Like This (Bonus Track)

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311 Has always and will always ROCK!.......2001-11-03

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