Overture to Orpheus

On this CD:

1. Impromptus (2) for harpsichord, H. 381
Composed by Bohuslav Martinu
Performed by Elaine Funaro

2. Sonata No. 2 for harpsichord
Composed by Edwin McLean
Performed by Elaine Funaro

3. Overture to Orpheus, for harpsichord
Composed by Louis Andriessen
Performed by Elaine Funaro

4. Suite for harpsichord
Composed by Alexander Nico Voormolen
Performed by Elaine Funaro

5. Sunbow, for harpsichord
Composed by Albert Glinsky
Performed by Elaine Funaro

6. Sonatas (6) for cembalo
Composed by Lou Harrison
Performed by Elaine Funaro

7. Homage á Wanda, for harpsichord
Composed by Daniel Pinkham
Performed by Elaine Funaro

8. Tango for Tim, for harpsichord
Composed by Michael Nyman
Performed by Elaine Funaro

Tracks:

Gaite Parisienne: Overture
Gaite Parisienne: Allegro brilliante
Gaite Parisienne: Polka
Gaite Parisienne: Landler. Allegro
Gaite Parisienne: Mazurka. Allegro
Gaite Parisienne: Valse
Gaite Parisienne: (Allegro)
Gaite Parisienne: Polka
Gaite Parisienne: Valse lente
Gaite Parisienne: Tempo di marcia
Gaite Parisienne: Valse
Gaite Parisienne: Allegro vivo - Valse
Gaite Parisienne: Allegro Vivace. Misterioso
Gaite Parisienne: Valse
Gaite Parisienne: Allegro Vivo
Gaite Parisienne: Cancan
Gaite Parisienne: Quadrille
Gaite Parisienne: Cancan
Gaite Parisienne: Allegro moderato
Gaite Parisienne: Allegro - Vivo
Gaite Parisienne: Vivo
Gaite Parisienne: Barcarolle
Voyage To The Moon: Allegro maestoso
Voyage To The Moon: Allegro vivo
Voyage To The Moon: Introduction et les hirondelles bleues
Voyage To The Moon: Le bonhomme de neige - Les flocons animes
Voyage To The Moon: Polka
Voyage To The Moon: Mazurka
Voyage To The Moon: Variations
Voyage To The Moon: Galop final
Orpheus In The Underworld: Overture
Orpheus In The Underworld: Introduction et entree des bergers
Orpheus In The Underworld: Petite marche
Orpheus In The Underworld: Valse
Orpheus In The Underworld: Les faunes
Orpheus In The Underworld: Final

Customer Reviews:

Delightful!.......2002-03-22

This CD is just that - delightful. After hearing some of these selections on Public Radio, I searched out and purchased this CD. It is a wonderful musical delight at work or at home.

Fantastic work of musical art at its finest!.......1999-01-10

I first heard this as a teen, being introduced to classical music. I was hooked! The rhythm and pace keep you glued to the edge of your seat- an absolute must for an afficianado!

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FABULOUS!
Eduardo Carlos Leon
Unique and pleasant.
Emotional, Powerful, Fizzy
Infernal Violins

Infernal Violins

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Diamond Music

ASIN: B00015EDL6
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

Danse Macabre
Allegro Con Fuoco - Lento - Allegro Vivace - Andante
Allegro
I. Larghetto Affettuoso
II. Allegro Energico / III. Grave - Allegro Assai
Les Beautes Du Diable
Pantomima
Danza Ritual Del Fuego
Mephisto Waltz No.1
Le Diable Matou
Caprice No.24
Le Reel Du Diable
Andante Sostenuto
Allegro Con Molto
Paint It Black / Sympathy For The Devil
Once Upon A Time... The Devil

Amazon.com

Angèle Dubeau is a remarkable violinist, and here, she and her all-woman, 12-strong (including herself) group, La Pieta, tackle some of the showiest---and most interesting---virtuoso pieces composed or transposed for solo violin and strings, in various combinations, and occasionally featuring a piano. The violin tone at the start of Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre has a warmth which stays with us throughout the disc, despite the fact that so many of the pieces are razzle-dazzle. Hearing the delicious can-can from the overture to Orpheus in the Underworld so thrillingly played, with as much emphasis on the piano as the violin, is a treat, and the "Fire dance" from El amor brujo positively throbs. There's great skill---even daring---in the Tartini "Devil's Trill" sonata and a Boccherini Sonata, but the string tone never turns strident. And as a complete surprise, Dubeau and her group offer an arrangement of The Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black" which teases and riffs before getting into the melody, then plays it in the lower reaches of the instrument, and is then joined by the piano, allowing it to reach upwards and jazzily improvise---and then she throws in a moment or two of "Sympathy for the Devil" (!) before it concludes with the original melody. There are other joys on this CD as well---this is not your everyday violin bon-bon recital. It's all highly recommended. --Robert Levine

Album Description

This mischievious recital celebrates works inspired by the Devil: from Tartini's Devil's Trill, written after the composer dreamt that he had sold his soul to the Devil, to the infernal whirlwinds of Saint-Saën's Danse Macabre and Dompierre's Les Beautés du diable, composed specifically for La Pietà. It also pays homage to Paganini, the famed violinist who once confided to a friend that the Devil led him by the hand. This program shows an impish sense of humor as well... it features a unique arrangement of The Rolling Stones' Paint it Black and Sympathy for the Devil! • Angèle Dubeau is one of Canada's most prominent recording artists. belonging to the exclusive group of Canadian classical soloists who can boast of having attained "gold" sales status. She is also the founder and director La Pietá. • This CD is packaged with a bonus DVD featuring video clips and live concert excerpts.

Customer Reviews:

FABULOUS!.......2007-02-15

I ADORE this CD. I first heard it on the local classical music station and my ears picked right up. "What IS that?" It was so alive, so vibrant. The station only plays it about once a year, but each time it catches my attention. "Ah, that's Angele Dubeau." The selections are a mix of new and old. Two of the new pieces are by Francois Dompierre; his "Le Diable matou" is one of my favorites. I play this CD over and over and over...

I disagree with the reviewer who said you must love violin music to enjoy this. I do enjoy the violin, but I think the CD's power and reach go far beyond violin lovers.

The CD also includes a DVD of concert excerpts.

Give this CD a try. I'm so glad I did.

Eduardo Carlos Leon.......2007-02-01

The sound is tight and fresh.But take heed--only a person who love`s violin works would enjoy this c-d.And i would be one of those persons.ESP.Hot Women with violins!!!

Unique and pleasant........2006-12-23

It is refreshing to hear something new. The tracks are old favorites but the sound is new. Different. And in a good way.
Not the same old interpretations sped up or slowed down. But a genuine new groove down a familiar road.
She is a great violinist and has a knack for interplay with the rest of the band. It's not a flashy highly technical performance like you may expect from Perlman or Mutter. But not on the emotional ragged edge like Sonnenberg. But something in between with a new twist.

Emotional, Powerful, Fizzy.......2005-05-19

Long a stodgy devotee of baroque music, with the first few notes of this strong stuff I became an addict. Over and over again I play this CD, never quite anticipating the power and emotional bang of the music as it plays - even though I know the notes by now. If you ever studied Walter Piston's "harmony" the structures and transitions are back-of-the-book stuff, but the push is all elemental, basic, built-in, the familiar 1-4-5 with musical sequins, trampolines, backflips, and gelginite. Wow. And then some.

I'm so besotted, I had a couple of 13-year old boys (my son and a friend) listen to it in the car one day. They were bug-eyed after a couple of cuts, and not with horror. Now they ask for it, and yell with glee when the musical tension breaks over their heads in crashing chords.

Can I add a few more stars?

Infernal Violins.......2004-04-12

This music is fantastic. Because the violin she uses is a Stradovarius, the music pours like liquid velvet out of it. The choices of compositions are fantastic also. I think her interpretation of them along with the violin and her back-up group are what make this album so outstanding.

Offenbach: La Belle Hélène; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)

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Champagne Music!

Offenbach: La Belle Hélène; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)

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ASIN: B00009KHY3
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

Overture
The Happy Bride Never Stumbles
You've Gone Too Far!
May I Make Myself Known?
My Death Appears Divinely Smiling
When Diana Leaves The Mountains
To Arms!
When Jupy Feels The Inclination
Here Comes Orpheus
When I Was King Of The Boeotians
I Thought That I Felt On My Shoulder
What Heavenly Joy Is Mine
Minuet And Galop
Overture
How Sad We've Made The Marchioness
Well Isn't That Just Life All Over?
I'm The Guide For Every Tourist
I Am A Native Of Brazil
In This Enchanting Queen Of Cities
I Am A Dab At Carving Pork
We Have Seen Sights Since Eleven... I'm A Colonel's Widow
Dinner Is Served

Tracks:

Oh, Little Cloud
When She Goes Out... Her Petticoats Go Frou, Frou, Frou
Does He Know He's Splitting Down The Back
Nobody Would Call Me A Rover
I'll Have So Much To Say
It's Most Important You Should Show
Here You See The Place
My Friends, I'm Most Delighted To See You
In Songs And Shouts... Paris Blooms Like A Flower
Introduction
To Bow To Jupiter We Gather At The Shrine
We've Had A Night Out
On Mount Ida Three Great Ladies (The Judgement Of Paris)
March And Entry Of The Kings
Entr'acte
We All Begin By Truly Trying
It Is Her That Has Sent This Sweet Love Dream
Come Here, You Kings Of Greece
When All Of Greece Has Been Ravaged
Do You See?

Customer Reviews:

Champagne Music!.......2006-07-09

Thank goodness that these well filled CDs of selections from three of Offenbach's most entertaining and tuneful operettas are available. Exactly the thing to provide some hearty nourishment for Winter nights. Ideal also for a Summer barbecue. In both cases, a glass of champagne, or at least some other bubbly beverage, would be good to have at hand - everything here no doubt will call for a toast or several.

It is so nice to be able to hear in these translations the witty words, sung with welcome clarity and meaning by these admirable artists. As I recall, there were no microphones in sight, and perhaps not even used, when this production of Orpheus In The Underworld was brought to Australia, with a few cast changes but the same sparkle as shown here. Crisp diction and lively, often lovely, singing - a great recipe for enjoyable listening indeed.

The recording sounds a bit shrill here and there, but what a churlish quibble; to Hades with such curmudgeonly qualifications! This is music to raise the spirits, and not just those from Hades.

Rossini: Overtures; Introduction, Theme and Variations

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Well played technically ,but...
One of the Greatest Living Orchestras in the World
Outstanding CD
A must buy!

Rossini: Overtures; Introduction, Theme and Variations

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ASIN: B000001GO8
Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

Tancredi
L'italiana in Algeri
L'inganno felice
La scala di seta
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Il Signor Bruschino
La cambiale di matrimonio
Il turco in Italia
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major: Andante (sostenuto
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major: Tema (Allegretto)
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major: Var - I Piu mosso
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major: Var - II
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major: Var - III
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major: Var - IV: Largo minore - Piu mosso - A tempo
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major: Var - V: Maggiore

Customer Reviews:

Well played technically ,but..........2004-03-30

I have two major issues with this cd:

1) why was the William Tell overture omitted? Anyone who has heard it in its 12 minute entirety cannot help but be impressed. It's one of the best, if not the best, overture Rossini wrote. Listen to Gardelli or Chailly conduct this overture in their respective versions of the entire opera.

2) I enjoy Orpheus and admire their technique, but at times they can sound a bit too mechanical. In this issue, I found that they were unable to convey some of Rossini's playfulness,warmth and humor.

So with all due respect, I cannot share the enthusiasm of others regarding this disc.

One of the Greatest Living Orchestras in the World.......2000-11-09

Open your mind and strap on your classical thrill belt!

This orchestra is one of the greatest groups in the modern clasical circuit. One amazing factor in their success is that they have NO CONDUCTOR! Their perfomances are innovative, well articulated, and very energetic. The phrasing is outstanding. This group plays very precisely and uniformly. The balance is incredible! I cannot say enough about this orchestra--see for yourself. You will not be disappointed! Buy this CD- it's the best recording of Rossini I think I'll ever be graced to hear on modern instruments. Orpheus is God's fresh gift to the humdrum of stale ensembles. What a great price, too!

Outstanding CD.......2000-05-11

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra plays these pieces better than they have ever been played. The performance is astoundingly clean. The recording is exemplary. The price is almost criminally low. Why Deutsche Grammophon took this out of print in the first place is a mystery. The fact that they've reissued it at midprice is a GIFT to the civilized world. The same could be said of their reissue of Emerson doing the Dvorak 12th quartet, Tchaikovsky 1st, and Borodin 2d quartets. The BEST part of this CD is that the performances are using ORIGINAL orchestrations--orchestrations that have inexplicably fallen out of practice in concert performances of the overtures--that let Rossini's humor in the pieces shine through (e.g. piccolo rather than flute in Italiana in Algeri). Even if you have a recording of Rossini overtures, this one uses the original orchestrations, includes some rarer overtures, and has the clarinet bonus track, and I guarantee the performances are better than any ever recorded. In sum, buy this CD now and be glad for the rest of your life that you did.

A must buy!.......1999-12-02

You would like this CD before you have even bought it. The clarinet player is just great. It is a great orchestration and the sound quality is great. I have nothing bad to say about the CD. Don't take my word for it just buy it. Are you trippin'! Buy this CD jigga'!

Orpheus with His Lute - Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne /(English Orpheus, Vol 50) /Bott * Brown * The Parley of Instruments * Holman

Average customer rating:

Deserves Applause!

Orpheus with His Lute - Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne /(English Orpheus, Vol 50) /Bott * Brown * The Parley of Instruments * Holman

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001O2H6U
Release Date: 2004-05-11

Customer Reviews:

Deserves Applause!.......2005-07-19

Hyperion 67450 (2003) Spars: DDD

Peter Holman directs the Parley of Instruments featuring Rachel Brown on flute and soprano Catherine Bott in a recording of music composed for performances of Shakespeare's plays by a variety of English composers.

"The Parley of Instruments, Rachel Brown, director Peter Holman and the Hyperion recording team all deserve applause." (Gramophone)

The works on this recording:

1. Overture to Titus Andronicus: Overture
Composed by Jeremiah Clarke (c1674-1707)

2. Overture to Titus Andronicus: Minuet
Composed by Jeremiah Clarke

3. Take, O take those lips away
John Weldon (1676-1736)

4. Can life be a blessing?
John Eccles (c1668-1735)

5. Pardon, goddess of the night
Thomas Chilcot (c1707-1766)

6. Orpheus with his lute
Maurice Greene (1696-1755)

7. Orpheus with his lute
Thomas Chilcot

8. Hark, hark, the lark
Thomas Chilcot

9. To fair Fidele's grassy tomb
Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

10. 10. Concerto No 9 in E minor
Robert Woodcock (1690-1728)

11. When daisies pied and violets blue
Richard Leveridge (1670-1758)

12. When daisies pied and violets blue
Thomas Arne

13. When icicles hang on the wall
Thomas Arne

14. You spotted snakes
John Christopher Smith (1712-1795)

15. Full fathom five
John Christopher Smith

16. All fancy sick
Willem De Fesch (1687-1761)

17. Dry those eyes which are o'erflowing
John Weldon

18. Dear pretty youth
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

19. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing
Thomas Arne

20. Where the bee sucks, there lurk I
Thomas Arne

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Music that stirs the soul

Infernal Violins

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ASIN: B000053SLM
Release Date: 2007-04-05

Tracks:

Danse Macabre/Ouverture-Orphee aux Enfers (Overture to Orpheus in ...)
Ouverture-Orphee aux Enfers (Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld)
Ouverture-Orphee aux Enfers (Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld)
Trille du Diable (The Devil's Thrill) /I. Larghetto Affettuoso
Trille du Diable (The Devil's Thrill) /II. Allegro Energico/III. ...
Beautes du Diable /El Amor Brujo [The Devil's Beauties/El Amor Brujo]
Pantomima
Danza Ritual del Fuego
Valse Mephisto No. 1 (Mephisto Waltz No. 1)
Diable Matou
Caprice No. 24
Reel du Diable
Sinfonia Op. 12, No. 4 (Nella Casa del Diavolo) /Andante Sostenuto
Allegro con Molto
Sympathy for a Devil/Painted in Black
Il Etait une Fois... Le Diable (Once upon a Time.. The Devil)

Album Description

This mischievious recital celebrates works inspired by the Devil: from Tartini's Devil's Trill, written after the composer dreamt that he had sold his soul to the Devil, to the infernal whirlwinds of Saint-Saën's Danse Macabre and Dompierre's Les Beautés du diable, composed specifically for La Pietà. It also pays homage to Paganini, the famed violinist who once confided to a friend that the Devil led him by the hand. This program shows an impish sense of humor as well... it features a unique arrangement of The Rolling Stones' Paint it Black and Sympathy for the Devil! Angèle Dubeau is one of Canada's most prominent recording artists. belonging to the exclusive group of Canadian classical soloists who can boast of having attained "gold" sales status. She is also the founder and director La Pietá. This CD is packaged with a bonus DVD featuring video clips and live concert excerpts.

Customer Reviews:

Music that stirs the soul.......2004-03-04

Passionate, stirring renditions of dark beauties that make your heart pound in it's macabre dance. Spirited, yet filled with complexities to entice your inner nymph. A must have.

Average customer rating:

Technical Debacle

Vive La France!

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Overture (La Vie Parisienne)
Allegro Brilliante (Mesdames De La Halle)
Polka (La Voyage Dans La Lune)
Galop (La Vie Parisienne)
Waltz (Orphee Aux Enfers)
March (Tromb-Al-Cazar)
Waltz (La Perichole)
Intruduction To The Can-Can (Orig. Rosenthal) & Can-Can No. 1 (Robinson Crusoe)
Can-Can No. 3 (La Vie Parisienne)
Can-Can No. 4 (Orphee Aux Enfers)
Barcarolle (Les Contes D'Hoffmann) With Reprise Of Galop
Orpheus In The Underworld
Vert-Vert (Kakadu)
La Grande Duchesse De Gerolstein

Tracks:

Concerto Rondo In G Major For Cello And Orchestra
Overture To A Grand Orchestra
Souvenir D' Aix-les-Bains Valse
Schuler Polka
American Eagle Waltz
La Belle Helene
I'lle De Tulipatan

Customer Reviews:

Technical Debacle.......2004-12-19

The sound quality on the cd I received from an Amazon merchant was extremely poor, kind of a tinny, fuzzy mess, and I am deeply disappointed in this purchase. The musicianship was mediocre. I wasted my money.

Complete Beethoven Edition, Vol. 3: Orchestral Works

Average customer rating:

Packed with good - but not great - performances

Complete Beethoven Edition, Vol. 3: Orchestral Works
Ludwig van Beethoven , Arleen Auger , Franz Crass , Nicolai Gedda , BBC Singers , Gerald Finley , Claudio Abbado , and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B000001GZ6
Release Date: 1997-10-14

Tracks:

The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Overtura. Adagio - Allegro molto e con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music For The Stage: La Tempesta. Allegro non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Poco Adagio - Allegro con brio - Poco Adagio - Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Adagio - Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Allegro vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Maestoso - Andante - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Adagio - Andante quasi Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Un poco Adagio - Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Grave - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Adagio - Adagio - Allegro molto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Pastorle. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Coro di Gioja. Andante - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Solo di Gioja. Maestoso - Adagio - Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Terzettino - Grotteschi. Allegro - Comodo - Coda - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Solo della Signora Cassentini. Andante - Adagio - Allegro - Allegretto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Coro (e) Solo di Vigano. Andantino - Adagio - Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Finale. Allegretto - Allegro molto - Presto - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Tracks:

Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: March - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: German Song - Allegro Moderato - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: Hunting Song - Allegretto - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: Deutscher Gesang (da capo) - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: Romance - Andantino - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: Deutscher Gesang - (da capo) - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: War Song - Allegro assai con brio - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: Deutscher Gesang - (da capo) - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: Drinking Song - Allegro con brio - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: Deutscher Gesang - (da capo) - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: German Dance - Valse - L.V. Beethoven
Music To A 'Ritterballett' WoO 1: Coda - Allegro vivace - L.V. Beethoven
Gratulations Menuett In E Flat Major For Orchestra, WoO 3: Tempo di Menuetto quasi Allegretto - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.1 in D Major - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.2 In B Flat Major - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.3 In G Major - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No. 4 In E Flat Major - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.5 In C Major - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.6 In A Major - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.7 In D - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.8 In B - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.9 In G - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.10 In E - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.11 In C - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Minuets For Orchestra WoO 7: No.12 In F Major - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.1 In C - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.2 In A - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.3 In F - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.4 In B - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.5 In E - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.6 In G - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.7 In C - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.8 In A - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.9 In F - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.10 In D - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.11 In G - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve German Dances WoO 8: No.12 In C - Coda - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.1 In C - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.2 In A - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.3 In D - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.4 In B - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.5 In Eb - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.6 In C - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.7 In E - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.8 In C - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.9 In A - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.10 In C - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.11 In G - L.V. Beethoven
Twelve Contredances For Orchestra WoO 14: No.12 In E - L.V. Beethoven

Tracks:

Overture To 'Coriolan', H. J. von Collin's Tragedy: Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Grand Overture In C Major 'Name Day': Maestoso - Allegro assai - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': OuvertSostenuto, ma non troppo - Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': Lied: Die Trommel greuhret! (Clarchen) Vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': Zwischnaktmusik I (Entr'acte Music - Interm) - Andante - Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': Zwischenaktmusik II - Larghetto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': Lied: Freudvoll und leidvoll (Clarchen) - Andante con moto - Allegro assai vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': Zwischenaktmusik III - Allegro - Marcia. Vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': Zwischenaktmusik IV - Poco sostenuto e risoluto - Larghetto - Andante agitato - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': Musik, Clarchens Tod bezeichnend (Clarchen's Death) - Larghetto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': Melodrama - Susser schlaf! Du kommst wie ein reines Gluck (Egmont) - Poco sostenuto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To J.W. von Goethe's Tragedy 'Egmont': Victory Symphony - Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Wellington's Victory, Or The Battle Of Vitoria 'Battle Symphony' - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Tracks:

The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: OuvetAndante con moto - Allegro ma non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: No. 1. Chor: Tochter des mtigen Zeus! - Andante poco sostenuto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: No. 2. Duett: A Greek, A Greek girl - Andante con moto - Poco piu mosso - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: No. 3 Chorus Of Dervishes - Allegro, ma non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: No. 4. Turkish March - Vivace No. 5 Music Behind The Scenes - Allegro assai non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: No. 6. Marsch und Chor: Schmie Alt! - Assai moderato - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: Rezitativ: Mit reger Freude, die nie erkaltet - Poco Adagio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: No. 7. Chor: Wir tragen empfliche Herzen im Busen - Allegretto, ma non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: Aria mit Chor: Will unser Genius noch einen... - Adagio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113: No. 8. Chor: Heil unserm K! Heil! - Allegro con fuoco - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music For Carl Meisl's Occassional Play 'The Consecration Of The House': Overture Op. 124 - Maestoso e sostenuto - Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music For Carl Meisl's Occassional Play 'The Consecration Of The House': No. 5 Chor mit Sopran - Solo WoO 98 - Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music For Carl Meisl's Occassional Play 'The Consecration Of The House': No. 6. Marsch und Chor - Schmie Alt! - Op. 114 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music For Carl Meisl's Occassional Play 'The Consecration Of The House': No. 7. Music Behind The Scenes (Melodrama) - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Friedrich Duncker's Play 'Eleonore Prohaska': No. 1 Chorus Of Warriors - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Friedrich Duncker's Play 'Eleonore Prohaska': No. 2. Romanze: Es blne Blume im Garten mein (Sopran) - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Friedrich Duncker's Play 'Eleonore Prohaska': No. 3 Melodram: Du, dem sie gewunden (Rezitation) - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Friedrich Duncker's Play 'Eleonore Prohaska': No. 4 Funeral March - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Tracks:

Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': OuvertAndante con moto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': No. 1 Chor: Ruhend von seinen Taten - Andante maestoso e con moto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': No. 2 Chor: Auf denkeim Irrweg in finstern Hainen - Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': No. 3 Victory March - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': No. 4 Chor: Wo die Unschuld Blumen streute - Andante con moto all'Ongarese - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': No. 5 Melodram: Du hast dien Vaterland, dein Furstenhaus verlassen - Vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': No. 6 Chor: Eine neue strahlende Sonne - Vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': No. 7 Melodram: Ihr edlen Ungarn! Hort meine Stimme! - Maestoso con moto - Andante maestoso - Maestoso con moto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': No. 8 Geistlicher Marsch, Chor und Melodram - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music To Sugust von Kotzebue's Festival Play 'King Stephen Or Hungary's First Benefactor': No. 9 Final Chorus - Presto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Two Arias For Ignaz Umlauf's Singspiel 'The Beautiful Shoemaker's Wife, Or The Puce-Coloured Shoes': O welch ein Leben - Allegretto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Two Arias For Ignaz Umlauf's Singspiel 'The Beautiful Shoemaker's Wife, Or The Puce-Coloured Shoes': Soll ein Schuh nicht drucken -Andante con moto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Introduction to Act 2 (Probably From Christoph Kuffner's Tragedy 'Tarpeja') - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Triumphal March WoO 2a - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Germania WoO 94, Final Number From Friedrich Treitscke's Singspiel 'The Good News' - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Es ist vollbracht WoO 97 - Final Number From Friedrich Treitschke's Singspiel 'The Triumphal Arches; - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Scene 1 From 'Vesta's Fire' To A Libretto By Emmanuel Schikander - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Customer Reviews:

Packed with good - but not great - performances.......2002-02-22

This, the third volume of Deutsche Grammophon's Complete Beethoven Edition, features all the orchestral works and stage music he wrote outside of symphony and opera. Much of the music featured in this set is not great Beethoven; there are very early, developmental or unambitious works (for example, all the minuets and contredanses, which date from the 1790s, when he was in his twenties), and there are many pieces which are just not the beneficiary of Beethoven's best writing (he seems to be on automatic pilot for some of the incidental music, including "The Ruins of Athens" and "King Stephen"). Still, there are many gems in this set - more than enough to justify buying it. The "Ritterballet," a very early work, is absolutely delightful, and is given a delightful performance by - surprise, surprise - the ubiquitous Karajan. The incidental music to "Egmont," of which only the Overture is well known, is real, inspired Beethoven, and is given a fine performance by Abbado and Studer. Even the contredanses and minuets have their good moments. One of them in particular (Contredanse No. 7) cries out for you to listen to it, because that's the one Beethoven used as the basis of not only parts of the ballet "Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus," and the "Eroica" Variations for piano, but also the finale of the "Eroica" Symphony! All of the contredanses and minuets are given sensitively and charmingly by Marriner and the ASMF.

There is more great music in this set - for example, the overtures ("Coriolan" and "Egmont" especially, but also "Die Ruinen von Athens," "Zur Namensfeier," "König Stephan," "Die Weihe des Hauses"), some of which are just as magnificent as his symphonies. I'm thinking in particular of "Coriolan," Op. 62, which is one of the most intense, tragic, furious pieces he ever wrote (it's in his "rage" key, C minor). Unfortunately, many of these overtures are entrusted to Claudio Abbado, and I can't say he does a very good job with them. "Coriolan" in particular suffers from a lack of intensity, which is unbelievable considering the intensity of the work. The congested recording (early digital) does not help. (If you want to hear a tremendous recording of the "Coriolan," look to Volume 20 of the CBE and Furtwängler!) The other works are well-performed, including Karajan's distinguished account of Beethoven's potboiler "Wellingtons Sieg."

Overall, it is disappointing to find that the best performances have been given to the automatic pilot works, while the towering masterpieces which cry out for great performances have been given mediocre performances. However, given the superlative quality of the booklet (multiple essays by distinguished musicologists, color paintings reproduced, artist biographies, etc.), the worthy quality of most of the performances and, perhaps most importantly, the scarcity of other performances of this music, there are many reasons why this is worth buying.

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Customer Reviews:

not so laid back minimalism from fine,cool Cal Ear Unit.......2000-05-14

Louis Andriessen is a facinating minimalist, although he probably wouldn't like that label. He really isn't a minimalist more a colourist. You will not find linear-like rhythmic propulsion ad nauseum as you might find in Phil Glass,Steve Reich and John Adams, the three High Buddhas of the language.Instead Andriessen is nourished by Jazz,and the timbral language of the post-Webern avant-garde, where the others Glass and Reich were enamored over the mysteries and modes of the East studying with mentor virtuosi there. Andriessen studied with Luciano Berio keeping this horizon well in the forefront of his creativity and cultural values of European post-war expression. You can call him an activist composer in many respects, he got swept into the Anti-War Times,even collectivizing his compositions,collaborating with other Dutch composers on a single work, Reconstructie,an opera, (1968-1969).Also however he founded practical musical groups with a collective-democratic-like base. Many of his fellow musicians thought all this was condescending at times, the more academic strains on the Dutch scene, and they were right to a degree.But he progressed however well beyond the self-indulgent politics of the Sixties,transcending these social-politico experiments in music. His De Staat,an oratorio-like work,based on Plato revelaed great sophistication in dealing with text and the voice,something he learned from Berio. This proved successful and was a widely played work which helped put his name on the map. His minimalism however remains the focus of his aesthetic as well as direct accessible communication.This aesthtic is one more of density,and points of timbral association, dealing with blocks, chunks, and handfulls of sound,usually associating similar or identical sonoric families, like vibraphone and flute(metal),or woodblocks and marimba (wood).His rhythms are direct, and ponderous,usually very simple. Zilver (Dutch for silver) exhibits a coldness based on a determinate form from Bach's choral variations. Here a long melody gets tossed around the ensemble transforming the timbre,usually a scale descending. Andriessen likes to gaze at his sounds,taking time, allowing us to absorb them as well.Nothing is rushed, and the coldness of the sound, almost impersonal contributes to the listening expereience, it is more an engaged sound as a result. It was hard to shut Zilver off once on , as monotonous as sometimes this music can get. Still you stick with it and the sounds become poetic friends. The gestures here are severe,ringing sonorities,relentless,passive yet bold and authoritative,like a strong geometric shape that doesn't compromise its linear integrity,like a triangle,or parallelogram.In contrast Disco(no reference here to the dance,sorry),is more spiky,and warm,friendlier actually with the violin showing off,nasel thinness is proclaimed, very beautiful. My favorite here however is a solo for harpischord Overture to Orpheus, the microphone is placed well near the strings, so the percussive after shocks become part of the music, intended or not. The result is gentle,disarming and beautiful almost harp or zither like. Worker's Union by contrast is again severe and is from 1975, and a collective experiment, a leftover I suspect, and is simply a rhythm to be played very loudly by any instruments, chords do appear at the end.But the musicians here all play together,like one ugly monolith force coming toward you,like a demonstration or rally.This is politics as a one-dimensional etude.Politics is much more a complex affair than this. The Ear Unit here take things quite seriously however,with ugly cello sounds, and electric menacing keyboard, but you really don't need to. This was one of the first works Andriessen wrote for the group he founded, De Volharding in Amsterdam. The California people here have played all over the world and are well versed in jumping aesthetics between musical languages from Carter to Torke,yet keeping magnificently a focus.They make a good synergistic match with Andriessen creativity.

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