Impressions of the Sea

On this CD:

1. The Hebrides, overture in B minor for orchestra ("Fingal's Cave," 4 versions), Op. 26
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

Conducted by Joann Falletta

2. La Mer (3), symphonic sketches for orchestra, L. 109
Composed by Claude Debussy

Conducted by Joann Falletta

3. Enchanted Lake, for orchestra, Op 62
Composed by Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov

Conducted by Joann Falletta

4. The Sea, suite for orchestra
Composed by Frank Bridge

Conducted by Joann Falletta

5. Préludes (12) for piano, Book I, L..117 No.10, La cathédrale engloutie
Composed by Claude Debussy

Conducted by Joann Falletta

Album Description

This five CD box set to commemorate Sousa's sesquicentennial includes Volumes 1-5 in this ongoing American Classics series. Highlights include: Looking Upward Suite, King Cotton, The Fairest of the Fair, The National Game, The Glory of the Yankee Navy, The Atlantic City Pageant, Cubaland, Semper Fidelis and The Stars and Stripes Forever.

Customer Reviews:

Sousa Authenticity.......2006-11-01

My review as stated separately for Volume V in this series goes for this boxed set even more emphatically!

1964: Shakin' All Over (Time Life Music Classic Rock)

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1964: Shakin' All Over (Time Life Music Classic Rock)
Major Lance , Brenda Holloway , The Hondells , Jumpin' Gene Simmons , The Velvelettes , Jimmy Hughes , Bobby Bland , The Impressions , The Searchers , and Gerry and the Pacemakers
Manufacturer: Time-Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000FPHJBS

Product Description

Song listing: 1 Roy Orbison Oh, Pretty Woman (2:58) 2 Major Lance Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um (2:22) 3 Peter & Gordon I Don't Want To See You Again (2:01) 4 Chuck Berry Nadine (Is It You?) (2:34) 5 Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts (2:53) 6 Beach Boys, The Don't Worry Baby (2:49) 7 Hondells, The Little Honda (2:05) 8 Jumpin' Gene Simmons Haunted House (2:35) 9 Velvelettes, The Needle In A Haystack (2:26) 10 Dionne Warwick Walk On By (2:53) 11 Gerry & The Pacemakers Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (2:37) 12 Diana Ross & The Supremes Baby Love (2:39) 13 Searchers, The Don't Throw Your Love Away (2:17) 14 Ventures, The Walk, Don't Run '64 (2:25) 15 Marvelettes, The Too Many Fish In The Sea (2:30) 16 Little Anthony & The Imperials I'm On The Outside (Looking In) (3:09) 17 Jimmy Hughes Steal Away (2:28) 18 Bobby Bland Ain't Nothing You Can Do (2:31) 19 Jan & Dean Drag City (2:17) 20 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Quicksand (2:36) 21 Impressions, The Talking About My Baby (2:32) 22 Bobby Vinton Mr. Lonely (2:39)

Telarc Celebrating 25 Years: Classic Collect

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Disappointing presentation of great music

Telarc Celebrating 25 Years: Classic Collect

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

Star Wars | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00006879K
Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite: Introduction and The Firebird and Her Dance
Gustav Holst: First Suite in E-flat major, Op. 28, No. 1: March
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (excerpt)
Modest Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowl's Legs and The Great Gate of Kiev
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: Danse Boheme
Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ," Mvt. 2 (excerpt)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (excerpt)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, Mvt. 2 (excerpt)
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Presto from L'Estate (Summer), Op. 8, No. 2/RV 315
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection," Mvt. 5 (excerpt)
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets (excerpt)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica," Mvt. 4 (excerpt)
Frank Proto: Introduction
Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grand Messe des Morts): Dies irae (excerpt)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, Mvt. 1, Allegro (excerpt)
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2, Mvt. 1, Adagio sostenuto
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: Mars, the Bringer of War (excerpt)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker: Trepak (Russian Dance)
Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: Presto

Tracks:

Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (excerpt)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers (All-Night Vigil) - Mass for Unaccompanied Chorus: Bogoroditsye Devo, Raduisya (Rejoice, O Virgin)
Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold: Ride of the Valkyries (excerpt)
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon septimi toni No. 2
Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven
P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex (dramatic oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra), S.150. "Howdy there"
Mozart: The Magic Flute: Aria No. 17: "Ach, ich Fuhl's" from Act Two
George Frideric Handel: Messiah: No. 7. "And He shall purify" from Part One
William S. Gilbert: The Pirates of Penzance: No. 13: Song: "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" from Act One
Ottorino Respighi: Church Windows: St. Michael the Archangel
Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe: Scene 3
Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (revised 1931 edition): Mvt. 3, Allegro molto
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132, Mvt. 5, Allegro appassionato
Nicholai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35, Mvt. 1, The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (excerpt)
Isaac Albeniz: Suite espanola, Op. 47, Asturias (excerpt)
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana: In taberna quando sumus
Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 4, Adagietto: Sehr langsam (excerpt)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Mvt. 4, Allegretto moderato (excerpt)
Shaker Hymn Tune: Simple Gifts

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing presentation of great music.......2002-08-04

I recently received this as a present but I was already familiar with many of these recordings, having owned the complete versions of the works presented. Yes, these are great recordings but if you settle for this compilation you will be missing out big time on great music. I own Fennell's recording on the Holst suite--while the March from the suite is very good, you will miss out on the beautiful 'Song Without Words' and the 'Fantasia on the Dargason,' which are the seond and fourth movements of the suite, respectively. If you get the original CD from which this movement was taken you will be able to enjoy the wonderful playing of members of the Cleveland Orchsestra as they play Holst's First suite and a wonderful rendition of Handel's Fireworks Music.

Maazel's Pictures at an Exhibition is excellnt, precise with excellent blends and fantastic orchestral playing, but you can hardly feel the power of the Great Gate of Kiev without the promenades and pictures that preceed it--you loose the whole sense of climax and fulfillment following the half hour of difficult music that preceeds the Great Gate. Beethoven's Emperor concerto is top-notch music but I think you might rather hear the second movement between the first and third movements which are full of powerful orchestral playing and keyboard virtuosity. Robert Spano's recording of Scheherazade that was released just a few months ago is brilliant. It's his first recording with the Atlanta Symphony and it's great--and you should own the complete thing which comes on a CD with the beuatiful Russian Easter Overture.

Spend some time looking for these complete recordings and you will be rewarded. What makes the compilation even worse is that in many cases the CD does not even present a full movement but just a part of a movement.

Tracks:

The Hebrides Oveture, op. 26, 'Fingal's Cave'
La Mer: De l'aube a midi sur la mer (From Dawn To Midday At Sea)
La Mer: Jeux de vages (Play Of The Waves)
La Mer: Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue Of The Wind And Sea)
The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
The Sea: Suite For Orchestra: Seascape: Allegro ben moderato
The Sea: Suite For Orchestra: Sea-Foam: Allegro vivo
The Sea: Suite For Orchestra: Moonlight: Adagio ma non troppo
The Sea: Suite For Orchestra: Storm: Allegro energico
La cathedrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)

Customer Reviews:

Calming, Flowing Water Music.......2003-11-26

This thematic program of scenes of ocean, lake and landscapes provides a relaxing yet stimulating palette of swirling sounds.

Included is known pieces by Debussy's LaMer and Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and new pieces for my discovery from Frank Bridge's Suite for Orchestra of the Sea and Liadov's "Enchanted Lake."

The rippling harp/string beginning of Liadov's work is so nice! I'm really enchanted with this piece and the LBSO's string section on this. What a gorgeous piece, with its mystery and breezy, shadowy movement.

Falletta conducts the LBSO with grandeur and pace, making this a soothing, relaxing CD to have in one's collection, especially given the old and new water discoveries this offers.

A Musical Exploration Of The Sea From Long Beach.......2002-05-11

JoAnn Falletta, one of the most prominent women conductors America has ever had, leads the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra in these highly celebrated classical music depictions of the sea. Works such as Mendelssohn's "Hebrides Overture", Debussy's "La Mer", and Frank Bridge's "Sea Suite", are given fine performances by this up-and-coming orchestra from here in Southern California. A sort of dedicatory album in honor of the opening of that city's Aquarium of the Pacific, it stands on its own as a fine example of music making that goes on in this part of the world, normally thought to be dominated by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Falletta's conducting is even-handed and vividly brings out the mysteries of the sea in each of the featured compositions. Highly recommended!