On Fire: 20th Century Retrospective

On this CD:

1. On Fire, for cello & piano
Composed by Dave Heath
Performed by Simon Haram, Scott Mitchell

2. In a hall of mirrors, for alto saxophone & piano
Composed by Dominic Muldowney
Performed by Simon Haram, Scott Mitchell

3. Coltrane, for alto saxophone & piano
Composed by Dave Heath
Performed by Simon Haram

4. Sonata, for alto saxophone & piano
Composed by Gary Carpenter
Performed by Simon Haram, Scott Mitchell

5. Interference, saxophone & electronics
Composed by Will Gregory
Performed by Simon Haram, Simon Haram

6. Backings, for saxophone & synthesizer
Composed by David Bedford
Performed by Simon Haram

On Fire: 20th Century Retrospective, Music, Haram, Mitchell, Gregory, Classical, Classical Crossover, Classical Music, Electronic & Computer

Average customer rating: A good gift for novice

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Album Description

Customer Reviews:

A good gift for novice.......2007-05-12

Average customer rating: Music From and For the Heart Daniel Rodriguez Some definite winners on this album The Spirit of America What a voice!!!

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Tracks:

1. God Bless America
2. We Will Go On
3. Ave Maria
4. This Is The Moment
5. Danny Boy
6. Bring Him Home
7. Shenandoah
8. America The Beautiful
9. The Lord's Prayer
10. Into The Fire
11. You'll Never Walk Alone
12. The House I Live In

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Contemporary jazz great-producer Tom Scott took it from there, showcasing Rodriguez's powerful voice in this deftly arranged album focused sharply on personal and national inspiration. Taking his cue from his own hero, Mario Lanza, Rodriguez instills no small amount of drama in his performances, and it serves him well on tracks like the American folk classic "Shenandoah," a rousing take on Scarlet Pimpernel's "Into the Fire," and the relative Sinatra rarity "The House I Live In." The "God Bless America" here varies from the original single release, with Rodriguez reading the spoken intro once delivered by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Is Rodriguez the greatest tenor of modern times? No. But it's hard to imagine a talent better suited to the challenge history has thrust upon him; we're lucky--make that blessed--to have him. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Music From and For the Heart.......2006-11-25

Daniel Rodriguez.......2006-11-11

Some definite winners on this album.......2005-12-14

The Spirit of America.......2005-10-10

What a voice!!!.......2005-08-05

Average customer rating: Good job Masterful! Great CD of Classical music's power pieces!

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Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Ride Of The Valkyries
3. Mars, The Bringer Of War
4. Montagues And Capulets
5. Sabre Dance
6. William Tell Overture (Conclusion)
7. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
8. The Hut On Fowl's Legs
9. The Great Gate At Kiev
10. Fanfare For The Common Man
11. Allegro Con Brio
12. Marche Au Supplice (March To The Scaffold)
13. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
14. Circus Maximus
15. Les Toreadors
16. Finlandia, Op.26
17. 1812 Overture, Op.49 (Conclusion)

Tracks:

1. Procession Of The Nobles
2. Rakoczy March
3. Ritual Fire Dance
4. The Hero's Battlefield
5. Pines Of The Appian Way
6. Dies Irae
7. Allegro Con Brio
8. Allegretto
9. Air Et Danse Bacchanale
10. Farandole
11. Infernal Dance Of King Kastchei
12. O Fortuna
13. The Wedding Of Kije
14. Hurricane
15. Marche Slave, Op.31

Customer Reviews:

Good job.......2005-08-26

Masterful!.......2005-06-15

Great CD of Classical music's power pieces!.......2005-06-07

Average customer rating: Not Bernstien and not for serious listeners Pristinely Beautiful WONDERFUL CD! Magnificent Carmen

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Tracks:

1. Carmen Without Words: Prelude: Act I - No. 3 Chorus Of Street Boys, No. 4 Fragment: Entrance Of Carmen, No. 5 Habanera, No. 6 Fragment: Don Jose Picks Up Carmen's Flower, No. 10 Seguidilla, No. 11 Finale
2. Carmen Without Words: Act II: No. 12 Gypsy Song, No. 14 Toreador Song, Exit Of Escamillo, Entra'acte Between Act I And Act II (Theme Of Canzonetta), No. 17 Flower Song
3. Carmen Without Words: Entr'acte: Act III - No. 19 March Of The Smugglers, No. 20 Card Scene, No. 21 Fragment: Exit Of Smugglers And Card Players, No. 22 Micaela's Aria
4. Carmen Without Words: Entr'acte (Aragonnaise): Act IV - No. 26 March And Chorus, No. 27 Don Jose And Carmen's Duet, Final Chorus
5. Carmen Without Words: Bolero
6. From: El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
7. Carmen Without Words: Capriccio brillante On The jota aragonesa
8. From: La vida Breave: Spanish Dance

Customer Reviews:

Not Bernstien and not for serious listeners.......2003-06-30

Pristinely Beautiful.......2002-03-12

WONDERFUL CD!.......2002-01-19

Magnificent Carmen.......2000-08-07

Average customer rating: A good recording as far as it goes

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Tracks:

1. Sicilienne
2. Variations On One String On A Theme By Rossini: Moses Fantasie
3. Apres Un Reve
4. Hungarian Rhapsodie, Op. 68
5. 'Goyescas': Intermezzo
6. Danse Rituelle Du Feu
7. La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin
8. Piece En Forme De Habanera
9. 'The Barber Of Seville': Figaro

Customer Reviews:

A good recording as far as it goes.......2000-09-14

Average customer rating: An aging Ormandy has lost his zest Fanstastic? Oh yes! indeed!! Ormandy and Philadelphia Going Through the Motions Ormandy At A Late-Era Peak Fun!

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Tracks:

1. Danse macabre
2. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
3. Espana
4. A Night On Bald Mountain
5. The Bartered Bride: Dance Of The Comedians
6. Samson And Delilah: Baccanale
7. La Gioconda: Dance Of The Hours
8. Hungarian Dance No. 5
9. The Red Poppy: Russian Sailors' Dance
10. El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
11. The Comedians: Galop

Customer Reviews:

An aging Ormandy has lost his zest.......2006-08-19

Fanstastic? Oh yes! indeed!!.......2002-12-24

This album, seemingly designed to appetite the followers of "The Glorious Sound of Philadelphia" like the delighted dessert over the dinner. Amusing and joyful. Instead of giving you a blast of your mind, Ormandy let the music played just by the way it should sound. Simply enjoying and easy listening. Like the sun shine over the meadow.

Personally, I enjoy every title in this CD. Highly recommend: Danse macabre, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, España, rhapsody for orchestra, Night on Bald Mountain & Ritual Fire Dance

Ormandy and Philadelphia Going Through the Motions.......2002-08-06

Despite my ardor for the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy (please, God, gave us from Sawallisch!), during a period of time in the early 1970's, there were a number of his performances which I find fall below his usual high standards (especially the RCA Red Seal releases of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony [I much prefer the Columbia Masterworks 1959 recording] and Swan Lake excerpts). These recordings have the beautiful tonal sheen typical of the "Philadelphia Sound," but Ormandy's tempo is painfully dragging; it sounds as though he's on valium in these recordings.

The Fantastic Philadelphians falls within the same company; These are showpieces, but I couldn't detect any of the fire that
Ormandy lent to other recordings from this era (particularly his 1968 recording of Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony and his 1973 recording of Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony). The sound is gorgeous, but the pacing so slow that it sounds as though Ormandy doesn't care about these pieces, as though he's just trying to get through the recording sessions.

However, there is a glimpse of Ormandy's incendiary potential in the Russian Sailors' Dance and Hungarian Dance No. 5, but instead of a raging flame, all that's there is the pilot light. With all of the excellent unavailable Ormandy recordings out there, I do not understand why BMG chose to release this disc as their first Ormandy entry in the "High Performance" series. I would have much preferred to have seen them release his 1978 recording (the first digital recording made by RCA) of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra or all of the Sibelius recordings languishing in BMG vaults (especially Symphony No. 7 [1975] and Tapiola [1976]) or his peerless recording of Dvorak's Eighth Symphony (1977). But, then again, BMG's neglect of Ormandy is documented and endemic. For example: BMG has released his recordings of Sibelius' First (1978) and Fifth (1975) Symphonies, both tremendously subtle and profound recordings, but not in North America. They are only out on their European "RCA Classical Navigator" series, and I had to order the CD from an online British store.

Back to this disc: If what you want is to hear great classical showpieces, beautifully recorded and played, to hear as
background music, then buy this disc -- it is not without merit. But if you want to *actively* listen to these pieces, skip this one; Ormandy and the Philadelphians are on auto-pilot on this one.

Ormandy At A Late-Era Peak.......2002-05-11

While the eleven works on the CD are often thought of as "pops stables" or "musical bon-bons", Ormandy and his orchestra nevertheless displayed a great deal of professionalism in giving these works a great deal of new energy. Of particular note are the three works--Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain"; Ponchielli's "Dance Of The Hours"; and Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"--which the orchestra performed under Leopold Stokowski in 1940 for Disney's classic movie FANTASIA. Ormandy breathes new life into these orchestral warhorses. The performance of Saint-Saens' ghoulish "Danse Macabre" is appropriately spooky. And the much-covered "Dance Of The Comedians" by Smetana, and Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5 are also pulled off brilliantly. This is Ormandy at his late-era peak, and is essential to understanding how he bought this orchestra to the position as one of the world's best, a standing it has held ever since FANTASIA.

Fun!.......2001-03-15

Many of these performances are superlative, and the engineering is excellent. While Ormandy could let his players get a little sloppy when he was recording for RCA, such is not the case here.

Danse Macabre is wonderfully well done, but the other Saint-Saens item, Bacchanale from Samson and Deliah, has one of the most overwhelming climaxes I've ever heard.

Espana seems to be the one item that isn't totally successful, IMHO, but not unsatisfying either. On the other hand, the Sorcerer's Apprentice is very well done, as is the Night on Bald Mountain (although here a little more roughness is called for).

The Philadelphia violas really let you luxuriate in the de Falla and the Gliere. And what a delight to have some other bon-bons, especially the Dances of the Comedians and Hours.

Worth every penny!

Average customer rating: The perfect Christmas Spirit CD Christmas with the Pops CD breaks all time listening record in our home! An Enjoyable Recording from America's Other Pops Orchestra Fireside Favorites The perfect Pops Christmas

Christmas with the Pops Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Cincinnati Pops | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music $7 - $10 | Today's Deals | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Christmas Festival Christmastime Is Here / Kunzel, Erich & Cincinnati Pops Holiday Pops The Joy of Christmas Sleigh Ride! Classic Christmas Favorites ASIN: B000003CWC Release Date: 1990-10-08

Tracks:

1. The First Noel
2. Deck The Halls
3. Winter Wonderland
4. The Christmas Song - Doc Severinsen, Flugelhorn
5. Holiday Favorites
6. White Christmas - Rosemary Clooney
7. Carol Of The Bells - Bell Choir
8. O Tannenbaum
9. Do You Hear What I Hear
10. Christmas Waltz - Toni Tennille
11. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
12. Angels We Have Heard On High - Bell Choir
13. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
14. Go Tell It To The Mountain - Sherrill Milnes
15. O Come, All Ye Faithful
16. Walking In The Air From The Snowman - Stephen Van Dyck
17. Sleigh Ride
18. Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas - Rosemary Clooney
19. O Holy Night
20. Silent Night

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The perfect Christmas Spirit CD.......2007-01-10

Christmas with the Pops CD breaks all time listening record in our home!.......2007-01-09

An Enjoyable Recording from America's Other Pops Orchestra.......2004-12-17

Fireside Favorites.......2003-11-19

The perfect Pops Christmas.......2002-05-12

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Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2 "The Bell" Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Khachaturian | Khachaturian, Aram | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Khachaturian: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 Aram Khachaturian: Ode to Joy and other works Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto Khachaturian:Valencian Window/Gayaneh/Tjeknavorian:Danses Fantastiques Khachaturian: Film Music ASIN: B0000030TX Release Date: 1993-12-07

Tracks:

1. Sym No. 2 in e, 'The Bell': First Movt: Andante Maestoso
2. Sym No. 2 in e, 'The Bell': Second Movt: Allegro Risoluto
3. Sym No. 2 in e, 'The Bell': Third Movt: Andante Sostenuto
4. Sym No. 2 in e, 'The Bell': Fourth Movt: Andante Mosso-Allegro Sostenuto. Maestoso
5. The Battle Of Stalinggrad: City On The Volga: Andante Maestoso
6. The Battle Of Stalinggrad: Invasion: Allegro Alla Marcia
7. The Battle Of Stalinggrad: Stalingrad On Fire: Lento Sostenuto
8. The Battle Of Stalinggrad: Battle Of The Motherland: Moderato Assai
9. The Battle Of Stalinggrad: Forward Into Victory: Tempo Di Marcia
10. The Battle Of Stalinggrad: 'There Is A Crag On The Volga': Andante Maestoso

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Tracks:

1. Opus 39: Dance Of The Elves
2. Beau Soir
3. La Capricieuse
4. Variations On A Theme Of Rossini-Martinu
5. Orientale (Spanish Dance No. 2)
6. Ritual Fire Dance
7. Dance Of Terror
8. Opus 51, No. 6: Valse Sentimentale
9. Opus 55, No. 1: Zapateado
10. Opus 55, No. 1: Spinning Song
11. The Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan
12. From Music For Children: March
13. Opus 82, No. 2: Introduction, Theme, and Variations
14. Divertimento In D Major: I Adagio
15. Divertimento In D Major: II Menuetto
16. Divertimento In D Major: III Allegro di molto
17. Syrinx
18. Nina (Tre Giorni)
19. Londonderry Air

Average customer rating: Musically interesting Christmas alternative Koppangen Jesus is born again! Something different -- provacative, but very enjoyable Great Christmas album

Home for Christmas Adolphe-Charles Adam , Alice-Charlotte Tegner , Goran Danielsson , Svante Henryson , Jakob Lindberg , Jan Bengston , Ulf Farsberg , Torbjorn Helander , Ulrika Jansson , Mats Rondin , and Jansson, Bengan Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reger, Max | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Reger, Max | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Anne Sofie von Otter - Wings in the Night (Swedish Songs) Noël Watercolors: Swedish Songs Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner I Let the Music Speak ASIN: B00000JPCA Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

1. Koppangen (English)
2. The Christmas Song
3. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
4. Stille Nacht
5. O Jesuslein Sus
6. il es ne, le devin enfant
7. Noel
8. Sankta Lucia
9. Staffansvisa & for redeliga man
10. Bred Dina vida vingar
11. Have yourself a merry little christmas
12. I wonder as I wander
13. Cantique de noel
14. White Christmas
15. Deck the Hall / Utterns polska
16. O come, All ye faithful
17. Maria wiegenlied
18. Bethlehems Stjarna
19. Corpus Christi Carol
20. Sweet was the song
21. Koppagen (Swedish)

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Musically interesting Christmas alternative.......2004-12-09

Koppangen.......2004-10-18

Jesus is born again!.......2004-01-10

This cd is superb. I also saw her concert with his cd life.
It gives you a old fasioned feeling of a warm /close Christmas.

Christmas with a heart.

With her voice Anne Soie does do magic.

She is classical singer number 1 !
It's my best Christmas cd!

Yopu will have a lot of good feelings with this cd,

It is really, really by far worth it's money.
What is money in this case...

Good Luck,
Peacefull Christmas,

Alfons Bosch
The Netherlands

Something different -- provacative, but very enjoyable.......2002-12-16

Anne Sofie von Otter's fans have long-since learned to expect the unexpected from this exceptional singer and, on this recording, now several years old, that's what she offers - the unexpected. With only a couple of exceptions, the songs are traditional Christmas fare, though usually with an added twist: the distorted rhythm that makes "Tomorrow will be my dancing day" really dance, or the jazz blue notes that take "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" to the cocktail lounge. (In this, as well as White Christmas, Ms. von Otter bears more than a passing resemblance to another great cross-over artist, the late Eileen Farrell.) In this free rhythmic treatment, Deck the Halls, arranged for accordion and violin accompaniment, is much less a fa-la-la madrigal than an introspective folk-song that builds on its own momentum. In contrast, the simple hymn, Beautiful tone Star of Bethlehem, which Ingvar Wixell recorded many years ago on his Christmas offering, shows Ms. von Otter's lush voice to full effect.

Her subtle use of vibrato in "I wonder as I wander" (along with a provocative arrangement) captures the Scotch-Irish influence on the folk music of Appalachians without being a condescending parody while the marimba accompaniment and fiddle obbligato to the French "Il est le divin enfant" evoke an unidentifiable folk music - is it Spanish or French countryside? Or, is the point that it is universal?

True, a couple of the arrangements stretch beyond my endurance: Although Ms. von Otter does lavish some beautiful tone on Cantique de Noel (O, Holy Night) I found the over-echoed, new-wave arrangement irritating and White Christmas, rather than being nostalgic verges on surreal.

In total, there are twenty songs, each a little gem of interpretation. As I mentioned above, sometimes I don't really like the interpretations or arrangement; however, I never doubt for a moment, that Ms. von Otter believes what she is singing; her commitment to communicating through music is never in doubt. By the way, her English diction is exemplary - a lesson for many singers for whom English is first language.

Great Christmas album.......2001-11-27

Music Track:

1. Orff - Carmina Burana / Jo, Kowalski, Skovhus, London Phil., Mehta
2. Pichl: String Trios op. 7 nos. 1 - 6
3. Pour 2 clavecins
4. Quartet in G Major D887 / Quartettsatz in C Minor
5. Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello in Gm; Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps No1-8
6. Rimsky-Korsakov & Musorgsky
7. Sacred Classics
8. Schiffman: Symphony & Concerti
9. Seefried: Brahms; Schubert; Wolf
10. Solati Trio: Piano Trios

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