| | Metronome Collection, Vol. 2: Fantasy CD
Metronome Collection, Vol. 2: Fantasy Music | Label | Liquid 8 | | Orig Year | 2/15/2005 | | CD Universe Part number | 6819343 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 15, 2005 | | Recording Time | 31 minutes |
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Metronome Collection, Vol. 2: Fantasy Songs Purchase Metronome Collection, Vol. 2: Fantasy To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Cinderella CD (1965) Original Soundtrack
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All music written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Principal cast: Lesley Ann Warren (Cinderella), Stuart Damon (Prince Charming), Celeste Holm (Fairy Godmother), Walter Pidgeon (The King), Jo Van Fleet (The Stepmother), Pat Carroll (Wicked Stepsister).
| | Festival Of Carols / Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale CD (1987)
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Festival of Carols features Robert Shaw performing a variety of holiday favorites. Featured songs include the album-opening "Medley," "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," and "Shepherd's Carol," in addition to 11 others. Those who appreciate Shaw's music should find this a lovely addition to the holiday season. ~ Jason Birchmeier
Recording information: 05/24/1957-07/26/1963.
Editors: Alice Parker; Robert Shaw.
Photographer: Wernher Krutein.
Arrangers: W.H. Cummings; John Work; Martin Shaw; Robert Russell Bennett; Alice Parker; Robert Shaw; Peter J. Wilhousky.
Personnel: Al Chernet (lute); Robert Arnold (organ).
Audio Remasterer: Arthur M. Fierro.
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This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
Fritz Reiner,Chicago Sym Orch
| | Switched-On Bach / Wendy Carlos CD (1968) Enhanced CD
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This late 1968 release seemed innocent enough at the time; and actually, it was a sincere effort to use a then newly-practical interpretive instrument, the Moog synthesizer, in a decidedly traditional musical manner. Indeed, at the time, it was simply extending -- in a somewhat more forward-thinking direction -- the kind of attention that had been devoted to Johann Sebastian Bach's music as early as 1782, barely over 30 years after the composer's death, when Mozart wrote a set of string trio arrangements of some of Bach's keyboard works. Heard 40 years on, the approach here seems very tame and formal, but in 1968 it offended some Baroque purists (of whom there were relatively few) and a lot of classical music Luddites (of whom there were a lot more); but it still became the first classical music LP ever to be certified for a Platinum Record Award, by selling to hundreds of thousands of mostly younger listeners who didn't normally buy classical recordings. Wendy Carlos had come up with an artistically valid and musically legitimate approach to the most tradition-bound of all classical music that made it not only palatable but exciting to a generation of listeners more inclined toward the Beatles than Beethoven (much less Bach). Carlos' use of the Moog's oscillations, squeaks, drones, chirps, and other sounds was highly musical in ways that ordinary listeners could appreciate, itself a first in the use of this instrument, and was characterized by -- for the time -- amazing sensitivity and finely wrought nuances, in timbre, tone, and expressiveness. Carlos saw the Moog voice as valid on its own terms, which may be one reason why this album still stands out today, when compared with some of the more flamboyant work that followed from others, such as Isao Tomita -- everything here is musical, with no sound effects to speak of until near the finale (and even that is restrained); and the Moog is working in its own "voice," rather than overtly imitating other, non-electroni
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Track Listing of songs: Power of Love; La Promesa; Adagio; Hallelujah; L'alba Del Mondo; Enamorado; Angelina; Winner Takes It All; La Luna; She; Amazing Grace;
| | Priests CD (2008)
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The Priests are a trio of light classical tenors from Northern Ireland, all of whom are indeed ordained. Their debut album, on which they're accompanied by pianist Danny O'Neill and the Irish Film Orchestra, consists of faithful arrangements of traditional hymns and liturgical songs, many in Latin. Highlights include "Abide With Me," "Ave Maria," and "Benedictus."
Arrangers: Mike Hedges; Pablo Colino; Sally Herbert; The Priests.
Personnel: Accademia Filarmonica Romana Choir, Choir of the Philharmonic Academy of Rome (vocals); Brendan Monaghan (whistle, Uilleann pipe); Danni O'Neill (piano); Youki Yamamoto, Olli Cunningham, Adam Langston (programming); The Irish Film Orchestra.
Audio Mixers: Gabriele Conti; Haydn Bendall; Austin Ince; Tom Bailey.
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$11.05 | | Riley Lee Autumn Field: Yearning For The Bell, Vol. 4 CD (2000) (Import)
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Life is breath. The shakuhachi--a simple bamboo flute--is powered by an even, economical supply of breath. It follows that the playing of the shakuhachi taps into one's core and imbues both the player and listener with a sense of centered calm. While shakuhachi can be played strictly as a musical instrument, Riley Lee places the instrument in its original context, as a meditative tool. These eight songs for solo flute are all traditional Zen pieces, played the traditional way--all recorded in one take, although whatever mistakes may exist are hard to spot.
Riley--the first non-Japanese grand master of shakuhachi--plays with great sensitivity, and summons a compelling variety of tones from his flute, from the low, boat-whistle call of "San'ya (Three Valleys)" to the piercing opening notes of "Kyushu Reibo (Yearning for the Bell of the Kyushu Region)." The quavering notes of "Takiochi No Kyoku (Cascading Waterfall)" transform into an almost bluesy riff that sounds like a Zen saxophone. The musicality of these pieces does nothing to distract the listener from meditation; indeed the vibrancy of Lee's playing only enhances its meditative qualities.
Recorded at The National Acoustics Laboratory, Sidney, Australia on July 24 & 25, 1996. Includes liner notes by Riley Lee.
Solo performer: Riley Lee (shakuhachi).
Personnel: Riley Lee (shakuhachi).
Liner Note Author: Riley Lee.
Recording information: National Acoustics Laboratory, Sydney Australia (07/24/1996/07/25/1996).
| | Kronos Quartet Alban Berg: Lyric Suite CD (2003)
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On this recording of Alban Berg's Lyric Suite, Kronos reunites with Nonesuch artist Dawn Upshaw in a rare recording of the work with a vocal part in the closing movement. Six movements. Slipcase. Nonesuch. 2003.
Personnel: Dawn Upshaw (soprano); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Jennifer Culp (cello).
Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA (05/20/2001-05/24/2001).
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Japan exclusive. Details TBA. Avex. 2004. 16 Tracks
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$6.29 | | Dmitry Shostakovich Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies CD (2008)
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Track Listing of songs: 1. Largo; 2. Allegro molto; 3. Allegretto; 4. Largo; 5. Largo; 1. Andante; 2. Allegretto furioso; 3. Adagio; 4. Allegretto; 1. Allegretto; 2. Andantino; 3. Allegretto; 4. Allegretto; 1. Allegretto; 2. Moderato con moto; 3. Allegro non troppo; 4. Adagio; 5. Moderato; Andante; 1. Allegretto; 2. Adagio; 3. Allegretto; 4. Adagio;
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