| | Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 CD
Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 Music | List Price | $16.99 (You save $3.44) | | Label | CPO | | Orig Year | 3/21/1995 | | All Time Sales Rank |  20791  | | CD Universe Part number | 1068914 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jan 01, 2004 | | Recording Time | 58 minutes |
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Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 Songs Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 Music Composers on Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 CD : Luigi Boccherini Conductors on Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 CD : Graham Cracknell Ensembles on Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 CD : Revolutionary Drawing Room Genres on Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 CD : Classical Period, Quartet, String Quartet Performers on Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 CD : Adrian Butterfield, Angela East, Judith Tarling Purchase Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 33 To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 58, Nos. 1-6 CDs
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Those who think they've heard every sound and device in Hans Zimmer's film score bag are in for a surprise with this one for Sherlock Holmes, the 2009 Guy Ritchie film starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and Rachel McAdams. Zimmer has pulled off a score that rivals his finest work, yet sounds like little of it. Here, sounds are as important as instruments, and they often come from organic means -- through these cues we hear the sound of a piano being played on its side, and resembling something between a dusty upright, a children's instrument, and a Wurlitzer -- check the opening cue "Discombobulate." Other classical instruments are used to warped yet humorous effect -- the trombone in "I Never Woke Up in Handcuffs Before" is a stellar example when played against a gypsy violin, an accordion, dumbeks, and other hand percussion. The comically operatic theater mood of "My Mind Rebels at Stagnation" is quirky and dramatic. A sparely plucked banjo enters with the piano to double with the piano before being joined by a full symphony and a gypsy-polka band before shifting the entire piece into an abundantly orchestrated folk-dance tune. All musical roads lead to "Psychological Recovery . . . Six Months," the album's longest track at over 18 minutes. It is in some ways the cut that evokes Zimmer's sense of the dramatic best, and yet even here there are so many twists and turns, it feels more like a suite than a soundtrack cue. As original soundtrack scores go in the 21st century, this is one well worth exploring -- wonderfully weird and full of minor astonishments and generous quirks that will endear it to listeners of many stripes. ~ Thom Jurek
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Released in time for the 2004 holiday season, this CD intends to offer a new look at the most-performed classical work in December of any given year: Handel's Messiah. Two kinds of listeners may be tempted to approach this album: those who are fond of the original composition and those who can't stand it anymore. The former will probably be more pleased than the latter, for the experimental computer artists invited to remix it have mostly opted for keeping the work highly recognizable. Tod Machover, R. Luke DuBois, Phil Kline, Paul Lansky, and even Nobukazu Takemura fragment, reorganize, and lightly treat sections of the original work, focusing mostly on the choral parts. They stick too close to home to offer something that would reach beyond a "seasonal music for the avant-garde inclined" tag (although Lansky's piece is exquisitely graceful). The real interest of this compilation resides in the contributions that go further, like Scanner's "Insulation Mix," which makes clever deconstructive use of the strings to create a brand new soothing piece, reminiscent in its approach and overall sound of his collaborative album with Jean-Paul Dessy, Play Along. Laetitia Sonami's "Overture on Ice" and Eve Beglarian's "Be/Hold" use isolated fragments of the original piece to construct abstract electronic works of striking yet uncertain beauty. As expected, Dälek's "Messiah [Deadverse Remix]" stands out like a wolf in a henhouse; the rappers' contribution matches the good average of their recorded outings to date, but marks quite a departure from the nine previous tracks on the album. These three pieces are all tucked at the end of the album, creating a dichotomy in the track list between the friendlier/blander first half and the more demanding/meaningful second half. In a few words, Messiah Remix is a good idea that yielded mixed results. ~ François Couture
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