Ragtime Guitar

1. Gladiolus Rag

2. Ragtime Nightingale

3. Silver Swan Rag

4. Contentment

5. Solace

6. Magnetic Rag

7. Cottontail Rag

8. Ethiopia Rag

9. Alaskan Rag

10. Pleasant Moments

Ragtime Guitar,Scott Joplin,Easydisc,Classical Music,Jazz,Pop,Ragtime

Jazz

Music

jazz

music

Average customer rating: SHE PLAYS OUT OF TUNE! Perfection Soul Quenching Expression Fire and Passion! Salerno-Sonnenberg: Adroit and Emotional

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg - It Ain't Necessarily So Claude Debussy , George Gershwin , Camille Saint-Saëns , William Kroll , Niccolo Paganini , Franz Schubert , Scott Joplin , Fritz Kreisler , Manuel de Falla , Sergey Prokofiev , Sergey Rachmaninov , Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg , and Sandra Rivers Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Paganini, Niccolò | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg - Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Massenet Humoresque Speaking In Strings - A Musical Companion To The Film (1999 Documentary) / Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Speaking in Strings Brahms: Violin Concerto in D/Bruch: Concerto #1 in G Minor; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg ASIN: B000002RSY Release Date: 1992-10-20

Tracks:

1. Praeludium And Allegro
2. Porgy And Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So
3. Clair de lune
4. Banjo And Fiddle
5. Liebesieid
6. Liebesfreud
7. Prelude
8. Cantabile
9. The Bee
10. The Easy Winners
11. Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan
12. Rondo
13. La Gitana
14. Suite populaire espagnole: Asturiana
15. Suite populaire espagnole: Jota
16. The Love For Three Oranges: March
17. Tempo di Minuetto
18. Vocalise Op.34 No.14

Customer Reviews:

SHE PLAYS OUT OF TUNE!.......2005-08-16

Yes, she does: her sound is horribly thin, and she can't play the highest notes strong enough, so that they wither away and disappear into silence. Even the darkest, lowest notes come out weakly, so one can't argue that she has trouble just with the upper registers: her whole playing is terribly bad. She does have
a good vibrato, but I fear that if her sound were not thin, the vibrato would make even the darkest melody sound pathetic.

Hahn is all right (not excellent, nor good, just right for
some provincial recital hall) as long as she keeps to the lower pitch range (perhaps she should be playing the bass fiddle!), Shaham does everything only passably, and Chang has some passion and feeling but no strength to express it, but Salerno-Sonnenberg is bad across the board. There maybe a passably competent technique in her playing (that is, she can get the melody across), but she plays out of tune - the sound is disgusting!

I know how crazy this piece of writing must sound among so many raves, but there's no other way to explain the horribly weak, thin sound of the violin in this recording. Perlman, who suffered all his life from weak health, even in such difficult pieces as Beethoven's Kreutzer sonata was able to produce a full-bodied sound - and this, when he was well past his sixties.

But then again, Salerno-Sonnenberg is not alone in showing such a lack of... no, this is not about inborn talent. I doubt some child can pick up a violin and play in tune without first listening to a competent elder's playing. After the most basic education in music performance, it is just a question of getting a good recording of a piece, and practicing till one gets a relatively equal sound.

I harbored great hopes for Salerno-Sonnenberg when I read about her troubled life, the attacks she had to face from critics, her attempted suicide. I was letting myself be deceived by that old Romantic cliché, that pain makes for good art. But this is not about discovering or rediscovering unknown masterpieces, but about interpreting establish ones, and a Paganini doesn't have the "extended techniques" present in many postmodern pieces where noise passes for music, so in this case a standard called in-tune playing exists, and she doesn't perform up to it. But this judgement depends on my senses. If you don't believe me, you can find out whether I am right, or whether I am just another flea-like critic from the incestuous music business, by comparing Salerno-Sonnenberg's playing to that of any famous solo violinist whose career started in the 60's or 50's - when gesticulating wasn't equated with playing.

Perfection.......2004-11-02

Salerno-Sonnenberg's passionate, elegant, heartbreaking interpretations of these wonderful selections is perfectly paired with Sandra Rivers at the piano. I shall never forget their performance of "Claire de lune," the Kreisler pieces, or the exquisite Rachmaninov "Vocalise." In her hands, the violin becomes voice and reeds and brass -- transcending itself and taking the audience right along.

Soul Quenching Expression.......2003-10-12

Making great music lies in the ability to express things words can't, to touch the soul, capture the moment and move the heart.

It takes a great artist to perform great music!

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is such an artist and this release is one of her many gifts to the music loving world!

Fire and Passion!.......2000-11-14

Check out Track #5 - Liebesieid - for a small sampling of the tremendous emotional pull of Nadja's playing. I have several CDs of Itzhak Perman, and Anne-Sophie Mutter, but no violinist matches Nadja's gift of making each piece her own - you know that she truely feels the music - it flows through her - and it isn't just a dry technical playing of the piece.

Salerno-Sonnenberg: Adroit and Emotional.......1999-07-05

What separates Salerno-Sonnenberg from other violinists is the pure emotion conveyed in her music. The power, sorrow or joy she expresses at any given moment is almost palpable. In fact, I remember listening to the first track on It Ain't Necessarily So and literally getting goosbumps. It's a stunning Kreisler piece that steadily builds in strength and tempo. Sonnenberg capitalizes on these elements, offering an unforgettable delivery. Many of the tracks on the album emit such raw energy -- It Ain't Necessarily so is not an album that will put one to sleep. Beyond strength, what makes this album worthwhile is the diverse selection of music. Of course Salerno-Sonnenberg interprets Kreisler, but she also plays Gershwin, Kroll, Schubert and even the jazz of Scott Joplin. The one complaint I have about this album is the sonics. For such a great musician, I think EMI could have recorded a little bit more dynamically. But don't let this keep you from owning the album. It's a truly great one.

Average customer rating: Bolling's Greatest Hits Smart Jazz A Flutist's Intro to Bolling Amazing Collection of Artist's & Bolling Compositions Great Price, Great CD.

Bolling's Greatest Hits Claude Bolling , and Roger Huyssen Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | 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 All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 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 Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Claude Bolling: Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio Bolling: Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, Vol. 2 Suite for Chamber Orch and Jazz Piano Trio Toot Suite ASIN: B0000026O9 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. From Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio, No 1: Baroque And Blue
2. From Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio, No 1: Sentimentale
3. From Suite For Violin & Jazz Piano Trio: Ragtime
4. From Suite For Cello & Jazz Piano Trio: Baroque In Rhythm
5. From Concerto For Classic Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio: Africaine
6. From Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio, No 2: Jazzy
7. From Toot Suite: Mystique
8. From Picnic Suite: Canon
9. From Picnic Suite: Tendre
10. From Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio, No 2: Amoureuse
11. From Toot Suite: Rag-Polka
12. From California Suite: Black Folks

Customer Reviews:

Bolling's Greatest Hits.......2007-05-13

If you haven't heard Claude Bolling's music, this is the CD you want to buy first. Not only does it have the best tunes of all his CDs each tune shows which CD it came from.

I love playing a Bolling tune and asking a friend is this Classical or Jazz? They'll always say it sounds like Classical and then it shifts to Jazz. Everyone that has heard his CDs goes out and buys it.

Smart Jazz.......2006-03-08

A clever and talentous work on the pulse of jazz, mixing it with classical music.

A Flutist's Intro to Bolling.......2002-10-20

Get this cd if you want to hear Bolling's works for flute before deciding if you would like to perform them. A great cd overall, maybe another brave flutist would like to redo these works? Although the late Jean-Pierre Rampal was known for doing 'the Picnic Suite' and 'Suite For Flute and Piano' I would like to add another artist to my collection.

Amazing Collection of Artist's & Bolling Compositions.......2001-05-01

Seems as here exhibited that the best of classical and jazz do have an area of union. Bolling combined the two by writing his suite for Flue and Jazz Piano, as well as these others for the specific performers.

How about writing a piece just for Jean-Pierre Rampal and Yo-Yo Ma?

Favorites include Baroque and Blue, Baroque in Rhythm and Rag-Polka.

This is music of a different sort, but most enjoyable. Bravo, Claude!

Great Price, Great CD........2000-10-06

This is a collection of some great Claude Bolling pieces, including one of my favorites on track 4. If Bolling's style appeals to you, or if you are just looking for some good clever jazz, go for this. It's quite different, and it's good.

Average customer rating: Great Recordings with a twist Bolling holds a swinging party & I won't leave Class Act

CBS Dinner Classics: Cocktail Party Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | 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 | New Age General | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | 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 Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dinner Classics: The Sunday Brunch Album CBS Dinner Classics: Romance Dinner Classics: The Italian Album CBS Dinner Classics: Sunday Brunch, Vol. 2 Dinner Classics: The French Album ASIN: B00000277L Release Date: 1991-01-09

Tracks:

1. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Baroque And Blue
2. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Sentimentale
3. Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Ragtime
4. Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Baroque In Rhythm
5. Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio: Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio: Africaine
6. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No.2: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No.2 : Jazzy
7. Toot Suite: Toot Suite: Mystique
8. Picnic Suite: Picnic Suite: Canon
9. Picnic Suite: Picnic Suite: Tendre
10. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 2: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 2: Amoureuse
11. Toot Suite: Toot Suite: Rag-Polka
12. California Suite: California Suite: Black Folks

Customer Reviews:

Great Recordings with a twist.......2006-08-03

This CD is full of jazz in spite of the fact that I have associated most of the performers with classical music. This shows the diversity in their ability to perform a wide array of music that I never heard in the past from them.

If you like jazz without too much dissonance, this is a great CD to purchase. The interesting and awkward rhythms are the best parts of this CD.

You can have your own party just from listening to this music.

Bolling holds a swinging party & I won't leave.......2001-04-29

I had this CD around and was going to put it up for sale via Amazon Marketplace. I listen to other Bolling CDs. But, somehow I had "missed" the jivvy jazz in this recording.

As the sounds of "Baroque and Blue," 5:15, Track 1 started playing, the thoughts of selling the CD disappeared.

Bolling plays the piano superbly and Maurice Andre's trumpet radiates pure jazz notes. This is a clasical jazz CD. The 12 tracks tie together like movements of a symphony and there is a bewitching common theme, best heard in track 7 "Mystique." After Andre and Bolling swing in #7, track 8 "Canon," emerges with Jean Pierre Rampal's flute, golden. Guy Pedersen's string bass is crisp and Daniel Humair plays the drums with unhearlded pizzaz. And, how can one overlook the strumming of guitarist Alexandre Lagoya?

This is one of the best jazz or instrumental CDs I have ever heard. I normally listen while writing and use the sounds as background music. Lagoya's contribution to #9, Tendre, matching Rampal's clarity is mystical. So, I am enjoying each note and marveling at the classical synergy displayed.

The cover notes cite "recipes from Martha Stewart's "Entertaining" and her other best-selling books on food and lifestyle." Sure enough, Martha has a menu: 1. Cocktails & Sparkling Water...the CD's sounds sparkle. 2. Crudites with Anchovy Mayonnaise, complete with the recipe. 3. Chicken on Skewers, also including what to use & how. 4. Prosciutto and Figs: Anyone can lay this dish out. 5. Cornmeal-Fried Oysters: The recipe is for 2 dozen.

So, a person can buy this album (just) to get great recipes for dishes to accompany superb jazz. The recipes are simple to follow and delicious to read. One can buy the CD for the delightful cocktails that Bolling presents. But here "one = two." Or, to put this in other words "With two you get eggroll." The eggroll is the delightful dish one savors listening to the music while nibbling on the chicken & oysters. Magnifique!

...

Class Act.......2000-11-19

Very entertaining, classy music that I can listen to anytime, best of all with friends and suitably classy nosh!

Average customer rating:

Honk Manufacturer: Walter Parks Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: Country Ghetto Everything I Need In the Palace of the King 10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)/ (CD/DVD) Workbench Songs ASIN: B000C6ZC2I Release Date: 2004-03-02

Average customer rating: Possibly the best deal on Amazon

Ragtime Guitar: Ten Classic Rags Joseph Lamb , and Lamb Manufacturer: Easydisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003OBB Release Date: 1997-01-14

Tracks:

1. Gladiolus Rag
2. Ragtime Nightingale
3. Silver Swan Rag
4. Contentment
5. Solace: A Mexican Serenade
6. Magnetic Rag
7. Cottontail Rag
8. Ethiopia Rag
9. The Alskan Rag
10. Pleasant Moments

Customer Reviews:

Possibly the best deal on Amazon.......2004-05-12

If you like Guitar and you like Ragtime, then you will really like this CD. The Artist very closely copies the piano arrangments of these standards and plays them at a tempo that is not hurried, so you hear all the notes. You will probably end up as I did, playing it over and over again. It is really a fine piece of work. The only negative I have is the artist did not use the greatest guitar in the recordings. I've heard much better sounding instruments. Also, the quality lacked a little, but what do you expect from a budget CD.

Average customer rating: Stravinsky the Composer, not Stravinsky the Conductor Staggering! All the Stravinsky I'll ever need! Magnificent! Where's my Petrushka? legendary

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Octets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Septets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Smith, John Stafford | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | 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 General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Clarinet | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stravinsky: Chamber Works & Rarities Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Music for Strings Stravinsky: Works for Piano Original Jacket Collection: Vladimir Horowitz Memories and Commentaries: New One-Volume Edition ASIN: B000031X11 Release Date: 1999-12-07

Customer Reviews:

Stravinsky the Composer, not Stravinsky the Conductor.......2006-09-18

It is a pretty good collection, lots of music from Stravinsky's entire carreer, but one must keep in mind that Stravinsky was a brilliant composer, and not a commanding maestro. You will not necessarily be getting the best recordings of these works. For example, something like the Boulez/Cleveland Rite of Spring is far superior to those in this collection. He is a vastly better conductor, and is much more capable of making the orchestra perform Stravinsky's intentions than Stravinsky is. All in all, however, I am more than glad I own this set.

Staggering! All the Stravinsky I'll ever need!.......2006-05-20

While I had heard some Stravinsky compositions prior to my purchase, this was the first (and only) Stravinsky material I have ever owned. As a young music enthusiast, the draw to me was to hear these pieces as Stravinsky conducted them and to get so many of them at such a great price, not to have the original jackets for the purpose of reminiscing. So, as someone who needed a good jump start into the works of Stravinsky (by Stravinsky), this set has proven totally invaluable. And while more information could have been packed onto these cds, I do appreciate how closely these discs have stuck to the original releases. I don't know about the portion of Petroushka which some reviewers claim is missing (as I don't know any other version), but I was totally blown away at hearing this version of Petroushka anyhow. In all, for whatever faults some sticklers may find here or there with this set, the value of this material collected in such a way (and at such a price) by far outweighs any possible faults.

Magnificent!.......2006-03-02

A great collection. There is simply no substitute for hearing Stravinsky as the great composer wanted to have his music played. Here is so much and also so varied a collection. I have been enjoying this set a great deal. One of the 20th century's greatest composers conducting his own compositions.

Where's my Petrushka?.......2003-08-01

The main reason I bought this box is because I was introduced to Stravinsky's Petrushka in the spring of 2003, and I loved it.
Along with Rite of Spring I think it's the most brilliant music Mr. Stravinsky ever wrote...so, I've been listening to the 34-minute long 1960 CSO recording of it at least once a day since I first heard it, naturally sort of memorizing it, but it didn't fit when I made this CD spin. The recording of Petrushka in this box is the VERY SAME RECORDING (1960) that I'd listened to, but it's cut to a suite! It's only 24 minutes long. You can tell it's obviously cut at certain points if you're familiar with the uncut version. 10 WHOLE MINUTES ARE MISSING FROM "PETRUSHKA!" I was (and still am) very disappointed by this.
Familiarizing myself with the rest of the discs was very fulfilling, though; I love the Ebony Concerto with the Columbia Jazz Combo featuring Benny Goodman...but the "suite-cut" of Petrushka made me paranoid...I can't be sure if anything else is edited or not...
There are 75 pages of notes in the booklet about the recordings but only 1/3 is in English.
The special multimedia feature disc is nothing much. With awful graphics it features the same notes as in the booklet, and there are lyrics for those who want to use the box for karaoke.
These 400 minutes of music (an average of 45 minutes per disc) could fit on only 5 CD's instead of 9, but it seems that this collection is made for nostaligs who will love watching and touching these tiny LP-jackets - after all, it is called the "Original Jacket Collection."
Incidentally, all of Stravinsky's recorded work which he conducted himself is not in this box. It is not at all complete; aside from the missing part of "Petrushka," his own reading of "Symphony in Three Movements" is missing (but available on CBS.)
Hats off to the man himself anyway. The music is brilliant, and considering that these recordings are 40+ years old, the sound quality is very good. Excellent stereophony on Rite of Spring!
It's a good thing that his music is still available and that people are offering refurbished products thereof. But if you love Petrushka like I do...buy the real thing...this just might disappoint you...
The 3 stars is a compromise of the music and the package; (5 stars for the music & its quality - 1 star for the package, choice of discs and--considering the price--somewhat weak linear notes.)

legendary.......2002-06-30

This 9 cd set is an historical one...more than half of Stravinsky's works are collected in this set. i clearly can say that there isn't any better recording for Stravinsky's works. especcialy first released USA's national anthem and a 12 tone work "Fanfare for two Trumpets" are remarkable.and we can also mention that some noises during the recording procces (i.e: Stravinsky's turning the page of the partition) gives a different taste to the listener. This is a real golden box of music.

Average customer rating:

Siboney Carlos Barbosa-Lima Manufacturer: Zoho Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Carioca Frenesí Natalia Cuba! / Manuel Barrueco Cry, My Guitar ASIN: B00067HPYQ Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

1. Mambo No.5
2. Drume Negrita
3. Perdido
4. Ojos Brujos
5. Siboney
6. Tico Tico
7. Guantanamera
8. Siempre En Mi Corazon
9. La Comparsa
10. Lamento Borincano
11. Bahia
12. Solamente Una Vez
13. El Cumbancherito
14. Aquarela Do Brasil
15. Cachita
16. Maria La O
17. Danza Lucumi
18. Perfida
19. El Viento
20. Danza Negra

Album Description

'Siboney' celebrates the golden age of Latin popular music with 20 songs, mostly from the '30s-'50s, in guitar solo and small group arrangements by Brazilian-born Carlos Barbosa-Lima, one of the world's leading Latin and Jazz acoustic guitarists.

Since his U.S. debut in 1967, Barbosa-Lima has enjoyed a global concert career marked by numerous distinguished recordings on the Concord labels, now mostly out-of-print. This is a re-release of the now out-of-pring 2001 Khaeon title 'Mambo No. 5' under a new title! It is an exciting collaboration of two Latin and jazz legends -- Carlos Barbosa-Lima and Eddie Gomez -- in classic Cuban and Puerto Rican repertoire.

Average customer rating:

The Entertainer: The Music of Scott Joplin Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar Various Artists Manufacturer: Shanachie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000E9Q Release Date: 1993-02-10

Tracks:

1. Maple Leaf Rag
2. Solace
3. Magnetic Rag
4. The Entertainer
5. Eugenia
6. Sycamore
7. Search Light Rag
8. Nonpareil
9. Kismet Rag
10. Something Doing
11. Rosebud - Two Step
12. Weeping Willow
13. Gladiolus Rag
14. The Favorite
15. Scott Joplin's New Rag
16. Heliotrope Bouquet

Average customer rating: Ragtime with a twist Remarkable anachronism!

The Past Is Yet To Come Craig Ventresco Manufacturer: Origin Jazz Library ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album Friends of Fahey Tribute The Lady and Mr. Johnson ASIN: B00005BHW0 Release Date: 2001-03-01

Tracks:

1. Shuffle Rag
2. An Operatic "Rag"
3. Goodnight Angeline - medley
4. Whoa, You Heifer - a cowboy intermezzo
5. Tobasco
6. Ragtime Oriole
7. Oysters and Clams - medley
8. Dance of the Nile Maidens
9. A Black Smoke
10. Sunflower Slow Drag
11. Shadow Blues
12. Handsome Harry
13. Lingering Love - medley
14. The Georgia Grind
15. Salome
16. High Brown Blues
17. Junk Man Rag
18. Back To Baltimore - medley

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Guitarist Craig Ventresco may be one of the best ragtime pickers alive today. He was heard fingerpicking on the Crumb soundtrack, but with The Past Is Yet to Come, we get an entire disc of his dizzying guitar solos. The results are stunning. Ventresco's ability to perform rags by Big Bill Broonzy, Eubie Blake, and Scott Joplin is awe-inspiring; his dense arrangements sound impossibly difficult to play, but they are a sheer pleasure to hear. Craig tends to play these old blues, jazz, and Tin Pan Alley tunes fast (his dazzling take on Will Fiedler's "Handsome Harry" may even be too fast), but his energized playing breaths new life into the works. Ventresco's a real talent and ragtime lovers couldn't ask for a finer disc of guitar music. It may be sacrilegious to admit, but Ventresco's technical ability is right up there with Blind Lemon Jefferson and Blind Blake--the only things missing are the pops and hisses of the 78s. An incredible disc. --Jason Verlinde

Album Description

Acoustic guitarist Craig Ventresco's style is a unique combination of Ragtime, rural Blues, early Jazz guitar and traditional String Band influences. His playing is at once fiery, melodic and inventive. Ventresco's tastes are unfettered by music in the modern era; he has instead concentrated on early 20th century vaudeville, ragtime, and popular songs as recorded on obscure 78s and cylinders from the dawn of the recorded music era. The CD includes music written by Eubie Blake, Scott Joplin, Big Bill Broonzy, James Scott, Lucky Roberts, and a Ventresco original as well. Ventresco's style brings forth images of Blind Blake, Lemon Jefferson, and other street performers of the '20s and '30s. He learns most of his repertoire by ear, and his raucous yet sensitive playing style (developed by playing on the streets of San Francisco) is a welcome alternative to the scholarly, delicate approach that usually characterizes ragtime guitar recordings. His playing was featured on the soundtrack album for the film "Crumb."

Customer Reviews:

Ragtime with a twist.......2004-03-16

I consider myself a respectable music critic, and although I am not a resident in the land of ragtime, this cd is breathtaking. Craig is a phenomenal guitarist, able to blend common rag techniques with an unforgiving intensity and somewhat chromatic flair that can keep you comfortably enjoying his music while breathing heavily in anticipation of his next tangential masterpiece. Anyone interested in in rag or blues should give this a chance, as true talent can never be avoided.

Remarkable anachronism!.......2003-06-21

Craig Ventresco manages to do what few "recreators" of old music ever achieve - he avoids the preciousness, delicacy and stiffness that often comes with the territory. Rather than viewing these pieces as sacrosanct, Ventresco infuses them with a very modern sense of urgency and immediacy. The results are stunning: 80 year old piano rags are played the way I can imagine audiences heard them when new. Ventresco attacks the music and his instrument with ferocious intensity - nothing sounds the least bit overwrought or hesitant.

To me, that flaw has always been the difference between the originals and the many respectful imitators. Compare Blind Blake to Stefan Grossman and you hear the "real deal" versus a very well intentioned and technically capable student. Ventresco surpasses because he lifts the veil of time and culture; when compared with Blake (Blind and Eubie), Jefferson, Joplin, Waller, etc., he does not sound at all like an imitator but rather a contemporary. He does not honor or pay homage; Ventresco just DOES IT right from his core. Highly recommended!

Average customer rating:

Original Masters: The Singles Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dussek | Dussek, Jan Ladislav | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Flotow | Flotow, Friedrich von | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Giuliani, Mauro | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Morton Gould | Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tartini | Tartini, Giuseppe | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolf | Wolf, Hugo | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | 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 Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Harp | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Borg, Kim | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Donizetti, Gaetano | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Flotow, Friedrich von | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Strauss, Richard | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music ASIN: B0000AL2TS Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

1. Boogie Woogie Etude - Shura Cherkassky
2. The Zouaves' Drill Op. 68 - Shura Cherkassky
3. The Apparition - Dance Of Terror - Fritz Lehmann
4. Ritual Fire Dance - Fritz Lehmann
5. Er Liebt Mich - Rita Streich
6. Erblickt Auf Felsenhoh'n - Rita Streich
7. Nur Enbesorgt, Mylord - Rita Streich
8. Madronos - Andres Segovia
9. Mesto E Calmo - Andres Segovia
10. Allegro Spiritoso - Adagio Con Espressione - Allegro Vivace - Andres Segovia
11. Italian Serenade - Rudolf Koeckert
12. Denk Es, O Seele - Irmgard Seefried
13. Nimmersatte Liebe - Irmgard Seefried
14. Andante - Attacca - Hans Pischner
15. Allegro - Hans Pischner
16. Die Zufriedenheit - Helmut Krebs
17. Komm, Liebe Zither - Helmut Krebs
18. Caro Mio Druck Und Schluck - Fritz Wunderlich
19. Das Bandel - Fritz Wunderlich
20. Waltz Sequence - Eugen Jochum

Tracks:

1. Furioso Fur Orchester - Ferenc Fricsay
2. 1. Es Isch Kei Solige Stamme - Ferenc Fricsay
3. 2. I'm Aargau Sind Zwei Liebi - Ferenc Fricsay
4. 3. Schonster Abestarn - Ferenc Fricsay
5. 4. Durs Oberland Uf Und Durs Oberland Ab - Ferenc Fricsay
6. 6. Usen Atti - Ferenc Fricsay
7. 1. Presto - Sandor Vegh
8. 2. Andante Cantabile - Sandor Vegh
9. 3. Menuetto - Trio - Sandor Vegh
10. 4. Scherzando - Sandor Vegh
11. Allegro - Nicanor Zabaleta
12. Andantino - Nicanor Zabaleta
13. Rondo: Allegro - Nicanor Zabaleta
14. Chanson Dans La Nuit - Nicanor Zabaleta
15. Una Furtiva Lagrima - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
16. Ach! So Fromm - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
17. Liebesfreud - Helmut Zacharias
18. Liebesfreud - Helmut Zacharias
19. Circus Polka For A Young Elephant - Andor Foldes
20. Ragtime Bass In C Sharp Minor - Andor Foldes
21. Tango In D Major Op. 165 No. 2 - Andor Foldes
22. Aus Goethes Faust - Kim Borg
23. Mephistopheles' Song In Auerbach's Cellar - Kim Borg
24. 'Dark Eyes' - Serge Jaroff
25. 'The Grass Grows Green' & 'Kalinka' - Serge Jaroff

Jazz Music:

1. Relentless
2. Sabor Flamenco
3. Searchin' for the Truth
4. Something Borrowed, Something Blue
5. Something Borrowed, Something Blue
6. Sometime Yesterday
7. Soul Junction
8. Soul Sauce: Memories of Cal Tjader
9. Straight Life
10. Straight Life

Jazz Music

jazz music