Take Five

1. Take Five

2. Watermelon Man

3. Exodus

4. Cast Your Fate to the Wind

5. Gravy Waltz

6. Walk on the Wild Side

7. Bossa Nova

8. Johns Bash

9. Stormy Weather

10. Back at the Chicken Shack

11. Johnson's Whacks

12. Gerry Old Man

13. Don't Bug Me, Hug Me

14. Osie's Oasis

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Average customer rating: Fantastic Horn Album Farewell to Red Castle An Awesome Recording

Take 9 Manufacturer: Musicians Showcase ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: American Horn Quartet 4 x 4 London Horn Sound Brain Virtuoso Horn ASIN: B0000AKMW6 Release Date: 2003-06-15

Tracks:

1. Kerry Turner: Take 9 Antiphonal Fanfare
2. Turner: Farewell to Red Castle
3. Turner: Barbara Allen
4. Turner: Ghosts of Dublin
5. Eric Ewazen: Grand Canyon Suite
6. Eric Ewazen: Grand Canyon Suite
7. Eric Ewazen: Grand Canyon Suite
8. Bernstein, arr. Deck: Overture to Candide
9. Brahms, arr. Elkjer: Hungarian Dance No. 5
10. Desmond, arr. Custer & Myers: Take Five
11. Gershwin, arr. Yates: I Got Rhythm

Album Description

OK horn fans, here it is…one the world's esteemed chamber groups teams up with one of the world's most storied horn sections for a CD that is-literally and figuratively-a blast! This recording is by any measure a virtuoso performance; these nine guys, all gifted in their own right, combine their talents to create an end result that is nothing short of breathtaking. From commissioned works to clever arrangements, the American Horn Quartet and the Horns of the New York Philharmonic tear through this music with a verve and flair rarely heard these days. In short, if you're a fan of the horn, you must have this recording!

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic Horn Album.......2006-03-27

The hornists are simply fantastic. Many segments of the music thrill me, nearly take my breath away. Although many pieces represent their diverse skills I would love to have a presentation of more of the fanfare type pieces, the type which show the glory and power of the horn. Love the Ewazen piece. Love the Irish pieces. Thought the recording was a little muffled. Had to turn my stereo up too loud to get the full effect. Over all one great horn album.

Steve Ward

Farewell to Red Castle.......2004-01-11

Take 9 is the best CD I own. My favorite song is the second on the track. Farewell to Red Castle. It's the most incredible peice, especially with 9 horns playing it. It is fun and exciting along with slow and beautiful. it's a great representation of the entire collection of Take 9's songs. wOOt!

An Awesome Recording.......2003-09-09

This is an awesome recording combining 9 great players. The music is beautiful, but still showy, an excellent combination for this group of horns. Overture to Candide is incredible, and the Grand Canyon Suites is one of the greatest horn recording I have ever heard. This recording belongs in any horn players library.

Average customer rating: Great gems from musicals that dissapeared some gold mixed with dross

Unsung Musicals - The Ultimate Collection Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Unsung Musicals II (Studio Cast) Unsung Sondheim Lost in Boston: Songs You Never Heard From 110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival Cast) Lost in Boston, Vol. 4 ASIN: B00005K9SG Release Date: 2001-06-05

Tracks:

1. Smile (from "Smile") (Hamlisch-Ashman) - Harry Groener et al.
2. Hero (from "Babe") (Menken-Ashman) - Debbie Gravitte
3. Didin't Leave It Here (from "Brownstone") (Larson-Rubins) - Kristine Fraelich and Jolie Jenkins
4. Starfish (from "La Strada") (Lawrence-Charnin) - Judy Kuhn
5. Sherry! (from "Sherry!") (Rosenthal-Lipton) - Christine Baranski and Jonathan Freeman
6. Smashing New York Times (from "A Broadway Musical") (Strouse-Adams) - Jason Graae
7. Silverware (from "We Take the Town") (Karr-Dubey) - Lee Wilkof and Timothy Jerome
8. Hundreds of Hats (from "Diamonds") (Sheffer-Ashman) - Jason Workman
9. At the Same Time (from "Freaky Friday") (Rodgers-Forster) - Tammy Minoff and Patrick Levis
10. When It Happens to You (from "The Red Shoes") (Styne-Stryker) - Lynne Wintersteller
11. Lawyers (from "A Broadway Musical") (Strouse-Adams) - Gregory Jbara and Lee Wilkof
12. At My Side (from "Welcome to the Club") (Coleman-Hotchner) - Sally Mayes and Michael Rupert
13. In a State (from "A Wonderful Life") (Raposo-Harnick) - Brent Barrett
14. Disneyland (from "Smile") (Hamlisch-Ashman) - Jodi Benson
15. Reveille Sun (from "Here's Where I Belong") (Waldman-Uhry) - Glory Grampton
16. The Memory of Tonight (from "Arthur, The Musical") (Skloff-Kauffman-Crane) - Carolee Carmello and Gregg Edelman
17. Stomp the Blues Away (from "Honky Tonk Nights") (Valenti-Allen-Campbell) - Melba Joyce et al.
18. New Words (from "One, Two, Three, Four, Five") (Yeston) - Liz Callaway

Customer Reviews:

Great gems from musicals that dissapeared.......2004-11-30

Songs from 1987's "Smile" make this well worth the price. The previously unreleased material from the late, great Howard Ashman deserves to have it's moment in the spotlight.

Also, there's Judy Kuhn's beautiful performance on "Starfish", Christine Baranski's vampy turn on "Sherry".

Finally, there's" New Words" from "One, Two, Three, Four, Five". This show has been restaged, by small theatre groups, under the title "History Loves Company". "New Words" is by far the best number of this show and Liz Callaway's voice fills with love as she sings this lullaby.

For a consummate musical theatre fan who's heard it all, this disc is a refreshing look at what has been lost over the years.

some gold mixed with dross.......2003-12-21

Some of these songs desrve to be unsung. But then you get a showstopper like Sherry and you wonder how could this show have flopped? That number alone makes this cd worth purchasing.I also enjoyed Marvin Hamlisch's toe tapping title song - Smile.There are also a few other lovely melodies which makes this cd a nice addition to a Broadway collection.

Average customer rating: High Energy RAWK & Roll!!! Rock Me Gently - Hell No! These guys are the best! Saw Them, No Hype-They Are Excellent-Buy The Album Heh heh...

Who's Gonna Take Us Alive? The Bangkok Five Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: 10 the Hard Way American Heartbreak Teenage Graffiti And the Glass Handed Kites Favourite Worst Nightmare ASIN: B000EPFCJA Release Date: 2006-03-28

Tracks:

1. Texas Rainbow Field Party
2. Who's Gonna Take Us Alive?
3. Karmakazi
4. Starting Me Up Again (Diary Of A Teenage Cutter)
5. Spread Eagle
6. Tiara
7. Damaged Goods
8. Turn It Up
9. Live Like A Criminal
10. Party Machine
11. Chapter 11
12. Dead Lights
13. Gianna

Customer Reviews:

High Energy RAWK & Roll!!!.......2007-05-05

I had never heard of these guys until I saw them open for Buckcherry and Black Stone Cherry last July. These guys are one of the most energetic rock bands I've seen play live, and I've been going to rock concerts since '79 when I was only 12 and Judas Priest & UFO were my introduction to a live rock 'n roll show.
These guys don't just "play" rock and roll, they live, breathe, eat, and spit it right back at their fans (kind of like sharing it). They are loud, they are sleazy, they have the attitude and strut, but most of all THEY CAN BACK IT UP MUSICALLY!!! These guys make rock fun again. Want to know what they sound like??? Take the Strokes' cool, the Ramone's & the Stooges punk attitude, Buckcherry and Guns 'n Roses LA sleeze, whip it up in a blender, and crank it up to 11!!! Karmakazi is probably my fave, followed by Damaged Goods and Spread Eagle. I bet since I bought the CD last July I listen to it at least once every 3-4 days.

Rock Me Gently - Hell No!.......2006-12-21

The Bangkok Five's, "Who's Gonna Take Us Alive" is one of the most incredile albums of this year, or any year.

Frost's amazing vocals bathe the aching body in a molten hot rush of resonance that when mixed with the smoking guitar styling of Holcolm KS and Sweeney and the ultra sick, pulsating rhythms from Coatez and Blanco; what's a girl to do but fall head over stilettoed heels for The Bangkok Five.

They've managed to capture the intense energy that they bring to the live stage on this album in a way that most veteran bands only wish for. Seeing Bangkok live is like being thrown around like a rag doll for 45 minutes, loving every minute of it, as they leave you saying, "please, may I have another", as you watch the bruises on your body bloom into the purple tinged tattoos that you'll savor in the days to come.

"Who's Gonna Take Us Alive" is a must-have for anyone who's love of rock and soul needs to feel actualized this life.

Definately buy it with "10 The Hard Way", so you don't miss out on "I'm Not Here" - an awesome track that no self-respecting Bangkok fan could or should do without.

Do The Bangkok Five rock you gently? Hell no! And you will thank them every single day for it, baby doll.

These guys are the best!.......2006-11-08

Buy this CD and see them perform live, they rock!

Saw Them, No Hype-They Are Excellent-Buy The Album.......2006-11-04

I knew nothing about Bangkok Five until a few nights ago. I saw them open up for The Cult this week in New Orleans (after the show there was a shooting-death just outside the House of Blues-Isn't New Orleans predictable?) They were excellent-California produces talent like no other. Great music, huge stage presence, fun to watch..."Go ahead and clap, we like it." they said to an audience that eventually warmed to them. This is a band that I see as a legitimate follow-up to the Red Hot Chili Peppers-not because of the similarity to each other's music-but, for sheer LA attitude on stage. They love to perform. We loved to watch them. See if you can check them out with The Cult (on tour now) and see what you think.

Heh heh..........2006-10-24

I would f**k every last one of them.

TB5 is an amazing band. Go see them live for a real treat.

Average customer rating: Excellent argument for watching Shakespeare's plays Elizabethan Surprise!

Shakespeare's Musick (Songs & Dances from Shakespeare's Plays) / Pickett, Musicians of the Globe John Dowland , William Byrd , John Wilson , Giles Farnaby , Robert Jones , Anonymous , Robert Johnson , Thomas Morley , Philip Pickett , Rachel Elliott , Meredith Hall , Musician of the Globe , Libby Crabtree , Jacob Heringman , Rosalind Waters , Gary Cooper , Roderick Williams , Joanne Lunn , and William Shakespeare Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Courantes | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Instruments | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Pickett, Philip | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2 The Enchanted Island (Music for a restoration "Tempest") / Pickett, Musicians of the Globe Shakespeare's Songbook ASIN: B0000041KP Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

1. Pieces For Broken Consort: Hollis Berrie
2. Pieces For Broken Consort: Daphne
3. Pieces For Broken Consort: My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
4. Pieces For Broken Consort: Tickle My Toe
5. As You Like It: It Was A Lover And His Lass
6. Kemp's Jig
7. Strophe 1: Measure For Measure: Take, O Take Those Lips Away
8. Bonny Sweet Robin
9. Twelfth Night: Farewell, Dear Love
10. Tarletones Riserrectione
11. Henry IV Part 2: Hold, Lingel, Hold
12. Hamlet IV:5 (Ophelia): How Should I Your True Love Know
13. Walsingham
14. The Winter's Tale: Get You Hence
15. La Coranto
16. La Coranto
17. Cymbeline II: 3: Hark, Hark! The Lark
18. The First book Of Consort Lessons: La Volta
19. The First book Of Consort Lessons: La Volta
20. Othello IV: 3: The Poor Soul Sat Sighing (The Willow Song)
21. Robin
22. Twelfh Night: O Mistress Mine
23. O Mistris Mine
24. The Tempest: Full Fathom Five
25. The Tempest: Where the Bee Sucks, There I Suck I
26. The First book Of Consort Lessons: Can She Excuse (John Dowland?)
27. The First book Of Consort Lessons: Go From My Window ( Richard Alison)
28. Shakespeare's Musick - The Musicians Of The Globe

Customer Reviews:

Excellent argument for watching Shakespeare's plays.......2005-11-29

'Shakespeare's Musick' by Musicians of the Globe, lead by Philip Pickett is, like a similar recording, 'Songs and Dances from Shakespeare' by The Broadside Band' is a very nice recreation of what you would have heard at the Globe Theatre in London during or after the performances of Will Shakespeare's plays. I will also say that I believe it is just a bit better than the alternative recording if only for it's fewer 'Hey Nonnie Nonnies'. But, both recordings are not the best you can find of Renaissance music. Compared to excellent recordings of Renaissance dances and liturgical music, these seem to suffer from being out of context.

These are well worth the listen, but they will probably not set your toes to tapping as you might to performances by, for example, the Renaissance specialist band Piffaro.

Elizabethan Surprise!.......2000-02-12

If someone had asked me before I listened to the music provided on this CD if I liked English music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, I would have wrinkled my nose and said a resounding "Yuck!" I came across "Shakespeare's Musick" quite by accident at the local library. I was working on a project dealing with William Shakespeare and decided to take this CD home to see if it would fit into my theme. From the very first song to the very last, Philip Pickett and the Musicians of the Globe had me captivated. The sound is pure and lively and takes the listener on a ride that transcends time. It certainly made this listener a convert! I am now purchasing "Shakespeare's Musick" to add to my own collection and would highly recommend its addition to anyone elses. It will open your ears to a whole other world of sound -- sound that not only tickles the fancy, but enchants the soul.

Average customer rating: Too cool for some Ethereal and Hauntingly Beautiful

The English Lute Song Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ferrabosco, Alfonso (II) | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Greensleeves: A Collection of English Lute Songs Heavenly Love, Earthly Joy ASIN: B000001Q7S Release Date: 1993-08-02

Tracks:

1. This Merry Pleasant Spring
2. Woods, Rocks And Mountains
3. April Is In My Mistress' Face
4. No More Shall Meads Be Deck'd With Flow'rs
5. Lute Solo: The French King's Masque
6. Come My Celia
7. O Death, Rock Me Asleep
8. Where The Bee Sucks
9. Full Fathom Five
10. Come Away, Hecate
11. The Willow Song
12. Lute Solo: Alman, 'Hit And Take It'
13. Dear, Do Not Your Fair Beauty Wrong
14. Come Hither You That Love
15. Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow
16. I Must Complain
17. Nothing On Earth
18. Fain Would I Wed
19. Miserere, My Maker
20. O That Mine Eyes
21. Lite Solo: Alman
22. Care, Charming Sleep
23. Cupid Is Venus' Only Joy
24. O Let Us Howl
25. As Life What Is So Sweet
26. Turn, Turn Thy Beauteous Face Away!
27. Take, O Take Those Lips Away

Customer Reviews:

Too cool for some.......2005-02-22

Julianne Baird is breathtakingly good at what she does: intelligent, stylistically convincing, technically brilliant ornamentation, in a sweet, phenomenally accurate voice. I love it. Those not accustomed to this sort of thing, though, may find it lacking emotional immediacy. Consider also Kathleen Battle with some of the same material: not that she's better, but the appeal is more directly sensual rather than intellectual.

Ethereal and Hauntingly Beautiful.......2003-11-05

How could you go wrong with the clear seraph voice of Julianne Baird accompanied by the delicate skill of Ronn McFarlane on the Lute. Not only is the talent exceptional but the composed works of Lute music divine.

You listen to each song and are carried away to time/place devoid of any worry let alone any task other than to listen to Julianne and Ronn execute perfection. You truely feel part of the Elizabethan Court listening to this CD it is both beautiful and dark simutaneously.

Another fabulous feature to this CD is the simplicity of the recording of only lute and vocals with no special effects. To retain the warmth and purity of the composition it was recorded on location in 'The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall' in Upstate New York and is one of the finest acoustical settings in the world. Unlike modern pop music Lute music as written needs no manipulation or adjustment in the studio if executed by skilled artists and musicians in an acoustical atmosphere and this recording does exactly that.

I highly recommend this CD of beautiful music. It truely will evoke deep feeling and emotion.

Average customer rating: "The First" MISSGYDER TOTALLY MISGUIDED Great songs from not-so-great musicals Poor Production Ruins Good Product Unsung perhaps, but often wonderful

Unsung Musicals (Studio Cast) Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Unsung Musicals II (Studio Cast) Unsung Musicals III (Studio Cast) Lost in Boston: Songs You Never Heard From The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast) Lost in Boston, Vol. 4 ASIN: B0000014TY Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

1. Smile: Smile - Harry Groener
2. The Bone Room: Postcards - Crista Moore
3. The First: Will We Ever Know Each Other? - Loni Ackerman
4. The Vamp: Ragtime Romeo - Liz Larsen
5. La Strada: Starfish - Judy Kuhn
6. We Take The Town: Silverware - Lee Wilkof/Timothy Jerome
7. How Do You Do, I Love You: Her Laughter In My Life - Guy Haines
8. Welcome To The Club: In the Name Of Love - Sally Mayes
9. The First: There Are Days And There Are Days - Michelle Nicastro
10. Smile: In Our Hands - Lynnette Perry
11. Sherry!: Sherry! - Christine Baranski/Jonathan Freeman
12. Drat, The Cat!: She's Roses - Jason Graae
13. Welcome To The Club: At My Side - Sally Mayes/Michael Rupert
14. Smile: Disneyland - Jodi Benson
15. One, Two, Three, Four, Five: New Words - Liz Callaway

Customer Reviews:

"The First".......2007-04-15

Greetings,

I am one of the few who actually got to see "The First" -- a musical about Jackie Robinson.

I do not have this CD but wish it had the title song from "The First" ...don't think it exists anywhere. I actually still remember some dialogue/lyrics from it and would like to hear it/read the words again.
I also would like to know if any version or scenes from the play are available to do in a school. Anybody?
Have a nice day!

MISSGYDER TOTALLY MISGUIDED.......2004-07-21

This is not so much a review as a rebuttal; I was the orchestrator for this album, MISSGYDER's assertion of totally synthesized sound is totally incorrect: the charts were played by 4 reeds, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, percussion, drums, keyboards, and a string section. I sorry the sound didn't meet the approval of the reviewer labeled MISSGYDER, but I can testify to the reality of the orchestra, the players, and my scores which are at the Library of congress.

Great songs from not-so-great musicals.......2003-04-19

I was given this for my birthday, along with Unsung Sondheim, my favorite composer. I was excited, and a little bit skeptical because I've NEVER heard of these musicals. Once I started though, I was hooked. I want sheet music to so many, they're fun to sing along to, or just to listen to they great singer/actresses they got. My personal favorites are Smile, Sherry, Ragtime Romeo, and Silverware. I recommend this for all Broadway Babies and theatre buffs like me!

Poor Production Ruins Good Product.......2001-05-15

Unsung Musicals is a great idea, presenting songs from shows that didn't get their due on Broadway. However, the production of this CD is very poor, using poorly synthesized instruments and cheesy drum tracks. I could have recreated these sounds using a home software program, they're so bad! The songs themselves are good, but the album is so horrid in terms of listening value that you'd be embarrased to put this in your CD player. I recommend this CD only for students and professionals in the music theatre world as a way to learn songs you wouldn't normally hear, but other than that, I can't recommend it.

Unsung perhaps, but often wonderful.......2001-02-14

Just because a musical was not successful, that doesn't mean that there were no good songs in it (pardon the double negative). These selections may be songs that are not well known from shows in the same category, but some of these are real gems, sung by fine show singers. My favorites are "Smile" (from Smile), "Ragtime Romeo" (The Vamp), "Sherry!" (Sherry!), and "She's Roses" (Drat! The Cat!).

Average customer rating: Visionary Ives

Charles Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces; Five Take-offs; Hallowe'en; Sunrise Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | 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 Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | 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 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nancarrow: Pieces Nos. 1 & 2; ¿Tango?; String Quartet No. 1 Henry Cowell: Instrumental, Chamber and Vocal Music, Vol. 1 Henry Cowell: Instrumental, Chamber and Vocal Music, Vol. 2 Ives: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Ives: Holidays Symphony ASIN: B0007ORDZ4 Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

1. The Housatonic At Stockbridge
2. Soliloquy, Or A Study In 7ths And Other Things
3. On The Antipodes
4. The Gong On The Hook And Ladder (Original Version)
5. Hallowe'en
6. In Re Con Moto Et Al
7. Sunrise
8. Remembrance
9. Aeschylus And Sophocles
10. The Seen And Unseen? (Sweet And Tough)
11. Rough And Ready Et Al. And/Or The Jumping Frog
12. Song Without (Good) Words
13. Scene Episode
14. Bad Resolutions And Good WAN!
15. Largo
16. Allegro
17. Chorale

Customer Reviews:

Visionary Ives.......2005-06-01

This review is dedicated to the memory of Bob Zeidler who shared on this site his love for and knowledge of the music of Charles Ives.

The Naxos "American Classics" series offers an unparalleled opportunity to get to know the music of the great American composer, Charles Ives (1874-1954). Prior CDs in the series focused on Ives's larger works, such as the symphonies, violin sonatas, and the Concord piano sonata. In contrast to the earlier releases, this CD includes a mix of shorter works performed by Continuum, a wonderful group of musicians based in New York City specializing in the performance of modern music. The CD had been released some years ago on Musical Heritage Society, and the release on Naxos was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Charles Ives Society, Inc. There is every reason to be grateful.

Much of the music on this disk will be unfamiliar to many listeners, and it bristles with difficulties. Yet, unlike the case with other avant garde music, there is an unmistakable joyousness to these pieces -- a zest for life, a feeling for the United States and its potential, and a transcendent vision. An inspiring CD indeed!

There are three broad sections to this disk. The first section consists of nine short unrelated pieces, beginning with Ives's well-known song "The Housatonic at Stockbridge." The section also includes an eloquent short song, "Remembrance" which Ives wrote upon the death of his father, his mentor and inspiration. The works on this section are filled with raucousness and lyricism, often at the same time. Besides the two works mentioned, the highlights include "Halloween, for chamber ensemble, which begins quietly and works itself into a frenzy, and Ives's song "Sunrise" for voice, piano, and violin obligato which was his last completed work.

The second section on the program consists of Ives's "Five Take-Offs" for solo piano performed here by Joel Sachs, co-director of Continuum. Ives composed these pieces in 1909, but they remained unperformed until 1968. These pieces juxtapose with great effect the traditional and the outrageous. The first piece, "The Seen and the Unseen", for example contrasts a line with an almost blusey feel (shared by other pieces on the CD) with a background of clangorous chords in the piano. The next piece, called "Jumping Frog" again begins quietly but works itself up to a frenetic pace over a huge piano accompaniment. The third piece, "Songs without (Good) Words" draws on Mendelsohn for inspiration. It remains quiet and lyrical throughout while the harmonies become more complex. The final two pieces, "Some Episode" and "Bad Resolution and Good WAN" are mostly reflective and quiet, with the exception of a riotous passage at the close -- the good resolution.

The third work on this CD is Ives at his knottiest. The "Three Quarter-Tone Pieces" dates from 1924 and was composed for two pianos tuned one-quarter-tone apart. This is again the language of the blues as well as the language of modernity. The pianists here are Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, the co-directors of Continuum. The opening Largo contrasts deep banging chords on the piano against light swirling figures in the treble. The second movement, "allegro" has a ragtime feel as clashing chords alternate with swirling filigree in the pianos' upper register.
The finale, "Chorale" works itself into an intense climax based upon themes from "America" with a hint of "La Marseilles" at the end for good measure. This is invigorating, difficult and rewarding music.

The CD is somewhat short (less than 50 minutes). It will introduce the listener to some of the wilder creations of America's greatest composer.

Average customer rating: Top Counter Tenor Master

Shakespeare Songs Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | 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 Classical | Imports | Stores | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Byrd, William | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs and Dances from Shakespeare Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World Shakespeare's Songbook Shakespeare in Song [Hybrid SACD] Purcell: Odes for St. Cecilia's Day - Music for Queen Mary / Taverner Consort ASIN: B00004TVGW Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. As You Like It: Act V, Scene 3: It Was A Lover And His Lass
2. Measure For Measure: Act IV, Scene 1: Take, O Take Those Lips Away
3. Twelfth Night: Act II, Scene 3: O Mistress Mine
4. Strike It Up, Tabor
5. Othello: Act IV, Scene 3: Willow Song
6. The Tempest: Act V, Scene 1: Where The Bee Sucks
7. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act IV, Scene 5: How Should I Your True Love Know
8. Walshingham Vars
9. We Be Soldiers Three
10. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV, Scene 5: When Griping Griefs
11. The Tempest: Act I, Scene 2: Full Fathom Five
12. Henry V: Act IV, Scene 4: Calleno Custure Me
13. King Lear: Act I: Then They For Sudden Joy Did Weep
14. Bonny Sweet Robin
15. Twelfth Night: Act V, Scene 1: When That I Was
16. Kemp's Jig
17. Greensleeves
18. Melismes De Ravenscroft: He That Will An Alehouse Keep
19. Non Nobis Domine

Customer Reviews:

Top Counter Tenor Master.......2006-11-10

Alfred Deller presents a masterly classic of the Songs from Shakespeare.
Recorded in 1970, this work cannot be surpassed. Well worth adding to any collection.

Average customer rating: Just dandy! More than a bargain 5 Star Performance, 0 Star Recording

Charles Ives: Works For Piano Charles Ives , and Alan Mandel Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000001K6S Release Date: 1995-03-14

Tracks:

1. Works for Piano: Three-Page Sonata (1905-06) - Charles Ives
2. Works for Piano: Song Without (Good) Words - Charles Ives
3. Works for Piano: Study No.9 - Charles Ives
4. Works for Piano: Study No. 22 - Charles Ives
5. Works for Piano: Study No. 20 - Charles Ives
6. Works for Piano: Study No. 18 - Charles Ives
7. Works for Piano: Study No. 15 - Charles Ives
8. Works for Piano: Study No. 2 - Charles Ives
9. Works for Piano: Study No. 8 - Charles Ives
10. Works for Piano: Study No. 7 - Charles Ives
11. Works for Piano: Study No. 6 - Charles Ives
12. Works for Piano: Study No. 5 - Charles Ives
13. Works for Piano: Rough and Ready - Charles Ives
14. Works for Piano: Scene Episode - Charles Ives

Tracks:

1. Works for Piano: Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord, Mass. 1840-1860) - Emerson - Charles Ives
2. Works for Piano: Hawthorne - Charles Ives
3. Works for Piano: The Alcotts - Charles Ives
4. Works for Piano: Thoreau - Charles Ives
5. Works for Piano: Study No. 21 - 'Some Southpaw Pitching' - Charles Ives
6. Works for Piano: Waltz - Rondo - Charles Ives
7. Works for Piano: March In G And D - 'Here's To Good Old Yale' - Charles Ives

Tracks:

1. The Celestial Railroad, A Phantasie For Piano Solo - C. IVES
2. The Seen And Unseen - C. IVES
3. Anthem - Processional - C. IVES
4. Bad Resolutions And Good - C. IVES
5. Storm And Distress - C. IVES
6. Allegretto (Invention) - C. IVES
7. Baseball Take-Off - C. IVES
8. Varied Air And Variations - C. IVES
9. First Sonata: First Movement - C. IVES
10. First Sonata: Second Movement - C. IVES
11. First Sonata: Third Movement - C. IVES
12. First Sonata: Fourth Movement - C. IVES
13. First Sonata: Fifth Movement - C. IVES

Customer Reviews:

Just dandy!.......2003-10-04

My copy of this set sounds fine--a bit bright and edgy at times but nothing to write my congressperson about. I would've preferred a richer piano sound and modern digital recording, but hey, we can't have everything, especially in this sort of repertoire. These are swell performances of astonishing piano music. In unsympathetic hands, Ives (or nearly any "modern" composer) can sound like so much noodling--not so here. Ives himself enjoyed adventurous (and even incompetent!) interpretations of his music and was hardly fussy with his notation so it's tough to call any one recording of a work "definitive." A tip: look for hell-bent enthusiasm and/or profound mysticism more than any other qualities in Ives performances. You'll find them in this set, in old (and sonically imperfect) recordings like Bernstein's for CBS (now Sony) or the Stokowski performance of Symphony #4, and in the wonderful collection of Ives playing his own music. With Ives, the "critical edition" mentality or perfectionism of any type tend to miss the man's essential aesthetic and spiritual points.

More than a bargain.......2001-07-22

I listened to this set before I looked at the review already posted here; then I went back to listen again, thinking I must have missed something. For what it's worth, I did not detect distorted recording, though there are (as often with Ives) some odd sounds coming from the piano now and then--but I think they are part of it. Mandel's performances of the big works--the two sonatas--are distinctive and powerful. I am not sure I would say he replaces John Kirkpatrick's "Concord," but he stands comfortably in that company as a fine interpreter of the work, and his Sonata #1 is possibly the best I have heard of that work. The many shorter or minor pieces are performed well, so far as I can tell. I suppose it is possible that the earlier reviewer had a defective set, or possibly my ears are just not so finely tuned. I hope, however, that the recorded sound is at least as good as it sounds to me, since I would hope that both fans and newcomers would find this a welcome addition to an Ives collection.

5 Star Performance, 0 Star Recording.......1999-10-12

This is an excellent performance by Alan Mandel who, throughout these 3 discs, shows an uncanny ability to bring out the melody from within even the most convoluted Ives' piece. Unfortunately, most of this recording is distorted and noisy when the playing gets loud. All of the Studies on CD 1 contain distortion well beyond any professional recording I've ever heard (the 2 sonatas don't suffer from the same fate -- they appear to be from a different session). The fact that Vox goes on about their 20-bit digital mastering on the back of the box sure looks like they are "protesting too much". This is all a real shame for Ives fans because Mandel's playing is some of the finest Ives piano performances I've ever heard, plus, here in one place at a great price, are arcane pieces well worth hearing. (It's almost worth getting for that reason, but, in the end, you're stuck with fine music that's distorted and noisy.)

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Sounds of the Seventies: 1970 Take Two Rare Earth , Joe South , The Shocking Blue , The Moody Blues , Mungo Jerry , Eddie Holman , Tyrone Davis , The Ides of March , Brook Benton , and Eric Burdon and War Manufacturer: Time Life Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000S358LA

Product Description

Track list: 1 I Want You Back The Jackson Five 2:56 2 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) The Temptations 4:05 3 Get Ready Rare Earth 2:47 4 Mississippi Queen Mountain 2:30 5 Evil Ways Santana 3:14 6 Spill the Wine Eric Burdon and War 4:53 7 Venus The Shocking Blue 2:59 8 No Time The Guess Who 3:49 9 Closer to Home Grand Funk Railroad 5:31 10 Question The Moody Blues 4:55 11 Let's Work Together Canned Heat 2:48 12 Walk a Mile in My Shoes Joe South 3:43 13 Up on Cripple Creek The Band 3:33 14 In the Summertime Mungo Jerry 3:30 15 Vehicle The Ides Of March 2:55 16 Hey There Lonely Girl Eddie Holman 3:34 17 Turn Back the Hands of Time Tyrone Davis 2:57 18 Cry Me a River Joe Cocker 3:55 19 The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King 4:07 20 Don't Play That Song Aretha Franklin 2:58 21 Rainy Night in Georgia Brook Benton 3:36

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