Spanish Soul

Armando Canales, The Critical Review, 1998
Finally the CD closes with the hottest song on the album--"Little Buddha" [3:55], a fiery jazz guitar driven cut. Stefan and Curt Warren really cook. This is an amazing song. I loved it. So ends a great CD. Fourteen songs which offer a variety of world music. A strong Spanish sense is felt throughout. Here there is a fine melding of classical Spanish styles of music with jazz, samba, rock, Latin, and other influences. These are great tunes...Stefan is unique musician that mixes class with exotic music. He is a master of the acoustic guitar and he is cleverly supported by a group of fine musicians. Highly recommended!

Product Description
Spanish Soul is a complete guitar oriented album. It uses live percussion and hip hop style drum loops to create a new effect in acoustic Spanish guitar music. The musical styles on this album are as varied as the musicians featured. Spanish Soul has a definite Spanish flavor, but it also includes jazz stylings such as Sweet Samba & Anniversary Song, Middle Eastern melodies such as Aya Sofia & Mediterranean Nights and Rhythm and Blues tunes such as Little Buddha. In addition there are quite a few tunes that will fit the in between categories. The 1st Track Malaguea is a fresh new dance version of the original Spanish Malaguea. The Title Track Spanish Soul is a romantic Ballad with the warm sounds of the Flugel Horn. El Camino Real combines the Rumba Flamenca rhythms with a Samba rhythm track while Serenade is a pure Guitar Jazz ballad that features a duet of the Spanish nylon string guitar and the warm sounds of a Gibson ES-175. The remix of Today & Tomorrow now starts as a Blues Ballad that develops into a Spanish/Jazz style. Then there are songs such as Shiraz, that would fall more into the "raw energy" middle eastern sounds category, while East of Spain features the mystic sounds of an English Horn. Last but not least there is the mellow Guitar Ballad Days Gone By and the hip hop/Spanish style composition Song for Nima that defies any category.

Spanish Soul

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Tracks:

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Average customer rating: LIKE CHAMPAGNE Most enjoyable FOUR STARS, BUT THE LAST 13 SONGS ARE 5 STAR ALL THE WAY!

Spanish Harlem/Don't Play That Song Ben E. King Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Deep Sea Ball: The Best of Clyde McPhatter Stand by Me: The Platinum Collection The Ultimate Collection: Stand by Me/Best of Ben E. King/Ben E. King with the Drifters The Very Best of Ben E. King Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers/Seven Letters ASIN: B00000AF9A Release Date: 1998-08-11

Tracks:

1. Amor
2. Sway
3. Come Closer To Me
4. Perfidia
5. Grenada
6. Sweet And Gentle
7. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
8. Frenesi
9. Souvenir Of Mexico
10. Besame Mucho
11. Love Me, Love Me
12. Spanish Harlem
13. Don't Play That Song
14. Ecstasy
15. On The Horizon
16. Show Me The Way
17. Here Comes The Night
18. First Taste Of Love
19. Stand By Me
20. Yes
21. Young Boy Blues
22. The Hermit Of Misty Mountain
23. I Promise Love
24. Brace Yourself

Customer Reviews:

LIKE CHAMPAGNE.......2003-12-10

This CD is wonderful, Ben's voice sparkles all the way through from track 1-24. The first 12 tracks all have a latin feel, which makes it a perfect listen on a summers night. His lush voice breathes a new life into Sway, Besame Mucho and the old favourite Quizas (Perhaps,perhaps,perhaps. He brings the latin sides to a close with Spainish Harlem and let's face it nobody sings Spainish Harlem like Ben. Tracks 13-24 are all strong too
opening up with Don't play that song and follows through with a
string of his first singles and their b sides. It's amazing to think that Stand by me, was backed with First taste of love (I have the original 45) What fantastic value for money! The CD winds up with Brace yourself, which is very fitting as you will be....for another listen.
Finally I would like to say that these are the originals, not some re-recorded effort from the 70's or 80's. Enjoy!

Most enjoyable.......2003-08-22

The first album contains Latin American songs, all of which Ben sings well, backed By Stan Applebaum's orchestra, which is superb. I think that one of the best tracks is Love Me, Love Me which Ben wrote.Ben does a really good job on Granada and on Frenesi. The second album contains a lot of Ben's singles. Ben has a sweet, soulful voice and over the years has shown himself to be a good composer. His recent CD, Shades of Blue, show him to be still in good form. I think he is the best male pop/soul singer around. I think that only Vikki Carr sings with more emotion.

FOUR STARS, BUT THE LAST 13 SONGS ARE 5 STAR ALL THE WAY!.......2002-11-06

THIS ALBUM IS A MUST HAVE FOR PEOPLE WHO DELIGHT IN THE SOUND OF BEN E KING. HOWEVER, I MUST ADMIT THAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE FIRST ALBUM - "SPANISH HARLEM" EXCEPT FOR THE TITLE SONG ITSELF, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

THE FIRST 11 TRACKS DO NOT APPEAL TO ME AT ALL, I CONSIDER THEM DUDS, HOWEVER, OTHER PEOPLE MAY FIND THEM APPEALING. I FEEL AS THOUGH THE RECORD COMPANY WAS TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE TITLE SONG BY PRODUCING AN ENTIRE ALBUM WITH A SPANISH THEME AND SOMEHOW IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. SO IN MY CASE I FORWARD THE CD TO THE TWELVTH TRACK WHICH IS "SPANISH HARLEM" AND FROM THERE ITS SHEER MUSIC TO MY EARS.

I HAVE SEVERAL BEN E KING CD'S AND MANY OF THE SONGS THAT ARE ON THIS CD ARE NOT ON THE OTHERS. THE SECOND ALBUM "DON'T PLAY THAT SONG", TRULY MAKES UP FOR WHERE THE FIRST ALBUM FELL SHORT. IT JUST HELD ME CAPTIVE BY THE SOUND OF BEN E KING'S VOICE, THE LYRICS TO THE SONGS AND THE ORCHESTRATION OF THEM.

THESE ARE SONGS OF MY YOUTH MANY OF WHICH I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT UNTIL I LISTENED TO THIS CD. TRACKS 12 - 24 ON THIS CD ARE IN MY OPINION SOLID GOLD. MY PERSONAL FAVORITES ARE "HERMIT ON MISTY MOUNTAIN", "I PROMISE LOVE", "SHOW ME THE WAY" AND "YES".

RECOMMENDATION: BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT! I DON'T THINK YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. I HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN BY PROMOTING THIS CD, BUT YOU HAVE MUCH TO LOSE BY NOT HAVING AS A PART OF YOUR COLLECTION.

Average customer rating: Not entirely perfect, but still a great piece of 80s nostalgia Good & catchy CONSISTENT FOLLOW-UP A '80s DANCE CLASSIC

Spanish Fly Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Freestyle | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force Head to Toe Straight to the Sky Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen What You Don't Know ASIN: B00000268J Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Everything Will B-Fine
2. Head To Toe
3. A Face In The Crowd
4. Someone To Love Me For Me
5. Talking Nonsense
6. I Promise You
7. A Fool Is Born Everyday
8. Lost In Emotion
9. Playing With Fire
10. Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

Not entirely perfect, but still a great piece of 80s nostalgia.......2007-03-17

Unless you're a die-hard fan who's listened to this again and again, some of the non-hits may be boring, but if you want one of the best dance-pop songs of the 80s, "Lost In Emotion" definitely belongs in such a pantheon.

Good & catchy.......2003-12-28

A good & catchy & typical Full Force production. Lisa Velez has a fine but strong voice. This album contains the main hits "Lost in emotion" and "Head to toe" and is one of the strongest Lisa Lisa & cult jam albums. "Someone to love me for me" is a beautiful ballad & duet with Full Force.

CONSISTENT FOLLOW-UP.......2003-09-21

The second release from the group who many credit with first combining hip hop and r&b follows in the same vain as their debut "LISA LISA AND CULT JAM WITH FULL FORCE".

It combines freestyle "A fool is born everyday", 60's girl group vibe ("Lost in emotion", a #1 hit), r&b ("Everything will b-fine", another top 10 r&b hit) and funky-pop ("Head to toe", another #1 smash). Of course a simmering duet with FULL FORCE is on board ("Someone to love me for me", top 10 r&b again!). This duet is really nice with it's gospel overtones about loving someone for the content of their character instead of material things. FULL FORCE AND LISA LISA work well together and the production is tight throughout this cd as well.

CULT JAM member SPANADOR shares a lead with LISA LISA on the grinding "I Promise you". It is a wonder why he didnt sing lead more. The song is really catchy. Another good song is "A face in the crowd". A jamming snare drum rocks the beat on this one and the song has a catchy hook.

Though not much different from the debut, this one had more commercial appeal and catered to a more pop audience. The freestyle was sacraficed for a more pop following. Not that it is bad, considering the great song writing and LISA LISA's mature vocals. She wasnt even 20 years old yet! A great pickup for any fan of 80's r&b!

A '80s DANCE CLASSIC.......2002-09-06

I've owned this album on vinyl from it's original release and I've loved it for years. I'm not much into dance music but "Spanish Fly" is by far an '80s freestyle/pop classic. Lisa Lisa's girlish pipes and Full Force's pounding, funky production go together like a hand in glove. It's perfect! Pounding numbers like "Everything Will Be Fine", the #1 "Head To Toe", "Face In The Crowd", and the hella funky "I Promise You" will get even the most fridgid wallflower moving. The ballad with Full Force "Someone To Love Me For Me" is up there with the classic "All Cried Out" in terms of emotion. And the playful, girl group-inspired "Lost In Emotion" will make you feel good and you nostaglic for the days of jheri curls, the Wop, and laceless Adadis. Too bad they make dance-pop/R&B like this anymore.
"Spanish Fly" is by far a late '80s dance pop classic that established Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam( Spanador and Mike Hughes) as HUGE stars. Although they would release two more albums that flopped commerically, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam AND Full Force are currently back in the studio...time will tell what we're in for but rest assure "Spanish Fly" will forever keep feets moving and the late '80s alive! :-)

Average customer rating: Checkmates Ltd Disappointing mono reissue

Love Is All We Have to Give Ltd. The Checkmates Manufacturer: Hip-O Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Phil's Spectre: A Wall of Soundalikes The Ronettes: Ultimate Collection; Greatest Hits Soul Shots: 60's Soul Classics Back to Mono (1958-1969) Love ASIN: B000BQKYPO Release Date: 2006-12-01

Tracks:

1. Proud Mary - Checkmates Ltd.,
2. Spanish Harlem - Checkmates Ltd.,
3. Black Pearl - Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd., Checkmates Ltd.
4. I Keep Forgettin' - Checkmates Ltd.,
5. Love Is All I Have to Give - Checkmates Ltd.,
6. Hair Anthology Suite: Ain't Got No/I Got Life: Prelude/Theme/Postlude - Checkmates Ltd.,
7. I Got Life - Checkmates Ltd.
8. Let the Sunshine (Overture) - Checkmates Ltd.
9. Aquarius - Checkmates Ltd.
10. Let the Sunshine in/Ain't Got No (Finale) - Checkmates Ltd.

Product Description

What a difference 35 years makes. Contrast these lyrics with, oh, any gangsta rap record of the last decade and a half: Black pearl/ Pretty little girl/Let me put you up where you belong Black pearl/ Precious little girl/You've been in the background much too long. It was a kinder, gentler time, kids. Checkmates, Ltd. were "discovered" by jazz diva Nancy Wilson, and for their A&M debut engaged the services of producer Phil Spector, who was best known (until recently, anyway) for early hits with the Ronettes, Crystals and others, and for his work on the Beatles' Let It Be. His patented Wall of Sound and back-to-mono ethic served the Checkmates, Ltd. well on their only smash hit, Black Pearl. But dont stop there. They took Creedence Clearwater Revivals Proud Mary and souled it up, not quite in the Ike and Tina mold, but very credibly. And theres a gorgeous version of Spanish Harlem, which Spector had co-written with legendary tunesmith Jerry Leiber. Rounding out the disc is a real nugget from the time capsule as Sonny Charles & Co. take on a medley from Hair; takes you right back to 1969. Select Direct Releases feature original LP artwork reconfigured to an oversized heavy board minijacket wrapped with an iridescent stock, includes a translucent sleeve to protect the CD. Each jacket is gold foil stamped with a limited edition sequential number.

Customer Reviews:

Checkmates Ltd.......2007-01-10

I bought this album as a vinyl LP when it first came out and as often happens I lost it at a party!. When I was trying to fill in the gaps in my CD collection I couldn't find this anywhere in the U.K. Finally tracked it down through Amazon and it is just as fresh and exciting a Spector production as I remembered it. Possibly the "Hair" medley not quite as fascinating now that my own hair has gone!!

Disappointing mono reissue.......2006-07-13

Still being in possession of my old 1969 German vinyl copy in spectacular stereo, I am rather dissappointed with this mono digital reissue. Hip-O should tell the customers what they actually get. Although the artwork is exemplary (thick paper sleeve), 2 stars only.

Average customer rating: Strong Compilation from start to finish!! An Unknown Classic by a Genius A WAY UNDERRATED TALENT Near-perfect One of the Best

Spanish Stroll 1977-1987 Mink DeVille Manufacturer: Raven [Australia] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music American Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cadillac Walk: The Mink DeVille Collection Sportin' Life Cabretta/Return to Magenta Miracle Live in Berlin ASIN: B000003IWR Release Date: 1997-02-11

Tracks:

1. Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl
2. Little Girl
3. Venus of Avenue
4. Spanish Stroll
5. Cadillac Walk
6. 'A' Train Lady
7. Just Your Friends
8. I Broke That Promise
9. Just to Walk That Little Girl Home
10. This Must Be the Night
11. Savoir Faire
12. Just Give Me one Good Reason
13. Maybe Tomorrow
14. You Better Move On
15. Each Word's A Beat of My Heart
16. Italian Shoes
17. Pride & Joy
18. I Must Be Dreaming
19. In the Heart of the City
20. Could You Would You?
21. Heart and Soul

Customer Reviews:

Strong Compilation from start to finish!!.......2005-04-29

I admit that I bought this CD originally for the want of 2 songs - Spanish Stroll and Each Word Is A Beat of My Heart - which remain my 2 favorites, but this collection is so much deeper. Would You, Could You; Maybe Tomorrow; Just Give Me One Good Reason; A Train Lady - are all excellent. This has moved into my Top 5 personal play list and it will be there for a long time to come. I was a casual fan of Mink/Willy Deville before I bought this CD, but I'm hooked now.

An Unknown Classic by a Genius.......2002-10-06

This brilliant compilation showcases Deville's amazing talent to the full. The sound of these wonderful melodic songs is a gripping blend of Springsteenesque rock, Phil Spector type pop and Hispanic infusions.My favorites include This Must Be The Night, Spanish Stroll, the edgy Cadillac Walk, Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl, Just To Walk That Little Girl Home, A Train Lady and Guardian Angel, but every song has something special. Mink has a soulful voice and the arrangements are perfect. This classic album at times reminds one of the best work of artists like Tom Petty, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello. Catchy hooks, divine vocal harmonies, soulful vocals and poetic lyrics make every song a masterpiece. Mink Deville is one of the obscure geniuses of rock and this collection is a timeless classic.

A WAY UNDERRATED TALENT.......2001-11-13

I love this album! Spanish Stroll is a virtual treasure trove of fantastic R&B music that's done with a Latino twist, and a whole lotta soul. Deville is another one of those hard luck story coulda, shoulda, woulda artists that, after you here this great Best Of comp, wonder what the heck happened? Mink Deville's story began in San Francisco, where they managed to go nowhere fast with their style of music. So he moved his band from San Fran to New York, and found minor success playing the leather bar and lounge circuit with the punk and new wave acts that were so popular in N.Y. at the time. Deville may have looked the part with the pink zoot suit and pencil thin mustache, but this guy was no new waver, and definitly not a punk. He's an accomplished songwriter and an excellent singer who, in my opinion, had an influence on the east coast heavyweights like Southside Johnny and even Springsteen. Just listen to the Boss on his later albums starting with the River, and you'll see what I mean. I can't help but think that if he had had a big time backing band like the Ashbury Dukes or the E Street Band, that Deville would have become a superstar. He might have anyway if it hadn't been for all the numerous record label changes and a music industry blackball due to previous drug problems. But despite all that mess, Deville still remained hungry enough to keep making great music through this fertile period of 77-87. His early stuff which makes up the first half of this CD I think is his best work. Among my faves is "Mixed Up Shook Up Girl". The wonderful "Spanish Stroll", which was the only song that even came close to being a hit. It made the top 20 in the U.K. My alltime Deville favorite is "Just Your Friends", where he sings Ben E King style with a Stand By Me sounding full orchestration backing, and a very infectious sounding harp and strumming acoustic guitar. This song shoulda been a hit. A big hit. Deville wrote, or had a hand in writing almost everything here, with the exception of Moon Martin's "Cadillac Walk". Also a great Arthur Alexander song "You Better Move On". And Van Morrison's "Could You Would You", where he displays some of his best singing. Every R&B/soul lover should have this generous 21 track 75 minute cd in their collection. It's simply delicious!

Near-perfect.......2001-07-23

A very decent cross-section of Willie's work, representing both Mink DeVille and his solo career. I was blown away upon hearing "Mixed Up Shook Up Girl" on FM-radio when Mink DeVille first broke in NYC in the late 70s. The band could do it all -- hard-hitting rock and roll, love ballads, reggae, R&B. Listen to the sensational understated guitar playing of Louis X. Erlanger who left Willie after the first 3 LPs. His playing shows up on a bunch of tunes here and it's a shame that Willie didn't have him around longer. He was missed on later recordings. If you're looking for the definitive album, try to find "Le Chat Bleu." It's breathtaking.

One of the Best.......2000-10-16

Willy DeVille is an untapped treasure. He carries you on a style of music that is at once aggressive but yet still makes you dream of those you love. His style melds Ben E. King Harlem music with the urgency of the 80's. Every song on this CD is worth listening to over and over again. No one should miss this CD compilation. I think his lack of large commercial success was actually a help to his music, allowing it to remain unwatered down and pure to the listeners he attracted. Enjoy

Average customer rating:

Healing Garden Manufacturer: Das ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Don't Be Sad DREAMS ASIN: B000CAF3HS Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. THE GARDEN
2. WITH THE SUN
3. IN TRANCE
4. SHINE
5. GREAT MORNING
6. UNDER THE MOONLIGHT
7. FLOWERS
8. PURPLE
9. SWEET
10. SILENT DANCE
11. SOFTLY

Average customer rating:

Treasury of Elizabethan Music Manufacturer: Amon Ra ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | 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 General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Elizabethan Songs and Consort Music Royal Lewters: Music of Henry VIII & Elizabeth I's Songs and Dances from Shakespeare Elizabethan Consort Music The King's Noyse, dir. David Douglass: Royal Delight: 17th Century Ballads & Dances ASIN: B000002055 Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

1. Dance: Sellengers Round - The Broadside Band
2. Verse Anthem: This Is The Record Of John - Red Byrd & The Rose Consort Of Vls
3. Dance: Bergamasqa - The Broadside Band
4. Vl Consort: in Nomine A 5 - Fretwork Consort Of Vls
5. Song: Coventry Carol - Sneak's Noyse
6. Lt Solo: Passamezzo Pavan - George Weigand
7. Verse Anthem: Sing Unto God - Red Byrd & The Rose Consort Of Vls
8. Dance: The Spanish Pavan/Galliard - La Gamba - The York Waits (Shawms & Curtal)
9. Song: Go Cristall Teares - Carolin Trevor & The Rose Consort Of Vls
10. Virginals Solo: A Toye - RICHARD BURNETT
11. Dance: La Doune Cella - The York Waits
12. Vl Consort: Pavan - Lachrimae Coactae - The Rose Consort Of Vls
13. Song: Greensleeves - John Potter & The Broadside Band
14. Dance: Crimson Velvet - The York Waits
15. Song: There Dwelt A Man in Babylon - Deborah Roberts & The Broadside Band
16. Dance: Almain - The Night Watch - The York Waits
17. Song: Come Live With Me - John Potter & The Broadside Band
18. Lt Solo: Bonny Sweet Robin - George Weigand
19. Rcr Consort: Pavan-Heigh-Ho Holyday - The York Waits
20. Consort Song: Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sung - Red Byrd & The Rose Consort Of Vls
21. Dance: Staines Morris - The York Waits
22. Vl Consort: Libera Nos A 5 - Fretwork Consort Of Vls
23. Song: Fortune My Foe - John Potter/Deborah Roberts & The Broadside Band
24. Dance: Dulcina/All You That Love Good Fellowes - The York Waits
25. Song: The Poor Soul Sat Sighing - Deborah Roberths & The Broadside Band
26. Vl Consort: Fantasy A 5: Browning - The Rose Consort Of Vls
27. Recorder Consort: Pavan - The Cradle - The York Waits
28. Song: Farewell Dear Love - John Potter & The Broadside Band
29. Dance: La Bounette - The York Waits

Average customer rating: Awesome Great Guitar Music

Spanish Soul Stefan Manufacturer: Innovative Strings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Brazilian & Latin Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Latin Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Little World Music ASIN: B00000G1CS Release Date: 1997-08-09

Tracks:

1. Malguena
2. El Camino Real
3. Aya Sofia
4. Spanish Soul
5. Sweet Samba
6. Serenade
7. Mediterranean Nights
8. Shiraz
9. Today and Tomorrow
10. East of Spain
11. Anniversary Song
12. Song For Nima
13. Days Gone By
14. Little Buddha

Album Description

Spanish Soul is a complete guitar oriented album. It uses live percussion and hip hop style drum loops to create a new effect in acoustic Spanish guitar music. The musical styles on this album are as varied as the musicians featured. Spanish Soul has a definite Spanish flavor, but it also includes jazz stylings such as Sweet Samba & Anniversary Song, Middle Eastern melodies such as Aya Sofia & Mediterranean Nights and Rhythm and Blues tunes such as Little Buddha. In addition there are quite a few tunes that will fit the in between categories. The 1st Track Malaguea is a fresh new dance version of the original Spanish Malaguea. The Title Track Spanish Soul is a romantic Ballad with the warm sounds of the Flugel Horn. El Camino Real combines the Rumba Flamenca rhythms with a Samba rhythm track while Serenade is a pure Guitar Jazz ballad that features a duet of the Spanish nylon string guitar and the warm sounds of a Gibson ES-175. The remix of Today & Tomorrow now starts as a Blues Ballad that develops into a Spanish/Jazz style. Then there are songs such as Shiraz, that would fall more into the "raw energy" middle eastern sounds category, while East of Spain features the mystic sounds of an English Horn. Last but not least there is the mellow Guitar Ballad Days Gone By and the hip hop/Spanish style composition Song for Nima that defies any category.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome.......2000-05-28

I had never heard of this musician but ran across him on mp3. I was looking for mombo music and stumbled across this gem. I fell in love with this exotic sound. Too bad I can only twirl around the living room and pretend. But the music is a fantasy brought to life in the hands of an extradordinary musician! Thank you Stefan!

Great Guitar Music.......1999-07-29

Stefan was good when he was with La Vienta, but now he is even better. The tracks on this album are an incredible fusion of Jazz & Flamenco. Want to hear a true samba, check out sweet samba. This CD is a must!

Average customer rating: OG Chicano At Its Best This c.d. is off tha hook!!!! You cant fade the FLY!!!!!!!! spanish fly- trust no man BEST CHICANO RAP ALBUM EVER

Trust No Man Spanish Fly Manufacturer: Familia Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Freestyle | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Crazy Life Mexican Invasion When Hell. A. Freezes Over ASIN: B000001UL7 Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Harbor Area
3. The Dealer
4. Spanish Fly
5. Dope's Gotta Hold On Me
6. Kill 4 Thrillz
7. Interview
8. Murder Goin' On In The Area (Ha Ha)
9. Shotgun
10. Wrong Side Of The Tracks
11. Smile Now I Won't Cry Later
12. Tequila
13. R.I.P.
14. Soy 18 With A Bullet

Customer Reviews:

OG Chicano At Its Best.......2007-06-29

When I wuz a chabalo, I saw this in cassette version. Didn't think much about it. Just wanted to listen to Chicano rap. Bought it. Loved it ever since. One of those underground classics that never gets old. The beats. The rhymes. Just seems all in the right. A diary of a young Chicano in the barrio.

This c.d. is off tha hook!!!!.......2004-01-23

LET ME TELL U I HAVE NEVER HEARD A C.D. THIS GOOD!!! THIS STUFF WAS SO TIGHT, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE LATINS REPRESENT AND LET ME TELL U THIS IS COMIN' FROM A BLACK WOMAN...I JUST LOVE THE WHOLE LATIN CULTURE AND NOBODY REPRESENTS BETTER THAN THE F-L-Y!!!!. WHO BETTER THEN THE REAL SPANISH FLY!!!! ESE DAZ IS SOOOOOOOO FINE. KEEP ON DOING WHAT U DOING!!!

You cant fade the FLY!!!!!!!!.......2002-03-02

Man, these mexicans were the first to come out and put it down. I had gotten the tape "Spanish fly" long long time ago. I heard and was hooked i unfortunaly broke the tape, well i actually played it to much and it got worn out or something. I had to go get the Cd and man is this cd tight. The beats are wicked and the flows are sick, put both of them together and you have a fly classic. Ese Daz is a good rapper but Rich Roc (RIP) wrote mostly all the lyrics. They have a new cd coming out this July 2002. After ten years this new cd should be another classic and a must have.

spanish fly- trust no man.......2002-01-18

Whatz up my SOUTHSIDE gangSTARS?????????
It's my VENUS chillin wit my girl prettygirl Crystal so what up??
we just wanna say this cd is tight if you wanna listen too some real spanish Rap this is the cd to buy.. they be bustin out with some SICK flows.we'll i'm out this later

BEST CHICANO RAP ALBUM EVER.......2002-01-10

SPANISH FLY DEEP IN THE DARK VARRIO'S OF THE PORT OF THE LOS ANGELES CAME ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CHICANO RAP ARTISTS EVER.NOT ONLY BEING THE FIRST TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS THIS CD REMAINS THE BEST OF THEM ALL.FOR MORE INFO. ON SPANISH FLY GO TO clik.to/spanishfly producer TRICKS. 2002

Average customer rating:

Spanish Fly/Straight to the Sky Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force The Tommy Boy Story, Vol. 1 Spanish Fly ASIN: B0000YTP34 Release Date: 2004-01-27

Tracks:

1. Everything Will B-Fine
2. Head to Toe
3. Face in the Crowd
4. Someone to Love Me for Me - Full Force, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
5. Talking Nonsense
6. I Promise You
7. Fool Is Born Everyday
8. Lost in Emotion
9. Playing With Fire
10. Heads, Toes and Feets [Foot Mix][*]
11. Motion Lost! [Can't Find Myself Mix][*]
12. F.I.N.E. [Full Force House Jam Mix][*]
13. Spanish Fly [The Full Force Groove][*] - Full Force, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

Tracks:

1. Just Git It Together
2. Little Jackie Wants to Be a Star
3. Give Me Some of Your Time
4. U Never Nu How Good U Had It - Full Force, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
5. Kiss Your Tears Away
6. Dance Forever
7. Straight to the Sky
8. Gotta Find Somebody New
9. I Can't Take No More
10. I Love What You Do to Me
11. Talking Nonsense, Pt. 2
12. Star [The Jackie Mix][*]
13. Jackie's Theme [*][Instrumental] - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam,
14. Go for Yours [Single Version][*] - Full Force, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
15. Gopher Yers [Full Force Hole in One Mix][*] - Full Force, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
16. Together-Ruh [Full Force on the Floor Mix][*]

Album Description

Full title - Spanish Fly/Straight To The Sky. In addition to two complete original albums released originally in 1987 & 1989, this collection includes nine bonus tracks including stunning remixes, 'Heads, Toes & Feet' (Foot Mix), 'Motion Lost!' (Can't Find Myself Mix), 'F.I.N.E.' (Full Force House Jam Mix), 'Spanish Fly' (Full Force Groove), 'Star' (The Jackie Mix), 'Jackie's Theme' (Instrumental), 'Go For Yours' (Single Version), 'Gopher Yers' (Full Force Hole In One Mix) & 'Together-Ruh' (Full Force On The Floor Mix). 29 tracks. Collectables. 2004.

Jazz Music:

1. Sub
2. Sublime Havana
3. Super Estrellas Del Amor (Superstars of Love) (CD & DVD) [Enhanced]
4. Tentacion
5. The Best, Vol. 2
6. Todo en Uno
7. Todo Exitos
8. Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim
9. Un Dia Culquiera En Vulcano [Limited Edition] [Import]
10. Uno, Dos: Bandera

Jazz Music

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