In Da House

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Pure party dance music is delivered by this Nuyorican salsa-hip-hop outfit. And regardless of the music fusion--these guys pitch and blend everything from rap, merengue, hip-hop, salsa, and pop-house--the emphasis is always on dance fever. These partymasters--Dominican Americans Nelson Zapata and Magic Juan and Puerto Ricans Johnny Salgado and Erik Morales--are spirited and inspiring as they segue easily from hardcore "merenrap" tunes like "El Tiburon" and "Esta Pegao" to English-language dance-pop songs like "Another Night" or the bilingual "Dejame Probar (Taste Your Love)." Hypnotic rhythms and tribal dance fever is what drives this solid CD. --Ramiro Burr

In Da House,Proyecto 1,Sony International,Latin,Latin Music,Merenhouse,Rap & Hip-Hop,Tropical

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Tracks:

It's Ratchet in Da South - Big Poppa, , Angie Locc, , , Untame Mayne
I'm out of My Mind - Big Poppa, , Untame Mayne
Jiggin Like a Mutha Fu*cka - Big Poppa, Untame Mayne
We Taken Over
Bang on Em' - Big Poppa, Angie Locc, Untame Mayne
Cook Back, Shake Back, No Soda
It's Hard
Wlava - Three Feet
Pass Me Sum Wata - Angie Locc, Untame Mayne
Down Here (We Ridin') - Low Key, , ,
Watch the Movement
Out 2 Get It
Money in Da Matress - Hood Dwelluz, ,
Gutta Gutta - Big Poppa, Dumpsta Loc, Hood Dwelluz,
Fuccubac - Big Poppa, , Untame Mayne
I Do Da Fool (Let's Get Ratchet) - Big Poppa, , Angie Locc, , , Untame Mayne,
No Pussy in Me - Untame Mayne
Shout out to Big Poppa
18 Wheeler [Remixx] - Big Poppa, , Untame Mayne
Hustlin' Is All I Know - Hood Dwelluz, ,
Ratchet Movement
Livin in a Dream - Hood Dwelluz, , , ,

Peter Arnold Heise, Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller: Songs

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Peter Arnold Heise, Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller: Songs

Manufacturer: Da Capo [Naxos]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Druben Geht Die Sonne Scheiden
Trube Wird's, Die Wolken Jagen
Auf Geheimem Waldespfade
Sonnenundergang
Auf Dem Teich, Dem Regungslosen
Til En Veninde
Ved Huset
Henrykkelse
Skovensomhed
Advarsel
Bergmanden
Dengang Jeg Var Ung Og Elskovsfuld
Min Skat
Arnes Sang
En Sommernat
Glenten
Ingeborg, Min Sjael, Mit Hjerte
Verzogen, Verflogen
Die Du Bist So Schon Und Rein
Nimm Mich Auf, Uralte Nacht
Der Zimmermann
Die Heil'gen Drei Konige
Kaempens Sang
Himlen Ulmer Svagt I Flammerodt
Se Blygra Sky'r Mod Blygra Sky'r Sig Vaelte
Ved Solnedgang
Bjornen
Der Sta To Roser
Alt Daekker Nattens Vide Slaengkappe Land Og Byer
I Braendingen Ligger En Klippeblok
En Rand Af Diset Hede
I Skoven II
Yderst I Slaeber, Det Lette

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Great Operatic Duets

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000041U2
Release Date: 1989-05-09

Tracks:

Viens, Malika...Dome epais de jasmin - Joan Suthrlenmd/Jane Berbis
Belle nuit ,o nuit d'amour - Joan Sutherland/ Huguette Tourangeau/Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande/Pro Arte De Lausanne Et Du Bras
Sulla tomba che rinserre...verrano a te sullauere - Joan Sutherland/Luciano Pavarotti
Una nanve da guerre...scuoti quella fronda - Mirella Freni/Christa Ludwig
Deh! con te li prendi...mira, o norma - Joan Sutherlend/Marilyn Horne
Ascolta! le porte dell'asil s'apron gia... Dio, che nell'alma infondere - Carlo Bergonzi/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Tugomir Franc/Chor Of The Royal Opr. House...
Vous soupirez, Madame?... Nuit paisible et sereine - April Cantelo/Helen Watts
Solenne in quest'ora - Mario Del Monico/Ettore Bastianini

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A great conductor, but not always shown off at his best
Exceptional conductor
Exceptional issue !
Exceptional finesse
Brilliant "Artiste" Rescued From The Vaults

Igor Markevitch

Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Paul Paray Conducts French Orchestral Music

ASIN: B00009LW31
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Customer Reviews:

A great conductor, but not always shown off at his best.......2006-03-14

I am as great an admirer of Igor Markevitch as the reviewers below who rhapsodize over this bargain 9-CD set from DG. But in truth there are few truly great performances contained here, the best of Markevitch's large output being readily available on DG, Philips, EMI, and Testament. He had the misfortune to suffer hearing loss at the end of his career and also to be associated too often with inferoir ensembles like the Lamouruex orchestra of Paris, caught here in rather awful, wiry sonics that DG has not remastered. So despite the general elation, I think it's worth examining these 9 CDs one by one. (I am adding short comments to the list prepared by a reviewer below.)

CD 1: Mozart 34th and 38th Symphonies with the Berlin Philharmonic (BP) from 1954, and Mozart's 35th Symphony (1957) and Gluck's Sinfonia in G Major (1958) with the Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris (OLP). MONO except for the Gluck
This is one of the best discs in the colleciton, featuring Markevitch's alert, lean, often rapid Mozart, played with great refinement by the Berliners. The sound is very good for the time, despite the expected edginess in the violins.

CD 2: Haydn Sinfonia Concertante (OLP, 1957), Cimarosa's Concerto for Two Flutes with flutists Aurele Nicolet and Fritz Demmler (BP, 1954) and Schubert's 3rd Symphony (BP, 1954). MONO
Unless you are a fan of spiky French instrumentalists, the elegant Haydn performance sounds cramped and sharp-edged. The much more minor Cimarosa is far better played. The Schubert Third gets the best sound by far. I'm not taken with Markevitch's clipped phrasing and lack of affection throughout, but it's a vigorous, committed performance.

CD 3 and 4: All Beethoven, with the exception of an insightful 15-minute, 1957 interview with Markveitch. Here we get Leonore III Overture (OLP, 1958), Symphony #3 'Eroica' (Symphony of the Air, 1956-57), Symphony #6 'Pastorale' (OLP, 1957), and the Coriolan, Fidelio, Name Day and Consecration of the House Overtures (all OLP, 1958). STEREO except for Sym. #3
All the overtures from the Lamoureux forces are thin and spiky, far from the usual Beethoven style. Fans may appreciate Markevitch's Russian-Gallic temperament here; I'm not so sure. The Eroica from Berlin is much better sounding, although the mono recording is boxy and somewhat muffled--in all his Beethoven Markevitch prefers fast tempi and sharp angles. Surprisingly, the Pastrole is in a different vein--warm and relaxed, with tempos often as slow as Klemperer's. But the Lamoureux orchestra's technical abilities are quite underwhelming, and I can't find a compelling reason to listen to the performance except in patches.

CD 5: Brahms Symphony #1 with the Symphony of the Air (1956), Alto Rhapsody (with Irina Arkhipova and the Russian State Academy Choir), Tragic Overture with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra (both 1963). STEREO
For the first time since CD 1 we get a compelling sense of Markevitch's stature. The Brahms First with Toscanini's (remaned) orchestra is fully the equal of anyone's--huge, heroic, and wonderfully played. The Russian performance of the Alto Rhapsody features the great Arkhipova, and for once the Soviet sonics are good. The Tragic Overture, dating from after Markevitch's decline in hearing (1963), seems a bit undernourished and is in dim, distant sound, but it casts a spell nonetheless.

CD 6: Brahms 4th Symphony (OLP, 1958), Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus with tenor Robert Ilosfalvy (RSA Choir & USSR SSO, 1963). STEREO
The Brahms Fourth is a very good performance in the lean, propulsive Toscanini style. I don't fancy the scrappy playing of the Lamoureux orchestra, especially the coarse brass blatting away in the finale--other conductors like Szell have done better in this vein--but in its punchy, rough-and-ready way Markevitch's Brahms Fourth commands attention. We are in a differetn world with the Kodaly, however, which gets a stunning performance, and the brutish playing by the Russian orchestra really works.

CD 7: Orchestral music of Wagner--Preludes to Acts I and III of Lohengrin, Tannhauser Overture (all OLP, 1958), and Venusberg Music from Tannhauser, Siegfired Idyll and Ride of the Valkyries (all BP, 1954). MONO
The Berlin Phil. doesn't sound like the world-class orchestra it would become once again under Karajan, but these excerpts are well played and recorded for their time. Markevitch was a modernist in Wagner, favoring fast tempos and eschewing expressive profundities. The music can take it, but one is always aware that something deeper is necessary. An odd-man-out disc but enjoyable.

CD 8: French fare with Gounod's 2nd Symphony and Bizet's Jeux d'enfants (both OLP, 1957), and Debussy's La Mer and Deux Danses (both OLP, 1959). MONO except for the Debussy
These Lamoureux readings are Gallic to the core, of course, and thoroughly delightful. Everything that sounds wrong in Beethoven works perfectly here. The mono sound, however, is edgy and shrill at loud volume. Things improve for the Debussy--La Mer, a Markevitch showpiece, gets an alert, quicksilver performance with many individual otuches in phrasing. It comes closest to being great of anything in the whole ocllection.

CD 9: Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony (BP, 1953) and Francesca da Rimini (OLP, 1959). MONO and STEREO respectively.
The colleciton ends on a high note, since Markevitch was arguably the greatest Tchaikovsky conductor after Mravinsky. The mono sound for the Berliners is good for its era. This is a neurotic, anguished Pathetique of the kind we rarely hear today. Likewise the Francsca da Rimini, where the Lamoureux's shrill, thin woodwinds seem to add to the effect.

In sum, the half-dozen superior performances stand out fairly obviously, and all are worthwhile for any listener. Frankly, the rest belongs in the realm of specialty collecting, although naturally others may strongly disagree, especially anyone who likes the Lamoureux orchestra much better than I do.

Exceptional conductor.......2005-06-08

Markevitch was, once, part of Diaghilev's "Ballets Russe"'s ensemble, and understood Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, and other Russian composers (and their intents) very-well, and very-dynamically. His Philips' recordings (1970) of Tchaikovsky symphonies (plus other works) are still, some of the best, integral cycles-of-interpretations to be had, and his expertise was not bounded-by Russian works - his (Berlioz) Damnation of Faust, among other interpretations - are some of the best that discipline can devise. A MARVELOUS conductor, as was the (also) Russian-born, Jascha Horenstein. ... Horenstein, Markevitch, & Sixten Ehrling were some of the BEST of the post-War (including some pre-War recordings) era, and very-much of ANY recordings of them are much worth-having ... including the present, DG set.

Exceptional issue !.......2004-09-09

Since I heard once on vynil the incredible apssionate and to me the greatest veriosn ever made of the First Symphony of Johannes Brahms ever made .
And believe me , I love this symphony and I have heard at least one hundred versions : with Furtwangler , Toscanini superb performance of the forties , Istvan Kertsez , Kubelik Chicago , Munch , and a long etc .
But the inner mood and the clear but cleverly established sequence of the right tone and the use of the concise tempo in every phrase make of that version unique and unrepeteable .
I know about the Mozart Symphonies with the Berlin Philarmonic that still in those ages sounded with the furtwanglerain mood . They are sublime .
But consider once more that only with this Brahms Symphony, all the rest of the set you may consider a special buy , a worthable and fundamental bonus. Igor Markevitch was a conductor unfairly neglected .
Watch this CD because it will let you astonished and will prove by itself all the virtues of that master conductor .

Exceptional finesse.......2003-11-14

Of all the nine, really adorable, boxed sets by DG it was this one that I hastened to grab since Markevitch's interpretations had always been to my liking.
To be more honest, it was his Lamoureux recordings that I was after. In these recordings, it is the wind sound that dominates, and especially the brass section. For this reason, his Damnation and his Mozart Coronation had always been my favourites.
The present box contains a splendid Brahms 4th with a Chaconne, at the end that really moved me with its intensity (Markevitch slows quite a lot in the middle section to allow his woodwinds express themselves and this pronounces much more the forceful brass-dominated outer sections).
By the way, this set gives quite an idea of Markevitch's popularity at the time (recordings in the US with Toscanini's NBC Orchestra - renamed Symphony of the Air, recordings in Moscow with Brahms and Kodaly plus the 2 great European orchestras: the Lamoureux and the Berliners - some years before Karajan's arrival).

Brilliant "Artiste" Rescued From The Vaults.......2003-08-13

Now that Deutsche Grammophon is part of Universal, we have seen some interesting things happen, and not all of them bad. What I'm referring to in this case is the new "Original Masters" Limited Edition Box Set series. Finally, the classical music world has taken a page out of the jazz reissue handbook -- put out a quality product featuring rare recordings but make its availability limited, and people will snatch it up.

Now in its second round of the "Original Masters" box sets, DG has chosen to follow-up on the success of the "Great Conductors of the Century" series. They have just released two glorious 9-disc collections of the performances of conductors Igor Markevitch and Ferenc Fricsay, the vast majority of which have been previously unavailable on CD.

This particular set, "Un Veritable Artiste," showcases some of the numerous recordings made by the great conductor Igor Markevitch for Deutsche Grammophon and Philips, many of which have been rare (and expensive) collector's items for years. As the track information is non-existent above, I will try to be of assistance.

The first disc contains Mozart's 34th and 38th Symphonies with the Berlin Philharmonic (BP) from 1954, and Mozart's 35th Symphony (1957) and Gluck's Sinfonia in G Major (1958) with the Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris (OLP).

Disc two features Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante (OLP, 1957), Cimarosa's Concerto for Two Flutes with flutists Aurele Nicolet and Fritz Demmler (BP, 1954) and Schubert's 3rd Symphony (BP, 1954).

Discs three and four are all Beethoven, with the exception of an insightful 15-minute, 1957 interview with Markveitch. Here we get Leonore III Overture (OLP, 1958), 3rd Symphony (Symphony of the Air, 1956-57), 6th Symphony (OLP, 1957), and the Coriolan, Fidelio, Name Day and Consecration of the House Overtures (all OLP, 1958).

Disc five is all Brahms -- the 1st Symphony with Symphony of the Air (1956), and the Alto Rhapsody (with the Russian State Academy Choir) and Tragic Overture with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra (both 1963).

Disc six continues with Brahms, his 4th Symphony (OLP, 1958), and ends with Kodaly's Psalmus Hungaricus with tenor Robert Ilosfalvy (RSA Choir & USSR SSO, 1963).

Disc seven focuses on orchestral music from the operas of Wagner. Here we have the Preludes to Acts I and III of Lohengrin and the Tannhauser Overture (all OLP, 1958), and Venusberg Music from Tannhauser, Siegfired-Idyll and The Ride of the Valkyries (all BP, 1954).

Disc eight features all French fare with Gounod's 2nd Symphony and Bizet's Jeux d'enfants (both OLP, 1957), and Debussy's La Mer and Deux Danses (both OLP, 1959).

The final disc, number nine, wraps things up with Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony (BP, 1953) and Francesca da Rimini (OLP, 1959).

Despite the fact that many of these recordings are in mono (mostly the pre-1957 ones), the first rate performances more than compensate for any audio shortcomings. The stereo performances are the warm, glowing and brilliant accounts that vintage collectors have appreciated for years.

Well, I guess the consolidation of the music industry isn't so bad after all, as long as I can look forward to more reissues like Igor Markevitch: Un Veritable Artiste.

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True Beauty
Zimmerman is wonderful, she captures the beauty of the music

Earth Chants: Madrigal Singers Of Sbhs

Manufacturer: Sheffield Lab
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Folk | Styles | Music

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Matter of Time

ASIN: B0000009ER
Release Date: 1994-10-15

Tracks:

Cantate Domino
My Heart is Offered Still to You
Modern Music
Two Songs: Die Nachtigall/Lerchengesang
Earth Chants: Song of the Skyloom/The Great Sea/Remeber, the Sacredness of Things
Now I Walk in Beauty
E La Don Don
Five Folk Songs: I'd Enter Your Garden/The Fiddler/How Sad Flow the Streams/At Night/...
She's Like the Swallow
Green Grow the Rushes
Keep Your Lamps!

Customer Reviews:

True Beauty.......2000-01-30

I have had the pleasure of hearing one of Ms. Zimmerman's choirs perform. She is a wonderful conductor and teacher. This is proven in the way her choir sings. Earth Chants is a wonderful record and I would recommend it to anyone, whether you like choiral music or not. They SBHS Madrigals have near, if not perfect intonation and their songs have so much emotion. I have had the pleasure of singing the Brahms and Cantante Domino, both of which are very beautiful, as well as difficult to sing. If you like this album, check out Canticle, Zimmerman's newest group, or the Lompoc High School Madrigals (this is hard to find, you can call the school for more info). Both are very talented groups.

Zimmerman is wonderful, she captures the beauty of the music.......1999-02-02

SBHS Madz are truely wonderful in this record. They have great dicipline and perfect intonation. I would recomend this to anyone who enjoys choral music.

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¡¡ES HORA DE BAILAR!!
Latino FUN

Latinos in Da House
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Max Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

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Latinos in Da House, Vol. 2

ASIN: B000005RBG
Release Date: 1996-10-22

Tracks:

Megamix - Long Version
All Of Puerto Rico - Afro Rican
La Hora De Bailar - Sandy/Papo
Get Up & Move - 2 In A Room
Fiesta Caliente - Los Mojitos
Esa Morena - D.J. Laz
Megamix - Radio Edit
Asi - Henry Rivera
El Tiburon - Proyecto Uno
Brinca - Ralphie Rosario
Boriqua Posse - RARE ARTS
Oye Como Va - Tito Puente, Jr.

Customer Reviews:

¡¡ES HORA DE BAILAR!!.......2004-03-15

This is a great dance mix with flavors of Miami! Has some merengue, salsa, dance, latino-hip-hop etc etc...I listened to this the other day..puts me back in noventa y siete, just add some ron, lights, and a lof of people..and its a great blast from the recent past of Latino music just before it was corrupted by Ricky et al.

Latino FUN.......2000-06-22

If you like latin music with Miami flavor, this is the ultimate dance CD to buy! All of the tracks are really good, especially 6 and 7. IF you are planning on having a party, buy this CD now!

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A genius worthy of Weill...finally...

Stay Well

Manufacturer: Antes
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000521Y7
Release Date: 2000-11-21

Customer Reviews:

A genius worthy of Weill...finally..........2002-04-14

Allfolter approaches Weill with the same no-nonsense, visceral and unsentimental clarity that is required of an artist creating Loge in Twilight of the Gods, along with the enigmatic sensitivy of the Act III Tristan.

Throw in the gift of being able to belt one out with the best of them and it works. It works Big Time. This man is a genius. Not even Lenya delivers the Bilbao Song so well -- and I felt, in 2002, that I was hearing September Song for the first time. There isn't one clunker on the whole c/d.

Tracks:

An American Overture Op. 27
Ballad Of Heroes Op. 14: I. Funeral March -
Ballad Of Heroes Op. 14: II. Scherzo
Ballad Of Heroes Op. 14: III. Recitative And Choral
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Theme -
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Variation I: Recitative -
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. II: Romance -
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. III: March -
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. IV: Arabesque
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. V: Chant -
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. VI: Nocturne -
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. VII: Badinerie
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. VIII: Burlesque
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. IX: Toccata I - Toccata II
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. X: Adagio
Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var. XI: Tarantella
The Building Of The House: Overture Op. 79
Praise We Great Men: 'Praise We Great Men' -
'Praise We The Just'
(Coda)
Suite On English Folk Tunes: 'A Time There Was...' Op. 90: I. Cakes And Ale
Suite On English Folk Tunes: 'A Time There Was...' Op. 90: II. The Bitter Withy
Suite On English Folk Tunes: 'A Time There Was...' Op. 90: III. Hankin Booby
Suite On English Folk Tunes: 'A Time There Was...' Op. 90: IV. Hunt The Squirrel
Suite On English Folk Tunes: 'A Time There Was...' Op. 90: V. Lord Melbourne

Tracks:

Canadian Carnival Op. 19
Young Apollo Op. 16
Quatre chansons francaises: 1. Nuits de juin
Quatre chansons francaises: 2. Sagesse
3. L'Enfance
Quatre chansons francaises: 4. Chanson d'automne
Scottish Ballad Op. 26
Occasional Overture Op. 38
Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato) -
Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: II. Dies irae (Allegro con fuoco) -
Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo)

Customer Reviews:

More Britten Than We Know Well.......2006-03-09

This 2 CD set is a compilation of recordings made by Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus between 1982 and 1991 and a better selection of works by the brilliant composer Benjamin Britten would be difficult to match. Here Simon Rattle seems truly in his element, appearing to have a fine affinity for Britten's compositions. The works are indeed varied, yet for this listener the crowning work is Rattle's immensely powerful performance of the controversial 'Sinfonia da Requiem', a work with a charged history, having been originally commissioned by Japan in 1940 but later deemed unfit because of its 'Christian' identities. Would that the pacifist Britten had known what lay ahead with the world at war he probably would have not submitted this work. Yet as a pacifist the gorgeous orchestral requiem is a powerful and poignant anti-war vehicle. Rattle plays it with all of the quotes to future lines in 'Peter Grimes' and 'Death in Venice' subtly recognized.

But that is only one of the works in this well performed collection. Opening with the rarely heard 'American Overture' and early 'Ballad of Heroes' with Robert Tear as the fine soloist, the collection features the unusually lovely 'Diversions for piano left hand and orchestra' that Britten wrote for Paul Wittgenstein, here performed by Peter Donohoe (who also collaborates with Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard, Peter Cole and Michal Kaznowski for the opus 16 'Young Apollo'.

Included are 'Quatre Chansons Françaises' with Jill Gomez as the exquisite soloist, several overtures, 'Praise We Great Men' in the 1976 orchestration by Colin Matthews, 'Suite on English Folk tunes' and 'Scottish Ballad'. The performances by the orchestra, chorus, and various soloists are on a consistently high level. This is one of the opportunities to really understand the works of Benjamin Britten outside of his famous operas and War Requiem. It is a joy. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, March 06

Great Composer- Great Conductor.......2002-04-11

This album is a must for any classical music fan and for any Britten fan in particular. Rattle brings to these great pieces a vibrancy and energy that Britten would surely have enthusiastically approved . Aside from some of the more familiar works of Britten's such as the powerful and touching "Sinfonia da Requiem", we are treated to the less familiar "The Building of the House" written for the re-opening of the concert hall at Snape-Maltings which had previously burned down. This shows Britten at his inventive best in a rare orchestral work from his late period. Also included is "Suite on English Folk Songs" which was one of the last things he wrote before his premature death and shows that tragically, he was struck down at the height of his powers. Also we get to hear two recently unearthed pieces that had been apparently forgotten by Britten himself-"Occasional Overture" and one of my favorites from this collection, the wonderful "American Overture". All in all, a wonderful selection of Britten's work with performances worthy of the material. At the two-for-one price here, this is a collection you can't afford not to have.
Highly recommended!

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The Boyz Need To Be Discovered!
Best of the Best!!!

Boyz in Da House
The Boyz
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000B7V4
Release Date: 1997-11-17

Tracks:

Intro
Boyz in the House
Tell Me
Every Night... Every Day
Let Me Show You the Way
One Minute [Album Version]
Back in Fort
Round and Round Intro
Round and Round
You Don't Know What I Feel for You
I Can't Live Without Your Love
Unbreak My Heart
It's a Party
Please Come Back
Let Me Show You the Way [Single Edit-Italian Version]
Boyz Thanks

Customer Reviews:

The Boyz Need To Be Discovered!.......2000-06-02

Here is another German pop rock boy band. If you've read my other reviews about German boy bands, you will see that I do like them better than the American ones we have today. The Boyz's album 'Boyz In Da House' is one of the best CD's I've listened to. It's got nice beats to it...and nice melodies and harmonies with the music. The Boyz have done and EXCELLENT job producing this album! Buy this album...it's worth the extra money!

Best of the Best!!!.......1998-11-24

I wanna say to everyone that has wanted to buy this CD, if you like the Backstreet Boys, N' Sync, Spice Girls, Five, or All Saints, you will LOVE this album. It may seem expensive but it happens to be a GREAT album, and I wish the BOYZ the best luck in producing more albums!!!!

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