Complete Animals

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
41 track 1990 EMI retrospective with hits, rarities & three previously unreleased tracks: 'Baby What's Wrong', 'F-E-E-L'and 'Don't Want Much'. Includes their first six U.S. top 40 hits: 'The House Of The Rising Sun', 'I'm Crying', 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood', 'Bring It On Home To Me', 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place' and 'It's My Life'. Double jewel case. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Tracks:

Boon Boom
Talkin' Bout You (Full Version)
Blue Feeling (Previously Unreleased In The UK)
Dimples
Baby Let Me Take You Home
Gonna Send You Back To Walker
Baby What's Wrong (Previously Unreleased)
The House Of The Rising Sun
F-E-E-L (Previously Unreleased)
I'm Mad Again
The Right Time
Around And Around
I'm In Love Again
Bury My Body
She Said Yeah
I'm Crying
Take It Easy
The Story Of Bo Diddley
The Girl Can't Help It
I've Been Around

Tracks:

Memphis Tennesee
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Club-A-Gogo
Roadrunner
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Don't Want Much (Previously Unreleased)
I Believe To My Soul
Let The Good Times Roll
Mess Around
How You've Changed
I Ain't Got You
Roberta
Bright Lights Big City
Worried Life Blues
Bring It On Home To Me
For Miss Caulker
I Can't Believe It
We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
It's My Life
I'm Gonna Change The World

Album Description

41 track 1990 EMI retrospective with hits, rarities & three previously unreleased tracks: 'Baby What's Wrong', 'F-E-E-L'and 'Don't Want Much'. Includes their first six U.S. top 40 hits: 'The House Of The Rising Sun', 'I'm Crying', 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood', 'Bring It On Home To Me', 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place' and 'It's My Life'. Double jewel case.

Album Details

Re-mastered Two CD Set featuring all the Tracks Produced by Mickey Most. Includes Previously Unreleased Tracks: 'blue Feeling', 'baby What's Wrong', 'f-e-e-l' and 'don't Want Much'.

Customer Reviews:

excelente compilacion, cruda y austera , imprescindible.......2006-12-18

gran edicion que reune las obras de los animals bajo la perspectiva de su productor. temas iniciales, todavia enfrascados en el r&b primigenio, mucho bob didley y demas....encontramos la version definitiva de house of the rising sun..que mas decir......booklet modesto, sonido acorde a los años de las grabaciones. documento de una epoca........

whats not to like?.......2006-09-08

This is a prime collection of their early, very R& B influnced work. They were just finding themselves and expanding into similar covers that other gritty Brittish bands were exploring. You can never go wrong with any Animals recording. This is very primal rock and roll. The sound quality is good for such old, presumably remastered or rediscovered recordings

Now Let's Hear This Story About Bo Didley.......2005-11-30

The reason I chose this compilation above others was the inclusion of,'The Story of Bo Didley.' I thrilled to this mesmerizing slice of rock revisionism when it first hit the airwaves. I can't recall clearly, but I think,'The House of The Rising Sun,' was already out there, and what a pounding chunk of R & B that was. It alerted me to Dylan, and retrospectively to Leadbelly. But neither of them surpassed Eric Burdon and Alan Price's take. The Bo Didley story just romped on and on, flashing light on Bo's humble beginnings(I didn't even know who he was), Dylan, payola, The Stones & the Mersey beat. And of course, when Bo visits England with Jerome Green and his gorgeous sister,'The Dutchess' Burden twists on a feigned Southern accent to declaim his own emulations of the Blues, telling us that according to Bo, their music was, 'the biggest load of rubbish I ever heard, in my life'. But not in my life. Bo and the black bretheren came after Eric in my life. So thanks, Animals. I look at Pricey stumbling around the keyboard in Pennebaker's film,'Don't Look Back', and can't believe this innocent' was capable of those deep organ notes that set a new agenda for Rock music, paving the way for the ethereal sounds of Garth Hudson, I suggest. We'd have to wait on Don McLean's nostalgic,'American Pie' for an equivalent and qualitative summary of Rock's progress. And it packed nothing like the impact on the membranes as this Animalism!

This really is the best of The Animals.......2005-04-13

The original Animals were my favorate band as a teenager, and this collection captures the band at its early, bluesy best. Unlike many of the other Animals CDs which focus mainly in the group's well-known singles, this collection includes all of the material from their early albums along with a few "never before released" items.

Songs such as "Bright Lights, Big City," "I'm Mad Again," "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," "Worried Life Blues," and "Blue Feeling" are among The Animals' best, yet are often omitted from CD collections.

For serious Animals aficianados, this CD also includes different versions of "Dimples" and "Talkin' Bout You" than were released on the original American albums. (On the down side - and it is the ONLY down side - this CD has the British version of "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place," which I regard as inferior to the American release; others will disagree about this, and still others won't be able to tell the difference between the two.) The previously unreleased material is also pretty good, unlike a lot of the previously unreleased material found on CDs of other bands.

Most of this material has stood the test of time, so younger listeners may enjoy it as much as those of us who first heard it 40 years ago.

Sixties R+B from Newcastle.......2004-02-09

The Animals, a group that included Eric Burdon and Alan Price, were the first major pop stars to emerge from Newcastle, a city located about 300 miles north of London, therefore far removed from where most talent scouts were searching. It is fortunate for us all that the Animals were discovered because they recorded some of the best R+B music to come of the UK in the sixties.

Their biggest hit was House of the rising sun, a re-working of a folk song (apparently inspired by Josh White's version of the song) that gave them a transatlantic number one hit. They had five other top ten UK hits with Mickie Most, these being I'm crying, Don't let me be misunderstood (a cover of a Nina Simone song), Bring it on home to me (a Sam Cooke cover), We gotta get out of this place (the version included here is the UK version - a markedly different recording was released in America but was unavailable for inclusion in this set) and It's my life.

Apart from their singles, the Animals recorded many other covers including Boom boom, Dimples, I'm mad again (all John Lee Hooker), Around and around, Memphis Tennessee, How you've changed (all Chuck Berry), I'm in love again, I've been around (both Fats Domino), Talking about you, Hallelujah I love her so and I believe to my soul (all Ray Charles). These covers clearly demonstrate what their main influences were, but they also wrote some of their own songs.

All the music I've mentioned so far and much more can be found on this excellent compilation. Nevertheless, despite the title of the compilation, it isn't actually their complete recordings - there is a sub-text explaining that these are the complete recordings that they made with Mickie Most as producer, although the liner notes describe their whole career. After the split, they switched to another record label, where they had some success using the name Eric Burdon and the Animals, including two more UK top ten hits (Don't bring me down, San Franciscan nights) and several lesser hits, all of which can be found elsewhere (search for Eric Burdon). Alan Price left the group before the split with Mickie Most and had several hits as a solo singer. These are also outside the scope of this collection but are easy to find.

This complete collection (apart from the American version of We've got to get out of this place) of the first and most important part of the Animals' career may be more than some people want - there are single CD collections available if you just want the hits - but if, like me, you like to explore beyond the hits, this is for you.

Average customer rating:

Good, not great.
Incredible!
overly rich nostalgic pieces and particles of the piano

The Piano Album

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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Stephen Hough's New Piano Album
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Stephen Hough's English Piano Album

ASIN: B00000C2KC
Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

Hexentanz
Chant Polonais No. 1 In G 'Maiden's Wish'
The Crimson Petal
The Fuchsia tree
Capriccio In F Minor, Op. 28 No. 6
Minuet In G, Op. 14 No. 4
Nocturne, In B Flat, Op. 16 No. 4
Etude In A-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 2
Melodie In E
Caprice-Burlesque
My Favorite Things
Kashmiri Song
Music Box
The Swan
Papillons
The Gardens Of Buitenzorg- (From 'Java Suite', Book 3)
Waltz In A, Op. 2
En route, Op. 9
Sicilliano, Op. 42 No. 2
Caprice espagnol, Op. 37

Tracks:

Variations Brillantes Op. 14
The Enchanted Nymph
Der Kontrebandiste
Melody In F
Gargoyles, Op. 29: I. Presto
Gargoyles, Op. 29: II. Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
Gargoyles, Op. 29: III. Allegro moderato
Gargoyles, Op. 29: IV. Presto feroce
The Musical Snuffbox
The Musical Snuffbox
Etude de style, Op. 40 No. 1 'Agilite'
Till I Wake
Weep You No More
March Of The Siamese Children
Valse mignone
Serenata, Op. 15 No. 1
Bourree (From Violin Sonata No. 2)
Erinnerungen (Triakontameron No. 25)
Adagietto (From 'L'Arlesienne')
Ungarishe Zigeunerweisen

Customer Reviews:

Good, not great........2002-05-22

I got this double cd, since a fellow reviewer of Hamelin's Kaleidoscope said he couldn't fully endorse that disc, since this cd would be so much better. Wrong again, sewer boy!

Thanks to Arthur Schnabel complete recordings of Sonatas, Concertos and Variation Works have become the mainstay of the recorded piano repertoire. Nowadays, it is hard to imagine that this has not always been the case. Yet, just have a look at the complete Rachmaninov recordings on RCA to see that even this giant mostly recorded little trifles, since the record buyers of his time prefered snacks over meals.

This generous and economic double cd contains a compilation of mostly romantic smaller scale works, that Rachmaninov's clientele would have enjoyed. Some are obscure, others e.g. Ljadov's snuff box and Taussig's Gypsy tunes are pretty well known.

Hough-a man from the splendid 1961 vintage, just like Hamelin and your's truly- is a highly accomplished pianist. His playing is good, yet not up to the Hamelin standards. The repertoire, however, started to bore the hell out of me after a while. I admit, that there are true exceptions like the Liebermann Gargoyles, but for me this set was simply too much of a good thing.

The interpretations vary from decent to good. I used to own an lp of the French virtuoso Setrak, that contained both the Ljadov and Taussig mentioned above and believe you me those interpretations dwarfed what we get here.

In conclusion, a generous compilation of smaller scale pianoworks. Good clean piano playing and more than adequate recordings.

Incredible!.......2001-01-12

I am a pianophile and longtime record collector, and this is one of the most awe-inspiring recordings I have ever heard. Stephen Hough's pianism - and I don't mean to be hyperbolic - simply exhausts all adjectives one might try to use to describe it. This is the kind of album to listen to not so much for the music (though these are charming and now-rarely heard pieces) but for the artistry of the performer. For stunning virtuosity, listen to the final measures of the Moszowski piece or to the MacDowell; for rich tone and melting legato listen to Hough's own transcriptions of the two Roger Quilter songs. Out of hundreds of CDs I have heard, this is one of my absolute favorites - and a steal at the price. Stephen Hough is the modern day Cortot, Gieseking, Rachmaninoff, and Joseph Levine, for he has it all - drama, precision, color, intellect, raw strength, and yes - delicacy. I rarely make recommendations like this, but you absolutely must hear this recording.

overly rich nostalgic pieces and particles of the piano.......2001-01-06

This is music that seems to have lapsed into a forgotten time warp, like when you open that old wood truck in the attic to find odd bits and particles,objects,dolls and photographs that immediately transports you into another fantasia place. That's what this music does. Hough has selected for the most part fast filigreed,rapid cascades and ribbons of pieces. Each however has its own narrative,its own special tale to reveal, a special musical texture,an endearing melody. Needless to say most of the composers here are those you've never heard before,like Ignaz Friedman, whose "Music Box" is not what you think, yes it has that timbre of forever moving tickly tones,for a ballerina popping out of a ceramic box. But there is a large pallette of sophistication here as well with the unique timbre of the piano. Every piece does this admirably. The Hexentanz of MacDowell (arr.Liszt) is a helter-skelter piece never stopping,scaling the upper regions of the keyboard,and this would be an encore work. It keeps you on the edge of your upholstered chair.Leoplold Godowsky is not an unfamiliar name,he is a specialist in the art of the arragement trying to capture a timbre, and here in Camille Saint-Saens forever memorable "Swan"the final days of post-romantic Louis Napoleon the Third era is handled with just a few more ripples in the pond than before almost imperceptible.

Tracks:

Air On G String - Karl Richter
Andantino - Arthur Grumiaux
Larghetto - Manfred Clement
Bourree 1 & 2 - Pepe Romero
Contrapunctus No.9 - Sir Neville Marriner
Adagio - Heinz Holliger
Siciliana - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Siciliano - Irena Grafenauer
Larghetto, Con Sordini - Heinz Holliger
Andante - Heinz Holliger
Aquarium - Andre Previn
Berceuse - Julian Lloyd Webber
Andante Con Moto - Maria Graf
Largo - Catherine Mackintosh
The Bells - Frederick Fennell
Chorale Prelude: 'Wir Glauben All An Einen Gott', BWV 680 (Giant Fugue) - Leopold Stokowski
Nocturne, Op.19 No.4 - Mischa Maisky
Adagietto - Adagio - Myung-Whun Chung
Larghetto - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Like a box of your favorite chocolates..........2003-05-01

This is a really well-thought-out selection of quieter Baroque, Classical and Romantic works, played primarily on strings but not exclusively. Some of the works are transcribed to other instruments--oboe in the case of a Bach harpsichord concerto, guitar instead of solo cello in the Bouree. This CD includes a lovely, lilting work by Pergolesi, who lived from 1710 to 1736. His wistful and playful music always provokes a happy-sad reaction from me because it's so beautiful and there is of course so little of Pergolesi due to his tragically short life.

Tracks:

Hexentanz
Maiden's Wish, Op. 74, No. 1
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Fuchsia Tree, Op. 25, No. 2
Capriccio in F Minor
Minuet in G
Nocturne
Etude in a Flat Major
Melodie in E
Caprice-Burlesque
My Favorite Things
Kahmiri Song
Musical Box
Swan
Papillons
Gardens of Buitenzorg
Waltz
En Route, Op.9
Siciliano
Caprice Espagnol

Customer Reviews:

Stephen Hough is a genius.......2003-09-01

Spectacular pianist. Stephen Hough takes technique to a new level. Crisp, clear notation with beautiful phrasing and unbelievable dexterity. At times, it seems as though these pieces were composed for four-hand piano. This the album which first captivated my ear for Hough.

Just Some Info About This Recording.......1999-05-11

I think the reason this recording is out of stock is that the content is duplicated by the Stephen Hough's CD entitled "The Piano Album". Perhaps it was simply reissued under a different name.

light little pieces, fun but not too serious.......1998-10-17

Hough is definitely good to listen to, and this album is a collection of light little pieces that he can have some fun with. There are quite a few short pieces that are hard to find in other "all time favorite" collections.

Average customer rating:

Decent performances but terrible sound quality
Proto-Modern Music
COMPLEMENTS STEPHEN HOUGHT SAINT SAENS CONCERTOS

Saint-Saëns: Complete Works for Piano

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Gavottes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00008X5B5
Release Date: 2003-05-27

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This series of Saint-Saëns' piano music, recorded in 1974, will be of interest to the composer's admirers, but it's not likely to win any awards. Most of the music consists of glittering generalities, with few memorable moments and a lot of padding. Saint-Saëns had inspirations, but he didn't waste many of them on his solo piano music. In the few cases when a piece has become familiar, we can tell that Dosse's performances are mostly just adequate, seldom exciting or insightful. She gets around the keys well enough, and the last of the Six Etudes (based on the composer's own Fifth Piano Concerto) is pretty dazzling, but elsewhere she seems to be just going through the motions. The solo piano music, recorded by the wonderful Elite team of Nickrenz & Aubort, has splendid sound quality. But the duets, recorded in Stuttgart, sound boxy and flat--except for "Carnival of the Animals," with the sparkling chamber orchestra. This certainly isn't a bad set, but it's only a compelling purchase for lovers of this composer who can't get enough of his piano music. Well, now they can. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Decent performances but terrible sound quality.......2007-06-01

The performances on this collection were decent, although it is somewhat hard to judge them, not being familiar with most of the items. However, the sound quality is way below expectations for something that was originally recorded in ca. 1974 (more like what one would expect from the 1920s or 1930s). There are inexplicable bumps and pops (no pits or scratches obvious on the CDs), and the general acoustics are very subdued (as if the transfer were done using a tape recorder on a monophonic turntable). One cannot claim that it this way because of the budget price - other labels have managed to do much better in their offerings at this price point (such as the D. Scarlatti sonata selection by Pletnev on Virgin Classics which I had purchased in the same order as this CD set).

Proto-Modern Music.......2004-05-21

Saint-Saens didn't believe that music must express deep emotion to be worthwhile. He was more interested in beautiful surfaces than in profundity. The composer's aesthetic, which might be described as "decorative," justifies certain limitations and is not all that different from Milhaud's or Poulenc's, although the musical idiom is more 19th century than 20th century.

Because this is a "complete works" set of CDs, the quality of the compositions is predictably uneven. Several of the many pieces included are too protracted, formulaic and even dull, but few are without any interest. Almost all seem impersonal and dispassionate. That said, much of the music is lovely, frequently colorful and occasionally dazzling. Saint-Saens piano writing is almost always transparent, elegant, ironic and wry. Some pieces, like the Scherzo for Two Pianos (which is organized as a palindrome), the Valse Gaie and the Etude en Forme de Valse, are stunning mixtures of modern musical language and traditional gestures. There is truly no other music like this.

Admirers of French music are fortunate that Vox decided to reissue these performances, which range from adequate to excellent.

COMPLEMENTS STEPHEN HOUGHT SAINT SAENS CONCERTOS.......2003-08-12

I AM LISTENING TO THE FOURTH OF FIVE CDS PLAYED ON THE PIANO BY FRENCH WOMEN MARYLENE DOSSE AND ANNIE PETIT. THEY ARE EXCELLENT ESCAPISMS. I DON'T KNOW ONE FROM THE OTHER, BUT JUST LAY BACK ON A SULTRY DAY AND ENJOY.
I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE DUPLICATED SAINT-SAENS COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA BY SAKARI ORAMO UNDER STEPHEN HOUGH OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM ORCHESTRA, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. WITH VOX I GOT 5 CDS AT HALF THE PRICE OF THE HOUGH TWO CDS. SO THE SELECTIONS AREN'T FAMILIAR. WHO NEEDS MORE OF THE SAME?

A Child's Garden Of Dreams/Symphony No. 2

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Deeply satisfying music
Child's Garden of Dreams

A Child's Garden Of Dreams/Symphony No. 2

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000049P2
Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

A Child's Garden Of Dreams: I. There is a desert on the moon...
A Child's Garden Of Dreams: II. A drunken woman falls into the water...
A Child's Garden Of Dreams: III. A horde of small animals...
A Child's Garden Of Dreams: IV. A drop of water is seen as it appears...
A Child's Garden Of Dreams: V. An ascent into heaven...
Symphony No. 2: I. Moderato
Symphony No. 2: II. 'Deep River'
Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro Molto

Customer Reviews:

Deeply satisfying music.......2002-04-03

I first heard Maslanka's Symphony No. 2, 3rd Movement performed by the Wichita State University Band several years ago and immediately fell in love with it. I've somehow managed to damage the CD and I'm gladly replacing it today. I highly recommend this CD not only for the incredible music itself, but also for what I feel is the intensity of the performance, the strength of the soloists and ensemble, and the deep sense of soul they bring to their music. If you're looking for a flawless performance, buy something by the Eastman Wind Ensemble or one of their many equals. If you haven't performed music of this type and caliber, it's easy to nit-pick the infrequent performance problems on this recording. If you're fortunate enough to have been part of a close-knit ensemble and enjoy modern wind music, this is a disc you must own.

Child's Garden of Dreams.......2000-11-02

This pretty much is a must have for anyone serious about good band music. A Child's Garden of Dreams is probably one of the best pieces of band literature ever written. Very fun to play also.