Orchestral Favourites

Track Listings

1. Serenata
2. Syncopated Clock
3. Penny Whistle Song
4. Typewriter
5. Sarabande
6. Trumpeter's Lullaby
7. Fiddle Faddle
8. Forgotten Dreams
9. Blue Tango
10. Jazz Legato
11. Jazz Pizzicato
12. Phantom Regiment
13. Bugler's Holiday
14. Waltzing Cat
15. March of the Two Left Feet
16. Promenade
17. Plink, Plank, Plunk!
18. Girl in Satin
19. Sandpaper Ballet
20. Belle of the Ball

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Orchestral Favourites, Music, Leroy Anderson, Richard Hayman, Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra, 20th/21st Century Orchestral Music, Christmas Music, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Pop, Concerto, Music For String Orchestra, Orchestral, Orchestral & Symphonic, Orchestral Pop, Transcription for Orchestra

Average customer rating: One of the gems of Naxos catalog

Swedish Orchestral Favourites Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Larsson, Lars-Erik | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stenhammar | Stenhammar, Wilhelm | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sinfonia | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Swedish Orchestral Favorites, Vol. 2 Finnish Orchestral Favorites Scandinavian String Music Alfvén: Symphony No. 3 Norwegian Violin Favourites ASIN: B00000144M Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

1. Swedish Festival Music
2. Interlude From The Cantata 'The Song'
3. Pastoral Suite: Overture
4. Pastoral Suite: Romance
5. Pastoral Suite: Scherzo
6. A Winter's Tale: Epilogue
7. Frosoblomster: Intag i Sommarhagen (Entry Into Summarhagen)
8. Frosoblomster: Sommarsang (Song Of Summer)
9. Frosoblomster: Gratulation (Congradulations)
10. Frosoblomster: Vid Frkyrka (At The Church Of Froson)
11. Roslagen: Polka
12. Marcia From Serenade For Strings
13. Gustavus Adolphus II Suite: Elegy
14. Midsummer Vigil

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One of the gems of Naxos catalog.......1999-01-20

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Salon Orchestra Favourites Volume 1 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Leoncavallo | Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Salon Orchestra Favourites, Vol. 2 Salon Orchestra Favourites, Vol. 3 Salon Orchestra Favourites IV: German Hit Songs of the 1930s Salon Music at Schumann's Bar ASIN: B00004T6KO Release Date: 2000-06-13

Tracks:

1. Drunt' In Der Lobau
2. Serenade No.1 'Kubelik-Serenade'
3. Tango
4. Brise De Mer
5. II Bacio
6. Sie Horen Paul Lincke - Potpourri: Berliner Luft/Es War Einmal/Im Walzerrausch...
7. Serenata
8. Poeme
9. Spiel Auf Deiner Geige Das Lied Von Leid Und Lust
10. Mattinata
11. Wien, Du Stadt Meiner Traume
12. El Relicario
13. Die Millionen Des Harlekin - Serenade
14. Die Schlittschuhlaufer
15. Melodie in F

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Weekend in Vienna: Strauss Favourites Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Johann Strauss Sr. | Strauss Sr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000041T3 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Blue Danube Waltz
2. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
3. Persian March
4. Thunder And Lightning Polka
5. Tales From The Vienna Woods Waltz
6. Pizzicato Polka
7. Emperor Waltz
8. Brennende Liebe (Polka - Mazurka)
9. Fledermaus Waltz - Du und Du
10. Radetzky March

Average customer rating: Perfectly performed violin masterpieces

Baroque Violin Favourites / Vaious Baroque Violin Favourites Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006L3VS Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

1. Chaconne In G Minor
2. The Devil's Trill
3. La Folia
4. Air On The G String
5. Preludio
6. Gavotte En Rondeau
7. Affettuoso
8. Allegro
9. Larghetto
10. Allegro
11. Preludio A Capriccio
12. Corrente
13. Adagio
14. Giga

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Perfectly performed violin masterpieces.......2004-11-02

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Norwegian Violin Favourites Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Halvorsen | Halvorsen, Johan | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Grieg: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Finnish Orchestral Favorites Swedish Orchestral Favourites Bull: Herdgirl's Sunday Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Sinding: Violin Concerto No. 1 ASIN: B000038I7W Release Date: 2000-02-22

Tracks:

1. Saeterjentens sondag (The Herd-Girl's Sunday)
2. Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10: Presto
3. Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10: Adagio
4. Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10: Tempo giusto
5. La Melancolie
6. Romance In G Major, Op. 26
7. Norske danser Nr. 1 & 2 (Norwegian Dances Nos. 1 & 2): I. Allegro con brio
8. Norske danser Nr. 1 & 2 (Norwegian Dances Nos. 1 & 2): II. Allegretto
9. Veslemoys sang (Maiden's Song)
10. Den gamle fiskers sang (The Old Fisherman's Song)
11. Adagio From The Concerto In E Minor
12. Bryllupsmarsj, Op. 32, No. 1 (Wedding March)
13. Jeg elsker dig, Op. 5, No. 3 (I Love Only You)
14. Andante religioso
15. Baren, Op. 34, No. 2 (Last Spring)

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Salon Orchestra Favourites, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Salon Orchestra Favourites Volume 1 Salon Orchestra Favourites, Vol. 3 Salon Orchestra Favourites IV: German Hit Songs of the 1930s Salon Music at Schumann's Bar ASIN: B00005Y0MK Release Date: 2002-03-19

Tracks:

1. Blauer Himmel - Josef Rixner
2. Funiceli, Funicula - Luigi Denza
3. Avant De Mourir - Georges Boulanger
4. In Einer Hafenstadt - Ernst Fischer
5. Terrasse Em Meer - Ernst Fischer
6. Blumen-Corso - Ernst Fischer
7. Tarantella - Ernst Fischer
8. Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson
9. Schwarze Augen - A. Ferraris
10. Gerhard Winkler Medley - Gerhard Winkler
11. A Media Luz - Edgardo Donato
12. Mondnacht Auf Der Alster - Oscar Fetras
13. Puszta Fox - Mihaly Erdelyi
14. Ich Kusse Ihre Hand, Madame - Ralph Erwin
15. Belle Of The Ball - Leroy Anderson

Average customer rating: Note from OANegrin

French Favourites Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Detroit Symphony Orchestra | ( D ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004W3J9 Release Date: 2000-09-26

Customer Reviews:

Note from OANegrin.......2003-10-01

Donald Sinta plays the tenor saxophone solo in Ravel's "Bolero" on this album. Russel Mallare plays the soprano solo.

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Orchestral Favourites Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Greatest Hits The Leroy Anderson Collection The Best of Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride ASIN: B00005UO8Q Release Date: 2002-03-05

Tracks:

1. Serenata
2. The Syncopated Clock
3. The Penny Whistle Song
4. The Typewriter
5. Sarabande
6. Trumpeter's Lullaby
7. Fiddle Faddle
8. Forgotten Dreams
9. Blue Tango
10. Jazz Legato
11. Jazz Pizzicato
12. The Phantom Regiment
13. Bugler's Holiday
14. The Waltzing Cat
15. March Of The Two Left Feet
16. Promenade
17. Plink, Plank, Plunk!
18. The Girl In Satin
19. Sandpaper Ballet
20. Belle Of The Ball
21. Sleigh Ride

Average customer rating: Japanese Orchestral Favourites Worth it for the Akutagawa alone Widely Varied Music from Japan Lousy Western music

Japanese Orchestral Favourites Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Yasushi Akutagawa: Ellora Symphony; Trinita Sinfonica Rapsodia per Orchestra Ifukube: Sinfonia Tapkaara Ohzawa: Piano Concerto No. 3 'Kamikazi'; Symphony No. 3 'Symphony of the Founding of Japan' Toshiro Mayuzumi: Mandala Symphony; Bugaku; Symphonic Mood; Rumba Rhapsody Ince: Symphony No. 3 'Siege of Vienna'; Symphony No. 4 'Sardis' ASIN: B000063TS2 Release Date: 2002-05-21

Tracks:

1. Rhapsody For Orchestra - Yuzo Yoyama
2. Etenraku - Hidemaro Konoye
3. Nocturne - Akira Ifukube
4. Fetes - Akira Ifukube
5. Andantino - Yasushi Akutagawa
6. Allegro - Yasushi Akutagawa
7. Kobiki-Uta For Orchestra - Kiyoshige Koyama
8. Threnody To Toki For String Orchestra And Piano, Op. 12 - Takashi Yoshimatsu

Customer Reviews:

Japanese Orchestral Favourites.......2003-10-12

Worth it for the Akutagawa alone.......2003-09-24

Widely Varied Music from Japan.......2002-11-12

The latter is well represented by Takashi Yoshimatsu's introspective Threnody to Toki for String Orchestra and Piano. The liner notes are misleading in that they describe the piano as playing "in the style of jazz"--there is no such sense in this piece. But the notes do tell us that the toki of the title is a Japanese crested ibis on the point of extinction, and that the composer sees this bird as a symbol of beauty under threat from the ever encroaching modern world. Yoshimatsu incorporates many of the extended string techniques of the avant-guard, and that he alludes to Penderecki's most notorious composition Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima in his title can be no accident. But Yoshimatsu's use of these techniques is gentler, more evocative of a quiet sadness than a heartrending cry.

More traditional than Yoshimatsu's work is Yasushi Akutagawa's Music for Symphony Orchestra. It is a two movement piece very reminiscent of Prokofiev. The variety on this disc is fantastic, from this work wholly and convincingly rooted in the traditions of Western Classical music, to Kiyoshige Koyama's piece equally rooted in the traditions of Japan. Koyama's Kobiki-Uta presents a series of variations on a wood-cutter's song. Balancing avant-guard compositional techniques with conventional ones, the work is quite intriguing.

Most fascinating of all to me is the arrangement of Gagaku, an ancient form of Japanese Court Music imported from China. Composer Hidemaro Konoye does an excellent job of imitating traditional Japanese instruments with a western orchestra in this arrangement of Etenraku. For some tastes, this work may move too slowly with too much repetition, but I'm transported by it.

All in all, this is a superb CD, well worth owning. The performances by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra directed by Ryusuke Numajiri are first rate, with impeccable intonation, excellent balance, and compelling interpretation of these works. Hats off to Naxos for this--I heartily recommend it for all.

Lousy Western music.......2002-09-04

Alas, this CD is not about that. To my ears it sounded like some Japanese composers trying hard to write Western music, only adding a few touches of incense here and there. It gave me the same feeling I got when I tried the Big Mac with Teriyaki sauce in Japan; it doesn't taste Japanese and it doesn't taste better than the original.

For a really good exploration of the true Japanese musical soul, try some gagaku, or try some music for koto, shakuhachi, shamisen, or a combination of them. That will give you something truly original and outstanding. This CD will only give you the impression that you're listening to the soundtrack of one of those lousy Kung Fu movies.

I'm keeping mine anyway. For the price, it's worth the curiosity value.

Average customer rating: Boughton nails Vaughan Williams Outstanding introduction to Vaughan Williams

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 3 Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bantock: Hebridean Symphony; Celtic Symphony; The Witch of Atlas; The Sea Reivers ASIN: B0000037I7 Release Date: 1994-05-02

Tracks:

1. Overture: The Wasps
2. The Lark Ascending
3. Fantasia On Greensleeves
4. Oboe Concerto: I Rondo Pastorale
5. Oboe Concerto: II Minuet And Musette
6. Oboe Concerto: III Scherzo
7. Fantasia On A Theme - (Solo Quartet)
8. Five Variations Of Dives And Lazarus

Customer Reviews:

Boughton nails Vaughan Williams.......2003-01-07

The Tallis Fantasy is based on a very simple hymn tune, but is a remarkable piece. Scored for a double orchestra, the strings play lightly with a tone that evokes a softly playing organ at the distance in a large cathedral. Although many critics instantly recognized the timeless quality of this piece on its first performance at the Three Choirs Festival in 1910, one local paper carried a review that said, in essence, nice enough, but we'll never hear this performed again. Wrong!

The oboe concerto is a well-crafted spirited piece that does well in performance. Maurice Borgue plays enthusiastically. Unfortunately, the solo instrument is so closely miked, you can hear the pads click on the ebony!

This is an essential CD to own for any serious lover of English classical music.

Outstanding introduction to Vaughan Williams.......1999-08-11

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6. Robert Stolz: Operetten
7. Scena: Contemporary Music for Saxophone
8. Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No1; Die Jacobsleiter
9. Schubert: Piano Sonata D. 960; Piano Sonata D. 840 "Reliquie" [Import] [Original recording remastered]
10. Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky [Enhanced] [Soundtrack]

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