Steve Reich's Four Organs

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1. Cu Ti Lu Dissi    
2. Curri Cavaddu Miu    
3. Vitti N Bedda    
4. Signuruzzu Chiuviti Chiuviti    
5. La Tirannia    
6. Tu Si Bedda    
7. La Cursa Di Li Cavaddi    
8. La Tarantula    
9. Quantu Basilico    
10. La Trabia    
11. Morsi Cumorsi    
12. La Siminzina    
13. Avo    
14. Chiovi Chiovi    
15. L'anatra    
16. Cummari Nina Cummari Vicenza    
17. Quannu Diu S'avia 'Ncarnari    
18. Sutta N'pedi    
19. La Ciaramedda    
20. 'nni La Notti Triunfanti    
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New York Counterpoint Eight Lines/Four Organs
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  • Some interesting works. Some uninteresting.
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 New York Counterpoint Eight Lines/Four Organs

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ASIN: B00004SUVK
Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

  1. New York Counterpoint: Fast
  2. New York Counterpoint: Slow
  3. New York Counterpoint: Fast
  4. Eight Lines (Octet)
  5. Four Organs

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Steve Reich's take on what's popularly been called minimalism has been to illuminate the nature of musical phrases played in staccato fashion on various instruments and then variously "phase shift" their lines into new, contrapuntal relationships. This music can either delight or annoy, and Reich has done both in his time. Fortunately, on this disc the music itself is neither too complex to play nor too difficult to follow, and it could stand as an excellent primer for Reich's early minimalism. What genuinely triumphs on this disc is Octet (of 1979/80). It's an athletic work that brings various instruments into and out of play in carefully cadenced rhythmic patterns that are typical of Reich's very best writing. For Reich fans, though, there might not be anything new here; newbies, however, should be quite taken. --Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars This is not bad..........2002-06-21

This is, in my opinion not so good as Reich classic "Music for 18 mussicians" (I recommend Nonsuch version of that one because it is longer, more filled, has better sound than the others and sound IS importent for "cold" minimalist works I think).

Even if it not so good as "Music for 18 musicians" it is very good but I cant give THIS a five because composers/jazz musicians/rock band sometimes do masterpieces and sometimes not and this is, comparing to "Music for 18 musicians" not in the same class but it has a lot.

"New York counterpoint" reminds a BIT of piece mentioned above, "Eight lines" is a good one and "Four organs" could be annoying OR fun, depending on your mood.

This is something for both newies AND old Rech fans here but if you are completly new... start with "Music for 18 musicians" then go to "Triple Quartet" and THEN to this is my advice.

Dont let other bad reviews scare you about this. IT IS GOOD but it is a bit short (ca 45 minutes). Anyway it is intresting, fun and has a clear sound and it is very well performed.

3 out of 5 stars Some interesting works. Some uninteresting........2001-11-15

In my opinion, minimalist music definitely has its hits and misses. However, Steve Reich tends to weave far more aurally interesting patterns into his music than, say, Phillip Glass. On this CD is what I consider to be one of Reich's successes; the New York Counterpoint. This work for recorded clarinet soloist is able to hold its own as an interesting piece of music. It is in some ways reminiscent of Reich's `Music for 18 Instruments,' as there are droning pulses that appear periodically and contrapuntal repetitions. The movements each have a distinct character. The first is mysterious, the second contemplative and the third silly and carefree. The third movement also incorporates jazzish rhythms into the mix. This piece is a really excellent example of using minimal means to maximum effect.
The other pieces are less interesting. The `Octet' often drags and `Four Organs' definitely does, although it has a certain hypnotic quality that the Octet lacks. Four Organs is one of those pieces that created audience uproar when it was played in New York, so it's always interesting to hear what people fussed about. Overall, `Four Organs' is the earliest and most experimental piece. By contrast it is pretty rugged; the Hammond organs create a wall of homogenous sound that really starts to grate on you unless you stop waiting for it to change. The Octet, I think straddles the line between `New York....' and `Four Organs' both chronologically and in terms of the duration of repetitions. In `New York...' things change just when they become uninteresting. In `Four Organs' things don't change and you just need to adapt yourself to what is going on. `Octet' yields a little; it is not as mechanistic as `Four Organs,' but still leaves you getting bored with the events before they change. New York Counterpoint is worth it, and 'Four Organs' is historically interesting. Perhaps the octet is interesting filler.

1 out of 5 stars RepeticiónýRepeticiónýRepeticiónýetcý.......2000-08-17

La verdad es que la música de Steve Reich, es de lo más aburrida y poco creativa que uno se pueda imaginar. Al margen de alguna que otra idea bien realizada, el resto del disco es decepcionante.

Un disco para obviar.

4 out of 5 stars New York School, the second generation..........2000-05-21

A composer unique in his own systematic musical processes, Steve Reich's approach to music making is one of sonic exploration, tangled complexity, and formulas laden with rhythmic intensity. Frequently based on tonal canonic motives, his harmonies phase seamlessly together to create a mesmerizing musical environment. Presented chronologically in reverse order of time composed, this recording presents three seminal works by Reich that demonstrate his unyielding evolution from minimalist to modernist. Reminiscent of the classic "Music for 18 Musicians" from the mid-seventies, "New York Counterpoint," displays Reich's pulsing sonorities, convincingly interpreted by clarinetist Evan Ziporyn. The intricate "Eight Lines," revised in 1983, blends calm, elongated string lines against a backdrop of coloristic woodwinds in contrapuntal fury. "Four Organs", composed in 1970, shows a compositional structure in the form of uncompromising minimalism. The music is absolutely static, played flawlessly by maracas and four Farfisa organs. In Reich's own words, "The tones would simply begin in unison..., and then gradually extend out like a sort of horizontal bar graph in time."

Who better than Reich's own musicians could pull off such an amazing clinical performance of this music? New York resident ensemble Bang on a Can. A must have for any Reich enthusiast.
Steve Reich 1965-1995
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Classic, but not the definitive...
  • Essential
 Steve Reich 1965-1995

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Release Date: 1997-06-03

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  1. Come Out
  2. Piano Phase
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In the afterglow of his 60th birthday in 1997, Nonesuch Records delivered Steve Reich and his listeners an immense gift, this 10-CD retrospective of his work for the label, extending from his earliest tape-manipulation pieces to his most recent compositions utilizing samplers and the video artistry of Beryl Korot. Aside from the ear's liquid sense-making when it hears the dense and limber marimbas of Reich's Six Marimbas or his taut, dizzying Piano Phase, there is a physical response almost inevitable in Reich's music. It stuns and holds you. And he knows it. It's Gonna Rain struck an early chord of inventiveness, featuring an African American Pentecostal preacher's sermon and eventually spinning the title phrase into a jangling repetition of single words. Percussion works abound here: Clapping and Drumming stun with their deceptive similarity and warm clarity. Perennial favorite Piano Phase features pianists Nurit Tilles and Eduard Neumann synched up on two pianos and careening at full tilt in unison before their four hands fall out of time and phrase with each other, only to realign in a powerful swooping demonstration of energy and focus. The latter CDs hold abundant delights, many revealing Reich's late-discovered spiritualism and Judaica: Different Trains' examination of the Holocaust; Tehillim's shimmering Hebrew texts sung with fascinating choral power; Proverb's invocation of Perotin. Closing the set are recent pieces: Nagoya Marimbas, and the sampler-rich City Life and The Cave. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Classic, but not the definitive..........2004-05-20

While a multi CD collection spanning 30 years does sound very promsing, Nonesuch cannot offer all of the best recordings of some of Reich's masterpieces (Music for 18 Musicians or Drumming), and some have been missed out completely (Music for a Large Ensemble), presumably because the piece was not recorded under the Nonesuch label. While the collection is formidable, a listener wanting to hear the best recordings of all the pieces might do better seeking out the older (or longer!) recordings of the pieces.

5 out of 5 stars Essential.......1999-02-24

The term "essential" gets thrown about too much. And heck, the claim that certain words get thrown about too much gets thrown about too much. But here is a collection that really *is* essential to understanding the nature of a whole shift not just in classical music, but in popular music and indeed in popular culture. So many of Reich's ideas and concepts have become so deeply embedded in current classical music, film scoring (any number of examples, but think about Tangerine Dream's score for "Risky Business" and Hans Zimmer's score for "Thin Red Line," for starters), electronic music and even the visual arts.

This box set gives the listener all of Reich's major works. I can't even attempt to describe them individually, but every one of these 10 CDs is compelling. For the totally uninitiated, take out "Music for 18 Musicians" (presented here in a crystalline new recording) to get an idea of what the core of this guy is all about. From there, you might want to listen to "Different Trains," "Electric Counterpoint" and "Six Marimbas" to get an idea of the pointillistic pulse minimalism that Reich contributed to the world. The earlier material is the more challenging, exploring the subtleties of rythym, phase relationships between sounds and shifting timings. Among these, the new recording of "Four Organs" is just outstanding.

Reich's works, along with the early works of Terry Riley and Philip Glass, form the foundation of an enormous edifice that has grown of music that attempts to return to its essential and hypnotic roots. With this box set, one of those pylons becomes clear.
Steve Reich's Four Organs
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • If the price wasn't so good, I'd give it 1 star.
 Steve Reich's Four Organs

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ASIN: B000059RYK
Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

  1. Cu Ti Lu Dissi
  2. Curri Cavaddu Miu
  3. Vitti N Bedda
  4. Signuruzzu Chiuviti Chiuviti
  5. La Tirannia
  6. Tu Si Bedda
  7. La Cursa Di Li Cavaddi
  8. La Tarantula
  9. Quantu Basilico
  10. La Trabia
  11. Morsi Cumorsi
  12. La Siminzina
  13. Avo
  14. Chiovi Chiovi
  15. L'anatra
  16. Cummari Nina Cummari Vicenza
  17. Quannu Diu S'avia 'Ncarnari
  18. Sutta N'pedi
  19. La Ciaramedda
  20. 'nni La Notti Triunfanti
  21. Ora Veni Lu Picuraru
  22. Filastrocca A Lu Bamminu
  23. Diu Vi La Manna L' Ambasciata
  24. A La Notti Di Natali
  25. Bammineddu Picciliddu

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars If the price wasn't so good, I'd give it 1 star........2002-10-14

Let me tell you, was I excited when I found this. These are the premier recordings of both 'Four Organs' (which I love or hate depending on my mood) and 'Phase Patterns' (which is an obscure piece anyway.) Philip Glass even performs on this CD. It only took one listen, however, to tell me that I was overcharged.

First, the good things. While there are quite a few recordings of 'Four Organs,' most are very dry and mechanical, coming off as unbearable towards the end. Here is a recording that actually DOES have a bit more life to it- likely because the older recordings reveal the piece's freshness.

O.K. That's all for the good stuff. Here's the bad. 'Phase Patterns' is so sloppy that I'm suprised this recording was released at all for fear of embarassment. Really, I'm not kidding. The beauty of Reich's phase-work (and it is beautiful, when done right) is the forward-motion, due both to the pushing ahead of each phase and the steady drive of the insturments when they're locked in to a figure. Problem is, the musicians sounded like they were all on different tempos, fluctuating at will. There are many better recordings of both of these works- the best being the 'ensemble avantgarde's. It has both these two pieces, piano phase and pendulum music. Get that one instead.
Four Organs/Phase Patterns
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    ASIN: B0000C0FBY
    Release Date: 2003-09-30

    Tracks:

    1. Four Organs
    2. Phase Patterns
    Four Organs / Phase Patterns
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    • Hypnotic
    		 Four Organs / Phase Patterns

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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars This is the GOOD version.......2005-12-16

    There's been a lot of confusion about the piece "Four Organs." 'What's the confusion' you may ask yourself. Well, the truth is that a lot of people hate this piece when, in fact, it's fudging unbelievably amazing. But I can understand those who don't like the piece; there's good reason to when you've heard any version of it besides this one. I can't fully back up that statement but lemme tells ya, I recently got the box set of steve reich's works. God, was I disappointed. Four Organs suuuuuuucked!!! My ears were in pain. It sounded like there were three very quiet organs and one ridiculously loud one. Seriously though, this piece is like making love to woman and it has to be good the first time through or you could be scarred. I honestly feel bad for anyone who heard the 'bang on a can' one first. Buy this album, or if you're a dirty thief, download it. The main point is don't settle for sh#%.

    4 out of 5 stars Hypnotic.......2005-10-21

    This is early minimalism, a hard listen for those not used to the genre but for those who are initiated, it is a classic. The recording is live (without audience reaction included) and has both Philip Glass and Steve Reich (one of the few times) together. Four Organs is an intense piece, the same phrase played by the musicians, repeatedly but slowly until all the resonant frequencies and harmonies become apparent. I've seen it performed live and while it may sound easy to play, it requires a lot of team work to perform. Phase Patterns is not quite as good, the key idea of the piece to have a music phrase go in and out of phase. It doesn't work as well but it still holds up. If you haven't heard any Reich, I would suggest Music for 18 Musicians as a starter. Once you've immersed yourself in the world of minimalism, then by all means pick this one up. This is minimalist music when it was challenging the avant-garde classical world (then mired in serialist music) in the same mannor as free jazz did for jazz and punk did for rock.
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    With all the attention accorded Steve Reich in the wake of his 60th birthday--and the mammoth 10-CD box set--it's great to have an ensemble dip unabashedly into the composer's distant past. The four works on this set all hail from the 1968 to 1970 period and all embody a creative risk-taking that Reich has moved away from in favor of a more musically articulate, broader-spanning aesthetic. Nevertheless, Piano Phase ranks as one of Reich's great achievements, and in the hands of pianists Steffen Schleiermacher and Josef Christof, the vaunted phases of synched-up playing last longer and sound more tempered than Nurit Tilles and Edmund Niemann's recorded debut of the piece.

    Four Organs and Phase Patterns have an edge that comes directly from the piercing tones of the electric keyboards used, finding fruitful ground between Reich's phase work and a more repetitive singularity of phrases that forces undivided attention on the compositional increments. Pendulum Music is the true oddity here, separated into three iterations that each lasts around five minutes. The piece is written for dangling microphones that sway like pendulums over a speaker, eliciting feedback that sounds positively like a bass or contrabass clarinet. Of course this work falls somewhere between composition and performance art, but it works brilliantly--leaving the listener convinced that the sonorities are acoustic (not to mention human) in origin. --Andrew Bartlett

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars electric see-saw.......2002-05-17

    The music on this cd feels like such a futuristic rush in its phasing & tempo & meditative keenness of process, it's great. The first piece, Phase Patterns, is, in my opinion, on of Reich's most monumental compositions. When it ends 15 minutes after it began, like a seed become a coconut-bearing palm tree while you did notice the changes, you might be surprised to discover so much time has passed. The piece weakes you up like a cup of coffee, too. Then, with an effect of keeping your attention on the music, the pendulum music piece that follows is so much slower, with so much less embellishment. Logically the Pendulum Music cuts on the cd are perfect. The music develops minutely not according to a person's understanding of sound but to physics, gravity & weight & inertia pulling microphones back & forth over speakers. & Piano Phase is just brilliant. The music in that piece, for me, summons images of purple lasers in an otherwise darkened room. So beautiful. For the 3 sections of the cd I've written about so far, 5 stars. The only problem I find in the continuity of listening is in Four Organs. It's a piece I have to be in the mood for, & I almost never am. To my understanding, every Reich fan says that most other Reich-listeners swear by the piece, but that they themselves don't like it. Seems like no one likes it. It's interesting in the way the notes fan out over 18 minutes from 2 nude notes to so much more...horizontal area (if that means anything to you), on top of constant maracas, but I don't know. The different tracks & consistencies of organs & maracas do create a very complex sense of time for the duration of the piece, while one stretches out enormously & the other stays the same. It has historical & conceptual value if it's not always enjoyable to listen to. Other than Four Organs, wonderful music! Classic avant-garde Reich for phasing & minimalistic experimentation like nothing else!

    3 out of 5 stars Interesting. That's about it........2001-11-10

    I'm a twenty four year-old Reich fan and I'd never heard phase patterns or pendullum music before this. Having enjoyed 'Come out' and 'It's gonna rain', I was curious to hear more early works. At the risk of sounding extreme, pendullum music is a waste. Why anyone enjoys listening to four michrophones swinging over amplifiers creating rythns of feedback is beyond me.
    I've always disliked 'Four Organs' even though most Reich fans swear by it. The first half is enjoyable, but how long and loud does a dominant chord have to be? To be fair, this is the best recording of it I've heard and if you're in the right mood, you can tolerate it.
    So why three stars? 'Phase patterns is perhaps one of the best (and most inventive) of Reich's works I've heard. I've since heard earlier recordings (including the poorly taped premeir wih Chambers, Gibson, Murphy and Reich). Not only is this the tightest, but the production is great. Just enough reverb to create a warm ambience, but percussive enough to keep the steady paradiddle (LRLLRLRR) rythm. It's obvious the performers were comfortable with phasing.
    Which brings me finally to piano phase. This version is paralell to Reich's 'Nonesuch' recording. The only difference is that this one is quite a bit faster leavin two distinct effects. The first is it's undeniable forward motion leaves the listener in forceful suspense, constantly awaiting the next pattern. The second is that the the major second intervals give the effect of trills and serve as satisfying contrast when followed (as they often are) with fourths and fifths.
    In short, if you are a Reich fan who is unfamiliar with the earliest works buy this album. You may very well hate the more esoteric stuff, but it is great to hear where he came from to appreciate where he's going.
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    Cage, JohnCage, John | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Reich, SteveReich, Steve | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by StravinskyAll Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00005YSTG
    Release Date: 2002-02-12

    Tracks:

    1. The Rite Of Spring: Part I: Introduction (Day)
    2. The Rite Of Spring: Part I: The Augurs Of Spring: Dances Of The Young Girls
    3. The Rite Of Spring: Part I: Ritual Of Abduction
    4. The Rite Of Spring: Part I: Spring Rounds
    5. The Rite Of Spring: Part I: Ritual Of The Rival Tribes
    6. The Rite Of Spring: Part I: Procession Of The Sage
    7. The Rite Of Spring: Part I: Dance Of The Earth
    8. The Rite Of Spring: Part II: Introduction (Night)
    9. The Rite Of Spring: Part II: Mystic Circles Of The Young Girls
    10. The Rite Of Spring: Part II: Glorification Of The Chosen One
    11. The Rite Of Spring: Part II: Evocation Of The Ancestors
    12. The Rite Of Spring: Part II: Ritual Action Of The Ancestors
    13. The Rite Of Spring: Part II: Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
    14. Three Dances: Dance No.1
    15. Three Dances: Dance No.2
    16. Three Dances: Dance No.3
    17. Four Organs - Steve Reich

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Best two piano Rite of Spring, plus! Why isn't it in print?.......2006-01-30

    I believe that this recording, when it came out on vinyl, may have been the premier recording of the TWO-piano version of Rite of Spring (there's also one-piano, one-piano-four-hands, and "pianola" versions); certainly, it was, and probably still is, the best. While the recording
    (at least on the budget-pressed vinyl) was a little ringy and reverberant, the performance is dynamic and exciting. The cd ad-on of two later pieces of avant garde history is simply a lovely bonus. SO WHY IS THIS OUT OF PRINT??!!!

    4 out of 5 stars Got it for Cage/Reich - 2 piano Rite of Spring is great too!.......2003-09-02

    This is a 2fer reissue. I used to have the Cage/Riech LP which I loved. Cage's 3 Dances for Prepared Piano is probably my single most loved piece of his. Wonderful stuff with lots of gamelanish sounds. 4 Organs is about as minimal as Steve Reich gets and is pure process music: 1 chord gradually extended for a period of over 20 minutes. If you liked Drumming, you may like this (I do) but like much of Reich's early work it is very dry.

    The big surprise was the early 2 piano version of the Rite of Spring, which I didn't even know existed! According to the notes, this was a sketch version of the piece that was used during the dance rehearsals, while Stravinsky was still orchestrating and tweaking the piece. It works very well. Sort of akin to Mussorsky's Pictures at an Exibition, comparing the original piano version with the later orchestration. (Except that here, the same composer did both.....)

    The only problem is that the sound quality of this piece is a bit distorted at times, and sounds like it was recorded in the back of the recital hall. But the quality isn't that bad...

    Overall, very much worth the reasonable price of admission.
    Four Organs/Phase Patterns
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Four Organs/Phase Patterns
      Steve Reich , Philip Glass , and Jon Gibson
      Manufacturer: New Rose
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Reich, SteveReich, Steve | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B000001Q4T
      Release Date: 1995-09-05

      Tracks:

      1. Four Organs
      2. Phase Patterns

      Track Listings:

      1. Tarantella (Spider Dance)
      2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott/the Adventure of the Resident Patient/the Adventure of the Noble Bachelor/the Adventure of the Final Problem [Box set]
      3. The Best of Mozart
      4. The Hyperion Schubert Edition 24 - A Goethe Schubertiad / Schäfer, Ainsley, Keenlyside, George; Johnson
      5. The Hyperion Schubert Edition 27 / Matthias Görne, Graham Johnson
      6. The Hyperion Schubert Edition 35 - Schubert, 1822-1825 / Dawson, McGreevy, Langridge, Hampson, Koningsberger, Maltman, Davies, G. Johnson
      7. Variations
      8. Verdi - Don Carlo / Corelli · Janowitz · Ghiaurov · Verrett · Wächter · H. Stein
      9. Vernal Equinox
      10. Vespers and Other Early Works

      Track Listings

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      Track Listings

      Dancing Down the Stony Road [Import]

      Lebendige Vergangenheit: Maartje Offers

      No Pocky for Kitty

      Complete Paris Sessions, Vol. 1 [Original recording remastered]

      Chuck [Enhanced] [Import]

      I Need U

      Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night (Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]

      Haydn: Die Schöpfung (Highlights)

      Live Bird Dog [Import]

      Ives: The Unanswered Question/Holidays Symphony/Central Park in the Dark

      Flying Home

      En Vivo Radio Progreso Anos 1953 - 1954 Vol. 1 [Original recording reissued] [Live]

      Grandes Exitos

      No Sweat

      Dream Dancing