Cantico

Track Listings

1. Woodycock
2. Estampie
3. Light O' Love / Romance
4. Quodling's Delight / Pastime With Good Company
5. Corne Yards
6. To Drive The Cold Winter Away
7. Cantico / Shandon Bells
8. Hey, Ho, Nobody Home
9. Hornpipe
10. Three Ravens / Turtledoves
11. Tired Maggie
12. Come Live With Me And Be My Love
13. In These Delightful Pleasant Groves
14. Hornpipe Rondo
15. Aim Not Too High (Fortune)
16. The Cutty Wren
17. Robin
18. Salterello
19. Canon
20. Angelus ad Virginum

Editorial Reviews
Indie Track, December 2001
"...a fresh sound! CANTICO, Duo Arioso's debut recording offers up such tempting music tastes."

Classics Today
"Duo Arioso obviously is a very talented twosome, performing with solid technique and a pleasing feel...solid, accomplished artistry."

Album Description
CANTICO - the debut recording from 'Duo Arioso' is a delightful collection of early music featuring the flutes of Michelle Matsumune and the harps of Melinda Johnson. These enchanting ballads and the lively dance pieces from various regions range in styles from the 12th to 16th centuries. Cello, psaltery and various period percussion instruments supplement the featured flutes and harps of 'Duo Arioso'. Perfect for any setting and for all occasions, CANTICO weaves a wonderful diversity of sounds that are sure to remain a favored recording.

Cantico

Cantico, Music, Purcell, Playford, Various/Traditional, Duo Arioso, Melinda Johnson, Michelle Matsumune, A delightful collection of Renaissance music featuring critically acclaimed performances by Duo Arioso - Michelle Matsumune - Flutes & Melinda Johnson - Harps.

Average customer rating: Romance Andrea's masterpiece A Great Collection Of Songs! Sogno by Bocelli Wow, Great Artist, & Great CD

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Tracks:

1. Canto Della Terra
2. The Prayer (duet with Celine Dion)
3. Sogno
4. O Mare E Tu (duet with Dulce Pontes)
5. A Volte Il Cuore
6. Cantico
7. Mai Piu' Cosi' Lontano
8. Immenso
9. Nel Cuore Lei (duet with Eros Ramazzotti)
10. Tremo E T'Amo
11. I Love Rossini
12. Un Canto
13. Come Un Fiume Tu
14. A Mio Padre

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Customer Reviews:

Romance.......2007-06-12

Andrea's masterpiece.......2007-04-20

A Great Collection Of Songs!.......2007-03-28

Sogno by Bocelli.......2007-03-09

Wow, Great Artist, & Great CD.......2007-01-04

Average customer rating: Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material! Beginner or Expert Very Informative and Enjoyable Frank's view Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra

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Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Customer Reviews:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Average customer rating: Great boy treble tradition resounds Robinson saves the best for last.

Walton: Choral Music Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Te Deum | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | 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: Elgar: Sacred Choral Music Stanford: Anthems and Services Lo the Full Final Sacrifice & Other Choral Works Howells: Requiem; Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing Kenneth Leighton: Sacred Choral Music ASIN: B00005Y0MG Release Date: 2002-03-19

Tracks:

1. Coronation Te Deum
2. A Litany: Drop, Drop Slow Tears
3. Magnificant
4. Nunc Dimittis
5. Where Does The Uttered Music Go?
6. Jubilate Deo
7. Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips And Part
8. Cantico Del Sole
9. Henry V: Passacaglia 'Death Of Falstaff'
10. The Twelve
11. Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart
12. Antiphon
13. Kyrie
14. Sanctus And Benedictus
15. Agnus Dei
16. Gloria

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Customer Reviews:

Great boy treble tradition resounds.......2007-01-30

Robinson saves the best for last........2002-07-14

I would not let that stop the reader from buying it, as this choir is now the best men and boy's choir in the world, the conducting is excellent, and the music is uplifting.

Average customer rating:

Histoire du Tango: Piazzolla, Machado and others Laurindo Almeida , Vladimir Bobri , Joao Dias Carrasqueira , Carlo Domeniconi , Celso Machado , Louis Moyse , E. Murillo , Astor Piazzolla , Hans Joachim Teschner , Brazilian Traditional , Christmas Traditional , Cuban Traditional , Spanish Traditional , Venezuelan Traditional , Susan Hoeppner , and Rachel Gauk Manufacturer: Marquis Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Tango | Latin Music | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Tango | Latin Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Walking on the Water ASIN: B000003WHI Release Date: 1996-07-01

Tracks:

1. Histoire Du Tango: Bordel 1900
2. Histoire Du Tango: Cafe 1930
3. Histoire Du Tango: Nightclub 1960
4. Histoire Du Tango: Concert D'Aujourd'hui
5. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Punto Cubano
6. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: A Casinha Pequenina
7. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Pacoca
8. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Quebro-queixo
9. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Petenera
10. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: A Rosa Vermelha
11. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Chocoana
12. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Cantico
13. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Esta Noche Serena
14. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Villancico
15. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Tango Flamenco
16. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Ausencia
17. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Autumnal Prelude
18. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Sonatina Mexicana: I. Allegro moderato
19. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Sonatina Mexicana: II. Andante
20. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Sonatina Mexicana: III. Allegro vivace
21. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Cantos De Las Sierras: I. Allegro
22. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Cantos De Las Sierras: II. Andante
23. A Ste Of Spanish And Latin American Folk Songs: Cantos De Las Sierras: III. Allegro

Average customer rating: Thoroughly enjoyable 'Tosca'

Puccini: Tosca Giacomo Puccini , Alexander Rahbari , Nelly Miricioiu , Giorgio Lamberti , Silvano Carroli , Miroslav Dvorsky , Stanislav Benacka , Jan Durco , Jozef Spacek , and Andrea Piccinni Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000014AU Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

1. TOSCA: Act I: Ah!...Finalmente!
2. TOSCA: Act I: E sempre lava!
3. TOSCA: Act I: Recondita armonia
4. TOSCA: Act I: Vo! Cavaradossi
5. TOSCA: Act I: Mario! Mario! Mario!
6. TOSCA: Act I: Non la sospiri la nostra casetta
7. TOSCA: Act I: Or lasciami al lavoro
8. TOSCA: Act I: Ah, quegli occhi!...
9. TOSCA: Act I: E buona la mia Tosca
10. TOSCA: Act I: Tutta qui la cantoria!
11. TOSCA: Act I: Un tal baccano in chiesa
12. TOSCA: Act I: Tosca? Che non mi veda
13. TOSCA: Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza

Tracks:

1. TOSCA: Act II: Tosca e buon falco!
2. TOSCA: Act II: O galantuomo
3. TOSCA: Act II: Sale, ascende l'uman cantico
4. TOSCA: Act II: Ov'e Angelotti?
5. TOSCA: Act II: Ed or fra noi parliam
6. TOSCA: Act II: Orsu, Tosca, parlate
7. TOSCA: Act II: Nel pozzo...nel giardino...
8. TOSCA: Act II: Floria!...Amore...
9. TOSCA: Act II: Vittoria! Vittoria!...
10. TOSCA: Act II: Quanto?...Quanto? Il prezzo!...
11. TOSCA: Act II: Odi? E il tamburo
12. TOSCA: Act II: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
13. TOSCA: Act II: Vedi...le man giunte io stendo a te
14. TOSCA: Act II: E qual via scegliete?
15. TOSCA: Act II: Tosca, finalmente mia!...
16. TOSCA: Act III: Introduction
17. TOSCA: Act III: lo de'sospiri...
18. TOSCA: Act III: Mario Cavaradossi? A voi.
19. TOSCA: Act III: E lucevan le stelle...
20. TOSCA: Act III: Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca...
21. TOSCA: Act III: Il tuo sangue o il mio amore volea...
22. TOSCA: Act III: O dolci mani
23. TOSCA: Act III: Senti...l'ora e vicina
24. TOSCA: Act III: Amaro sol per te m'era il morire
25. TOSCA: Act III: Come e lunga l'attesa!
26. TOSCA: Act III: Presto, su! Mario! Mario!

Customer Reviews:

Thoroughly enjoyable 'Tosca'.......2000-06-11

Average customer rating:

Liszt: Cantatas & Hymns Manufacturer: Hungaroton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005TNBS Release Date: 2001-11-27

Tracks:

1. Raabe 479, Searle 4, Grove VII I8: Cantico Del Sol Di San Francesco D'Assisi - Gyorgy Melis
2. Raabe 482, Searle 6, Grove VII L 15: The Bells Of Strasbourg Cathedral - Livia Budai
3. Raabe 482, Searle 6, Grove VII L 15: The Bells Of Strasbourg Cathedral - Sandor Solyom-Nagy
4. Raabe 483, Searle 47, Grove VII J41: Sankt Christoph. Legend - Gabor Lehotka
5. Raabe 480, Searle 5, Grove VII I1.: Sainte Cecile. Legend (Mme Emile De Girardin) - Livia Budai
6. Raabe 481, Searle 7, Grove VII I10.: Cantantibus Organis. Antiphon To The Feast Of Saint Cecilia - Klara Takacs
7. Raabe 508, Searle 19, Grove VII J2: Hymne De L'Enfant A Son Reveil (Alphonse De Lamartine) - Eva Andor

Average customer rating: Austerely Moving Spanish Music--Not Your Usual Rodrigo

Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | 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 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Complete Orchestral Works 1 Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works 4 Complete Orchestral Works 3 Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 Complete Orchestral Works 2 ASIN: B0000BX5KK Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

1. Cantan Por Belen Pastores
2. Duermete Nino
3. Aire Y Donaire
4. Pastorcito Santo
5. Coplillas De Belen
6. A La Chiribirivuela
7. La Espera
8. A La Clavelina
9. Rezare Dia Y Noche En Todos Los Instantes
10. Y Caminare Sobre Las Llanuras Sin Limites
11. Te Doy Las Gracias, O Senor
12. Musica Para Un Codice Salmantino
13. Cantico De San Francisco De Asis

Customer Reviews:

Austerely Moving Spanish Music--Not Your Usual Rodrigo.......2003-10-29

This is Volume 7 of Naxos's ongoing series presenting Rodrigo's complete orchestral music. It contains vocal/orchestral music on religious texts and it is striking from beginning to end.

'Retablo de Navidad' (1952) is a collection of Christmas songs set for soprano and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra. Highly varied, they are consistently engaging and show us a Rodrigo whose skills include fascinating use of varied meters, polytonality, quasi-medieval harmonies as well as Spanish-inflected French-derived impressionistic sound. Particularly moving are the solo soprano's 'La Espera,' whose text expresses hope that the Christ-Child will come, and a lullaby sung by Joseph and Mary, 'Duérmete, Niño,' to words by Rodrigo's wife, Victoria Kamhi. There is also a light-hearted a capella choral song, 'A la Chiribirivuela,' with a tongue-twisting onomatopoetic text.

'Himnos de los neófitos de Qumrán' (1965-74) is a setting of three texts from the Dead Sea scrolls, written in a style that I simply would not have expected from Rodrigo. It is polytonal, uses a tone-row, and has harmonies based consistently on minor seconds, yet it is entirely accessible, its sparse textures conveying the sincerity of these almost whispered hymns of praise for the Almighty. The three archangels--soprano soloists María Jesús Prieto, Victoria Marchante, and Ada Allende--are simply stunning in the purity of their tone and the accuracy of their tuning; the male chorus is hardly less impressive. This twenty-minute set of 'hymns' is destined, surely, to become a repertoire piece [and indeed, I've put in a call to the music director of our local professional chamber choir to put him onto this music].

'Musica para un códice salmantino' ('Music for a Salamancan Codex,' 1953), is an eleven-minute setting for bass soloist, mixed chorus and orchestra written for the septicentenary of the University of Salamanca, which was an important repository of learning during the Dark Ages and an intellectual center of the Renaissance. It is set to 'Oda a Salamanca,' by the university's former rector, the distinguished proto-existentialist philosopher/poet Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936). The text sings the praises of the city and its university ('Oh, Salamanca! Amongst your golden stones the students learnt of love, as the fields which embrace you gave forth their ripe fruits'). The music here creates a feeling of the glory of the Spanish Renaissance with modal harmonies and occasional brass fanfares.

'Cántico de San Francisco de Asis' ('Canticle of Saint Francis of Assisi,' 1982) for chorus and orchestra was written to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Francis. This 19-minute piece is one of Rodrigo's last works. Set to a poem of praise by the saint ('All-highest, omnipotent good Lord, to you be all praise, glory') translated into Spanish, it lists the things for which we should praise God--Mother Earth, Brother Fire, Sister Moon, Brother Sun, Brother Wind and, finally, Sister Death. The string-dominated orchestral music is solemn, medieval in tone with occasional brass and wind interjections and with portentous timpani toward the end. The tone is mystical, austere, ultimately jubilant. The Chorus and Orchestra of the City of Madrid under the direction of José Ramón Encinar are effective, here as in the earlier pieces.

I have to say that I was moved and delighted by this CD, partly because it came as such a suprise to me. I had no idea that Rodrigo was capable of such deeply moving music. And that's one reason I keep listening to new music, music I might not otherwise have heard--for moments like these.

Strongly recommended.

TT=71:48

Scott Morrison

Average customer rating: Somewhat disappointing

Codex La Huelgas (13th-14th Century) Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001TXT Release Date: 1992-12-15

Customer Reviews:

Somewhat disappointing.......2006-11-21

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Ramillete: A Garland Of Choral Songs Melinda de Jesús , John Kendall Bailey [baritone] , Michael Prichard , American Anonymous , Bolivian Anonymous , Juan de Araujo , Martin Cruzelaegui , Francisco Delgado , Juan Pedro R. Gaffney , Francisco Guerrero , Juan de Lienas , Alonso Lobo , Jose-Luis Orozco , Juan Gutierrez de Padilla , Antonio de Salazar , Narciso Serradell , Spanish Traditional , Wendell Whalum , Kenneth Fitch , Conjunto Nuevo Mundo , Claire Kelm , Helen Dilworth , Mimi Ruiz , Jesús Guillén , Marcos Ramón Hernandez , and Coro Hispano de San Francisco Manufacturer: pro música ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lobo | Lobo, Alonso | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000V8G1Y Release Date: 2003-10-01

Tracks:

1. TE DEUM LAUDAMUS: Francisco Delgado
2. FECIT POTENCIAM from the Magnificat in D: Francisco Delgado
3. LAUDATE DOMINUM for solo quartet, chorus and orchestra: Fray Martin Cruzelaegui
4. Anon.: CTICO DEL ALBA
5. GLORIA from the Misa al segunda ton: Juan de Lienas
6. AGNUS DEI from the Misa Encarnacion: Anon. Jesuit, 18th c.
7. VlRGEN SANCTA: Francisco Guerrero
8. PLAZA, PLAZA!:Juan Gutierrez de Padilla
9. LAS MANANITAS GUADALUPANAS: Mexican Traditional
10. LOS COFLADES DE LA ESTLEYA: Juan de Araujo
11. KERESIMESI ODUN DE O: Nigerian folk carol
12. O QUAM SUAVIS: Alonso Lobo
13. DIGAN, DIGAN: Antonio de Salazar
14. EL TILINGO-LINGO: Traditional melody
15. LA GOLONDRINA: Narciso Serradell
16. CUANDO UNO QUIERE A UNA: Anon. 19th c.
17. TE QUIERO PORQUE TE QUIERO: Anon. 19th c.
18. CORRIDO DE CESAR CHAVEZ: Jose-Luis Orozco
19. ES BUENO DARTE GRACIAS, SER Psalm 91: Juan Pedro Gaffney R.:

Album Description

A "Ramillete" is a bouquet or a garland of the rarest and most beautiful flowers that can be found. And "Ramillete" is an appropriate title for the current collection of Latin American choral music from the 16th to the 21st century. Lovely melodies, sweet harmonies and snappy rhythms will charm even the most discriminating listener play after play. This is the essential CD to begin your discovery of Latin American Choral Music.

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Franz Liszt, Friend of Saint Francis of Assisi Manufacturer: Eclectra Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00067HP0K Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

1. The Dance, Neapolitan Tarantella
2. Nuptials
3. William Tell's Chapel
4. Our Father
5. Saint Francis Of Assai. Preaching To The Birds
6. Sheperds At The Manger
7. Advance Of The King's Standards
8. Charity
9. Saint Francis Of Assisi Canticle

Album Description

Track Listings:

1. Casta Diva
2. Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2
3. Chopin: Sonata No.3/ Preludes. Op.28
4. Combo Platter
5. Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
6. Franz Joseph Haydn: Six String Quartets Op. 64, including "The Lark" - Tátrai Quartet
7. George Lloyd: Symphony No. 5
8. Gershwin: Piano Concerto, Rhapsodies, I Got Rhythm Variations / Sheffer, Eos Ensemble
9. Gilles: Requiem; Corrette: Carillon des morts
10. Got Swing!

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Songs in the Key of Beotch [Live]

The Summe Of All Delights-Songs And Ayres of Shakespeare's England

Thunder Chicken [Enhanced]

Nihm

Le Paradis

United/You're All I Need [Import]

This Is June Christy!/June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days [Import]

The Stanford Archive Series: Lawrence Tibbett

Voodoo King

Turning Point [Import]

Violent Femmes

Truenos Sonideros

Sigue la Onda

Signed Sealed

Jaunty-Jolly/Guilty!!