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- The Artistry of Nelson Eddy
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ASIN: B000002NRY
Release Date: 1994-07-18 |
Tracks:
- Tchaikovsky's Pno Con in b flat (Tonight We Love)
- Ravel's Pavanne (The Lamp Is Low)
- Debussy's Reverie (My Reverie)
- Chopin's Polonaise ('Til The End Of Time)
- Grieg's Wedding Day (Strange Music)
- Rachmoninoff's Pno Con No. 2 (Full Moon And Empty Arms)
- Tchaikovsky's 6th Sym (Story Of A Starry Night)
- Drigo's Serenade (Love Serenade)
- Borodin's Prince Igor (Stranger In Paradise)
- Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 4 (As The Years Go By)
- Rubenstein's Romance (If You Are But A Dream)
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The Artistry of Nelson Eddy.......2006-11-04
Nelson Eddy's flawless singing and diction, with a modern orchestral accompaniment, make The Artistry of Nelson Eddy a romantic, sophisticated musical experience.
Artistry of Nelson Eddy.......2006-08-22
Contemporary music which is sung well but voice not as expected of Nelson Eddy. The true baritone of his voice missing. This may be the recording but CD received in good condition.
A Nelson Eddy Tour de Force: Magnificence here on earth.......2006-03-17
I have most of the movies of Nelson Eddy. Together with Jeanette MacDonald, this team produced some of the most romantic movie-operattas ever made. But the sound quality of those movies pale in comparison to the magnificence of this production.
Nelson Eddy has never sounded better, aided (1994) by more modern recording techniques, the quality here (even with a disclaimer) is beyond belief. He has got to be one of the premier baritones of all time. Singing Popular tunes adapted from classical themes, he may be without peer. I have a CD of the young Sinatra singing "Full Moon and Empty Arms" to Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. He is not in the same universe with Eddy, whose crisp diction, timbre, fullness, perfect pitch, and passion ~ YES! PASSION! ~ must be heard (hopefully on on quality audio) to be fully appreciated. This is AWESOME. Maybe the best it gets here on earth. This is a wholly magnificent CD if you appreciate really good music, a fantastic baritone, and have a romantic bone in your body. I am astounded. Until today, I had no idea that Nelson Eddy was this good. This CD proves he was.
For those who are already fans of N.E. only........2003-12-22
Nelson Eddy made these recordings when he was about 60 years old and it shows. He retained an excellent voice for a very long time, allowing him to perform successfully until the day he died. However, this particular recording seems to emphasize vocal decline, in terms of control and range. The problem may be that the songs presented here are mostly VERY GREAT classical orchestral pieces, to which are sung pop lyrics. In my opinion, most (but not all) of the lyrics to these songs are not worthy of their music and are incongruous. The last number, "Alone Together", an excellent Schwartz/Dietz song (which seems out of place with Rachmaninov and Ravel,) is actually a duet with Nelson's partner, Gale Sherwood. It was recorded a couple of years later than the other songs on this album, and is given a bossa nova background that in this mix, practically drowns out the singers! As to the overall sound quality, there are some light snaps and pops as on a record, but the music is loud and clear. I do not mean to discourage Nelson Eddy fans from buying this album. I think you need this album. I own this album. Buy this album, and encourage the release of more albums and radio recordings by Nelson Eddy. What I do mean to say, is that "The Artistry of Nelson Eddy" is not the best introduction to the artistry of Nelson Eddy. His recordings from the 30's, 40's or even 50's are a better purchase for the beginner. Once you love Nelson Eddy, then pick up this album.
A Surefire Way To Turn A Bad Day Into A Good One!.......2003-04-12
The music on this CD is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it. It proves that the music of Nelson Eddy is simply timeless. I have always loved his voice, but these arrangements bring out the very best of it. It is highly recommended.
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Release Date: 1995-02-14 |
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- Symphony No. 5: Mvmt. I - Boston Symphony Orchestra
- The Four Seasons 'Spring': Mvmt. I - Jose-Luis Garcia
- Canon - Ettore Stratta
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Mvmt. I - Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Jewels Of The Madonna: Intermezzo - Richard Kapp
- Claire De Lune - Boston Pops
- Fantasia On 'Greensleeves' - Arthur Fiedler
- Air On The G String - Rudolf Baumgartner
- Lakme - Flower Duet - Richard Kapp
- Blue Danube Waltz - Arthur Fiedler
- Polovtsian Dance No.17: 'Stranger In Paradise' - Arthur Fiedler
- Ride Of The Valkyries - Philadelphia Orchestra
- Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganni: Var. 18 - Leonard Pennario
- Fur Elise - Lisa Moore
- William Tell Overture: Finale - Arthur Fiedler
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- Lloyd-Jones is a Worthy Successor to Beecham as a Delian
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Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
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ASIN: B00019P6PE
Release Date: 2004-03-16 |
Tracks:
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- I. Summer Evening
- II. Winter Night (Sleigh Ride)
- III. Spring Morning
- American Rhapsody
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- II. Summer Night On The River
- A Song Before Sunrise
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Lloyd-Jones is a Worthy Successor to Beecham as a Delian.......2004-04-14
In 1997 David Lloyd-Jones conducted a different program of Delius orchestral (and vocal) music that included the early 'Florida Suite' and the final scene of his American opera 'Koanga.' It was with a different orchestra, the English Northern Philharmonia, and it was very good, very natural-sounding. I wondered at the time - perhaps 'hoped' is a better word - if this might be the beginning of a Delius series on the Naxos label. Well, here it is seven years later and another program of Delius orchestral music with Lloyd-Jones at the helm, this time of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Indeed, the ten works on this disc are recorded in chronological order, beginning with the 'Marche Caprice' (which I'd never heard) from 1889 and leading on to his very last piece, 'Fantastic Dance,' premièred only four months before his death in 1934. (I'd also never heard this piece. Shame on me!)
In between these two not-so-well-known pieces are some of his loveliest creations. There are the 'Three Small Tone Poems,' each named for a season: 'Summer Evening,' 'Winter Night,' 'Spring Morning.' There was originally a fourth piece called 'Autumn,' but it seems to be lost. These works, from the same time period as the early 'Marche Caprice,' confirm that Delius from early on was able to limn the characteristics of nature as well as any English composer ever has.
'American Rhapsody' is a shorter version of the later 'Appalachia' and does not contain a choral section. But it does contain worksongs from the African American workers whom Delius heard singing when he was in Florida running a family-owned orange plantation. It also includes extensive treatments of 'Dixie' and 'Yankee Doodle.' The piece was never performed as written until the 1980s.
'The Walk to the Paradise Garden,' from his opera, 'A Village Romeo and Juliet,' is, of course, one of Delius' most loved compositions. It is given a meltingly beautiful reading here. Following that are 'Two Pieces for Small Orchestra,' containing the vastly familiar 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring' and then the somewhat less-heard 'Summer Night on the River.' I was not aware until reading the excellent booklet notes by Hugh Priory that 'Cuckoo' quotes a Norwegian folksong that had also been used by Grieg. Again, Lloyd-Jones and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra do themselves proud. In fact, I don't know if I've ever heard a lovelier 'Cuckoo' either in concert or on recording. And that includes Beecham's famous recording. Simply splendid!
The CD is rounded out by 'A Song Before Sunrise,' written in 1918, the last of Delius' nature studies. 'Fantastic Dance,' dictated to Delius' amenuensis Eric Fenby after he became incapacitated, is rather more spirited than any of the foregoing and is a fitting close to this entirely glorious concert.
This is an impressive program well-played and -recorded, and all the more so when one considers the budget price.
Enthusiastically recommended.
Scott Morrison
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- Lovely readings, but the music is pastoral to the point of stupor
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Bax: Tingtagel; Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden; A Song of Summer; Irmelin Prelude and others
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Release Date: 2007-03-06 |
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Lovely readings, but the music is pastoral to the point of stupor.......2007-03-14
In Britain the modernist movement was a sidelight to the pastoral movement, a constant outpouring of pastures, meadows, and brooks painted in soft pastels. The most bracing of the pastoral composers was Vaughan Williams, but here we get the palest of all, Frederick Delius, whose peaceful dreaming occupies this whole CD except for Bax's Tintagel at the beginning and Ireland's London Over. at the end. Beloved as Delius is in the UK, to my ears these five works are a single, long soporific wandering. Tunes vaguely flow in and around the mists, none of them memorable. Harmonies are hazy but uninteresting. Ireland ad Bax rise to a little more excitment--it would be hard not to--but Tintagel, King Arthur's ancestral castle on the wild rocks of Cornwall, seems pretty sleepy, too, except for the occasional outbreak of a storm. Ireland's London isn't exactly on the move, either.
Enough. Lovers of British pastoralism will be delighted by these ripe performances from the hand of Sir John Barbiroli, while the rest of us can loll our heads and smile as we nap.
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Release Date: 1999-06-22 |
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- No. 1 - 'Wen bringt ihr uns zur stillen Gesellschaft?'; No. 2 - 'Ach! Wie ungern brachten wir ihn her!'; No. 3 - 'Seht die machtigen Flugel doch an!'; No. 4 - 'In euch lebe die bildende Kraft'; No. 5 - 'Kinder! kehret ins Leben zuruck!'; No. 6 - 'Kinde...
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- Paradise And The Peri: No. 2 - 'Wie glucklich sie wandeln, die sel'gen Geister'
- Paradise And The Peri: No. 3 - Rezitativ - 'Der hehre Engel, der die Pforte des Lichts bewacht'; 'Dir, Kind des Stamms, schon, doch voll Sunden'
- Paradise And The Peri: No. 4 - 'Wo find' ich sie? Wo bluht, wo liegt die Gabe'
- Paradise And The Peri: No. 5 - 'So sann sie nach und schwang die Fl '0 susses Land! 0 Grpracht!'
- Paradise And The Peri: No. 6 - 'Doch seine Strsind jetzt rot'
- Paradise And The Peri: No. 7 - 'Und einsam steht ein Jungling noch'; 'Komm, kuhner Held, und huld'ge mir'; 'Du schlugst des Landes Burger'
- Paradise And The Peri: No. 8 - 'Weh, weh, weh, er fehlte das Ziel'
- Paradise And The Peri: No. 9 - 'Die Peri sah das Mal der Wunde'; 'Sei dies, mein Geschenk, willkommen dorten'
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- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 10 - 'Die Peri tritt mit schner Gebe vor Edens Tor'; 'Gern grussen wir, die so gegangen'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 11 - 'Ihr erstes Himmelshoffen schwand'; 'Hervor aus den Wassern geschwind'; 'Ach Eden, ach Eden'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 12 - 'Fort streift von hier das Kind der L 'Fen ersten Fall'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 13 - 'Die Peri weint'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 14 - 'Im Waldesgrstillen See'; 'Ach, einen Tropfen nur aus der See'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 15 - 'Verlassener Jg'; 'Doch sieh, wer naht dort leise schleichend'; 'Du hier?'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 16 - '0 lass mich von der Luft durchdringen'; 'Sie wankt - sie sinkt'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: 4 Bars Before No. 17 - 'Schlaf nun und ruhe in Traumen voll Duft'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 18 - 'Schmdie Stufen zu Allahs Thron'; 'Auch der Geliebten vergesset nicht'; 'Seht da, die Bahn zum ew'gen Licht'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: 3 Bars Before No. 19 - 'Dem Sang von ferne lauschend'; 'Noch nicht! Treu war die Maid'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 20 - 'Verstossen: Verschlossen aufs neu das Goldportal!'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 21 - 'Jetzt sank des Abends goldner Schein'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 22 - 'Und wie sie niederws sich schwingt'; 'Peri, ist's wahr, dass du in den Himmel willst?'; 'Mit ihrer Schwestern Worten wachst ihr Schmerz'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 23 - 'Hinab zu jenem Sonnentempel!'; 'Sie schwebt herab im frohen Hoffen'; 'Doch horch, wie Vesperruf zum Beten'; 'Und was fuhlt er, der sund'ge Mann'; 's war eine Zeit, du selig Kind'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 24 - '0 heil'ge Trn inn'ger Reue'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 25 - 'Es fallt ein Tropfen aufs Land ypten'; 'Und sieh, demutig betend kniet der Mann'
- Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 26 - 'Freud', ew'ge Freude, mein Werk ist getan'; 'Willkommen, willkommen unter den Frommen!'
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This lovely, unjustly neglected work should have become part of the mainstream repertoire long ago. Based on a Persian legend retold by poet Thomas Moore, the story is an endearing mixture of Western and Eastern religion. Setting a Christian vision of Heaven in Allah's garden, it tells of a supplicant tainted not by guilt but by inheritance, who must be cleansed by compassion and undaunted personal effort to be admitted to Paradise. The music is basically lyrical, tender, and serene but encompasses the depths and heights of intensity, lamentation, devotion, ecstasy, and triumph. A succession of vintage Schumann songs, sometimes bursting into operatic arias, is held together by often highly dramatic accompanied tenor recitatives and by long passages melding the solo voices with chorus and orchestra; the instruments evoke images of sun, moon, flowers, water, even the clash of war, refuting Schumann's supposed inability to orchestrate. The singing by both chorus and soloists is beyond praise; the orchestra is wonderfully transparent but often too subdued, evidently by interpretive choice. Of the two short pieces, the second is more beguiling for its mysterious, shimmering atmosphere. --Edith Eisler
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An Essential Schumann Recording.......2006-07-22
I recall a biography of Schumann that I once read in which the author opined that Schumann was a miniaturist foolishly driven to try his hand at bigger works. The author went on to say the composer's tiny piano piece "Elf" (from Bunte Blatter, I believe) is worth more than all his massive choral works together, collecting dust as they are on library shelves. I submit there are two things wrong with this assessment. First, when it was issued, no one had taken Schumann's big choral works down form the shelf and dusted them off for a long time, so it was pretty impossible for music lovers to make a judgment about their contents. Second, the person who took them down off the shelf, when it occurred, was not John Eliot Gardiner. Pretty strong praise, maybe, but though "Das Paradies und die Peri" has been recorded before, more or less successfully (there used to be a semi-decent version by Armin Jordan on Erato), the beauty and sheer genius of Schumann's work was only hinted at in earlier recordings. And it is a thing of beauty, with music that would beguile even Schumann's detractors. Much is made of Schumann's naivete about orchestral color when he wrote his First Symphony in 1841. Well, by the time of "Peri" in 1843, Schumann knew how to write for the orchestra. His writing for winds, harp, high percussion--instrumentation he rarely used for coloristic effect in his works--is beautifully rich.
Part of the success, of course, is original instruments, whose freshening effect in Schumann's music can be likened to the efforts of a restorer working on the oil painting of an old master. However, it must be said that Schumann was in the thrall of Mendelssohn at this point in his career, so a piece like "The Chorus of the Nile Spirits" (No. 11) has all the lightness of a Mendelssohn scherzo; this is an influence Schumann progressively shed in his later choral music. Still, it is not merely original instruments nor Mendelssohnian influence but Gardiner's sure ear for balance that makes this music come up so fresh and radiant.
Add the fact that Gardiner has at his disposal the radiant voice of Barbara Bonney for his Peri, and it would be difficult to imagine finer talents employed on Schumann's behalf. The other soloists are fine as well--Christoph Pregardien being an especially sweet-voiced match for Bonney in the tenor-solo role.
As critics have pointed out, in "Peri" Schumann benefited from his work with the German lied; the vocal writing is always fluent, and Schumann is always sensitive to the text he is setting. High points for me are the gentle finale to Part 2 (No. 17); No. 20, where the rejected Peri vows to keep on keeping on; No. 23, where the Peri wins her wings, so to speak, by capturing the tears of the repentant sinner; and the final magnificent solo and chorus (No. 26), to which I could listen again and again. No. 23 is like one of Schumann's famous ballads, Nos. 17 and 26 like the best of his great love songs. Sure, the libretto is more than a bit corny for modern tastes. Just skim it, and listen to the music.
Actually, Schumann did miscalculate a bit in this work, and that may be why it isn't heard as often as it should be. The first part is clearly the most dramatic, with a thrilling battle scene using "Turkish" percussion and a powerful final chorus with thundering timpani; Schumann would use that trick again at the end of his wonderful Second Symphony. At this point, Schumann wasn't a seasoned enough oratorio composer to pick, or craft, a libretto that would share the dramatic wealth across all parts. But Parts 2 and 3--especially Part 3--have so many individual beauties that we're the losers if we don't overlook Schumann's miscalculation.
As to the other works on the disc, "Requiem fur Mignon," a very unusual setting of a scene from Goethe, is probably Schumann's best-known choral work, though you are unlikely to hear it in as imaginative and subtle a treatment as Gardiner gives it. Until hearing Gardiner, I thought Abbado's recording, also on DG, was as much as I needed to know about this work, but again, original instruments make all the difference. Despite the enthusiasm of Schumann expert John Devario, who wrote the excellent notes, for "Natchlied," I find it is not on the same exalted plain as either Peri or the Requiem, but it is short and relatively sweet and certainly nice to have as an addendum to the other pieces.
All in all, this is one of the most important Schumann recordings in years. And years.
Serene ,uplifting & captivating Schumann.......2000-10-31
I have just re listened to this marvelously moving collection of Schumann's choral works again after my initial purchase. I am even more moved and in awe at both Gardiner's way with the Romantic era, and Schumann's powerfully wrought music. Lilting, intense, lyrical but always serene and flowing.
If Gardiner's driven and superbly played HIP Schumann Symphonies were not enough to entice, then do try these beautifully proportioned and recorded works. The clarity is amazing. The Nachtlied is spell binding. Barbara Bonney is enthralling in the Peri role. The choral ending and final brass blaze to part one of Paradise and the Peri is spine tingling, no other way to describe my reaction.
I'm a real Schumann convert. Now wouldn't John Eliot like to try Schumann's opera Genoveva? I hope so. This is simply a spectacularly affecting set. Don't hesitate.
Schumann must be smiling.......2000-10-08
In an interview, Gardiner said that he thought that no one understood Schumann. And you know what -- he's right. It's too easy to criticize Gardiner for his hubris, but when the results are this good, who cares? Schumann is NOT the incoherent, rambling, second rate Romantic composer that too many people view him as (Schumann, BTW, absolutely *hated* the term "Romantic"). Such a misguided point of view makes musicians think that it's perfectly fine to tamper with Schumann's scores, modifying dynamics, setting out sluggish tempi that are modified with self-indulgent rubato, and blaming him for poor orchestration without making an effort to bring out the often cleverly beautiful counterpoint and part-writing in proper balance. With great soloists (lead by the incomparable Barbara Bonney as the Peri), a disciplined choir, and a "period" orchestra, Gardiner's recording of Schumann's "Paradis and the Peri" is a triumph in every way. Gardiner finally reveals Schumann as the one of the most important (if not *the* most important) and vital composers of the first generation of European Romanticism (the others include Mendelssohn, Liszt, Berlioz, and Chopin). The use of period instruments and a properly balanced choir (NOT of the overblown Victorian type, thank god!) ensure clarity, so that the various lines come out with great eloquence. And Gardiner's direction is forthright and vigorous, yet eloquent and expressive, not entirely lacking in rubato (which is a hallmark of 19th century performance practice, after all) yet careful to keep the score moving, thus emphasizing the overall strucuture of this glorious and deeply moving work. Gardiner presents Schumann as Master Raro -- Florestan and Eusebius in perfect balance. Also, don't miss Gardiner's recording of Schumann's symphonies! And I do hope Gardiner will go on to record Schumann's Faust Scenes -- one of the composer's greatest yet most neglected works.
Revolution!.......2000-01-16
This is actually beyond words! What Gardiner is doing with the romantic repertoire should have been done a long time ago! The clarity of the orchestra, the superb soloists and the wonderful choir blended together to create something absolutuely overwhelming! This cd makes you wonder...what have we really been doing all these years...is the 20th century ideals really good when it comes to the music and the way we hear it? Anyway, this is a superb disc with music ignored by the people who had no understanding for Schumann's way of writing when it actually were themselves who didn't understand a thing!
Gardiner proves himself again in another great recording.......1999-10-01
This superb album of three Schumann choral works proves (yet again) that John Eliot Gardiner belongs in the class of major conductors and not just of "period instruments" specialists. And the works themselves richly deserve to be heard, particularly the spectacular "Paradise and the Peri," which is Schumann at his best; despite the somewhat quaint period flavor of the text, the evocative nature of the music makes this an oratorio that deserves more than to be trotted out as a curiosity. Gardiner and his singers and instrumentalists play it for all it's worth, as they do the magnificent "Requiem for Mignon" and the explosive "Nachtlied." An album not to be missed!
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Release Date: 1995-02-14 |
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- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: Brigg Fair:I. Theme (With Easy Movement)
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: I. Variation 1
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: I. Var. 2
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: I. Var. 3
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: I. Var 4
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: I. Var. 5
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: I. Var. 6
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- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: III. Var. 8
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: III. Var. 9 (With easy movement)
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: III. Var 10
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: III. Var. 11 (Slow. With Solemnity)
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: III. Var. 12 (Maestoso)
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: III. Transition
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: IV. Var 13 (Gaily)
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: IV. Var. 14
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: IV. Var. 15
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: IV. Var 16
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: IV. Transition (Rather quicker)
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: IV.Var.17 (Rather Slower. Very Broadly)
- Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody: IV. Coda(Very Quietly)
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- Apalachia - Variations On An Old Slave Song With Final Chorus: Var. 4 (Molto moderato)
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- Apalachia - Variations On An Old Slave Song With Final Chorus: Var. 9 (Andante con grazia)
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- Intermezzo And Serenade From 'Hassan': Serenade - F. DELIUS
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- Late Swallows - F. DELIUS
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- The Walk To The Paradise Garden: The Walk To The Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet - F. DELIUS
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Rapturous !.......2003-01-15
I find these renditions by Sir John Barbirolli totally beguiling. He brings warmth and deep sincerity to everything he portrays here. One surely senses the great love he had for Delius' music. Much of the charm wrought by the conductor has to do with the turn of various phrases. Time and again he caresses melodies. Simultaneously, he conveys a feeling of simple joyousness. Hear the Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda; The Walk to the Paradise Garden; the Irmelin Prelude, with its pastoral beauty; La Calinda, where one feels serenaded in a happy, carefree manner. A Song Before Sunrise weaves a similar pattern. In addition, there's that wonderful exotic quality that here and there echoes in Delius' music. Brigg Fair seems to have both this at some moments and yet a pleasing, homespun British character during other moments. Sometimes too there is a nostalgic yearning. In this vein, one can only relax and drink in the expressive portrait of Late Swallows. And what about the playful, carefree In a Summer Garden or the imposing, spiritual folk picture, Appalachia ? In so many ways, both this sensitive composer and conductor reach out to touch the life-affirming soul. How can one not be soothed and refreshed by what is offered here ? If there's anything missing, perhaps it's the composer's Summer Evening, another of his memorable pieces. A wonderful collection, and a source of inspiration. By the way, I find Barbirolli's Delius more enjoyable than Beecham's.
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ASIN: B0000029R1
Release Date: 1996-04-30 |
Tracks:
- Summon The Heroes
- Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
- Buglers Dream: Olympic Fanfare And Theme
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Customer Reviews:
Poor selection..........2000-11-06
Personally, i bougth this CD because i want the official Olimpic Himn, and i thougth this CD include that. Wrong! This fantastic music is not hear. Why? So the selection is not the best! Despite, the quality of the recording and musical direction is very good. The Olympic Spirit is the best theme in the seleccion, Bernstein`s Olimpic Himn is a deception! In the rest, they are good music between same eroded and "dejá vu" themes.
Inspirational cd.......2000-04-29
This cd contains some of the best most inspirational music I have heard. I personally think the best track is "Towards a New Life". Trust me and buy this cd.
Excellent compilation of inspiring scores.......2000-04-13
The majority of "Best of" compilation albums are disappointing, and although this album certainly isn't flawless, it contains some of the greatest invigorating scores ever composed. The album opens with the William's and Arnaud's infamous "Buglers Dream, Olympic Fanfare and Theme" immediately setting the dramatic and inspirational tone. However, the following score - Williams' rendition of "Chariots of Fire" - is not on par in relation of the other tracks. Fortunately the strength of the entire album remains unaffected and you are easily engulfed by passionate classics like "Festive Overture", "O' Fortuna" and "The Olympic Spirit". An amazing addition to any fan of Classical/Orchestral music.
The BEST!.......2000-02-08
I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote my Conan Soundtrack review. I recently started listening to this CD again, and it is very possibly the best hour of music you will ever hear.
Conducted by John Williams, the world's best, and including a couple of songs composed by him too, this CD collects the most epic, heroic, bold songs you will ever hear into one CD.
I can't recommend this one enough. If you only buy one CD, buy this one!
Excellent Music.......1999-10-14
John Williams proves he still has the Right Stuff. With this album, Williams proves he is the master of modern classical music. The fanfares and marches are soul-stirring, and the Olympic Themes are a good reminder of what the Olympics mean to the world. If you're not careful, you might find yourself marching around your cubicle when you listen to this.
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