The Celestial Country
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1. Introduction
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2. Prelude, Trio & Chorus
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3. Interlude
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4. Aria for Baritone
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5. Chorus a cappella
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6. Interlude
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7. Intermezzo for String Quartet
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8. Interlude
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9. Double chorus a cappella
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10. Aria for Tenor
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11. Introduction to Finale
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12. Chorale & Finale
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13. Adagio Sostentuto
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14. Evening
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15. Afterglow
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16. The Collection
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17. Duty/Vita/Duty
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18. Carol
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19. Sunrise
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20. Hymn
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Album Description
This recording presents two choral works of composer Charles Ives. The oratorio The Celestial Country (composed when Ives was a church organist in New Jersey, and first performed 1902) and Silence Acccompanied - a choral cycle compilation from songs and pieces for small chamber ensemble dating from (mostly) around 1920. The presentation provides full background information and all the texts.
The Celestial Country, Music, Michael Jorgenson, David Carter, Charles Ives, Anton Armstrong, St. Olaf Chamber Ensemble, Cynthia Stokes, Martha Hart, John Ferguson [organist], Mark S. Johnson, Dan Dressen, Annalee Wolf, Charles Gray, Lucinda Marvin, A collection of works by Charles Ives performed by the St. Olaf Choir and Chamber Ensemble., Cantata, Choral, Secular Music for Soloists, Chorus and Instruments
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ASIN: B0000Y37NI
Release Date: 2004-02-24 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Lento, Ma Non Troppo
- Gaily, But Not Quick
- Cantilena
- Vivace
- Miss Melanie
- Raf March Past
- Very Slow
- Maestoso; Alla Marcia Funebre
- Fairly Slowly, But Evenly Flowing In Strict Time
- Allegretto Rubato
- Overture, Op.52
- Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
- Country Dance: Allegretto E Leggiero
- Burlesco: Allegro
- Adagio
- Sarabande: Maestoso
- Bourree: Vivace
- Rondo In A Flat
- Allegro
- Lento Moderato
- Con Brio
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- March
- Plymouth Hoe (A Nautical Overture)
- Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square
- Tower Hill
- The Horse Guards, Whitehall
- Rotten Row
- Covent Garden
- Westminster
- Knightsbridge March
- No.1 Wheatly Processional
- No.2 Constant Billy
- No.4 Jockie To The Fair
- No.5 Ladies Of Pleasure
- No.6 Princess Royal
- Malltraeth (Pastorale)
- Cemaes (Scherzo)
- March Of The Bowmen
- City Of Lincoln March
- Overture, Op.3
- Londonderry Air
Tracks:
- The Devil's Galop
- Sailing By
- High Adventure
- The Watermill
- Loch Laggan
- Psalm 23 - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
- Southern Rhapsody
- Ecce Homo - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
- Girls In Grey
- Halcyon Days
- March Glorious
- An English Overture
- Spitfire Prelude And Fugue
- Carry On Suite
- Carry On Up The Khyber
- Andante Expressivo
- The Dam Busters March
- Tarka The Otter
- The African Queen
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- Caramba
- Two Interlinked French Melodies
- Kanikani
- Preambule
- Barcarolle
- Provencale
- By The Sleepy Lagoon
- A L'ombre D'un Buissonet
- Triste Est Le ciel
- Allons Gay
- A Mountain Tune
- Tambourin
- Passepied
- Sarabande
- Farandole
- Petite Promenade
- Andante/Medium Beguine
- Song Dance
- Fado
- Kolo
- In The French Countryside
- Carpet Dance
- Slow Waltz
- End Titles
Tracks:
- Miniature Overture (Help!)
- March (When I'm 64)
- Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Can't Buy Me Love)
- Arabian Dance (It's For You)
- Chinese Dance (Ticket To Ride)
- Dance Of The Reed Flutes (She Loves You)
- Waltz Of The Flowers (From Me To You)
- Pas De Deux (All My Loving)
- Sarabande
- The Reception
- The Orgy (Rondo)
- Danza Gaya
- Scene 1
- Malaguena (Vivace)
- Habanera (Moderato)
- Tango (Vivace)
- The Hiring Fair
- Carousing
- Round Dance
- Pas De Deux
- Hornpipe
- March
- Doll's Dance
- Round Dance
- Bobby Shaftoe
- The Keel Row
- The 98th Jacks Listed!
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- A: Celeste A (Act 1) - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
- Peurs de Perles/Act 1. Je Crois Entendre Encore - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
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- Carmen/Act 4. C'est Toi? C'est Moi! - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov, Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- In the Wild North - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov, Vladimir Kastorsky, Maria Michailova
- She Was Yours - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
- Far off, Far Off - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
- Demon: On Desire's Soft Fleeting Wing - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
- Rusalka: Unwillingly to These Sad Shores, Prince's Cavatina (Act 1) - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
- Eugene Onegin: Whither, Whither (Act 2) - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
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- What Happiness! - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
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- Sadko: Sleep Went Along the River (Cradle Song) - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
- Life for the Tsar: It Is Not for That That I Grieve - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
- Peurs de Perles: Brahma, Grand Dieu - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
- Bolero ("O My Dear, Charming One") - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
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- Mireille/O Lre Hirondell
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- Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
- Serenata ("Vola, O Serenata") - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
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- Life for the Tsar: What About a Wedding? (Act 1) - Lev Sibirjakov
- Oh, If Mother Volga - Lev Sibirjakov
- Why Was I Born? (Convict's Song) - Lev Sibirjakov
- Askold's Tomb: In Olden Days Our Forefathers Lived - Lev Sibirjakov
- Sonnambula/Act 1. VI Ravviso, O Luoghi Ameni - Lev Sibirjakov
- Midnight Review - Lev Sibirjakov
- Demon/Prologue. Accurs World - Lev Sibirjakov
- Seafarers - Lev Sibirjakov, Eugene Witting
- Elegy ("When, My Soul") - Aleksandr Dormidontovich Aleksandrovich, Lev Sibirjakov
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- Merchant Kalashnikov/The Merchant's Aria - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Halka: Aria of Janusz - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Enchantress/Act 2. Aria. Ah, The Image of That Enchantress! - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Tear Trembles, Op. 6 No. 4 - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Queen of Spades: I Love You, Dear (Eletsky's Aria, Act 2) - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Louder Than the Song of the Lark, Op. 43 No. 1 - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Demon/Act 2. O'er the Airy Ocean - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Askold's Tomb: In Olden Days Our Forefathers Lived - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Song of Triumphant Love/Arioso. O Pure Creature - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Eugene Onegin: Should I Decide on Domesticity (Act 1) - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Demon/Act 2. Do Not Weep, Child - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
- Festival During the Plague/Hymn. When Powerful Winter, Like a Vigilant
- Captive in the Caucasus/Aria - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
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The Celestial Country
Manufacturer: Linn Records
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Ives, Charles
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ASIN: B00008CGU7
Release Date: 2002-03-01 |
Tracks:
- Introduction
- Prelude, Trio & Chorus
- Interlude
- Aria for Baritone
- Chorus a cappella
- Interlude
- Intermezzo for String Quartet
- Interlude
- Double chorus a cappella
- Aria for Tenor
- Introduction to Finale
- Chorale & Finale
- Adagio Sostentuto
- Evening
- Afterglow
- The Collection
- Duty/Vita/Duty
- Carol
- Sunrise
- Hymn
- Mists
Album Description
This recording presents two choral works of composer Charles Ives. The oratorio The Celestial Country (composed when Ives was a church organist in New Jersey, and first performed 1902) and Silence Acccompanied - a choral cycle compilation from songs and pieces for small chamber ensemble dating from (mostly) around 1920.
The presentation provides full background information and all the texts.
Album Description
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The Celestial Country - Silence Unaccompanied
The St Olaf Choir & Chamber Ensemble
conducted by Anton Armstrong
Martha Hart - mezzo-soprano
Dan Dressen - tenor
Michael Jorgenson - baritone
John Ferguson - organ
Mark S. Johnson - piano
Cynthia Stokes - alto-flute
String Quartet
Charles Gray - violin
Lucinda Marvin - violin
Annalee Wolf - viola
David Carter - 'cello
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Charles Ives: The Celestial Country / Charles Martin Loeffler: Psalm 137
Manufacturer: Northeastern
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ASIN: B00008FHIT
Release Date: 1995-01-31 |
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Celestial Christmas
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- The short life of "Charles Ives, public composer."
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Ives: Celestial Country ky23; Warren: Abram
Manufacturer: Citadel
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ASIN: B000009N76
Release Date: 1998-07-21 |
Tracks:
- Abram In Egypt, Cant - The Roger Wagner Chor/LPO/Roger Wagner/Ronald Lewis
- No.1 Prld/Trio/Chor
- No.2 Aria
- No.3 Qt
- No.4 Intermezzo
- No.5 Double Chor
- No.6 Aria
- No.7 Chor And Finale
Customer Reviews:
The short life of "Charles Ives, public composer.".......2003-11-26
Charles Ives was a "public" composer for only a brief time, after which - and for the remaining time of his active composing career - he composed strictly in private, essentially as a part-time activity while being engaged full-time as a business executive in the life insurance industry.
The catalyzing event that caused this shift was the premiere performance, and the subsequent print press reception, of the major work on this CD, his cantata "The Celestial Country." Composed in the years immediately following his graduation from Yale, the cantata was first performed on April 18, 1902 (almost exactly four years after leaving Yale) at the Central Presbyterian Church in New York (where Ives was the organist), to a full house, with Ives conducting the work from his organ console.
The two reviews (one in the New York Times and one in Musical Courier, both of them reprinted in their entirety in "Charles Ives and His World," edited by J. Peter Burkholder) were hardly dismissive of the work. From the Times, we read "The composition seems worthy of a more complete hearing. It has the elementary merit of being scholarly and well made. But it is also spirited and melodious..." The review from the Musical Courier concludes with a paragraph stating that "An audience completely filling the church listened with expressions of pleasure, and at the close the composer was overwhelmed with congratulations, which he accepted in modest fashion."
It is difficult, stylistically speaking, to go back in time a full century and endeavor to "read between the lines" of these reviews to see what it was about them - particularly the Musical Courier review - that managed to get under Ives's skin. In any event, this is "water under the bridge"; the work lay dormant after that single performance for another 70 years (and a full 18 years after Ives's death) until it was performed in 1972 by the Gregg Smith Singers. Harold Farberman was also an exceedingly active Ives advocate in that early '70s time frame, and this recording (remastered from a 1973 LP on the CRI label) represents the very first recording of the work.
While hardly a "long-lost/now-found masterpiece," "The Celestial Country" is nonetheless an important bit of Ivesiana, one that may well appeal to those who ordinarily give his music a wide berth. The work bears some resemblance to a superficially similar work by his Yale teacher, Horatio Parker. That work is Parker's "Hora novissima" oratorio, like the Ives based on texts by Bernard of Cluny, a 12th century monk. But, whereas Parker set his work in the original Latin, Ives has his in English translation, and the texts appear to not overlap (perhaps a conscious decision on Ives's part).
The two works diverge considerably, once past the textual (and, to a lesser extent, structural) similarities. Where the Parker work amounts to little more than Victorian kitsch these days, "The Celestial Country" already exhibits some of the "Ives the experimentalist" qualities for which he'd later become famous. The Ives work, scored for tenor and baritone vocal soloists, a double quartet of vocal soloists as well as a larger mixed chorus, with instrumental support provided by string quartet, trumpet, euphonium, organ and timpani, goes its own way early on, with a mildly dissonant organ introduction, with other equally dissonant organ interludes separating the major movements of the work.
In an unusual juxtaposition of forces and styles, the work includes an Intermezzo for String Quartet at -as one might imagine - its midpoint. There are also two nice arias, one each for the tenor and baritone soloists. But it is the choral writing that catches one's attention, especially a Double Chorus, a cappella and the concluding Chorale and Finale, where Ives brings in the full instrumental support, including two brass horns (trumpet and euphonium), organ and timpani. The cantata ends in a wonderful flourish; a happy ending that well fits the optimistic text set out by Bernard of Cluny.
Recordings of this work are hard to come by, but I have managed to track down two others besides this Farberman performance. One of them - led by Stephen Cleobury directing the BBC Singers (Collins Classics 1479-2, but, like the Farberman, sadly out of print) - is a close contender for top honors. But Farberman's performance carries the day, particularly by virtue of its double quartet and the rousing conclusion, highlighted by a euphonium player who really rips (as I'm sure the score indicates he should) and a lead soprano (Hazel Holt) who really nails an obligato high C near the end. In at least these details, this Farberman performance tops the Cleobury one, most other factors being equal. But one DOES wish that Sony would treat its back catalog more respectfully, and remaster and reissue the Gregg Smith Singers performance, which has yet to make it to CD.
The filler work, another cantata, this by Elinor Remick Warren titled "Abram in Egypt" and dated 1960, is an adequate if not particularly memorable work. Warren (1900-1991), by all accounts a child prodigy both in composition and as a pianist, had a long, if not especially notable, career as a composer. (Perhaps this is somehow related to the fact that she spent virtually her entire life on the west coast, away from the east coast arts and culture spotlight.) In any event, the work is thoroughly professional, reminding me at times of similar neoromantic choral works by Howard Hanson and Randall Thompson. Not bad; but you'll want this CD for the Ives work.
The recorded sound is fine, save for a very brief and minor amount of pre-echo at the beginning of the Chorale and Finale of the Ives work (probably the result of having the master tape in storage for a considerable length of time).
Bob Zeidler
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Singers of Imperial Russia, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Russia
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ASIN: B000000WMN
Release Date: 1993-11-15 |
Tracks:
- Sophia - Irena Bohuss
- Black Skirt - Irena Bohuss
- Traviata: Sempre Libera - Irena Bohuss
- I Love Men - Irena Bohuss
- Boh: Donde Lieta Usc Irena Bohuss
- For Good Night - Irena Bohuss
- Sad Song - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
- Halka: Like the Shrub in the Whirlwind - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
- Guelder-Rose - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
- Tosca: Vissi d'Arte - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
- Juive: Pour Lui, Pour Moi, Mon P Act 2 - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
- Soldiers Bride, Op. 8, N. 4 - Anna el-Tour
- Zuleika, Op. 34, N. 1 - Anna el-Tour
- By the Sea: Op. 46/Not a Sound from the Sea/The Wave Breaks into Spra - Anna el-Tour
- Come to the Kingdom of Roses and Wine - Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Sadko: Cradle Song - Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Ruslan and Ljudmila: Magnificent Star of Love...O My Ratmir! - Maria Kuznetsova
- Life for the Tsar: It Is Not for That That I Grieve - Maria Kuznetsova
- Traviata: E' Strano...Ah, Fors' Lui - Maria Kuznetsova
- Taras Bulba: Non, Je N'Ai Pas Sommeil - Maria Kuznetsova
- Snow Maiden: How Painful Hre [Act 1] - Lydia Lipkowska
- Snow Maiden: But What Ails Me?/Death of the Snow Maiden [Act 4] - Lydia Lipkowska
- Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa.. Io Sono Docile Act 2 - Lydia Lipkowska
- Tsar's Bride: All the Livelong Day Act 2 - Lydia Lipkowska
Tracks:
- Eugene Onegin: I Love You, Olga (Act 1) - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Eugene Onegin: In Your House! - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Eugene Onegin: Whither, Whither...Distant Echo of Youth (Act 2) - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Dubrovsky: O Give Me Oblivion - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Ruslan and Ljudmila: There Is a Desert Country - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Rusalka: Unwillingly to These Sad Shores - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Prince Igor: Daylight Is Fading, Act 2 - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Dobrynja Nikitich: The Flowers Are Blooming in the Fields - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Queen of Spades: Forgive Me, Bright Celestial Vision (Act 1) - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Queen of Spades: What Is Our Life? - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Snow Maiden: Mighty Nature, Full of Wonders Act 2 - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Boris Godunov: Yet One More Page...Duet, Pimen & Gregory [Act 1] - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Fair at Sorochinsk: Pourquoi, Mon Triste CUr? - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Tranquillity - Dmitrij Smirnov
- She Was Yours - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Before My Window [Op. 26 N. 10] - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Cradle Song, Op. 1 N. 5 - Dmitrij Smirnov
- I Wish I Were With You - Dmitrij Smirnov
- Rose and the Nightingale - Dmitrij Smirnov
- O God! How Pleasant a Cool Summer Evening - Dmitrij Smirnov
Tracks:
- Life for the Tsar: My Poor Horse Fell in the Field [Act 4] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Snow Maiden: Clouds Plotted With Thunder [Lel's 3rd Song, Act 3] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Dream on the Volga: Cradle Song - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Faust: Versez Vos Chagrins (Act 4) - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Ruslan and Ljudmila: And Blazing Heat, Pt. 1 - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Ruslan and Ljudmila: The Wondrous Dream of Love [Ratmir's Aria, Act 5] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Erlk - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Ruslan and Ljudmila: She Is My Life (Act 5) - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Queen of Spades: Dear Friends (Pauline's Song, Act 1) - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Doubt. -Be Still My Fears - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Rusalka: Hark! The Trumpets Are Sounding...Days of Past Enjoyment [AC] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Prince Igor: Now the Daylight Dies [Konchakovna's Cavatina, Act 2] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Nero: Zulima's Bacchic Song - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Carmen: C'Est Toi? C'Est Moi! ...Mais Moi, Carmen, Je T'Aime Encore - Eugene Witting, Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Life for the Tsar: My Poor Horse Fell...Open Up! [Act 4] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Life for the Tsar: Light the Fires! ...Saddle Your Horses! [Act 4] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
- Chant Hindou - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
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Is This Really My Life
Nancy Ruud
Manufacturer: Celestial
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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| Traditional Country
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ASIN: B000CAE2ES
Release Date: 2003-07-01 |
Tracks:
- Is This Really My Life
- Somethin' with Wings
- I Don't Wanna Be Me Today
- Strangers When We Met
- Don't Gimme That
- What You Call Love
- Crazier Things
- U.S. of A.
- Who Have You Been Talking To
- Man in Montana
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Ives: Music for String Quartet
Manufacturer: Etcetera
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Quartets
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Ives, Charles
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ASIN: B0000000QI
Release Date: 1995-04-16 |
Tracks:
- Three Short Pieces, Op.15: Hymn 'Largo Cantabile' - Mondriaan Str Qt/Quirijn Van Regteren Altena
- Three Short Pieces, Op.15: Scherzo 'Holding Your Own' - Mondriaan Str Qt
- Three Short Pieces, Op.15: Adagio Cantabile 'The Inmate' - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg/Quirijn Van Regteren Altena
- Second Str Qt, Op.19: Discussions - Mondriaan Str Qt
- Second Str Qt, Op.19: Arguements - Mondriaan Str Qt
- Second Str Qt, Op.19: The Call Of The Mountains - Mondriaan Str Qt
- Largo Risoluto No.1, Op.12: 'As To The Law Of Diminishing Returns' - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg
- Largo Risoluto No.2, Op.13: 'A Shadow Made-A Silhouette' - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg
- Hallowe'en, Op.11 - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg
- Intermezzo - Mondriaan Str Qt
- In Re Con Moto Et Al, Op.20 - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg
Track Listings:
- The Flag Series-Spain
- The Only Opera Album You Will Ever Need
- The Paradise Garden: A Delius Organ Album
- Thomas Tallis: Music for Queen Mary
- Verdi: Messa solenne
- Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos / Smith Recorder Concertos / Laurin
- W.A. Mozart: Solo Concertos
- Westwind Christmas
- Wolfgang Rihm: Deus Passus
- A Colonial Christmas
Track Listings
track listings
Track Listings
Hold Your Fire
Pictures at an Exhibition / Piano Concerto 3
Rockabilly Blues
Handwritten Notes
Loved [Import]
Power 2 the People
Right Road
Mikio Hoshido Plays Akira Miyoshi
polyphonic
Sound Awareness
Outlandos d'Amour [Digipak] [Original recording remastered]
Mazz Fuerte Que Nunca
Mas Alla De Todo [Import]
All Through the Night
The Fruit of Dreams