Extreme Classics

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With so many compilation CDs billing themselves as being perfect for "romantic moments" or "young minds," it's refreshing to find a CD that attempts to do nothing but get your blood pumping. And Extreme Classics does just that; there's not a single Bach excerpt, and even Vivaldi's summer storm from The Four Seasons couldn't make the cut. Instead, we get snippets of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" (from Die Walkure), the conclusion of Ravel's Bolero, as well as the finale of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The "extreme" moniker might be a bit misleading (save that for Stockhausen!), but these are great cuts that will have your heart racing. The recordings by included conductors Leonard Slatkin, Fritz Reiner, and Eugene Ormandy are all classics. Crank it up and watch the neighbors complain! --Jason Verlinde

Extreme Classics, Music, Ludwig van Beethoven, Manuel de Falla, Ferde Grofe, Aram Khachaturian, Modest Mussorgsky, Carl Orff, Sergey Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Arthur Fiedler, Arturo Basile, Charles Münch, Claus Peter Flor, Eduardo Mata, Eugene Ormandy, Fritz Reiner, Georg Solti, Leonard Slatkin, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Morton Gould and his Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Rome Opera Orchestra, 20th/21st Century Ballet, 20th/21st Century Orchestral Music, 20th/21st Century Symph. with Mult. Solo Voice & Chorus, Ballet, Cantata, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, German/Austrian Romantic Opera, Italian Romantic Opera, Opera, Orchestral, Orchestral Music, Requiem/Requiem Section, Romantic Overture for Orchestra
Queer for the Ear: Extreme Make-Overs for Disco Dance Classics
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • I dare you to stay still
  • CAN'T STOP DANCING
 Queer for the Ear: Extreme Make-Overs for Disco Dance Classics
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Empire Musicwerks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
CompilationsCompilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop
HouseHouse | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00022LIVG
Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

  1. Cocktail Hour Intro (Shaken Not Stirred) - Miss Understood
  2. Fascinated (Love Toy Remix) - Company B
  3. Hit-N-Run Lover (007 Inches Of Remix) - Carol Jiani
  4. Now That We Found Love (Found In The Closet Remix) - Third World
  5. Together Forever (Massachusetts Remix) - Tinga Stewart
  6. Another Man (Annulment Remix) - Barbara Mason
  7. More Than A Woman (Night Fever Remix) - Tiny Tavares
  8. Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight (2004 Makeover Remix) - Denis And Denyse LePage
  9. Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough (Reeat Offender Remix) - Gary Indiana
  10. Spank (Spank Me Harder Remix) - Jimmy 'Bo' Horne
  11. High Energy (Really High Remix) - Evelyn Thomas
  12. Get Off (Electro-Get-Off Remix) - Foxy
  13. Your Love (Eurolove Remix) - Denis And Denyse LePage
  14. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Totally Misunderstood Remix) - Santa Esmeralda
  15. Rock Your Baby (Passed Out On The Floor Remix) - George McCrae

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I dare you to stay still.......2004-07-22

I was only an adolescent/teen when these original songs came out, but the remixes are fantastic. I found it impossible to stay still while listening to these -- you'll want to just get up and dance. This would make a fantastic party soundtrack; my favorites were Fascinated, Another Man, High Energy, and Rock Your Baby. Plenty of funky, booty-shaking love/love-gone-wrong anthems. It's a bargain and I hope there's a volume 2.

5 out of 5 stars CAN'T STOP DANCING.......2004-05-20

JUST AWESOME !!!! Extreme make-overs for Disco Dance classics . You gotta hear it to believe it. Full on vocal remixes sound fresh as ever. A MUST have for all lovers of dance music. Now if I could only hear what's on Vol. 2
Extreme Classics
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great Family-Style Classical CD
  • Extreme Classics. FABULOUS
  • Not an exciting collection and in no way "Extreme"
 Extreme Classics

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003G0K
Release Date: 1995-10-10

Tracks:

  1. Die Walk?re: Ride of the Valkyries - The Philadelphia Orchestra
  2. A Sea Symphony: Behold, The Sea Itself - Philharmonia Chorus
  3. Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral': Thunderstorm - Fritz Reiner
  4. Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst - Eugene Ormandy
  5. Requiem: Dies irae (Excerpt) - Chicago Symphony Chorus
  6. The Rite Of Spring: Sacrificial Dance - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  7. Romeo And Juliet: Montagues and Capulets (Excerpt) - Philharmonia Orchestra
  8. El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance - Boston Pops Orchestra
  9. Bolero: Conclusion - Charles Munch
  10. Gayne: Sabre Dance - Boston Pops Orchestra
  11. Carmina Burana: O Fortuna - London Symphony Chorus
  12. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Great Gate at Kiev - The Philadelphia Orchestra
  13. Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus - Rome Opera Chorus
  14. Ein Heldenleben: Battle Scene - Fritz Reiner
  15. 1812 Overture: Finale - Fritz Reiner

Amazon.com

With so many compilation CDs billing themselves as being perfect for "romantic moments" or "young minds," it's refreshing to find a CD that attempts to do nothing but get your blood pumping. And Extreme Classics does just that; there's not a single Bach excerpt, and even Vivaldi's summer storm from The Four Seasons couldn't make the cut. Instead, we get snippets of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" (from Die Walkure), the conclusion of Ravel's Bolero, as well as the finale of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The "extreme" moniker might be a bit misleading (save that for Stockhausen!), but these are great cuts that will have your heart racing. The recordings by included conductors Leonard Slatkin, Fritz Reiner, and Eugene Ormandy are all classics. Crank it up and watch the neighbors complain! --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Family-Style Classical CD.......2006-01-05

I bought this CD back in college when I listened to just about anything. Now that it is several years later, I still enjoy this CD and love the selections of music they chose. The "extreme" refers to the excitement and energy generated in your body when listening to the music.

One of the great things I love about this CD is that my children (2 and 5) also love to listen to it. The little one asks me to play the "music without words"! The older one likes to listen and act out what he thinks is happening in the music - it's a fantastic way to get children into classical music. It's fun, upbeat music that children like and will get them interested in hearing some of the more "sedate" classics.

The CD is "family-style" for another reason as well - you are getting several helpings of lots of different pieces. There aren't whole symphonies on the album, but rather the parts most people will probably recognize when they hear them.

For me, this was not a problem, as those were the parts I wanted to hear anyway! For a person looking to hear some great selections from famous pieces, this is for you! Enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars Extreme Classics. FABULOUS.......2004-01-03

I am quite a fan of classical music and have many CDs. This is far and away my very favorite. I love to crank it up on a long drive. Just tremendous.

2 out of 5 stars Not an exciting collection and in no way "Extreme".......2001-12-09

Despite the humorous cover art and the exciting notion of "Extreme" orchestral classics, this collection does not live up to its potential. The sound quality is lacking, as it is with all of the RCA Victor classical recordings I have heard, and the track selections are not really all that compelling. I recommend a pass on this one.
Being With You (Rock and Pop Classics) [RARE]
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Being With You (Rock and Pop Classics) [RARE]
    Smokey Robinson , Grover Washington Jr. , The Stylistics , Brenda Russell , Commodores , Captain and Tennille , Debbie Gibson , Extreme , Rita Coolidge , and Other Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Universal Special Markets
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000OH5XW4

    Product Description

    1. Being With You 2. Just the Two of Us 3. Betcha By Golly, Wow 4. Piano in the Dark 5. Three Times a Lady 6. What You Won't Do For Love 7. Do That To Me One More Time 8. Lost in Your Eyes 9. More Than Words 10. We're All Alone 11. You and I 12. Tonight I Celebrate My Love 13. Baby, Come To Me 14. Reunited
    Works for Double Bass
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • excellent
    		 Works for Double Bass

    Manufacturer: Berlin Classics
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by GounodAll Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by MassenetAll Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by RachmaninovAll Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    CelloCello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
    ViolinViolin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00000K5AN
    Release Date: 1999-09-21

    Tracks:

    1. Fant 'La Sonnambula'
    2. Reverie
    3. Valse Miniature Op.1,2
    4. Chanson Triste Op.2
    5. Extreme
    6. Elegia in D No.1
    7. Thais: Meditation
    8. The Carnival Of Animals: The Swan
    9. Scherzo Op.12
    10. Vocalise Op.34,14
    11. Ave Maria, On The Prld 1.1 in C from The Well-Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach
    12. Nara-Yama (Song Of Old City Nara)
    13. Romance - Klaus Trumpf/Berliner Streichquartett

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars excellent.......2003-01-04

    The selection of works for this CD is a wonderful assortment of works spanning several centuries. The Massenet "Meditation from Thais" is the best version that I've heard on bass. The Koussevitzky and Bottesini works are very well played, but not especially unique. The Swan ought to make most cellists jealous, and any works by Sperger played by Mr. Trumpf are probably going to be the best interpretations you'll find.

    Track Listings:

    1. Fantasies & Sonatas
    2. Fired City
    3. Four Tenors And A Diva [Live]
    4. Frank Martin: Symphonie, for Large Orchestra / Symphonie Concertante, for Large Orchestra / Passacaglia, for Large Orchestra - Matthias Bamert
    5. Gershwin Plays Gershwin [Import]
    6. Giuseppe Valentini: 7 Bizzarrie per Camera, Op. 2 (Complete) - Aura Musicale / Balázs Máté
    7. Great Voices of the Twentieth Century: Jussi Björling [Import]
    8. Handel: 50 Classical Highlights
    9. Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64, Nos. 1-3
    10. Hindemith: Heckelphone Trio, Op. 47, Clarinet Quartet, Sonata for 4 Horns

    Track Listings

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    Track Listings

    2 Meter Sessies [Import]

    Classical Evolution: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5

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