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Country Roads Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Serious Fans Will Enjoy
  • John Denver Collection (Country Roads)
  • Left Us Way To Soon
  • Less than perfect selections
  • Remarkable!
 Country Roads Collection
John Denver
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002X27
Release Date: 1997-08-26

Tracks:

  1. Leaving On A Jet Plane
  2. Circus
  3. Rhymes & Reasons
  4. Catch Another Butterfly
  5. Daydream
  6. Follow Me
  7. Aspenglow
  8. Molly
  9. Sticky Summer Weather
  10. Isabel
  11. Sunshine On My Shoulders
  12. My Sweet Lady
  13. Take Me Home Country Roads
  14. I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado
  15. Poems, Prayers, And Promises
  16. Starwood In Aspen
  17. City Of New Orleans
  18. All Of My Memories
  19. Casey's Last Ride
  20. The Eagle And The Hawk
  21. Friends With You

Tracks:

  1. Rocky Mountain High
  2. For Baby (For Bobbie)
  3. Goodbye Again
  4. We Don't Live Here No More
  5. I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady's Chains)
  6. Farewell Andromeda (Welcome To My Morning)
  7. Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada)
  8. Annie's Song
  9. Back Home Again
  10. Grandma's Feather Bed
  11. Sweet Surrender
  12. Eclipse
  13. Thank God I'm a Country Boy
  14. This Old Guitar
  15. Spirit
  16. Song Of Wyoming
  17. I'm Sorry
  18. Windsong
  19. Looking For Space
  20. Fly Away

Tracks:

  1. Calypso
  2. Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes
  3. Like A Sad Song
  4. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
  5. In The Grand Way
  6. How Can I Leave You Again
  7. Ripplin' Waters
  8. It Amazes Me
  9. Singing Skies And Dancing Waters
  10. Dearest Esmerelda
  11. Thirsty Boots
  12. I Want To Live
  13. Southwind
  14. Garden Song
  15. What's On Your Mind
  16. You're So Beautiful
  17. In My Heart
  18. The Mountain Song
  19. Song For The Life
  20. Autograph

Tracks:

  1. Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)
  2. Country Love
  3. Dreams
  4. Heart To Heart
  5. Shanghai Breezes
  6. Seasons Of The Heart
  7. Perhaps Love
  8. Falling Out Of Love
  9. It's About Time
  10. Wild Montana Skies
  11. Dreamland Express
  12. If Ever
  13. I'm In The Mood To Be Desired Tonight
  14. Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight
  15. Love Is The Master
  16. I Can't Escape
  17. Love Again
  18. Flying For Me

Amazon.com

Massive and impressively comprehensive, the Country Roads Box Collection is classic John Denver. Spanning four discs, the collection not only draws upon the obvious highlights of Denver's career, but also includes fan favorites that might not have received the same airplay as their more popular counterparts. Listening to Country Roads, the finesse with which Denver balanced his folk rock tendencies with his country leanings emerges as testament to his talent. As a box set, the collection would be remiss if it didn't include "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Annie's Song," "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," or "Rocky Mountain High"--and, of course, the box set's namesake is here. Later hits like "Calypso," with its sea-shanty yodeling, portray Denver's ability to ease himself into the role of balladeer, regardless of the genre. Novelty duets with Placido Domingo and Emmylou Harris were intended to rekindle what seemed to be lagging popularity, but Country Roads establishes John Denver's contributions as timeless, nonetheless. --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Serious Fans Will Enjoy.......2007-02-23

I chose this 4-CD set because it included one of my favorite Denver songs, "Eclipse". Disc four had some familiar material, but there were a lot of songs that only an avid fan would be interested. For the casual listener, or someone who wants only the popular songs I strongly recommend the 2-CD set, "The Rocky Mountain Collection".

5 out of 5 stars John Denver Collection (Country Roads).......2007-02-14

AWESOME!!!! There were so many songs that I haven't heard of so it was great to hear the new and especially the old... If you like John Denver music you definately need this one

5 out of 5 stars Left Us Way To Soon.......2006-07-24

Hi, Love John Denver & His Beautiful Music,And listening to these,ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY,Good Job,Thank's John,I had to buy these because I almost have wore out my 8-Track.Thank's Stormy

4 out of 5 stars Less than perfect selections.......2006-06-23

The first problem for any John Denver 'best of' collection is to determine which version of certain great songs should be featured. For example, should the album have the original studio version of 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy' or have the live version that was the super hit? Should it have the live or studio versions of 'My Sweet Lady' and 'Sweet Surrender'? Similarly, should it have the original spare version of 'Sunshine On My Shoulders' or the string laden version that appeared on Greatest Hits?

Such choices are forever debatable. I have come to believe that for John Denver both versions of such songs should be includued on a box set. The greater weakness of the collection is that almost 50% of it comes after the Windsong album, which was Denver's final truly first-rate album. While the songs recorded after Windsong that are here are all fine to very good, with a couple that are pure gems, thus I would advocate cutting none, to make roon for those songs, great songs from earlier in Denver's career were omitted.

From the Rocky Mountain High album, I would also include the Season Suite, which has 5 short parts: 'Summer,' 'Fall,' Winter,' 'Late Winter, Early Spring,' and 'Spring.' From Farewll Andromeda I would add 'Berkeley Woman.' From Back Home Again I would add 'Matthew' and 'The Music is You.' From Windsong I would add 'Cowboy's Delight' and 'Two Shots.' Though I see I Want to Live as the album that marks Denver's beginning descent into cliched repetition and do-gooding sloganeering, I would add from that album 'To the Wild Country.' If only because of Denver's love of nature, a box set should include him singing Michael Martin Murphy's 'Boy from the Country.'

So, basically what I am saying is that this should be a 5 disc set. While there is much about it that is very good, I can't help but think about its many omissions.

5 out of 5 stars Remarkable!.......2006-06-22

I was hesitant at first about purchasing such a large volume of Denver's works, several of which I had never heard, but after I started playing the CDs, I became hooked! My CD player holds only three CDs at a time, so my biggest problem was which CD of the four would be left out!

Some of the songs that I'd never heard before became my favorites. I was delighted to learn that John had a very spiritual side that showed up often in his musical compositions. I especially love 'Singing Skies and Dancing Waters', 'How Can I Leave You Again, and 'It Amazes Me'. Songs like 'Come and Let Me Look In Your Eyes', 'Sweet Surrender', 'Looking for Space' and 'Wild Montana Skies' soon found their way to my 'must be played every day' list.

John's songwriting covered most of the happiness and complexities of the human condition as evidenced in 'For Baby','Follow Me','Seasons of the Heart','Shaghai Breezes', and 'I Can't Escape', just a few of his sensitive and lovely, although lesser known works that are included in this stellar collection. Two of the most beautiful songs he ever wrote, 'My Sweet Lady' and 'Perhaps Love', are also featured.

For the platinum hit fans, all the standards are included as well: 'Take Me Home Country Roads', 'Leaving on a Jet Plane', and 'Rocky Mountain High' among many, many others.

So many of us were impressed by the multitude of Denver megahits that we heard played daily on the radio but we never were introduced to the even more remarkable songs that he wrote and recorded during his career, many of which are included in this 4-CD set. I think that's what makes this collection so very special and a bargain at any price! I play it all the time and never get tired of it!
Best of the Red Army Choir
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Soviet Army Band & Chorus aren't taking any prisoners!
  • Good music.
  • Magnificent!
  • I loved it!
  • The ultimate collection
 Best of the Red Army Choir
Red Army Choir
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066RMJ
Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

  1. Kalinka
  2. Partisan's Song
  3. Souliko
  4. Korobelniki
  5. On The Road (A Soldier's Song)
  6. My Country
  7. The Red Army Is The Strongest
  8. Moscow Nights
  9. Along Peterskaia Street
  10. Smuglianka
  11. Troika Gallop
  12. Ah Nastassia
  13. Echelon's Song
  14. My Army
  15. Civil War Songs
  16. Bella Ciao

Tracks:

  1. National Anthem Of The USSR
  2. Oh Fields, My Fields
  3. The Cliff
  4. The Cossacks
  5. In The Central Steppes
  6. Gandzia
  7. Cossack's Song
  8. The Roads
  9. Song Of The Volga Boatman
  10. Dark Eyes
  11. Let's Go
  12. The Birch Tree
  13. The Road Song
  14. The Samovars
  15. Varchavianka
  16. Slavery And Suffering

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Soviet Army Band & Chorus aren't taking any prisoners!.......2007-05-12

If you enjoy a good stiring martial male chorus then spend some time with these guys. They're all graduates of Soviet musical acadamies and any one of them could have graced the top opera houses of the world. You don't have to know any Russian to appreciate this CD. The songs are glorious (just don't translate them -- machine guns, death to foes, etc.), and will make you want to march on Berlin all over again.

5 out of 5 stars Good music........2007-03-09

I had heard a few songs by the Red Army Choir in the past and happened upon this CD set a while back, I found it to be far better than I had hoped and would reccoment it to anyone who enjoys Russian folk music, choir in general, and cultural items from when Russia was still the Soviet Union.

5 out of 5 stars Magnificent!.......2007-02-27


I'm so glad I stumbled onto this.

Spirited, committed, manly singing. Soul-shaking stuff! The ensemble is incisive; soloists are marvelous. The folk melodies are enchanting. The songs--and the singers--are bound up in the cultural fabric of the Cossacks, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky...on and on.., Chekhov, Trotsky, Nabakov... This music conveys the great romantic, dignified, boistrous soul of the Russian People. (Loosely speaking. Some members of the chorus were presumably of other nationalities once part of the Soviet Union. And some of the songs are not Russian).

I don't speak Russian, but listening to this makes me wish I did. What a beautiful-sounding language it is.

5 out of 5 stars I loved it!.......2007-02-22

Even though I cannot speak Russian, the quality of this choral group is beyond excellent. Many of these pieces are extremely moving and stirring. The rendering of the Soviet anthem and the song "Let's Go" (V'put) come to my mind. "Let's Go" became a huge hit in Russia when it was featured in a movie about the Great Patriotic War, and indeed, hearing it - you can well imagine ranks upon ranks of hard-eyed, grim-faced Soviet soldiers striding into battle against the Wehrmacht.

5 out of 5 stars The ultimate collection.......2004-06-15

Excellent performance by the choir and the orchestra. The grandeur, the charm, and the romance! Great collection of songs, sure to bring back memories!
A Thousand Roads
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Beautiful album
  • Uninteresting
  • Good, but Lisa Gerrard repeats herself
  • very relaxing
  • Corny, fake sounding Native American music
 A Thousand Roads
Lisa Gerrard , and Jeff Rona
Manufacturer: Reincarnate Music
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ASIN: B000AA7HOC
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

  1. Good Morning Indian Country
  2. Rowing Warriors
  3. Canyons Of Manhattan
  4. Coming To Barrow
  5. All Your Relatives
  6. Dawn Across The Snow
  7. The Northern Lights
  8. Johnny In The Dark
  9. Walk In Beauty's Way
  10. A Healer's Life
  11. Who Are We To Say
  12. A Thousand Roads
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  15. Shaman's Call
  16. Nemi
  17. Mahk Jchi
  18. All My Relations
  19. Song Of The Trees/Warm Springs Honouring
  20. Crazy Horse

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful album.......2007-03-08

i was pleasantly surprised! Beautiful songs and they are not stereotypical native american musc as on reviewer suggested. my toddler chills to the album before he goes to bed.

2 out of 5 stars Uninteresting.......2007-01-07

Like another reviewer stated, it sounds corny and fake. I must agree. Some of it is ok, but it sounds like commercialized North American Indian music, which I suppose it is.

4 out of 5 stars Good, but Lisa Gerrard repeats herself.......2006-05-19

Dead Can Dance's former singer, Lisa Gerrard, sounds good (like she always does) on this album, yet she repeats herself, coming accross a LOT like she did in "Whale Rider". The oceanic-like quality to her music plays a central role in this soundtrack, and makes me a bit doubtful about future efforts, unless she begins to experiment a little more, like she did in her DCD days.

4 out of 5 stars very relaxing.......2006-02-24

i heard two cuts from this album on a recent 'music from the hearts of space' broadcast last december. needless to say, lisa gerrard's vocals, and here combined with various indigenous north american arrangements, are stellar. i recommend this for those who are looking for ambient sounds to wind the day down. a subtle, powerful, modern collection of soundtrack compositions that is rooted in tradition. quite nice and i do plan on catching the short film next time i'm in DC.

1 out of 5 stars Corny, fake sounding Native American music.......2005-12-17

I am a soundtrack fan, love a good soundtrack, and found this to be incoherent...the music sounded stereotypical and unoriginal. I love Lisa Gerard's contributions to the Gladiator soundtrack but here, her voice is lost in the music. I find this cd to be kind of irritating to listen to, rather than beautiful. I'm trading it in at the local used cd store asap.
Fearless
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Pooibly his best??!!
  • Awesome as Always
  • Collin Raye is Fearless
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Collin Raye
Manufacturer: Country Roads Ger
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GFKU90
Release Date: 2006-12-05

Tracks:

  1. Just Because
  2. You've Heard That One Before
  3. Fearless
  4. As Young as We're Ever Going to Be
  5. Lady
  6. Makin' Up Time
  7. Too Hot to Sleep
  8. Falling in Love Again
  9. Something to Say
  10. Forever Starts Right Now
  11. My Way
  12. House of the Rising Sun

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Pooibly his best??!!.......2007-05-17

I think it is a great cd! It could possibly his best work yet! he only song i did not care for was the last one,

5 out of 5 stars Awesome as Always.......2007-03-10

After listening to Collin Raye's Fearless CD I can certainly understand why his career has endured so long. Whether he's doing an original song or a remake he does it with style and sincerity. Every original song on this CD is standout Collin. The remakes, My Way (which was definitely done his way - and very well!!!) and The House of the Rising Sun (not one of my most favorite songs when it was originally released) are both creditable versions of the originals. I am anxiously looking forward to his next release.

4 out of 5 stars Collin Raye is Fearless.......2007-02-04

At first review, I heard a "new" Collin Raye - a new style, more of the serious musician. There's almost a flavor of days gone by with a new twist. The more I listen, the more it grows on me. It's still Collin Raye on the leading edge, not following in anyone's shadow. "Too Hot to Sleep" is a more traditional Collin sound and his rendition of "House of the Rising Sun" portrays his vocal versatility well. I haven't been able to pick a favorite yet on this CD!
Different Roads
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • As innovative and indispensable today as it was back in the 1970s
  • Fantastic grass
 Different Roads
The Seldom Scene
Manufacturer: Rebel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NIIUR4
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

  1. Different Roads
  2. Old Train
  3. Walk Through This World With Me
  4. Gardens And Memories
  5. Wait A Minute
  6. Rebels 'Ye Rest
  7. Last Train From Poor Valley
  8. I've Lost You
  9. Keep Me From Blowin' Away
  10. Reason For Being
  11. If That's The Way You Feel
  12. Easy Ride From Good Times To The Blues
  13. Pictures From Life's Other Side
  14. Pan American

Album Description

The Seldom Scene were the trailblazing originators of "urban bluegrass," taking a music that was largely rural and Southern in scope, and making it accessible to a much wider and diverse audience. Their first seven albums are considered masterpieces and influenced a generation of roots-based musicians, including Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Ricky Skaggs. This new collection culls fourteen of their classic recordings, pulled from those landmark albums.

In a way this new compilation could be considered another "Best Of" collection, with three of their most requested songs--"Wait A Minute," "Old Train," and "Easy Ride From Good Times To The Blues" --featured here along with their fine treatment of the Norman Blake classic "Last Train From Poor Valley." This disc also gives us a new look at a few lesser known yet equally powerful performances including Starling originals, "Gardens And Memories" and "Different Roads," both featuring his distinctive, rich and soulful voice. In contrast, John Duffey's superb tenor is heard leading "I've Lost You," "Rebels `Ye Rest," and "Reason For Being."

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars As innovative and indispensable today as it was back in the 1970s.......2007-05-02

Playing Time - 41:29 -- When the Seldom Scene first formed in the Washington, D.C. area in 1971, they chose their name because they planned to stay close to home and only play once or twice a week. Their first gig, The Rabbit's Foot bar, was a short-lived engagement because the bartender refused to turn down the television. Then, the band built a solid reputation by playing weekly at venues like Red Fox Inn (Bethesda, Md.) and Birchmere (Alexandria, Va.) All the while they were recording and releasing albums on the Rebel label. "Different Roads" is a compilation of 14 songs from three of their early albums (Act Two, Old Train, The New Seldom Scene Album) that were put out in 1973-1976. The core band included John Starling (guitar, vocal), John Duffey (mandolin, vocal), Ben Eldridge (banjo), Mike Auldridge (Dobro, vocal) and Tom Gray (bass). On this CD, Eldridge also plays Dobro-banjo on two numbers. Paul Craft's guitar is also in the mix on "Different Roads" and "Wait A Minute." Craft composed the piece entitled "Keep Me From Blowin' Away." Ricky Skaggs plays viola on "Different Roads" and fiddle on "Old Train." Mike Cuff's drums are heard on "Easy Ride From Good Times to the Blues" that also features Mike Auldridge's pedal steel. From a historical perspective, that cut, while not my favorite, still illustrates their ability to be a country band if they wanted to.

John Duffey once said, "I don't see anything wrong with trying to put new things into the music and upgrade and update it, which has been one of my ambitions. Something for years that I've tried to do is to bring new things into the music-- keep the music moving with the times rather than just lying stagnant." John's father had sung with the Metropolitan Opera, and Duffey's greatest mark was undoubtedly his soaring tenor vocals and distinctive stamp on the band's vocal arrangements. This collection offers about an equal amount of Starling's and Duffey's lead vocalizing. Besides some of their own original material (Different Roads, Gardens and Memories, Reason for Being), there are songs from the pens of Hank Williams, Ralph Stanley, Earl Scruggs, Norman Blake and others.
Canadian songwriter Pauline Beauchamp's tale of a band on the road, "Rebels `Ye Rest," mentions burning eyes, lonely hours, and stormy weather. By 1976, the band was probably experiencing more of these undesirable things during their travels further afield. Herb Pedersen wrote Old Train, Wait A Minute, and Easy Ride From Good Times to the Blues. The band's smart execution is what really set them apart.

The Seldom Scene's formula was to find strong contemporary material, as well as put their own personalized stamp on older songs.
I always liked what they did with the Blue Sky Boys' "Sweetest Gift" (unfortunately not sampled here). Their material always exhibited considerable creativity, and their recordings had high sound quality. One could always argue about which 14 cuts to select from the three albums sampled, but these are Rebel Records President Dave Freeman's choices. I might've lobbied also for Paradise, Hello Mary Lou, Big Rig and their driving bluegrass rendition of "I Haven't Got the Right to Love You." There was also probably some business or financial reason that one of two cuts from the "Old Train" LP with Linda Ronstadt didn't make it into this set. Between "Old Crossroads" and "Bottom of the Glass," I would've suggested the former be included. Finally, it might not have hurt to include an instrumental like "Smokin' Hickory" or "Laura" too. My point is that I prefer to see compilation albums run about an hour, but then a fan might not feel compelled to go out and purchase the three albums sampled, right? There are plenty of great songs on all three of them that didn't make it onto this "Different Roads" project.

If you don't already own the three seminal albums that these songs are drawn from, "Different Roads" serves as a good introduction to the early and dynamic Seldom Scene. You'll quickly realize that the band sounds as innovative and indispensable today as they did back in the 1970s. Their creative approach has certainly contributed a great deal to the entire bluegrass "scene." (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic grass.......2007-04-13

If you enjoy sophisticated and dead-on harmony singing in the bluegrass tradition, Seldom Scene is a group you will no doubt love. The group recorded 7 albums for Rebel Records in the 1970s and this CD re-releases 14 tracks from 3 of those albums: ACT 2, OLD TRAIN, and THE NEW SELDOM SCENE ALBUM. These early sides are superb examples of the "new" sound of harmony singing brought into bluegrass back then and the advanced, even jazz influenced (to my ears) solo and obbligato playing of the instrumentalists; the use of dobro is a tremendous advancement. The tunes DIFFERENT ROADS, REBELS YE REST, AND KEEP ME FROM BLOWIN AWAY are instant attention-getters, but just about every song here is a real gem. (Only EASY RIDE FROM GOOD TIMES TO THE BLUES is a misstep, mainly because of the employment of drums.) This CD contains a tremendous amount of great, great stuff; definitely grab it when you can.
Story Of Johann Strauss In Words And Music
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    		Story Of Johann Strauss In Words And Music

    Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
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    ASIN: B000001KDD
    Release Date: 1995-04-16

    Tracks:

    1. Blue Danube Waltz
    2. Die Fledermaus (The Bat): Overture
    3. Pizzicato Polka
    4. Singer's Joy Polka
    5. Emperor Waltz
    6. Vegnugungzug (Pleasure Trip)
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    10. Stadt Und Land (City And Country)
    11. Blue Danube Waltz
    12. Roses From The South
    13. Blue Danube Waltz
    14. Tales From The Vienna Woods
    15. Die Fledermaus: Overature
    16. Die Fledermaus: Laughing Song
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    18. A Thousand And One Nights: Overature
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    Roads Not Travelled
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      		Roads Not Travelled
      Aly Bain
      Manufacturer: Whirlie Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000LE1EM8
      Release Date: 2007-05-07
      Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2 / The Gong on the Hook & Ladder, or Firemen's Parade on Main Street / Tone Roads No. 1 / Hymn: Largo Cantabile, for String Orchestra / Hallowe'en / Central Park in the Dark / The Unanswered Question - Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • The perfect introduction to Ives.
      • An Answer to the Unanswered Question
      • brilliant idiosyncrasies
      • Great Performances Of Ives From Bernstein And the NYPO
      • Uniquely American Ives Recordings
      		 Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2 / The Gong on the Hook & Ladder, or Firemen's Parade on Main Street / Tone Roads No. 1 / Hymn: Largo Cantabile, for String Orchestra / Hallowe'en / Central Park in the Dark / The Unanswered Question - Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
      Charles Ives , Leonard Bernstein , and New York Philharmonic
      Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000001GC4
      Release Date: 1990-07-24

      Tracks:

      1. Symphony No. 2: 1. Andante moderato
      2. Symphony No. 2: 2. Allegro
      3. Symphony No. 2: 3. Adagio cantabile
      4. Symphony No. 2: 4. Lento maestoso
      5. Symphony No. 2: 5. Allegro molto vivace
      6. The Gong On The Hook And Ladder Or Firemen's Parade On Main Street: Allegro moderato
      7. Tone Roads No. 1: Allegro
      8. 'A Set Of Three Short Pieces': Hymn: Largo Cantabile
      9. 'Three Outdoor Scenes': Hallowe'en
      10. Central Park In The Dark: Molto adagio
      11. The Unanswered Question: Largo molto sempre

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars The perfect introduction to Ives........2006-08-04

      In brief, this may be the best single album to jump start the novice on Ives -- and a great ride for the already converted among us. The comprehensive reviews in this thread say it all; I won't repeat. Let me add this, though: the earlier, excellent recording on Columbia (SONY) coupled with the 3rd Symphony, has a cut in the 4th movement, which Lenny opens up in this more recent recording. So, if you have the earlier recording this one is still something of a 'must have.' Buy it for that 'alternate' library of special recordings, like the Tatrai set of Bartok Quartets, Furtwangler's Beethoven Symphonies from the war years, Toscanini's recordings of OTELLO and FALSTAFF -- and Benny Goodman live at Carnegie Hall, 1938.

      5 out of 5 stars An Answer to the Unanswered Question.......2006-03-14

      Often faced with the question from friends who are just beginning a classical music collection and want to try the 'American school' - the question being which of the many Ives recordings is a solid groundwork for understanding and appreciating Ives' importance - this is the recording I recommend. Despite the now gratefully multiple recordings of all of the works on this CD (especially the Symphony No. 2), this collection surveys Charles Ives well.

      Leonard Bernstein was a champion for Ives performances both in this country and abroad. This recording shows why. His approach to Ives' work is not only diligent in his preparation of the orchestra, but it also programs a spectrum that allows each of the works to enhance the others. Here the Symphony No. 2 begins the survey, finding within the work the humor and nostalgia that abounds. And as if to recapitulate Ives' thoughts, Bernstein follows with the quirky 'The Gong on the Hook & Ladder or Firemen's Parade on Main Street', the 'Tone Roads No. 1, for chamber orchestra', a perfectly infectious 'A Set of 3 Short Pieces, for string quartet, double bass & piano',
      Hallowe'en, for string quartet, piano & optional drum, the luminous 'Central Park in the Dark', and of course ends with the now American iconic 'The Unanswered Question (I & II).'

      This recording may be dated in sound, but the performances remain definitive. And as for a fine introduction to both the well-known side of Ives as well as the slightly esoteric aspect of the genius' music, this well curated selection fits the bill. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, March 06

      5 out of 5 stars brilliant idiosyncrasies.......2004-05-20

      Ives was an uncommon, refined distillate. Much like Wallace Stevens, another Connecticut Yankee insurance specialist thoroughly out of step with his environment, Ives's structural and thematic advances foretold radical new worlds. Many liner notes to recent Ives releases talk about his work as if it were like most other orchestral offerings--in reality, few touch upon how cataclysmic and inventive his realizations were.

      Bernstein, conversely, grasps Ives in totality and advances the cause of this frighteningly bold new music, both in practice and in writing at length about these scores and the Protean imagination that engendered them. Bravo, Lenny.

      5 out of 5 stars Great Performances Of Ives From Bernstein And the NYPO.......2003-09-02

      Towards the end of Leonard Bernstein's career he made several distinguished recordings of 20th Century American classical music for Deutsche Grammophon featuring the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. This splendid recording of Ives's 2nd Symphony, several other orchestra works and chamber pieces is yet another remarkable testament to Leonard Bernstein's empathy and understanding of 20th Century American classical music composed by such distinguished composers as Charles Ives, and, of course, Aaron Copland. No other conducter truly understood 20th Century American music as well as Bernstein. Here he leads the New York Philharmonic in one thrilling performance after another, starting with Ives's 2nd Symphony in a swaggering, convincing interpretation. He follows with a hauntingly beautiful "Central Park in the Dark" and ends with an appropriately brooding "The Unanswered Question"; between the symphony and these orchestral works are sandwiched some fine chamber pieces too. Although these were recorded at live performances, the sound quality is that from a studio. Absolutely a necessary CD for admirers of Charles Ives, Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic and anyone interested in 20th Century American classical music.

      5 out of 5 stars Uniquely American Ives Recordings.......2002-08-09

      This is great American music in the truest sense. I was nurtured on movie soundtracks and scores from the likes of Bernard Herrmann, Dimitri Tiomkin, Alex North and others. As we have lost many of these composers and music that they may have left us through the years, I have been methodically looking at American "Twentieth Century" composers from the "classical" arena to fill that void from that great era. I discovered Charles Ives after reading up on Aaron Copland and his foray into many diverse areas of musical composition. One thing leads to another. Ives' Symphony No. 2 seems to have come up very frequently. It certainly doesn't have the melodic quality of Copland yet it does seem to have roots resulting in American musical motifs very strangely orchestrated resulting in some twisted profoundness. What attracts me is how the music almost seems as if it were composed for film. The technical qualities of this recording are marvelous. Leonard Bernstein's intuitive and vibrant interpretation of this music is effectively felt.
      Imaginary Roads
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Excellent CD from an excellent musician!!!!!
      • William Ackerman - Imaginary Roads
      • Imaginary Music...
      • Another gem to an already wonderful body of work
      • A Must Have...
      		 Imaginary Roads
      William Ackerman
      Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00000AF3F
      Release Date: 1998-08-25

      Tracks:

      1. The Moment In Which You Must Finally Let Go Of The Tether Which Has Held Your Hope Airborne
      2. A Region Of Clouds
      3. If You Look
      4. Floyd's Ghost
      5. Wondering Again What's Behind The Eyes
      6. Dawn Treader
      7. The Prospect Of Darrow's Barn And The Blossoms Of An Apple Spring On Imaginary Road
      8. Brother A Teaches 7
      9. Innocent Moon
      10. The Moment - Reprise
      11. If You Look - Version II
      12. Darrow's Barn - Version II

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Excellent CD from an excellent musician!!!!!.......2006-09-21

      I have listened to Windham Hill music for a very long time since I was about 14 years old or so. I am now 36, and my lovely girlfriend is 22. We share in music together often which is one reason why our relationship has lasted. Music from this recording is so beautiful and sweet to listen to. One has to feel the awesome presentations of William Ackerman here. As you can see there many people who love Windham Hill music and Will's music and they totally respect and adore him. His music remains in my heart and never dies. That is rare for music in general to do that. Will is a humble and kind man and a very talented musician which has been proven.

      5 out of 5 stars William Ackerman - Imaginary Roads.......2005-10-22

      Of my 1000+ CD's this would be in the top ten that I play on a regular basis. William Ackerman plays guitar but this is not just a guitar CD. He is joined by a variety of other musicians to make one of the most pleasing collections of music that I have. My favorite cuts in order are: If You Look, Floyd's Ghost, Down Treader, and Brother A Teacher. Imaginary Roads was the first Ackerman CD that I purchased in 1988 or 1989 and after adding five more of his CD's I have yet to find one equal to Imaginary Roads.

      2 out of 5 stars Imaginary Music..........2004-12-23

      I've had some trepidation about writing a negative review and hesitated for awhile, largely because I generally like to avoid saying something if I can't find anything good to say. I chose to write this as I want to warn other passers-by who may see the Windham Hill name and think that five reviews of 5 stars coupled with the label gaurantees a good purchase.

      First off, this is not the guitar work of Michael Hedges or Alex De Grassi and certainly bears no resemblence to the musicianship displayed by Shadowfax, the Rippingtons, et al; all of whom were recorded on the Windham Hill ticket. This is a rather boring, uneventful trip. Were it not for the piano, I seriously doubt Windham Hill would've even published it although I'm still surprised they did.

      To call this anything other than introspective would be like calling Jean Sibelius dance music. This is music for watching paint dry. Some say that music is good for producing a meditative state. My thinking is that if a person feels music is required to reach that state then perhaps they should be pursuing another interest.

      So, is it some "meditation" music, or just a poorly thought out and executed recording? That's a no-brainer, of course: the answer is both. This stuff truly sucks.

      I give it two stars: one for the label, the other for the pianist. William Ackerman...well, he should just know better.

      5 out of 5 stars Another gem to an already wonderful body of work.......2003-05-20

      Will Ackerman first and foremost cannot do a bad album if his life depended on it! I agree with alot of the reviews except for the fact that they focus on individual songs rather than the entire album as a whole, which should be the main focus here anyway. Another thing about Will Ackerman is that he seems to be bumped in with Michael Hedges, Alex De Grassi, and Sean Harkness. The only way Will is related to these artist is the fact that he plays guitar. That is it! I also hate when someone cringes when they hear that his music is "New Age." It is just a label the media has put on him just to turn people away from his music. Anyway, now on to my review. Imaginary Roads is excellent starting point for anyone who intrested in Will's work. It captures all of the signatures that make his playing so incredible. He IS not a technical player. His music is more about craftsmanship, melody, and taste. This album in so stunningly beautiful that it either makes you smile or cry or both. There is many memorable melodies present on this album that it just keeps you coming back for more. He also essembled some incredible musicians as well (i.e. Philip Aaberg, Michael Manring, Chuck Greenberg, Charles Bisharat, Jill Haley, and Kifu Mitshuhashi). Most of whom have played on albums prior to this one. What I think that is great about this album is that there seems to be song structure abound but improvisation even more so. I guess that is why this album has such a fresh sound to it. It has an energy to it that is just awesome. This album is worth the purchase and ordering it from Amazon is the way to go because they'll ship it [quickly]. Very short wait for an album that you'll listen to for the rest of your life. My hats are off to Will for an album that has brought much happiness into my life.

      5 out of 5 stars A Must Have..........2003-01-06

      I can't how many hundreds of times I have listened to this album in the past 10 years, but I never grow tired of it. Philip Aaberg is incredible on Floyd's Ghost. If you don't have any of Aaberg's albums, I highly recommend Out of the Frame or High Plains. I have seen Ackerman and Aaberg in concert once, if you ever have the chance, don't miss either one.
      Crazy Horse Roads
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Great Bay Area Band
      		 Crazy Horse Roads
      Stained Glass
      Manufacturer: Fallout
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000LSA8DU
      Release Date: 2007-04-16

      Tracks:

      1. I Sing You Sing
      2. Finger Painting
      3. Soap and Turkey
      4. Twiddle My Thumbs
      5. Fahrenheit
      6. Nightcap
      7. Horse on Me
      8. Two Make One
      9. Light Down Below
      10. Piggy Back Ride and the Camel
      11. Doomsday
      12. If I Needed Someone [*]
      13. How Do You Expect Me to Trust You? [*]
      14. My Buddy Sin [*]
      15. Vanity Fair [*]
      16. We Got a Long Way to Go [*]
      17. Corduroy Joy [*]
      18. Scene in Between [*]
      19. Mediocre Me [*]
      20. Lady in Lace [*]

      Album Description

      2007 release on the French label Fallout. 11 tracks.

      Album Details

      Californian Psych-pop Act Stained Glass Issued a String of Excellent Singles and Two Superb Albums Between 1966 and 1969, but Finally Splintered When None of them Sold. This Classic Fusion of Acid Rock, Folk, Pop and Country Originally Appeared in 1968 and Makes Its Long-awaited CD Debut Here, Complete with No Fewer Than Nine NON-LP Bonus Cuts, Showing them to have Been One of the Most Unfairly Overlooked Us Bands of their Era.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Great Bay Area Band.......2007-04-25

      Stained Glass 66-69, one of the better bay area bands. 2 LP's never took off, likely due to the huge number of other bands being showcased in the bay area. Saw them many times in my youth. The Whatz it club, Contentental Ballroom, Very tight band, formally known as the Trolls. Jim Mcpherson the bass player went on to play with Cooperhead after Stained Glass broke up. They sounded like a mix of Beatles-Springfield-Cream. Lot of earlier 45 stuff also on this CD. I give it high marks.

      Music:

      1. Same/Beware the Shadow
      2. Down
      3. Roundabout
      4. Nightwork
      5. The Rams Songs/14 Derby Anthem
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