Pop from Holland, Vol. 1 [Import]

Product Description
Holland exclusive compilation featuring 16 tracks from Dutch artists like Vitesse, Kayak, Alquin, Supersister, Blue Planet, Living Blues, Sandy Coast, & more. Rotation/Universal. 2003.

Pop from Holland, Vol. 1,Various Artists,Universal Int'l,Country/Bluegrass,Holland,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop Collections

Average customer rating: DON'T TAKE US FOR GRANTED Definetly for the Anglophile

John Williams: Echoes of London Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Williams, John [guitar] | ( W ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Queen ASIN: B0000026EF Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. For 2 Guitars: Streets Of London
2. For 2 Guitars: La Volta
3. For 2 Guitars: Air On A Ground Bass
4. For 2 Guitars: Holland Park
5. For 2 Guitars: Courante
6. For 2 Guitars: Sarabande/Air
7. For 2 Guitars: Harmonious Blacksmith
8. For 2 Guitars: Salut D'amour
9. For Guitars and Orchestra: A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
10. For Guitars and Orchestra: A Room In Bloomsbury
11. For Guitars and Orchestra: London Pride
12. For Guitars and Orchestra: A Foggy Day
13. For Guitars and Orchestra: London By Night
14. For Guitars and Orchestra: Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner

Customer Reviews:

DON'T TAKE US FOR GRANTED.......2005-01-14

John Williams is a great player of the guitar and no two ways about that. Apart from his solo and individual performances, I recall his duo concerts with Julian Bream. Williams would sit upright, poised, aloof and above-it-all while Bream sweated and laboured, but when it comes to sheer aristocracy as a player I can't think Williams is the equal of the great Bream.

This disc is a very odd medley indeed. Stephen Dodgson's 'Fantasy Divisions' is an original composition for the guitar, and no arrangement is attributed to the three Dowland numbers at the start of the disc, from which I infer that they must be lute works. The others are arrangements either by Williams himself or by Steve Gray, or, in the case of the Lennon/McCartney 'Fool on the Hill', by Leo Brouwer. There is a vague link of 'London' in the music -- obviously Handel's English career happened there and several of the other pieces have the capital's name in their titles, but I would have liked less eclecticism in the choice of music, and I don't believe we would have lost anything by abandoning the half-hearted London theme. The recital starts with mediaeval music, skips to Purcell and Handel and then, via Elgar's ever-fresh Salut d'Amour, to a a complete ragbag of 20th century offerings. Dodgson's modernistic Fantasy Divisions are not likely to share much of a public with Lennon and McCartney, I wouldn't have thought, although I hope Ralph McTell's 'The Streets of London' will appeal to anyone who is not tone-deaf and who has any love of any kind of music at all. In my own view a love of music is a serious impediment to being able to tolerate 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square', although I owe to this production the information that the world owes this work to one Sherwin Maschwitz. Otherwise the Gershwins are here, as is Stanley Myers's Cavatina which was adapted for The Deer Hunter. I own up to an abomination of Noel Coward that turns me off anything bearing his name, and I find that Sandy Wilson's 'A Room in Bloomsbury' was partly responsible, alas, for launching the career of Julie Andrews. There are some orchestral contributions, but the names of the participants, other than the conductors, remain understandably suppressed.

I can forgive just about any compositional atrocity when the performance is of a certain stature. However I have to measure this record against a recently acquired disc of 'Spanish'/Catalan works from Bream, and the playing here just does not seem to me to be in the same class. Maybe Williams deliberately adopts a certain sameness of tone to reflect English pallor, but I suspect that the wonderful creativity and versatility of Bream is just not Williams's way of doing things.

The recorded sound is fine if unexciting, and the liner note moderately informative. We are not told who is responsible for them, and I can't say I feel particularly curious either.

Definetly for the Anglophile.......2001-03-20

For lovers of classical guitar and London, this album is a great addition to a good CD collection.

John Williams plays many of the songs on this album accompanied by full orchestra and chorus, and while the album does not bring out the extent of William's talent as one the world's best classical guitarists, it does evoke whimsical memories of London and is very well crafted. Let me put it this way, this album is best enjoyed on a rainy afternoon with a hot cup of tea. It is beautiful relaxing music that will not be dissappoint you.

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Pop from Holland, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00008WT1A Release Date: 2003-03-17

Tracks:

1. Rosalyn
2. Starlight Dancer - Kayak
3. Wheelchair Groupie - Alquin
4. I Want Ye and I Get Ye
5. She Was Naked - Supersister
6. I'm Going Man, I'm Going - Blue Planet
7. Wang Dang Doodle - Livin' Blues
8. Blackboard Jungle Lady - Sandy Coast
9. Lucifera
10. Tandem - Harry Smyles
11. Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight - Earth and Fire
12. Get Yourself Together
13. Throw It All Away
14. Sausolito Summernight
15. Come On - New Adventures
16. Let Your Hair Hang Down

Album Description

Holland exclusive compilation featuring 16 tracks from Dutch artists like Vitesse, Kayak, Alquin, Supersister, Blue Planet, Living Blues, Sandy Coast, & more. Rotation/Universal. 2003.

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Beat from Holland, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Netherlands | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Beat from Holland, Vol. 2 ASIN: B00008W2K2 Release Date: 2003-03-17

Tracks:

1. Daddy Died on Saturday - The Outsiders
2. You're the Victor
3. Don't You Cry for a Girl - The Shoes
4. Wheels Wheels Wheels - Ro-d-ys
5. Peruquine Thomas - After Tea
6. You Don't Have to Tell Me - Wally Tax
7. Have Dollar Man
8. Just for Fun
9. Something You Got - Hu & the Hilltops
10. Chunk of Steel
11. Roly-Poly Martha
12. Take the Fast Train - The Motions
13. I Can Wait
14. Drinking on My Bed
15. Spat Niet Met Pap - Het Brabants Volksorkest
16. Blommenkinders - Armand
17. Ridin' on the L & N - Bintangs
18. Frank Mills

Album Description

Budget priced Holland exclusive compilation featuring 18 tracks from Dutch artists such as The Outsiders, Q65, The Shoes, Ro-D-Ys, After Tea, Wally Tax, The Incrowd, Cuby + Blizzards, & many more. Universal. 2003.

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Blues from Holland, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000930J8 Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. Disappointed Blues
2. Oh Baby Please - Rob Hoeke
3. Go-Go Train - Livin' Blues
4. Blues on the Ceiling - Bintangs
5. Spoonful
6. Battle-Field of Love - Blues Dimensions
7. Dedicated to Lofton - Oscar Benton Blues Band
8. Walkin' Blues - Flavium
9. Harp Blowing Blues
10. Cornbread, Peas and Black Molasses
11. So Many Roads
12. Schoolday Blues - Rob Hoeke
13. When the Sun Goes Down - Livin' Blues
14. Down South Blues - Bintangs
15. Rambling on My Mind
16. Blues Dimension - Blues Dimensions

Album Description

Budget priced Holland exclusive compilation featuring 16 tracks from Dutch artists such as Cuby + Blizzards, Rob Hoeke, Livin' Blues, Bintangs, Q65, Blues Dimension, Oscar Benton, Flavium, & many more. Universal. 2003.

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