Reminiscence [Import]

1. Ordinary Angels

2. Perfect

3. Manic Monday

4. Got Me A Feeling

5. Origin Of Love

6. Don't Get Me Wrong

7. Japanese Title

8. That's Just What You Are

9. Your Eyes

10. Through The Dark

Tracks:

Mindstalking
Praise Me
Tears From The Moon
Your Shadow
Lane Navachi (Theme From Haunted Castle 3D)
State Of Mind
Carolyn
Yairo
Sequoia
Inferno
Severed Heart
Sos Planet (Theme From Sos Planet 3D)

Album Description

Includes the theme songs from "SOS Planet" and "Haunted Castle 3D" movies as well as the Billboard hit single "Mindstalking" and the Top 10 song "Tears From the Moon."

Customer Reviews:

THIS IS THE BEST.......2007-05-06

I just enjoy all the music by lunascape I thought that I would never be able to get but then I found it on amazon that was great

Enchanting Perfection.......2006-12-31

"It just ain't fair
This thing called Loving
When one's still there
And the Other feels nothing
I would have done
Anything for you
I still love you, Baby I do
All day I keep
From falling apart
But at night
When the sky gets dark
Tears from the Moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain"

Lunascape invites you into an ambient world of trip hop shimmering with mystery and revelation. Kyoko Baertsoen's sweet vocals have a sultry edge and velvety texture that dances as easily in the darkness as the light.

You can imagine the words of "Carolyn" drifting across an open sea or dream of listening to "Tears from the Moon" on a ship sailing to exotic destination.

"Your Shadow" is exotic and intimate with creative lyrics and slips of sound that seem to layer over each other in a dance of longing and unveiling. Kyoko Baertsoen's vocals are breathlessly beautiful and mingle exquisitely with enchanting lyrics.

"Shadow
Illuminate your soul
Illuminate your soul
Expose the shade
Liquefy your heart
Drown the pain
Fairylight of love
Fades away
The trifle above
Your Shadow
I can never see your
Shadow at night"

This finely crafted album is one that can appeal to fans who love everything from trip hop to ambient escapes. The songs range from darkly sexy to sweetly elegant, but always have a sensuous edge.

If you enjoy Balligomingo and Delerium, this should impress you. I've been beyond impressed and have listened to this album all week, more than once a day!

Highly Collectible! Look for their next album in the spring...

~The Rebecca Review

Excellent relaxation music.......2005-12-27

Lunascape is a Belgium group that needs more global attention. Most people don't even know them unless they've had a chance to hear "Lane Navichi" from the great IMAX 3D film "Haunted Castle". "Reminiscences" is a best-of compilation album, collecting songs from "Reflecting Seyelence" and "Mindstalking", the groups first two albums. "Mindstalking" is still available, though the CD single is more dominant and comes up the most in Net searches. "Reflecting" is impossible to find now on the web, at least it was when I recently did an extensive search for the album. So, having "Reminiscenes" is great, but for a compilation, it should have had every song from the last two albums on it instead of just 12 tracks. At least these are excellent songs, with "Lane Navichi" and "Tears From The Moon" being the best (in my opinion). Kyoko Baertsoen has a powerfully beautiful voice. At times, she sounds similiar to Dolores O'Riordan from "The Cranberries", other times like Sinead O'Connor, then you mix in a bit of "Enya", "Delerium" and "Enigma". Put all that together and "Lunascape" is created. For those that have heard and love the "Lane Navichi" song, only the few lines of the song are in English, as well as the ending, all the rest is improvisational gibberish. Hard to tell, isn't it? I always think Kyoko's words sound Gaelic. Anyway, this is an excellent album and worth having if you like the singers and groups I mentioned.

One of the best groups I have heard . . ........2005-09-01

It is great to see that Lunascape has come to America after having to import there first 2 album in the past. Also enjoyed seeing their website [...] and listening to some of their music that is currently not available on any of the Eurpoean or American albums. Kyoko has an amazing voice that you will not forget and her appearance is Haunted Castle will not let you forget the lyrical qualities of the music.

Possibly the best band to arrive on the scene in the last 3 years.......2005-08-21

Finally!! Lunascape have an American release. I first heard their track "Sequoia" online. Since then, I have imported both of their European releases. Kyoko has one of the best voices since Sinead O'Connor and their music is gorgeous on every level. This band DESERVES the highest praise for making such phenomenal music.

BUY IT and you will LOVE IT

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Summit - Reunion Cumbre
Gerry Mulligan , and Astor Piazzolla
Manufacturer: Trov
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000268AZE
Release Date: 2007-03-02

Tracks:

Twenty Years Ago
Close Your Eyes and Listen
Years of Solitude
Deus Xango
Twenty Years After
Aire de Buenos Aires
Reminiscence
Summit

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Heart over Head
Lovely, Dark, and Deep
Janacek with no bite
Out of this world!
Haunting and Timely

Leos Janácek: A Recollection
Andras Schiff
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
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Leos Janácek: Piano Works
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Bartok: Violin Concertos, Viola Concerto, 6 Duo for 2 Violins, Violin Rhapsodies; Yehudi Menuhin

ASIN: B000059X1W
Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

In The Mist: I. Andante
In The Mist: II. Molto Adagio
In The Mist: III. Andante
In The Mist: IV. Presto
Son 1.X.1905: The Presentiment/Die Ahnung - Con Moto
Son 1.X.1905: The Death/Der Tod - Adagio
On An Overgrown Path I: Our Evenings - Moderato
On An Overgrown Path I: A Blown Away Leaf - Andante
On An Overgrown Path I: Come With Us! - Andante
On An Overgrown Path I: The Madonna Of Frydek - Grave
On An Overgrown Path I: They Chattered Like Swallows - Con Moto
On An Overgrown Path I: Words Fail! - Andante
On An Overgrown Path I: Good Night! - Andante
On An Overgrown Path I: Unutterable Anguish - Andante
On An Overgrown Path I: In Tears - Larghetto
On An Overgrown Path I: The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away! - Andante
On An Overgrown Path II: I. Andante
On An Overgrown Path II: II. Allegretto
On An Overgrown Path: I. Piu Mosso
On An Overgrown Path: II. Allegro
On An Overgrown Path: III. Vivo
A Recollection: Con Moto

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It is pianist András Schiff's near total identification with Janácek's idiom that makes these performances so special. This affinity is felt immediately in his reading of In the Mists, in which Schiff is able to evoke the tranquility of the second movement as easily as he captures the folklike simplicity of the third. The date 1.X.1905 in the title of the Piano Sonata refers to the date of the shooting of a Czech worker by Hapsburg troops. The first movement, marked "Presentiment," is spookily atmospheric, while the chilling second movement, "The Death," leaves a powerful impression. Schiff demonstrates exemplary control, so that the effect is peaceful rather than meandering. On an Overgrown Pathis Janácek at his most concentrated: in particular, the very Czech lachrymose quality of "In Tears" is all the more powerful for its simplicity. Janácek's chosen range of keyboard sonorities is remarkably wide, and Schiff manages to use these to convey the full emotional spectrum. Although these performances do not displace Firkusny's for DG, they certainly offer an entirely convincing alternative viewpoint. ECM's exemplary recording sets the seal on this recommendation. --Colin Clarke

Customer Reviews:

Heart over Head.......2005-04-11

Firkusny studied with Janacek...almost all reviewers agree that his interpretation is truest to Janacek's intent. Yet in head-to-head listenings, it's the Schiff performance that I prefer.

I find the Firkusny performance to be clinical and dry as compared to Schiff, who is more lyrical and poetic. Firkusny may be playing it how Janacek intended, but musicians are artists and are free to interpret a piece any way they like. For this piece, I choose Schiff's interpretation.

Lovely, Dark, and Deep.......2002-07-21

It's late November and you're walking out in the woods. There's a crisp coolness underfoot and in the air. And you've just lost a dear friend to time and circumstance....

That is the type of Recollection which this music evokes for me. The excellent liner notes by Imre Kertesz and Robert Cowan refer to how each one of these evocative pieces is like a short story; each contains its own inner world: the "world in a grain of sand." There is the same mystical element present that one encounters in Arvo Part's music, but there is an impressionistic element as well, more lyrical than Debussy, and more emotional.

The magnificent two-movement Sonate (1.X.1905) is easily the highlight of the album. It was written to commemorate a protesting Czech student executed on that date by German troops. The second movement (entitled simply, "Death") still has, as the liner notes aptly say, "the power to shock." There is an existential element to this music, that "poses the eternally unanswered and unanswerable question of the human condition" (Kertesz).

In response to another reviewer who has stated that the recording's sound quality is lacking: I have listened to this recording on my car's cd player, and there it does sound rather like too much of an echo is present. But on my home stereo system, with quality speakers and subwoofer, the slight echo actually enhances the haunting quality of this music. It is, for me, that echo, that silencio between the notes, that makes this music and this performance, unforgettable.

Janacek with no bite.......2002-01-27

Perhaps it's unfair to compare Schiff to Firkusny, who actually knew Janacek and kept his music always close to his heart. I'm not intimating that Schiff does not know these pieces, but to the contrary, he brings a carefully studied and balanced performance of the pieces. However, the centerpiece of this disc, Janacek's piano sonata, is a disappointment. The first movement, "Presentiment", does not have the anger that Janacek intends. Janacek was a very programatic composer, and Schiff somewhat stifles the edgy passion of this movement. The second movement, "Death", is quite good in contrast. Schiff's Schubertian touch adds fine eloquence to this intense and despondent movement. "In the Mists" pieces are played with fine sensibility and sensitiveness, and other miniatures come off with lyricism, but be it his approach or the acoustics or the Bosendorfer piano that Schiff used... there just is no sense of passion, an element of unmediated emotion. Still, the benchmark is my well-traveled double disc Firkusny on Deutsche Gramophone, with a fine, thrillingly jagged account of the first movement of the sonata.

Out of this world!.......2001-10-23

Andras Schiff has received great acclaim for his Bach and Schubert performances. I really can't understand why. However, I do like Schiff's interpretations of Scarlatti, Mozart and 20th century music. I am very fond of his contribution to the Carter disc that he made a couple of years ago. Thus, it came as no surprise when I found out that it was Schiff, whom I heard in some superb Janacek on NPR lately.

I got familiar with these works thanks to the folks at Naxos, but here we get playing at a whole different level. The works are performed with a sense of "bitter-sweetness", that is reminiscent of the late piano works of Brahms. Schiff performs Janacek as the Czech equivalent of Debussy to great effect. For me this works better than Firkushny's more Dvorak-based interpretation.

Schiff's tribute to Janacek is hauntingly beautiful and should make its way to the collection of anyone with a serious interest in the piano repertoire.

One small comment. Uncharacteristically for ECM, the piano sound is a bit disappointing. The timbre tends towards the nasal/metallic and is very much at odds with the sound that I heard Schiff produce in concert

Haunting and Timely.......2001-09-26

In this time of great tragedy in our nation, music helps ease the grief and anxiety we feel our souls. This phenomenal CD of piano music by the polish composer Leos Janacek, played by Andras Schiff, is hauntingly beautiful. The music plays to the heart.

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Very good reading, but not the best, of really lovely music
Wonderful music, but I'm not sure I like the interpretation
Absolutely breath-taking
Firkusny redraws a misguided portrait.

Leos Janácek: Piano Works
Leos Janacek , Rudolf Firkusny , Rafael Kubelik , and Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Janácek: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Sviatoslav Richter
Hindemith: The 3 Piano Sonatas

ASIN: B000001GXO
Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

Auf verwachsenem Pfade: Tema con variazioni - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: I. Our evenings - Moderato - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: II. A Blown-Away Leaf - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: III. Come With Us! - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: IV. The Madonna Of Frydek - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: V. They Chattered Like Swallows - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: VI. Words Fail! - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: VII. Good Night! - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: VIII. Unutterable Anguish - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: IX. In Tears - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: X. The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away! - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: XI. Andante - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: XII. Allegretto - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: XIII. Piu mosso - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: XIV. Vivo - Leos Janacek
Auf verwachsenem Pfade: XV. Allegro-adagio - Leos Janacek
Erinnerung: Reminiscence - Leos Janacek

Tracks:

Klaviersonate 1. X. 1905: The Presentiment - L. Janacek
Klaviersonate 1. X. 1905: Death - L. Janacek
Im Nebel: I. Andante-Poco mosso-Tempo I-Adagio-Con moto - L. Janacek
Im Nebel: II. Molto Adagio-Presto-Grave-Tempo I - L. Janacek
Im Nebel: III. Andantino-Poco mosso-Tempo I - L. Janacek
Im Nebel: IV. Presto-Andante-Tempo I-Adagio-Vivo-Andante-Tempo I-Adagio - L. Janacek
Concertino: I. Moderato - L. Janacek
Concertino: II. Piu mosso-Presto-Prestissimo - L. Janacek
Concertino: III. Con moto-Lento-Tempo I - L. Janacek
Concertino: IV. Allegro-Presto - L. Janacek
Capriccio: I. Allegro-Vivace-Maestoso-Presto - L. Janacek
Capriccio: II. Adagio-Vivo-Tempo I - L. Janacek
Capriccio: III. Allegretto-Allegro-Allegretto - L. Janacek
Capriccio: IV. Andante-Maestos vivo-Tempo I-Allegro-Grave - L. Janacek

Customer Reviews:

Very good reading, but not the best, of really lovely music.......2004-02-16

As a long-time fan of Janacek, I know this recording from LP. It is quite well played, and is one of the only recordings out there of Janacek's wonderful and generally neglected piano works. My only problem with it is that I also have a recording of some of this music (also on LP, and not available on CD, alas) by Ivan Moravec. Like many of Moravec's recordings, that one ruined anyone else's interpretation for me - it is delicate, nuanced and in places capable of moving one to tears. Firkusny's playing is more straightforward, maybe a trifle colder, but the quality of the music still comes across.

Wonderful music, but I'm not sure I like the interpretation.......2003-01-18

Janacek is one of my favorite composers; I am currently learning "On the Overgrown Path" on the piano. I bought this CD based on the glowing reviews on this site.
I myself don't much care for Firkusny's style. I am only a student. More importantly, I think, I am an American; perhaps I'm too ignorant of Czech style to appreciate the interpretation. That said, I want more clarity. I want the rubato to be more overt. I love the music, but I want it to be more overwhelming---I really like the Guarneri Quartet's interpretation of the string quartets.
I'd be interested in hearing Schiff's interpretation of this music; I'm not sure I'd recommend Firkusny unless you are a scholar or a true devotee of Czech style.

Absolutely breath-taking.......2000-06-20

This is, simply put, one of the best CD sets out there. Janacek truly had a gift for writing piano music, and, equally so, Firkunsky had a gift for interpreting them. Every piece on these discs is a gem, from the peaceful "On the Overgrown Path" to, my personal favorite, the intense and mature "Capriccio", these CDs have no weak points. If you are at all a fan of Moravia's greatest composer, or if you are looking for an introduction to his works, this is a can't miss.

Firkusny redraws a misguided portrait........1999-01-15

These are the first Janacek CDs I have purchased. Previously I heard some of the operas and had been only mildly interested in the great Czech. From those earlier experiences I had drawn a certain image of Janacek that these CDs have forced me to reimagine. "On The Overgrown Path" is performed with such simple warmth that it is overwhelming. "Reminiscence", according to the CD jacket, was Janacek's final work. It is an historic half a minute. The two movement sonata - the last movement to which Janacek apparently tore to pieces and hurled into a river - is a wonderful blend of Czech morbidity and intermittent promise. This is an awesome release that any pianophile absolutely must own. I would have given it ten stars if I could.

Janacek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared

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An Aspect of Leos Janácek seldom heard
A song-drama and short solo piano pieces based on Moravian folk songs - fine listening

Janacek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared
Leos Janácek , Ian Bostridge , Thomas Adés , and Ruby Philogene
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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Binding: Audio CD

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Janacek - From the House of the Dead / Mackerras
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Leos Janacek: Vec Makropulos (The Makropulos Case) / Lachian Dances
Janácek: Káta Kabanová
Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs

ASIN: B00005O83M
Release Date: 2002-01-08

Tracks:

I. One Day I Met A Young Gypsy Girl - Ian Bostridge
II. That Dark-Skinned Gypsy Girl - Ian Bostridge
III. The Glow-worms Are Dancing - Ian Bostridge
IV. The Young Swallows - Ian Bostridge
V. Ploughing Is Heavy Work - Ian Bostridge
VI. Hey, You Grey Oxen - Ian Bostridge
VII. Now That I've Lost My Little Pin - Ian Bostridge
VIII. Don't Look So Sadly After Me - Ian Bostridge
IX. Welcome, Janicek - Ian Bostridge
X. God In Heaven, Eternal One - Ian Bostridge
XI. The Sweet Smell Of Ripening Wheat - Ian Bostridge
XII. The Shady Elder-grove - Ian Bostridge
XIII. Piano Solo - Ian Bostridge
XIV. The Sun Climbs High - Ian Bostridge
XVI. My Gren Oxen - Ian Bostridge
XVI. What Have I Done? - Ian Bostridge
XVII. That Which Fate Has Ordained - Ian Bostridge
XVIII. Now Nothing Matters To Me - Ian Bostridge
XIX. The Magpie Flies Away - Ian Bostridge
XX. I Have A True Love - Ian Bostridge
XXI. My Dear Father - Ian Bostridge
XXII. Farewell, My Native Land - Ian Bostridge
I. That Clock In Vivany - Thomas Ades
II. When I Sing A Song - Thomas Ades
III. Oh Georgie, Georgie Dear - Thomas Ades
IV. Mary, My Mary - Thomas Ades
V. My Darling's Already Leaving - Thomas Ades
VI. A Girl Was Weaving Flax - Thomas Ades
VII. You Promised To Marry Me - Thomas Ades
VIII. Whose Lad - Thomas Ades
IX. Whose Lass - Thomas Ades
X. When I Lie Down - Thomas Ades
XI. A Stream Is Running - Thomas Ades
XII. The Hradcany Clock - Thomas Ades
XIII. On A Black Mountain - Thomas Ades
XIV. On That Javorine Plain - Thomas Ades
XV. On That Clear Field Of Hurasky - Thomas Ades
A Reminiscence, JW VIII/32 - Thomas Ades
In Memoriam, JW VIII/9 - Thomas Ades
Andante, JW VIII/31 - Thomas Ades
Moderato, JW VIII/21 - Thomas Ades
The Golden Ring, JW VIII/33 No.12 - Thomas Ades
I Wait For You, JW VIII/33 No.13 - Thomas Ades
Christ The Lord Is Born, JW VIII/20 - Thomas Ades
X. God In Heaven - Ian Bostridge
XIV. The Sun Climbs High - Ian Bostridge

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Janácek's Diary of One Who Disappeared is a cycle, almost a quasi-opera, of 22 songs for tenor, mezzo, an offstage chorus of three female voices, and a piano. It's based on poems the composer found in a Czech newspaper purporting to be the confessions of a young man who leaves family and village for the gypsy girl he loves. The songs speak of longing, sexual attraction, guilt, regret, anxiety, and a host of other emotions wonderfully captured by Ian Bostridge, whose high tenor voice has more body and thrust than in his other recordings. Singing in the original Czech, Bostridge sounds as comfortable as a native speaker. Thomas Adès, best known as a composer, is also a superb pianist. He has to be, because the keyboard part is of vital importance, not only commenting on the vocal line and in extended postludes, but in a brief solo as well. Ruby Philogene is appropriately sultry as the gypsy, and this deeply felt performance is a triumph for all concerned. Adès scores again in the Moravian Folksongs for solo piano and in the miniature solo pieces, some of which say more in their brief span than many longer works. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

An Aspect of Leos Janácek seldom heard.......2006-02-23

Leos Janácek was clearly one of the 20th century's great composers and while his operas and orchestral works are widely performed, his chamber works are nearly well kept secrets. And so it is with pleasure that this completely unique recital by two of our finest musicians joins the CD repertoire.

Janácek's 'The Diary of One Who Disappeared' is related to his operas in the dramatic intensity of the writing. Composed as his only song cycle the work is designated 'song cycle for mezzo-soprano, tenor, female chorus & piano' but in reality it is primarily a work for tenor and piano. In the hands of Ian Bostridge, whose Czech pronunciation is wholly convincing, the plight of the young man who leaves both family and town behind to follow the love for a gypsy is full of folk melodies and intense passion. Brilliant composer/conductor/pianist Thomas Adés provides the sensitive collaboration and the two are joined by mezzo Ruby Philogene as the gypsy and as part of the three voice female chorus offstage along with Diane Atherton and Deryn Edwards. This is a deeply moving work and the performance is first rate.

Filling out the recital Thomas Adés performs Janácek's works for piano, including excerpts from 'Intimate Sketches' and 'Moravian Folk songs'. His playing is subtle, intuitive and he finds all the quirky rhythms and soulful melodies inherent in Janácek's writing. Adés continues to be an outstanding piano soloist as well as one of the most important composers today. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, February 06

A song-drama and short solo piano pieces based on Moravian folk songs - fine listening.......2005-11-23

Leos Janáček (1854-1928) was (and remains) an important Czech composer. As a young man he became friends with Dvorak and was one of the early so-called nationalist composers. This movement urged its composers to write music of their homeland and Janáček was among the early group who turner to the folk songs of his native land for source stylistic materials. Many others followed his lead in their own lands (think of Kodaly, Bartok, and even Stravinsky as examples of a much larger group).

This disk contains his only surviving song cycle - which is really a kind of song drama. It is based on some poems that appeared in a newspaper and caught the composer's eye. He clipped them out and took them with him on a trip to a spa and began working on the songs. The poems were published anonymously and were ostensibly by a rustic farm boy who is lured away by a gypsy and is never heard from again. It turns out they were by Ozef Kalda (the pseudonym of Josef Kalda (1871-1921). The songs are mostly for the tenor, but the gypsy makes her appearance, as do three female voices urging the boy to follow the gypsy. Ian Bostridge is superb as the rustic who disappeared and Ruby Philogene is fine as the gypsy.

The pianist, Thomas Adès, not only accompanies the song cycle, he also plays some wonderful solo pieces. One set is of piano pieces based on Moravian folk songs and then there is a set of miscellaneous pieces. All are quite short, but very expressive. Adès is a fine and expressive artist.

The disk concludes with earlier versions of two of the songs from the song cycle.

I think it is always good to stretch your musical experience. This music is quite different than the German, Italian, French art music and song writing that you are probably more used to hearing. This music, while certainly tonal, is quite different in harmonic language, melodic angularity and spacing. Enjoy!

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An Urban Funked Up Adventure

Psycodelico
Réminiscence Quartet
Manufacturer: Instinct Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001UW4
Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

Peace of Mind
Onde Anda O Meu Amor
Injury Time
Batucada de Carioca, Pt. 2
Premier Jour Sans Toi
Inspiration
Roda Mundo
Saudade
Psycodelico
After Hour

Customer Reviews:

An Urban Funked Up Adventure.......2004-11-28

Remi Quartet was one of my favorite bands. These cats knew how to fuse the jazz and bossa scene to no ends and the musicians they enlisted were pure class! But what gets me about this cd is the copyright of it - 1995. Big year for nu-bossa and jazz, but maybe nothing new in the France St. Germain scene. Thinkin' about it, you also had Towa Tei coming out with "Future Listening" and while the sounds of that cd and this one are extremely different, both of them are similar in that they were way ahead of their time. Towa Tei had Bebel Gilberto before she became the mainstream musician she is today, but Remi Quartet trumps it by having the ultra powerful voice of Salome De Bahia.

And what a powerful voice it is! I say it with every cut she's on. Whether it be the Coisa Nossa cut from way back in the jazz lounge scene to her rendition of Outro Lugar, Salome De Bahia's pure... power. Check her on the funked up remake to Orlandivo's "Onde Anda O Meu Amor". Blows my mind - great flute, great bass guitar and that percussion that makes you think of a city jazz scene, maybe in NY. Also check "Roda Mundo", another track with some heavy bass guitar but with this track, the key component is how the tune just sort of glides. Ana Mazzotti's original was rather sweet (as with pretty much all of her work) and Remi Quartet's rendition does it justice with this facelift. But I think when listening to "Psycodelico" as a whole, you've gotta take notice to the originals on here. I mean... tell me that you don't feel a twinge of PSG football in "Injury Time", or how about remembering PSG a few years ago with the likes of Ronaldinho Gaucho (now at Barcelona)... talk about "Inspiration"! The touch, the pace, the way he nutmegs opponents much like Remi Quartet's flute and solo efforts in the track itself.

I HIGHLY recommend this. Keep in mind that this is the original and that "More Psycodelico" is just that, a follow-up project with a few more 'new' cuts in a sort of re-issue format on Yellow label (think Bossa Tres... Jazz, Tom & Joyce) while this one here was on the same label as the great Bossa Brava compilations of old. The cuts on her are quality. Also, if you dig this, be sure to check out St. Germain Des Pres Cafe III and V and of course, "Tourist" by Ludovic Navarre aka St Germain. A lot of people say he was the 'first' to put that extra spin of electronica over the jazz but this is just one of many examples of bands that were cuttin' it up long before the brilliant album "Tourist" came out! For More Salome De Bahia, check "Cabaret" and "Bossa Tres... Jazz" or the commercial release, "Bossa Mundo", also on yellow records. Otherwise, good luck hittin' the vinyl spots.

Janácek: Chamber Music & Orchestral Works

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Janácek: Chamber Music & Orchestral Works

Manufacturer: Decca
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The Conformist (Extended Edition)

ASIN: B0001Y4JH0
Release Date: 2004-10-12

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Collection of Reflective Songs
The Quiet side of Horowitz
Horowitz Plays Popular Classics

Vladimir Horowitz: A Reminiscence

Manufacturer: Sony Classical
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005M0LL
Release Date: 2001-07-17

Tracks:

Impromptu in G flat, Op.90 No.3
Waltz in c#, Op.64 No.2
Prld in b, Op.28 No.6: Lento Assai
Prld in D flat, Op.28 No.15: Sostenuto
Son in D, K.491 (L.164): Allegro
Orgel-Buchlein, BWV 639: Chorale Prld: 'Ich Ruf' Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ'
Mazurka in e, Op.41, No.2: Andantino
Prld in g#, Op.32
'Moonlight' Son: I. Adagio Sostenuto
Moments Musicaux, Op.16, No.3
Consolation in E, R.12, No.2
Feuillet D'Album, Op.45 No.1: Andante Piacevole
Etude in A flat, Op.8 No.8: Lento (Tempo Rubato)
Feuillet D'Album, Op.58: Con Delicatezza
Prlds, Book II: VII. La Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair De Lune: Lent
Prlds, Book II: V. Bruyeres. Calme
Kinderszenen, Op.15: Von Fremden Landern Und Menschen
Kinderszenen, Op.15: Traumerei

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This compilation, taken from live and studio recordings of the 1960s and '70s, is described as a selection of pieces especially beloved by both Horowitz and his audiences. They are largely popular fare, none longer than six and a half minutes, some less than two. All are originally for piano, except Busoni's arrangement of a Bach Chorale Prelude; all are complete works except the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Arranged arbitrarily without regard to chronology, stylistic unity, or contrast of tempo, the program resembles encore pieces performed according to the artist's whim, perhaps to create the illusion of spontaneous choice.

However, the record's variety showcases one of the greatest pianists of his or any other time from every angle of his multifaceted artistry, and the selections include many composers with whom Horowitz was closely associated. A Scarlatti Sonata displays his pristine, crisp touch and rock-steady rhythm. Two Debussy Preludes are a swash of colors. A Liszt Study has feathery delicacy. The Moonlight sings with such moving simplicity that one wishes he had played the whole sonata. His Schubert, Chopin, and Schumann are lovely and poetic, but sometimes a bit overdone. Schumann's "Träumerei" is so dreamy that it almost goes to sleep. Perhaps closest to his heart and best suited to his pianistic and musical style are two Rachmaninoff and three Scriabin pieces. All are slow and very romantic, impressionist, improvisatory, rhetorical, and passionate. --Edith Eisler

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Collection of Reflective Songs.......2002-02-18

This CD is a great collection because all the songs fit together to create one mood. These songs show how well Horowitz plays the more reflective and relaxing pieces. I would give it five stars, except I was disappointed to find the live pieces have a constant coughing in the background. It's not too noticable unless you are listening for it or using headphones. It's still a very worthwhile CD if you don't already have a Horowitz collection.

The Quiet side of Horowitz.......2001-12-18

Not Another Horowitz disc? one may be entitled to exclaim. For
there are many CDs available by this titan, repackaged under various titles such as 'Horowitz: A Tribute' and 'Horowitz: The Indispensable'. Horowitz is remembered foremost for his WHAM BHAM THUMP trickle BAM BOOM tickle HWAAAIYAH ~ahhhh~ type playing and most Horowitz-collection albums reflect this. But this CD is different. There is no flash. There are none of his Liszt-Revisited show stoppers. As such, the title is misleading - for a reminiscence of Horowitz would surely involve some reference to his bombastic playing. A more appropriate title for the gathering of pieces here would be 'Horowitz: Tamed by Age' Listening to these pieces makes one realise that Horowitz was equally at home in slow, quiet pieces as he was in fast, fortissimo music. Take, for example, the Traumerei by Schumann. He doesn't make it sound like a 'dream' but makes it sound more like a simple resignation. The phrasing of the moonlight sonata (he later stated that he thought it should be played much faster but was too much of a 'coward' to record it so!) is superb. Also found are a couple of Scriabin pieces, which Volodos plays as encores these days. All in all, a valuable release worth investigating.

Horowitz Plays Popular Classics.......2001-07-26

"To be more than a virtuoso, you must first be a virtuoso." Ferruccio Busoni

Although this CD of previously released material is being promoted as a companion to the video documentary "Vladimir Horowitz--a Reminiscence," there is little connection between the two. Rather than release a CD of pieces which Horowitz was heard playing in the film, Sony has instead chosen to release an album of "popular" piano classics. Most of the pieces on this CD are relaxed and contemplative, and there is none of Horowitz trademark diabolical virtuosity here. Nevertheless, his years with Columbia Masterworks (now Sony Classical) were fruitful ones, and the pianist won the majority of his Grammys while under contract to that label from 1962 to 1973.

Horowitz was never considered one of Schubert's greatest interpreters, but this performance of the G-flat Impromptu is notable for the pianist's uncanny ability to balance the melody against the flowing accompaniment, and for its natural phrasing and tonal beauty.

The Chopin pieces are from various Horowitz albums, including some live material. Although the playing is uniformly outstanding, one wishes Sony had included more Mazurkas, a form in which Horowitz excelled. (At 62 minutes, there would have been room for at least two more.) Early on, Horowitz was lauded for his interpretations of the music of Rachmaninoff, his friend and mentor. The two brief pieces here, recorded live in 1968, are played with characteristic brooding melancholy. The LP from which these works were taken won Horowitz one of his many Grammys.

Two of the three Scriabin pieces here are from Horowitz' legendary all-Scriabin LP, recorded in 1972, another Grammy winner. The third piece was recorded at the same time, but not released until 1992, despite being top-flight Horowitz and Scriabin.

Although it duplicates items which Horowitz fanatics already have, this CD is ideal for the Horowitz newcomer. It is also an excellent refutation for those who still like to pigeonhole Vladimir Horowitz as a mere virtuoso.

Reminiscence
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Be Foreground

Reminiscence
Wayne Gratz
Manufacturer: Narada
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Time Out
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Be Foreground.......2004-01-30

Some music is destined to become background music. Not that that is necessarily bad, understand. New age music is especially prone to this, especially the more whimsical tunefulness that is often the case. This is often labeled mood music or meditation music, but it really is just good listening while reading or thinking or doing. Reminiscence, one of Gratz's early albums is a perfect example of this genre.

Gratz is mostly a pianist, with some guitar. His themes are simply, easy listening, with a moderate amount of ornamentation. His harmonies are soft, as are his dynamics as well. His primary sin is a tendency to over orchestrate to fill in the spaces. Again, this isn't bad, but it makes it even harder to notice Gratz's skills as a pianist. Instead one navigates through the sound like a canoe on still water.

Often, you can find this album on sale at attractive prices. While not overwhelming, it is endearing enough to be worth having. There are many times when it has filled the spaces admirably and created those little moments of peace that can turn around a day.

Reminiscence
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One man plays lead, bass and vocal on one guitar...

"Cruz" the god of fingerstyle guitar

Reminiscence
Edgar Cruz
Manufacturer: Crystal Clear Sound
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Classical Demands

ASIN: B00000J8MZ
Release Date: 1999-06-15

Tracks:

El Cumbanchero
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Hotel California
Girl From Ipanema
Pink Panther Theme
James Bond Theme
Moondance
M*A*S*H* Theme
Steel Guitar Rag
Ghost Riders In The Sky
Here, There And Everywhere
Ode To Joy
Music Box Dancers
Pipeline
Sleepwalk
The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face

Album Description

This release (1998) is a collection of some of the material I've been playing for twenty years. I just have not had a chance to record any of them until now. Some will be on future albums, but until I release the appropriate CD, I thought I'd give the public another variety recording to enjoy. The songs on this album were recorded mostly on the First Place classical guitar I purchased from the "Festival of Guitars" in Paracho, Mexico in 1996.

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One man plays lead, bass and vocal on one guitar..........2000-06-18

I've seen Mr. Cruz on several occasions. Each time I have been more amazed than the last. This man plays not only the lead, but also the bass and vocal melodies simultaneously. Another equally impressive fact is that his style covers everything from Spanish classical to classic rock-n-roll. If you like acoustic, you'll love this CD. It's too bad Amazon doesn't offer more of his CD's.

"Cruz" the god of fingerstyle guitar.......2000-01-22

I have all of Edgar Cruz's CD's and he is phenominal. I have seen him play live twice and he draws a enormous crowd. His approach to classical guitar is a modern one. On his albums, he transcribes rock, T.V. themes, and folk tunes. His ability to play all instruments on the guitar, with no overdubbing is overwhelming. On his album Classical Demands, Cruz plays his rendition of the old Queen anthem, "Bohemian Rhapsody". Cruz play the bass, guitar, piano, and voice parts, all at the same time. This is truly awesome. If you have ever heard Mason William's "Classical Gas", Cruz plays it better than william's w/ Manheim Steamroller. If you have never heard Cruz play, you are missing out. If you have but don't have any of his CD's, buy them all. You'll be glad you did.

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