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1. Rabbi

2. Initiale

3. Sum's

4. Makuikila

5. Mbuya Na Tshikapa

6. Baby-Papy

7. Ignorance

8. Emile Mukania

9. Amour Pathy

10. Samu Na Bongo [Instrumental]

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Average customer rating: Marvelous string ragtime!

Ragtime Chamber Music American Ragtime Ensemble Manufacturer: Crazy Otto Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000VJFMS Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

1. Black Cat Rag
2. Aviation Rag
3. Tickle Toes
4. Castle House Rag
5. Cotton Babes
6. Gladiolus Rag
7. Powder Rag
8. Wall Street Rag
9. Louisiana Rag
10. Russian Rag
11. Valley Flower
12. Bowery Buck

Customer Reviews:

Marvelous string ragtime!.......2005-04-27

For years I have wanted to find a CD of ragtime music played by a string quartet. I once heard a quartet in Yellowstone National Park play Scott Joplin's "The Easy Winners" and "Country Club" and it was so refreshing to hear these piano rags played with such vigor and pep by a classical string quartet. So far, I have never found a CD entirely of string quartet ragtime, but this is very close!

The American Ragtime Ensemble, directed by violinist (and ragtime radio show host) David Reffkin, is essentially a string quartet with added bass and piano. The selections on this disc were recorded in June 1975--thank goodness they've finally found their way to compact disc. The sound quality is fantastic, and the spirited performances are excellent. The arrangements are fresh and exciting, breathing new life into some of these old rags. The pieces themselves are a nice mixture of famous and obscure rags spanning the entire era of "classic ragtime," from 1900's "Bowery Buck" by Tom Turpin to 1918's "Russian Rag" by George Cobb.

The CD packaging is very elegant. The 12-page booklet is printed in full color throughout and contains reproductions of many original sheet music covers along with detailed liner notes by Mr. Reffkin. The "enhanced" part of the disc provides access to a 10-minute audio mini-documentary about the ensemble and ragtime in general and larger music cover scans.

Overall, this is a delightful disc, one which I am thrilled to add to my ragtime collection. My only complaint is that the disc isn't long enough! It only runs 35 minutes, but every minute is enjoyable. Highly recommended!

Average customer rating: Fine Russian Pianist in Middling Scriabin Collection

Rare Scriabin: Music for Piano Manufacturer: Olympia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Scriabin, Alexander | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Scriabin, Alexander | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003WAR Release Date: 1996-07-01

Tracks:

1. Fugue In E Minor
2. Sonata-Fantasy In G SHarp Minor
3. Two Nocturnes Op. 5: No. 1 In F Sharp Minor
4. Two Nocturnes Op. 5: No. 2 In A Major
5. Two Impromptus Op. 10: No. 1 In F Sharp Minor
6. Two Impromptus Op. 10: No. 2 In A Major
7. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 1 In A Major
8. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 2 In F Sharp Minor
9. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 3 In E Major
10. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 4 In E Major
11. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 5 In C Sharp Minor
12. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 1 In B Major
13. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 2 In G Sharp Minor
14. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 3 In G Flat Major
15. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 4 In E Flat Minor
16. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 5 In F Sharp Major
17. Four Preludes Op. 39: No. 1 In F Sharp Major
18. Four Preludes Op. 39: No. 2 In D Major
19. Four Preludes Op. 39: No. 3 In G Major
20. Four Preludes Op. 39: No. 4 In A Flat Major
21. Poeme In D Flat Major Op. 41
22. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 1 In D Flat Major
23. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 2 In F Sharp Minor
24. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 3 In F Sharp Major
25. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 4 In F Sharp Major
26. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 5 In C Sharp Minor
27. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 6 In D Flat Major
28. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 7 In F Minor
29. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 8 In E Flat Major
30. Three Pieces Op. 45: Feuillet d'album (In E Flat Major)
31. Three Pieces Op. 45: Poeme fantasque (In C Major)
32. Three Pieces Op. 45: Prelude (In E Flat Major)
33. Three Pieces Op. 49: Etude (In E Flat Major)
34. Three Pieces Op. 49: Prelude (In F Minor)
35. Three Pieces Op. 49: Reverie (In C Major)
36. Feuille d'album In F Sharp Major
37. Scherzo In C Major Op. 46

Customer Reviews:

Fine Russian Pianist in Middling Scriabin Collection.......2000-11-02

You've only got to hear Scriabin's finest inspiration here - the dark, satanic Etude Op 42 No 5 - to know that Yuri Nikonovich is a Russian-trained pianist of the first rank: the controlled power of the gripping melody line is never lost even when all but the fourth and fifth fingers of the right hand are conjuring a swirl of 24 semi-quavers a bar (in each hand!) under the piano's tragic song. It comes as no surprise, therefore, to read in the CD booklet that this handsome, white-haired figure (60 when this disc was recorded in 1995) studied with Richter's great mentor Heinrich Neuhaus and was an associate of the greatest Scriabin player of them all - the composer's son-in-law Vladimir Sofronitsky. So what's the rub? Well, I have two niggling reservations about this disc - one concerning the repertoire and one the piano (the actual recording is fine). Never mind that among this supposedly "rare" Scriabin, there is quite a lot that is not so unfamiliar (the complete Op 42 Etudes, a selection of the preludes, to begin with). This chronological sample of the composer's piano music, from an early Fugue (!) to the Three Pieces, Op 49, does offer some insight into the development of the composer's unique voice - from undistinctive late-19th-century Chopinesque pieces to the strange sound world of the later pieces that prompted Stravinsky to wonder where Scriabin's music came from... but the problem is that much of this music falls a little short of Scriabin's finest piano music, and, truth to tell, the preludes, for example, do not really quite distil that strange sound world in the way that Sofronitsky himself uniquely did in some of the many LPs he recorded in Russia up to 1960 (when he died). And I mentioned the piano itself: the instrument sounds to my ear just a little less than ideally regulated, especially as the recital progresses. In the final analysis, then, this Scriabin recital may make you wish (as it did me) that Igor Nikonovich were a better known name in the West than he is, but the programme does not often lift you into Scriabin's unique world in the way that, for example, Roger Woodward's ABC disc of late Scriabin so mesmerisingly does (with fabulous accounts of, among other pieces, the Tenth Sonata and Vers la flamme), nor, as I say, does it conjour the magic of Sofronitsky in the preludes to make up for the slightly less than first-rate recording. In sum, it's a disc I'm glad I have heard, so that I know Nikonovich's name and because it was interesting to hear some early and little-known Scriabin - but I'm not sure it's a disc I'd want to return to very often, and certainly not to listen to uninterruptedly or for pure musical escapism.

Average customer rating: Harmonies poetiques et religieuses

Harmonies poétiques et religieuses Manufacturer: DGB Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000DBJZZ Release Date: 2003-09-15

Tracks:

1. Invocation
2. Ave Maria
3. Pensdes morts
4. Pater Noster
5. Hymne de l'enfant on ril
6. Funilles
7. Miserere d'aprPalestrina
8. Andante lagrimoso
9. Cantique d'amour

Album Description

The cycle of ten pieces known as Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses was dedicated in 1853 to Liszt's second companion, Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein. These pieces are based on poems by his friend, Alphonse de Lamartine, and the medieval chant of the Catholic Church.

These mystical pieces are not the typical virtuoso piano compositions that one thinks of as music by Liszt. They are song-like; it's as if Liszt is forcing the piano to sing. Playing these pieces conjures up images of Liszt, playing the piano in his study late at night, meditating and praying to his God. Liszt eventually took minor orders into the priesthood where he remained for the remainder of his life.

David Barela, Pianist

Customer Reviews:

Harmonies poetiques et religieuses.......2003-09-29

Gorgeous melodic piano music beautifully performed by Mr. Barela.

Average customer rating:

Rare Scriabin: Music for Piano Manufacturer: Olympia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Scriabin, Alexander | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Scriabin, Alexander | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000260KX Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

1. Fugue In E Minor
2. Sonata-Fantasy In G SHarp Minor
3. Two Nocturnes Op. 5: No. 1 In F Sharp Minor
4. Two Nocturnes Op. 5: No. 2 In A Major
5. Two Impromptus Op. 10: No. 1 In F Sharp Minor
6. Two Impromptus Op. 10: No. 2 In A Major
7. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 1 In A Major
8. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 2 In F Sharp Minor
9. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 3 In E Major
10. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 4 In E Major
11. Five Preludes Op. 15: No. 5 In C Sharp Minor
12. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 1 In B Major
13. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 2 In G Sharp Minor
14. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 3 In G Flat Major
15. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 4 In E Flat Minor
16. Five Preludes Op. 16: No. 5 In F Sharp Major
17. Four Preludes Op. 39: No. 1 In F Sharp Major
18. Four Preludes Op. 39: No. 2 In D Major
19. Four Preludes Op. 39: No. 3 In G Major
20. Four Preludes Op. 39: No. 4 In A Flat Major
21. Poeme In D Flat Major Op. 41
22. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 1 In D Flat Major
23. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 2 In F Sharp Minor
24. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 3 In F Sharp Major
25. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 4 In F Sharp Major
26. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 5 In C Sharp Minor
27. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 6 In D Flat Major
28. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 7 In F Minor
29. Eight Etudes Op. 42: No. 8 In E Flat Major
30. Three Pieces Op. 45: Feuillet d'album (In E Flat Major)
31. Three Pieces Op. 45: Poeme fantasque (In C Major)
32. Three Pieces Op. 45: Prelude (In E Flat Major)
33. Three Pieces Op. 49: Etude (In E Flat Major)
34. Three Pieces Op. 49: Prelude (In F Minor)
35. Three Pieces Op. 49: Reverie (In C Major)
36. Feuille d'album In F Sharp Major
37. Scherzo In C Major Op. 46

Average customer rating:

Renée Doria: 50 ans de documents sonores Manufacturer: Malibran [C.D.R.G.] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005A0NH Release Date: 2001-02-27

Average customer rating:

Live at Fribourg Jeremy Lyons & The Deltabilly Boys Quartet Manufacturer: Five Eighths Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAF7KG Release Date: 2002-12-17

Tracks:

1. Salty Dog
2. Country Boy
3. Comin' Home
4. Who Do You Love
5. Let's Give a Party
6. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
7. Mystery Train
8. Come on in My Kitchen
9. One Cup of Coffee
10. Everybody Loves My Baby
11. Cafau Lait
12. Early in the Morning
13. All by Myself

Average customer rating:

Rare & Unique Early Cylinders 1900-1903 Manufacturer: Symposium ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006IQID Release Date: 2003-02-25

Average customer rating:

Piece Rare Aime Buanga Manufacturer: Next Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005YO2C Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Rabbi
2. Initiale
3. Sum's
4. Makuikila
5. Mbuya Na Tshikapa
6. Baby-Papy
7. Ignorance
8. Emile Mukania
9. Amour Pathy
10. Samu Na Bongo [Instrumental]

Pop Music:

1. Por Vida / For Life
2. Princess of Africa, Vol. 2 [Live]
3. Queen of Junkanoo
4. Ready or Not
5. Remixes [Import]
6. Romance Inolvidable
7. Rosicler
8. Sands of Time
9. Sat [Live]
10. Scottish Bagpipes

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