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Average customer rating: Definitive? WELL worth getting. A Great Remastering! Exceptional Pianist/Inspirational Composer

Alkan: Piano Works; Ronald Smith Charles Alkan , and Ronald Smith Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alkan: 12 Études, Op. 39 Alkan: Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges', Sonatine, Le festin d'Esope Alkan: Symphony for solo piano Alkan: Piano Music, Volume 1: 12 Etudes, Op. 35 Alkan: Sonate de Concert; Grand Duo Concertant; Piano Trio ASIN: B0000CE7FF Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

1. Petit Conte
2. Nocturne No.1, Op.22
3. Gigue, Op.24
4. Marche, Op.37 No.1
5. Le Tambour Bat Aux Champs, Op.50 No.2
6. XXIX: Delire
7. XI: Morituri Te Salutant
8. XX: Le Premier Billet Doux
9. IV: Les Cloches
10. XLI: Les Enharmoniques
11. X: Increpatio
12. XI: Les Soupirs
13. XLVIII: En Songe
14. Toccatina, Op.75
15. IV: Allegro
16. V: Marche Funebre (Andantino)
17. VI: Menuet
18. VII: Finale (Presto)
19. I: Assez Gravement
20. II: Andantino
21. III: Menuet

Tracks:

1. VIII: Allegro Assai
2. IX: Adagio
3. X: Allegretto Alla Barbaresca
4. Maestoso -
5. Allegro
6. XIII: (Cantique Des Cantiques)
7. XV
8. XVI
9. XI
10. XII

Customer Reviews:

Definitive?.......2006-07-17

This version of the underappreciated work of Alkan should, in deference to Marc Andre Hamelin's amazing versions, should probably be the standard by which others are judged... in addition the album includes a great collection in one purchase.

WELL worth getting........2006-05-19

This CD has what is still my favorite interpretation of Alkan's Concerto out of the three I've heard (although regrettably I haven't heard Jack Gibbons' version). Ogdon and Hamelin seem to kind of rush parts in order to impart a greater sense of technical bravura whereas Smith lets the power and majesty of the piece come through.
Also a great recording of the Alkan Symphonie. Hamelin's playing of the piece seems to have gotten all the attention but I find this one just right.
The prior two pieces would be reason enough to get any Alkan CD but this one is also loaded with a number of smaller gems, some of which it's probably going to be, what, twenty years before someone else makes a recording of any of them. The Petit Conte and Nocturne show Alkan's similarities to Chopin. The Toccatina is a delightful little piece with an awesome ending. Five great preludes, eight esquisses, etc. etc. - probably the best Alkan CD out there.

A Great Remastering!.......2005-07-15

I own the original LP recordings of some of these works and the CD version. In a previous review I remarked how the CD sound quality was not the best, but adequate.

This remastering brings back much of the original vitality and great sound quality that was in the LP version but lacking in the CD version. And all at a bargain price too!

All Alkan (and Ronald Smith fans),don't hesitate to get this 2CD set. To have the symphony for piano and concerto in such fine quality sound again is a real treat for the ears.

Most highly recommended!

Exceptional Pianist/Inspirational Composer.......2004-09-03

Ronald Smith died on the 27 May 2004 a week before I was due to hear him perform in concert at the age of 82. Obviously I was incredibly upset by his death and not having ever heard him play - especially ALKAN.

Ronald Smith was the man who re-established Charles-Valentin Alkan as one of the greatest composers of piano music. Busoni claimed "Alkan, alongside Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Brahms, was one of the five greatest composers for the piano since Beethoven".

Of particular interest here is Ronald Smiths recordings of the Solo Piano Concerto and Symphony for Solo Piano. These are some of the most extraordinary compositions in musical literature.

Ronald Smith's recordings are exceptional and in my mind can only be equalled technically by Marc-André Hamelin performances of Alkan. Yet with this said Ronald Smith was the only virtuoso pianist who truly understood Alkans philosophy of music - hence smith's book on Alkan - The Man The Music.

This album is highly recommended to all music and piano playing enthusiasts.
The music is innovative, passionate; but not sentimental and incredibly interesting in structure, colouring and philosophy.

Average customer rating: Carnaval

French Coloratura Arias Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( 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 Thomas | Thomas, Ambroise | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | 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 | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Sumi Jo - Virtuoso Arias ~ Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer Sumi Jo - Bel Canto / Arevalo · ECO · Carella Sumi Jo - Les Bijoux / Carella Sumi Jo sings Mozart Sumi Jo - La Promessa / Vincenzo Scalera ASIN: B00020QW9G Release Date: 2004-09-14

Customer Reviews:

Carnaval.......2005-12-05

There is no track listing on Amazon for this album. It is a re-release of Sumi Jo's album "Carnaval" which had, for some insane reason, gone out of print (something to do with a merger).

As for the album itself, there is no way to accurately describe how impressive this singing is. Jo's coloratura may not be as fast as Emma Kirkby's or as accurate as Cecilia Bartoli's, but nobody can surpass her sense of fun or the ease with which she sustains her highest notes.

Two tracks in particular stand out: "Le jour sous le soleil beni" is a rather slow, beautiful aria (the only non-coloratura aria included on the disc) which is capped with what must be the longest sustained high D-flat in history--sung pianissimo. Montserrat Caballe, eat your heart out. The other is the Carnaval de Venise, made famous by Mado Robin. Although Jo does not hit Robin's B-flat above high C, her version is infinitely more impressive, particularly the last two minutes, which is simply a roller-coaster ride of coloratura with no rests, no rubato, and very few breaths. Everyone I've ever played this track for has been rendered speechless.

Although those two arias stand out, there are really no tracks on this album which are not impressive and/or beautful. The Sevillana captures her sense of fun, "Canari" and the "Couplets de Mysoli" emphasize her control of pianissimo high notes, and "Jours de mon enfance" and "Reves d'amour, reves de gloire" both end in perfect, sustained high E's. One of my favorite albums ever. I'm happy it has been re-released.

Average customer rating: The embodiment of FURY Completely over the top! Good alternative. (No title). An incredible recording! Gibbons' Alkan is superb!

Alkan: 12 Études, Op. 39 Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | 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 Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Barcarolles | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alkan: Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges', Sonatine, Le festin d'Esope Alkan: Symphony for solo piano Alkan: Piano Music, Volume 1: 12 Etudes, Op. 35 Alkan: Piano Works; Ronald Smith Alkan: Sonate de Concert; Grand Duo Concertant; Piano Trio ASIN: B0000030PK Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

1. Etude No.1: Comme Le Vent
2. Etude No.2: En Rythme Molossique
3. Etude No.3: Scherzo Diabolico
4. Etude No.4: Sym-First Movt: Allegro
5. Etude No.5: Sym-Second Movt: Marche Funebre
6. Etude No.6: Sym-Third Movt: Menuet
7. Etude No.7: Sym-Fourth Movt: Finale
8. Nocturne in B, Op.22
9. Allegro Barbaro: Etudes, Op.35 No.5
10. Assez Vivement: Chants, Op.38 No.1
11. J'etait Endormie, Mais Mon Coeur Veillait: Prlds, Op.31 No.13
12. Le Staccatissimo: Esquisses, Op.63 No.2
13. Les Cloches: Esquisses, Op.63 No.4
14. Les Soupirs: Esquisses, Op.63 No.11
15. En Songe: Esquisses, Op.63 No.48
16. Gros Temps: Les Mois, Op.74 1st Ste No.1
17. Barcarolle: Chants, Op.65 No.6
18. La Chanson De La Folle Au Bord De La Mer: Prlds, Op.13 No.8
19. Le Temps Qui N'est Plus: Prlds, Op.31 No.12

Tracks:

1. Etude No.8: Con-First Movt: Allegro Assai
2. Etude No.9: Con-Second Movt: Adagio
3. Etude No.10: Con-Third Movt: Allegretto Alla Barberesca
4. Etude No.11: Ov
5. Etude No.12: Le Festin D'Esope

Amazon.com

Alkan's gargatuan Op. 39 Etudes embody a symphony (Etudes 4-7), a solo concertos (Etudes 8-10), an overture (No. 11), and a riotous set of 25 variations depicting the animals of Aesop's fables (No. 12, La festin d'Esope). The music demands boundless technique and stamina, which Jack Gibbons supplies in spades. He dives headfirst into the treacherous writing, letting the chips fall where they may. One can't really top Marc-Andre Hamelin's unflappable proficiency in the concertos, yet Gibbons rougher, leonine demeanor thrusts Alkan's Dionysiac qualities more to the fore. Bet you can't digest this yummy 12-plus course piano feast all in one sitting! --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

The embodiment of FURY.......2004-09-24

Gibbons' occasional technical vulnerabilities give these performances a human edge missing from hamelin's recordings. Alkan's op39 is music the pianist must fight with. Blood and sweat are a must. Its raw fury can be lost when cooly presented (ala Hamelin). The symphony finale oozes raw excitement under Gibbons' hands. Like in a disaster movie, we root for the protagonist and hope he survives through to the end. A most rewarding experience.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Completely over the top!.......2003-08-04

The main differences between this recording and the only other complete recording of the minor key etudes by Ronald Smith are:

1. Superior sound
2. A virtuosity that must be heard to be believed. Gibbons plays fast, Gibbons plays loud, Gibbons plays soft, Gibbons plays all the notes, and all the while Gibbons plays them musically! A truly remarkable performance of some very complex music.

But the recording by Smith has much going for it too. In an ideal world, if you're a fan of Alkan, get both recordings. I've got them both!

Good alternative........2002-11-02

It's a good alternative to Hamelin's recordings. With a really wilder approach!!

(No title)........2000-12-15

Comme Le Vent, Like the wind, is a firey, unrelenting deluge of notes which, if played at Alkan's specified metronome marking, travels at the rate of 160 bars per minute -- 20 densely packed pages in just 4'30," and Gibbons falls unbelievably only 7 seconds short! En Rhythm Molossique and Scherzo Diabolico, both technically wicked compositions, receive commanding and sure-footed performances. The Symphony further demonstates Gibbons proficiency in adherence to tempo and metronome markings inspite of taxing athletic and visceral demands, giving it a great sense of impetus, space, and drive. The Concerto, in his hands, is less classical and crisp than Hamelin's, but more wildly romantic; an extraordinary feat of virtuosity. Le festin d'Esope and Allegro Barbaro in all their fiendish and barbaric virtuosity get very poetic readings, very rare indeed... The more slow pieces all fall within the heartbeat, receiving sensitive, simple, and atmospheric performances... Gibbons is an Alkan interpreter of exceptional authority, and I cannot wait until his next release (of anything). In excellent sound, this very generous two-CD set is a TOP recommendation!

An incredible recording! Gibbons' Alkan is superb!.......1999-09-04

Alkan's Magnum Opus (39) has been seen recorded many times over the past years in part, as well as in whole. Jack Gibbons demonstrates that his interpretation of this monstrously challenging set stands at the very top of the list. Out of the 250+ CDs I own, I would have to say that this is the best. Gibbons' "Comme le Vent" is breathtakingly virtuostic and full of velocity. His "En Rythm Molossique" is a great wall of power and control, his "Scherzo Diabolique", feindish and scary. This recording of the "Symphonie" is fantastic, second only to Lewenthal's. His "Concerto" is very ordered, the finale a dazzling display of pianism (despite the missed note in the final black-key run). The "Ouverture" is the best recorded yet, and shows the true depth of Alkan's creations; I could write a review on just this piece! His "Festin" is a bit slow, but he never overexagerates the tempos. The other pieces added to the first disc ruin one's picture of the all-out-bravura crazed Alkan, replacing it with a sensitive, profound one. This CD is truly incredible. If you have any affection for Art Music whatsoever, this recording is a must have!

Average customer rating: Great Music from Elizabeth's time

Elizabethan Songs and Consort Music Peter Wendland , and Innocenzio Alerti Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Taverner | Taverner, John | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Treasury of Elizabethan Music Dowland: Consort Music Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems Elizabethan Consort Music Shakespeare Songs ASIN: B00003Q40F Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Fantasia
2. Ah, Alas You Salt Sea Gods
3. A Song Of Mr Robert Parsons
4. The Song Called Trumpets
5. O Death, Rock Me Asleep
6. In Nomine
7. In Nomine
8. Pour Down, You Pow'rs Divine
9. Ut Re Mi
10. Quis Me Statim
11. In Nomine No, 14 'Reporte'
12. Penelope That Longed
13. In Nomine No. 20 'Crye'
14. Send Forth Thy Sighs
15. Climb Not Too High
16. De La Court
17. Eliza, Her Name Gives Honour
18. Pavin Of Albarti
19. Gallyard
20. O Jove, From Stately Throne
21. A Solfing Song
22. Ah, Silly Poor Joas
23. In Nomine
24. Ye Sacred Muses

Customer Reviews:

Great Music from Elizabeth's time.......2002-09-13

This is an exceptional disc of music in height of popularity at
the court of Elizabeth I, and a bargan on the Naxos label(they
have several titles of early music available). The songs are all of high performance quality, and highly recomended to those interested in Elizabeth and her world. Several tracks for me stand out, including "Pour Down,You Pow'rs Divine", "Climb Not To High", and "Eliza, Her Name Gives Honour", this last composition written in celebration and honor of the queen, and beautifuly sung by Catherine King. The Rose Consort Of Viols are
also featured, the "grandfathers" of the modern bowed string
instruments were highly in vogue at the time for voice accompany or alone. For those with an interest in Elizabeth, or have seen the movie, this CD is highly recomended!

Average customer rating:

Four Temperaments (Byrd * Ferrabosco * Parsons * Tallis) /Phantasm Asako Morikawa , Emilia Benjamin , William Byrd , Alfonso (i) Ferrabosco , Robert Parsons , Thomas Tallis , Phantasm , and Laurence Dreyfus Manufacturer: Avie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gibbons: Consorts for Viols /Phantasm J Jenkins: Six-Part Consorts /Phantasm William Lawes: Consorts in Four and Five Parts Lawes: The Consort Setts for 5 & 7 viols and organ Dowland: Lachrimae ASIN: B0007G8M5W Release Date: 2005-03-22

Average customer rating: Probably the Finest 4-Handed Satie...

Satie and the Four-Handed Piano Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Sarabande | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Rogi, Pascal | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music ASIN: B00004DTQS Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

1. Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire: Maniere de commencement
2. Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire: Prolongation du meme
3. Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire: I Lentement
4. Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire: II Enleve
5. Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire: III Brutal
6. Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire: En plus
7. Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire: Redite
8. PARADE: Prelude du rideau rouge
9. PARADE: Prestidigitateur chinois
10. PARADE: Petite fille americaine
11. PARADE: Rag-time du paquebot
12. PARADE: Acrobates
13. PARADE: Supreme effort et chute des managers
14. PARADE: Suite au Prelude du rideau rouge
15. Troisieme Sarabande
16. La Belle Excentrique: I Marche franco-lunaire
17. La Belle Excentrique: Grande Ritournelle
18. La Belle Excentrique: II Valse du 'mysterieux baiser dans l'oeil'
19. La Belle Excentrique: Grande ritournelle
20. La Belle Excentrique: III Cancan grand-mondain
21. Apercus desagreables: Pastorale
22. Apercus desagreables: Choral
23. Apercus desagreables: Fugue
24. Six Pieces de la periode: Desespoir agreable, No. 1
25. Six Pieces de la periode: Songe-Creux, No. 6
26. En Habit De Cheval: Choral
27. En Habit De Cheval: Fugue litanique
28. En Habit De Cheval: Autre choral
29. En Habit De Cheval: Fugue de papier
30. Trois Petites Pieces montees: I De l'enfance de Pantagruel (Reverie)
31. Trois Petites Pieces montees: II Marche de Cocagne (Demarche)
32. Trois Petites Pieces montees: III Jeux de Gargantua (Coin de Polka)
33. Choses vues a droite et a gauche (sans lunettes): Choral hypocrite
34. Choses vues a droite et a gauche (sans lunettes): Fugue a tatons
35. Choses vues a droite et a gauche (sans lunettes): Fantaisie musculaire

Amazon.com

The headline news is that the performers get Satie right here. Many Satie recordings are too lush, losing the astringent edge that keeps his loveliness from turning to sentimentality. Rogé, the main performer, has the right idea. He plays with beautiful tone and phrasing, but adds just enough edge to his sound that the music never turns mushy. The program includes all Satie's music for piano four hands, including the famous "Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear" (Satie's ironic reply to Debussy's suggestion that he pay more attention to form), along with a few solos. A four-hand version of the ballet Parade, without the gunshots and sirens of the orchestral version, might seem useless, but it comes off very well. Juillet joins Rogé for the rarely heard "Things Seen to the Right and Left (Without Eyeglasses)," also capturing the appropriate irony. This well-recorded disc is a winner. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Probably the Finest 4-Handed Satie..........2007-07-16

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For those who want to go indepth in their search for the elusive Satie, his music for piano duet must not be overlooked. And for 4-handed Satie, this is probably the finest realizations we're likely to hear.

Pascal Rogé is a very fine pianist; yet I feel he's slightly overlooked, when he should be actively sought out--espeically with the French literature. Seek: After the Rain...The Soft Sounds of Erik Satie ; and Satie: 3 Gymnopédies and Other Piano Works . (Although Erik Satie: Piano Works ; Satie: Gymnopédies No1-3; Petite ouverture à danser ; and Satie: Piano Music; Mélodies [includes DVD] are really good.)

Much of Satie's 4-handed piano music bears the quiet dignity of his "popular" Gymnopédes, Gnossiennes, and Nocturnes. Some of it is a little more tempestuous--i.e., the Parade. Doubleplus bonus, this disc contains Satie's only little works for violin and piano.

For those really interested in Satie, four recent discs are absolutely essential: Vexations ; Erik Satie: Musique de la Rose-Croix; Pages Mystiques; Uspud [Import] ; Socrate and Melodies .

This disc seems to be out of print, so recommend it be obtained from a 3rd party vendor quickly.
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Average customer rating:

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000000UV5 Release Date: 1995-06-20

Tracks:

1. Symphony fantastique, Op.14: Symphonie fantastique: I Reveries - Passions: Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai - Hector Berlioz
2. Symphony fantastique, Op.14: II Un bal: Valse, Allegro non troppo - Hector Berlioz
3. Symphony fantastique, Op.14: III Scene aux champs: Adagio - Hector Berlioz
4. Symphony fantastique, Op.14: IV Marche aux supplice: Allegretto non troppo - Hector Berlioz
5. Symphony fantastique, Op.14: V Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat - Dies Irae - Ronde du Sabbat: Larghetto - Allegro - Hector Berlioz
6. Le Carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9 - Hector Berlioz

Tracks:

1. Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op.78 'Organ Symphony': Adagio - Allegro moderato - Poco adagio
2. Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op.78 'Organ Symphony': Allegro moderato - Maestoso - Allegro
3. The Carnival Of The Animals: Introduction And Royal March Of The Lion
4. The Carnival Of The Animals: Hens & Cocks
5. The Carnival Of The Animals: Wild Asses
6. The Carnival Of The Animals: Tortoises
7. The Carnival Of The Animals: The Elephant
8. The Carnival Of The Animals: Kangaroos
9. The Carnival Of The Animals: The Aquarium
10. The Carnival Of The Animals: Persons With Long Ears
11. The Carnival Of The Animals: Cuckoo In The Heart of the Wood
12. The Carnival Of The Animals: The Aviary
13. The Carnival Of The Animals: Pianists
14. The Carnival Of The Animals: Fossils
15. The Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan
16. The Carnival Of The Animals: Finale

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Songs by Camille Saint-Saëns Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs by Bizet Songs By Charles Gounod The Songs of Chausson / Lott · Murray · McGreevy · Trakas · Chilingirian Quartet · G. Johnson Songs by Reynaldo Hahn / Lott, Bostridge, Bickley; Johnson Fauré: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2: Un paysage choisi ASIN: B000002ZXI Release Date: 1997-02-10

Tracks:

1. Chanson (Nouvelle chanson sur un vieil air)
2. Guitare
3. Reverie
4. L'Attente
5. Le Chant de ceux qui s'en vont sur la mer
6. Le pas d'armes du Roi Jean: Ballade douzieme
7. La Coccinelle
8. A quoi bon entendre les oiseaux
9. Si vous n'avez rien a me dire
10. Dans ton coeur
11. Danse macabre
12. Melodies Persanes: No. 1 - La Brise
13. Melodies Persanes: No. 4 - Sabre en main
14. Melodies Persanes: No. 5 - Au cimetiere
15. Melodies Persanes: No. 6 - Tournoiement
16. Marquise, vous souvenez-vous?
17. La Cigale et la Fourmi
18. Chanson a boire du vieux temps
19. Nocturne
20. Violons dans le soir
21. Guitares et mandolines
22. Une flute invisible
23. Suzette et Suzon
24. Aimons-nous
25. Temps nouveau
26. Le vent dans la plaine
27. Grasselette et Maigrelette

Average customer rating: Wonderful! This album will knock your heart off! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This recording will knock your socks off... Sumi Jo at her Best!

Sumi Jo - Carnaval ! ~ French coloratura arias / ECO · Bonynge Jacques Offenbach , Léo Delibes , Ambroise Thomas , Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry , Michael William Balfe , Andre Messager , Felicien David , Adolphe Adam , Ferdinand Herold , Jules Massenet , Francois-Adrien Boieldieu , Victor Masse , Richard Bonynge , Sumi Jo , English Chamber Orchestra , William Bennett , and Anthony Marwood Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( 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 Thomas | Thomas, Ambroise | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | 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 | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Sopranos | Voices | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sumi Jo - Virtuoso Arias ~ Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer French Coloratura Arias Sumi Jo - Bel Canto / Arevalo · ECO · Carella Sumi Jo - La Promessa / Vincenzo Scalera ASIN: B00000422V Release Date: 1994-11-15

Tracks:

1. Un mari a la porte: Valse tyrolienne
2. Don Cesar de Bazan: Sevilana
3. La Perle du Bresil: Couplets du Mysoli - Sumi Jo/William Bennett
4. L'Amant jaloux: Je romps la chaine qui m'engage
5. Le Puits d'amour: Reves d'amour, reves de gloire
6. Madame Chrysantheme: Le Jour sous le soleil beni
7. Le Songe d'une nuit d'ete: Malgre l'eclat qui m'environne
8. Les Pantins de Violette: La Chanson du canari
9. Le Pre aux clercs: Jours de mon enfance - Sumi Jo/Anthony Marwood
10. Le roi l'a dit: Portons toujours des robes sombres
11. Si j'etais roi: Grand air: De vos nobles aieux
12. Le Fete du village voisin: Bolero
13. La Reine Topaze: Carnaval de Venise

Amazon.com

Now that conductor Richard Bonynge doesn't have his now-retired wife Joan Sutherland to accompany him on his arcane journeys into forgotten French opera, he has hooked up with the spectacular coloratura Sumi Jo for a series of recordings exploring mid-19th-century operetta. This one is a nice aria compilation, especially welcome since you wouldn't want to hear the entire scores of these works by Adam, Grétry, Messager and Delibes. One hears influences by Rossini, flashes of Mozart, and lots of vocal fireworks-- especially the final selection, Carnaval de Venise by Massé. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2001-07-15

This CD is a MUST GET! It's very relaxing - great to listen to when guests are over or you simply feel like being alone from the world. In this CD - you can see that she's matured more and is better then ever ... Those who like Sumi-Jo, grab it as soon as possible!

This album will knock your heart off!.......1999-11-20

Just an intriguing episode to add here. When this album was released, quite a few people thought that it is absolutely impossible for a human to sing like Jo did. They conjectured that there must be a sort of mechanical manipulations added. To prove that there was no mechanical aid to this recording, Sumi Jo sang the whole arias in "Carnaval" in front of millions of French TV viewers and audiences. And the result was: She was technically exactly the same as in the recording. Her live singing was even more touching and impressive! Her "Les Pantins de Violette: La Chanson du canari" was so beautiful that it caused tears from my eyes. And everyone in the audience gave her a long standing ovation!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......1999-09-02

No words could describe the beauty of Jo's voice and her input of emotions in this album. Sentimental, nostalgic and GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Felt dizzy intoxicated by "Carnaval de Venise".

This recording will knock your socks off..........1999-08-26

Sumi Jo is more than just a soprano but a consummate artist, elegant to her fingertips. Her coloratura ranges from sweet and clear to absolutely thilling, as in the final Carnival de Venise. A few top notes sound thin (noticeable splicing has been used to conclude some of the arias with high notes), but those are little qualms considering her elegant, supple phrasing and perfect diction. In the internationalized climate of the modern opera world, it is reassuring that there are still performers who understand the sensitivity of the French style.

Sumi Jo at her Best!.......1999-08-03

This album is definitely one of the best coloratura recitals on records. Sumi Jo is simply enchanting. She has a voice of great beauty and perfect technique. Her command of trills, roulades and legato line is simply astonishing. Sumi Jo' performance on this recording (a collection of not very known arias from French opera comique) reminds me a lot of Amelita Galli-Curci in her combination of charm and vocal virtuosism. The recording is a delight from start to finish. Among the hightlights are Sevillanas, Charmant oiseaux ( the cadenzas with flute are amazing), the beautiful liricism and stunning high D flat of the aria from Madame Chrysantéme, and of course the Carnival of Venice, a true feast of vocal fireworks. This recording is a must for all the fans of great singing.

Average customer rating: complete but lacking good for completists, but... Yes, its worth five discs

Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Sarabande | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Improvisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Passacaglias | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | 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 Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Thibaudet, Jean-Yves | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Debussy · images, études ~ complete works for piano, vol. 2 Maurice Ravel: L'Oeuvre Pour Piano Seul Satie: L'Oeuvre Pour Piano Jean-Yves Thibaudet ~ Debussy - complete piano works, vol. 1 The Magic of Satie ASIN: B00008RWRB Release Date: 2003-06-10

Customer Reviews:

complete but lacking.......2005-06-14

While I am a fan of Thibaudet in general, he just seems lost here. Satie is deceptively difficult to judge as a performer, the music is at times mercurial or static, profound or frivolous, or all of the above. Yet one hardly needs to underline the oddness, it's perfectly revealed if you play it straight.
While some misread notes suggest he may not really know these pieces, Thibaudet manages to project something less than a competent sight reading. In such an endeavor he would certainly get the right feel occasionally by accident. Instead, he regularly puts the wrong foot forward, with odd accents and effects getting in the way, perhaps trying too hard to add spin to music whose mysteries refuse to unfold under such duress.
I would recommend collecting a number of different performers: Reinbert DeLeeuw, Pascal Roge, Anne Queffelec, JoAnna MacGregor and Michel Legrand have all made worthy contributions to the recent discography and their combined recordings would make a pretty-near complete survey.

good for completists, but..........2004-05-18

I jumped at the chance to buy this set; a new digital recording of Satie's complete solo piano music. I had admired Jean-Yves Thibaudet in the past and had seen him perform Messiaen's "Turangalila Symphony"; a great performance. However, after listening to this set for three straight months, I'm rather frustrated with it, mostly on aesthetic grounds, since I can't deny Thibaudet's talents; I just disagree with some of his interpretations.

To start, most of the shorter, "lite" pieces are performed very well on disc 4. Even the most popular, (Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes) are excellent. I am also thankful I now have performances of "Uspud" and many of Satie's conservatory assignments, played expertly and with good humor. For these, the set is worth having.

But now, the bad news. As I have complained about in the past with Thibaudet's Ravel discs, I'm frankly rather put-off by his inexplicable, pointless staccato in many of the pieces. "Petite Overture a la Danser" is one of my favorite Satie miniatures, and here Thibaudet botches it by playing it way too fast with no pedal. It sounds like a joke, and I think he totally misses the point of the piece. In the "Nazareen" preludes, he adds his own extreme dynamics which are not indicated in the original scores, and the effect seems like a cheap attempt to add "spice" to what are supposed to be meditative sound constructions, based on poetry forms rather than classical forms.

"Prelude to the Heroic Gate of Heaven" is taken far too slow, and Thibaudet completely cuts out the "Curtain" coda in the original Salabert edition for no apparent reason; he seems determined to give the piece a more "proper" ending, and for this listener, it's a terrible, narcissistic, and disrespectful miscalculation.

I will keep this set since it is a complete document, flawed though it may be. But I still must insist that the best living interpreter of Satie's piano music is the ever-underrated Reinbert DeLeeuw, who is completely in-tune with Satie's sly magic. His tempos may be slow, his dynamics few, but that's the whole point; this is highly personal music, and DeLeeuw has an aesthetic I can personally agree with. For an audible explanation of what I'm talking about, compare the performances of "Petite Overture a la Danser" by DeLeeuw and Thibaudet, and you'll see what I mean.

Yes, its worth five discs.......2003-12-17

Each disc averages about 75 minutes of music. Over six hours of Satie? Definitely yes. If you have an affinity for Satie's classic pieces you should not pass up this set. There are so many standout pieces in so many wonderful styles you can only leave this set with wonder. And Thibaudet seems made for this music. The best interpreter of Satie that I've heard. His technique is amazing with such a range of subtle fingering tempo and dynamics. Its as though I've heard some of these for the first time with new shocks of emotion I hadn't experienced before. Not to be missed.

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