The Soul of Spain

Track Listings

 
1. Malagueņa
2. Domingo en Seville
3. Espaņa
4. Macarenas
5. Violetera
6. Espaņa Caņi
7. Granada
8. Relicario
9. Cid
10. Estrellita
11. Flamenco Candido
12. Habanera
13. Cielo Andaluz
14. Cielito Lindo

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The Soul of Spain
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A lot of Spanish heart and soul in this one
  • Simply wonderful music!
  • A Real Gift
  • For Harry Arnold
  • Stereo from the 1950's?
The Soul of Spain
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ASIN: B000000KSJ
Release Date: 1996-09-09

Tracks:

  1. Malaguena
  2. Domingo En Seville
  3. Espana
  4. Macarenas
  5. La Violetera
  6. Espana Cani
  7. Granada
  8. El Relicario
  9. Le Cid
  10. Estrellita
  11. Flamenco Candido
  12. Habanera
  13. Cielo Andaluz
  14. Cielito Lindo

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A lot of Spanish heart and soul in this one.......2007-01-04

If you're looking for some orchestral music of Spain, this would be an excellent choice. Many familiar and/or popular arrangements may be found on this CD. In fact, I've now bought two copies since the first one ended up going to a friend who is into ballroom dancing. More than a few pieces contained on this CD are good for that!

Although the albumn indicates 101 strings, classic spanish brass and guitar accompany the 101 violins, violas and cellos on some of the songs.

5 out of 5 stars Simply wonderful music!.......2006-06-22

If a person likes Spanish and Latin music, they will love this one. I highly recommended this CD.

5 out of 5 stars A Real Gift.......2006-04-10

I own the original LP from 1959 on Somerset and this must have been one of the first LP's with real stereo sound. On this
original LP there were 6 themes all together and I regularly
listened to it during the past 45 years because it is a beauty.
It faithfully reflects the authentic Spanish flavour although
most of the musical pieces are from not Spanish composers.
Thanks to Amazon I found out it now exists on CD and of course
bought it immediatley with 8 extra themes. I never knew that
the 101 Strings had recorded a second album of the Soul of Spain
so I consider this CD a real gift.

4 out of 5 stars For Harry Arnold.......2005-12-05

I have the original Vol II for The Soul of Spain and there are a few songs not on the CD: Cantina Toreros, The Breeze and I and Matador. I will purcase the CD, but I am sorry some of the songs are not repeated on the CD. I can't seem to find my Vol I.
Thanks for the good review. I will try to find someone who can make a copy of the vinyl to cd form.

4 out of 5 stars Stereo from the 1950's?.......2005-11-24

The original 33-1/3 LP of the Soul of Spain, Vol I, came out around 1959. The first two volumes of the Soul of Spain that I owned were on the Stereo Fidelity label as I recall, so named because they were some of the first stereo recordings. The original CD of the Soul of Spain came out around 1996 and had the same cover graphic (yellow-with-red-letters) as the Vol 1 LP from 1959. The CD pictured at Amazon.com doesn't have the same cover as the original CD, but I have seen a "sell date" of 1997 for it and it has the same mix of some, but not all, of the songs from the original Vol I and II LPs. For example, I know "El Cid" and "Granada" are from the original Vol II. I don't remember if "Cantina Toreros" is from Vol II or some other 101 Strings collection, but it is not on this CD -- listener's loss.

Although I am not absolutely sure the media being offered by Amazon is the same recording I own, I have at least heard the same music as played by the 101 Strings. This review is based on listening to the original CD since 1996 and on more than 30 years of listening to the original LPs before that.

First, almost all of the 101 Strings recordings, whether vinyl or digital, are somewhat harsh to my ears in the high frequencies. Turn down the treble and turn up the mid range and bass slightly and it will smooth out enough to be pleasant.

Second, you have not heard the "Malaguena" until you hear the 101 strings play it. It lasts around 10 minutes and you can almost see the music flow across the sound plane from one part of the orchestra to another.

Finally, I think that anyone who likes traditonal or classical Spanish music arranged for orchestra will like this CD. If you don't, you might try the more highly stylized arrangements from the sound track to "The Return of Zorro". Come to think of it, try both the Zorro sound track and the Soul of Spain.
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  2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
  3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
  4. Hungarian Dance No.7
  5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
  6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
  7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
  8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
  9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
  10. Csardas Music
  11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
  12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
  13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
  14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
  15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
  16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
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  18. Tzigane
  19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
  20. Caprice No.24
  21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
  22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
  23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
  24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
  25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
  26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
  27. The Violin Muted
  28. Clair De Lune
  29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
  30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
  31. The Pizzicato Violin
  32. Pizzicato Polka
  33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
  34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
  35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
  36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
  37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
  38. Hungarian Dance No.4
  39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
  40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
  41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
  42. Bolero
  43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
  44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
  45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
  46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
  47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
  48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
  49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
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  51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
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  57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
  58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
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  61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
  62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
  63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
  64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
  65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
  66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
  67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

  1. Introduction To The Viola
  2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
  3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
  4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
  5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
  6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
  7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
  8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
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  10. Cypresses (No.9)
  11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
  12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
  13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
  14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
  15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
  16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
  17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
  18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
  19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
  20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
  21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
  22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
  23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
  24. Elfentanz, Op.39
  25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
  26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
  27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
  28. Flamenco
  29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
  30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
  31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
  32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
  33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
  34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
  35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
  37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
  38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
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  6. Sa'Dawi
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  10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
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  13. A Variety Of Techniques
  14. Chamber Music No.II
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  20. Naelden, Naelden
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  22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
  23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
  24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
  25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
  26. The Swan Of Tuonela
  27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
  28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
  29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
  30. Bolero
  31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
  32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
  33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
  34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
  35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
  36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
  37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
  38. ...And Quite Low.
  39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
  40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
  41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
  43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  44. Introduction To The Saxophone
  45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
  46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
  47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
  48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
  49. Bolero
  50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
  52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
  53. Sax-O-Phun
  54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
  55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
  56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
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  58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
  59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
  60. Bolero
  61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
  62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
  63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
  64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
  65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
  66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
  67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
  68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
  69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
  70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
  72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
  73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
  74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
  75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
  76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

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  1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
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  3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
  4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
  5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
  6. Fanfare For The Common Man
  7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
  8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
  9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
  10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
  11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
  12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
  13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
  14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
  15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
  16. Billy The Kid
  17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
  18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
  19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
  20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
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  22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
  23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
  24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
  25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
  26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
  27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
  28. Hosannah
  29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
  30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
  32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
  33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
  34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
  35. The Horn And The Hunt
  36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
  37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
  38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
  39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
  40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
  41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
  42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
  43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
  44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
  45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
  46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
  47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
  48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
  49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
  50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

  1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
  2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
  3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
  4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
  5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
  6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
  7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
  8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
  9. Den Hoboecken Dans
  10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
  11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
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  13. Gymnopedie No.2
  14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
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  16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
  17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
  18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
  19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
  20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
  21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
  22. The Birth Of The Bongo
  23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
  24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
  25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
  26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
  27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
  28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
  29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
  30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
  31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
  32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
  33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
  34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
  37. Ravel And The Xylophone
  38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
  39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
  40. Introducing The Vibraphone
  41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
  42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
  44. Folk Dances
  45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
  46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
  47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
  48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
  49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
  50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
  51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  52. Introducing The Celeste
  53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
  54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
  55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
  56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
  57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
  58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
  59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
  60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
  61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
  62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
  63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

  1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
  2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
  3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
  4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
  5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
  6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
  7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
  8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
  9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
  10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
  11. Mahler's Sleighbells
  12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
  13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
  14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
  15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
  16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
  17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
  18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
  19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
  20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
  21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
  22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
  23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
  24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
  25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
  26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
  27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
  28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
  29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  30. Nocturnes
  31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
  32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
  33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
  34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
  35. The Oboe As Duck
  36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
  37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
  38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
  39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
  40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
  41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
  42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
  43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
  44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
  45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
  46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
  47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
  48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
  49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
  50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
  51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
  52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

  1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
  2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
  3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
  4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
  5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
  6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
  7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
  8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
  9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
  10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
  11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
  12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
  13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
  14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
  15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
  16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
  17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
  18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
  19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
  20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
  21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
  22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
  23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
  24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
  25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
  26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
  27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
  28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
  29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
  30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
  31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
  32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
  33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
  34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
  35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
  36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
  37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
  38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
  39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
  40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
  41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
  42. Canzon 28
  43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
  44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
  46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
  47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
  48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
  49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
  50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
  51. Images (Gigues)
  52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
  53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
  54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
  55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
  56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
  57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
  58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

5 out of 5 stars Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

5 out of 5 stars Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

3 out of 5 stars Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
Wild Safari
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • music man's dream
Wild Safari
Barrabas
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ASIN: B000053VZW
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

  1. Wild Safari
  2. Try and Try
  3. Only for Men
  4. Never in This World
  5. Woman
  6. Cheer Up
  7. Rock and Roll Everybody
  8. Chicco

Album Description

1971 album for Spanish funk-rock act. Features special guests Herbie Mann, Ray Gomez & Michael Brecker. Limited.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars music man's dream.......2004-06-09

the seventies produced a great number of new sounds, Barrabas was one of them. Created by former BRINCOS' star MR.Fernando Abex, this band reached an excellent level of popularity on the US charts with "wild safari" "try and try" just to name a few.
Barrabas-Wild Safari is filled with great tunes and superb musicianship. If you a music lover like I am, you will love this CD becouse it represents the creativity of an entire generation, Abex's concept of music ideology based on afro-latin-funk-salsa-rock rythms moved us for over an whole decade. If you just thuoght in buying this CD DO NOT HESITATE AND DO SO...you will not regret it, it is one of my all time favorites.
Musty Rusty
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    Musty Rusty
    Lou Donaldson
    Manufacturer: Jazzbeat Spain
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000R17T2E
    Release Date: 2007-06-25

    Tracks:

    1. Space Walk
    2. Musty Rusty
    3. Hippity Hop
    4. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
    5. Hav' Mercy
    6. Midnight Sun

    Album Description

    2007 digipak pressing. First time on CD for two 1965 albums from the Jazz saxophonist: Musty Rusty and At His Best. This disc contains Lou Donaldson and Billy Gardner's complete studio collaboration and also features Grant Green (on Musty Rusty only). 13 tracks total. Jazz Beat.

    Album Details

    2007 Debut of this Album on Compact Disc. The Package Includes a 12-page Comprehensive Booklet of Liner Notes and Photos.
    Live in Belgium 1965
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • We all had the video, now get the cd
    • A real treasure!
    Live in Belgium 1965
    Wes Montgomery Quartet
    Manufacturer: Gambit Spain
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000BPN268
    Release Date: 2005-11-28

    Tracks:

    1. Impressions
    2. Twisted Blues
    3. Here's That Rainy Day
    4. Jingles
    5. Boy Next Door
    6. Yesterdays
    7. Full House
    8. 'Round Midnight
    9. Twisted Blues
    10. Jingles
    11. Here's That Rainy Day
    12. Four on Six
    13. Twisted Blues
    14. Blue Monk - Johnny Griffin,

    Album Description

    This CD contains three complete rare live sessions featuring Wes during his European tour in the spring of 1965. CD contains difficult to find material that has long been unavailable for some time. Includes the complete TV show's Jazz Prisma from April 1965 and Jazz 625 from March of 1965. Gambit. 2005.

    Album Details

    This CD Includes Three Complete Rare Live Sessions featuring West Montgomery During his Triumphal European Tour in the Spring of 1965. In the First Ten Tracks the Guitarist is Accompanied by his Regular Trio from that Period, which Included Harold Mabern on Piano, Arthur Harper on Bass, and Jimmy Lovelace on Drums. The Other Four Tracks was Interpreted by Montgomery Accompanied by the Martial Solal Trio, featuring in the Last Title the Great Tenor Saxophonist Johnny Griffin.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars We all had the video, now get the cd.......2006-07-04

    Yeah brother cats, we all had the Wes video recorded in Belgium. I know you jazzcats like me had the Wes video (I had the VHS now I have it in DVD), the one the begins with this version of Impressions, so you know how good is this stuff. I could not add nothing more because you know what an exceptional music is the music you have here. But I can say to fill this white page that this reissue is really well done by Gambit. Three european shows on a single cd. They're short shows for sure. But absolutly to have if you are in love with Wes, like me. I'm mad about Wes. But let's hear what he does on Trane's Impressions. I mean. His talent was mindblowing... This music has been recorded in 1965 and Wes sounds light years ahead still today! The tunes list is a little bit repetitive of course (anyway repetita juvant), you have three versions of Twisted blues, a couple of Here's that rainy day, another couple of Jingles, but .. you know that Wes really could create very different versions of the solo for one song, really IMPROVISING. His melodic gift was so amazing that he didn't play cliches, he really reinvented the solo each time following his incredible rhythmic sense. Impressive only if you don't know how magic Wes was. Here you'll find again the reasons why Wes is considered the best of them all and one of the greatetst musicians that ever lived. The bands that played with Wes were great. Harold Mabern trio and Martial Solal combo did fantastic job in supporting Wes. If you have a good Wes collection you have to own this. It is an important chapter in his history.

    5 out of 5 stars A real treasure!.......2005-11-14

    This Gambit release features 79 minutes of Wes Montgomery live in Belgium, England and Germany in 1965. Wes plays at his absolute best on the three sessions, two of which include one of his most exciting quartets ( with Harold Mabern, Arthur Harper and Jimmy Lovelace). The recording quality is very good throughout the CD. Serious fans will want to grab this item right away, before it goes out of print.
    Release Barrabas
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      Barrabas
      Manufacturer: Disconforme Spain
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      ASIN: B000053VZY
      Release Date: 2000-10-12

      Tracks:

      1. Hi Jack
      2. Susie Wong
      3. Humanity
      4. Tell Me The Thing
      5. Fly Away
      6. Concert
      7. Mad Love
      8. Funky Baby
      9. Lady Love

      Album Description

      1974 album for Spanish funk-rock act. Includes special guest appearances by Herbie Mann, Ray Gomez & Michael Brecker. Highlights include, 'Hi-Jack', 'Mad Love' & 'Suzie Wong'.
      Behind the 8-Ball
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • A "must have" import!
      Behind the 8-Ball
      Baby Face Willette
      Manufacturer: Groove Hut Spain
      ProductGroup: Music
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      ASIN: B000K15UF4
      Release Date: 2006-11-27

      Tracks:

      1. Behind the 8 Ball
      2. Song of the Universe
      3. Amen
      4. Tacos Joe
      5. Roll 'Em Pete
      6. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
      7. St. James Infirmary
      8. Sinnin' Sam

      Album Description

      Two complete albums on one CD by one of the most renowned Jazz organists! These two 1964 releases, Behind The Eight Ball and Mo-Rock, were Willette's most soulful recordings to date. 16 tracks. Groove Hut. 2006.

      Album Details

      Two Complete Albums on One CD.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars A "must have" import!.......2007-02-16

      Once I'd stopped asking loads of questions like "Why Now?" and "Who did this?" and I'd started listening to the music herein, I knew that this is a 'must have' pairing for anybody remotely interested in the genre of Hammond led organ albums. The first question was asked because it's 43 years since these two albums were recorded, and they've only been available intermitently in various forms in the intervening years,and it takes a Spanish based company to provide the answer to the second. The two albums are presented in the reverse order to which they were recorded with "Mo-Rock" coming from two sessions in March and April 1964 and "Behind the 8 ball" from a single session in November of the same year. Willette and guitarist Ben White are the common factor with two different drummers Eugene Bass on the first and Jerold Donavon on the second which also has Gene Barge on alto sax on Track 3. The music is, as both sets of original sleeve notes point out, "funky" and they really are good examples of what Willette could produce. "Mo Rock" contains two standards, "Misty" and "But not for me" but it's the original material that is the strength. I particularly like "Unseen and Unknown" and "Zip Five" but it's a strong set. "Behind the 8 ball" is even stronger , with two 'standards' but a real mixture of original material with the stand outs for me "Song of the Universe" (a fairly lengthy workout at 7'08) and "Amen" which has the added sound of the alto sax.I can't tell you how delighted I am to have this pairing available at last on a disk that doesn't come in at Japanese import prices, and I thoroughly recommend it to anybody - even if you don't know any other of his albums. Also look out for another couple of releases from this company, including a rather good Grant Green album. In the meantime, the usual advice, "Buy it before they delete it!"
      Peter Arnold Heise, Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller: Songs
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        Manufacturer: Da Capo [Naxos]
        ProductGroup: Music
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        ASIN: B000004674
        Release Date: 1997-04-22

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        1. Druben Geht Die Sonne Scheiden
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        26. Ved Solnedgang
        27. Bjornen
        28. Der Sta To Roser
        29. Alt Daekker Nattens Vide Slaengkappe Land Og Byer
        30. I Braendingen Ligger En Klippeblok
        31. En Rand Af Diset Hede
        32. I Skoven II
        33. Yderst I Slaeber, Det Lette
        Velvet Soul
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          Carmen Mcrae
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          ASIN: B000008BPY
          Release Date: 1994-03-14
          Best of the Jazz Saxophones, Vol. 3
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            Various Artists
            Manufacturer: Absolute Spain
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