The Köln Concert [Live]

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A musical chameleon, pianist Keith Jarrett was at his finest when he recorded these sustained solo improvisations in a German concert hall in 1975, the first lasting 26 minutes, the second 40. Melodies and rhythmic figures arise fluidly from his fingers as he moves from one idea to another, while his strong left hand is often used for repeated motifs that generate a rolling hypnotic power. This couples with strongly consonant harmonies to impart the flavor of gospel music at times, dance musics and Debussy at others. Above all, it's Jarrett's ability to knit all of his moods and wanderings into an almost seamless tapestry of warm and tuneful ideas that gives this music its enduring appeal. --Stuart Broomer

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The Köln Concert
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • this is really cheesy music...
  • One of my favorites EVER!
  • Good music!
  • Ageless Sounds
  • All surface
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
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ASIN: B0000262WI
Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

  1. Part I
  2. Part II a
  3. Part II b
  4. Part II c

Amazon.com essential recording

A musical chameleon, pianist Keith Jarrett was at his finest when he recorded these sustained solo improvisations in a German concert hall in 1975, the first lasting 26 minutes, the second 40. Melodies and rhythmic figures arise fluidly from his fingers as he moves from one idea to another, while his strong left hand is often used for repeated motifs that generate a rolling hypnotic power. This couples with strongly consonant harmonies to impart the flavor of gospel music at times, dance musics and Debussy at others. Above all, it's Jarrett's ability to knit all of his moods and wanderings into an almost seamless tapestry of warm and tuneful ideas that gives this music its enduring appeal. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars this is really cheesy music..........2007-06-23

...and it's as pure piano playing it's absolutely awful. Nothing but ENDLESSLY repeated riffs overlaid with harmonically elementary noodling. No harmonic tension, no structure, no imagination, no technique. It might make decent background music at an all you can eat buffet, however. Pure kitsch from beginning to end.

5 out of 5 stars One of my favorites EVER!.......2007-04-23

I first heard this in the late 70s and thought it was nice, but a bit boring. Then I heard it again and liked it more. Gradually I have fallen completely in love with it. I am captivated by the way the different tracks build and grow and fall back again, but mostly it's the emotional energy you feel from Jarret himself. I also have "La Scala" and some other things he has done, but nothing quite matches this for me. I don't know how many times I have given it to people or recommended it.

4 out of 5 stars Good music!.......2007-03-19

I like the consert and its variations of sound. It is rare to hear musicans reaction to his work.

5 out of 5 stars Ageless Sounds.......2007-02-18

The Koln Concert's improvisations highlight Jarrett's skills and passion. Truly ageless music that continues to provide pleasure to the lovers of jazz piano.

2 out of 5 stars All surface.......2007-01-15

The playing on this album is pretentiousness masquerading as profundity. Jarrett can set a nice groove, but then he simply falls in love with it, and self-indulgently persists to a point where I want to scream "Get off of it!" He tosses in some pretty decorations along ther way, and a few shouts and grunts now and then to show us how moved he is by this music, but it all adds up to an immensely forgettable experience.
Mad About Bach
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent Music and Recording
  • This Uncultured Yahoo Loves It
  • Nice selection of Bach
Mad About Bach

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B000001GKE
Release Date: 1993-07-13

Tracks:

  1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: Movement I
  2. Oboe Concerto In D Minor: Oboe Concerto In D Minor - Adagio
  3. Zion Hears The Watchmen Singing
  4. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor: Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor - Badinerie
  5. Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major: Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major - Air On A G String
  6. Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major: Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major - Gavotte I - II
  7. Concerto In D Minor For 2 Violins: Concerto In D Minor For 2 Violins - Largo ma non tanto
  8. Suite In G Minor: Suite In G Minor - Bourree
  9. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
  10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major - Allegro assai
  11. Concerto For Oboe And Violin In C Minor: Concerto For Oboe And Violin In C Minor - Adagio
  12. Gavotte In E-Flat Major
  13. Partita No. 3 In E Major: Partita No. 3 In E Major - Preludio
  14. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major - Presto
  15. Sonata No. 1 In G Major: Sonata No. 1 In G Major - Adagio
  16. Mass In B minor: Mass In B Minor - Et resurrexit
  17. Two-Part Invention No. 8 In F Major
  18. Italian Concerto In F Major: Italian Concerto In F Major - Allegro
  19. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major - Allegro

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Music and Recording.......2005-10-04

It is a better recording than other classical music CD's I've had, and is an impeccable execution of Bach's work. It led me to buy other "Mad About" series CD's of which I'll comment elsewhere. "Mad About Bach" is a fabulous CD of which I never tire. It is motivating. I have been listening to this "Mad About Bach" CD music for 8 years and still love it as one of my favorites.

5 out of 5 stars This Uncultured Yahoo Loves It.......1999-12-13

I own and enjoy a good number of classical CD's but am far from an expert on what constitutes good and faithful performances. However, I can say that this CD is thoroughly enjoyable to me. My experience has been like lemur@earthling.net's, as many of these songs stay in my head, too, which is a great thing. A good bargain, too.

5 out of 5 stars Nice selection of Bach.......1998-01-13

It's nice to hear a variety of pieces (guitar, harpsichord, etc) on one CD. Some of these tunes I can't get out of my head. :-) END
Heinichen: Dresden Concerti
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Just an alert
  • Great music well played.
  • Sounds as fresh as ever.
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Heinichen: Dresden Concerti
Johann David Heinichen , Musica Antiqua Köln , and Reinhard Goebel
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ASIN: B0000057E8
Release Date: 1993-09-14

Tracks:

  1. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 234: 1. Vivace
  2. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 234: 2. Adagio
  3. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 234: 3. Un poco Allegro
  4. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 234: 4. Allegro
  5. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 1. Vivace
  6. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 2. Andante
  7. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 3. Presto
  8. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 4. Alla breve
  9. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 235: 5. Allegro
  10. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 215: 1. Andante e staccato
  11. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 215: 2. Vivace
  12. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 215: 3. Largo
  13. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 215: 4. Allegro - 2-4
  14. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Darmstadt 1715): 1. Vivace
  15. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Darmstadt 1715): 2. Largo
  16. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Darmstadt 1715): 3. Allegro
  17. Concerto In D Major, Seibel 226: 1. Allegro molto
  18. Concerto In D Major, Seibel 226: 2. Adagio
  19. Concerto In D Major, Seibel 226: 3. Allegro
  20. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 1. Allegro
  21. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 2. Larghetto
  22. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 3. Allegro
  23. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 4. Entree
  24. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 5. Loure. Cantabile
  25. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 213: 6. Tempo di Menuet - Air italienne

Tracks:

  1. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 233: 1. Allegro
  2. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 233: 2. Andante piu tosto un poco Allegro
  3. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 233: 3. Presto
  4. Concerto In C Major, Seibel 211: 1. Allegro
  5. Concerto In C Major, Seibel 211: 2. Pastorell
  6. Concerto In C Major, Seibel 211: 3. Adagio
  7. Concerto In C Major, Seibel 211: 4. Allegro assai
  8. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 231: 1. Vivace
  9. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 231: 2. Arioso
  10. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 231: 3. Allegro
  11. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 232: 1. Allegro
  12. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 232: 2. Andante
  13. Concerto In F Major, Seibel 232: 3. (Allegro)
  14. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 217: 1. Allegro
  15. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 217: 2. Largo e staccato
  16. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 217: 3. Grave
  17. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 217: 4. Allegro
  18. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Venezia 1715): 1. Vivace
  19. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Venezia 1715): 2. Andante e staccato
  20. Concerto In G Major, Seibel 214 (Venezia 1715): 3. Vivace
  21. Serenata di Moritzburg In F Major, Seibel 204: Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
  22. Sonata In A Major, Seibel 208: 1. Allegro
  23. Sonata In A Major, Seibel 208: 2. Adagio e staccato
  24. Sonata In A Major, Seibel 208: 3. Allegro
  25. Concert Movement In C Minor, Seibel 240: Vivace

Amazon.com

Heinichen's Dresden Concertos created quite a stir when they were first released a couple of years ago, and for good reason. This is vital, colorful music scored for a large and varied ensemble. Like most composers of his day, Heinichen spent the majority of his compositional talent in the service of vocal music, for either the opera house or church. These pieces represent his only surviving set of concertos, and anyone who enjoys, for example, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos or the orchestral works of Zelenka will certainly want to hear these as well. These performances are simply the last word in style and virtuosity. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Just an alert.......2007-07-08

Before you click "buy" check elsewhere on Amazon. This set has already been re-released at mid-price!

5 out of 5 stars Great music well played........2006-10-24

I hadn't heard of Heinichen until I got a bonus CD (celebrating 25 years of Music Auntiquita Koln) with something. The first track, which really hooked me, was the first concerto on this set, and so I bought it.

Two discs of concertos by somebody is a lot of their music, but I find myself playing both of these through at a single sitting quite often - there is something about the way that Heinichen keeps the musical ideas flowing that I find very satisfying. He also manages to use a lot of different sounds - I can't imagine much more contrast than between the first movement of that first concerto that I heard - tightly clustered strings playing in a very controlled sprightly manner and, a movement on the second disc that is played on something like bagpipes with sliding notes.
MAK of course give an excellent performance as usual.

This was a doubly excellent find: a new composer (to me at least) and a great CD. However, I now have two other discs of Heinichen wind concertos and sonatas on CPO which are also very good, and which I also recommend.

5 out of 5 stars Sounds as fresh as ever. .......2005-06-22

It's a few years since this set won the Gramophone Award, but hearing it again very recently, it still provides a thrilling listening experience.
I'm not normally a lover of prominent brass instruments in early music where the sonorities are often too lean and bright for my taste. Well, there's plenty of brightness here, but it all comes from the sparkle and energy of an orchestra at the very top of its form.
I wouldn't say this is a set to listen to at one sitting. Better to pick and choose two or three concertos at a time. Or better still, go for the excitement of progamming just the allegros and hold on to your seat as the rhythms and stratospheric brass catapult you into the midst of the hunt.
Great stuff.

5 out of 5 stars Magical discsý.......2003-11-10

Heinichen is the Deep Purple of baroque music! Forgotten, but clearly GREAT! This music is easily as enjoyable as Bach, Vivalidi, Handel and Telemann. If you enjoy baroque, this is surely a collection you ought to own. The flawlessness of these recording is breathtaking. It has a kind of richness that I don't find in compact disc recordings. These recordings force you to sit down and just listen. The compositions may not be as complex and "deep" as Bach or Handel, but its very enjoyable and clearly more relaxing. The incredible Dresden Concerti (period instruments) performed flawlessly under Goebel. What an unsurpassable job in bringing Heinichens curiously abandoned works back into the catalog. Two or three hundred years from now Deep Purple will get their due as one of the important artists in rock music history.

PS: If you like baroque wind music, you will fall in love with this collection.
This is a must for the Baroque fan.

5 out of 5 stars HIP and Alive.......2000-12-26

This is a superb recording. The performances are vibrant and the quality of the recording is stunning. There is a warmth and fullness that is often missing in recordings of period instruments. The ensemble sounds HUGE. I particularly like the second movement of the Concerto in F (S. 234). Oboes are used instead of strings as the accompaniment to the flute solo.

A must have for any lover of baroque music.
The Köln Concert
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    The Köln Concert
    Keith Jarrett
    Manufacturer: Universal/Ecm
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    ASIN: B00005MMGN
    Release Date: 2007-03-14

    Tracks:

    1. Part I
    2. Part II A
    3. Part II B
    4. Part II C

    Album Description

    Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.

    Album Details

    Japanese Limited Gold CD Release Featured in an LP Style Slipcase.
    Köln Concert Featuring Dick Twardzik
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • A Must for Dick Twardzik Fans
    Köln Concert Featuring Dick Twardzik
    Chet Baker Feat. Dick Twardzik
    Manufacturer: Rlr Recordings
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    ASIN: B000CNGE2S
    Release Date: 2006-02-13

    Tracks:

    1. Announcement - Chet Baker, Gigi Campi
    2. Exitus
    3. Announcement - Chet Baker
    4. Tommyhawk
    5. Imagination
    6. Chet Baker Presents Dick Twardzik's Solo Feature - Chet Baker Quartet, , Richard Twardzik
    7. Yellow Tango
    8. Someone to Watch Over Me
    9. C.T.A.
    10. My Funny Valentine
    11. Announcement: Campi Introduces Hans Koller and Willi Sanner
    12. Cool Blues
    13. I'll Remember April
    14. Exitus (Closing Words by Chet Baker)

    Album Description

    Previously unissued in any form!!!! Contains the complete legendary October 9, 1955 concert at the Köln Börsensaal!! Recorded twelve days before Twardzik's tragic death in Paris! Includes an extended booklet with rare photos, memorabilia and insightful liner notes. Featuring Jimmy Bond & Peter Littman. RLR. 2005.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars A Must for Dick Twardzik Fans.......2006-08-19

    This is an entire live show recorded on the Chet Baker Quartet's 1955 tour of Europe. The show is recorded in decent sound for 1955. Obviosly, it's in mono. The horns, piano and drums are well heard. The bass is maybe a bit muddy. Probably a little better sound than Bird at the Hi-Hat. Maybe a little lower fidelity than the Konitz with G. Mulligan Quartet, (Pacific-Blue Note), disc. If you never heard of Dick Twardzik, figure that Bird performed with Twardzik and dug his playing. (That's a testimonial likely to stir me to want to listen). Chet Baker announces Yellow Tango, (one of Twardzik's compositions) as a feature for Twardzik and rhythm section, Pete Littman (d) and 007 (b). The quartet also has guest saxophonists, one of them being Hans Koller, joining the quartet for the last few tracks. There is a little bit of tape garble/distortion/drop out during a few seconds of the sax solo during one of those ensemble pieces. The liner notes are rather critical of the performance. I personally believe, Twardzik's efforts are nascent avante garde and the fans and critics wern't quite ready in 1955. (Be reminded Cecil Taylor's, first album was in 1956.)

    All that being said, this cd presents a decent performance by a highly talented working jazz group near their collective peak in respectable sound. Sadly, the young pianist with the quartet, Dick Twardzik, wasn't long for this earth. He died October 21 of that year. This cd presents a welcome addition to the Twardzik trio material previously available on the Pacific label and the Chet in Paris Vol. 1 material featuring Twardzik previously available on the Barclay label.
    Charpentier: Musique Sacrée (includes Bonus CD)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Absolute Delight
    • Lost and Found
    Charpentier: Musique Sacrée (includes Bonus CD)

    Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
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    ASIN: B0000CGV01
    Release Date: 2003-11-11

    Tracks:

    1. Marche De Triomphe Pour Les Violons, Trompettes, Timbales, Flutes Et Hautbois H.547/1
    2. Kyrie Pour Tous Les Instruments/Kyrie Pour Les Pretres/Kyrie Pour Les Hautbois/Kyrie Pour Les Pretres/Kyrie Pour Les Violons Du Petit Choeur//Kyrie Pour Les Pretres/Kyrie Pour Les Flutes Douces Et Les Flutes Allemandes/Kyrie Pour Les Pretres/Kyrie Pour...
    3. Gloria In Excelsis Deo (Celebrant)/Et In Terra Pour Tous Les Instruments/Laudamus Te Pour Les Pretres/Benedicimus Te Pour Les Hautbois/Adoramus Te Pour Les Pretres/Glorificamus Te Pour Les Violons/Gratias Pour Les Pretres/Domine Deus Pour Les Flutes...
    4. Offerte A Deux Choeurs
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    8. Ouverture
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    11. Quand Les Pretres Avront Chante Genitori Amen
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    14. Ouverture Des Qu'on Voit La Banniere
    15. Pange Lingua A 4 Parties De Violons
    16. In Supremae Pour Le Petit Choeur
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    18. Offertory For Woodwind And Strings
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    24. Passecaille
    25. Overture For A Ceremony For The Feast Of Corpus Christi For Flutes, Strings And Basso Continuo
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    2. Dresden Concerti
    3. Dresden Concerti
    4. Dresden Concerti
    5. Bradenburg Concertos Etc.
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    7. Marian Cantatas & Arias
    8. Bachiana: Music By The Bach Family
    9. Blaserkonzerte
    10. Blaserkonzerte
    11. Blaserkonzerte
    12. Alt-Bachisches Archiv
    13. Canon & Gigue
    14. Brandenburg Concertos Etc.
    15. Brandenburg Concertos Etc.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Absolute Delight.......2006-08-09

    This is one of the best recorded CDs I have heard. After listening to this you would feel that Charpentier undoubtedly ranks among the best of baroque composers--with a little twist of his own in his compositions. The first and last pieces in this CD have beautiful Timpani accompanyment with trumptet, violin and flute making some of the incredible and cute cascading that is perky and extremely delightful. In particular, the last piece (26, fanfare) has the thunderous underscoring of timpani. On a review elsewhere someone wrote that this piece has a "rowdy" tone to it--I would say that it is a beautiful and "Pleasantly-Classical-Rowdy" piece.

    The bonus CD that comes within this package contains some selected pieces from other CDs made by Music Antiqua Koln and is equally superb. In particular, the performance of Goebel's group for the Easter Oratoria of JS Bach (BWV 249 Sinfonia) deserves superlative praises. WOW! WOW! WOW!--adinfinitum. I could feel the sincererity, dedication and the sheer emotional involvement that seems to come out as you follow each instrument's tonal quality, depth and synchronization, is something that I have never felt in listening to the other recordings that I have listened to, and will probably never see in any group other than Goebel's. There seems to be a sense of strong reverence toward the composer which is built up by the troupe as they play the pieces.

    Dear Goebel and his troupe: Many roses from me for making a wonderful performance and recording.

    If you are a lover of Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Heinichen, Handel then you will enjoy these CDs very much.

    5 out of 5 stars Lost and Found.......2004-11-23

    Very little is known about Charpentier's life (1643-1704). The main source of information is an obscure rival composer named de Brossard. According to de Brossard, Charpentier was originally from Paris but studied music in Rome under the composer Carissimi. In 1696 he beat out de Brossard for the post of choirmaster at the Sainte Chapelle Cathedral in Paris, where he remained until his death in 1704. As Goebels writes in the album liner notes, there are several reasons for Charpentier's neglect as a composer. First, he has traditionally been relegated to that band of other composers who were "Lully's imitators". Secondly, his music is "not easy listening, being neither instantly memorable nor readily digestible. Rather it is highly demanding and not always accessible to every listener from the outset." However, it is related that even de Brossard paid tribute to him, praising him as the "most profound and learned of modern composers."

    Even if you love baroque music, gaining an appreciation of this music will take some time. But once you have put forth the effort, and assuming you do enjoy period baroque, you will not want to remove this disc from your changer, it is so amazingly good, no small thanks to Goebel and the Musica Antiqua Koln. And if that's not recommendation enough, included in this album is a bonus disc which celebrates 25 years of Musica Antiqua Koln on the Archiv Produktion label. Here's what's included on that disc: Heinichen's Concerto in F major, J.S. Bach's Suite in B minor, J.C. Bach's Andante de Molto, Handel's Haec est Regina virginum, J.S. Bach's Sinfonia from the Concerto in D after BVW 249, Telemann's Concerto for three oboes, three violins and basso continuo in B-flat major, G.C. Bach's Cantata `Siehe, wie fein und lieblich' (This is an astonishingly beautiful piece!), Vivaldi's "La Follia", and lastly Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto.
    August Klughardt: Concert Overture; Auf der Wanderschaft; Concert Piece for Oboe
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      August Klughardt: Concert Overture; Auf der Wanderschaft; Concert Piece for Oboe

      Manufacturer: Sterling [Qualiton]
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0000D9PJB
      Release Date: 2003-09-30
      Panorama: Festive Baroque
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        Panorama: Festive Baroque

        Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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        ASIN: B00004XT2J
        Release Date: 2001-02-27

        Tracks:

        1. Adagio - Orpheus CO
        2. Con 'Winter': 1. Allegro Non Molto - Simon Standage
        3. Con 'Winter': 2. Largo - Simon Standage
        4. Con 'Winter': 3. Allegro - Simon Standage
        5. Canon & Gigue: Canon - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        6. Canon & Gigue: Gigue - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        7. Orchestral Ste No.2: Badinerie - Stephen Preston
        8. Italian Con: 1. (Allegro) - Trevor Pinnock
        9. Italian Con: 2. Andante - Trevor Pinnock
        10. Italian Con: 3. Presto - Trevor Pinnock
        11. Con in B flat: 1. Allegro - Peter Westermann/Michael Niesemann/Piet Dhont
        12. Con in B flat: 2. Largo - Peter Westermann/Michael Niesemann/Piet Dhont
        13. Con in B flat: 3. Allegro - Peter Westermann/Michael Niesemann/Piet Dhont
        14. Dido And Aeneas: 'Thy Hand, Belinda - When I Am Laid in Earth' - Ann Sofie Von Otter
        15. Organ Con 'The Cuckoo And The Nightingale': 1. Larghetto - Simon Preston
        16. Organ Con 'The Cuckoo And The Nightingale': 2. Allegro - Simon Preston
        17. Organ Con 'The Cuckoo And The Nightingale': 3. Larghetto - Simon Preston
        18. Organ Con 'The Cuckoo And The Nightingale': 4. Allegro - Simon Preston
        19. Con in b: 1. Allegro - Simon Standage/Elizabeth Wilcock/Micaela Comberti/James Golding
        20. Con in b: 2. Largo - Larghetto - Largo - Simon Standage/Elizabeth Wilcock/Micaela Comberti/James Golding
        21. Con in b: 3. Allegro - Simon Standage/Elizabeth Wilcock/Micaela Comberti/James Golding
        22. Zadok The Priest - Choir Of Westminster Abbey

        Tracks:

        1. Orchestral Ste No.3: Air - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        2. The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        3. Ombra Mai Fu - Bryn Terfel
        4. Con in C: 1. Allegro - Hannes Laubin/Wolfgang Laubin
        5. Con in C: 2. Largo - Hannes Laubin/Wolfgang Laubin
        6. Con in C: 3. Allegro - Hannes Laubin/Wolfgang Laubin
        7. Toccata & Fugue in d: Toccata - Simon Preston
        8. Toccata & Fugue in d: Fugue - Simon Preston
        9. Te Deum: Prld - Les Muciciens Du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
        10. Le Coucou - Trevor Pinnock
        11. Battalia: 1. Son. Allegro - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
        12. Battalia: 2. Allegro. Die Liederliche Gesellschaft The Dissolute Company La Compagnie Libertine - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
        13. Battalia: 3. Presto - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
        14. Battalia: 4. Der Marsch (March/Marche) - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
        15. Battalia: 5. Presto - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
        16. Battalia: 6. Aria - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
        17. Battalia: 7. Die Schlacht (The Battle/La Bataille) - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
        18. Battalia: 8. Adagio. Lament Of The Wounded Musketeers - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
        19. 'Christmas Con': 1. Vivace - Grave - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        20. 'Christmas Con': 2. Allegro - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        21. 'Christmas Con': 3. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        22. 'Christmas Con': 4. Vivace - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        23. 'Christmas Con': 5. Allegro - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        24. 'Christmas Con': 6. Pastorale. Largo - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        25. Tpt Voluntary - Michael Laird Brass Ens/Peter Hurford
        26. Fl Con 'La Tempesta Di Mare': 1. Allegro - Patrick Gallois
        27. Fl Con 'La Tempesta Di Mare': 2. Largo - Patrick Gallois
        28. Fl Con 'La Tempesta Di Mare': 3. Presto - Patrick Gallois
        29. Christmas Oratorio: Sinf - The English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
        30. Brandenburg Con No.3: 1. (Allegro) - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        31. Brandenburg Con No.3: 2. Adagio - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        32. Brandenburg Con No.3: 3. Allegro - The English Conc/Trevor Pinnock
        Sometime Ago
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • A classical guitarist who can play other music great!
        • Excellent interpretation of Jazz into Guita tune
        Sometime Ago

        Manufacturer: Angel Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Corea, Armando ChickCorea, Armando Chick | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B000002SKO
        Release Date: 1994-05-24

        Tracks:

        1. Old Friends Children's Songs
        2. One
        3. Two
        4. Three
        5. Four
        6. Five
        7. Six
        8. Seven
        9. Fourteen
        10. Fifteen
        11. Seventeen
        12. Eighteen
        13. Twenty
        14. Sometime Ago
        15. Koln Concert Pt l lc
        16. Serenade
        17. Music For Bill & Me
        18. Sonata In Ishartum
        19. Air
        20. Round
        21. Bookends

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars A classical guitarist who can play other music great!.......1999-08-30

        Manuel Barrueco is the best classical guitarist in the world today. He is technically superior and has created a gold standard with his recordings. Known as one of the few guitarists who can play an entire concert without a mistake, even with very difficult music, he maintains a strong lyrical sense and is simply a joy to listen to. In fact, you wonder if this is somehow contrived because it is SO GOOD, but if you have ever heard him in person, as I have, then you know that it is the way he plays. The excursion into music by Chick Corea and Paul Simon is very successful because he maintains his musicality while still being technically perfect. I have never heard a guitarist play better, including John Williams. They should lock him away like Glen Gould and let him record albums because they will still be the standard a thousand years from now!

        4 out of 5 stars Excellent interpretation of Jazz into Guita tune.......1999-04-19

        I'm glad to be a first writer about this album. Barrueco is famous as an emperor of guitarists. His relieving and economic playing technique seems to make jazz what it is.

        The Jarnet's Koln Concert is written for a piano, Manuel played a PtIIc by the guitar. In his playing I felt the things the piano can not express, but the guitar do. Of course Jarnet's piece is good, and Manuel's playing is another.

        To Whomever loves jazz or guitar I recommend.
        Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Dimitri Mitropoulos
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • Impassioned conductor/Uneven results/Poor sonics
        • A great musical imaginaiton poorly served by ragged playing
        • "an event in the history of music...."
        • Dramatic Music-Making by Dimitri
        • Outstanding Mahler and Berlioz
        Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Dimitri Mitropoulos

        Manufacturer: EMI Classics
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00006J3L9
        Release Date: 2003-08-05

        Tracks:

        1. I. Allegro Energico, Ma Non Troppo. Heftig, Aber Markig
        2. II. Scherzo. Wuchtig - (Trio) Altvaterisch. Grazioso
        3. III. Andante Moderato
        4. IV. Finale. Sostenuto - Allegro Moderato - Allegro Energico

        Tracks:

        1. I. Introduction. Combats - Tumulte - Intervention Du Prince: Allegro Fugato
        2. II. Romeo Seul - Tristesse - Concert Et Bal - Grande Fete Chez Capulet: Andante Malinconico E Sostenuto - Larghetto Espressivo - Allegro
        3. III. Scene D'Amour: Allegretto - Adagio
        4. IV. La Reine Mab, Ou La Fee Des Songes: Scherzo. Prestissimo
        5. VI. Romeo Au Tombeau Des Capulets - Invocation - Reveil De Juliette: Allegro Agitato E Disperato - Largo - Allegro Vivace Ed Appassionato Assai
        6. I. De L'aube A Midi Sur La Mer: Tres Lent
        7. II. Jeux De Vagues: Allegro
        8. III. Dialogue Du Vent Et De La Mer: Anime Et Tumultueux
        9. Dance Of The Seven Veils Danse Des Sept Voiles

        Customer Reviews:

        3 out of 5 stars Impassioned conductor/Uneven results/Poor sonics.......2007-05-29

        While I'm glad I own this disc and like the series from which it comes, I suppose I'm a dissenting voice amongst the universal praise for these recordings. The Mahler is passionate but the WDR Sinfonieorchester of Cologne can barely keep up with the conductor. The recordings with the NY Philharmonic are less sloppy but tend toward a rushed, overblown style with wild dynamic leaps and explosions that the poorly mastered mono sound can barely handle.

        Trying to be openminded, I'm left feeling that Mitropoulos was probably a conductor best heard live. As for being a "Great Conductor of the 20th Century"? Well, the competition from Furtwangler, Walter, Beecham, Szell, Reiner, Bernstein, Ancerl, Klemperer and a few other heavyweights looks pretty tough.

        5 out of 5 stars A great musical imaginaiton poorly served by ragged playing.......2005-11-24

        Mitropoulos was unlucky to die (on the podium, like Giuseppe Sinopoli after him) at the premature age of 64. His commercial recordings have more or less disappeared, leaving it to pirate recordings and live performances to sustain his renown. Many, many have come out, and although one admires his instinctive gifts and his improvisatory approach--which greatly influenced his protoge Leonard Bernstein--Mitropoulos lays claim to being the sloppiest of all great conductors, excepting only Hermann Scherchen and Jascha Horenstein.

        His gifts and defects shine brightly on CD 1, which is devoted to a very alive, sympathetic Mahler Sixth from 1959. It perfectly shows off DM's imaginative sense of Mahler style; everything is so fresh and direct one could swear the music is being invented before our eyes. But the Cologne radio orchestra is far from being able to execute Mahler with technical security (good broadcast stereo for its day, however). If technical defects don't bother you, this performance deserves six stars.

        CD 2 comes from studio recordings with Mitropoulos's own NY Phil. and is afflicted with many fewer mishaps. Execution is still fairly slapdash, though. Lovers of imaginative conducting won't care. In excerpts from Berlioz'a Romeo and Juliet(1952) we hear Berlioz on an expressive level to rival and surpass Munch and Monteux. Everything is light, flexible, and seductively musical. La Mer from 1950 is in more detailed sound, although all these mono recordings sound a bit tinny. Mitropoulos's Debussy is eerie, mysterious, and powerful. Mitropoulos was a fierce Strauss conductor, and his 1956 Dance of the Seven Veils is probably the most nerve-wracking you'll ever hear.

        Overall, despite the caveats about sound and sloppy orchestral work, few conductors in this series have emerged sounding so inspired. Five stars, without a doubt.

        5 out of 5 stars "an event in the history of music....".......2005-01-05

        ... is how Michael Tanner describes this performance of Mahler's 6th in the sleeve notes. I bought this disc for the Mahler and also recently bought the Barbirolli version, which is equally greatly admired; I prefer the Mitropoulos version and listening to it can understand why Tanner is so strong in his appreciation: my five stars are for the Mahler.
        Others have commented rightly on occasional imperfections of the playing, but it is the overall intensity and commitment of this performance that impress me. I feel that Mitropoulos, uncommonly perhaps, understood this music from the inside and what we get here is more an experience than a performance: for me this is, in a manner of speaking, 'unmahlerisch' Mahler, and all the better for it. The Finale is astounding, as shattering here as Mahler surely intended for it to be.
        This is, incidently, a 'live' performance, though the audience is inaudible; Mitropoulos omits the exposition repeat in the first movement and plays the Scherzo as the second movement. The recording quality is very good, especially considering that it was originally Mono; there is to my ears a bit of 'glare', but that is quickly forgotten: this is one of those rare discs one feels grateful and privileged to listen to and to possess. I leave others to comment on the Berlioz, etc. which for me are a bonus to a Mahler disc which deserves more than 5 stars.

        5 out of 5 stars Dramatic Music-Making by Dimitri.......2004-09-20

        The great thing that Mitropoulos brought to the table as a conductor was his innate sense of the drama of music. As noted by other reviewers, Mitropoulos' approached every score afresh without reference to how anybody else did it, achieving remarkable results which were never stale. Nowhere is this more evident than in the remarkable recording of the Mahler Sixth included here. This performance is also available on a more expensive imported collection, but to have it available in this price range makes this a recording no Mahler fan should be without! I reviewed this performance in that collection, but to recap: The clarity of line and detail in this performance, even though it is in mono, is unsurpassed by any recording of this music I have heard. That's not always a virtue, as the first horn of the Cologne Radio Symphony is noticeably off-key in the opening, but Mitropoulos gets right by that and roars through a first movement that's truly astounding. His tempi are flexible, heightening the musical drama. Instead of the prophecy of Nazi jackboots we hear all too frequently in the opening march, Mitropoulos gives of the groans of 19th Century Europe being dragged kicking and screaming into the full horrors of the industrial age. It's a brilliant conceptualization, and probably a lot closer to what Mahler intended. There is more humor to the scherzo here, as well, that what we're used to hearing, but it is all dark, cynical gallows humor. Mitropoulos uses the offstage horns in the adagio not to evoke the calls of pastoral herdsmen, but rather the haunting of the spirits of a way of life already lost forever. Mitropoulos correctly conveys this music's sense of Europe at the crossroads, but it is the crossroads of an older man returning to his home after a long absence, only to find no one he recognizes and nothing to take solace in. In the Sixth, Mahler mourns a world which accomplishes so much materially and technologically at the expense of spiritualty, and that is exactly what Mitropoulos finds in the score and converys better than any other conducter I have heard.
        Likewise, the Berlioz and Debussy performances contained here are full of dramatic tension, which Mitropoulos holds onto as long as he can, waiting until the very end to release it. Unfortunately, this dramatic approach to music-making is not so successful with the Strauss selection, taking it to extremes of melodrama which verge on camp.
        Nevertheless, get this for the Mahler Sixth! It may not be definitive, but it is nothing short of AMAZING!

        5 out of 5 stars Outstanding Mahler and Berlioz.......2004-06-13

        From start to finish, this is a superb Mahler 6 by Mitropoulos. And, the recording lets you hear every note, which is generally a plus with one exception---the sometimes less than accurate playing of the principal hornist of the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra. Neverthelesss, this does not prevent Mitropoulos' stunning performance from making every point that needs to be made. Phrasing and emotional impact come across in truly revealing fashion. For example, in the first movement, despite a relatively close sound perspective, Mitropoulos is still able to make the supposed quieter mysterious moments sound effectively mysterious. In the second movement, he is exceptionally convincing in the grotesque passages. In fact, in situations like this with Mahler, I don't know that I've heard any conductor do better. Moreover, this IS the best interpreted scherzo of the Sixth I have ever heard....On the second disc, all selections are performed by the New York Philharmonic. Though I'm not particularly enamored with Berlioz, I do enjoy Mitropoulos' dramatic portrayal of the excerpts from Romeo and Juliet. Regarding the Debussy La Mer, I prefer the more poetic and atmospheric approaches of Tilson Thomas and Van Beinum, and the well played version by Munch. I have little interest in the Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils....If it's mainly the Mahler you're after, then get this set.

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