Audiology of 15 Years V.1 [Import]

1. She's In Parties-Bauhaus
2. He's Red-Rdx Lorry Yello Lorry
3. Nag Nag Nag-Cabaret Voltaire
4. Kung Fu Fighting-La Muerte
5. Son Of A Bitch(Harley David)-Bollock Brothers
6. Are 'Friends' Electric?-Gary Numan
7. The Last Song-Trisomie 21
8. Lorelei-Cocteau Twins
9. You And Your Sister-This Mortal Coil
10. Your Ghost-Kristin Hersh
11. Here Comes Your Man-Pixies
12. Lay It Down-Magnapop
13. Cannonball-The Breeders
14. Ladykillers-Lush
15. Stockholm-New Fast Automatis Daffodils
16. Taillights Fade-Buffalo Tom
17. Time-The Scabs
18. Hey! Joe-Willy Deville
19. Cure For Pain-Morphine
20. The One That I've Been Waiting For?(Are You)-Nick Cave
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Product Description
30 great tracks from the '80s & '90s by 30 top post-modernacts licensed to the Play It Again Sam label in Holland.Includes gems from Trisomie 21, Bauhaus, Red Lorry YellowLorry, Depeche Mode, Moby, Nick Cave, Heather Nova, BuffaloTom, Lush, Breeders, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Pixies,Kristin Hersh, This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, CabaretVoltaire, Gary Numan, Bollock Brothers, Magnapop and more.Double slimline jewel case. 1998 Play It Again Sam (PIAS)release.

Tracks:

Overture To 'Tannhauser'
Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
Hungarian Dance No.7
The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
Csardas Music
The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
Tzigane
Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
Caprice No.24
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.
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
The Violin Muted
Clair De Lune
The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
The Pizzicato Violin
Pizzicato Polka
In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
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...
The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
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
Hungarian Dance No.4
Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
Bolero
Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
Elfenreigen

Tracks:

Introduction To The Viola
Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
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.
Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
Cypresses (No.9)
The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
The 'Period' Viola In Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
Elfentanz, Op.39
Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
The Protecting Veil (Opening)
A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
Flamenco
Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
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.
Symphony No.9 (Finale)
Introduction To The Double-Bass
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
Elegy No.1 In D Major
The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
Capriccio Di Bravura
Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
Sa'Dawi
Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
Chamber Music No.II
The Piccolo - Aptly Named
La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
A Variety Of Techniques
Chamber Music No.II
Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
Naelden, Naelden
The Bachian Oboe
Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
The Swan Of Tuonela
The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
Bolero
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...
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)
As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
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).
The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
...And Quite Low.
Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
Introduction To The Saxophone
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
Bolero
The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
Sax-O-Phun
The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
Bolero
The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
Symphony No.3 (Opening)
The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
The Ceremonial Trumpet
Fanfare For The Common Man
Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
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
Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
Billy The Kid
The Trumpet As Character Actor
Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
The Birth Of The Trombone
Aenmerckt Nu Hier
The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
Canzon 12 In Double Echo
The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
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.
Hosannah
The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
The Trombone As Caricaturist
Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
The Horn And The Hunt
Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
Walter Music (Minuet 1)
The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
Den Hoboecken Dans
Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
Gymnopedie No.2
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...
Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
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.
Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
The Birth Of The Bongo
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
Taking Advantage Of Tunability
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
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.
Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
Ravel And The Xylophone
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
Introducing The Vibraphone
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
Folk Dances
The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
Introducing The Tubular Bells
Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
Carmen Suite (Introduction)
But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Introducing The Celeste
The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
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
The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
Petrushka (Russian Dance)
The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Customer Reviews:

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

Tracks:

Intro - CJ Makintosh
Finally - Cece Peniston
Givin' It Up - Incognito
Moving On Up - M People
Play With The Voice - DJ Joe T. Vannelli
Driving - Everything But The Girl
It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day - S.O.U.L. System
Brighter Days - Cajmere
I Get Lifted - Barbara Tucker
Rushing - Loni Clark
Strobelite Honey - Black Sheep
Get Wit U - Lidell Townsell
Wishing On A Star - The Cover Girls
A Watchers Point Of View (Don't Cha Think) - P.M. Dawn
I Can't Get No Sleep - Masters At Work
Desire - Nu Colours
The Pressure - Sounds Of Blackness
Beautiful People - Barbara Tucker
Pennies From Heaven - Inner City

Tracks:

Magic Sounds Better With You - Stardust
The Funk Phenomena - Armand Van Helden
Plastic Dreams - Jaydee
Westworld - Chiapet
Remember - BT
Cro-Magnon - Constipated Monkeys
I Feel For You - Bob Sinclair
Saving Mary - Fused
Spaced Invader - Hatiras
Down Down Down - Gambafreaks
Free - Ultra Nate
It's You - Kerri 'KAOZ 6:23' Chandler
The Beginning - Rhythm Is Rhythm

Tracks:

Night At The Black - Harry 'Choo Choo' Romero
David - Gus Gus
Thrill Me - Junior Jack
Slammin' - Eric Prydz
Calabria - Rune
AC/DC - X-Press 2
I'm So Crazy - Par-T-One Vs. Inxs
Woz Not Woz - Eric Prydz
He Not In - Chicken Lips
Housetrack - Alex Neri
Geht's Noch? - Roman Flugel
Kinda New - Spektrum
Rocker - Alter Ego
Lesser Meaning - Greg Churchill
Body Language - M.A.N.D.Y.

Album Description

This is the year to celebrate all the things that are great about Ministry of Sound over the last 15 years - and here it is in this fantastic package. Mixed over 3 x CD's by MOS residents past and present: Disc 1 - CJ Mackintosh, Disc 2 - Jazzy M & Disc 3 - Marc Hughes. The tracks included on the album are a true and honest representation of the tracks that have rocked the floor at Ministry Of Sound in London - the world's most famous nightclub for the past 15 years. A true representation of the world's finest nightclub, this is the perfect album for any person who has graced the famous dancefloor at some point in their lives, and as a triple fold out digipack this is a definite collector's item!

Album Details

Celebrate the Anniversary of the World's Most Famous Nightclub for Over 15 Years. All Things Great About Ministry of Sound Are in this Triple Disc Set Mixed by Past and Present Resident DJ'S Cj Mackintosh, Jazzy M and Marc Hughes. The Tracks Are a True and Honest Representation of the Songs that have Rocked the Floor at the Nightclub. Enclosed in a Triple Fold Out Digipack. A Perfect Album for Any Person who Has Graced the Famous Dancefloor at Some Point in their Lives and Dance Music Lovers Everywhere.

Customer Reviews:

The Music that made Ministry what it is.......2007-03-17

I just loved all three discs from the first song to the last, it was a great mix of songs from the past 15 years that make you feel like your at the club all over again!

Another disappointment from MoS.......2007-01-03

Although you get alot of songs for $25, you get a lot of garbage which has been typical from MoS in the past two years. The best songs are from the album that features hits from the past. You can't really go wrong there. You'd be better downloading the 10 good songs from iTunes and saving $15.

Average customer rating:

15 Years: A Retrospective
Sons of the San Joaquin
Manufacturer: Dualtone Music Group
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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From Whence Came the Cowboy
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ASIN: B0002IQLLW
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

Happy Cowboy
Timber Trail
The Gift
Great American Cowboy
Along the Santa Fe Trail
Song of the Rover
Wyoming On My Mind
Is It Because
Anything But a Cowboy
From Whence Came The Cowboy
I ride Along And Dream
Charlie And The Boys
Texas Plains
Utah (With One Eye)
Ghost Riders In The Sky
The Legend Of Jake Kincaid

Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records

Average customer rating:

a readymade indie rock party playlist
15 Years of Merge Indie Rock
Merge
bargain

Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Merge Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks)

ASIN: B0002C4IF4
Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

Neutral Milk Hotel - Song Against Sex
Superchunk - Cool
Butterglory - She's Got The Akshun!
3D's - Beautiful Things
East River Pipe - Shiny Shiny Pimpmobile
The Clientele - (I Want You) More Than Ever
Guv'ner - Break A Promise
Lambchop - Your Fucking Sunny Day
Pram - Track Of The Cat
Polvo - Tragic Carpet Ride
The Magnetic Fields - Long Vermont Roads
Portastatic - Noisy Night
Buzzcocks - Jerk
Spent - Excuse Me While I Drink Myself To Death
Rock*A*Teens - Hwy R
Ganger - Cats Dogs & Babies Jaws
Beatnik Filmstars - Now I'm A Millionaire
The Ashley Stove - Dancing Music
Breadwinner - Exploder
Pipe - Chula
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Mistakes & Regrets

Tracks:

Spoon - Anything You Want
The Ladybug Transistor - Oceans In The Hall
M. Ward - Outta My Head
Versus - Eskimo
Third Eye Foundation - In Bristol With A Pistol
Imperial Teen - Ivanka
Bricks - A History of Lies
Matt Suggs - Where's Your Patience Dear?
Annie Hayden - Slip Is Showing
David Kilgour - Today Is Gonna Be Mine
Seaweed - Thru The Window
Erectus Monotone - Old New
Destroyer - Modern Painters
Paul Burch - Isolda
Mad Scene - Spilled Oranges
The Essex Green - Late Great Cassiopia
The Karl Hendricks Trio - Naked And High On Drugs
The Rosebuds - What Can I Do?
The Clean - E Motel
The Music Tapes - An Orchestration's Overture
Spaceheads - Angel Station

Tracks:

M. Ward - One More Goodbye
Angels Of Epistemology - Fiction Romance
The Radar Brothers - Painted Forest Fire
Portastatic - Some Small History
The Ladybug Transistor - Jersey Streets
Camera Obscura - San Francisco Song
Shark Quest - Monsters
East River Pipe - Chrystal Queen
The Essex Green - Mendicino
The Clientele - Where The Universes Are
Richard Buckner - Dogwood
The Rosebuds - Happily Ever After
Crooked Fingers - La Maleta Fea
Spent - Corvette Summer
Spoon - Decora
Destroyer - Streethawk II
Lambchop - The Gap In My Education (Berman)
Superchunk - Freaks In Charge
David Kilgour - On The Outside

Customer Reviews:

a readymade indie rock party playlist.......2007-02-13

Boasting pivotal cuts by Spent, Polvo, the Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lambchop and others, this anniversary comp is a quick study in what a brilliant label Merge has evolved into over the last fifteen years... Their roster is practically the indie-rock dream team.

In addition, disc three of this very affordably priced compilation is all unreleased tracks: "Some Small History" by Portastatic, M. Ward's "One More Goodbye," Camera Obscura's "San Francisco Song" and "Happily Ever After" by the Rosebuds are all superb and worth the price of the disc alone. And there's more rare gems from Superchunk, Richard Buckner, Destroyer, Spoon, The Clientele, etc.

15 Years of Merge Indie Rock.......2005-11-27

Outstanding value - 3 CDs for the price of one. Discs One and Two contain previously released material from Neutral Milk Hotel, Superchunk, M Ward, Spoon, etc. Disc Three contains previously unreleased material from Merge artists. The Camera Obscura and Essex Green tracks on Disc Three are my favorite songs from each band. This would make a great gift for a budding indie rock fan.

Merge.......2004-11-24

An excellent sampler of the North Carolina indie label at any price. All the big guns are here (Superchunk, Versus, M. Ward, Spoon) with some of their best stuff ("Anything You Want" Spoon, for example), but the pleasures of this compilation are in the lesser-known acts that shine through, such as the Ladybug Transistor, Camera Obscura, and Annie Hayden. Even if you're not completely familiar with all the bands (or only about half, like me), the formula means that you'll be rewarded for listening.

Strangely, or perhaps not so strangely, most of the material has aged well, and while the guitar is the noisemaker of choice throughout, the variety of styles is diverse. Witness disc two, which begins with Spoon, swings to a serene Ladybug Transistor tune (complete with mariachi horns), shifts gears to jazz-pop with M. Ward, then visits post-alt guitar territory with Versus.

Discs one and two are the hits; disc three is perhaps the roughest of the set, but there are still some fine tunes to be found there. Highlights from that disc: Camera Obscura "San Francisco Song", Spoon "Decora" (a cover of the great Yo La Tengo song that opens their "Electro-pura" album).

bargain.......2004-08-26

This compilation is like a deep, porous sponge with many dead ends hidden in the most unlikely places. I don't mean to say it's disappointing; actually, it's quite the contrary. Think in terms of economics. A bargain, a deal, a steal. You start to believe you're getting something for free. And in a society where capitalism wrings each paycheck dry, it feels good to enjoy the supposed best things in life. Merge has hit us with a collection of odds and ends...3 CDs deep, it's a healthy mixture of indie gems and pointless experimentation, all for the price of one CD. Know what you will about Merge, but all I knew prior to my purchase was that Merge is Spoon's label. That was reason enough for me to take a chance on three CDs for the price of one...and it should be reason enough for any indie pop-rock enthusiast who would like to discover a new reason to blow a paycheck on music by one or more of the Merge artists you'll discover through repeated listens to this compilation. The first two CDs give the listener a nostalgic retrospective, while the third disc is chock full of B-sides and songs recorded especially for this collection.

Personal recommendations:
"Long Vermont Roads" - The Magnetic Fields (CD 1)
"Song Against Sex" - Neutral Milk Hotel (CD 1)
"Today is Gonna Be Mine" - David Kilgour (CD 2)
"Out of My Head" - M.Ward (CD 2)
"Decora" - Spoon (CD 3)
"Some Small History" - Portastatic (CD 3)
"Happily Ever After" - The Rosebuds (CD 3)

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A perfect introduction to the band

15 Years: Retrospective
Sons of San Joaquin
Manufacturer: Shanachie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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From Whence Came the Cowboy

ASIN: B00006JSBX
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

Happy Cowboy
Timber Trail
The Gift
Great American Cowboy
Along The Santa Fe Trail
Song Of The Rover
Wyoming On My Mind
Is It Because
Anything But A Cowboy
From Whence Came The Cowboy
I Ride Along And Dream
Charlie And The Boys
Texas Plains
UTAH (With One Eye)
Ghost Riders In The Sky
The Legend Of Jake Kincaid

Customer Reviews:

A perfect introduction to the band.......2002-10-12

15 Years is an impeccably selected retrospective of material previously available on the Sons' three major label releases and one of their independent efforts. What it is not is a simple repackaging. Most of the songs seem to have been rerecorded specifically for this release. For instance, Richard Chon is now credited with playing on many tracks that originally featured other fiddlers.

I am happy to report that the new versions are on the same level as the original recordings. Since these songs were originally recorded, the Sons have had a chance to play them over and over again in concert, so you can be sure they are even more comfortable with the material now than when they originally recorded it. So, if you're new to the band, don't feel you're getting inferior renditions. And, if you already have their previous releases, you get a chance to hear their new take on familiar material.

And, if you *are* new to the band, I can honestly say this is the new best place to start. It's a real good cross-section of what the band is about. I predict most who try it will feel compelled to delve deeper. On that score, I wish the liner notes had indexed the songs to their original albums to make it easier for people to know which additional albums to buy, but I suppose that information can be found with a simple song search.

Finally, three previously unreleased songs are included: "UTAH (With One Eye)," "Ghost Riders in the Sky," and "The Legend of Jake Kincaid." These songs complement each other well, as they are all of the haunting, driving, "outlaw" variety of western music. To be honest, it sounds like Jack was channeling Stan Jones on his pair of originals. "Jake Kincaid" is an especially old-fashioned, classic '50s-style western song. Jack doesn't normally write in that vein, so it's a particular treat.

Tracks:

The Voice Of Enigma
Principles Of Lust (Sadenes/Find Love/Sadness (Reprise)/Callas Went Away)
Callas Went Away
Mea Culpa
Voice & The Snake
Knocking On Forbidden Doors
Back To The Rivers Of Belief (Way To Eternity/Halleujah/Rivers Of Belief)
Second Chapter
Eyes Of Truth
Return To Innocence
I Love You... ILl Kill You
Silent Warrior
Dream Of The Dolphon
Age Of Loneliness (CarlyS Song)
Out From The Deep
Cross Of Changes
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi !
Morphing Thru Time
Third Of Its Time
Beyond The Invisible
Why !
Shadows In Silence
Child In Us
T.N.T For The Brain
Almost Full Moon
The Roundabout
Prism Of Life
Odyssey Of The Mind
Gate
Push The Limits
Gravity Of Love
Smell Of Desire
Modern Crusaders
Traces (Light And Weight)
The Screen Behind The Mirror
Endless Quest
Camera Obscura
Between Heart & Mind
Silence Must Be Heard
From East To West
Voyageur
Incognito
Page Of Cups
Boum - Boum
Total Eclipse Of The Moon
Look Of Today
In The Shadow, In The Light
Weightless
The Piano
Following The Sun
Sadeness (Part 1)
Mea Culpa
Principles Of Lust
Rivers Of Belief
Return To Innocence
Eyes Of Truth
Age Of Loneliness
Beyond The Invisible
T.N.T For The Brain
Gravity Of Love
Push The Limits
Voice Of Enigma
Principles Of Lust
Sadeness
Find Love
Sadeness - Reprise
Callas Went Away
Mea Culpa
Voice & The Snack
Knocking On Forbidden Doors
Back To The Rivers Of Belief
Way To Eternity
Hallelujah
Rivers Of Belief
Sadeness (Videoclip Full Length)
Mea Culpa (Videoclip Full Length)
Principles Of Lust (Videoclip Full Length)
Rivers Of Belief (Videoclip Full Length)
Enigma Ii (Epk)
Enigma 96/97 (Ep)

Album Description

Format: Deluxe Box Set w/6 audio CDs & 2 DVDs (PAL (0)). Incl. mix-cd by Rollo from Faithless (no tracklist available). The Collectors Box consists of Enigma's finest work including the platinum selling albums MCMXC A.D and Cross Of Changes. Alongside all the Enigma albums & DVD's is a special CD by one of the UK's most successfu producers, Rollo Armstrong of Faithless. Rollo has produced a 42 minute mix consisting of eight recreated versions of Enigma favourites but unlike standard remixes, Rollo has played an the music himself rather than relying on sampling Enigma records. ENIGMA has sold 30 million CDs worldwide, had 50 # 1 chart positions and receved 90 platinum awards. EMI. 2005.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Deluxe Collector's Box Set of Michel Cretu and Co.'s Five Original Studio CDs ("Mcmxc A.d.", "The Cross of Changes", "le Roi Est Mort", "The Screen Behind the Mirror" and "Voyageur") plus Both of their Dvd Collections, "Mcmxc A.d." And "Remember the Future". The Set also Includes a Sixth Disc featuring Something Quite Unique. Faithless' Rollo Armstrong Has Recorded Solo Versions of Nine Enigma Songs for this Box (Including the Forthcoming "Hello and Welcome") and Created a 42 Minute Mix Tribute for this Special Package. The Covers Are all Rollo's Original Recordings, Sans Any Band Samples.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful presentation but not a complete collection........2006-06-20

Firstly the collection comes in one of the most artisitc and beautiful CD presentation boxes I have come across. It is presented as a heavy book (10x11 inches) with the CDs inside the back and front covers. The pages in between list the contents of the CDs & DVDs along with a full page of art corresponding to the disc number. The front and back covers of the book have a large E on them which is made to resemble the greek letter Sigma. This is probably in reference to the fact that this collection is the sum of Enigma's work.
The book is then housed and protected by another heavy carboard outer sleeze.

This box set is a great collection of Engima's work over the past 15 years but is in no way to be considered a complete or ultimate collection. Disappointingly only the standard versions of MCMXC A.D & The Cross of Changes are included. Shortly after the original release of these albums Virgin released limited editions with several extra tracks each. It would have been nice to see these extra tracks (7 in total) included on these 2 discs.

The DVDs are also missing a total of 5 videos. The absence of Out From the Deep is interesting. I can only assume that Michael Cretu did not want this video included on the DVD. All of the videos from the Voyageur album are also missing (Voyageur, Following the Sun & Boum Boum). These were produced in 2004 & 2005 so were certainly produced in time to be included on an extended release of Remember the Future. Finally the video for the recent single Hello + Welcome is missing. This last omission is probably because its release was close to that of this collection so there was no time to include it.

I also imported this collection from the UK division of Amazon at a fraction of the asking price of the US Amazon. Great value from the UK but a very expensive collection otherwise.

Most Enigma fans will probably own everything in this collection except the bonus disc produced by Rollo. The songs he has chosen have been completely re-produced using Rollo's own choice of electronic instruments. Personally this CD is disappointing and it is sometimes hard to figure out which song is being played. Rollo has made each track more ambient in style.

On a personal note Virgin/EMI have installed some kind of copy protection on the CDs which meant that they would not play on my computer which runs Linux. A windows machine ran the CDs fine. I object to a record company trying to restrict how I play the music that I have paid for. An upgrade to my linux system eventually bypassed their copy protection. Nowhere is it mentioned on Amazon.com or on the CD packaging that this CD may not play on some players.

The cheaper UK price plus the magnificent packaging makes this collection an essential item for collectors and die-hard fans. I will be wrapping my boxset in bubble wrap to preserve it for a long time.

Impressive...but is it worth it?.......2006-03-04

Yes, I give this box set five stars simply because of it's immaculate presentation, not to mention the incredible music and visuals it contains. Save for one of the eight discs included, it's the supreme culmination of Enigma's career thus far. Frontman Michael Cretu displays his work proudly here, in a large, glossy book housing the first five albums, a bonus disc and Enigma's two DVD's (with each disc having only the corresponding album's cover artwork on them)

MCMXC a.D. - The one that started it all, the one that brought Gregorian chants into the mainstream, and one of the classic albums of the 90's. Upon its release, this kind of production was never heard, and it finally propelled Cretu into international recognition. Includes the megahit "Sadeness", as well as other gems, "Mea Culpa", "Rivers of Belief" and "Callas Went Away".

The Cross of Changes - The hugely successful follow up that includes Enigma's biggest hit ever, "Return to Innocence". Also worth mentioning is "I Love You...I'll Kill You", "The Eyes of Truth", "Silent Warrior", and their most underrated single "Out From The Deep".

Le Roi Est More, Vive Le Roi! - Enigma's most mellow outing, sounding like a cross between Deep Forest and Pink Floyd, it stands out as their most ethereal and atmospheric album. Though it's two singles were never hits, it was their best album to date (1996). Check out "Why...!", "Shadows In Silence", "Morphing Thru Time", "Almost Full Moon" and "TNT For the Brain".

The Screen Behind The Mirror - Probably the most unoriginal of the bunch, this album crosses the ambience of MCMXC a.D. with rock edge. There are more guitars here, although the overall sound goes back to the heavy beat-driven days of the first two albums. Olive's Ruth-Ann Boyle and European crooner Andru Donalds make their debut as the new voice of Enigma alongside Cretu. "Smell of Desire", "Modern Crusaders" and "Silence Must Be Heard" are the standout tracks.

Voyageur - This is the departure of the sample-driven Enigma, and for the first time we hear a truly original album. This one is less atmospheric and more electronic. It's abstract, but still accessible, and is the freshest Enigma creation to-date! I can't get over "Boum Boum", "Voyageur", "The Piano" and "Incognito".

The Dusted Variations - Sadly, this bonus disc (created especially for this set) is the one disc that disappoints. Yes, we get the latest single, "Hello & Welcome" (which is a real treat!), but then you get several non-Enigma remakes of Enigma songs. Faithless' Rollo is at the helm, and his creations sound like a collective blubbery mess. It sounds like an unmelodic droning of strings that never goes anywhere, as if Rollo is afraid to let the songs move and flow as they were meant to. The classic songs are unrecognizable, and even misnamed ("Endless Quest" is really "Find Love")! Listen to the new single, skip the rest.

MCMXC a.D., The Complete Video Album - This DVD (unfortunately in PAL format) was released after the first album. Great music, very dated videos. But still, it's worth seeing at least once. Plus, you get to hear the first album in 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS sound. A real plus!

Remember The Future DVD - This is every Enigma video ever made through 2001's "Turn Around"....except "Out From The Deep". Why Cretu left this one out is beyond me. Still, it's an impressive collection of the visuals accompanying the music. The classic "Return to Innocence" is the crowning jewel here, but "Gravity of Love" is a close second.

All in all, this box set is for serious collectors only. Fans will already own the albums and DVD's, and casual listeners are unlikely to fork over the staggering price of this collection. But if you would like to have this just to look at it, it's worth every penny. It puts Enigma on a pedestal, and rightly so.

Average customer rating:

Great album and dvd
I Bought Mine At Target
Best Buy Version
BEST BUY MIXED UP
not bad for the price, but beware of some issues!!!!!

15 Years on Death Row
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Death Row Koch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000I0QKM4
Release Date: 2006-12-26

Tracks:

Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang - Dr. Dre
Dogg Pound 4 Life - Dogg Pound
Afro Puffs - The Lady Of Rage
Natural Born Killaz - Dr. Dre
How Do You Want It - 2Pac
Bitches Ain't Shit - Dr. Dre
Let Me Ride - Dr. Dre
Life's So Hard - 2Pac
Big Pimpin' - Dogg Pound
Gin And Juice - Snoop Doggy Dogg
G'z Up, Hoez Down (Unreleased) - Snoop Doggy Dogg
California Love - 2Pac
Made Niggaz - 2Pac
Bonus Track 1 - 15 Years On Death Row
Bonus Track 2 - 15 Years On Death Row
Bonus Track 3 - 15 Years On Death Row
Bonus Track 4 - 15 Years On Death Row

Tracks:

To Live & Die In L.A. - 2Pac
Initiated - Daz
Murder Was The Case - Snoop Doggy Dogg
Ambitionz Az A Ridah - 2Pac
All About U - 2Pac
Puffin' On Blunts And Drankin' Tanqueray - Dr. Dre
Pain - 2Pac
Doggy Dogg World - Snoop Doggy Dogg
O.G. - Daz
F*** Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') - Dr. Dre
Never Had A Friend Like Me - 2Pac
Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None) - Snoop Doggy Dogg
Loyal To The Game - 2Pac
What Would You Do? - The Dogg Pound

Customer Reviews:

Great album and dvd.......2007-03-16

its a great dvd, mix a both greats artist. thx death row !!!

I Bought Mine At Target .......2007-02-19

I bought my copy at Target, it's a good album but it does have a few issues.

All the bonus trakcs on disc one, (1.8.7, etc.) were not listed on the back but they were still on the disk, which is really neither here nor there, but it seems like with all the deathrow albums Suge, and whoever else helps to produce the albums cuts all the songs short toward the end. Snoop Dogg's G'z up H*** down for example, toward the end it sounds like "G'z up h*** dow..." a lot of the songs are just cut short, also that song sounds flat, like how it would sound if it were coming through on the radio. Also On the "extended version" of Let Me Ride, it's not extended, the version on "The Chronic" is 4:21, and the verson on this is 4:21, Suge just faded the end of the song out on this album so it sounded different.

The music is good, but Suge did a very poor job with the songs on this.

Best Buy Version.......2007-02-13

Best Buy has now recalled this for that very reason.

(At least most of the stores in the bay area and Sacramento)

BEST BUY MIXED UP.......2007-01-08

I purchased the Best Buy version and had the same problem. I purchased the regular version at Circuit City. Disc One had 17 tracks including the 6 exclusive songs and Disc Two had the original 14 tracks. Another error is that on the Best Buy version, Disc One: Track #8 Let Me Ride (Entended Version) is actually the original Let Me Ride taken from Dr. Dre's The Chronic album. If you purchased the regular version from a different store than you get the correct Track #7 Let Me Ride (Entended Version).

I think it's a decent compilation. I would recommend it for all the new fans.

not bad for the price, but beware of some issues!!!!!.......2007-01-02

this is a great set, but who ever mastered all the tracks(including the dvd portion of video tracks)should be ashamed!!!. lets start with the audio cd portion...these tracks were not remastered at all!!!. plain & simple. basically all of them sound somewhat flat(though all are still in stereo)no richness or deep bass...kinda sound like less than the original masters...i.e. when the tracks were originally released like in 1992-1996, not the remastered versions released in 2001(some even sound like cheap mp3 internet files like how do u want it, california love, & snoop's g'z up, h*** down track, among others...i'm an audiophile and i know these things). as for the dvd portion the video quality is average(maybe a little above, but still average at best). you can tell of this because there are plenty of "blocky artifacts" throughout all of the videos like it was recorded on a homemade(but retail manufactered like philip's or sony, etc.)dvd recorder in the 2 1/2-3 hour mode(this dvd BTW is a single-layered disc, which means all the videos were heavily compressed, as these videos clock in at just over two hours. they could of been on a dual-layered disc for better quality). the dvd audio for the videos are in cheap crappy mono sound?????. no stereo suge?????. there very viewable & enjoyable, but at the same time how could they be so cheap. last but not least the distribution of these sets. who is in charge over at death row/koch records?????. these idiots are causing people to buy the sets twice...one at bestbuy & one at regular retail(yes all of the disc 1's in the regular non-bestbuy sets carry the 17 track bestbuy version, and best buy's disc 1 is the 13 track regular version)just to get the real collector's version of a total of 33 tracks. very dumb & stupid on the part of suge knight not to realize this!!!!!. i've wasted time and money tryin to get/put together the real bestbuy version of the set. stupid. anyway buy both versions, take the 17 track disc 1 out of the regular version and simply switch it with the 13 track best buy version, keep the original 16 track disc 2 best buy version intact, & keep the special best buy slip case & jewel case with the bestbuy bonus track names listed on them...and there you have the real-original best buy collector's edition version!!!!!. besides all the neglect & mix-ups this set contains, it is still a very vital collection, & the best one yet(and with all the rarities like g'z up, h*** down, pain, & the dvd of hard to get & find videos you just can't go wrong). for the price you get what you pay for i guess(57 total tracks for under $20), and thats probrably why there was no care or remastering done to this set.(in my case a great sale of $13.99+tax for each set...i bought 4 copies but have to return 2 because of the mix-ups). for what it is, i highly recommend it.

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15 Minutes of Fame, 15 Years of Infamy
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Manufacturer: Steel Cage
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004ZDRP
Release Date: 2000-10-17

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60 Years 60 Flute Masterpieces (Highlights)

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60 Years 60 Flute Masterpieces
There'll always be a Galway

60 Years 60 Flute Masterpieces (Highlights)

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000K2F3
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

Suite No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: Menuet
Suite No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
Concerto In E, Op. 8 No. 1, 'Spring': Allegro
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Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 31: Polacca
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Sonata in A: Allegretto poco mosso
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60 Years 60 Flute Masterpieces.......2005-10-12

Everything this man does is great, so putting many years together in one place could only be the same.

There'll always be a Galway.......1999-10-10

Of course this is a 5-star production, but I deducted a star only because any one who has been collecting Galway recordings already has all or most of the selections on this CD. As with other artists, BMG has been repackaging earlier Galway offerings under many names and excuses; is the simply the latest (though certainly not last) in the series. The music is the usual mixture of short pieces that can stand on their own and movements that cannot out of the context of the larger works from which they are lifted.

Still I put this CD on as background music to a dinner and it worked just fine. So like most Galway collections, it makes for some lovely listening when doing something else or just relaxing. In fact, when your baby gets tired of those Bach for Babies sets, try Galway as a very nice substitute. Hey, BMG! How's that for a packaging idea?

Silverstein / Glasseater: When Broken Is Easily Fixed / Everything Is Beautiful When You Don't Look Down: Split Ep
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Silverstein / Glasseater: When Broken Is Easily Fixed / Everything Is Beautiful When You Don't Look Down: Split Ep
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Manufacturer: Victory Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000QUFR9S

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Tracks: 1. Silverstein - Giving Up; 2. Silverstein - Smashed Into Pieces; 3. Glasseater - At Your Own Risk; 4. Glasseater - Art of Communication. Limited Edition Split EP CD between Silverstein and Glasseater.

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