Dancing Days [Import]

1. American Good

2. A Radiant Morning

3. Self Starter

4. Cynar

5. One For The Crime Scene A Bullet For Your Time

6. Saza+ Zaas

7. Ex-Convict Husband

8. Sunrises

9. David Bowie's Eyes

10. I Hate The Summer

11. 3ra Republica

Dancing Days,Camping,Astro,Rock

Average customer rating: It's Dreamy My Favorite Composer of all time An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!! It's simply lovely

American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason Thomas Hampson , Jay Ungar , Molly Mason , Garrison Keillor , David Alpher , Mark Rust , Michael Parloff , Peter Ecklund , John Kirk , Arnold Kinsella , and Stephen Foster Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Song of Home Song of America Harvest Home Civil War Classics Stephen Foster Song Book ASIN: B000002SK7 Release Date: 1992-10-20

Tracks:

1. Opening Solo Violin
2. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
3. Hard Times Come Again No More
4. The Voice Of Bygone Days
5. Foster Favorites Medley (Ring, Ring The Banjo (1851) Oh! Susanna (1848) Camptown Races (1850)
6. Open Thy Lattice, Love (1844)
7. Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
8. That's What's The Matter
9. Old Home Medley (Old Folks at Home (1851) My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1853)
10. Molly! Do You Love Me? (1850)
11. Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair (1851)
12. Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me (1855)
13. Dancing On The River (Nelly Bly (1850) The Glendy Burk (1860) Angelina Baker (1850)
14. My Wife Is A Most Knowing Woman (1863)
15. Gentle Annie (1856)
16. Linger In Blissful Repose (1858)
17. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway (1850)

Customer Reviews:

It's Dreamy.......2007-01-10

This is a very wonderful recording of Stephen Foster by a master singer.
Foster's songs are of a more innocent and naive time in the American psyche, a time that it would not hurt us to remember, given the wretched brutality of American culture today (something you'll appreciate after listening to this recording).

The songs are beautifully sung by Mr. Hamspon, and the musical accompaniment with piano, mandolin, tuba, banjo, etc. seems a perfect setting for this period music. I enjoyed the musical interludes of Foster songs (not sung by Mr. Hampson), such as "Oh, Suzanna", "My Old Kentucky Home", and "Camptown Races." They are foot-stompin' and finger-snappin' good in a non-syncopated way.

Mr. Hampson's voice is so beautiful, and he has done such a wonderful job with these song's you'll just have to hear it, and when you do, tell me that you're not dreaming.

I remember reading a quote by John Phillip Sousa that decried the use of syncopation in American popular music. I never understood it until listening to this recording. The richness and intensity of American popular music (as experienced in the work of Stephen Foster) has been lost.
Everything has to be so cool today, thanks to syncopation, and "cool" really means no emotion.

If emotion is what you want, emotion is what you'll get with Stephen Foster's songs. It was a time when the death of loved ones (especially those who died in their youth) was experienced more often (see "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" and "Gentle Annie"). And we were not protected from the vicissitudes of fate by myriad government programs, modern medicine and universal prosperity (see "Hard Times").
Husbands and wives had their differences then, as today, (see the amusing song "My Wife is a Most Knowin' Woman") The passion of the Civil War (Foster was a Unionist),is reflected in a wonderful, fun song, "That's What's the Matter."

If you love good music, and you have heart which can be stirred, and you love your country, this is for you.

I love this recording. It has opened up the door to my "beautiful dreams," dreams of bygone days, lost love, and whatever else we pine for.

I wanted to buy several copies for my friends, but somehow I felt that the impact of this recording was so personal, that it could not be shared with others. Not that they couldn't enjoy it, but that I could not begin to share the intense emotion and reverie stirred in my heart by these beautiful songs.

My Favorite Composer of all time.......2006-08-20

Growing up playing his stuff on piano, I love the instrumentality of this CD..the violins give off that wail that he speaks of..I am not sure what it is about Stephen Foster but these verses..grab me like no other..there is so much sensitivity to it..

I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair
Born like a vapor on the summer air
I see her tripping where the bright streams play
Happy as the daisies that dance on her way
Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour

but the violins in this CD make this CD the best out there..
FYI should you be into astrology Stephen Foster is definition of Cancer...Sun and Moon conjunct in Cancer with mars in Scorpio..i love his lyrics..almost to the point of obsession..

An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears.......2006-07-17

Stephen Foster was the greatest American composer of sentimental parlor ballads--he so perfectly imitated folk songs that his music wound up turning into them. In an age of home music-making and later of families sitting around the radio, Foster's songs were a staple, often performed by crossover artists from opera like Lawrence Tibbett. Those were plump, ripe styles of singing, highly flavored by church hymns.

In this 1992 collection of 17 Foster favorites, plus a few rareties, Hampson drops the platform manner and goes straight for heartfelt sincerity. His tone is plain yet sweet, his expression intimate. He is accompanied by instruments redolent of the Victorian drawing room (guitar, fiddle, upright piano), and the mood they create brings tears and smiles of remembrance. This music is embedded in America's genes, and it's wonderful to realize that every note is still alive and throbbing with feeling.

OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!!.......2005-11-25

Simply one word, WOW!!!
Thomas Hampson's voice is simply fantasic. His voice is very different from regular operatic baritone voice, very sweet, and rich. I really cant believe an operatic baritone can sing folk song like THIS good, in my opinion he sounds even better than his opera works in this album. His voice and the background music matches perfectly, the outcome would move u to tears, and u can feel the origin of MUSIC. This album really shows what the word MUSIC means, and the songs simply just ALL beautiful. I like his "beautiful dreamer", "my life is well knowing woman", and "jeanie with the light brown hair" the most. When I listen the songs I would just imagine that I am in the world of past USA, and I can feel the life of the ppl in the past USA~ just like watching an old classic movie, it would touch ur heart and fall in love with this album.

It's simply lovely.......2004-12-14

I didn't know Stephen Foster (I thought): wrong: Oh Susanna, etc, I knew, but had no idea who the composer was.

This CD is a revelation. The melodies are so beautiful, as are the poems, and Thomas Hampson just brings them to life as wonderfully as ever. I especially love "Beautiful Dreamer" - it gives me butterflies - and "My wife is a most knowing woman" - the way he makes the voices and the indignation is just brilliant. If one needed reminding what a brilliant singer Mr Hampson is - this disk does it.

Average customer rating: Soothing sounds of Led Zeppelin... Not my cup of tea Finally, Led Zeppelin Done Well in Strings.

String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin 1&2 Manufacturer: Vitamin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kashmir: The Symphonic Led Zeppelin The String Quartet Tribute to Jimi Hendrix The String Quartet Tribute to the Beatles String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd ASIN: B000069RO5 Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

1. Dazed And Confused - J'Anna Jacoby
2. Stairway To Heaven - David Davidson
3. Going To California - Mitchell Sigman
4. No Quarter - J'Anna Jacoby
5. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Sharon Stanis
6. The Immigrant Song - David Davidson
7. The Ocean - David Davidson
8. Moby Dick - Alex Waterman
9. Carouselambra - Mitchell Sigman
10. Dancing Days - David Davidson
11. Whoe Lotta Love - Alex Waterman

Tracks:

1. Good Times, Bad Times - Eric Gorfain
2. What Is And What Should Never Be - Eric Gorfain
3. Thank You - Eric Gorfain
4. Heartbreaker - Eric Gorfain
5. Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman) - Eric Gorfain
6. Tangerine - Eric Gorfain
7. Black Dog - Eric Gorfain
8. Bron-Y-Aur - Eric Gorfain
9. Ten Years Gone - Eric Gorfain
10. Darlene - Eric Gorfain

Product Description

Disc 1:
1. Dazed And Confused
2. Stairway To Heaven
3. Going To California
4. No Quarter
5. Bron-y- Aur Stomp
6. The Immigrant Song
7. The Ocean
8. Moby Dick
9. Carouselambra
10. Dancing Days
11. Whole Lotta Love

Disc 2:
1. Good Times, Bad Times
2. What Is And What Should Never Be
3. Thank You
4. Heartbreaker
5. Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)
6. Tangerine
7. Black Dog
8. Bron-Y-Aur
9. Ten Years Gone
10. Darlene

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Soothing sounds of Led Zeppelin..........2005-03-01

Before I write my review, I thought you would like to know that I have not had a chance to listen to "Kashmir: The Symphonic Led Zeppelin". Keep that in mind if you are trying to decide between the two.

I think I would consider myself an average Led Zeppelin fan. I appreciate their music, and I listen to them every so often. I'm not one of the hardcore Zeppelin fans, so you might not appreciate this tribute as much as I do. I would have to say that this tribute is very well done, and a lot of time and effort was put into making it. The strings are pretty much in sync with the original songs, and just a few seconds into the song, you'll be able to tell what it is. I'm not going to go through a list of songs and tell you what I think of them, but I will say that I think the best one is "Ten Years Gone." This album - or albums, I should say - are great if you're looking for a soothing and relaxing version of some of the great Led Zeppelin songs. Though, I must say that you will only appreciate the tribute if you know the songs themselves, because if you don't then the song just might get repetetive. I'm a fan of the whole String Quartet Tribute thing, and I'd have to say that this is one of the best ones I've heard so far.

Not my cup of tea.......2003-11-18

For some reason this CD just sounded really corney to me. I was really dissapointed. Your opinion may differ but I would recommend that if you are looking for a classical Zeppelin CD you get Kashmir instead. It is cheaper and shines a new light on some awsome songs rather than butchering them.

Finally, Led Zeppelin Done Well in Strings........2003-02-20

A few of the selections are questionable for arrangment for a string section. I mean, Whole Lotta Love? Dazed and Confused? Give me a break. They could have replaced those poor choices with a number of other possibilities.

Nevertheless, it is the first attempt of it's kind, and the songs that are suitable are gorgeously performed.

Led Zeppelin's gifts for creating melodies and knowledge of music theory become more obvious in these classical performances.

It's a double CD so it has lots of songs!

Average customer rating:

Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 4 Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 3 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 2 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 1 Born to Dance (1936 Movie Soundtrack) (Rhino Handmade) The Ultimate George Gershwin, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00009EFV8 Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

1. Dream Dancing [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, Harry Sosnik
2. Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Harry Sosnik
3. Wedding Cake Walk [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Gordon Jenkins, Martha Tilton
4. So Near and Yet So Far [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, Harry Sosnik
5. Wedding Cake Walk [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Harry Sosnik
6. Something for the Boys [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman
7. Could It Be You? [From Something for the Boys] - Bill Johnson
8. Hey! Good Lookin' [From Something for the Boys] - Bill Johnson, Ethel Merman
9. He's a Right Guy [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman
10. I'm in Love With a Soldier Boy [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman
11. My the Mississinewah [From Something for the Boys] - Betty Bruce, Ethel Merman
12. There's a Happy Land in the Sky [From Something for the Boys] - Betty Bruce, Allen Jenkins, Bill Johnson, Ethel Merman
13. When My Baby Goes to Town [From Something for the Boys] - Bill Johnson
14. Something for the Boys [From Something for the Boys] - Leonard Joy, Paula Laurence
15. By the Mississinewah [From Something for the Boys] - Betty Garrett, Leonard Joy, Paula Laurence
16. Hey! Good Lookin' [From Something for the Boys] - Evelyn Dall,
17. Something for the Boys [From Something for the Boys] - Evelyn Dall,
18. Only Another Boy and Girl [From Seven Lively Arts] - Jane Harvey
19. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye [From Seven Lively Arts] - Maxine Sullivan, Teddy Wilson
20. Don't Fence Me In [From Hollywood Canteen] - Roy Rogers
21. Just One of Those Things [From Night and Day] - Ginny Simms
22. Begin the Beguine [From Night and Day] - Roberto Valdes Arnau, Carlos Ramirez
23. Should I Tell You I Love You? [From Around the World in Eighty Days] - Ray Carter,
24. Look What I Found [From Around the World in Eighty Days] - Ray Carter,
25. If You Smile at Me [From Around the World in Eighty Days] - Ray Carter,
26. Pipe Dreaming - Ray Carter,

Average customer rating:

Brazilian Big Bands: Dancing Days 1904-1954 Various Artists Manufacturer: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000AIM0EQ Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. Urubandrrio - Com Fon-Fon e Sua Orchestra
2. Frevo das Cassourinhas N 1 - Severinho Araujo
3. Bicho Danado [Frevo]
4. Brejeiro [Tango Brasileiro] - Banda Do Corpo Dos Bombeiros
5. Bandinha Do Guedes [Frevo] - Bandinha Do Guedes
6. NenChoro] - Caroica
7. Molengo [Choro] - Severinho Araujo
8. SururCidade [Chorinho] - Victor Brasileira Orquestra
9. Limas de Amor [Valsa] - Victor Brasileira Orquestra
10. Saudoso Adeus [Valsa] - Victor Brasileira Orquestra
11. Judith [Valsa] - Dante Santoro
12. Valsa de Melba
13. Peguei Um Ita No Norte [Toada] - Zacarias
14. Brasileirinho [Choro] - Chiquinho, Guido
15. Carioquinha No Flamengo [Choro] - Canhoto, Sivuca
16. Zarioca No Fr [Frevo]
17. Primavera - Bandinha Do Guedes
18. Apanhei-Te Cavaquinho [Choro] - Caroica

Tracks:

1. Um Chorinho Delicioso [Choro]
2. Teimoso [Choro] - Caroica, Dante Santoro
3. Primavera de Beijos [Valsa] - Victor Brasileira Orquestra
4. Beijos Divinais [Valsa] - Victor Brasileira Orquestra
5. Mimasinha [Valsa] - Banda Da Casa Edison
6. Atravda Vidra
7. Atraente [Choro] - Zacarias
8. Se Ela NJurou - Silvio Caldas, Grupo Da Guarda Velha
9. Je Digo - Conjunto Velha Guarda
10. Tico-Tico No FubChoro] - Canhoto, Sivuca
11. Delicado [Bai - Chinquinho,
12. Paraquedista [Choro] - Severinho Araujo
13. Feitida Vila
14. Um Baile Em Catumbi - Com Fon-Fon e Sua Orchestra
15. Fr a eo [Frevo] - Zacarias
16. Furiosa [Frevo]
17. Aquarela Do Brasil - Zacarias
18. Brasil - Zacarias

Average customer rating:

Dancing Days Are Here Again The Albion Band Manufacturer: Talking Elephant ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Winter Songs Sweet Warrior Bonny Bunch of Roses Tippler's Tales Bloody Men ASIN: B000LW9QHK Release Date: 2007-03-19

Tracks:

1. Varsovinna
2. Cuckoo's Nest
3. Merry Sherwood Rangers
4. Picking Of Sticks/The Old Mole
5. Trip To Brightownstone
6. Fair Maid Of Islington
7. Princess Royal
8. I'll Go & 'List For A Sailor
9. 13th Century Carol
10. Sexte Estampie Royal
11. Old Sir Simon The King
12. Hopping Down In Kent
13. Horses' Brawl
14. Band Intros/Play Off

Album Description

At a time when the Albion Band's various transformations and popularity were at their highest, the Albion Dance band played at the Royal Festival Hall in 1976 to a sell out concert, featuring the crème de la crème of the folk world. This recording of such a wonderful occasion was, for some time feared lost forever until recently when it was found again. 'Dancing Days Are Here Again' captures the band's music from the fantastic live CD to the studio recordings featuring a collection of previously unheard material from the 1983 line-up.

Album Details

At a Time When the Albion Band's Various Transformations and Popularity were at their Highest, the Albion Dance Band Played at the Royal Festival Hall in 1976 to a Sell Out Concert, featuring the Creme De La Creme of the Folk World. This Recording of Such a Wonderful Occasion Was, for Some Time Feared Lost Forever Until Recently When it was Found Again. In Addition to this the Second Disc is a Collection of Never Before Released on CD Studio Tracks from the Bands 1983 Recording Days.

Average customer rating:

Dancing Days Chris Leslie Manufacturer: Talking Elephant ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000D1D45 Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

1. Flowers Of Edinburgh / Old Tom Of Oxford
2. Laudnum Bunches / Orange In Bloom / Banks Of The Dee
3. Bower Processional
4. Princess Royal / Speed The Plough
5. Old Marlborough
6. The Dancer
7. Jockey To The Fair Double Fig
8. Lumps Of Plum Pudding
9. Sweet Jeeny Jones / Brighton Camp / Beaux Of London City
10. Stourton Wake & Jig
11. Haste To The Wedding / Bluebells Of Scotland / Shepherds Awa
12. Bumpus O' Stretton
13. Janet Blunt Poem
14. Morning Star / Getting Upstairs / Wheatley Processional
15. A Secret

Album Description

2003 solo album debut from one of the leading members & songwriters of England's finest folk band, Fairport Convention. Guest musicians include Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders, Mat Green & Mikey Radford. 15 tracks. Talking Elephant.

Average customer rating:

Magic of Christmas Manufacturer: Cbc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Cornelius, Peter | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sweelinck | Sweelinck, JanPieterszoon | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00000DCR2 Release Date: 2001-07-01

Tracks:

1. O Come, All Ye Faithful
2. Adam Lay Ybounden
3. Es Ist Ein 'Ros' Entspurngen
4. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
5. Gabriel's Message
6. Magnificat
7. I Sing Of A Maiden
8. Still, Still, Still
9. I Saw A Maiden
10. Silent Night
11. Huron Carol
12. What Is This Lovely Fragrance
13. Rise Up, Sheperd, And Follow
14. In The Bleak Mid-Winter
15. The Three Kings
16. Carol Of The Children
17. What Sweeter Music
18. Hodie Christus Natus Est
19. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
20. Personent Hodie
21. God Is With Us
22. In Dulci Jubilo
23. A New Year Carol
24. We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Average customer rating: Take no Prisoners UNREAL!

Take No Prisoners The Hampton String Quartet Manufacturer: Mona Lisa Sound, Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: HSQ Rides Again Sympathy For The Devil HSQ Does Christmas (again) What If Mozart Wrote "Roll over Beethoven" Daughtry ASIN: B000BO9ZJM Release Date: 2005-09-25

Tracks:

1. Heartbreaker
2. Aqualung
3. Dancing Days
4. Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
5. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
6. Trampled Under Foot
7. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
8. Custard Pie
9. Dazed And Confused
10. Imagine A Man
11. Zombie
12. Paint It Black

Product Description

"Take No Prisoners" is HSQ's future, featuring 12 new recordings of driving rock - from Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" to the Stones "Paint It Black" to the Cranberries "Zombie," the original rock string quartet pulls no punches here. On this CD, HSQ has risen to the pinnacle of its "rock-dom." It is aggressive, pounding, virtuosic, yet not without its palate cleansing moments of tenderness. HSQ shows its range here - broad and horizontal through a myriad of epxressions to flagrant and vertical through a temporal range of styles. If this is for you, listen to it loud or don't bother. Remember, you can always get that other string quartet off the shelf and listen to some Haydn (not a disparaging comment -he's HSQ's mentor)

Customer Reviews:

Take no Prisoners.......2007-01-16

It is a shame that this group isn't still producing music. They are refreshing and inspirational to my young violinists!

UNREAL!.......2006-06-15

The most energetic string quartet in history [PERIOD]. Can be listened to countless times.

Average customer rating:

Golden Age of Light Music: An Introduction Manufacturer: Guild ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Morton Gould | Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by MacDowell | MacDowell, Edward | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Golden Age of Light Music: Great British Light Orchestras ASIN: B00020HEOI Release Date: 2005-01-17

Tracks:

1. Gateway to the West - Robert Farnon, Queen's Hall Light Orchestra
2. Going for a Ride - Sidney Torch
3. With a Song in My Heart - Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra
4. Heykens' Serenade
5. Martinique - Ray Martin & His Orchestra
6. Skyscraper Fantasy - Charles Williams & His Concert Orchestr,
7. Dance of the Spanish Onion - David Rose & His Orchestra
8. Out of This World [Theme from the Film] - Mantovani,
9. Paris to Piccadilly
10. Festive Days - London Promenade Orchestra
11. Ha'penny Breeze [Theme from the Film]
12. Tropical - Morton Gould & His Orchestra
13. Puffin' Billy - Danish State Radio Orchestra
14. First Rhapsody - Melachrino Orchestra, George Melachrino
15. Fantasie Impromptu in C Sharp Minor - Arthur Gleghorn, ,
16. London Bridge March - Joseph Lewis,
17. Mock Turtles - Robert Farnon, Queen's Hall Light Orchestra
18. To a Wild Rose
19. Plink, Plank, Plunk! - Leroy Anderson & His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
20. Jamaican Rhumba - Percy Faith & His Orchestra
21. Vision in Velvet
22. Grand Canyon
23. Dancing Princess - Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra
24. Dainty Lady
25. Bandstand ('Frescoes' Suite)

Average customer rating: A good introduction to this virtually unknown composer

George Frederick McKay: Caricature Dance Suite, William Bolcom Solo; Viola Suite Eguchi/Margolis George Frederick McKay , William Bolcom , Margolis , Morris , and Eguchi Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: McKay: Violin Concerto, 16th Century Hymn Tunes McKay: From a Moonlight Ceremony / Harbor Narrative / Symphony for Seattle ASIN: B00006I9HG Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

1. Snickertyskip
2. Jabbertyflip
3. Swaggerhop
4. Burlesque March
5. Sunrise
6. A Morning Mood
7. Looking Upward
8. Storm Clouds
9. Caballeros
10. Sundown
11. Summer's End
12. Americanistic Etude, Op.27
13. To The Blue Eyed Days Of Spring
14. One April Morning
15. A Remembered Happiness
16. Prelude To A Summer Day
17. Insouciant Proclamation
18. Naive Pastorale
19. Athletic Poem
20. Calisthenics A La Hollywood
21. A Giddy Pace
22. Dancing In A Dream
23. Bunches Of Grapes
24. Days Of The Week
25. The Flower Will Bloom Another Year
26. Every Flower That Ever Grew
27. Allegro Moderato, Vigoroso E Parlando
28. Cantante E Poetico
29. Moderato Scherzoso E Grotesco
30. Moderato Cantabile
31. Moderato Marziale, Ritmico E Marcato

Customer Reviews:

A good introduction to this virtually unknown composer.......2002-09-18

McKay was, for most of his adult life, professor of music at the University of Washington. He was the first graduate of the composition program at the Eastman School of Music and his teachers there were Christian Sinding and Selim Palmgren. He was an early teacher of William Bolcom.

The main performer on this disc is the eminent composer/pianist William Bolcom, who is involved in all the performances save that of the Viola Suite. And, of course, he is well-known for his way with a rag; all the better, then, that the first piece, cutely named 'Snickertyskip', comes on like something by Zez Confrey or Billy Mayerl. Indeed, most of the music here is fairly light in nature. And I must say that it also tends to be somewhat generic; character pieces like 'Storm Clouds' sound little like their titles to me. Nonetheless, this music is winning in its low-key, soft-spoken way. It seems, in retrospect, that the only piece that ventures for very long above a gentlemanly mezzo-forte is the Suite for Viola and Piano.

The first piece in 'An April Suite', called 'To the Blue Eyed Days of Spring,' is lushly romantic and stands out from the surrounding pieces by its delectable melodies and jazz-inflected harmonies.

The four songs sung by Bolcom's wife, Joan Morris, are unpretentious but telling. I was particularly moved by 'Every Flower That Ever Grew,' written near the end of McKay's life to an ancient Irish text. Morris's style, well-known from the 20 or more albums that she and her husband have recorded, is quite apt for these gentle, sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy songs.

The Viola Suite, altogether stronger meat, with anger, irony, wit, near-resignation but ultimately resolute determination is convincingly played by Mahoko Eguchi, viola, and Sanford Margolis, piano.

Naxos is to be commended for their continuing series of recordings of virtually unknown music by American composers.

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