Spirito

spirito

Track Listings
1. Spaghetti-O
2. Desi's Cha Cha Cha
3. Vindaloo
4. Toreador Pants
5. Village of the Jammed
6. Lobology
7. Hold Me Loose
8. Moondust
9. Dig Big
10. Hijinx
11. Medley: Castle Mood/Johnny Guitar
12. Cuyahoga Crawl
13. Tube Top
14. Spirito

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Boston-based Four Piece Suit emerged from the relentlessly Euro-touring Roots R&B band Barrence Whitfield and the Savages in the mid 1990s, and became known for their honking shows from their regular gig at Windows on the World, the beautiful nightclub which once stood atop New York City's World Trade Center, all the way to San Francisco's legendary Fillmore Auditorium. Their first CD "Ready to Where?" was nominated for a Grammy in 1996. The follow-up, "Matinee Idylls", brought their music to the attention of the film and TV industry. They have been featured in independent films, such as Sundance winner Blue Vinyl, cult fave Psycho Beach Party, scoring the award-winning claymation/pixillation short 'Real Men Wear Hawaiian Shirts" for HBO, and major studio releases like "Along Came Polly", the Olsen twins "Our Lips are Sealed", and Jim Henson productions' "Kermit--the Swamp Years". Four Piece Suit is best known for their long association with HBO's Sex and the City, where they supplied music for some of the show's most memorable and often outrageous scenes.Saxman David Sholl has worked with Big Mama Thornton, Dr. John, and the Fathoms. Guitarist Milt Reder has worked with Bo Diddley, Don Covay ("Mercy, Mercy"), Bennie Benjamin ("Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"), and Susan Tedeschi, and has produced and written for Barrence Whitfield, Nicole Nelson, Melyssa Byrd, and many others. Dean Cassell is New England's first call for artists who want a solid but propulsive bassline in the tradition of Motown's James Jamerson. Drummer Davey Roy Kulik was frontman for the fabulous Roys and has perfected a Charlie Watts style groove, with swing that reminds one of Gene Krupa. Drummer David Mattacks came on the scene with Fairport Convention, went on for a decade with Richard Thompson, and has worked with a dizzying array of great artists, including Joan Armatrading, Jethro Tull, XTC, Proclaimers, Mary Chapin Carpenter, George Harrison, and six CDs with Sir Paul McCartney. Percussionist Eguie Castrillo is best known from the Arturo Sandoval Band, Jenifer Lopez, and his own mambo big band, the Palladium Night Orchestra. There are even tracks featuring longtime Four Piece Suit drummer Lorne Entress, and a last-minute contribution from Los Angeles' Craig McIntyre.

Product Description
Quirky, eclectic, instrumental music. Third CD from Four Piece Suit, who have created a unique musical world, somewhere between Rock'n'Roll and Jazz. Driven by huge tenor sax tone and twanging guitars, "Spirito" careens from Spaghetti Western, through Bollywood, Latinesque, Space Age bachelor pad, cartoon music, Merseyside Big Beat, and their own serpentine groove pieces. Best known for their sophisticated, comic, and sexy soundtracks for HBO's Sex and the City, this Grammy-nominated combo has shown up in innumerable films and tv shows. As always, the band has a blast with their favorite styles, but on this outing, more than ever before, they have gone beyond category to create a sound that is uniquely Four Piece Suit.

Spirito,Four Piece Suit,Swang Records,Action Adventure Music: Four Piece Suit, best known for soundtracks for Sex and the City, offers a Fistfull of Spaceage Instrumentals with salty guitars, rootin'-tootin' sax, and percolating percussion from Bollywood to Battista.,Miscellaneous,Rock,Rock/Pop

Spirito
György Ligeti Edition 3: Works for Piano (Etudes, Musica Ricercata) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A nice mico-view of Ligeti's work
  • Very Nice Piano Studies. Not the best Ligeti
  • Perfect Ligeti.
  • good cd
  • Ligeti on cd, hooray
 György Ligeti Edition 3: Works for Piano (Etudes, Musica Ricercata) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard

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ASIN: B0000029P0
Release Date: 1997-01-21

Tracks:

  1. Piano Etudes (Book One): I. De'sordre - Molto vivace, vigoroso, molto ritmico
  2. Piano Etudes (Book One): II. Cordes a' vide - Andantino con moto, molto tenero
  3. Piano Etudes (Book One): II. Touches bloque'es - Presto possibile, sempre molto ritmico
  4. Piano Etudes (Book One): IV. Fanfares - Vivacissimo molto ritmico, con allegria e slancio
  5. Piano Etudes (Book One): V. Arc-en-ciel - Andante molto rubato, con eleganza, with swing
  6. Piano Etudes (Book One): VI. Automne a' Varsovie - Presto cantabile, molto ritmico e flessibile
  7. Piano Etudes (Book Two): VII. Galamb borong - Vivacissimo luminoso, legato possibile
  8. Piano Etudes (Book Two): VIII. Fe'm - Vivace risoluto, con vigore
  9. Piano Etudes (Book Two): IX. Vertige - Prestissimo sempre molto legato, sehr gleichmassig
  10. Piano Etudes (Book Two): X. Der Zauberlehrling - Prestissimo, staccatissimo, leggierissimo
  11. Piano Etudes (Book Two): XI. En suspens - Andante con moto, (avec l`e'le'gance du swing)
  12. Piano Etudes (Book Two): XII. Entrelacs - Vivacissimo molto ritmico, sempre legato, con delicatezza
  13. Piano Etudes (Book Two): XIII. L'escalier du diable - Presto legato ma leggiero
  14. Piano Etudes (Book Two): XIV. Coloana infinita' - Presto possibile, tempestoso con fuoco
  15. Musica ricercata: I. Sosenuto - Misurato - Prestissimo
  16. Musica ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
  17. Musica ricercata: III. Allegro con spirito
  18. Musica ricercata: IV. Tempo de Valse (poco vivace - a' l'orgue de Barbarie)
  19. Musica ricercata: V. Rubato. Lamentoso
  20. Musica ricercata: VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
  21. Musica ricercata: VII. Cantabile, molto legato
  22. Musica ricercata: VIII. Vivace. Energico
  23. Musica ricercata: IX. Adagio. Mesto - Allegro maestoso
  24. Musica ricercata: X. Vivace. Capriccioso
  25. Musica ricercata: XI. Andante misurato e tranquillo
  26. Piano Etudes (From Book Three): XV. White on White

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A nice mico-view of Ligeti's work.......2007-03-11

In the notes that accompany this CD, Ligeti explains that his piano compositions are the way he made up for his inadequacies as a player. It's hard to argue that he didn't reach his goal. These superbly-performed pieces provide a clear view of many aspects of Ligeti's work--his humor, his lyricism, his ear, and sometimes his little obsessions.

The most obvious technical requirement of this music is touch. In some of the etudes, complex voicings are required at very low dynamic levels. In others, the ability to bring out multiple voices is paramount. Aimard is perfect. His technique is so assured that we can easily get to the music and not be sidetracked by prowess.

Those who know Ligeti's music know how protean he could be. Like a good athlete, he was willing to take on enormous risks. Sometimes the result felt intellectualized and tiresome. But more often than not, the music soared. This is certainly true of the Etudes on this disk. They are studies in the truest sense of the word--one may focus on a particular set of intervals, another on a texture, yet another on a rhythm. Each one is fascinating and the collection holds together nicely. There are even hints of Nancarrow!

Ligeti himself felt ambiguously about the "Musica Ricercata", and it isn't hard to see why. The first piece is based on only two pitches (with octaves); the second on three and so on. It sort of proves a point, but what point? By the time you get to the fourth piece, it starts to get good, but the listener has to regain some flagging energy. The third piece is actually the basis of the opening of "6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet".

So while I have little quibbles, I still recommend this disk strongly. It's great music, beautifully played.

4 out of 5 stars Very Nice Piano Studies. Not the best Ligeti.......2006-09-02

Volume 3 of the Gyorgy Ligeti Edition on Sony has gotten a boatload of very positive reviews, above, from people who probably know a lot more about music, especially piano music, than I do, but I maintain, from my position as a rank amateur who just happens to like listening to a wide range of classical music, that this disc is neither the very best piano music nor the most interesting Ligeti.

Don't get me wrong. I think almost all of the studies on these tracks are good, maybe even almost as good as Chopin and Liszt, but I don't think so. We don't hum Ligeti etudes the way some people hum Chopin etudes or dances for piano. And, a few of the passages sound like the scene from 'Ghostbusters' where Bill Murray tickles the very high keys on Sigourny Weaver's piano as they enter her apartment to track down some particularly awesome apparitions of Zuel (sic) and Gozer (sic sic).

If you are looking to touch only the high points of Ligeti's music and don't have the compulsioin to own everything, you can pass on these and not be missing too much of the good stuff. Check out his choral and a capella works for the really hot stuff.

5 out of 5 stars Perfect Ligeti........2005-10-19

The own György Ligeti was asked about who was the pianist more complete in his piano works; he talked about Pierre-Laurent Aimard, whose a close relation with the XXth Century music is very well known (Boulez, Messiaen, Berg, Schönberg, Carter...) all around the world. He talked too about Volker Banfield, who has recorded some of the Etudes for Wergo, but not so good as Aimard recordings, in my opinion.

What we find in this CD, 3rd of an outstanding series, is the technical perfection made piano playing, in the hands of Aimard, who plays absolutely all the notes full of perfection, sense and correction, from the dynamic to the tempo, from the correct attack to the prodigious use of the pedal. If you are used to a romantic piano you can feel this versions a little cold or dry, but this is because Aimard goes directly to the heart of the XXth Century style of piano playing, in the line that comes from Schönberg-Berg-Webern and that goes in a different way of playing than the century before, so you can be lost in some sense about the way he understand the use of the piano, the playing, the technique, the echoes, the silences...

You'll find in this CD the Musica Ricercata, a work from Ligeti's first period, very easy to understand for those who are not used to listen this kind of "modern" music. It has many folk motives, used in a way very close to Bartók's style. One of this pieces (Musica ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale) was taken by Stanley Kubrick for his last film Eyes Wide Shut, with an outstanding presence in the film associated to the worries and pressure over the main character; Ligeti says about this piece that it was a knife against the stalinist regime because of this style of music, sinister, innovative and forgiven in the communist Europe. The film's version is slower than this by Aimard, more "cinematographic" but slower than the score asks. Aimard's version in this piece and in the full pieces are outstanding.

The rest of the CD it's based on the Etudes, books I & II, both of them complete. Those are pieces much more modern than the Musica Ricercata, some of them, in the words of Ligeti with some links and inspiration on Nancarrow's works. We are listening in this case some of the most complex works for piano written in the XXth Century, and many of them authentic jewels of the genre. The Aimard versions for Sony are the better I know from the French pianist, who have recorded some of them in other CDs, like his great recording from de Carnagie Hall (Warner), but not so good like this outstanding CD.

So, if you are looking for perfection in Ligeti's piano music performances don't doubt about this CD; if you want to discover the piano of the XXth Century this could be a great door to go into, because of the music, because of the performing and because of a perfect recording and booklet.

5 out of 5 stars good cd.......2005-08-23

This is a great cd if you are interested in piano music. I personally enjoyed "Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale", which was most famously used in the Kubrick film, Eyes Wide Shut. The rest of the cd is very enjoyable as well.

5 out of 5 stars Ligeti on cd, hooray.......2005-08-01

We all owe Stanley Kubrick a big debt of gratitude for exposing us to Ligeti who, with Cage and Stockhausen among others, influenced the evolution of popular music while maintaining a continuum to our classical past.

The recording quality in this series is outstanding, and it is a delight to see the breadth of this series. Having many works of Ligeti from the Wergo vinyl catalog of the 70's, I selected the piano works for the fun of discovery.

Those of you who enjoy this piano stuff should try to find Nina Deutsch's recording of Charles Ives: Solo Piano Music.
Music For The Mozart Effect, Volume 4, Focus & Clarity
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  • Mozart effective
  • Mozart is #1!
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 Music For The Mozart Effect, Volume 4, Focus & Clarity

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ASIN: B000050GA3
Release Date: 2000-10-24

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  1. Focus & Activate The Mind: Vc Con No.3 in G, K 216: Allegro - Takako Nishizaki
  2. Focus & Activate The Mind: Sym No.13 in F, K 112: Andante - Nicholas Ward
  3. Focus & Activate The Mind: Son in F, K 376: Allegro - Takako Nishizaki
  4. Focus & Activate The Mind: Sym No.8 in D, K 48: Andante - Nicholas Ward
  5. Focus & Activate The Mind: Son No.11 in G, K 379: Andantino Cantabile - Takako Nishizaki
  6. Focus & Activate The Mind: Son in B flat, K 379: Andantino Sostenuto E Cantabile - Takako Nishizaki
  7. Focus & Activate The Mind: Sym No.4 in D, K 19: Andante - Nicholas Ward
  8. Focus & Activate The Mind: Vn Con No.5 in A, K 219: Tempo Di Menuetto - Takako Nishizaki
  9. Focus & Activate The Mind: Son in D, K 448: Allegro Con Spirito - Nadine Palmier

Tracks:

  1. Clarity & Restful Attention: Cassination in B flat, K 99: Andante - Harald Nerat
  2. Clarity & Restful Attention: Sym No.27 in G, K 199/161b: Andante Grazioso - Capella Istropolitana
  3. Clarity & Restful Attention: Ser in D, K 250: Andante - Capella Istropolitana
  4. Clarity & Restful Attention: Qt No.23 in F, K 590: Andante (Allegretto) - Eder Quartet
  5. Clarity & Restful Attention: Ser in D, K 250: Andante - Takako Nishizaki/Capella Istropolitana/Johannes Wildner
  6. Clarity & Restful Attention: Con No.20 in d, K 466: Romance - Jeno Jando/Concentus Hungaricus/Andras Ligeti
  7. Clarity & Restful Attention: Divert in D, K 131: Allgretto - Capella Istropolitana/Harald Nerat
  8. Clarity & Restful Attention: Vn Son No.2 in E flat, K 302: Rondeau: Andante Grazioso - Takako Nishizaki/Jeno Jando

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Mozart effective.......2007-04-07

I love classical music, bought this for my child who has attention difficulties, he enjoys hearing it in the background as he completes his homework assignments.

5 out of 5 stars Mozart is #1!.......2007-02-20

I tried this cd when I studied for math and physics to improve my grades and it sounds kind of crazy but the very first time I listened to this about a week before my trigonometry exam, I made the highest grade on it than ever before. There is something truley amazing with these volumes of the mozart effect, im going to get volumes 1-5 because it really helps me with math. I actually look forward to doing my math homework now..its brilliant! One of my favorite songs out all the albums is on this one..its song #3 on the focus cd,its awesome! Preview it and you will see what I mean.

5 out of 5 stars must have for ADHD.......2006-03-09

I ordered this cd set for both my son and husband who have ADHD. It absolutely has a calming effect on both. My husband has the cd on his IPOD and sleeps through the night. My son listens to the cds while doing homework and to fall asleep.
If you have a child w/ADD/ADHD, this cd set is worth a try.
The Story Of Haydn
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    Tracks:

    1. Symphony No. 104 In D Major 'London': Menuetto - Allegro
    2. Harpsicord Concerto In D Major: Vivace
    3. Symphony No. 100 In G Major 'Miltary': Allegretto
    4. Mass No. 2 In E- Flat Major: Great Organ Mass
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    6. Keyboard Sonata No. 48 In C Major: Allegro con brio
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    8. Violin Concerto No. 1 In C Major: Allegro moderato
    9. Allegro con spirito
    10. Symphony No. 96 In D Major 'Miracle': Allegro
    11. Symphony No. 96 In D Major 'Miracle': Andante
    12. Baryton Divertimento No. 107 In D Major: Minuet and Trio
    13. Music Clock
    14. Trumpet Concerto In E-Flat Major: Adagio
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    16. Symphony No. 82 In C Major 'The Bear': Vivace
    17. Symphony No.11 In G Major 'Miltary': Excerpts
    18. Philemon And Baucis: Tenor Aria 'Nemo'
    19. Symphony No. 104 In D Major 'London': Allegro spiritoso
    20. Horn Concerto No. 2 In D Major: Allegro
    21. Symphony No. 101 In D Major 'Clock': Presto; Menuetto (Allegretto)
    22. Symphony No. 94 In G Major 'Surprise': Andante
    23. Symphony No. 96 In D Major 'Miracle': Vivace assai
    24. Symphony No. 101 In D Major 'Clock': Andante
    25. Symphony No. 104 In D Major 'London': Andante
    26. Mass in D-flat Major: Gloria
    27. String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76 No. 3 Emperor
    28. The Creation: Chrous: 'The Heavens are Telling'
    29. Austrian National Anthem
    30. Cello Concerto In D Major, Hob. VIIb, No. 2: Moderato
    31. Cello Concerto In D Major, Hob. VIIb, No. 2: Adagio
    32. Cello Concerto In D Major, Hob. VIIb, No. 2: Allegro molto
    The Story Of Brahms
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    • great series
    		 The Story Of Brahms

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    ASIN: B000001KDB
    Release Date: 1995-04-16

    Tracks:

    1. Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90: Allegro con brio
    2. Piano Concerto No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 83: Allegro appassionato
    3. Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 83: Rondo
    4. Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 73: Adagio non troppo
    5. Serenade, Op. 106: No. 1
    6. Violin Concerto in D Major. Op. 77: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
    7. Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 73: Allegro con spirito
    8. Capriccio in B Minor, Op. 76: No. 2
    9. Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D-flat Major
    10. Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: Andante sostenuto
    11. Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 15: Maestoso
    12. Lullaby, Op. 49: No. 4
    13. Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor
    14. Variations On A Theme By Paganini, Op. 35: Book II
    15. Rinaldo, Op. 50
    16. Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39: No. 15
    17. Love Song Waltzes, Op. 52: No. 1
    18. Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-sharp Major
    19. Variations on a Theme by Haydn: Op. 56a
    20. Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: Excerpts
    21. Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 73: Allegro non troppo
    22. Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 77: Op. 77
    23. Academic Festival Overture: Op. 80
    24. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major: Allegro non troppo
    25. Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90: Allegro
    26. Clarinet Quintet In B Minor, Op. 115: Allegro
    27. Tragic Overture: Op. 81
    28. Academic Festival Overture: Op. 80
    29. 9 Hungarian Dances: No. 1 in G Minor
    30. 9 Hungarian Dances: No. 2 in F Major
    31. 9 Hungarian Dances: No. 10 in E Major
    32. 9 Hungarian Dances: No. 5 in F-sharp Major
    33. 9 Hungarian Dances: No. 6 in D-flat Major
    34. 9 Hungarian Dances: No. 7 in A Major
    35. 9 Hungarian Dances: No. 17 in F-sharp Minor
    36. 9 Hungarian Dances: No. 19 in B Minor
    37. 9 Hungarian Dances: No. 21 in E Minor

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars great series.......2007-01-10

    This CD along with the others in the series is very good. So far we have collected about ten different ones. They are thorough and interesting. I homeschool and it has been a great additon to our teaching materials and tools. The narrarated history format interspersed with the composer's music is key to keeping the interest of the children. A must-have for introducing classical music with historical background to your kids and at a great price on Amazon!
    Mozart for Your Mind
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • mozart in my mind...
    • Wonderful Selection of not as famous but good works!
    • RESULTS
    • "MY FAVORITE MOZART CD"
    • A decent selection of Mozart's greatest uptempo hits
    		 Mozart for Your Mind

    Manufacturer: Philips
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    ASIN: B0000041CB
    Release Date: 1995-01-17

    Tracks:

    1. Symphony No. 40 in G minor: Molto Allegro
    2. 'The Magic Flute': Overture
    3. Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor: Rondo (Allegro Assai)
    4. String Quartet No. 14 In G: Molto Allegro
    5. Sonata In D For Two Pianos: Allegro Con Spirito
    6. Symhony No. 35 In D: Finale (Presto)
    7. Symphony No. 25 In G Minor: Allegro Con Brio
    8. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C: Allegro Vivace Assai
    9. Serenade No. 10 In B-flat 'Gran Partita': Allegro Molto
    10. Piano Concerto No. 19 In F: Allegro Assai
    11. Symphony No. 41 In C 'Juniper': Molto Allegro

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars mozart in my mind..........2006-08-04

    it's a nice cd (great classical music of course), but you know, your mind can only take it so many times... I think I'm going to move on to MORE mozart for your mind

    5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Selection of not as famous but good works!.......2002-11-13

    The two works on this CD that are most known are The Magic Flute Overture, which is filled with brilliance from measure one to the end, and the opening piece to the movie Amadeus, the G Minor Symphony. These two pieces are superb but just because they are more known, doesn't mean they are better than the rest of the works on this CD.
    The Sonata in D Major for two pianos is incredibly brilliant. The first piano holds the main melody while the second piano mimicks it, and then a huge crescendo and BOOM! It is all over the place! (My father and I are both Pianists, and we both specialize in Mozart piano concertos and sonatas.) This piece is wonderful to listen to, and I plan to learn it. The three piano concertos are also spectacular and the Jupiter Finale is superb. There isn't a piece on this CD I can honestly say is even close to okay, they are all exceptionally good. I suggest buying this CD to add to your mozart collection.

    5 out of 5 stars RESULTS.......2000-07-29

    BEFORE I LISTENED TO THIS CD, I KNEW NO MORE OF MOZART THAN DIM MEMORIES OF 'AMADEUS'.

    AFTER LISTENING TO THIS CD BUT A FEW TIMES I BECAME OVERWHELMED BY THE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS COMPOSER.

    FOUR MONTHS LATER, I COMPLETED AN OPERA COVERING ALL THE WONDERFUL EVENTS OF THE EUROPEAN TOURS OF LEOPOLD AND WOLFGANG...WITH WOLFGANG'S ORIGINAL MUSIC.

    I DO NOT BELIEVE I COULD HAVE DONE THIS BUT FOR THE INCREASE IN MY IQ FROM LISTENING TO THIS CD.

    5 out of 5 stars "MY FAVORITE MOZART CD".......2000-05-23

    For some reason I got confused with "Mozart Makes You Smarter" and "Mozart for Your Mind". I actually condemned customers for giving "Mozart Makes You Smarter" a crummy score when I reviewed it, while the whole time I was thinking of the CD that I truely bought, "Mozart For Your Mind". "Mozart For Your Mind" has an excellent selection of works by this eighteenth-century genius, and I was never bored. On the other hand, I think I would of been greatly dissapointed if I had listened to the CD I was wrongfully praising. Almost all of the tracks on there are slow and tranquil. One review mentioned that the "Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos", which supposedly helped a couple people to do well on a test, wasn't on "Mozart Makes You Smarter". But it is included on "Mozart For your Mind", so I strongly recommend it. Not only for the sonata for two pianos, but the other concertos, symphonies, and chamber music as well. It is truely my favorite.

    4 out of 5 stars A decent selection of Mozart's greatest uptempo hits.......2000-05-10

    "You'll come for the Magic Flute Overture -- you'll stay for some of the other pieces." This CD, despite its "all-star" selection of repertoire, is not the favorite among my growing Mozart collection. Nevertheless, it still holds a reasonably high position among my CD playlist. High enough that I can put it on as background music when I'm working, but I cannot stand to listen to the whole thing when my mind wants to concentrate more on the music.

    Blasphemy, you say? Well, I enjoyed all the tracks equally at first, but as I collected more Mozart CDs and became more acquainted with his style, some of the tracks on this album grew weary from repeated playing. The movements from the Two-Piano Sonata, the Haffner Symphony, the Wind Serenade, and the "other" G minor Symphony (track 7) were the first to start grating on my ears. These are perhaps the "bottom of the barrel" on the CD -- melodic tracks that serve as a good introduction to Mozart's style, but are certainly not his greatest works. However, most of the other tracks are solid material that you can listen to again and again. The Magic Flute Overture (which I mentioned earlier) is the star selection of this album; it's a true masterpiece which benefits from a spirited performance. The selections from the Piano Concertos are also my personal favorites, and no-one can resist the triumphant Finale from the Jupiter Symphony.

    But is it really "for your mind"? Well, if you think that you can gain several IQ points (or a few more A's on your report card) by simply listening to this CD, think again. Mozart won't make you smarter. Hard work and study will. Think of this CD as a "study aid" -- you can put it on while you're working, and the pleasant effect of the music will improve the efficiency of your thought processes. And of course, you'll become more musically knowledgable at the same time!

    Highly recommended for beginning Mozart enthusiasts, and fans of classical music in general.
    The London Concert: Haydn/Hummel/Mozart/Fasch
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Best Classical Trumpet Ever Recorded
    • The London Concert:SACD Wynton Marsalis
    		 The London Concert: Haydn/Hummel/Mozart/Fasch

    Manufacturer: Sony
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    ASIN: B00004SH1V
    Release Date: 2000-03-28

    Tracks:

    1. Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E-Flat Major, Hob. Viie:1/I. ...
    2. Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E-Flat Major, Hob. Viie:1/II. ...
    3. Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E-Flat Major, Hob. Viie:1/III. ...
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    5. Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in D Major/II. Allegro Moderato
    6. Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes, Strings & Continuo in D Major/I. ...
    7. Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes, Strings & Continuo in D Major/II. Largo
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    9. Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E Major/I. Allegro Con Spirito
    10. Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E Major/II. Andante
    11. Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E Major/III. Rondo. Allegro Molto

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The Best Classical Trumpet Ever Recorded.......2004-12-31

    This is the finest classical trumpet recording I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. If one researches Wynton Marsalis albums, one will find that he has recorded the pieces appearing on this CD quite a few times. However, I find this performance to be his best, and the recording quality to be as well. This CD is superb for aspiring trumpeters, like myself, other musicians, or just an individual who appreciates fantastic music. You will not be disappointed with this CD.

    5 out of 5 stars The London Concert:SACD Wynton Marsalis.......2002-05-28

    Marsalis plays the best trumpet I have ever heard. The recording is the finest example of what SACD can do. I found myself marveling at the sound and the playing of Marsalis. Have been listening to classical music for 50 years and this was the best recording of (1)the orchestra, (2)the concert hall and (3)the trumpet. I cannot recall ever being as impressed, except by the live music in Boston's Symphony Hall or Jordan Hall. I have this recording done originally in the 90's and love it, but this re-recording onto SACD is astounding.
    Ligeti: Mechanical Music
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Report from the far reaches of the musical envelope.
    • Not great music, but fun
    • share Ligeti's fascination with mechanical things.
    • Better than it had any right to be
    • listen to with open ears
    		 Ligeti: Mechanical Music
    Gyorgy Ligeti , Pierre Charial , Jürgen Hocker , and Françoise Terrioux
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    ASIN: B0000029P2
    Release Date: 1997-05-20

    Tracks:

    1. Adaptations For Barrel Organ: Continuum
    2. Adaptations For Barrel Organ: Hungarian Rock
    3. Adaptations For Barrel Organ: Capriccio No. 1
    4. Adaptations For Barrel Organ: Invention
    5. Adaptations For Barrel Organ: Copriccio No. 2
    6. Poeme Symphonique for 100 Metronomes
    7. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: I. Sostenuuto - Misurato - Prestissimo
    8. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
    9. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: III. Allegro con spirito
    10. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: IV. Temp de Valse (poco vivace - (a l'orgue de barbarie))
    11. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: V. Rubato. Lementoso
    12. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
    13. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: VII. Cantabile, molto legato
    14. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: VIII. Vivace. Energico
    15. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: IX. (Bela Bartok in memoriam) Adagio. Mesto - Allegro maestoso
    16. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: X. Vivace. Capriccioso
    17. Adaptation For Barrel Organ: IX. (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) Andante misurato e tranquillo
    18. Adaptations For Player Piano: X. Der Zauberlehrling
    19. Adaptations For Player Piano: IX. Vertige
    20. Adaptations For Player Piano: XI. En suspens
    21. Adaptations For Player Piano: XIII, L'escalier du diable
    22. Adaptations For Player Piano: XIVa. Coloana fara sfarsit
    23. Adaptations For Player Piano: VII. Galamb borong - Adapted For 2 Player Pianos
    24. Adaptations For Player Piano: Continuum - Adapted For 2 Player pianos

    Amazon.com essential recording

    Although Gyorgy Ligeti is best known for his eerie, tonally ambiguous choral and orchestral writing (immortalized in 2001: A Space Odyssey), this collection of works for musical automata--player piano, barrel organ, and metronomes--includes some of his most astonishing music. The player piano pieces are an exhilarating, intensely physical roller-coaster ride through superhuman tempi and dynamic extremes--an intriguing marriage of artifice and human invention. While clearly indebted to the influence of Nancarrow, Ligeti's player piano works are more approachable than Nancarrow's rigorous etudes, revealing the sense of humor that distinguishes Ligeti from his more ponderous contemporaries. Likewise, the controversial prank piece Metronomes foreshadows the phasing experiments of Reich with its intricate cross-rhythms created by metronomes marking time simultaneously at different speeds. Perhaps most fascinating of all are Ligeti's compositions for computer-modified barrel organ--a hand-cranked, calliope-like instrument popular with itinerant musicians in the 1700s. --Dennis Rea

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Report from the far reaches of the musical envelope........2006-08-29

    This recording of Gyorgy Ligeti's 'Mechanical Music' gets five stars from me only because I happen to like this sort of thing, and 'good' music of this type which pushes the envelope in one direction or another is hard to come by. My immediate reaction to it is the amount of similarity I hear in some of the works to those of Frank Zappa's more serious instrumentals, especially to his 'signature' tune, 'Peaches En Regalia'. If I didn't know Sir Frank was heavily influenced by Edgar Varese, I would have started looking for Hungarian skeletens in the Zappa closet.

    I will say that if you are not a nut on having the 'complete' set of things, this CD is less interesting than Ligeti's vocal works, but just a bit more interesting than his conventional instrumental works.

    4 out of 5 stars Not great music, but fun.......2006-02-16

    Of Marcel Duchamp's powerful "Nude Descending a Staircase," an unfriendly (but perceptive) critic said a better title would have been "Explosion in a Shingle Factory." I'd suggest that Ligeti's Poeme Symphonique for 200 Metronomes might more descriptively be titled "Tone Poem: Waiting Out a Twenty-Minute Hailstorm in a Tin Shack."

    That said, the album is fun. Some of the barrel organ works have a whimsicality that's appropriate for this instrument (which sometimes produces a sound that I can only describe as watery). It's interesting to hear Ligeti's already-strange Musica Ricercata pieces scored for barrel organ. No one of these pieces, however, carries a lot of emotional power.

    5 out of 5 stars share Ligeti's fascination with mechanical things........2004-01-30

    First off, I should inform you that Sony's Ligeti Edition series is being deleted so if you're interested in this stuff, you should pick up the ones you want as soon as you can. Ligeti Edition 5 is a good one. No, it's AWESOME. If you have any interest in "mechanical music," this should be essential.

    Poeme Symphonique for 100 Metronomes was the main thing I wanted to hear on this collection. The piece starts with 100 metronomes ticking in a dense, ordered mass of monotone ticks. As the piece progresses, as some of the metronomes finish winding down, distinct rhythmic arrangements begin to emerge, swaying and wavy and disorienting. (You can also play a good trick on someone: play this piece in their car and they'll think the vehicle is about to explode or something.) Finally, one metronome is left ticking alone, then silence. The concept seemed utterly fascinating so I knew it was something I had to check out. Fortunately, it is more than just an idea that sounds good on paper - it is a very enthralling piece of music. In the liner notes, Ligeti discusses the thermodynamic category of maximal entropy, which factored into his considerations in composing this piece. That's interesting, because in his work on "dissipative structures," Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine theorized that a given system might reach a "bifurcation point," at which its simpler processes can no longer provide for order. At this point, Prigogine tells us, the system can either go into a total, entropic collapse, or evolve into a higher form of order. The second law of thermodynamics (on which our understanding of entropy is based) may not be as relevant as Prigogine's insights. Rather than coming to maximal entropy upon the finale of the single metronome, we can think of it as a new beginning. It's kind of inspirational in its own weird little way. To get the most out of it, play it on your finest stereo equipment at massive volumes and drown in the sound (gotta emulate the live performance anyway you can).

    Another highlight of this collection as Ligeti's piano Etudes adapted for player piano. In standard form, the Etudes demand reams of virtuosity. Here, they are rearranged for player piano where there are no limits imposed by the performer - even the godlike Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Fredrik Ullen are still MEN, and thus have man's limitations. Needless to say, these adaptations are stunning and astonishingly fast, from the head-spinning runs of L'escalier du diable to the astonishing gamelan texture of Galamb borong (for two player pianos). Also of interest is Continuum, adapted for two player pianos. It takes the blurry prestissimo to unreal speeds (it cannot actually be played fast enough on standard piano - the original was written for harpsichord).

    The barrel organ pieces are very amusing adaptations of early Ligeti with shadows of Bartok, and they are full of the original pieces' rhythmic ingenuity and vigor, but with flawless mechanical precision and tone control. I think a big reason for my enjoying them is their quirky sound. As for Musica ricercata, personally I'd rather listen to Aimard's piano version (on Ligeti Edition 3), but the barrel organ adaptation is a pretty interesting spin on the piece, with an arrangement that gives it a very different flavor. The barrel organ also makes them sound kinda proggy, hehe.

    Get it. Remember, this stuff's going out of print, and Ligeti is so good you don't want to miss your opportunity to have his music!

    3 out of 5 stars Better than it had any right to be.......2003-11-26

    I stalled for a long time on buying this disc because the general premise didn't seem attractive. 40 minutes of arrangements for barrel organ (mainly of early Ligeti), 15 of arrangements for player piano and a 20-minute piece for 100 metronomes just didn't seem much like fun. In part I was right, but there are also some surprising successes in store for the listener.

    Continuum and Hungarian Rock are both harpsichord pieces: one a frenetic pattern-illusion toccata, the other a piece of faux-naif postmodern pastiche. Both come off very well in barrel organ transcription--it's so much easier to hear details that tend to get lost in live performance. Three early piano pieces follow in barrel organ transcriptions: the Capriccio #1 and Invention are not greatly interesting, but Pierre Charial's barrel organ version of the second Capriccio finds depths--and premonitions of later Ligeti--in it that have so far been missed by live interpreters.

    The Poeme Symphonique might well be Ligeti's most controversial piece, and it's a comparatively rare venture into Dadaism. Essentially, all the performance involves is queuing up 100 metronomes at different speeds and waiting for them to run down. It's actually more musically interesting than one would expect--patterns emerge from a blur before the rhythms become more and more regular at the end--but it's unlikely to be a piece the listener is likely to return to. (In truth, it works much better live, treated as an installation.)

    The barrel organ transcription of Musica ricercata for piano doesn't add very much to the original. One or two pieces--particularly the seventh--do benefit from having new light drawn on them, but in general I'd rather hear a pianist play it (particularly Aimard in his excellent performances on volume 3 of this edition).

    The disc ends with player piano transcriptions. Der Zauberlehring, Vertige, En suspens and L'escalier du diable all appear much faster here than on recordings with human pianists. L'escalier, in particular, gives a tremendous sheer visceral thrill, though I miss the expressiveness of a live pianist. Coloana fara sfarasit is actually intended for a player piano, as Ligeti found it was too hard for a real pianist to play. It's a splendidly exhilarating ride, and I hope one day a super-virtuoso will be found who can play it on the piano. The two transcriptions for two antiphonally divided player pianos are not so interesting: Galamb borong gains little from the arrangement, while the version of Continuum that closes the disc isn't nearly as fun as the one that opens it.

    I enjoyed this disc, though it's not one I return to very often. If you like the concept, I would recommend this recording--though buy it sooner rather than later as Sony's website no longer lists this disc as in print.

    5 out of 5 stars listen to with open ears.......2003-06-04

    This cd is very interesting to listen to. Wow the barrel organ is a little different but it adds another view to Ligeti's music. Now for Poeme Symphonique for 100 metronomes, i didn't know how i would go with this piece. First time was like wow different but the second time started to hear something very personal.Music is what you make it
    20th Century Masters: The Best of the Three Tenors (Millenium Collection)
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      Manufacturer: Decca
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      Release Date: 2005-02-15

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      Carl Stamitz: Cello Concertos Nos. 1-3
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Wonderful music
      • Click on No. 2, Romanze, and you'll understand my five stars
      		 Carl Stamitz: Cello Concertos Nos. 1-3

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      ASIN: B0000013ZJ
      Release Date: 1994-06-28

      Tracks:

      1. Concerto No. 1 in G Major: Allegro con spirito
      2. Concerto No. 1 in G Major: Romance: Andantino
      3. Concerto No. 1 in G Major: Rondo: Allegro
      4. Concerto No. 2 in A Major: Allegro con spirito
      5. Concerto No. 2 in A Major: Romance: Andantino
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      8. Concerto No. 3 in C Major: Andante poco moderato
      9. Concerto No. 3 in C Major: Rondo: Allegro

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Wonderful music.......2006-10-24

      I recently heard some music by Carl Stamitz on Radio Swiss Classic. That prompted me to listen to more of it, and that led me to this magnificent CD of the Cello Concertos, performed by the Prague Chamber Orchestra.

      The music is sublime. Christian Benda is superb on the cello. The orchestra plays confidently and knowingly. The digital sound is clear and crisp. All in all, this is an excellent CD. By all means, take advantage of the very reasonable price to add this to your classical music collection.

      5 out of 5 stars Click on No. 2, Romanze, and you'll understand my five stars.......2002-12-16

      Carl Stamitz, composer and member of the famous Mannheim orchestra , was one of the great melodists of the Classical period. Though rarely heard, and not of the stature of Haydn and Mozart, his inspired moments are unsurpassed. You get a taste of his gift in the Romanze of Concerto No. 2, in the sampling thoughtfully provided. An even more ravishing melody occurs in the slow movement of Clarinet Concerto No 2, I believe. It hangs on for days in my head whenever I hear it.

      In my judgment it is critical that performers feel this music and bring it to music-loving audiences without mannered play (e.g. period performance) that interposes intellectual barriers to enjoyment of it as timeless beauty. In this respect, Christian Benda does a tasteful and sensitive job, neither adopting "authentic performance" tendencies like cutting short languorous phrases, nor going into excess sentimentality. He comes by his right to play this music naturally, being of Bohemian origin like the Stamitz family.

      For music lovers who are not yet familiar with Carl Stamitz, I encourage you to check out his viola concerto. It stands with the Telemann viola concerto, the Mozart double concerto, and Berloz's Harold in Italy as among the most memorable works for an instrument that serves as a loyal team member but rarely gets its moment in the sun.
      Johann Baptist Vanhal: Symphonies Vol. 1
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Inventive, well-crafted 18th Century Symphonies
      		 Johann Baptist Vanhal: Symphonies Vol. 1

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      5. Cannabich: Symphony nos 47-52 (1772) / Grodd, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

      ASIN: B00001NTNH
      Release Date: 1999-09-28

      Tracks:

      1. Sinfonia In A Major (Bryan A9): Allegro moderato
      2. Sinfonia In A Major (Bryan A9): Andante molto
      3. Sinfonia In A Major (Bryan A9): Tempo di primo
      4. Sinfonia In C major (Byran C3): Allegro con spirito
      5. Sinfonia In C major (Byran C3): Andante
      6. Sinfonia In C major (Byran C3): Presto
      7. Sinfonia In D major (Bryan D17): Andante molto - Allegro moderato
      8. Sinfonia In D major (Bryan D17): Adagio molto
      9. Sinfonia In D major (Bryan D17): Finale: Allegro
      10. Sinfonia In C Comista (Bryan C11): Allegro con brio
      11. Sinfonia In C Comista (Bryan C11): Andante cantabile
      12. Sinfonia In C Comista (Bryan C11): Finale: Adagio piante - Allegro

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Inventive, well-crafted 18th Century Symphonies.......2000-09-09

      Many years ago, I bought an LP entitled, "The Legacy of the Mannheim School," with Karl Ristenpart and the Chamber Orchestra of the Sarre (Saar), Turnabout H-71014. One of the three symphonies was a nice little one in A Major by one J. B. Wanhal, of whom I knew nothing. As old Edward Tatnall Canby said on the notes on the record jacket, "This man, one says immediately, is a real composer." So, from time to time, I have wondered if there were more recordings of his works.

      Well, Vanhal, Symphonies, Vol. 1, is certainly worth waiting for. These little symphonies are wonderful and inventive. As Paul Bryan, the scholar who has assigned catalogue numbers to his works, the best of them compare with some of the Haydn symphonies, notably Sinfonia in D Major, Bryan D17.

      The first movment of D17 starts out with a beautiful, somewhat haunting Andante molto, which moves into an Allegro moderato after about 2.5 minutes. The second movement, Adagio molto, consists of an obstinately memorable melody for oboe solo, accompanied by plucked lower strings. The anonymous oboeist plays it beautifully with no affectation. This movement is certainly the star of a very nice disc. The Allegro finale is lively and inventive.

      Like his younger and shorter lived contemporary, J. M. Kraus, whose symphonies are also recorded on Naxos, Vanhal was an excellent craftsman and very inventive. It is no wonder his works were popular.

      I have never felt that one should listen only to the very greatest composers, such as Haydn and Mozart. One cannot listen to profundity all the time. Vanhal and Kraus have much to offer, and composed many fine worke which Haydn and Mozart never got around to writing. These works cover some span of Vanhal's career, but all are very much worth hearing.

      The slow second movement of Symphony in C Comista, Bryan C11, Andante cantabile, is pensive, sad and very beautifully written an played. As I was writing I was playing it, and felt I had to remark on it.

      The playing of the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia under Uwe Grodd is exemplary, reflecting the different moods of the music. The recording is exceedingly beautiful, with extended and very smooth highs. Let no one tell you digital can't do the highs well! This is one of the finest Naxos recordings, and in recent years they have generally kept to a very high standard.

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