Marocona [Import]

Product Description
Haunting Themes from a Forgotten World.

Marocona,Celtic Mysteries,Castle/Pulse,World Music

Average customer rating: Excellently performed, Not much Variety A Classy CD Great Music BUT - Stupid Sony CD Very good but not what I heard live in Cerritos Fantastic Marriage of Two Worlds

Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Ma, Yo-Yo | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Obrigado Brazil Tango: Zero Hour Astor Piazzolla - The Soul Of Tango: Greatest Hits Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet Classic Yo-Yo ASIN: B0000029XQ Release Date: 1997-10-02

Tracks:

1. Libertango
2. Tango Suite: Andante
3. Tango Suite: Allegro
4. Tango Suite: Sur: Regreso Al Amor
5. Tango Suite: Le Grand Tango
6. Tango Suite: Fugata
7. Tango Remembrances
8. Mumuki
9. Tres Minutos Con La Realidad
10. Milonga Del Angel
11. Cafe 1930

Amazon.com essential recording

Yo-Yo Ma might seem like an unlikely protagonist for the tango, but this intrepid musical explorer has taken his task seriously, collaborating with experienced tango musicians. Ma even participates in a posthumous collaboration with one 1987 Piazzolla recording. Furthermore, while he's obviously the headliner here, he doesn't dominate the arrangements nearly as much as he does the billing and photography of the disc. While the result isn't your essential Piazzolla album (that would have to include more of the composer's own playing), it's an atmospheric and convincing collection, perhaps a good introduction for those who don't know the music. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Excellently performed, Not much Variety.......2007-01-12

Yo-Yo Ma leads an all-star cast in his "Sould of the Tango" project. He offers fresh new arrangements of Piazzolla's masterpieces including "Libertango," "Tango Suite," "Fugatta," and more. The arrangements are expertly performed and the playing is exciting and energetic. There is a lush palatte of sound colors coming from guitars, cellos, pianos and the bandoneon. The music is beautiful and flashy. Pieces are reorchestrated such as the "Tango Suite" pieces which are originally guitar duos now with a cello in the mix and the last track on the album, "Cafe 1930" was originally flute and guitar but Ma performs it on cello and bandoneon. The result is freshly interpreted Piazzolla masterpieces that feature new sound color and new perspective. The music is really quite enchanting.

The only problem with this particular recording is that I think Piazzolla is better heard in moderation. Piazzolla wrote in such a constrianed genre, (classical tango), and thus a whole hour of Piazzolla is a little much to take. This great album doesn't make for much of a great straight through listen, but is much better as a plesant surprise when the computer library or iPod is on shuffle.

A Classy CD.......2004-06-23

Great intro to tango, great to relax and read to.

Great Music BUT - Stupid Sony CD.......2003-07-16

I love this music - plays great on my CD player, but when I tried to play it on my computer at work, I wouldn't work. Sony wanted me to install something that didn't work on my machine (my computer is farely new), so I ended up having a friend copy the music over to a new CD without all that SONY stuff they use to stop pirating probably. Now I can listen at work and it is wonderful. BUT BEWARE ON BUYING CDs like this!

Very good but not what I heard live in Cerritos.......2003-03-05

When I first heard Yo-Yo Ma live in Cerritos several years ago, his closing piece was from the yet released Soul of the Tango.
With that music, the subdued audience was enlightened. With only a Cello and a Piano, the music that was created was unbelievable. It was several months before the CD came out and I was a little disappointed that the energy that was present in the live concert did not translate to the CD. I hope that a Live recording or DVD will eventually be released which does capture the real Soul of the Tango.

Fantastic Marriage of Two Worlds.......2003-03-05

I have always thought that Tango deserved a more elevated standing with both professional and amateur music lovers and what better way to attain that wish than having Yo Yo Ma join in for a session.(Is that a question or statement?) This is a remarkable CD that ranges a wide spectrum of Tango music, most of it exciting, sensual and daring.

Piazzolla, a transcendent artist, was determined to broaden Tango's appeal and he did so admirably. Lovers of jazz and classical now appreciate this fusion and nowhere is it expressed better than this offering. Ma admits he was delighted with the chance to work with the other artists and though he is the star it is never totally given over to the cello. As much as I like the cello, it cannot hold a candle to the bandoneon, perhaps the closest thing to a human voice outside of humanity.

Some of these works are magnificent interpretations and in the case of Tango, what is important is staying true to the spirit and not the letter of the note. I love the subtle, whining melodies, the rising and falling of the "voice"...the continual yearning.

An added bonus is that this CD contains an introduction for the PC. One can watch an interview with the performer, view photos or watch a video that intersperces the playing of Yo Yo Ma with cutouts from the movie. But this is something I discovered two full years after listenting to the CD. Get this recording and enjoy.

Average customer rating: re: Celestial Melodies Great Work Album The Interpretation of Dreams Energy transfer Very Soothing Urban Longing

Distance Marconi Union Manufacturer: All Saints ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Compounds + Elements: An Introduction to All Saints Records Desert Ocean Raising Your Voice Trying to Stop an Echo Secret Observatory The Campfire Headphase ASIN: B000AY2JPU Release Date: 2006-03-14

Tracks:

1. Sleepless
2. These European Cities
3. Through Glass
4. Buildings and People
5. Suburb 27
6. Inter
7. A Temporary Life

Amazon.com

What goes around comes around ambient. That's the message from a third generation of electronica artists who were just leaving the womb when Brian Eno's early works were being diffused in the 1970s. They were barely teens when the Orb rolled forth in the '90s. But new artists like Boards of Canada, the Album Leaf, and Explosions in the Sky are taking those early ambient primers and adding geometries of glitch and dream guitar to the mix, creating a melodic brand of ethereal music with an edge. Marconi Union, a Manchester duo, follow suit on a CD that travels in cinematic melancholy and textural malaise. Their songs build slowly, emerging out of a flattened landscape of static and stillness to attain a quietly triumphal beauty. Percussion is almost subliminal in journeys that pulse more than groove. It sometimes gets ominous, with an ostinato bass growl prowling through a Blade Runner landscape on "Inter." But usually they generate a quiet awe, like the slow build of "Sleepless." Expect to hear tracks from Distance in soundtracks and commercials near you soon. --John Diliberto

Album Description

Marconi Union is a reclusive electronic duo from Manchester, England. Their sound has been described as "a post rock cinematic orchestra." Distance, their first U.S. release, is unique, individual and timeless, fusing acoustic sounds, strings and pianos with electronica, post-rock guitars and even occasional nods towards jazz and dub. Described by the band as "a soundtrack to a film that has not yet been made," listening to Distance evokes the feeling of being driven silently around an unknown city at night, observing the activity and life of the urban sprawl in safety and isolation.

Customer Reviews:

re: Celestial Melodies Great Work Album.......2007-06-22

This album resonates with beauty... the music provides you with a very thought provoking journey. If you want to transcend your current time and place, just put this album on and you will be transported by the delicate yet etheral melodies.. it is an album with tremendous beauty. I cannot recommend a album more, it relaxes me and gives me insight into what I am doing. Absolutely fantastic album to listen to while at work...

The Interpretation of Dreams.......2007-04-30

At the end of the previous century, Brian Eno's genius, expressed through his various ambient works, set an insurmountable barrier for those that they chose to follow his pattern. To put it bluntly, he set a standard that nobody managed even to come near to. (Maybe his brother came close, but he was still lacking Brian's imagination and mood to discover).

All these until Marconi Union and their Distance work. Dreamy atmosphere, almost psychoanalytic, moving in all senses. A perfect link to Eno's Music For Films sequel. A perfect step towards ambient fulfillment.

It is really hopeful that such groups exist and needless to say, we are truly looking forward to their next work.

Energy transfer.......2007-02-13

There is an exhange of energy that takes place for me when I listen to Distance. Not only do I experience de-stressing and decompression, there also comes a palpable energy transfer while listening to these selections.

The first step in the transfer is the way Distance draws the toxicity of my day out of me, leaving me pleasantly drained. The second step of the process, then, is how the movement within each track subtly softens and salves the chisel-bitten edges of my consciousness. In the third step, as fresh fluid trickles in, I am refilled and renewed.

After a day of dying little, moment-by-moment deaths, Distance breathes life back into me, slowly, slowly, and almost imperceptibly.

If you have ragged edges, if you have wounds, this can be a balm for you.

Very Soothing.......2007-01-24

Nice Album! Very peaceful textures that are perfect for relaxing/Yoga/Meditation etc. I would not consider this New Age, it's more modern Ambient with some modern electronics. There are quite a bit of interesting sounds here even guitars. The product description here says: "a Manchester duo, follow suit on a CD that travels in cinematic melancholy and textural malaise. Their songs build slowly, emerging out of a flattened landscape of static and stillness to attain a quietly triumphal beauty. Percussion is almost subliminal in journeys that pulse more than groove" I think that is a very good way of describing this album. Good Stuff.

Urban Longing.......2007-01-24

Marconi Union's Distance album is a warm embrace of ambient textures with drifting melodies and haunting memories filled with dreamy longings. If you can't sleep, put this in your CD player/stereo and climb into a warm bath. The music is well suited to relaxation, reading late at night or simply dissolving into a memorable mood.

"Through Glass" is more sensuous, while "Buildings and People" has a more luminous trajectory with the feeling that a city has been left completely empty, it is almost haunting in beauty. "A Temporary Life" has shy jazz flourishes, but overall seems to be melting into the night.

The urban moods build on each other until you feel completely relaxed. This album has hints of places you like to be and it seems to call you to distant locations where you'd like to spend more time dreaming.

~The Rebecca Review

Average customer rating: Chamber and Gamelan works

Chamber and Gamelan Works Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Harrison | Harrison, Lou | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Percussion | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Viola | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Harrison: Piano Concerto/Suite For Violin, Piano And Small Orchestra Music of Lou Harrison La Koro Sutro Xenakis: Music for Strings Harrison: Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Javanese Gamelan ASIN: B000F7MFY2 Release Date: 2006-05-01

Tracks:

1. Concerto in Slendro: I. Allegro (3:06)
2. Concerto in Slendro: II. Molto adagio (4:19)
3. Concerto in Slendro: III. Allegro; Molto vigoroso (2:13)
4. Main Bersama-Sama (7:21)
5. Threnody for Carlos Chavez (7:06)
6. Serenade for Betty Freeman and Franco Assetto (5:48)
7. String Quartet Set: I. Variations (5:17)
8. String Quartet Set: II. Plaint (4:12)
9. String Quartet Set: III. Estampie (3:57)
10. String Quartet Set: IV. Rondeaux (8:17)
11. String Quartet Set: V. Usul (4:34)
12. Suite for Percussion: I. Moderato (3:34)
13. Suite for Percussion: II. Slow (3:04)
14. Suite for Percussion: III. Recitative; Moderato allegro (2:43)

Product Description

Lou Harrison (1917–2003) believed fervently in music’s power to create cultural bridges. To this end he applied his prodigious skills and creative energies to creating syncretic works that link diverse musical languages. Faulted at times for his eclecticism, Harrison responded with a vibrant defense of hybridity, cultivating a musical multiculturalism long before that term—or even the concept—held the currency it now enjoys. Harrison’s major contributions to twentieth-century American music lie in three main areas: (1) the development of the percussion ensemble as a viable performance medium; (2) the linkage of Asian and Western musical styles; and (3) the exploration of just intonation tuning systems. All three are represented in the works on this disc. The influences manifest in the works on this disc remained with Harrison for the rest of his career. He ultimately composed over three dozen gamelan pieces and the estampie became one of his favorite forms (he used it in a dozen works, ranging from solo keyboard to full orchestra). Nor did his advocacy of just intonation systems diminish: he called for pure intervals in works in all genres. But the most distinctive characteristic of Harrison’s music lies in its inherent plurality. He was drawn to community, both in performance groups such as the gamelan and the percussion ensemble, and in the compositions themselves, which unite elements from various times and places. Harrison’s originality lay in the way he creatively combined these elements to produce novel syntheses. His fervent advocacy of hybridity led to a type of transethnic music that truly foreshadowed the post-modern celebration of diversity. The reissue of this seminal release from the CRI catalog features extensive new liner notes by Harrison biographer Leta Miller.

Customer Reviews:

Chamber and Gamelan works.......2007-07-09

The harrison works on this disc are absoultely fabulous. Particularly haunting was a 'concerto' for horn and gamelan ensemble. Couldn't get the tune out of my head!

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La Puta y La Ballena Manufacturer: Mellowdrama Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000E1MY54 Release Date: 2006-02-14

Tracks:

1. Prelude
2. Main Title Theme
3. The Journey
4. Tale Of The Whale
5. Vera And The Light Bulb
6. Paja Brava/Lola: The Baptism
7. Buoy/A Call At The Beach
8. Gagged/The Sale
9. Lola And The Whale/Emilio: Leaving
10. Release And Farewell
11. Vera And Ernesto/The Final Encounter
12. An Argument
13. La Lamparita: End Credits
14. Danzarin
15. Flores Negras
16. Bailarin Compadrito
17. La Lamparita, 1934
18. Matilde La Iniciacion
19. La Lamparita, 2003

Average customer rating: the boy is real Jimi is smiling. Blues/Rock Star on the Rise

Tony Sarno Tony Sarno Manufacturer: Marconi Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: It's a Blues Thing 10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)/ (CD/DVD) ASIN: B00000G2EU Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

1. Everytime The Whistle Whines
2. Two-Tone Cadillac
3. Voodoo Chile
4. Livin' For The Rider
5. Piece Of My Heart
6. The Hard Way
7. Get Out The Back Door
8. Don't Let Me Down
9. America The Beautiful

Customer Reviews:

the boy is real.......2006-03-09

I used to play with Tony in the 80's in New York. He was good then and he's better now. Thrust me, tis guy is the real deal. He plays what he feels and you can tell. Give the CD a chance and you surely will become a fan.

Jimi is smiling........2004-07-22

I thought no one would dare to then there is Tony Sarno. Jimi and the gods are smiling. A scorching cover of Voodoo Chile. The rest of the album is just as good.

Blues/Rock Star on the Rise.......1999-06-25

If you grew up in the 60's (or are a fan of electric blues/rock at any age), you'll probably enjoy this recording. A well balanced mix of originals and covers, highlighted by his cover of the Janis Joplin classic "Piece of My Heart". A world class guitar player and passionate singer, Sarno dishes up a heaping helping of blues/rock that any fan of this type of music should enjoy. Included is a version of "America the Beautiful", dedicated to the memory of his late uncle who perished during WWII. While the song may seem out of place materially on this disc, it is a window into the character of this performer. With another CD due out late this year, Tony Sarno appears to me as a rising star in the field of blues/rock. Good people recording on indy labels need and deserve the support of the listeners, so if you are a fan of this style of music, I encourage you to purchase this CD.

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Miss Baker Premiata Forneria Marconi Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: PFM? PFM ASIN: B000F6YSX4 Release Date: 2006-06-05

Tracks:

1. Prima Che Venga la Sera
2. Amore Vero
3. Finta Lettera d'Addio Di Una Rockstar Per Farsi Propaganda
4. Josephin Baker
5. Tempo Tempo
6. Chanson d'Un Aviateur
7. Colazione a Disneyland

Album Description

Japanese pressing packaged in a miniature LP sleeve of this album by Italy's most famous Progressive Rock band. Uno. 2006.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

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Cafe' Do Brasil, Vol. 1: Latin Percussion and Carnaval Sound with Attention to the Batu Francesco d'Angelo Manufacturer: Caffe'Marconi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA8NB6 Release Date: 2005-09-06

Tracks:

1. Abertura Do Carnaval
2. Africanrain
3. Afroadagio
4. Conga Fantasia
5. Dobrazil-Light
6. Dance with Indios
7. Na Rua
8. Samba de Oro
9. Sinfonia
10. Sinfonic
11. Sinfony
12. Mestre Do Carnaval
13. Mestrecescodj

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Bien de Arriba Nestor Marconi Trio Manufacturer: Warner ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Argentina | South & Central America | Compilations | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000BBOTEQ Release Date: 2007-03-02

Tracks:

1. Ultima Cita
2. Bien de Arriba
3. Mi Noche Triste
4. Motivo de Enero
5. Amurado
6. Alfredeando
7. Gallo Ciego
8. Milondombe (Milonga Candombe)
9. Mareados
10. Corrientes Arriba
11. Loca Bohemia

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Marconi Point Marconi Point Manufacturer: Iris Light ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005YNL2 Release Date: 1999-11-23

Tracks:

1. Penumbro [Duet for Horn and Theramin]
2. Zoviet* France: (Temple Attic)
3. Ashfelt (Mekanik)
4. Rapoon (Lest We Forget)
5. Zuvuya (The Hang of This)
6. Lucha (Ribnail)
7. Muslimgauze [Trailmix]
8. Marineville (Modus Operandi)
9. Filter Kweens (Ground Perrot)
10. (A Dizzy Reasoning)

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One Century & a Bonus-a History of Tango ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Tango | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000PMFVRK Release Date: 2007-05-08

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4. Melodien [Import]
5. Niama Ya Zambia [Import]
6. Oasi [Import]
7. Ogetti Smarritti
8. Parabola [Import]
9. Paris-France [Import]
10. Parsifal [Import]

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