Songs from Africa

1. Parararue, Pararara (North Africa)

2. Tribal [North Africa]

3. Djembe (Senegal)

4. Uandesana (Senegal)

5. Africa Drums and Percussins (Central Africa)

6. Mother Earth [Tribal Dance]

7. Udun [North Africa]

8. Apple (Ivory Coast)

9. Luga (Senegal)

10. Cracata (Senegal)

Tracks:

Theme From Mission Impossible - Schifrin
Theme From Gladiator - Zimmer
Hedwig's Theme - Williams
Harry's Wondrous World - Williams
Allegro Moderato - Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished' - Schubert
Suite From Shakespeare In Love - Warbeck
Out Of Africa - Barry
Requiem, Rex Tremendae - Mozart
Prelude In E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 - Chopin
Suite No. 3 In D, Air On The G String - J.S. Bach
I Will Always Love You - Parton
Symphony No. 40, Molto Allegro - Mozart
Finlandia - Sibelius
My Heart Will Go On - Horner

Tracks:

Theme From Lord Of The Rings - Shore
Overture To All That Jazz - Kander & Ebb
'Trout' Quintet, Theme, Andantino And Variations - Schubert
Prelude No. 15 In D-Flat - Chopin
Windmills Of Your Mind - LeGrand
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You - KAMEN
Theme From Schindler's List - Williams
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Excerpt - Strauss
Symphony No. 3, Lento Cantabile - Semplice - Gorecki
Die Walkure, Ride Of The Valkyries - Wagner
Goldberg Variations, Aria Da Capo - J.S. Bach
Theme From License To Kill - KAMEN
Sonata No. 8, Op. 13, 'Pathetique,' Andante Cantabile - Beethoven
Die Another Day - Arnold
Symphony No. 9, Ode To Joy, Excerpt - Beethoven

Customer Reviews:

Movie Themes CD.......2007-03-10

Very nice CD with beautiful music from past movies. Very relaxing music to listen to.

"three decades of film composers ~ Simply The Best".......2004-03-06

Rhino Movie Music presents "Simply The Best Movie Themes", featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and other various artists ~ within the realm of the following composers David Arnold, John Barry, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Wendy Carlos, Fred Ebb, James Horner, James Newton Howard, Michael Kamen, John Kander, Michel Legrand, Alex North, Basil Poledouris, Howard Shore, Wladyslaw Szpilman, Stephen Warbeck, John Williams and Hans Zimmer ~ each composer has created one or more of the scores in this twenty nine classic line up.

Film scores covering over three decades with "2001:SPACE ODYSSEY", "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE", "APOCALYPSE NOW", "THE BODYGUARD(I Will Always Love You)", "CHICAGO(Overture to All That Jazz), "DIE ANOTHER DAY", "EYES WIDE SHUT", "FEARLESS", "GLADIATOR(Theme)", "HANNIBAL", "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE(Hedwig's Theme)", "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE(Harry's Wondrous World)", "THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER", "JURASSIC PARK:THE LOST WORLD", "LICENSE TO KILL, "LIVING DAYLIGHTS", "THE LORD OF THE RINGS(Theme)", "MINORITY REPORT", "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (Theme)", "OUT OF AFRICA", "THE PIANIST", "ROBIN HOOD, PRINCE OF THIEVES", "SCHINDLER'S LIST", "SE7EN", "SHADOWLANDS", "SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE", "THE SIXTH SENSE", "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR"and "TITANIC(My Heart Will Go On)" ~ a mixture of original compositions and classics of the old masters. Loaded with not just themes, but full of orchestral arrangements that are fresh and rewarding ~ sure to bring back those special moments from the film.

The presentation is superb with every cue inclusive with spectacular performances from suspense, romance and adventure all rolled into a two disc package. Rhino must be commended on doing such a great job and doing it well. Most serious "film-score-buffs" will welcome this compilation, has many cues available all under one banner ~ Rhino Records...gotta love it!

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
Sa'Dawi
Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
Chamber Music No.II
The Piccolo - Aptly Named
La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
A Variety Of Techniques
Chamber Music No.II
Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
Naelden, Naelden
The Bachian Oboe
Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
The Swan Of Tuonela
The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
Bolero
The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
...And Quite Low.
Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
Introduction To The Saxophone
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
Bolero
The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
Sax-O-Phun
The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
Bolero
The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
Symphony No.3 (Opening)
The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Sorene: Children's Songs from Ethiopia
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This CD is a must-have if you love Ethiopia!

THE Best....wonderful music of Ethiopia for children

Sorene: Children's Songs from Ethiopia
Seleshe Demessae & Soulemane Toure
Manufacturer: Wergo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002414D
Release Date: 1999-02-09

Tracks:

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Gobezu Temari
Yawena Yetayenal 1
ABCD
Ere Amsale
Babure
Ayn Alegne
Chereka Denbul Boka
Janmeda
Anchi Keremela
Kukulu
Enatu Tana
Hetsanu Mamuye
Abebaye Hoy
Ay Mersa
Aya Djibo
Hoya Hoye
Agere Na
Yawena Yetayenal 2
Azila
Ayresam

Customer Reviews:

This CD is a must-have if you love Ethiopia!.......2006-08-19

This CD is high-quality and full of songs that Ethiopian adults and children will recognize. Our adopted Ethiopian children (ages 8 & 9) just love this CD- they grew up singing these songs! It's pricey, but definately worth it. The booklet included in the CD has a great deal of cultural information, which I found very interesting.

THE Best....wonderful music of Ethiopia for children.......2003-09-13

Seleshe Demassae and the children from local villages bring this CD alive! Absolutely a MUST have for anyone with Ethiopian children or an interest in Ethiopian culture. I enjoy it as much as my kids do....

Traditional Songs & Dances from Africa: Ojah

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I found it!
Trans-Continental African rythms come together

Traditional Songs & Dances from Africa: Ojah
Adzido & Pan African Dance Ensemble
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ASIN: B00004W1FK
Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

Kumpo: Dance From Senegal - George Ankrah/Paulinus Bozie/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/John Mensah/Yao Sevordzie...
Bawa: Dance From Ghana - George Ankrah/Paulinus Bozie/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/John Mensah/Yao Sevordzie...
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Tongoyo: Dance From Zimbabwe - George Ankrah/Paulinus Bozie/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/John Mensah/Yao Sevordzie...
Tsinanbera: Dance From Zimbabwe - George Ankrah/Paulinus Bozie/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/John Mensah/Yao Sevordzie...
Gule Wamkulu Mask Dance: Dance From Malawi - George Ankrah/Paulinus Bozie/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/John Mensah/Yao Sevordzie...
Adzogbo: Dance From Benin - George Ankrah/Paulinus Bozie/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/John Mensah/Yao Sevordzie...
Mbende: Dance From Zimbabwe - George Ankrah/Paulinus Bozie/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/John Mensah/Yao Sevordzie...
Wali: Dance From Guinea - George Ankrah/Paulinus Bozie/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/John Mensah/Yao Sevordzie...

Tracks:

Egwabo: Dance From Ghana - George Ankrah/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/Richmond Kwame Kessie/Joseph Odartey Lamptey....
Sekiapu: Dance From Nigeria - George Ankrah/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/Richmond Kwame Kessie/Joseph Odartey Lamptey....
Isikuti: Dance From Kenya - George Ankrah/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/Richmond Kwame Kessie/Joseph Odartey Lamptey....
Warrior: Dance From South Africa - George Ankrah/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/Richmond Kwame Kessie/Joseph Odartey Lamptey....
Wali: Dance From Guinea - George Ankrah/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/Richmond Kwame Kessie/Joseph Odartey Lamptey....
Sindimba: Dance From Tanzania - George Ankrah/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/Richmond Kwame Kessie/Joseph Odartey Lamptey....
Zagrobi: Dance From Ivory Coast - George Ankrah/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/Richmond Kwame Kessie/Joseph Odartey Lamptey....
Atilogwu: Dance From Nigeria - George Ankrah/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/Richmond Kwame Kessie/Joseph Odartey Lamptey....
Tematei/Zaouli: Dance From Ivory Coast - George Ankrah/Charles Abiodun Jaja/Charles James/Richmond Kwame Kessie/Joseph Odartey Lamptey....

Customer Reviews:

I found it!.......2005-12-27

At last! I've been looking for this African music for ages, I had lost hope. It takes me to Africa everytime I listen to it. It's incredible!

Trans-Continental African rythms come together.......2001-04-08

this record is a great representation of traditional african music. although ity leaves out quite a bit of countries in the collection, it caputres the liveliness of african folk music. I love it.

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Traditional Songs & Dances from Africa
Adzido
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ASIN: B00000617Y
Release Date: 1997-10-07

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Mozambique: Sembe
Botswana: Setapa
Zambia: Ndendeule
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Togo: Atsia
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Rhythms of Life, Songs of Wisdom: Akan Music From Ghana, West Africa

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Great Disc
More great music from Ghana.
1979 field recordings from the Akan coastal areas of Ghana

Rhythms of Life, Songs of Wisdom: Akan Music From Ghana, West Africa
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
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ASIN: B000001DLO
Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

Akosua Tuntum - Assin Area
Ompeh - Efutu Area
Akosua Tuntum - Denkyira area
Talking Drum - Denkyira area
Dansuomu - Denkyira area
Fontomfrom
Mmensoun
Adzewa
Brass Band
Vocal Band
Apateampa
Osode
Moses

Album Description

This recording leaves the listener breathless and astounded by the musical richness of this small area of Africa. In these performances from remote areas of central Ghana, the collective musical genius of everyday farmers, fisher-folk, traders, and civil servants bursts forth. Their singing and chanting moves through a colorful palette of instruments including water drums, rectangular frame drums, side-blown horns, and brass bands. Clear, penetrating sounds of metal instruments offset by complex drumming patterns are framed by haunting vocals. Listeners are immersed in a kaleidoscope of sound. Thirteen tracks and 28 page booklet including extensive notes and photos. This is the only commercially available recording of Akan music.

Customer Reviews:

Great Disc.......2007-06-30

This is a great disc. I whole heartedly review with the former reviewer -- there is so much diversity to just the music of Ghana alone that there is no way to classify it all under one category. So you will need to stretch out and purchase a bunch of different discs with various different styles. This is a good one.

More great music from Ghana. .......2004-11-20

This is a disc completely worthy of your money and time. In case you have family, historical, and/or geographical reasons for wanting to know, the music on this disc is from Ghana's Central Region (not actually in the center of Ghana though, "Central Region" is the name of... for lack of a better term... a state in Ghana). The music is by (and from their areas of the Central Region) Assin, Efutu, Denkyira, and Fante peoples. All are Akan groups except the Efutu, "whose languages belong to the Guan cluster of the Kwa branch". Obviously I got this from the liner-notes, as I am no expert on all the many... and there are MANY... different languages and cultures of Ghana.

As for the music itself, I've had this disc for a couple weeks now and I'm loving it more with each listen. It is a very fine collection of recordings! I didn't get to the liner-notes until yesterday. It was interesting to find out that the Efutu are not Akan, since I had already noticed a distinct difference between the feel of their music and the other (although also differing) musics here. For those with some hip-hop interest, the Efutu track here makes me feel like they are playing some sort of ancient ancestor of a Timbaland beat. I like it alot. =)

There is alot for which to be thankful on this disc, and if you've ever stumbled upon my reviews for a few other cds from Ghana (the Master Drummers of Dagbon 1 & 2, and the Master Fiddlers of Dagbon), you'll be interested in knowing that this disc is completely different from those. Unfortunately, oftentimes things are lumped under the monolithic label of being "African music", but that is so broad as to be almost meaningless, considering the degree of musical diversity even in just one small country like Ghana. If you have the Masters discs I just mentioned, and you're worried about buying this one and feeling like it'd just be more of the same, don't worry. This is a whole other world.

The singing here has a much more organized feel than that on the Masters discs. Also, this disc always has larger groups of singers. It is more of a central feature of the music as well. Some lovely "chorus" vocals, sometimes in the form of interplay with the drumming. What you'll think of the brass band tracks (just a couple), I do not know. I like them, but I'm a weirdo. The first one strikes me almost as William Parker-ish orchestrations of his interpretation of the timbre of a bleating goat. I mean that in a good way. Also the percussion on that track is fantastic! I'm not sure how they are getting this tone, but it's like controlled, perfectly timed fireworks exploding in the distance.

Rather than rambling further, I will wrap this up by saying you probably didn't stumble on this cd by accident, so this sort of thing already interests you. Go ahead and pick this one up because I'm sure you're going to love it.

1979 field recordings from the Akan coastal areas of Ghana.......2004-03-09

Field recordings of Akan folk music from the Central and Western Regions of Ghana made by ethnomusicologist Roger Vetter in 1979. In this respect the disk is more narrowly homogeneous than some similar ones: only the Central and Western Regions are represented, although the bulk of the Akan population of Ghana lives in the Ashanti and Eastern Regions. And, obviously, if it is a disk of Akan music, it does not include music produced by other ethnic groups in Ghana.

What the disk lacks in geographical and ethnic diversity, it makes up in stylistic reach. The music in these recordings is played by non-professional and semi-professional players, and although most of the music is quite traditional (i.e. shows little European influence) some tracks include instruments that originated outside Africa such as the tuba or the electric guitar, and some of the repertoire including waltzes and gospel music show a Western influence transmogrified in the local milieu. In this regard the recordings are authentic: the variety of music produced for local performance and consumption in the Akan coastal regions of Ghana was (and remains) varied, reflecting a variety of cultural uses and influences. While most of the music on this disk was meant for dancing, one of the most interesting tracks is a talking drum piece in which the message is not only played but recited, allowing one to hear the translation from speech to drumming. The accompanying booklet documenting the cultural background, the players, their instruments, and the various musical styles is highly informative.

Children's Songs From Around The World, Vol. 1: New Guinea & Senegal
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Children's Songs From Around The World, Vol. 1: New Guinea & Senegal
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Arion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000TWS
Release Date: 1994-01-04

Tracks:

Message Songs: Sigereti Fe Bara - Fatoumata Camara
Message Songs: Sene Douga - Deux Groupes Accompagnes De Tambours
Message Songs: N'Terole - Fill Camara
Message Songs: Yaguiba - Adama Fofana Et Un Groupe
Message Songs: Guinandi - Karim Diabakhate
Message Songs: N'Diaayo-N'Diaye - Maimouna Cisse Et Un Groupe
Message Songs: Salamalekum - Sophie Ndiay
Message Songs: Sama Doom Jangal - Fanta Damfakha
Message Songs: Bembeya - Deux Groupes De Filles
Work Songs: Kafoo - Fatoumata Sissokho
Work Songs: Anye Barra - Angostho Bea Mamy Et Un Groupe
Work Songs: Senegal Mossou - Sophie Ndiaye
Work Songs: Alouwali - Fatoumata Sissokho
Work Songs: Fassa-Fassa - Diariou Kante Et Un Adulte
Work Songs: Awourwour Koume - Madamoun Camara Et Un Groupe Avec Instruments
Songs For Play, Laughter And Dance: Baba Hamat Fall - Aboubarky Niane Et Un Groupe
Songs For Play, Laughter And Dance: Yaye Bobo... - Aissatou Troare
Songs For Play, Laughter And Dance: Gbengbe - Fatoumata Camara Et Un Groupe
Songs For Play, Laughter And Dance: Yofo Yo/Wounaguesou/Re Perere Nayma - Koumba Cecile Kamano/M'Balou Fatoumata Camara/Fatoumata Camara
Songs For Play, Laughter And Dance: Nounkou Sira Kenniy - Fatoumata Drame
Songs For Play, Laughter And Dance: Jam-Jam/Sirandou/Animato Tolle - Sadio Diallo/Aissatou Toure/Idiatou Barry Mariama Diallo
Songs For Play, Laughter And Dance: N'Tofande - Kadiatou Balde Et Un Groupe
Songs Of Initiation: On Encourage - Groupe De Filles
Songs Of Initiation: Na Mariama - Un Groupe De Filles
Songs Of Initiation: Nene Beti No Mori - Gatoumata Binta Barry
Songs Of Initiation: N'Fafe Youla - Nana Camara Et Un Groupe
Songs Of Initiation: Kerene Nemaw Kmo - Tamaly Bies Et Un Groupe Mixte
Songs Of Initiation: Ametchibna Go Djin... - Pata Bindia
Songs Of Initiation: Baba Nyamae Barafa - Aicha Conde
Songs Of Initiation: Didi Saa N'Mati Woula - Ousmane Bah Et Un Groupe
Songs Of Initiation: Kira - Hadiatou Diallo Et Un Choeur
Songs Of Initiation: Soulen Yoreyo - Souleymane Sylla
Songs Of Initiation: Sa Toulou Baye - Un Groupe Mixte
Songs Of Initiation: Werinding - Fatoumata Dendele Et Un Groupe
Songs Of Initiation: Sougue - Hadiatou Diallo
Prayer Songs: Bangoumare - Un Groupe De Garcons/Un Groupe De Filles
Prayer Songs: Niam-Niam - Un Groupe De Garcons/Un Groupe De Filles
Love Songs: N'Nan Mafoule - Yarie Sylla Et Un Groupe
Love Songs: A Seni Sara M'Be - Youme Cisse Et Un Groupe
Love Songs: Yakosi Guine - Mama Aissata Bangoura
Love Songs: Toungala - Abdourakhmane Diarra
Love Songs: Diarabi - Ndeye Sakiliba Et Sa Fille
Songs Of Sorrow: Weetaay - Fatoumata Sissokho
Songs Of Sorrow: Daado - Fatoumata Dinakha
Songs Of Sorrow: N'Ga Sina - Fatoumata Diallo
Songs Of Sorrow: Raby - Mariama Samarama/Dialla Aissata Diallo
Songs Of Sorrow: Jokhoram Bonanta - Ma Sylla Et Un Groupe
Songs Of Sorrow: Anis Boy - Un Groupe Mixte Et Un Adulte
Celebration Songs: Fatou Faye/Mai Nam/Raye Bote - Un Groupe Mixte
Celebration Songs: Kedi Barafa - Mariama Bangoura Et Un Groupe
Celebration Songs: Meen Dona - Binta Diallo Et Danseuses
Celebration Songs: Lahila Souroula - Fatoumata Sylla
Celebration Songs: Arile - Amadou Dioulde Barry

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Another root of flamenco

Arabic Songs from North Africa
Chalf Hassan
Manufacturer: Arc Music
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ASIN: B000EHSV7S
Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

Amul Koutchi
El-Alim Yal-Alim
Alabas Alabas
Lalla Fatima
Dada Hiyani Dada
Lahssab, Talata We-Talatin
Tzawaj Magalhalia

Customer Reviews:

Another root of flamenco.......2006-07-15

Morocco and Andalusian Spain are world crossroads. The music of Morocco especially is extraordinarily varied with many styles and influences, including those of indigenous Berbers, the Black peoples of Mali and Senegal (the gnawa), modern French-Europop singers, classical Moorish Iberian set pieces, and Arabs. There have been centuries of fusions. While many recordings are available of Arabo-Andalusian music, Berber and Gnawa music, Sufi songs, and so forth, traditional Arabic songs of Morocco have been lacking. This CD fills the gap admirably. The powerful rhythms are of rocking camels in caravans, the songs are call-and-response, and the clapping patterns are certainly the root of flamenco's palmas. The music is not really restricted to Morocco and "North Africa" in the title is indeed proper, for the sound can be heard from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. If you like Hamza el Din's recording, Eclipse, you will enjoy this recording.

Forever King: Classic Songs from the King of Algerian Rai

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Forever King: Classic Songs from the King of Algerian Rai
Cheb Khaled
Manufacturer: Manteca
ProductGroup: Music
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Ya-Rayi

ASIN: B000817ZDG
Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

Camel
Ha Djedek
Ya Mina
Serbi Serbi
Ya Taleb
Biya Dek el Mor
Koubou Koubou
Ana Mardhi Taouel 'M' Galbi
Ch Hal Nabrik (Ya Minimouna)
Goult Halek Amalimali
Hbibi Yadellali
Ana Bia Taxi

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excellent and unique
Good recording: Need more liner notes though

Jamiila: Songs from a Somali City
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Original Music
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000000NSU
Release Date: 1995-05-10

Tracks:

Jamiila
Laac
Dakhtar
Yaabint
Muumina
Ma Korto
Laiilaaf
Siina Miiri

Customer Reviews:

excellent and unique.......2005-12-02

All of the "Original Music" releases from Africa are truly gems, wonderful recordings of real music on the ground in a cultural milieu. Jamiila is a particularly delightful and light-hearted selection. Instruments mostly include warm flute, kaban (a variety of stringed instrument - simpler than the oud, less exotic than the sentir), voice and YeS o YeS, CASIO. Casio in its most undisguised display. The casio doesn't appear on all tracks but where it is employed it is with the basic casio sound. The other tracks are rustic and simple, lovely. The context gives the casio employment a truly lofi appeal. My favorite track on this recording "Laac" is a soulful exchange between voice and flute, ryhthmic kaban strokes holding a tight beat for the languid bluesy exchange of voices. If something from the "Original Music" label comes your way, never pass it up if you are a true ethnographic music lover. You won't be disappointed!

Good recording: Need more liner notes though.......2005-10-27

The Somalis have a long and rich tradition of poetry that deals with themes of love, clan relations, war, and kinship. In profane contexts, poetry was accompanied by music and minimal instrumentation that framed and accentuated its inherent melodies. These instruments typically never went beyond the daf (tambourine), kaban (ud from Lebanon and Syria), and taruumbo (flute). These are the same instruments used all over the eastern part of Africa like Kenya, the Sudan, and Tanzania, and tended to link, at least musically these parts of Africa with the Arab world. Along the coastal towns, however, one notices the introduction and use of non-African instruments such as the electric guitar, electric keyboard, and harmonium which was imported from India along with Bollywood films.

The compilation of songs on the album Jamiila comes to us from the town of Baraawe, about 120 miles South of Mogadishu near the Shebelle river. The inhabitants of this area tend to be more diverse than those in the North, and are considered to be a minority group in Somalia. The mixture of the population in this area is primarily of mixed Arab and African ancestry or Africans from Bantu origin. They typically speak Chimina (Bantu family), af May-May, Swahili, and some Arabic.

The CD itself can be divided into two main groups of songs. The first group contains Western-type instrumentation such as the guitar and electric keyboard and tends to rely heavily on the rumba beat. The second group is mostly a collection of songs reminiscent of traditional Sudanese songs, and tend to be more subtle, slow, and use much less instrumentation.

In the first group, the title song of the CD, Jamiila, comes to us first and introduces us to the love poetry of Somalia sung by Kuusow "Kurtunwaarey". The song is reminiscent of wedding music as it relies heavily on the organ rumba beat-keeping mechanism and uses the bass guitar to set the melody. However, the song works well in highlighting the vocal qualities of the singer. This trend is then followed by the other songs in the group (Yaabint, Muumina, and Siina Miiri) and except for one of the songs, they are all written by the same composer. However, by the last track of the CD, Siina Miiri, the organ music is overwhelming, high-pitched, and makes it quite difficult to appreciate the vocal qualities of the singer. This song is performed in Chimini, and is more lamenting in feeling than the other songs on the album. This is the only song that has a harmonizing vocal back-up.

The second group of songs consisting of Laac, Dakhtar and Ma Korto are more traditional and use very little instrumentation, and what is there is used to accentuate the inherent melody of the poem. Track 6, Ma Korto, is most reminiscent of traditional music from the Sudan, especially songs by Hamza el Din. It uses the kaban and the taruumbo. From the liner notes: "A most unusual love song, this the singer is not only amorous by betrothed; his problem is that his future wife has stopped growing!" It is sung in traditional Somali.

The liner notes in this CD orient the listener to Somalia in general and the Horn of Africa. The author discusses the role of Islam in shaping the cultures of the region including the music. This is followed by a brief discussion on instrumentation, and an introduction to the artists on the CD. The author notes that the performers are part-timers, yet they typically play together, and that some of them are soldiers. There are two elements that are missing from the liner notes. First, how do these recordings fit in the general context of Somali music historically and culturally? Second, who are the composers of these poems or love songs? According to Mohamed Diriye Abudllahi, a "Somali song is usually the product of the fruitful cooperation between three persons: the composer of the lyrics, midho, the composer of the music, lahan, and the singer, `odka (voice)" (117). The song information, in this CD, include the title of the song and the performers only. No translation of the song is provided, no mention of the composers, and some songs don't get any introduction beyond the cursory statement that it is "one more love song" such as in the case of Laiilaf.

Overall, the CD was enjoyable and provided a good flavor of the music of the Southern region of Somalia. Since the listener is not provided with a translation, however rudimentary, of the lyrics, it was difficult to appreciate the poetry of the songs, and the reason they were written in the first place. This made it challenging at times to get the full appreciation of the music.

References:
Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye
2001 Culture and Customs of Somalia. Culture and Customs of Africa Series. Greenwood Press, Westport: CT.

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