Son en Percusion [Import]

1. Hay un Caracol en el Mar [Conga]

2. Son en Percusion

3. Quiereme Mucho [Canción]

4. En Mi Cuba, Santiago Esta en Carnaval [Conga]

5. Opiniones [Canción Conga]

6. Dicen Cangrejo [Querequeté]

7. Quinto Llama a Tumbita [Quere Rumba]

8. Tortuga y el Conejo [Bembé Conga]

9. No Tiene Sensibilidad [Son Querequeté]

10. Siboney [Canción]

11. No Llores, No Llores, No Llores [Conga]

12. Mulata Caramelo [Merengue Querequeté]

13. Samba del Pirata

14. Que Quiere Sofia [Conga]

Tracks:

March III - With The Air (Old Kentucky Home)
Ann Street
Calcium Light Night
Holiday Quick Step
Four Songs For Brass Quintet: On the Counter
Four Songs For Brass Quintet: Side Show
Four Songs For Brass Quintet: Slow March
Four Songs For Brass Quintet: Tarrant Moss
Fugue in Four Keys (On The Shining Shore)
The Unanswered Question
Remembrance
Evening
Mists
A Brass Serenade: The Circus Band
A Brass Serenade: Romanzo di Central Park
A Brass Serenade: Scherzo (All The Way Around And Back)
A Brass Serenade: Scherzo (Over The Pavements)
A Brass Serenade: Gyp the Blood
A Brass Serenade: Adagio Sostenuto
A Brass Serenade: Tone Roads No. 1
A Brass Serenade: Tone Roads No. 3
A Brass Serenade: March II -With The Air (Son Of A Gambolier)
A Brass Serenade: The See'r
A Brass Serenade: Luck and Work
A Brass Serenade: Like a Sick Eagle
A Brass Serenade: Hallowe'en

Customer Reviews:

The Brass Band Marches on with Ives.......2005-05-28

The concept of transcriptions of music originally written for various instruments, orchestras, voices, piano etc goes back a long time. Ensembles comprised solely of winds, or brass, or strings gather various transcriptions (at times those of the composers who wrote the original score!) and make their repertoire more varied in adding such new insights. Such is the case with the Detroit Chamber Winds under the direction of H. Robert Reynolds and this very interesting CD is devoted to the music of Charles Ives.

Ives had great respect for brass ensembles and wrote music expressly for them. These are included as are a number of works for chamber orchestra etc. The collection is played beautifully and the recorded sound is excellent. With some reservations this 'Remembrance: A Charles Ives Collection' is not only successful but a fine addition to the Ives recordings.

Perhaps just returning from a performance of 'The Unanswered Question' performed by the LA Philharmonic with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting where the mystery and spirit of Emerson's poem "The Sphynx" which inspired Ives to write this brief 6-minute piece colors this listener's full appreciation of these transcriptions. Originally scored for strings, four flutes, and trumpet (in the wondrous Disney Hall acoustics Salonen stood alone on the stage conducting the off stage strings, the flutes in the organ loft and the trumpet in the highest balcony in a three way conversation that seemed to come both from within the bodies of the audience and the ether of the universe, this work fails to hold the importance of the solo brass instrument playing against a brass ensemble. A small quibble perhaps, but some of Ives' works were specifically designated for certain instruments and defy tampering.

In all a recording to add to the Ives Collection and one that is certainly well performed. Grady Harp, May 05

A great collection.......2003-05-12

A great collection of wind pieces by Charles Ives arranged, transcribed, edited, and realized in a number of fashions. The songs run the gamut of Ives's career and his many styles, the latter half of the disc dedicated to selections from his Brass Serenade.

Many of these pieces, most in fact, are difficult to find anywhere else, and are of enormous interest. One of Ives's earliest pieces, "Holiday Quickstep," for instance. There are also engaging interpretations of his more esoteric and mysterious works (The Unanswered Question, Ann Street), personal pieces written for piano and soprano (Remembrance, Evening, Mists), tone poems, and more lively, sometimes comic, sketches (Gyp the Blood or Hearst, Tarrant Moss). The performances, by the Detroit Chamber Winds, are energetic and gratifying. For most of the stuff on this disc, however, there is very little to compare it to.

Tracks:

Vilotta: Al Di Dolce Ben Mio
Gagliarda: La Scarpa (Two Settings)
Gagliarda: Baxela Un Trato (Two Settings)
Gagliarda: La Traditora (Two Settings)
Quodlibet: Fortuna D'un Gran Tempo/Che Fa La Ramacia/ E Si Son/Dagdun Vetusta
Piva
Vilotta & Gagliarda: Gentil Madonna
Pavana: Le Forze d'Hercole
Dance Song & Gagliarda: El Marchese Di Saluzzo
Vilotta: Occhio Non Fu
Gagliarda: Giorgio
Gagliarda: Zorzi
Pavana: El Colognese
Passamezo & Gagliardia d'Italie
Pavane: La Bataille
Gaillarde: Dont Vient Cela
Pavane & Allemande Prince: Belle, Que Tiens Ma Vie
Dance Ste: Hoboeckendans, Tordion, Branle Simple, La Mourisque
Chanson & Reprise: Cest A Grant Tort
Chanson, Allemande-Reprise & Passamezo Francese: Tant Que Vivray
Chanson, Chanson & Pavane/Gaillarde: Au Joli Bois (Three Settings)
Pavane: J'ameroye Mieus Dormir Seulette
Chanson & Ronde: Il Estoit Une Fillette
Chanson & Ronde: Pourquoy Donc
Chanson & Reprise: Le Cuer Est Bon

Customer Reviews:

Excellent!.......2006-07-24

The intro and closing pieces to 'A Distant Mirror' (the syndicated program of Medieval, Rennaisance, and early Baroque) both come from this excellent album!

All good recordings-The galliards are played a bit slow
for actual dancing-but the "Un Belle Qu" Pavanne very, very good - as is the Giorgio.

Soundtrack for the Decameron.......2006-01-16

'16th Century Italian & French Dance Music' by the Musica Reservata, directed by Michael Morrow may not be the finest 16th century music you will ever hear, but it has much to offer. The ribald scene on the cover gives you a good sense of the atmosphere you get from this music, especially those pieces which include vocals.

The CD is a combination of material from two earlier vinly LPs, and the material seems to fit together seamlessly. None of the works are by any composers whose names I recognize, so the work may have less than full value as material for studying the period. Given the chance, I would snap up any copy available for a reasonable price and wait a bit if I found nothing below $10.

An excellent recording of a minor musical genre.

A+ Melodic and Rythmic music from the Vault.......1999-12-10

I have played this CD hundreds of times and each time is a pleasure. Although some of the singing requires some getting used to, the Gagliarda and Pavanes (like #15 LA Bataille) are wonderfully rythmic and compelling. Although many Gagliarda are short like # 11 Giorgio (1:01), other beautiful pieces like #4 La traditora are longer (4:57) and have more than one setting. Musica Reservata should be praised for their excellent performances and robust playing. If you close your eyes and relax on a favorite reclining chair or sofa with this CD playing, a crackling fire in the fireplace, and your favorite beverage in a tall mug or glass, you'd swear that you had been transported back to a palace ballroom in France or Italy. A CD well worth the price and a good CD to introduce the period to newcomers.

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