Maxim's De Paris [Import]

Product Description
Steeped in history with an ear turned towards the future the mythic Maxim's restaurant presents its first compilation. Featuring various artists from around the world including Della Reese, Sidestepper, Cheb Tarik, Mezzoforte, Les Go, Kim English, Paris Red, Gerd, Jhelisa and more. Mixed by Albert de Paname & Felix. Very classy digi-book. 2002.

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Average customer rating: sweet music to my ears Both CDs here are good - for different reasons too! It is a classic Worth it for the first disc. First CD Good, Second CD Average

Maxim's de Paris Various Artists Manufacturer: Pschent Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elite: Model's Attitude Mezzanine de l'Alcazar, Vol. 2 Ce Soir, Apres Diner Saks Fifth Avenue: Stephane Pompougnac Mezzanine de l'Alcazar, Vol. 3 ASIN: B000063VFJ Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Son Al Son - Orquesta Aragon
2. Come On A My House - Della Reese
3. Bacalao Sala'o - Sidestepper
4. Hoy Tenemos - Sidestepper
5. Nah Neh Nah - Vaya Con Dios
6. L'Histoire - Cheb Tarik
7. Moliendo Cafe - Omar Bashir
8. Frontera Del Ensueno (Andalucian Mix) - Rey De Copas
9. Garden Party (Sounds Of Life Brazil Mix) - Mezzoforte
10. Touched By The Hand Of Tenorio - Les Hommes
11. Pop The Trunk (Thievery Corporation Remix) - Thunderball
12. Dan Gna (Joe Clausell Mix) - Les Go
13. Hey Diwani Hey Diwana - The Dum Dum Project
14. Falling In Love (Radio Edit) - Shazz
15. The Place To Be (Main Mix) - Pierre Cardin

Tracks:

1. Learn 2 Luv (Francois K's Atmospheric Mood Mix) - Kim English
2. Winnetou Melody - Lemongrass
3. Running On The Sand From Somewhere To Anywhere - Calm
4. Git With Me (Original Extended Version) - Paris Red
5. Traveller's Delight/Lasting (Acapella) - Pound Boys
6. I Dream You - Gerd
7. Heavy Flowers - Crackpot
8. Turtle E's (Rivera Smells Like Spring Spirit Mix) - La Taverne Du Lac
9. One Night Samba (Karminsky Experience Inc. Mix) - Tim 'Love' Lee
10. Friendly Pressure (The Enemy Release Mix) - Jhelisa
11. The Flow (Juan Atkins G-Funk Mix) - Model 500
12. Urbanisation In Country (Takada's Last Summer Percussion) - Ashley Beedle
13. The Caribou (Paradox Sunset Mix) - Francesco 'The Violin'
14. Chant Des Sirenes - Peter Phonix

Album Details

Maxim's is the Favorite Restaurant of the Paris Jet Set, Legendary as the Standard Bearer of French Exquisite Taste and 'le Grand Chic Parisian' for Over a Century. Disc One's Classic Tracks from Albert De Paname's Personal Collection have Incited the World's Most Beautiful People to Dance Over the Last Few Decades. The Second Discpresents a More Contemporary Collection of Sensual and Downtempo Tracks by DJ Felix. Now the Music of Maxim's Can Be Heard Round the World at Any Time of Your Choosing!

Customer Reviews:

sweet music to my ears.......2005-12-22

I have had disc 1 in my cd player almost constantly for the last year. Great dinner party music mixed in with the Verve remixed cds!

Both CDs here are good - for different reasons too!.......2002-12-27

I couldn't help but notice the criticism regarding the difference in style between the two discs. Granted, they are mixed by different DJs, but I liked both styles and selection of tunes.

For those famliar with the L'Apericlub series, Disc #2 is for you. For Hotel Costes fans, Disc #1 is a closer bet. My favorite aspect of this album is its homage to classic jazz and latin jazz.

It is a classic.......2002-11-03

First listening to this album it seemed average - but one you had to own. But I tell you, it grows on you. And after a while you get interested in the second CD as well - and THAT is awsome lounge music that will stay with you for a long time.
Having listened to them now for some months i find both CDs recommendable: CD 1 from track 6 and onward, CD 2 from track 5 and onward. That is where the lift-off starts..!
If you like lounge such as Costés this is a must-have.

Worth it for the first disc........2002-03-24

I agree with the previous review. When I first listened to this CD in the store, I was absaloutely taken by the first disc. In my excitement, I didn't even bother to listen to the second, failing to realize that it was mixed by a different DJ.

The first disc caters for the perfect party atmosphere, mixing a diverse range of styles -anything from cuban son, to seventies vegas-style bossa nova, to funk infused gypsy flamenco- in an intelligent sequence. You can put this CD on at a party, and be garenteed that all your guests will remain happy and dancing from beginning to end. This is the only CD I own of this nature.

The second disc, I can imagine, may cater well for the atmosphere of Maxim's itself, but, put in any other stereo anywhere else, is really quite average. I already own too many ambient/chillout compilations, and this CD is by far one of the most average. If your a great fan of atmospheric/elevator music, such as the likes of the Cafe del Mar series, then you may enjoy it. But really, for it's price, this CD is far below worth it.

First CD Good, Second CD Average.......2002-03-20

For the number of songs in this 2-CD set (and the price) I found it a major disappointment. Starts with a pretentious opening of girls on the street getting a taxi, speaking French in an English accent. But the following tracks are exceptional - Cuban and other Latin stuff from the mid-20th Century. Except, they aren't mixed with electronica (they don't need it of course). It's these selections that make the album. There are also a couple of selections with Gypsy Kings-style guitar mixed with a soft techno beat and other effects that are passable. After that, the mixes and club music (esp. on the 2nd CD) sound average and tired. If you're looking for music for a dance number, you might find something on this. They tend toward a 70's-summer-resort-disco style which sometimes has just the right cheesiness to be good, other times becomes a yawn. For lite club music, far better stuff can be found in Costes and other albums of that ilk (for my money anyway!).

Average customer rating: Solovyei - A Russian Nightingale Dont miss this

Stravinsky - Le Rossignol ~ Renard / Dessay, McLaughlin, Urmana, Naouri, Caley, Mikhailov, Conlon Igor Stravinsky , James Conlon , Natalie Dessay , Marie McLaughlin , Violeta Urmana , Vsevolod Grivnov , Albert Schagidullin , Laurent Naouri , Maxim Mikhailov , Olivier Berg , Wassyl Slipak , Grzegorz Staskiewicz , Claire Servian , Olga Oussova , Ian Caley , and Orchestre & choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress / Bostridge · York · Terfel · von Otter · Howells · LSO · Gardiner ASIN: B000026D4I Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

1. The Nightingale - Act I: Introduction
2. The Nightingale - Act I: Porte au vent, tombant au loin
3. The Nightingale - Act I: Ah! Ah! Ah!
4. The Nightingale - Act I: Voici l'endroit, pres de ces arbes
5. The Nightingale - Act I: Beau rossignol, incomparable oisea
6. The Nightengale - Act II: Des feux, des feux, bien vite
7. The Nightengale - Act II: March Chinoise- O Maitre Magnime
8. The Nightengale - Act II: Chanson du rossignol - Ah, Joe, emplis mon coer
9. The Nightengale - Act II: Au coucher du soleil
10. The Nightengale - Act II: Jeu du rossignol mecanique
11. The Nightengale - Act III: Vois-nous rassembles
12. The Nightengale - Act III: Ah, me voici, o prince magnanime
13. The Nightengale - Act III: Ah, j'aime a t'ecouter
14. The Nightengale - Act III: Cortege solennel
15. The Nightengale - Act III: Bonjour a tous
16. Renard: Marche
17. Renard: Ou ca, ou ca?
18. Renard: Ah! mon Dieu! mon Dieu! Il me tir' par la queue
19. Renard: Je suis sur mon baton
20. Renard: Ah! mon Dieu! mon Dieu! Il m'a pris les ch'veux
21. Renard: Ah, canaille, que les betes te mettent en morceaux

Amazon.com

At the dawn of the new century, as the heated musical debates of the last fade into irrelevance, Igor Stravinsky remains a towering presence--in perspective, his legacy appearing less a mere totem of musical modernism than a potent force of creative self-renewal. Indeed, there's been a recent bumper crop of significant Stravinsky interpretations, from Gergiev's glorious Firebird to the revealing triptych recorded by Tilson Thomas--who in the summer of 1999 also led the San Francisco Symphony in a heralded festival reappraising the composer--as well as Sony's reissue of Stravinsky's own Columbia recordings.

Add to the mix this thoroughly delightful account of a pair of undeservedly lesser-known treasures. Based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Le Rossignol is usually encountered in its guise as an orchestral suite, but the original opera (1908-1914), presented here, is a work not to be missed. James Conlon simply allows the music to speak for itself and sympathetically enters into its stylistic collage, accenting the essential Stravinskian antitheses: nature and artifice, archaism and future shock. Because of a sort of telescopic brevity, you can hear the stylistic quantum leaps made by the composer, from the opera's lushly orchestrated, Rimsky-Korsakovesque opening scene to the bitonality and sonic experimentalism of the rest. Soprano Natalie Dessay marries acrobatic agility with the necessary air of longing and exotic beauty in the pivotal role. In the burlesque theater piece Renard--Stravinsky's over-the-top riff on Russian folktales of cunning animals--Conlon is attuned to the angular, acid-tinged sonorities (featuring such wonderful instrumentation as the cimbalom) as well as the hilarious antics. In both works, the sense of theatrical narrative emerges to give a completely enchanting experience. --Thomas May

Customer Reviews:

Solovyei - A Russian Nightingale.......2002-08-15

This 'Rossignol' is not to be confused with the orchestral suite 'le chant du rossignol' ('song of the nightingale'), a symphonic poem which the composer drew from the opera later. The story here is based on a fairy tale 'The Emporer's Nightingale' by Hans Christian Andersen, and given a russian folk slant in a libretto by Stravinsky and Stefan Mitusov.

Given the title "le Rossignol" some record buyers will be slightly taken aback when the Fisherman (sung by Vsevolod Grivnov here) starts singing in Russian. There is an early version sung in French, by Cluytens (Testament 1955 mono), but the premiere in Paris in 1914 was sung in Russian, so were the Stravinsky and Boulez versions (1961 Sony, 1991 Erato) and so is this 1999 production from the Opera National de Paris. Hence the traditional french name 'Rossignol' only comes from the location of the premier, the real name of the opera being 'Solovyei' ('nightingale' in Russian).

Paris opera darlings Natalie Dessay and her husband Laurent Naouri are inevitably the stars of the show as the nightingale and the chamberlain respectively, but there is also an impeccable Russian contingent: Grivnov (as above), Violeta Urmana as death, Shagidullin as the emporer, Mikhailov as the bonze.

The second item on this CD is the 15 minute burlesque 'Renard' for two tenors and two basses. This is also based on a fairy tale, this time by Afanassyev, and known to Russians under the title 'Baika'. The four singers do not take roles of the animals but stand among the peasant band while the actions are mimed by clowns. Some reviews have carped that this performance of Renard is not 'earthy' enough, that the singers sing too beautifully, but really there is enough burlesque in the score without the singers hamming it up too.

Incredibly neither the Erato or EMI recordings include the Russian text (despite what the increasingly careless Gramophone Good CD Guide says to the contrary), which means that anyone wanting to follow word-for-word will have to track down a copy of Vol.8 of the now deleted Sony Stravinsky Edition. Even having done this this will not help with 'Renard' because the Sony Edition offers this sung in English.

Dont miss this.......2002-05-08

This is one of my Stravinsky favourites because of splendid Stravinsky music (somewhere between his early modernist period and his early Rimsky-Korsakov style topped with a little... just a little neo classicism). It is not "Rite of spring" style but very Stravinsky anyway and conducting and singing is marvelous.

This must be one of the most underrated operas ever. Dessay is in top form (she is alone worth price of this disc), and if you like operas made after 1910 this is a must have... a very good opera record.

Average customer rating:

Maxim's de Paris Various Artists ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005UN0P Release Date: 2002-04-22

Tracks:

1. Son Al Son - Orquesta Arag
2. Come on a My House - Della Reese
3. Bacalao Sala'o - Sidestepper
4. Hoy Tenemos - Sidestepper
5. Nah Neh Nah - Vaya Con Dios
6. Histoire - Cheb Tarik
7. Moliendo Caf Omar Bashir
8. Frontera del Ensueno [and Alucian Mix]
9. Garden Party [Sounds of Life Brazil Mix] - Mezzoforte
10. Touched by the Hand of Tenorio - Les Hommes
11. Pop the Trunk [Thievery Corporation Remix] - Thunderball
12. Dan Gna [Joe Clausell Mix] - Les Go
13. Hey Diwani Hey Diwana - Dum Dum Project
14. Falling in Love [Radio Edit] - Shazz
15. Place to Be [Main Mix]

Tracks:

1. Learn 2 Luv [Frans K's Atmospheric Mood Mix] - Kim English
2. Winnetou Melody - Lemongrass
3. Running on the Sand from Somewhere to Anywhere - Calm,
4. Git With Me [Original Extended Version]
5. Traveller's Delight/Lasting [Acapella] - Martha Cinader, Plastyc Buddha, Pound Boys
6. I Dream You - Gerd
7. Heavy Flowers - Crackpot
8. Turtle E's [Rivera Smells Like Spring Spirit Mix]
9. One Night Samba [Karminsky Experience Inc. Mix] - Tim "Love" Lee
10. Friendly Pressure [the Enemy Release Mix] - Jhelisa
11. Flow [Juan Atkins G-Funk Mix] - Model 500
12. Urbanisation in Country [Takada's Last Summer Percussion] - Ashley Beedle
13. Caribou [Paradox Sunset Mix] - Teddy Douglas,
14. Chant des Sirs

Album Description

Steeped in history with an ear turned towards the future the mythic Maxim's restaurant presents its first compilation. Featuring various artists from around the world including Della Reese, Sidestepper, Cheb Tarik, Mezzoforte, Les Go, Kim English, Paris Red, Gerd, Jhelisa and more. Mixed by Albert de Paname & Felix. Very classy digi-book. 2002.

Average customer rating: SPRECHSTIMME Ruined! Not quite Fledermaus, but oh that Waltz!

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe Manufacturer: Capriccio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00002DH0K Release Date: 2000-01-25

Customer Reviews:

SPRECHSTIMME.......2006-08-09

Everything about this recording is fine except Michael Heltau as Danilo. While everyone is singing in full operatic voice, he is singing in sprechstimme, which is basically more pitched talking than singing. It is incredibly annoying to listen to and does not fit in with the rest of the music, especially when all of the other singers are singing normally.

I would recommend any other recording over this one, particularly the Deutsche Grammophon with John Eliot Gardiner conducting and Cheryl Studer, Boje Skovhus, Barbara Bonney, and Rainer Trost singing.

Ruined!.......2000-07-27

Michael Heltau's lack of voice in the role of Danilo virtually ruins an otherwise satisfactory recording.

Not quite Fledermaus, but oh that Waltz!.......2000-02-14

By sheer coincidence, I received for review at the same time a copy of "Die Fledermaus" and one of "The Merry Widow." Talk about happiness being a song in 3/4 time! as it is called on Capriccio 60 077-2 claims to be the "Original Version" based on manuscripts found in 1997...and who cares? The infectious joyfulness of this opera has been captured nearly to perfection on these two short CDs (just under 97 minutes in all). There is no libretto provided, making it hard going for one who cannot understand German; but that is a problem only during the dialogue. The wonderful music speaks for itself. The comparison with the Strauss operetta cannot be avoided. "Fledermaus" is a tongue in cheek sex-farce with a great score and the most joyous of all waltzes. "Widow" is about money (thereby placing it accurately a few decades later) and has the loveliest of waltzes. While the Capriccio cast does not quite come up to the classical recording on the old Angel LPs, Helmuth Froschauer and Kolner Rundfunkorchester do full justice to the music while the cast is solid enough: Pamela Coburn (Hanna), Michael Heltau (Danilo), and others who sound right at home in this darling war-horse. It stands up very well against the competition and there is a single CD version with Cheryl Studer in the title role that is a bit more economical and uses the traditional orchestration. But I lean towards this new one, even without the libretto.

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