Free to Fly

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 2001
When artists can't bank on recording their own material, song selection and performance are crucial. Point of Grace, with their angelic four-part harmonies, have built a decade-long successful career in this style, tallying numerous No. 1 singles and inspiring a number of sound-alikes in the process. The four gals from Arkansas return with their first regular studio release in three years with Free to Fly, perhaps their finest effort to date. They sing their way through a most diverse collection of songs, the high point of which is clearly "Praise Forevermore," a soaring and majestical praise-and-worship tune penned by the brilliant Darlene Zschech (Hillsongs Australia). "Begin with Me," a punchy and muscular anthem, showcases the girls' five-star harmonies, as does "Blue Skies" and the rocking "Something So Good." For a different spin, the group includes the urban R&B-infused "Free Indeed" and the quiet and lilting ballad "La La La." Free to Fly should keep old fans happy and make some new ones in the process. --Michael Lyttle --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Free to Fly, Music, Point of Grace, CCM, Contemporary Christian Music, Pop, Religious / Contemp. Christian
Free to Fly
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • tight
  • Four gorgeous ladies...
  • another great album by POG
  • Steer clear of this one
  • A MUST for every Christian
 Free to Fly
Point of Grace
Manufacturer: Word Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005CC4J
Release Date: 2001-05-01

Tracks:

  1. By Heart
  2. You Will Never Walk Alone
  3. He Sends His Love
  4. Praise Forevermore
  5. Blue Skies
  6. Begin With Me
  7. Free Indeed
  8. All That I Need
  9. Something So Good
  10. Yes, I Believe
  11. La La La

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

When artists can't bank on recording their own material, song selection and performance are crucial. Point of Grace, with their angelic four-part harmonies, have built a decade-long successful career in this style, tallying numerous No. 1 singles and inspiring a number of sound-alikes in the process. The four gals from Arkansas return with their first regular studio release in three years with Free to Fly, perhaps their finest effort to date. They sing their way through a most diverse collection of songs, the high point of which is clearly "Praise Forevermore," a soaring and majestical praise-and-worship tune penned by the brilliant Darlene Zschech (Hillsongs Australia). "Begin with Me," a punchy and muscular anthem, showcases the girls' five-star harmonies, as does "Blue Skies" and the rocking "Something So Good." For a different spin, the group includes the urban R&B-infused "Free Indeed" and the quiet and lilting ballad "La La La." Free to Fly should keep old fans happy and make some new ones in the process. --Michael Lyttle

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars tight.......2006-12-26

I remember the first time I heard Point of Grace. The experience came though a set of headphones in the music section of a Medford, Oregon, department store. I had no idea that female vocalists today could sing such tight harmony with such a driving beat (upon occasion). I was sold.

FREE TO FLY is the 2001 offering of a mature Point of Grace girls band and at once a paean to the production skills of Brown Bannister. I do not think I have heard a more superbly produced cd in any genre anywhere. One goes into repeat listening of a four-female format with a bit of trepidation. In the context of repeated, close listening, it is not the easiest format on the ears. Yet FREE TO FLY comes at you time after time, repaying with fresh nuance each additional listening experience.

These voices are so tightly interwoven that with each new hearing one picks up new flourishes and glimpses subdued supporting vocals that somehow had passed unnoticed. This is a symptom of music well made.

The energy they inject into New Zealand songstress Darlene Zschech's 'Praise Forevermore' raises it from a garden-variety praise & worship tune to that of a potently artful showstopper. The verbal riff at 1'48" could blow a man's collar inside out. The voice-to-voice handoff that proceeds it has become a Point of Grace signature, done time and again without descending into cliché.

The album's high point is 'Blue Skies', a soaring piece with surprises in each stanza. The credal statement 'Yes, I Believe' is also a poignant and artistically sophisticated statement of simple conviction and its enduring power. Yet if one mentions these two, it it impossible to leave uncommended the beautiful and humble 'La, La, La', a song that delves much deeper into the waters of Christian spirituality than its title, prima facie, suggests.

'Begin with Me' out to have won a Grammy or a Dove or at least a really large Milkbone for its no-holds-barred arrangement and tight layering. It is awesome listening, as much on the thirteenth hearing as on the first. Perhaps even more on the thirteenth. As opposed to Christian music's Achille's Heel, this music gets better with time.

The four ladies of Point of Grace are what one used to call 'handsome ladies'. They sing and look superb from every angle from which this album allows us to peer into the reality of a girls' band that was - at this pinnacled moment - an inestimably fine group of human beings who happened to be musicians.

5 out of 5 stars Four gorgeous ladies..........2006-01-21

Who would have thought that one of the few decent group acts today would be found in the Christian music industry. But, weirder things have been known to occur. Anyway, this is one of POG's best efforts. Highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars another great album by POG.......2005-06-28

I love this cd. It is very good to listen to if you are feeling sad or discouraged. It talks mostly about God's everlasting love. The song "Blue Skies" is the perfect example. "Begin With Me" is also a very good song because it really gets you thinking "Do I realize my faults or just look at other people's" the song "He sends His Love" is a very good song to listen to when you don't understand what is going on in your life. Way to go, POG!

1 out of 5 stars Steer clear of this one.......2005-01-07

This is a far cry from Steady On and their first 2 albums, which were great pop releases. This is the worst POG album since Life, Love & Other Mysteries! Here, "Begin With Me" (and 1 other song I cant remember) are the only tracks on this album that are anywhere near good. This album is filled with boring, lame-o, weak-melody junk. And what's to be expected with Nathan Nockles (from Watermark) producing 3 tracks. What are the girls thinking?! They used to be very choosy in picking the songs they record. I don't know what all these reviewers giving this record a 5-star rating are thinking either. Do yourself a favor, and pick up Steady On and their first 2 albums, and steer clear of this sleeper.

5 out of 5 stars A MUST for every Christian.......2003-10-18

This is a powerful CD that will move and inspire. What else can be said? I true gift from God.
The Incredible Film Music Box
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Six Decades of Film Music
  • Excellent collection with fine performances
  • "essential film scores from 1939 to 2004 ~ Incredible Music"
 The Incredible Film Music Box

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007S687Y
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

  1. Gone With The Wind: Overture
  2. Citizen Kane: Overture
  3. Casablanca: As Time Goes By
  4. It's A Wonderful Life: It's A Wonderful Life
  5. The Third Man: The Harry Lime Theme
  6. The Searchers: Suite
  7. The Bridge On The River Kwai: Colonel Bogey March
  8. Vertigo: Prelude
  9. Touch Of Evil: Main Title
  10. Ben-Hur: Parade Of The Charioteers
  11. North By Northwest: Prelude
  12. Psycho: Suite
  13. The Magnificent Seven: The Magnificent Seven
  14. Lawrence Of Arabia: Overture

Tracks:

  1. To Kill A Mockingbird: Suite
  2. The Great Escape: Main Title
  3. Doctor Zhivago: Main Title & Lara's Theme
  4. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
  5. Once Upon A Time In The West: Jill's Theme
  6. 2001: A Space Odyssey: Also Sprach Zarathustra
  7. Midnight Cowboy: Midnight Cowboy
  8. Get Carter: Main Title
  9. A Clockwork Orange: Ode To Joy
  10. The Godfather: Waltz & Love Theme
  11. Jaws: Jaws
  12. Rocky: Gonna Fly Now
  13. Taxi Driver: Suite
  14. Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope

Tracks:

  1. Superman: Main Theme
  2. Alien: End Title
  3. Raging Bull: Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana
  4. Raiders Of The Lost Ark: Raiders March
  5. Blade Runner: End Titles
  6. E.T.: The Extraterrestrial: Adventures On Earth
  7. Once Upon A Time In America: Deborah's Theme
  8. Back To The Future: Main Theme
  9. Witness: Building The Barn
  10. Aliens: Main Title
  11. Cinema Paradiso: Cinema Paradiso
  12. Glory: Charging Frot Wagner
  13. Dances With Wolves: The John Dunbar Theme
  14. Unforgiven: Claudia's Theme

Tracks:

  1. The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First
  2. Schindler's List: Main Theme
  3. Braveheart: End Credits
  4. Titanic: My Heart Will Go On
  5. Saving Private Ryan: Hymn To The Fallen
  6. American Beauty: Any Other Name
  7. Gladiator: Now We Are Free
  8. Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring: The Fellowship
  9. The Girl With The Pearl Earring: Griet's Theme
  10. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl: Suite
  11. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban: Suite
  12. Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Letter That Never Came
  13. Finding Neverland: Impossible Opening
  14. The Incredibles: Overture

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Six Decades of Film Music.......2007-05-13

This is film music for the classical music lover. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra presents excellent arrangements of a number of classic film themes (although several pieces of the 56 film classics selected for this 4 CD set are not orchestral arrangements, but rather specialty arrangements). Besides great film composers such as John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Ennio Morricone, and James Horner, classical composers such as Richard Strauss and Pietro Mascagni make an appearance. On several of the numbers the Crouch End Festival Chorus adds the human voice to the power of the full symphonic orchestra to create true movie magic. If you like the sound of a full symphony orchestra playing some of the most recognized themes ever written, you'll love these CDs.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent collection with fine performances.......2007-03-28

Silva Screen Records, based in England, has been issuing some fine collections of film scores, more in one box than we have the right to expect. This four-CD box contains scores by many of the best writers, including Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Dimitri Tomkin, Kenneth J. Alford (The Bridge on the River Kwai), Elmer Bernstein, Maurice Jarre, Ennio Marricone, John Barry, Nino Rota, John Williams, James Horner, and more. We can all think of additional film scores we wished were included, but then there's no way this collection could be all-inclusive. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, supplemented by Crouch End Festival Chorus on some numbers, does a very competent job...The liner notes give the basic information without any commentary, and as far as I can see, contain only one error. Am I wrong or are tracks 9 and 10 on the fourth CD mislabeled? Track 9, which runs 7:33, seems to have the excitement of "Pirates of the Caribbean" (which I did not see) and track 10, which runs 4:22, the more sedate "The Girl with the Pearl Earring (which I also did not see). Listings seem to have them reversed.

5 out of 5 stars "essential film scores from 1939 to 2004 ~ Incredible Music".......2005-05-16

When I think of the "Golden Age" of Hollywood, many composers come to mind...you gave the usher your ticket in the theater and sat down, knowingly you were going to get your moneys worth...when the curtain opened and you heard those first few notes...you sat back, watched and listened as the film score and orchestra worked their magic...now we have the ultimate from Silva Screen Classics "The Incredible Film Music Box", featuring a four disc set of the essential film scores of the past 60 years...covering several decades from 1939 through and up to the present 2004

There are compilations and then there are "Compilations" beginning with a classic that even the youngsters today recognize "GONE WITH THE WIND" (1939) (Max Steiner), sweeping score that captures the tragic history of the South during the Civil War, one great cue after another, it doesn't get any better than this, nominated by the Academy for Best Original Score...and closing on Disc 4 with "THE INCREDIBLES" (2004) (Michael Giacchino), the big hit in computer animation from Walt Disney & Pixar that once again pit Super-Heroes against the forces of evil...our family of five Supers prove crime doesn't pay, but box-office receipts do...gotta love it!

Silva Screen Classics as usual, has put quality into this 4-CD-Set featuring The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus conducted by Kenneth Alwyn, Bill Ashton, Paul Bateman, James Fitzpatrick, Mario Klemens, Derek Wadsworth, and Nic Raine. Recorded in "Dolby Surround" with the new technology of "HDCD", this is a "film-score-buffs" dream, one to treasure now and years to come.

Some selections are missing, but when you think of what Silva has included, it is impossible to please everyone...was happy to see "TOUCH OF EVIL" (1958) from composer Henry Mancini, as I feel this composer deserves all the recognition that has been overlooked recently in the music world...This collection is aimed directly at the "Serious Film Score" music fans and collectors...Silva is as always, perfect in every way...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 4-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1181 ~ (5/10/2005)
Ultimate Movie Album
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Highly recommended
 Ultimate Movie Album

Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005QC28
Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

  1. Bridget Jones's Diary: Out Of Reach - Gabrielle
  2. Gladiator: Now We Are Free - Gavin Greenaway
  3. Moulin Rouge: One Day I'll Fly Away - Nicole Kidman
  4. Notting Hill: When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
  5. American Beauty: Dead Already - Thomas Newman
  6. Braveheart: Main Theme - For The Love Of A Princess - London Symphony Orchestra
  7. Four Weddings And A Funeral: You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White
  8. O Brother Where Art Thou: Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
  9. Hannibal: Vide Cor Meum - Gavin Greenaway
  10. The Shawshank Redemption: Courtyard Theme: Che Soave Zeffiretto (Marriage Of Figaro) - Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
  11. The Thomas Crown Affair: Windmills Of Your Mind - Sting
  12. Platoon: Adagio - Neville Marriner
  13. Ghost: Unchained Melody - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
  14. Fantasia: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  15. The Big Lebowski: Just Dropped In (To See What My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
  16. Philadelphia: La Mamma Morta - Monserrat Caballe
  17. Snatch: Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnstone Brothers
  18. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels: Eighteen With A Bullet - Lewis Taylor And Carleen Anderson
  19. A Room With A View: O Mio Babbino Caro - Sylvia McNair

Tracks:

  1. Billy Elliot: Cosmic Dancer - Marc Bolan & T-Rex
  2. Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Pelagia's Song - Orchestra
  3. Four Weddings And A Funeral: Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
  4. Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves: Maid Marian At The Waterfall/Everything I Do - Michael Kamen
  5. Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme - John Mauceri
  6. American Beauty: Any Other Name - Thomas Newman
  7. Gladiator: The Battle (Excerpt) - Gavin Greenaway
  8. The Silence Of The Lambs: Goldberg Variations (Aria) - Andrei Gavrilov
  9. Notting Hill: She - Elvis Costello
  10. Pulp Fiction: Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
  11. Mission Impossible: Main Theme - Orchestra
  12. Waking Ned: Let The Draw Begin - Orchestra
  13. Out Of Africa: Love Theme - John Williams
  14. Shine: Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor, Op.30 - Concertgebouw Orchestra
  15. The Godfather Part III: Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana - Pavarotti
  16. The Mexican: End Credits Medley - The Hollywood Film Chorale
  17. Body Heat: Main Theme - John Williams
  18. Apocalypse Now: The Ride Of The Valkyries - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  19. Star Trek: The Final Frontier - Main Theme & March Of The Klingons - John Williams

Album Description

UK compilation featuring a combination of hit songs & theme music from some great soundtracks. Tracks include, Gabrielle 'Out Of Reach' (Bridget Jones Diary), 'Now We Are Free' (Gladiator), 'Dead Already' (American Beauty), Alison Kraus 'Down To The River To Pray' (O Brother Where Art Thou), Ronan Keating 'When You Say Nothing At All' (Notting Hill) & many more. 35 tracks on 2 CDs. 2001.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Highly recommended.......2002-08-20

This pricey UK import CD filled a lot of gaps in my music collection and is an excellent overview of notable music of (mostly) recent films. It's difficult to find consistently listenable soundtrack collections like this, by that I mean free from the obligitory Whitney Houston or Celine Dion embarrassments. Usually rights issues prevent comprehensive compilations like this in the US, too. While I enjoy a lot of soundtrack music, there aren't so many complete soundtracks that I would care to own, some examples of exceptions being Ennio Morricone scores and the About a Boy Soundtrack. While certainly most of these tracks are the actual recordings used in their respective films, I noticed that "La mamma morte" from Philadelphia is not the Maria Callas version. There might be other cases like this, I'm not sure. And "Unchained Melody" from Ghost is an orchestral version, not the pop song (but I consider this a plus). This collection seems to focus on the subtle and quirky, yet melodic music of indie films, with less emphasis on the loud sweeping orchestral scores of major Hollywood hits, but of course there are a few like Gladiator and Braveheart, which are welcome here because like I've said, I probably wouldn't listen to the whole score. I love the two Thomas Newman compositions from American Beauty, and it's good to have some music from films by the Cohen Brothers here. My only complaint would have to be the order of the songs. You would think they would avoid jumping back and forth between pop songs, orchestral scores, and quiet music, but it just seems thrown together by random. I would compare this collection to the excellent "Miramax Films Greatest Hits" but the makers of that album knew to group the two pop/rock songs at the end.
Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The slender difference that makes the great difference!
 Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos
Bela Bartok , and Gyorgy Sandor
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000028MQ
Release Date: 1993-02-09

Tracks:

  1. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 1-6. Six Unison Melodies
  2. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 7. Dotted Notes
  3. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 8. Repetition (1)
  4. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 9. Syncopation (1)
  5. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 10. With Alternate Hands
  6. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 11. Parallel Motion
  7. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 12. Reflection
  8. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 13. Change of Position
  9. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 14. Question and Answer
  10. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 15. Village Song
  11. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 16. Parallel Motion with Change of Position
  12. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 17. Contrary Motion (1)
  13. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 18-21. Four Unison Melodies
  14. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 22. Imitation and Counterpoint
  15. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 23. Imitation and Inversion
  16. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 24. Pastorale
  17. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 25. Imitation and Inversion (2)
  18. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 26. Repetition (2)
  19. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 27. Syncopation (2)
  20. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 28. Canon at the Octave
  21. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 29. Imitation Reflected
  22. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 30. Canon at the Lower Fifth
  23. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 31. Dance in Canon Form
  24. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 32. In Dorian Mode
  25. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 33. Slow Dance
  26. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 34. In Phrygian Mode
  27. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 35. Chorale
  28. Mikrokosmos: Volume 1 - 36. Free Canon
  29. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 37. In Lydian Mode
  30. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 38. Staccato and Legato (1)
  31. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 39. Staccato and Legato (canon)
  32. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 40. In Yugoslav Style
  33. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 41. Melody with Accompaniment
  34. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 42. Accompaniment in Broken Triads
  35. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 43. In Hungarian Style
  36. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 44. Contrary Motion (2)
  37. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 45. Meditation
  38. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 46. Increasing-Diminishing
  39. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 47. Country Fair
  40. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 48. In Mixolydian Mode
  41. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 49. Crescendo-Diminuendo
  42. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 50. Minuetto
  43. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 51. Waves
  44. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 52. Unison Divided
  45. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 53. In Transylvanian Style
  46. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 54. Chromatics
  47. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 55. Triplets in Lydian Mode
  48. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 56. Melody in Tenths
  49. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 57. Accents
  50. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 58. In Oriental Style
  51. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 59. Major and Minor
  52. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 60. Canon with Sustained Notes
  53. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 61. Pentatonic Melody
  54. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 62. Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion
  55. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 63. Buzzing
  56. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 64. Line Against Point (a & b)
  57. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 65. Dialogue
  58. Mikrokosmos: Volume 2 - 66. Melody Divided
  59. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 67. Thirds Against a Single Voice
  60. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 68. Hungarian Dance
  61. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 69. Study in Chords
  62. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 70. Melody against Double Notes
  63. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 71. Thirds
  64. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 72. Dragon's Dance
  65. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 73. Sixths and Triads
  66. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 74. Hungarian Matchmaking Song (a & b)
  67. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 75. Triplets
  68. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 76. In Three Parts
  69. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 77. Little Study
  70. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 78. Five-Tone Scale
  71. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 79. Hommage a J.S.B.
  72. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 80. Hommage a R. Sch.
  73. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 81. Wandering
  74. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 82. Scherzo
  75. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 83. Melody with Interruptions
  76. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 84. Merriment
  77. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 85. Broken Chords
  78. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 86. Two Major Pentachords
  79. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 87. Variations
  80. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 88. Duet for Pipes
  81. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 89. In Four Parts (1)
  82. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 90. In Russian Style
  83. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 91. Chromatic Invention (2)
  84. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 92. Chromatic Invention (2)
  85. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 93. In Four Parts (2)
  86. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 94. Once Upon a Time...
  87. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 95. Fox Song (a & b)
  88. Mikrokosmos: Volume 3 - 96. Jolts

Tracks:

  1. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 97. Notturno
  2. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 98. Thumbs Under
  3. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 99. Hands Crossing
  4. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 100. In Folk Song Style
  5. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 101. Diminished Fifth
  6. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 102. Harmonics
  7. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 103. Minor and Major
  8. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 104. Wandering through the Keys (a & b)
  9. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 105. Game (with two five-tone scales)
  10. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 106. Children's Song
  11. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 107. Melody in the Mist
  12. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 108. Wrestling
  13. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 109. From the Island of Bali
  14. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 110. And the Sounds Clash and Clang
  15. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 111. Intermezzo
  16. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 112. Variations on a Folk Tune
  17. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 113. Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
  18. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 114. Theme and Inversion
  19. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 115. Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
  20. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 116. Song
  21. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 117. Bouree
  22. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 118. Triplets in 9 8 Time
  23. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 119. Triplets in 3 4 Time
  24. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 120. Triads
  25. Mikrokosmos: Volume 4 - 121. Two-part Study
  26. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 122. Chords Together in Opposition
  27. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 123. Staccato and Legato (2) (a & b)
  28. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 124. Staccato
  29. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 125. Boating
  30. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 126. Change of Time
  31. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 127. New Hungarian Folk Song
  32. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 128. Stamping Dance
  33. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 129. Alternating Thirds
  34. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 130. Village Joke
  35. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 131. Fourths
  36. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 132. Major Seconds Broken and Together
  37. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 133. Syncopation (3)
  38. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 134. Studies in Double Notes (a, b & c)
  39. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 135. Perpetual Motion
  40. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 136. Whole-tone Scales
  41. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 137. Unison
  42. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 138. Bagpipe Music
  43. Mikrokosmos: Volume 5 - 139. Jack-in-the-Box
  44. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 140. Free Variations
  45. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 141. Subject and Reflection
  46. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 142. From the Diary of a Fly
  47. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 143. Divided Arpeggios
  48. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 144. Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths
  49. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 145. Chromatic Invention (3) (a &b)
  50. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 146. Ostinato
  51. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 147. March
  52. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 148. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
  53. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 149. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
  54. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 150. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (3)
  55. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 151. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (4)
  56. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 152. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (5)
  57. Mikrokosmos: Volume 6 - 153. Six Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm (6)

Amazon.com essential recording

Bartók's Mikrokosmos ("Little World") essentially comprises 153 teaching pieces, divided into six books of progressive difficulty. These works make ideal vehicles for budding piano students who are ready to face the myriad challenges of 20th-century keyboard music. They also reveal the kernels of the Hungarian composer's uncompromising compositional style. György Sándor was a piano pupil of Bartók's, and his fluid, perceptive playing is unfailingly idiomatic, from the simple, canon-like exercises at the start to the demanding Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm that crown the cycle. The mono engineering is thin but acceptable. Suffice it to say that the composer would have been proud of what his pupil achieves here. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The slender difference that makes the great difference!.......2006-09-29

At the actual moments it's hard to find out that unusual and missed way of play Bartok with these well known dissonant inflections, for all of us who had the immense privilege to watch this legendary pianist twice in Caracas in the seventies and eighties. To this reviewer, it will be absolutely impossible to forget his egregious presence and powering [...], steeled phrasing hovered by that special reverberation and acidic lyricism at the moment to play Out of doors that cold night of December 9, 1982.

Without another intention in mind, but intending to illustrate and motive the newcomer listener, I would say that in just few counted occasions (Richter and Prokoviev, Ravel and Cortot) there has been such chemical rapport between composer and performer.

At least in my case, I have not heard about any other pianist able to sound so sarcastic, reverberating and genuinely Hungarian as Gyorgy Sandor did it.

So I really hope you to keep in mind all these previous considerations at the moment to make this wise choice. Go for this record without any shadow of doubt.

This album is now part of the mythic legend of the treasures for keyboard.

No other pianist will sound so astonishingly as Sandor does.

Hungarian Musical Mother Tongue
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    		Hungarian Musical Mother Tongue

    Manufacturer: Hungaroton Classic
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00009OOJ1
    Release Date: 2003-07-29

    Tracks:

    1. Sa Szemem, Hull Az Kem (My Eyes Weep, I Shed Tears)
    2. Haragusznak a Jzd(The Good Farmers Are Angry)
    3. SzilvFaluj Vidri a Nevem (My Name Is Vidri from the ...)
    4. Nagy Udvara Van a Holdnak (There Is a Circle Round the Moon)
    5. Nal HosszulyFolksongon a Long Flute)
    6. New Vttem Semmit HazFalujk (I Have Done No Harm to My Village)
    7. Olyan Felesm Vagyon (My Wife Is of the Sort)
    8. Rott a P MegyehFal (The Peacock Has Flown Onto the Wall
    9. Leszott a P Verye Ka (The Peacock Has Settled on the ...)
    10. Lovam HajLefela Sz(The Wind Blows Back My Horse's Mane)
    11. es Jtenem, Indd Meg vizet (Good Lord, Let the Flood Free) - Gyula Gercuj
    12. Egy Kicsi Mada... (A Small Bird)
    13. Egy Kicsi Mada... (A Small Bird)
    14. Rj, P, Rj (Fly, Peacock, Fly)
    15. Dance Melody - Balint Sarosi
    16. Kiszdt a T [The Lake Has Dried Up] - Lajos Murguly
    17. Lehullott a Js V [Jesus' Blood Has Been Shed]
    18. Jaj, Lelkem, Lelkem Jrsam... (Woe, My Dear, My Dearest Good ...)
    19. Amhara Epikus ek (Amharic Epic Song) - Balint Sarosi
    20. Siralmas Volt Nm Szm (It Is Lamentable That I Was Born ...)
    21. T Lja (Chicken and Goose Liver)
    22. LCsikL. (Mount the Horse, Horse-Herder)
    23. Beli Buba, A Bbe (Sleep Baby in the Craddle)
    24. Csordaptorok... (Herdsam...) - Balint Sarosi
    25. Ne Hagyj Elesnem (Don Not Let Me Fall)
    26. Ne Aludj el, KSzemenek Vil (Do Not Drop Asleep, My Eyes)
    27. FelnyAz Mellett KSzMajora (Two Pieces of Marjoram Have
    28. VAz Erdei Utat (The Forest Road Is Being Cleared) - Ferenc Ballai
    29. Rongyot, Asszonyok! (Rags, Women!) - Balint Sarosi
    30. Magyar Asszonyok, Magyar Any (Hungarian Women, Hungarian Mothers!)
    31. Hejde, Betett Nm a Gyulai Vr (The Market of Gyula Has Done ...)
    32. Az vIstene Azt el Nem Neti (The God of the Orphans Cannot ...)
    33. Felja Fes Hold Az K (The Bright Moon Has Risen ...)
    34. Ennek a Gazdk SzKocsija Van (This Farmer Has a Nice Cart) - Balint Sarosi
    35. Ha a Dunna Sz Tudna (If the Eiderdown Could Speak)
    36. DudanDud(Bagpipe Melody Performed on Bagpipe)
    37. Magyar Verbunk
    38. FordulTurning Dance) - Balint Sarosi
    Free to Fly
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      		Free to Fly

      Manufacturer: Amberalexis
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000CAKAQC
      Release Date: 2004-05-04
      Free To Fly
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        		Free To Fly
        Charita
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000JZ6VMW
        You Will Never Walk Alone Accompaniment CD
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          		You Will Never Walk Alone Accompaniment CD

          Manufacturer: Word Music
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B0001EXLXI

          Product Description

          Here's your chance to sing with (or without) your favorite Christian singers! Featuring the original studio masters as arranged and recorded by the artist, each high-quality soundtrack provides you with professional accompaniment and includes lyrics and a lead sheet. The original singer performs with you on side one, and you get to take center stage on side two in the singer's vocal range.
          Free to Fly
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            		Free to Fly
            Beth Ray
            Manufacturer: Beth Ray
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000CAGXJK
            Release Date: 2005-06-07

            Tracks:

            1. Freedom
            2. I Give My Life
            3. Neverending Night
            4. Mother's Love
            5. Who Do I Belong To
            6. All It Takes
            7. Yearning
            8. Kaleidoscope
            9. Magic Man
            10. How Did I Know
            11. Love Without Attachment
            12. Waters
            13. Waiting
            14. Pearls of Grace
            15. Lady's Prayer
            Free to Fly Away
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              		Free to Fly Away

              Manufacturer: Tim Barfield
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
              ASIN: B000CA40I6
              Release Date: 2004-05-25

              Music:

              1. Girls of Grace
              2. Gloria
              3. God in Us
              4. God Is A Blanket Of Love
              5. Gospel for the Lord [Import]
              6. Gospel Greats
              7. Gospel Greats, Vol. 7: Verity Live [Live]
              8. Have I Ever Told You
              9. He Chose Me
              10. Hi Masters [Import]

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