The Symphony Project

Track Listings

1. There Is Hope

2. Servant of Servants

3. Mary, Mary

4. Great Storm Is Over

5. He'll Always Defend You

6. Still He Gives Love

7. May We Be One

8. In My Father's House

9. When He Comes Again

10. Bread of Life

11. We Belong to You Alone

Tracks:

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Minuet
Rondeau
Four Season/Spring
Air on a G String
Water Music/Hornpipe
Ave Maria
Sheep May Safely Graze
Water Music/Air
Ode to Joy
Alla Luce del Dio
Canon in D
Trumpet Tune
Trumpet Voluntary
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
All Creatures of Our God and King
Now Thank We All Our God
Bridal Chorus
Bridal Chorus (Shorter Version)
Wedding March

Product Description

20 wedding songs, ceremony music classics, including Ode to Joy, Canon in D, the Wedding March, Trumpet Voluntary, the Bridal Chorus, and more performed by guitarist Mark Magnuson. Elegant, intimate guitar selections. Over 50 minutes of music to use in any part of your ceremony. Triumphant ceremony processionals and recessionals. Exquisite timeless classical music for your bridal entrance. Excellent choice for brides, DJ's, wedding planners, wedding venues, wedding slide shows.

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The Symphony Project
Glad
Manufacturer: Benson Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
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The Acapella Project II
Acapella Hymns

ASIN: B00000DPJC
Release Date: 1994-02-24

Tracks:

There Is Hope
Servant of Servants
Mary, Mary
Great Storm Is Over
He'll Always Defend You
Still He Gives Love
May We Be One
In My Father's House
When He Comes Again
Bread of Life
We Belong to You Alone

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Daniele Amfitheatrof Project

The Daniele Amfitheatrof Project

Manufacturer: Label X
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000003HC2
Release Date: 1994-06-28

Customer Reviews:

Daniele Amfitheatrof Project.......2005-10-18

An interesting compilation, which spotlights the career of the unjustly neglected Daniele Amfitheatrof, as conductor and, later, composer in Hollywood. Amfitheatrof's concert work, "American Panorama" is a fun piece, whereas his score for "The Beginning or the End", MGMs film on the development of the atomic bomb, is a true jem. Unfortunately, as this CD has been mastered from the best available 78rpm discs, the sound will, of course, be low-fi. Nontheless, a fine effort indeed.

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Brilliant!
Make him stop!
Busted is a bust

Busted

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Ecossaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Musettes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Beethoven or Bust
Bachbusters
Time Warp
Switched-On Boxed Set

ASIN: B000003D2U
Release Date: 1997-08-26

Tracks:

Allegro
Eine Kleine Gigue
Allegretto - Trio
Musette
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Menuet
2-Part Invention
2-Part Invention
2-Part Invention
2-Part Invention
3-Part Invention
Fugue
Scherzo: Allegretto Vivace
Fur Elise
Six Ecossaises
Ode To Joy
Ode To Joy
Ode To Ludwig
Dimensions
Birthday Dimensions
Ascent
Don Dorsey
The Festival Of Festivals
The Festival Of Festivals
The Festival Of Festivals
The Festival Of Festivals

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant!.......2003-11-24

I found this CD more satisfying than the previous two. I play it constantly while driving. I have no idea how I came to this CD. Maybe one of my daughters bought it for me. I prefer the renditions of Mozart, Beethoven and Dorsey himself to those of Bach (personal taste, I guess). By the way, I found tracks 20 and 21 on this CD, "Dimensions" and "Birthday Dimensions," the best of the lot. Both were composed by Dorsey. He should do more. I am waiting for his next CD. Dorsey is a gift to our generation, as much as Beethoven was a gift to people of another time.

Make him stop!.......2002-01-09

I can't believe this guy even has a recording contract. He is completely without talent and just plays a bunch of machines that any 15 year old with an IQ of 80 can operate. This music is some kind of bad joke.

Busted is a bust.......2001-01-06

This CD is a big disappointment after hearing BACHBUSTERS and BEETHOVEN OR BUST. It contains duplicates from these previous albums and a lot of other music that isn't especially pleasant to listen to and has no central theme. The Mozart additions are not very exciting and sound a lot like cuts from the previous albums. I had hoped to hear some great Mozart stuff on this disc, but it isn't there.

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Like taking a scented bath in sheer symphonic sound...
Pure Orchestra
Tesh, a savior..... maybe, just maybe
Did not reach its fullest potential
Uplifting

Pure Orchestra

Manufacturer: Garden City Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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The John Tesh Project: Pure Movies 2
One World
The Power of Love
Monterey Nights
Grand Passion

ASIN: B0000560S9
Release Date: 2001-01-16

Tracks:

Book of Days
After the Sunrise
Picture This
Silk Road
Song for Jennifer
Marching Season
Watermark
Longing / Love
The Mummer's Dance
Dancin' In The Stars
Havana
Angel Eyes
Blue

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The thinking behind Pure Orchestra is as follows: select 11 familiar melodies composed by New Age-related artists, arrange them for a 60-member orchestra, then hope something special happens. Alas, nothing much does. This installment from John Tesh's music factory is a decent, well-intentioned effort that may find fans among listeners drawn to symphonic renditions of pop music. Yet for anyone who holds dear the compositions addressed on Pure Orchestra (Enya's "Book of Days," Jim Brickman's "Picture This," "Marching Season" by Yanni, and so on), these lightweight, soundtrack-like interpretations will probably only make you long to hear the originals. Tesh's role here is only as a producer, not a performer, though he does include two original, though uneventful, pieces of his own ("Song for Jennifer" and "Blue"). Kenny G's "Havana" sounds as though its re-creation was being handled by 101 Strings. Meanwhile, the interpretations of two Yanni tracks pale compared to what can be found on Live at the Acropolis, and truly affecting solo pieces such as Brickman's "Angel Eyes" and "Longing/Love" by George Winston gain nothing by orchestral treatment. Sometimes it's better to leave well enough alone. --Terry Wood

Album Description

Lose yourself in a dynamic swirl of strings, horns and percussion as performed by a 60-piece Symphony Orchestra! Powerful melodies transform 13 memorable songs from the world's most popular new age composers into fully orchestrated, symphonic

Customer Reviews:

Like taking a scented bath in sheer symphonic sound..........2004-12-09

This album comes in handy when you want to take a break from all those Mancini, Bacharach, John williams etc. reissues. The program is drawn from compositions of top New Age artists all arranged for a sixty piece orchestra. The arrangements are quite weighty for the most part with a lot of bravado during the big moments. Strings breeze from speaker to speaker, with glissening brass and horns throughout. Yanni, Chip Davis, and Tesh himself have all used orchestras extensively. Keep in mind
John Tesh does not perform on the album; he produces and had a hand in choosing the selections. One does not have to be a New Age fan to enjoy this disc; in fact I was not even familiar with most the compositions. When your in the mood for a semiclassical atmosphere this will fit the bill. Add a star if you think this album will inspire you to pursue more on the original artists.

Pure Orchestra.......2004-08-11

I loved it! I enjoyed every piece on the album. I have played it several times and have enjoyed just as much each time. I bought a copy for my Sister & Brother-in-law.

Tesh, a savior..... maybe, just maybe.......2003-07-31

If you are looking for some powerful and great new age music, and who is, this disc is not for you. i feel like i should be crossing a finish line in the olympics every time i hear tesh. to call the music corny would be the greatest compliment, and accomplishment for tesh to this day. much worse words are needed to truely describe the music of the infamous, john tesh. now, if you dont take my word, and you actually go through with the purchase of this cd, please, please, make sure your running shoes are laced, be sure to have plenty of water and run that mile. make sure there is something for you to run through at the end of the mile, and time it so a big orchestra stab hits at that moment. well, i dont care for tesh, but i am looking very much forward to the day when tesh, hasselhoff, kevin bacon, keanu reeves (sp) & william shatner all join forces to create a monster, star-laden group, that all sorts of people will buy, even though it truely smells of week old britches that have been soiled and sitting in the sun.

Did not reach its fullest potential.......2003-01-04

I hate to be the only partly dissenting review so far (taking a deep breath), but here goes:

This is a wonderful album in concept, but earns about a C+ in execution. The song selection is wonderful - truly some of the best melodies from the modern "new age" genre. (I agree with John Tesh in his liner notes: "...'new age' music never really gets much respect as a musical genre. It's a shame, because I believe these melodies to be strong and vital.") Unfortunately, this album may not advance the "new age" genre's reputation as he (or I) had hoped.

It is vital to note that John Tesh didn't do the arranging or orchestrating on this album. One can almost immediately hear it doesn't have his trademark lush, full sounds. Arranger, orchestrater, and conductor J. Eric Schmidt didn't take full advantage of his source material. Most of his arrangements sound thin, especially considering the intent was to fill-out the songs with a 60 piece orchestra. Almost every piece sounds rushed and too staccato. There's no hallmark fermatta-type chords one can hang on to and truly luxuriate in.

Though I do enjoy a few pieces on this album, the tracks I'm most disappointed in are the songs with which I'm most familiar. A couple of examples: Jim Brickman's "Angel Eyes", normally a very pensive and peaceful piece, is so fast it sounds like the conductor just couldn't wait to get out of the studio. Enya's "Book of Days" starts out impressively, but again, there's an underlying rushed feeling and Schmidt changes some of the original chords in the chorus that sound like either lazy arranging or mistakes. The horns in the 2nd and 3rd choruses sound really frail, almost pathetic.

Ultimately, this is a collection of great songs that under poor management falls flat and short of its grander intent. One can enjoy it simply because the skeletons of each piece is so strong. The fleshing out leaves something to be desired.

Uplifting.......2001-10-20

This is the album I selected to be played around the clock in the hospital room of a dear friend who was in a coma. Every selection is uplifting, the melodies and instrumentation beautiful. There are no howling wolves, crashing waves, or dripping water...just music that makes you feel good all over. I am buying it for my dad who is a classical music purist (distrusts the contemporary composers.) It will convert him immediately!

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Jesus Uor Savior/Sym. No.02
Praise Symphony Project
Manufacturer: Coventry Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005NNNQ
Release Date: 2001-11-09

Tracks:

Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven
The Servant King (From Heaven You Came)
Meekness and Majesty
His Body Was Broken (See Him Come)
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Here Is Love
How Deep the Father's Love for Us
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
We Worship at Your Feet (Come and See)
I'm Forever Grateful
That the Lamb Who Was Slain (This Is My Beloved Son)
Thine Be the Glory
Behold the Lord
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
I Am He That Liveth (At Your Feet We Fall)
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Album Description

SYMPHONY NO. 2, JESUS OUR SAVIOUR is the second in a three-album trilogy of symphonic works, based around the mystery of the Holy Trinity. Once again combining both the historic hymns of the church with the fresh voice of new worship songs, Australian arranger/conductor Paul Terracini and the Emmy Award-winning Prague Philharmonic Orchestra present a triumphant portrait of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, our Saviour.

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God Our Father/Sym. No.01
Praise Symphony Project
Manufacturer: Coventry Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005NNNP
Release Date: 2001-11-09

Tracks:

Movt No.1 Creation
Movt No.2 Grace And Mercy
Movt No.3 Eternal Hope

Album Description

Symphony No. 1, God Our Father is the first in a three-album trilogy of symphonic works, based around the mystery of the Holy Trinity. Combing both the historic hymns of the church, with the fresh voice of new worship songs, Australian arranger/conductor Paul Terracini and the Emmy award-winning Prague Philharmonic Orchestra present a powerful and moving declaration of the love of God, our Father.

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The New Dutch Academy Mannheim Project

Manufacturer: Pentatone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000096FUP
Release Date: 2003-05-27

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A mixed pro-am orchestra brings out Solti's best

Sir Georg Solti Carnegie Hall Project

Manufacturer: London Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000004270
Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

Overture to Die Meistersinger
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a
Symphony No. 9 In E Flat Major, Op. 70: I Allegro
Symphony No. 9 In E Flat Major, Op. 70: II Moderato
Symphony No. 9 In E Flat Major, Op. 70: III Presto
Symphony No. 9 In E Flat Major, Op. 70: IV Largo
Symphony No. 9 In E Flat Major, Op. 70: V Allegretto - Allegro
Don Juan, Op. 20
Overture To The Bartered Bride

Customer Reviews:

A mixed pro-am orchestra brings out Solti's best.......2007-01-31

In the summer of 1994 Solti spent most of June conducting a pickup orchestra (dubbed the Carnegie Hall Project) that mixed 15 first-chair professionals from major U.S. orhcestras with a large group of talented young musicians between the ages of 18 and 35. I shouldn't call it a student orhestra, but most of the participants were picked from conservatories. IN any event, five selections appear here from those summer concerts, and in every respect they are relzed, natural, delightful readings. Indeed, the Strauss Don Juan is so genial that nobody, I venture, could hear it blind and guess that Solti was conducting. Late in life he became enamored of Shostakovich, and this Sym. #9 is about as cheerful and lighthearted as they come.

All the works repeats from the Solti discography, but duplication doesn't matter in this case. Here's a batch of summer music at its best. Too bad that Carnegie Hal, for one reason and another, wasn't able to fulfill its dream of maintianing the orchestra as a permanent feature.

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One of the Best Pitchfork songs, AND a great B-side!

Renascence
Project Pitchfork
Manufacturer: Synthetic Symphony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004ZHZR
Release Date: 2004-09-13

Customer Reviews:

One of the Best Pitchfork songs, AND a great B-side!.......2004-07-28

My views of Project Pitchfork are like my opinion of Cranberry juice. It's shockingly bitter and strange-tasting as compared to other juices, and yet the more I drink, the more I want; although I'd never admit just how much I really enjoyed it. Simply because I can't understand it myself.

Track Listing:
1. Renascence( album version )
2. Renascence( Opera version remixed by Eernst Horn of Deine Lakaien )
3. Renascence( Icon mix by Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly )
4. The Hint

Project Pitchfork has been a subject of fascination for me for the past few months now and when I decided to take the plunge into the elusive territory of seeking one some of their singles, I knew that it had to be this one.

No can deny Renascence. It's a classic. Any PP fan should definitely buy this one if they have any interest in owning some of the rarities. As for music fans from the industrial genre who are just becoming aquainted to this band, I recommend buying this with IO; the album which this song came from. This single ties in nicely because aside from the B-side that would have fit in well on the album, you also get to hear tiny fragments in the background of some of the other songs from IO( "Glowing like IO in space" in the background for the Icon mix ) This single couldn't have been heavily produced so I would get it now while you can.

Renascence is a very unique PP song because it tells a story, and a very touching one at that. It is about two men who both lose their wives to a cruel and unfair form of Death. It's essentially a love song, but definitely NOT a ballad. It's one of the more melodic and dancable songs in the PP collection and yet Peter Spilles' shrill vocals add an intense emotional punch to the song also. It also sounds almost ironic since Spilles' voice( at least in the mid 90's ) has a chilling almost sinister sound.

"The hint" Also makes this single well worth the money as the 6 minute unsettling dreamscape-esque song about humility( typical pitchfork fodder ) is absolutely sinful. Words cannot describe this. Just be sure to play it loud.

My only gripe about this single is that the remixes really don't do the original justice. This is primarily because of what they did with the vocals. A tamed version of Spilles singing the lyrics takes away the emotional spark in the Opera mix and The fade out effects of the vocals in the Icon mix sound more like a poor quality recording than a creative spin on things. But aside from the vocals, the mixes themselves are pretty good. I didn't know what to expect of remixes of an Industrial song and I found these to be satisfying nonetheless. Even the cover art on and inside the sleeve is quite nice. Plus it was definitely worth it to own the rare versions of what is truly a phenominal song and then to even get another great song too.

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1. There Is Hope
2. Servant of Servants
3. Mary, Mary
4. Great Storm Is Over
5. He'll Always Defend You
6. Still He Gives Love
7. May We Be One
8. In My Father's House
9. When He Comes Again
10. Bread of Life
11. We Belong to You Alone