Classical Thunder
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- Release Date: 04/26/2005
- 2 Disc Set
- Sales Rank: 21,009
- Label: TIME LIFE RECORDS
- UPC: 610583161922
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Classical Thunder
Disc
1 | |
| 1 | Also sprach Zarathustra ( / Richard Strauss |
| 2 | Die Walküre (The Valkyrie / Richard Wagner |
| 3 | The Planets, suite for or / Gustav Holst |
| 4 | Romeo and Juliet, Suite N / Sergey Prokofiev |
| 5 | Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: / Aram Khachaturian |
| 6 | Overture to Guillaume Tel / Gioachino Rossini |
| 7 | Peer Gynt Suite for orche / Edvard Grieg |
| 8 | Pictures at an Exhibition / Modest Mussorgsky |
| 9 | Pictures at an Exhibition / Modest Mussorgsky |
| 10 | Fanfare for the Common Ma / Aaron Copland |
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| 1 | Mlada, suite for orchestr / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsa |
| 2 | La Damnation de Faust, fo / Hector Berlioz |
| 3 | Ritual Fire Dance, for or / Manuel de Falla |
| 4 | Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's / Richard Strauss |
| 5 | Pini di Roma (The Pines o / Ottorino Respighi |
| 6 | Requiem Mass, for soloist / Giuseppe Verdi |
| 7 | Symphony No. 7 in A major / Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 8 | Sinfonietta for orchestra / Leos Janácek |
| 9 | Samson et Dalila, opera i / Camille Saint-Saëns |
| 10 | L' Arlésienne, suite for / Georges Bizet |
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Editorial Reviews
As a Time-Life collection, this two-disc set of Classical Thunder -- big orchestral warhorses that will rattle your rafters if you've got the right gear -- is a little odd. It used to be that Time-Life stood for good, informative documentation that would let you learn something about the music you were listening to, whether pop or classical. In this case you get zilch in the way of information. The liner doesn't even credit the performers, which is unjust.
Still and all, if you like flash, crash, and thunder for your drive-time survival regime, you could do worse than this set of 32 excerpts featuring brass and percussion all the way. Wherever the performances came from, they've been mastered into a reasonably coherent whole without a lot of background noise. The disc opens with the famed low organ pedal of Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" and goes from there. Even people who haven't heard a lot of classical music will recognize a lot of these pieces from one place or another, and it could be a good disc to throw in the car changer to give your expensive speakers their due workout. James Manheim, All Music Guide
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