Time Life Presents: Classical Thunder (2005)
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 ...
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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...
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- Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Introduction
- Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries
- The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Mars, the Bringer of War
- Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, Op. 64 ter: Montagues and Capulets
- Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: Sabre Dance
- Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Conclusion
- Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King
- Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: The Hut on Fowl's Legs
- Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: The Great Gate at Kiev
- Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3)
- Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67: Allegro con brio
- Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties"), H.48 (Op. 14): Marche au Supplice (March to the Scaffold)
- Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Sacrificial Dance
- Feste romane (Roman Festivals), symphonic poem, P. 157: Circus Maximus
- Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 1 (assembled by Ernest Guirard): Les Toréadors
- Finlandia, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 26
- 1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49: Conclusion
- Mlada, suite for orchestra: Procession of the Nobles
- La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra ("légende dramatique"), H. 111 (Op. 24): Rákóczy March
- Ritual Fire Dance, for orchestra (from "El Amor brujo")
- Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 40 (TrV 190): The Hero's Battlefield
- Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141: Pines of the Appian Way
- Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra ("Manzoni Requiem"): Dies Irae
- Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: Allegro con brio
- Sinfonietta for orchestra ("Military," "Sokol Festival"), JW 6/18: Allegretto
- Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47: Air et Danse Bacchanale
- L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 2, from the incidental music (arranged by Ernest Guirard): Farandole
- L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 1: Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
- Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: O Fortuna
- Lieutenant Kijé, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60: The Wedding of Kijé
- Catfish Row, symphonic suite (from Porgy and Bess, opera): Hurricane
- Slavonic March, for orchestra, Op. 31
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