Many years back, my mother used to have a vinyl entitled 'Masterworks' this was a compilation of varying pieces of music - like with most of her records, they got placed onto tape, and never played again.

Recently, I managed to hunt out the tape of it - I am presuming this LP came out around 1984, as dad bought his Panny hi-fi and started copying my mother's records onto tape.

However, the tape does not have a box with the listings - so I was wondering if you'd mind listening and working out who they are - I've uploaded the tape (with record pops and tape hiss).
I tried Googling 'Masterworks' - which, incidentally, had a blue cover, with 80's style lettering, and what looked like a synthesiser, if I remember correctly. However, my Googling gave me <Composer's Name>: Masterworks, and not what I'm looking for - I also want to know, as I want to buy it on CD, as this copy hasn't been placed through any editing software or anything - I slapped it together 2 seconds ago.

Page to obtain tracks (www.alex-hudson.co.uk/classicalmusic/classical.html)

Cheers,
Alex

So far, dont know 1,
#2 is theme from 2001 space odyssey or Richard Strauss - Sprach Zarathustra
#3 Ravel's Bolero, made famous by Torvill and Dean.
#4 isnt long enough to hear
#5a, pass!
#5bTheme from the Polovtsian Dances, from Alexander Borodin's opera, Prince Igor or A Stranger in Paradise, Kismet.

Well its a start :)

Wasn't this one of the records which first made the moog synthesiser famous way back. Long before rock and pop bands started to use the sounds, classical pianist was introduced to Robert Moog and they recorded some classical pieces in an attempt to popularise the new electronic instrument.

I understand the first moog classical album was Bach pieces and it came to prominence in 1968.

I found a listing reference to;

Masterworks - An Electronic Adventure Into The World Of Classics (LP-Stereo)

on this page (http://homepage.mac.com/fidelitarean/lists/electronic.html).

....... and ebay.co.uk Item #4782712577 seems to confirm it.

Produced in 1980, this album was created using electronic synthesizers of the time (Roland, Sequential Circuits, Moog, Yamaha, Korg, Oberheim etc.) and was dedicated to the genius of Beethoven, Strauss, Widor, Mozart, Ravel, Greig, Dorodin, Bizet, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. Musicians include Richard Harvey, Nick Glennie-Smith, Andrew Pryce-Jackman, Jeff Jarratt and Don Reedman, with contributions from Francis Monkman and Tristan Fry.

Tracks include:-
~ Also Sprach Zarathustra - 2001 ~
~ Toccata in F ~
~ Adagio (Pathetique Sonata) ~
~ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ~
~ Bolero ~
~ Piano Concert in A Minor ~
~ Polovtsian Dances ~
~ March of the Toreadors ~
~ Flight of the Bumble Bee ~
~ 1812 Overture (Finale) ~

If you want the LP, it was listed in October but no-one bid so I guess that he still may have it!!!

Are they film soundtracks played on a Moog Synth....Bolero from 10, Sprach Zarathustra from 2001, and I think I recognise a few of the others as soundtracks, but may be wrong.:huh:

Originally posted by utah
So far, dont know 1,
#2 is theme from 2001 space odyssey or Richard Strauss - Sprach Zarathustra
#3 Ravel's Bolero, made famous by Torvill and Dean.
#4 isnt long enough to hear
#5a, pass!
#5bTheme from the Polovtsian Dances, from Alexander Borodin's opera, Prince Igor or A Stranger in Paradise, Kismet.

Well its a start :)

Thanks - I mananged to get the remaining tracks from CGK which lead me to eBaying it - I only 'Amazoned' before.



Originally written by Mr HTML Man! ;)

Wasn't this one of the records which first made the moog synthesiser famous way back. Long before rock and pop bands started to use the sounds, classical pianist was introduced to Robert Moog and they recorded some classical pieces in an attempt to popularise the new electronic instrument.

That's interesting stuff - it's kind of an interesting sound - I researched into the disc, and will...

If you want the LP, it was listed in October but no-one bid so I guess that he still may have it!!! ...buy it on e-bay, especially, as I now have the remaining tracks...

Tracks include:-
~ Also Sprach Zarathustra - 2001 ~
~ Toccata in F ~
~ Adagio (Pathetique Sonata) ~
~ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ~
~ Bolero ~
~ Piano Concert in A Minor ~
~ Polovtsian Dances ~
~ March of the Toreadors ~
~ Flight of the Bumble Bee ~
~ 1812 Overture (Finale) ~

...Cheers.

Are they film soundtracks played on a Moog Synth... they are indeed Mrs DA! ;)

Thanks,
case solved,
Alex - :)

Number 1 is the Toccata from Widor's Symphony no 5 for organ.

Originally posted by Hopman
Number 1 is the Toccata from Widor's Symphony no 5 for organ.

Number 5 - that's interesting - I always had it down as 9...

Hmm...

:)

Kentboy,
I suspect that the subtitle for the 9th Symphony "Gothic" may have confused you.

Symphony No 5 in F minor op 42/1 dates from 1880;
Symphony No 9 in C minor op 70 dates from 1895.
In all Widor wrote ten symphonies for organ.

Originally posted by Hopman
Kentboy,
I suspect that the subtitle for the 9th Symphony "Gothic" may have confused you.

Symphony No 5 in F minor op 42/1 dates from 1880;
Symphony No 9 in C minor op 70 dates from 1895.
In all Widor wrote ten symphonies for organ.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest - what does the 'op' stand for?

:)

Originally posted by kentboy119
Thanks for putting my mind at rest - what does the 'op' stand for?

:)

It stands for opus, meaning "work". It helps to identify a piece of music. Often a composer would write more than one piece with the same title - eg Symphony in F minor.

When the opus number was added that would narrow it down to a specific piece of music.

Mozart, however, was so prolific and wrote so many pieces with the same title, that an even more definitive method was required.

As well as the titles and opus numbers, his works are also given K numbers, so named after Ludwig Köchel, the man who spent many years cataloguing Mozart's vast body of work.

Originally posted by mojoworking
It stands for opus, meaning "work". It helps to identify a piece of music. Often a composer would write more than one piece with the same title - eg Symphony No 5 in F minor.

When the opus number was added that would narrow it down to a specific piece of music.

Mozart, however, was so prolific and wrote so many pieces with the same title, that an even more definitive method was required.

As well as the titles and opus numbers, his works are also given K numbers, so named after Ludwig Köchel, the man who spent many years cataloguing Mozart's vast body of work.

Just noticed your update, Mojo.

Cheers.