Cartoons Greatest Hits

Raymond [Jazz] Scott (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Franz Liszt (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Amilcare Ponchielli (Composer), Ferde Grofe (Composer), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Composer), Johann II [Junior] Strauss (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Aram Khachaturian (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Paul [Composer] Dukas (Composer), Claudio Abbado (Conductor), Zubin Mehta (Conductor), Riccardo Chailly (Conductor), Giuseppe Patanè (Conductor), Samuel Adler (Conductor), André Kostelanetz (Conductor), Leonard Bernstein (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Chailly, Giuseppe Patanč, Samuel Adler, et al.
• Composer: Raymond [Jazz] Scott, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Franz Liszt, Gioachino Rossini, et al.
• Audio CD (May 14, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000029PS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,970 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment and irritation, August 1, 2000

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Jorge Yuri "iragi" (Perugia, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cartoons Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This CD contains 16 tracks, some from Walt Disney "Fantasia" and one (track #11) presented as the recording of "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" from the full length cartoon-movie "Melody Time". Beware: it has got nothing to do with that enthusing performance, in boogie-woogie rhythm, by an excellent piano soloist (Freddie Martin? Teddy Wilson?) accompanied by a string-and-winds orchestra. It is, rather, a very banal rendition of Rimsky-Korsakoff's piece. Considering that I ordered this CD just for this piece (I have all others of classical music, from "Fantasia" in excellent recordings, I was disappointed and irritated when I tried to listen to the jazzed-up rendition of RK's music. This is a misrepresentation on part of the label (Sony). I don't think it's casual that the title of this piece, presented on the detail page as track #11 in the "List to Samples" section, disappears altogether from the following section ("On This CD"). If you are keen on Bugs Bunny and other rabbits, go ahead and buy this record. I'll be grateful to anybody (to the tune of $10) who can tell me where I can find a recording of the piece, such as I heard it on "Melody Time".

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I love this CD!, September 12, 2001

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Vivien Goh (Singapore, Singapore Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cartoons Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I have been searching for a CD to accompany my balloon mime show for a long time, and when I found this, it was a dream come true. The songs are happy sounding, chirpy and fun, especially the souped up version of the PowerHouse. Comes with a burp in front that I could react to! If you like happy sounding instrumental music, this would be it!