Golden Petals

Igor Stravinsky (Composer), Janice Misurell-Mitchell (Composer), Paul English (Composer), William [1] Thomas McKinley (Composer), Artie Shaw (Composer), David Colson (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: David Colson
• Composer: Igor Stravinsky, Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Paul English, William [1] Thomas McKinley, Artie Shaw
• Audio CD (December 13, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mmc Records
• ASIN: B000009JZM
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #938,361 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ebony Concerto, for clarinet & jazz band

2. Alone Together, for soprano saxophone & double bass

3. The Saxophone, for solo saxophone & female narrator

4. Golden Petals

5. Concerto for clarinet & orchestra

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE: SYNTHESIZED JAZZ BAND. ZERO STARS, June 3, 2001

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Eric Bruskin (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Petals (Audio CD)

There is no mention on the cover of the CD (and thus, not surprisingly, on Amazon's page) that on the Stravinsky and the Artie Shaw, THE ACCOMPANIMENT IS A SYNTHESIZER intended to sound like a jazz band, but it just sounds awful.

This was a nasty surprise. I've written to the label asking for a refund, because the CD is not (technically) defective and thus I have no cause to blame Amazon.

Amazon allows 1 star as the minimum. I would give this zero stars for false advertising.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Really?...., November 12, 2005

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C. Mackey "nau music guy" (Flagstaff, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Petals (Audio CD)

If you are looking for synthesized music then you have found your album. The "jazz" band that accompanies is all computer and embarrassing. The soloist did some interesting interpretations, and I was not thrilled about his sound. I was looking for a decent recording of the Shaw Concerto and I bought this without reading a single review, and I regret it. I highly recommend the John Bruce Yeh recording of the Shaw Concerto. It is a great recording with a terrific jazz combo and Mr. Yeh has one of the best sounds in the country.