Hooked on Classics 4 / Baroque

Hooked on Classics (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 8, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K-Tel
• ASIN: B000000RYV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #420,869 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #62 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Reeds & Winds > Piccolo

Track Listings

1. Hooked on Baroque 2 [From ...]

2. Hooked on Adagio [From the Four Seasons]

3. Hooked on Gigue [from Brandenberg Concerto No. 5 (3rd Movement)]

4. Hooked on a Fugue [From the Well Tempered ...]

5. Hooked on Handel [Fromthe Water ...]

6. Hooked on Vivaldi [From the Four Seasons]

7. Hooked on Scarlatti

8. (Reprise)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD, specially the adagio., January 28, 2004

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Elias Rima "mediaartsbooks" (MIAMI, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hooked on Classics 4 / Baroque (Audio CD)

I love this CD in particular, because it introduced me to various greatest hits of baroque. I used it to practice my music as a teenager. I recommed this to you, specially if you have kids, because the drum sounds, make it easier to listen to the new generations. I loved the Pachelbel, and the adagio part is Super Excellent.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Damn Good, July 5, 2004

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Squonk (The dark forests of Pennsylvania, where hunters follow by moonlight my silvery trail of tears) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hooked on Classics 4 / Baroque (Audio CD)

I received as a gift the box set of all four Hooked On Classics CD's. As an avid fan of classical music, I was quite shocked to hear DRUMS in the background! I didn't really know what the Hooked On Classics series was, so I didn't know what to expect. As such, I eventually got used to the percussion, and found that I liked the fourth CD the best of all of them. The drums are more tolerable, and the recording quality is much improved over the other volumes. The playing is superb; on par with any legitimate recording made by any professional orchestra. The selections are diverse, and the arrangements are refreshing. HOC 4 was my link to many of the full-length versions of the excerpts featured, and I especially like the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th tracks (the 8th track is simply an extended version of the 1st, which makes it a much better rendition). The harpsichord playing in the 7th track is outstanding, as are the arrangements for this track. The climax will give you chills. All in all, an excellent album. I give it four stars only because as a die-hard purist, I don't suppose Bach and Vivaldi and Scarlatti would be too happy if they were to hear percussion along with their music. It would be interesting to see what the tracks would sound like without this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's No Louis Clark & the Royal Philharmonic... But it's ok, December 6, 2003

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Shane (Nanaimo, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hooked on Classics 4 / Baroque (Audio CD)

Back in 81 when I got the original Hooked on Classics record as a gift (which I still have), I discovered the beauty and power of classical music in a different way. Now, classical music makes up 1/3 of my music library because of that compilation of classics (thanks to Louis Clark and the Royal Philharmonic).

So would I say this volume 4 has the same effect? I'd answer no, but I did like tracks 2 & 7.