National Anthems of the World

National Anthems Of The World | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 8, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Madacy Records
• ASIN: B000000K63
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,968 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Land der Berge, Land am Strome (Land of the mountains, land on the rive

2. God save the Queen [United Kingdom]

3. Das Deutschlandlied ("Deutschland über alles") (National Anthem of the Fede

4. La Marseillaise (National Anthem of the French Republic)

5. Il Canto degli Italiani ("Inno di Mameli") (National Anthem of the Ital

6. Soyuz nerushimïy respublik svobodnïkh (National Anthem, Soviet Union)

7. The Star-Spangled Banner (National Anthem, USA), for orchestra & voice/chor

8. Hatikvah (National Anthem, Israel)

9. La Brabançonne (National Anthem of the Kingdom of Belgium)

10. Kimigayo (National Anthem, Japan)

11. Ja, vi elsker dette landet (Norwegian national anthem)

12. Waltzing Matilda, folk song

13. Du gamla, du fria (Thou ancient, thou free) (National Anthem of the Kin

14. Marcha Real (Royal March) (National Anthem of the Kingdom of Spain)

15. Wilhelmus van Nassouwe (National Anthem of the Kingdom of the Netherlan

16. Maame (Our Land) (National Anthem of the Republic of Finland)

17. Kong Christian stod ved højen mast (Danish national anthem) [Denmark]

18. Istaklâl Marst (National Anthem, Turkey)

19. O Canada (National Anthem, Canada)

20. Kde domuv muj (Where is my home) (National Anthem of the Czech Republic

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed, July 15, 2000

By 

Robert Vreugde (Houston, TX. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Anthems of the World (Audio CD)

This CD contains 27 orchestral snippets (average length 81 sec.) of many of the world's great national anthems. And that is the disappointment. Too short and contains no lyrics whatsoever of any of the anthems (for example the Stars Spangled Banner (USA) is 92 seconds long and contains none of the words - just band music).

As for the band music itself I would rate it as okay. Sort of the quality one would expect from a decent college marching band at half time. Each anthem begins with a corny little drum roll (as if to say, "Listen up everyone, this is the part of the program where we stand up and take of our hats") and then walks through enough of each anthem to provide the listener with the basic melodies - which are often very pretty and uplifting. One gets a taste of these great songs but not much more.

You will have to look elsewhere if you want to hear the full-length versions of these national anthems the way the people of their respective countries would actually play (and sing) them. I don't recommend the CD for much of anything except perhaps as background music at some patriotic function.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good CD, August 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: National Anthems of the World (Audio CD)

This is a good CD to get if you like national anthems. This CD was produced in 1992, so former countries like Czechoslovakia are still on it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars All anthems have very poor audio quality., August 10, 2006

By 

DJDave (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Anthems of the World (Audio CD)

The poor audio quality of the recorded anthems makes this CD unusable for public events and personal listening. The highs are are not clean and the mids and lows are missing. Each anthem is performed so much like the next one that the unique flavors of each does not come through.