Science of Percussion Instruments
 Engineering of Percussion Instruments.: Learn the science behind what makes each percussion instrument sound like it does. This book would be great for someone who is into making their own drums and wants the science behind them. It does not give you [... more]
CDN$30.95
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Traditions
Great!: Since I play the hammered dulcimer I am a big fan of Maggie Sansones music.This CD is very diverse, from guitar solos to slow dances, although most of these are reels that make you want to tap your feet to the rythm. Some have interesting [... more]
CDN$17.99
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Russell: Complete Works - Pre
A pioneer of music for percussion ensemble!: This CD is a nice tribute to an unfairly pigeonholed composer. His works have a spellbinding, rhythmic vitality - a great variety of sound pursued by using innovative playing techniques (even a saw drawn [... more]
CDN$15.99
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The Music Of Joseph Schwantner
Queen of Percussion: This is a great CD. I saw her perform the Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra in the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Amazing. She plays with such strength, conviction, and feeling. I had a conversation with her after the [... more]
CDN$12.99
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Percussion
My Standard Percussion Reference: James Holland's Percussion is a terrific book, full of important and accurate information from the former principal percussionist of the BBC and London Symphony Orchestras. Holland shares his first-hand knowledge [... more]
CDN$30.00
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Ancient Canyons
Return to Spiritlands, retitled.: "Return to Spiritlands" is a great CD. So great, in fact, that it has, apparently, been re-released under a new title: "Ancient Canyons." If you already have "Return" -- you don't need this [... more]
CDN$19.99
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The 25-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage
Amazon.com essential recording: Hard to believe that as early as 1958 there was a 25-year retrospective concert of John Cage's music. But this 3-CD set documents both the concert and its meaning for the history of New Music. Organized by no less than [... more]
CDN$58.32
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Ravel: Bolero
Bolero-MADNESS!: This is one fantastic CD!!!! Ten versions of Maurice Ravel's masterpiece "Bolero". You may ask yourself, "Isn't it repeatitive as much as it is?". That may be true, but this CD won't make you think about how [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Soma
Amazon.com essential recording: Like the wild mushrooms that fungus enthusiast Robert Rich turns into gourmet dishes, the pieces on Soma seem to emanate directly from the ground, without belonging to any species hitherto defined. New Age? Nah. Ambient? [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Sur Incises/Messagesquisse/Ant
From Amazon.com: To see the future of classical music, just look to the projects of Pierre Boulez. Whether conducting Bruckner, Mahler, or one of his own compositions, he continues to surprise, embellish, and reinvent the shape of music today. Sur [... more]
CDN$16.99
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Faso Denou
From Amazon.com: The hand-tuned, goat-skin drums that made "Continental Drift" the most interesting cut on the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels were played by the group Farafina from the West African nation of Burkina-Faso (formerly Upper Volta). [... more]
CDN$20.99
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Instruments of the Orchestra
Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra: I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring [... more]
CDN$31.99
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