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Snowflakes are dancing [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered]

~ Claude Debussy (Composer)

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Composer: Claude Debussy
Audio CD (7 Feb 2000)
SPARS Code: ADD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: High Performance
ASIN: B00003OP6X
Other Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,124 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Children's Corner / No. 4 / Snowflakes Are Dancing 2:14 �0.69

2. Reverie 4:49 �0.69

3. Estampes / No. 3 / Gardens in the Rain 3:46 �0.69

4. Suite Bergamasque / Clair de Lune, No. 3 5:53 �0.69

5. Arabesque No. 1 4:03 �0.69

6. Preludes / Book I / No. 10 / The Engulfed Cathedral 6:23 �0.69

7. Suite bergamasque / No. 4 / Passepied 3:23 �0.69

8. Preludes / Book 1 / No. 8 / The Girl with the Flaxen Hair 3:31 �0.69

9. Children's Corner / No. 6 / Golliwogg's Cakewalk 2:55 �0.69

10. Preludes / Book I / No. 6 / Footprints in the Snow 4:36 �0.69

11. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 10:18 �0.69

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Back in the 70s, the rapid development of synthesisers and electronic keyboards had a huge impact on popular music, with Isao Tomita among the leading exponents of multi-media, surround-sound events associated in Western Europe with such very different musicians as Rick Wakeman and Jean-Michel Jarre. The present disc has less grandiose aims, being a well-balanced selection of, to quote the original liner notes, "Virtuoso electronic performances of Debussy's beautiful tone paintings". It's easy to scoff at the concept behind Tomita's approach--take some of the most poetic music around and give it the consistency of aural cotton wool--yet there's no denying the skill with which he translates Debussy's sound world, preserving the harmonic interest of the piano originals, and bringing out many subtleties of texture. Inevitably the slower numbers come off best--"Clair de lune" or "Reverie" could easily become "chill-out" favourites. "Preludeto the Afternoon of a Faun", however, is not so much a travesty as a vaporisation of the orchestral masterpiece. A mixed bag, but with enough musical interest to make Tomita's "sound clouds" of more than just curiosity value. --Richard Whitehouse

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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, 29 Mar 2005

By	dragondrums "dragondrums" (Ingleby Barwick, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Tomita's 'Snowflakes Are Dancing' is a wonderful interpretation of Debussy's music, produced entirely on a synthesiser. When I first heard this, way back when L.P.s were still the norm, I was not convinced that it would work. Being a huge fan of Debussy I didn't think the music would sound right played on anything other than a piano...goes to show how wrong you can be. Featuring some of the composer's best-loved pieces such as 'Girl With the Flaxen Hair', 'Golliwogs Cakewalk' and 'Arabesque' this is a fantastic addition to the collection of any lover of classical music.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous example of a synth classic, 17 Jul 2001

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I bought this on vinyl when it first came out and thought it excellent then. This new CD version has brought a new dimension to the sound, richer, fuller and far more clarity. It now must be like Tomita heard it himself from the master tapes. Great!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia, 19 Mar 2005

By	Peter. (Essex, England.) - See all my reviews

Way back in the early 1970's there used to be HiFi Exhibitions at Earls Court in London. I visited the JVC sound studio of which no two sides were the same size. JVC demonstrated their new discrete 4-channel hifi and played ARDI-0488 Snowflakes are Dancing to devastating effect. I left that sound studio totally in awe. 30+ years later with modern hifi or computer 5.1/6.1 sound systems this CD is a must. Since my JVC hifi expired many years ago I have not heard Snowflakes, now I will make up for lost time!

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5.0 out of 5 stars My First Tomita Recording.
I have enjoyed electronic music since hearing Switched On Bach by Wendy Carlos in the early 1970s.

In the late 1970s a fellow college student recomended Snowflakes... Read more

Published 5 months ago by J. Thompson

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tomita masterpiece.
Everyone who has reviewed this album so far remembers where they first heard it, which says a lot for it's impact. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Malcolm John Robb

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect 'reverie' ... blissful
What a complete delight to hear an old favourite sounding so good on this high definition remaster, after years on end of rather nasty vinyl pressings ! Read more

Published on 11 Jun 2007 by Mr. I. Stephen

5.0 out of 5 stars Taught me to appreciate "proper" Debussy...

Scoff you might, but I knew little of Debussy's music back in the mid seventies. The (sometimes cheesy) sonic flavours here didn't appeal to traditionalists (and still... Read more

Published on 23 Sep 2006 by DSR

5.0 out of 5 stars Tomita Snowflakes are dancing
This has to be my all time favorite cd, I first heard this music on a local radio station in the 1970's I had no Idea who the artist was or the title of the album but it left a... Read more

Published on 23 Oct 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The original Snowflakes are Dancing
The original Snowflakes are Dancing came out on vinyl in 1975. I was shopping in a Southampton department store and this record was being played as background music. Read more

Published on 25 Sep 2002 by theoriginalgadgetgirl

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