- Audio CD (Aug 19 1994)
- Format: Import
- Label: Tristar
- ASIN: B0000020EG
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Aside from his more than two dozen wind quintets, Reicha wrote a fairly large body of other chamber music. These two large-scale pieces, adding up to more than an hour, are products of his full maturity (Op. 105 and Op. 107!). If you enjoy the late classical style and don't insist on Beethoven's profundity every time you listen to music, you will probably find Reicha an exciting discovery. This is the best-played recording of the Oboe Quintet I have heard (there is an alternate version for clarinet on Supraphon), and the only one of the Flute Quintet; Consortium Classicum's string players are just as good as the winds, and all the voices in this rich-textured music come through clearly. --Leslie Gerber
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nina in plain english,
By arto (Finland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In Ekstasy (Audio CD)
The easiest approach would be saying you can't think of anything you like about this album, you won't get bored. It's not entirely true; with a very short attention span you might judge this as incredibly crappy pop. It takes a few listens from a completely unprepared listener to understand this goes way beyond pop.For fans of Nina Hagen Ekstasy is on the poppier side of her music, which essentially means this album will cause the average Mtv watching teenager's head to explode in about 2 minutes, instead of 20 seconds. Let's make one thing clear, if you're not into giving music (even weird crappy sounding music) a second or third listen, stop reading at this point and buy some elevator music from Madonna or Eminem. Hagen's style requires a few listens before it changes from random noise to more or less coherent onslaughts of pure creativity coupled with outrageous vocals and lyrics. The music is largery powered by funk, but it's only the foundations for anarchistic selection of musical styles and sounds from synthpop to punk to bubblegum pop. Universal Radio is one of my favorites, a nicely psychotic pop tune where Nina sounds cuter than ever. She has a marvelously beautiful nasal voice that the likes of Kylie Minogue and Madonna would quite simply die for. Another strong point is Russian Reggae, with an athmospheric chorus, a couple great twists and great guitars. The Lord's Prayer is more chaotic and playful in typical Nina fashion, but pretty much right on target delivering a catchy anarchopop song. All in all while Ekstasy manages to be just a little more easily approached, it does not lose much of the raw creativity of what makes Nina, in the process. Nina has never made an album that would be a musical masterpiece by strict standards, but among billboard top 40 she is a genius.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Primal punk,
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This review is from: In Ekstasy (Audio CD)
This 1985 album is less experimental than its predecessors of 82 and 83, containing both pop/rock and primal punk. Nina's ecstasy starts with Universal Radio, a catchy rock song with skittering percussive beats and an arresting vocal arrangement. Perhaps inspired by Sid Vicious, Nina interprets the Frank Sinatra classic My Way, and she does it her way in German at breakneck speed. Pure punk is also the style of 1985 Ekstasy Drive whilst Prima Nina In Ekstasy is a kind of funky punk with a nod to hip-hop in the lyrics.The religious thread that surfaced on Nunsexmonkrock and runs through Fearless finds expression here on Gods of Aquarius, Spirit In The Sky and The Lord's Prayer, the last being much shorter, faster and less cacophonous than the version by Siouxsie & The Banshees on Join Hands. Unlike that one, it's not quite a medley although it does encompass elements from Aram Khachaturian and Gayne's Sabre Dance. By contrast, on the Swans album Ten Songs for Another World the prayer is rendered as a simple recital over ominous atmospherics that concludes the song Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes. Gods Of Aquarius revisits the UFO theme whilst the lilting Spirit in the Sky has pulsating percussion and soulful singing punctuated by shouted vocals. The most experimental track here is Atomic Flash Deluxe, made up of English, French, German & Japanese lyrics. Following the aforementioned fast & furious rendition of The Lord's Prayer, the album concludes with a brief German track Gott im Himmel which is a repetition of the title with plenty of dramatic echo and reverberating vocals. IN EKSTASY is very much a punk album in style and in the seeming tributes to Sid Vicious and the Banshees revealed by the choice of material.
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4.1 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Nina Hagen in Ekstase,
By ibizahound - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nina Hagen in Ekstase (Audio CD)
This was one of my favorites in the mid 80's. I have long since retired my turn-table so when I saw this CD available for right around $10, I was 'in ekstase'. I was disappointed that it was the German version and not the English. My fault entirely. I'd seen this CD for upwards of $40-50 so I snapped it up without reading the details. I've nothing against the German language but I wanted to relive a specific time, track after track. But having said that and listening to it a few times I've grown to like it more and more. Nina is an amazing artist in any language so German, English, Bindi, Urdu, Ninaease, whatever, I'm good. 'In Ekstase' in any language embodies Nina at her most self.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Classic Nina lunacy,
By Nathan Christian - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Nina Hagen in Ekstase (Audio CD)
two versions of this cd exist...there is this one which is mostly in German, and In Ekstasy , whish is mostly in English.Either way...it's a wonderful effort. Fearlessis slightly better, but you can't go wrong with Ektase Highlights: The mouth trumpeting on "Atomic Flash Deluxe" 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
My review is for the English version but the same thoughts apply,
By Jeremy Gloff - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nina Hagen in Ekstase (Audio CD)
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