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...been a while since my last login.

I miss it here. I wish the last.fm app for BlackBerry actually worked, that would be perfect to listen to while I was at school waiting for class.

This morning I sat down to read the news and listen to something classical, so I was listening to a station on Last.fm radio of music tagged as "Classical" and the first artist I came across was Jean Sibelius. Love, love, love it. Currently listening to Jean Sibelius radio station.

Not much else to say at the moment.



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An Sealgaire, the new mini-album from Beithíoch, is available now as a free Creative Commons licensed download.

Hi.Arc.Tow presents the debut album of industrial techno project Mushin as a free Creative Commons download. Realm of Corrosion fleshes out a techno industrial sound world around a narrative structural skeleton akin to that of prog-ambient or metal. Accompanying visuals for the album have been provided by photographer and graphic/texture artist David Watts (whose homepage is currently being reconstructed).

Download:
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Visuals:
Front cover - Back cover

Mushin home page at HIARCTOW.com

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Some time ago I finished correction of tags for both box-sets, containig all music used in this series. I will share files, that can be used to fix tags later)

Right now, some ststatistics for the curious.

Top Composers: Overall, for Free Planets Alliance and for Galactic Empire
1.


chart shows:
- place
- overall chart + number of tracks per composer
- Free planets Alliance chart + number of tracks per composer + how this chart differs from overall
- Galactic Empire chart + number of tracks per composer + how this chart differs from overall





Gustav Mahler | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Anton Bruckner | Ludwig van Beethoven | Antonín Dvořák | Franz Joseph Haydn | Johannes Brahms | Richard Wagner | Robert Schumann | Georg Friedrich Handel | Jean Sibelius | Franz Schubert | Frédéric Chopin | Дмитрий Шостакович

METAL / ROCK etc...

A

Accept
-Balls to the Wall
-Breaker
-Death Row
-Metal Heart
-Objection Overruled
-Predator
-Restless and Wild
-Russian Roulette

Alice Cooper
-Trash

Amorphis
-Tales From the Thousand Lakes

Andi Deris
-Come in From the Rain

Angra
-Angels Cry
-Aurora Consurgens
-Fireworks
-Freedom Call EP
-Holy Land
-Holy Live EP
-Hunters and Prey EP
-Rainy Nights CDS
-Rebirth
-Temple of Shadows

Avantasia
-Lost in space Part 1 EP
-Lost in space Part 2 EP
-The Metal Opera
-The Metal Opera, Part II
-The Scarecrow

Ayreon
-01011001
-Universal Migrator, Pt. 1: The Dream Sequencer
-Universal Migrator, Pt. 2: Flight of the Universal Migrator

B

Bathory
-Hammerheart

Battlelore
-...Where the Shadows Lie
-Sword's Song

Black Sabbath
-Black Sabbath
-Born Again
-Cross Purposes
-Dehumanizer
-Headless Cross
-Heaven And Hell
-Master Of Reality
-Mob Rules
-Never Say Die!
-Paranoid
-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
-Sabotage
-Technical Ecstasy
-The Eternal Idol
-Vol. 4

Blind Guardian
-A Night at the Opera
-A Twist in the Myth
-Another Stranger Me EP
-Battalions Of Fear
-Fly CDS
-Follow The Blind
-Imaginations From The Other Side
-Live
-Mr. Sandman CDS
-Nightfall In Middle-Earth
-Somewhere Far Beyond
-Tales From The Twilight World
-The Bard's Song (In the Forest) CDS
-The Forgotten Tales
-Tokyo Tales

Bruce Dickinson
-The Best Of
-Tyranny of Souls

C

Candlemass
-Nightfall

Cans
-Beyond the Gates

Children of Bodom
-Are You Dead Yet?
-Follow the Reaper
-Hate Crew Deathroll
-Hatebreeder
-In Your Face CDS
-Something Wild

Cradle of Filth
-Live Bait for the Dead
-Midian
-Nymphetamine

D

Deep Purple
-Burn
-Fireball
-In Rock
-Purpendicular
-Purple Hits
-The Platinum Collection

Demons & Wizards
-Demons & Wizards
-Touched by the Crimson King

Dimmu Borgir
-Death Cult Armageddon
-Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
-For all tid
-Godless Savage Garden EP
-In Sorte Diaboli
-Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
-Spiritual Black Dimensions
-Stormblåst (2005)

Dio
-Angry Machines
-Dream Evil
-Evil or Divine
-Holy Diver
-Killing the Dragon
-Lock Up The Wolves
-Magica
-Master of the Moon
-Sacred Heart
-Strange Highways
-The Last in Line

DragonForce
-Valley Of The Damned

Dream Theater
-A Change of Seasons EP
-Awake
-Falling Into Infinity
-Images and Words
-Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory
-Octavarium
-Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
-Systematic Chaos
-Train of Thought
-When Dream And Day Unite

Dreamtale
-Beyond Reality

E

Edguy
-Hall of Flames
-Hellfire Club
-King of Fools EP
-Lavatory Love Machine CDS
-Mandrake
-Rocket Ride
-Superheroes EP
-Vain Glory Opera

Elf
-Carolina County Ball
-Elf
-Trying to Burn the Sun

Ensiferum
-Dragonheads EP
-Ensiferum
-Iron
-Victory Songs

Entwine
-Time of Despair

Eternal Tears of Sorrow
-A Virgin and a Whore
-Before the Bleeding Sun
-Vilda Mánnu

Europe
-The Final Countdown

F

Fates Warning
-A Pleasant Shade of Gray
-Awaken the Guardian
-Disconnected
-Inside Out

Finntroll
-Jaktens Tid
-Midnattens Widunder
-Nattfödd
-Trollhammaren EP
-Ur Jordens Djup
-Visor Om Slutet EP

G

Gamma Ray
-Alive '95
-Heading For Tomorrow
-Insanity And Genius
-Land Of The Free
-Land of the free Pt. II
-Majestic
-No World Order
-Powerplant
-Sigh No More
-Skeletons In The Closet
-Somewhere Out In Space

Guns N' Roses
-Appetite For Destruction

H

HammerFall
-Blood Bound CDS
-Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
-Crimson Thunder
-Glory to the Brave
-Legacy of Kings
-Renegade

Helloween
-Better Than Raw
-Chameleon
-Gambling With The Devil
-High Live
-Keeper of the Seven Keys (Part 1)
-Keeper of the Seven Keys (Part 2)
-Keeper of the seven Keys - The Legacy
-Keepers Live
-Light The Universe CDS
-Master of the Rings
-Metal Jukebox
-Mrs. God CDS
-Pink Bubbles Go Ape
-Rabbit Don't Come Easy
-The Best, the Rest, the Rare
-The Dark Ride
-The Time of the Oath
-Treasure Chest
-Walls of Jericho

I

Iced Earth
-Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part I)
-Horror Show

In Flames
-Clayman

Insomnium
-Since the Day it All Came Down

Iron Maiden
-A Matter of Life and Death
-A Real Live Dead One
-Brave New World
-Dance of Death
-Death On The Road
-Edward the Great
-Fear Of The Dark
-Iron Maiden
-Killers
-Man on the Edge CDS
-No Prayer For The Dying
-Out of the Silent Planet CDS
-Piece of Mind
-Powerslave
-Rainmaker
-Rock in Rio
-Run to the Hills CDS (re-release)
-Run to the Hills CDS (live)
-Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
-Somewhere in Time
-The Number of the Beast
-The Wicker Man CDS
-The X Factor
-Wildest Dreams CDS
-Virtual XI
-Virus CDS

J

Judas Priest
-Angel of Retribution
-British Steel
-Defenders of the Faith
-Demolition
-Jugulator
-Killing Machine
-Nostradamus
-Painkiller
-Point of Entry
-Priest...Live!
-Ram It Down
-Rocka Rolla
-Sad Wings of Destiny
-Screaming for Vengeance
-Sin After Sin
-Stained Class
-Turbo
-Unleashed in the East

K

Kamelot
-Epica
-Ghost Opera
-Karma
-Siége Perilous
-The Black Halo
-The Fourth Legacy

Kansas
-Leftoverture

Korpiklaani
-Spirit of the Forest

Kotipelto
-Beginning CDS
-Coldness
-Serenity
-Sleep well CDS
-Take Me Away CDS
-Waiting for the Dawn

L

Lacuna Coil
-Comalies
-Halflife EP

Led Zeppelin
-Led Zeppelin II
-Led Zeppelin III
-Led Zeppelin IV

Lordi
-Get Heavy
-The Arockalypse
-The Monsterican Dream
-They Only Come Out At Night CDS

Luca Turilli
-Ancient Forest of Elves CDS
-Demonheart EP
-King of the Nordic Twilight
-Prophet of The Last Eclipse
-The Infinite Wonders of Creation

Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
-Lost Horizons
-Virus CDS

M

Manowar
-Battle Hymns
-Fighting the World
-Gods of War
-Hail to England
-Into Glory Ride
-Kings of Metal
-Louder Than Hell
-Sign Of The Hammer
-The Dawn of Battle CDS
-The Sons of Odin EP
-The Triumph of Steel
-Warriors of the World

Masterplan
-Aeronautics

Metallica
-Death Magnetic
-Master of Puppets
-Metallica
-Re-Load
-S&M

Michael Pinnella
-Enter by the Twelfth Gate

Moonsorrow
-Kivenkantaja
-Suden Uni
-Suden Uni (re-release)
-Tämä Ikuinen Talvi (demo)
-Verisäkeet
-Voimasta ja kunniasta

N

Nightwish
-Amaranth CDS
-Angels Fall First
-Century Child
-Dark Passion Play
-Erämaan Viimeinen CDS
-Oceanborn
-Once
-Over The Hills And Far Away EP
-Wishmaster

O

Ozzy Osbourne
-Bark at the Moon
-Blizzard of Ozz
-No More Tears

P

Pantera
-Cowboys From Hell
-Far Beyond Driven
-The Great Southern Trendkill
-Vulgar Display of Power

Pink Cream 69
-Pink Cream 69

Primal Fear
-Devil's Ground

Q

Queen
-A Night At The Opera

Queensrÿche
-Empire
-Operation: Mindcrime
-Operation: Mindcrime II
-Queensrÿche EP
-Rage for Order
-The Warning

R

Rainbow
-Bent Out of Shape
-Difficult To Cure
-Down To Earth
-Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
-On Stage
-Rising
-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
-Straight Between The Eyes
-Stranger in Us All
-The Very Best of Rainbow

Revolution Renaissance
-Age Of Aquarius

Rhapsody / Rhapsody of Fire
-Dawn of Victory
-Holy Thunderforce CDS
-Legendary Tales
-Live in Canada 2005: The Dark Secret
-Power of the Dragonflame
-Rain of a Thousand Flames EP
-Symphony of Enchanted Lands
-Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret
-The Dark Secret EP
-The Magic of the Wizard's Dream CDS
-Triumph Or Agony

Running Wild
-20 Years In History
-Black Hand Inn
-Branded And Exiled
-Death Or Glory
-Pile Of Skulls
-Under Jolly Roger

Rush
-2112
-Moving Pictures
-Snakes & Arrows

S

Savage Circus
-Dreamland Manor

Savatage
-Dead Winter Dead
-Edge of Thorns
-Gutter Ballet
-Hall Of The Mountain King
-Handful of Rain
-Poets and Madmen
-Streets: A Rock Opera
-The Wake of Magellan

Scorpions
-Blackout
-Love At First Sting

Shaman
-Ritual

Sinergy
-Suicide by My Side

Skid Row
-Skid Row

Sonata Arctica
-Ecliptica
-Paid In Full CDS
-Reckoning Night
-Shamandalie CDS
-Silence
-Songs Of Silence - Live In Tokyo
-Successor EP
-The Last Amazing Grays CDS
-Unia
-Winterheart's Guild

Star One
-Space Metal

Strapping Young Lad
-City
-Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
-The New Black

Stratovarius
-A Million Light Years Away CDS
-Deep Unknown CDS
-Destiny
-Dreamspace
-Eagleheart CDS
-Elements, Part 1
-Elements, Part 2
-Episode
-Fourth Dimension
-Fright Night
-Hunting High and Low CDS
-I Walk to My Own Song CDS
-Infinite
-Intermission
-Maniac Dance CDS
-Polaris
-Sos CDS
-Stratovarius
-The Chosen Ones
-Twilight Time
-Visions
-Visions of Europe

SupaRed
-SupaRed

Symphony X
-Paradise Lost
-Symphony X
-The Damnation Game
-The Divine Wings of Tragedy
-The Odyssey
-Twilight in Olympus
-V: The New Mythology Suite

System of a Down
-Hypnotize
-Mezmerize

T

Tarot
-Crows Fly Black
-Follow Me Into Madness
-For the Glory of Nothing
-Suffer Our Pleasures
-The Spell of Iron
-You CDS

Therion
-Lemuria
-Sirius B

Thunderstone
-Tools of Destruction

Thyrfing
-Urkraft

Timo Tolkki
-Classical Variations and Themes
-Hymn to Life

Turisas
-Battle Metal

Twilight Guardians
-Sintrade

Twisted Sister
-Stay Hungry

Type O Negative
-World Coming Down

U

Uriah Heep
-Demons and Wizards

W

Wintersun
-Wintersun

Y

Yngwie Malmsteen
-Fire & Ice
-Marching Out
-Odyssey
-Trilogy
-Unleash the Fury




SOUNDTRACKS / MUSICAL

Andrew Lloyd Webber
-The London Stage Ensemble Plays Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber

Danny Elfman
-Batman OST
-Edward Scissorhands OST
-Planet of the Apes OST

Ennio Morricone
-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly OST

Howard Shore
-Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring OST
-Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King OST
-Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers OST

John Williams
-Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace OST
-Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith OST
-Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope OST
-Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back OST
-Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi OST

Nino Rota
-The Godfather OST

Various
-Pulp Fiction OST




CLASSICAL
(Some of these are a little too obscure or perhaps only released in Finland, so it's hard to link these to correct albums. I just put the exact name that reads on the CD-case.)

Antonín Dvořák
-Collection - 'From The New World' - Slavonic Dances And Symphony
-Slavonic Dances

Antonio Vivaldi
-Concerto For Mandolin & Strings RV 425 - Sinfonia In C Major
-L'Estro Armonico Op.3 No.1-7
-Sonates For Violin & Harsichord
-The Four Seasons - Violinconcerto - Concerti Per Archi E Cembalo

Carl Orff
-Carmina Burana

Edvard Grieg
-Peer Gynt Suites - Six Orchestral Songs

Franz Joseph Haydn
-Memo Without Symphony No. 94

Frédéric Chopin
-Balades, Etudes & Impromptus
-Pianoconcertos
-Pianoworks, Mazurkas, Impromptus
-Pianoworks, Preludes, Sonatas

Gustav Holst
-The Planets

Igor Stravinsky
-Collection

Jean Sibelius
-Musiikin mestarit - Sibelius

Johann Sebastian Bach
-Baroque Masterpieces
-Musiikin mestarit - Bach

Johann Strauss II
-Waltzes Spectacular

Johannes Brahms
-Symphony No.4 -Hungarian Dances No.s 1-3

Ludwig van Beethoven
-Romances Nos 1 & 2, Moonlight, Waldstein, Pathétique
-Symphony 1 & 2
-Symphony 3 & 5
-Symphony 4 & 6
-Symphony 9

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
-Highlights From- Nutcracker-Sleeping Beauty-Swan Lake
-Nutcracker Suite - Swan Lake
-Pianoconcerto No.1 - Ouverture 1812
-Symphony No.3 D-Dur Op.29 'Polnische'-Capricco Italien Op.45-Valse As-Dur Op.40-8
-Symphony No.6 'Pathetique'-Ouverture 'Romeo And Julia'
-Symphony No. 6 In B Minor
-The Best Of Tchaikovsky

Richard Wagner
-The Best Of Wagner

Sergei Prokofiev
-The Best Of Prokofiev

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-Taitoa ja mielikuvitusta
-The Early Years
-The Last Years
-The Mature Years

Николай Римский-Корсаков
-Scheherazade

Various
-Largo And Other Golden Melodies From The Classics
-The Classical Collection Volume 2
-The Classical Collection Volume 3




DVD


Blind Guardian
-Imaginations Through The Looking Class

Children of Bodom
-Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live

Bruce Dickinson
-Anthology

Dimmu Borgir
-The Invaluable Darkness

Dio
-Evil Or Divine - Live In New York City
-Holy Diver Live

Dream Theater
.Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York
-Score

Ensiferum
-10th Anniversary Live

Gamma Ray
-Heading For The East
-Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (And The Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn't Want To Wear His Donald Duck Costume) - Live In Montreal

HammerFall
-One Crimson Night

Heaven & Hell
-Live From Radio City Music Hall

Helloween
-Hellish Videos
-High Live
-Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006: Live On 3 Continents

Iron Maiden
-The History Of Iron Maiden Part 1: The Early Days
-Rock In Rio
-Visions Of The Beast

Judas Priest
-Electric Eye
-Rising In The East

Kamelot
-One Cold Winter's Night

Manowar
-The Day The Earth Shook - The Absolute Power

Nightwish
-End Of An Era
-From Wishes To Eternity (VHS)

Queensrÿche
-Mindcrime At The Moore

Sonata Arctica
-For The Sake Of Revenge

Stratovarius
-Infinite Visions (VHS)

Tarot
-Undead Indeed Live


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EDIT: 7th September 2009: Added DVDs and some 15 items I forgot

An Sealgaire, the new mini-album from Beithíoch, is available now as a free Creative Commons licensed download.

The album is part of a two work set, the second of which will follow in a few months time. It marks a returns to the instrumental format of debut Díolaim whilst also refining the production and aesthetics of the entire artistic package.

download:
MP3

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About Creative Commons

This album is provided as a free Creative Commons licensed download by HI.ARC.TOW. This makes it free to download and to redistribute.


More info here.



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Дамы и господа, сегодня обсуждается статистика Last.fm по классической музыке.

Ladies and gentlemen, today our talk would be about classical music stats on Last.fm

предыдущие посты / previous entries
mainstream
russian rock
progressive rock
black metal
jazz
pop


Сначала наше традиционное упорядочение по количеству прослушиваний и слушателей.

First of all, our traditional arrangement with respect to number of plays and number of listeners.








Признаться честно, здесь не 100 исполнителей как обычно, а всего 85. Всяких авторов музыки к блокбастерам я безжалостно удалил из статистики. Тем не менее, эти графики демонстрируют нам кое-что, чего не наблюдалось ранее: резкое падение популярности ближе к концу выборки. Такое впечатление, что существует некий стандартный набор классических композиторов, за пределами которого - полная безызвестность.

To be honest, there are not 100 artists as usual, but only 85, because I deleted all the authors of popular movies' soundtracks without a trace of pity. The graphs exhibit something new to us: a rapid decrease of popularity near the end. It seems like there's a standard set of classical composers, and composers out of that set are rather obscure.




А здесь видно, что "музыку заказывают" три самых известных композитора: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven. Отрыв от общей массы довольно большой.

From that plot we can see, that three most famous composers dominate in classical music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven.





А это график удельного числа прослушиваний для различных "классиков". Здесь ситуация еще хуже, чем в джазе - среднее значение составляет всего 9.5, максимальное значение этого показателя имеет неведомая широким массам D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - 36 прослушиваний на слушателя.

Here is specific number of scrobbles for classical composers and performers. The situation here is even worse than with jazz music. The average value is 9.5 and the maximal value belongs to quite unheard-of D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which has 36 plays per listener.




Гистограмма лишь подтверждает то, что классику народ слушает без энтузиазма.

The histogram just confirms the fact that nowadays people listen to classical music without enthusiasm.




Наибольшее число сообщений в рупоре имеют наиболее популярные композиторы, как и следовало ожидать.

As one can expect, the most popular composers have the largest number of messages in their shoutboxes.




А здесь мы вновь видим эффект "потенциального баръера", заключающийся в том, что лишь исполнители с удельным числом прослушиваний выше среднего могут иметь большое число сообщений в рупоре. Правда, здесь он несколько хуже выражен из-за малости этого среднего значения.

And here I see the effect of "potential barrier" again: only artists with more-than-average number of plays per listener can have a lot of shouts. But in classical music it is less present than in another genres because of low average specific number of scrobbles.

P.S. Суммарное число прослушиваний классики на last.fm - 150 миллионов.
The total playcount of classical music on last.fm is 150 millions.


P.P.S. Спасибо Hzlqgmnzhh за полезный скрипт.
Thanks to Hzlqgmnzhh for his script.

List of considered artists:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Philip Glass, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, Andrea Bocelli, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ludovico Einaudi, Carl Orff, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Edvard Grieg, Antonín Dvořák, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Nyman, Arvo Pärt, Georg Friedrich Händel, Max Richter, Franz Liszt, Gustav Holst, Glenn Gould, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Josh Groban, Richard Wagner, Camille Saint-Saëns, Igor Stravinsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Ennio Morricone, Maurice Ravel, Hayley Westenra, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sir Edward Elgar, Johann Pachelbel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gustav Mahler, Il Divo, Jean Sibelius, Steve Reich, Sergei Prokofiev, Georges Bizet, Gabriel Fauré, Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestr, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, Gioacchino Rossini, Samuel Barber, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Robert Schumann, George Gershwin, Enrique Granados, Zbigniew Preisner, Kronos Quartet, William S. Gilbert, Luigi Boccherini, Paul Potts, Katherine Jenkins, Leoš Janáček, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Strauss II, Fernando Sor, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Bohuslav Martinů, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Broderick, Bedřich Smetana, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Arthur Rubinstein, Nino Rota

The Turkish Five (Turkish: Türk Beşleri) is a term used to describe the five pioneers of western classical music in Turkey. They were all born in the first decade of the 20th century and they composed their most outstanding music in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, especially during the presidencies of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and İsmet İnönü. They all shared contacts with the two presidents and were highly encouraged as such, both on a personal level and also through the general drive towards westernization in Turkey.

I uploaded a sample work for each composer. Download and listen, I'm sure you'll like at least one of them!

Ahmed Adnan Saygun


Ulvi Cemal Erkin


Cemal Reşit Rey


Hasan Ferit Alnar


Necil Kazım Akses


Uploaded samples:
Adnan Saygun - Sample from the 3rd Symphony
http://r ap i d s h a re . com/files/263335224/05_-_Ahmet_Adnan_Saygun_-_Senfoni_3_Bolum.mp3.html

Cemal Erkin - Symphony No. 1 - Scherzo (this one is my favorite)
http://r a pi d sh ar e.com/files/263335223/03_-_Ulvi_Cemal_Erkin_-_Senfoni_No.1_Scherzo.mp3.html

Reşit Rey - Estantanelerden Bayram
http://r a p id sh a r e.com/files/263335222/01_-_Cemal_Resid_Rey_-_Enstantanelerden_Bayram.mp3.html

Ferit Alnar - Scherzo for Violin and Piano
http://r a pi ds h a re.com/files/263335226/04_-_Hasan_Ferit_Alnar_-_Keman_Piyano_Suitinden_Scherzo.mp3.html

Kazım Akses - A sample which I don't have its' title... But this one is my 2nd favorite! 7.53 mins long.
http://r ap ids h a r e.com/files/263335225/08_-_Necil_Kazim_Akses_-_Oda_Koncertosu_2.Bolum.mp3.html

How to download? Just remove the spaces between letters.
Also, these are for promotion only and samples! I'm not letting people download complete works of composers! These composers are hard to find anyway, even if I had the complete works I wouldn't share with anyone just because of this.

I managed to find some of the works of Ahmed Adnan Saygun (classicsonline.com, bought it online) but having a hard time with other composers. Especially for Ulvi Cemal Erkin. I really like his Scherzo in Symphony No. 1 but that is all I have. Searched all over the web and couldn't find his symphonies... Same thing for the others. What I'm trying to say is, if you could help me finding these, I'd really appreciate it!

Hope you like the samples. If the download limit exceeds, just say and I'll re-upload for you.



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To me, vinyls represent the maximum quality and love one can put into a physical medium. Here's a list of my vinyls. At least 100 of them were (almost) freebies from a friend. In time, I will upload some videos and pictures of them (and well... mostly of my Clearaudio Emotion which I aim to buy). At this point, I haven't even been to a decent punk/Jungle/dubstep/retro vinyl store, so my collection is really immature.

Currently 125 albums in collection. Latest addition - Agalloch - From Which of this Oak (1997/2009 re-release)

Legend: Artist - Album (Year of original release / Year of re-release / Location of release if different from original) Format

A - F

Agalloch - From Which of this Oak (1997/2009 re-release) 12' Pic LP
Aleksander Rjabov - Synthesis (1983) 12' LP
Alo Põldmäe - Muusikat lastele (1989) 12' LP
Antonio Vivaldi - Four Concerts (1984 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light (2009) 12' LP Gatefold sleeve
Aretha - Aretha Franklin (1986/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Astrofaes - Shu Nun (2008) 7' EP
Ben Webster - Джаэ галерея (1990) 12' LP (Compilation)
Benny Goodman - Что мошет сделат луный свет (1986) 12' LP (Compliation)
Bill Evans Trio - bill evans trio (1961/1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compliation)
Billie Holiday - Stange Fruit (1940/1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Bing Crosby - Play A Simple Melody (1985 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) 12' LP
Burzum - Filosofem (1996/2007 reissue) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Cass McCombs - Catacombs (2009) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Cheo Marquetti - Joyas de Oriente - Volumen II (approx 1989) 12' LP
Claudio Monteverdi / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Cyrillus Kreek / Joonas Kokkonen - The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (1988) 12' LP
Count Basie - Четырнадцать золотых мелодий (1930s Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Cruachan - Tuatha Na Gael (1995) 12' Picture LP
Cyrillus Kreek - Kooriloomingut (1990) 12' LP
Cyrillus Kreek - Vaimulikud Rahvaviisid (1990) 12' LP
Dark Ages - A Chronicle of the Plague (2006/2007 reissue) 12' LP Gatefold
Dark Ages - Twilight Of Europe (2005/2006 reissue) 12' LP
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Dave Brubeck Quartet in Moscow (1990 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Death - Meeting Your Archangel (1985) 12' Red Vinyl (Ltd Edition Rehersal Bootleg)
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990/2007 reissue) 12' Red Splatter LP
Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light (1986/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Didier Marouani - Space Opera (1987/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Duke Ellington - Концерт Дюка Эллингтона И Его Оркестра (1968/1989 Soviet edition) 2x 12' LP
Ella Fitzgerald - Tанцы в Cавойе (1957/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Elton John - Honky Cat (1987 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Elvis Presley - That's All Right (1958/1990 Soviet Reissue) 12' LP
Emerson, Lake & Powell - Emerson, Lake & Powell (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Enrico Caruso - Искусство Энрико Карузо (1990 Soviet edition) 2X 12' LP Gatefold
estrellas - De La Musica Cubana - Vol. 1 (1989) 12' LP
Fix - Värviline maailm (approx 1989) 12' LP
Focus - Moving Waves (1971 UK edition) 12' LP
Franz Liszt - Festklänge Hamlet (1990 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Franz Liszt - Requem (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP

G - M

Georges Bizet / Rodion Shchedrin - Carmen - Suite (1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata (1853/1990 Soviet edition) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Glen Miller - In The Mood (1940/1986 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Guesch Patti - Labyrinthe (1990 German edition) 12' LP
Harry Belafonte - 20 Golden Greats (approx 1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Hate Forest - To Twilight Thickets (2005) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Hiina Muinasjutud (1990) 12' LP (Compilation of Chinese fairytales in Estonian)
Hortus Musicus - Hortus Musicus (1986) 12' LP
Hortus Musicus - saksa vabaroki tantsumuusika (1989) 12' LP
Hortus Musicus - Horvaatia XI-XIV Saj. diafooniline muusika (1987) 12' LP
Hugo Lepnurm - Eesti orelid (1985) 12' LP
Imagination - Imagination (1983/1985 Polish edition) 12' LP
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 1 (1986 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Jimmie Lunceford - Rhythm Is Our Business (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Johann Strauss - Johann Strauss by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Johann Strauss / Josef Strauss - Old Vienna Melodies (1989) 12' LP
Johannes Brahms - Sinfonie Nr. 4 (1989 German Edition) 12' LP
Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974 Canada edition) 12' LP
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1978 US edition) 12' LP
Kukerpillid - KUKERPILLID (1982/1990) 12' LP
Kukerpillid - Täitapp, Kotinõel, Pikk Peeter, Nimetu Mats, Väike Ats (1987) 12' LP
Lahemaa linnud - Lahemaa lindude hääli (1982) 12' LP
Lantlôs - Lantlôs (2008) 12' LP
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven (1971/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Leigarid - Leigarid (1989) 12' LP
Lester Young - Джаэ галерея (1989) 12' LP (Compilation)
Loits - Ei Kahetse Midagi (2001/2007 reissue with bonus track) 12' LP
Loits - Legion Estland (2003) 7' EP
Loits - Meeste Muusika (2004) 7' EP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonatas for violin and piano - Op. 96 in G major, Op. 12 No. 1 in D major (1968 Czechoslovakian edition) 12' LP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.3 (1991 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.5 (1981 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.9, Leonora No.3 (1990 Soviet edition) 2X 12' LP
Luigi Cherubini - requiem c-moll (1987) 12' LP
Mario Lanza - All Things You Are (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Mario Lanza - Songs of Itali (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Mario Lanza - the loveliest night of the year (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) 12' Tan LP
Master's Hammer - Ritual / Jilemnicky Okultista (1991/1992/2009 reissue) 4x180g Golden 12' LP
Metsatöll - Hiiekoda (2004) 2x 12' LP
Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters (1990 Soviet Edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Musik 80 - En musikalisk bild av musikvet i Karlstad inför 80-talet (1979) 12' LP

N - T

Noita laulan, joita tiijän.. - Lopen lapsi- ja nuorisokuoro (1985) 12' LP
Põhjamaa lapsed - Soololaulud (1984) 12' LP
Paul McCartney - Снова в СССР (1988/1989 reissue) 12' LP
Paul McCartney - Flowers In The Dirt (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Paul Robson - Spirtual Black Poems (1982 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Peter Gabriel - So (1986/1990 Soviet reissue) 12' LP
Прахлада Чандра Кумар - Единый Бог (1991 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin (1975 UK Edition) 3x 12' LP Box
Queen - Greatest Hits (1984 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Rahvapillipalu - Rahvapillipalu (1982) 12' LP
Samuel Saulus - Flööt (1989) 12' LP
Segakoor Noorus - Segakoor Noorus (1990) 12' LP
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Concerto No.1 For Piano And Orchestra / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra (1987 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Slavia - Strength and Vision (2007/2008 reissue) 12' Grey Splatter LP
Stevie Wonder - Sunsgine of My Life (1972/1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) 12' LP
Tõnu Aav - Alice Imedemaal (1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Tallinna Saksofonikvartett - Tallinna Saksofonikvartett (1989 edition) 12' LP
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey ( /1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
The Dave Brubeck Quartete - Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1960/1980 German edition) 12' LP
The Jazz Trio - Images Of Ancient Egypt (1984) 12' LP
The Latvian SSR Chorus - Jewish Folk Songs (1989) 12' LP
The Moody Blues - The Other Side Of Life (1986/1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Thelonius Monk - Mysterioso (1959/1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Tina Turner - Foreign Affaris (1989 Soviet Edition) 12' LP

U - X

U. Lattikase džässikvintett - Hämaras toas (1985/1986 Soviet edition) 7' EP
Uku Masing - Ja tuulelaeval valgusest on aerud (1990) 12' LP
Various Artists - Майлс Дейвис и гиганты современного джаза (1954/1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Various Artists - Танцевальная музыка 30х годов - Мне так хорошо с тобой (1930s/1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Various Artists - Традиционная музыка - популярные исполнители мадагаскара (1983) 12' LP
Various Artists - Cuba que linda es cuba (approx 1980) 12' LP
Various Artists - Eesti heliloojate klaveripalu lastele (1986) 12' LP
Various Artists - Forgotten Waltzes (1986) 12'LP
Various Artists - International Dixieland-Festival Dresden 1987/1988 (1988 German edition) 12' LP
Various Artists - Liivi Rahvalaule (1989) 12' LP
Various Artists - Moscow Autumn Festival (1985) 12' LP
Veljo Tormis - Kalevala - XVII runo (1987) 12' LP
Veljo Tormis - Riiklik akadeemiline meeskoor (1990) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flöödikvartetid (1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Messe in C Major, KV 258 / Performed by Eesti Filharmoonia Poistekoor (1990) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Missa, KV139 (1983) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Antonio Vivaldi - Valery Popov plays Mozart and Vivaldi (approx 1990) 12' LP
Zdenek Fibich - The Bride of Messina - Highlights from the opera (1984) 12' LP


I might scrobble these if I play them. Mostly I don't feel like so, however.