Wyton House Compton Demos

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Audio Demo Tracks:

Goodbye to Love

This song was the first Carpenters hit written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released by the Carpenters in 1972, and played for us by Stephen Ades. It was one of the first power ballads, if not the first, to have a fuzz guitar solo, and Stephen does an excellent job of recreating their spirit in this recording. You can listen to the recording made on the real instrument at http://music.nagioff.com and see if you can tell the difference!

Goodbye to Love - Contrabombarde

Morning Mood from the Peer Gynt Suite

Played for us by Stephen Ades. Over a decade after composing the full incidental music for Peer Gynt, Grieg extracted eight movements to make two four-movement suites. Suite No. 1, Op. 46 was published in 1888, and Morning Mood is the first movement. Written in E major, the melody uses the pentatonic scale and alternates between flute and oboe. Unusually, the climax occurs early in the piece at the first forte which signifies the sun breaking through. It is orchestrated for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, and string section making it a wonderful piece to play on the Unit Orchestra! You can listen to the recording made on the real instrument at http://music.nagioff.com and compare the two.

Morning Mood from the Peer Gynt Suite - Contrabombarde

Coronation Scot

Played for us by Stephen Ades. Vivian Ellis was inspired to write this piece in 1938 by a journey on an express steam train. He named it after one of the then famous UK express services, Coronation Scot. The tune became very well known as the signature tune for the BBC radio detective serials 'Paul Temple'. A great tune and feeling of steam and gathering speed. You can listen to the recording made on the real instrument at http://music.nagioff.com and compare the two.

Coronation Scot - Contrabombarde

Love Theme from The Godfather

Played for us by Stephen Ades. This song was a popular song known as "Speak Softly, Love" and first published in 1972, with music by Nino Rota and lyrics by Larry Kusik. The song was used as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film The Godfather and then became known as "Love Theme from The Godfather". The highest-charting rendition of either version was by vocalist Andy Williams, who took "Speak Softly Love" to number 34 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 and number seven on its Easy Listening chart. Beautiful melodies can be found in the most unlikely places! This is a rare tender moment in the film.

Love Theme from The Godfather - Contrabombarde

In the Hall of the Mountain King from the Peer Gynt Suite

Played for us by Stephen Ades. "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (Norwegian: I Dovregubbens hall) is a piece of orchestral music composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875 as incidental music for the sixth scene of act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt. It was originally part of Opus 23 but was later extracted as the final piece of Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46. Its easily recognizable theme has helped it attain iconic status in popular culture. This piece shows off the 'concert organ' capabilities of the Compton.

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Contrabombarde

All the Things You Are

Played for us by Stephen Ades. This song was composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939), it also appeared in the film Broadway Rhythm (1944). Because of its combination of a strong melody and challenging but logical chord structure, "All the Things You Are" has become a popular jazz standard.

All the Things You Are - Contrabombarde

Csárdás

Played for us by Stephen Ades. Czardas is a composition by Italian composer Vittorio Monti. A rhapsodical concert piece written in 1904, it is a well-known folkloric piece based on a Hungarian csárdás. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin or piano. There are arrangements for orchestra and for a number of solo instruments. It is also often played on other instruments, including the xylophone and the theatre organ.

Czardas- Contrabombarde