| Snowflakes are dancing | 
| Artist: Tomita
Label: High Performance
Category: Music
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 16,487
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 52 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 090266358823
EAN: 0090266358823
ASIN: B00003OP6X
Release Date: February 1, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Children's Corner, No.4: Snowflakes Are Dancing | | • | Reverie | | • | Estampes, No.3: Gardens In The Rain | | • | Suite bergamasque, No.3: Clair De Lune | | • | Arabesque No. 1 | | • | Preludes, Book I, No.10: The Engulfed Cathedral | | • | Suite bergamasque, No.4: Passepied | | • | Preludes, Book I, No.8: The Girl With The Flaxen Hair | | • | Children's Corner, No.6: Golliwog's Cakewalk | | • | Preludes, Book I, No.6: Footprints In The Snow | | • | Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
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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Tremendous example of a synth classic July 17, 2001
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
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!
Nostalgia March 19, 2005
Peter. (Essex, England.)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
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!
Incredible March 29, 2005
Ms. H. Sinton (Ingleby Barwick. U.K.)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
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.
Taught me to appreciate "proper" Debussy... September 23, 2006
DSR (out beyond the sticks)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
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 don't I'm sure), but the beauty here in "Clair de Lune", "The Girl With The Flaxen Hair" and the humour in "Gollywog's Cakewalk", for example, still shine brightly to me.
Now I know and love the original pieces, I can still listen to the tracks as presented here with great affection (and thanks to Tomita), as without this album, I'd never have investigated these pieces as originally intended..
The recording is very much of its time, a bit distorted in places, but it's not too bad and doesn't get in the way of the music.
This (and many other Tomita albums) is a must for any lover of "analogue" electronic music.
RECOMMENDED!
The original Snowflakes are Dancing September 25, 2002
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
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. I had never heard anything so entrancing as the clear sounds drifted around the shop. The music sounded so liquid and fluent. I went straight into the music department and bought the record. RCA ARL1-0488 is the original reference number. If what one of the other reviewers says is to be believed the cd version is not to be missed. The clarity of the music can't fail to be enhanced by digital remastering!
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