French Flute Sonatas

Advantages: Good example of early 20th century French/European music. Cheap price
Disadvantages: Not distinct or ground-breaking enough

...'s, music halls and circus bands also played heavily in influencing him. From this he became part of the 'Les Six' a group of young French composers who shocked the music establishment with their avant-garde style. Later on in life he developed his music skills and co-operated with other composers of the time. --- MUSIC --- Poulenc himself said "Above all do not analyse my music- love it!". So in the words of the man himself I have tried not to spoil the delight of hearing fresh music for the first time, but have given a rough guideline to what style of music he has created. Some of his most popular pieces were from his chamber music scores. Here he utilised the piano and various wind instruments including Horn, Oboe, Bassoon, Flute, Recorder, Clarinet and pipe. One of my favourite set of songs is his sextet for Piano, Flute... Read review

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Advantages: It is Sonata Arctica.......just
Disadvantages: Changed their style for this album, what a shame

...UNIA- A REVIEW BY ADDY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPECS Released May 25, 2007 Recorded December 2006-January 2007 Genre Power metal Length 58:34 Label Nuclear Blast THE BAND NAME: Tony Kakko INSTRUMENT: Vocals, Keyboards DATE OF BIRTH: May 16th 1975 PRESENTLY LIVING IN: Finland JOINED SONATA ARCTICA: 1996 NAME: Tommy Portimo INSTRUMENT: Drums DATE OF BIRTH: September 5th 1981 PRESENTLY LIVING IN: Kemi JOINED SONATA ARCTICA: Original member NAME: Marko Paasikoski INSTRUMENT: Bass DATE OF BIRTH: June 10th 1978 PRESENTLY LIVING IN: Kemi, Finland JOINED SONATA ARCTICA: Summer 2000 NAME: Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg INSTRUMENT: Keyboards DATE OF BIRTH: October 21st 1978 PRESENTLY LIVING IN: Kokkola NAME: Elias "E.Vil" Viljanen INSTRUMENT: Guitar DATE OF BIRTH: 8th of July 1975... Read review

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Advantages: Superb Finnish Powermetal
Disadvantages: Not quite as vocally sound as their newer efforts

...The first album from modern-day Powermetal legends Sonata Arctica is an absolutely stunning debut step into the musical world. If you're a fan of the genre of metal yet haven't heard any of their music, they could be classed as a modern version of Iron Maiden, though more technical, and with a far superior set of songs. Hailing from Finland, the European country with the reputation for producing the best Powermetal sounds, they are friends and contemporaries with such musical luminaries as Nightwish and Stratovarius. Though they play the same style as these bands, they do so on this album with a youthful exhuberance not matched by the aforementioned artists. The music is laced with a rare energy, and Sonata Arctica also appear to be able to create quality riffs for fun, just check out Kingdom for a Heart and My Land... Read review

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