National Anthems of the World: Swarovski Orchestra

Creators: Abdur Rahman Al-Khatib, Albrecht, Jose Bernardo Alcedo, Anonymous, Austrian Anonymous, Dutch Anonymous, Kamal Attawyl, Samuel Minkyo / Nyate, Moise Bamba, Karlis Baumanis, Ludwig van Beethoven, Francois Van Campenhout, Justino Sigaulane Chemane, Phra Chenduriyang, Samuel Cohen, Federico Consolo, Alexandru Cristi, Bilegyn Damdinsuren, Van Roland Edwards, Ferenc Erkel, Muhammad Fawzi
Label: Koch Int'l Classics
Category: Music

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Seller: muse-inc
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

3 reviews
Sales Rank: 138056

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

UPC: 099923758129
EAN: 0099923758129
ASIN: B00029J1XQ

Release Date: July 27, 2004
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Tracks:

Disc 1

	Algeria
	Arab Emirates
	Argentina
	Armenia
	Australia
	Egypt
	Barbados
	Belgium
	Bolivia
	Brazil
	Germany
	Bulgaria
	Denmark
	Ecuador
	England
	Estland
	Europe
	Finland
	France
	Georgia
	Greece
	Iraq
	Iran
	Ireland
	Iceland
	Israel
	Italy
	Japan
	Cameroon
	Canada
	Colombia
	Cuba
	Latvia
	Luxembourg

Disc 2

	Lithuania
	Malta
	Morocco
	Mexico
	Mozambique
	Moldova
	Monaco
	Mongolia
	New Zealand
	Netherlands
	Norway
	Oman
	Austria
	Peru
	Philippines
	Poland
	Portugal
	Romania
	Russia
	San Marino
	Saudi Arabia
	Sweden
	Switzerland
	Singapore
	Slovakia
	Slovenia
	Spain
	South Africa
	Syria
	Thailand
	Czech Republic
	Tunisia
	Turkey
	Hungary
	Uruguay
	United States
	Venezuela
	Vietnam
	Zimbabwe

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Customer Reviews:
3 out of 5 stars

Once Again - with Gusto (please?) May 31, 2008
Steven C. Myers (Bedford , PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Underwhelming. I came away thinking the musicians all were somehow stateless persons. They read their parts for certain, but without much 'spirit.' Uniformly lacking - auspiciously so.
If nothing else, a National anthem ought to raise goosebumps, for it is the music of the land, itself. Some (e.g.: the EU anthem by Beethoven and the anthem of Hungary or Japan's song) seem to be composed in such a way as to enable thought; others seem to engender competition and manliness - Brazil's anthem - or Ireland's or the anthem of Italy; still others sound almost mystical and transcendant; as does (to me, at least) the beguiling, beautiful anthem of the Marshall Islands. My nation's National Hymn, using old English tune which, I am told, was a drinking song in the Sceptered Isles, is difficult to sing, much less play in multiple parts - derives its beauty not from the music but from a poet's eternal words in time of war that every school US child learns early on in life.
And so forth. I wish the Swarovski CD showed these musical virtues. Now, don't get me wrong: what I have tried to describe here is how to touch a spirit or to kiss the wind in answer to its kiss. These CDs did not achieve it, IMO. A CD, same subject, that DID is a recording by the New Japan Phiharmonia (Title, issue date not known). If Amazon offered it, I would hit the One Button instantly. The Swarovski CD, however.... well, I don't think so....
Steve in PA

3 out of 5 stars

Large collection for the price, but not perfect July 29, 2006
monoblocks (Seattle, WA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

As with these sorts of all-inclusive collections, there are issues to be had with 'National Anthems of the World' as performed by the Swarovski Orchestra. Primary--to me--is that these performances and arrangements come off as being rather sterile and bland, though it's perhaps not surprising since I doubt very much that most of the nationalities of the nations represented here have citizens actually in the Swarovski Orchestra. There's little of the passion that a national band or orchestra would have in playing their own nation's anthem, much like listening to a generic studio band play play a collection of college fight songs (and there ARE CDs of those out for sale as well).

That said, this 2-disc CD set does offer a wide spectrum of national anthems, though it does a far better job of covering European nations more so than any other region. For instance, Central America is poorly represented in this collection as is Africa which, aside from Cameroon, the heart of that continent is conspicuously ill-depicted. But the biggest omission is China; neither the mainland or Taiwanese anthems are included in this set. Considering that The People's Republic of China is the most populous nation on earth, as well as a global political and economic force to be reckoned with, even in 1996 (this CD set dates from 2004, but at least one online database list the contents from the mid-1990s), this is a glaring oversight in my opinion.

The final gripe deals with the included documentation. Each of these anthems DO have titles to them, none of which the producers of this collection ever bother to mention and provide. One has to go to Wikipedia or some other resource to look up the actual name of the anthems included here. This is information that is relatively cheap to research and out of courtesy to the consumer should've been provided for this set, especially since this collection has been around in some form for over a decade already.

For the money, it's a fairly good buy for those who want a collection of national anthems. But the producers could've done a better job of compiling the contents of this collection, and what music there is would've certainly benefitted from a bit more impassioned play.

5 out of 5 stars

excellent selection & quality sound August 26, 2005
Objective View (San Francisco, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Swarovski Orchestra did an excellent job in this compilation. I work in Foreign Service & I use this CD to play US anthem & the host country anthem during events. Unlike other compilations which shorten the pieces, this offers full-length pieces saving me from embarrassment.

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