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Various Artists: Excavated Shellac: Reeds - VINYL LPTitle: Excavated Shellac: Reeds Artist: Various Artists Label: Dust to Digital Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 880226200619 Genre: International Release Date: 2015 10 09 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: BOOKLET, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD LP version. Includes eight page booklet and download code. Reed instruments are capable of some of the most impassioned music on the planet, due to the malleability of the reeds themselves historically made of plant
Title: Excavated Shellac: ReedsArtist: Various Artists
Label: Dust to Digital
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 880226200619
Genre: International
Release Date: 2015-10-09
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: BOOKLET, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD
LP version. Includes eight-page booklet and download code. Reed instruments are capable of some of the most impassioned music on the planet, due to the malleability of the reeds themselves - historically made of plant tissue - which vibrate when air hits them. The origin of most reed instruments is steeped in rural, pastoral culture. Many insistent, loud, often joyful reed instruments have always been played outdoors as traditional accompaniment for dancing and celebrations. This compelling album is the second volume in the Excavated Shellac release series, featuring rare, never-before-issued 78-RPM records from around the world centered on a unique theme. The previous volume (Excavated Shellac: Strings (DTD 044CD)) focused on stellar stringed-instrument performances. This release examines some of the most intense and hypnotic music set to disc during the early years of international recording, all featuring reed instruments. All previously unreleased on CD, with three bonus tracks not available on the LP version (PT 2006LP). All records have been carefully transferred and mastered. Digipak with 20-page booklet featuring rare and historic photos, jaw-dropping graphics from the 78-RPM era, and extensive liner notes by compiler Jonathan Ward, founder and author of the acclaimed Excavated Shellac website. Includes tracks by I Tre Antonio della Basilicata (Italy), Sylvain Poujouly & Achille Marc (Auvergne, France), Karzana Oyun Havasi (Turkey), Tufanpur Orchestra (Iran), Ahn Ki-Ok and Kin Yin Kuan (North Korea), Guangdong Troupe with Da Kai men (China), T. Rajarathnam Pillai (India), Selim (Albania), Obdulia Alvarez, La Busdonga (Asturias, Spain), Jhande Nath (India), Hoseynkali was Roofakah (Kurdistan), Mohamed Efendi Baz (Upper Egypt), Ngoma Ya Kitokomire (Tanzania), Mqonga Sikanise (South Africa), Musicians of Radio Studio Skopje (Macedonia), uncredited musicians (Tajikistan), and Parush Parushev (Bulgaria).
Tracks:
1.1 Tarantella Popolare - I Tre Antonio Della Basilicata
1.2 Lou Bolontinou - Sylvain Poujouly ; Achille Marc
1.3 Zurnaci Mahir and Ali - Karzana Oyun Havasi
1.4 Reng-E Ghafghaz - Tufanpur Orchestra
1.5 Janggochum - Ahn Ki-Ok and Kin Yin Kuan
1.6 Untitled - Guangdong Troupe with Da Kai Men
1.7 Raga Alapana - T. Rajarathnam Pillai
1.8 Ekri Eselimmit - Selim
1.9 Cantar Bien Neña - Obdulia Alvarez 'La Busdonga'
1.10 Lahara Saamp Ke Masta Karneka - Jhande Nath
1.11 Raqs Jooli - Aroosi - Hoseynkali Was Roofakah
1.12 Alia Mozmar Khedawi Masr - Mohamed Efendi Baz
1.13 Mimi Naona Haya - Ngoma Ya Kitokomire
1.14 Into Ezimnandi - Mqonga Sikanise
1.15 MacEdonsko Oro - Musicians of Radio Studio Skopje, Macedonia
1.16 Raqsi Kalon - Uncredited Musicians
1.17 Ruchenitsa - Parush Parushev
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★★★★★ 5
An Excellent Choice
Format: Paperback
Excellent introduction, notes and translation.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2017
★★★★★ 5
Five Stars
Format: Paperback
Professor Cornford's translation with running commentary is definitive.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2015
★★★★★ 5
Plato's dialogue about the physical world
Format: Paperback
The two biggest topics in the Timaeus are astronomy and the elements of bodies, which are constructed using triangles and the tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, and cube. I would like to see a translation of the Timaeus that uses it as a way to introduce all the astronomy that appears in the dialogue. Introducing the astronomy does not mean just talking in words about spheres or the zodiac or the ecliptic, but actually explaining how these were used by astronomers. Cornford has much to say, but to someone who has not learned any Greek astronomy his commentary will be opaque and hard to use. I didn't know the astronomy well enough to readily understand Cornford's explanations. I plan to learn more classical Greek astronomy, perhaps using Evans'
, and then read Waterfield's translation of the Timaeus
.
Before reading this you should have read the Republic and know some classical Greek natural philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. Although Cornford's commentary makes the dialogue staccato, I am glad for it because I wouldn't otherwise have understood much of what Plato says. The Timaeus and the Parmenides are the two dialogues of Plato that one needs commentary to understand; the Parmenides demands the commentary because so much of what is happening depends on the original language, and the Timaeus demands the commentary because of all the things the reader is supposed to be familiar with.
The following is a list of topics I kept while reading the dialogue: theory of Forms 27d-28a, 51a-52a; harmonics 35b-36b; time 37c-38e, 39b-e; vision 45b-46c, 67c-68d; space 52b; surfaces 53c; weight 62d-63e; sound 67a-67c; physiology 70c-79e, 80d-86a; antiperistasis 79e-80c.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2015
★★★★★ 4
Helpful, but Waterfield is better for an intro
Format: Paperback
This is basically a scholarly paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on the Timaeus. It's really good for what it is, but I don't recommend it as your first introduction to the Timaeus -- rather, I recommend Waterfield:
http://www.amazon.com/Timaeus-Critias-Oxford-Worlds-Classics-ebook/dp/B006NTMD16
A problem with using Cornford as an introduction is that he comments on everything, and it's hard to figure out what the main themes are. I tried reading Cornford as an intro and gave it up, but once I'd read Waterfield I found Cornford extremely helpful both in elucidating passages further than Waterfield does, and in interpreting passages Waterfield doesn't cover. So if you're looking to learn about the Timaeus, I'd suggest Waterfield first and Cornford second (or Cornford alongside Waterfield).
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Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2014
★★★★★ 5
Cornford's running commentary is arguably the best suited to fulfill this desire
Readers of any of Plato's works are bound to feel they might profit from various commentaries. His Timaeus, in particular, may be said to elicit such a hope because of number and intricacy of its details. Cornford's running commentary is arguably the best suited to fulfill this desire: it helps make clear the integrity of the dialogue as a whole and illumines the specific points along the way. Although this work is certainly dated, originally published in 1937, it is certainly one of the best full commentaries on the Timaeus.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2014