Idylls

Product Description
Love Spirals Downwards emerged in the early 1990's as one of the forerunners of a style of ethereal, blissful pop termed shoegazer by the music press. The duo's 1992 debut release, Idylls, introduced listeners to a unique, sumptuous sound of layered, interwoven guitar textures and warm, lilting female vocals. Creating a style that was as much about mood as melody, Love Spirals Downwards quickly gained a loyal stronghold of fans eager to embark on this fervent excursion.

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Average customer rating: A Most Beautiful Classical Recording!

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On Greensleeves, Etc. Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delius, Frederick | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Elegies | Requiems, Elegies & Tombeau | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Shropshire Lad/Banks of Green Debussy: Orchestral Music English Rhapsody Appassionato This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession ASIN: B0000041LB Release Date: 1997-08-26

Tracks:

1. Fantasia On Greensleaves (Arr. Ralph Greaves): Fantasia On Greensleeves
2. The Lark Ascending
3. Engllish Folk Song Suite: I March: Seventeen Come Sunday
4. English Folk Song Suite: II Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
5. English Folk Song Suite: III March: Folk Songs From Somerset
6. Serenade For Strings
7. Capriol Suite: I Basse-danse
8. Capriol Suite: II Pavane
9. Capriol Suite: III Tordion
10. Capriol Suite: IV Bransles
11. Capriol Suite: V Pieds-en-l'air
12. Capriol Suite: VI Mattachins (Sword Dance)
13. A Shropshire Lad
14. Two English Idylls
15. The Banks Of Green Willow

Tracks:

1. The Walk To The Paradise Garden
2. The Opera 'Hassan': Intermezzo and Serenade
3. A Song before Sunrise
4. On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
5. Summer Night On The River
6. The Opera Koanga: La Calinda
7. Serenade For Strings, Op. 20: Allegro piacevole
8. Serenade For Strings, Op. 20: Larghetto
9. Serenade For Strings, Op. 20: Allegretto
10. Sospiri For Strings, Harp And Organ, Op.70
11. Elegy For Strings, Op.58
12. The Spanish Lady - Suite
13. Introduction And Allegro For String Orchestra And Quartet, Op.47

Customer Reviews:

A Most Beautiful Classical Recording!.......2000-02-22

This is one of my favorite classical albums. I find myself listening to it very frequently. Of particular enjoyment is disc two featuring beautiful and stirring works by Delius and Elgar. This is a most relaxing and refreshing recording that will wonderfully and continually soothe the mind and soul!

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The Music of Frank Bridge Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005A88B Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

1. Plorans plorabit
2. Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christe secundum Johannem
3. Adoramus te
4. Psalm Antiphon Alleluia/Psalm 116/Psalm Antiphon Alleluia
5. Antiphon Vespere autem sabbati/Magnificat/Antiphon Vespere autem sabbati
6. Oratio & Ite missa est
7. Introit Resurrexi
8. Gradual Haec dies/Alleluia/Pascha nostrum
9. Sequence Victimae paschali laudes
10. Offertory Terra tremuit
11. Communion Pascha nostrum
12. Haec dies
13. Angelus Domini
14. Mane vobiscum
15. Post dies octo
16. Christus resurgens

Average customer rating: Darling Buds of May BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS

Frank Bridge: Works for String Quartet Frank Bridge , and Maggini Quartet Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bridge: String Quartets 2 & 4 / Phantasy Piano Quartet Bridge: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 3 Bridge: The Sea Bax: Nonet; Oboe Quintet; Elegiac Trio String Quartet 3 / Lyrical Interlude / Adagio ASIN: B0000014AD Release Date: 1996-04-23

Tracks:

1. Allegro Moderato
2. Allegro Moderato
3. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
4. Andante Moderato
5. Presto-Allegretto
6. Allegro Vivo
7. Adaigio Molto Espressivo
8. Allegretto Poco Lento
9. Allegro Con Moto
10. An Irish Melody: Londonderry Air
11. Sir Roger De Coverley
12. Sally In Our Alley
13. Cherry Ripe
14. 1. Allegretto
15. 3. Moderato
16. 2. Allegro Marcato

Customer Reviews:

Darling Buds of May.......2004-08-18

I'm trawling for string quartet music which sounds so great you want to play it, but easy enough to have a bash at if you're not very good. The very last track on the disc, piece 2 of "3 pieces" (no prize for the unimaginative name!) sounds like just such a piece for me. It is only a couple of minutes long, and I think would bear a complete repeat from beginning to end. From an English composer it's a vibrant English seasidy quartet with a syncopated beat, conjuring 1950's England, Darling buds of May, Just William, and my old feller's 1950's holidays in Llandudno as a teenager listening to the pier orchestra (aka the Liverpool Phil in disguise). The other pieces on the CD, including Londonderry Air, are rather more challenging than my simple tastes expected, and I shall reserve judgement until I have heard them a bit more. My rating of three stars may be unduly mean but I was not allowed to submit a review without picking a figure so I've just gone in the middle.

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS.......2000-06-24

Our English cousin, Frank Bridge [1879-1941], like his contemporary EJ Moeran, is a ridiculously neglected composer. Again, like Moeran, Bridge seems to have garnered most attention through his orchestral works, such as his beautiful suite, "The Sea." Lucky we are, then, to have this Naxos recording of a goodly selection of early Bridge quartet works, superbly produced and engineered, with the Maggini foursome at the helm. These are not the acerbic and sparse compositions of Bridge's later years, but rather his chamber music at its most inviting.

That said, the opening Phantasie Quartet in F Minor (1905) strikes one immediately as innovative and attractive, its first movement quite endearing and possessing a delicious lyrical main theme. The second movement Andante has a sweet lilting quality to it bringing to mind the English countryside. The final Allegro is, well, if anything, a jaunty ride through the hills and dales.

The three Novelletten (1904) again display Bridge's proclivity towards melody and lyricism: the first, a gentle, soothing Andante; the second, a mild-mannered Presto accented by plucked strings; the third, a memorable,full-blooded Allegro.

The Three Idylls are of exceptional grace and beauty, especially the first, and the longest of the three, marked Adagio molto espressivo.

The four pieces Bridge "translates," not transcribes, from traditional English tunes (incl. "An Irish Melody," "Sir Roger," "Sally in Our Alley" and "Cherry Ripe") he accomplishes within his own idiom, and there are not just a few nods at Ravel and the French School, either, hidden amongst the English lyricism.

Capping the CD are three heretofore unrecorded works by Bridge of rather short duration, but all quite delightful, anyway.

[Running time: 59:55]

Average customer rating: Remembering George Butterworth All the BUTTERWORTH that's fit to print...

The British Music Collection: George Butterworth Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Shropshire Lad/Banks of Green Finzi, Parry and Bridge: An English Suite Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six Italian Dance Tunes Ahmed Adnan Saygun: Symphony No. 4; Violin Concerto; Suite Taneyev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 ASIN: B00005IA6B Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

1. Six Songs From 'A Shropshire Lad': Loveliest Of Trees
2. Six Songs From 'A Shropshire Lad': When I Was One-And-Twenty
3. Six Songs From 'A Shropshire Lad': Look Not In My Eyes
4. Six Songs From 'A Shropshire Lad': Think No More, Lad
5. Six Songs From 'A Shropshire Lad': The Lads In Their Hundreds
6. Six Songs From 'A Shropshire Lad': Is My Team Ploughing?
7. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: Bredon Hill
8. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: Oh Fair Enough Are Sky And Plain
9. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: When The Lad For Longing Sighs
10. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: On The Idle Hill Of Summer
11. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: With Rue My Heart Is Laden
12. A Shropshire Lad - ASMF/Neville Marriner
13. Two English Idylls - ASMF/Neville Marriner
14. The Banks Of Green Willow - ASMF/Neville Marriner

Customer Reviews:

Remembering George Butterworth.......2006-08-04

For all the Anglophiles in music this fine sampling of the works of George Butterworth will be a welcome addition to the narrow margin of his works that remain in repertoire and in recordings. A contemporary of Gustav Holst and very much in the same vein as Frank Bridge and Ralph Vaughn Williams, this selection of works is another installment in The British Collection, a worthy and laudable effort to raise appreciation for the many composers form the British Isles that flavor our concert halls.

Oddly pairing both works for voice and piano with works for orchestra, Neville Marriner has none the less created a memorable concert here. Beginning with Butterworth's most famous piece, 'A Shropshire Lad, for voice & piano performed here by Benjamin Luxon with David Willison at the piano and following that with the less well known but equally fluid 'Bredon Hill and Other Songs' for voice & piano, comparisons are bound to be made with other recitals of these works (Bryn Terfel for one) and while Benjamin Luxon is a fine baritone, his voice is not in the sate it once enjoyed making the songs a bit frayed.

The joy of the recording is hearing Butterworth's own orchestral 'A Shropshire Lad', rhapsody for string orchestra in context with the song cycle. Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with suave elegance. Also included in the orchestral portion is Butterworth's 'The Banks of Green Willow, idyll for orchestra in one of the most cohesive and atmospheric readings on record.

For this listener the surprise is the relatively rare 'Two English Idylls' which are not only finely composed but have solid thematic thoughts better developed than in much of Butterworth's writing. And Marriner and his forces offer a superb and subtle performance. It is worth the price of the CD! Grady Harp, August 06

All the BUTTERWORTH that's fit to print..........2006-07-17

In fact, this is all the Butterworth that's left to us in the world--period: these few art songs, and a couple 'o three orchestral pieces. He had just begun to compose thoroughly when he went off to Flanders and was slain on the battlefield in 1916. Prior to his embarkment, he destroyed all remaining fragments of his art: so, this is it!

Bryn Terfel does a better job with the songs, but this is still a nice collection.

The lyrical pieces recall an unique aesthetic of Edwardian England and the very end of the so-called "Long Nineteenth Century."

Farewell, alas!

Average customer rating: Surreal Rainy day kind of CD hypnotic dreampop Pinnacle of LSD great debut for a fantastic group of musicians

Idylls Love Spirals Downwards Manufacturer: Projekt Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Space Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music | Ambient | Celtic | Environmental | General | International | Jazz | Meditation Music | Piano | World Dance General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ever Ardor Apart Temporal Flux ASIN: B000000BCP Release Date: 1997-06-10

Tracks:

1. Illusory Me
2. Scatter January
3. Love's Labour's Lost
4. This Endris Night
5. Forgo
6. Eudaimonia
7. Dead Language
8. Stir About The Stars
9. Noumens Of Spirit
10. Ladonna Dissima
11. Drops, Rain, And Sea
12. Waiting For The Sunrise
13. And The Wood Comes Into Leaf

Album Description

Love Spirals Downwards emerged in the early 1990's as one of the forerunners of a style of ethereal, blissful pop termed shoegazer by the music press. The duo's 1992 debut release, Idylls, introduced listeners to a unique, sumptuous sound of layered, interwoven guitar textures and warm, lilting female vocals. Creating a style that was as much about mood as melody, Love Spirals Downwards quickly gained a loyal stronghold of fans eager to embark on this fervent excursion.

Customer Reviews:

Surreal.......2007-07-23

I purchased "Idylls" years ago when I was in college. I am a big fan of ambient music, but didn't know what to expect with this album. I purchased it - frankly - because I liked the cover of the album and the name of the band. I was searching for something that sounded like Lush's album "Spooky." When I listened to "Idylls" - I was BLOWN AWAY. It is the type of music that surrounds you. Anything that is bothering you, just goes away and you are lost in ambient bliss. Needless to say, my old copy fell on some gravel and was scratched. When I found this copy, I snapped it up. If you like Lush, My Bloody Valentine or The Sundays... this is for you.

Rainy day kind of CD .......2005-08-15

Love spirals downwards: 'Idylls' is a great, low-key, rainy day kind of CD. There is a general mood of sadness and despair at times then blithesome optimism at others in this CD. Each song sort of collides into the next. There is a unique mesh of sounds with souring electric guitars, acoustics, and kind of tribal sounding drums. The vocals are very serene, soothing, and kind of dreamy, Celtic influenced.

It reminds me of the group `Love is colder than death' a lot, only less dark and gothic. The guitars actually sound like `The Cure' to me, especially in the eighth track, 'Stir about the Stars'.

This is the kind of music you can just lay down on your soft bed, light some candles, put on your head phones, and just let the music take you away.

hypnotic dreampop.......2001-09-23

the first of this duos (ryan lum and suzanne perry) albums just goes to show that more people in a band doesn't necessarily result in better music. all of you lousy DIVA's(christina, britney, mandy, what ever)... take note: suzanne's understated and entrancing voice is SIMPLy a more effective instrument anything you could ever achieve. this absolutely hypnotic and stirring album is just beautiful. of course, you're only taking the word of someone you've never met and have no idea of his musical tastes, but this cd has established itself at the top of my all time favorite list. If you are in the least interested in any aethereal-pop/shoegazer, PICK THIS ONE UP!!!

Pinnacle of LSD.......2001-06-16

Love Spirals Downwards's angelic ambient style is fantastic. Idylls peacefully dark dreampop track is a further evidence that Love Spirals Downwards is one of the greatest ethereal bands ever to grace us.

great debut for a fantastic group of musicians.......2000-07-31

lsd is one group of musicians whose music touches the world on a different level. most music is hear today gone tomorrow, but idylls is an album that can be listen to every day, and never have get old. it also features probably the most moving music the band has made to date. ardor was a great cd, but didn't move as much as this one does. faster beats and more driving keyboard on songs like forgo make this album the bands most diverse. check it out. its a great cd.

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English Rhapsody Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delius, Frederick | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Grainger | Grainger, Percy Aldridge | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shropshire Lad/Banks of Green Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On Greensleeves, Etc. Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works ASIN: B0000AE7B3 Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. A Shropshire Lad: Rhapsody For Orchestra
2. No.1
3. No. 2
4. The Banks Of Green Willow (Idyll)
5. Irmelin: Prelude
6. The Walk To The Paradise Garden
7. Introduction
8. Theme: Variations 1-6
9. Interlude (Slow And Very Quietly)
10. Variations 7 - 12; Transition
11. Variations 13 - 17; Coda
12. Brigg Fair - James Gilchrist
13. Trad. Brigg Fair

Average customer rating: Top quality swing...

Matinee Idylls Four Piece Suit Manufacturer: Swang ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ready to Where? ASIN: B00000I6RB Release Date: 1999-02-01

Tracks:

1. Dave's Happy Place
2. Bombasteroid
3. Go Ahead and Burn
4. Sloppy Shopping
5. Sneaky
6. El Nino
7. Yeah Yeah
8. Romeoville
9. Elevator Shaft
10. Cara
11. Granada/Blue Pavillion
12. Blow-Air-O
13. Regrettable
14. Bender
15. Roxotica
16. Old Cape Cod
17. It came from Ipanema

Album Description

It's a rockin' eclectic set of instrumentals (Well, okay, there is one vocal,) that's at home in a smoky lounge with over-dressed patrons and over-dressed martinis. It just as much at home with half the room rocking while watching the other half swing. The Boston Globe (1/21/99) said, "No Label for these Suits! Four Piece Suit does a swinging instrumental hybrid of surf. lounge, rock and jazz. The sound is suave and playful with non-stop banter between Dave Sholl's sax and the three remaining pieces: Milt Reder's guitar, Dean Cassell's bass, and Lorne Entriss's drums.

Four Piece Suit in the flesh--er, suits--whips up a nice camp-infected rumpus, and on disc it doesn't disappoint. It's new CD, "Matinee Idyls," is mostly composed of originals, mingled with covers such as a surfy take on Patti Page's 'Old Cape Cod' and 'It came from Ipanema,' a woozy relation to the Ipanema song."

Customer Reviews:

Top quality swing..........1999-05-03

This band has a whole lot of fun with their music and it shows, both in their recorded music as well as in their live performances. The music ranks as well as the Voodoo Daddies and the Squirrel Nut Zippers. Some of their pieces harken back to the "Beach Blanket Bingo" style of lounge act and others are reminicient of the 1940s crime dramas. All around fun. Highly recommended.

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American Journey - Harris, Goldmark, Porter, Erickson Manufacturer: Direct-to-Tape ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Harris | Harris, Roy | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000DGY4 Release Date: 1998-10-01

Tracks:

1. American Ballads (Roy Harris)
2. Prairie Idylls (Rubin Goldmark)
3. Sonata for Piano (Quincy Porter)
4. Scuppernong (Three Pieces for Country Folk) (John Work)
5. In the Bottoms (R. Nathaniel Dett)
6. Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin, arr. by the composerfor piano)
7. Homage to The Lord's Prayer (arrangement by Donald Dumpson)

Album Description

Piano music by American composers that include folk and jazz elements in their compositions. An incredible performance by Clipper Erickson with superb sound.

Average customer rating: Haunting and timeless

Christopher Idylls Gimmer Nicholson Manufacturer: Lucky Seven Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001P9Y Release Date: 1994-10-18

Tracks:

1. Millenial Harbinger
2. Charon's Crossing
3. Red And White Light Ship
4. Hermetic Waltz
5. Venus Cumulus
6. Wesak

Customer Reviews:

Haunting and timeless.......2002-08-03

Someone gave me a copy of this in 1994 and it's one of my most cherished CDs. I listen to it only occasionally, when I am seeking solace and the quiet beauty of these masterful performances. The liner notes suggest that the recording was made around 1968, though it was freshly mastered for this release, and I just can't believe that the music was recorded at that or *any* date.

Stylistically, the music falls somewhere between classical, folk, and new age. All pieces are the product of Nicholson playing some stringed instrument (guitar? dulcimer?), and the combination of cascading melodies and intricate textures never fails to both engage and soothe me.

Average customer rating: Visions Need Some Glasses Hovhaness needs more maturity

Hovhaness: Visions-The Musical World of Alan Hovhaness Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hovhaness, Alan | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Trumpet | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Manhattan Chamber Orchestra | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Concertos | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Concertos | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Symphonies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 22 ("City of Light"); Cello Concerto Music of Alan Hovhaness Hovhaness: Celestial Gate and Other Orchestral Works Hovhaness Treasures Hovhaness, "Ani" Symphony ASIN: B000001SIJ Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

1. The Prayer Of St. Gregory
2. Elibris
3. Mystic Flute
4. Aria, Hymn & Fugue: Sympony No 46 - To The Green Mountains
5. Moon Lullaby: Mountain Idylls
6. Adagio
7. Give A Cat A Twig And He Takes A Tree: Sonata Fred The Cat
8. Aria From Haroutiun

Customer Reviews:

Visions Need Some Glasses.......2006-06-01

I must admit that I enjoyed this sampler CD introduction to the musical world of Alan Hovhaness more than the other reviewer. These are peaceful and lovely recordings and renditions of these works. It was refreshing to hear a more varied collection of Hovhaness' sound than the repetitiveness that he is often criticized for. One of the criticisms of Hovhaness was that he was trying to be like Vaughan Williams in every piece (which is not true). He had a specific spiritual "vision" that lent a characteristic sound to his music like many other composers.

My one problem with this affordable disc is that the track listing is incorrect for the pieces: Mountain Idyll and Sonata Fred the Cat (both solo piano works). They are listed as having multiple tracks (#5-7) and (#9-12) when in actuality they are on the CD in single one track movements, so the CD comes out actually having 8 tracks (1 per work sampled). For a while I thought I had the wrong CD or it was defective. Then I figured it out by putting it in my CD Rom and it displayed the actual track listing with titles through Windows Media Player.

If that glitch doesn't bother you too much, this is a nice and afforable intro to Hovhaness' music. - - Max Stoltenberg, LPC

Hovhaness needs more maturity.......2005-02-02

I was very dissapointed when I heard this album. The sound is tinny, strident, and unbalanced. I can imagine how hard it is for unfunded orchestras to make recordings, but this sounds like a scraggly bunch of pickup players who play with no soul. Hovhaness demands a fuller, burnished tone. Even worse than the poor sound quality and sketchy intonation is the lack of a sense of flexibility and nuance. The hollowness of the playing would not be so offensive if there were a feeling of expansiveness, languidness, or generousity. I can't help thinking the composer would be very saddened by this effort. I hope Mr. Clark's realizes someday that music is not something that can be hammered out like a wall street stock deal. The kind of crassness on display here is better suited to commerce or (lamentably), politics.

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Chicken Soup For Little Souls: What A Wonderful World - Songs To Celebrate The Magic Of Life

Debussy: Sonata for flute & viola L137; Sonata for violin in Gm

Conmemorativo: A Tribute to Gram Parsons

Conspiracion, Vol. 2: La Secuela [Explicit Lyrics]

Butterfly Caught [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Calypsoca 1999 [Import]

Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light [Import]

Winter Solstice

Common Ground