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1. Comfortably Numb [Dub Remix] - Scissor Sisters

2. Streetgang [Atoc Remix] - A.R.E. Weapons

3. Strange Sounds [Atoc's Robot Remix]

4. Because [A Touch of Class Dub]

5. Dirty Talk [A Touch of Class Re-Edit] - Klein, M.B.O.

6. Flawless [Italo Disco Mix] - The Ones

7. Fashionist

8. Comfortably Numb [Original Version] - Scissor Sisters

9. You're My Disco

10. Ride On [Atoc Disco Dub]

11. Start It Up - Touch of Class

12. Bumps [Vocal Mix]

13. Not You-Me! - Touch of Class

14. Streetdub - Touch of Class

15. More Future

Sucks!,Touch of Class,Efa (Caroline),Dance Music,Electronic,Heavy Metal,Indie Electronic,Neo-Electro,Pop

Average customer rating: Flawless Wow, amazing Not Popular Punk, but Pop Punk!!! Pop-Punk Goodness! Some of the **BEST** punk out there

Everything Sucks Descendents Manufacturer: Epitaph / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Milo Goes to College Cool to Be You I Don't Want to Grow Up Somery All ASIN: B000001ISS Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

1. Everything Sux
2. I'm The One
3. Coffee Mug
4. Rotting Out
5. Sick-O-Me
6. Caught
7. When I Get Old
8. Doghouse
9. She Loves Me
10. Hateful Notebook
11. We
12. Eunuch Boy
13. This Place
14. I Won't Let Me
15. Thank You

Customer Reviews:

Flawless.......2006-11-10

This is without a doubt one of the best albums of the 90's. The Descendents practically invented pop-punk, and were hands down the best of the genre. Nowadays, the average kid is fooled into thinking that bands like good charlotte, new found glory, and simple plan are pop punk bands. Well, those are pop bands. The Desdendents are true pop punk, and you can see it in their music.
Milo is a great vocalist, and the band are very good at their instruments, at least for a punk band. The lyrics are immature, but they at least show that the Descendents aren't ready to stop making fun music!
There are so many great songs on this CD, so I can't possibly pick a favorite. I'm not even gonna give you a list of my favorite tracks. I'm just gonna tell you that you need to get this album if you're a punk fan. 'Nuff said.

Wow, amazing.......2006-06-25

Wow, The Descendents! What else is there to really say? This band is amazing, I love all their work. This is probably their best release. Every song on here is classic. I never find myself skipping on. Descendents are just one of those punk/pop-punk bands whos melodic fast paced songs just stick into your head. I love how they can play fast in your face punk rock, then transition into a more melodic pop-punk styling. Milo Aukerman is one of my favorite lyricists because he's simple, catchy, and gets his point accross. He's very good at catching my attention. Plus this guy is no dummy, he went to college and majored in biochemistry. wow, fantastic eh?. He really goes through things a lot of guys can relate to, like girls (haha), growing old, love for coffee, and that's just to name a few. Their guitarist Stephen Egerton has got this distinct sound, thats almost amazing, I dont know what it is, but i love his fast chord progressions, and his sound is just very unique in a way, its raw yet polished..??? i cant explain it. Sure he isnt a Clapton or Hendrix, but thats no reason to say I dont like him. Bill Stevenson is a solid drummer, dishing out great punk/pop-punk beats. Karl, their bassist always gets to me with his intro on "Caught". All four of these men are in their own bracket. I feel they are one of the best punk bands out there. Black and The Descendents are my favorite punk bands ever. This album shines. So pick it up, along with Milo Goes, Somery, and ALL, DESCENDENTS = GOODNESS. Highlights of this album are "We", Sick O Me, Caught, This Place, When I Get Old, Hateful Notebook, Coffee Mug, She Loves Me, and my favorite song Rotting Out, overall this album wont dissapoint anybody who is a fan of punk or pop-punk for that matter.

Not Popular Punk, but Pop Punk!!!.......2006-03-11

This band defenatly falls under the genre of punk with pop elements. Thats not a bad thing either, there are many bands out there that succesfully pull this off. Ill make this breif, all the songs are good. Buy this, you'll be happy you did, this is what pop punk (or punk in general) should sound like. Enough Said.

Pop-Punk Goodness!.......2006-03-06

Got up this morning to make some coffee...everything sucks today...

God, I love that song. I love this album. Most of the songs are really quite short, and aren't even two minutes long, but that just makes it easier to sing with. This short, 15-song collection of catchy pop-punk tunes is sure to please anyone. From the hardcore punk rockers, to Green Day and Blink 182 fans, and to just any music fans in general. Like me. I like all kinds of music, and I love this CD. 'Everything Sucks', 'I'm The One' and 'When I Get Old' are very relatable songs, and 'Caught' is a cool, slightly political tune. 'Dog House' is another one I really like, that everyone seems to really hate. Lyrically, yeah, it's kinda stupid, but it's still awesome. My favorite song on here, though, is probably 'Sick-O-Me'. I can listen to it over and over again, and NEVER get tired of it.

This is reccomended to ANYONE. Punks, pop-punk fans, music fans in general. This can be loved by ANYBODY. I even know someone who is into a ton of gangster rap sh** that likes these guys. Ha. If you've never heard this band, get this album or 'I Don't Want To Grow Up'. You don't know what you're missin'!

Some of the **BEST** punk out there.......2004-10-20

While too short for my taste, there are just so many things that make it better. With awesome guitar playing and a good punk singer, I can listen to this CD over and over and over and over and over...you get the picture. I like the short interludes about Eunuchs and caffeine, which add some flavor to the album. I like the overall feel of the album. Go buy it, FOOL!!!

Average customer rating: Good CD ALPHA-BETA-GAMMA RATING "EVERYTHING SUCKS" Child eats dog - you ain't seen the cover! COVER ART IS THE COOLEST Go out and buy reel big fish, favourite noise TODAY!!!!!

Everything Sucks Reel Big Fish Manufacturer: Mojo / Jive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Third Wave Ska | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska General | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cheer Up Why Do They Rock So Hard We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy Turn the Radio Off Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album ASIN: B00005RKU3 Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

1. I'm Cool
2. Join the Club
3. Call You
4. Hate You
5. I'll Never Be
6. Boyfriend
7. Fo' Head
8. Trendy
9. Skatanic
10. Why Do All Girls Think They're Fat?
11. Say "Ten"
12. I Want Your Girlfriend to Be My Girlfriend Too
13. Jig
14. Go Away
15. Beer
16. Snoop Dog, Baby
17. Big ****in' Star
18. **** Yourself
19. Spin the Globe
20. I'm Her Man
21. Super Hero #5

Customer Reviews:

Good CD.......2005-07-17

This is a very good CD. I really like it. But the only reason that I rated it a 4 outta 5 is because it has crappy sound quality. My least favorite of RBF for that reason.

ALPHA-BETA-GAMMA RATING "EVERYTHING SUCKS".......2004-05-22

HEY ITS ALPHA-BETA-GAMMA

RATING ANOTHER GREAT REEL BIG FISH ALBUM

FIRST OF ALL

LETS REVEIW THE FACTS

-IT HAS 21 SONGS(NO INTROS/NO SKITS/NO INTERLUDES)
-IT IS AN ENHANCED CD
-IT HAS SONGS FROM THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS PLUS NEW ONES SO IF YOU ARE LOW ON MONEY BUY THIS INSTEAD OF THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS

IT FEATURES THE HIT SONGS

"BEER"
"SKATANIC"
"I WANT YA GF TO BE MINE"

Child eats dog - you ain't seen the cover!.......2003-03-04

Everything Sucks! - By Reel Big Fish.

This albumn does have so much on it it's hard to know were to begin. Well first off you should know this band are a Ska Punk band and therefore you shouldn't buy it unless you like that style of music. Sounds like a more angry and faster amercanised version of Madness! Lots of fast guitar, trombones, Saxaphone and Trumpets.

The Songs:

I'm Cool
Join the Club
Call you
Hate You
I'll never be
Boyfriend
Fo'Head
Trendy
Skatanic
Why Do All Girls Think they're fat
Say "Ten"
I want your girlfriend to be my girlfriend too
Jig
Go away
Beer
Snoop Dog, Baby
Big ****in' Star
**** Yourself
Spin The Globe
I'm her man
Super Hero #5

I'll describe my favourite songs :-

'Hate You' has a lyric that i'd love to tell so many people "I hate you, F**k You, leave me alone!". But seriously I mean it is quite truthful that you would want to say so many things that you just end up not bothering to get round to or having the arrogance.

"I want your girlfriend to be my girlfriend too!" Now I definetly want to say that to some people. This song is funny, and at a medium pace compared to the rest of the albumn. Not a ballad by a long shot but nice enough to tap your foot to, if you don't really listen to the lyrics it's a nice tune, but be warned the lrics are hilarious!

"Beer" This song is an ode to all of those guys out there that have bother with a girl and turn around and say " Oh well lets get Pissed!" I'm definetly one of those guys so I can relate very well to this song! The guitar in this song is excellent and the opening riff is one of the best on this albumn. The lyrics are truthful and straight to the point, with nice lyrics rather than the obscene screaming of a hard rock band! Unrequited Love is a hard thing to accept but this song gladly points out that to take the pain away there's always Beer!

"**** Yourself" Self explanatory title. The reason this song makes me smile so much is that if my ex-girlfriend ever listens to this albumn i'd just like her to know that this song is definetly written with me and my thoughts about her in mind. The line "One day you'll come back to me and I'll say why don't you why don't you go and F**k Yourself!" is a taster of how high an opinion I have of my ex.

Come to think of it this whole albumn is rather negative about girls in general, I think target audience is young guys with out a care in the world! This albumn is only available on import in the uk at the moment and therefore is quite expensive but seriously worth it as you do get 21 tracks and an enhanced cd to play the video on your computer! Contact me if your having trouble finding it and I'll gladly let you know where to pick up a copy! anyway hope you enjoy it as much as I do

COVER ART IS THE COOLEST.......2002-06-15

I really love this CD so much. I mean, the music is cool, but the cover art has to be the coolest I've seen...EVER...even if you don't like ska, buy this CD just because the cover art RULES!

Go out and buy reel big fish, favourite noise TODAY!!!!!.......2002-04-21

Reel Big fish are my Fave band at the moment coz there the best.I like them coz they make me feel happy and cheerful when i listen to them. They are a ska band and the album 'Favourite Noise' is a compilation of all there best songs.They have even got a copy of AhHa's 'take me on'included on the album (this is a particularly good song). This is a really cool 'feel good' album so go and get it and listen to it to make u feel cheerful and chilled!!!!!!!

Average customer rating: Things that crawl inside your mind . . . . and sing to you 4ever An Antti Keisala Comment: Magical The soundtrack really supports the movie

Prospero's Books Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Nyman | Nyman, Michael | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Minimal Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Zed And Two Noughts: Original Music From The Film By Peter Greenaway The Queen ASIN: B0000041VH Release Date: 1991-11-12

Tracks:

1. Full Fathom Five
2. Prospero's Curse
3. While You Here Do Snoring Lie
4. Prospero's Magic
5. Miranda
6. Tweleve Years Since
7. Come Unto These Yellow Sands
8. History Of Sycorax
9. Come And Go
10. Cornfield
11. Where The Bee Sucks
12. Caliban's Pit
13. Reconciliation
14. The Masque

Customer Reviews:

Things that crawl inside your mind . . . . and sing to you 4ever.......2007-03-29

This music will haunt you, it will wander through your dreams. It will sing to you from the dark corners of the night. It will be the ghost at your shoulder whispering of magic things that mortals can only faint imagine. . . Once you let such as this get into your head, it will change your standards for what film music should and could be. It will change them for the far, far better. Only the likes of Howard Shore could come close to this glorious flight of fancy. Oh, for more strange works of wonder such as this! (LOL, this review makes this sound like some sort of wild drug dream! And even so it doesn't come close to what wonders await listeners herein.)

An Antti Keisala Comment: Magical.......2007-03-14

I don't know about your film life, that is I don't know what you demand of films and of film music. But to me a film has to be visual first and not literal, and film music has to somehow attract our imagination and refer to that visual quality. That makes a strong internallay visual cross-reference, as music creates images (impressions) in our mind already on its own. This notion added to the visual space of cinema shapes a possibly unique experience.

So the best composers have a strong visual identity. I don't mean a cinematic identity but the kind which inspires and ultimately makes our mind to refer to time and place when we hear a melody that burns deep into our memory. We attach them to our daily lives, and they not only strengthen our moods, they help to create them. This really shows how powerful music really can be.

Cinema is powerful but in a slightly different way. It isn't like literature or music in which the impressions are highly subjective in the way that we never really see or hear the same passage in the same way twice. This is true of cinema in a peculiarly meta-abstract way, but I suppose you get the point. The point is this: cinema has to refer to something more abstract than just solidify images to stone in our mind. It has to be lucid, at least the cinema I invite to my own life. And Greenaway's cinema is, and the great thing is that Shakespeare's art is, and so is Nyman's.

This I consider Nyman's best work, a work of an artist who works the other way around with directors - his work strengthens and the film strengthens his. This is rare and the collaborative richness of the Greenaway/Nyman axis is even rarer: two genuinely intelligent artists grouped together, both understanding each other.

You might know of the falling apart that happened between the two after this particular album. Tragic for us, as I think Nyman has never really been the same, although his work with Winterbottom is genuinely inspiring. Greenaway has made cinematically inspiring films, but that one dimension is now missing. It is Nyman's ability to refer to that oblivious area in our mind in which the images and the musical impressions meet to shape a coherent experience, both of them intertwining and folding into themselves. "Prospero's Magic" might be the most triumphant piece of music written on the cinematic age. Most of the stuff is Nyman that has been pulled out of its former context to fill the Shakespearean one (more on the film in a comment I wrote about it some time ago) but it works so well it brings tears to my eyes. And "The Masque" is already a fitting end not only to the film but to the partnership that's unmatched.

This is the perfect soundtrack for your life.

With best regards,
AK

The soundtrack really supports the movie.......2004-12-10

I am not a huge fan of all the pieces on this disc, but "Prospero's Magic" will not get out of my head. I don't know what it is about this simple harmonic progression, but it is quite effective. Nyman 's orchestration often creates a tension in otherwise consonant passages.

The scene in the movie where this occurs is just brilliant. Peter Greenaway has this continuous camera shot that keeps rolling to the right and everything is choreographed brilliantly. It is one of my favorite sequences in all of film history.

Average customer rating: All hail the Queen of Early Music! An uplifting experience Mysterious Beauty The divine voice of Emma Kirkby

Emma Kirkby sings Handel, Arne, Haydn & Mozart Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Arne | Arne, Thomas Augustin | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Kirkby, Emma | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Handel, George Frideric | H to L | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Haydn, Franz Joseph | H to L | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: The Emma Kirkby Collection Emma Kirkby - Handel Opera Arias / Goodman, Brandenburg Consort Vivaldi - Gloria · Nulla in mundo pax sincera · Nisi Dominus · Cantatas / Kirkby · Bott · Nelson · Watkinson · Bowman · Preston · AAM · Hogwood A Purcell Songbook [Australia] The Glories of Handel Opera ~ Kirkby · Sutherland · Tebaldi · Berganza · Horne · Bowman · Pavarotti ASIN: B000009DG1 Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

1. Alessandro Severo: Ouverture HWV A13 - George Frideric Handel
2. Britannia: Welcome Mars - George Frideric Handel
3. Dione: Pretty Warblers - George Frideric Handel
4. Hornpipe - George Frideric Handel
5. Rosamond: Rise, Glory, rise - George Frideric Handel
6. Ariodante: Ingrato Polinesso...Neghittosi or voi che fate?, HWV 33:41b - George Frideric Handel
7. Alcina: Credete al mio dolore, HWV 34:40 - George Frideric Handel
8. Alcina: Tornami a vagheggiar, HWV 34:15 - George Frideric Handel
9. March In D, HWV 345 - George Frideric Handel
10. Alexander's Feast: War, He Sung, Is Toil And Trouble, HWV 75:11 - George Frideric Handel
11. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: Sweet Bird, HWV 55:11-12 - George Frideric Handel
12. Saul: Capricious Man, HWV 53:37 - George Frideric Handel
13. Comus: By The Rushy-Fringed Bank - George Frideric Handel
14. Comus: Brightest Lady - Thrice Upon Thy Finger's Tip - George Frideric Handel
15. The Tempest: Where The Bee Sucks There Lurk I - George Frideric Handel

Tracks:

1. The Creation: With Verdure Clad - Emma Kirkby
2. The Creation: On Mighty Pens - Emma Kirkby
3. Il re pastore, K208: Aer tranquillo e di sereni - Emma Kirkby
4. Il re pastore, K208: L'amero, saro costante - Emma Kirkby
5. Voi avete un cor fedele, K217 - Emma Kirkby
6. Ah, lo prvidi!, K272 - Emma Kirkby
7. Zaide, K344: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben - Emma Kirkby
8. Zaide, K344: Trostlos schluchzet Philomele - Emma Kirkby
9. Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gonner!, K383 - Emma Kirkby
10. Ch'io mi scordi di te?, K505 - Emma Kirkby

Customer Reviews:

All hail the Queen of Early Music!.......2004-10-27

I had the pleasure recently of attending a recital with Miss Kirkby and Fretwork, here in Houston. I had heard of her, but wasn't all too familiar with her voice. Then, I decided a couple of days before the performance that I would buy one of her discs, for her to autograph. Honestly, I chose this two-disc recital because it had a nice picture of her, with space for her to autograph!

I am happy to say that I chose what is surely one of the most pleasant soprano recitals on the market. Her voice is essentially "white," as opposed to a full operatic voice with vibrato, etc. Nonetheless, what she does with this ample selection of music, esp. Mozart, is truly incredible.

Rise, Glory, Rise, as mentioned by at least one other reviewer, is nothing short of stunning. I like the way she sings, "Bid the drum, bid the drum," with much enthusiasm. The orchestration is spectacular baroque, with the expert conducting of Hogwood, who conducts on the entire recital. (I had the pleasure to hear him conduct Ariodante here in Houston a couple of seasons back, at HGO).

Speaking of Ariodante, there is an aria from that opera, as well as other Handel arias on the first disc. Now, those of us who cut our operatic teeth on Joan Sutherland or Beverly Sills may not appreciate Emma Kirkby at first. Being used to Joan's upward transpositions, interpolated high notes, and intricate cadenzas, it took a couple of listens to appreciate Kirby's rendition of Tornami a Vagheggar. We must remember that the Sutherland and Sills interpretations took lots of liberties that Handel didn't necessarily intend!

While I do enjoy the first disc, I relish the second disc from start to end. First, there are two arias from Haydn's Creation. The orchestration is sublime, and Emma calms us with her "cooing" in the second selection. Then comes Mozart, which fills the rest of the second disc. Kirby's L'amero, Saro Costante is a miracle. To give you an example, I have heard Leontyne Price's interpretation, and had previously dismissed hte aria as a bore. Kirkby, however, sounds so sweet and virginal, so much so that you can really picture a young lady singing about fidelity. The purity and exquisiteness of Kirby's singing will melt you.

Another joy is Voi Avete Un Cor Fedele. Kirkby isn't a coloratura fanatic like our beloved Sutherland,but when she does coloratura, it is enthralling. Here, she uses rapid coloratura, a la Cecilia Bartoli, to stunning effect.

It would have been easy to choose a lot of Mozart standard arias, like Matern aller Arten. However, Emma steers clear of those chestnuts on this recital, instead treating us to lesser-known works. Just when you start to settle in the second disc, she melts you again with arias in German, from one of Mozart's lesser-known operas. The first of these three arias moved me to tears. Words simply can't express the purity of her tone, and the tender care she lavishes on the text! Beguiling, to say the least.

Finally, there is Non Temerte, Amato Bene. I first heard this aria on a recently-issued two-disc recital of Teresa Berganza. While Berganza charms us with her warm tone and vibrato, Emma Kirkby's interpretation is no less valid.

Even if you don't particularly care for the current early-music revival, any lover of the human voice and operatic arias should buy this treasurable recital.

An uplifting experience.......2002-06-05

This is not a muscial review. That would be beyond my talents. No, this is a "spiritual" review and here is the reason. I had experienced a personal tragedy and turned often to music to revive my spirits and maintain my hope that things would right themselves in my life. Works such as Hayden's "Creation," Beethoven's "Fidelio," many of Bach's cantatas, Vivaldi's "Glorias," etc. Then I bought this CD. Immediately, I couldn't get enough of it. I felt uplifted everytime I listened, and it wasn't the same track each time that gave me that small feeling of joy that only music can provide. All is well again in my life and I continue to adore listening to this CD. For me, it was, and continues to be, magical.

Mysterious Beauty.......2001-11-19

Classical music is one of the greatest joys in life. Opera on the other hand, is often too melodramatic to stomach. But there is nothing more enchanting than an Aria. On this 2 CD set, Emma Kirkby sings in sweet exultation. Her voice expresses power and agility yet a limpid tranquility. Clarity is the greatest achievement of any musician. With the aid of precision accompaniment on period instruments, shameless perfection is delivered. She soothes the soul longing for beauty. Her marvelous Soprano is rendered on 25 tracks in this eclectic ensemble. If you are a champion of Handel or a devotee of Mozart, you should not hesitate to purchase this CD. Emma Kirkby will have you beaming with delight and pining for more. Surely it will be one of the brightest of your collection.

The divine voice of Emma Kirkby.......2000-06-07

An outstanding collection of Italian, German and English arias, beautifully sung by my favourite soprano voice Emma Kirkby - the diva of renaissance and baroque music. All the arias are enchanting, especially "Rise, Glory, rise" an aria from Arne's opera "Rosamond". The conducting and playing of Christopher Hogwood and his team of period-performance specialist The Academy of Ancient Music are as always superb.These are all arias to have one wanting to go back to the complete operas. Strongly recommended.

Average customer rating: Excellent argument for watching Shakespeare's plays Elizabethan Surprise!

Shakespeare's Musick (Songs & Dances from Shakespeare's Plays) / Pickett, Musicians of the Globe John Dowland , William Byrd , John Wilson , Giles Farnaby , Robert Jones , Anonymous , Robert Johnson , Thomas Morley , Philip Pickett , Rachel Elliott , Meredith Hall , Musician of the Globe , Libby Crabtree , Jacob Heringman , Rosalind Waters , Gary Cooper , Roderick Williams , Joanne Lunn , and William Shakespeare Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Courantes | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Instruments | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Pickett, Philip | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shakespeare's Songbook Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2 The Enchanted Island (Music for a restoration "Tempest") / Pickett, Musicians of the Globe Panorama: Dances of the Renaissance ASIN: B0000041KP Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

1. Pieces For Broken Consort: Hollis Berrie
2. Pieces For Broken Consort: Daphne
3. Pieces For Broken Consort: My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
4. Pieces For Broken Consort: Tickle My Toe
5. As You Like It: It Was A Lover And His Lass
6. Kemp's Jig
7. Strophe 1: Measure For Measure: Take, O Take Those Lips Away
8. Bonny Sweet Robin
9. Twelfth Night: Farewell, Dear Love
10. Tarletones Riserrectione
11. Henry IV Part 2: Hold, Lingel, Hold
12. Hamlet IV:5 (Ophelia): How Should I Your True Love Know
13. Walsingham
14. The Winter's Tale: Get You Hence
15. La Coranto
16. La Coranto
17. Cymbeline II: 3: Hark, Hark! The Lark
18. The First book Of Consort Lessons: La Volta
19. The First book Of Consort Lessons: La Volta
20. Othello IV: 3: The Poor Soul Sat Sighing (The Willow Song)
21. Robin
22. Twelfh Night: O Mistress Mine
23. O Mistris Mine
24. The Tempest: Full Fathom Five
25. The Tempest: Where the Bee Sucks, There I Suck I
26. The First book Of Consort Lessons: Can She Excuse (John Dowland?)
27. The First book Of Consort Lessons: Go From My Window ( Richard Alison)
28. Shakespeare's Musick - The Musicians Of The Globe

Customer Reviews:

Excellent argument for watching Shakespeare's plays.......2005-11-29

'Shakespeare's Musick' by Musicians of the Globe, lead by Philip Pickett is, like a similar recording, 'Songs and Dances from Shakespeare' by The Broadside Band' is a very nice recreation of what you would have heard at the Globe Theatre in London during or after the performances of Will Shakespeare's plays. I will also say that I believe it is just a bit better than the alternative recording if only for it's fewer 'Hey Nonnie Nonnies'. But, both recordings are not the best you can find of Renaissance music. Compared to excellent recordings of Renaissance dances and liturgical music, these seem to suffer from being out of context.

These are well worth the listen, but they will probably not set your toes to tapping as you might to performances by, for example, the Renaissance specialist band Piffaro.

Elizabethan Surprise!.......2000-02-12

If someone had asked me before I listened to the music provided on this CD if I liked English music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, I would have wrinkled my nose and said a resounding "Yuck!" I came across "Shakespeare's Musick" quite by accident at the local library. I was working on a project dealing with William Shakespeare and decided to take this CD home to see if it would fit into my theme. From the very first song to the very last, Philip Pickett and the Musicians of the Globe had me captivated. The sound is pure and lively and takes the listener on a ride that transcends time. It certainly made this listener a convert! I am now purchasing "Shakespeare's Musick" to add to my own collection and would highly recommend its addition to anyone elses. It will open your ears to a whole other world of sound -- sound that not only tickles the fancy, but enchants the soul.

Average customer rating: Top Counter Tenor Master

Shakespeare Songs Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | 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 Classical | Imports | Stores | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Byrd, William | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs and Dances from Shakespeare Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World Shakespeare's Songbook Shakespeare in Song [Hybrid SACD] Purcell: Odes for St. Cecilia's Day - Music for Queen Mary / Taverner Consort ASIN: B00004TVGW Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. As You Like It: Act V, Scene 3: It Was A Lover And His Lass
2. Measure For Measure: Act IV, Scene 1: Take, O Take Those Lips Away
3. Twelfth Night: Act II, Scene 3: O Mistress Mine
4. Strike It Up, Tabor
5. Othello: Act IV, Scene 3: Willow Song
6. The Tempest: Act V, Scene 1: Where The Bee Sucks
7. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act IV, Scene 5: How Should I Your True Love Know
8. Walshingham Vars
9. We Be Soldiers Three
10. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV, Scene 5: When Griping Griefs
11. The Tempest: Act I, Scene 2: Full Fathom Five
12. Henry V: Act IV, Scene 4: Calleno Custure Me
13. King Lear: Act I: Then They For Sudden Joy Did Weep
14. Bonny Sweet Robin
15. Twelfth Night: Act V, Scene 1: When That I Was
16. Kemp's Jig
17. Greensleeves
18. Melismes De Ravenscroft: He That Will An Alehouse Keep
19. Non Nobis Domine

Customer Reviews:

Top Counter Tenor Master.......2006-11-10

Alfred Deller presents a masterly classic of the Songs from Shakespeare.
Recorded in 1970, this work cannot be surpassed. Well worth adding to any collection.

Average customer rating:

The Enchanted Island (Music for a restoration "Tempest") / Pickett, Musicians of the Globe Matthew Locke , Henry Purcell , English Anonymous , Jean-Baptiste Lully , Giovanni Battista Draghi , John Weldon , Pelham Humfrey , Philip Pickett , Paul Agnew , Nicki Kennedy , Musician of the Globe , Roderick Williams , Libby Crabtree , Helen Parker , Costa Pilavachi , Rachel Elliott , Simon Grant , and Andrew King Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lully | Lully, Jean-Baptiste | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Pickett, Philip | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Thomas Linley, Jr.: A Shakespeare Ode Nutmeg and Ginger: Spicy Ballads from Shakespeare's London Shakespeare's Musick (Songs & Dances from Shakespeare's Plays) / Pickett, Musicians of the Globe ASIN: B000007OTF Release Date: 1998-06-09

Tracks:

1. The First Musick: Introduction
2. The First Musick: Galliard
3. The First Musick: Gavot
4. The Second Musick: Sarabrand
5. The Second Musick: Lilk
6. The Second Musick: Curtain Tune
7. First Act Tune: Rustick Air
8. First Act Tune: Flourish Of Musick
9. First Act Tune: Devil's Masque: 'Where Does The Black Fiend Ambition Reside?'
10. First Act Tune: 'Air: Arise, ye subterranean winds'
11. First Act Tune: Dance Of Winds
12. Second Act Tune: Minoit
13. Second Act Tune: Song And Chorus: 'Come Unto These Yellow Sands'
14. Second Act Tune: Song And Chorus: 'Full Fathom Five'
15. Second Act Tune: Air: 'Dry Those Eyes'
16. Second Act Tune: Dance Of Fantastick Spirits
17. Second Act Tune: Air: 'Kind Fortune Smiles'
18. Third Act Tune: Corant
19. Third Act Tune: Dance Of Spirits
20. Third Act Tune: Air: 'Dear Pretty Youth'
21. Fourth Act Tune: A Martial Jigg
22. Fourth Act Tune: Soft Music On The Rocks
23. Fourth Act Tune: 'Masque Of Neptune And Amphitrite: My lord, Great Neptune'
24. Fourth Act Tune: Dance Of Trytons And Nereides
25. Fourth Act Tune: 'Great Nephew Aeolus'
26. Fourth Act Tune: Dance of Four Trytons
27. Fourth Act Tune: 'See, See, The Heavens Smile'
28. Fourth Act Tune: Dance Of Twelve Trytons
29. Fourth Act Tune: Song: Where The Bee Sucks
30. Conclusion: A Canon 4 In 2

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Janet Baker Sings Haydn , Beethoven , Baker , Menuhin , and Malcom Manufacturer: Testament UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Arne | Arne, Thomas Augustin | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Janet Baker ASIN: B000063WAR Release Date: 2002-09-10

Average customer rating: Deserves Applause!

Orpheus with His Lute - Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne /(English Orpheus, Vol 50) /Bott * Brown * The Parley of Instruments * Holman Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Arne | Arne, Thomas Augustin | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001O2H6U Release Date: 2004-05-11

Customer Reviews:

Deserves Applause!.......2005-07-19

Hyperion 67450 (2003) Spars: DDD

Peter Holman directs the Parley of Instruments featuring Rachel Brown on flute and soprano Catherine Bott in a recording of music composed for performances of Shakespeare's plays by a variety of English composers.

"The Parley of Instruments, Rachel Brown, director Peter Holman and the Hyperion recording team all deserve applause." (Gramophone)

The works on this recording:

1. Overture to Titus Andronicus: Overture
Composed by Jeremiah Clarke (c1674-1707)

2. Overture to Titus Andronicus: Minuet
Composed by Jeremiah Clarke

3. Take, O take those lips away
John Weldon (1676-1736)

4. Can life be a blessing?
John Eccles (c1668-1735)

5. Pardon, goddess of the night
Thomas Chilcot (c1707-1766)

6. Orpheus with his lute
Maurice Greene (1696-1755)

7. Orpheus with his lute
Thomas Chilcot

8. Hark, hark, the lark
Thomas Chilcot

9. To fair Fidele's grassy tomb
Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

10. 10. Concerto No 9 in E minor
Robert Woodcock (1690-1728)

11. When daisies pied and violets blue
Richard Leveridge (1670-1758)

12. When daisies pied and violets blue
Thomas Arne

13. When icicles hang on the wall
Thomas Arne

14. You spotted snakes
John Christopher Smith (1712-1795)

15. Full fathom five
John Christopher Smith

16. All fancy sick
Willem De Fesch (1687-1761)

17. Dry those eyes which are o'erflowing
John Weldon

18. Dear pretty youth
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

19. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing
Thomas Arne

20. Where the bee sucks, there lurk I
Thomas Arne

Average customer rating: Simply delicious

Summertime Felicity Lott Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Arne | Arne, Thomas Augustin | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006GO6B Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

1. Summertime
2. Sure On The Shining Night
3. The Shepherd's Song
4. Clair De Lune
5. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
6. Who Is Sylvia?
7. Where The Bee Sucks
8. L'ile Inconnue
9. Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen
10. Soir
11. Der Nussbaum
12. Meine Liebe Ist Grun
13. Ah Moon Of My Delight
14. Notre Amour
15. Villanelle
16. The Monk And His Cat
17. Go Not, Happy Day
18. To Daffodils
19. Orpheus With His Lute
20. The Trellis
21. Love's Philosophy
22. A Brown Bird Singing
23. The Lark In The Clear Air
24. Sleep
25. The Tale Of An Oyster
26. My House
27. The Little Road To Bethlehem
28. Vespers
29. The Lord Bless You & Keep You

Customer Reviews:

Simply delicious.......2007-03-23

Subime singing of the highest order - a wonderful collection of songs from two of the world's finest musicians.

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