Eyes of Truth [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
Single from Enigma's 1994 album 'The Cross Of Changes'.Contains four mixes of 'The Eyes Of Truth': Radio Edit,Album Version, The Gotterdammerung Mix (The Twilight Of TheGods) and Dub Version. Slimline jewel case. 1994 Virginrelease.

Eyes of Truth,Enigma,EMI Int'l,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Ethnic Fusion,Oldies Collections,Pop,Popular Music

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Cotton-Poly Blend Vanessa Van Spall Manufacturer: n/a ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000P9GWN0 Release Date: 2007-03-29

Tracks:

1. Hopeful
2. I Couldn't Cry
3. Follow Me
4. Palm Of Your Hand
5. Truth
6. Not Sorry
7. Foolish Bride
8. Ivory Lady
9. After The Fall
10. Rapture
11. Save Me
12. You Open My Eyes

Product Description

Vanessa Van Spall explores spiritual and emotional experiences through a melding of rock, blues, gospel and pop. Vocals soar over sultry grooves, driving keyboards and catchy viola riffs, fusing elements of Motown and late-era Beatles with the vocal styles of Annie Lennox, Sarah Mclachlan, Aretha Franklin and Sheryl Crow. All songs are written together by Ian Hisert and Vanessa Van Spall. Hear samples at http://vanessavanspall.com/music.html

Average customer rating: Borders on show tunes Adrenaline and tears this CD fills the soul. a GEM

Psalms Manufacturer: Reference Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Turtle Creek Chorale | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000I08E Release Date: 1999-02-23

Tracks:

1. Make a Joyful Noise
2. Psalm 1: Truth Is God's Gift
3. Psalm 8: The Majesty And Glory Of Your Name
4. Psalm 23: The Lord's My Shepherd (arr. Kurt Kaiser)
5. Psalm 47: Clap Your Hands
6. Psalm 91: The Secret Place
7. Psalm 93: The Lord Reigneth
8. Organ Improvisation
9. Psalm 92: It Is A Good Thing To Give Thanks
10. Psalm 100: A Festive Psalm
11. Psalm 103: Bless The Lord, My Soul
12. Psalm 121: I Will Lift Up Mine eyes
13. Psalm 85: A Psalm Of Peace
14. Psalm 150: Praise The Lord!

Customer Reviews:

Borders on show tunes.......2005-02-09

The audio quality is great, as is most often the case with Reference Recordings. However, there are far better chorales and compositions than represented on this cd. The content strikes me as saccharine. We're not allowed to mention other recordings in reviews, but I put one idea of some good choral music (chorale la) in the recommended instead section.

Adrenaline and tears this CD fills the soul. a GEM.......1999-10-28

I really like heoric choral/organ/orchestra music. But this is the ONE disc that I think everyone should experience. I recently played this disc at a HiFi Event in Norway. About half the listeners clamored for info on where to buy it. This one is magic, trust me.

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Faust (Sung in English) Gounod , Clarke , Miles , Plazas , Magee , and Parry Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Verdi: La Traviata ASIN: B00006NSEC Release Date: 2002-11-26

Average customer rating: THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME a voice teacher and early music fan

George Frideric Handel: Esther Manufacturer: CORO ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Handel: Jeptha Handel - Joshua / Kirkby, Bowman, Oliver, Ainsley, George, The King's Consort Samson Handel: Alexander's Feast Handel: Joseph and his Brethren / Robert King ASIN: B0001B0A94 Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

1. Overture Andante - Larghetito - Allegro
2. Recitative Habdonah/Haman: " 'Tis greater far to spare"
3. Aria Haman: " Pluck root and branch from out the land"
4. Recitative Persian Officer: "Our souls with ardour glow"
5. Chorus: "Shall we the God of Israel fear?"
6. Recitative First Israelite: " Now persecution shall lay by her iron rod"
7. Aria: " Tune your harps to cheerfull strains"
8. Chorus: " Shall we of servitude complain"
9. Aria Israelite Woman: " Praise the Lord with cheerful noise"
10. Recitative Israelite Woman: " 0 God, who from the suckling's mouth"
11. Aria Second Israelite: " Sing songs of praise, bow down the knee"
12. Chorus: " Shall we of servitude complain"
13. Recitative Priest of the Israelites: " How have our sins provoked the Lord!"
14. Chorus: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
15. Aria Priest ofc The Israelites: "0 Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide"
16. Chorus: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
17. Andante
18. Allegro
19. Adagio
20. Allegro

Tracks:

1. Recitative Esther/Mordecai: " Why sits that sorrow on thy brow?"
2. Aria Mordecai: " Dread not, righteous Queen, the danger"
3. Recitative Esther: "I go before the King to stand"
4. Aria Esther: " Tears assist me, pity moving"
5. Chorus: " Save us, O Lord"
6. Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: "Who dares intrude into our presence"
7. Duet Esther/Ahasuerus: " Who calls my parting soul from death?"
8. Aria Ahasuerus: "0 beauteous Queen, unclose those eyes!"
9. Recitative Esther: " If I find favour in thy sight"
10. Aria Ahasuerus: " How can I stay when love invites?"
11. Recitative Third Israelite/Fourth Israelite: " With inward joy his visage glows"
12. Chorus: " Virtue, truth and innocence"
13. Arioso Priest of the Israelites: " Jehovah, Crown'd with glory bright"
14. Chorus: " He comes, he comes to end our woes"
15. Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: " Now, a Queen, thy suit declare"
16. Arioso Haman: " Turn not, a Queen, thy face away"
17. Aria Esther: " Flatt' ring tongue, no more I hear thee!"
18. Recitative Ahasuerus: "Guards, seize the traitor, bear him hence!"
19. Aria Haman: " How art thou fall'n from thy height!"
20. Chorus: "The Lord Our enemy has slain"

Album Description

Handel's oratorios vary greatly in their presentation. In many ways, Esther is a rarity;it is by far the most intimate, not surprisingly as it was composed for the Duke of Chandos. The Duke's Palladian palace near the village ofEdgware had not been completed in time for the first performance so this may have taken place (as did Acis and Galatea) in the intimate surroundings of a small church, St Lawrence, Whitchurch.

We decided, therefore, that we should attempt to convey that intimacy of performance on disc; so we performed in the round with microphones in the middle, the orchestra in front of me, the choir behind and the soloists alongside. The result is everything that chamber music should be where players and singers can enjoy every aspect of Handel's masterpiece.

"The 'sound' of Esther, superbly communicated in the recorded performance here, is pure enchantment... The choral singing has an exceptional grandure, and the instrumental playing a shimmering beauty. Among the soloists, none of whom is less than accomplished, Nancy Argenta and Michael Chance dominate... Both singers affirm a new golden age of Handel interpretation".

Customer Reviews:

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.......2007-01-26

Esther is the first of Handel's oratorios by a good many years, written when he was 33 and enjoying the patronage of the Duke of Chandos. When he later became his own impresario and was running into trouble as a composer and producer of Italian operas he turned to oratorio as a strategic alternative, but at this early date his concern was to deliver staged entertainments for the Duke, and Esther, contemporary with the work that later gained the title Acis and Galatea, seems to have been just an unusually serious specimen of its type.

As often with Handel, there is no fully official version of the score, and this particular score may not even be fully complete from any point of view. The libretto seems to have been the work of someone in the frivolously named association of big literary figures called the Scriblerus Club, perhaps Dr John Arbuthnot, dedicatee of Pope's great poetic Epistle, but Pope himself may have had a hand in it too. As we have it here, the work breaks into two very asymmetrical parts. Scenes 1 and 2 start with a recitative lasting only seconds from Habdonah followed by a longer one in which Haman announces his onslaught on the Israelites, and from there on feature only anonymous participants. Esther herself and the other named characters make their appearance first in scene 4, but the change of tone occurs in scene 3. At this point the music gains gravity first in the chorus Ye sons of Israel with its extraordinary modulations and then in the striking aria O Jordan, Jordan. I myself feel that this weightier tone is maintained to the end, whether or not the writer of the liner note is correct in saying that the long final chorus with solos is out of proportion to its context.

Throughout - in the first part as well as in scenes 3-6 - the instrumental writing is vivid and varied, with an extraordinary pizzicato accompaniment to Tune your harps and then an even more extraordinary obbligato from the harp itself at Praise the Lord. The harpist is no less than Jan Walters, but sometime I would like to see the score and check out what seem some odd rhythmic interactions here between her and the soloist Nancy Argenta. There are no fewer than ten vocal soloists in a work lasting a little over an hour and a quarter, and a very distinguished bunch they are. I was particularly pleased to find Michael Chance in the countertenor role of the Priest of the Israelites as I admire the strength of his tone, but there is no real weakness among them, unless Lynda Russell as Esther has a couple of very slightly awkward high notes in Flatt'ring tongue, which must be a little nerve-wracking to sing as she has to find her note for herself unaccompanied at the start and later at the reprise. You will see some big names among the instrumentalists too, with Crispian Steele-Perkins on the trumpet making a predictably fine contribution towards the end, and of course with Jan Walters in that marvellous harp part early on. The chorus gets some wonderful work to do, and rises to it fully. I really am unable to worry about the proportionateness of the final chorus when I hear that incomparable Handelian build of tone, sung by 18 singers and sounding as if there were 100.

There is a good liner note by Graydon Beeks Jr, not perhaps the last word in lucidity (neither is the plot of the libretto come to that) but worth re-reading. Harry Christophers himself contributes a short foreword largely concerned with the recording process and highlighting the contributions of Mark Brown and Mike Hatch, his long-time technical collaborators. I was interested to see also the name of Geoff Miles in a role described as `editor'. What responsibilities this involved is not stated and perhaps I ought to know without being told, but I know the work of Geoff Miles as recording engineer from elsewhere and it gave me confidence just to see that he is involved in the proceedings, and the technical work is predictably excellent.

My collection of Handel oratorios is now almost complete, and what a wonderful musical experience they are. Each is unique in its own way, but Esther is unique in some very special ways, and I suggest that you do not wait until you are my age to get to know it.

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-04-04

Handel began composing the oratorio 'Esther' in 1718. There is some confusion as to who actually worte the libretto for it, but the story follows very closely the biblical story of Esther in the Book of Esther in the old testament. The story tells of a plot of Haman, the Agagite (Michael George-bass) jealous and powerful vizier of King Xerses (Ahasuerus-Tom Randle-tenor) of Persia(485-464), to destroy in a single day all the Jews living in the Roman Empire. He is moved to this out of hatred for the Jewish servant Mordecai (Mark Padmore-tenor),who for religious motives refuses to render him homage. The day of the proposed massacre is determined by lot. Meanwhile, Esther,niece and adopted daughter of Mordecai, is chosen Queen by King Xerses. She averts the pogrom planned against her people and has the royal decree of extermination reversed against Haman and the enemies of the Jews. Mordecai replaces Haman, and together with Esther, works for the welfare of their people. As you can see this makes for an interesting Oratorio, which it truly is!
This is a "small" contribution compared to many of Handel's other works. However, it is not "small" in a musical sense. There is much creativity on the part of Handel as to orchestral scoring; he exploits his small orchestra and chorus in surprising ways, introducing new vocal and instrumental colours throughout the score, adding and subtracting instruments and voices in many and varied ways. This is a listening surprise as it moves along. And what a great performance on the part of the Christophers as well as some outstanding vocal soloists. Mark Padmore's (Mordecai) aria "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains" was superb as was the Duet between Lynda Russell (Esther) and Tom Randle (Ahasuerus).But the aria that really drew me into the entire drama was sung by Michael Chance (Priest) "O Jordan, Jordan, sacred Tide." It was perfection itself!!!!The Chorus was extremely good and dictionally perfect. It is a great listening experience.

Average customer rating: Wicked Cool One of my favourite songs by Enigma This CD is VERY MUCH worth it ;-) The Matrix trailer music!! I think that Enigma should come out with a new album.

Eyes of Truth Enigma Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Oldies | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music New Age | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gravity of Love Hello and Welcome Age of Loneliness, Pt. 1 Beyond the Invisible Return to Innocence ASIN: B000005JUB Release Date: 1999-07-27

Tracks:

1. Radio Edit
2. Album Version
3. The Gotterdammerung Mix (The Twilight Of The Gods)
4. Dub Version

Album Description

Single from Enigma's 1994 album 'The Cross Of Changes'.Contains four mixes of 'The Eyes Of Truth': Radio Edit,Album Version, The Gotterdammerung Mix (The Twilight Of TheGods) and Dub Version. Slimline jewel case. 1994 Virginrelease.

Album Details

Hit Single from their Second Album 'the Cross of Changes', Including the Dramatic Gotterdamrung Mix!

Customer Reviews:

Wicked Cool.......2003-12-31

I love this song by Enigma. It's truly one of the greatest tracks ever. It became famous for being featured in the trailer for the first Matrix film but I was familiar with it long before that because it was also used in the trailer for The Long Kiss Goodnight. When I saw that trailer I was like 'wow, what is that music?'. I took me a few years but it was worth it.

There are 4 mixes of The Eyes of Truth on this CD. I short radio edit. The full length version, a techno remix (which has some very cool parts but doesn't do the melody much justice) and a Dub version which is like a short version of the remix.

I'm not really a huge fan of Enigma as I haven't heard much of their stuff (TNT For The Brain and I Love You, I'll Kill You are the only other ones I know). But if everything is like this then they must we worth checking out.

A total neo-classic, no doubt.

One of my favourite songs by Enigma.......2003-04-28

The Eyes Of Truth was on Enigma's The Cross Of Changes CD,which came out in 1993.If I remember correctly,it was just a modest hit.But 6 years after it's release,it became a hit after part of the song was used in the trailer for The Matrix.Even though it became popular with the trailer for The Matrix,it's still a popular song thanks to The Cross Of Changes.

This CD is VERY MUCH worth it ;-).......1999-07-22

Like others, I was after this CD for the music from the movie "The Matrix" and oddly enough this music is not on the movie sound track. The version on the album is not as good as the "Radio Edit" which is track one of this single. The radio edit has the actual music from the movie trailers and it rocks!!

The Matrix trailer music!!.......1999-06-30

I was lookin everywhere for the music off the Matrix trailer because I loved it and after alot of research I found it and all I can say is that this single is the BOMB!!!

I think that Enigma should come out with a new album........1999-04-23

Enigma is one of the best artists known today! I absolutely love the song "Mea Cupula". the beats are excellent and the voices are great too. I think Enigma is way over due for a new album. They at least should give us that much. I hope they do songs as good as on the MCMXC A.D. and alot like Mea Cupula. But other than that They are doing a excellent job. I also LOVE the fealing of someone breathing in the backround. They are very sexual.

Average customer rating: A Great Must Have Perfectly remastered classic Louis, Lena, Ethel, and Eddie in a classic INCREDIBLE SOUNDTRACK

Cabin In The Sky: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1943 Film) John LaTouche Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Duke, Vernon | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cabin in the Sky Stormy Weather Hallelujah Pinky ASIN: B0000033PK Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

1. Main Title - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
2. Foreward - Hall Johnson Choir and the M-G-M Studio Orchestra
3. Li'l Black Sheep (Extended Version) - Ethel Waters and the Hall Johnson Choir
4. Old Ship Zion - Kenneth Spencer and the Hall Johnson Choir
5. But The Flesh Is Weak - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
6. The Prayer - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
7. The First Revelation - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
8. Saint Petunia (Extended Version) - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
9. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe - Ethel Waters
10. Dat Suits Me - Ethel Waters, Butterfly McQueen, and the Hall...
11. Beside The Still Waters - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
12. Cabin In The Sky - Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, and...
13. Ain't It The Truth (Outtake) - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
14. Ain't It The Truth Reprise (Outtake) - Lena Horn
15. Taking A Chance On Love - Ethel Waters with whistle by Eddie 'Rochester'...
16. The Meek And The Mild - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
17. Life's Full Of Consequences - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson and Lena Horn
18. Petunia In The Wilderness - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
19. Happinesss Is A Thing Called Joe (Reprise) - Ethel Waters
20. Things Ain't The Way They Used To Be - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
21. Going Up (Extended Version) - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra with piano solo..
22. Down At John Henry's ([In] My Old Virginia Home) - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
23. Shine - John Bubbles (John W. Sublett),The Hall Johnson...
24. Honey In The Honeycomb (Extended Version) - Lena Horn
25. Love Me Tomorrow - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
26. Honey In The Honeycomb (Reprise) - Ethel Waters
27. Sweet Petunia - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
28. The Third Revelation - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
29. Little Joe Throws Snake Eyes - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
30. Amen - M-G-M Studio Orchestra
31. Taking A Chance On Love (Reprise) - Ethel Waters and the Hall Johnson Choir
32. Taking A Chance On Love (Full Reprise Lyrics) - Ethel Waters, with Roger Edens at the piano

Customer Reviews:

A Great Must Have .......2005-12-29

Cabin in the Sky is an excellent, excellent black film. Very entertaining and a movie that projects the power of a conscience. I first saw Cabin in Sky on the AMC channel with my dad when I was 15 years old. I am now 32 years old and every time I watch the movie it is as if I am watching it for the first time. This is a great movie and I can't wait for the DVD version.

Perfectly remastered classic.......2001-09-18

I have to give this CD 5 stars since it provides americans the only chance to listen to the fine voice of Kenneth Spencer. It's worth buing the CD just for the one track he's singing.

Louis, Lena, Ethel, and Eddie in a classic.......2000-12-13

CABIN IN THE SKY is one of my favorite films, and the soundtrack does full justice to the score and the performers. 5 extended versions and 4 outtakes are welcome additions to this entertaining CD. The combination of jazz and inspirational tunes surpisingly come together very harmoniously in this mixture of fantasy and reality. The sound quality is fine, though a stereo remix was not possible. From the opening "Lil' Black Sheep" to "Taking a Chance on Love" the score is full of gems and anyone who loves musicals will be inspired by this soundtrack.

INCREDIBLE SOUNDTRACK.......1999-07-31

Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters & Lena Horne, what else could a musical ask for. Three giants of jazz & blues,who show us a small portion of their great indvidual talents on this soundtrack.

Duke Ellington's , Going Up, Lena's version of Ain't it the Truth, and the wonderful swinging vocals of Ethel Waters. One of the african-american divas that was there when blues and jazz started, and one of the earliest to be recorded. Makes you wonder why more musicals were not made with these great artists.Reccommend also all of Miss Waters recordings reissued on the Classics Label from 1921-1940. This cd is a must for anyone interested in jazz or blues.

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005S85Q Release Date: 2001-12-11

Average customer rating: Great for home and classroom

Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin, 1915 - 1918 Benjamin Sears , and Bradford Connor Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000004CRG Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

1. The Circus Is Coming to Town
2. Araby
3. I've Got a Sweet Tooth Bothering Me
4. Until I Fell in Love With You
5. Cohen Owes Me Ninety Seven Dollars
6. When I Leave The World Behind
7. Down Where The Jack O'Lanterns Grow
8. Polly Pretty Polly (Polly With A Past)
9. The Eyes Of Youth See The Truth
10. The Sterling Silver Moon
11. While The Band Played An American Rag
12. The Voice Of Belgium
13. The Devil Has Bought Up All The Coal
14. They Were All Out Of Step But Jim
15. Smile And Show Your Dimple
16. Dream On Little Soldier Boy
17. When I Get Back To The U.S.A.
18. I'm Gonna Pin My Medal On The Girl I Left Behind
19. Yip-Yip-Yaphank Medley: Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning/Kitchen Police (Poor Little Me)...
20. We're On Our Way To France

Customer Reviews:

Great for home and classroom.......1999-03-21

No other composer so closely kept his fingers on the pulse of American thinking and gave the country so much of what it thought it wanted. "Yiddle on Your Fiddle" tells us more of the second-generation immigrants' desire to become Americanized than all the history and sociology books can ever do. So it is a double pleasure to announce the appearance of "Come on and Hear!: Early Songs by Irving Berlin, 1909-1915" and "Keep on Smiling: Songs by Irving Berlin, 1915-1918," two fantastic CDs or tapes on Oaktown label and released through a friendly little Connecticut company calling itself Original Cast Records. Between the two sets, you have 41 tracks of the Berlin output from "Everybody's Doing It Now" to "We're on Our Way to France." The soloist is Benjamin Sears, who with pianist Bradford Conner has something of a reputation around the Boston area. Now some of this material is duplicated by the more widely known Joan Morrison on two RCA Victor releases, possibly out of print by now; and like those discs could use another voice now and then. (Conner does join in where a duet is called for, but my point remains.) Sears is a capable if not an outstanding baritone, who does justice to these historic expressions of Americana. So not only do I recommend both of these sets for their enjoyment value, but I wish to continue to point out to Social Studies teachers how valuable sets like this would be to classes who have no concept of how people really felt (as opposed to what they merely said and did) "way back when." And I might even stick out my neck so far as to offer to come to any school (in reasonable distance of where I live) to give a sample lesson on how these sets can be used.

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Dance, Club, Party (3 CD PACK / 38 Tracks) Leanora DeCapo, Lola, Jay Cee/No No, The Fu La-La's, The Rhymestones, Dionne Faux, The Original Latin All Stars, Cali Aleman/The Latin Rhythm, Tito Puente Jr., Lone Gunman Theory, The Shag-A-Delicks, Afrika Bambaataa, Cyre, Velva Blu, Nuyorican Soul, Black Magic, Taylor Dayne, Vanessa Daou, Sandy B, Groove Collective, Kenlou III, Fresh Fish, Soul Solution, Joi Cardwell, D'Still'd, Planet Soul, Ace Of Base, TWDY, Gemini, A.L.T./JV/Ciscone/Mr. Gee/Baby Beesh/C-Blunt/Sure/2 B/Bigg Robb, Lighter Shade Of Brown, Claudia Mia/Don Caligula, Katalina, Jonny Z, Laura Martinez, Chacho, Stevie B, Ambrozia Frozen - Lola, All My Life - Jay Cee/No No, Can't Take My Eyes Off You - The Fu La-La's My Heart Will Go On - Leanora DeCapo , Think Twice - Dionne Faux, I Like It Like That - The Original Latin All Stars, Everybody Salsa - Cali Aleman/The Latin Rhythm How Do I Live? - The Rhymestones , X-Files Theme (The Truth) - Lone Gunman Theory, Soul Bossa Nova (Theme From Austin Powers) - The Shag-A-Delicks, Planet Rock '98 - Afrika Bambaataa/The Soul Sonic Force Oye Como Va - Tito Puente Jr. , Barbie Girl - Velva Blu, Mind Fluid - Nuyorican Soul, Freedom - Black Magic, Say A Prayer - Taylor Dayne, Sunday Afternoons - Vanessa Daou, Make The World Go Round - Sandy B Holiday - Cyre , What A Sensation - Kenlou III, Bang Da Bush - Fresh Fish I Want You - Groove Collective , You Got To Pray - Joi Cardwell, Stopgo - D'Still'd, Set U Free - Planet Soul Can't Stop Love - Soul Solution , Player's Holiday - TWDY, Doctor Doctor (Party Mix) - Gemini, Player's City - A.L.T./JV/Ciscone/Mr. Gee Don't Turn Around - Ace Of Base , Lingerie (House Edit) - Claudia Mia/Don Caligula, DJ Girl - Katalina Whatever U Want - Lighter Shade Of Brown , Ritmo Latino (Trinity Mix) - Laura Martinez Ku Ku - Jonny Z , and Dream About You - Stevie B, Girl Like Me - Ambrozia El Pow Wow (Casa Salsa Club Mix) - Chacho ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000KOCVRQ

Average customer rating: Depth of Holy Week Captured a voice teacher and early music fan

A Shropshire Lad Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002ZOZ Release Date: 1995-06-20

Customer Reviews:

Depth of Holy Week Captured.......2007-04-16

I bought this for the voices of Michael Chance and James Bowman, as well as for Robert King. Once again these two famous counter-tenors are teamed up. Both with different voices but the perfect blend. Tracks 3 and 4 are solos, and the rest duets, with the singers complimenting each other magnificently. If you enjoy the mysterious and lengthy sound of sacred music, focusing specifically on the voice, you will love this recording.

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2005-12-24

The sacred music of Couperin has an intensity and power rarely found in baroque church music. It was mostly scored for one, two or 3 voices and continuo; this CD is an excellent example of his work. The name "tenebrae" probably refers to the darkness that gradually spread during the service as candles were extinguished one by one until Matins ended in darkness. The first 2 lessons are for solo voice;the third is a duet. The disc begins with a Motet which was written in honor of the marytr St. Bartholomew during which the 2 voices imitate and chase each other in 3rds. The selection "Venite Exultemus Domino" is largely an exultant text with suspensions of great beauty and ending in a surprisingly low tessitura. To my mind the "Magnificat" with its variety of textual moods and rich harmony is the real "showcase" on this recording! And with the 2 great countertenor voices of Chance and Bowman we have the best possible rendition. They are a great team vocally for they blend well and indeed are very similar in their singing style, although I think Chance as the edge in overall performance. A great recording in every way.

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