Poverty & Riches "EP" (Remix) [Explicit Lyrics]

About the Artist
Daforce has been gripping mics since 94' with his first single "Who's da new jack" which didn't do so well due to the lack of promotion. In 95' It was "Underground blackout" which did much better especially in the south. BAND_MEMBERS: Daforce a.k.a Platinumforce

Product Description
A different style for a different millenium. Daforce definetly brings it. Hard hitting tracks 2 the mellow joints for the honies.

Poverty & Riches "EP" (Remix),DAFORCE

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As Time Goes By Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Herrmann | Herrmann, Bernard | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rota, Nino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Round Midnight; Sir Simon Rattle & Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Cello Submarine: Beatles Classics by the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Angel Dances South American Getaway Not Too Late ASIN: B000269S82 Release Date: 2006-07-24

Tracks:

1. Diamonds Are Are A Girl's Bestfriend (Gentlemen Perfer Blonds)
2. Main Theme (Basic Instinct)
3. The Man With The Harmonica (Once Upon A Time In The West)
4. La Strada
5. Tea For Two (No, No Nanette)
6. Lullaby Of Birdland (The Fabulous Baker Boys)
7. As Time Goes By (Casablanca)
8. Family Portrait (Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone)
9. Poverty/Deborah's Theme (Once Upon A Time In America)
10. Catch Me If You Can
11. Main Theme From Titantic
12. I Could Have Done More (Schindler's List)
13. The Windmills Of Your Mind (The Thomas Crown Affair)
14. The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)
15. Love Me Tender
16. Love Scene (Vertigo)

Average customer rating: Lots of variety Zorn's first masterpiece Definitely a must-have Zorn album! This is the first major Zorn album Yes, better than the original

The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone Manufacturer: Tzadik ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Avant-Garde | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Naked City Bar Kokhba At the Mountains of Madness Moonchild Masada Guitars ASIN: B00004W3KY Release Date: 2000-08-22

Tracks:

1. The Big Gundown
2. Peur Sur La Ville
3. Poverty (Once Upon A Time In America)
4. Milano Odea
5. Erotico (The Burglars)
6. Battle Of Algiers
7. Giu La Testa (Duck You Sucker!)
8. Metamorfosi (La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso)
9. Tre Nel 5000
10. Once Upon A Time In The West
11. The Sicilian Clan
12. Macchie Solari
13. The Ballad Of Hank McCain (Vocal)
14. Svegliatti & Uccidi
15. Chi Mai
16. The Ballad Of Hank McCain (Instrumental)

Amazon.com

As if John Zorn's super-creative take on film composer Ennio Morricone weren't essential in its first iteration on Nonesuch Records, Zorn is celebrating the album's 15th anniversary with an updated, remastered version. The darker lows and brighter highs make this Gundown clearly superior--with its original cast of characters (Bill Frisell, Arto Lindsay, Diamanda Galas, and many more) sounding alternately darker, sultrier, and more cinematic than ever. Zorn's reticence to record the original album's 10 pieces looks altogether unreasonable, as his genius for adding color and dimension to Morricone's tunes shows profusely. To make this an even better deal, there are six new bonus tracks that feature Marc Ribot as part of an ad hoc string quartet on "The Sicilian Clan" and "Chi Mai," and as sparring partner with British avant guitar god Derek Bailey on the roaring "Svegliatti and Uccidi." This one's magnificently important. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Lots of variety.......2007-06-10

John Zorn stepped away from his game piece albums and began to get into more conventional songs with "The Big Gundown". A set of 15 Ennio Morricone songs, and one Zorn-penned homage to a Morricone song, it's a difficult album to classify. Zorn is usually characterized as jazz, but this is a long long way from Louis Armstrong, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of improvisation. Zorn himself performs only on a minority of the songs. He's more of a producer-arranger. But, even if he isn't playing the alto sax, these songs bear Zorn's unmistakeable imprint. There's an original 1985 section, and Zorn added some bonus songs in 2000.

Let's describe all the songs since the music sample is often deceptive for this CD. "The Big Gundown" aims for creepy. There are ominous piano chords, dissonant noises, and screams. The music resolves somewhat when a Brazilian percussion section begins, and ends with some Rawhide-esque "ha"'s. "Peur Sur La Ville" is built around an unsettling piano figure and noises. It has a unconventional free-jazz aura to it. "Poverty" is a quiet song based on Toots Thielman's whistling. "Milano Odeo" is a catchy, almost rock-n-roll song taken at a brisk pace. As the song goes on, the keyboards get more unsettling and the guitar gets noisier. "Erotico" has bluesy organ, and Bill Frisell's most romantic electric guitar (in an '80's way) paired with female vocalizations. "Battle Of Algiers" might be my favorite (maybe just because of the represented movies I've seen it's my favorite). Wayne Horvitz pounds out the tense piano line while sounds effects explode in the background. "Giu La Testa" has a slow build for about four minutes, then there's a plucking, walking part to take the song out. "Metamorfosi" is a good song to play when you want guests to leave, Diamanda Galas screams on top of tribal drums. "Tre Nel 5000" is credited to Zorn as a composer. To me, it sounds like a 4 1/2 minute dose of ambient noise. "Once Upon A Time In The West" starts quietly and deliberately, with feedback swelling and decaying. Robert Quine and Jody Harris play their guitars otherwise very minimalistically (not minimally, the feedback is constant). That ends the 1985 section of the CD.

The 2000 section uses an updated cast of players. "The Sicilian Clan" is familiar from the "Naked City" CD, though the instrumentation is more acoustic, and Cyro Baptista adds "western movie" percussion. "Macchie Solari" is another unsettling song. It ends in a fit of crashing piano chords and screams. "The Ballad Of Hank McCain" teams Mike Patton's heroic baritone with Jamie Saft's organ and Baptista's background congas. It's one of the more accessible songs, I wonder what it would sound like with a fuller band. The later instrumental version sounds about the same except, of course, without singing. "Svegliatti And Uccidi", with Marc Ribot and Derek Bailey on guitar-mangling duties, is a skronky blow-out. "Chi Mai", with the same musicians as "The Sicilian Clan", has a pretty melody and gentle music.

Some of these songs are very cool and original, others I can go without. Since it's a mixed bag I give it three stars. Zorn is certainly an original, and fans will want to make sure they have this one.

Zorn's first masterpiece.......2005-04-30

One of the best albums in Zorn's catalog, "The Big Gundown" is a masterpiece augmented in this 15th anniversary edition with a number of new recordings. These are reinterpretations of Mooricone pieces (with one Zorn original) for various groups. The entire record is powerful and energetic, with breathtaking arrangements, brilliant performances, and a fire that had not been captured in Zorn's previous recordings. It is also probably his first true masterpiece.

I think in many ways, the opener and title track best illustrates the aesthetic on the record, if you don't like that one, you'll probably not care for the rest of it-- it covers a number of moods, being dark, haunting, theatrical, explosive and esoteric, sometimes all at once. This sort of theatrical mood extends across a number of songs, the haunting circular piano and percussion workout "Peur Sur la Ville" (with a blazing alto sax solo from Tim Berne), an the dark electric guitar workout take of "Once Upon a Time in the West", reduced a funereal pace.

But there are also many moments of delicate beauty as well-- take for instance "Poverty (Once Upon a Time in America)", with an unusual instrumentation of whistling, harmonica (both handled by Toots Theilman), harp and accordian. Particularly when the harmonica takes the melody, the support swells and embraces and holds on, expressing pain and loss and fear for the future. Or consider the brooding and yet someone still light "Giu la Testa (Duck You Sucker!)", building anticipation through its dark motifs and bizarre instrumentation (among others, the Japanese shamisen, english horn, acoustic guitar, gamecalls and keyboards).

The bonus tracks are no less essential-- Zorn brought in about everyone he played with for the originals, these were a chance to catch up. The amazing thing about Zorn is that as an arranger, he's lost none of his flair in the intervening years, in fact, he may have even gotten better. Zorn uses his "Bar Kokhba" sextet (the Masada String Trio augmented by guitarist Marc Ribot, drummer Joey Baron and percussionist Cyro Baptista) to great effect on breathtaking arrangements of "The Sicilian Clan" and "Chi Mai", and adds another great guitar workout feature with Ribot and Derek Bailey in a noisy, disjoint take of "Sveggliatti and Uccidi", but its Mike Patton's Tom growl on "The Ballad of Hank McCain" that is the gem of the material-- stunning delivery that really captures something special (and may be the best vocal Patton has ever done) over a delicate organ (Jamie Saft) and percussion (Baptista) backdrop that matches and perhaps outstrips the best of the original material.

This is essential music for Zorn fans, if you're not, this may well be a good place to start-- the music can be difficult, and it covers a ton of moods, but there is a lot to hear. Highly recommended.

Definitely a must-have Zorn album!.......2004-04-27

I've got about 30 Zorn albums, and this was the first I heard, back in college late during an all-nighter. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Fantastic stuff, and very weird. This is more listenable than some, but definitely not the most easy of Zorn's albums. Great treatments of some familiar pieces if you're into spaghetti westerns.

This is on my must-have list for Zorn albums.

This is the first major Zorn album.......2003-03-15

Back in the mid-1980s, Zorn wrote new arrangements of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack music. He hired the best musicians to play the songs. Then, in 2000, he remastered the old album and filled out the disc with five more Morricone songs.

The result is CD that's all over the place, ranging from beautiful to ugly, from very complex to painfully simple. "Chi Mai," for example is a song you'll listen to over and over. It never gets old. But then there's "Metamorfosi," in which a woman howls and screams over the sound of slowly pounding drums.

Yes, better than the original.......2002-08-14

I just recently took the plunge on this reissue of the Big Gundown, comparing it to my original Nonesuch CD, and the new one is a winner. The music is obviously the same, and great it still is, but I always regretted the thickness of sound and low-level mastering of the original CD. The reissue has cleaned, brightened and polished the sound to a much higher level, it blossoms immediately in the ears and is now superb. The additional tracks are a treat too, Chi Mai is one of Morricone's greatest and pithiest themes, although the manner of the new material is fairly straight-ahead. Also nice is the extensive liner notes, an addition from the original release and a departure for many other Tzadik-Zorn recordings. Zorn fans should go for this in an instant, as should the Zorn-curious. This is his single greatest and most important record.

Morricone fans, you should give this a try too! This will challenge your ears and your notions of one of your favorites, and that's a good thing. Zorn is always true both to the themes from the movies and the context of those movies, which is the most remarkable thing. But for those only used to straight renditions of the music, this CD will shock, because the music is put through a cut-and-paste technique that owes much to cartoon music, and a recontextualization that owes is all to a free-improvisation aesthetic. Don't let those ears and minds get flaccid, folks!

Average customer rating: Raw excellence at its best

Vow of Poverty EP Mung Manufacturer: Big Rig Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005YORZ Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

1. Eye for an Eye
2. Red Light
3. Sarah
4. Fatty
5. Fall
6. What If I

Customer Reviews:

Raw excellence at its best.......2004-04-24

This album is raw emotion with powerful lyrics followed br a driving guitar-Paul Delano is truly a force to be rekoned with-remember that name, talent comes out in every note

Average customer rating: MetalNetRadio.com The Germans are coming

The Chemical Chaos Poverty's No Crime Manufacturer: Inside Out U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: One in a Million Milliontown Psychogeist Imagine The Fullness of Time ASIN: B0000D96O9 Release Date: 2004-09-13

Tracks:

1. Walk into Nowhere
2. Every Kind of Life
3. All Minds in One
4. World Without Me
5. Terminal Trip
6. Pact With the Past
7. Left to Chance
8. Moving Target
9. Do What You Feel
10. Access Denied [Unplugged Version][*]

Customer Reviews:

MetalNetRadio.com.......2004-03-03

Poverty's No Crime - The Chemical Chaos

Band Website - www.povertys-no-crime.de

Label - SPV / www.spv.de

I have been a fan of this band since their first cd Symbiosis (Noise 1995)...Iron Maidenish riffs and killer grooves. Then they moved to a more progressive metal sound on the albums The Autumn Years (Modern Music Records 1996) and Slave to the Mind (InsideOut 1999) both of those albums are killer stuff. Then came the disappointing album One In A Million (InsideOut 2001) and i thought this band had run its course. But much to my surprise the band came back stronger than ever on this new release and once again becomes a force in the progressive metal genre. The Band Lineup remains the same from the previous album ... Volker Walsemann-Vocals,Guitars... Marco Ahrens-Guitars... Jorg Springub-Keyboards... Heiko Spaarmann-Bass... Andreas Tegeler. Standout tracks on this cd are Walk Into Nowhere,Every Kind of Life and Terminal Trip. If you like Dream Theater, Fates Warning and Rush then this is a cd for you.

Rating 9.0/10

Waystëd Rëalm MetalNetRadio.com

The Germans are coming.......2004-02-10

Haven't found a German prog-rock album disappoint yet this past year. Sylvan, RPWL and now PNC. This is very good 3rd album. Everything a good prog album should contain, good keyboard work, great guitar solos, lots of time changes, great mix of mellow & heavy passages, vocalist with a nice voice. You can't go wrong.

Average customer rating: i dig the phobes

Poverty Jetset Phobes Manufacturer: Beat Neat-O Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000JTN5 Release Date: 1999-11-01

Tracks:

1. Poverty Jetset
2. Love Song
3. You'll Never See Me
4. The Life In a Day
5. Just Watch Me
6. I'm Gonna Be OK
7. Miracle Worker

Album Description

1. The Mass Is Ended (Go In Peace) 2. Olive Tree Sunrise 3. The Rabbi Said 4. African Bones 5. Will To Power 6. Tombeats 7. Long Road 8. What A World 9. Storm Spirit 10. Blood On The Ground 11. Conspiracy Theory 12. Crazy

Many of the songs on "All Over The Place" have religious and spiritual themes, with musical styles running from rock to dance to folk. One song is about Cain (Blood on the Ground), one song is about Abel (What a World), there is a song about the commonality of the human race (African Bones). The album has a unique style and sound, often humorous, with lyrics that reward repeated listening.

Customer Reviews:

i dig the phobes.......1999-09-06

i've had the pleasure of seeing the phobes perform in Philadelphia at the Khyper as well as purchase Poverty Jetset. though the phobes live and the phobes on record are two very different performances, i enjoy both greatly. the record contains some clean thoroughly rockin songs. i was reminded of bands such as the buzzcocks, the choclate watchband and the jam. the production is somewhere between lo-fi and hi-fi. my personal fav song is either "you'll never see me" or "the life in a day".

but don't limit yourself to the phobes record, try to catch them live (probably mostly east coast). they obviously give it all they got when they perform and it rubs off.

Average customer rating: ANOTHER GEM FROM PRT 4 1/2 Stars the album speaks for itself An amalgamation of pride, funk, and genius My favorite Rap CD

Pure Poverty Poor Righteous Teachers Manufacturer: Profile ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Holy Intellect Black Business IV Life Xodus Hatred, Passion & Infidelity ASIN: B000000CGA Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Shakiyla (JRH)
2. Easy Star
3. Self-Styled Wisdom
4. Hot Damn I'm Great
5. Strictly Mash'ion
6. The Nation's Anthem
7. Each On Teach One
8. Rappin' Black
9. Just Servin' Justice
10. Freedom Or Death
11. Methods Of Droppin' Mental
12. Pure Poverty
13. I'm Comin' Again

Customer Reviews:

ANOTHER GEM FROM PRT.......2007-01-25

it seems like with every album, PRT got more aggressive and deeper. it's like with this one, they took our hand and pulled us further in. for me, it's EASY STAR. the toasting on that is lovely along with wise intelligent's flow and father shaheed's cut's and scratches. like i said before, anything from PRT is worth getting.

4 1/2 Stars.......2006-07-05

Straight up:

Tony D produced a gem while Wise Intelligent dropped some ill lyrics. All 13 tracks are def head bobbing material, check out the 30 sec samples, all the songs are dope with a good sound and feel. Wise's rasta style of rapping similar to KRS-One's style fits perfectly with Tony D's work on the boards. Wise's rhymes are well constructed and chalked full of knowledge. This album is worth the out-of-print cost. All the songs have a great sound and each in their own right are work of a genius.

Stand up Jerz!

the album speaks for itself.......2006-06-11

this follow-up is nothing but tight! Wise Intelligent, Culture Freedom and Father Shaheed r 3 of Jersey's finest! 2 top-flowing mc's and a awesome d.j., what more u need? i been a PRT fan since they dropped that first single, "Rock Dis Funky Joint". i copped it soon as it hit the music stores. i got their tapes and as soon as cds came out, i got them on cd as well. on this album, "Shakyla" is hottest cut on that album, that piano sample they used is str8! "wake up from those sadden dreams, makin' that she sure is mine. take those earrings and those silly chains, they r simply just a waste of time, the queen is mine". that hook is awesome!

An amalgamation of pride, funk, and genius.......1999-08-28

Pure Poverty, along with PE's Fear of a Black Planet and X Clan's Exodus, literally saved my life. This trio elevated the rap game to the point where rappers wanted to get black instead of get paid. Strictly Mash'ion is a perfect song with one of the best hooks ever. And when you hear Comin' Again, you realize that Wise Intelligent is easily one of the top five rappers ever. He and Culture Freedom, Father Shaheed, and Tony D demonstrate that Five Percenters love themselves and truth--actual facts--is the best ear candy around.

My favorite Rap CD.......1999-04-21

I could easily be one of the members of the band writing this review but I'm not. Suffice it to say this is the best rap I know of. I'm here because I gave away the CD as a present and want to buy a new one. Basically this is rap that has all of the ingenuity you want from adept rappers but without the attitude and the gratuitous use of expletives. I mean Tribe Called Quest is capable and everything but it's not on this kind of tip. Yet while PRT is righteous it isn't boring the way, for instance, Arrested Development is kinda boring. It doesn't take things all the way to the granola level. I think Spearhead did the Arrested Development sort of thing right but it's not exactly rap either. PRT is rap.

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The Life and Works of Joseph Haydn Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Carl Philipp Emman. Bach | Bach, Carl Philipp Emman. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | 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 Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Life and Works of Franz Schubert Life & Works Life & Works of Bach The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Brahms: Life & Works ASIN: B0000BXBXT Release Date: 2003-10-21

Average customer rating: "the evidence of a great witness"

Shostakovich: Complete Songs, Vol. 5, Famous Song Cycles Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shostakovich: Complete Songs, Vol. 4 Shostakovich: Complete Songs, Vol. 3 (1922-1942) Shostakovich: Complete Songs, Volume 1 Shostakovich: Complete Songs 2 - The Last Years Shostakovich Symphonies and Concertos - An Owner's Manual: Unlocking the Masters Series (Unlocking the Masters) ASIN: B0007IO6DC Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

1. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Lament For A Dead Baby
2. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Caring for Mum and Auntie
3. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Lullaby
4. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Before A Long Separation
5. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Warning
6. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Father Abandoned
7. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Poverty Song
8. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Winter
9. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Good Life
10. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: A Girl's Song
11. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle. Op.79: Happiness
12. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Truth
13. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Morning
14. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Love
15. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Separation
16. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Wrath
17. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Dante
18. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: To The Exiled
19. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Artistry
20. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Night
21. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Death
22. Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145: Eternity

Customer Reviews:

"the evidence of a great witness".......2007-01-19

These five volumes of Shostakovich's Complete Songs are simply astonishing. If admirers have with good reason found the private voice of the composer in his string quartets, there's another, perhaps more intimate voice to be found in his songs. Let this review stand for the entire collection - each disc yields generous returns. An entirely Russian production recorded in Russia, this is estimable treasure. If you love Shostakovich's music, the breadth of revelation found throughout these discs is overwhelming. Here is Shostakovich the man, genius, survivor, sufferer - but never victim. The works themselves are no less than a kind of eternal definition of art, an all-encompassing humanity borne by one man to our lasting benefit. The singing performances are uniformly excellent, as are the production values on every level, with fine sonics. Among the Russian singers who contribute, soprano Victoria Evtodieva, mezzo Liudmila Shkirtil, and the mighty bass Fyodor Kuznetsov stand out. Most of the songs are set for voice and piano. The cycles and a number of other songs use orchestration of varying details. Pianist Yuri Serov, besides distinguished playing, provides insightful commentary with each disc, ideal remarks full of detail - the title of this review is taken from his notes on 'The Anti-Formalist Raree Show', which he hails as '...a striking document of that bygone era, the evidence of a great witness.' What more fitting could be said of these amazing musical works and their composer? Full translation of every song text is included in each of the discs.

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Slave to the Mind Poverty's No Crime Manufacturer: Inside Out Germany ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000259CK Release Date: 2003-01-01

Tracks:

1. Access Denied
2. Distant Call
3. Matter of Mind
4. Senses Go Blind
5. Wind and Light
6. Manic
7. Electronic Eyes
8. Now and Again
9. Live in the Light

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(What a World It Would Be Without) Poverty Manufacturer: Windham Hill ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000GLD7I0

Product Description

Limited edition EP from High Street/Windham Hill Records to benefit the National Coalition for the Homeless. Tracks: Poverty, My Hometown (alt take), It's So Hard (alt take), Cold Night (live), Push & Shove (radio session), Poverty (radio session).

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