Message of Hope

About the Artist
Marc Staggers is an commercial gospel artist in vein of BeBE Winans and Donnie McClurkin. Marc has managed to blend his soulful R&B vocal style with inspirational music that will surly crossover to mainstream audiences.

Product Description
"Message of hope" might be described as uplifting, encouraging, inspiring and healing. All of the songs touch on one or more aspects of the human experience and the challenges that many of us face.

Message of Hope,Marc Staggers,The Orchard,Christian,Gospel/Christian Music,Pop,Religious / Contemp. Christian

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Average customer rating: Excellent performances of one of our greatest symphonists. Unbelievable Sound Quality A Tale of Two Eighths Best "Sinfonia Antartica" Currently Available Pure music

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 7 "Sinfonia antartica" & 8 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Symphonies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Symphonies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Symphonies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vaughn Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9 Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet/String Quartets 1 & 2 Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (original 1913 version) / Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow - London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2; The Wasps Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Pastoral" & No. 6 ASIN: B00000AELD Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

1. Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7): Prelude: Andante maestoso - Lento - Poco animato - Piu mosso - Tranquillo - Andante moderato con moto - Largamente
2. Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7): Scherzo: Moderato
3. Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7): Landscape: Lento -
4. Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7): Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto - Allegretto - Pesante - Tempo primo tranquillo
5. Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7): Epilogue: Alla marcia, moderato (non troppo allegro) - Andante maestoso
6. Symphony No. 8 In D Minor: Fantasia (Variazioni senza Tema): Moderato - Presto - Andante sostenuto - Allegretto - Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace - Andante sostenuto - Largamente - Tempo primo ma tranquillo
7. Symphony No. 8 In D Minor: Scherzo alla Marcia (per stromenti a fiato): Allegro alla marcia - Andante - Tempo primo
8. Symphony No. 8 In D Minor: Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco): Lento espressivo
9. Symphony No. 8 In D Minor: Toccata: Moderato maestoso
10. Movement Superscriptions For Sinfonia antartica: Prometheus Unbound: Prelude: 'To Suffer Woes Which Hope Thinks Infinite' (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
11. Movement Superscriptions For Sinfonia antartica: Book Of Common Prayer, Psalm 104: Schezro: 'There Go The Ships'
12. Movement Superscriptions For Sinfonia antartica: Hymn Before Sunrise, In The Vale Of Chamouni: Landscape: 'Ye Ice Falls!' (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
13. Movement Superscriptions For Sinfonia antartica: The Sun Rising: Intermezzo: 'Love, All Alike,' (John Donne)
14. Movement Superscriptions For Sinfonia antartica: Message To The Public: Epilogue: 'I Do Not Regret This Journey;' (Captain Robert Falcon Scott)

Customer Reviews:

Excellent performances of one of our greatest symphonists........2004-04-28

The posthumous fate of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) has not always been a kind one. After his death, his music passed through a prolonged period of being deeply unfashionable. Stodgy, tweedy Vaughan Williams--who could get into that?! But, like Elgar, whose music is also cast in a stuffy, stereotypically "British" light, there is much more to Vaughan Williams than one might think.

First, the man was a superb melodist. He was not a mere tunesmith, to be sure, but crafted works that are primarily conceived in terms of melodic development, and this makes his work immediately appealing. Second, he was a highly original thinker who used his colossal technique (he had a doctorate in composition and studied with Ravel) for surprisingly modern ends. His music can at times sound like a mixture of Bach and Debussy, but it is always unmistakably Vaughan Williams. He had a penchant for modal counterpoint, and his streams of parallel chords place his work squarely in the 20th century.

Vaughan Williams' unique talent for scoring is evident throughout this excellent recording of his 7th and 8th symphonies. The "Sinfonia antartica" is based upon a film score he supplied for a film about the explorer Robert Scott. It is by turns brooding and wistful--an ideal introduction to this magnificent composer. Symphony No. 8 is a more eclectic affair, brighter in temperament overall, but a rewarding example of the surprises that lurk around every corner of RVW's work.

Was he the greatest symphonist of the 20th century? The jury's still out. He certainly created a body of symphonic work that is second to none in its richness, diversity, and consistency. Mahler, Sibelius, and Shostakovich are usually considered the most important symphonists of the last century, but for those who seek other fare, you can't do better than Vaughan Williams.

Unbelievable Sound Quality.......2002-03-17

The "Antarctica Symphony" portion of this disk has been called "the best digital recording ever made", and is often recommended for use as a demonstration disk on high-end audio equipment. One listen and you'll understand why...this is truly a sonic marvel.

Not a bad accomplishment for budget-price label Naxos!

A Tale of Two Eighths.......2001-07-30

I think many listeners (and reviewers) will focus more on the seventh symphony; so I leave the seventh to them, although I greatly enjoy this recording of the seventh, and am even modestly grateful that the recited superscriptions are included at the end, where they do not interrupt the sequence of the symphony itself.

The Vaughan Williams eighth symphony exhibits a few interesting parallels with the eighth symphony of the composer whose oeuvre established the "rule of nine" in the writing of symphonies: Beethoven.

Beethoven's Opus 93 strikes some listeners as both "a step backwards" from the rambunctious and expansive seventh (with its electrifying "double scherzo" and achingly intense theme-and-variations slow movement), and a mystification before the grandiose Opus 125. It is something of a look back towards Haydn; it is charming, and elegant, and seems to do entirely without the dramatic musical rhetoric of which Beethoven's third, fifth and seventh symphonies provide ample and potent illustration. It is the sort of thing which "musical progressivists" say we composers cannot do; you can almost hear the phrase spoken, "you can never go back."

Yet, in his eighth symphony, Beethoven succeeds, marvelously and musically; he does, and does not, "go back." Vaughan Williams does something of the same, in his eighth. Even though Vaughan Williams' seventh was composed originally as film music, and then adapted as a symphony in his `cycle' (or perhaps because of this), the eighth seems like a deliberate step away from musical dramtization, and into the realm of abstract, `pure' music, a music which functions on its own, not driven by any extra-musical `program.'

Now, the `point' to which Beethoven does and does not go back, is Haydn; the generation before, and a composer with whom Beethoven had taken lessons. The `point' to which Vaughan Williams does and does not go back, is musical Impressionism, and specifically Ravel. Vaughan Williams had taken some lessons with Ravel; and the `return to pure music' in the eighth is doubly apt here, as part of Ravel's Impressionism is a sort of `romantic neo-classicism' exemplified in "Le Tombeau de Couperin" and the piano concertos.

That Vaughan Williams made his eighth with the Beethoven-parallel in mind, seems to me confirmed in the opening of the second movement. Vaughan Williams' all-winds scherzo begins with too much of a `metronomic' gesture for this to be coincidental. This parallel does not become burdensome, because the `metronomic piece' functions differently in the two eighth symphonies: it is the slow movement in the Beethoven Op. 93, followed by the lovely Menuet and Trio (good heavens! didn't Beethoven realize how passé this was?), while in Vaughan Williams' eighth it serves as a scherzo followed by a richly beautiful slow movement for strings alone (in timbral balance of the string-less scherzo).

Where Vaughan Williams `does not go back' is, about two-thirds into the first movement, where, after some moments of trumpet-&-string doublings which seemed to evoke the sound-world of Prokofiev, the relatively smooth calm of most of the movement yields to the sort of orchestral menace normally associated with Shostakovich. This fury lasts but a moment, and gives way again to the idyllic calm of the opening material, but here is a musical point at which you wonder if it is really possible to `go back' ....

The last movement of the Vaughan Williams' eighth is bright and resplendent. It is almost mis-labeled; `toccata' traditionally means a `touched' piece, a keyboard work with figurations more characteristic of two hands at a keyboard, rather than a large ensemble of single-line instruments. But Vaughan Williams has a history of adapting the idea of the Toccata, as in his Toccata Marziale for band; and my musicological quibble does not get in the way of the piece, which reminds me more of a jubilant carillon.

--Karl

Best "Sinfonia Antartica" Currently Available.......2000-10-24

The classic recorded performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Sinfonia Antartica" (completed 1952) is Sir Adrian Boult's on EMI from the mid-1960s; a slightly later performance on RCA led by André Previn boasted superior sound but misjudged by prefacing each movement with spoken versions of RVW's epigraphs. (Thus interrupting the musical continuity in a score that depends heavily on a seamless transition from one mood to another.) Bernard Haitink (also on EMI) issued an "Antartica" about fifteen years ago, very close to Boult's in merit, but - in this day of classical-music démorale - "no longer available." Haitink's countryman, Kees Bakels, has "burned" a CD cycle of the RVW symphonies for Naxos, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and one entry therein couples the Eighth with the "Antartica" (ordinally the Seventh). As James Day notes in his book on RVW, the "Antartica" calls on the largest orchestra that the composer ever stipulated, with parts for organ, wind-machine, an enormous percussion battery, and wordless soprano-solo with female choral vocalise. The "Antartica" shares with the "Pastoral" and the Sixth the evocation of inhuman nature and of human courage pitted (heroically but vainly) against such nature. Boult grasped this aspect of the work, but the limited capacity of mid-60s analogue recording took its toll on the realization of his understanding. (The vinyl pressings also posed an obstacle. I owned the American Angel pressing as well as an EMI import; neither struck me as adequate.) Bakels, like Boult, sees that this is a grim account, a genuine sequel to the tragic E-Minor Symphony of 1947. Notice how he takes the crescendi in the Prelude, with the great climax at 1.50: It's truly "majestic," as the score says it should be; the ensuing Lento, with prominent xylophone and wordless voices, sounds very icy and haunted indeed. The Scherzo presents the danger of sounding too comical; Bakels avoids this pitfall. Of the symphony's core, the "Landscape" (Third Movement), Bakels makes just the inhuman, implacable, frigid monster that RVW must have had in mind, although the organist (beginning at 8.30) does not achieve quite the hard-edged quality that I recall from Boult. The Eighth Symphony is a less monumental score, but possesses a playful seriousness all its own. The Finale can become a welter of sound, as it did unfortunately in the Boult/EMI; but here it sounds forth in all its polyphonic glory, with the tuned percussion caught with great definition by the engineers.

Pure music.......1999-07-26

As with Beethoven each of Vaughan Williams' nine symphonies has a distinct character of its own. the eighth is the most lighthearted one, ranging in mood form energetic to festive to downright comical, with a measure of gentle melancholy thrown in for contrast.The 2nd and 3rd movements- a funny march for winds and a beautifull cavatina for strings- show VW at his best.So what if he does not grab fate by the throat in this symphony? This is music in its best and purest form. The other work on the CD-Symphonia Antarctica- has its moments but it remains essentially what it is: a glorified movie-score.Director Kees Bakels proves again that he is one of the best Vaughan Williams interpreters of this time.

Average customer rating: Wonderful! Great Music Pleasently suprised! A nice addition to my collection Full of Soul SMOOTH, JIVE, AND SOULFUL R&B!!!

Just MichauX Michaux Manufacturer: MX Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Jamie Jones Jamie Jones Life The Password: Access Granted Live from the House of Blues ASIN: B0002ILKG8 Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

1. All I Need
2. Hey Girl/Hey Playa
3. Anything
4. Toni
5. He Paid It All
6. What You Wouldnt Do For Love
7. Love You The Right Way
8. Resti 2 tion
9. Stay
10. Payment
11. Necessary Truth

Album Description

Breaking the barriers between Soul, Funk and Gospel, MichauX brings infectious hard driving rhythms and silky smooth vocals to deliver a message of love, peace and hope for a better future. This mixture of modern R&B and 70's Soul/Funk is comprised of 14 musicians from the Austin Texas area and is produced and recorded by MichauX and mastered by Tom Coyne, Sterling Sound, New York, NY. The Neo-Soul singer's style is often compared to that of Maxwell, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, and The Isley Brothers.

MichauX's music carries a positive message in a language that anyone can relate to. He connects with today's generation in a very personal way, sharing his own life experience and how he overcame many obstacles.

He creates a symphony of sounds with each song and conveys a wide range of moods throughout the album. From smooth soul (All I Need), to Urban hip-hop (Hey Girl, Hey Playa), to funk and R&B (Restitution); the beat, pace, and rhythm of the music has the ability to stimulate and motivate.

When asked where his inspiration comes from MichauX says, "What motivates me is working with 'at risk' youth. I want to bring them a positive message of hope that will help keep them in school, away from drugs and a life of crime. Knowing their lives are being affected by the message in the music, is the highest achievement."

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2005-12-06

This cd is wonderful, beautiful and uplifting! He reminds me of Maxwell whom I adore. And praising God and encouraging people at the same time. You won't go wrong if you buy it.

Great Music.......2005-09-20

I am a lover of R&B Soul/Funk Music. I have yet to buy this CD, but I sampled the downloads. You can bet this will be the next edition to my collection. Excellent...

Pleasently suprised! A nice addition to my collection.......2005-01-06

If you enjoy the sounds of Maxwell, you will dig this kid. Smooth and sultry vocals with nice production... Pure neo-soul. I'd been looking for something new to satisfy my starving ears until the "Black Summer's Night" comes out and THIS hit the spot. Much love!

I don't know where this kid is from, but I know I'll be keepin' an eye out for more from Michaux.

Full of Soul.......2004-11-26

Finally, here is a Cd with music that recaptures the melodic smoothness of classic 7o's soul, with a modern appeal for the younger generation.

Bravo Machaux

SMOOTH, JIVE, AND SOULFUL R&B!!!.......2004-11-23

THIS IS A GREAT CD. I BOUGHT THIS CD AND LOVED THE THOUGHT PROVOKING AND HARD HITTING TUNES MICHAUX BRINGS TO THE TABLE. I EVEN BOUGHT A FEW EXTRA COPIES FOR MY FRIENDS AT CHRISTMAS
-DDW

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It's About Time The Nevels Sisters Manufacturer: The Nevels Sisters ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAKRO2 Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

1. Just When You Think
2. Clap Your Hands
3. Alright
4. No Time to Lose
5. Conqueror
6. God's Pain
7. Company
8. Miracle
9. Must Be Love
10. Show Me Your Will
11. Fly Away
12. Mommy & Daddy

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Losing My Fear of Heights Manufacturer: Sittser ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA3HMG Release Date: 2004-08-24

Average customer rating: Contemporary Gospel at Its Best!

Urban Inspiration Frank Henderson Manufacturer: World Wide Gospel ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00007J4R5 Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

1. Nterview (intor)
2. Urban Inspiration
3. Nu Creation
4. You Said
5. voyage 2 The Father
6. I Surrender All
7. Prayze
8. Consecrated
9. Nterview
10. Empower My People
11. Cry of the Heart
12. Lord I Want Your Baby
13. How Long?
14. bounce 2 This
15. Everything About U
16. nterview 4/U
17. Nterview (Outro)
18. The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow

Customer Reviews:

Contemporary Gospel at Its Best!.......2003-02-14

This CD is a wonderful blessing to those who listen. It's so good I am actually speechless. Frank Morrison-Henderson has been blessed with a great gift to sing, compassion for people and an amazing song-writing ability. This man's voice is so incredible you would have to be Satan not to be moved by both him and the music.

This is one of the few CDs where you sit there and listen to every single track and be blessed by every word. I have listened to this CD over and over and I can't get enough of it. Listening to this CD has encouraged my soul and spirit.

I highly recommend it to everyone who LOVES contemporary gospel.

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God's Man Willie Alexander Manufacturer: Willie Alexander ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA9F90 Release Date: 2005-01-18

Tracks:

1. One More Time for Jesus
2. I Know He Can from Above (The Word)
3. Because You Love Me (I Know I Can Make It)
4. Be Strong in the Lord
5. God's Man
6. God Has Not Forgotten You
7. What Shall Separate Me from the Love of God?
8. There Is Power in Praising God

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Rhythms of the Earth Manufacturer: Cave Recording Co. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA3PSC Release Date: 2004-05-18

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Hope Festival After the Twelve Manufacturer: Full Zoo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAEIZG Release Date: 2001-01-09

Tracks:

1. Your Love for Us
2. Anno Domini
3. You Are the Only One
4. I'll Be Waiting
5. You Are the Rave
6. Americana
7. Abandoned
8. Purify Me
9. Draw Unto Me
10. We Are Your Children
11. Fire of Love (Come Down)
12. Give Me Your Help

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Serious Minister R.J. Manufacturer: Righteous Man Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA8A82 Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

1. Crucified My Lord
2. Free
3. Good Life
4. He Watches Me
5. His Goodness
6. So Glad
7. Judgement Day
8. Paradise
9. Redemption Plan
10. Serious
11. Serious [M.A.G.S. Remix]
12. Simple Song
13. Tribute
14. I Miss You
15. Working on a Building
16. You Are There

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Sweet Mysteries: A Message of Hope Manufacturer: John Michael BMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009NY22K

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