Poet II

Product Description
Digitally remastered reissue of the soul great's 1984 album, complete with two newly recorded acoustic bonus tracks, 'Surprise, Surprise' & 'Tryin' To Get Over You', and a full colour fold-out booklet. 11 tracks including 'Love Has Finally Come At Last' and 'It Takes A Lot Of Strength To Say Goodbye' (both duets with Patti LaBelle) and a full color fold-out booklet. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Average customer rating: A lovely potpourri of Nielsen outside the symphonies Excellent Recordings 2 Great Pieces and a Few Good Ones Fleshing Out the Library of Carl Nielsen's Works on a Shoestring Superb Shorter Orchestral Pieces by Nielsen

Nielsen: Aladdin Suite; Pan and Syrinx; Saga Deam; Maskarade Overture; Helios Overture Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Nielsen | Nielsen, Carl | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Scandinavian Languages | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Kurt Weill: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Lady in the Dark - Symphonic Nocturne William Alwyn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 William Alwyn: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5; Lyra Angelica (Harp Concerto) William Schuman: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 10 William Schuman: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9; Orchestra Song; Circus Overture ASIN: B000A17GDS Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

1. The Festival March
2. Aladdin's Dream And Dance Of The Morning Mist
3. Hindu Dance
4. Chinese Dance
5. The Marketplace In Isaphan
6. Dance Of The Prisoners
7. Negro Dance
8. Cupid And The Poet (Amor Og Digteren), Op. 54
9. Saga - Dream ( Saga-Drom) Op. 39
10. Helios Overture, Op. 39
11. Overture
12. Prelude To Act II
13. Pan And Syrinx (Pan Og Syrinx), Op. 49

Customer Reviews:

A lovely potpourri of Nielsen outside the symphonies.......2006-02-07

Something must be right in the world when the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra can play this well. Naxos has employed a lot of provincial orchestras, and there's no doubt that the musicians in Jutland, like their confreres in Slovakia and Ukraine, are not first-rate, but they play here wiht great enthusiasm and commitment under Niklas Willen. I think Nielsen peaked as a composer with his Sym. #3, 4, and 5, along with the violin, flute, and clarinet concertos. But this very enjoyable omnium gatherum of shorter works has some surprises in store.

The two pieces that deserve to be promoted to the level of Sibelius's best tone poems are the Saga-Dream, which is both static and ecstatis, and the tone poem Pan and Syrinx, which despsite a title that would baffle most modern listeners unfamiliar with the crannies of Greek mythology, is as spicily varied as Nielsen's mature symphonies. I expected more from Cupid and the Poet, but it came off as bits and pieces from the anarchic Fifth Symphony. The two best-known works, the Helios and Maskarade Overtures, have been much better performed by Esa-Pekka Salonen and his Sweidsh orchestra on Sony. South Jutland isn't ready for the world stage, but it's given Nielsen lovers everywhere a valuable colleciton.

Excellent Recordings.......2005-12-28

This is a great collection of Carl Nielsen's incidental and shorted orchestral works. His music for Aladdin has been recorded in its entirety by Chandos but the suite captures the best of the music, including the evocative The Marketplace in Ispahan. The many dances in the suite are tuneful and memorable. Cupid and the Poet is also incidental music but differs from Aladdin in that it comes from Nielsen's later period prior to his Fifth and Sixth symphonies, which this music is akin to. Saga Dream is a tone poem is a mood piece, somber and contemplative in its music. The piece is somewhat reminiscent of Sibelius' tone poems but with the playful melodies of Nielsen. The Helios Overture was written after a journey to Greece and is beautifully evocative of the azure blue Aegean Sea, taking us from the dawn to dusk and darkness. The Overture has a lively middle section the perhaps was influenced by the spirit of the heroic Greek past.

The overture to the opera Maskarade has enjoyed much more success than the opera itself. The sprightly music is very ear-catching and literally bursts on the audience like the Marriage of Figaro. Pan et Syrinx was composed following the Fourth Symphony and reflects the advances in orchestration the Nielsen reached in the symphony. The extended percussion section makes use of the xylophone, tambourine and glockenspiel.

The music is beautifully recorded and played by the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra and makes a fine introduction to Carl Nielsen's music or a nice addition to ones collection.

2 Great Pieces and a Few Good Ones.......2005-12-06

Nielsen's Helios Overture is one the greatest tone poems ever written. Even people who hate Nielsen love it. It really leaves you feeling that you have just witnessed a sunrise from the Acropolis. This piece alone is worth the price of the CD.
"Fantasy Voyage to the Faroes" is a beautiful seascape piece that you will want to play again and again. Both of these great tone poems are well preformed.
The other pieces on this CD are good, but they are mostly for lovers of Nielsen's music.

Fleshing Out the Library of Carl Nielsen's Works on a Shoestring.......2005-10-26

While more and more conductors are regularly programming the gorgeous symphonies of Danish composer Carl Nielsen (and justly so), the other works by this inventive yet resolutely romantic composer appear only as filler on recordings of the symphonies. This fine recording by Niklás Willén conducting the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra of Denmark should change all that. The wealth of beauty and creative ideas in these five shorter works flesh out the thoughts of a composer difficult to categorize.

Nielsen's opera 'Maskarade' receives performances in Denmark and now some smaller opera companies and universities are giving it presence, and if the entire opera follows the pleasures of the Overture, we should hope for greater exposure. The 'Helios Overture' is more of a tone poem then overture in its structure: it makes sonically visual the play of the sun on the sea both at sunrise and sunset. 'Pan and Syrinx' while short suggests some of the wonderful percussion writing found in 'The Inextinguishable' symphony without the overtones of war. 'Saga Dream' is simply Nielsen at his best and for those who know the symphonies, this will conjure the majesty of the 'Sinfonia Espansiva' and the 5th, while for those unfamiliar with the symphonies will gain a quick course on why they are so well loved.

This very affordable album is a must for those who love Carl Nielsen and also a very fine introduction to those for whom this will be an introduction to an important 20th Century master. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, October 05

Superb Shorter Orchestral Pieces by Nielsen.......2005-09-02

We are used to thinking of Carl Nielsen as one of the great symphonists of the twentieth century and there are multiple sets of recordings of them. But he also wrote a fair amount of orchestral music not in symphonic form, and many of those jewels are included in this wonderful issue from Niklás Willén leading the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra, a very fine regional Danish orchestra. Included here are the Aladdin Suite, Cupid and the Poet, Saga-Dream, the Helios Overture, the Overture and Act II Prelude to his opera 'Maskarade,' and Pan and Syrinx.

All are given really quite good performances. Clearly this orchestra and its Swedish chief conductor have this music in their bones. My own favorite of these is the evocative 'Helios Overture' that Nielsen wrote after he and his wife took a trip to Greece; it portrays the sun rising and setting over the Aegean Sea, and unlike some tone-poems, it actually conjures up in sound those phenomena. I'm particularly fond of the contrapuntal section that always makes me think, 'Aha, a fugue of sunbeams.'

The jolly 'Maskarade' Overture is another favorite of mine, but perhaps best of all is the contemplative 'Saga-Dream' ('Saga-drom'), Op. 39, that has some of Nielsen's most beautiful melodies, including some really quite Brucknerian writing for the horns. 'Pan and Syrinx', Op. 49, is thought by some to be Nielsen's finest short tone poem but it doesn't quite measure up, in my books, to that assessment. Still, it contains reminders of Nielsen's unique approach to orchestral timbre, and it includes one of Nielsen's characteristic raucous outbursts from the percussion section (similar to that in his Clarinet Concerto).

Most intriguing of all, though, is the 'Aladdin Suite.' Written in 1919 as incidental music for a play by Adam Oehlenschläger, it has all the gestures that later came, via movie music, to be associated with music from the mysterious Middle East, including the most amazing section, called 'The Marketplace at Ispahan,' that out-Iveses Charles Ives in its overlay of four distinct musics in different keys and meters; it quite effectively calls to mind the multifarious activities of a busy marketplace. It really must be heard to be appreciated. Willén and his orchestra manage to keep all four planes of sound quite distinct and yet they meld into a glorious whole.

Considering that this is a budget issue, and that is contains masterful performances of some of Nielsen's finest music, this CD is a must-buy.

TT=67:56

Scott Morrison

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Tracks:

1. Light Cavalry
2. The Barber Of Seville
3. The Bartered Bride
4. The Flying Dutchman
5. Egmont
6. The Marriage Of Figaro
7. Poet And Peasant
8. 1812 Overture

Tracks:

1. Mastersingers Of Nuremburg
2. William Tell
3. The Italian Women In Algiers
4. Russlan And Ludmilla
5. Merry Wives Of Windsor
6. The Hegrides (Fingal's Cave)
7. Die Fledermaus
8. Orpheus In The Underworld

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The Poet II Bobby Womack Manufacturer: The Right Stuff ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Poet ASIN: B000051TQ0 Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

1. Love Has Finally Come At Last
2. It Takes A Lot Of Strength To Say Goodbye
3. Through The Eyes Of A Child
4. Surprise. Surprise
5. Tryin' To Get Over You
6. Tell Me Why
7. Who's Foolin' Who
8. I Wish I Had Someone To Go Home To
9. American Dream

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Grieg: Peer Gynt; Piano Concerto; Songs Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bartok: Violin Concertos, Viola Concerto, 6 Duo for 2 Violins, Violin Rhapsodies; Yehudi Menuhin ASIN: B0002XV2XY Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

1. Prelude: In The Wedding Garden - Joachim Ulbricht
2. The Bridal Procession Passes - Staatskapelle Dresden
3. Prelude: Abduction, Ingrid's Lament - Leipzig Radio Chorus
4. In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Leipzig Radio Chorus
5. Dance Of The Mountain King's Daughter - Staatskapelle Dresden
6. Aase's Death - Staatskapelle Dresden
7. Introduction: Morning - Leipzig Radio Chorus
8. Arabian Dance - Leipzig Radio Chorus
9. Anitras Dance - Taru Valijakka
10. Solveig's Song - Taru Valijakka
11. Prelude: Peer Gynt's Journey Home - Taru Valijakka
12. Solveig's Cradle Song - Taru Valijakka
13. I. Allegro Molto Moderato - John Ogdon
14. II. Adagio - John Ogdon
15. III. Allegro Moderato Molto E Marcato - John Ogdon

Tracks:

1. Enticement - Geoffrey Parsons
2. Mountain Girl - Geoffrey Parsons
3. Bilberry Slopes - Geoffrey Parsons
4. Tryst - Geoffrey Parsons
5. Love - Geoffrey Parsons
6. Kids' Dance - Geoffrey Parsons
7. Evil Day - Geoffrey Parsons
8. At The Mountain Stream - Geoffrey Parsons
9. Hor' Ich Das Liedchen Klingen Op.39 No.6
10. Der Fichtenbaum Op.59 No.2
11. Wo Sind Sie Hin? Op.4 No.6
12. Das Alte Lied Op.4 No.5
13. Gruss Op.48 No.1
14. Ich Stand In Dunklen Traumen Op.2 No.3
15. Abschied Op.4 No.3
16. Eingehullt In Graue Wolken Op.2 No.2
17. Mein Sinn Ist Wie Der Macht'ge Fels Op.5 No.4
18. Des Dichters Letztes Lied Op.18 No.3
19. Des Dichters Herz Op.5 No.2
20. Sie Ist So Weiss Op.18 No.2
21. Morgenthau Op.4 No.2
22. Jagerlied Op.4 No.4
23. Lauf Der Welt Op.48 No.3
24. Zur Rosenzeit Op.48 No.5
25. Ein Traum Op.48 No.6
26. Dereinst, Gedanke Mein Op.48 No.2
27. Dein Rat Ist Wohl Gut Op.21 No.4
28. Herbststimmung Op.26 No.5
29. An Sie II Op.59 No.4
30. An Sie I Op.59 No.3
31. Der Jager (1905)

Average customer rating: Great collections, with poor quality sound The Greatest Collection Of Romantic Era Music Somewhat lacking

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Tracks:

1. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1843: Wedding March, From 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
2. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1847: Liebestraum No. 3 In A Flat - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
3. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1842: Nabucco - Overture - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
4. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1848: The Merry Peasant - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
5. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1847: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
6. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1850: Lohengrin - Preldue To Act 3 - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
7. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1853: La Traviata - Prelude to Act 1 - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
8. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1845: Tannhauser - Arrival Of The Guests At Wartburg - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
9. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1845: Violin Concerto In E Minor, 2nd Movement - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
10. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1842 - 1853: 1846: Poet And Peasant - Overture - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES

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1. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1858: Orpheus In The Underworld - Overture - Various Artists
2. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1858: Melody In F - Various Artists
3. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1854: Les Preludes - Various Artists
4. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1865: Waltz In A Flat - Various Artists
5. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1862: The Force Of Destiny - Overture - Various Artists
6. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1864: I Love You - Various Artists
7. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1866: The Bartered Bride - Overture - Various Artists
8. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1864: Barcarolle, From 'The Tales Of Hoffman' - Various Artists
9. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1858: Tritsch Tratsch Polka - Various Artists
10. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1854 - 1866: 1866: Light Calvary - Overture - Various Artists

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1. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1875: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, 1st Movement (excerpt) - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
2. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1868: Cradle Song - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
3. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1875: The Moldau - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
4. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1870: Ride Of The Valkyries - From 'The Valkyrie' - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
5. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1876: Morning, From 'Peer Gynt' - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
6. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1875: Les Toreadors, From 'Carmen' - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
7. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1870: Notturno, From 'Coppelia' - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
8. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1876: Marche Slave, Op. 31 - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
9. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1872: L'Arlesienne - Intermezzo - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
10. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1867 - 1876: 1867: The Blue Danbue - Waltz - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES

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1. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1878: Polonaise, From 'Eugene Onegin' - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
2. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1893: Symphony No. 9, 'From The New World' - 2nd Movement - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
3. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1892: Waltz Of The Flowers, from 'The Nutcracker' - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
4. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1887: Alborado, From 'Capriccio Espagnol' - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
5. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1886: The Last Spring - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
6. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1886: Slavonic Dance No. 2 - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
7. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1889: The Sleeping Beauty - Introduction - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
8. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1877: Siegfried's Death And Funeral March, From 'Twighlight Of The Gods' - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
9. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1880: Songs My Mother Taught Me - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES
10. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1877 -1893: 1889: Emperor Waltz - TOP 100 MASTERPIECES

Tracks:

1. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1896: Also sprach Zarathustra - Fanfare - Various Artists
2. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1902: Symphony No. 5 - Adagietto - Various Artists
3. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1899: Finlandia - Various Artists
4. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1900: Dance Of The Bumble Bee - Various Artists
5. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1894: Meditation, From 'Thais' - Various Artists
6. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1901: Pomp And Circumstance - March No. 1 - Various Artists
7. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1894: Humoresque - Various Artists
8. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1903: Valse Triste - Various Artists
9. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1899: Vienna Blood - Waltz - Various Artists
10. The Top 10 Of Classical Music 1894 - 1928: 1928: Bolero - Various Artists

Customer Reviews:

Great collections, with poor quality sound.......2003-01-09

I expected to listen to great professional classical orchestra ...for this classical music collection, but the quality of the music is not too good.

There are a lot of great music collections, but they will sound better when they record it right.

It is good when you just want to have more classical music, but for a CD, the sound quality is like a [poorley made] CD.

I give 3 stars for this product.

The Greatest Collection Of Romantic Era Music.......2002-09-05

The Top 100 Classical Music series is a must have for novices of classical music, or someone already into the classics but wishes to amassa an "essentials" collection. This particular cd's span the Romantic Era, and although the 19th century saw much more music than what is covered on these recordings, this is nevertheless a brilliant and essential body of works. The Wedding March of Mendelsshon's Midsummer Night's Dream (played in weddings all over the world I'm assuming), Franz Lizst Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (The Looney Tunes Theme Music by the way) and other jewels of the era, such as the Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss, the operetta overtures of Franz Von Suppe, Verdi's preludes to such operas as Nabucco and La Traviata, Wagner's intense, dramatic music for his Ring of the Nibelung operas, regarded as the epitome and the zenith of Romantic Era opera, and the music of other composers such as Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Sibelius, Rimsky Korsakov and many others. I highly recommend this cd to anyone wanting to sample and taste what Romantic Era music was all about. Five stars all the way.

Somewhat lacking.......2001-03-28

(referring to the entire collection)

The collection is well designed for introducing the listener to a large variety of music, with its broad range of composers and types of music. However, the interpretation of the music is hardly existant, and many of the pieces sound rather dull and uninteresting. Some lively pieces are played too slowly, and nearly all of them without emotion, keeping the set out of reach from being included in a true classical collection. Despite all that, the sheer number and range of pieces (along with the low price) make this a collection well suited for the new classical listener.

Average customer rating: These songs must have been written for Amaize

Pora! Russian Romances Alexander Borodin , Modest Mussorgsky , Sergey Rachmaninov , Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , and Odekhiren Amaize Manufacturer: Msr Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | 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 Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00003L9GM Release Date: 1999-12-14

Customer Reviews:

These songs must have been written for Amaize.......2004-04-07

My gripe with most recordings of "art songs" is that the performances are boring, as if the music has been fed through a vocal processor, technique overrides heart. This is never the case with Odekhiren Amaize, who makes each song his own. For my money, there is no voice or heart more perfectly suited to interpret these deep, rich Russian songs than his deep, rich Bass-Baritone...the combination of Rakhmaninov and Amaize is nothing short of amazing, and I was moved to tears on more than one occasion even though (not speaking Russian and not first having read the English translations) I didn't have a clue what the text was about. Absolutely stunning!

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The Poet II Bobby Womack Manufacturer: Sanctuary UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000NQQ212 Release Date: 2007-04-30

Tracks:

1. Love Has Finally Come At Last
2. It Takes A Lot Of Strength To Say Goodbye
3. Through The Eyes Of A Child
4. Surprise, Surprise
5. Tryin To Get Over You
6. Tell Me Why
7. Who's Foolin Who
8. I Wish I Had Someone To Go Home To
9. American Dream

Album Details

2007 Digitally Remastered Edition of the Album that Brought Womack Back to the Fore! "The Poet Ii" (1984) Fared Even Better Than Its Acclaimed Predecessor, Selling Millions of Copies and Including Two Classic Hit Duets with Patti Labelle. Womack Updated his Gutsy Soul Roots with a Modern Soul Format.

Average customer rating: Well done and interesting Wonderful biography, needs more proportion in the music

Life & Works of Bach Bach , Siepmann , and Shrapnel Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Life and Works of Ludwig van Beethoven Life & Works The Life and Works of Frédéric Chopin The Life and Works of Joseph Haydn The Life and Works of Franz Schubert ASIN: B0000666A8 Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

1. Family Background And Early Years
2. Music: Capriccio On The Departure Of His Beloved Brother
3. Bach And The Organ
4. Music Toccata And Fugue In D Minow, BWV 565
5. Bach In Trouble
6. Music: Trio Sonata In E Flat, BWV 525
7. Bach The Husband And Father
8. Music: Vivaldi/Bach: Concerto In A Minor For Four Harpsichords
9. Bach The Younger Composer
10. Music: Prelude And Fugue In A Minor, BWV 543
11. Bach In Weimar (And In Jail)
12. Music: Prelude In E Flat Minor (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
13. Bach Leaves Weimar
14. Music: Violin Concerto In E Major (Finale)

Tracks:

1. Bach At Cothen
2. Music: Concerto For Two Violins (Largo Ma Non Tanto)
3. Bach And The Brandenburgs
4. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D (First Movement)
5. From Grief To Joy Through Faith
6. Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass)
7. New Beginnings: Bach Remarries And His Family Grows
8. Music: Aria In G
9. Goldberg Variations And Anna Magdalena's Notebook
10. Music: Stolzel: Bist Du Bei Mir
11. Domestic Happiness And The Move To Leipzig
12. Music: Magnificat
13. Bach's Duties At Lepzig
14. Music: Cantata No. 80 (Duetto)
15. Bach The Teacher
16. Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) In E Flat
17. The Great Keyboard Works On Educational Agenda
18. Music: Italien Concerto
19. A Letter To The King
20. Music: Cantata No. 147 (Opening Chorus)

Tracks:

1. Bach Takes Up The Poet's Pen
2. Music: Partita No. 1 In B Flat BWV 825 (Courante)
3. Bach's Frustration At Leipzig
4. Music: Singet Dem Herrn, BWV 225
5. Frustrations Intensify
6. Music: St John Passion (Opening Chorus)
7. Bach's Efforts To Leave Leipzig
8. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (First Movement)
9. The King Of Poland's Jubilee
10. Music: Suite No. 3 In D, BWV 1068
11. The Ernesti Affair
12. Music: Prelude In D Major, BWV 532
13. Adolf Scheibe's Scathing Views On Bach
14. Music: Concerto In C For Three Harpsichords (Finale)

Tracks:

1. Bach And Opera
2. 'Coffee' Cantata (Excerpts)
3. 'Peasant' Cantata (Excerpts)
4. The Twilight Years
5. Music: The Art Of Fugue
6. Bach's Visit To Frederick The Great
7. Music: The Musical Offering
8. Decline And Death
9. Music: Mass In B Minor

Customer Reviews:

Well done and interesting.......2005-02-22

This recording alternates extended selections of Bach's music (complete pieces or movements) with a narrated and sometimes dramatized biography of Bach. The music selections are excellent and the biography itself is well done and interesting. The lengthy accompanying booklet is also very nice.

My only reservation comes from a feeling that the music and the narration are not as well integrated as they could be. The narrator identifies the musical selections and may give a sentence or two of background for the selection but never really discusses it. Instead, the narration is focused almost entirely on the events of Bach's life. I would have preferred more of a "music appreciation" approach that discussed the music, and had trouble getting used to the bifurcated nature of production. The extended free-standing music selections do mean that the four discs are a sort of "best of Bach" anthology and you can re-listen to just the music by skipping every other track.

Naxos also produces a 2-disc set called An Introduction to Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 (ASIN: B0000666A9), also by Mr. Seipmann, which closely analyzes the actual music of these two concertos. I found that the two sets are complementary with no overlap, except for part of the booklets, and I would recommend getting both if you have an interest in Bach and are also interested in understanding what to listen for in his music. In addition (or as an alternative), I would also recommend the lectures by Robert Greenberg on "Bach and the High Baroque" produced by the Teaching Company, which are much longer, more detailed, and more focused on the "music appreciation" aspect. They are also much more expensive.

Overall, this item is very worthwhile and a good value, like most of Naxos's products.

Wonderful biography, needs more proportion in the music.......2002-08-21

Naxos continues to do a wonderful job with its "Life and Works" series. Quite some time ago, we had a Life/Works of Mozart, one of Chopin and then two more, Liszt and Beethoven. he latter are even better packaged than are the earlier sets, with a thick booklet that offers us essays on the historical background, the position of the composer in his time, a look at the major works, a listening plan, recommended readings, personalities, a calendar of the artist's life, a glossary, and a discography. This booklet is worth the price of the set alone.

Now we have two more entries in this amazing series, again written and narrated by Jeremy Siepmann: "Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky" (8.558036-39) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 5 min. and "Johann Sebastian Bach" (8.558051-54) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 34 minutes. (Please see my comments for the Tchaikovsky on that webpage.)

In direct contrast to the tortured personality of Tchaikovsky, we have the life-loving J.S. Bach, he who lost his temper only when he ran up against ineptitude. Again, the biographical details are fascinating. But also again, the musical examples are far too few--especially for this prolific composer--and some are simply far too long. We do not really need a complete rendition of the famous "Toccata and Fugue" and certainly not of the "Prelude and Fugue in A minor" to which is devoted a 13 minute track.

Here the voice of Bach is supplied by actor John Shrapnel, with Trevor Nichols, Ruth Sillers and David Timson in supporting roles. So 5 stars for the biography, somewhat less for musical examples.

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Songs of the Nightingale Manufacturer: Centaur ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gliere, Reinhold | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Granados, Enrique | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | 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 Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000057XW Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

1. The Wren
2. The Maiden and the Nightingale
3. To the Nightingale
4. The Discreet Nightingale
5. Nightingale
6. Songs for the Birds: The Wounded Dove
7. Songs for the Birds: The Little Blue Pigeon
8. Songs for the Birds: The Blue Bird
9. Songs for the Birds: The Little Caged Canary
10. The Twittering Swallow
11. O Charming Bird
12. The Nightingale in the Lilacs
13. The Nightingale
14. With Sweet Emotion the Little Nightingale Sang
15. The Russian Nightingale
16. The Rose Captivates the Nightingale
17. The Nightingale and the Rose
18. The Silver Swan
19. The Bird
20. The Bird of the Wilderness
21. Green Finch and Linnet Bird
22. The Nightingale and the Star

Average customer rating: Unusual and gorgeous an exotic medieval atmosphere Beautiful

Bella Domna - The Medieval Woman: Lover, Poet, Patroness & Saint - Sinfonye Martin Codax , Richard De Fournival , Sinfonye , La Comtesse de Die , and Stevie Wishart Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002ZKI Release Date: 1993-06-07

Tracks:

1. Cantigas de amigo: Sea Waves Of Vigo
2. Cantigas de amigo: My Love's Coming Home
3. Cantigas de amigo: Fair Sister, Come Haste With Me
4. Cantigas de amigo: Ah, God, Could Thou, My Lover, Know
5. Cantigas de amigo: All Ye Who Are Of Love's Fair Train
6. Cantigas de amigo: On Holy Ground In Vigo
7. Cantigas de amigo: Waves That I Came To See
8. Lady, Since I Have Chosen You
9. Estampie Royal No. 3
10. I Never Loved As Much As I Was Loved
11. Onques N'Amai Tant Que Jou Fui Amee
12. Bella Domna - The Medieval Woman: Lover, Poet, Patroness And Saint: Estampie Royal No. 6
13. Estampie Royal No. 4
14. I Must Sing Of That Which I Would Rather Not
15. Danse Royale No. 2
16. Alas, Why Did I Refuse Him?

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For their debut recording (made in 1987), the ensemble Sinfonye put together a program focusing on (as the subtitle puts it) "the Medieval Woman: Lover, Poet, Patroness and Saint." Naturally, Sinfonye includes "A chantar m'er," the only lyric by a female troubadour (the Comtessa Beatriz de Dia) to have survived with a melody; they also include two examples of the chanson de femme, a genre that, though written by a man, depicts a female narrator lamenting the loss of her beloved to another. The centerpiece of the disc, however, is the Cantigas de Amigo by the Galician trovador Martin Codax: this six-song cycle depicts a young woman alternately lamenting the absence of her seafaring lover and celebrating his imminent return. Very little is known for certain about how or even whether these songs were accompanied by instruments; Sinfonye uses various combinations of medieval fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, harp, and drum--and even unaccompanied voice. Singer Mara Kiek, whose background is in Balkan folk singing, has a throaty, slightly rustic tone yet sings with a vivid eloquence fully worthy of the material. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

Unusual and gorgeous.......2001-10-17

I have a big collection of early music but this recording is unique, mainly due to the vocal talents of Mara Kiek. Her slightly rough style is a wonderful foil to the primitive quality of the medieval instruments, and suggests the Middle Eastern origins of the music better than a classically trained voice would. The album as a whole is seamlessly presented, but the clear standout is the song cycle "Cantigas de Amigo," by 13th Century Galician trovador Martin Codax -- a haunting series of poems that reflect the yearning of a girl for her lover at sea. Highly recommended!

an exotic medieval atmosphere.......2001-05-08

This album is unique , a one of a kind expirience. for a person who enjoy medieval music this one is a killer! like a dark, religiouse, sensual ritual full of exotique colors & smells. "sinfonie" succeed to create a most fasinayting interpretation of the material and the resault is very impressive! mara's voice is more like a crying gipssy then an angle but it is hypnoticly beautifull in its own way... the sounde & the playing of andrew lawrence kings harp are superb. in short, if u dig me then buy it !!! come on..... i'm waiting here beside my computer.

Beautiful.......2000-12-08

This was one of my first introductions to "early music." I have since bought many more, but this is still one of the best. The performances are fantastic; singing, playing, everything. The middle eastern qualities of early European music really comes out on this disc. The singing and playing have a more folky, rather than opera-like sound.

These songs are from the days when music was just starting to come out of the church and into secular society. Singing about love between a man and a woman!?! How scandalous!

I am very interested in European languages and history and I find the lyrics (also translated into English)written in medieval Provencale, French, Gallego, and Catalan particularly captivating. Booklet also contains extensive liner notes in English and French.

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