Drama Time (x)

1. No Intro Needed

2. Drama Times

3. See You Lat'a

4. Hit 'Em Get 'Em

5. Run up on 'Da Menace

6. Az Real Az They Come

7. Pull 'Da Plug

8. Boot Camp IV Life

9. Family

10. All Loced Out

11. Feel What They Feel

12. Faces of Death

13. Tonight's the Night

Tracks:

Quem Terra Pontus Sidera
Ave Maria (Gregorian Chant)
Alma Redemptoris Mater
The Angel Cried Out
Angelicas Milicias
Wherewithal Shall A Young Man...
Love Is A Beautiful Dream
This Heart That Flutters Near My Heart
Wild Grass
Labbra Vermiglie E Belle
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
Dulaman
Shenandoah
Spanish Carol
Love Is Letting Go
Blues In The Night
Wade In The Wate
We Shall Walk Through The Valley In Peace
Christmas Time Is Here

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With this disc, Chanticleer, the internationally renowned, all-male 12-voice chamber choir, celebrates its 25th anniversary. Presenting songs from earlier albums plus one not previously recorded, the selection displays the group's remarkable stylistic and linguistic versatility, as well as all the qualities that have made it famous: the impeccable precision and intonation; the pristine tonal purity; the deep, inner expressiveness; the infinitely variable range of colors, textures, dynamics and moods; and the incredible vocal control that allows voices to stand out as well as to blend into a seamless, sonorous whole. Not for nothing has the group been called "an orchestra of voices" with its ability to sound like a big band in chordal passages and to imitate bass pizzicati as well as patter-songs and gospel shouts. The sopranos take off into stratospheric heights with florid coloratura; it is hard to believe that these are male voices. The program ranges from Gregorian chant and liturgical music of the 16th and 17th century, through traditional and jazz-influenced folk songs and spirituals (some in deplorably bad arrangements), to works by contemporary composers. Chanticleer's mostly vibrato-less vocal style still reflects its roots in its original Renaissance repertoire, but the way the singers use their voices in the popular, jazzy songs makes one aware of the evolving kinship between the two traditions. Though primarily an a capella ensemble, Chanticleer is occasionally joined by various instrumental groups, from period instrument orchestras to a jazz trio, and Dawn Upshaw adds her radiant, smiling, unmistakably "real" soprano to a delightful, high-spirited performance of a Spanish Carol. This disc is a fine, varied sampling of Chanticleer's discography and should inspire listeners to search out all the complete albums. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

My idea of heaven.......2007-02-17

If you liked Norman Luboff's Song's of the Sea's "Shenandoah", the price of this CD is worth it alone. That's why I ordered the CD. I heard Chanticleer's version and immediately ordered it. The rest is just the icing on the cake.

Then there is the one Kiri Tekanawa (sp?) offering, which is the only female voice on the recording.

Wonderful, but not quite the best of I had hoped.......2006-07-18

Some great material truly shines on this album, but I wsih that the group had been a little less populist in their choice of repertoire. There is a little too many arrangements and folk-like material, with the exception of the wonderful "Dulaman", and I would like to have heard some more varied repertoire. That said this is an excellent starting point for this amazing group.

A treasury.......2005-11-06

As you can tell from the samples, the music here is amazing and covers a wide territory. It is less obvious that much of this is available on other CDs. I am confident, for example, that "We Shall Walk Through the Valley In Peace" is the same track that you will find on their phenomenal and highly recommended gospel collection, _Where the Sun Shall Never Go Down_, and I see a number of familiar-looking titles from other CDs. My advice is: if you're looking for a broad sample of the group's repertoire, then you can't go wrong here -- but if you've already got several Chanticleer albums, then you'll want to check your existing collection for potential duplications before buying this 'treasury.'

Chanticleer: A Portrait.......2005-10-26

This is a marvelous singing group of all males with a little addition of Dawn Upshaw on a couple of pieces. They are thourally amazing at what they can sing with Male Voices usually unaccompanied. Obviously they have good strong Contra-Tenors that can manage the high notes without any problems. I would recommend this album to anyone who enjoys vocal music, unaccompanied and like Male Voices

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Zemlinsky: Piano Music

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009JMEJW
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

No.1 Mit Warme
No.2 Fluchtig
No.3 Traumerisch
No.4 Sehr Schnell Und Leicht
No.5 Hintraumend
No.6 Energisch
No.7 Sehr Zart
No.8 Heiter (Walzer-Tempo)
No.9 Landler-Tempo
No.10 Gut Betont
No.11 Sehr Sanft
Albumleaf
No.1 Stimme Des Abends
No.2 Waldseligkeit
No.3 Liebe
No.4 Kaferlied
No.1 Archibald Douglas
No.2 Der Konig Von Thule
No.3 Der Wassermann
No.4 Intermezzo
Menuett
Sketch
A Ray Of Light

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Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak
Dvorak
Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000069HGK
Release Date: 2002-09-17

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Da G.O.A.T of New Orleans

Drama Time (x)
Black Menace
Manufacturer: Big Boy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Slammin Theez Hoz
Dey Scared of Me
Realite
I Love N.I.G.G.A.Z.
The Bloody City

ASIN: B000008PTP
Release Date: 1995-10-10

Tracks:

No Intro Needed
Drama Times
See You Lat'a
Hit 'Em Get 'Em
Run up on 'Da Menace
Az Real Az They Come
Pull 'Da Plug
Boot Camp IV Life
Family
All Loced Out
Feel What They Feel
Faces of Death
Tonight's the Night

Customer Reviews:

Da G.O.A.T of New Orleans.......2004-07-06

Before No Limit changed the way the world looked at da south.
Before Cash Money taught the world how to be a #1 Stunna.....

Tracks:

Two Movements From Bass Music: Elegy For Mippy ll For Solo Trombone, Waltz For Mippy lll For Tuba And Piano
Arrows Of Time For Trombone And Piano: Movement I
Arrows Of Time For Trombone And Piano: Movement II
Arrows Of Time For Trombone And Piano: Movement III
Rebellion For Trombone, Piano And Percussion
Sonata for Trombone and Piano: Allegro maestoso
Sonata for Trombone and Piano: Adagio
Sonata for Trombone and Piano: Allegro giocoso
Meditation From Thais For Trombone And Harp
Concert Piece For Trombone And Piano
Two Movements From Bass Music: Waltz For Mippy III For Tuba
Tribute To J.J. Johnson For Five Trombones, Piano, Percussion And Double Bass: Old Devil Moon
Tribute To J.J. Johnson For Five Trombones, Piano, Percussion And Double Bass: Yesteryears
Tribute To J.J. Johnson For Five Trombones, Piano, Percussion And Double Bass: Love For Sale

Customer Reviews:

Should be 10 stars.......2007-02-08

What is there to be said that the reviewers below have not already. As a trombonist, this is one of a handful of recordings that brings me to my knees. Fabulous playing, fabulous tone, fabulous intonation - Joe Alessi is world class. This is my favorite of his CD's, and I own them all. Trombone players: This is an essential recording.

Joseph Alessi.......2006-07-02

This record is mislabeled: it is really music played by Joseph Alessi, the principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic. You should fix that. Joe Alessi's playing is a whole level above that of any other trombonist playing now or in the past. He is the first player of his instrument to deserve to be referred to as a major artist.

The Ideal Trombone Sound.......1999-09-13

Young trombonists everywhere - in my opinion, this is how a trombone should sound. Mr. Alessi has the perfect sound, the sound that every serious trombonist aims for. Though the C.D. doesn't boast a variety of music (it's predominantly 20th century American), it is all fantastic music, the best of its kind. The last track is amazing, five of the greatest trombonists around, all playing together, it's outstanding. Serious trombone students, this is a good addition to your C.D. collection. This is the sound to aim for.

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The Best of José Carreras

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000411R
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Torna A Surriento
Fenesta Che Lucive
E Lucevan Le Stelle (Tosca)
My Own True Love (Gone With The Wind)
Nessun Dorma (Turandot)
Non Ti Scordar Di Me
Una Furtiva Lagrima (L'elisir D'amore)
Granada
Core 'Ngrato
Che Gelida Manina (la Boheme)
Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing
Pourquoi Me Reveiller? (Werther)
Memory (Cats)
Mattinata
Ave Maria
Tonight
Tu Che A Dio Spiegasti L'ali

Tracks:

Because You're Mine
'A Vucchella
Di Rigori Armato Il Seno (Der Rosenkavalier)
Forse La Soglia Attinse - ma Se M'e Forza Perderti
Parlami D'amore, Mariu
Vesti La Giubba (I Pagliacci)
As Time Goes By
Oh, Fede Negar Potessi - Quando Le Sere Al Placido (Luisa Miller)
Panis Angelicus
'O Sole Mio
E La Silita Storia (L' Arlesiana)
Be My Love
Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz (Das Land Des Lachelns)
Because
Donna Non Vidi Mai (Manon Lescaut)
You Belong To My Heart
Di Quella Pira

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Moments in Time
Human Drama
Manufacturer: Triple X Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000B5KR6G
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

Mr. Storyteller
Death Of An Angel
Tired
My Skin
Fascination And Fear
As Love Comes Tumbling
The Silent Dance
Yesterday Is Here
It Is Fear
Can't Cry Hard Enough
Forever
Your Fire
Sad I Cry
This Tangled Web
Bonus Track 1

Product Description

1. Mr. Storyteller
2. Death Of An Angel
3. Tired
4. My Skin
5. Fascination And Fear
6. As Love Comes Tumbling
7. The Silent Dance
8. Yesterday Is Here
9. It Is Fear
10. Can't Cry Hard Enough
11. Forever
12. Your Fire
13. Sad I Cry
14. This Tangled Web
15. Let It Be (bonus track)

Format: CD

The World of Robin and Marion: Songs and Motets from the Time of Adam de la Halle
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Le creuset du déchant produit l'ébauche de l'opéra profane

That's where and when the profane opera started

At the root of the profane secular opera

The World of Robin and Marion: Songs and Motets from the Time of Adam de la Halle

Manufacturer: Analekta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Polyphonic Aquitaine of th 12th Century

Music of the Gothic Era

Adam de la Halle: Le jeu de Robin et Marion

ASIN: B0002VYES6
Release Date: 2007-04-05

Tracks:

Mout Me Fut Grief/Robin M'aime/Portare
Robins M'aime/Je Me Repairoie/He Robins Se Tu M'aimes
Lie Maus Amourous Me Tient/Dieus Par Quoi/Portare
Vous Perdez Vos Paine Sire Aubert/Ne Sai Que Je Die/Johanne
Bergeronnete Sui/Trairi Deluriau
He Robechon
Au Douz Tans/Biau Dous Amis/Manere
Vous L'ores Bien Dire/Saltarello
Bergeronnete/Robin Par L'ame Ten Pere
He Marotele Alons Au Bois/En La Praerie/Aptatur/Li Maus D'amer
L'Autre Jour/Au Tens Pascour/In Seculum
Par Un Matinet/Les Un Bosket/Portare
En Mai Quant Rosier/L'autre Jour/He Resveille Toi Robin
Encontre Le Tans De Pascour/Quant Fuellent/In Odorem
Quant Florist La Violete/El Mois De Mai/Et Gaudebit
En Non Diu/Quant Voi La Rose Espanie/Eius Oriente
Avoec Telle Compaignie/Quiconque Rira/Parodie (After Quant Voi Le Fleur/Et Tenuerunt)
Je Voi Douleur Avenir/Fauvel Nous A Fait Present/Autant M'est Sie Poise/Emi Emi Marotele N'ocies/Emi Emim Marotele Sage/Portare
Quant Froidure Trait A Fin/Domino Quoniam/Ronde: Le Sentelle
J'ai Encore Un Tel Paste
Audigier Dist Raimberge/Quant Voi Le Douz Tans Venir/En Mai Quant Rose/Immolatus
Venes Apres Moi/Nota Domino Quoniam
Mout Me Fut Grief/Robin M'aime/Portare/L'autre jour Par Un Matinet/Hier Matinet/Ite Missa Est

Album Description

Anonymus invites you to witness Robin and Marion's love, in the best musical tradition of the Middle Ages. A program with a rural accent that brings alive through poetry and music this lively and marvellously naïve romance by Adam de la Halle, the great troubadour from Arras.

Customer Reviews:

Le creuset du déchant produit l'ébauche de l'opéra profane.......2005-01-09

Loin de tout ce que tous les livres classiques peuvent dire, la polyphonie pas plus que l'opéra n'ont commencé au 16ème siècle italien. Le plus ancien opéra biblique est du 13ème siècle français (Ludus Danielis). Et voilà que l'Ensemble Anonymus vient de sortir pour notre plus grand plaisir le Robin et Marion d'Adam de La Halle, lui aussi du 13ème siècle. C'est l'un des ancêtres de ce que l'on appellera plus tard l'opéra. Et en plus cette uvre est géniale. Le choix des instruments est excellent et certains sont plus lointains qu'européen, remontant jusqu'à la Perse iranienne. Le jeu en est clair, délicat, dansant et vif, expressif et même imagé. Le style de musique qu'ils nous offrent est très populaire pour l'époque, avec cependant des intermèdes musicaux d'une autre source qui ont plus de poids, de grandeur, d'ampleur. Les voix opposent le couple ténor-soprano au couple mezzosoprano-baryton, et cela sur une base dramatique : les premiers sont les héros, les seconds sont les trouble-fête. Le chant est la vraie grande révolution d'Adam de La Halle. Les artistes chantent, pour l'essentiel, en vieux français, avec une prononciation parfaite. On voit bien leur origines québecoises qui aident : de telles prononciations seraient beaucoup plus difficiles en France vu que nous avons perdu les dialectes anciens. La partition mêle des solos, de vrais duos en alternance, des duos où les voix s'allient et se superposent. Adam de La Halle importe ainsi dans une pièce profane dont la musique est populaire et non grégorienne ce qui est en train de naître en France particulièrement, et ailleurs aussi partiellement, à savoir la polyphonie et c'est un plaisir de découvrir que certaines formes qui deviendront des classiques des siècles futurs sont déjà là en germe dans cette partition. Adam de La Halle avait étudié le déchant, première aventure polyphonique dans le cadre grégorien. Il le transfère ici dans le cadre profane avec le meilleur effet. L'histoire est simple mais bien ancrée dans son temps. Elle est aussi complète et donc bien une sorte de livret d'opéra. Robin et Marion s'aiment d'un amour tendre, mais le chevalier Aubert intervient et vole la belle, par des moyens pas très honnêtes : la force, les cadeaux qui semblent de luxe à cette bergère, et des mots doux qui ne sont qu'autant de pièges. Le tout se finira, après un petit épisode beaucoup plus courtois emprunté à Gervais de Bus et son Roman de Fauvel, sur une solution ambiguë, cette brave Marion n'arrivant pas à prendre une décision entre son bel amour Robin qui joue si bien de la cornemuse ou du flageolet, et son tout nouveau amoureux chevalier qui brille de tous les feux de sa cuirasse et de ses victoires au tournoi. Entre les deux bien sûr son cur balance. On se demande pourquoi ces uvres du patrimoine français qui révèlent que nous avons eu une période florissante dans les arts bien avant la Renaissance, doivent être découvertes et mises en avant par des Anglais comme pour le Ludus Danielis ou des Québecois comme ici. Que font donc les Français qui se gargarisent de la défense de leur langue et qui ne s'intéressent même pas à leur patrimoine culturel un peu ancien, raison de plus très ancien ? Heureusement que nous avons des étrangers, francophones ou non, cousins distants ou pas cousins du tout, pour faire notre travail.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
Université Paris Dauphine

That's where and when the profane opera started.......2005-01-09

This recording is amazing. It is probably one of the ancestors of the secular opera, just like Ludus Danielis was the ancestor of the biblical opera, but both three centuries before the « official » birthdate of the genre, here the 13th century. What's more both works are French and not Italian as the legend wants it to be : opera was born in Italy during the Renaissance, they say. Another mystery is why these very fine and rich works are discovered and recorded not by French musicians and artists but by English and here French Canadian musicians and artists. What are the French doing ? Don't they go to their libraries and archives and check on those scores, and I could probably say scores of scores, that are sleeping in the boxes ? Apparently not. They blabber a lot about English menacing their French language with barbaric technical words, but they do not defend their own cultural heritage. Bizarre, isn't it ? But this recording reveals many things about this old century and this ancient composer. The instruments are authentic, even if at times a little bit exotic, Turkish or Irani. But they are light, brilliant, délicate, expressive and definitely lively. The score opposes the couple tenor-soprano of the two main characters to the couple mezzosoprano-barytone of the disturbing intruders. This is dramatically good. The singing is innovative. It uses solos, real duets with alternating voices or with superimposed voices, and many other forms, including of course the motet. Some singing forms that will become classical in a few centuries are already present here and quite lively and alive. Adam de La halle had learn the beginning of polyphony with the gregorian dechant and here he transposes it from the sacred field to the profane secular domain with the best results because it serves very well that music which is perfectly popular. The end of the tale, after an episode that is very courtly and borrowed from Gervais du Bus and his Roman de Fauvel, is ambiguous with Marion fluttering between her love for Robin who plays the bagpipe and the plain pipe so well, and her sudden love for the knight Aubert who conquered her with a little bit of force, a little bit of fine language, the promise of beautiful presents and the metallic shine of his armour and helmet and tournament weapons. Her heart is swinging and swaying between the two and the music is doing just the same, and yet announcing a future that must be in existence somewhere in some archives and has not yet been discovered, except the music, thanks to Paul McCreesh who never recorded it, of Pope Clement VI in Avignon whose favorite composer was the mathematician Vitry. But what is the French Ministry of Culture doing or thinking since they cannot bring all these gems out of oblivion ? The Minister should have a few pennies left at the bottom of a drawer somewhere to help this adventure ?

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

At the root of the profane secular opera.......2005-01-09

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Arias & Songs with Orchestra

Manufacturer: Cambria Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000YTPSE
Release Date: 2003-12-30

Tracks:

Orfeo "Che Faro" - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Songs of a Wayfayer: When My Sweetheart Has a Wedding - Eva Gustavson, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Songs of a Wayfayer: I Went This Morning Over the Field - Eva Gustavson, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Songs of a Wayfayer: I Have a Red-Hot Knife in My Breast - Eva Gustavson, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Songs of a Wayfayer: The Two Blue Eyes of My Love - Eva Gustavson, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Prophete "Ah, Mon Fils" - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Samson and Dalila "Mon Coeur" - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Radio Orchestra
Werther: Les Letters - Eva Gustavson, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Werther: Les Larmes - Eva Gustavson, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Werther: La Priere - Eva Gustavson, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Sapho "Demain Je Partirai" - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Radio Orchestra
Roi d'Ys. Margareth "De Tous C" - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Radio Orchestra
Carmen: Habanera - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Radio Orchestra
Carmen: Chanson Boheme - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Enfant Prodigue Air de Lia "L'Ann en Vain" - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Radio Orchestra
Seapictures - "Where Corals Lie - Sabbath Morning at Sea - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Radio Orchestra
From Olav Trygvason - Vs Aria Ei Er Det Nok - Eva Gustavson, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra