Kanon

Product Description
Modern worship. God-centered rock. This begins to describe the sound of Kanon, six young men who deliver songs of worship and devotion with an earthy edge. Drew Hodge (lead guitar, vocals and principal songwriter), Heyward Evans (lead vocals), Josh Winings (bass), Jordan Winings (rhythm guitar), Nathan Hargrave (drums) and Andrew Yancey (keyboards) hail from Ormond Beach, Florida, where two of their fathers serve as pastors of Riverbend Community Church. These talented young men, ranging in age from 19 to 25, serve as the praise band for their church. Having spent years playing together, they emerged as the winner of the National Christian Artist Talent Search, which was televised on The Inspirational Network. Check it out and see what the judges and a national TV audience saw and heard... Playlist: 1. Taste And See 2. Sound Of Truth 3. Show Me More 4. Only Hope 5. How Wise And Good 6. In Spite Of Me 7. Out Of The Depths 8. Before The Throne 9. Follow The Light 10. Whom You Will

Kanon,Drew Hodge,Heyward Evans,Josh Winings,Jordan Winings,Nathan Hargrave,Andrew Yancey,Daywind Music Group

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Average customer rating: uniquely powerful Music infused with orthodox (traditional) mysticism The Line of Masters of Liturgical Music Continues! Mysterious and Mesmerizing Amazing.

Arvo Part: Kanon Pokajanen Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Part | Part, Arvo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Arvo Part: Te Deum / Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Alina - Arvo Part Arvo Pärt: De Profundis Lamentate Miserere ASIN: B000025LF7 Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Kanon pokajanen: Ode I
2. Kanon pokajanen: Ode III
3. Kanon pokajanen: Ode IV
4. Kanon pokajanen: Ode V
5. Kanon pokajanen: Ode VI

Tracks:

1. Kanon pokajanen: Kondakion
2. Kanon pokajanen: Ikos
3. Kanon pokajanen: Ode VII
4. Kanon pokajanen: Ode VIII
5. Kanon pokajanen: Ode IX
6. Kanon pokajanen: Prayer after the Canon

Amazon.com essential recording

Arvo Pärt's Kanon Pokajanen is an unqualified masterpiece. Although he's previously written music with similar notions of harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic economy, this work successfully incorporates and develops material that in this context easily could become unwieldy. The texts are taken from the canon of repentance of the Russian Orthodox Church, a subject that has occupied the composer for many years. These songs of transformation "invoke the border between day and night ... prophecy and fulfillment, the here and the hereafter." Supervised by the composer, this performance by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is pure gold, and likely will remain the definitive recording. Pärt's music rises from gentle valleys to impressive dramatic heights; from single voices to full choir. Here is 83 minutes of exquisite a cappella music in which time and space seem one, and rhythms find their place in a perfect synchrony with breathing and heartbeat. Whether any of this is conscious on the composer's part is incidental. Pärt is tuned into something that finds and touches us all. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

uniquely powerful.......2007-01-19

I have heard extracts from this cd and was so moved by them I flew to Tallinn, Estonia to hear it (same choir and conductor as this recording) perform in Niguliste church. It was amazing and in common with another younger reviewer I find it so powerful to hear again that although I will buy it (so that I have it) I think listening to it maybe a bit much for me.

The choir is stunning, the music breathtaking, this recording excellent, and Tallinn a lovely place to visit!

Music infused with orthodox (traditional) mysticism .......2006-06-18

This arguably is Part's greatest musical operation. Although this piece is referencing penitential and supplicatory worship, the Kanon evokes a sense of some cosmic apocalyptic event, unfolding in the firmament for all of humanity to witness.

Focus on the male voices at the beginning of this spectacular music and you will hear wonderful and unique coalescence of sounds that will take your breath away. Simultaneously, with the opening impact, comes the sorrowful and heartbreaking intentionality of the piece. The only other sacred composition that can surpass the supremacy of the Kanon is Allegri's Miserere...but not by much.

The Line of Masters of Liturgical Music Continues!.......2005-07-28

In this captivating piece, Estonian, Arvo Part, proves himself a worthy successor to such masters of liturgical music as Allegri, Palestrina, Tallis, Byrd, Mozart, Faure', Rachmaninov, Elgar, Williams and Rutter. I urge any lover of liturgical music to experience this marvelous masterwork.

Mysterious and Mesmerizing.......2005-06-02

It has been said that the human voice is the most beautiful of all instruments. In this 2-CD set, with the help of the 28-voice Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Arvo Part proves it to be once again true. Part sets the Russian Orthodox liturgical song cycle of the Slavonic, KANON POKAJANEN ('canon of repentance') to s-l-o-w, deep, majestically dark vocal harmonies followed by sumptuous elevations into the choral heavens. Mysterious and mesmerizing; cathartic and redemptive; Part brings us to the threshold of our spiritual decision to change our sinful ways, and to begin our journey toward paradise. The canon text is included in the liner notes and provides the contemplation from which Part took his inspiration, and from which we may also take ours.

Amazing........2004-04-19

After hearing Kanon Pokajanen in its entirety on college radio, I immediately ordered the CD. I mainly listen to more contemporary styles of music (rock, hip hop, electronica, etc.) Perhaps I wasn't really paying attention to my car radio, because when I put the disc in my CD player, I was blown away.

I am not religious, but listening to Ode IV is the closest I've ever been to being converted. This ode is my favorite. When listening to it for the first time, I cried. I hadn't cried in about 3 years. I cried for 5 minutes straight, through the latter half of the song. Then, I sat on my bed and stared at the ceiling for a half an hour without thinking of anything. I just kept hearing it. The climax hits you early on; everything beyond that is a come down. A beautiful, more relaxed, yet ever-intense come down.

I find that listening to this album in the background has little effect. Turn it up as loud as you feel comfortable with. I can't really listen to this anymore. I've been happier lately and it's just too much. After hearing 1 second of Ode I, I quickly pressed stop and shuddered, recalling just how intense it really is.

While each ode may seem like the last, you will start to notice differences in each. Besides, I would still give this CD five stars if it were 10 tracks of the same song. Or even just one track.

This is the one artist I will not recommend to my friends. I am 17, and I feel they will not understand. I do not want their reactions to taint it.

In conclusion, if you like choir music at all, purchase this album. All I need now is new friends.

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Pachelbel: Kanon; Albinoni: Adagio; Bach: Air... Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Albinoni | Albinoni, Tomaso | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Boccherini | Boccherini, Luigi | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Leopold Mozart | Mozart, Leopold | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | 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 General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000041PK Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Kanon - Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger
2. Dance of the Blessed Sprits - Robert Dohn
3. Minuet - Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger
4. Toy Sym: I. Allegro - Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger
5. Toy Sym: II. Menuetto & Trio - Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger
6. Toy Sym: III. Finale: Allegro - Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger
7. Adagio - Martin Haselbock
8. Air on the G string - Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger
9. Water Music: Ste No.3 - Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger
10. Org Con No.13 'The Cuckoo & the Nightingale': I. Larghetto - Martin Haselbock
11. Org Con No.13 'The Cuckoo & the Nightingale': II. Allegro - Martin Haselbock
12. Org Con No.13 'The Cuckoo & the Nightingale': III. Minuet - Martin Haselbock
13. Org Con No.13 'The Cuckoo & the Nightingale': IV. Larghetto - Martin Haselbock
14. Org Con No.13 'The Cuckoo & the Nightingale': V. Allegro - Martin Haselbock

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Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Tallis & Greensleeves / Barber Adagio / Pachelbel Canon / Tchaikovsky Serenade (Stereo Hybrid SACD) Vaughan Williams , Barber , Leonard Slatkin , St Louis Symphony Orchestra , Faure , and Grainger Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Grainger | Grainger, Percy Aldridge | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bach: The Four Great Toccatas and Fugues [SACD] Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture etc. / Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops (Multichannel Hybrid SACD) Copland: Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; Fanfare for the Common Man; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis [Hybrid SACD] Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain, and Other Russian Showpieces [Hybrid SACD] Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B0002IQHDY Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis - Beverly Schiebler
2. Adagio For Strings
3. Pavane, Op. 50
4. Fantasia On Greensleeves
5. Kanon
6. I. Pezzo In Forma Di Sonatina Andante Non Troppo
7. II. Walzer Moderato. Tempo Di Valse
8. III. Elegie Larghetto Elegiaco
9. IV. FInale (Tema Russo) Andante - Allegro Con Spirito
10. Irish Tune From County Derry (Danny Boy)

Average customer rating: Worthwhile, especially if you like Brahms

Brahms: Complete Piano Music Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gigue | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Sarabande | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Gavottes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Canons | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Music Schubert: The Piano Sonatas Works for Solo Piano Liszt: Piano Works Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music ASIN: B0000037BE Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Son No.1 In C, Op.1: I. Allegro
2. Son No.1 In C, Op.1: II. Andante
3. Son No.1 In C, Op.1: III. Scherzo: Allegro Molto E Con Fuoco
4. Son No.1 In C, Op.1: IV. Finale: Allegro Con Fuoco
5. Scherzo In E Flat, Op. 4
6. Son No.2 In F#, Op.2: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Ma Energico
7. Son No.2 In F#, Op.2: II. Andante Con Espressione
8. Son No.2 In F#, Op.2: III. Scherzo & Trio: Allegro-Poco Piu Moderato
9. Son No.2 In F#, Op.2: IV. Finale: Introduzione: Sostenuto-Allegro Non Troppo E Rubato
10. Study For The Left Hand (Inpromptu By Schubert, D. 899 No.2)
11. Study No.1 (Etude After Chopin, Op.25 No.2)
12. Study No.2 (Rondo After Weber, Op.24)

Tracks:

1. Four Ballades Op.10: No.1 Andante-Allegro-Andante
2. Four Ballades Op.10: No.2 Andante-Allegro Non Troppo-Andante
3. Four Ballades Op.10: No.3 Intermezzo: Allegro
4. Four Ballades Op.10: No.4 Andante Con Moto-Piu Lento-Tempo I
5. Vars On A Theme Of Robert Schumann, Op.9: Theme And Vars I-VI
6. Vars On A Theme Of Robert Schumann, Op.9: Vars VII-XVI
7. Son No.3 in f, Op.5: Allegro Maestoso
8. Son No.3 in f, Op.5: Andante: Andante Espressivo
9. Son No.3 in f, Op.5: Scherzo & Trio: Allegro Energico
10. Son No.3 in f, Op.5: Intermezzo: Andante Molto
11. Son No.3 in f, Op.5: Finale: Allegro Moderato Ma Rubato

Tracks:

1. Theme And Vars In D (From The Second Movt Of The Str Sxt, Op.18): Andante, Ma Moderato
2. Vars On An Original Theme Op.21, No.1: Theme And Vars I-VII
3. Vars On An Original Theme Op.21, No.1: Vars VIII-XI
4. Vars On A Hungarian Song, Op.21, No.2: Theme And Vars I-XIII
5. Sarabande In A
6. Gigue In A
7. Sarabande In B
8. Gigue In B
9. Vars And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel, Op.24: Aria And Vars I-XV
10. Vars And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel, Op.24: Vars XVI-XXV
11. Vars And Fugue On A Theme Of Handel, Op.24: Fuga

Tracks:

1. Vars On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.35: Book I
2. Vars On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.35: Book II
3. 16 Waltzes, Op.39: I-VIII
4. 16 Waltzes, Op.39: IX-XVI
5. Hungarian Dances: I. Allegro
6. Hungarian Dances: II. Allegro Non Assai
7. Hungarian Dances: III. Allegretto
8. Hungarian Dances: IV. Poco Sostenuto
9. Hungarian Dances: V. Allegro
10. Hungarian Dances: VI. Vivace
11. Hungarian Dances: VII. Allegretto
12. Hungarian Dances: VIII. Presto
13. Hungarian Dances: IX. Allegro
14. Hungarian Dances: X. Presto
15. Gavotte By Chr. W. Gluck

Tracks:

1. Eight Klavierstucke, Op.76: I. Capriccio: Un Poco Agitato
2. Eight Klavierstucke, Op.76: II. Capriccio: Allegretto Non Troppo
3. Eight Klavierstucke, Op.76: III. Intermezzo: Grazioso
4. Eight Klavierstucke, Op.76: IV. Intermezzo: Allegretto Grazioso
5. Eight Klavierstucke, Op.76: V. Capriccio: Agitato, Ma Non Troppo Presto
6. Eight Klavierstucke, Op.76: VI. Intermezzo: Andante Con Moto
7. Eight Klavierstucke, Op.76: VII. Intermezzo: Moderato Semplice
8. Eight Klavierstucke, Op.76: VIII. Capriccio: Grazioso Ed Un Poco Vivace
9. Two Rhaps, Op.79: I. Agitato
10. Two Rhaps, Op.79: II. Molto Passionato, Ma Non Troppo Allegro
11. Study No.5 Chanonne by J.S. Bach)
12. Study No.3 (Presto After J.S. Bach, Version 1)
13. Sarabande And Two Gavottes
14. Kanon
15. Kanon (Inverted)
16. Study No.4 (Presto After J.S. Bach, Version 2)
17. Kleine Klavierstucke

Tracks:

1. Fants, Op.116: I. Capriccio: Presto Energico
2. Fants, Op.116: II. Intermezzo: Andante
3. Fants, Op.116: III. Capriccio: Allegro Passionato
4. Fants, Op.116: IV. Intermezzo: Adagio
5. Fants, Op.116: V. Intermezzo: Andante Con Grazia Ed Intimissimo Sentimento
6. Fants, Op.116: VI. Intermezzo: Andantino Teneramente
7. Fants, Op.116: VII. Capriccio: Allegro Agitato
8. Klavierstucke, Op.117: I. Intermezzo: Andante Moderato
9. Klavierstucke, Op.117: II. Intermezzo: Andante Non Troppo E Con E Con Molto Espressione
10. Klavierstucke, Op.117: III. Intermezzo: Andante Con Moto
11. Klavierstucke, Op.118: I. Intermezzo: Allegro Non Assai, Ma Molto Appassionata
12. Klavierstucke, Op.118: II. Intermezzo: Andante Teneramente
13. Klavierstucke, Op.118: III. Ballade: Allegro Energico
14. Klavierstucke, Op.118: IV. Intermezzo: Allegretto Un Poco Agitato
15. Klavierstucke, Op.118: V. Romance: Andante
16. Klavierstucke, Op.118: VI. Intermezzo: Andante, Largo E Mesto
17. Klavierstucke, Op.119: I. Intermezzo: Adagio
18. Klavierstucke, Op.119: II. Intermezzo: Andantino
19. Klavierstucke, Op.119: III. Intermezzo: Grazioso E Giocoso
20. Klavierstucke, Op.119: IV. Rhap: Allegro Risoluto

Customer Reviews:

Worthwhile, especially if you like Brahms.......2000-02-28

Johannes Brahms was one of the key figures in Romantic Piano Music. His output for the instrument was varied and large, and this four-disc set is ample testament to that output. As it was with their complete Beethoven Sonatas set (by Bernard Roberts), so it it here: Nimbus have enlisted a fine artist with a good command of the piano to record all of Brahms' solo piano music, and whilst I am not a Brahms addict myself, I am sure it will give great pleasure to collectors and serious Brahms fans.

I could offer a critique of all the works on these discs, but it is enough to single out a particular highlight. Martin Jones is particularly stunning with his rendition of the Hungarian Dances (which in their piano solo versions are not easy at all). The recording quality throughout is superb, enhancing the subtleties of Jones' performance.

All in all this is a worthwhile purchase. If anything, it is perfect for discovering Brahms in perhaps his most 'comfortable' genre. I should say that I came across this recording in the course of studying Romantic Piano Music for A-levels, and for that purpose it was invaluable.

Average customer rating: One Of The Best Bruckner 5th Symphony Recordings Currently Available Worst version I have heard gorgeous, elegant sound First Rate In Every Respect Personal expression triumphs

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (with Excerpts from the Rehearsals) [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruckner | Bruckner, Anton | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (with the Documentation of the Finale Fragment) [Hybrid SACD] Bruckner:Symphony No. 7 Bruckner: Symphonie No. 3 [Hybrid SACD] Bruckner: Symphony No 4, "Romantic", WAB104 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B0006PV58U Release Date: 2005-03-08

Customer Reviews:

One Of The Best Bruckner 5th Symphony Recordings Currently Available.......2007-05-24

Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 2004 live recording of the Bruckner 5th Symphony performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker is among the finest available. It is definitely the most interesting release now, simply because Harnoncourt, as the fine musicologist that he is, has done a superb job in tying in all of Bruckner's musical influences, most notably Mozart's (For those interested in seeing how he's transformed his scholarship into actual practice, this recording includes a bonus CD of excerpts from rehearsals with the Wiener Philharmoniker, which some listeners may find more rewarding than the actual entire recording of the symphony itself, simply for giving them some important insights into Harnoncourt's musical scholarship and how he has translated it into intriguing, often successful, performances with many of Europe's great orchestras.). He has also relied on the most recent published corrected version of Bruckner's score. But, for those concerned primarily with performance, is this indeed the most exciting version available?

Long-time fans of Bruckner's music - of which I admit that I'm not with the notable exceptions of this symphony, the 4th, 7th, and maybe the 9th symphonies too - may find more rewarding Eugen Jochum's celebrated accounts with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Dresden Staatskappelle. Speaking of the Dresden Staatskapelle, Giuseppe Sinopoli's 1999 recording may be the best recent recording, with a brash, bold interpretation that many may regard as far more interesting than Harnoncourt's. At best, Harnoncourt's interpretation is rather lush and warm, due of course to the exemplary musicianship demonstrated by the Wiener Philharmoniker. Primarily for these reasons I am a bit hesitant to mention Harnoncourt's interpretation of the Bruckner 5th Symphony as a definitive one, but it certainly merits attention from potential purchasers as among the most intriguing, best-performed accounts currently available.

Worst version I have heard.......2007-03-25

I really love Bruckner's 5th and have heard many versions. This is the most boring,tedious,interpretation I have ever heard.
1)There is NO flow to the 1st movement-it just stops and then starts.
2) The dynamics are either VERY loud or VERY soft.
Harnoncourt nearly kills this(wonderful) music off with the lack of flow and no spontaneous energy .We know Bruckner is blocks of sound but surely Bruckner did'nt mean like this! Yes it is the VPO-I realise their playing is always excellent,but the interpretation itself is like watching paint dry.It is so portentous and slow! I bet the VPO wished someone like Wand,or even Barenboim were conducting them instead.The recording is also curiously dead-it has no life. For an alive acoustic listen to Chailly on Decca(though his interpretation, while miles better is a little bit ordinary).
I really do not understand why this version gets great reviews.I played it to a musician friend and he also said it was terrible.
Listen to Wand with NDR(1990 recording)or Barenboim(BPO on Teldec- a very exciting 1st mvt apart from too slow an intro so bear with me)instead.

gorgeous, elegant sound.......2007-01-10

This new Bruckner 5th from Harnoncourt and the Vienna Philharmonic enters the ranks of the finest recent recordings. The late Giuseppe Sinopoli's renowned 1999 live recording with the Dresden Staatskapelle is bolder, and the late Gunter Wand's 1996 live recording with the Berlin Philharmonic is nobler, but Harnoncourt and the VPO (also recorded live) reveal a lush, elegant, even graceful Bruckner.

The 5th has been called the most classical of Bruckner's symphonies, the most perfectly symmetrical of his symphonic cathedrals, and Harnoncourt, with his deep experience in Bach and Mozart, inhabits its world easily. I agree with those reviewers who have noted Harnoncourt's tendency to focus on detail at the expense of the tempo and narrative drive and sweep (a shortcoming he shares with Gergiev), but that is not evident here. Harnoncourt does not radically reinterpret Bruckner in this magnificent 5th, but brings out a warm, burnished, elegant sound that is unique and deeply rewarding.

First Rate In Every Respect.......2006-12-08

As one who was so fortunate to have been in the Musikverein when this performance was recorded, it's a true pleasure to have this superb performance...and on SACD at that. I'll never forget being there and even if you don't have an SACD player, you can still play this CD in any player, as it is a hybrid. The dynamic range is quite stunning and while it may be over the top for some, it certainly gives you the feeling that you are in the Musikverein's Grosse Saal, which some consider the best hall in the world.

Personal expression triumphs.......2006-10-21

The Fifth is probably the least known of Bruckner's symphonies and certianly the hardest to hold together. Its sprawling structure too easily breaks down into disjointed segments, all the more when you consider how often he repeats the same material or uses the same devices. It's a rare conductor who can make the work sound completely coherent and convincing. Harnoncourt does so superbly. He approaches every section with his own expressive ideas, shifting tempos, massaging the phrase, and applying generous rubato. These personal touches heighten dramatic contrast, which would seem on the surface to be jsut the thing a disjointed symphony doesn't need.

But for works of high Romanticism like Bruckner's symphonies, strong personal expression is in fact authentic. By gripping us emotionally and keeping us on the edge of our seats, Harnoncort does what Bruckner wants. Add to this the magnificent Vienna Phil., the premiere Bruckner orchestra in the world, and you have a study in perfect style. RCA's hybrid SACD sounds very fine through a regular stereo system, but be aware that the dynamic range is huge, and it takes patience to accommodate music that whispers one moment and thunders the next.

In sum, this is a great addition to Harnoncourt's Bruckner discography, the most impressive since the era of Karajan.

Average customer rating: Beautiful, stunning recording Absolutely Magnificent Recording of Sacred Music!

Martin Luther & The Music Manufacturer: Entree ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Lieder | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Luther: German Hymn Mass / Chorales Musik der Reformation: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott Psalms of the French Reformation Bach: Lutheran Masses Vol.1 Bach: Lutheran Masses, Vol. 2 ASIN: B0000044LY Release Date: 1995-12-01

Tracks:

1. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
2. Pange lingua
3. Fuga septimi toni
4. Non moriar, sed vivam
5. Vater unser im Himmelreich
6. Beati Immaculati
7. D. Martini Lutheri Symbolum
8. Per quem salvici
9. Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
10. Wach auf, wach auf, du deutsches Land
11. Preambulum
12. Mitten wir im Leben sind
13. Her lass meine Klage fur dich kommen
14. Wir glauben all an einen Gott
15. Und ich horte eine grosse Stimm
16. Kanon uber 'Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht
17. Das erst Kapitel des Hohenliedes Salomonis
18. Jesaia, dem Propheten, das geschah

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful, stunning recording.......2004-05-27

This disc is a real gem. I took a chance and bought it (never having heard of the record label or the choir, nor most of the music for that matter!) and was very happily surprised. I am not Lutheran (not even Christian) yet the yearning for the Absolute rings clearly in each piece. Highly recommended!

Absolutely Magnificent Recording of Sacred Music!.......2001-03-08

Luther said so well that next to the Word of God, nothing is so powerful in touching us with God's love than music!

This CD reverbrates on that theme! Wonderful stuff from Luther's own kantor: Johann Walter, plus the great works by Desprez, Othmayr, Osiander and Von Bruck and Praetorius.

Especially enjoy Walter's "Beati Immanulati".

Must for baroque fans.

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Rico Y Sabroso Kanon Manufacturer: Disa / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tomame ASIN: B000060P1W Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Paso del Gigante
2. Se Me Estan Acabando las Ganas
3. Cumbia Moreno
4. Cumbia de los Helados
5. Rico y Sabroso
6. Nunca, Nunca
7. Te Lo Dejo Todo
8. Caprichosa
9. Llevate Mi Soledad
10. Calmate, Calmate

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Tomame Kanon Manufacturer: EMI Latin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rico Y Sabroso ASIN: B000000VY1 Release Date: 1997-06-17

Tracks:

1. Demasiado Herida
2. Cuentame
3. Tomame
4. Africanito
5. Te Amo
6. Cerca del Mar
7. He Vuelto a Sonreir
8. Nena Sexy
9. Con Todo el Corazon
10. Bailo Bertha
11. Tu Corazon

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Alfred Schnittke: Piano Quintet / Kanon In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky / Piano Quartet / String Trio Alfred Schnittke , Roland Pontinen , Ingegerd Kierkegaard , Helena Nilsson , Patrik Swedrup , and The Tale Quartet Manufacturer: Bis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schnittke | Schnittke, Alfred | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000016I1 Release Date: 1993-06-23

Tracks:

1. I. Moderato
2. II. In Tempo Di Valse
3. III. Andante
4. IV. Lento
5. V. Moderato Pastorale
6. Kanon in Memoriam Igor Strawinsky: Lento - The Tale Quartet
7. Allegro
8. I. Moderato - Ingegerd Kierkegaard
9. II. Adagio - Ingegerd Kierkegaard

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Organ Works 3 Reger , and Kaiser 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 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Reger: Chorale Fantasia on How Brightly Shines the Morning Star; Organ Pieces, Op. 59; Introduction and Passacaglia i Reger: Organ Works Vol. 1 Reger: Sonata No. 2; Organ Pieces, Op. 65; Chorale Fantasia on "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" Reger: Organ Works, Vol. 7 Reger: Organ Works, Vol. 6 ASIN: B00006L3VK Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

1. Fantasia
2. Fugue
3. Praeludium
4. Pastorale
5. Intermezzo
6. Kanon
7. Toccata In D Minor
8. Fugue In D Major
9. Fantasia
10. Fugue

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8. Los 60, Satisfacción [Import]
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