Our Secret

About the Artist
Lori Nicely is Washington, DC's, fresh new talent for composing contemporary piano and instrumental music. Lori's songs have been included on the play lists of several Top 10 Adult Contemporary/Smooth Jazz radio stations.

Lori has composed for C-SPAN's Peabody Award Winning "American Presidents: Life Portraits" series, the 2000 Gracie Allen Awards in New York, and she was the opening act, performing live at the 2002 "America's Jazz Festival", in Washington, DC, which featured national artists including David Sanborn. Her piano rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" was featured as the opening music for Washington, DC's, Chris Core radio talk show.

Lori's greatest musical influence is unmistakably Top 40 composer and producer David Foster. For her debut CD, "Our Secret", Lori teamed with Foster's long-time sax soloist for movie soundtracks and pop hits, David Boruff, who produced and is featured on several of her singles, including "Our Secret", "When You Are Here", "Too Late", "X", and "Remember When". Lori's "Foster-esque" composing style of lyrical piano with lush chords introduces a whole new level to popular instrumental music. Also featured on her debut CD as an accompanist is guitarist Thom Rotella, composer of theme for TV hit show "Extra" (2003); underscore composer for HBO's "Sex and the City" (2003); and has worked alongside pop mainstream greats Bette Midler and Cher.

Lori is a natural and taught herself to play the piano at age nine and was composing by age 14. She was formally trained in trumpet at age 12 and performed jazz, concert, and rock/pop music through college. Lori also plays acoustic guitar.

Product Description
a compilation of 14 lush contemporary instrumental and piano pieces featuring top 40 and movie soundtrack soloist David Boruff (St. Elmo's Fire soundtrack, Stealing Home soundtrack, Chicago 18, Barbara Streisand).

If you are a fan of David Foster, Jim Brickman, Yanni, or enjoy movie soundtrack piano and instrumental music you'll love Lori Nicely!

Our Secret,Lori Nicely,nicelymusic.com,contemporary piano and instrumental music

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Average customer rating: Ladies in Lavender Ladies in Lavender Soundtrack Ladies in Lavendar - Movie Soundtrack Ladies In Lavender CD LADIES in LAVENDER

Ladies in Lavender Nigel Hess , and Joshua Bell Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Paganini, Niccolò | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sarasate | Sarasate, Pablo de | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Bell, Joshua | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Soundtracks | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: Romance of the Violin Ladies in Lavender The Red Violin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Voice of the Violin Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B00080EUNA Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

1. Ladies In Lavender
2. Olga
3. Teaching Andrea
4. Fantasy For Violin And Orchestra
5. Meditation From Thais
6. Our Secret
7. On The Beach
8. Introduction And Tarantella Op. 43
9. The Letter
10. Zabawa Weselna (Polish Dance)
11. Stirrings
12. Potatoes
13. The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
14. A Broken Heart
15. Two Sisters
16. The Carnival Of Venice

Amazon.com

The screenwriting/directing debut of veteran British stage and screen actor Charles Dance tells of a pair of Cornish spinsters (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) who discover a charismatic young Polish violin virtuoso castaway (Daniel Bruhl) on the beach below their home. The tale leads inexorably to tender romantic conflicts and a warm concert house finale. Composer Nigel Hess masterfully utilizes his background as Music Director and House Composer for the Royal Shakespeare Company to conjure a score that evokes its quiet, emotional dignity via neo-classical orchestral arrangements that feature real life young virtuoso Joshua Bell on solo violin. Hess' intimate original compositions form a virtually seamless tapestry with the story's requisite classical repertory choices, which range from Massenet and Debussy to Bell's delightful variations on Paganini's "The Carnival of Venice." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Ladies in Lavender.......2007-07-18

The music and melody is romantic and artistically precious. I enjoy this album everyday.

Ladies in Lavender Soundtrack.......2007-05-13

I love this CD. The music carries you away and it is wonderful to go to sleep by. It was such a great movie and the music is delicious.

Ladies in Lavendar - Movie Soundtrack.......2007-03-29

The violin music is wonderful! I knew I wanted a copy of this soundrack when I saw the movie on DVD. Joshua Bell in a wonderful artist.

Ladies In Lavender CD.......2007-03-19

The film "Ladies In Lavender" is touching and a tear jerker, but, so well done. Having the film on DVD was not enough, I needed to have the CD to play when I am driving. The violin virtuosity of Joshua Bell is magnificient and so pleasing to hear when relaxation is desired.

LADIES in LAVENDER.......2007-02-19

This is the most amazing and beautiful CD I've heard in a long time. Joshua Bell excells on his violin with this touching and haunting music. I listen to it often.
Sarah

Average customer rating: Evocative. Enchanting. I dream of togetherness

The Bird of Music Au Revoir Simone Manufacturer: Our Secret Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Verses of Comfort, Assurance & Salvation The Reminder The Bird & The Bee Keren Ann New Moon ASIN: B000OONPHW Release Date: 2007-05-15

Tracks:

1. The Lucky One
2. Sad Song
3. Fallen Snow
4. I Couldn't Sleep
5. A Violent Yet Flammable World
6. Don't See the Sorrow
7. Dark Halls
8. Night Majestic
9. Stars
10. Lark
11. The Way To There

Customer Reviews:

Evocative........2007-05-15

Take three girls from New York state, three keyboards, a drum machine and a certain bookish frisson and what you end up with is this rather special little record.
"The Bird Of Music" is Au Revoir Simone's second album in as many years, and while it won't make them global superstars, those who like their music literate, warm and evocative will love it.
Stars builds to a sparkly, deceptively romantic chorus ("You make me wanna measure stars in the back yard with a calculator and a ruler, baby") and "Sad Song" trips along on a Stereolab pulse while limpid banks of synths swirl around.
Often beautiful, always intriguing.

Enchanting........2007-05-15

Looking as if they've just stepped off the set of Sofia Coppola's "Virgin Suicides", "Au Revoir Simone" are three Slimcea girls who rejoice in Sunsilk hair and Laura Ashley frocks.
The trio share keyboard duties and play them in the tentative manner of a young child reading Braille.
Their songs have a twisted charm that's half cute and half disturbing and also strangely catchy.
Occasionally, as on the wondrous sunshine pop of "The Lucky One" and "Fallen Snow", they hit on the kind of blissful marriage of pop, harmony and weirdness that worked so well for Polyphonic Spree.
Elsewhere they excel in retro electro - kind of 60s MOR with a Casio beat.
As a record, it's much more approachable than their debut album, "Verses of Comfort, Assurance and Salvation".
You'll either fall in love with "The Bird Of Music"or feel queasy - or quite possibly both.

I dream of togetherness.......2007-05-15

Au Revoir Simone make synthpop. Not the usual synthpop, but bewitching little pop tunes full of sun and woods.

And the Brooklyn pop band is in good form in their full-length debut "The Bird of Music," mingling peppy electropop and pretty little synthy ballads. It could use a few darker edges, but their shimmery music is a charming experience -- think Eisley on a lazy summer evening.

It opens with the sound of wind chimes, and a gentle piano melody. "A dream of togetherness/Turned into a brighter mess/A faint sign my spoken best," is murmured over the gentle ballad. "So I was the lucky one/Reading letters, not writing them/Taking pictures of anyone/I know..."

That tone totally changes with the next song -- a peppy synth pop tune that doesn't really live up to the title: "Play me a sad song because /That's what I want to hear/I want you to make me cry/I want to remember the places that we left/Lost to the mists of time."

With those two as an intro, the remaining songs pretty much straddle between them -- organ ballads, meandering fuzzy electropop, tightly-wound dance pop, languid little pop tunes, and a few that defy labels -- the ominously soaring "Violent Yet Flammable World," and the eerie finale "The Way To There."

Three young women playing lots of sparkly, shimmery synth... well, it doesn't sound like the stuff of great pop music. And even after their beautiful debut EP, I was a bit worried about whether their music would last the stretch over an entire full-length album.

Well, fortunately those worries were needless -- even though there's really only keyboard, they know how to mix it up. Their synth is bouncy, sparkly, languid, soft, shimmering, fuzzy, eerie, staticky, soaring, rippling and majestic -- they can do basically anything with it. It's laced with drum machines, and the occasional moment of violin.

The upbeat music is matched by the vocals -- all three contribute, and all their voices are sweet, pleasant and girlish. And their lyrics are pretty simple, but heartfelt -- lovers who've departed and loves that are dwindling ("to thaw the icy sentiment/of love that's gone when winter's spent").

But they include the occasional budding love song. I gotta say, I love "Stars" for this reason alone: "You wanna measure stars in the backyard with a calculator and a ruler, baby/I found a letter that describes how the moonlight will lead me to the distant place that you will be."

Au Revoir Simone made a lovely soundtrack for a dreamlike summer vacation -- shimmery little pop tunes, full of love past and future. It might not blow your mind, but it will lull it into a lovely waking dream.

Average customer rating: just a tease A little better than one would expect Sexy and Wicked LOA A Grain of Salt

Our Little Secret Lords of Acid Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Industrial Dance | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Belgium | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Farstucker Heaven Is an Orgasm Crablouse Expand Your Head Take Control ASIN: B000000UN4 Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

1. Lover Cantata
2. Rubber Doll Opus
3. Fingerlickin' Good
4. LSD=Truth Solo
5. Man's Best Friend
6. Cybersex Scherzo
7. Pussy Round
8. Deep Sexy Space Chorale
9. Doggie Tom Overture
10. Concerto For Me And Myself
11. Spank My Booty Reprise
12. The Power Is Mine Coda
13. You Belong To Me Theme

Amazon.com

Lords of Acid's 1997 release, Our Little Secret is an open book. Never daring to depart from lyrics that read like the stage directions of a porno flick, fans need only focus their attention on Lords of Acid's musical agenda. The songs still maintain the basic acid house recipe of fat, buzzy bass lines and disorienting rhythms. This album adds a little of all current dance music trends, from trip hop to drum & bass to keep the formula current. "LSD=Truth" rattles with amped organic drum sounds reminiscent of Meat Beat Manifesto. The first couple of tracks are drilled with speed metal guitars. Stylistically, this album is merely a tangent to Lords of Acid's debut album Lust. If this is your first Lords of Acid purchase, go with Lust--it's a better album. If you are collecting, the lyrical shock value will have worn thin on you by now, but the music is twisted enough to keep you engaged. --Beth Bessmer

Customer Reviews:

just a tease.......2007-06-13

This album is a little disappointing for a LOA fan, especially after the orgasmic explosion of Voodoo-U. They stay true to the format as far as lyrics go but most of the songs sounded kind of weak and cheap. It's a decent album, with good tracks like Lover, Rubber Doll, [....], and You Belong to Me. If this is your first experience with the Lords, don't write them off yet, go and get Lust and Voodoo-U( their first two albums) and then prepare for the electronic orgy!

A little better than one would expect.......2004-10-07

If you were to hear the singles for "Pussy" or "Rubber Doll", you would most likely not think much of this band if you weren't already a fan. Because they're not all that good. Rubber's okay, but Pussy really is just a lame novelty track. Much like the hidden 14th track "Horror Movie" which revives the exact same song from track 6 with different lyrics, which actually mis-states the titles of multiple movies. Well had this have been an EP with these tracks as well as the following songs: "Doggie Tom", "Finger Lickin' Good", and "Spank My Booty", this would have been one supremely weak CD.

The tracks on this album can be divided up into four very neat areas. One is for the songs that aren't worthy of a second listen: Horror, Doggie, Finger, Spank, and Pussy are those 5 songs that bring the album down far below the band's standard set by the mostly excellent Lust. Next are 2 strangely likeable tracks, which aren't really good but still kind of fun. One is "Me and Myself", and the other is the forementioned Rubber.

Next are the pleasent surprises- "The Power is Mine", "Lover", "Man's Best Friend", and "Deep Sexy Space". Lover is the album's best single (though the version available on the Lover single is the KMFDM "Cake Mix"), and Best Friend is a strangely passionate (and a little sad) song that tells the sympathetic story of a prostitute who's got no one but herself. Power is a great theme for dominatrixes that puts men in their place, on the floor and in chains; DSS is about aliens with 'little tools'.

And finally, the albums best songs are "Cybersex", "LSD=Truth", and "You Belong to Me" - which are all single worthy, and all better than the singles chosen for the album. LSD is definitely the album's very best, with the very lovely ambient sound that meshes with pure house for the ultimate musical 'trip experience' and vocals that finally put the great trivial sense of rage to good use- "bloodshot eyes needle vain bright colors / HIGHER HIGHER! / MORE! MORE power brain white doves!" which fades into a truly beautiful chorus- "he's on the inside, in his own world", that also makes this a true Lords of Acid career highlight.

Cybersex is the album's best dance / rave song, and holds it's own up next to the likes of "I Must Increase My Bust" and "Take Control". The second you hear it, you'll be moving faster than you have in (well, that depends on the last time you listened to the band) some time. And lastly, You Belong to Me is so captivating, it's hard to believe it's by Lords of Acid. It's obsessiveness is easy to relate to and it's hopelessly aggressive lyrics are the stuff of eternal anthems. It's just too bad the band doesn't give the music a little more room to impact like the message of the song.

So considering that this album is sold on the strength of it's singles, it's great that there are some real incredible songs apart from the singles to make this release a must-have for fans of this genre of techno / rave. Well, at least this a serious improvement over Voodoo-U.

Sexy and Wicked.......2004-07-24

LOA are just plain amazing. Other musical acts have tried to imitate their sound but have failed miserably. I purchased "Our Little Secret" when it first came out but have rediscovered it recently and I'm still thrilled by it to this day. This album touches upon all sounds of music from hard house, rock, happy-hardcore, industrial... but the LOA way.

LOA.......2003-11-04

lords of acid is by far one of the most original groups out there with their entirely own sound...this album is pretty solid, (...) its amusing and actually good all at the same time. This is a great cd to listen to while ur walking to class or background music while working...its definatley not something to sit and analyze...but it always puts a smile on ur face, one of the better LOA cds

A Grain of Salt.......2003-10-02

"Our Little Secret" by LOA is one of their very best. The vocals of Nikki combined with the spine shattering techno-esque beat and controversial lyrics will knock you on your ass. It is a fun cd to listen to, and it has been a star of my cd collection for years.

Average customer rating: RAW ACID! pure as god intended it

Our Little Secret Stript Lords of Acid Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Industrial Dance | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Belgium | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Voodoo-U Stript Farstucker Stript Lust Stript Expand Your Head Farstucker ASIN: B00005YQGK Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

1. Lover
2. Rubber Doll
3. Fingerlickin' Good
4. LSD=Truth
5. Man's Best Friend
6. Cybersex
7. Pussy
8. Deep Sexy Space
9. Doggie Tom
10. Me And Myself
11. Spank My Booty
12. The Power Is Mine
13. You Belong To Me
14. Don't Kill For Love
15. Am I Sexy?

Customer Reviews:

RAW ACID! pure as god intended it.......2002-02-20

Great Instrumental album, a must have for any Lords Worshiper.

Average customer rating:

Secret Agent File Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002IQLVW Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

1. Octopussy - Neil Norman
2. I Spy
3. Reilly: Ace of Spies
4. Casino Royale
5. Ipcress File (A Man Alone)
6. Thunderball
7. Man from Uncle
8. Prisoner - Neil Norman
9. James Bond Theme
10. Our Man Flint
11. Moonraker - Neil Norman
12. Spy Who Came in from the Cold
13. Run Spy Run
14. Get Smart
15. You Only Live Twice
16. 007
17. Goldfinger
18. Rockford Files

Average customer rating:

Broadway: America's Music 1935-2005 Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Morton Gould | Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast) The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast) Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) Letters from Iwo Jima (Two-Disc Special Edition) ASIN: B000B8I93Q Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

1. Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
2. Summertime
3. I Could Write a Book
4. It Never Entered My Mind
5. I Can Cook Too
6. Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please
7. If I Loved You
8. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
9. Thou Swell
10. I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
11. There's No Business Like Show Business
12. South American Way

Tracks:

1. Shall We Dance
2. Ohio
3. Luck Be a Lady
4. Mack the Knife
5. There's a Small Hotel
6. Once in Love with Amy
7. Yodel Blues
8. Lazy Afternoon
9. There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love
10. You're Just in Love
11. Now Is the Time

Tracks:

1. Impossible Dream
2. Love Makes the World Go 'Round
3. Try to Remember
4. Put on a Happy Face
5. I Say Hello
6. Happiness
7. She Loves Me
8. What Kind of Fool Am I?
9. Shy
10. Consider Yourself
11. Poor Little Person

Tracks:

1. Magic to Do
2. They're Playing My Song
3. I Don't Know How to Love Him
4. I Won't Send Roses
5. Good Morning Starshine
6. Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
7. Hard Candy Christmas
8. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
9. Won't You Charleston with Me?
10. Applause

Tracks:

1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Memory
3. On My Own
4. Muddy Water
5. How Could I Ever Know
6. American Dream
7. I Know Him So Well
8. Dr. Jazz
9. Me and My Girl
10. Suddenly Seymour

Tracks:

1. Mamma Mia!
2. Popular
3. Seasons of Love
4. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
5. Whatever Lola Wants
6. Crazy
7. How Deep Is Your Love
8. Stars
9. People Like Us
10. I Go to Rio

Average customer rating: An Artist's Artist Luscious and deeply moving

She Walks in Beauty Manufacturer: Parnassus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000I54A Release Date: 1999-02-15

Tracks:

1. Suite for Soprano and Flute (Luening, 1936)
2. Images of Man (Starer, 1994)
3. Letter to a Composer (Starer, 1995)

Customer Reviews:

An Artist's Artist.......2006-03-18

Danielle Woerner has long been prized on the classical music scene for the exquisite intelligence of her singing and the distinctive beauty of her voice. Her range is and has been astonishing--from opera to art song--and in this recording one can her that sound and intimate sensibility which has earned her such a splendid name. Buy it!

Luscious and deeply moving.......2000-12-29

Danielle Woerner's voice is so rich and mellow, you can get lost in it. I was not familiar with this repertoire, and found Luening's setting of Emily Dickinson to be marvelous--sometimes serious, sometimes playful, always true to the deep emotions. I also liked the setting of William Blake's "Ah, Sun-flower", which Luening composed especially for this singer. I found myself listening over and over to the poems of Gail Godwin as set by her partner and collaborator, Robert Starer. The compositions are moving and complex, and Woerner makes excellent musical choices for presenting them in a way that the audience can truly feel. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: american art song american art song american song

Songs of Otto Luening Manufacturer: Composers Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004RDZL Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

1. Songs Of Otto Luening: She Walks In Beauty
2. Songs Of Otto Luening: A Farm Picture
3. Songs Of Otto Luening: The Little Vagabond
4. Songs Of Otto Luening: Young Love
5. Songs Of Otto Luening: Wake The Serpent Not
6. Songs Of Otto Luening: Requiescat
7. Songs Of Otto Luening: Venilia
8. Songs Of Otto Luening: Locations And Times
9. Songs Of Otto Luening: Noon Silence
10. Songs Of Otto Luening: Visor'd
11. Songs Of Otto Luening: Infant Joy
12. Songs Of Otto Luening: Good-Night
13. Songs Of Otto Luening: I Faint, I Perish
14. Songs Of Otto Luening: Transience
15. Songs Of Otto Luening: At Christmas Time
16. Songs Of Otto Luening: In Weihnachtszeiten
17. Ach! wer bringt dies schonen Tage
18. Songs Of Emily Dickinson: Our Share Of Night To Bear
19. Songs Of Emily Dickinson: 'Hope' Is The Thing With Feathers
20. Songs Of Emily Dickinson: If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
21. Songs Of Emily Dickinson: Experiment To Me
22. Songs Of Emily Dickinson: I Felt A Cleaving In My Mind
23. Songs Of Emily Dickinson: Soul, Wilt Thou Toss Again?
24. Songs Of Emily Dickinson: When I Hoped I Feared
25. Songs Of Emily Dickinson: Love's Secret
26. Songs Of Emily Dickinson: The Harp The Monarch Minstrel Swept
27. Joyce Cycle (Text From James Joyce's 'Chamber Music'): Strings In The Earth And Air
28. Joye Cycle (Text From James Joyce's 'Chamber Music'): When The Shy Star Goes Forth In Heaven
29. Joyce Cycle (Text From James Joyce's 'Chamber Music'): My Love Is In A Light Attire
30. Joyce Cycle (Text From James Joyce's 'Chamber Music'): Sleep Now

Customer Reviews:

american art song.......2000-12-30

This recording is an accesible, refreshingly lyrical collection of 20th century American songs written by Otto Luening. Luening set the poetry of Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson, and James Joyce and others in a beautifully vivid and straightforward style. The literature itself is rich and enduring, and Luenning's style is sensitively efficient and illustrative. Ms. Bettina brings a wonderfully clear and graceful musicality in her offering of these works. Mr. Goldsworthy brings a masterful sensitivity to the accompaniment.

american art song.......2000-12-30

This recording is an accesible, refreshingly lyrical collection of 20th century American songs written by Otto Luenning. Luenning set the poetry of Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson, and James Joyce and others in a beautifully vivid and straightforward style. The literature itself is rich and enduring, and Luenning's style is sensitively efficient and illustrative. Ms. Bettina brings a wonderfully clear and graceful musicality in her offering of these works. Mr. Goldsworthy brings a masterful sensitivity to the accompaniment.

american song.......2000-12-30

This is a very lyrical, refreshingly accessible collection of 20th century American songs by Otto Luenning. The literature by Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde and James Joyce ( to name only a few), that Luenning chose to set is rich and wonderful in itself. Luenning has provided each with direct, clear and sensitive composition. Ms. Bettina gives a graceful rendering of these songs and shows artistry in each piece. Mr. Goldsworthy is first rate pianist who displays great sensitivity and clarity.

Average customer rating: Moravian songs, via Janacek, Godar, Bittova and Skampa Skampa Quartet is great - the singer... yikes

Janácek: Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs Leos Janacek , Iva Bittová , ¿kampa Quartet , Vladimír Godár , and Skampa Quartet Manufacturer: Supraphon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Elida Cikory Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs ASIN: B00061X9YC Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. Tuzba (Desire)
2. Stst'/Steadiness
3. Lavecka (Bench)
4. Stesk (Woe) - Skampa Quartet
5. Obrk Mileho (Lover's Likeness)
6. Svatba Kom (Gnats Wedding)
7. Kouzlo (Charm)
8. Slib (Promise)
9. Orisek Lovy (Hazel Nut) - Skampa Quartet
10. La (Love)
11. Jablunka (Apple Tree)
12. Jabucko (Sweet Apple)
13. Co Je to Za Nebe (What Sky)
14. Safva C (Alderman's Daughter)
15. Cervenab(Little Red Apples)
16. Dobr(Good Hunt)
17. He Warden)
18. Kony Mil [My Lover's Horses]
19. Kv MilodejnLove Herbs)
20. Pcko (Posy)
21. LoucenMilou
22. Jindy a NynThen and Now)
23. T (Uneasy)
24. VzknMessage)
25. Belegrade (Belgrade) - Skampa Quartet
26. Milenec Vrah (Lover Killer)
27. Pomluva (Calumny)
28. LoucenParting)
29. Sirota (Lonely Soul)
30. Osamel Alone)
31. Komu Kytka (For Whom the Posy)
32. Z Od Mil (Love Shining)
33. Polajka (Thyme)
34. Kol(KolTown)
35. Psano (Love Letter)
36. Karafi(Carnation)
37. Rozmarsemary)
38. Pamy (Mementos)
39. Zpevulenka (Tender Little Tune)
40. Nejistota (Uncertainty)
41. Kukacka (Cuckoo)
42. Zahrcka (Fence)
43. Muzikanti (Musicians)
44. Vernost' (Faithfulness)
45. Bolavlava (Headache)
46. Osud (Fate)
47. Daleko ProvdanWedded Far Away)
48. Budk (Wakening)
49. Dobrada (Sound Advice)
50. Slzy echou (Tears of Comfort)
51. Koukol (Corncockle)
52. Kalina (Guelder Rose)
53. Pohreb Zbojnv

Customer Reviews:

Moravian songs, via Janacek, Godar, Bittova and Skampa.......2006-05-09

This is a unique recording of Janacek's transcriptions of Moravian folk songs. Originally for piano and voice, they have been transcribed by Slovak composer Vladimir Godar for string quartet and (occasionally) three-voice male chorus. Here they are performed by renowned Czech singer and violinist Iva Bittova, accompanied by the Skampa Quartet and chorus. The effect is not so much of classical liede, but of authentic eastern European "popular" songs - the sonority of the string quartet adds to this in no small part. Janacek would be proud.

Skampa Quartet is great - the singer... yikes.......2005-07-28

I honestly did not know what I was getting myself into when I bought this CD. I love Janacek, I love folk songs... how could I go wrong? Iva Bittova! I was concerned that she would have a 50yr old woobly voice, but instead what exists is a thin VERY nasal tone... perhaps she should be singing traditional Bulgarian music! The voice is expressive, just ugly.
The recording quality is not very good, either. On many of the tracks, Iva seems to be muffled and in the background of the recording.
Really - dont waste your time and money, unless you really would just like to have a recording of over 50 Janacek songs.

Average customer rating:

La Renaissance Anglaise / Deller Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00015WMJG Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

1. To Shorten Winter's Sadness
2. Thule, The Period of Cosmography
3. Fantasy
4. O Care, Thou Wilt Despatch Me
5. Cries of London
6. Lachrimae
7. All Laud and Praise
8. To the Shady Woods
9. Fantasia No 9
10. Oyez! Has Any Found a Lad?
11. Fantasia No 10
12. I Heard a Voice from Heaven
13. Pavan
14. Ah, Dear Heart
15. In Nomine a 5
16. What Is Our Life?
17. Pavan Deleroye
18. Behold, Thou Hast Made My Days
19. Secret Sins
20. Great King of Gods

Meditation Music:

1. Outback [Import]
2. Outside the Circle of Fire
3. Paint the Forest Winter
4. Passages: Shadows and Light
5. Pathways
6. Peaceful Meditations
7. Perspectives
8. Pine Forest
9. Reiki Spirit
10. Relax: Sublime Music for Reading and Lounging

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

White Label Euphoria: Level 2 [Import]

Complete Organ Music 1

Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol.1

Music: 40 Oz. to Freedom [Import]

Filmworks VXI: Working Man's Death [Soundtrack]

Don't Give a Damn [Explicit Lyrics]

Cut Above the Rest [Import]

Cupcakes [Import]

Correa de Azevedo: Music of Ceará and Minas Gerais

Dussek and The Hark

Dr. Peter Alsop's Songs on Recovery & Addiction

Continuidade Da Maquina [Import]

Carnival of Carnage

David Bleazard Plays the Organ of St. John the Baptist, Kensington (1897-1997 Centenary of the Gern Organ)

Measure of Pleasure