Cold Mountain [Soundtrack]

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Director Anthony Minghella's take on Charles Frazier's bestselling novel is powered by wistful romanticism and a dramatic structure that's been compared to Homer's Odyssey. That latter creative tack parallels the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou in crucial ways, and is further enhanced by another T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack of Appalachian-inflected folk traditionals, sympathetic originals by diverse songwriters (Elvis Costello and Sting), and a core of gritty performances (the White Stripe's Jack White and Alison Krauss) that rise above mere star appeal. White shows his traditional blues jones is no mere affectation on "Wayfaring Stranger" and a cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Sittin' On Top of the World," then makes a rewarding turn into the wistfully romantic with his original "Never Far Away." Krauss gives a haunting performance of Costello's "The Scarlet Tide," but doesn't fare as well with Sting's plaintive, Celtic-tinged "You Will Be My True Love." The soundtrack's evocative sense of time and place is further underscored by traditionals performed by a slate of other bluegrass/country-folk heavyweights and a powerful pair of gospelized, almost ethereal performances by the Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church. A few of Gabriel Yared's gentle orchestral cues (crucial to the film's characters and dramatic continuity) are essentially tacked on as the coda to the remaining collection of earthy Americana. Dark, dusty, and ever bittersweet, Burnett's musical archaeology here is something considerably more than merely "O Brother Redux." --Jerry McCulley

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Average customer rating: I Love Good Mountain Music--And This Is Good! A good CD Other stuff to check out Beautiful, Haunting...Historically Accurate...? The Music Made the Movie!

Cold Mountain Various Artists , Gabriel Yared , Alison Krauss , and Jack White Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: Songs From the Mountain Cold Mountain (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Back Roads to Cold Mountain O Brother, Where Art Thou? Songcatcher: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture ASIN: B0000E1WL4 Release Date: 2003-12-16

Tracks:

1. Wayfaring Stranger - Jack White
2. Like A Songbird That Has Fallen - Reeltime Travelers
3. I Wish My Baby Was Born - Tim Eriksen, Riley Baugus & Tim O'Brien
4. The Scarlet Tide - Alison Krauss
5. The Cuckoo - Tim Eriksen & Riley Baugus
6. Sittin' On Top Of The World - Jack White
7. Am I Born To Die? - Tim Eriksen
8. You Will Be My Ain True Love - Alison Krauss
9. I'm Going Home - Sacred Harp Singers At Liberty Church
10. Never Far Away - Jack White
11. Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over - Jack White
12. Ruby With The Eyes That Sparkle - Stuart Duncan & Dirk Powell
13. Lady Margret - Cassie Franklin
14. Great High Mountain - Jack White
15. Anthem - Gabriel Yared
16. Ada Plays - Gabriel Yared
17. Ada And Inman - Gabriel Yared
18. Love Theme - Gabriel Yared
19. Idumea - Sacred Harp Singers At Liberty Church
20. Idumea - Sacred Harp Singers At Liberty Church

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Director Anthony Minghella's take on Charles Frazier's bestselling novel is powered by wistful romanticism and a dramatic structure that's been compared to Homer's Odyssey. That latter creative tack parallels the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou in crucial ways, and is further enhanced by another T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack of Appalachian-inflected folk traditionals, sympathetic originals by diverse songwriters (Elvis Costello and Sting), and a core of gritty performances (the White Stripe's Jack White and Alison Krauss) that rise above mere star appeal. White shows his traditional blues jones is no mere affectation on "Wayfaring Stranger" and a cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Sittin' On Top of the World," then makes a rewarding turn into the wistfully romantic with his original "Never Far Away." Krauss gives a haunting performance of Costello's "The Scarlet Tide," but doesn't fare as well with Sting's plaintive, Celtic-tinged "You Will Be My True Love." The soundtrack's evocative sense of time and place is further underscored by traditionals performed by a slate of other bluegrass/country-folk heavyweights and a powerful pair of gospelized, almost ethereal performances by the Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church. A few of Gabriel Yared's gentle orchestral cues (crucial to the film's characters and dramatic continuity) are essentially tacked on as the coda to the remaining collection of earthy Americana. Dark, dusty, and ever bittersweet, Burnett's musical archaeology here is something considerably more than merely "O Brother Redux." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

I Love Good Mountain Music--And This Is Good!.......2007-05-29

I read the book Cold Mountain as required reading for a college class a few years ago. It was intriguing. I grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Kentucky, and love visiting the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Mountains, as much as I have seen, are breathtaking. From my own childhood, as well as my visits to the Smokies, I have come to really appreciate and love good, simple mountain music. From the a capella gospel singing to the mournful cry of the fiddle and the steady rhythm of the guitar, urged along by the plucky voice of the banjo, it really touches me deeply. My favorites from this CD are I Wish My Baby Was Born, Am I Born To Die, Like A Songbird That Has Fallen, and the two gospel songs. Alison Krauss does a beautiful job on her two numbers, and the instrumentals are haunting. I am not as crazy about the bluesy sounding songs that are included, but I have to say that it is all good! There is an honest simplicity to the music that evokes my childhood memories in the mountains!

A good CD.......2006-12-26

If you liked the music in the movie then you'll enjoy this CD. Even my kids enjoy listening to it, then again, they like many different kinds of music and this isn't your typical kid type, but much of it is really upbeatish and they dance around being silly. Alison Krauss' songs were just beautiful too.

Other stuff to check out.......2006-06-21

I am a big fan of roots music. This album is a fantastic treat that consistently delivers great music, song after song. If you enjoy this album and are looking for some similar great roots albums then I recommend the following:
1) Avalon Blues by Mississippi John Hurt
2) Ain't No Grave: A Tribute To Traditional And Public Domain Songs
3) March 16-20 by Uncle Tupelo

Beautiful, Haunting...Historically Accurate...?.......2006-03-30

I loved the movie, I loved the soundtrack. I had several songs on repeat. Then I read the book and found that Charles Frazier had set the town of Cold Mountain right where I was born. One of my favorite songs on the soundtrack was "I'm Going Home". I've tried to research it, to find out who wrote it originally, but I've come up with nothing. If anyone could help me out here, I'd greatly appreciate it.

The Music Made the Movie!.......2006-03-22

This music made the movie. I rarely buy soundtracks, but this one was worth every penny. I don't know any better words to describe how beautiful, haunting, entertaining, and touching this soundtrack is. If you enjoyed the movie, you'll love this CD.

Average customer rating: Another starkly gorgeous CD from one of the great ones beauty and terror

Every Sound Below Tim Eriksen Manufacturer: Appleseed Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tim Eriksen Back Roads to Cold Mountain Songs From the Mountain Cold Mountain If I Go Ten Thousand Miles ASIN: B00020HB4G Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

1. The Stars Their Match
2. The Southern Girl's Reply
3. The Cumberland And The Merrimac
4. The Soldier's Return
5. Careless Love
6. A Tiny Crown
7. Occom's Carol (O Sight Of Anguish)
8. Friendship
9. John Colby's Hymn
10. Bassett Creek
11. Red Rosy Bush
12. Two Sisters
13. Omie Wise
14. Every Sound Below

Album Description

The commercial and critical success of the "old-time"/bluegrass-drenched music in the 2000 movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou," its "Down from the Mountain" tour-film spin off, and recent "Cold Mountain" blockbuster proved that millions of Americans were eager to connect to their country's musical roots. This second solo CD by Tim Eriksen, already a burgeoning cult figure as one of the leading U.S. traditional folk balladeers, should be their next focus.

Eriksen, featured vocalist on three "Cold Mountain" songs and arranger of two "shape note" songs on the soundtrack, sees music as a link between the past and present and between individuals and communities, which has led him to the ten traditional American folk ballads he reanimates here and the four haunting original compositions that comprise this view of pre-20th Century life and its 21st Century resonance. Tim brings sounds of the American past into the "now," starting with the first track, an original a cappella salute to sunrise in the strong, brave tenor voice that has won him awe. He follows with chilling accounts of the Civil War, the lament of a traveling preacher (one of two songs utilizing harmonic, "overtone" singing that imitates the buzz of nature), murder ballads, and sprinkles in a pair of instrumentals. Tim's has a scholar's instinct for uncovering obscure, often unrecorded folks songs, and his liner notes give a fascinating insight into their history and his own sensibilities. Tim's two other compositions are "A Tiny Crown," a tale of imagination, reality and sea monkeys, and the eerie, hovering title song.

Using the same minimal, live-in-the-studio technique as on his first CD, Tim performs alone here, cycling between guitar, banjo, and fiddle without overdubs, an approach in keeping with the direct connection between Tim, his music and his listeners.

Customer Reviews:

Another starkly gorgeous CD from one of the great ones.......2004-08-04

What a pleasure to be sitting here listening to a new austerely beautiful and enigmatic CD from one of my favorite musicians in the world. It's amazing to me that Tim can sound so individual and idiosyncratic within the self-imposed confines of his stark, traditional sonic palette. The only analogy I can think of would be Bjork doing a whole album accompanied solely by harpsichord and viola de gamba.

As usual, Tim's voice is arrestingly intense, sometimes even desperate, but always with that deadpan Appalachian affect that conveys a kind of weather-beaten optimism. And as usual, his guitar and banjo playing are intricate, driving, sometimes hypnotically repetitive, sometimes jagged, always lush and transporting. He makes self-deprecating comments about his fiddle playing in the liner notes, but it's becoming more confident, and its dry tone suits his hymnal material well. He's broadened his vocal technique in subtle ways as well, with more whistling, humming and overtone singing than on his previous recordings.

Tim always gets me shaking my head in awe at the little details in his music. The guitar arpeggio and hummed line that open A Tiny Crown manage to be ominously dissonant and delicately graceful at the same time. And that's the first three seconds - I've been listening to it over and over trying to wrap my head around the rest of it. In John Colby's Hymn, listen to the way he extends the word "share" into overtone singing. On Careless Love and other tunes, listen to the way he lets notes a half-step apart ring on adjacent strings of the guitar - it should be dark and conflicting, but like Thelonious Monk's chords, it's so wrong it's right. Listen to the spitting, thumping sound he gets from his fingerpicking. If ever an artist deserved a much bigger audience than they have, Tim is that artist. Anyone with the remotest interest in "folk" or singer-songwriter music owes it to themselves to listen to this CD and its predecessors. I'm certainly looking forward to whatever else this cat has coming down the pike.

beauty and terror.......2004-05-31

There is no finer young singer of traditional American music than Tim Eriksen. His performance is austere, even demanding, and it is more chill wind than warm breeze. He sings inside a 19th Century of sheer existential intensity, conjuring up visions of a Southern church of Sacred Harp singers or a blood-soaked Civil War battlefield or a murderer's icy heart, and confronting life at its most elemental in its friendships, loves, hates, mortality, and fate. His gaze is straight, and it never flinches.

Eriksen's repertoire mostly eschews familiar titles from the American folk canon. Only "Careless Love," "Two Sisters," and "Omie Wise" leap to easy recognition, though his readings of each are distinctive. The first, however, is one of the rare moments that betray Eriksen's linkage to the modern folk revival. The languid arrangement brings to mind the work of the brilliant (though sadly no longer active) British ballad singer/guitarist Nic Jones. The original "A Tiny Crown" is slightly reminiscent of another British folk guitarist, Bert Jansch (or, for that matter, the early, Jansch-besotted Donovan, before he went all wacky). You need not have heard of Jones or Jansch to be moved -- or, more likely, unsettled -- by what Eriksen does with these songs.

In the purely technical or aural sense the sound is crisp as a gorgeous fall day. Yes, the album was recorded in the basement studio of my old friend, the Twin Cities guitarist and producer Dakota Dave Hull, but I would admire it wherever it came from. If 2004 ushers into the world a superior example of hard-core folk at its most brilliantly flinty, I will be very, very surprised.

Average customer rating: Historically important choral music, wonderfully performed!

Witness: What a Mighty God - Spirituals and Gospels for Chorus James Bohn , Michael Jorgenson , Steve Burger , Gordon Johnson , Jay Young , Michael Abels , Dale Adelmann , Harry T. (Henry) Burleigh , Brazeal W. Dennard , Adolphus Hailstork , Jester Hairston , Jack Halloran , Robert A. Harris , Moses Hogan , Sanford Moore , Robert Scholz , Richard Smallwood , William Henry Smith , Andre Thomas , Philip Brunelle , Sigrid Johnson , Joe Pulice , Robert Commodore , Charles Kemper , Yolanda Williams , Brian Link , Vocal Essence , and VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Manufacturer: Clarion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Negro Spirituals - Derek Lee Ragin, Moses Hogan, Moses Hogan Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit: Spirituals Wade In The Water, Vol.1:African American Spirituals:The Concert Tradition Trouble I'Ve Seen: Eighteen Spirituals--Moses Hogan Chorale Give Me Jesus | Spirituals by Barbara Hendricks and The Moses Hogan Singers ASIN: B0001FVEPE Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

1. Witness: Jack Halloran
2. Hush! Somebodys CallinMy Name: Arranged by Brazeal W. Dennard
3. Death Is Gonna Lay His Cold Icy Hands on Me: Arranged by Andrhomas
4. Walk Together, Children: Arranged by William Henry Smith
5. Were You There?: Arranged by Robert Scholz
6. Elijah Rock: Arranged by Moses Hogan
7. This Train: Arranged by Sanford Moore
8. Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Music by J.S. Bach; text by Charles Wesley, Arranged by Richard Smallwood
9. My Lord,What a Mornin : Arranged by Harry T. Burleigh
10. Go Down, Moses : Arranged by Robert A. Harris
11. In Dat Great GittinUp Mornin: Arranged by Jester Hairston
12. Crucifixion: Adolphus Hailstork
13. Go Where I Send Thee:Arranged by Andrhomas
14. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: Arranged by Dale Adelmann
15. Go,Tell It on the Mountain: Arranged by Sanford Moore
16. What a Mighty God : Arranged by Michael Abels

Album Description

Stirring spirituals and rousing gospel melodies sung by the superb voices of VocalEssence conducted by the renowned conductor Philip Brunelle, joined by vocal jazz ensemble Moore by Four.

Customer Reviews:

Historically important choral music, wonderfully performed!.......2004-05-25

For over 10 years, The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Chorus (conducted by Philip Brunelle) has presented an enduring series of concerts showcasing the talents of trailblazing African American composers. Now this wealth of music is available outside the concert hall through a series of recordings called WITNESS.

WHAT A MIGHTY GOD presents 20th Century choral arrangements of music from the African American spiritual tradition rooted in spirituals and gospels, including Harry T. Burleigh's "My Lord, What a Mornin'" (1929), "Walk Together Children" (William Henry Smith, 1937) and more contemporary composers like Sanford Moore's "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (1993.)

There are excellent notes about the genre, however, in light of the historical significance of this music I'm surprised and disappointed to find no biographical information about the composers, not even birth and/or death dates, with this CD. I feel this is a crucial component in an "outreach" project like this, especially since most of these composers are not well known. Still I highly recommend it for the music alone.

The other three CDs are available as single titles, or in the boxed set THE WITNESS COLLECTION which includes:

WHAT A MIGHTY GOD: Spirituals and Gospels for Chorus
DANCE LIKE THE WIND: Music of Today's Black Composers
GOT THE SAINT LOUIS BLUES: Classical Music in the Jazz Age
SKYWARD MY PEOPLE ROSE: Music of William Grant Still

Average customer rating: dark magic

Back Roads to Cold Mountain Various Artists Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Folk | Styles | Music Appalachian | North America | International | Styles | Music Country Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Smithsonian Folkways Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs From the Mountain Cold Mountain Songcatcher II: The Tradition That Inspired the Movie Return to Cold Mountain: Songs Inspired By the Film Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways ASIN: B0002XEDQC Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. Field Holler - TJ Chesser
2. I Wish My Baby Was Born - Dillard Chandler
3. Look Down That Lonesome Road - Bill Cornetti
4. Morning Star - Sacred Harp Singers
5. Camp Chase - French Carpenter
6. John Brown's Dream - Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
7. Sweet Sunny South - Dock Boggs
8. Battle Of Stone River, The - Oscar Parks
9. Sweet Glories Rush Upon My Sight - Old Regular Baptists
10. Roustabout - Dink Roberts
11. Fox Race - Joe Patterson
12. Jim And John - Lonnie & Ed Young
13. Day Is Past And Gone, The - Dorothy Melton
14. Omie Wise - Roscoe Holcomb
15. Silk Merchant's Daughter - Dellie Norton
16. Hicks Farewell - Dillard Chandler
17. Three Little Babes - Texas Gladden
18. Wayfaring Stanger - Bill Monroe
19. Rank Stranger - The Stanley Brothers
20. Christmas Time Soon Be Over - Fiddlin' John Carson
21. And Am I Born To Die - Doc Watson
22. Pulling The Skiff - Ora Dell Graham
23. Pumpkin Pie - Joe Thompson/Odell Thompson
24. Give The Fiddler A Dram - James Crase
25. Angel Band - E.C. & Orna Ball
26. Old Man Below, The - Gaither Carlton
27. When Sorrows Encompass Me 'Round - Tommy Jarrell/Fred Cockerham

Album Description

Charles Frazier's novel and the film Cold Mountain opened the door to a world of Appalachian history, life, and music. Now, John Cohen and Smithsonian Folkways take you all the way home to the source and the spirit of Appalachia in the signature sounds of its musical elders. Descendents of the 19th-century Appalachian frontier families perform traditional music they inherited from their Civil War-era ancestors. 70 minutes, 36 page booklet, historic photos.

Customer Reviews:

dark magic.......2004-12-21

First, this is not the soundtrack to the Cold Mountain movie. That recording, released a year or so ago, featured talented modern musicians who recreated the 19th-Century music from the film and the Charles Frazier novel on which it was based. Back Roads to Cold Mountain covers much (and more) of the same material, except as it was done by authentic mountain musicians.

With one or two exceptions, these songs and tunes were alive during the Civil War. They survived into the early and mid-20th Century, to be rediscovered by folksong collectors. Most selections come from Folkways' deep archives, ably picked by John Cohen, whose recordings with the New Lost City Ramblers introduced many of us to the Appalachian tradition during the 1960s folk revival and after. Frazier himself, who provides the introduction to the enclosed booklet, explains how this music inspired his novel, set in Civil War-era North Carolina. Cohen's extensive liner notes and annotations are informative and engrossing.

Few of the musicians are likely to be familiar, though names like the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Roscoe Holcomb, and Tommy Jarrell will resonate with those who have at least passing knowledge of the tradition. The performances are always inspired, sometimes rawly emotional in a way that has vanished from today's music; sometimes a performance may be even a little frightening, for one dramatic example Oscar Parks's angry rant at the conclusion of the ballad "The Battle of Stone River." French Carpenter's fiddle tune "Camp Chase," on the other hand, aches with mournful beauty.

The sound quality, thanks to modern technology, is so perfectly executed that it serves to erase distance between listener and performer. Time and geography roll away, and you're right there on a back porch or a church bench, hearing the ballads, fiddle pieces, and hymns in person. There is a dark magic in this old music, and Back Roads evokes it brilliantly.

Average customer rating: Wonderfully fine performance Not ideal, but all there is

Arthur Sullivan: Ivanhoe Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Arthur Sullivan: The Contrabandista, The Foresters Sullivan: The Rose of Persia Arthur Sullivan: The Prodigal Son; Boer War Te Deum ASIN: B000000WWK Release Date: 1993-01-21

Tracks:

1. Ivanhoe: Act One, First Scene: The Hall Of Rotherwood - Introduction; Each Day This Realm Of England Faints
2. Ivanhoe: Act One, First Scene: The Hall Of Rotherwood - Good Thane, Most Noble Thane
3. Ivanhoe: Act One, First Scene: The Hall Of Rotherwood - I See But One Thing Wanting To Our Fare
4. Ivanhoe: Act One, First Scene: The Hall Of Rotherwood - Drink, Drink Ye All... Then Fill The Cup, Fill High
5. Ivanhoe: Act One, First Scene: The Hall Of Rotherwood - The Palmer! The Holy Palmer!
6. Ivanhoe: Act One, Second Scene: An Ante-Chamber In Rotherwood - O Moon, Art Thou Clad
7. Ivanhoe: Act One, Second Scene: An Ante-Chamber In Rotherwood - Good Palmer, Thou Dids't Speak Of One
8. Ivanhoe: Act One, Second Scene: An Ante-Chamber In Rotherwood - Like Mountain Lark
9. Ivanhoe: Act One, Third Scene: The Lists At Ashby-de-la-Zouch - Will There Be No More Fighting?
10. Ivanhoe: Act One, Third Scene: The Lists At Ashby-de-la-Zouch - Plantagenesta!
11. Ivanhoe: Act One, Third Scene: The Lists At Ashby-de-la-Zouch - Isaac, My Jew, My Purse Of Gold
12. Ivanhoe: Act One, Third Scene: The Lists At Ashby-de-la-Zouch - What Means His Motto?

Tracks:

1. Ivanhoe: Act Two, First Scene: Friar Tuck's Hut At Copmanhurst - Strange Lodging This For England's King
2. Ivanhoe: Act Two, First Scene: Friar Tuck's Hut At Copmanhurst - There Is A Custom...I Ask Not Wealth
3. Ivanhoe: Act Two, First Scene: Friar Tuck's Hut At Copmanhurst - Not Bad, Say I...The Wind Blows Cold ('Ho, Jolly Jenkin!')
4. Ivanhoe: Act Two, First Scene: Friar Tuck's Hut At Copmanhurst - And Now For Combat!
5. Ivanhoe: Act Two, Second Scene: Castle Torquilstone - Will Not Our Captor Dare To Show His Face?
6. Ivanhoe: Act Two, Second Scene: Castle Torquilstone - Welcome, Sir Templar!...Woo Thou Thy Snowflake
7. Ivanhoe: Act Two, Third Scene: A Turret Chamber In Torquilstone - Whet The Keen Axes
8. Ivanhoe: Act Two, Third Scene: A Turret Chamber In Torquilstone - O Awful Depth...Lord Of Our Chosen Race
9. Ivanhoe: Act Two, Third Scene: A Turret Chamber In Torquilstone - Take Thou These Jewels
10. Ivanhoe: Act Two, Third Scene: A Turret Chamber In Torquilstone - What Sound Is That?

Tracks:

1. Ivanhoe: Act Three, First Scene: Room In Torquilstone; Assault; Burning Of The Castle - Happy With Winged Feet
2. Ivanhoe: Act Three, First Scene: Room In Torquilstone; Assault; Burning Of The Castle - Tend Thou The Knight Thou Lovest
3. Ivanhoe: Act Three, First Scene: Room In Torquilstone; Assault; Burning Of The Castle - How Cans't Thou Know?
4. Ivanhoe: Act Three, Second Scene: The Forest - Light Foot Upon The Dancing Green
5. Ivanhoe: Act Three, Second Scene: The Forest - Look, Where Thy Moody Father Walks Apart...Forgive Thy Son
6. Ivanhoe: Act Three, Second Scene: The Forest - How Oft Beneath The Far-Off Syrian Skies
7. Ivanhoe: Act Three, Third Scene: The Preceptory Of The Templars, Templestowe - Fremuere Principles
8. Ivanhoe: Act Three, Third Scene: The Preceptory Of The Templars, Templestowe - Thou Jewish Girl, Who Art Condemned
9. Ivanhoe: Act Three, Third Scene: The Preceptory Of The Templars, Templestowe - A Champion! A Champion!
10. Ivanhoe: Act Three, Third Scene: The Preceptory Of The Templars, Templestowe - Dead! He Is Dead!
11. Ivanhoe: Act Three, Third Scene: The Preceptory Of The Templars, Templestowe - See Where The Banner Of England

Customer Reviews:

Wonderfully fine performance.......2004-10-10

This is one opera I have been searching for for a very long time. I read about it in a book about Sullivan. Of course, when they wrote of the opera, they showed the scene, in drawing, where Rebecca informs Ivanhoe of the battle with the Black Knight. The drawing (based on the actual performance when it premiered) grabbed my attention completely. I just wondered what this composer could do with real opera (I loved his operettas completely, and they showed quite often Sullivan was quite capable of deep emotional pathose, even if in the end he was spoofing it more than reflecting it).

Well, all the years of searching and waiting to know were not a waste. Firstly, I have never been able to locate a score of this work (as I have done with many ancient operas or forgotten ones), so I was just as in the dark as anyone else as to what to expect. I was incredibly surprised, not to mention, thrilled with the results. No, Sullivan is no Wagner, nor is he even Verdi, but he is wonderfully beautiful in his own right. Why this work has not entered into the opera houses, I have no clue, excepting maybe because it is English opera, which never does well. Speaking of "ENGLISH OPERA", here we have a recording where for the most part we CAN understand the words (a thing I never seem to find in professional recordings of English opera, or American opera; they may as well sing in gibberish, for that is exactly what it sounds like -- perhaps the composers have no clue what works in their own language?). The performers, as we know, are not professionals, but rather semi-professionals. There are some uneven performances, and sometimes the characters are not quite as developed as one would like, there are even times the orchestra sounds like it lost the beat (but this is EXTREMELY RARE), the sound quality of the recording is OK, but nothing stellar, however, it is not bad either. Yet, in spite of these drawbacks, we CAN and DO understand the words, and for once a rather strange sounding English libretto sounds natural and unforced with stupid poetry that really leaves you laughing. These wonderfully dedicated performers, no matter their individual difficulties, give us a wonderfully vivid performance where we can finally understand the opera (like all our Italian friends do when Italian opera is sung for them). That was such a treat for me, to finally actually understand the words of opera sung in my own language.

What makes this opera such a thrill, at least for me, is the natural fall of the words and the music, especially in the recitatives. Unlike most English opera where the musical line sounds completely foreign to the natural lilt of the words, Sullivan has an uncanny way of writing lines, melodies, and recitatives that flow naturally from the language itself. That was a really exciting experience to endure. For once, I didn't wish that someone would teach the composers to listen to the flow of English to gain an insight into melody. Maybe it was all those operettas that he wrote prior to this "serios opera" that taught him what he knew, or maybe, he just had a good ear for his own language and enough sense to know that trying to graft Italian or German musical idioms onto things just wasn't the correct choice.

Is it a great work? Well, no, it will never get into the record books as a perfect opera, nor will it shove Mozart or Wagner off the stage, but it is really quite good just the same. Even with all the flaws this recording has, I am so glad it is out there so I could at last hear what music fleshed out that old drawing I saw in a book all those years ago. Though Sullivan's music is not anywhere near as dramatic as one may imagine it should be, it fits well with the scene and the over all concept of the work.

I really recommend this recording, for it, at least for now, is the only one we have (and if they make a professional one, I really hope they screen the singers well, no big names if they can't sing English so we can understand it; Sullivan, as with Wagner, you MUST understand the words or the meaning is completely lost). The entire recording is really quite enjoyable, and it doesn't disappoint.

Not ideal, but all there is.......2000-08-05

If you are interested in Arthur Sullivan's Music without Gilbert, this is one of the works you should have in your collection. Unfortunately the quality of the performance is inconsistent. The orchestra is at times good, at others sloppy. The soloists are also of varying quality. This is, after all, a recording by a semi-professional group. That said, if you are willing to accept the flaws, this is currently the only version on disc. Perhaps someday the BBC will record a version, as they did with Sullivan's "Rose of Persia". In the current recording, the most pleasing selections are: The Act 3 Scene 2 ensemble "Look where thy moody father walks apart", Friar Tuck's rollicking "Ho, Jolly Jenkin", The Templar's passionate scene "Woo thou thy snowflake", and Rebecca's evocative aria "Lord of our chosen race". Not all it could be, but it's all we've got.

Average customer rating: Don't mistake the box for the contents Sarah Harmer bluegrassed out and (as always) great! What happened? Grossly Disappointed Sarah Harmer hits the spot

I'm a Mountain Sarah Harmer Manufacturer: Cold Snap Canada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: All of Our Names Comfort of Strangers Songs for Clem You Were Here Valentino ASIN: B000BPO6NQ Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

1. The Ring
2. I Am A Glow
3. Oleander
4. I'm A Mountain
5. Goin' Out...
6. Will He Be Waiting For Me?
7. Escarpment Blues
8. The Phoenix
9. Salamandre
10. Luthers Got The Blues
11. How Deep In The Valley

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With the kind of rootsy charm normally reserved for summer campfires and folk festivals, Sarah Harmer has managed to capture a wonderfully organic feeling in the grooves of I'm a Mountain, her third solo effort to date. Inspired by Harmer's Kingston country abode, much of this collection--which reflects her love of bluegrass music--brings forth the same earthiness as Michelle Shocked's heralded debut, The Texas Campfire Tapes. In Harmer's case, however, this is far from a solo effort; the acoustic jam--recorded over a week in a Toronto studio--is awash in gorgeous instrumentation. From stand-up bass and fierce finger picking (courtesy of Harmer and guitarist Joey Wright) to bluesman Willie P. Bennett's harmonica and Luther Wright's banjo licks, this disc is less "unplugged" and more "mightily picked" in tone. Harmer's relaxed voice and positive lyrics on tracks like "I Am Aglow," "The Ring," and "The Phoenix" can bring a sense of calm to even the most ruffled listener. A noteworthy highlight is "Escarpment Blues," a song that Harmer originally released as a single earlier this year. The sparse, yet lyrically-poignant track was first put out to raise money and awareness to help save an area of land near Harmer's home, known as the Niagara Escarpment. If you love Dolly's The Grass Is Blue (Harmer lovingly covers Parton's "Will He Be Waiting"), the aforementioned Shocked, or the rootsy intimacy of Gillian Welch, this disc will be a perfect addition to the folk section of your music library. --Denise Sheppard

Customer Reviews:

Don't mistake the box for the contents.......2006-03-16

When someone is as talented as Sarah Harmer, the genre is simply irrelevant. While it is true that I'm A Mountain is has more of a folky, bluegrass feel that either of her two previous releases, it's still Sarah Harmer: a great acoustic sound, vivid lyrics, lovely vocals. This lady is someone who isn't constrained in the expression of her talent. If the song needs a banjo, then she uses a banjo. To second guess this is to rob yourself of a musical treat.

This perspective was reinforced when I saw her in concert recently. Sarah and her band are some of the best live performers I've ever seen. I heard somewhere that music is the silence between the notes. Sarah understands this implicitly, as evidenced by her clever use of synchopated rhythms. Buy her CDs, see her show, be blown away.

Sarah Harmer bluegrassed out and (as always) great!.......2006-03-05

Love this artist! Loved her first 2 records. This one is a little different from the others. It's more blugrass-inspired with those instruments that make us say bluegrass and quick songs. But there's also its fair share of slower, sparer classic Harmer tunes with her and her guitar. There isn't really a song on this album I don't like and I think it is an exciting direction for her to go in. It's more celebratory and upbeat than her other solo albums and not one to miss for any Sarah Harmer fan.

What happened?.......2006-03-03

I too am EXTREMELY disappointed in Sarah's latest release..too TWANGY/BLUEGRASS/HILLBILLY for my taste. What happened to the folk/rock star that I grew to love? WOW.

Grossly Disappointed.......2006-02-12

I have been a fan of Sarah Harmer since I picked up her "You Were Here" CD in 2000. I was very excited when I learned this new album was coming, and very disappointed when I heard it. The Sarah I knew was not bluegrass and was not twangy. This CD is not rock. Its bluegrass. So, dont buy it, expecting it to be like her first two solo albums, cause it is not.

Sarah Harmer hits the spot.......2005-11-30

Die-hards waiting for a new SH release won't be disappointed. Here we have an album that goes back to her style in "Songs for Clem," which I personally feel is her best album to date. These are two albums in which it feels that Sarah is being most true to her music rather than to pop charts or sales. I suppose one could say that her other two albums, "You Were Here" and "All of Our Names" continue in the vein of Weeping Tile, but to me they seemed a bit too synthetic (although still unquestionable favourites of mine). This album feels like Sarah is really putting herself out there by turning her back on the sound that made her a pop hit and going for a sound much closer to heart (hers).

Sure to be a selling point for fans, Sarah has finally released tracks previously only heard at live performances: "Oleander" and "I'm a Mountain." There is also again a remake of a Weeping Tile track, this time "Goin' Out" (which was one of my favourite songs of theirs anyway so I don't mind). Having 3 familiar tracks in a row does make this album feel a bit like retread initially but with a few more listens even old fans will find something new. And there are many other beautiful new tracks to enjoy, including a cover of Dolly Parton's bluegrassy "Will He be Waiting for Me?" which of course can't be compared to Dolly's sweetness but still shines in a way that only Sarah can, which is why we all love her so much.

To me this album is everything I was hoping for. Not quite as good as "Songs for Clem" but a sound that I have been missing through Sarah's last two albums.

If you are a new fan of Sarah's introduced to her music by "You Were Here" or "All of Our Names" and you find this album wanting, why don't you check out the albums by Weeping Tile? This was Sarah's old band before she went solo and they have a much more upbeat rock/pop feel that just may satisfy what you are looking for.

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The Best of the Sufi Choir: A Jubilee Selection The Sufi Choir Manufacturer: Cold Mountain Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Tibetan Book of the Dead (A Way of Life / The Great Liberation) An Inconvenient Truth ASIN: B0006MA2W8 Release Date: 2004-06-24

Tracks:

1. Bismillah
2. Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram
3. Alhamdulillah
4. Crescent and Heart
5. Turning
6. Flute Song
7. Gone
8. Not Afraid to Say Goodbye
9. Krishna Song
10. The Soul's Song to Itself
11. Brothers
12. Stone in the Sky
13. Dulcimer
14. Zikr; Bell Song
15. Khatum
16. Timed Air

Album Description

The powerful music of prayer and ecstasy that flowed through the heart of the San Francisco Sufi community in the 60s and 70s was originally released on several LPs and cassettes. "The Best of the Sufi Choir," a collection of sixteen songs, was released in 1994 as a CD, but has been out of print for many years. The collection is now available in a beautifully designed new edition. The legacy of Murshid Samuel Lewis, his teachers, and his teachings, can be experienced as a clear ocean of sound, sometimes intricately patterned, sometimes sing-along simple, always deeply intimate.

William Allaudin Mathieu composer of the music on this CD founded the Sufi Choir in 1969, and directed it until 1982.

Mathieu (b. 1937) is a pianist, composer, teacher, recording artist, and author. He has composed a variety of chamber and choral works and made numerous solo piano recordings. He has written three books on music — The Listening Book; The Musical Life; and Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression.

Allaudin was a disciple of North Indian vocalist Pandit Pran Nath for 25 years. He studied African music with Nubian musician Hamza El Din, jazz with William Russo, and European classical music with Easley Blackwood.

In the 1960s, he spent several years as an arranger/composer for Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington, and was the musical director for the Second City Theater in Chicago (which he helped found) and for the Committee Theater in San Francisco. In the 1970s, he served on the faculties of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Mills College.

The past two decades Allaudin has devoted to composition, performance, recording, teaching, and writing from his home near Sebastopol, California.

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Soliloquy at Cold Mountain Temple Manufacturer: Channel Classics Nl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000GBEQDU Release Date: 2006-08-08

Tracks:

1. Girls From Mt. Alishan
2. Songtseyala
3. Soliloquy At Cold Mountain
4. Riddle-Guessing Song
5. Moon Reflection On The Twin-Spine Lake
6. Peacock Fans Its Tail
7. Journey Beyond Xikou
8. Overture No.1

Average customer rating: Seven Excellent Tunes Nice acoustic, unassuming, old-timeyish set

Return to Cold Mountain: Songs Inspired By the Film Original Soundtrack Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cold Mountain Back Roads to Cold Mountain Songs From the Mountain Cold Mountain (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Come to the Mountain: Old Time Music for Modern Times ASIN: B0001XXB5M Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

1. The Old John Hardy - David Holt
2. Pretty Polly - Michael Farr
3. Back In '29 - Malcom Holcombe
4. Lorena - Craig Duncan
5. Whoopie Liza Jane - Don Lewis
6. Shady Grove - Laura Boosinger
7. Georgie - Jack Lawrence
8. Farther Along - Steve McCurry
9. Black Mountain Rag - Larry Keel
10. Old Joe Clark - Bruce Greene
11. Sandy River - Bruce Greene
12. Cold Mountain Waltz - Don Lewis

Customer Reviews:

Seven Excellent Tunes.......2007-03-18

I do not fully understand why, when this collection is supposed to be based on the movie/book of the Civil War era, they would add music of a later era. There are many songs of the mid 19th century that could have been included other than "Back in '29."
I must say, also, that I am not particularly fond of "Cold Mountain Waltz," "Georgie," and the way "Old John Hardy" and "Pretty Polly" are done.
Now for the good:
The rest of the tunes (seven of them) are excellent. I absolutely love Laura Boosinger's "Shady Grove," which truly takes me to another time and place, and the Lewis, Lewis, and Lewis' version of "Whoopie Liza Jane" is simply great. The instrumental "Black Mountain Rag" shows some very fine guitar work, and this version of "Farther Along" is one of the best I have heard yet.
Done in an Appalachian style (the 'Cold Mountain' movie concentrates itself in Appalachia, hence the reason for the Rebel feel), these seven tunes remind me of how music may have sounded in a small mountain town during the mid-19th century.
Because of the great songs I cited, I feel this would make a fine addition to your period music collection.

Nice acoustic, unassuming, old-timeyish set.......2004-06-23

This is a review about this album, not about the movie "Cold Mountain," (which I thought was pretty lousy). The good news is that the music on here doesn't actually have much to do with "Cold Mountain," other than its being (mostly) Appalachian mountain music, and that the label seems to be hoping it can cash in on the film's name the same way other labels cashed in on the "O Brother" phenomenon a few years ago.

This is actually a fairly sweet old-timey/folkie album, with standards like "Pretty Polly," "Shady Grove," "Lorena," and "Old Joe Clark," some of which date back the Civil War era, and others that, curiously, do not (like the anachronistic gangster ballad, "Back In '29," which makes reference to the most decidedly post-Antebellum automobile...) The opportunistic "O Brother"-ish marketing gambit is a little cheesy, but the album is not. Some heavy hitters like David Holt and Jim Lauderdale appear on here, but most of the musicians are folks I've never heard of, which is always nice... Many, it appears, are North Carolina natives. Not a bad little set.

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On the Wing of the Great Spaceship Manufacturer: Cold Mountain Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAGX22 Release Date: 2004-01-06

Tracks:

1. On the Wing of the Great Spaceship
2. Teeter-totter
3. The Night Owl
4. West to Mars
5. Ain't No Bigee
6. Zucchini Bread
7. Thanksgiving at Mom's
8. 61 Circles Around the Sun
9. Boomerang
10. Tiny Little Gremlins
11. You, Me, Everything
12. Centerstream

Meditation Music:

1. Come On Get Happy!: The Very Best of the Partridge Family [Original recording remastered]
2. Concert for Bangladesh [Original recording remastered]
3. Destiny Fulfilled
4. Det er Danmark: Sange med musik af Niels Svenningsen
5. Die Entführung aus dem Serail
6. Donizetti: Anna Bolena [Box set]
7. Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor
8. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
9. Drunkard's Prayer [Enhanced]
10. Edition Wiener Staatsoper Live, Vol. 20

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

Alaska

Knappertsbusch Conducts Beethoven

Haydn: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

Music: Feast of the Mau Mau

Husan [CD-single] [Import]

Hypnerotomachia

Gorgeous

Learn Yourself

Get a Grip [Import]

Haydn: The Seasons

Heroes [Import]

Fatal Fantassy, Vol. 2: Esto Es Mambo [Explicit Lyrics]

Hard Bossa

Gatlin Brothers Gospel

Johnny E a Bossa ao Vivo