8:09

From the Artist
"We put blood, sweat, and tears into 8:09. Well, there was almost blood." Joey says with a smile. "It can be really trying when you put your heart and soul into something like this, but we stayed the course and it paid off."

"I feel fortunate that I had the freedom to create another independent studio album where I can put my name above the title and know that this is exactly what I want people to hear. My goal was to make sure that the honesty and integrity of each song was real".

"8:09 is the best piece of music I have ever been associated with. And I really believe it will resonate with people. This is the one."

Product Description
Joey wrote all the songs on 8:09 with Emanuel Kiriakou ("Eman") who first collaborated with Joey on "Meet Joe Mac" (2001). Since then, Eman has accompanied Joey on tour in an acoustic performance affectionately dubbed, "a one man show with two people." It is all preserved on the limited edition live CD "One Too Many" recorded at Joe's Pub in New York City in April, 2002.

The album was produced by Eman at Gearbox Studios in Los Angeles. Most of it was recorded during Joey's down time portraying English teacher Colin Flynn on Fox-TV's Boston Public. The album was mixed in New York at The Hit Factory by Tony Maserati except for L.A. Blue which was mixed at Ocean Way Studios in L.A. (where else?) by Jack Joseph Puig.

8:09

8:09,Joey McIntyre,Artemis Records,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,Adult Contemporary,Pop,Pop/Rock,Rock,Rock/Pop,Singer/Songwriter

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Average customer rating: The Grown up Joey Joey Rocks! sorry joey this album sucks 8:09 Flips My Flops and Rocks My Socks! Are You People On Drugs?

8:09 Joey McIntyre Manufacturer: Artemis Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: One Too Many: Live From New York Meet Joe Mac Talk to Me Stay the Same Second Face ASIN: B0001KL5EY Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

1. Dance Like That
2. Love Me That Way
3. This Is Different
4. SuperGirl
5. L.A. Blue
6. L.d Never Get Over You
7. California
8. Someday
9. Falling
10. Endlessly

Album Description

Joey wrote all the songs on 8:09 with Emanuel Kiriakou ("Eman") who first collaborated with Joey on "Meet Joe Mac" (2001). Since then, Eman has accompanied Joey on tour in an acoustic performance affectionately dubbed, "a one man show with two people." It is all preserved on the limited edition live CD "One Too Many" recorded at Joe's Pub in New York City in April, 2002.

The album was produced by Eman at Gearbox Studios in Los Angeles. Most of it was recorded during Joey's down time portraying English teacher Colin Flynn on Fox-TV's Boston Public. The album was mixed in New York at The Hit Factory by Tony Maserati except for L.A. Blue which was mixed at Ocean Way Studios in L.A. (where else?) by Jack Joseph Puig.

Customer Reviews:

The Grown up Joey.......2006-03-28

Hum... I have this album for a long time now, but I guess now it's the perfect time to do this review. Let me tell the others, if you're bying this in search of Joey Joe from New Kids on the Block, stop in the name of love (haha). There's no kid in this. If you're already a Joey's fan from the previous albuns, and most of it for the Live one and for Meet Joey Mc, ok, that's the call. You can buy it that you will love it. If you're a new one, buy it, please!!! It's a really great peace of Joey's. The music are intimate, and have really good lyrics that anyone can relate to. And the sounds are really refreshing. Pop/Rock in the best way to be. And Joey.... Well he made me proud, in every album, in every year that I'm here as a expectator I see him growing and getting better. I like voices... And Joey is so much better with his voice in this cd. It seems like now he is really confortable with it. And I so love to hear him sing like that.

Praises to "Someday". This music is so perfect!!! Praises to Emanuel Kiriakou: he brings a cool Joey to all of us. And I wish they stick together forever, making good music!

JulyN

Joey Rocks!.......2006-03-23

I've been a Joey fan since the New Kids days, and I was soooo happy when is first solo album came out. Fast forward to the present, his current cd is awesome! He has stepped up every time and hit a homerun! (that's a refrence to his Red Socks!) I wish i had a man who could write a whole cd for me! I recommend this cd to any one who loves music! I love to catch him on tv when I can, and regret that I can't travel to see him on Broadway or as the Fonz in California! Keep up the good work Joe, you're #1!!

sorry joey this album sucks.......2005-06-07

Hi, I am a big joey Mcintyre fan(was a big fan),I have all 3 of his solo albums his first one was great his second one was even better not a bad song on the whole album,,,, but this 3rd album 8:09 sucks im sorry but it does the songs are boarinng and not catchy the album is horrable I cant believe i SPENT $17.99 on it,if your future cds will be this bad dont release any more.The first single off it is mediocre at best.MAYBE GET A NEW PRODUCER FOR THE NEXT ALBUM?

8:09 Flips My Flops and Rocks My Socks!.......2005-03-02

After seeing Joey McIntyre as Fiyero in the Broadway musical "Wicked," I was swept away by his talent! I bought 8:09 expecting it to be like every CD I have bought; Some good songs and some bad songs. This CD was completely different! I love each and every one of the songs! My favorites have to be "Someday" and "Endlessly." Both are beautifully written and performed by Joey with help from Eman. I would recommend this CD to everybody because it will completely blow you away. Joey has all of the talent thats missing from some performers today.

Are You People On Drugs?.......2005-02-21

This sucks. Maurice Starr please bring this kid back to the playground where you found him. And someone tell him that he can't sing, can't write and can't act.

Average customer rating:

The Complete Piano Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann (6 CD Boxed Set) Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gurdjieff's Music for the Movements Gurdjieff, Tsabropoulos: Chants, Hymns and Dances Gurdjieff unveiled: an overview and introduction to the teaching (Gurdjieff Related Books) Gurdjieff The Fourth Way ASIN: B000025FU1 Release Date: 1997-07-02

Tracks:

1. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 1
2. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 2
3. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 3
4. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 4
5. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 5
6. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 6
7. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 7
8. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 8
9. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 9
10. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 10
11. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 11
12. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 12
13. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 13
14. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 14
15. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 15
16. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 16
17. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 17
18. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 18
19. Seekers Of The Truth: Part 19

Tracks:

1. Hymn From A Great Temple: Hymn 1
2. Hymn From A Great Temple: Hymn 2
3. Hymn From A Great Temple: Hymn 3
4. Hymn From A Great Temple: Hymn 4
5. Hymn From A Great Temple: Hymn 5
6. Hymn From A Great Temple: Hymn 6
7. Hymn From A Great Temple: Hymn 7
8. Hymn From A Great Temple: Hymn 8
9. Hymn From A Great Temple: Hymn 9
10. Rituals Of A Sufi Order: Part 1
11. Rituals Of A Sufi Order: Part 2
12. Rituals Of A Sufi Order: Part 3
13. Rituals Of A Sufi Order: Part 4
14. Rituals Of A Sufi Order: Part 5
15. Rituals Of A Sufi Order: Part 6
16. Rituals Of A Sufi Order: Part 7
17. Rituals Of A Sufi Order: Part 8
18. Enneagram

Tracks:

1. Sacred Hymns: Reading From Sacred Books
2. Sacred Hymns: Prayer & Despair
3. Sacred Hymns: Religous Ceremony
4. Sacred Hymns: Religous Hymn
5. Sacred Hymns: Orthodox Hymn From Asia
6. Sacred Hymns: Hymn of Good Friday
7. Sacred Hymns: Religious Hymn
8. Sacred Hymns: Prayer Ad Procession
9. Sacred Hymns: Hymn Of Easter Wednesday
10. Sacred Hymns: Hymn For Easter Thursday
11. Sacred Hymns: Hymn To The Creator
12. Sacred Hymns: Hymn For A Great Temple
13. Sacred Hymns: Meditation
14. Sacred Hymns: Holy Affirming Holy Denying. Holy Reconciling
15. Sacred Hymns: The Story Of The Resurrection Of Christ
16. Sacred Hymns: Easter Night Procession
17. Sacred Hymns: Easter Hymn

Tracks:

1. Journey To Inaccessible Places: Part 1
2. Journey To Inaccessible Places: Part 2
3. Journey To Inaccessible Places: Part 3
4. Journey To Inaccessible Places: Part 4
5. Journey To Inaccessible Places: Part 5
6. Journey To Inaccessible Places: Part 6
7. Journey To Inaccessible Places: Part 7
8. Journey To Inaccessible Places: Part 8
9. Journey To Inaccessible Places: Part 9
10. Reading Of A Sacred Book
11. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 1
12. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 2
13. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 3
14. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 4
15. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 5
16. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 6
17. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 7
18. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 8
19. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 9
20. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 10
21. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 11
22. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 12
23. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 13
24. Dances And Chants Of The Seids: Part 14

Tracks:

1. Movements: 1
2. Movements: 2
3. Movements: 3
4. Movements: 4
5. Movements: 5
6. Movements: 6
7. Movements: 7
8. Movements: 8
9. Movements: 9
10. Movements: 10
11. Movements: 11
12. Movements: 12
13. Movements: 13
14. Movements: 14
15. Movements: 15
16. Movements: 16
17. Movements: 17
18. Movements: 18
19. Movements: 19
20. Movements: 20
21. Movements: 21
22. Movements: 22
23. Movements: 23
24. Movements: 24
25. Movements: 25
26. Movements: 26
27. Movements: 27
28. Movements: 28
29. Movements: 29
30. Movements: 30
31. Movements: 31
32. Movements: 32
33. Movements: 33
34. Movements: 34
35. Movements: 35
36. Movements: 36
37. Movements: 37

Tracks:

1. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Song Of The Aisors
2. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Kurdish Shepherd's Dance
3. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Song Of The Fisher Woman
4. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Oriental Song
5. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Armenian Song
6. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Greek Melody
7. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Armenian Melody
8. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Hindu Melody
9. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Song Of The Molokans
10. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Kurdish Song For Two Flutes
11. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Allegretto
12. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Tibetan Melody
13. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Bagpipe Music
14. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Persian Song
15. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Oriental Melody
16. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Kurdish Melody
17. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Afghan Melody
18. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Assyrian Women Mourners
19. Songs And Rhythms From Asia: Tibetan Masked Dance

Average customer rating:

Albicastro: Cantate, Sonate & Concertos Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000005Z3R Release Date: 1998-03-10

Tracks:

1. Motet: Coelestes Angelici Chori
2. Motet: Ah Mi Dilecte Amantissime Jesu
3. Motet: Sum Beata Fortunata
4. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.11: Adagio
5. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.11: Allegro
6. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.11: Adagio
7. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.11: Affettuoso, Vivace, Adagio
8. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.11: Allegro
9. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.9: Affettuoso
10. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.9: Allegro
11. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.9: Grave
12. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.9: Allegro
13. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.9: Largo
14. Son En Trio, Op.8 No.9: Allegro - Guy De Mey G
15. Son Op. 9 No. 12: La Follia
16. Con a 4, Op.7 No.2: Grave
17. Con a 4, Op.7 No.2: Allegro
18. Con a 4, Op.7 No.2: Grave
19. Con a 4, Op.7 No.2: Allegro - Guy De Mey G
20. Con a 4, Op.7 No.12: Affettuoso
21. Con a 4, Op.7 No.12: Allegro
22. Con a 4, Op.7 No.12: Grave
23. Con a 4, Op.7 No.12: Allegro

Average customer rating:

Schumann: Works for Piano 4-Hands (Complete) Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Canons | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001K5W Release Date: 1992-11-04

Tracks:

1. Andante And Variations For Two Pianos, Two Cellos And Horn In B-Flat Major
2. I. Polonaise: Langsam Und Gemessen
3. II. Walzer: Munter
4. III. Menuett: Nicht Schnell, Etwas Gravitatisch
5. IV. Ecosaise: Lebhaft
6. V. Francaise: Belebt, Doch Nicht Zu Rasch
7. VI. Ringelreihe: Lebhaft
8. I. Lebhaft
9. II. Nicht Schnell Und Sehr Gesangvoll Zu Spielen
10. III. Im Volkston
11. IV. Nicht Schnell
12. V. Lebhaft
13. VI. Reuig andachtig

Tracks:

1. I. Preambule: Festlich; II. Polonaise: Nicht...
2. III. Walzer: Massiges Tempo
3. IV. Ungarisch: Lebhaft
4. V. Francaise: Ziemlich schnell
5. VI. Mazurka
6. VII. Ecossaise: Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell
7. VIII. Walzer, Lebhaft
8. IX. Promenade: Nicht schnell, feierlich
9. I. In E Flat Major
10. II. In A Major
11. III. In F Minor
12. IV. In B-Flat Major
13. V. In B Minor
14. VI. In E Major
15. VII. In G Minor
16. VIII. In E Flat Major

Tracks:

1. I. Geburtstagmarch
2. II. Barantanz
3. III. Gartanmelodie: Nicht...
4. IV. Beim Kranzewinden: Nicht...
5. V. Kroatenmarsch, Lebhaft
6. VI. Trauer: Nicht schnell
7. VII. Turniermarsch: Sehr...
8. VIII. Reigen: Einfach
9. IX. Am Springbrunnen: So...
10. X. Versteckens: Schnell
11. XI. Gespenstermarchen: ...
12. XII. Abendlied: Ausdrucksvoll...
13. I. Nicht Zu Schnell: Non Troppo presto
14. II. Mit Innigem Ausdruck: Con intima espressione
15. III. Andantino-Etwas schneller: Poco piu presto
16. IV. Innig: Con Intimo Sentimento
17. V. Nicht Zu Schnell: Non troppo presto
18. VI. Adagio
19. I. Nicht schnell und sehr markiert: Non presto ed assai...
20. II. Nicht schnell und sehr makiert: Non presto ed assai...
21. III. Lebhaft: Vivo
22. IV. Allegretto

Average customer rating: Beethoven: Songs from the British Isles

Beethoven: Songs from the British Isles Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002A4X Release Date: 1995-08-22

Customer Reviews:

Beethoven: Songs from the British Isles.......2007-04-10

Beethoven was commissioned to compose music for British songs, but he was given free rein as to the music, not being constrained by the words. What he composed is marvelous, melodic, memorable, captivating, and haunting, to use just a few adjectives to describe this music. I have a 33-1/3 record (yes-vinyl) of other songs that he wrote for the Brits, and this CD is complementary to that - equally well performed. A person that likes OLD folksongs will be humming the tunes forthwith.

Average customer rating: Deserves to be reviewed.

Albinoni: Double Oboe Concertos & String Concertos, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Albinoni | Albinoni, Tomaso | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Albinoni: Double Oboe Concertos & String Concertos, Vol. 1 Albinoni: Complete Oboe Concertos /Robson * Collegium Musicum 90 * Standage Albinoni: Sinfonie e Concerti Op. 2 Albinoni: Sonate Da Chiesa Op. 4; Trattenimenti Armonici Op. 6 Albinoni: Balletti a tre, Op. 3 ASIN: B000005X12 Release Date: 1998-01-20

Tracks:

1. Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 7 In A Major: I. Allegro
2. Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 7 In A Major: II. Adagio
3. Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 7 In A Major: III. Allegro
4. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 8 In D Major: I. Allegro
5. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 8 In D Major: II. Largo
6. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 8 In D Major: III. Allegro
7. Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 7 In D Major: I. Allegro
8. Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 7 In D Major: II. Andante e sempre piano
9. Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 7 In D Major: III. Allegro
10. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 9 In C Major: I. Allegro
11. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 9 In C Major: II. Adagio
12. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 9 In C Major: III. Allegro
13. Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 10 In B Flat Major: I. Allegro
14. Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 10 In B Flat Major: II. Adagio
15. Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 10 In B Flat Major: III. Allegro
16. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 11 In C Major: I. Allegro
17. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 11 In C Major: II. Adagio
18. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 11 In C Major: III. Allegro
19. Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 10 In F Major: I. Allegro
20. Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 10 In F Major: II. Adagio
21. Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 10 In F Major: III. Allegro
22. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 12 In D Major: I. Allegro
23. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 12 In D Major: II. Adagio
24. Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 12 In D Major: III. Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Deserves to be reviewed........2007-02-26

My review of this disc is the same as Volume I. You would be equally satisfied buying either (or both) discs.

This is one of my favorite discs and it's a pity that it hasn't been reviewed yet. If you're a fan of Italian baroque instrumental music, and especially the oboe, you owe yourself to buy this cd.

It isn't St. Matthews Passion, but it's not meant to be. This is very pleasant, upbeat, and tuneful music. The conductor has mixed Albinoni's violin and double oboe concerti together - I suppose in an attempt to mix the music up a bit. I haven't checked, but I'm pretty sure that if you buy both volumes you'll be getting all of Opus 7 and 9.

The performers are excellent. I don't have any dynamic criticism as far as that goes. The different instruments have just the right presence, and are balanced very well (no single instrument is unduly pronounced or drowned out). On some recordings of period instrument music the oboe can easily get drowned out, or the baroque guitar is impossible to hear, but here (to my taste at least) everything is exactly right.

As far as recording quality goes this cd is very good. It's very clean; there isn't any sort of echo or distracting sounds that occasionally appears in some recordings.

AAM has recorded all the oboe concertos on a cd, which I have listened to, but I prefer this Collegium Musicum disc as I find the bass in the Hogwood to be a bit heavy, the violin a bit more distant, and I can't hear the guitar at all (if it's even there). Not that the AAM disc is poor, but this one just has more clarity.

While I think classical music discs on Amazon suffer from ratings inflation, this should get a deserving 5 stars.

Average customer rating: Awe-inspiring and terrifying Sorry, what was that? Astonishing

Gesualdo: Tenebrae Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gesualdo | Gesualdo, Carlo | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hilliard Ensemble | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | 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 ASIN: B0000031VZ Release Date: 1994-03-29

Tracks:

1. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 1
2. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 2
3. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 3
4. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 4
5. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 5
6. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In II Nocturne: Responsorium 6
7. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 7
8. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 8
9. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 9
10. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 1
11. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 2
12. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 3
13. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 4
14. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 5
15. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 6
16. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 7
17. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 8
18. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 9

Tracks:

1. Sabato Sancto: In Nocturno: Responsorium 1
2. Sabato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 2
3. Sabato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 3
4. Sabato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 4
5. Sabato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 5
6. Sabato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 6
7. Sabato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 7
8. Sabato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 8
9. Sabato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 9
10. Benedictus
11. Miserere

Amazon.com essential recording

The cover photo on this disc--a black-and-white, uncaptioned close-up of a grieving figure--resembles nothing so much as a Calvin Klein Obsession perfume ad, or perhaps a Joy Division record. ECM clearly wishes to underline the proto-modernism and obsessive despondency that sets Gesualdo famously apart from his Renaissance contemporaries. Fortunately such canny marketing is backed up by the Hilliard Ensemble's gorgeous renditions of the legendary count's irresistibly dark, utterly fascinating music. --Joshua Cody

Customer Reviews:

Awe-inspiring and terrifying .......2005-06-13

With these performaces the Gesualdo legend lives on.

Don Carlo Gesualdo (1560 - 1613) was rich, artistic, and - as the second son of a noble Neapolitan family - free to indulge his passion for music. But disaster struck: his brother died, and it was decreed that he must carry on the line. The bride found for him - Donna Maria d'Avalos - was his cousin, and the greatest beauty in town. Older and more experienced, she had already sent two husbands to their graves (one, it is rumoured, from "an excess of connubial bliss"). Don Carlo fathered a son, after which he lost interest in sex. But it still interested his wife: one day his uncle told him she was brazenly enjoying a rip-roaring affair with the handsome Duke of Andria, and that whenever possible they would "invite each other to battle on the fields of love", sometimes even in his house. Alerted to the fact that Don Carlo knew about the affair, the Duke tried to persuade Donna Maria that they must end the liaison, but she said she'd rather die. Thus was the scene set for Don Carlo's historic act.

One day in October of 1590 he surreptitiously disabled his locks, then accounced that he would go out to hunt. He set off, only to creep back with a gang of men. The chronicles go into salacious detail about what happened next: about the night-dress Donna Maria asked to be put out on the bed, about the maid posted as sentinel, and the sudden commotion as Don Carlo and his men burst in to find the pair "in flagrante delicto di fragrante peccato". About the shots and multiple sword-thrusts, and the way Don Carlo couldn't convince himself the job was done until he had cut his victims to ribbons, and he had personally skewered his wife to the floor. He dragged the bodies out onto the stairs, posted a notice explaining why he'd killed them, and all the town came to gape at them the next morning. The Duke was still clad in his night-dress, while his paramour's "wounds were all in her belly, and especially in those parts which ought to be kept honest".

Neapolitans were riveted, with as many taking the lovers' side as that of their murderer. All the local poets were spurred into song, including the great Torquato Tasso, whose friendship with the protagonists gaverise to his tear-drenched sonnet "On the Death of Two Most Noble Lovers". Don Carlo's nobility ensured there was no trial, and he quietly withdrew to Ferrara, where he remarried, but was by then "afflicted by a vast horde of demons which gave him no peace unless twelve young men, whom he kept specially for the purpose, were to beat him violently three times a day, during which operation he was wont to smile joyfully."

Don Carlo built a private chapel, completed in 1592. Inside hung a painting depicting the Virgin Mary and saints all pointing to the sinner, Don Carlo, while the fires of purgatory burnt below - out of which angels pull the figures of a man and a woman. Could these be the murdered lovers before which Don Carlo implored forgiveness? His music certainly becomes filled with an obession with themes of guilt, sin, pity, and death - even the joy of love being mixed with a fascination with pain: 'dolorosa gioia', such 'joyous pain' being a typical outburst.

Never has there been a composer with a more macabre background than this, nor yet so muscially so obsessionally fascinating.

Stravinsky began his famous foreword to Glenn Watkins' biography of Gesualdo with the words "musicians may yet save Gesualdo from musicologist, but certainly the latter have had the best of it until now". This recording of Gesualdo comes closest to saving him from the musicologists. The Hilliards fearlessly journey through the vertigo inducing chromatic spirals leading into the strange, visionary world of this dark genius - a world into which other ensembles fear to treat, instead resorting to a sanitisation of the music to remove its sting - though who could blame them for wanting to? Particulary important is presence of the more harshly piecing tones of a counter-tenor in place female of sopranos, whose smooth dulcet tones rob the music of its visionary strangeness. Although the Hilliard Ensemble had been singing this music for decades, David James still said: "We don't sing it the way we sing most early music - we sing it as though it was contemporary. Even if you didn't know the facts, you'd still know it couldn't have been written by a completely sane man."


This is an extraordinary - and absolutely essential - recording that delivers in full measure. The recorded sound really is superb and amongst the finest of a capella music as I have ever heard. I implore ECM to keep it readily available.

Sorry, what was that?.......2002-12-17

Is what your ear asks the whole time listening to this recording. Intonation is shaky throughout, specially in the bass part, tempos fast, and all the immense richness and complexity of Gesualdo is gone. Neither clearity nor expressiveness is to be found in this recording by the otherwise very good Hiller ensemble. The group seems to be lacking artistic guidance and a supervising ear here. One keeps wishing Herreweghe to record this Responsoria soon. This is no more than simply amazing amazing amazing music -- still to be materialized, almost 400 years after its prophetic birth.

Astonishing.......1999-04-17

I really want to say something about this recording, but how can I express myself if I'm a total musical ignoramus? So I'm just going to copy & paste a Grammophone review that says it the way I never could:

"Historically there have been two quite different views about Gesualdo and his music. The first, now of such standing to be almost traditional, is that he was a tortured genius whose personal unhappiness is directly reflected in a musical language whose intensity of expression, largely achieved through unusual choral juxtapositions and bold chromatic detailing, is truly prophetic. Leaving aside the clearly ahistorical aspects of this account (Gesualdo foreshadowing Wagner), it sees the Prince of Venosa as a great composer, a musician of such power as to attract the attention of Stravinsky among others. The contrary, revisionist view stands in complete antithesis; here Gesualdo's strange harmonies are seen as limiting and exaggerated, the products of a modest ability that would have attracted little attention were it not for the notoriety of his private life and his privileged position in Italian society.

If any of Gesualdo's music can persuade the sceptics then it is surely this cycle of 27 Holy Week responsories, a coherent and stylistically convincing sequence of sustained beauty and vehemence. And although these works have been recorded a number of times previously, nothing can match the Hilliard's beautifully-structured and persuasive account. The overall sound is eloquently rich, with clear bright and seductively contoured upper voices underpinned by a firm, resonant bass line. It is the strength and careful articulation of the bass that is the key to the success of the Hilliard's deliberate and marked approach to the music; it functions as the motor of the style and permits the thoughtful presentation of the inner part-writing that is one of the many fine points of the interpretation. Allied to this attention to the complex gestural quality of the music is a rare grasp of the overall architecture of individual responsories. There is undoubtedly some truth in the criticism that some of the late madrigals fail to satisfy because of the heightened sense of disequilibrium, but the Tenebrae are controlled by contrast, and achieve this effect by careful alternations and repetitions of material. It is precisely through the rhetorical manipulation of repetition in, for example, the second responsory of the Feria quinta, that the music builds its emotional force, and the Hilliard's keen appreciation of this cumulative element of the piece pays handsome dividends. In short, these performances reveal a rare understanding of the inherent tensions of the music, both in terms of local detail and overall shape, and explicate them with great technical and musical artistry. I doubt that they could be bettered."

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