Melinda

Teen Magazine May 23, 2004
Melinda's Ingredients is R&B, Pop, makes a fresh sound brewed of original music, like a Latin Janet Jackson

Product Description
Melinda

With her new debut album called: "Love at first sight" this "eighteen" year old is moving up the charts, the songs are "I Breath" "Has Been" & "Season", her this new album displays "Melinda" is one of the most Hottest Female Artist coming out today, with up beat songs and intensity that will make you feel good all over, the album is made up of the best Pop, & Hip Hop songs available now. It’s all the way on hit, making this album the one to look out for, she finally, gets her turn to shine and this is an album well worth the wait. Melinda is, bringing her sound to the point, and her beats are off the hook! It will guaranteed to be a hit in your musical collection, with the vibe & sound the album will be in stores or online near you. Be the first to get the Latin American, Janet Jackson, you will not be disappointed, and there seems to be no stopping for this Singers future, because it is looks clear all the way to the top.

Melinda,Melinda,Kam Records,Music for all ages - R&B, Pop, & Hip Hop with a fresh sound, and original music Flavor.

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Average customer rating: Amazing Grace Adequate David Arnold Soundtrack First Rate Performance disappointed in the extreme Arnold's Serious Side: "Amazing Grace"

Amazing Grace (Original Score) Manufacturer: Spring House/Emd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Amazing Grace: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery The Good German Little Children The Last Mimzy ASIN: B000NA28CU Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

1. Opening Title
2. Torture
3. Fetch Him
4. God And Nature
5. Politics And Religion
6. Good Morning John
7. Ghosts
8. The 2nd Nightmare
9. The Slave Ship
10. The Gardens
11. We Have Hope
12. Courting
13. Parliament
14. Dark Meeting
15. Will Of The People
16. Rejecting The Bill
17. Waking The Demons
18. Off The Ship
19. Cheat The Law
20. Devious Plan
21. Something's Up
22. No More
23. Dying
24. Triumph

Album Description

From composer David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day) comes the sweeping original score to the motion picture Amazing Grace. Recorded in London with some of the world's top musicians, Arnold brings to life the intense journey of Williams Wilberforce and his quest to abolish the British Slave Trade in the UK during the 1700s. Amazing Grace is the story of the famed hymn, its author John Newton (Albert Finney) and the powerful journey of William Wilberforce (Loan Gruffund- A&E's Horatio Hornblower, Fantastic Four) the man who risked his life and followed his calling to end slavery. Wilberforce's dream finally came true around the time of his death. Britain's slave trade was abolished and slaves were finally free. Experience this music journey as history unfolds and the power of one voice changes the world.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing Grace.......2007-07-24

I ordered the wrong item. I was thinking that it was a DVD for viewing , but instead it was a musical from the movie. I returned the item

Adequate David Arnold Soundtrack.......2007-07-10

This soundtrack tries to make up a lot for the meandering film. Arnold does a good job. However, I think Arnold should just stick to James Bond soundtracks.

First Rate Performance.......2007-05-09

Cannot do better than timely delivery of what was advertised and ordered.

disappointed in the extreme.......2007-04-26

I bought the soundtrack with the hope that the best song on the movie - the bagpipes version of Amazing Grace at the end of the film - would be on it. It is not.

If your objective is to get that bagpipe song, don't get the CD. the other songs are ok, but nothing to write home about.

Arnold's Serious Side: "Amazing Grace".......2007-04-18

Fresh from his well-received score for the latest Bond epic, "Casino Royale," David Arnold has turned to a far more somber and serious project with Michael Apted's important film about the beginning of the end of slavery in the British Empire, "Amazing Grace." This is not the first time Arnold has worked with Apted, note another Bond effort "The World is Not Enough," so we expected the two to be rather comfortable with one another. And a good match it has proven to be this time around. Arnold has produced a score as serious as the subject matter. It is intelligent, moving and at times quite poignant. One might have expected Arnold to simply integrate the well known hymn which naturally plays a role in the story and do a number of variations on it (much like his integration of the Bond theme into his 007 music), but instead he has created his own themes, including an especially haunting main theme, in a fine score. Arnold has proven himself in the action-adventure genres and we have been waiting for a more mature score, having tasted bits and pieces in a host of other works. Here we see that David Arnold is a capable composer across the spectrum. Well produced by EMI, the soundtrack is somewhat disappointing in its packaging; the promotion for "The Amazing Change" is appropriate and deserving of mention, but more could have been done about the film and music themselves. The promo for the "music inspired by the film" is a bit much though given that none of it is actually in the film.

Average customer rating: affordable, if spare, recording of a great 20th century opera Changed my mind about Glass And the Music Stands Alone More With Less Philip Glass does it again...and again...and again!

Glass: Akhnaten Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glass | Glass, Philip | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Imports | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Einstein on the Beach Philip Glass : The Voyage: An Opera in Three Acts Philip Glass : Orion Philip Glass - Songs from Liquid Days Glass: Einstein on the Beach (1993 Recording) ASIN: B0000E1WMP Release Date: 2003-10-28

Customer Reviews:

affordable, if spare, recording of a great 20th century opera.......2007-05-17

the reviews are right enough, a synopsis and a track listing in the package. If you want a libretto, look somewhere else, but for an affordable copy of Glass' brilliant Akhnaten, this is it.

Changed my mind about Glass.......2007-02-14

I have never been a fan of Philip Glass's vacant arpeggios and minimalism. After sitting through a rather typically monotonous Glass opera, "In the Penal Colony," I swore I would give little attention to future works; true, I avoid concerts where Glass is on the bill without contemporaries. However, perusing our public library, I came across the opera, "Akhnaten," and signed it out on a whim. What an interesting and engrossing twist from operas I am used to hearing at random: Puccini, Wagner, Verdi, etc. Perhaps it was my interest and acceptance of the postminimal style of John C. Adams, specifically, his opera "Nixon in China." I enjoyed Akhnaten; the melodies, the subtle weaving of chords and of course, the visions I created in my mind of the scenery and pageantry the music blossoms. The Act II, Scene 4, "Akhnaten's Hymn to the Aten" is one of the most musically intense and spiritual parts to this opera, and it certainly changed my mind about Glass, even if for a few hours.

And the Music Stands Alone.......2006-09-22

Philip Glass is a theater person whose wide popularity has been greatly enhanced by the visuals that accompany his music: the music score for the film 'The Hours', his triptych of operas about men who changed the world in science ('Einstein on the Beach'), in politics ('Satyagraha') and religion ('Akhnaten') are just a few examples. Though his works for chamber orchestra and his symphonies enjoy wide acclaim, the purely musical values inherent in his operas have for the most part been relegated to recordings. To experience the pure music live without the visuals is an experience that should happen more often. As part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's adventurous and acclaimed 'Minimalist Jukebox' series, composer/conductor John Adams conducted important excerpts from this opera, for the first time allowing the stunned and wildly enthusiastic audience to appreciate the orchestral writing, the magnificent choral writing and the incomparable beauty of the countertenor Akhnaten (as sung by Daniel Bubeck) in the glory of the acoustic wonder of Disney Hall. The effect was overwhelming and turns the listener back to this full recording of the opera with enhanced appreciation.

'Akhnaten' is a little miracle of minimalist opera. The orchestral scoring is for large orchestra minus violins (keeping his original opera small to fit in the orchestra pit at premiere gave that idea to Glass) with an interesting array of percussion instruments. The Prelude quietly sets the pulsating, quivering tone of ancient Egypt and after a narrator sets the scene for the death of Akhnaten's father, the funeral music is wildly percussive and full of brass figurations. The choral declarations are pulsatile and beautifully balanced with the orchestra. Yet when Akhnaten's unfolds his concept of monotheism, his countertenor lines are paralleled with trumpet in a truly spiritual ambience. The death of Akhnaten as proscribed by three male soloists is echoed in the choral writing for the crowd's response. It is a visceral experience.

The recording captures all of the opera in fine, precise style and is easily a recording to return to for moments of favorite Glass writing. It is just satisfying to know that even excerpts played in a symphony hall validate the wonderful work the opera is. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, September 06

More With Less.......2006-02-22

The music of Akhnaten speaks for itself (helped along by spoken narration), so I did not feel lost without a libretto. The repetition makes for an effect different from any other opera, giving it an unusual degree of unity and making the story's message more powerful. Muscially, Glass has fulfilled R. Buckminster Fuller's wish to make more with less.

Philip Glass does it again...and again...and again!.......2005-12-30

Akhnaten is not your typical opera, then again Philip Glass is not your typical composer...If you want something new and catchy...well...GET IT! It's great, as everything of his is..., and wow the Prelude...it blows you away, sooooo simple yet to good. If you want to relive history...GET THIS CD! Cuz its good! Trust me on this one. There's not a lot of singing as you would expect in an Opera, but hey there's some! Get over it. The only thing that could make this Cd better was if it came with a DVD so you could watch the Opera...but then again...if you were to be looking for a DVD you wouldnt be reading this would you? Philip Glass combines ancient themes with new themes and what does he get? One Great Cd! If you're traveling far in a car or even an Airplane (i would recomend a car at night, but thats just me)this cd can make time go by. Of course you're going to need the Libretto, and sense you did not want to pay 40$ or even more for the other Akhnaten, you're stuck with the music...and you can't understand most of it...WRONG! go to glasspages.com click on lyrics and there u go. You got the Libretto and a bit of history. This dude can really compose...unlike Mr.Reich...So if u want it, get it! If you dont...GET IT! You'll like it..trust me...trust me!

Average customer rating: Amid fine work, a new star! Stephen Foster Would Be Proud Foster at his simple best Well-rounded and convincing

Stephen Foster Songs: Parlor & Minstrel Songs, Dance Tunes & Instrumentals Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 Stephen Foster's America Stephen Foster Song Book Swanee: The Music of Stephen Foster American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason ASIN: B0000049NP Release Date: 1995-07-28

Tracks:

1. The Glendy Burke
2. Nelly Was A Lady
3. Melinda May
4. The Soree Polka
5. The Moustache Song
6. O Willie, Is It You, Dear?
7. Mr. & Mrs. Brown
8. Gem From Lucia No.1
9. Wilt Thou Be Gone?
10. The Voices That Are Gone
11. Ole Black Joe
12. Maggie By My Side
13. Camptown Ladies
14. Hard Times
15. Gems From Lucia No.2, No.3
16. The Shanghai Chicken
17. Beautiful Dreamer
18. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Away
19. Nelly Bly
20. I Dream Of Jeannie
21. O Susannah & Some Folks

Customer Reviews:

Amid fine work, a new star!.......2004-09-28

Baird, Russell and Van Buskirk give fine performances in a splendid
program, but tenor Frederick Urrey [his Foster recording debut?] is a sensation! A glorious voice, with a perfect command of style in
operatic, ballad, ensemble and even comic scenes, his Melinda May is breathtaking, his Beautiful Dreamer is the best on records, his
duets charm and his drunken husband is a gas! He has it all!! In my 25 years of total immersion in Foster and his era, I have never
even dreamt of hearing an artist of such stature. Foster was said to have a fine voice and to sing his music better than any other.
I pray we now hear more of SF's songs as he must have sung them!

Stephen Foster Would Be Proud.......2004-02-26

Linda Russell is a remarkable woman. I have every CD she has done and I've never been disappointed in the high quality recordings she releases. I consider her every bit of an historian as the authors of history books.
This collection of Stephen Foster tunes, one of two that Russell has partaken in, is a rousing collection of the musical sounds of the mid-19th century. Soprano Julianne Baird and tenor Frederick Urrey join in with Ms. Russell's alto vocals to make a truly remarkable ensemble (including the musicians playing the mountain dulcimer, fortepiano, fiddle, hammered dulcimer, recorder, and accordion - all on authentic antique instruments). All combined show off the genius that Stephen Foster was - the 19th century's top songwriter who wrote music for ALL time, not just his time.
But if it wasn't for the musical reenactors (on CD at least) of Russell and company many of these long lost gems might have stayed hidden, sadly unheard. Some choral music, a feel of opera, a bit of traditional folk all mixed together to make what I feel is an authentic piece of musical history.
Here's hoping that Linda Russell and friends continue in the making of traditional music - Christmas and popular.
Ms. Russell, do you ever tour? We'd love to see you here in Michigan!

Foster at his simple best.......2002-01-22

What a delicious surprise this little album is, and from the ..... date, it appears to have been around for a few seasons, but is utterly new to me. I am a Julianne Baird fan from the get-go, but was pleasantly taken aback at her appearance on an album of American songs with folk balladeer Linda Russell (who plays dulcimers, mountain fiddles and all manner of country instruments and sings with the earthy texture of Judy Collins). But as usual Baird finds a way to integrate her own exquisite sensibilities and artistry into the assignment and makes a touching case for the simple and heart-rending Foster tunes--this is, after all, "early music" in which she excels--American "Early Music." Tenor Fred Urrey is another find and he likewise blends wonderfully into the surroundings. In fact, the three diverse artists hit their stride in a haunting trio rendition of Old Black Joe. Keyboard and string instruments have a ghostly and authentic ring to them as well. indeed, after the pompous and overblown Foster CDs of better-known opera singers in the bins today, this is so welcome. A treasure!
Get it today.

Well-rounded and convincing.......2000-10-27

This is an excellent rendition of Stephen Foster's songs, capitalizing on the duality inherent in the repertoire: the beautiful parlor ballads and the rowdy folk-inspired tunes. Especially remarkable is the fact that the performers bring to the music the "early music" sensibility (Julianne Baird is renowned as a performer of Elizabethan lutesongs)--this sensibility urges the performers to be as historically accurate as possible, performing on original/reproduction instruments. Also of note is the fact that it is a collaboration between classical and folk musicians: soprano, alto, tenor, fortepiano, fiddle, mountain and hammered dulcimers, harmonica, recorder, and accordian. Linda Russell (alto, mountain dulcimer) is lyrical and moving with her "folkie" voice, perfectly complementing the other "cultivated" voices and grounding them on the occasions they come together in poignant harmony.

I only wish that they had incorporated a 19th c. parlor guitar to round out the ballads. Overall, however, one can well imagine that this is indeed the way the music sounded. As one of America's first "popular song" writers, the present performers succeed in doing him justice by incorporating many styles of 19th c. popular musics, avoiding the anachronistic "bluegrass" sound often used in performances of this repertoire, and never succumbing to waves of overly self-indulgent nostalgia.

Average customer rating: The Grass Roots This Grass Roots GEM finally makes it to CD... The GRASS ROOTS Pop Sound Kicks into High Gear!

Leavin' It All Behind The Grass Roots Manufacturer: Hip-O Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Let's Live for Today/Feelings Where Were You When I Needed You Definitive Collection Traveling Underground Secret Agent Man: The Ultimate Johnny Rivers Anthology 1964-2006 ASIN: B000BQL1XS Release Date: 2006-12-01

Tracks:

1. I'm Livin' for You Girl
2. Back to Dreamin' Again
3. Out of This World
4. Melinda Love
5. Don't Remind Me
6. Take Him While You Can
7. Heaven Knows
8. Walking Through the Country
9. Something's Comin' Over Me
10. Truck Drivin' Man
11. Wait a Million Years

Product Description

For a brief period of time between (about 1966 and 1972, give or take), the Grass Roots were a hit machine: fourteen Top 40 hits, a handful of gold singles, including one tune (Lets Live For Today) that iconically captures its time as clearly as Buffalo Springfields For What Its Worth or Jefferson Airplanes White Rabbit. In the hands of producer Steve Barri, the Grass Roots had grown from a hastily assembled cover band to a full-fledged writing and performing force. Despite having lost lead guitarist Creed Bratton earlier in the year, the band gained keyboardist Dennis Provisor, who turned out to be a valuable addition to the lineup. The first single for the album came out before the rest of the album had been finished, and it was a smash: Id Wait A Million Years. When the record was finally finished, there was another Top 25 track lurking in the grooves: Heaven Knows. But dont overlook such underrated pop gems as Out Of This World and Melinda Love. The latter proves, if youll pardon the double negative, that theres no song that cant be improved with hand claps.

Customer Reviews:

The Grass Roots.......2006-06-19

Don't have the CD remaster but I have a very good vinyl copy of this album . This is definetly the best normal Grass Roots release . Really not a weak cut on it . highly reccomend this if you are a Grass Roots fan .

This Grass Roots GEM finally makes it to CD... .......2006-06-04

Finally, this GREAT LP by The Grass Roots is available on CD...
"Leaving It All Behind" is loaded with some great songs... not only 3 of The Grass Roots major hits, Wait A Million Years, Heaven Knows, and Walking Through The Country... but some of their best pop songs, like Out Of This World, I'm Living For You Girl, Melinda Love... This LP was also the start of Dennis Provisors history with the band... Dennis was the most prolific song writer of the band...
This CD is great and hopefully only the start of other GREAT Grass Roots lps being released on CD... like: "Move Along"
"More Golden Grass", "Lovin' Things", "Alotta Mileage" and "Golden Grass"...

The GRASS ROOTS Pop Sound Kicks into High Gear!.......2005-12-08

First time on CD! And it's a very limited run so obtain while you can.
We've been waiting forever for the non-compilation Grass Roots CD's to see the light of digital day (only 3 others so far) and Hip-O Select has done a great job with this one.
It was here on this album that the formerly folkie/pop group completed the transition to punchy pop. Given the full Jimmie Haskell horn treatment and radio friendly pop production fourishes, Steve Barri turns The Grass Roots into an irresistable hit making machine. And it's not just the 3 Top 40 hits that shine here.
(1. I'd Wait a Million Years 2. Heaven Knows 3. Walkin' Thru The Country)
There are other delights that could easily have been hits, like "Out Of This World" and "Back To Dreamin' Again." New keyboardist Dennis Provisor makes his debut and his contributions are noteworthy, although he would become more of a presence later. He's got 2 songs here but on the next project "More Golden Grass" he would write or co-write about half the album. Provisor's soulful pipes added a new dimension to the group on both lead and shadow vocals.

This group had 14 Top 40 hits and their Best Of compilations always sold well but their regular album releases were marginal sellers at best. And that's a shame because there is lots more to enjoy BEYOND THE HITS if you like 60s/70s feel good pop as "Leaving It All Behind" proves. This is a very satisfying listen from start to finish and there are 2 or 3 essentials here that didn't make the cut for the excellent Grass Roots "Anthology" on Rhino (now out of print).

Here's hoping that more of the Grass Roots catalog will come to CD. There are still several titles that are begging for release. Especially:
"Move Along" (probably their best album)
"More Golden Grass"
"Lovin' Things"

It would be nice to have the other two obscure albums as well,
("Alotta Mileage" and "Grass Roots") but don't hold your breath on that.

Average customer rating: Girl Scout Songs by Girl Scouts Great collection of traditional GS songs

Girl Scouts Greatest Hits "We Change The World" Melinda Carroll Manufacturer: Legend Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Hawaii | Pacific Islands | International | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 102 Camp Songs Girl Scouts Greatest Hits Vol. 2 "The Wind Beneath Our Wings" Around the Campfire ASIN: B00008LULR Release Date: 1997-01-01

Tracks:

1. We Change the World
2. Kum Ba Yah
3. On My Honor
4. Girl Scouts Together
5. Land of the Silver Birch
6. "G" for Generosity
7. Dona Nobis Pacem
8. Our Cabana
9. Peace of the River
10. Brownie Smile Song
11. Whene'er You Make A Promise
12. Johnny Appleseed
13. Make New Friends
14. Barges
15. Our Chalet
16. Rise Up O Flame
17. Ash Grove
18. Juliette

Album Description

Melinda Caroll & Legend Productions, present the first in a series of Girls Scout Classics and Timeless Hits. Recorded for historical and educational enjoyment in a time-honored and comtemporary setting, for girls and leaders of all ages. The "karaoke style" on the second half of this CD encourages a sing along opportunity.

Customer Reviews:

Girl Scout Songs by Girl Scouts.......2005-04-15

I call this the WAGGS album because of all of Melinda Carroll's Girl Scout song albums, this contains the most songs spanning the ages in Girl Scouting: Girl Scouts Together, Our Chalet, The Brownie Smile Song, When'er You Make a Promise, Our Cabana, Make New Friends, Kum Ba Ya. Who else could sing the Girl Scout Songs with such fervor but the Girl Scouts themselves. Melinda Carroll is a singer and composer who started as a Brownie and later the troop leader of her daughter's Troop #755 from Daisies to Cadettes. She was honored as the National Songleader for the GSUSA in 2000. She is also a lifetime member of the GSUSA. Her melodic voice melds with the cherubic voices of Brownies and Juniors, the Cadettes and Seniors who sang with her to produce these albums. It will bring joy to every Girl Scout and Girl Scout leader. This album and the others in this series represents the fun and friendship in scouting and will easily bring back all the wonderful memories. It will be a treasured gift for any Girl Scout.

Amazon.com however, can do better with the $19.99 price tag of these albums since they are available through other websites for a lower price.

Great collection of traditional GS songs.......2004-02-08

I was an active scout as a girl and my daughter recently started Brownies. Some of my fondest GS memories are time spent singing at camp. But as an adult, I remember so few of the words to all those songs. This series of GS song collections are wonderful...all the favorites are here and some of the ones I always wanted to learn but no one ever knew the tune/words. I've been playing the tapes in the car with my daughter, and she loves them. In fact, she is so enthusiastic, she has become her troop's "song leader."

The quality of the production is great and very up-tempo. Some have just the adult lead singer, buy most have some actual girls singing. My only complaint is that I wish the printing on the included lyric cards wasn't so tiny...learning all the words to the songs is tough when you have to keep referring to such a little piece of paper.

I bought my tapes at my local council office. We've played them so much, I'm thinking of ordering the CDs. If you want to have a great encyclopedia of GS songs, get the whole collection!

Average customer rating: One of my favorite religious pieces ever All they say is true Beautiful Music of calm but striking spirituality A Masterpiece

Arvo Pärt: Passio Hilliard Ensemble Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hilliard Ensemble | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Part | Part, Arvo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | 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 Similar Items: Miserere Arvo Part: Kanon Pokajanen Arvo Pärt: De Profundis Tabula Rasa Litany ASIN: B000026035 Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem

Amazon.com essential recording

You might expect that Pärt's meditative, detached style--with little distinction between consonance and dissonance, or overt emotion--wouldn't wear well through a 70-minute Passion in Latin without even a break between tracks. (Actually, there's just one.) The roles are distinguished only by scoring: the Evangelist's narration is taken by four singers and a few instruments in various combinations; Pilate is a deliberate tenor; Jesus, a cavernous bass singing very slowly. However, if you listen calmly and attentively, this work will transport you. When Jesus sings (slowly, on a simple five-note scale), "It is finished," and the Evangelist quartet intones on a single note, "And bowing his head he gave up the spirit," it's heartbreaking. The choir's huge crescendo through the final nine-word prayer is stunning. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

One of my favorite religious pieces ever.......2005-11-20

One is never sure what to expect when listening to contemporary music. I am into contemporary art music of all types (Ligeti, Nono, Schoenberg, etc.). I saw that Pärt was popular (this cd was displayed in stores that I go to), so I decided to get a hold of this cd. I wasn't sure if it was going to be minimalist, like Reich or Glass, or more avant garde like Nono or Penderecki.

To be sure, if one needed to categorize it, this cd would fall into the more minimalist style. After all, the cd consists of one track for an hour and ten minutes, and for the most part, it all sounds the same. However, it develops in a way that although seems the same (same sort of tonic range, for example), it is done in a manner that keeps your attention by not playing short loops like Glass or Reich (which can be mind-numbingly repetitive), but more developed sections. This is my first experience with Pärt, and listening for seventy minutes only made me want to listen to more, as if the piece wasn't long enough!

For me this peice is reminiscent of Bach's Mass in Bminor, because of its intensity (if you can imagine the first movement of the Mass going on for over an hour instead of twelve minutes). However, it is distinctly modern, and cannot be mistaken (by an educated listener) as belonging to a previous period. Another modern peice that it reminds me of is Gorecki's Third Symphony (which only has one voice, while this has a choir (as the chorus), a quartet (as the evangelist), a tenor (Pilate) and bass (Jesus)). The multitude of voices also gives a much more intense experience than the Gorecki peice.

That said, this peice is very accessible to the average listener. The slow tempo of the peice really adds to the somber nature of the narrative, and might fit well to be performed along a passion play (the music and the text certainly brought the images of the passion to my mind in perfect way for me).

All they say is true.......2005-10-04

For a more detailed comment for begginers, read my review to the Candomino Choir recording. Simply stunning work. Now I have listened to the three recordings: Candomino (Elatus), Tonus peregrinus (Naxos) and this (ECM). By far, ECM is the best.
Well, if you listen to the work for the first time and hear the rest of the recordings, AT FIRST you will discover they seem fine recordings. Indeed they are. But if you want a special experience, this is the only one. Why?
- Candomino sounds right at first. Pure, secure voices (perhaps not Jesus). Fine instruments. But seems too much dramatic and pointless compared with Hilliards.
- Naxos: as before, sounds fast. At first I din't like how the instruments are placed (not enough clarity) but ingers are more involved.
- This is the one. The sound is perfect. Voices and instruments are ideally placed in a warm accoustic background. The performers are wonderfull. The Hilliard Ensemble is the perfect group to sing Early Music chamber vocal music, and Part's work has a great debt to it (he had studied Renaissance and Medieval music before composing Passio) so it is no surprise its excellence. Their exquisite blending within themselves and the instruments, their limited vibrato and great clarity (I love Davis James's plangent voice). The speeds are much slower but listening carefully and you will find the speeds are right, enough to let the music rip, blossom, without inappropiate haste (the problem with the competence). You will see it is not boring at all. Instead, I was surprised to see the singers phrase the music sometimes like lieder singers, tastefully varying speeds and vocal volume according to the text.
There is only one track. No booklet notes, just the text, English and German Translation, and some photos of the composer.
This shows this is not a work to select some samples, like an opera. I know it is expensive. So if you want Passio try the others and know the piece. Or try this and find out what really can be done with this work to perform properly.

You will need 70 minutes of your precious time to savor Part subtleties. Please do it.Forget the rest of the recordings. You will never have spend a more rewarding hour.

Beautiful.......2005-03-03

This is arguably the best artistic work of St. John's Passion I've ever heard. It's even better if you've just heard Bach's version and then listen to this one. And yes the ending "Amen" is almost worth it alone to buy this recording.

Music of calm but striking spirituality.......2005-01-30

The Estonian composer Arvo Part has composed in several styles during his 40-year career, but the most popular is his "tintinnabuli" style of the 1970s and 1980s, when he chose to turn away from the avant-garde towards the simpler, bell-like sonorities of medieval Western music and plainsong. Because of the frugal nature of the music, as well as the religious titles of many of his works of this time, this style has been called by some "holy minimalism". One of his most ambitious works of this era is his PASSIO or, to use its full title, "Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem".

The PASSIO is a straightforward setting of the Latin (Vulgate) text of St John's Gospel. However, those expecting to hear a St John's Passion classical like Bach's or fresh and modern like Sofia Gubaidulina's will be surprised. Part has looked far into the past, further back than Bach, and produced a work reminiscent of Gregorian chant. This 60-minute work is a single track and sung uninterrupted, and the first thing that will strike the listener is its smooth and seemingly unchanging veneer. The six vocalists--Jesus, Pilate, and a quartet representing the Evangelist, sing with total sincerity but no urgency in order to let the listener form his own private relationship to his crucified Saviour out of the presented words. Each of the singers is accompanied by certain instruments, Jesus and Pilate by organ, while the Evangelist quartet by violin, cello, oboe, and bassoon.

I have been hard on Part's oeuvre during this period. Popular works like "Tabula Rasa" and "Cantus" are supposed to be "spiritual", but they communicate no clear religious orthodoxy and the listener hears whatever he wants to in it. I favour his works of the mid-to-late 1990s when he began to compose music deeply linked to his Russian Orthodox faith, a phase which culminated in his magisterial 1998 setting of the KANON POKAJANEN penitence text of St Andrew of Crete. However, PASSIO is a marvelous exception in his tintinnabuli phase. This is deeply Christian music, not easy to listen to but capable of focusing the believer on the core of his faith. I only wish that Part decided, as did Gubaidulina after her great, much greater than Part's, JOHANNES-PASSION, to set the Easter according to St John as well, it would be fascinating to hear Part's perspective on the other half of Christianity's foundation.

This performance by the Hilliard Ensemble is excellent. The six singers give powerful yet controlled performances. The first appearance of soprano Lynne Dawson is a moment you will never forget. Behind them the instruments are strong enough to give texture to the music without calling attention to themselves and detracting from the Gospel presentation. As the composer was present during the rehearsals and recording, this performance might be seen as definitive. There is another recording on the budget label Naxos of a performance by Tonus Peregrinus, but in spite of the quality of the musicianship, I find its acoustics unpleasant and I rate this ECM disc higher. I have not yet heard the recording on Finlandia.

I am, however, a bit disappointed by the liner notes. While they do give the text of the Passion in Latin with English translation and three photographs of the composer and the recording session, there is no biography of Part nor a musicological analysis of the work. This deficiency is regrettably common to nearly all of ECM's recordings of Part's music, though the liner notes for the KANON POKAJANEN are pretty good.

If you have not heard Part's music before, I would suggest the TABULA RASA or LITANY discs, also on ECM. With several works presented in each disc, there will give one a pretty good coverage of his compositional techniques. If you like what you have heard there, and are welcoming to deeply Christian music, PASSIO will probably not disappoint.

A Masterpiece.......2004-12-15

How one reviewer could describe this piece as "breathtakingly beautiful," yet rate it one star is nonsensical. Go with the "breathtakingly beautiful." I am familiar with half a dozen of Arvo Pärt's works, and this is my favorite (Kanon second). Another reviewer implied that it is best listened to attentively, not as background music, which is true. Like any work of art, it demands attention. I would not change a single note (or pause). It is a true masterpiece and I can think of only one word to best describe it: profound.

Average customer rating: Young Person's Guide to the (1990's) Orchestra

Melinda Wagner: Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion; Poul Ruders: Concerto in Pieces (Purcell Variations) Melinda Wagner , Mark Mandarano , Paul Lustig Dunkel , BBC Symphony Orchestra , and Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra Manufacturer: Bridge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ruders, Poul | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Zwilich: Symphony No. 1 / Celebration / Prologue & Variations New Music with Guitar, Volume 6 Lilacs: The Music of George Walker American Visions String Quartets No.2 and No.3 ASIN: B00004T8MN Release Date: 2000-06-27

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Young Person's Guide to the (1990's) Orchestra.......2000-07-13

I first heard (and saw) the Ruders work, "Concerto in Pieces," on the BBC's "Last Night of the Proms" and was captivated by the sight of the percussionists dipping tubular bells into whimsically decorated aquariums to get that amazing sliding effect in the fourth variation. The orchestration is brilliant, the textures and colors uncanny, and the BBC Symphony rises to the challenge virtuosically, the brass in particular. "Concerto in Pieces" is the best sort of accessable, exuberant music-making: comprehenisble but not condescending. A touching tribute to Purcell (the theme is from Henry P.'s Dido and Aeneas) and to Benjamin Britten and his "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" - two great representatives of the tradition of musical "Englishness". You'd never guess it from hearing the piece, but Ruders is from Denmark! Incidentally, the crowd at Albert's Hall loved the piece at its premiere and its not every day you see a sea of people dressed like soccer-hooligans so enthusiastic about a new symphonic work.

Average customer rating: Diverse offering full of laughter, love and the blues!!

Black And Blue: A Musical Revue (1989 Original Broadway Cast) Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ain't Misbehavin' (1978 Original Broadway Cast) Jelly's Last Jam (1992 Original Broadway Cast) Play On!: A New Musical (1997 Original Broadway Cast) Bubbling Brown Sugar Sarafina! The Music Of Liberation: Broadway Cast Recording (1988 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000000PIF Release Date: 1992-04-10

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1. Blues: I'm A Woman
2. Royal Garden Blues
3. St. Louis Blues
4. After You've Gone
5. If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On It
6. I Want A Big Butter And Egg Man
7. Stompin' At The Savoy
8. I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues
9. Black And Tan Fantasy
10. T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
11. Call It Stormy Monday/I'm Getting 'Long Alright
12. Body And Soul
13. I'm Confessing
14. Am I Blue
15. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
16. In A Sentimental Mood
17. Black And Blue

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Diverse offering full of laughter, love and the blues!!.......1998-12-24

This musical soundtrack is my favorite! It has a diverse offering of artists who range in vocals from a very robust and alluring tenor to enchanting soprano. The types of songs go from fun & upbeat to "somebody-please-get-me-a-tissue" blues. These selections will make you envision whatever scene/theme that is being performed and will force you to crawl into the number and savor/enjoy the fun or the blues of it.

I love it!! I believe you will, too.

Average customer rating: Good Alternative Rock! Very Good Music best cd ever - better than zepplin, doors, fabian Should Have Gone to the Top of the Charts The Best CD Ever!

Melinda Lifter Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001Y1D Release Date: 1996-04-09

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1. Yardcow
2. Headshot
3. Something Borrowed
4. 402
5. Big And Tall
6. Hector (For Winnie)
7. The Rich, Dark, Sultry Red Of Hate
8. Beach
9. Monkee
10. Shutout
11. Shine

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Good Alternative Rock!.......2004-07-13

I'd never heard of these guys, but this CD is quite good! Alternative Rock with a soft spot and a hard edge. Nirvana meets Blind Melon! Really, a very good CD.

Very Good Music.......2002-12-06

If you like straight up "alternative" music, especially the type which was popular during 1994-1996, you'll absolutly love lifter. I don't understand how this band never got popular, and I've never heard anything of them since this release, but the album is a rare gem. Get it.

best cd ever - better than zepplin, doors, fabian.......1999-09-26

great!! love the music, love the show! i cant get enough of this on

Should Have Gone to the Top of the Charts.......1999-09-17

This CD is excellent. It is beyond my comprehension why it did not go to the top of the charts when it released -- it blows away many that have. Back Street Boys blow -- Lifter's where it's at!

The Best CD Ever!.......1998-09-09

What can I say? I love everything! From Coulter's livid, dark lyrical tapestry to the simple guitar grooves. My favorite song is "Headshot" The first song I heard. They came to Portland a couple times and it ruled! Buy this CD NOW! I'd buy for a trillion dollars and never sel it for twice that much.

Average customer rating: Serial Humanism "the true revolutionary is motivated by Love" like a grand burgeoning light of love

Luigi Nono: Al gran sole carico d'amore Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Nono | Nono, Luigi | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Luigi Nono: Complete Works for Solo Tape Luigi Nono: Choral Works Luigi Nono: Variazioni canoniche; Varianti; No hay caminos, hay que caminar; Incontri Composizione Per Orchestra N. 1/Der Rote Mantel Io, Frammento Da Prometeo/Das Atmende Klarsein ASIN: B000050KFM Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

1. Come Prld
2. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Scena I
3. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Scena II
4. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Scena III
5. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Scena IV
6. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Scena V
7. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Scena VI
8. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Scena VII
9. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Scena VIII
10. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Scena IX
11. I Tempo 'Nous Reviendrons Foule Sans Nombre': Finale

Tracks:

1. II Tempo 'La Notte E Lunga Ma Gia Spunta L'alba': Scena I
2. II Tempo 'La Notte E Lunga Ma Gia Spunta L'alba': Scena II
3. II Tempo 'La Notte E Lunga Ma Gia Spunta L'alba': Scena III
4. II Tempo 'La Notte E Lunga Ma Gia Spunta L'alba': Scena IV
5. II Tempo 'La Notte E Lunga Ma Gia Spunta L'alba': Scena V
6. II Tempo 'La Notte E Lunga Ma Gia Spunta L'alba': Scena VI
7. II Tempo 'La Notte E Lunga Ma Gia Spunta L'alba': Scena VII
8. II Tempo 'La Notte E Lunga Ma Gia Spunta L'alba': Finale

Customer Reviews:

Serial Humanism.......2002-07-31

I cannot stop listening to this work! For years I've known about Nono but until recently, I've never heard an actual note of his music. So this CD has come as a revelation to me. In it I find a composer who is rigorous, sonically interesting, dramatic, lyrical, passionate, and yet avant-garde. It makes for a powerful experience.

As has been stated so eloquently below, Nono's work isn't really an "opera" at all. The work has no straightforward dramatic structure. The text is carefully assembled from a variety of sources. The opera centers around the event of the 1870 Paris Commune and the 1905 Russian Revolution, but presented in an elliptical manner, with references to Che Guevara, Castro, Vietnam, Turin and other abortive revolutionary movements. As a result the work is more of a grand staged meditation on revolutionary courage and the sufferings of people, particularly women, who don't give up their ideals.

In many ways it seems to me that the work is really a Passion, but a Passion of the Common Person rather than a religious Passion. The chorus parts are strong. Soloists are presented against the choral background, rather than above it as in traditional opera. And the chorus itself becomes a character. Add to that the fact that single roles are sung by multiple singers and you get something that is much different than traditional opera. Even the structure of the text, with it's eyewitness excerpts and commentaries, reminds you of the structure of Bach's Passions.

Musically, the work is luminous. Nono is a serialist, but one who knows how to make music sing and make music dramatic. The piece is full of powerful moments. Much was made of the inclusion of worker's songs including the Internationale when the piece was premiered. The use of such straightforward tonal material in an avant-garde piece was against the grain at the time. After 25 years, this doesn't shock anymore. What does stay with you is how well integrated the tonal material is with the serial material. Nono uses similar procedures on the worker's songs as he uses on his tone rows. The result gells nicely. It does not have the pastische quality that quotations in Berio's Sinfonia have. Rather, it packs emotional punch.

Nono was always considered to be the most politically committed of the Darmstadt set of the 50s and 60s. (Though Xenakis certainly was as well.) This may explain why his music retains such a powerful impact. Where Boulez was looking for an almost mathematical approach to composition, and Stockhausen was alternatively a musical explorer and a mystic, Nono was motivated by deep love for people. As a result his music retains a humanity that is more readily apparent than in other Darmstadters. It certainly appeals to me.

"the true revolutionary is motivated by Love".......2002-07-08

Though Nono later dismissed this work as being too "heavy with" specific historical references, I believe it is a masterpiece. This live recording is the premier recording of the piece, written in the early 1970s and first performed in 1975. Not an opera, exactly, Nono called it "aziona scenica" -- stage activity. Based on photos in the luscious Teldec booklet, much is missed by not seeing "Al gran sole" on stage. Claudia Baransky is spectacular in the lead soprano role. The text concerns failed revolutions -- the Paris Commune, Russia, Cuba and Bolivia -- and the music is tragic, not heroic.

I recommend this to anyone as an introduction to Luigi Nono, one of the greatest 20th century composers. There is much more to hear, from his 1950s works such as the key serial composition for voice "Il canto sospeso" to the electro-acoustic works of his 1980s "late period." But if you had only one recording by Nono, I believe "Al gran sole" would be apropos.

With typically gorgeous packaging from Teldec, this release is unsurpassed as a visual artifact. And the good news is that it seems to be part of a trend of new recordings of Nono compositions -- see for instance "A floresta e jovem e cheja de vida," recently issued on "Voices of Protest, Volume 1" on Mode Records (see my review).

like a grand burgeoning light of love.......2001-08-01

historical political imagery has never allowed itself to be a simple task for opera, in fact most avoid the subject and its challenge altogether. The likes of Donizietti and Bellini,if you happen to scan their life work, you'd think both these um-pah composers delved deeply into the quagmire of politics, but alas, all their operas treat their subjects in a one-dimensional, safe complaisant manner.Likewise Meyerbeer who utilized the massacre of the Hugenots as a safe dramatic backdrop, never revealing what the source of embattlement existed,just pure spectacle and memorable song for the Paris Opera. Verdi is a little closer to the integrity of this subject in that the Risorgimento, the unification of Italy was in the streets, and Giuseppe had no choice,but to shrewdly veil his operas as powerful metaphors for the politics occuring around him. It's not until Modest Mussorgsky where we actually see proclaimed the masses,the peasants, the unwashed,the dispossessed as an important integral role within bourgeous opera. In fact he with Stasov devised a means of simplifying the delivery of text, to render it more realistic. 'Khovanchina' and 'Boris Godonuv' are operatic testaments, and even there history needed to be altered ever so slightly at the service of dramatic integrity,and momentum.

The 20th Century has seen no shortage of the political subject for opera, in fact the 20th Century turned out to be,to outdo,accelerate and summon the greatest dimensions of evil, the brutality,the terror,genocide,murder,political intrigue,corruption than all of past history.

With the work of Luigi Nono we are no longer within the strictures of opera. He wanted nothing to do with logical,predictable telling discourses of stories, or discreet narrative, all realism now,hard facts. He found the work of Meyerhold, and Piscator,as well as Brecht to be his dramatic icons. He has referred to his operas, as 'azione scenica',stage activity,a series of self-contained scenes which is simply drawing from events,utilizing,borrowing songs(not his),poems,documentary evidence and historical fact as his libretti.There is a working montage which Nono had learned from 20th Century drama. That's what this work does, it begins with revolutionary icons, as the Paris Commune of 1871 where the toiling masses actually seized power unfurling red flags throughout the streets.However with the help of foreign bourgeois forces, international troops the seizure was quickly eradicated. This opera then proceeds to the 1905 Russian Revolution with text from Lenin, then including the strikes in Turin in 1950,and Castro's Cuba, and Che Guevara, Vietnam,and Chile.With the image of South Vietnam for instance Nono utilizes the images of three prisoners who represent historical time, Antonio Gramsci(rise of the Left prior to the Second World War), Georgi Dimitrov(Nazi corruption, burning of the Reichstag for which he was blamed) and Fidel Castro(post-war leftism,national struggles),all this is as an elliptical collapsing of time.The loss of the Democratic Movement in 1973 in Chile with the murder of Salvador Allende was a low point for the activism of the Left throughout the world and is also a point in this opera.

The political movement in Italy, as all over the globe in the late Sixties, early Seventies was festering, Nono as many artists and intellecturals remained card carrying members of the PCI, the Italian Communist Party,and grudgingly accepted the historical compromise of its leader Enrico Berlinguer,of not recognizing the importance of the Soviet Union.The era of Eurocommunism is the real backdrop of this opera,and is a response/dialogue to that.Recall that Tito had earlier broke with the Kremlin,blocking,or refusing the Russian Mother's Milk , and the Chinese even earlier than that saw the Soviet Union not as a partner,nor as a harbinger for revolution around the globe,but as a self-contained nationalism.

The fascinating dramatic feature here is Nono adopts a kinda elliptical frame, where time collapses into an interreferential dramatic points,of present,past,future,present,past, with cogent and meaningful dialogues occuring throughout this opera.So for instance the Russian Revolution is followed by Vietnam. Also the chorus here becomes the voice of individuals representing for instance women guerilla fighters,a Turin prostitute, and artists.,as well as reflecting upon events. The poetry of Louise Michel, a Communard, makes for beautiful settings in the fourth Section of the First part for chorus.However the music overall is rough going,with intermittent slaps from the percussion, and overwhelming walls of brass timbre concluding sections, The fragmentariness of the music makes for difficult listening, Nono wants the situation,the ambience of the drama to be ugly, to be repulsive, this is the height of the expressionist credo.This found its visual equivalent in Yuri Lubimov of the Taganka Theatre in Moscow had done the job of directing. In the original Milan premiere,he has the Communards for instance laying on propped up half way wooden racks, bare torso with huge floodlights bearing down.The stage sometimes is simply lit with flashlights, and stage backdrops are simply bare wooden tablet shaped screens. Nono seems to have abandoned and or accelerated the marvelously powerful compositional means he had developed in such works for orchestra and chorus with soloists as 'Canti d'vita e amore', or 'Canto sospeso', based on Resistance Fighter's letters. Nono had developed the dodecaphonic means into impacted 12 tone clusters, all reiterated in different timbral positions stridently, the effect is like the tension of a suspension bridge pulling at itself inward. Those kinda moments are fragmentized here, Nono opting instead to render the legitimacy to the spoken and sung word, music takes a second function here.Nono in his score includes no stage directions,he after multiple performances simply wrote notes. But the work stands open as to interpretation of the variegated textual sources. There is tortured like singing as well, gut wrenching like and difficult to take. This opera in many ways sealed Nono's creativity and extroverted left activism, before he then embarked upon the richly diverse abstract hypnotic music the last ten years of his life,culminating in his equally powerful 'Prometeo' the music that is mostly heard today, and recorded. This CD recording suffers from not experiencing the visual stage actions which in Nono's aesthetic pallette is most important.Some of the stage noises come across as interruptions,rather than integral active stage meanings. Nono scholar Jurg Stenzl writes a wonderful essay included in the CD booklet.

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