2 X 1

2 X 1

Track Listings

 
1. Ojos Tapatios
2. Aunque Lo Quieran O No
3. Valentina
4. Entre Suspiro y Suspiro
5. Que Suerte la Mia
6. Hasta Que Perdio Jalisco
7. Amanecer Ranchero
8. Preciosa
9. Hermosas Fuentes
10. Jinete
11. Despierta
12. Y Dicen Por Ahi
13. Mexico Lindo y Querido
14. Juan Charrasqueado
15. Paloma Querida
16. Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes
17. Yo Soy Mexicano
18. Que Se Fue
19. San Luis Potosi
20. Cocula
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2 X 1,Jorge Negrete,RCA Intl,Latin,Mariachi,Mexican

Art of Segovia
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  • What can you say - it's Segovia!
  • EVERYBODY KNOWS
  • Immortal guitar
  • WOW
 Art of Segovia
Andres Segovia
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B00006B66L
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

  1. Andante
  2. Andantino
  3. Lento
  4. Romance De Los Pinos
  5. Madronos
  6. Serenata Burlesca
  7. Variations On A Theme From Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
  8. Mesto E Calmo
  9. Theme, Variations & Finale
  10. Cancion Mexicana No.X
  11. Sevillana, Op.29
  12. Sarabanda
  13. Capriccio Diabolico, Op.85
  14. Tonadilla For Guitar On The Name Of Andres Segovia
  15. No.1 In E Minor
  16. No.3 In A Minor
  17. Guitarreo
  18. Segovia, Op.29

Tracks:

  1. If My Complaints
  2. Now, O Now I Need Must Part
  3. Sarabande
  4. 1. Prelude (Transposed In D Major)
  5. 4. Tempo Di Bourree
  6. Courante
  7. 3. Gavotte En Rondeau
  8. Aria E Corrente
  9. Moderato
  10. Menuet In G Major
  11. Andantino Variato
  12. No.7 In A Major
  13. 2. Canzonetta
  14. 2. Quasi Lento (Preludio)
  15. 1. Andantino Poco Allegretto (Allegretto)
  16. 2. Il Vecchio Castello
  17. Allegretto
  18. Tres Calme Et Doucement Expressif
  19. No.4 In E Flat Minor
  20. 5. Asturias. Leyenda - Preludio
  21. 7. Zambra Granadina
  22. Estudio Sin Luz
  23. Allegro Con Brio

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DG has put together a fascinating compilation of Segovia's art that reminds us what a protean figure he was. Segovia single-handedly put the instrument on the map by making classical guitar concerts popular events, broadening the instrument's repertory through commissions and transcriptions, and convincing even doubters that it could be a vehicle for serious music. He's heard here in brief pieces recorded between 1952 and 1969. Even in those made when he was well into his 70s, his fingers remain nimble and interpretations lively. Listening straight through, one hears many all-time Segovia favorites as Turina's Sevillana and Albeniz's Asturias and Zambra Granadina and renews appreciation for path-breaking composers like Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He wrote extensively for Segovia and his Capriccio diabolico and Tonadilla are pieces of real substance. Disc two is largely made up transcriptions and it's amazing how well so many of them work on the guitar, at least under Segovia's magic fingers. Thus the transformations of Bach's violin music and even a Chopin Prelude sound idiomatic, and the gorgeous melodies of the Canzonetta from Mendelssohn's Op. 12 String Quartet are irresistible here. An entrancing set. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Man and His Art - Magnificently Captured.......2007-04-06

This 2-CD set produced by Deutche Grammmophon and first released in 2002 is one set of the hundreds that could have been or the dozens that actually have been made and sold successfully all over the world. The exceptional feature of this particular collection is not, of course, the performer. Quite to the contrary, the miraculous consistency of stylings and performance are amongst the most remarkable aspects of the man who was, arguably, the 20th Centry's virtuoso supreme of the classical guitar, Andres Segovia (1893-1987.) Rather, it is the collection itself - the pieces chosen to be produced on this one set - this, to steal a German word, gestalt. While his style did not remain constant throughout his long life and career, by the time he had developed his most masterful skills that included doing his own arrangements - the era represented on this particular set (1951-1960) - his playing had become completely his own - unchallenged and unmatched by even other clearly great guitarists with whom he shared this era.

There are a total of 31 pieces played on these CDs and while a playlist would be an unnecessary use of space here, a list of the composers represented is not. More than the specific pieces Segovia gives us here, the range of composers chosen by the compilers and editors - with each piece rearranged by Segovia himself, tells us a great deal about his interests, talents and musical range. These composers include:
Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, John Dowland, Manuel de Falla, Cesar Franke, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Edvard Grieg, George Frederic Handel, Felix Mendelsohn, Frederico Moreno Torroba, Modest Mussorgsky, Nicolo Paganini, Felipe Pedrell, Manuel Ponce, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Joaquin Rodrigo, Albert Roussel, Domenico Scarlatti, Alexander Scriabin, Segovia's own composition of Estudio sin luz, Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, Joaquin Turina and Heitor Villa-Lobos. A truly magnificent and broad ranging collection held together by Segovia's unique personal style, approach and sound.

Largely self-taught, Andres Segovia did things with a guitar that others only imagined. He didn't just play Bach, for example - music written for an entirely different type of instrument (keyboards.) He went a step further, and recorder Bach's keyboard lessons written for his students (the Two and Three Part Inventions) and made them sound as if they had been written for the guitar! His artistry is evident to even the casual listener and in this collection, any devote of classical guitar and/or of Segovia as an individual artist, will not be disappointed.
Perfect listening for anytime. Hypnotic and, simply, unsurpassed. A necessary addition to any serious classical guitar collection.

5 out of 5 stars What can you say - it's Segovia!.......2007-02-10

I saw Segovia perform live in my youth. What a treat! Anyone who loves Classical Guitar should love this collection.

5 out of 5 stars EVERYBODY KNOWS.......2007-01-13

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT ANDRES SEGOVIA WAS/IS THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLASSICAL GUITAR PLAYER. THIS CD IS A COMPILATION OF HIS RECORDINGS FROM THE THE EARLY 50'S TO THE LATE 60'S. HIS GUITAR MASTERY IS UNQUESTIONED AND HE IS AN INSPIRATION. I WISH I COULD PLAY GUITAR LIKE ANDRES SEGOVIA (BUT I CAN'T AND I NEVER WILL!).

5 out of 5 stars Immortal guitar.......2006-08-02

Two CD's with Segovia's immortal music - an incredible treat at a great price!

5 out of 5 stars WOW.......2006-02-23

Even though there is hiss from the original analog recordings this one is a must. Segovia! What more can you say. Anyone who likes classical guitar will love this.
Songs Of Spain / De Los Angeles, et al
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  • The most noble voice
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 Songs Of Spain / De Los Angeles, et al

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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ASIN: B00000I4KQ
Release Date: 1999-02-23

Tracks:

  1. El rossinyol
  2. El testament d'Amelia
  3. Adios meu homino
  4. Mina nay por me casare
  5. Tengo que subir
  6. Ahi tienes mi corazon
  7. La vi llorando
  8. Ya se van los pastores
  9. Campanas de Belen
  10. Jaeneras que yo canto
  11. A dormir ahora mesmo
  12. Granadinas
  13. Hincarse de rodillas
  14. Cancion de trilla
  15. Parado de Valldemosa
  16. Nik baditut
  17. Andregaya
  18. Din, dan, boleran
  19. Mariam matrem
  20. Ay, triste vida corporal!
  21. Que es mi vida, preguntais?
  22. Porque es, dama, tanto quereros?
  23. No me llames segalaherba
  24. Ay, luna que reluces
  25. En esta larga ausencia
  26. Molinillo que mueles amores
  27. Confiado jilguerillo
  28. Seguidillas religiosas
  29. Cancion de cuna
  30. El jilguerillo con pico de oro
  31. El canape

Tracks:

  1. Ah, el novio no quiere dinero
  2. Coma la rosa en la guerta
  3. Estavase la mora
  4. Aquel rey de Francia
  5. Damos gracias a ti, Dios
  6. Sobre Baca estaba el rey
  7. Ay que non hay!
  8. Rosa das rosas
  9. Maravillosos e piadosos
  10. Tres moricas m'enamoran
  11. Paseabase el rey moro
  12. Dime a do tienes las mientes
  13. Si no's huviera mirado
  14. Dexo la venda
  15. Puse mis amores
  16. Aqui me declaro su pensamiento
  17. Pues que me tienes
  18. Gentil dama, non se gana
  19. Mi querer tanto vos quiere
  20. Una hija tiene el rey
  21. Una matica de ruda
  22. Si la noche se hace oscura
  23. Pastorcico, non te aduermas
  24. Ay triste que vengo
  25. No soy you quien la descrube
  26. Pase el agua, Julieta
  27. Aquel caballero, madre
  28. Duelete de mi, Senora
  29. De Antequera salio el Moro
  30. De los alamos vengo, madre
  31. Enfermo estaba Antioco
  32. Dame acogida en tu hato
  33. Morenica, dame un beso
  34. Senora, si te olvidare
  35. De donde venis, amore?

Tracks:

  1. La rosa enflorece
  2. Ven querida
  3. Adio, querida
  4. Durme, durme, hermozo hijico
  5. Paxaro d'hermosura
  6. Avrix, mi galanica
  7. Irme quiero, la mi madre
  8. Ya viene el cativo
  9. Yo m'enamori d'un aire
  10. Una matica de ruda
  11. Anda, jaleo
  12. Los cuatro muleros
  13. Las tres hojas
  14. Los mozos de Monleon
  15. Las morillas de Jaen
  16. Sevillanas del siglo 18
  17. El cafe de Chinitas
  18. Nana de Sevilla
  19. Los pelegrinitos
  20. Zorongo
  21. Romance de Don Boiso
  22. Los reyes de la baraja
  23. La tarara
  24. El combat del somni: Damunt de tu, nomes les flors
  25. A l'ombra del Lledoner: Canco de grumet
  26. Canciones negras: Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito
  27. Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De los alamos vengo, madre
  28. Coleccion de tonadillas: Callejeo
  29. Coleccion de tonadillas: El tra la la y el punteado
  30. Seis canciones castellanas: No quiero tus avellanas
  31. Seis canciones castellanas: Jota
  32. Panxolina
  33. Tu pupila es azul
  34. Cantos populares espanolas: Malaguena
  35. Cantos populares espanolas: Granadina
  36. Cantos populares espanolas: El Vito
  37. Cantos populares espanolas: Pano murciano
  38. Clavelitos
  39. Adios, Granada
  40. Madrigal

Tracks:

  1. Coleccion de tonadillas: Amor y odio
  2. Coleccion de tonadillas: Callejeo
  3. Coleccion de tonadillas: El majo discreto
  4. Coleccion de tonadillas: El majo olvidado
  5. Coleccion de tonadillas: El majo timido
  6. Coleccion de tonadillas: El mirar de la maja
  7. Coleccion de tonadillas: El tra la la y el punteado
  8. Coleccion de tonadillas: La maja de Goya
  9. Coleccion de tonadillas: Las currutacas modestas
  10. Tres majas dolorosas: Oh muerte cruel!
  11. Tres majas dolorosas: Ay majo de mi vida
  12. Tres majas dolorosas: De aquel majo amante
  13. Goyescas: La maja y el ruisenor (Rosario)
  14. 'La vida breve': Vivan los que rien! (Salud - Act 1)
  15. 'La vida breve': Alli esta! Riyendo! (Salud - Act 2)
  16. 'Acis y Galatea': Confiado jilguerillo
  17. El tripili
  18. Llorad, corazon
  19. Iban al pinar
  20. No lloreis, ojuelos
  21. Mananica era
  22. Mira que soy nina
  23. Gracia mia
  24. El pano moruno
  25. Seguidilla murciana
  26. Asturiana
  27. Jota
  28. Nana
  29. Cancion
  30. Polo
  31. 'La Tempranica': Zapateado (La tarantula e un bicho mu malo)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The most noble voice.......2004-05-28

Victoria de los Angeles' voice not only has a silken quality and fascinating glow to it but it is one of the most regal, noble sounds you'll ever hear. She illuminated those moments of quietness, gentleness and noble, feminine pride and elegance like no other soprano before and after her. This release of her "Spanish Songs" has never been surpassed. The songs of her homeland seem to have been written for her beautiful instrument alone, she fills every piece with special beauty and charm, religious flair and beautiful, noble simplicity. Buy this recording and see why Victoria is one of the best sopranos ever having come from Spain.

5 out of 5 stars PURCHASE THIS JEWEL WHILE YOU CAN.......2002-01-08

FOR A LONG TIME "SONGS OF SPAIN" HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF CLASSICAL, POPULAR, SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS (CHRISTIAN AND SEPHARDIC) SPANISH SONGS. DE LOS ANGELES DEFIES A RIVAL IN THIS GENRE. DE LARROCHA, SORIANO AND ZANETTI PROVIDE UNEQUALED ACCOMPANIEMENTS. THE RECORDINGS ARE SECOND ONLY TO LIFE PERFORMANCES. I UNDERSTAND THAT EMI INTENDS TO TAKE THIS SET OUT OF PUBLICATION. PURCHASE THIS JEWEL WHILE YOU CAN! I JUST PURCHASED MY THIRD SET FROM AMAZON AND I TREASURE IT AS MUCH AS MY FIRST!

5 out of 5 stars luminous artistry from a genius.......2000-12-26

the vocal artist of vocal artistsdisplays her absolutely gorgeous voice and musical understanding of spanish feeling with a warmth that is unmatched anywhere.the only thing better was to hear her in person!

5 out of 5 stars A special Dignity and an Unfailing Beauty of Voice........2000-09-17

This set offers four generously-filled CDs comprising almost 140 Spanish songs from Victoria de los Angeles' repertoire. To all of them she brings a special dignity and an unfailing beauty of voice. The earliest recordings date from 1950 and the last is the items she sang at the opening of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Yes, you will find the ubiquitous "Clavelitos!" here, and a later version of "La maya el ruisenor" from "Goyescas". The enclosed booklet provides illuminating notes by Lionel Salter, who also translated many of the texts which are also included. Accompanists include Gerald Moore and Alicia de Larrocha, and Victoria de Los Angeles provides a guitar accompaniment herself in one song. The last track of all, a zapateado from a zarzuela, recorded live in New York, must almost have brought the house down.
Schumann: Carnaval; Brahms: "Paganini" Variations; Bach-Busoni: Chaconne
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ASIN: B0001O3YGC
Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

  1. Chaconne
  2. Theme
  3. Variations I-VIII
  4. Variations X-XII
  5. Variations I & II
  6. Variations V-VIII
  7. Variations X-XIII
  8. Variations III & IV
  9. Variations XIII & XIV
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  11. No.37: Sailors' Song
  12. 1. Preambule
  13. 2. Pierrot
  14. 3. Ariequin
  15. 4. Valse Noble
  16. 5. Eusebius
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  18. 7. Coquette
  19. 8. Replique
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  25. 14. Reconnaissance
  26. 15. Pantalon Et Colombine
  27. 16. Valse Allemande
  28. 17. Paganini (Intermezzo)
  29. 18. Aveu
  30. 19. Promenade
  31. 20. Pause
  32. 21. Marche Des 'Davidsbundler' Contre Les Philistins
  33. No.39: Wintertime

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the one hundred recordings in any age.......2005-04-26

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli felt an obssesive fascination by these three piano works.
This Chaconne performing maintains the perfect balance between the mistery and the elusiveness, in fact Benedetti gradually increases the tension level to unexpected heights. I got the Busoni version with this piece and Michelangeli gets very very close in idiomatic expresiveness.
The Carnaval was his glorious triumph in the famous London Recital in 1957. He recorded it several times. And recently I got a new perfomance recorded in Lugano where he makes with this work an absolute journey to the purest romatic tradition and far beyond.
Finally the Paganini Variations was another battlehorse for this legendary pianist. Benedetti remarks the dark side of the score with notable wisdom, and accents as anyone else the charming and rapture lyrical mood that Brahms knew to use so well. It's very difficult to play any Brahms variation due you must be inmersed in the real intention of every variation.
This Remastered album is a reference must for any serious collector item of refined taste and sensibility.
An authentic file tresure!
Glory of Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music Brass Choirs
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 Glory of Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music Brass Choirs
Empire Brass & Gusts , and Smedvig
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ASIN: B000075A7C
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

  1. Canzon Duo Decimi Toni - Chester Schmitz
  2. Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2 - Chester Schmitz
  3. Canzon VII - Thomas Rolfs
  4. Canzon IX - Chester Schmitz
  5. Gloria - Empire Brass Quintet
  6. Pavane Di Angleterre - Empire Brass Quintet
  7. Galliard - Empire Brass Quintet
  8. In Nomine XII - Empire Brass Quintet
  9. Lauda Jerusalem - Empire Brass Quintet
  10. Vos Amici Mei Estis - Chester Schmitz
  11. Canzon XVI - Empire Brass Quintet
  12. Concerto Primo: La Battaglia - Chester Schmitz
  13. Credidi (Tertii Toni) - Empire Brass Quintet
  14. Ola, O Che Bon Eccho - Chester Schmitz
  15. Sonate XIII From Canzone E Sonate - Empire Brass Quintet
  16. Canzon XI - Chester Schmitz
  17. Veni Redemptor I - Empire Brass Quintet
  18. Non Vos Relinguam - Empire Brass Quintet
  19. Canzon A 12 - Empire Brass Quintet
  20. Canzon A 12 Echo - Ronald Barron

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Astonishing.......2003-02-11

Absolutely the most breathtaking recording yet of Gabrielli, in a very crowded field of superb choices. Telarc's engineers no doubt are deserving of praise, but the playing by the Empire Brass is just stunning & your speakers will shake on deep notes at times. This fine ensemble has surpassed the already World-Class recordings of these same works of Gabrielli by the Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble, the London Brass, and even the fine recordings by the Canadian Brass. Again, I simply cannot say enough about Empire Brass' performances & Telarc's recording methods. Don't hesitate; this is the one Gabrielli disc to buy.

5 out of 5 stars Togetherness? What band camp did you just roll out of?.......2003-02-05

This is, quite simply, the finest brass ensemble recording to be released in the last decade. In addition to several radiant choir pieces by Gabrieli, this CD also features the handsome Renaissance polyphony of such English masters as Thomas Tallis and William Byrd. But the finest piece, perhaps appropriately, is an anonymous Gloria from 1500, which evokes that ageless celebration of the divine with a solemn religious grandeur that has seldom been equalled.

5 out of 5 stars Simply marvelous! A Must Have!.......2003-01-08

This CD is a must have for anybody who likes late Renaissance or Early Baroque music, or just enjoys the sound of brass! The Gabrieli pieces sing with such power and beauty, one can only wonder what Gabrieli or Palestrina might think of now if they heard such a wonderful recording! Equal balance among all voices allows the feeling of a small chamber group, instead of a double (or sometimes triple) brass choir. What a great CD for listening to for relaxation or for just pleasure! This CD, in my opinion, rivals the Canadian Brass CD of Antiphonal music for brass that came out about ten or so years ago. Both are must haves!

1 out of 5 stars The Glory of Sloppy Ensemble.......2003-01-04

In short, this CD is abysmal. Ensemble precision and togetherness is extraordinarily sloppy, the playing styles from choir to choir do not match at all, balance is abominable (Choir 1 is 'in your face' while Choirs 2 & 3 sound like they're a football fields away), and the most reverberant space in the universe could not hide the fact that Rolf's chops sound fried from the very first note of the CD!! What is Telarc thinking anyways??? Don't they know that it's over???

Anyways, if you want a truly great recording of Gabrieli, buy their 1988 release entitled "The Music of Gabrieli" on Telarc CD-80204. This was recorded in 1988 when the quintet was in its prime and is, perhaps, the greatest recording of Gabrieli's music ever made.
Lute Music for Witches and Alchemists / Lutz Kirchhof
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  • Exquisite!
 Lute Music for Witches and Alchemists / Lutz Kirchhof
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ASIN: B00004S38O
Release Date: 2000-03-21

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The mellow German lutenist Lutz Kirchhof advises listeners not to turn the volume up too high on his latest Sony solo disc. The delicate lute tone charmed 16th- and 17th-century listeners by its simple acoustic beauty. The gentle plucked notes could affect the mood, altering one's emotional state. Kirchhof suggests that such potential made music invaluable to witches and alchemists, who were held in high regard in the irrational centuries before the Age of Enlightenment. This theory enables Kirchhof to make an eclectic selection of 30 short pieces covering 200 years and four different lutes--renaissance lute, vihuela, baroque lute, and theorbo. He does not claim that any of the items were actually put to any alchemical or satanic use, but he does not need to. The Presto and Galanterie by S. L. Weiss speak for themselves. Dufaut's Suite in A minor might not otherwise have reached the public; Hagen's Sonata in C minor would have remained obscure; and Holborne's The Fairy Round Galliard waited in vain for the revival of alchemy as a science. An eccentric disc all-round. --Rick Jones

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ahah! I found you, my precious!!.......2006-07-27

I am sorry that the 11-year-old child found this sad music!!
That is truly within the realm of Herr/Herra Parent to educate the child that there is quite a universe of music that is out there.

The reason I call this 'My Precious', is that I had lost a lot in Hurricane Katrina, including my music library, which i am still slowly rebuilding, thank the Goddess!!

I owned this CD when it became released, and found it to be a collection of music that is most suited for comtemplative study, note-taking, journalling, writing memoirs with tea/coffee/mead/or aperitif. For me, it is also good music to use when busy scripting in my book-of-shadows, or rhyming wordings to be used later for some good works, by tensor light if not by candle.

As one who has self-taught guitar and medieval instruments, i appreciate the talent behind, and the hard work to play this collection.

I will place this among my 'workings' collection, once i receive it ... although not quick enough!

3 out of 5 stars Nothing bad, nothing special........2003-06-11

Kirchhof invariably finds interesting repertoire to entice us, but just as his jangly Bach pales next to North's, and his Weiss can't compare to Smith's, here he ends up trailing again.
While this disc might be attractive to newcomers to the lute and its magical attractions, I am sure that most who are familiar with the skills and taste of the other aforementioned artists will know that plenty of the music on this disc can be found, sounding better, elsewhere.
There's nothing bad about this disc, but nothing special, either.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Stately Music By A Master.......2003-01-02

Sorry folks, but the title of this CD might be a bit misleading. You will not hear Halloween sound effects, or "A Night on Bald Mountain" Disney-style. Instead you will be treated to meditative music based on the theories of Ficino, Agrippa, and others. Kirchof does us all a favor by fleshing out what has previously been locked away in archives and rare publications and allowing us to hear each composition as it was originally meant to be heard. A good book to buy with this CD would be D.P. Walker's classic Spiritual and Demonic [as in Socrates' daemon, not the kind from the uh-oh place] Magic (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000). This music is meant to heal and not to hurt; meant to uplift and enlighten the mind and not to drown it in darkness. And besides all that folks, it's just plain pleasant to drink wine and eat cheese to. In addition, Lute Music For Witches and Alchemists has great liner notes that give the low-down on each Hermetic ditty. M & M it's not, thank Plato, Plotinus. Ficino, and the stars!

5 out of 5 stars TOTALLY AWESOME!.......2002-02-14

I felt as if I was back in the Middle Ages! It is well worth the $$$!!

5 out of 5 stars Exquisite!.......2001-12-22

This CD is a wonderful selection of period lute pieces, very soothing to listen to, very exquisitely played. Even friends of mine who have no interest in period music find it enjoyable and ask me about it.
English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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  • Not stilted but powerfully alive
  • Better at Italian than English
 English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals

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ASIN: B000031WJ8
Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

  1. Cantiam Lieti Cantiamo
  2. E D'Un Bel Matin D'Amore
  3. Quella Bella E Biancha Mano
  4. Una Leggiadra Nimpha
  5. Venite Amanti Insieme
  6. Divini Occhi Sereni
  7. Con L'Angelico Riso
  8. Madonna, Il Tuo Bel Viso
  9. Fuggi, Fuggi, Cor Mio
  10. Si Liet' E Grata Morte
  11. Se La Dura Durezza
  12. Ahime, Ahime, Dov'E 'L Bel Viso
  13. Madonna, S'Io V'Offendo
  14. II Bianco E Dolce Cigno
  15. Donne, Venete Al Ballo
  16. Morir Non Puo Il Mio Cuore
  17. Se La Mia Vita
  18. Mia Benigna Fortuna
  19. Ancor Che Col Partire
  20. O Sonno
  21. Chi La Gagliarda
  22. Madonna Mia Fa
  23. Medici Noi Siamo
  24. Quando Sara Mai Quel Zorno
  25. Matona, Mia Cara
  26. Tre Ciechi Siamo

Tracks:

  1. O Grief Even On The Bud
  2. When Lo By Break Of Morning
  3. April Is In My Mistress' Face
  4. The First Part
  5. The Second Part
  6. Sweet Nymph Come To Thy Lover
  7. The First Part
  8. The Second Part
  9. Miraculous Love's Wounding
  10. Adieu Sweet Amarillis
  11. Weep O Mine Eyes
  12. The Silver Swan
  13. The First Part
  14. The Second Part
  15. Since Robin Hood
  16. Fire And Lightning
  17. Strike It Up Tabor
  18. See, See, The Shepherds' Queen
  19. Come Sable Night
  20. Sweet Suffolk Owl
  21. In Nets Of Golden Wires
  22. Draw On Sweet Night

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A "Regular People" Review.......2007-03-20

So I was on a Renaissance kick for a while and picked this up, first of all, great value. I enjoy listening to a few of these every now and then but can't take too much at once, check out the previews and if you interested, go for it!

5 out of 5 stars Not stilted but powerfully alive.......2005-02-24

My idea of stilted is to sing these madrigals in the phony, glee-club RP style endured for so many years, that made precious, quaint curiosities of them. The Elizabethan pronunciation on this CD is an eye and ear-opener. We may appreciate how much of that speech actually endures in regional accents in both the US and UK. More importantly, this CD brings us the sounds of the long-forgotten English human beings of the Renaissance, people who drank, fought and screwed, who brought us Shakespeare and the King James Bible. I love this recording.

3 out of 5 stars Better at Italian than English.......2003-07-25

A stilted style and even more stilted attempts at Renaissance-English pronunciation make the English Madrigal disk a terrible disappointment. All emotional content -- the mellow, lumimous melancholy with flashes of fire that characterizes English music at its best -- has been drained in this attempt to kill, skin, and stuff these madrigals in order to present them as museum pieces. The pronunciation problem is particularly galling -- if these songs are going to be made incomprehensible to modern English speakers, where, then, is their cultural home?

The Italian pieces are presentable, enjoyable, and sung with delicacy and a fine sense of the artifice of the Italian madrigal. Although this recording can be moving, these pieces are performed more with reverence than with love. These are well worth hearing, but the French ensembles sing these with a bit more feeling. Try, say, Ensemble Clément Janequin.
Renaissance of the Spirit: the music of Orlando di Lasso and his contemporaries
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ASIN: B00004TDYM
Release Date: 2000-05-23

Tracks:

  1. Passan Vostri Triomphi
  2. Lauda Anima Mea
  3. Recorder Piece No. 18
  4. Tibi, Christe, Splendor Patris
  5. Pavane And Gaillarde
  6. Ave Maria
  7. S'io Fusse Ciaul'et Tu Lo Campanile
  8. Respice In Me
  9. Recorder Piece No. 10
  10. Pater Noster - Ave Maria
  11. Tutto Lo Di Mi Dici, 'Canta, Canta'
  12. Ave Maria
  13. Petrarca 10, I Vo Piangendo
  14. Bona Est Oratio Cum Ieiunio
  15. Dapoi Che Sotto 'I Ciel Cosa Non Vidi
  16. Peccavi
  17. Par Ch'hai Lasciato De Non T'Affaciare
  18. Recorder Piece No. 20
  19. Credo
  20. Benedictus Dominus Deus
  21. Omnia Tempus Habent

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Stylish and perfectly historically aware performances in gorgeous sound.......2005-07-13

Erik van Nevel is a performing musician who also teaches choral conducting, chamber music and early music performance practice at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven. He conducts workshops and courses and master classes for choral and ensemble singers, as well as conductors, focusing both on general choral and conducting technique and on more specific performance practices.

There was a period when performances of Renaissance works performed on instruments or with instrumental doubling of vocal parts came to be frowed upon in preference to a capella performances. Around the time this recording was released things had come full circle and both approaches came to be embraced. Erik van Nevel is clearly a scholar fully aware of the latest thoughts in these matters and the listener can rest assured that in matters of performance practice he knows perfectly well what he is doing. The suggestions of ignorance from the previous reviewer should be turned instead on the reviewer himself.

Recordings by Erik van Nevel tend to be terribly difficult to get a hold of, even though he is as good as or better than many of other better known performers in the field of Renaissance polyphony. So this recording should be heartily welcomed by all lovers of Renaissance music. The selection of music here is all wonderfully chosen to illustrate the musical tendencies amongst Lassus' contemporaries, although the much earlier composers Févan, Dufay and Ciconia also make something of a surprise appearance too. So even the slightly hodge podge anthological nature of the CD fails to detract from the fact that most of these works are otherwise unobtainable and above all immensely rewarding to listen to. Particularly noteworthy are the 'Respice in me' by Rogier, the Gombert 'Ave maria' and the de Monte 'Bona est oratio cum ieiunio' just to name a couple of works.

Given that van Nevel's performances can be quite revelatory, he really does deserve to be recorded much more often than he is. And when he has been recorded it has always been in boxy limited sound, so the spectacular audiophile recording he receives here is an embarrassment of riches. A DSD processing system was used along with the usual expertise of the Telarc recording team. The sound-staging is stunning, with wonderful detail, and the typical DSD refinements in sound. It is like taking the cotton wool out of your ears. This may be the most sumptuously recorded Renaissance music CD available today.

Ivan Moody on Goldberg early music magazine had this to say:

"This is a brilliantly accomplished recording in which a smaller group of players from I Fiamminghi shows a real grasp of the idiom of this repertoire. Currende sing with passion and conviction, and are not afraid to allow the darker, meditative aspect of much of this music come out (try Clemens's Ave Maria, for example, or de Monte's Bona est oratio cum ieiunio, for example, where the long-breathed lines of this penitential work are really shaped so that the ensuing harmonic flow seems effortless). I Fiamminghi impress by their slick rhythmic phrasing, their unanimity and their smoothness of sound: the sensation on hearing the very first chord of the first track (an instrumental rendition of Lassus' Passan vostri triomphi) is that one has walked into a velvet cathedral of sound."

Telarc - please can we have more!

4 out of 5 stars A question of "arrangements" but very good otherwise.......2000-06-20

Spanning the years 1430-1600, the Telarc (CD 80521) offers up to 21 examples of Spanish music that provide 67 minutes of absolutely gorgeous orchestral and vocal renditions of pieces known mostly to specialists and scholars. In fact, the featured group, I Fiamminghi, is named after the Italian name for musicians from Flanders who enhanced the Renaissance with their compositions. For "a more authentic performance," four recorders and a lute were added to the usual complement of players. For the vocal selections, they are joined by the Capella Corrende under Erik Van Nevel.

Although the liner notes are silent on this point, the press release quotes conductor Rudolf Werthen thus: "It is interesting when music of the 'past' is performed in a 'contemporary' way.... The alternation of our arrangement with works in their original form...provides the audience with a deeper perception of the compositions that form much European music." I leave it to my betters to determine how "contemporary" treatment of Renaissance music "works" in this context; but it might give a pause to any teacher wishing to use this CD as an educational tool. For myself, I find it very pleasant if somewhat over-consistently serious.
Brava Berganza! A Birthday Tribute
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    		 The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 1

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    5. Harry Partch: Enclosure 7

    ASIN: B0002WZTKC
    Release Date: 2004-09-28

    Tracks:

    1. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    2. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    3. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    4. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    5. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    6. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    7. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    8. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    9. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    10. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    11. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
    12. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Castor & Pollux---A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
    13. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Castor & Pollux---A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
    14. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
    15. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
    16. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
    17. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
    18. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
    19. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
    20. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
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    25. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
    26. Ulysses at the Edge (1955)

    Album Description

    This newly remastered reissue marks a welcome return to the catalog of the first volume of the classic 4-CD collection that was formerly available on the CRI label. The works recorded on this disc span the first six years of what Harry Partch (1901-1974), slightly tongue-in-cheek, called the "third period" of his creative life. They show him moving away from the obsession with "the intrinsic music of spoken words" that had characterized his earlier output (the vocal works of 1930-33 and 1941-45) and towards an instrumental idiom, predominantly percussive in nature. This path was to take him through the "music-dance drama" King Oedipus (1951)—-the culmination of his "spoken word" manner—to the "dance satire" The Bewitched (1954-55), in which his new percussive idiom manifests itself. The three works on this disc show Partch before, during, and after this period of transition. In their quiet, forlorn way, the Eleven Intrusions are among the most compelling and beautiful of Partch's works. The individual pieces were composed at various times between August 1949 and December 1950, and only later gathered together as a cycle. Nonetheless they form a unified whole, with a nucleus of eight songs framed by two instrumental preludes and an essentially instrumental postlude. Although foreshadowed by the dance sequences of King Oedipus, the Plectra and Percussion Dances (1952) are the first of Partch's major works to be wholly instrumental in conception. They stand in relation to Oedipus as a satyr play in relation to a Greek tragedy—hence the work's subtitle, "Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theater." He felt that after the prolonged period of composition and production of Oedipus it was "almost a necessity to give vent to feelings and ideas, whims and caprices, even nonsense, that seem to have no place in tragedy." The final work on this disc is Ulysses at the Edge, written at Partch's studio at Gate 5 in July 1955. Ulysses, which Partch describes as a "minor adventure in rhythm," is unique among his mature compositions in that, in its original form, it did not call for any of his own instruments. The version recorded here, for alto and baritone saxophones, Diamond Marimba, Boo, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, and speaking voice, is considered the third version of the piece.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Now it's possible to get your Partch all in a row.......2006-02-20

    Harry Partch is the quintissential mad genius of music--his image of music that was non-Eurocentric led to him devising his own tonal scale based on ancient Greek and Asian methods and then creating his own instruments. This series release of Partch music lets one organize his Partch tastes and get a real sense of his progress through time. This disc is superb for the Intrusions, ghostly little pieces that were my first introduction to this fine composer. I would also highly recommend volume 3, which has Barstow, one of my favorite Partch pieces.

    Be prepared. This is classical music you have not been prepared for. If you're already a fan of Partch, aren't you glad SOMEONE is getting all his amazing stuff together in one tightly knit package?
    Gillis: Music Inspired by the American Southwest
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    • A Must For Your Collection of American Composers
    • at last
    • Don Gillis: Remembering Mid-America at Mid-Century
    • Great American Music
    		 Gillis: Music Inspired by the American Southwest

    Manufacturer: Albany Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    BalletsBallets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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    Similar Items:
    1. Symphonies 5 & 6
    2. Don Gillis: Symphony No. 4, The Pioneers; Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra
    3. Star-Spangled Symphony
    4. Don Gillis: Symphonies 1, 2 & 5 1/2
    5. Don Gillis: Symphony No. 7

    ASIN: B00004Y6UN
    Release Date: 2000-09-26

    Tracks:

    1. Sym 'X' ('The Big D'): I. All-American City
    2. Sym 'X' ('The Big D'): II. Requiem For A Hero
    3. Sym 'X' ('The Big D'): III. Conventioneer
    4. Sym 'X' ('The Big D'): IV. Cotton Bowl
    5. Shindig: Episode I
    6. Shindig: Episode II
    7. Shindig: Episode III
    8. Shindig: Episode IV
    9. Shindig: Episode V
    10. Shindig: Episode VI
    11. Shindig: Episode VII
    12. Shindig: Episode VIII
    13. Encore Con: I. Brightly
    14. Encore Con: II. Slowly, With The Feeling Of Blues
    15. Encore Con: III. Brightly, In A Gay Manner
    16. Sym No.5 1/2: 1. Perpetual Emotion
    17. Sym No.5 1/2: 2. Spiritual?
    18. Sym No.5 1/2: 3. Scherzofrenia
    19. Sym No.5 1/2: 4. Conclusion?

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars Too Much Fluff for one CD!.......2006-07-01

    I had never heard the music of Don Gillis until this CD, and I can readily see why he is considered a "minor" composer. The "Encore" Concerto has got to be one of the most insipid, trite pieces ever composed, I think a second year composition student could come up with something more compelling. Gillis basically offers several corny themes, does absolutely nothing with them except ad nauseum repetitions, and calls the end result a "concerto". There are self conscious borrowings from Gershwin which are not nearly as good as the real thing.

    The "Shindig" has two slow movements which are reasonably original and worth hearing again. Unfortunately, the other movements are like a cross of the populist Copland, Grofe (On The Trail from Grand Canyon Suite)and Bernstein, and ultimately sound very much alike with almost no textural variety. The "pseudo Hoe-Down" figures Gillis constantly uses sound like "circus music" and are totally unconvincing.

    The Symphony 5 and one half (for Fun) features several brief movements which are about as symphonic as Madonna. Rather, they are hackneyed bits of Americana which have been handled with more assurance elsewhere. As for the Symphony #10, it too is not a real symphony, just brief vignettes feebly developed. The slow movement requiem for a hero is probably the best, but sounds too much like the slow movement of the 5th symphony, right down to the exact same string figures. The net result of hearing all this dross on one CD is boredom to the extreme. A real pity, because the recording and performances are of extreme high quality. 5 stars for the recording and performance, 0 stars for the music!!

    5 out of 5 stars A Must For Your Collection of American Composers.......2003-08-23

    If you think your collection of American composers is complete without this CD, you are sadly mistaken. The music of Don Gillis is just as interesting and enjoyable to listen to as any of the top American composers, such as Copland. Don Gillis has too long been overlooked, which is a shame since his stuff is really a joy to listen to. Too bad there isn't more of his work generally available, as this CD only covers a small part of his work. A must have for any serious classical collector!

    5 out of 5 stars at last.......2002-01-17

    I have waited 33 years to find a recording of Symphony 5 1/2 I could play over and over, and now not only can I, I get other wonderful Gillis works to boot. Here is a tuneful composer with a sense of humor and irreverence who appeals to all ages. Run, don't walk, to your shopping cart!

    5 out of 5 stars Don Gillis: Remembering Mid-America at Mid-Century.......2001-11-03

    Long before Timothy McVeigh and the Murrah Federal Building became household words, and long before patriotic music was played over a backdrop of terrorism, a man named Don Gillis smoothly and meticulously crafted some of the most delicious yet awe-inspiring sounds to emanate from the Heartland of our country.

    This oft-overlooked American composer obviously loved our land. His highly evocative creations brilliantly capture the rhythms, vistas, and humanity of everyday life west of the Mississippi. It's all here: The street bustle, the solemnitude, the honkey-tonk, the steam locomotive, the wayfarer on the plains at sunset ... or at least that's what I heard.

    The vote for showstopper goes to "Symphony 5 1/2", one of the finest light classics written in the 20th Century. "Encore Concerto", which Gillis shelved after a single performance, rivals the best of Morton Gould's work, especially in the Second Movement (Listen closely as Gillis takes Bartok out for a spin in the Third.)

    These richly textured, difficult to play pieces are executed with a beautiful combination of verve, syncopation, tenderness and frivolity by the Albany Symphony Orchestra under the direction of David Alan Miller. I had never before heard the Albany Symphony; but I now have the highest respect for its artistic capabilities. It's obvious Maestro Miller has a real affinity for this music.

    If you want to remember what America was -- and know what it still is at heart -- snatch up this CD before it's gone. It's glorious.

    5 out of 5 stars Great American Music.......2001-06-06

    I now consider Don Gillis the most exciting American composer who ever lived. Gershwin & Copland have excellent music, but even their music isn't as truly American sounding as this.

    Don Gillis, a forgotten American composer who composed for the radio and the NBC Radio Orchestra, wrote thrilling music for audiences in the early 20th Century, a type of grand music that John Williams has reinvigorated in movies (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, The Cowboys). Gillis' music sounds American (nearly "Old West" or Bonanza sounding) through his extensive use of brass, especially great horn licks and trumpet calls, syncopated percussion, including great timpani lines, as well as flourishes of woodwinds and strings. Harmonies include a lot of open fifths and a technique I call the telegraph theme, where trumpets, high winds, or high strings quickly repeat a note over accompanying brass and percussion, giving an impression of Americana.

    While his music might be considered a bit trite, he displays great musicality and virtuosity in some very difficult music to perform. This recording includes two symphonies, a short ballet, and a fabulous piano concerto with jazz and folk influences recalling Gershwin, all totaling over 70 minutes of music. Plus it is truly very exciting music.

    In addition, the Albany symphony plays this sometimes difficult music with great ease, great sound, and great excitement. The brass is flashy and pull off licks with no difficulty, woodwinds and strings give equally fine performances. Insightful liner notes and remarkable digital sound, I can not say enough of this recording and this unknown American composer.

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    6. A Todo Galope
    7. Aqui No Se Sienta Nadie
    8. Ay Que Bueno
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    10. Batalla del Siglo

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