Sprung

1. Sprung

Sprung,Rev. Melvin Bufford,T-Jaye Records,Gospel,Gospel/Christian Music,Pop

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Average customer rating: Awesome! New and Old... It's all good It is worth it What's happened guys?! This CD Slammed!!!!!!!!

Get a Taste Sprung Monkey Manufacturer: Redline Ent ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mr. Funny Face Swirl ASIN: B00005B57F Release Date: 2001-04-24

Tracks:

1. What's That You Say
2. Get A Taste
3. Beautiful
4. Party Like A Rock Star
5. Whatcha Gonna Do
6. American Made
7. Unexpected
8. Lucy
9. Look My Way
10. Everybody Knows Everything
11. Shut Up
12. Laughing
13. Friends
14. Coconut

Customer Reviews:

Awesome!.......2007-07-04

This album came out way back when, but I recently dug it out my cd box and remebered how sweet it was. Nearly every song on here is catchy as hell. "What's that you say" is probably one of the better songs I've ever heard and the whole CD stands out. It's too bad bands like this don't get mainstream attention as they are better than 90% of the bands polluting the airwaves today.

It's a fun cd that has some nice riffs and catchy hooks and you won't be dissapointed.

New and Old... It's all good.......2004-02-09

I love almost everything I've heard from sprung monkey, this album is no different. It's not as serious as some of their other music, but it has a really nice upbeat feel to almost all the songs, and their cover of coconut is awesome and funny at the same time. I really wish I could find more bands as good as these guys that are willing to re-invent themselves and experiment with other genres. "Get a Taste" is the kind of album you want for those clear summer days at the beach when the waves are 3 to 5' and clean, and everything seems to be perfect. It's a feel good album and definitely worth your purchase.

It is worth it.......2002-07-31

this is a great album. It is very easy to listen to and you just get used to it and cant stop. The lyrics are amazing especially on beautiful and american made. This album is amazing. i also recommend Mr. Funny Face by sprung monkey.

What's happened guys?!.......2001-09-19

I thought for a while about whether to give this CD a 2 or a 3. I gave it a 3 because it is a fairly decent CD, it's just totally different to what I was expecting and hoping for. If you like catchy, melodic alternative songs then go ahead any buy it. But if you, like me, loved 'Mr Funny Face' and think you'll be getting more of the same, then you might also be disappointed. The best thing about'Mr Funny Face' was its complete originality and its technical complexity- those drums! wow! But that's all gone on 'Get a Taste'- and every song has one of those catchy hooking choruses, and after about 9 songs this gets a bit wearing. There are a few good tracks worth mentioning- 'Friends' reminds me a bit of 'Mr Funny Face', 'Whatcha Gonna Do' is a track with good old Sprung Monkey dark undercurrents and 'American Made' has a lot of the old energy. Apart from that not many of the others stick out. What happened, Sprung? You've gone too mainstream!!!

This CD Slammed!!!!!!!!.......2001-07-30

This cd is so ...! i can't even believe how many good songs are on this cd - if you don't buy this, you're moronic. seriously, i love it. Party Like a Rockstar is my new theme song...buy it, tell your friends, they will thank you over and over.

Average customer rating: Just another obscure band. Who cares? Unexpected...dont know if its good or bad yet... Awesome Band! some weak moments, but wow... what genre is this...

Mr. Funny Face Sprung Monkey Manufacturer: Hollywood Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Get a Taste Swirl The Nixons Punk-O-Rama, Vol. 5 ASIN: B000006NMY Release Date: 1998-05-05

Tracks:

1. Get 'Em Outta Here
2. Greta
3. White Trash
4. Super Breakdown
5. Hard Times
6. Mr. Funny Face
7. JoJo
8. Tired
9. Going For The Angry
10. Naked
11. Dead
12. In Spite Of It All
13. He Aloha Mele
14. Bonus Track 1
15. Bonus Track 2

Customer Reviews:

Just another obscure band. Who cares?.......2006-02-03

The music scene today is a monotonous place: meat-and-potatoes rock, lousy hip-hop and that's a bout it. Luckily, some bands and artists have been intentionally weird to showcase a unique sound: Beck, Radiohead and Primus to name a few. Note that Sprung Monkey is not in the list. I'm surprised you even bothered to track down this disc. It's so obscure: NOBODY cares about this band. If you trade in this CD for buyback credit at F.Y.E., it's worth 1 penny! So why did Sprung Monkey fade into obscurity so fast? I'll list the reasons:

1. Their name is terrible. Think of all the now-legendary bands with solid names: Metallica, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin. Would you really want to collect Sprung Monkey memorabilia? Maybe purchase a Sprung Monkey boxed set in 20 years, while wearing a "retro" Sprung Monkey t-shirt?

2. Their cover art is terrible. I mean, just look at it! People will buy a CD with a boring cover (Hoobastank) or a hideous cover (Cannibal Corpse) or even a stupid/funny cover (Weird Al Yankovic) but never a stupid/pointless cover (Sprung Monkey.)

3. Terrible song titles. "He Aloha Mele?" "Mr. Funny Face?" "Greta?" Were they just testing us to see how far they'd go until we (the consumers) would be repelled?

4. Their sound. "Get `Em Outta Here" sounds like a weak Sublime clone. The rest of the songs are actually OK, but they REALLY have to grow on you. Problem is, you'll just feel embarrassed to sing along to them, even home alone, because of the band's terrible cover art, song titles, and name.

This disc was released on Hollywood Records, which is responsible for numerous good movie soundtracks, plus a bunch of crappy nowhere bands (Who here likes the Pimps? How `bout Simon Says?) Plus, punk-rock band Suicide Machines released material on Hollywood Records: it sucks, but their other albums are superb.

Why am I being so harsh on Sprung Monkey? Because I want to. This album is only 8 years old and already in a comatose state of no fans whatsoever. I'm also warning all bands who want a unique sound: have fun with your music, but don't forget to create an APPEAL as well. Don't be the next Sprung Monkey!

Unexpected...dont know if its good or bad yet..........2002-08-13

I originally heard "Party like a Rockstar(So Cal Loco)" when I was watching "Dude Where's My Car?". I didn't know who it was by or anything, but I knew I liked it. Then I was at a used record store and they were giving out free Sprung Monkey stickers. So I downloaded "What's That You Say?" and I was hooked. I bought their recent album, "Get a Taste" and it's one of my most frequently listened to album. I knew they had two other albums, so based on GAT, I bought "Mr. Funny Face". It wasn't what I expected at all. It's so much harder than GAT. I can't decide if I like it or not. I like hard rock more than anyone, but I just can't get past that it's Sprung Monkey playing those hard riffs. I reccomend "Get a Taste" to everyone...but as far as "Mr. Funny Face"...well...the jury's still out on this one...

Awesome Band!.......2002-02-19

This band is truely awesome. Every track from every CD is a keeper! If you ever get a chance to see them live, check them out!

some weak moments, but wow..........2001-11-18

I first heard "Get 'Em Outta Here" on the warped tour sampler a few years back, and it ended up being one of the mp3's my freand sean kept on his playlist up in his room, so whenever we were chilling up there and having a few brews getting ready to go out and raise some hell, that song would always come on. I've alwyas had good associatains for that tune because of this, so when i stumbled upon it in a CD store a year or so ago for a pretty cheap price, i picked it up. Basically, the rest of the CD sounds nothing like GEOH, but still rocks.

Well, that's not entirely true- the beggining 2/3 rock, and then after "naked" things get a little weak, until you hit "He Aloha Mele" which is so weird it's cool. However, the beginning of this CD is so strong that it makes up for this. The first track is such a cool hip-hop/punk fusion, and the prechorus is just awesome. the next two tracks are REALLY heavy and still quite good. Then you hit Super Breakdown which is sorta poppy in a metal-ish sort of way- huge singalong chorus with chrushing guitars and all the works. Hard Times is probably the heaviest tune on the disc, and is just killer. the title track is awesome- sort of a tranced out hip-hop feel to it. Jo-Jo has one of the coolest chorus lyrics i've heard anywhere ("and i can feel your hands caressing me, so breathes a killer, so breathes a lover, now...), and tired is also a great tune, sort of a heavier version of the ambient feel of the title track. Then comes naked, which i think is probably the best song of the disc- the ultimate post-breakup song, and also sports some really good lines. It's true that a few of the songs here border on being trite, but when these guys are lyrically on, they're amazing, and it almost reads like modernist poetry- that chorus from JoJo could have come from the pen of charles bauldelaire. Like i said, the rest of this disc is basically filler, but the first half hour is so intense that even then it's one of my favorite CD's, and besides, there's no reason you can't just hit "stop" after naked.

Also, a lot of it is pretty subtle, but the production here is superb- it's one of these discs that (especially with headphones) you pick up on something new every time you relisten to it. Maybe a rhythm guitar part younever noticed before, or a subtle panning in the hi-hats or somethingp- there's lots of cool stuff going on under the surface here.

it's too bad they didn't end after Naked, with maybe He Aloha Mele tacked on at the end- Sprung Monkey would have had a short, concise, and powerful CD on their hands. It's an incredibly diverse yet cohesive sounding disc as it is, and has become a personal favorite of mine.

what genre is this..........2001-09-14

can't believe this kind of music even exists

Average customer rating: Best Sprung Monkey CD! If u liked Mr. Funny Face...

Swirl Sprung Monkey Manufacturer: Surfdog Records Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mr. Funny Face Get a Taste Thrown to the Wolves Burning out the Inside Your Body Above Me ASIN: B000007QQ6 Release Date: 1998-06-23

Tracks:

1. Swirl
2. Things Are Changing
3. Believe
4. Reluctant Man
5. Segunda
6. Elevator Boy
7. Lines
8. Saturated
9. Right My Wrong
10. Man
11. Push
12. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

Best Sprung Monkey CD!.......2000-04-11

I first listened to Sprung Monkey when I bought MR FUNNY FACE, and I really liked them. Then I was convinced this band was for real and bought their first major label release SWIRL. It is amazing! It is better than Mr.FF. In Swirl they have a more aggresive, raw, and straight out aggression. They really have some awesome rythms, with intelligent lyrics, fast aggresive heavy guitars and tons of percussion and bass. This is one of the most groundbreaking and awesome bands now. Buy SWIRL and you won't be dissapointed. The stand out tracks in my opinion are #2,3,4,10. But it is good from start to end. Get it!

If u liked Mr. Funny Face..........2000-04-09

If u liked Mr. Funny Face, then you *MUST* hear this album. The title track, "Swirl", is a whirling beautiful anthem which changes from a slow trance into passionate screams. The album is brilliant musically and lyrically and every song has its moments. I have no doubt that Sprung Monkey is on the verge of stardome with their next effort.

Average customer rating: Fine survey of German Renaissance music

The Spirit Of The Renaissance Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001RYW Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

1. Das Glaut Zu Speyer
2. Introitus: Omnis Terra Adoret Te A 4/Psalm: Deus In Adiutorium Meum Intende
3. Melodia Primi Toni
4. Iubilate Deo Omnis Terra A 4
5. Lamentanza Und Sprung
6. Dulces Exuviae A 4
7. Ich Stuend An Einem Morgen
8. Pavane Und Galliarden
9. Ach Gott, Wie Soll Ich Singen: Villanella A 3/Villanella A 5
10. Ach Schwacher Geist: Villanella A 3/Villanella A 5
11. Weil Du Dann Wilt Gen Mir: Villanella A 3/Villanella A 5
12. Pavane Und Bransles
13. Gloria Patri Qui Creavit Nos
14. Manus Tuae Domine Fecerunt Me
15. Deus Qui Sedes Super Thronum
16. Iubilate Deo Omnis Terra

Customer Reviews:

Fine survey of German Renaissance music.......1999-02-11

Cordes' Weser Renaissance recorded this in 1993 but it is just as excellent as anything they have recorded in the last couple of years. It is difficult to think of a better selection of early 16th Century German music.

The instrumental tracks are not as appealing to this listener as the vocal (frankly prior to Praetorius and Scheidt German wind music was a bit too dependant on the noisesome city waits), but by the third interlude Cordes' decision to intersperse the vocal pieces with instrumental settings is justified.

The CD opens with a burst of chalmeaux from Senfl which sounds disconcertingly like a bunch of 1970s kids blowing plastic yazoos, but then a minute later one is in the monastery with an introitus from Isaac and Psalm70 by Walter. Or almost in the monastery - the womens' voices on the soprano line are effective but not `authentic'. The same contrast is repeated between a robust brass melodia from Stoltzer and a setting of Psalm100 by Josquin Desprez. The anonymous lamentanza which follows is one of the best pieces on the CD. There then follows a setting by Willaert from Vergil's Aenid IV:651 where the poet says goodbye to his "sweet skins". Tracks [7] [9][10][11] present German villanellas by Isaac and Lechner, unfortunately without giving the name of the poets. [13] is a gloria by Philipp Dulichius, who passes unmentioned in the notes. [14] is a deadly serious lectio from Job10:8-12 by Lassus, and then following an instrumental setting of a Lassus motet the CD concludes with Psalm66:1-4 firmly set by Hassler.

Texts in Latin or German, and translations in German only. Timing 61'01"

Average customer rating: Missing Songs Move On, Move On

Sprung: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture Various Artists Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Guerilla City Music of the Heart: The Album From Tha Roota to Tha Toota Sprung Waiting To Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album ASIN: B000002NEE Release Date: 1997-04-29

Tracks:

1. Who You Wit - Jay-Z
2. Let Me Know - Keystone
3. Group Home Family - Canibus
4. I Don't Know - Next Level
5. Move On (I'm Leaving) - Forte
6. If It Ain't Love - Keystone
7. One In A Million (Remix) - Aaliyah
8. I Still Love You - Monifah
9. Since You've Gone Away (The Lockdown Anthem) - Bonnie And Clyde
10. 2 Nite's The Nite - Mr. Dalvin
11. Goal Tendin' - E-40
12. Freak - Money Boss Players
13. Let's Get It Started - G-Ratz
14. Bounce - Niggin Nodders
15. Don't Ask My Neighbor - Tisha Campbell & Tichina Arnold
16. The Secret Garden - Quincy Jones
17. I Want Your Love - Stanley Clarke

Customer Reviews:

Missing Songs.......2007-07-31

The Soundtrack was a great disappointment. There was a scene in the movie with Tisha Campbell and Rusty Cundieff where she's posing for photos taken by him and a scene where they're sitting on the sofa watching TV and he places his head down on her lap. The song played in this scene was not on the soundtrack and I have no idea of who could have made the song. And some of the other songs that are on the soundtrack I don't remember even hearing them on the movie. What's up with that?

Move On, Move On.......2000-03-19

I'll give this CD 4 stars just for "Move On (I'm Leaving)" by Jon Forte featuring Pras that was one of the best songs of 1997.

Average customer rating:

Klub Mix 2000 [2 Cd Set] Various artists/ 1. We Like To Party (Airplay) - Vengaboys 2. Do It Again (Radio Edit) - Razor N' Guido 3. Here You Go Again (Razor-N-Guido Mix) - Aretha Franklin , 4. All I Have To Give (Davidson Ospina Radio Mix) - Backstreet Boys 5. The First Night - Monica 6. Best Of My Life - 'N Sync , 7. Baby - Before Dark 8. It's The Things You Do (Sean & Dave's Excellent Extended Mix) - Five 9. Torn - Nathalie Imbruglia 10. Home Alone - R. Kelly , 11. I Still Love You (Radio Edit) - Next 12. Promises Tyrese , 1. Blue Monday (Club 69 Radio Edit) - Orgy 2. If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better -Tamperer , 3. God Is A DJ (Radio Edit) - Faithless 4. Maria (Soul Solution Radio Edit) - Blondie 5. Bodyrock - Moby , 7. Ladyshave - Gus Gus 9. Body (Radio Edit) - Funky Green Dogs , 10. Sprung (Pablo La Rosa Club Mix) - Nu Flavor 11. 24-7 - Liberty City , and 12. If You Really Want To Know - Marc Dorsey Manufacturer: Cild Front / BMG ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000P1KDJ2

Product Description

Track Listing DISC 1: 1. We Like To Party - Vengaboys 2. Do It Again - Razor & Guido 3. Here We Go Again - Aretha Franklin (Razor-N-Guido mix) 4. All I Have To Give - Backstreet Boys (Davidson Ospina Radio mix) 5. First Night, The - Monica 6. Best Of My Life - 'N Sync 7. Baby - Before Dark 8. It's The Things You Do - Five (Sean & Dave's Excellent Extended mix) 9. Torn - Natalie Imbruglia 10. Home Alone - Keith Murray/R. Kelly 11. I Still Love You - Next (Radio Edit) 12. Promises - Tyrese DISC 2: 1. Blue Monday - Orgy (Clud 69 Radio Edit) 2. If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better - The Tamperer 3. God Is A DJ - Faithless (Edit) 4. Maria - Blondie (Soul Solution Radio) 5. Bodyrock - Moby 6. Be Mine - Wild Orchid 7. Ladyshave - Gus Gus 8. Just Round - Joy/A Very Good Friend Of Mine 9. Body - Funky Green Dogs (Radio Edit) 10. Sprung - Nu Flavor (Pablo La Rosa Club Edit) 11. 24-7 - Liberty City 12. If You Really Wanna Know - Marc Dorsey

Average customer rating:

I'm Sprung T-Pain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Rap & Hip-Hop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rappa Ternt Sanga Bluestars Late Night Special Double Up Rich Boy ASIN: B000F5GKR2 Release Date: 2006-05-02

Album Description

UK five-track single features four versions of the title track along with the enhanced video. Tracks, I'm Sprung [With Short Intro], I'm Sprung [Dizzy Rascal Remix], I'm Sprung [Tony Kelly Dancehall Remix Feat Beenie Man], I'm Sprung [Anthony Acid Dance Remix] along with the enhanced video. BMG. 2006.

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The Life and Works of Joseph Haydn Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Carl Philipp Emman. Bach | Bach, Carl Philipp Emman. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Life and Works of Franz Schubert Life & Works Life & Works of Bach The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Brahms: Life & Works ASIN: B0000BXBXT Release Date: 2003-10-21

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Leo Smit: 33 Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson Manufacturer: Bridge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000JIRG Release Date: 1999-07-20

Tracks:

1. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 1. I Was The Slightest..
2. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 2. Through Lane It Lay...
3. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 3. It Troubled Me As...
4. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 4. The Childs Faith Is New
5. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 5. Softened My Time's...
6. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 6. Papa Above!
7. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 7. We Talked As Girls Do
8. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 8. They Shut Me Up In...
9. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 9. I Cried At Pity--Not At
10. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 10. Let Us Play Yesterday
11. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 11. A Loss Of Something...
12. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 12. Good Morning...
13. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 13. Up Life's Hill With...
14. Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 14. I'm Ceded--I've...
15. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 1. I Was A Phoebe--Nothing More
16. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 2. The Bird Her Punctual Music Brings
17. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 3. The Earth Has Many Keys
18. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 4. The Bobolink Is Gone
19. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 5. A Train Went Through A Burial Gate
20. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 6. I Cannot Dance Upon My Toes
21. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 7. Upon His Saddle Sprung A Bird
22. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 8. Better-Than Music!--For I--Who...
23. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 9. Bind Me--I Still Can Sing
24. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 10. Within My Garden, Rides A Bird
25. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 11. Heart, Not So Heavy As Mine
26. Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 12. I Shall Keep Singing
27. Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 1. I Reckon--When I Count At All
28. Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 2. I Dwell In Possibility
29. Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 3. The Martyr Poets--Did Not Tell
30. Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 4. The Poets Light But Lamps
31. Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 5. I Would Not Paint--A Picture
32. Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 6. To Pile Like Thunder To Its Close
33. Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 7. Me--Come! My Dazzled Face

Album Description

Leo Smit has an impressive pedigree as an American composer and musician. A virtuoso pianist, he has worked closely with such legends as Stravinsky, Balanchine, Copland and Stokowski. He has set more that 75 of Emily Dickinson's poems to music, grouping the works into cycles about related subject matter. The disc contains the world premiere recordings of three of those cycles- Childe Emilie- Memories and Fantasies of Childhood, The Celestrial Thrush- Songs of Music and Bird, and The White Diadem- Songs About Poets and Poetry. Smit's songs display great sensitivity to Dickinson's very personal world, and reflect the poet's emotional range by adopting an extremely colorful palette. The songs frequently veer from the simple and tonal to more rhythmically complex and chromatic settings, always alert to word and mood.

Average customer rating: A wonderful affirmation of American invention

A Season's Promise Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Larsen, Libby | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lauridsen | Lauridsen, Morten | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: All Is Bright Divine Grandeur ASIN: B00005O4UH Release Date: 2001-09-05

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria - Wayne Oquin
2. While All Things Were in Quiet Silence - Ned Rorem
3. The Shepherds and the Kings - Ruth Fox Hume and Paul Hume
4. Carol (Neighbors on this frosty tide) - Joan Morris and William Bolcom
5. I. Three Nativity Carols: The Holly and the Ivy - Stephen Paulus
6. II. Three Nativity Carols: This Endris Night - Stephen Paulus
7. III. Three Nativity Carols: Wonder Tidings - Stephen Paulus
8. Lo, The Messiah - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
9. So Blessedly It Sprung - Libby Larsen
10. O My Deir Hert - Virgil Thomson
11. O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
12. Wishes and Candles - Stephen Paulus
13. Sing Christmas! - Philip Lasser
14. Deep in the Night - Jennifer Higdon
15. Behold the Star - Thomas Cabaniss
16. A Seasons Promise - Dave Conner
17. All Together - Lance Horne

Album Description

The towering tree at Rockefeller Center, midnight mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Bing Crosby singing White Christmas—these are among the core snapshots of an American Christmas. A holiday that fuses the sacred and secular, high-gloss entertainment and deep spiritual meaning, Christmas in the United States is built on longstanding rituals at the same time as new riffs are continually being invented. It has its own distinct identity, and in one of the most culturally diverse societies on the globe, a Christian holiday has risen as the country's most prominent.

The striking array of works conducted by Judith Clurman on this recording open a window onto the many facets of a contemporary Christmas. Most of these compositions were first performed at one of the annual Christmas-tree-lighting ceremonies at Lincoln Center, where Clurman has directed music-making since 1992, and many were commissioned for those events.

Customer Reviews:

A wonderful affirmation of American invention.......2001-09-30

Judith Clurman knows how to work with singers, and the sound of her chorus is sumptuous on this CD. Just what you might want to have playing as the family is gathering for the holidays. And in a time of questioning and re-examination of what makes us Americans, the fact that this CD represents a wide variety of American composers doing their best to connect to beloved traditions makes this CD a winner. Hats off to New World for making a CD the record companies never would have...

Mexican Music:

1. Stan and Judy's Kid
2. Star Profile
3. Star Profile
4. Tae Music Power Jams
5. Tae Music Power Jams
6. Tae Music Power Jams
7. The Very Best of Brother Dave [Live]
8. Theta Meditation System
9. This Honky's Nuts [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Too Much Man for Just One Woman & Other Lies

Mexican Music

mexican music

Mexican Music

Bulletproof Fever: a Tribute to Ted Nugent [Import]

George Walker in Recital

House of the Blues

Music CD: Exigente [Import]

Faster than the Speed of Suck [Explicit Lyrics]

Cuando Tu Me Quieras

FunkeyMonkeys!

Elmar Lampson: Symphonie

Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer [Import]

Elija Y Gane [Import]

Ghost

Faith [Import]

Fly So High [CD-single]

Think of His Goodness

I'll Give All My Love to You