From Cradle to Grave [Import]

From Cradle to Grave [Import]

Track Listings

1. Move On

2. Mission Of Mercy

3. Between The Lines

4. Bdgv

5. In Disguise

6. We Are Rolling

7. Biography

8. Gko (Remix 97)

9. Lesson Learned

10. Greetings

11. To Whom It May Concern

12. The Life I Live

13. Tounge In Cheek

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese Version featuring Three Bonus Tracks.

From Cradle to Grave,Malicious,Avex Trax,Heavy Metal

From the Cradle to the Grave
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Rockin' The CRADLE Like Only He Can!

Cash rhythms, stark lyrics...

Short but Very Very Sweet!!

Just like all the rest...

What Great Modern Country Music Ought to Sound Like

From the Cradle to the Grave
Dale Watson
Manufacturer: Hyena
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NIW05C
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

Justice For All
It's Not Over Now
Time Without You
Hollywood Hillbilly
You Always Get What You Always Got
From The Cradle To the Grave
Why Oh Why Live A Lie
Yellow Mama
Tomorrow Never Comes
Runaway Train

Amazon.com

Though Dale Watson has long been a torchbearer for classic country, a throwback to the sounds of the 1960s and '70s, never before has he channeled so much inspiration from the late Johnny Cash. Recorded in Cash's cabin (since bought by Watson's actor buddy Johnny Knoxville), the songs really heavily on Cash's signature "boom-chicka-boom" rhythm, and the arrangements occasionally employ the sort of mariachi brass that evokes "Ring of Fire." Themes of life and death permeate the material. The title cut could have been a Cash outtake, while the "Runaway Train" finale pays him explicit tribute. Elsewhere, Watson changes pace by injecting some Waylon Jennings into "You Always Get What You Always Got," and lightening things up with "Hollywood Hillbilly." Watson's baritone and band are in fine form throughout. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Rockin' The CRADLE Like Only He Can!.......2007-05-26

Dale Watson is strong, like steel. Dale Watson is tough, like leather. Dale Watson is deep, like a well. And Dale Watson is smooth, like silk. If you take all those attributes, and you combine them with that VOICE - that glorious, iron-wrapped-in-suede voice! - you will come up with an artist who is consistantly at the top of his game, true to both himself and his music. True, I was a LITTLE disappointed at first when it seemed as if there really wasn't anything new, be it vocally or instrumentally, on the disc, but after a few listens, I was reminded.....this is who Watson is, and this is what makes him special (Plus, if you listen closely, you do hear a few new subtle surprises, both in the vocals and the arrangements!). Things kick off with the dark, forboding "Justice For All." Even though there's a lilting quality to the instrumentation, Watson delivers such lyrics as "Revenge is mine sayith the Lord/Well he's one lucky guy" and "An eye for an eye/Would leave the whole world blind" in a somber, serious voice, only adding to the chilling - yet captivating! - aspects of the song. By the time he gets to the start of the final verse ("Don't do as i do a wiser man would say/When on a journey of revenge/Be sure to dig two graves"), Watson has completely drawn you in, won you over, and made it VERY clear you're in for a very special ride! "It's Not Over Now" is a classic country weeper, all steely vocal, smooth instrumentation and lyrics that make it clear....it doesn't get easier with time/age! "Time Without You" follows the same theme, but takes it yet one step further....here's a guy who's so miserable and alone that he just doesn't want to go on ("I curse my healthy heart for keepin'/The blood runnin' through my veins/I open my eyes each mornin' and I regret/To greet the day"). The toe-tapping arrangement may seem odd at first, but it offsets the downbeat lyrics in a unique way, resulting in a track that's sad, yet not really depressing. One of FTCTTG's high points! "Hollywood Hillbilly" is a swingin' tribute to buddy Johnny Knoxville, but it really could be about anyone who's able to stay true to themselves and who they are, even after being transplanted into a new, more alien, environment. "You Always Get What You Always Got" is another gem. Anchored by ringing guitars and a lead vocal done in a slightly deeper register, Watson makes it clear that, if you tend to repeat your mistakes over or over, you're bound to fail....and it WILL catch up to you in the end ("Life is a lesson and the lesson I've learned/Is the choice you make is going to be long term/If there's any thing brother that I can say/Is that you'll pay tomorrow for what/You do today"). Pretty powerful stuff! The disc's title track is another strong cut....it's almost as if Watson were channelling Johnny Cash, what with the deep, knowing vocal and "Ring Of Fire" vibe. Add some killer fiddle and strong lyrics ("All we really are are the memories/That we've made/And leave behind from the cradle to the grave") and you have an instant classic! "Why Oh Why Live A Lie" has a glorious melancholy to it. This is obviously a love song, but it could also be a kiss-off to a record industry that just never has seemed to know what to do with Watson ("The talk you talk ain't the walk you walk/Why oh why live a lie/The words you speak you don't really mean/Why oh why live a lie"). Add a great instrumental bridge and you have yet another winner! Maybe it's because I'm not sure what a "Yellow Mama" is, but this track of the same name is the only one from FROM..... that leaves me cold. The arrangement lopes along, and Watson is in fine voice throughout, but he's done this sort of song before, and done it better. Listen to Dale, kids....don't drink (or fall in love!).....it'll only lead to no good! There's an urgency and edginess to "Tomorrow Never Comes" that is both cryptic and mesmerizing. Part spaghetti Western, part fever dream, the song curls around you like a musical rattler. Without a doubt, one of Watson's Top Five tracks to date. Absolutely haunting, yet strangely beautiful as well! Things wrap up with "Runaway Train", an upbeat, barn-burning tribute to Johnny Cash. Blazing along, you can't help but feel the respect Watson has for the Man In Black. You also find yourself wondering if maybe, just maybe, he identifies with him a tad bit as well ("A life born torn and worn like a runaway train"). A GREAT album closer! So do yourself a favor and pick up FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE....it's one of Dale Watson's best yet, and coming from a man who's always in top form, that's saying a lot! Actually, the only (slight) complaint I have is with Dale's wardrobe....enough with the waistcoats, fancy shirts and startched pants of the last few album covers...he's starting to look like a straight-laced preacher-man! PLEASE, Dale.....let's get back to jeans, engineer boots and leather on the next album! :>) (As with all my reviews, I'm giving the disc an extra half a star for including the lyrics).

Cash rhythms, stark lyrics..........2007-05-17

Being a mental health professional myself, if a concerned third party were to show me some of Dale's lyrics on this CD I would recommend an (immediate)intervention! Much as was the case on "Every song I write is for you", there are some extremely bleak sentiments on this disc. I'm REALLY glad to hear that Dale is on an upswing personally, because he is the best country artist of his generation (and a real nice guy). I got this disc and "The Little Darlin' Sessions" on the same day. I thought I was going to prefer the other disc to this one, but this is actually far more creative and original. The sound quality is much better, and this is Dale at his creative best. I could have done with a bit less of the Cash beat that runs throughout the CD, but (given the circumstances) I understand the reason. This is easily the most instrumentally creative disc Dale has cut, and also the least honky tonk or swing influenced(if you like that style, his last disc "Whiskey or God" was probably his best since his Hightone days). As for this set, "It's not over now" is a terrific ballad, and shows some Elvis influence in the vocals. "Time without you" has some incredibly depressed lyrics ("I curse my healthy heart for keeping the blood runnin' through my veins", "I open my eyes each morning and I regret to greet the day" - ouch!), and is delivered in a decidedly non-tongue in cheek manner. Hang in there, DW! Along with the obvious nod to the Man in Black, there's a lot of Waylon's sound on the disc (particularly on "You always get what you always got", with the Ralph Mooney-esque steel and Waylon beat). "Tomorrow never comes" is bleak and haunting. On the other hand, "Hollywood hillbilly" would have been OK on another Dale CD, but seems out of place here. Every other tune is quite serious, so (as was the case on "Every song I write is for you")I think Dale should have stayed with the theme of the album. Overall, this is an interesting change of pace for Dale, and contains a few songs that will rate among his best. This may be the best true tribute to Johnny Cash that anyone has done to date, capturing the feel of the Man in Black's best work without any actual covers of Cash songs.

Short but Very Very Sweet!!.......2007-05-15

I have absolutely no doubt that the music on this CD is worth five stars - I feel it's Dale Watson's strongest collection of songs for years. But with a running time of under 27 minutes, it's easy to feel like you're not getting value for money when you buy this item at full price.

The `quality versus quantity' argument raises its head a lot when you're looking at country music, with most albums seeming to offer 10-12 tracks with a 30-40 minute running time. Take the running time any further than that and accusations start to fly about sub-standard `filler' tracks.

These 10 songs were written whilst Dale was staying in a log cabin that was once owned by Johnny Cash. They all echo the Cash sound to varying degree - opener "Justice for All" perhaps most of all, and closing track "Runaway Train" actually includes short playful references to a number of Cash's train songs as it plays out. Don't get me wrong here - it doesn't `sound' like a Johnny Cash album, it's all Watson, but it's quite clear that there's a certain amount of `paying homage' being done. It's this link to Cash which - perhaps - explains why the album isn't plumped up with a couple of other tracks: all 10 were written in a short period of time, in the same place, and almost seem to flow together.

It's too short an album to really be able to pick out favourite tracks, but "Tomorrow Never Comes" stands out to some degree simply because it's so different to what one is used to hearing from Dale. The vocals and instrumentation is superb throughout the whole album, and the use of the trombone on a number of tracks gives the proceeding a nice `full' quality.

So - five stars. Though I feel like I should remove one star to reflect the short running time, I won't, because I feel that the quality very much wins out in this case - this is a fine collection of songs that deserve to be heard together like this and the addition of songs written under other circumstances could easily spoil the effect.

Just like all the rest..........2007-05-09

and by that I mean very good. If you enjoy Dale's other releases, you'll like this one too. I won't bother repeating what some of the other reviewers have stated about the current state of country music. I imagine most people reading these reviews are somewhat familiar with Watson's music. If you're not, give him a listen. If you are, once again, Dale doesn't disappoint.

And another thing. If you ever get the opportunity to see this guy live, I highly recommend it.

What Great Modern Country Music Ought to Sound Like.......2007-05-07

This CD offers an insight into what great modern country music ought to sound like. In this collection, Dale Watson and his band draw from the influences of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Lefty Frizzell to build a collection of songs that touch something deep. The songs on this CD have a heart and soul that modern country lost some years back. Watson and his band demonstrate the guts to deliver an uncompromising CD that deserves uncompromising praise.

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From a music lover, not a critic
Masur - Champion of Liszt

Liszt: Works for Piano and Orchestra

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000BWTKK
Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

No.1 Ce Qu'On Entend Sur La Montagne After Hugo, S95
No.2 Tasso: Lamento E Trionfo After Byron, S96
No.3 Les Preludes After Lamartine, S97
No.4 Orpheus, S98

Tracks:

No.5 Prometheus, S99
No.6 Mazeppa After Hugo, S100
No.7 Festklange, S101
No.8 Heroide Funebre, S102
Mephisto Waltz No.2, S111

Tracks:

No.9 Hungaria, S103
No.10 Hamlet After Shakespeare, S104
No.11 Hunnenschlacht After Kaulbach, S105
No.12 Die Ideale After Schiller, S106

Tracks:

Die Wiege
Der Kampf Um's Dasein
Zum Grabe (Die Wiege Des Zukunftigen Lebens)
I: Faust
II: Gretchen
III: Mephistopheles Schlusschor/Final Chorus/Choeur Final: Alles Vergangliche Ist Nur Ein Gleichnis

Tracks:

I: Der Nachtliche Zug
II: Der Tanz In Der Dorfschenke (Mephisto Waltz No.1)
I: Inferno
II: Purgatorio

Tracks:

Allegro Maestoso
Quasi Adagio
Allegretto Vivace - Allegro Animato
Allegro Marziale Animato
Adagio Sostenuto Assai
Allegro Agitato Assai
Allegro Moderato
Allegro Deciso
Marziale Un Poco Meno Allegro
Allegro Animato
Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie, D760, S366
Weber: Polonaise Brillante 'L'Hilarite', J268, S367

Tracks:

Fantasie Uber Ungarische Volksmelodien, S123
Fantasie Uber Motive Aus Beethovens 'Ruinen Von Athen', S122
Grande Fantaisie Symphonique Sur Des Themes De 'Lelio' De Berlioz, S120
Malediction, S121
Totentanz, Paraphrase Uber 'Dies Irae', S126

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From a music lover, not a critic.......2007-04-10

Many of these performances are new to me. That is the beauty of being 59 years old and still learning. My knowledge of classical music is based on what moves me. While others talk about all the other versions and other conductors, I just want to let other people know that these recordings give me great pleasure. While some may find Michel Beroff to be less than adequate, I enjoy his renditions of the piano concertos. I have heard other renditions and find that they all have their places. These concertos move me a great deal. That is my only criteria.

Masur - Champion of Liszt.......2003-12-19

Before he became the embattled leader of the New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur made a name for himself by making brilliant recordings with the Gewandhaus-Orchester Leipzig, these Liszt Orchestral Works foremost among them. It is delightful to have these recordings in print again, and for them all to be collected on seven discs in an inch-thick paper box set is even better. Masur's performances of the "Tone Poems" in particular rank among the best of all-time, along with Haitink and Golovanov in my opinion (see my review of the latter on his "Great Conductors of the 20th Century" title). Also included in this set are the works for Piano and Orchestra, and while Michel Beroff's renditions don't quite measure up to my favorite accounts by Arrau, Cliburn, Janis, Katchen, Richter or Zimerman, they are certainly first-rate. Oddly, my only complaint is that EMI seems to have taken the "slim" out of slim, paper-sleeved box sets with their latest batch of releases. Both this title and the new "Yehudi Menuhin - The Violinist" box are noticeably thicker than previous EMI sets featuring a similar number of discs. A minor point, but us serious classical collectors need every centimeter of space on our increasingly crowded CD shelves.

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WICKED BRITISH PUNK ROCK CONCEPT ALBUM
the forgotten punk-opera masterpiece
the best punk band from england ever!!!!!!!!!!!
The Anarcho Punk Equivilent To "Dark Side of The Moon"
Hands down, the best British punk album of all-time.

From the Cradle to the Grave
Subhumans
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Complete, Vol. 1: 1981-1983
Live in a Dive
Let's Start a War...Said Maggie One Day
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ASIN: B000000LXU
Release Date: 1995-04-05

Tracks:

Intro
Forget
Waste Of Breath
Where's The Freedom?
Reality Is Waiting For A Bus
Us Fish Must Swim Together
Wake Up Screaming
Adversity
Rain
From The Cradle To The Grave

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WICKED BRITISH PUNK ROCK CONCEPT ALBUM.......2006-01-12

Whaaaaaa? British Punk concept, in the same sentence? I don't remember how or why I got started into listening to SUBHUMANS. They are quite a different band that what I usually listen to, but nowadays (girl I know unloaded ALL of her Subhuman albums on me) I have every single album.
I pick 'em up now and again. I like punk rock, but certain times more than others. SUBHUMANS have a rich british punk sound that is always enjoyable, so, yeah.. I dig it.
My favorite album is definately this one.. FROM CRADLE TO THE GRAVE, a concept album about life, living life, hating life, loving life.. and death.
I don't know how that sounds to you. This review has already gotten way to technical....

JUST PLAY IT REALLY LOUD WHEN YOU'RE GETTING DRUNK! Five punk rock stars.

the forgotten punk-opera masterpiece.......2005-08-30

Green Day get all the credit for "American Idiot", but the Subhumans already made a punkrock opera 20 years (!) earlier.
"From the Cradle to the Grave" Is a cross between traditional old school punk and Progressive Rock. They made it work. They were very talented musicians for punks (this is a faaaar cry from The Ramones) and this is maybe their highlight. The only thing that makes this punk is the Cockney Accent of the Singer.
The songs are awesome, and oooh man those titles! "Reality is waiting for a bus", "us fish must swim together", and off course the 17 minute title track "From the cradle to the grave". thats SEVENTEEN minutes, Green Day eat your heart out!

the best punk band from england ever!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-03-21

From the Cradle to the Grave is in my opinion, the best punk album ever.From start to finish this album never let's you down.
the talent is unbelievable, and the song structures are perfect. i have this on 12" vinyl, and it is one of my favorite albums. the only other punk band on the Subhumans level is the Dead Kennedys, but they're great anyway. BUY THIS ALBUM EVEN IF YOU DON'T REALLY LISTEN TO ALOT OF PUNK ROCK. YOU WON'T REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!
top 5 albums
5.Slint-Spiderland
4.Subhumans-From the Cradle to the Grave
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2.Dinosaur Jr.-Your living all over me
1.Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation or Paul's boutique by the Beatie boys

The Anarcho Punk Equivilent To "Dark Side of The Moon".......2003-12-03

This album is sheer briliance. In my opinion, its Subhumans best. From the 1st instrumental track, to the final, mesmorizing title track... you'll see why subhumans are considered such a great british punk band. This album also showcases their tremendous musical ability. Its not 3 chord dribble like others (namely the sex pistols), its well constructed music with a message. Buy this album, it will not dissapoint.

Hands down, the best British punk album of all-time........2001-12-03

Yeah, I don't regret that title. This release is breathtaking, from the opening fifty second long instrumental to the final sixteen-minute title track that ranks among the ten greatest songs ever recorded by anyone, regardless of genre. It's not just Dick's lyrics, brilliant as always, that make this album a classic, but also the music, constantly changing pace and tone, from the upbeat ska/reggae of "Us Fish Must Swin Together" to the threatening "Wake Up Screaming" to the relentless "Reality Is Waiting For A Bus." And then there's the title track, combining the best of all genres of music the Subhumans ever experimented with, tied together by wonderful lyrics and a dozen catchy riffs that disappear almost as soon as they appear, perhaps never to return. And, best of all, the filler that plagued past Subhumans releases ("Zyklon-B-Movie," "Powergames" and almost the entire Time Flies E.P, to name a few) is nowhere to be found. Buy it now, you definitely will not regret it.

Franz Liszt: Complete Tone Poems, Vol. 2

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la colleccion mas espectacular II
Rounding up from a 4.5
"More 'respected' than loved"? Here's to respect!!
Part Two of a great Liszt Tone Poem cycle from Haitink

Franz Liszt: Complete Tone Poems, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Liszt: Complete Tone Poems Volume One

ASIN: B00000417T
Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

Complete Tone Poems: Heroide funebre (Heldenklage) - Liszt
Complete Tone Poems: Hungaria - Liszt
Complete Tone Poems: Hamlet - Liszt

Tracks:

Complete Tone Poems: Hunnenschlacht - F. Liszt
Complete Tone Poems: Die Ideale - F. Liszt
Complete Tone Poems: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe - F. Liszt
Complete Tone Poems: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 - F. Liszt

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Liszt's tone poems are "respected" more than loved. It's kind of easy to see why--the thematic material is not always distinguished, and the orchestration--however interesting and experimental--is often just plain screechy. But maybe that's part of the point. As the inventor of the "symphonic poem," Liszt was trying to create a piece of symphonic length and continuity based on the transformation of just one or two themes. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but the results are seldom dull. Bernard Haitink's performances are very musical, and they are attractively recorded. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

la colleccion mas espectacular II.......2004-11-30

Bernard Haitink nos entrega con este CD los poemas sinfonicos restantes, y nos sigue sorprendiendo, estos sonj registros que no podra escuchar en ningun otro lado y a la imcomparable calidad de este director y la Orquesta Sinfonica de Londres que como siempre nos deslumbra hasta el climax del disfrute musical.
Son muy pocas palabras para describir 6 poemas sinfonicos, La batalla de los hunos es soberbia, Heroide funebre y Hungaria y lo mas expresivo de la tradicion hungara, Die ideale, hamlet y de la cuna a la tumba son sencillamente sorprendentes, Haitink ademas grabo y se incluye en este CD el vals mefisto N°1, asi se convierte en una coleccion imperdible.
Un CD doble, precio economico, la mejor calidad, la mejor interpretación una seleccion no disponible en otro lado, imperdible.

Rounding up from a 4.5.......2004-09-07

All recordings of Liszt's symphonic poems should be compared to the fabulous set by Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhash Orchestra. They are near perfection in their spontaneity and authenticity. These are good recordings - even great - although it would be hard not to perform such notables as Hungaria, the Mephisto Waltz and Hunnenschlacht.

As I stated in my review of the first set, these are difficult to understand completely because of the general literary and cultural illiteracy that plagues America, particularly the youth. All the poems have a literary inspiration - Hamlet, Orpheus, Faust, the "Hero" of German Literature. Listening to these without knowing the story or person behind it is like eating wonderful without knowing what it is.

"More 'respected' than loved"? Here's to respect!!.......2003-01-22

OK Mr. Hurwitz, if only because Liszt created the art-form of symphonic poems as they went on to existance we should just "respect" the tone poems, but Hunnenschlact--How could you not LOVE this piece?? This was most certainly the blueprint for Saint-Saens' absolutely killer Symphony #3 (which was written as a tribute to Liszt, actually) with its pairing of organ and symphony orchestra. With that and the other 12 poems, there's plenty of love and respect to go around!

Part Two of a great Liszt Tone Poem cycle from Haitink.......2002-12-08

Franz Liszt invented the symphonic tone poem genre and this splendid two CD compilation is the second half in a series of recordings of Liszt's scores from Bernard Haitink and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. These are warm, technically brilliant, but also passionate, performances replete with great performances from the strings, winds and horns when the London Philharmonic was London's best symphony orchestra. Haitink leads the LPO in excellent interpretations, with my favorites being the "Battle of the Huns" and Mephisto Waltz Number One. Philips' sound quality is superb due to state-of-the-art 24 bit digital image remastering. Here's hoping that the first volume in this series will be available to classical music fans soon.

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Liszt the Celestial

Liszt: The Canticle of the Sun

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002ZTR
Release Date: 1994-02-01

Tracks:

San Francesco - Preludio per il Cantico del Sol, S499a
Cantico del Sol di San Francesco d'Assisi, S499
Von Der Wiege Bis Zum Grabe - Du berceau jusq u'a la tombe, S512: Die Wiege - Le berceau
Von Der Wiege Bis Zum Grabe - Du berceau jusq u'a la tombe, S512: Der Kampf um's Dasein - Le combat pour la vie
Von Der Wiege Bis Zum Grabe - Du berceau jusq u'a la tombe, S512: Zum Grabe: Die Wiege des zuken Lebens
O sacrum convivium, S674a
Salve regina, S669/1
Ave maris stella, S669/2
Gebet, S265
Ora pro nobis - Litanei, S262
O sacrum convivium, S674a (Alternative Version)
Resignazione - Ergebung, S187b (Second Version)
Il m'aimait tant, S533
Romance 'O pourquoi donc', S169
Ich liebe dich, S546a
Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S534 (Fourth Version)

Customer Reviews:

Liszt the Celestial.......2007-07-08

Volume 25 in the Hyperion Liszt series introduces piano music borrowed from other compositions: the numerous transcriptions of various motets, choral pieces, and songs are representative. In addition, Howard has also recorded the solo piano version of Liszt's profound and last symphonic poem, "From the Cradle to the Grave." The quality of music and the impact of this piano version are largely responsible for my five star review. And yet Liszt's poetic piano arrangement of the "Cantico del Solo di San Francesco d'Assisi" is another blockbuster.

Liszt's passion for the Saints is evident in his two piano pieces, the Legends. Howard explains, "The Fioretti (Little Flowers) of St. Francis of Assisi was amongst Liszt's favourite inspirational and devotional readings, and it is The Canticle of the Sun from that book which provides him with the text for the choral version of the Cantico del Sol." Liszt changed the title in his piano version to "Cantico di San Francesco," and the work is a fervid and serious one. The booming opening hymn in the bass leads to a majestic thread of meditative ideas and passionate outbursts. Howard describes the work simply as "a paean of joy." Indeed, along with the counterpart piece, "Preludio," Liszt explores his own spirituality and religious zeal, best supported by the delicate and virile dynamics of the piano.

Liszt's thirteenth and last symphonic poem, "From the Cradle to the Grave" was written in 1881 and is one of those rare post-Weimar years' orchestral works. The philosophical meaning and nature of this last symphonic poem is decidedly somber. Humphrey Searle reports that the work "was inspired by what is apparently a very bad painting by Count Michael Zichy, and is divided into three parts, 'The Cradle,' 'The Struggle for Existence,' and 'To the Tomb: the Cradle of the Future Life.'" Liszt's orchestral version is visceral, but as always with Liszt's piano-writing, melodic fragments and individual lines of music reveal themselves better in his piano transcriptions. This piano version, I think, illustrates Liszt's pensive ideas quite well. The last portion in particular, "To the Tomb: the Cradle of the Future Life," sounds exalted in the piano's registers. The music itself plunges a dichotomy of depths: the funereal mood of death and the mysterious voyage of the afterlife. Although this is the only piano recording of this symphonic poem, I believe Howard's playing is noble and directed with careful pacing and dynamics.

No less significant than the two major works mentioned above are the smaller piano pieces derived from other choral compositions and songs. Both versions of "O Sacrum convivium" percolate with beautiful quietude, while the "Ave maris stella" is a wonderful pianistic treatment of a simple plainchant. There are other pieces here, however, that could be safely labeled "secular," and one of the finest is "Il m'aimait tant," a transcription of Liszt's own song, "which tells of the grief of love lost after a broken tryst." Clothed in Liszt's melancholic lyricism and Romantic sentiment, the piece is simply lovely. Another worthy transcription is the brief but even more effective song, "Ich liebe dich," played with heart-felt ardor by Howard. The "Romance" and "Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth" have been recorded elsewhere in their other versions, but offer new angles to familiar music content.

Bottom line: The absence of reviews for this Hyperion release is sad and the degree of quality these pieces exude can't be emphasized enough. The piano versions of the "Cantico del Sol" and Liszt's abstract "From the Cradle to the Grave" are celestial and imposing works. And in the various piano versions of motets and songs, Liszt displays a prolificacy that never ceases to be astonishing.

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Forgotten Liszt

Liszt: Symphonic Poems

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000014DI
Release Date: 2000-10-05

Tracks:

The Cradle
The Struggle For Existence
To The Grave
Orpheus, S98
The Ideals, S106 (Symphonic Poem After Schiller)
Hamlet, S104

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Forgotten Liszt.......2005-07-12

I was always a bit wary of Liszt's symphonic poems. Other than "Les Preludes," and sometimes "Mazeppa" and "Tasso," you don't really hear about them--and this despite Liszt's claim as the "father" of the symphonic poem. I avoided them for years until I accidentally heard "Prometheus." Wow. So I explored further and happened upon the present disc, which is a complete revelation for the Liszt nay-sayer.

First off, the pieces themselves. Though "Orpheus" is sometimes recorded, the remaining three are more or less unknown. And yes, I intend to argue that the neglect is quite unjust. The best piece here is easily "Orpheus," which is a beautiful, poetic, shimmering score--showing that Liszt was far more than mere virtuosity and bombast. But the remaining works are equally inspired and fascinating, though perhaps lack the last measure of precision and editorial shrewdness. "From the Cradle to the Grave" is a very late work, one that actually came decades after the series of 12 symphonic poems. It's a relatively short piece for Liszt, with a haunting first movement, showcasing the late-style Liszt, followed by a driving danse macabre, and capped off by a slower, somber reflection on life's end. A very effective piece that should be played more often. No one seems to have anything good to say about "The Ideals," possibly due to its length. Its program (based on Schiller) seems very similar to "Les Preludes," but the music is far less trimphant and tuneful. That said, it's a remarkably varied piece, full of rich melodies and extremely sensitive orchestration. And okak, though a bit long, I don't find it a bit boring and after several listens am really starting to love it. Finally, we have "Hamlet," which is a exciting, full-blooded Romantic portrait of the Danish prince. As Liszt himself admitted, Ophelia and much else of the play is disregared for Hamlet's mental anguish and thoughts of revenge. But it's a remarkably effective piece with great brass and swirling strings that would be aped by everyone from Wagner to Tchaikovsky. In fact, the more you listen to Liszt's orchestral works, the less pioneering most late Romantic composers sound.

The New Zealand orchestra plays with the utmost committment and really shines throughout. The sound is quite good and everything "sounds" on this CD. It's one of my all-time favorite Liszt discs, and at this price, it certainly pays to be curious. Enjoy.

Liszt: Dante Symphony; Bergsymphonie No1

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EXCELLENT - the best Dante-recording ever!!!
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Liszt: Dante Symphony; Bergsymphonie No1

Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002SCL
Release Date: 1996-09-10

Tracks:

Ce Qu'On Entend Sur La Montagne (Symphonic Poem No.1 'Bergsinfonie')
Festklange (Symphonic Poem No.7)
Hunnenschlact (Symphonic Poem No.11)
I: Die Wiege
II: Der Kampf Um's Dasein
III: Zum Grabe: Die Wiege Des Kunftigen Lebens

Tracks:

Die Ideale (Symphonic Poem No.12)
I: Inferno - Matthias Eisenberg
II: Purgatorio - Matthias Eisenberg

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EXCELLENT - the best Dante-recording ever!!!.......2002-12-23

The Dante-symphony is one of Liszt's two symphonies: it shows the most striking examples of Liszt's use of the orchestra. The Inferno movement brings us into the dark depth of suffering with chromatic and whole-tone sequences. Liszt writes very important lines for - in the mid-19th-century usually non-favoured -instruments like bass-clarinet, double-bass, harp, tam-tam, low-brass - and Kust Masur understands the significance of this. The interpretation of the whole movement is simply perfect! Liszt once said that the main theme shortly after the beginning should sound like mocking devils - and it does indeed! The Purgatorio is pictured equally wonderfully - the Gewandhaus Orchester is playing with extreme beauty: there is no other recording where the string accompaniment would sound as otherworldly as on this disc. The final Magnificat with the women's choir takes us to the gates of heaven: we can hear the angels singing. The work fades away with delicate, pianissimo woodwind chords.

The "What One Can Hear on the Mountain", the first piece on disc1 was the first symphonic poem in music history - inventive and revolutionary. Although it is the longest of all the Liszt-symphonic poems Masur manages to avoid being halting. The same is true in connection with Die Idealen: most of the conductors fail to bring out all of the beauties of this great work, but Masur and the Gewandhaus succeeds again.
Festklange is as its title tell us a musical fiesta - in a very elegant manner. It was written in the happy days when Liszt still thought that he will be able to marry the Polish Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein...
The "Battle of the Huns" is an interesting piece: in my opinion the first 6 minutes includes the most exciting battle-scene ever been written for orchestra. When the battle is over the music reaches a climax with organ and fortissimo tutti - the only weak point of the composition for me... the rest of the music is great again to the end.

From the Cradle to the Grave - the last symphonic poem from Liszt. He composed it nearly 30 years after the previous one. It does show huge differences from the previously mentioned works. It is extremely modern - especially compared to the works of Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Elgar dating from the end of the 19th century. But it also sounds much more 20th-century than either Wagner or Franck. The Cradle movement is written delicately for five violins, flute and harp - i can not describe it, You have to hear it... The Life-movement starts of with a strikingly modern motif: very percussive and violent with its tritone, but soon it gets combined with a joyous second theme - leading to a crazy chaotic end linking the music to the Grave-movement, which doesn't introduce any new themes, it transforms the music from the previous two movements suggesting that the Grave is the Cradle of an other Life. The music fades away with a simple, pianissimo, truly beautiful cello line.

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GREAT MUSIC AND GREAT INTERPRETATION.

particular collection.......1998-11-12

List is not always the most loved composer. He is however in my view the most representative of the high romantic east-european stream in composers. He is often negatively compared with Chopin, due to the more awkward composition of his piano ouvre. However, he has been the big piano-vituoso who has influenced the piano performances uptill now. Therefore it is more wonderfull to hear an important part his orchestra work, collected on these 2 CD-s. Music that is very particular in its representation of these "very List" -wise compositions.

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Till I Die
Just Gangsta's
Manufacturer: MiddWorld Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAGLHO
Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

Till We Die (Intro) Fat Dolemite
Can You Save Me
Eyes Don't Lie
It Ain't on Me
Diva's & Don's
Till I Die (Intro)
Till I Die
Keep the Jams Hot
Ghetto Song
Skit
Take a Ride with Me
Paper Chase
Just Like You
Taking Over
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Comin' Through
Hold Us Down
Company Picnic
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Schumann: Symphony in C No2, Op61; Liszt: Orpheus No4

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Interesting, underrated Toscanini performances

Schumann: Symphony in C No2, Op61; Liszt: Orpheus No4

Manufacturer: Urania
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Interesting, underrated Toscanini performances.......2003-07-18

Toscanini's Schumann 2nd is not nearly as well-known as his interpretation of the 3rd Symphony, but it is equally good. Also of interest is the excellent Liszt tone poem Orpheus, which Toscanini conducts with elegance and touching humanity. His version of the famed Hungarian Rhapsody #2 has a lift and drive usually not heard in this piece. The one disappointment on the album is the tone poem "From the Cradle to the Grave." Though described as being like Strauss' "Tod und Verklarung," I personally did not like the music at all....rambling and disconnected in feeling. The sound is surprisingly good for vintage broadcasts.

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From the Cradle to the Grave
Mr. Rida
Manufacturer: N.U.F.S.A.I.D. Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAK59Y
Release Date: 2004-01-20

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