Life So Far

Life So Far

Life So Far

Track Listings
 
1. One
2. Late
3. Hit the Bottom
4. The Bus
5. Coup D'etat
6. I See Stars
7. Lighting of the Lamps
8. God Is In
9. We're On Our Way
10. You Come to Me
11. Sleeeeeeeping
12. My Life So Far
13. My Life So Far (outro)
14. My Life So Far (epilogue)

Editorial Reviews
Dirty Linen
Billy Jonas' lyrics have been described as "wild winded word magic"(Dirty Linen, international folk music magazine).

Product Description
Audiences of all ages are moving with the magic of Billy Jonas: composer, songsmith, recording artist and multi-instrumentalist.

Billy performs his original songs, stories, and improvisations with voice, guitar, and "Industrial Re-percussion," a collection of instruments made from found, foraged, and recycled objects.

Billy's latest CD release, Life So Far, features all original songs (primarily for adults) and includes musicians as diverse as David Wilcox and Black Umfolosi of Zimbabwe. Billy Jonas' lyrics have been described as "wild winded word magic"(Dirty Linen, international folk music magazine).

His carefully crafted songs, adventurous guitar work, clear tenor voice, and original instruments have garnered high praise from major acoustic music journals.

Life So Far

Life So Far,Billy Jonas
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The greatest songs ever?
  • A musical treasure-box
  • a beautiful journey into melancholy
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
John Dowland , Anthony Rooley , Emma Kirkby , Christopher Wilson , The Consort of Musicke , Colin Tilney , Anthony Bailes , Jakob Lindberg , Nigel North , Glenda Simpson , Peter Holman , and John Donne
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ASIN: B000004CYV
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

  1. First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
  2. First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
  3. First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
  4. First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  5. First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
  6. First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
  7. First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
  8. First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
  9. First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
  10. First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
  11. First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
  12. First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
  13. First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
  14. First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
  15. First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
  16. First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
  17. First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  18. First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
  19. First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
  20. First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
  21. First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

  1. Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
  2. Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
  3. Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
  4. Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
  5. Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
  6. Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
  7. Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
  8. Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
  9. Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
  10. Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
  11. Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
  12. Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
  13. Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
  14. Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
  15. Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
  16. Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
  17. Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
  18. Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
  19. Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
  20. Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
  21. Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
  22. Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

  1. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
  2. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
  3. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
  4. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
  5. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
  6. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
  7. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
  8. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
  9. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
  10. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
  11. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
  12. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
  13. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
  14. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
  15. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  16. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
  17. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
  18. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
  19. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
  20. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
  21. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
  6. A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
  7. A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
  8. A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
  9. A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
  10. A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
  11. A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
  12. A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
  13. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
  14. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
  15. A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
  16. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
  6. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
  7. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
  8. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
  9. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
  10. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
  11. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
  12. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
  13. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
  14. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
  15. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
  16. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
  17. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
  2. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
  3. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
  4. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
  5. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
  6. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
  7. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
  8. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
  9. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
  10. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
  11. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
  12. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
  13. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
  14. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
  15. Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
  16. Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
  17. Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
  18. Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
  19. Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
  20. Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
  21. Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
  22. Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
  23. Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
  24. Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
  25. Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
  26. Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
  27. Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
  28. Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

  1. Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
  2. Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
  3. Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
  4. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  5. Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
  6. Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
  7. Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
  8. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  9. Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
  10. A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
  11. Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
  12. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  13. Instrumental Music: Galliard
  14. Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
  15. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  16. Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
  17. Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
  18. Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
  19. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
  20. Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
  21. Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
  22. Instrumental Music: Comagain
  23. Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
  24. Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Preludium
  2. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: Can She Excuse
  4. Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
  5. Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
  6. Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
  7. Lute Music: Fantasia
  8. Lute Music: A Dream
  9. Lute Music: Almain
  10. Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
  11. Lute Music: Coranto
  12. Lute Music: Resolution
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
  14. Lute Music: Almain
  15. Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
  16. Lute Music: Fantasia
  17. Lute Music: Loth To Depart
  18. Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
  19. Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
  20. Lute Music: Pavan
  21. Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Aloe
  23. Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
  24. Lute Music: What If A Day
  25. Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
  27. Lute Music: Galliard
  28. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
  2. Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: [Jig]
  4. Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
  5. Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
  6. Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
  7. Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
  8. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  9. Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
  10. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  11. Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
  12. Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
  13. Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
  14. Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
  15. Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  16. Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
  17. Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
  18. Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
  19. Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
  20. Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
  21. Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
  23. Lute Music: Galliard
  24. Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
  27. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
  2. Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
  3. Lute Music: La mia Barbara
  4. Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
  5. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  6. Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
  7. Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
  8. Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
  10. Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
  11. Lute Music: Galliard
  12. Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
  14. Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
  15. Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
  16. Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
  17. Lute Music: Galliard
  18. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
  19. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
  20. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  21. Lute Music: Solus cum sola
  22. Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
  23. Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
  24. Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
  26. Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
  2. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  3. Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
  4. Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
  5. Lute Music: A Coy Toy
  6. Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
  7. Lute Music: [Almain]
  8. Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
  10. Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
  11. Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
  12. Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
  13. Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
  14. Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
  15. Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
  16. Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
  17. Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
  18. Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  19. Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
  20. Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
  21. Consort Music: Almain a 2
  22. Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
  23. Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
  24. Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
  25. Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
  26. Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
  27. Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

  1. Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
  2. Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
  3. Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
  4. Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
  5. Consort Music: Pavan a 4
  6. A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
  7. A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
  8. A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
  9. A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
  10. A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
  11. A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
  12. A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
  13. A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
  14. A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
  15. A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  16. A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
  17. A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
  18. A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
  19. A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
  20. A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
  21. A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
  22. A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
  23. A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
  24. A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
  25. A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The greatest songs ever?.......2007-07-26

I heard 'clear or cloudy', from this recording, on the radio recently and had to purchase it. It is strange but it is the sort of song that makes life prior to listening to it different from life after. I find it sad that so many people haven't heard it. There are also many other wonderful works in this collection. Given you get twelve well recorded CDs with top quality performances, this has to be one of the bargains of the age.

Please buy it.

5 out of 5 stars A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

5 out of 5 stars a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare, discovered that meditating on a sad theme is, at the same time, a way of discovering a special beauty that we tend to avoid (maybe because of the "tragic" heritage of the Romantics). So, in the end, meditating on sadness is an uplifting experience! This box set is a journey into melancholy that includes songs, chamber music, pieces for lute, some rare sacred music and -as a highlight- Dowland's beautiful collection of seven pieces for viola which he called "Lachrimae" (Tears).
Life So Far
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A folk jam to sing with
  • Love it!
  • You won't regret this purchase!
  • Hit the Bottom
  • Is good songwriting out of style?
Life So Far

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ASIN: B00005T5V0
Release Date: 2000-01-27

Tracks:

  1. One
  2. Late
  3. Hit the Bottom
  4. The Bus
  5. Coup D'etat
  6. I See Stars
  7. Lighting of the Lamps
  8. God Is In
  9. We're On Our Way
  10. You Come to Me
  11. Sleeeeeeeping
  12. My Life So Far
  13. My Life So Far (outro)
  14. My Life So Far (epilogue)

Album Description

Audiences of all ages are moving with the magic of Billy Jonas: composer, songsmith, recording artist and multi-instrumentalist.

Billy performs his original songs, stories, and improvisations with voice, guitar, and "Industrial Re-percussion," a collection of instruments made from found, foraged, and recycled objects.

Billy's latest CD release, Life So Far, features all original songs (primarily for adults) and includes musicians as diverse as David Wilcox and Black Umfolosi of Zimbabwe. Billy Jonas' lyrics have been described as "wild winded word magic"(Dirty Linen, international folk music magazine).

His carefully crafted songs, adventurous guitar work, clear tenor voice, and original instruments have garnered high praise from major acoustic music journals.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A folk jam to sing with.......2005-08-07

I bought this title a little over a year ago in my favorite CD store. It was a real gem! "Hit The Bottom" always reminds me of walking up a mountain in the New England winter, wishing I was back in my warm room with a cup of hot chocolate. "One" is a lyrical joyride, and listening to "Coup D'Etat" you just can't help but dance. Billy Jonas is definitely on the top of my list of artists waiting to be discovered... but secretly, I just want to keep him as my little secret. Definitely a good discovery, and an artist I'll stay loyal to as long as he keeps on playin' that water cooler and singin' those twirling whilrpool lyrics...

5 out of 5 stars Love it!.......2004-07-04

I have seen Billy Jonas several times in Asheville with my two kids and hisband. He is absolutely fabulous. So much fun. The CD is great.

5 out of 5 stars You won't regret this purchase!.......2004-06-22

This CD is great. It is a bit quirky. There's a lot of different noises and instuments used. For example, in the last song (it lasts something like 14 minutes, I believe) he tells his life story and philosophy and there's a choir of African singers that sounds tribal or something, and other strange sounds throughout. It's mostly about rhythm and the stories he tells with lyrics. The attitude he conveys with his songs is acceptance. He seems like a hippy, but the best kind-his songs just convey this love of people. It's really wonderful.

My favorite tracks are "Hit the Bottom" (about sadness, but the melody is really upbeat and cheerful) "The Bus" about his experiences and the people he meets traveling cross-country, "God Is In" for the great philosophy behind it and "Sleeping" because it's sweet and sexy at the same time.

A warning, however - this is most definitely an adult album, although the attitude is one of child-like trust. If you have young kids they probably won't even realize it, though. In "Late" the premise is that he's set the alarm "45 minutes early" and "the next 45 are for you" and "you know we'll stop when you say 'no'" so I assume he's talking about sex. Also, "God Is In" might offend some people. The philosphy is that God is everywhere, which I find beautiful, but contains ideas like "God is in the atheists, sayin' 'yeah I don't exist' God is in the dancing pagans, each drop of perspiration" I don't know. This might be distrubing to some people.

"Sleeping" is great, check out these lines: "Our bodies lay like notes sustained - we're sleeping together/The warmest chord I've ever heard - sleeping together" but it really is just about sleeping spoon style. Very sweet.

I highly recommend this CD. It's very hopeful and loving. Makes you forget about the genocide in Sudan, political persecution in China, Israel/Palestine conflict, etc. (at least for a little while)

Enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars Hit the Bottom.......2003-12-10

One of the only people I've have heard that can write a positive song about being depressed. Quriky and insightful. It will make you feel better about the ironies of day to day life..

5 out of 5 stars Is good songwriting out of style?.......2003-12-10

Billy Jonas is an amazing songwriter...O.K. so he's a little wordy, but the words are great...If i had to describe it, and classify it (reluctantly) i'd say he was the demon child of David Byrne and Harry Nilsson. Wordplay is exuberantly utilizied, (ya' gotta' listen...) it will do yur heart good... Not to mention the musicianship is inspired... beautiful stuff. For the highly original rhythmz, Billy likes to use "found" objects in his work, (repercussion)... Songs like "God is In" (Goddess in, God is Zen, gotta' sin?) exemplify the wordplay. 'Hit the Bottom" is the only "positive" (and very funny, as well as insightful) song I've ever heard about being depressed... Could go into length about how his tuneship has inspired me but i diygeresssss... I have played this record for many folks, and the question is always, "so who is this?" if you're missing and wondering where the songwriters are, look no further...
Andreas Scholl - A Musicall Banquet
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Andreas Scholl - A Musicall Banquet
John Dowland , Giulio Caccini , and Andreas Scholl
Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B0000523PF
Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

  1. A Musicall Banquet 1610: My Heavy Sprite
  2. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Lady, If You So Spite Me
  3. A Musicall Banquet 1610: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  4. A Musicall Banquet 1610: O Dear Life, When Shall It Be
  5. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Ce Penser Qui Sans Fin Tirannise Ma Vie
  6. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Si Le Parler Et Le Silence
  7. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change
  8. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence
  9. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Se Di Farmi Morire
  10. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Amarilli Mia Bella
  11. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Passava Amor Su Arco Desarmado
  12. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Far From Triumphing Court
  13. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Sir Robert Sidney His Galliard
  14. A Musicall Banquet 1610: In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade
  15. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Vous Que Le Bonheur Rappelle
  16. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Vuestros Ojos Tienen D'Amor
  17. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Sta Notte Mi Sognava
  18. A Musicall Banquet 1610: To Plead My Faith
  19. A Musicall Banquet 1610: O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping
  20. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Dovro Dunque Morire?
  21. A Musicall Banquet 1610: O Bella Piu

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-02-09

Robert Dowland,the son of John Dowland, is really only remembered today for the two collections he published in 1610:'Varieties of Lute Lessons' and 'A Musicall Banquet'-the subject of this recording. In both cases,however, there are grounds for suspecting that the prime mover behind the collections was John Dowland rather than Robert, and that he put Robert's name on the title-pages as a wayof launching his son's musical career. 'A Musicall Banquet'was the first lute song collection to include material drawn from continental collections, and marked the beginning of a more eclectic phase in the history of the English song.This album was somewhat of a disappointment to me. Oh, the voice is excellent as usual, but the repertoire chosen for this recording lacked variety as well as performing aptitude on the part of Scholl. Over half of the songs were English lute songs that Scholl sang as if they were arias from an opera by Handel. He just doesn't come across with this kind of song. And his English diction is very difficult to understand even with songs that are known. On the other hand there were a few renditions of Spanish and Italian as well as French songs that were very well done. The accompaniments were excellent in every case, so the disc is worth purchasing if you are a fan of Andreas.

5 out of 5 stars SUPERB.......2001-04-30

Andreas Scholl, arguably, the finest countertenor singing today, has released this new, superb album. It consists of a collection of songs accompanied by lute put together by Robert Dowland, a minor composer (1591-1641) under the title A MUSCALL BANQUET (no, I didn't misspell it). It is a fine cross-section of songs in English, Spanish, Italian and French.

Scholl has many "hit" CD's to his credit, including a beautiful collection of Vivaldi songs, an album called "Heroes" in which he sings some gorgeous Handel & Gluck opera arias and he is the male soloist on a new recording of Pergolisi's "Stabat Mater." His voice is absolutely pure and beautiful.

Three fine musicians accompany him on lute, guitar, harpsichord. etc. Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Absolute Scholl.......2001-02-27

These lovely songs are full of period metaphor, subtle music and complexity despite the deceptive simplicity of the presentation. They challenge the listener unused to the poetry of the period but more than repay a little concentration. If you like melancholy, you'll love it. Scholl himself described this genre of English song as `incredibly melancholy' - but not everything on this CD is, and not all the songs are English: there is lyrical Italian and French material, as well as fiery Spanish music.

These are not easy songs for a singer to do well but Andreas Scholl is ready for them, now: his voice bigger, deeper and more resonant than formerly. His thoughtful approach to text shines, as usual. His ornamentation in all the songs is just ... so. Not too much, and nothing is wanting.

He imbues In Darkness Let Me Dwell with an incredibly dark sound and a powerful intensity that I don't think he could have executed as well in earlier years. The final bars of To Plead My Faith are wrenchingly sad. The Spanish songs are spectacular in his live performance, especially Vuestros Ojos, which, live, he takes at one hell of a lick, to the immense pleasure of the audience; a fraction slower on the recording, but still very exciting. The coloratura tour de force of Sta Notte Mi Sognava is accomplished with almost throw-way ease. The genteel innuendo of Lady If You So Spite Me is done with sardonic humour and energy alternating with pathos - quite a combination. In Go My Flock, Go Get You Hence, he sounds about seventeen and full of teenage desperation: at `No, she hates me!' you can imagine the infatuated teenager flinging his arms about. The final track, O Bella Piu, is a little miracle of interpretation. Apart from the sheer perfection of voice and delivery, he does `pining' so well! He begins with quiet adoration; `non piu dolore!' is a gnat's whisker from a sob but without any loss of control or musicality - no extraneous funny business - moving into pleading in the first `Pieta!', and sheer desperation in the second. A heart-stopper.

The accompanying instrumentalists are all first rate. Christophe Coin's bass viol solo in O, Dear Life When Shall It Be is fascinating. Edin Karamazov - a star in his own right if ever there was - is a perfect match for Scholl and he also gets a short, beautiful lute solo. All the performers are on top form, as are the recording engineers. The whole CD is distilled pleasure from start to finish: each song is fully revealed and brought to vibrant life. Andreas Scholl's singing on this recording is peerless - but `Lieber erstmal Lieder', as he would say (he puts the music he sings before what he calls, self-deprecatingly, the present cult of his stardom) and on this CD he certainly lives up to his motto.
Offenbach: La Belle Helene; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Champagne Music!
Offenbach: La Belle Helene; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)

Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009KHY3
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

  1. Overture
  2. The Happy Bride Never Stumbles
  3. You've Gone Too Far!
  4. May I Make Myself Known?
  5. My Death Appears Divinely Smiling
  6. When Diana Leaves The Mountains
  7. To Arms!
  8. When Jupy Feels The Inclination
  9. Here Comes Orpheus
  10. When I Was King Of The Boeotians
  11. I Thought That I Felt On My Shoulder
  12. What Heavenly Joy Is Mine
  13. Minuet And Galop
  14. Overture
  15. How Sad We've Made The Marchioness
  16. Well Isn't That Just Life All Over?
  17. I'm The Guide For Every Tourist
  18. I Am A Native Of Brazil
  19. In This Enchanting Queen Of Cities
  20. I Am A Dab At Carving Pork
  21. We Have Seen Sights Since Eleven... I'm A Colonel's Widow
  22. Dinner Is Served

Tracks:

  1. Oh, Little Cloud
  2. When She Goes Out... Her Petticoats Go Frou, Frou, Frou
  3. Does He Know He's Splitting Down The Back
  4. Nobody Would Call Me A Rover
  5. I'll Have So Much To Say
  6. It's Most Important You Should Show
  7. Here You See The Place
  8. My Friends, I'm Most Delighted To See You
  9. In Songs And Shouts... Paris Blooms Like A Flower
  10. Introduction
  11. To Bow To Jupiter We Gather At The Shrine
  12. We've Had A Night Out
  13. On Mount Ida Three Great Ladies (The Judgement Of Paris)
  14. March And Entry Of The Kings
  15. Entr'acte
  16. We All Begin By Truly Trying
  17. It Is Her That Has Sent This Sweet Love Dream
  18. Come Here, You Kings Of Greece
  19. When All Of Greece Has Been Ravaged
  20. Do You See?

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Champagne Music!.......2006-07-09

Thank goodness that these well filled CDs of selections from three of Offenbach's most entertaining and tuneful operettas are available. Exactly the thing to provide some hearty nourishment for Winter nights. Ideal also for a Summer barbecue. In both cases, a glass of champagne, or at least some other bubbly beverage, would be good to have at hand - everything here no doubt will call for a toast or several.

It is so nice to be able to hear in these translations the witty words, sung with welcome clarity and meaning by these admirable artists. As I recall, there were no microphones in sight, and perhaps not even used, when this production of Orpheus In The Underworld was brought to Australia, with a few cast changes but the same sparkle as shown here. Crisp diction and lively, often lovely, singing - a great recipe for enjoyable listening indeed.

The recording sounds a bit shrill here and there, but what a churlish quibble; to Hades with such curmudgeonly qualifications! This is music to raise the spirits, and not just those from Hades.
My Life So Far
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Christians Can Be Funny!
My Life So Far
Andy Andrews
Manufacturer: Compendia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DETFZ
Release Date: 2003-08-22

Tracks:

  1. Not Normal
  2. Everyone Said I'd be a Comedian
  3. Burn the Boats
  4. Start My Career
  5. Cruise Ships
  6. Baseball, Boys, and Bad Words
  7. Working with Joan Rivers
  8. Television
  9. Storms of Perfection
  10. Gathering Material
  11. Fifty Famous Parental Sayings

Album Description

When Andy was first approached with the idea of recording what he does on stage, it occured to him that he wasn't sure just what it is that he does! "Do you want me to be funny or serious?" he asked the producers. "Yes," he was told. Using wit, wisdom, and humor to entertain, Andrews also hopes that listeners feel a lasting value in their lives long after the show ends. "Burn The Boats" and "Storms Of Perfection" are stories that will impact your life. "Baseball, Boys and Bad Words" may just be the funniest thing you've ever heard. With a total running time of over 71 minutes, you'll experience a full range of powerful emotions. My Life So Far will not only entertain you, but can change your life forever.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Christians Can Be Funny!.......2005-02-16

This CD is proof that Christian entertainers CAN be funny!

I was pleasantly surprised by the sharp wit and comedic awareness of Andy Andrews. I found it very interesting when he talked about his childhood, which was anything but "normal." It's all good, but the best tracks are these:

5. Cruise Ships
6. Baseball, Boys, and Bad Words
9. Storms of Perfection
10. Gathering Material
11. Fifty Famous Parental Sayings

My son Ryan, a little league baseball player, were rolling on the floor laughing when listening about Andy's coach who could not pronounce his "l's". :) It's also very touching when he talks about the love he has for his father. Mostly funny material, but with some very serious spiritual messages.

Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"


Sounds of the Eighties: 1986
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    Sounds of the Eighties: 1986
    Various Artists Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer/Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung/Don't Get Me Wrong - Pretenders/Sara - Starship/So Far Away - Dire Straits/Rock Me Amadeus - Falco , Talk To Me - Stevie Nicks/Invisible Touch - Genesis/Glory Of Love - Peter Cetera/Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C./Word Up - Cameo , The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3/Venus - Bananarama/Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle/Kyrie - Mr. Mister , and Burning Heart - Survivor/Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy/No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones
    Manufacturer: Warner Special Products
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000NPKEU8

    Product Description

    R988-04 (Warner Special Products OPCD-2730) - Sounds of the Eighties: 1986 - Various Artists [1994] All tracks stereo. Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer/Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung/Don't Get Me Wrong - Pretenders/Sara - Starship/So Far Away - Dire Straits/Rock Me Amadeus - Falco/Talk To Me - Stevie Nicks/Invisible Touch - Genesis/Glory Of Love - Peter Cetera/Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C./Word Up - Cameo/The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3/Venus - Bananarama/Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle/Kyrie - Mr. Mister/Burning Heart - Survivor/Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy/No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones
    You're Sensational - Cole Porter in the '20s, '40s, and '50s, Vol. 2 - Kiss Me Kate (1940-1948)
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      You're Sensational - Cole Porter in the '20s, '40s, and '50s, Vol. 2 - Kiss Me Kate (1940-1948)
      Cole Porter , Ethel Merman , and Fred Astaire
      Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
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      ASIN: B00006JTGP
      Release Date: 2002-10-22
      Haydn: The Seasons
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        Haydn: The Seasons

        Manufacturer: EMI Classics
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0002XV2ZW
        Release Date: 2005-02-15

        Tracks:

        1. Overture
        2. Recitative: Oh See Where Cruel Winter Flies
        3. Chorus: Come, Gentle Spring!
        4. Recitative: From Aries Rolls At Last The Bounteous Sun
        5. Air: Now Fairly Runs The Farmer's Boy
        6. Recitative: The Countryman Has His Work Achieved
        7. Trio And Chorus: Be Now GRacious, Smiling Heaven!
        8. Recitative: Now Heard Are All Our Prayers
        9. Trio And Chorus: Oh HOw Lovely Gleams The Outlook
        10. Chorus And Trio: Ageless! Powerful! Bounteous God!
        11. Recitative: IN Dove-Grey Mantle Drawing Near
        12. Air: The LIvely Swain Is Gath'ring Now His Happy Flocks
        13. Recitative: The Rosy Morn Breaks Forth
        14. Trio And Chorus: He's Mounting Up, The Sun
        15. Recitative: Now All Are Astir
        16. Recitative: The Midday Sun Is Burning Now
        17. Cavatina: Opress'd Succumbs All Nature Now
        18. Recitative: Oh Welcome Now, You Shadier Grove
        19. Air: So Reviving To The Senses
        20. Recitative: Oh See! Now Rising In The Sultry Air
        21. Chorus: Hark! The Tempest Drawing Night!
        22. Trio And Chorus: The Gloomy Clouds Now Part Aside

        Tracks:

        1. Overture
        2. Recitative: All That Through Her Blossom Fair Spring
        3. Trio And Chorus: So Nature Gives Reward To Zeal
        4. Recitative: Now See! To Hazel Bushes There The Youngsters
        5. Duet: You Beauties Of The Town
        6. Recitative: Now See, On New-Stripp'd Harvest Field
        7. Air: There Look Across The Open Fields
        8. Recitative: Here Beaters, Closing In , Put Up The Hares
        9. Chorus: Hark! The Clamorous Noise That Through The Wood
        10. Recitative: On All The Vines Are Glist'ning
        11. Chorus: Cheer Now! The Wine Is Here
        12. Introduction
        13. Recitative: Now Sinks The Pale Declining Year
        14. Cavatina: Light And Life Are Both Enfeebled
        15. Recitative: Allfetter'd Lies The Open Lake
        16. Air: Here Stands The Wand'rer Now
        17. Recitative: At His Approach Rings In His Ear
        18. Song And Chorus: Purring, Whirring, Purring
        19. Recitative: The Flax Has Now Been Spun
        20. Song And Chorus: A Maid Who Kept Her Honour Fair
        21. Recitative: From Barren East Now Thrust Far Keener Icy Blasts
        22. Air: Before Thee Here, Deluded Man
        23. Recitative: Remains, Alone, And is Our Guide
        24. Trio And Double Chorus: Then Breaks The Glorious Day At Last
        The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
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          The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

          Manufacturer: Angel Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00004SSJR
          Release Date: 2002-11-05

          Tracks:

          1. The Mikado: Overture
          2. The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
          3. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
          4. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
          5. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
          6. The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
          7. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
          8. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
          9. The Mikado: I Am So Proud
          10. The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
          11. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
          12. The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
          13. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
          14. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
          15. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
          16. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
          17. The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
          18. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
          19. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
          20. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
          21. Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
          22. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
          23. H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
          24. Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
          25. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term

          Tracks:

          1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
          2. H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
          3. H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
          4. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
          5. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
          6. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
          7. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
          8. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
          9. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
          10. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
          11. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
          12. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
          13. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
          14. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
          15. Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
          16. Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
          17. Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
          18. Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
          19. Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
          20. Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
          21. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
          22. The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)

          Tracks:

          1. When All Night Long A Chap Remains
          2. When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
          3. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
          4. If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
          5. Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
          6. Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
          7. Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
          8. Ruddigore: You Understand?
          9. Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
          10. Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
          11. Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
          12. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
          13. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
          14. The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
          15. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
          16. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
          17. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
          18. The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
          19. The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
          20. The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
          21. The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
          22. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
          23. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
          24. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride
          Time Stands Still
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • A Timely Reminder
          Time Stands Still

          Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000002ZIN
          Release Date: 1993-09-01

          Tracks:

          1. His Golden Locks Time Hath To Silver Turned - John Dowland
          2. Though You Are Young And I Am Old
          3. Come, Cheerful Day
          4. Lost Is My Liberty - Anonymous
          5. It As A Time When Silly Bees Could Speak - John Dowland
          6. Go, Passions, To The Cruel Fair
          7. Far From Triumphing Court - John Dowland
          8. Now Each Creature
          9. Time, Cruel Time
          10. He Whose Desires Are Still Abroad
          11. Pavan
          12. Flow Not So Fast , Ye Fountains - John Dowland
          13. What Then Is Love But Mourning?
          14. Time Stands Still
          15. Gather Your Rosebuds
          16. Mignone Allons - Anonymous

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars A Timely Reminder.......2000-07-08

          This CD is at once a stunning example of vocal virtuosity; an amazing example of the intimacy of LIVE performace captured on a recording; a wonderfully ambient recording; an introduction to the glories of English Renaissance song; and a meditation on the passage of time, on the brevity and sweetness of life, and the spectral, though in some regards rewarding, inevitability of old age and death. As the "Editorial Review" above states, Kirkby's command of "subtle inflection of melody, imagination and taste in added embellishment, and sensitivity to nuance in both text and melody" are truly astounding. But this is too academic for such a powerfully emotional recording. Simply sit down with the text in hand (all the texts are contained in the CD booklet), and notice how Kirkby emphasizes a word here, or alters a musical phrase in a repeat, there. Her mastery of such musical "gimmicks," if you will, is unmatched. The effect is profound: the texts are brought alive. We can hear the melancholy and wistfulness of Dowland, the profound awareness of the deep meaning of the temporality of human existence couched in the formalisms of Elizabethan courtly language, and yet modern in an almost existentialist way. Feel the shiver up your spine, and recognize in this shiver the visceral, and yet not violent, confrontation with your own mortality. This is an album for the ages, and for all the ages of an individual, an album whose meaning reaches across the life-span.

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