Old Fog

Old Fog

Track Listings

1. Hag Stones

2. Old Fog

3. Patron Saint of Troubled Men

4. Phantom Rings

5. Alhadeff Music

6. Of Late

7. Welsh Harp

8. Hand of Reign

9. Sung into Your Brightning Skull

Old Fog,Alexander Tucker,Atp Recordings,Alternative Folk,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Songs Of Old Russia
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Drop dead gorgeous

Brilliant !

Songs Of Old Russia
Anatoly Grindenko , Anonymous , Russian Traditional , Andrei Yuralev , Igor Puchkin , Oleg Kovalev , Valentin Kulebiakin , Victor Balkarov , Yuri Vishniakov , and The Moscow Male Voice Choir
Manufacturer: Opus 111
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music
Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
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Russian Cossack Music from the Urals

ASIN: B000005W4Y
Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

Snow, The Time Has Come
Through The Thick, Mysterious Taiga
Song Of The Noble Regiment
Monotonously Rings The Little Bell
On The Wild Steppes Beyond The Baikal
See Our Peasants
Nothing But The Steppe All Around
Hymn of The Slav Peoples
My Little Birch Torch
Behind The Clouds
I Cannot But Think Back
Splendid Sea
The Seperation
Upstream, On The Volga
Glory Be To You, Cossacks Of The Kuban
The Fog Is Coming Down
The Twelve Brigands
He Alone Deserves To Live
Driving The Waves Of The Volga

Customer Reviews:

Drop dead gorgeous.......2005-07-04

Every now and then you get a CD come along where some really outstanding artist allows themself to just let their hair down for a moment. Of course it has to be done with aplomb and thorough good taste adding their unique touch of brilliance while sucessfully avoiding any hint of kitch. Russian Early Music pioneer Anatoly Grindenko here records songs from the time of Tsarist Russia. These are songs that transient political regimens would have tried to replace in the popular affection with political songs. Yet somehow these songs have survived in the hearts and affections of the Russian people and this peasant tradition of folk song that refused to die is presented with Grindenko's usual expertise and sung expertly with the utmost affection. In fact the songs were always sung by this choir for their own private fun but excluded from 'serious' concert performances. The quality of singing, as can be expected under Grindenko's expert choral direction, is superb througout. The end result is a lovely CD that can be highly recommended to anybody who just loves to listen to beautiful singing. After all the works of Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Stravinsky draw heavily on Russian folk song as a rich source of thematic material but any serious music lover would enjoy this CD just as much with its range of songs ranging from boisterous to charming to melancholy. Opus 111, as usual, provide expertly engineered sound to match. The end result is a drop dead gorgeous CD that will delight anyone lucky enough to discover this secret gem.

Brilliant !.......2001-12-26

This recording is a fantastic example of the russian choral tradition. Wonderful selections sung with obvious passion .The rousing patriotic tunes will make you want to march to the front, the romantic ballads will make you wish you never left and the songs of hearth and homeland will make you inch closer to your loved ones. If you have a passion for things "russian" this one just might keep you occupied for a while.

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Manufacturer: Bis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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Tracks:

Toccata in d, BWV 565 - Hans Fagius
Spring From 'The Four Seasons', Op.8: I. Allegro - Nils-Erik Sparf
Spring From 'The Four Seasons', Op.8: II. Largo E Pianissimo Sempre - Nils-Erik Sparf
Spring From 'The Four Seasons', Op.8: III. Allegro - Nils-Erik Sparf
Air From Ste No.3 in D - Gunilla Von Bahr
Vivace From Double Con, BWV 1043 - Okko Kamu & Leif Segerstam
Largo From Lute Con in D - Jakob Lindberg
Badinerie From Ste No.2 in b - Gunilla Von Bahr
Canon - Gunilla Von Bahr
Largo From Piccolo Con In C, PV 79 - Gunilla Von Bahr
Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude - Hans Fagius
From Double Con In B Flat: III. Tendrement - Clas Pehrsson/Dan Laurin
From Double Con In B Flat: IV. Gayment - Clas Pehrsson/Dan Laurin
Second Mvt From 'Dixit Dominus' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
Andante Grazioso From Con in F - Annika Wallin/Arne Nilsson
Giazotto, Remo: Adagio - Gunilla Von Bahr
Excerpts From Les Folies D'Espagne - Manuela Wiesler
Dance Of The Blessed Spirits - Gunilla Von Bahr
Toccata From 'Suite Gothique', Op.25 - Hans Fagius

Tracks:

The Rite Of Spring (Beginning) - Swedish RSO/Sixten Ehrling
Fur Elise - Dag Achatz
The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee - Christian Lindberg/Roland Pontinen
To Music, Op.88 No.4 - Hakan Hagegard/Thomas Schuback
The Swan From 'Carnival Of The Animals' - Bengt Ericson/Karin Langebo
Traumerei - Roland Pontinen
Andante From Piano Con No.21, 'Elvira Madigan' - Staffan Scheja
Clair De Lune - Roland Pontinen
The Cats' Duet - Elisabeth Soderstrom
Bydlo From 'Pictures At An Exhibition' - Janos Solyom
Minuet (From String Quintet in E) - Gunilla Von Bahr
Slavonic Dance No.8 in g (Furiant), Op.46 No.8 - STAATSPHILHARMONIE RHEINLAND-PFALZ/LEIF SEGERSTAM
Syrinx For Flute Solo - Manuela Wiesler
First Mvt (Adagio Sostenuto) From 'Moonlight' Sonata, Op.27 No.2 - Yukie Nagai
First Mvt (Allegro) From 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' - Drottingholm Baroque Ensemble
Recuerdos De La Alhambra - Diego Blanco
Third Mvt (Adagio) From Cello Con in e, Op.86 - Torleif Thedeen
Champagne Galop - Stockholm Sinfonietta/Jan Olav Wedin

Tracks:

To Spring From 'Lyric Pieces', Book III - Eva Knardahl
The Swan Of Tuonela, Op.22 No.3 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
Sin in F - Niols-Erik Sparf
Kjempevise-Slatten (Balad Of Revolt) From 'Slatter Og Stev Fra Siljustol', Ste 2, Op.22 - Jan Henrik Kayser
Flicken Kom Ifran Sin Alsklings Mote (The Tryst), Op.37 No.5 - Anne Sofie Von Otter
Second Mvt (Adagio) From Pno Con in a, Op.16 - Roland Pontinen
Valse Triste, Op.44 No.1 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
Taagen Letter (The Fog Is Lifting) - Gunilla Von Bahr
Spring From 'Two Elegiac Melodies', Op.34 - Norwegian Chamber Orch/Terje Tonnesen
Herdmaiden's Dance From 'The Mountain King' - Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa Pekka Salonen
Romance (Adagio) From 'Pastoral Ste', Op.19 - Hans Fagius
Fourth Mvt (Marcia) From Ser For Str Orch, Op.11 - Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa Pekka Salonen
Gammal Fabodpsalm Fran Dalarna (Old Pastoral Hymn) - Hans Fagius
Midsummer Vigil, Op.19 - Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Neeme Jarvi
Du Gamla, Du Friska, Du Fjellhoga Nord (Swedish National Anthem) - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi

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just beautiful
Not very eastern -- at all
..a little more information
Lovely

Mother's Songs - Japanese Popular Songs

Manufacturer: Bis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000016PZ
Release Date: 2000-08-07

Tracks:

Evening Primrose
I Found A Tiny Autumn
Being Scolded
Autumn Field
Red Dragonfly
Autumn In A Village
I Talked With The Fog
Being Kept Waiting In Vain
An Outgoing Ship
Lullaby
Flowery Town
Mother's Song
Plover
Rain In Johga-Sima
Over There, Over Yonder
Dried Gourd Shavings
That Child, This Child
Suzhou Nocturne
An Old Road
Strolling Around An Old Castle In Komoro
The Moon Over A Ruined Castle

Customer Reviews:

just beautiful.......2007-05-12

When I first bought this CD I was addicted for a while. The singing is beautiful and the music is too. I had hoped for more traditional japanese instruments but it is still beautiful.

Not very eastern -- at all.......2003-07-25

Well, this is very beautiful, and it is very relaxing. I'm sure the quality of the voice work done on this disc is excellent, though I'm not an expert.

The problem is, it is not Japanese, except for the songs themselves. The instrumentation is completely western, and the arrangements of the songs tend to downplay the eastern sound of the compositions. Maybe I just didn't understand what this would be: I didn't expect koto music or anything, but I did expect to expose my children to a different type of musical structure.

..a little more information.......1998-08-15

Mera is a male countertenor from Japan. He appears to be quite young and may be just starting his career. Whereas most countertenors I've heard have a boy-soprano, brassy sound, Mera has a mellow, mezzo sound with a nice vibrato. I've never heard a male voice like it.

All songs on the album are sung in Japanese. There are no translations of the songs, but there are summaries which give you an idea of what the song is about. The Japanese lyrics are included, so if you can read/translate them, you'll know more than I do. (If you do translate them, please contact me. I'd like to have copies.)

Lovely.......1998-08-04

Mera has the most beautiful voice I've heard in a long time. Sounds like a female mezzo but with a little mellower sound. Anyway, this album has lighter fare than his Japanese art songs album, but it's still lovely to listen to. He sings some familiar and some not so familiar folk songs.

Tracks:

Hag Stones
Old Fog
Patron Saint of Troubled Men
Phantom Rings
Alhadeff Music
Of Late
Welsh Harp
Hand of Reign
Sung into Your Brightning Skull

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...and 1/2....Unique signature sound while demonstrating a healthy respect for the traditions of bluegrass

The Devil's Thumb
Lost in the Fog
Manufacturer: Lost In The Fog
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAEJ1E
Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

Ashes of Love
Hey, Good Looking
Devil's Thumb
Side of the Road
I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open
Pigs in the Road
There Ain't No Ash Will Burn
Robin in the Cottonwood
Don't Fence Me In
Bird That I Held in My Hand
Born to Run
Where the Wild River Rolls
'Til I'm Too Old to Die Young

Customer Reviews:

...and 1/2....Unique signature sound while demonstrating a healthy respect for the traditions of bluegrass.......2005-11-25

Playing time - 38:16 -- If unavailable at this site, you might check at [...] I am always pleased to make the acquaintance with a regional northwest band that is creating their own unique signature sound while demonstrating a healthy respect for the traditions of bluegrass music. Such is the case with the eclectic Seattle-based quartet, Lost in the Fog, which draws from traditional bluegrass, blues, classic country, swing, and modern country material. I sometimes wonder if being on the West coast, rather far removed from the Appalachian heart of bluegrass, leads to more eclectic musical preferences.

The opening cut of Johnnie and Jack's "Ashes of Love" is given an uptempo and hard-driving bluegrass treatment. Then, we're swinging along with the classic country Hank Williams hit, "Hey, Good Lookin'." Next we're treated to a self-penned newgrassy and melodic instrumental called "The Devil's Thumb," presumably named for the mountain of the same name in Alaska. Next up is Lucinda Williams' "Side of the Road," a beautiful folk ballad which expresses the desire to maintain one's identity and have a little space while in a relationship. Traditional bluegrass is up next with "I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open."
You get the idea!

Lost in the Fog seems to have very diverse musical interests and are equally comfortable with Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In" or an old-timey flavored original instrumental , "Robin in the Cottonwood." That's exactly why I like this band. There's something for everyone here. My only suggestion would have been for them to add a guest fiddler on this debut album. Songs that are standouts are Jake Weber's beautiful and expressive renditions of the songs, "There Ain't No Ash Will Burn" (written by Alabama country songwriter Walt Aldridge) and "The Bird That I Held in My Hand" (by T-Bone Burnett).

Lost in the Fog is Michael Moore (banjo, resonator guitar), Mark Snyder (bass), Jake Weber (guitar), and Jason Parker (mandolin). Michael Moore contributed three original instrumental numbers on this album. Jake Weber is originally from New Jersey, and her choice of material to sing indicates a background in folk, world, and alternative music. Jason Parker hails from Kentucky and lays down a steady mandolin chop and solid breaks and fills on this project. Mark Snyder's musical roots are in the Mississippi River town of Clinton, Iowa, and he shares the majority of lead vocalist duties with Jake Weber. On this album, Moore also does a commendable job as lead singer for "Don't Fence Me In."

The northwest bluegrass community should take note of this fine versatile group from Seattle. I hope to see them playing a wider area and appearing live at more bluegrass festivals in the future. Their resourceful approach to acoustic music incorporates a broad variety of elements that should earn them a legion of fans who like an eclectic repertoire. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

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