Landfall

Landfall

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Call this the first solo record of Carthy's maturity. From the very beginning of "Here's Adieu to All Judges and Juries," it's apparent that he's made a quantum leap. The singing has even more resonance and power, both on old ballads and the contemporary material. But it's the guitar work that stuns. Modal and spare, it acts almost as a counterpoint to the vocal melodies, rather than mere accompaniment. His version of "O'er the Hills" (the song that would become the theme for the Sharpe TV series) is nothing less than brilliant. Throughout, Carthy brings past and present alive, illuminating the open spaces and the shadows. This album shows him to be in a field of one, both as instrumentalist and interpreter of songs, touched with genius. --Chris Nickson

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The Tall Ships Suite
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Tall Ships Suite

Where Oh Where?

The item as described doesn't exist

Most beautiful music I have ever heard

The Tall Ships Suite

Manufacturer: Conifer
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tall Ships Suite.......2007-01-05

This has been off the market for a number of years except for its occasional play on classical music stations. But Arkiv music is now distributing the album under license from Sony BMG Masterworks and it is superb. This is the original 1992 recording by Conifer Records, and still without notes. There are five tracks. The Suite itself has three of them: (1) The Race Begins, (2) The Open Sea, and (3) Landfall and The Grand Parade of Sail. Then there are two additional tracks with pieces by the composers Dave Roylance and Bob Galvin: Ocean Fantasia and Voyager. They are as good or better than the Suite itself, and that's a feat. Total playing time is 54:38. As the other reviews suggest, this is Romantic music at its best, conveying the imagery and feel of the Tall Ships under sail. If you saw them entering New York Harbor, you have some inkling their magnificence. Listening to this suite takes you there. It offers the same kind of inspiration you might get from Beethoven's Eroica, Dvorak's New World Symphony, Holst's Planets, or any number of other musical epic saga's. It's an extraordinary piece of music without cliches. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra does a marvelous job, but because it was written as background music, you may find yourself cranking up the volume to match the vast expanse of its imagery. Don't hesitate. Get your copy before it disappears again.

Where Oh Where?.......2006-02-22

Majastic,soaring music....I too have heard segments over the Radio(Phx Az) for the past 5/6 years......scoured the Internet all the way to Europe....... no luck. Where can I find This??? any help would be greatly appreciated. Tnx

The item as described doesn't exist.......2006-01-22

I, too, heard the same broadcast. After a year of constant searching I finally got it. The tracks as listed here are terribly incorrect. As listed, the 5th track "Grand Parade of Sail" is actually the last movement of The Suite. "Ocean Fantasia" is not part of the The Suite. Since they're out of order, I'm pretty sure this listing is wrong. The CD I have was released in '92- MAYBE they changed the tracks for a '94 release. Considering how hard this CD is to get, I don't think so.

Most beautiful music I have ever heard.......2004-07-03

I was driving to work one day when I heard this album being played on 89.5 FM KBAQ, the local radio station in Phoenix, AZ. This was the most incredible piece of classical music I have ever heard. I had tuned in to the station in the middle of the first song, "Tall Ships Suite", and straight away I thought of large sailing ships on the open ocean; without even hearing the track title. Very, very few pieces of classical music can invoke a specific type of imagery in your mind, but this one did. Beethoven's Pastoral symphony is another good example of such a type of music.

How does this music sound like? Grand, dramatic, powerful, sweeping; along the lines of other great symphonies like Dvorak's 9th or Tchaikovsky's 5th. I also believe this is the best piece of music by an English composer(s).

Tracks:

The Homecoming
The First Landfall
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Great Pyramid of Giza

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The Bronze Collection is a stunning new percussion project, an assemblage of over 50 gongs and cymbals from around the world. Using an unique, inter-cultural palette of his own design, composer Joseph Bertolozzi redefines previous concepts of melody, rhythm and texture with sounds rarely heard together, or in a unified context. You'll hear rhythmic cymbals sing, melodic gongs pulse, and other combinations existing simply as aural events. Emotionally, physically, the music moves you. Using custom mallets, drumsticks, brushes, foot pedals and a bass bow, Bertolozzi combines a discrete mix of high, low, bright, dark, short, sustained, pitched and unpitched gongs, cymbals and roto-toms into a new sonic world. This sampler will introduce you to a world of music you didn't know existed. It's loud! It's soft! It's tribal! It's avant-garde! It's ambient! It's world! Think you know what new music is like? THINK AGAIN!

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Landfall in Unknown Seas
Lilburn , Hillary , and New Zealand Chamber Orch
Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000006KIS
Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

Diversions for Str Orch: Vivace - Donald Armstrong/New Zealand CO
Diversions for Str Orch: Poco adagio espressivo - Donald Armstrong/New Zealand CO
Diversions for Str Orch: Presto - Donald Armstrong/New Zealand CO
Diversions for Str Orch: Andante - Donald Armstrong/New Zealand CO
Diversions for Str Orch: Allegro - Donald Armstrong/New Zealand CO
Landfall in Unknown Seas: Moderato - Sir Edmund Hillary
Landfall in Unknown Seas: I. 'Simply by sailing in a new direction...' - Sir Edmund Hillary
Landfall in Unknown Seas: Allegro - Sir Edmund Hillary
Landfall in Unknown Seas: II. 'Suddenly exhilaration went off like a gun...' - Sir Edmund Hillary
Landfall in Unknown Seas: Adagio sostenuto - Sir Edmund Hillary
Landfall in Unknown Seas: III. 'Well, home is the sailor...' - Sir Edmund Hillary
Landfall in Unknown Seas: Allegro - Sir Edmund Hillary
Allegro for Strs - Donald Armstrong/New Zealand CO
Prelude & Allegro for Strs - Donald Armstrong/New Zealand CO
Soliloquy for Strs - Donald Armstrong/New Zealand CO

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Landfall
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Manufacturer: Topic Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Call this the first solo record of Carthy's maturity. From the very beginning of "Here's Adieu to All Judges and Juries," it's apparent that he's made a quantum leap. The singing has even more resonance and power, both on old ballads and the contemporary material. But it's the guitar work that stuns. Modal and spare, it acts almost as a counterpoint to the vocal melodies, rather than mere accompaniment. His version of "O'er the Hills" (the song that would become the theme for the Sharpe TV series) is nothing less than brilliant. Throughout, Carthy brings past and present alive, illuminating the open spaces and the shadows. This album shows him to be in a field of one, both as instrumentalist and interpreter of songs, touched with genius. --Chris Nickson

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Landfall
Martin Carthy
Manufacturer: City Hall Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Release Date: 2002-05-10

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