October Song
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Chris Parkinson's melodeons crank out the tunes, John Skelton's flutes and raspy bombardes give them soul and color, Roger Wilson's fiddle tells the tale, and Ged Foley's percussive guitar chords help make this English foursome essential listening for anyone looking for the sound of England and the regions around it. October Song stands in stark contrast to some of the House Band's earlier works (which were full of moody darkness and sad, sad songs), presenting lively traditional dance tunes in creative original settings. The group's take on the Kentucky fiddle tune "Rock in the Mountain" is splendid. The hornpipe "Three Rusty Swords" and the folk chestnut "The Dusty Miller" are given lively turns. Not that the band has shied away from the dark side of the ballad tradition. The setting of "Seven Yellow Gypsies" (a.k.a. "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy") is demonic, with Wilson's foot taps setting a heartbeat pace for a spare, foreboding rendition of this tale of doom. --Louis Gibson
October Song,The House Band,Green Linnet,Brittany,Celtic/Irish,Int'l & World Music,Irish Folk,Pop,World Music
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Most Relaxing Classical Piano Music in the Universe
Manufacturer: Denon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002A2VIM Release Date: 2004-06-29 |
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Solid collection of piano favorites.......2006-11-10
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50 Classical Highlights: Essential Classics
Manufacturer: St. Clair Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006L3OH Release Date: 2002-09-24 |
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Passions
Manufacturer: Klavier ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000CNE0Z6 Release Date: 2005-12-20 |
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Voice Is the Original Instrument
Manufacturer: Lovely Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000C7PV8 Release Date: 2003-09-30 |
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Collection of early works and her first vocal compositions, originally released on LPs in the 1970s and early 1980s on her own Wizard Records. "One of my earliest pieces, `Hear What I Feel', was a self-exploratory, sensory-deprivation experimental work, designed to help me discover new sounds, delve into psychological aspects, as well as communicate with the audience on a pre-verbal level of awareness. After spending an hour in isolation with my eyes taped shut and not touching anything with my hands, I was led our into the performance space where my assistant had placed a variety of substances in six small glass dishes. As I touched the material, I tried to give an immediate vocal response to what I felt both emotionally and physically, without the benefit of visual information. I expected the shock of bringing a solitary state of mind into the heightened awareness of a performance situation to intensify my experience, and the poignancy of my `prepared' state to affect the audience. The sounds are presented here in their raw state; it is truly an experimental work with no intentional musical implications or designs. `Voice Piece: One-Note Internal Resonance Investigation' explores the color spectrum of a single pitch. Circular Song was inspired by the circular breathing technique of horn players. `Des Accords pour Teeny', an exploration of multi-phonic technique or choral singing, was dedicated to Teeny Duchamp. In much of my early work I dealt with sound as a physical presence, sculpting it, building up layers in complex constructions, letting the flow of thought and the visualization of sonic gestures direct my studio art. Voice Is the Original Instrument was both a statement of purpose and a manifesto as, through various experiments and explorations, I tried to rediscover the basic function of the voice as the first means of expression as well as to release untapped sonic material. As I gave my classically trained voice its freedom, letting it direct me toward new places and ideas, I developed what was a unique vocabulary and used those sounds to score an orchestra of layered voices."
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Autumn Songs: Popular Works For Solo Piano
Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003D0U Release Date: 2002-10-22 |
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Beautiful solo piano.......2001-01-14
Beautiful Music, Beautifully Played.......2000-06-18
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Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 2
Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000013JA Release Date: 1994-02-15 |
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Disappointing potpourri with abysmal Moonlight Sonata.......2004-08-25
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Vocalise
Manufacturer: Camerata ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005ABOC Release Date: 2001-03-27 |
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World's Greatest Classics
Manufacturer: St. Clair Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007QS4SC Release Date: 2005-03-01 |
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Piano Favourites
Manufacturer: Virgin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002W124E Release Date: 2005-09-27 |
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Inner Peace: Classics for the Spirit
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000029NA Release Date: 1995-11-14 |
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