Honeyman [Live]

Honeyman [Live]

Honeyman [Live]

Track Listings
 
1. Dolphins
2. Buzzin' Fly
3. Get on Top
4. Devil Eyes
5. Pleasant Street
6. Sally, Go 'Round the Roses
7. Stone in Love
8. Honey Man
9. Sweet Surrender

Editorial Reviews
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By the early 1970s, the surreal adventurism of albums such as Lorca and Starsailor began to threaten Tim Buckley's commercial survival. Honeyman, the third of Buckley's posthumously released live albums, bridges the gap between the patchy penultimate album and his frenetic live persona. Originally broadcast live on New York's WLR radio station in 1973, Honeyman is the least remarkable of the live trilogy, reaffirming why the critical tide was beginning to turn against him. The arrangements of "Devil Eyes" and the four songs taken from Sefronia (Fred Neil's "Dolphins," "Sally Go Round the Roses," "Stone in Love," and "Honeyman") are sparser and more focused, but still don't represent his best work. As ever, the best live Buckley material dates back to the '60s. However, Happy Sad's "Buzzin'Fly" and Goodbye & Hello's "Pleasant Street" strut much more beautifully on Dream Letter: Live in London. --Reuben Dessay

Product Description
This November 1973 radio broadcast from New York showcases works from Buckley's later period, just after the release of Sefronia. 9 tracks.

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Troubadours: Minnesänger and Other Courtly Arts
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    		Troubadours: Minnesänger and Other Courtly Arts

    Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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    ASIN: B000A6OC4Y
    Release Date: 2005-11-08

    Tracks:

    1. A L'entrada Del Temps Clar (Anonyme Fin XIIe Siecle) - Unlisted
    2. Vida - Rene Clemencic
    3. Sitot Me Soi - Clemencic Consort
    4. Volez Vous Que Je Vous Chant (Anonyme) - Unlisted
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    7. Motet : Hyer Matin/Benedicamus Domino - Julian Podger
    8. Ja Pour Yver - Julian Podger
    9. Deus Est Ensi Conme Li Pellicanz - Andrew Lawrence-King
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    Gautier de Coincy: Miracles of Notre Dame
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Brimming with exuberance
    • Magnificent Medieval Music
    • Masterful
    		 Gautier de Coincy: Miracles of Notre Dame

    Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B00008K4FR
    Release Date: 2003-09-09

    Tracks:

    1. Cui Donrai Je Mes Amours
    2. Amours Qui Bien Set Enchanter (Instrumental)
    3. Hui Matin A L'ajournee
    4. Douce Dame (Instrumental)
    5. Ma Viele
    6. Efforcier M'Estuet Ma Voiz (Instrumental)
    7. Cui Donrai Je Mes Amours
    8. Quant Ces Flouretes Florir Voi (Instrumental)
    9. Puisque Voi La Fleur Novele
    10. D'une amour Quoie Et Serie (Instrumental)
    11. Conductus: De La Sainte Leocade
    12. Talenz M'est Pris Orendroit (Instrumental)
    13. Pour Dieu Traiez Vous En La (Instrumental)
    14. Conductus: Hyer Matin A L'enjornee
    15. Motet: Hyer Matin/Benedicamus Domino
    16. Ja Pour Yver
    17. Amours Dont Sui Espris (Instrumental)
    18. Royne Celestre
    19. Conductus: S'amours Dont Sui Espris
    20. Entendez Tuit Ensemble

    Amazon.com

    Thirteenth-century troubador Gautier de Coincy's blend of mystical religious poetry and the popular tunes to which he set his poems proves irresistible, especially in the Harp Consort's lively renditions. Given the nature of the material, the sheer variety of rhythms, sounds, and colors on this disc is astounding; the vocal soloists are all excellent, the small chorus adept, captivating when it sings in the gutsy peasant style at appropriate moments. Eight purely instrumental numbers are sprinkled throughout the 20 tracks, each a gem, full of colorful effects from the rich-sounding shawm and other period instruments like bagpipe, vielle, and a variety of percussion instruments that thump and shimmer in ways that make you want to dance. Pleasure is enhanced by Harmonia Mundi's deluxe presentation: absorbing notes, texts, and translations in readable type, and handsome cardboard packaging. Best of all, you-are-there engineering helps transport you back through time. This is a don't-miss disc! --Dan Davis

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Brimming with exuberance.......2005-12-24

    Every recording by Andrew Lawrence-King is something of an event. Few recording artists in the Medieval-Renaissance Music field produce such consistently instantly fascinating sounds as he does. In fact he deserves to have something of a cult following both amongst general music listeners (I mean people who would usually never listen to mainstream Classical Music) as well as Early Music afficianados. If you have never listened to Medieval Music in your life this would be a fine place to start for there are pieces here that will have you dancing on your table out of sheer exuberance.

    Les Miracles de Notre-Dames were the creation of Gautier de Coincy in the early 1200's. The songs are all based on trouvére love poetry - applied not to courtly love but to the Virgin Mary.

    Instruments on display here include medieval harps, cornetto, vielle, shawn, organetto, psaltery, bagpipes as well as vocal parts. The spirit of the music is far from that of plain chant, rather being sometimes closer to that of 'pagan excesses of peasant celebrations' as the excellent liner notes describe it. The church simply took in these popular trends and transformed them into more respectable Marian music.

    Another triumph by Andrew Lawrence-King. Enthusiastically recommended!

    5 out of 5 stars Magnificent Medieval Music.......2004-03-22

    I was first exposed to Medieval and Renaissance Music when I took a course for musical illiterates in college. We could not read music, but we could listen. Being exposed to only popular music, it suprised me how much I loved ancient music. I have collected many recordings of this music over the last 30 years. Miracles of Notre-Dame is absolutely the best recording of music in the troubadour tradition that I have ever heard. Of course, you would not expect anything less than a magnificent product from Harmonia Mundi. I have played this recording repeatedely. It is not a CD you will put aside and listen to months later. If you have any interest in music of this time, you must have this. The singing. the playing, the music are not to be missed.

    5 out of 5 stars Masterful.......2004-01-26

    Even if secular medieval music is NOT one of your favorites genres, the energy and mystical beauty of this CD shines throughout all 20 tracks. The recording quality is magnificent. I cannot recommend this CD strongly enough!
    Angel Heart
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Good stuff - but could have been better.
    • What's that tune you're singing?
    • HAUNTING
    • Ever feel like selling your Soul?.........
    • a very sinister and beautifull soundtrack from a great film.
    		 Angel Heart

    Manufacturer: Island
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    ASIN: B000001FTB
    Release Date: 1990-06-15

    Tracks:

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    3. Nightmare
    4. Girl Of My Dreams - Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra
    5. 'I Got This Thing About Chickens'
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    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Good stuff - but could have been better........2002-07-01

    The music to Angel Heart was a key asset to the film -- departing from the book on which it was based, the film takes the viewer to New Orleans midway through, and this provides a valuable texture to the story.

    The music on this album is good, and it is probably worth a purchase - but I have to mark it down because of the glaring ommision of two of the best pieces of music from the film.

    First, the signature "Soul on Fire" by LaVern Baker, which is simply the most memorable song in the entire film. Haunting, longing, beautiful on its own -- the song takes on a new character in the context of the film. Fortunately, you can pick this song up on any LaVern Baker compilation.

    Sadly, the other great song left off here is a funky little Cajun/Voodoo number by Dr. John, listed as Zuzu Man in the movie credits, but I have been unable to get my hands on the song anywhere. He seems to have multiple versions of the song, and the version from the film is elusive.

    The absence of these two songs, along with a bit too much of the films dialogue, overshadow what is otherwise a memorable soundtrack. Probably only for the rabid fans of the film.

    4 out of 5 stars What's that tune you're singing?.......2000-12-22

    One would probably not be able to fully appreciate the Angel Heart soundtrack without seeing the movie, but hearing it afore will probably serve as an additional incentive to see the film. Director Alan Parker is known for his imaginative and inventive use of music in his films. As far as I'm concerned, Angel Heart is one of the finest examples of the use of music in films. The main character of the film, private detective Harry Angel is hired to find '30s crooner Johnny Favorite, his own alter-ego - something he gradually discovers, to his own horror. Says Parker: "In the script I had made Johnny Favorite's 30's hit pivotal to our story and I wanted it to haunt the movie as it had haunted Harry. From a mountain of 78's I chose "Girl of my Dreams" which was nostalgically familiar but not too connected with any one artist. Trevor Horn [composer, arranger and conductor of the original music] cleverly wove the old theme into his new atmospheric score and had the brain-wave of using the brilliant young Courtney Pine for the sax solo's." Cleverly indeed! And chillingly effective. Harry Angel whistles to himself "Girl of my Dreams" and as he discovers more about Johnny Favorite, the song and the main theme become more and more elaborate and complete, and eventually in one of the scenes the shy piano rendition of the theme gets orchestral backing as the mystery reveals itself to us... impressive. However, at less than 38 minutes, I find it unforgivable that Rourke's whistling at the beginning of his search and the original 78 single, at the end of it, are not included. Horn's orchestrations and sounds were synthesized on synclavier and for a moment I'd wished he had used the real orchestra instead. Overall however, this is an outstanding soundtrack to an excellent movie.

    5 out of 5 stars HAUNTING.......2000-04-18

    Although I usually find the inclusion of dialogue on a soundtrack to be intrusive, that's not the case here. Luckily it is not too overdone. The compositions by Trevor Jones and the sax of Courtney Pine bring back all the haunting beauty and terror of the film. There are no throwaway screeching scare tracks. At under 40 minutes, it is a beautiful rendering of a sinister mood that can be listened to again and again. More than a decade later, one might say the film doesn't keep it's "mystery" very well hidden but the music has held up. It's a superior example of a composer's ability to make a good film great and for that reason, I can watch it again and again. Note however, I could not watch the film without its score but I can spin the disc constantly. Alan Parker was a genius for choosing to go with atmosphere rather than musical hysterics. Never have the blues been so unnervingly hypnotic.

    4 out of 5 stars Ever feel like selling your Soul?................1999-03-30

    ONe listen to this album and you'll be trasported into the middle of South Rampart street, New Orleans.. Even though the sax sounds slightly dated, the rest of the atmospheric background sound more than makes up for it. The two blues numbers are great while the dialouge just adds that something extra. And lets face it. Who doesnt want to hear Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro converse in the middle of a Catholic church? One negative: OVERUSE OF THE HEARTBEAT!

    5 out of 5 stars a very sinister and beautifull soundtrack from a great film........1998-12-18

    this soundtrack is atmospheric and moving. It combines dialouge from the film and strange sounds as well as some beautifull pieces of jazz.If you enjoyed the film this is a great cd to listen to on cold rainy nights.
    John Gay: The Beggar's Opera
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • 'Back to Basics' for John Gay's 1728 hit ballad opera
    		 John Gay: The Beggar's Opera
    Ian Honeyman , Richard Jackson , Bronwen Mills , Adrian Thompson , The Broadside Band , Christopher Pepusch , Jeremy Barlow , and Sarah Walker
    Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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    ASIN: B000002ZR9
    Release Date: 1992-09-10

    Tracks:

    1. The Beggar's Opera: Introduction
    2. The Beggar's Opera: Overture
    3. Act I: Air 1 - Through All The Employments Of Life
    4. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    5. Act I: Air 2 - 'tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind
    6. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    7. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    8. Act I: Air 3 - If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear
    9. Act I: Air 4 - If Love The Virgin's Heart Invade
    10. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    11. Act I: Air 5 - A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore
    12. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    13. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    14. Act I: Air 6 - Virgin Are Like The Fair Flower In Its lustre
    15. Act I: Air 7 - Our Polly Is A Sad Slut!
    16. Act I: Air 8 - Can Love Be Control'd By Advice?
    17. Act I: Air 9 - O Pollu, You Might Have Toy'd And Kissed
    18. Act I: Air 10 - I Like A Ship In Storms Was Tossed
    19. Act I: Dialog
    20. Act I: Air 11 - A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir
    21. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    22. Act I: Air 12 - O, Ponder Well! Be Not Severe
    23. Act I: Air 13 The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying
    24. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    25. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    26. Act I: Air 14 - Pretty Polly, Say
    27. Act I: Air 15 - My Heart Was So Free
    28. Act I: Air 16 - Where I Laid On Greenland's Coast
    29. Act I: Air 17 - O What A Pain It Is To Part!
    30. Act I: Air 18 - The Miser Thus A Shilling Sees
    31. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    32. Act II: Air 19 - Fill Every Glass, For Wine Inspires Us
    33. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    34. Act II: Air 20 - Let Us Take The Road
    35. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    36. Act II: Air 21 - If The Heart Of A Man Is Deprest With Cares
    37. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    38. Act II: Air 22 - Youth's The Season Made For Joys
    39. Act II: Air 23 - Before The Barn Door Crowing
    40. Act II: Air 24 - The Gamesters And Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike
    41. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    42. Act II: Air 25 - At The Tree I Shall Suffer With Pleasure
    43. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    44. The Beggar's Opera: Dialog
    45. Act II: Air 26 - Man May Escape From Rope And Gun

    Tracks:

    1. Act 2: Dialog
    2. Act 2: Air 27 -Thus When A Good Huswife Sees A Rat
    3. Act 2: Air 28- How Cruel Are The Traitors
    4. Act 2: Air 29 - The First Time At The Looking-Glass
    5. Act 2: Dialog
    6. Act 2: Air 30 - When You Censure The Age
    7. Act 2: Dialog
    8. Act 2: Air 31 - Is Then His Fate Decreed, Sir?
    9. Act 2: Air 32 - You'll Think e'er Many Days Ensue
    10. Act 2: Dialog
    11. Act 2: Air 33 - If You At An Office Solicit Your Due
    12. Act 2: Dialog
    13. Act 2: Air 34 - Thus When The Swallow Seeking Prey
    14. Act 2: Air 35 - How Happy Could I Be With Either
    15. Act 2: Air 36 - I'm Bubbled
    16. Act 2: Air 37 - Cease Your Funning
    17. Act 2: Air 38 - Why How Now, Madam Flirt?
    18. Act 2: Dialog
    19. Act 2: Air 39 - No Power On Earth Can e'er Divide
    20. Act 2: Dialog
    21. Act 2: Air 40 - I Like The Fox Shall Grieve
    22. Act 2: Dialog
    23. Act 3: Air 41 - When Young At The Bar You First Taught Me to Score
    24. Act 3: Air 42 - My Love Is All Madness And Folly
    25. Act 3: Dialog
    26. Act 3: Air 43 - Thus Gamesters United In Friendship Are Found
    27. Act 3: Dialog
    28. Act 3: Dialog
    29. Act 3: Air 44 - The Modes Of The Court So Common Are Grown
    30. Act 3: Dialog
    31. Act 3: Air 45 - What Gudgeons Are We Men!
    32. Act 3: Dialog
    33. Act 3: Air 46 - In The Days Of My Youth
    34. Act 3: Dialog
    35. Act 3: Air 47 - I'm Like A Skiff On The Ocean Tossed
    36. Act 3: Dialog
    37. Act 3: Air 48 - When A Wife's In Her Pout
    38. Act 3: Air 49 - A Curse Attends That Woman's Love
    39. Act 3: Air 50 - Among The Men, Coquets We Find
    40. Act 3: Air 51 - Come, Sweet Lass
    41. Act 3: Dialog
    42. Act 3: Dialog
    43. Act 3: Dialog
    44. Act 3: Air 52 - Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes
    45. Act 3: Air 53 - Which Way Shall I Turn Me
    46. Act 3: Air 54 - When My Hero In Court Appears
    47. Act 3: Air 55 - When He Holds Up His Hand
    48. Act 3: Air 56 - Our Selves, Like The Great, To Secure A Retreat
    49. Act 3: Air 57 - The Charge is Prepar'd
    50. Act 3: Dialog
    51. Act 3: Air 58 - O Cruel, Cruel, Cruel Case!
    52. Act 3: Air 67 - Since Laws Were Made For Ev'ry degree
    53. Act 3: Dialog
    54. Act 3: Dialog
    55. Act 3: Air 68 - Would I Might Be Hang!
    56. Act 3: Dialog
    57. Act 3: Dialog
    58. Act 3: Air 69 - Thus I Stand Like The Turk

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars 'Back to Basics' for John Gay's 1728 hit ballad opera.......2005-05-12

    This recording seeks to give us a 'Beggar's Opera' uncut, undapted & unexpurgated. That presents big hurdles for modern performers & listeners. A complete performance is roughly 50/50 song & spoken dialogue, which poses a challenge whether one uses actors-who-sing (as in 1728) or singers-who-act (as here) - after all, the piece was conceived as a play punctuated by popular songs with 'parodied' lyrics. Unabridged, the text is full of obsolete words & local references, both geographical & political. Furthermore, there's a whole layer of satire in the musical numbers no longer accessible to us: the original audience would have been tickled by Gay's purloining a famous march from a heroic Italian opera - Handel's 'Rinaldo' - for a chorus of highwayman setting off to rob a coach, just as they would have been titillated to hear the text of Purcell's 'If Love's a Sweet Passion, why does it torment?' replaced by 'When young at the bar you first taught me to score.' But for us, other than 'Greensleeves' none of the tunes - lovely as they are - carries any particular associations.
    Back in 1981, Jeremy Barlow & a handful of players from The Broadside Band joined 2 fine singers (Patrizia Kwella & Paul Elliot) in a charming CD that juxtaposed a few of the original songs with Gay's versions (Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951071). This ambitious 1994 follow-up, though well-performed & full of enjoyable moments, is frankly disappointing, & I can't help feeling here & there that everyone has bit off a bit more than they can chew. True, all the singers have been well coached in the dialogue, & all have their good moments - I like Richard Jackson's clenched-teeth Lockit very much - but to my ears only Sarah Walker has the size of personality & technical expertise to nail every single one of her lines square on its head easily. Elsewhere the effort shows, especially in Adrian Thompson's Macheath, which though hardworking lacks charm & charisma - he seems miscast. Sometimes one feels that the cast are treating Gay's text as if it were a serious slice-of-life view of the seamy side of London life, rather than a huge, cynical put-on (like its illustrious descendant, the Kander/Ebb/Fosse musical 'Chicago').
    Musically, things are solid, as one would expect, yet even here I would question Barlow's decision to double the vocal line in almost every solo number with violins. To my ears it puts everyone in a metrical strait-jacket. This may have historical precedent, but surely a cast of professional singers, unlike actors, hardly needs the help? Again & again I felt that the few songs accompanied only by continuo - Polly's 'O ponder well' for one - gave the performers far more room for expressiveness.
    Maybe I'm being too harsh, & certainly anyone interested in the history of the English popular musical theater will want to hear this, since at the very least it's a valuable reference edition. But I'm not sure it's going to come off my shelf as often as the Sargent/Austin version (Classics for Pleasure) or Benjamin Britten's genuinely operatic adaptation (Argo & Pearl); 'inauthentic' they may be, but expertly performed & full of gusto, fun & fierceness as well.
    Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • One of my favorites
    • One of the best of all recordings of William Byrd
    • Absolutely necessary for every fan of Classic music
    		 Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems

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    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B0000013UP
    Release Date: 1994-10-04

    Tracks:

    1. Pavan
    2. Gaillard
    3. Susanna Fair
    4. Rejoice Unto The Lord
    5. John Come Kiss Me Now
    6. Fantasia No. 2
    7. Have Mercy Upon Me, O God
    8. In Nomine No. 2
    9. In Angel's Weed
    10. Fair Britain isle
    11. Fantasia
    12. Triumph With Pleasant Melody
    13. Pavan In A Minor
    14. Qui passe: For My Lady Nevell
    15. Fantasia No. 3
    16. In Nomine No. 5 A 5: In Nomine No. 5
    17. Christ Rising Again

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars One of my favorites.......2006-11-23

    This CD has a mixture of pieces that would have been performed in a domestic setting, from secular/devotional songs to verse anthems, virginal music and viol consort. Many of the vocal pieces are found in Byrd's "Songs of Sundry Natures." I particularly enjoyed the verse anthems 'Have Mercy Upon Me, O God' and especially 'Christ Rising Again' which is probably the finest recording of that well-known anthem that I've ever heard. Red Byrd captures the domestic nature of these pieces, which is nothing like the typical ethereal cathedral boy soprano/Tallis Scholars type of performance that you would normally hear. They have a very earthy sound and the viol consort plays quite energetically. I also am a big fan of historical pronunciation which they use. And of course I can never get enough of Caroline Trevor's fantastic alto voice. As a result, I've bought every Red Byrd CD I can get my hands on. Do yourself a favor and pick up this bargain CD.

    5 out of 5 stars One of the best of all recordings of William Byrd.......2005-07-14

    William Byrd is regarded by many as the greatest composer England has ever produced, as a kind of musical Shakespeare. He was certainly one of the greatest of the composers of the Seconda Prattica from around the period of the Reformation and Counter Reformation.

    The collection of consort music here is simply superb. Pieces like 'John Kiss Me Now' remind us of the fact that variation form began in England around this time. All of the performances are as good as any I have yet to hear of Byrd's music and Naxos clearly scored something of a coup when managing to sign up this group for a recording like this. This would be equally highly recommendable for three times the price. Just look at the list of performers and you will even find Tesser Bonner of the Tallis Scholars listed here. Needless to say she sings beautifully too.

    Perhaps my very favourite aspect of this recording is the fact that period pronounciation is used. While some may feel this to be pedantic, the rather quaint and rustic sounding Tudor English pronouciation in my mind only enhances the characterfulness of the pieces. I must say it puzzles me why even the likes of Emma Kirky insists on using modern English pronouciation when singing Byrd.

    This is a hugely enjoyable CD and for the price it is a genuine steal that enhances the image of Naxos as a company dedicated to quality music making, that puts the giant multinational recording cooporations to utter shame. For that Naxos deserve our accolade and support.

    5 out of 5 stars Absolutely necessary for every fan of Classic music.......1999-02-19

    Extremely fantasti
    Honeyman
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • It's wonderful
    • It's a keeper!
    • AMAZING!!!
    		 Honeyman
    Tim Buckley
    Manufacturer: Manifesto Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    1. Sefronia
    2. Look at the Fool
    3. Greetings from L.A.
    4. The Dream Belongs to Me: Rarities & Unreleased 1968-1973
    5. Live at the Troubadour 1969

    ASIN: B000005DE2
    Release Date: 1995-09-19

    Tracks:

    1. Dolphins
    2. Buzzin' Fly
    3. Get on Top
    4. Devil Eyes
    5. Pleasant Street
    6. Sally, Go 'Round the Roses
    7. Stone in Love
    8. Honey Man
    9. Sweet Surrender

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    1. Dolphins2. Buzzin Fly3. Get On Top4. Devil Eyes5. Pleasant Street6. Sally Go Round The Roses7. Stone In Love8. Honey Man9. Sweet Surrender

    Format: CD

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    By the early 1970s, the surreal adventurism of albums such as Lorca and Starsailor began to threaten Tim Buckley's commercial survival. Honeyman, the third of Buckley's posthumously released live albums, bridges the gap between the patchy penultimate album and his frenetic live persona. Originally broadcast live on New York's WLR radio station in 1973, Honeyman is the least remarkable of the live trilogy, reaffirming why the critical tide was beginning to turn against him. The arrangements of "Devil Eyes" and the four songs taken from Sefronia (Fred Neil's "Dolphins," "Sally Go Round the Roses," "Stone in Love," and "Honeyman") are sparser and more focused, but still don't represent his best work. As ever, the best live Buckley material dates back to the '60s. However, Happy Sad's "Buzzin'Fly" and Goodbye & Hello's "Pleasant Street" strut much more beautifully on Dream Letter: Live in London. --Reuben Dessay

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars It's wonderful.......2006-03-01

    In the 1970s I bought so many Tim Buckley albums, and was so sad when he died. I am so glad today when I can get his music on CD. This one is certainly amazing. His voice range, the variety of style, the earthy ballads... hear it all. You'll dance, you'll celebrate, you'll wail along with an amazing voice.

    4 out of 5 stars It's a keeper!.......2005-01-27

    As with Tim Buckley's entire career, this CD will go relatively unnoticed, but that is much more a loss to potential fans of Buckley's work than anyone else. Reuben Dessey's review of the disc for Amazon states that 'Honeyman' is "the least remarkable of [Buckley's] live trilogy", but that is certainly subject to the tastes of the consumer, and I for one am much more enamoured with Buckley's post-'Starsailor' works. There is no question that Buckley became disillusioned with the lack of success his more high-minded, avante-garde folk work had produced in the 1960's. In fact, Buckley took a yearlong sabbatical to rethink and reshape his career, which he resurrected in 1972 with his more commercially successful 'Greetings From L.A.' piece. What Buckley went through is reminiscent of Bob Dylan spurning his folk roots to go electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Both received criticism for pursuing what was viewed by some as a lesser musical genre... but of course many others embraced the change as the next logical step up.

    If you enjoy the Tim Buckley of 'Greetings From L.A.', 'Honeyman' is the perfect complement. This live radio broadcast features three songs from that disc, and the live versions are significantly altered from the studio renditions. The most significant change is to the steamy 'Get On Top', whose instrumentation, while still charged, sounds nothing like the original. Buckley's vocals are less intense, and thus clearer, and the track runs about two minutes shorter than the studio track by omitting the coda. 'Sweet Surrender', the closer, runs about a minute and a half longer here. Along with 'Devil Eyes', these tracks are a welcome addition to fans of Tim's 1970's persona.

    This performance was recorded around Thanksgiving Day in 1973 at New York's WLIR studio's in support of Buckley's 'Sefronia' album, so it isn't surprising that four of the nine tracks are drawn from that disc, and aside from 'Stone In Love', which has an unusual cadence, they're all winners. The recording of 'Dolphins' is a bit more subdued than the BBC version included on the 'Once I Was' disc, but very nice nonetheless, while 'Honeyman' and 'Sally Go Round the Roses' are solid, funky rock compositions. I don't believe Buckley's bandmates are as talented as the outfits he put together in the 1960's, but Joe Falsia lays down some nice solo's on my favorite instrument, the wah-pedal guitar. I do miss Carter C.C. Collins conga's, but Mark Tieman's keyboards add a previously missing dimension to Buckley's live sound.

    There are two tracks drawn from Buckley's pre-sabbatical days, 'Pleasant Street' from 1967's 'Goodbye & Hello' album, and 'Buzzin' Fly' from 1969's 'Happy Sad'. 'Pleasant Street' is a folk-electric blues number that morphs into a pleasant and extended instrumental ending, but it's my least favorite track on the disc after 'Stone In Love'. 'Buzzin' Fly' however has a great beat, so I give it an 85 (anyone too young to remember American Bandstand can ponder that last statement).

    Given that this performance took place in a radio station's studio with only a very small audience present helps to insure that this disc is of the highest quality. It runs about an hour in length, and features some interesting liner notes from Randy Bookasta, the Executive Editor of Raygun, including quotes from Buckley himself regarding his career. Many of the CD's I review are quickly returned into the marketplace, but I won't be letting go of this one. It's a keeper.

    5 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!!.......2000-08-07

    What a voice........absolutely astounding in it fluidity. Tim Buckley was a true master of the live atmosphere. He takes takes chances and stretches his voice to it's limits. Stand out cuts Pleasant Street and Sweet Surrender are 8 minute plus excursions into euphoria. Emotionally charged, this CD rocks!!!
    Charpentier: Lecons de Ténèbres. Office du Jeudi Saint H. 121, 144, 510, 139, 128, 135, 521
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Incredible Beauty
    		 Charpentier: Lecons de Ténèbres. Office du Jeudi Saint H. 121, 144, 510, 139, 128, 135, 521
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier , Gérard Lesne , Il Seminario Musicale , Sandrine Piau , Ian Honeyman , and Peter Harvey
    Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000025M0X
    Release Date: 2002-12-23

    Tracks:

    1. Prelude In G Minor, H.528
    2. Antienne Habitabit In Tabernaculo
    3. Psaume 14 'Domine, Quis Habitabit': Premiere Lecon, H.121 - Jerusalem Du H.120
    4. Psaume 14 'Domine, Quis Habitabit': Premier Repons - Omnes Amici Mei, H.144
    5. Psaume 14 'Domine, Quis Habitabit': Prld in e, H.510
    6. Psaume 14 'Domine, Quis Habitabit': Seconde Lecon, H.139 - Jerusalem Du H.138
    7. Psaume 14 'Domine, Quis Habitabit': Second Repons - Velum Templi Scissum Est, H.128
    8. Psaume 14 'Domine, Quis Habitabit': Troisieme Lecon, H.136 - Jerusalem Du H.135
    9. Psaume 14 'Domine, Quis Habitabit': Troisieme Repons - Tenebrae Factae Sunt
    10. Prelude In F, H.521
    11. Psaume 50 - Miserere

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Incredible Beauty.......2004-10-23

    This is one of those rare CD productions for which even Amazon's top evaluation of five stars seems stingy, for it achieves a level of 'perfection' (if such a thing is possible in such a subjective area as music) that merits distinction above and beyond the praise one would normally lavish on a successful recording. Let me try and justify this remark with some facts: Firstly, there is Charpentier's music. Over the last 30 years or so, there has been a revival of Baroque music which has gone hand in hand with the re-discovery of certain composers who had almost been forgotten. One of these was Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704), second in the 17th century French pecking order only to Lully. Charpentier's prolific output for the stage has been made known to a wider public chiefly through the efforts of William Christie. His sacred music has been slower to find interpreters, but first progress was made by René Jacobs and Philippe Herreweghe with recordings of motets. The 'Lecons de ténèbres' were written for Holy Week, there being in Catholic France a tradition of reading or singing passages from the Lamentations of Jeremiah on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before Easter. The most famous 'Lecons' were by Michel Lambert and Francois Couperin, but Charpentier, too, wrote quite a large amount of music for the services associated with these readings (which were sung not only by monks and nuns, but also by opera singers). Charpentier's miniatures are based on the original Gregorian melodies but combined with the Italianate style for which he was famed, the scores being carefully marked to show the singers how to perform the elaborate vocal decorations of the numerous melismas. The whole is given an instrumental accompaniment that can vary according to the availability of instruments and musicians. This is music of incredible high beauty.

    Secondly, there is the performance and/or interpretation, which I can only describe as exquisite. Gérard Lesne, known for his natural-sounding countertenor, is here joined by an excellent team of vocalists, of whom Peter Harvey and Ian Honeyman draw particular attention to themselves with some grand solos, all sung with great piety of feeling. (Soprano Sandrine Piau can only be heard here in an ensemble.) The singers are accompanied by an excellent team of instrumentalists (recorders, viols, theorbo, bass violin, organ) who produce some really lovely sounds: I had never before heard the discant viol in a combination like this, and I found the music absolutely enchanting: on this Maundy Thursday disc, there are three purely instrumental introductions which one would normally not get to hear but which represent another very pleasing side of Charpentier's character as a composer.

    Thirdly, there is the musicological research which has gone into this recording. This is reflected in the two informative essays in the accompanying booklet which explain both the background and the individual decisions made by Grard Lesne and his team with regard to this performance. The booklet also contains all the texts in Latin, French, English and German, plus all the information one could need about the recording venue, the instruments etc.

    Last but not least, there is the excellent engineering which has captured the performance perfectly. This is beautiful, beautiful music, well worth taking the time to listen to over and over again.
    Honeyman
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Honeyman
      Tim Buckley
      Manufacturer: Universal/Demon
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000006X5O
      Release Date: 1995-10-05
      Matthias Weckman: Das Kantatenwerk
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Matthias Weckman: Das Kantatenwerk

        Manufacturer: Ricercar
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B0007GB9Z2
        Release Date: 2005-11-08
        Charpentier: Lecons de Ténèbres: Office du Vendredi Saint H. 226, 105, 99, 100, 133, 140, 130, 95
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Intimate, emotional, spiritual ... and breathtaking
        		 Charpentier: Lecons de Ténèbres: Office du Vendredi Saint H. 226, 105, 99, 100, 133, 140, 130, 95
        Marc-Antoine Charpentier , Gérard Lesne , G. G. Nivers , Agnès Mellon , Ian Honeyman , Jacques Bona , and Il Seminario Musicale
        Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00000DNWS
        Release Date: 2002-12-23

        Tracks:

        1. Antienne (Astiterunt)
        2. Psaume 26: Dominus Illuminatio Mea
        3. Premiere Lecon
        4. Premier Repons: Tanquam Ad Latronem
        5. Deuxieme Lecon
        6. Deuxieme Repons: Jerusalem Surge
        7. Troisieme Lecon
        8. Troisieme Repons: Vinea Mea Electa
        9. Psaume 50: Miserere

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Intimate, emotional, spiritual ... and breathtaking.......2004-10-25

        This is one of those rare CD productions for which even Amazon's top evaluation of five stars seems stingy, for it achieves a level of 'perfection' (if such a thing is possible in such a subjective area as music) that merits distinction above and beyond the praise one would normally lavish on a successful recording. Let me try and justify this remark with some facts: Firstly, there is Charpentier's music. Over the last 30 years or so, there has been a revival of Baroque music which has gone hand in hand with the re-discovery of certain composers who had almost been forgotten. One of these was Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704), second in the 17th century French pecking order only to Lully. Charpentier's prolific output for the stage has been made known to a wider public chiefly through the efforts of William Christie. His sacred music has been slower to find interpreters, but first progress was made by René Jacobs and Philippe Herreweghe with recordings of motets. The 'Leçons de ténèbres' were written for Holy Week, there being in Catholic France a tradition of reading or singing passages from the Lamentations of Jeremiah on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before Easter. The most famous 'Leçons' were by Michel Lambert and François Couperin, but Charpentier, too, wrote quite a large amount of music for the services associated with these readings (which were sung not only by monks and nuns, but also by opera singers). Charpentier's miniatures are based on the original Gregorian melodies but combined with the Italianate style for which he was famed, the scores being carefully marked to show the singers how to perform the elaborate vocal decorations of the numerous melismas. The whole is given an instrumental accompaniment that can vary according to the availability of instruments and musicians. This is music of incredible high beauty.

        Secondly, there is the performance and/or interpretation, which I can only describe as exquisite. Gérard Lesne, known for his natural-sounding countertenor, is here joined by an excellent team of vocalists. The introductory Gregorian chant is brilliantly mastered by bass Jacques Bona; the first 'Leçon' is given breathtaking treatment by French soprano Agnès Mellon, whose soft, sensuous voice (known to many listeners for her part in Philippe Herreweghe's recording of Bach's 'Magnificat') seems absolutely ideal for this intimate, emotional and spiritual music. The inclusion on this CD of some of Charpentier's three-part compositions of the Hebrew letters of the alphabet is an extra goodie: they are beautiful beyond description. As are also the instrumental introductions to individual sections, where the combination of treble viol, recorder, bass violin and organ can, on occasion, be almost ecstatic. One or two unaccompanied sections of Gregorian chant achieve much the same effect, so that this CD is, in sum, a real winner.

        Thirdly, there is a more than adequate booklet. The Good Friday volume contains only one introductory essay (the Wednesday and Thursday have two), but it is informative and helpful, and here, too, all the texts are printed in Latin, French, English and German. The whole production reveals considerable musicological expertise, as many of Charpentier's works are still only available in manuscript.

        Last but not least there is the excellent recorded sound which leaves absolutely nothing to be desired.

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