Open Harp

Open Harp

Track Listings

1. Rising

2. Spirit Lake

3. Autumn Leaves

4. Wedding Chimes

5. Piano Piano

6. Star of the County Down

7. Meditation for Ladybugs

8. To Be Two

9. Fireflies

10. After the Rain

Tracks:

Sleigh Ride
Gesu Bambino
The Christmas Song
The Sussex Mummer's Christmas Carol
Out Under the Sky
Winter Wonderland
Silver Bells
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
Rudolph Up On The Housetop
Ave Maria
Waltz of the Flowers, from the Nutcracker Suite. Opus 71a
Variations in G Major, on "See the conqu'ring hero comes" from Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus"
Chanukah Suite
Sheep May Safely Graze
O Holy Night
Evening Prayer from "Hansel and Gretel"
White Christmas

Customer Reviews:

Continental - without the jingles and bells!.......2000-12-31

Simply wonderful with a continental, sophisticated and European flavor! Have images of entering the elegant lobby of some posh European hotel - like the Ritz on the Champs Elysee. The combination of piano, cello and violin are inspirational, meditative, and joyously reflective; and, resonate sounds from holidays past that need to be heard in the new millinneum!

The Very Best.......2000-01-05

This is a wonderful CD. If you love chamber music, piano trios or just good Christmas music this one is highly recommended. I've had it for over a year now and have even secretly listened to it in the middle of the summer, just for the wonderful arrangements. So inventive. Love the sound they make.

Music at Home.......1999-12-24

This is an exquisite combination of classical and popular Christmas standards. The texture of the arrangements and quality of the recording make this album sound like you have three friends playing in your Music Room while you're in the kitchen baking. Highly recommended for children, for appreciating good sounds, and for adults, for a simple, basic lovely set of songs.

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The Great Voices of the Century, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Rajon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007KUIU0
Release Date: 2005-02-14

Tracks:

Stars Were Brightly Shining (From "Tosca")
Come In The Gondola (From "Night In Venice")
Because
Open Road (From "The Gypsy Baron")
Merry Widow Waltz
Count Your Blessings
All Through The Night
Maidens Of Cadiz
Tristesse
If You Were The Only Girl In The World
Silver Threads Among The Gold
Deep In My Heart, Dear (From "The Student Prince")
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Torna A Surriento
Over The Rainbow (From "The Wizard Of Oz")
Parted
Bachelor Gay (From "Maid Of The Mountains")
Trottin To The Fair
White Wings
Lost Chord
Creed
Drinking Song (From "Merry Wives Of Windsor"
De Glory Road
Ol Man River (From "Showboat")
Changing Of The Guard
Blue Danube
Huguette (From "Vagabond King")
If I Were A Blackbird
ILl Sing A Song Of Love To You
Intermezzo
Panis Angelicus
Berceuse De "Jocelyn"
WeLl Gather Lilacs (From "Perchance To Dream")
Holy City
O For The Wings Of A Dove
Goodnight (From "Cousin From Nowhere")
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
ChElla Mi Creda Libero ( From "Girl Of The Golden West")
Loves Old Sweet Song
Last Rose Of Summer
River Stay Way From My Door
OSilver Moon (From "Russalka")
La Marseillaise
Nessun Dorma (From "Turandot")
Who Tied The Knot (From "Gypsy Baron")
They Call Me Mimi (From "La Boheme")
Rosary
Song Of India (From "Sadko")
Serenade
My Heart & I (From "Old Chelsea")
Smilin Through
Sanctuary Of The Heart
Vilia (From "Merry Widow")
ILl Take You Home Again, Kathleen
I Love You Truly
Road To The Isles
Eriskay Love Lilt
Vivere
Old Father Thames
Tales From The Vienna Woods
Oriental Prayer (From "Lakme")
My Song Goes Round The World
I Love Thee
On The Road To Mandalay
Wiegenlied (Cradle Song)

Album Description

3 CD set from the Rajon 'Great Series'. 66 tracks. 2005.

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OPEN VEINS:MORAN

Manufacturer: INNOVA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Dracula Diary

ASIN: B00065TZ8C
Release Date: 2004-10-26

Tracks:

Open Veins
Movement One of 'Desert Of Roses'
'I Can Go?' From 'Desert Of Roses'
Movement Three Of 'Desert Of Roses'
'Look Into My Eyes.' From 'Desert Of Roses'
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32 Cryptograms For Derek Jarman - Sound Affairs Band
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I Love this CD -- Where Have You Been All My Life?

Open Harp
Ariane Lydon
Manufacturer: Overt Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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Lady of the Green
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ASIN: B00023P4WE
Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

Rising
Spirit Lake
Autumn Leaves
Wedding Chimes
Piano Piano
Star of the County Down
Meditation for Ladybugs
To Be Two
Fireflies
After the Rain

Customer Reviews:

I Love this CD -- Where Have You Been All My Life?.......2006-10-20

I never heard of this artist until a month ago. I read in another review elsewhere on Amazon.com that a qigong instructor used "Open Harp" for his qigong class. Because I practice qigong and because I'm fond of certain types of harp music, I did a search and listened to some "Open Harp" sound clips elsewhere on the internet. Sounded interesting, so I bought it. Well, I received it last week and it's been in constant play on my CD player ever since. I love it! Do you know how George Winston's meditative piano sounds in "December"? Well, "Open Harp" has the same effect as that "December" had on me twenty years ago. A classic yet oddly unique sound (to my ears, anyway). I appreciate that "Open Harp" has an elegant simplicity in sound which is meditative, but not morose.It's a great example of why I love certain types of harp music over most other forms of solo instrumentals -- the harp conveys soothing calmness without collapsing into sad melancholy the way the flute, piano and violin sometimes can. Soothing, meditative music doesn't have to mean "depressing," and "Open Harp" is a fine example of that fact.

No vocals here, just healing harp music throughout. Aside from the sheer pleasure of listening to it, I think "Open Harp" would serve well as background music for study, spiritual gatherings, birthing, and hospice work. Oh! Not to forget: qigong, too. It would appeal to anyone.

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Previously released album

Open Heart
Cynthia Lynn Douglass
Manufacturer: World Disc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000018FM
Release Date: 1995-12-12

Tracks:

Canon in D
Waves of Bliss
An Open Heart
Air: The High Mountains/I Love My Love in the Evening
Ash Grove
Indian Sunrise
Eye of Happiness
For My Beloved
A Song for Mary
Young Catherine
Scarborough Fair
Balboa Park Bells
Woodycock
Dance of the Leprechauns
Rejoice
Pavane

Album Description

An accomplished Celtic harp and woodwind musician, Cynthia weaves a poignant and powerful spell with her eclectic talents. "An Open Heart" is a blend of classical compositions with traditional Welsh and Irish ballads and jigs. Cynthia's original compositions add an elegant, velvet touch with a delicate mix of harp and flute. This is music for those whose heart-strings resonate with the infinite; for those romantic and vividly imaginative souls for whom, life is indeed, An Open Heart.

Customer Reviews:

Previously released album.......2007-04-07

To prevent duplication to anyone's collection, it should be noted that this album was originally issued as "Heavenly Harmonies" with a different cover and song order.

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The best Christmas Bells yet!
A nice departure
In my opinion
A smooth, relaxing Christmas album

Christmas with Sonos Handbell Ensemble

Manufacturer: Well-Tempered Produc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Meredith Sonos Handbell Ensemble
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ASIN: B000003Y2Y
Release Date: 1995-08-24

Tracks:

Dance Of The Red Flutes
Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Sleigh Ride
West Indies Carol
Christmas Tidings
Shepherd's Air
Fantasy On Carol Of The Bells
Austrian Carol
Veni Emmanuel
We Three Kings
Coventry Carol
Troika, Op. 60
Christmas Song
Two French Carols: 'Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime/Whence Comes This R ush Of Wings Afar!
Catalonian Carol
Silent Night
Panis Angelicus
White Christmas
Joseph Dear, Joseph Mine
Christmas Postcard

Album Description

This best-selling title recreates all of your fondest memories of Christmas with the glorious sound of handbells. This seasonal favorite includes "Silent Night," "Sleigh Ride" and more - twenty selections of carols and Christmas favorites.

Customer Reviews:

The best Christmas Bells yet!.......2001-06-09

I am so glad I have this wonderful CD of Christmas songs with bells. The bells are truly played as one instrument and you can really get into the Christmas spirit. It's so hard to record bells well, but they did it! I always tell my friends to BUY this CD to add to their Christmas music collection. In fact, I give the CDs away as gifts! A GREAT RECORDING!

A nice departure.......2001-06-08

While we all associate bells with Christmas, we think more of bells ringing wildly in their towers. And when we think of Christmas music, we think schmaltz. This album features a different kind of bells -- handbells -- and music that is anything but schmaltzy. As I listen to this beautiful, seamless music, I am in awe of the skills required to make it sound that way: a dozen people handling dozens of bells, sounding as one instrument. The musical selections are varied, the performance top-notch, and the experience of listening is marvelous. I do not hesitate to recommend this CD to any listener.

In my opinion.......2001-06-08

Sonos is very accomplished, yes, and they play what they do very well, but nothing really appealed to me as "exciting" bell music. I have nothing against classical music, but they need perhaps faster songs or something of that sort. Other than that, it was great!

A smooth, relaxing Christmas album.......2000-02-01

"Christmas with Sonos Handbell Ensemble" continues the tradition of excellent playing and fine engineering pioneered on Sonos' first disc. The repertoire runs the gamut, but leans toward the quiet, mellow carols and tunes, and the other instruments featured (flute & clarinet) are perfectly balanced and blended with the overall sound. The acoustic is marvelous, greatly benefitting from the superb room at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and audiophile-quality production.

Of special interest is the bluesy/gospel "Christmas Tidings" (Mary Had a Baby Boy/Go Tell It On the Mountain) with clarinet, the lovely "Panis Angelicus" with flute, and a quirky arrangement of "Carol of the Bells," which does not do what you expect! There's the ever-popular nutcracker, along with the Leroy Anderson's hit "Sleigh Ride." A moody "Veni Emmanuel" is paired with a mediaeval-sounding "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen." There's even a little Prokofiev: the "Troika" (another kind of sleigh ride), from Lt. Kije.

Tracks:

When I Have Sung My Songs
Not While I'm Around
Deep River
Visions
My Eternal King
To Love and to Be Loved
Esperanto
Pie Jesu
Alleluia
Psyche
Silent Noon
I Shall Miss Loving You
Bring Him Home
Majesty and Glory of Your Name
Parting Blessing

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Christmas Adagios: Holiday Classics

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Wintersong

ASIN: B00006JY9O
Release Date: 2002-10-08

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O' Holy Night - Richard Stoltzman
Away In A Manger - The Canadian Brass
The Christmas Song - Steve Erquiaga
O Come Immanuel - Richard Stoltzman
Amazing Grace - Richard Stoltzman
Coventry Carol/The Holy And The Ivy - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Silent Night - RCA Symphony Orchestra
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Fantasia On 'Greensleeves' - Morton Gould And His Orchestra
The Sussex Carol - Nightnoise
We Three Kings - The Canadian Brass
Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming - The Canadian Brass
He Shall Feed His Flock - Richard Stoltzman
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - The Philadelphia Orchestra
Sinfonia - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Pastoral Symphony - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Moon, You Rise Again
NIce surprise

Tomorrow / Simple Songs / Prayer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Caspar Richter , and Gigi Mitchell-Velasco
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00006L3WN
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

Tomorrow, Op.33
Das Standchen (Serenade)
Liebesbriefchen (A Little Love Letter)
Nachtwanderer (Night Wanderer) (World Premiere Recording)
Schneeglockchen (Snowdrops)
Sommer (Summer)
Das Heldengrab Am Pruth (The Hero's Grave At Pruth)
Prayer, Op.32 (World Premiere Recording)
No.1 Ouverture
No.3 Mummenschanz (Hornpipe) - Prelude Act 2
No.6 Gartenmusik (Garden Music) - Prelude Act 3
No.7 Intermezzo - An Open Scene
No.8 Holzapfel Und Schlehwein - Prelude Act 3, Scene2
No.9 Madchen Im Brautgemach (Maiden In The Bridal Chamber) - Prelude Act 4
Sterbelied (Requiem)
Dies Eine Kann Mein Sehnen Nimmer Fassen (The One Thing My Longing Can Never Grasp)
Mond, So Gehst Du Wieder Suf (Moon, You Rise Again)
Gefasster Abschied (Serene Farewell)

Customer Reviews:

Moon, You Rise Again.......2003-10-21

It took me a while to come to grips with these works. I was already familiar with most of the 'Much Ado About Nothing' music so that was no effort. But I had some doubts about Gigi Mitchell-Velasco's singing and perhaps more importantly the way she was recorded - a bit remote perhaps. And the Stephen Gould singing wasn't entirely to my liking either - was it the singer or the music that didn't entirely appeal to me I wondered. I suspect it is the music but Mr Gould's timbre doesn't really help. However, as I listened to the CD a number of times my appreciation grew. After Mahler's farewell song ('Das Lied von der Erde') I wondered that Korngold could possibly have approached the same topic. And yet, for me, Korngold is the composer of self-denial - think of 'Die Tote Stadt' for example. And self-denial is often enmeshed with farewell, with leaving behind what you would really like to be able to grasp and hold. For me the song 'Moon, You Rise Again' struck a particular resonance with circumstances in my life. It is a simple piece so effective, and so affecting in both music and text.

I have developed an interest in composers of this period from reading Alma Mahler-Werfel's youthful diaries and exploring some her effective lieder. Previously I had explored Mahler's works and heard of his apparent suppression of Alma's compositions so it was of interest to me to see how well this woman could really write (assuming she actually did do the compositions). Alma Mahler-Werfel famously married several times after Mahler's death and one of her husbands was Franz Werfel, so it was of interest to see on this CD that Korngold set one of Franz Werfel's poems ('Prayer'). Korngold and Alma Mahler-Werfel were apparently friends, and Korngold did dedicate his violin concerto to Alma, so the links were definitely there.

It may take some time, but I suspect that the beauty and freshness of this music will be rewarding to explore.

NIce surprise.......2003-01-14

I didn't know that I liked Lieder until I started to listen to this CD. Ms. Mitchell-Velasco has a wonderful balance between emotion and precision which is well suited to the music.

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