Salisbury [Import]

Salisbury [Import]

Track Listings

1. Bird of Prey

2. Park

3. Time to Live

4. Lady in Black

5. High Priestess

6. Salisbury

7. Simon the Bullet Freak [*]

8. High Priestess [Single Edit][*]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Remastered from the original master tapes with faithfully restored artwork and on a limited edition picture disc, thisis a 1996 reissue from Castle of the band's 1971 & second album, originally released on Mercury and now with two bonustracks added: 'Simon The Bullet Freak' & 'High Priestess' (Single Edit).

Tracks:

This Is Music
Slide Away
Lucky Man
History
She's A Superstar
On Your Own
Blue
Sonnet
All In The Mind
The Drugs Don't Work
Gravity Grave
Bitter Sweet Symphony
This Could Be My Moment
Monte Carlo

Album Details

This is the Definitive Best of Collection from the Verve. The Package Will Consist of Singles Released from the Hugely Successful Albums "a Strom in Heaven", "a Northern Soul" and "Urban Hymns" as Well as Various EPs and B-sides.

Customer Reviews:

The Verve were a great band.......2007-03-11

The Verve was a British band of the 1990's who have since broken up. On this CD we have 14 of the best Verve songs from their era of existence 1992-98. I really like this album and am awarding it 4.5 stars. I first heard of this band in June 1997 when staying in London, when their justly-famous and classic song Bittersweet Symphony made the UK top 5 . Even better was the achingly-beautiful yet despairing lament The Drugs Don't Work, which reached #1 on the UK chart in September 1997. I was working as a locum doctor in a psychiatric clinic at the time in Birmingham, England, and could really relate to the heartfelt pain that this song evokes, yet it has one of the most beautiful of melodies. Third song Lucky Man was also fantastic, as was the fourth song: Sonnet. All these were off the 1997 album Urban Hymns. After really getting into these songs in 1997-98, I later found out that the Verve actually had two earlier albums I'd not heard, and from these were taken other good songs like This Is Music, History and Gravity Grave etc.

The Verve were a great band with strong choruses, trippy production, and emotive, slightly avant-garde lyrics. Their vocalist Richard Ashcroft is a distinctive and highly-talented singer/songwriter who has continued on in the 2000's as a solo artist, though I know little about the other band members.

Highly regarded compilation CD.

GOOD INTRODUCTION BUT LOUSY REMASTERING OF "STORM IN HEAVEN" ERA TRACKS.......2006-12-16

This collection is a good way to be introduced to The Verve but the tracks taken from the album "A Storm In Heaven," "Slide Away" and "Blue" are not so much remastered as remixed, bringing Richard Ashcroft's vocals to the forefront instead of letting them swirl through Nick McCabe's amazing guitar work as on the original album. I was incredibly disappointed by this decision as "A Storm In Heaven" is a powerful album as it was originally mixed and was I was looking forward to hearing the two tracks remastered on this collection. I sincerely hope this isn't a sign of what's to come if all three Verve albums are remastered. "A Storm In Heaven" is an amazing album and if it is to be remastered, the sound should be expanded, not re-done. Whether this is Richard Ashcroft's ego interfering and trying to re-write history (no pun intended) or just a poor choice by the album producer I'm not sure. For excellent examples of remastering work, see the remasters of the entire Slowdive catalog and The Jesus and Mary Chain. For an example of a poor remastering job where tracks were re-done, see Tori Amos' collection "Tales Of A Librarian."

What a surprise.......2006-11-10

I have just recently discovered The Verve. It seems that I went right through the 90's without knowing nothing about this great band. Heard Bittersweet Symphony performed by Richard Ashcroft and Coldplay at the Live 8 Concert in July 2005 in London and inmediately fell in love with this truly great song. Went on to find more about these guys who unfortunately went separate ways before the end of the century. Despite claims from rock legends (Rolling Stones) that Bittersweet Symphony was plagiarized from them, I just totally connected with this beautiful song which appearently became a symbol of a whole generation. Richard Ashcroft lyrics are great. Music also. SO if you happen to be a like me, and never heard anything by The Verve, please go ahead and start with Bittersweet Symphony.

3.5 Stars: My first taste of The Verve.......2006-10-07

I first heard about the brittish emo rock group 'The Verve' after listening to their hit song that had made the radio stations over and over again for a long period of time here in Australia. Their song 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' is one of the best songs ever made and its melody is surreal and enchanting. I purchased this album for that reason, it had this song on it and I really wanted it. "This Is Music" is a album consisting of 14 songs that became The Verve's singles betwee 1992-95.

The Verve sound like a cross between Coldplay and Oasis with a slightly more pop sound to them. Unexpectedly I enjoyed this album after getting over the first two songs of the album that were plain and sounded unoriginal. The third song in 'Lucky Man' has became another favourite song of mine with lyrics that are heartfelt and easy to sing along with. 'On Your Own' and 'Sonnet' are beautiful melodies about loneliness and love which are heartwarming.

But the stand out of course is 'Bitter Sweet Symphony', this song is magical and has helped me through alot of tough emotional times. The last two songs of this album are merely fillers and B-Sides. This having been my intro to The Verve, I found myself liking this band and look forward to purchase more CD's in the later future by them.

SUPRISES INSIDE.......2006-09-07

OK, look, i'm a Verve fan and am biased for the most part. My favorite verve songs wont fit on one cd, however this is a must own.

Obviously it has 2 previously unreleased songs. I'm sold.

I got it and listened to it from a music store in Atlanta. Guess what, Slide Away has either been remixed or re-recorded and BY GOD IT SOUNDS GREAT!!! You can actually very explicitly understand the lyrics and there are some new twists and turns in the instrumentation.

So COME ON!!! What are you waiting for!!!

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Their Best
stands the test of time

Salisbury
Uriah Heep
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ASIN: B0002ADY0Q
Release Date: 2004-10-25

Tracks:

Bird Of Prey
Park
Time To Live
Lady In Black
High Priestess
Salisbury
Simon The Bullet Freak (Us Album Version) (Bonus Track)
Here Am I (Previously Unreleased Version) (Bonus Track)
Lady In Black (Previously Unreleased Version) (Bonus Track)
High Priestess (Single Edit) (Bonus Track)
Salisbury (Previously Unreleased Single Edit) (Bonus Track)
Park (Previously Unreleased Mix) (Bonus Track)
Time To Live (Previously Unreleased Mix) (Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews:

Their Best.......2007-07-23

Sometimes the first is the best. Lady in Black is one of the best rock songs of all times. Uriah Heep has it's own unique slot in rock history. I got the LP shortly after it's release and a copy of it has been a staple in my collection ever since. Buy this CD!!

stands the test of time.......2007-01-04

classic rockers and younger listeners should enjoy this second effort from the under-rated unapprecitaed uriah heep. i actually bought this to replace my vinyl copy and wasn't dissapointed. memorable songs that stand up to time. "high priestess", "lady in black", simon the bullet freak". a very strong recording that utilized early stereo effects and over-dubbing. (remember it was 1971.) over-the-top vocal arrangements makes it work. title track is a simply "brilliant"! totally wicked! ahead of their time. buy the expanded version. queen and the darkeness owe a lot to these guys.

Consort of Musicke by William Byrd & Orlando Gibbons; Sweelinck: Fantasia in D (The Glenn Gould Edition)

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Glenn Gould's strange genius, Sony's parsimony
Gould has never played so sublimely.....Sweelinck is amazing!
Enraptured visions!
Brilliant
Another Remarkable GG Recording...

Consort of Musicke by William Byrd & Orlando Gibbons; Sweelinck: Fantasia in D (The Glenn Gould Edition)
Glenn Gould , William Byrd , Orlando Gibbons , and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
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Customer Reviews:

Glenn Gould's strange genius, Sony's parsimony.......2007-03-12

Glenn Gould was a master of slow tempos, holding long melodic and contrapuntal lines together without using the damper pedal or any obvious pianistic tricks, and his extraordinary way with simple keyboard pieces shines through on this disc.

And even though these compositions are light stuff compared to the towering Bach masterpieces he recorded, there is plenty to enjoy here. And don't feel bad that Byrd and Gibbons are not played on a virginal. Nearly an hour of twanging away at these intimate, charming and modest pieces might drive an earnest modern listener crazy. Feel good about the heft and color of the modern Steinway. Gould brings body and warmth to what might otherwise be very minor pieces.

The "bonus" Sweelinck piece is further evidence of Gould's genius, but the sound quality is absolutely atrocious--taken from Canadian television in 1964 it sounds like something from a basement behind the Iron Curtain in the darkest, most technologically challenged days of Stalin's Cold War.

These are fine recordings that owe everything to Gould's eccentric and pure musical vision, but it must be stated that Sony Classical has hardly been generous with these reissues. The liner notes to this disc archly refer to "Columbia" in quotes, as if the record company that defined an entire era in classical music, comprehensively recording Bruno Walter, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell, Igor Stravinsky, and Glenn Gould, among countless other icons of the era, were a fictional bygone relic that modern day corporate record executives somehow have to refer to "in quotes."

One can hardly imagine that a perfectionist and technophile like Gould would allow such a poorly reproduced cut to be tacked on to one of the records he so lovingly produced.

Gould has never played so sublimely.....Sweelinck is amazing!.......2006-09-08

These recordings are absolute gems. In fact I daresay nothing like these performances has come before nor will come again. Gould is a genius, and the music he performs is timeless as well as historical. One can listen to this music and be transported to the 16th century, such is the power, beauty and effectiveness of Gould's interpretations. I cannot say enough of Gibbons and Sweelink, these masters are terribly underrated and unheard. Gould's touch is magical, technical virtuosity meets a true anachronistic artist. To the naysayers I say they have ears to ear yet do not hear, or in one ear and out the other. Anyone sensitive to true art will appreciate this music. Gould's performances and the composed music transcends banal quibbles like "he plays it too fast", or "it should be played on a virginal". Long live Byrd, Gibbons, Sweelinck and Gould!

Enraptured visions!.......2006-02-07

The interpretative art of Glenn Gould reached sidereal dimensions in this occasion playing the British virginalists. Gould made the complete journey and ellaborated a fine and fascinating portrait about the moods, mesmerizing approach, creating a spelling atmsophere around every single piece of this treasured album.

For all those who admire and still remaind his genius, this album is among his multiple golden recordings a special value.
Inspiered and fine recordings that will reward even the most exigenet listener.

A must-buy.

Brilliant.......2006-01-08

I echo the Spotlight review of J. Anderson, above, who has written eloquently. This music is a transporting experience.

Another Remarkable GG Recording..........2004-05-24

As a GG fan for over 30 years, I thought I knew most of his work; Sony, however, has issued more than was previously available--in a most excellent form. And so, I have the pleasure of discovering yet more wonderful GG works.

I had previously heard of the infamous Byrd/Gibbons recordings in the later 1970s; however, I had never actually heard the recordings themselves (--somehow the LP escaped me). Anyway, I am pleased to announce that this is another remarkable GG recording, and the infamy is due only to critics with a lack of understanding.

Tracks:

Air And Variations In E Major From Harpsicord Suite No. 5: The Harmonious Blacksmith
Keyboard Suite No. 11 In D Minor: Sarabande
Greensleeves (16th Century)
Lavolta
The Earl Of Salisbury: Pavan, The Earl Of Salisbury
Ut re mi fa sol la, In F
The King's Hunt
The Nightingale (17th Century)
For Two Virginals
The Prince Of Denmark's March
The 18th Order (3rd Book Of Pieces For Harpsicord): Le tic-toc-choc, No. 6
The 15th Order (3rd Book Of Pieces For Harpsicord): Musete de Choisi, No. 4
Le Tambourin
La poule
Le Coucou
Sonata In D Minor, 'Pastorale'
Sonata In E Major, 'Capriccio'
Sonata in D Major
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 In C Major
Italian Concerto In F Major, BWV 971: III. Presto
The Anna Magdalena Notebook: Minuet In G Major, BWV Anh. 114
Sonata No. 11 In A Major, K. 331: III. (Rondo) Alla Turca
Wo0 10, No. 2: Minuet in G Major
Trumpet Tune 'Martial Air'
Round O (Rondo)
The 6th Order (2nd Book Of Pieces For Harpsichord): Les baricades misterieuses, No. 5
The 15th Order (3rd Book Of Pieces For Harpsicord): Musete de Taverni, No. 5
Cuckoo Toccata

Customer Reviews:

"Best Harpsichord Recording".......2005-11-05

I have always loved the sound of the Harpsichord and for many years hearing poorly recorded or played Harpsichord this treasure is a must have. From the fine compositions to the good sound quality this CD is definately a keeper.
Plenty of music for a moderate price as well.

Great.......2005-08-09

This CD is very very good just what I was looking for. I highly recommend this CD if you are planning on purchasing a Harpsicord CD, this one is the best.

a must-have for harpsichord lovers.......2004-04-30

I love the sound of this most unusual instrument, the harpsichord. Especially the fast intricately melodic songs. Very enjoyable. This "Greatest Hits" includes many compositions perfectly suited to this wonderful old predecessor to the piano. There's even a little funny trivia thrown in: on the song sheet is written: Q:"what did the famous conductor Sir Thomas say that the harpsichord sounds like? A: "Like two skeletons screwing on a hot tin roof" :)

David Rehak
author of "Love and Madness"

keeno.......2001-01-08

This is a fun cd. BYRD, BULL, BACH ETC come through great Scarlatti bits sound like a flock of unhappy cows running of a field of burnt popcorn but those bits generally do unless played on the African Kalimba [or thumb piano] in Africa where I need not hear them.

This is a well engineered CD. Many featuring the harpsichord demand a level of equipment beyond that of any regular person with bills, which means this disk sounds just fine on a boom box. Everybody in the family will like some part of this disk `cept for the 13 year old whose lost to punk rock or hip hop.

The Most Superb Harpsichord Sampler.......2000-07-27

I can't imagine a better sampler of harpsichord 'hits' played by one of the great stereo-era masters. A full complement of emotions is displayed here, from the most delicate and sparing texture to the most rip-roaring martial roar. If you're wondering what the harpsichord is about, or if you're already a fan and want a great sampler to play for your own delight and amusement, you cannot go wrong with this recording.

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a voice teacher and early music fan
Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord
Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord
God is an Englishman

English Hymn 1

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Tracks:

Christ Triumpant, Ever Reigning (Guiting Power)
How Shall I Sing That Majesty [Coe Fen]
Like a Mighty River Flowing (Old Yeavering)
Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer (Cypress Court)
I Vow to Thee, My Country (Thaxted)
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I, Lord of Sea and Sky (Here I Am, Lord)
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Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Hark What a Sound, and Too Divine for Hearing (Highwood)
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Holy Spirti, Ever Dwelling [Salisbury]
For the Fruit of His Creation [East Acklam]
Lead, Kindly Light (Alberta)
Lord, for the Years Your Love Has Kept and Guided (Lord of the Years)
Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided (Thorbury)

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-02-05

This is a really good representation of 20th century hymn tunes sung by a typical British Choir made up of boy sopranos, male altos and the usual number of tenors and basses. The choir sings very well using good diction and appropriate interpretation. The arrangements are varied, different groups of voices singing parts of a hymn usually alternating and eventually the full choir joins in; nothing unusual in the arrangements themselves. There is a nice variety of hymns, some more interesting than others. I will comment on a few of them as follows:
The opening hymn:'Christ, triumphant, ever reigning' is a good opener in that it is quick and begins with the boy sopranos and immediately gets your attention. John Barnard's majestic 'Guiting Power' tune sweeps the words up in a wide-ranging,flowing melody that creates from them a fine hymn.
'I, the Lord of sea and sky(Here I am, Lord) is a truly striking hymn! The words of this song begin with a proclamation in the verses; this is answered in the refrain by the singer's commitment to service. This is reflected in the tune. The melody for the verses has a vigorous movement to proclaim the work of God in creation, His continuing love for that creation,and His call for service. Both the words and music are by the American Jesuit musician Daniel L. Schutte, who has served both on college campuses and in parish ministry.
'All My Hope On God Is Founded' the tune of which is written by Herbert Howells and is called 'Michael'in memory of his son who died in childhood. It is a lovely melody and the words suit it very well.
The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was the music editor of the 'English Hymnal'. The most widely used of his own tunes was the 'Monk's Gate' which he created from a folk tune. It is subtly contrived, as the rhythm of the alleluias shows. 'Sine nomine' simply means without a name.The resulting hymn is 'For All the Saints'.

The Wells Cathedral Choir under the direction of Malcolm Archer accompanied by Rupert Gough on the organ have produced an excellent disc.

Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord.......2001-01-08

I bought this collection because I saw the song, Here I Am, Lord written by Daniel Schutte. I grew up singing this song and many other pieces from the St. Louis Jesuits and this continues to be one that has deep meaning for me. In addition, the other pieces in this collection are very enjoyable to listen to, not only for worship but for time of reflection.

Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord.......2001-01-08

God is an Englishman.......2000-06-05

After the Anglican Communion, particularly the American branch, has completed its transformation from a church to a political-social club, at least it will be remembered for two things: the beautiful and influential language of its Book of Common Prayer (1662) and its wonderful music. The English Hymn, volume 1, is a promising start to another English music series by Hyperion. This series complements Hyperion's English Anthems series, its Psalms at St. Paul's (many volumes of Anglican chant), and its two-CD collection of "Mags and Nuncs" (My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord and My Spirit Hath Rejoiced). Volume 1, "Christ Triumphant," features hymns written in the 20th century. The styles of the hymns range from confident, pre-Great War, "God is an Englishman" roof-raisers to insipid, happy-clappy jingles, which inadvertently, I assume, parallel the decline of the church. The Wells Cathedral Choir sings with gusto and, typical of Hyperion, the sound quality is excellent. My only disappointment came when the CD ended - is this all there is to the 20th century? I hope Hyperion plans to include more than one volume on the 20th century in this series. If you enjoy this type of music, you will be satisfied with this CD. If you have CDs from the other series listed above, the English Hymn, vol. 1, and a programmable, carousel-CD player, now you can click your heels and transport yourself to Evensong at King's College, Cambridge, or St. Paul's, London!

Decca Recordings, 1965-1972 (Limited Edition)

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Stokowski in Phase 4 land, Vol. 1
Stupendous Stokowski

Decca Recordings, 1965-1972 (Limited Edition)

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Customer Reviews:

Stokowski in Phase 4 land, Vol. 1.......2006-09-22

Decca has pulled a lot of Stokowski's gaudy Phase 4 recordings off the market so that they can reappear in this box set, but the company had already licensed many out to another label, Cala, that specializes in all things Stokowski. So if you pick and choose, you can buy your favorites recordings individually with a little effort. Of the two volumes in the Original Masters series, this one is the more interesting musically.

For one thing, it features two of the conductor's great strengths: his incomparable Bach transcriptions (no one else performs them with the same total commitment) and his Debussy and Ravel. Admittedly, this La Mer and Daphnis and Chloes have been multi-miked within an inch of their lives, and neither represents Stokowski as wonderuflly as his EMI Debussy collection, but if you love the old magician, you'll love these readings.

Aslo very appealing are the Enigma Variations, which Stokowski recorded only once, and the Franck D minor Sym., though don't expect world-class execution in either case. Stokowski championed early Messiaen in l'Ascension, and here is his last version, along with a swooning and seductive Scriabin Poeme d'Extase.

You have to adore recorded excess to swallow this Symphonie fantastique and Firebird, both gorgeous in a kind of Las Vegas neon billboard sort of way. But for geneations of listeners, that's what Stokowski is all about. What he's not about, sadly, is the wretchedly eccentric and nearly unlistenable Tchaikovsky Fifth Sym., the only performance in this whole set that made me hold my nose.

In all, thee are enough goodie here to justify buying the whole box, unless you want to pick and choose, in which case turn to Cala's excellent reissues.

Stupendous Stokowski.......2004-03-30

This five disc box set featuring the Decca Recordings (1965-72) of conductor Leopold Stokowski is among the latest batch of releases in the limited edition "Original Masters" series. While parts of this particular collection have been available on CD in the past (in the old "Phase 4" and "Weekend Classics" series), some of this material is being made available for the first time internationally. Those performances include Franck's Symphony (Hilversium RPO, 1970), Elgar's Enigma Variations (Czech PO, 1972), Ravel's "Fanfare" (Hilversium, 1970) and Messiaen's "L'Ascension" (London SO, 1970). Other highlights include an entire disc (CD1) of Stokowski's Transcriptions, and a delightful reading of Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique" with the New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1968. In all, another great set in the "Original Masters" series.

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My best baroque CD
superbe

Music from the Royal Court

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III. Allemande
IV. Courante
V. Air
VI. Courante
I. The Old Spagnoletta
II. Giles Farnaby's Dreame
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Aria Della Battaglia A 8

Tracks:

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Canzon 'La Seraphina'
Fantasia 'In Echo'
Ricercar Del Duodecimo Tuono
Canzon For Eight Trombones
Canzon 13
I. Allemande
II. Gaillarde
III. Pavane D'Angleterre Avec Gaillarde
IV. Basse Danse 'La Volunte'
V. Pavane Passemaize Avec Gaillarde
VI. Branle De Bourgogne - Branle Simple - Branle Gay
Trumpet Intrada (From The Motet Ave Virgo Lux Maria) (Arr. Kenneth Herbert)
Il Est Be Et Bon (Arr. Peter Reeve)
Terpsichorean Suite For Brass (Arr. Peter Reeve)
Canzon Cornetto
I. Galliard Battaglia
II. Courant Dolorosa
III. Canzon 'In Imitation Of An English Bergamask'
Canzona A 10 (Arr. Philip Jones)
Sonata From 'Die Bankelsangerlieder'
I. Sonata (Adagio) - London Festival Brass Ensemble
II. Courante - London Festival Brass Ensemble
III. Sarabande. Ziemlich Langsam - London Festival Brass Ensemble
IV. Bal - London Festival Brass Ensemble

Customer Reviews:

My best baroque CD.......2004-08-29

Over the years from time to time I bought some CDs with baroque brass ensemble music, always hoping it would be so fascinating as what I knew from my fathers PJBE vynil records. What I bought so far all are nice but also somewhat boring after short time. Unfortunately I never bought something from the PJBE until now, and this is the first time that a complete CD (and in this case even two of them) of baroque music for brass is surprising and fascinating me with every 'song', showing facetes and diversity I always missed on my other records. Finally nothing is like the original PJ!

superbe.......2004-02-04

Après nous avoir fait plaisir avec le Greatest Hits, voici un double CD qui nous enchante avec les principales pièces de la Renaissance du sublime Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Il y a longtemps que nous attendions la mise en CD de ces oeuvres, et nous voila comblé. Pour plusieurs pièces, c'est Elgar Howarth qui les a arrangé. Un grand moment de musique pour cuivres avec de grands compositeurs, délicieusement arrangées.
Pour éléver encore plus ces 2 cds, saluons encore la présence du London Festival Brass Ensemble dirigé par Elgar Howarth (dont la plus part des membres sont du PJBE), alors quoi de plus normal d'avoir inclu leur préstation.

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Fanfares a blaze...

The Willis Organ at Salisbury Cathedral

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1990-10-10

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Customer Reviews:

Fanfares a blaze..........2006-06-22

This is a wonderful CD. The Salisbury Organ is in the very capable hands of Organist, Michael Murray. Not only does the CD demonstrate for us the great qualities of the Tuba Mirabilis and 32' Ophicleide, but also the soft string sounds of the organ. A definite must buy!

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A New Kind of Ensemble
Soothing, Energizing and Great Sounding Album

Gibbons: Consorts for Viols /Phantasm

Manufacturer: Avie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001CLZUQ
Release Date: 2004-05-24

Customer Reviews:

A New Kind of Ensemble.......2005-04-09

The CD, Consorts for Viols was put out on the Avie label and made possible by Magnatune. The performers are the viol quartet Phantasm and two guest artists, Susanna Pell and Asako Morikawa.

The viol, in its nature, is a chamber instrument. It is not unlike the cello, yet its differences are pronounced when one takes a close look at the two instruments.

The viol has a rounder shape than the cello and has six strings instead of four. The playing techniques of the instruments are different. One of the most pronounced differences is in the way the bow is held. On a cello the bow is held with the strings facing downwards and the player's hand is at the very end of the bow. The viol's bow strings, on the other hand, face upwards and the player's hand is positioned somewhere near the end but closer to the middle.
Because of its internal makeup, the viol has been considered only suitable for chamber music. Phantasm is definitely such an ensemble; yet the way their instruments are projected on the recording, the listener is forced to think of the viol as capable of something more.

Phantasm, on their recent release Consorts for Viols, play a wide variety of music by the English composer Orlando Gibbons. They begin with the Fantasias. A fantasy, or fantasia, is an work with an improvisational quality that is spun out of a theme or motive. The first fantasia that Phantasm plays is Fantasia V. It has a quick, lively beginning then slows down to sober, sliding notes and returns again to a mood like the beginning one. Fantasia VI features solo entries in all the viols and then a dialogue- like section between the tenor and bass.

Fantasia III is especially noted for the interweaving counterpoint in its middle. This characteristic can be seen to a certain degree in all of the music on this recording and definitely proves Gibbons's outstanding ability in choral music in which one can hear counterpoints of all kinds interwoven in the vocal parts. All six fantasias are played as well as the four fantasies that are heard later on the CD.

The fantasies are very fugal in character. The fugue was rather a new, innovative genre during Gibbons's time. A fugue features a subject stated solo followed by the subject restated in all of the other voices whilst each voice, after it states the subject, continues on with free material.

The subject of Gibbons's Fantasy I is composed of long, repeated notes. A second theme seems to appear in the middle of the work that is characterized by upwards rising notes. This is similar to the ricercar, a kind of fugue that would have been popular during Gibbon's day; it was used mainly for liturgical purposes and featured more than one subject. Fantasy III's theme is so characteristic of the rhythmic tendency during the Renaissance with its short-long beat. Fantasy IV has a rather regal theme stated solo in the tenor, and the middle of this piece features falling arpeggio's.
After the Fantasies, come two anthems originally written for chorus but which Phantasm plays on viols. The second, Hosanna to the Son of David has upwards scales in it. These were probably meant as word painting for the text "Hosanna in the highest". Phantasm does a good job of evoking the mood of an organ and singers that would have normally been used for these anthems.

Two popular tunes used as a ground bass for variations are Go from my Window and Peascod Time, originally written as virginal music. Gibbons's writing in these two pieces can be technically challenging, but the violists of Phantasm tackle it with great clarity and distinctness of line. Both tunes have a country sound reflecting their ground basses.

Special mention must be made about the Salisbury Pavan. This pavan was originally written by Gibbons's for the virginal, and in it he placed one note that went just a little too low for that instrument.(The note was AA; virginals generally went to C.) This song incited the expansion of the range of the virginal. Since that time, the range of the keyboard has continued to be expanded through adventuresome composers taking - as we may think of it - the lead from Orlando Gibbons.

In the booklet notes, Laurence Dreyfus, the director, specifically mentions that this work and its "excruciatingly expressive" dissonances are "so beloved of Glenn Gould". This is not the only time he mentions the Canadian pianist. Again, he writes of Gould's praise of Gibbons's anthems and how he wore out three recordings of those works. He states that viol players and Glenn Gould do have something in common.

The clarity with which the performer's of Phantasm bring out the complex lines of Gibbons's music is exemplary. They are able to create a structural sense of rhythm without having a clear meter, especially in the Fantasias and Fantasies. Technically they keep a clean sound, and musically they bring out the lines of the phrase structures.

This CD won the 2004 Gramophone Early Music award, and a bonus track is available at www.magnatune.com.

The words for The Silver Swan, a part-written song for voices conditioned by Phantasm for viols and played on this CD are:

The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approach'd, unlock'd her silent throat;
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more.
Farewell, all joys; O Death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.

-Contrapunctus

Soothing, Energizing and Great Sounding Album.......2004-11-12

I do not have a deep understanding of classical music. I usually tend to buy albums that intuitively appeal to me on the first listen. I first listened to this on British Airways' inflight classical music selection.

Needless to say I can't give you a "classical" interpration of this CD. The rich sound of the viols is very relaxing and energizing at the same time. The album is very well recorded and mastered -- just a glorious soundstage and you can pin point every single move of the string on every single viol. If you are an audiophile, this is a must buy just to see how well your system can reproduce the rich sounds of the different viols.

I am glad I bought this album! Highly Recommended!

Gibbons: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems

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One of the Finest Recordings of Gibbon's Music
Behold, thou hast made my day
More than a bargain
Okay but no texts

Gibbons: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Pavan
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I Tremble Not At Noise Of War
I See Ambition Never Pleased
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Go From My Window
Dainty Fine Bird - Tessa Bonner
Fair Is The Rose
Fantasia No. 3
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The Fairest Nymph - Timothy Roberts
Lincoln's Inn Mask
Allmaine In G
Fantasia No. 1 For The Great Double Bass
Galliard
The Silver Swan - Tessa Bonner
In Nomine
Glorious And Powerful God

Customer Reviews:

One of the Finest Recordings of Gibbon's Music.......2006-02-19

The music of Orlando Gibbons represents the English response to radical changes that stemmed largely from Italy in the age of the birth of opera and a move away from the contrapunctal complexities of previous centuries. Whereas the Italian tended to write gradiose and radical works such of those by Monteverdi, the English tended to write music that was stylistically old-fashioned by the standards of the times, unostentatious with its preference for the sounds of the viol consort that helped make it so intimately poetic and evocative. The madrigal The Silver Swan is one of the most famous examples of English music of its time.

We really should rejoice over the fact that Naxos has this superb recording in its catalog. The music making here is first rate in every possible way. Of course Tesser Bonner is a regular with none other than the Tallis Scholars, testifying to the fact that Naxos is above all a quality label. In particular I really do love the way Bonner uses period pronounciation of the texts whereas Emma Kirky sadly modernises the pronounciation in music of this period. Thus the word 'bird' is pronounced more like 'beard'. I feel this helps to evoke the sense of the recreation of a lost world. The instrumental pieces too are unfailingly fine with excellent ensemble work by Red Byrd.

A superb recording recommendable in every possible way.

Behold, thou hast made my day.......2004-01-26

to misquote slightly the first vocal number on this disc. This is a really superlative production in every respect except that the words are not provided for the vocal items (the words of the anonymous The Silver Swan are worth knowing!). Even the liner note, by John Bryan, is excellent, which proves what I had never doubted, namely that the thing can be done on a budget label.

There are nearly 70 minutes of music here, and the plan seems to have been to give as broad a representation as possible of the output of this notable composer. There are 23 items in total, featuring music for accompanied solo voice and 5-part ensemble, keyboard compositions played on three different types of instrument, and items for viol ensembles of 2,3,4,and 6 instruments. Thought and care has obviously gone into the sequencing of the pieces, and the recital ends powerfully with a 5-part anthem `Glorious and Powerful God' led off by a gent with a truly terrific bass voice. One notable inclusion is an In Nomine for 4 viols. An In Nomine is actually a musical form, and a specifically English one, consisting of a free fantasia on a canto fermo deriving originally from plainsong via a mass by John Taverner. Solo status is accorded to Timothy Roberts who performs the three keyboard numbers, and to Tessa Bonner the soprano soloist in the seven pieces of that nature. I had the opportunity to compare her in The Silver Swan with Rachel Elliott on another outstanding Gibbons disc, by a group calling themselves Concordia (director Mark Levy), and you may actually prefer, as I do, the way Concordia do it. The piece benefits from Concordia's slower tempo, and my personal preference is for Elliott's voice, although she does use a modicum of vibrato, so this preference will not be shared by everyone. Their disc goes under the title Go From My Window, which is not a song but a set of 10 variations on a `ditty' by that title. In this piece I have to give my vote to Concordia again, as they give it with colossal panache and virtuosity - I'm not surprised they elected to call the disc after it. In fact the two recitals have another 4 pieces in common, and in these I can find nothing to choose between the two groups, so fine do both seem to me.

Enthusiasts for music of this period, and anyone even curious about it, are also recommended a keyboard recital , by John Kitchen, of works by the Scottish composer Kinloch, music that surprised even me (Scottish myself) by its outstanding quality. Long may enterprises like these continue.

More than a bargain.......2002-12-18

This is a handsomely played and beautifully recorded disc. The Rose Consort of Viols aptly catches the inherent melancholy of Gibbons style while Tessa Bonner sings ethereally as usual. With singing of Bonner's purity, as in "Silver Swanne", who needs texts? This is more than a bargain; it is a wonderful introduction to the deeply touching music of Orlando Gibbons.

Okay but no texts.......1999-01-24

As the title says mainly viol consort and keyboard music, but the highlights are the two english anthems for 5 voices, and three solo pieces with Tessa Bonner - including the famous "The Silver Swan". So why no texts? Playing time 68'24".

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