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There are some musicians who don't feel bound by traditional musical concerns like harmony, melody, and rhythm. Usually when those concepts are ignored, the results are avant-garde abstraction or aimless New Age meandering masquerading as meditation music. With Steve Roach, however, something else happens. For more than a decade, he's been exploring ever-deeper layers, mixing high-tech and primitive instruments to reach a root sound, a primordial state of consciousness. Early Man was originally released in 2000 as a limited edition packaged between two slabs of gray slate, representing its antediluvian origins. Now it's been released in a conventional package with an additional disc of remix material. All the Roach signposts are there: swampy textures merging electronics with heavily processed acoustic sounds from rocks, bones, and shakers, and pulsing, almost subliminal rhythms, when there are any grooves at all. The second disc remixes material from the first, but being Steve Roach, don't expect any dance beats. Instead, he goes even deeper and slower, morphing his sound world in a somber psychedelic trance. --John Diliberto

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Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu) In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale) But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement. Elfentanz, Op.39 Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register. The Protecting Veil (Opening) A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan Flamenco Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana) It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2 It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony. Symphony No.9 (Finale) Introduction To The Double-Bass The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant) But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful. Elegy No.1 In D Major The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity. Capriccio Di Bravura Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1) The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses.... Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds Tracks: The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie) The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain Sa'Dawi Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto Chamber Music No.II The Piccolo - Aptly Named La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6) From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse) A Variety Of Techniques Chamber Music No.II Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene) From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II) An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument Naelden, Naelden The Bachian Oboe Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto) Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born' Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2) The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais The Swan Of Tuonela The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening) Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel Bolero The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining... Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II) As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft: Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5) The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria). The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High... The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama) ...And Quite Low. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat) The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo) But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is: Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo) Introduction To The Saxophone Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4) The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet) The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher. Bolero The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle) The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured. Sax-O-Phun The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather) The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1) Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala) And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise. Bolero The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness Symphony No.3 (Opening) The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register The Rite Of Spring (Opening) Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse) The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale) The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast) The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt) Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2) The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale) Tracks: The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt) The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1) The Ceremonial Trumpet Fanfare For The Common Man Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound) The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt) The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera) The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song) The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness Billy The Kid The Trumpet As Character Actor Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6) The Trumpet As The Voice Of God Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto') The Birth Of The Trombone Aenmerckt Nu Hier The Birth Of The Brass As A Family Canzon 12 In Double Echo The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale) The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog. Hosannah The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra. Symphony No.5 (Finale) The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser' The Trombone As Caricaturist Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo) The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo) The Horn And The Hunt Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale) The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet) The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time Walter Music (Minuet 1) The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale) Horns And The Sound Of Nobility Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening) The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus') The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening) The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned? Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3) The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo) Tracks: Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening) At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo) Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening) The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1) The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World Den Hoboecken Dans Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette) No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective. Gymnopedie No.2 The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly... 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First, Two Violins Forty-Four Duos (No.4) A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto) The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3) The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio) The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello String Quintet In C (Mvt 3) The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2) The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1) Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra String Symphony No.2 (Finale) The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme) In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1 In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2 In Variation Three The Oboe Leads. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3 Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4 And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5 The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6 Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7 A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass Octet In F (Mvt 3) The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale) Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew Canzon 28 Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team. Symphony No.5 (Finale) From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1) The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus) When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy Images (Gigues) A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot: Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1) The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau) Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes? Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo) A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem') Customer Reviews: Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04 This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music! Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12 This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself! Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20 Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars! Frank's view.......2006-08-19 This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection. Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08 I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one. The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price! I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do. The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent. Average customer rating: Yankee Doodle Dandy Review Yankee Doodle Dandy Amazing! Wonderful! Just buy it - you won't be sorry! What a find!! 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What a find!!.......2003-06-15 I haven't been able to see this movie on TV since Turner bought it (don't get TCM), but if you've seen the movie several tims, as I have, listening to this CD is very nearly as good as watching it all the way through. (I'm so delighted with it that I'm even willing to forgive TCM for putting a paper ad inside with the disc.) Monumental effort must have gone into this soundtrack, given the age of the original recordings. The tracks here are crisp, clear, and bright, with no evidence of how long ago they were first put down. The editors were also generous in their inclusion of dialogue that ties some of the tracks together (for example, we hear the man tell Johny Jones to watch for the skyrocket, then we hear the skyrocket as it leads into "Give My Regards to Broadway"). There are a couple of places where the endings are slightly abrupt but this is because, in the movie, the music fades into extended dialogue. The only bit of dialogue I expected to hear in a song, but didn't, is in "Over There" near the very end of the film, when Cagney/Cohan has fallen in step with the soldiers going off to WWII, as they're singing "Over There", when the soldier nearest him says something like, "What's wrong, old timer, don't know the words?" and Cagney says, "Seems to me I do" and starts singing along. That's minor and pales next to how wonderful the rest of this soundtrack is. One of the biggest treats on this CD is that we get to hear some of Cagney's tapping, notably in "Give My Regards to Broadway", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and - one of my favorite moments in movie history - when he dances down the White House stairs to "Yankee Doodle" near the end). The outtake is not a humorous one, simply a track they decided not to use. It and the rehearsal tracks are all just the performers voices with piano accompaniment. I especially enjoyed hearing Cagney rehearsing "You're a Grand Old Flag". If you like Cagney, if you like Cohan's music, if you like movies "the way they used to make them", or if you're not ashamed to get a little choked up with patriotism once in a while, you will not be disappointed in this CD! A Soundtrack Every American Should Own.......2002-09-23 Finally! If you own that Hollywood Soundstage abomination of the "Yankee Doodle Dandy" soundtrack you can finally pitch it. Here is the real article. Rhino (Turner Classic Movies Music) lovingly restored the music from the beloved "Yankee Doodle Dandy" motion picture starring James Cagney. This soundtrack sounds astonishing considering it's 60 years old. It's very obvious some loving care was taken in it's production for which we all should be greatful. The liner notes also are great with informative text and wonderful photos from the movie. The marvelous George M. Cohan songs gives one goosebumps and bring tears to the eyes. We all need this type of patriotic pep rally, especially in these tough times. As I've said, this soundtrack belongs in every American's home just as much as that "Grand Old Flag"! I believe there are plans to release the movie on DVD, hopefully soon. Average customer rating: The Better of the two Not as good as version 1 in this series Same as 'Goostly Psalmes: Anglo-American Psalmody 1550-1800' Early American Choral Music, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Hmf Classical Exp. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Dowland, John | ( D ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1 Rivers of Delight (American Folk Hymns From the Sacred Harp Tradition) Wake Ev'ry Breath - Music of William Billings The Shapenote Album Lost Music of Early America: Music of the Moravians ASIN: B00005UVPB Release Date: 2002-04-09 Customer Reviews: The Better of the two.......2006-06-03 I have both disc in the series. I liked the music on this disc much more than the first. The selections seem more focused and the sounds are much clearer. Also, the particular pieces fit better together. I love the sound of this group and hope they make more in the future. Not as good as version 1 in this series.......2004-09-03 This is by the same group who did the wonderful & engaging Early American Choral Music 1. Somehow this CD did not live up to its predecessor in some ways. The performance is still top notch, but somehow the CD as a whole isn't quite as engaging to listen to as the first. Perhaps version 2's strength is also its weakness. Its diversity of composers allows you to pear past the shadow of William Billings and sample other notable early American hymn writers. That exposure is valuable & appreciated. I just couldn't get into it as much. A final note: many of the texts are beautiful (and available from the publisher's web site). However, I would criticize "Who is this that cometh from Edom?" as dwelling just a bit too much on the Jews' rejection of Jesus. Among other reasons & issues, Christianity says that we are all sinners & there is no cause to single a particular group out negatively. Same as 'Goostly Psalmes: Anglo-American Psalmody 1550-1800'.......2004-02-21 Please note this CD is a duplicate of His Majestie's Clerkes's "Goostly Psalmes: Anglo-American Psalmody 1550-1800" -- identical contents but a different name and cover. I ordered both and was irritated to discover this. This CD is cheaper, so I recommend this one. It is a lovely choral work from a little-known period of sacred music. Average customer rating: One of the best CD's out there! a voice teacher and early music fan Prelewd to Postlewd Sounds like they're singing Christmas carols A sly and rollicksome good time! The Art of the Bawdy Song Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande D'Urfey, Thomas | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c. Average customer rating: Deviant Computers I3 High Performance Gaming Computer Manufacturer: Deviant Computers Product Group: CE Binding: ASIN: B0002YIV4G Related Categories: Desktops | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics | All-in-Ones | Bundles | Media Centers Product Description All Deviant Computers' are assembled by technicians highly trained in the assembly and optimization of gaming computers. 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The Baltimore Consort are amazing. One really feels one is in a smoky pub in the 14oo's getting plastered with England's best musicians! Don't miss "Pox on You;" my kids absolutely howl with glee at the "bass fartophone." I haven't heard laughter like that come out of my little boy since he was a toddler. "Sweet Sir Walter" features one of the guys singing in a falsetto that sweeps lustily down into a Tim Curry-esque (think Dr. Frank-n-furter)gutteral guffaw of delight. So outrageously fun one forgets one is listening to Renaissance madrigals. a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-03-25 These bawdy catches and ballads take us on a journey to the taverns and other social gathering places of the the real 'Merry Old England'. Some of us may be mildly shocked by the directness and earthiness of the text, but everyday life in the 17th century was much more 'down-to'earth- and forward. These texts-some blatant and other euphemistic-fully explore the spectrum of humor from the sly smirk to the back-slapping guffaw. The singing of both ballads and catches belongs to a long and venerable tradition in England. The natural habitat of the of the catch was the tavern, while the ballad was known in a wider variety of social settings as well as the stage. By the end of the 17th century, ballads were collected by connoisseurs of popular culture and published in anthologies. The main source for this recording, 'The Catch Club, or 'Merry Companions', was printed in 1762. A quote from the catch-philosopher (of 'Come, come let us drink') is offered by the Baltimore Consort: "...wine and good cheer will in spite of our fear inspire our hearts with mirth..the time we live, to wine let us give, since we all must turn to earth...." This is an excellent collection of songs; quite interesting and varied. The instruments are played skillfully, and the voices, for the most part, are good quality. However, as with all 'folk-like' songs, the diction is not always clear, and that is very true of several of these on this disc. The female voices were more difficult to comprehend much of the time. The text is printed out, so ultimately familiararity will make them easier to understand. I do like the disc, and think that it needed to be done.As to a previous criticism concerning the fact that it wasn't 'true' barroom singing. Of course, it's not!!!If it were, you would not understand any of it!!!!!Enough said. Prelewd to Postlewd.......2005-09-28 The Baltimore Consort, an ensemble of six players, was founded in 1980 with the purpose of performing 'broken consort' pieces of Elizabethan origin. 'Broken' here refers to the instrumentation - treble viol/violin, flue/recorder, lute, cittern, bandore and bass viol. Their repertoire expanded beyond these beginnings to include broader British fare, as well as French and Italian music of the time. This is a happy expansion, as it made this disc of older, bawdy (for its time) music possible. The Baltimore Consort play with life and vigour, with a good deal of improvisational flair, not being bound to texts and going through the production of notes as if mechanically. This is true to the spirit and nature of the early music, in which performers often had to 'play by ear', neither being able to read music nor having printed music even if they could. This is particularly true of the songs on this disc, where many are derivative of anonymous jokes and stories, and much of the music is likewise folk-tune and anonymously composed. Some of the songs can be rather shocking. As Mary Anne Ballard writes in the accompanying notes, 'We must remember that in the days before indoor plumbing and pooper-scooper laws, everyday life was of an earthier flavour than it is today.... The men of the singing clubs and the ladies of stage poked fun at themselves and their companions with wit, pleasantry and contrivance.' The names of many of the composers of these pieces have been lost to history, particularly the more folk-song oriented ones. However, some well-known composers are represented among the pieces here - Purcell, D'Urfey, Aldridge, and others. The regular players include Mary Anne Ballard (viols), Mark Cudek (cittern, guitar, recorder and bass viol), Custer LaRue (vocalist/soprano), Larry Lipkis (recorder, viols), Ronn McFarlane (lute), Chris Norman (flutes), Webb Wiggins (tambourine and 'virginals'). Some artists are known from other Dorian productions, such as Ronn McFarlane on the lute in the collection 'Greensleeves'. Added to the regular consort players are the Merry Companions, including Peter Becker (baritone), Alexander Blachly (baritone), Paul Shipper (bass, belch-canto), and James Weaver (baritone). One more addition includes a guest artist, Lorenzo Labbrobacio, playing of all things, the 'fartophone', a rather mysterious instrument indeed. Labbrobacio defies identification on the internet other than references to this disc, and so the mystery deepens. This is music that is interesting, truly fun to listen to, entertaining and has a quality about it that makes it a joy both in musical and humourous tones. Sounds like they're singing Christmas carols.......2004-11-09 This recording is professionally produced - perhaps too much so. I've been in a few taverns and heard my share of bawdy songs. I am used to hearing them sung with gusto, with a wink and a naughty smile, to the raucous and enthusiastic appreciation of the audience. The songs on this CD are performed entirely straight. The results are technically competent but fail utterly in conveying the spirit and fun that make this genre worth listening to. A sly and rollicksome good time!.......2002-11-29 On this recording, the Baltimore Consort and the Merry Companions are full of fun, both blatant and tongue-in-cheek. Soprano Custer La Rue and the instrumentalists of the Consort are joined by a quartet of classical male singers (Peter Becker, Alexander Blachly, Paul Shipper and James Weaver) with quite a theatrical sense of humor. The two groups take turns presenting ribald tavern songs of merry old England, interspersed by light, catchy instrumentals listed in the credits as the "Prelewd", the "Interlewd" and a "Fresh Ayre". Drinking, sex and other bodily functions are both celebrated and ridiculed in songs that are cleverly worded and enthusiastically sung, and in at least one case, accompanied by a mysterious instrument (reminiscent of P.D.Q. Bach) called a "fartophone". Especially amusing are the "catches" or rounds, and the new meanings that result from the staggering of words when several different verses are all sung together. It sounds silly, and is silly, but that's the point of it all--celebrating the "earthier flavor" of life 17th and 18th century England. My copy came with a parental advisory sticker stuck fast to the case, but my mother didn't seem overly concerned, and in fact enjoyed it too when I played it for her! For more fun Renaissance vocals, both salacious and serious, try "All At Once Well Met: English Madrigals" by the King's Singers, and "The King's Singers' Madrigal History Tour: Italy, England, France, Spain, Germany" by the King's Singers and the Consort of Musicke. Average customer rating: Religious Hit Parade Very uplifting 25 Sacred Choral Favorites Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. 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Electronics: Deviant Computers I3 High Performance Gaming Computer ThinkCentre A30 8199 - Tower - 1 x C 2.8 GHz - RAM 128 MB - HD 1 x 80 GB - CD-RW - Mdm - Win XP Home - Monitor : none PNY P-EFD512U20K-RF Executive Attaché Flash Drive IBM ThinkCentre S50 8183 - P4 3 GHz ( 8183Y3F ) Adaptec 400GB 7200RPM SATA HARD DRIVE ( DISK-40072-AA1HM ) Lenovo ThinkCentre M50 8189 - P4 3 GHz ( 8189Y2F ) Toshiba BTO TECRA M2V 14-XGA PM-1.7 ( PTM2VU-000WP7 ) Motorola V60p Push to Talk Phone (Verizon Wireless) Intel Celeron D 340J 2.93 GHz processor ( BX80547RE2933C ) Intel BOXED CELERON D 330J XD-2.66GHZ 533FSB 256K S775 ( BX80547RE2667C ) Electronics Electronics io Monteverdi Requiem:: Dies Irae - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem: Lacrimosa - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Tzadik Katamar - Louis Lewandowski Sanctus From Mass In A-Flat - Franz Schubert Requiem: Libera Me Domine - Gabriel Faure Requiem: Pie Jesu - Gabriel Faure Ave Verum - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Creation: Achieved Is The Glorious Work - Franz Josef Haydn Messiah: Since By Man Came Death - George Frideric Handel Messiah: Amen - George Frideric Handel Customer Reviews: Religious Hit Parade.......2002-04-08 I was torn between four and five stars for this album. In the end, it got five because of the inclusion of the two wonderful traditional Jewish songs - "Alvinu Malkeinu" and "Tzadik Katamar". They are the highlights of the disc for me (no, I'm not Jewish, but that doesn't matter) - and really, where else are you going to find this kind of music? This CD serves the same purpose as a sampler disc - enticing the listener to buy the full works - Handel's "Messiah", Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater", Faurè's Requiem Mass, and what have you. Believe it or not, I had never heard any of "Messiah" - not even the Hallelujah Chorus in its entirety - before I purchased this CD. Now I realize what I've been missing and checked it out from the local library. Ditto for the unearthly beauty of Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" - check out the samples of "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" and "Quae Moerebat" if you don't believe me. The quality of the performers is excellent, and how can ANYONE pass up that price???? That is what ultimately clinched it at a solid five stars. I consider this CD one of my greatest finds - you will too. Very uplifting.......2000-05-21 This is a great bargain CD with excerpts from some familiar classics and some lesser known treasures. Many listeners, including myself, will want to own the complete performance of most of these works, but this CD is a good way to hear composers such as Lewandowski and Pergolesi, whose works may not already be a part of your music library. The opening movement of Vivaldi's Gloria as performed by the Atlanta Symphony and Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw is terrific. True to his reputation as one of the greatest choral conductors of all time, everything sounds just right under his baton. The other performances were not as highly distinguished in my humble opinion, but overall most of them were good, and many were excellent. For Handel's Messiah though, I highly recommend Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony and Chorus, starring Kiri Te Kanawa (once you hear the Solti version, most other Messiah performances don't feel as moving). And if you enjoyed this CD, you'll really love Kiri Te Kanawa's Ave Maria album. Overall, this compilation is a really great selection of powerful, serene, and uplifting music. Some of the other CD's in the 25 Favorites series are not very satisfying, but this one is a real winner! Average customer rating: Love Your Brother Man: The Early Years Barrington Levy Manufacturer: Sanctuary Trojan Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jamaica | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music Dance Hall | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Time Capsule Man in the Hills/Dry & Heavy Here I Come ASIN: B000A1IKWO Release Date: 2005-07-26 Tracks: Bounty Hunter [12" Mix] Skylarking Collie Weed Moonlight Lover Ya We Deh [12" Mix] Looking My Love (Sweet) Reggae Music (Aka Don't Fuss nor Fight) Jah Wedding Ring Love Your Brother Man It's Not Easy (Aka Trod Along with Jah) Jah the Creator Shine Eye Girl [12" Mix] - Barrington Levy, Jah Thomas I Hold the Handle Shaolin Temple [12" Mix] - Barrington Levy, Jah Thomas Young Free & Single Give Thanks & Praise [12" Mix] Average customer rating: Before his comedic career A Man Like Me - The Early Years of Roger Miller Roger Miller Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Shakin' the Blues Rubber Room: The Haunting Poetic Songs of Porter Wagoner 1966-1977 Griddle Greasin' Daddies & Dirty Cowboys Hixville: We'll Have a Time Yes-Siree! (Custom Pressings Volume 1) King of the Road ASIN: B000ICL3EM Release Date: 2006-11-13 Tracks: You're Forgetting Me My Pillow Can't Stop Loving You Poor Little John Man Like Me Wrong Kind of Girl Sweet Ramona Jason, Fleming Country Girl I Ain't Never Under Your Spell Again Jimmie Brown the Newsboy Who Shot Sam Playboy Hot Rod Lincoln I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today Tip of My Fingers Album Description Bear Family once again steps up to the plate, providing a complete picture of the early years of Miller's career, from his 1957 first recordings for Starday, through his two Decca singles in 1959, to his 'sound-alike' recordings he did for Starday in 1960, this is essential listening for fans of real honky-tonk country music. Customer Reviews: Before his comedic career.......2007-02-27 This is an excellent early collection of the Great Roger Miller. This collection is a 17-song compilation provided by Bear Family Records, covering the earliest years of Miller's career. Here, you can hear the unmistakable influences of Ray Price, Faron Young, and even Wynn Stewart. I was surprised at just how good Roger imitated their style and delivery; nearly flawless. But, this CD also covers the beginning of the styling that would become Roger's trademark, with "Poor Little Me", "A Man Like Me', and "Jason Fleming". The sound is excellent, considering the fair quality of the original recordings. But, then again, Bear Family has yet to put out a bad product. There's also a complete set of liner notes detailing Roger's discography and bio for this era (1957-64). Highly recommended. Average customer rating: These guys rool! Sabbath Circa 1970 + Maiden Circa 1983= Early Man Boring Fistbangin' mania!!! Metal Up Your ***!! 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Electronics: IBM THINKCENTRE A50 P4HT-2.8G 40GB ( 80841GU ) Deviant Computers I3 High Performance Gaming Computer ThinkCentre A30 8199 - Tower - 1 x C 2.8 GHz - RAM 128 MB - HD 1 x 80 GB - CD-RW - Mdm - Win XP Home - Monitor : none PNY P-EFD512U20K-RF Executive Attaché Flash Drive IBM ThinkCentre S50 8183 - P4 3 GHz ( 8183Y3F ) Adaptec 400GB 7200RPM SATA HARD DRIVE ( DISK-40072-AA1HM ) Lenovo ThinkCentre M50 8189 - P4 3 GHz ( 8189Y2F ) Toshiba BTO TECRA M2V 14-XGA PM-1.7 ( PTM2VU-000WP7 ) Motorola V60p Push to Talk Phone (Verizon Wireless) Intel Celeron D 340J 2.93 GHz processor ( BX80547RE2933C ) Electronics Electronics customer rating: My Favorite Steve Roach Album! Excellent new age ambient music AN AMBIENT MASTERPIECE WOW, what a superb great recording..... A nice "subterranean" feeling from Mr.Roach Early Man Steve Roach Manufacturer: Projekt Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Midnight Moon Spirit Dome immersion : one Structures from Silence The Serpent's Lair ASIN: B00005A8J4 Release Date: 2001-03-13 Tracks: Early Dawn Early Man Begins Looking Skyward Walking Upright Hunting & Gathering Flow Stone Tracks: Slow Dissolve Walking Upright Fossil And Fern Mastodon Elemental Late Dawn Timeline Carbondate Below Always Amazon.com There are some musicians who don't feel bound by traditional musical concerns like harmony, melody, and rhythm. Usually when those concepts are ignored, the results are avant-garde abstraction or aimless New Age meandering masquerading as meditation music. With Steve Roach, however, something else happens. For more than a decade, he's been exploring ever-deeper layers, mixing high-tech and primitive instruments to reach a root sound, a primordial state of consciousness. Early Man was originally released in 2000 as a limited edition packaged between two slabs of gray slate, representing its antediluvian origins. Now it's been released in a conventional package with an additional disc of remix material. All the Roach signposts are there: swampy textures merging electronics with heavily processed acoustic sounds from rocks, bones, and shakers, and pulsing, almost subliminal rhythms, when there are any grooves at all. The second disc remixes material from the first, but being Steve Roach, don't expect any dance beats. Instead, he goes even deeper and slower, morphing his sound world in a somber psychedelic trance. --John Diliberto Customer Reviews: My Favorite Steve Roach Album!.......2005-03-31 Once again, Steve Roach transports us to an environment different from our own, but recognizable and even familiar through our collective primeval memory. He blends and weaves his textures to create wonderful ambient worlds in which the listener can become totally immersed. As with many of his other releases, the journey is simultaneously stimulating, peaceful and engrossing. The pictures and moods conjured while listening to EARLY MAN evoke in me a strong desire to explore and understand this aural landscape. The landscape shifts subtly as the listener explores this primitive world. From hunting along the banks of a river meandering through a savannah landscape, to exploring the caves and caverns in which shelter is found, to traversing volcanic mountain peaks in search of new lands - the journey is remarkable. The sense of awe and wonder is perceptable and embedded within are textures of this lush, varied and sometimes dangerous world. Somehow, Roach was able to not only capture the ambiance of the primitive world, but to convey the almost mystic wonder and majesty felt by the inhabitants as they struggled to co-exist and survive in this harsh, beautiful world. I personally consider this CD to be the best of Roach's many works, and one of his three masterpieces; The other two being DREAMTIME RETURN and WORLD'S EDGE. That being said, I would be remiss if I did not mention three other extraordinary works that could just as easily be classified as masterpieces: MYSTIC CHORDS AND SACRED SPACES, THE MAGNIFICENT VOID and MIDNIGHT MOON. If you are a fan of tribal, ambient or "space" music, any or all of these works will delight you to no end. Excellent new age ambient music.......2003-08-13 The music in this two-part new age album consist of a series of strong ambient music rich in tones and sound effects that seamlessly blend into one another. This effectively creates a steady stream of deep, rythmic music that lasts for approximately 60 minutes per disk. The music has an excellent trance-like quality that makes it great for creating a dark or primeval atmosphere. Multiple layers of synthesizer sounds and sound effects give the music a very rich, layered feel. I would strongly recommend this music for those who like "space music" or ambient music. This is also great music to listen to while driving at night or driving through the American Southwest. AN AMBIENT MASTERPIECE.......2002-09-05 Steve Roach is a master of ambient music constructions - a review of his catalogue will attest to the consistent quality of his work. EARLY MAN (here presented in a double-disc, extended format) is a great example of Roach at his most creative. Many artists and composers have ventured into this genre, with varying results - successful forays include many works by Brian Eno (considered by many to be the `father' of the form), Cluster, Holger Czukay, and modern practitioners such as Alio Die, Templegarden, and vidnaObmana. Roach stands easily with the most successful of his contemporaries and predecessors - his work is intelligent, forceful and gentle at the same time. The tracks here are multi-layered without being too `thick' - they invite and encourage the listener to different levels of absorption. This disc can be made the subject of rapt attention, or utilized as a background for other activities - relaxation, reading, writing, or even sleep - all to equally positive effect. Roach's sound constructions on these discs are extremely effective in evoking the earth itself - the history it has seen, ages past, watching as Man evolves, learning to cope with the world around him. One review likened the music here as the song of the rock itself - and that's a very apt description. This is the sort of `electronic' music that I can really enjoy - it's not jarring, it won't peel the paint off the walls (and yes, there's a place for that sort of composition as well), neither is it a saccharine-sweet roll of wallpaper compelling the listener to descend into mindless head-rocking (you definitely won't feel like you're riding on a 2 ½ hour elevator journey here). It's both thought provoking and meditative - it holds within it the possibilities of opening doors within the mind that have been closed for a long time. There's a lot of music here. The first disc contains EARLY MAN in its originally-released form, nearly 75 minutes worth of music. The second disc is entitled EARLY MAN DECOMPOSED - and is comprised of material from the original sessions that has been re-constructed by Roach in his studio. This second disc, over 70 minutes of material, does not come across as merely a set of `remixes' - it stands very well on its own. The price of the 2-disc set makes this quite a bargain. Roach has a lot of quality work available (as a matter of fact, I have yet to hear anything by him that I don't like) - this is a nice place for the uninitiated to begin, and it's a nice addition to the collection of someone who's already a fan. Average customer rating: 2.5 junk Right amount of power for the price. Gateway 700GR Gateway 700GR Desktop PC (3.40 GHz Pentium 4 (Hyper-Threading), 1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW Drive, CD-ROM Drive) Manufacturer: Gateway Product Group: Personal Computer Binding: Personal Computers ASIN: B0002YC3OU Related Categories: Desktops | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics | All-in-Ones | Bundles | Media Centers Desktops | Gateway | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics Pentium 4 HT | Desktops | Intel | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics Desktops | Computers | Gateway | Brands | Electronics Features | Electronics Customer Reviews: junk .......2005-12-18 ok since the day i first bought it and took it out of the box it didnt work but it looked like brand new so i sent it in to gateway for repairs got it back still the same problem only this time i am worst off it looks like crap all bent up the expansion card slots are all bent in the sides of the case are all scratched up and bent the top of the computer looks like it was grinded up with a grinder the front bezel has a huge gash on the top and a broken pin that holds it in I own 2 other gateways never had a single problem but stay away from the gateway 700GR Right amount of power for the price........2005-07-30 I differ in thought with the previous post. I have seen Media Centers that have less or equal power, that are from HP (...). The fact that this is not labeled as a media center, just shows that the graphics card and OS may not be equipped to record video, but that does not say that it doesn't have power. For the price it has a good amount of power, and you will more then likely be able to put up to 8 GB of memory in it. But the fact that it only has 250GB in hard drive 3.4GHz of possessor with Hyper-Threading (good for multiple applications, without interference), and 1 GB of memory, allow it to have flexible upgrading, and good power up front, and allows for a good price. It's not the most powerful pc out there, but it is not a $3,000 machine eather. Gateway 700GR .......2005-01-22 This system is really not as good as it seems. I don't know why they consider this a "media" center computer. It only has a 3.40 GHz Processor with Hyper Threading Technology. Now a lot of Alienware systems are caring 3.6 and maybe even 4.0? 1GB Ram is pretty big but the Apple G5 can hold up to about 8. 250 GB is horrible because a media center machine needs atleast 500 GB. The DVD+/-RW Drive is good only because that's the only thing that's out now. CD-ROM Drive sucks because we don't need any CD-ROM's anymore. I think that this system is a pretty good normal system but for people who think that it is a media center system don't be fooled. Go to Sony or HP. 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The younger cast members occasionally have trouble with their songs but they still provide sweeter more vibrant moments to those on the Broadway recoding. Miracle of Miracles and Far from the Home I love are especially good. Even if i have not been able to convince you that this CD is your best option, buy one recording of the score at least; I am certain that you will not regret it. 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