Heart's Desire
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Veteran pianist Peter Kater's first project for his own recording label, Source Music, is an attractive, ensemble-based package of reflections on intimate matters such as personal touchstones, inexpressible emotions, and idyllic notions of love. Joined by Paul McCandless (oboe, English horn, soprano sax, pennywhistle) and five other players (guitar, bass, cello, drums, percussion), Kater creates melodies that at times hint at the plaintive, elusive beauty of Oregon and at other times take a more straightforward, heartfelt approach that brings to mind the pop-influenced music of Michael Gettel (particularly in Kater's wistful ode to his wife, "Gabrielle"). Additionally, the wordless vocals in two softly rhythmic selections ("Winds of Change" and "Always and Forever") will prompt comparisons to Pat Metheny's more popular works. Falling somewhere between sentimental and sophisticated, and perhaps just shy of its intended state of blissful transcendence, Heart's Desire nevertheless conveys an appealing, yearning mood of hopefulness that's capable of kindling a warm glow in the hearts of like-minded romantic spirits. --Terry Wood
Heart's Desire,Peter Kater,Source Music,A vibrant musical collage of emotions, ranging from rich, bright strokes of joyous celebrations; to the inner depth and innocence that sparks deep recognition.,Contemporary Instrumental,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop
Heart's Desire
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A Tribute to Doris Day: Heart's Desire
Sue Raney
Manufacturer: Fresh Sounds Records
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Release Date: 2007-07-31 |
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100 Hymns & Songs of Inspiration
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ASIN: B00008GEKT
Release Date: 2003-04-14 |
Tracks:
- Love Divine All Loves Excelling - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
- Father Hear the Prayer We Offer - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
- Now Thank We All Our God - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
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- God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
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- Awake My Soul and With the Sun - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
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- Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
- In Christ There Is No East or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
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- Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
- Ye Servants of the Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
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- Soldiers of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
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- Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
- Maker of the Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
- O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
- O Praise Our Great and Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
- Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
- We Love the Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
- Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
- Give Rest O Christ - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
- Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
- O Thou in All Thy Might So Far - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
- O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
- O God Thy Soldiers' Crown and Guard - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
- Strife Is O'er the Battle Done - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
- O Christ Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
- Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
- God of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
- O Jesu Saviour of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
- Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
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- Ride on Ride on in Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
- All Glory Laud and Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
- Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
- God Is Love and Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
- Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
- Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
- Children of the Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
- Veneration of the Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum and Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
- Once in Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College
- God Be in My Head - Choir Of Keble College
- O Thou Who Camest from Above - Choir Of Keble College
- Judge Eternal Throned in Splendour - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
- Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
- For All the Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
- Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
- Christ the Dawn of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
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- Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus! - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
- While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
- O Worship the King - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
- O Heavenly Word of God on High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
- Praise to the Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
- Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir of York Minister
- First Nowell - The Choir of York Minister
- Abide with Me - The Choir of York Minister
- Breathe on Me Breath of God - Choir Of Keble College
- Rock of Ages - Choir Of Keble College
- On This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Keble College
- Jesu Sweet and Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- O for a Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- Prayer of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- Blessed Be the God and Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
- Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Album Description
Full Title - 100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration. UK box-set featuring 100 tracks performed by Britain's finest Cathedral Choirs including, Gloucester Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, & many more. Five standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Castle Pulse. 2003.
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The picture.......2006-12-11
I haven't purchased the CD but the picture of the inside of a church on the cover is not of a British church, like one would assume since it says its a recording of British choirs. This picture is of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just thought i'd let you know. I'll be honest; I'm one to judge things by it's cover and if the company took such care to choose a 'British' church for their British choir CD, I'm willing to bet the music is equally well selected... I'm being sarcastic. But I gave the product 5 stars because I didn't want to hurt its ratings just because i'm cynical. But check out the church if you're ever in Montreal, it's truly beautiful... here I'm not being sarcastic.
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- These are not the same arrangements as the original movie soundtracks
- An outstanding compilation
- The really good ones are missing.
- "many were winners by the Academy for best scores"
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The Longest Day: The Ultimate World War Movie Theme Collection
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ASIN: B00020R02O
Release Date: 2004-05-25 |
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These are not the same arrangements as the original movie soundtracks.......2007-01-21
I was disappointed that these are not the same arrangements as the original movie soundtracks. For example, in Colonel Bogey, the countermarch from the movie soundtrack is not included in the arrangement on this CD. Don't get me wrong, the songs are good, but I would have preferred the same arrangements as the original movies.
An outstanding compilation.......2006-08-25
This compilation is superb and a real must-buy. From Band of Brothers to A Bridge Too Far: every war movie theme is represented here. An all time classic.
The really good ones are missing........2005-07-18
While this compilation has some masterpieces such as the theme from The Great Escape and Is Paris Burning, it's missing some of the finest tracts ever written. Where is the theme from Victory and Ernest Gold's stirring epic from Cross of Iron? The closing theme from Inchon was also a feast for the ears, but it's not here. It was written by Jerry Goldsmith, one of the foremost soundtrack composers of our time. Instead we're subjected to the likes of Hanover Street and The English Patient. I'll admit Inchon and Victory weren't Academy Award winning movies, but their soundtracks were second to none. As John Stossel would say," Give me a break"!!!
"many were winners by the Academy for best scores".......2004-05-26
Silva America presents the essential in film music during the period of World Wars ~ "Longest Day:Ultimate World War Movie Theme", featuring some long forgotten cues, 53 to be exact that sent chills and thrills into the pulses of world events ~ selections from a limited collectors edition that would make any "film-score-buff" green with envy.
Released to commemorate the sixth Anniversary of D-Day, never has there ever been such a tribute compilation package from any other label and Silva comes to the forefront ~ featuring The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Paul Bateman, Nic Raine Tony Bremner and Carl Davis as conductors), The Philharmonia (Kenneth Alwyn, Jerry Goldsmith, Mario Klemens and Paul Bateman as conductors) and also the world renown Crouch End Festival Chorus (David Temple as choir master) ~ what a gathering of talented musicians and singers fill this collection supreme.
The lineup of composers is a Who's Who in the world of film music ~ John Addison, Tomaso Albinoni, Kenneth J. Alford, Paul Anka, John Barry, Arnold Bax, Elmer Bernstein, Eric Coates, Carl Davis, Klaus Doldinger, Antonin Dvorak, Benjamin Frankel, Gerald Fried, Hugo Friedhofer, Jerry Goldsmith, Ron Goodwin, Bernard Herrmann, Maurice Jarre, Michael Kamen, Jerome Moross, Alfred Newman, Clifton Parker, Alan Rawsthorne, Ryvichi Sakamoto, Lalo Schifrin, Gerard Schurmann, David Shire, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Williams, Gabriel Yared and Hans Zimmer ~ set the stage for compositional human drama while exploring the deepest troves of musical emotion ~ one masterpiece after another, each cue manages to display both a convincing authenticity of the times and places ~ experience every tracks passion and skill for striking the exotic orchestral colors, explosive power and spectacular works of full large scale orchestral arrangements previal at every turn.
We are grateful to James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reybnold da Silva (executive producer), Rick Clark (associate producer/album sequence), Marion Garden (associate producer) and the whole gang at Silva America who have resurrected many of the soundtracks for the "film-score-buffs" in all of us.
Total Time: 4-CD-Set ~ Silva America 812 ~ (5/25/2004)
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- Heart - A Decent Effort At The End Of Their Commercial Comeback
- Please Ring Them Bells
- Classic Heart
- Such a great CD
- Heart transisitions out of the MTV years
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Desire Walks On
Heart
Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B000002V28
Release Date: 1993-11-16 |
Tracks:
- Desire
- Black on Black II
- Back to Avalon
- Woman in Me
- Rage
- In Walks the Night
- My Crazy Head
- Ring Them Bells
- Will You Be There (In the Morning)
- Voodoo Doll
- Anything Is Possible
- Avalon (Reprise)
- Desire Walks On
- Mujer Que Hay en Mi
- Quedaras [En la Manana]
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Heart - A Decent Effort At The End Of Their Commercial Comeback.......2007-05-06
Heart is a band that has had almost two separate careers. In the 70's they burst upon the scene with their unique take on hard rock that also incorporated elements of folk, funk, and even a bit of progressive rock into the mix. By the early 80's album sales had fallen off the charts and it was looking like tailspin time for the band. Then in the late 80's Heart changed their sound to a slicker brand of pop rock and made a remarkable commercial comeback. The albums "Heart", "Bad Animals", and "Brigade" all produced huge radio hits putting the band back on top of both the sales charts and concert trail. "Desire Walks On" came at what was basically the end of this era. The album only produced the minor AOR hit "Back On Black II" and the Nancy Wilson led top 40 ballad "Will You Be There", and did not rack of the sales of the previous three. From a quality standpoint I think the album is better than the three larger sellers that proceeded it and was somewhat a return to form for a band that had become too slick and polished in the late 80's and early 90's. During their comeback the band had turned to outside writers for much of the material. Here there are only three tracks not at least co-written by the Wilson sisters. The album does not rank up in quality to the band's first two classic discs, but it is a decent effort that is worth adding to your collection if you are a heart fan. Highlights include "Back On Black II" which is as heavy a rocker as the band has ever done. "Back To Avalon" is a nice acoustic oriented tune that would have fit right in on an album like "Little Queen". "Ring Them Bells" is a cool cover of the Bob Dylan tune featuring a vocal duet between Ann Wilson and Layne Staley from Alice In Chains. The final title track "Desire Walks On' is another good one with a spoken word intro. This album will not go down in history as one of Heart's classics, but it is a good solid album from them.
Please Ring Them Bells.......2007-01-11
This is a great album with plenty of amazing songs, but none are better than the cover of the Bob Dylan song "Ring Them Bells"
This song sees them collaborate with Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley, and together they make something truly wonderful. Wilson with her powerful voice full of passion and Staley with his powerful and haunting voice make this song alone worth buying the album.
Layne Staley and Heart two very amazing yet very underated artists.
Classic Heart.......2006-09-07
I have been filling in the holes in my Heart collection, replacing vinyl with CD's and adding albums I'd never previously acquired. Desire Walks On was in the latter category and I honestly wasn't expecting much because I've just never heard anyone say anything about the album and I had totally missed it when it was released. Wowie have I been pleasantly shocked!
The Road Home is solidly in first place as not only my favorite Heart album, but one of my all time favorite albums by anyone. For studio albums, Dreamboat Annie and Little Queen have always been tied for first place ever since their releases and I never thought that another Heart album would jeopardize their hallowed position. But Desire Walks On comes close. In fact, I think I will have to state that, while Dreamboat Annie still remains my sentimental favorite, Desire Walks On is, at least in my mind, Heart's best studio album they've ever made.
Desire Walks On is what I consider to be classic Heart. The songs are obviously chosen with care, melding well into a cohesive whole, and most of the material is at least partially written by Ann and Nancy. There is a very good mix of driving, hard rocking songs such as "Black on Black II" and "Rage", along with more melodic or ballad types such as "Back to Avalon", "Anything is Possible", and potentially my favorite on the album, "In Walks the Night". "Voodoo Doll" is a nice change-up with its wonderful beat and Annie's usual amazing vocals, along with some great backup vocals.
I'm not usually too keen on covers, but Annie's version of "The Woman In Me" is absolutely outstanding. (I already knew it would be, as I had seen her perform it with the Lovemongers in concert years ago and it was one of those highly memorable concert moments.) Just as outstanding is their version of "Ring Them Bells". My usual opinion is that adding a male vocalist is a Heart sacrilege, but Layne Staley is an excellent addition for this particular song and the three of them together just totally nail it.
There is only one thing I don't like about Desire Walks On and that's the very brief spoken intro track. It's easily skipped though and the rest of the album is pure Heart bliss.
Such a great CD.......2005-11-24
What can I say about Desire Walks On? It's just a really great cd. I bought this one the day it was released on cassette and later upgraded to CD because I wore the cassette out. It has such rockers as Black on Black and Desire Walks on...and such uplifting tunes as Back to Avalon, Will you be there, etc... Ann's rendition of The Woman in Me sends chills throughout. I really wish this cd had done better in the radio medias eyes because it's simply great.
Heart transisitions out of the MTV years.......2005-09-28
HEART PLAYS IN THE STYLE OF THE EARLY NINETIES. THERE IS INFLUENCE FROM ROBERT PLANT, MADONNA AND SIMPLE MINDS. THERE IS STILL A LITTLE OF THE VAN HALEN GUITAR, BUT PINK FLOYD LICKS HAVE BEEN THROWN IN.
This CD was originally released in 1993 with 13 tracks. It was 53 minutes long. The newer versions of the CD have two added tracks, Women In Me and Will You Be There, sung in Spanish.
When this album was released in 1993 and Black on Black II was first played on the radio, I thought "WOW! Heart finally got their balls back". During most of the eighties, Heart was more popular for MTV pop music. Their most popular song, These Dreams, was probably their worst.
On this album, Heart moves away from the eighties sounds and follows what was happening in the nineties. The opening track and Desire Walks On sounds like something Madonna would have done at the time (similar to Vogue). Voodoo Doll sounds like a Robert Plant song (Heart were always Led Zeppelin fanatics). Will Be There starts out like a Simple Minds tune.
The biggest problem with this album is that Howard Leese is still playing guitar in the style of Eddie Van Halen, but not as good. That was one of the major problems with the live album Rock This House Live. Forturnately, there is not as much of it on this CD. He also borrows licks from Pink Floyd's The Wall.
The CD starts out strong with a little Madonna-like teaser and then goes into the hard rocking Black On Black II. The fifth track, Rage, is one of the best songs Heart has ever done. It is one of those highly creative songs that made Dreamboat Annie one of the best rock albums of all times.
Back To Avalon is an OK tune, but Heart does it much better live. It is probably the most popular track on the CD.
After Rage, the next four songs are nothing special. I find their version of Dylan's Ring Them Bells to be annoying and probably the weakest part of the CD. Will You Be There has a nice powerful chorus, but the rest of the song doesn't really hold up.
Voodoo Doll is another great rocker (borrowing from Plant) and Desire Walks On is a very good song, even if it is a copy of Madonna's style.
I don't think this CD is quite as good as Heart's first four, but it is certainly better than what they did in the mid and late eighties. But, I am not a fan of their pop music and still think Dreamboat Annie is the best thing ever did.
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- Excellent Singer
- Vanessa's absolute masterpiece to date
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- Soul Stirring!!!!
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Desire Of My Heart, Live
Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Manufacturer: Verity
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ASIN: B000005Z15
Release Date: 1998-04-28 |
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- We Sing Glory
- Free
- You Alone Are Worthy
- Desire Of My Heart
- Never Alone
- Grab Hold
- Yes He Loves Me
- He Is Lord
- Oil Of God
- Labor In Vain
- The Classics (Nobody But Jesus, Real, Peace Be Still)
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Excellent Singer.......2005-12-28
Vanessa Bell Armstrong is one of the greatest gospel singers I have ever met. I had the opportunity of seeing her in Connecticut this weekend and she really ministered to the audience with Peace Be Still. God, knows I needed to hear her voice. She is an awesome singer.
Vanessa's absolute masterpiece to date.......2002-09-28
Ms. Armstrong is regarded by many as the finest female vocalist alive. Her voice is too remarkable to be described: thunderous with all the glory of The Father one moment, then a seamless transition into the meekness of The Lamb the next...with a range that has been touched by the Holy Spirit.
At various points during her recorded career, her capabilities have been done justice, but not consistently. "Desire Of My Heart" captures Vanessa at her most vibrant in a TRULY live setting -- not studio applause and whoops. Let's take a brief look at each track.
1) We Sing Glory -- a solid opener that lets you know that this is gonna be one good ol' concert!
2) Free -- a song written by her sister Margaret. Very jazzy with an R&B flair, it makes a segue into a powerful declaration of freedom at the song's climax. By this time, Vanessa throws in some of her vocal gymnastics to great effect.
3) You Alone Are Worthy -- a praise and worship song that just might catch you off guard and bring you to tears.
4) Desire Of My Heart -- Vanessa wrote this one, her personal testimony of self-examination. It's a very simple song with few lyrics, but it's developed quite thoroughly with a killer arrangement: and of course, she sings the stew out of it.
5) Never Alone -- by this point, Vanessa is on fire. This heavyweight song, written by the great Armirris Palmore, is simply a perfect representation of what a person should take from a traditional gospel piece of this nature: conviction, reassurance, determination, and all KINDS of emotion! It's hard to imagine anyone singing this song but VBA. The whole song is amazing, but there's a part during the vamp in which she squalls "God will never, ever leave you: NEVER!" that will give you chills.
6) Grab Hold -- Well after all that, it's time to do a holy dance! This is the song to cut your step on. Made for morning worship service!
7) Yes He Loves Me -- a contemporary number whose melody will stick with you long after the music stops. Fantastic background vocals...but that's the par for this album.
8) He Is Lord -- a duet with the incomparable Marvin Winans, only fitting since this was recorded at his church. You can't go wrong with a duet between Marvin and 'Nessa.
9) Oil of God -- John P. Kee wrote this one. Minister Kee has been accused of writing soundalike songs, but this one is lyrically and musically different. It is a powerful song, and again...you won't be able to imagine anyone singing it but Vanessa.
10) Labor in Vain -- old time "chuch" with VBA's daddy. Excellent!
11) The Classics -- a medley of Nobody But Jesus, Real, Peace Be Still. I would have personally preferred a complete version of one of these songs, but this will do. Why? You guessed it: she sings the stew out of this medley.
The "Desire Of My Heart" album wins not only because of Vanessa. It succeeds because the material is so consistently good, as are the band, production, sound, and background vocals. You will appreciate it more and more with every listen, and owe it to yourself to check it out.
A True Praise & Worship Ministry.......2000-12-13
There's a lot of inspirational music today, but not enough of true praise and worship. Vanessa's "Desire of My Heart" truly captures the Spirit of Praise & Worship. If you want to be blessed, purchase this cd.
What Can I Say!.......1999-11-06
What can I say? This album instantly became my favorite after the 1st time I listened to it. I have never owned any of her other works, but this one proved to be just what my Spirit needed. She is definitely anointed of God, and you know this album was inspired by him. She's able to reach the depth of your soul, not only with her vocals, but with the very words that make up these songs. This includes the song written by her Sister, and the other's (Oil of God & Labor in Vain) featured on the album. As my grandmother says, "It cut to the quick!" In other words, it cuts deep and to the point. To the point of invoking thought about the very nature of our God. This truly is an inspiring, encouraging, and uplifting work by Sis. Bell-Armstrong. Listening to these songs of praise, worship, and exhortation automatically usher you into your own private praise and worship service with the Lord! Thank You Vanessa for letting the Lord use you! May God Bless you in and with more to come!
Soul Stirring!!!!.......1999-08-17
I'm a member of the up and coming UAB Gospel choir (University of Alabama at Birmingham).I recently got the chance to perform and sing in concert with Vanessa Bell Armstrong in concert in February of 1999. The lady those some fierce singing! I wasn't really aware of her talents until I witnessed them for myself in person. The songs from this CD has the capapabilty of stirring up and moving any bench warmer sitting on any church pew.
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Song Cycles and Songs by Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Butterworth and Gurney
Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429]
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ASIN: B00005Q2X9
Release Date: 2002-02-05 |
Tracks:
- The House Of Life: I. Love-Sight
- The House Of Life: II. Silent Noon
- The House Of Life: III. Love's Minstrels
- The House Of Life: IV. Heart's Haven
- The House Of Life: V. Death In Love
- The House Of Life: VI. Love's Last Gift
- Songs Of Travel: I. The Vagabond
- Songs Of Travel: II. Let Beauty Awake
- Songs Of Travel: III. The Roadside Fire
- Songs Of Travel: IV. Youth And Love
- Songs Of Travel: V. In Dreams
- Songs Of Travel: VI. The Infinite Shining Heavens
- Songs Of Travel: VII. Whither Must I Wander
- Songs Of Travel: VIII. Bright Is The Ring Of Words
- Songs Of Travel: IX. I Have Trod The Upward And The Downward Slope
Tracks:
- The Land Of Lost Content: I. The Lent Killy
- The Land Of Lost Content: II. Ladslove
- The Land Of Lost Content: III. Goal And Wicket
- The Land Of Lost Content: IV. The Vain Desire
- The Land Of Lost Content: V. The Encounter
- The Land Of Lost Content: VI. Epilogue
- Down By The Salley
- An Epitaph
- Desire In Spring
- Black Stitchel
- A Shropshire Lad: I. Loveliest Of Trees
- A Shropshire Lad: II. When I Was One-And-Twenty
- A Shropshire Lad: III. Look Not In My Eyes
- A Shropshire Lad: IV. Think No More, Lad
- A Shropshire Lad: V. The Lads In Their Hundreds
- A Shropshire Lad: VI. Is My Team Ploughing?
- A Prayer To St. Anthony
- The Sick Heart
- My Own Country
- Passing By
- Pretty Ring Time
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- Pow Wow Event
- Tuscaroan Voice
- Indigenous and Free People of Color Made the Blues!
- Heartfelt and real... full of tradition and style!
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Follow Your Heart's Desire
Pura Fe
Manufacturer: Music Maker
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ASIN: B0006419KU
Release Date: 2004-10-05 |
Tracks:
- Follow Your Hearts Desire
- You Still Take
- Whole World Down On Me
- Wait 'Til You Come Back Again
- Catch Me Fast
- The Promise Of It's Shine
- Robin Dance
- Don't Trade Your Legs For a Pair Of Wings
- Rise Up Tuscarora Nation
- Medley: Della Blackman/Pick And Choose
- Pigeon Dance
- Medley: Going Home/Stomp Dance
- Sweet Willie
Customer Reviews:
Pow Wow Event.......2005-11-05
Hi,
May 14, 2005 I went to the Clarksville, Virginia Pow Wow held at the Occanneechi State Park. This artist started to sing and her music spoke to my heart. Then I decided to purchase the CD. I LOVED IT!!!! Her style has a Blues sound to it. My favorite song is track #9 "Tuscarora People." I agree with her lyrics. We, Black Indians, are still hear.....My ancestors live through me!
Erica
Tuscaroan Voice.......2005-01-25
Native American activist, singer-songwriter Pura Fe, is internationally known as a founding member of the acapella trio, Ulali. Her latest musical contribution is a solo effort that incorporates contemporary blues and traditional native american songs.
The album, "Follow your Heart's Desire," is a spiritual journey that opens with the title track, an uplifting piano ballad in which she sings lyrics that all can relate to: "Not knowing when and where to go, your heart will take you there...you hope for no despair." Other songs are political, highlighting the struggles of indigenous people around the world. "Rise up Tuscarora Nation" becomes an anthem for the Tuscarora who didn't migrate to upstate New York; while "You Still Take" creates a perfect blend of bluesy slide-guitar with the voices of the Deer Clan Singers, a trio of performers from North Carolina.
Pura Fe's voice is beautiful. At times in songs such as "Whole World is Down on Me," she channels Janis Joplin, her powerfully charged voice soars to dizzying heights. Fans of Ulali will recognize a shorter, guitar version of "Going Home", one of thier signature songs. The song conjures images of North Carolina history: "Tobacco fields, trail of tears, stolen people on stolen land...I'm going home..." and ends with a Stomp Dance song. Pura Fe has created a great work of art that strikes deep: full of history, blues and traditional native music of the southeast.
Indigenous and Free People of Color Made the Blues!.......2005-01-02
Pura Fe's artistry is multidimensional, kaleidoscoping into shifting visual geometries of light and color and sound and movement, like a jewel.
Her mother sang jazz with Duke Ellington and opera for the Met, her father, who named her was Puerto Riqueno. Grounded in the folkways of First Nations people (a smoke dance champion and fabric artist), including her own Tuscarora, most know Pura Fe as a singer and songwriter who co-founded Ulali with the incomparable Soni Moreno and cousin Jennifer. So, here's the revelation: Pura Fe is a blues guitarrista, who plays dark, slithery lap-style slide guitar.
Pura Fe gives indigenous people pride of place in the roots of the blues. Her liner notes reveal her fierce concern for the truth and her tenderness and humor, "African and Indian slaves were harbored, escorted and smuggled across the Canadian border through Indian country. This union gave birth to a rich new culture blending religion, dance, and food, good looking people and the Blues!"
The composition Della Blackman/Pick and Choose delivers a new chapter in the history of murder ballads from the color line; its "pick and choose" chorus is a mantra we should all memorize. Her slide guitar lends a dark glory to the Ulali standard "You Still Take"; the voices of the Deer Clan Singers are beaded into the blues framework of the song in a way that conjures visions --I imagined these indigenous and African sounds rising starward on campfire smoke at a nightwatch on the Underground Railroad. Cool John Ferguson's lickety-split, jazzy licks on the title track make you wish he'd sat in for the whole session. And every now and then, as in the denouement to Rise Up Tuscarora Nation, Pura Fe's voice leaps off a cliff -- where it soars on ravenswings, sending chills down your spine and leaving every hair on the back of your neck standing straight up.
It is rare to find any performer with such depth of artistry. Kudos to the Music Maker Foundation for making this possible. You know the ancestors, and Ingrid Washinawatook in particular, are smiling and laughing and clapping and singing along with Pura Fe to beat the band.
Please purchase this CD right away.
Heartfelt and real... full of tradition and style!.......2004-12-07
I've been a fan of Ulali for quite some time now, and I just had to pick up this album when I heard about it. While the style is slightly different than the Ulali a cappella trio, I've found it no more difficult to absolutely fall in love with this disc. Pura Fe herself plays guitar and piano to complement her masterful vocals, and unmatched writing skills. Her English lyrics range from the emotionally charged track "You Still Take", to the aptly named, dulcet track "Sweet Willie". She has also done an amazing job of combining the traditional music of her native North Carolina roots with the blues culture which grew around the area. She has in effect, painted a portrait of her ancestral home using masterful lyrics, a sharp sense of melody and harmony, and a heart full of passion and emotion.
Look for the title track and how it ropes you in with pervasive four part harmonies and powerful piano chords to set the tone. This is really and truly a momentous and lovely album.
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- A- for effort
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Psalms of David Complete
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral , and Scott
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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ASIN: B00006GO6J
Release Date: 2002-10-08 |
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This complete 12-disc survey of The Psalms of David from St. Paul's Cathedral is both a remarkable historical record of Anglican chant at its finest and an astonishing musical experience. Contained here are all 150 psalms in their traditional English garb from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, with revised or entirely new musical settings as published in The New St. Paul's Cathedral Psalter, edited by the choir's musical director John Scott, itself a revision of the 1875 Cathedral Psalter. As such, these recordings represent the very backbone of the Anglican liturgy, but even a casual listener will be in no doubt that they also offer music that is both contemplative and richly varied when removed from its liturgical context.
The art of "pointing"--or setting--psalm texts has been essayed by many English composers, from William Croft through the Wesleys and William Boyce in earlier times to the great flowering in the late 19th century under Stainer and Barnby, with further contributions from Parry, Stanford, Elgar, Howells, and a host of choirmasters and organists, including Sir David Willcocks and John Scott himself. All are represented here. Recorded throughout in the vast acoustic of their cathedral, the St. Paul's choristers enunciate the words precisely, backed by inventive though unobtrusive organ accompaniment. Taken individually, it's possible to isolate moments when the choir seem to drag their feet or fail to give due weight to the words (Psalm 125, "They that put their trust in the Lord," seems far too subdued, for example), and the massive Psalm 119 is awkwardly split across discs 10 and 11, but overall this set is nothing less than a document of invaluable cultural and musical significance. --Mark Walker
Customer Reviews:
Brilliant Recordings.......2007-06-11
In our view the changes in pointing, and excellent selection of chants, give deeper meanings to the Psalms than those achieved in the "standard?" Parish Psalter.
We found great Spirituality and a wonderful sense of Worship whilst listening to this set. This is often sacrificed for brilliance of musical performance in other recordings.
Unfortunately the "St.Paul's Psalter" is not available (June 2007) but we are told that a new print run may happen within 12 months. This would be a most valuable companion to the recordings when and if it becomes available.
A- for effort.......2006-02-23
This grand undertaking deserves high praise, and I'm struck, listening to chant after chant, how much Anglican chant as it used to be until the changes of the 70s was one of the great Victorian contributions to English life and art. For anyone who wants to hear almost the entire repertoire of Anglican chant deployed in singing the whole book of Psalms, this is an unrivalled source. It is wonderful, too, to hear the Coverdale translation: you realize what the churches have lost by abandoning the proper & regular singing of the Psalms. So one is immensely grateful to Hyperion for putting out this recording. It's not perfect, though.
The rhythmic pacing, though a little slow for my taste, is steady and sensitive, the diction clear, and the organ accompaniment superb (Providing an expressive accompaniment to a choir singing in 4-part free rhythm, and improvising descants to the melody at the same time, isn't easy). And of course there's the cavernous acoustic of St. Paul's, very impressive in the more thunderous psalms. Unfortunately, though, the "forward" style favored for the St. Paul's boys produces a sound that's unpleasantly chesty in the lower registers and reedy in the higher ones. The poorly integrated choral sound caused by this kind of voice-production can be downright unpleasant for anyone used to, or trained in, the classic English choral style. In fact, one has to wonder why this choir was chosen for such a huge project: even allowing for the near-universal decline in standards of vocal training for boys in England, better sounds than this can still be heard.
What can you say?.......2003-01-03
I almost hate to criticize this terrific thing. After all, where else can you get all 150 Psalms in a single collection sung by one of the world's great choirs?
How much do I like it? I bought it *twice*. I originally bought all the CDs separately, before they came out with a single boxed set. They were stolen from my car (and, God willing, maybe they converted some poor thief to Anglican Cathedral Music and got him into church). After they were stolen, I immediately bought them again.
One of the great pleasures of life is listening to the Morning and Evening Psalms while driving to and from work, and making listening a regular feature of Morning and Evening Prayer.
So what's the criticism? The sound is a bit muddy, so the words can be rather difficult to understand without reading along (which is a real problem when driving), and personally, I prefer the Psalter from the 1979 BCP instead of the old one, from the Great Bible. But that's unreasonable. They ARE a British choir after all. Those are the only criticisms.
Anyhow, if you have a taste for choral cathedral music, this is genuinely indispensible. St. Paul's has given the world a great blessing.
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Poems for Piano
Manufacturer: Albany Records
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ASIN: B00000A33E
Release Date: 1998-08-25 |
Tracks:
- Pieces of China: The great wall
- Pieces of China: Fable
- Pieces of China: China blue
- Pieces of China: Puppets
- Pieces of China: Slow Dance - Lotus
- Pieces of China: China chips
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Unroll the flicker's rousing drum
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Soft is the collied night
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Gather for festival bright weed and purple shell
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Wake subtler dreams, and touch me nigh to tears
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Ravished lute, sing to her virgin ears
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Whose thin fraud I wink at privily
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: And warms winds spilled fragrance into her solitudes
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: To whose more clear than crystal voice the frost had joined a crystal spell
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: Sleep, weary mind; dream, heart's desire
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: Dust in sunlight, and memory in corners
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: Make me drunken with deep red torrents of joy
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: Rear its frondings sighing in aetherial folds
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: Listen! Can you hear the antic melody of fear those two anxious feet are playing?
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: Puffed out and marching upon a blue sky
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: And hunged like those top jewels of the night
- Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: Each gay dunce shall lend a hand
- Sonatina No. 1: Largo assai
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- Sonatina No. 2: Andante quasi Allegretto
- Sonatina No. 2: Allegro moderato
- Poems of the Sea: Waves
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- Poems of the Sea: At sea
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- Really Old School
- old songs new
- What a voice!
- Another beautiful album
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Heart's Desire
Niamh Parsons
Manufacturer: Green Linnet
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ASIN: B000065T2V
Release Date: 2002-05-14 |
Tracks:
- My Lagan Love
- The Rigs Of Rye
- Jenny Picking Cockles/Colliers
- West Coast Of Clare
- Banks Of The Clyde
- A Kiss In The Morning Early
- Done With Bonaparte
- New Holland Grove
- The Brown Bull Of Cill Na Mona/The Tipperary Temptress
- Brokenhearted I'll Wander
- Syracuse
- Tide Full In
- Sweet Inniscarra
- Bramblethorn
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Like June Tabor and Jean Redpath, Irish singer Niamh Parsons (pronounced Neeve Parsons) has a nimble yet long-breathed alto capable of endless and elusive shades of emotion. On this set, which is dedicated to her late father, her material is delicately autumnal. At least half of the songs deal with loss of one sort or another, and even the upbeat tunes seem to harbor a tinge of wistful remembrance. The arrangements run toward chiming, sparsely applied guitars and mandolins, with a couple of lively instrumentals tossed in for good measure. Josephine Marsh, a Clare-based accordionist whom Sharon Shannon has often cited as one of Ireland's best, is heard to great effect. Parsons's own sister Anne, Tony Gibbons, and Terry Coyne contribute subtly deferential backup vocals. But, ultimately, it is the unaccompanied ballads that grab the heart and won't let go, as the singer becomes the song and the storyteller becomes the story. --Christina Roden
Customer Reviews:
Really Old School.......2005-06-18
I like Celtic music. I also like love songs. That's why I ordered this CD although I knew nothing of it. The title and the name of the artist seemed to indicate I would like it.
I did like it but not for the reasons I expected. The songs here are not what I would call Celtic although they are definitely European. Instead, they come from almost 2 centuries ago for the most part. There are a few "love songs" although they did not evoke the expected feelings in me. I have no worries that the love of my life is going off to fight with Napoleon (or against him). I am not likely to shack up with a cobbler. Well...maybe a very good blackberry cobbler... These songs are not really too relevant to today. That did not stop them from being very interesting and very well done.
Parsons' voice is great and she sings these songs with heart. She does a good job. To my mind, however, the greatest pieces are the instrumentals. This is a fine recording and should be of interest to anyone interested in very old folk music.
old songs new.......2002-11-16
Traditional Irish music doesn't get much better than this, the third of a series of Celtic-folk albums from this undeservedly unfamous artist. This time, more than ever, the focus is on Niamh Parsons's extraordinary voice. Where they exist at all -- there are three unaccompanied ballads here -- the musical settings are austere, autumnal, achingly affecting. There is, in short, no evidence of the Phil Spectorish production to be heard in other Celtic recordings in recent years. Parsons, it is clear, has no interest in sweetening roots sounds with pop, rock, or electronica. She proves that, in the right hands, the real stuff needs no such help.
She also knows a good song. Heart's Desire balances standards with less familiar pieces, including the gorgeous Andy Irvine composition "West Coast of Clare." Warhorses such as "My Lagan Love" and "The Rigs of Rye" rise to fresh life in her treatment. She is generous -- or confident -- enough to bow out entirely on a couple of instrumentals, leaving them to the worthy likes of otherwise-backing musicians Graham Dunne and Dennis Cahill.
What a voice!.......2002-09-17
I enjoy a wide variety of different types of music. But Niamh Parsons is perhaps my favorite female singer in any genre. Her voice is every bit as good as Sandy Denny's in its powerful, rich expressiveness. And noone sings sublime, melancholy ballads of unrequited love, longing and loss more beautifully. Yet I have to admit that I find HEART'S DESIRE somewhat underwhelming.
After first hearing Niamh Parsons with Arcady on their marvelous CD MANY HAPPY RETURNS, I discovered that she had already released two albums under her own name, LOOSELY CONNECTED and LOOSEN UP. However, they proved to be a tad dissappointing. This was because a few real gems were sandwiched between a number of comparatively weak songs done up in popish, folk-rock style arrangements. With HEART'S DESIRE we have a CD that is in terms of production, very dissimiliar, yet ultimately just as unsatisfactory. Although Niamh's voice has the ability to make even indifferent material shine, HEART'S DESIRE suffers from an excessively sparse, minimalist instrumental backing. A large portion of the album is, in fact, just solo voice, and--to be excessively harsh--it almost sounds like a collection of demos.
Many of the songs on this CD are also not particularly memorable. Certainly, few of the tunes are anywhere as haunting as the heart-rendering "Orphan's Wedding" which appeared on her previous release IN MY PRIME (perhaps the definitive version of that song). Moreover, some of the lyrics on HEART'S DESIRE are also decidedly inane. Take "The Rigs of Rye," for instance. It is one of the better tunes on the album, but the lyrics end on a distinct anti-climax, almost as if the concluding verse of the song had been lost (Just because a song is "traditional," does that necessarily mean it is always good? Or to put it another way, should a major talent like Niamh Parsons record traditional material that is obscure or second-rate just for the sake of it?). Don't get me wrong, though. There is some great stuff here, like Andy Irvine's evocative song "West Coast of Clare," "Sweet Inniscara," Mark Knofler's song "Done with Bonaparte," "My Lagan Love," Bill Caddick's "Syracuse," and Sarah Daniels's "Bramblethorn."
Fans of Niamh Parsons will definitely want to add HEART'S DESIRE to their collection--and there is also enough good stuff on this album for anyone with even a slight interest in beautifully sung celtic music to do the same. If you are new to this fabulous singer, however, start with IN MY PRIME, BLACKBIRDS AND THRUSHES, or Arcady's MANY HAPPY RETURNS.
A bunch of versions of traditional and contempory songs which I would personally kill to hear Niamh cover on future albums: "At Twenty-one" (Andy Irvine); "Barbary Allen," "I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight" (June Tabor); "The Snows They Melt the Soonest," "Fine Horseman" (Dick Gaughan); "Dark Iniseoghain" (Deanta); "Siuil a Ruin" (Caoilte O Suillea Bhain); "Lily of the West," "Martha, the Flower of Sweet Strabane" (Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill); "Cold Rain and Snow;" "Open Road" (Bert Jansch); "Widow Maker," "When I Stop Crying" (Robin Holcomb); "Diamantina Drover" (The Houseband); "Past Carin'" (Mara); "Black Peter" (Grateful Dead); "Blue" (Joni Mitchell); "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)" (Chris Isaak); "At Last" (Etta James); "I'm On Fire" (Bruce Springstein); "Moon River" (Andy Williams); "Bruton Town," "She Moved Through the Fair," "Autopsy" (and a number of others done by Sandy Denny). I would also love to hear Niamh do an album of hymns! A couple of folk-based ones that immediately spring to mind are, "O Lord of creation, to you be all praise;" "Immortal, invisible, God only wise," "Be thou my vision," "Lord of the Dance," etc. But then again, I'm just dreaming...
Niamh, if you read this, please get to Australia as soon as possible--and please, please don't omit to come to Perth. It may be far away, but it is a beautiful place, and you have many fans here who love you.
Another beautiful album.......2002-06-26
Bless this husky-voiced, traditionalist Irish lassie... Most folks in her position would have gone overboard by now, capitalizing on their success as acoustic balladeers to dip into lavish pop crossover efforts, but instead Parsons heads in the opposite direction, stripping her music down even further and making it more pure. Although this album does have some sparse instrumentation, it feels almost entirely a capella, with each song peeled bare to its bare-boned roots. It might not help her top the charts in the US or the islands, but fans on either side of the ocean are sure to be pleased. (By the way, her first name is pronounced "Neeve"... oh, those wacky Celts!)
Pop Music:
- Hemisphere
- Inner Reflections
- Into The Flow
- Kojiki
- Like Rain Through My Hands
- Lilias! Discover Serenity: A Guided Relaxation Program
- Live at Red Rocks (Special Edition) [Live]
- Loons of Echo Pond - Wild Sanctuary
- Miditerranean Pads [Original recording remastered]
- Miracle Mile: Original Soundtrack From The Hemdale Motion Picture [Soundtrack]
Pop Music
pop music
Recommended Music:
Tender Bruises & Scars: The Complete Factory Records and Cherry Red Studio Recordings 1980-83 [Enhanced]
Galimir Quartet of Vienna: The Polydor Recordings 1934-35 Ravel, Milhaud, Berg
Grandes Exitos en Frances [Import]
Music: Magnum Opus
Great Voices of the 20th Century [Import]
I Don't Smoke [CD-single] [Import]
Immortal Collection 1983-1995 [Import]
Icon & The Black Roses [Import]
Fight or Flight
German Cantatas Before Bach / Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale
Jumper [CD-single]
Free Salute [CD-single] [Import]
Elevado [Import]
What Now
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