In the House of Mystery

Track Listings

1. Bird on a Wire

2. Famous Blue Raincoat

3. Sisters of Mercy

4. Joan Of Arc

5. Master Song

6. Suzanne

7. Take This Longing

8. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy

9. Story of Isaac

10. Winter Lady

11. If It Be Your Will

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Back in the mid 70's, when I lived in Denver, I attended a Leonard Cohen concert at Ebbits Field, Denver's premier concert hall.

The concert was sold out and I was promised comp tickets by a "friend" who was connected with one of the local concert promoters in the area. So there I was, with a few others in the same predicament, waiting at the entrance for my friend to show up, as there was no record of us being on the guest list.

I had just about given up hope when Leonard Cohen walked through the front door as if he were one of the audience, guitar case in hand.

The nice young lady at the ticket counter, knowing how we would be disappointed if we didn't get in, seized the moment and said, "Mr. Cohen, these people were supposed to get tickets from so-n-so but he hasn't arrived".

Without skipping a beat, he said, "Let them be my guests". I thanked him and shook his hand. That brief moment meant so much to me and has left an indelible image in my memory. We all have these mental photographs of special moments in time.

This is one of mine.

- John Bergeron

Product Description
An audio CD of Leonard Cohen's best loved songs performed by John Bergeron. Songs included are Bird On A Wire, Famous Blue Raincoat, Sisters Of Mercy, Joan Of Arc, Master Song, Suzanne, Take This Longing, Seems So Long Ago,Nancy, Story Of Isaac, Winter Lady, If It Be Your Will. Hear audio of the song renditions that include rich vocals from John & three angels, piano, guitar, violin, bass.

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In the House of Mystery,John Bergeron,Musicaldreams.com,The best loved songs of Leonard Cohen presented in a spirit driven and beautifully silky performance.

In the House of Mystery

Tracks:

Overture
Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
Act One: Still brooding on their mad infatuation
Act One: I cannot tell what this love may be
Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
Act One: The soldiers of our Queen
Act One: If you want a receipt for that popular mystery
Act One: In a doleful train two & two we walk all day
Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
Act One: When I first put this uniform on
Act One: Am I alone & unobserved?
Act One: If you're anxious for to shine
Act One: Long years ago-fourteen, maybe
Act One: Prithee, pretty maiden-prithee
Act One: Though to marry you
Act One: Let the merry cymbals sound
Act One: Now tell us, we pray you
Act One: Heart broken at my Patience's barbarity
Act One: Stay, we implore you, before our hopes are blighted
Act One: Your maidens hearts, ah, do steel

Tracks:

Act One: Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity
Act One: We've been thrown over, we're aware
Act One: And are you going a ticket to buy?
Act One: Hold! Stay your hand!
Act One: True love must single-hearted be
Act One: I hear the soft note of the echoing voice
Act One: But who is this, whose god-like grace
Act One: List Reginald, whilst I confess a love
Act Two: On such eyes as maidens cherish
Act Two: Sad is a woman's lot who, year by year
Act Two: Silvered is the raven hair
Act Two: Turn, oh turn in this direction
Act Two: A magnet hung in a hardware shop
Act Two: Love is a plaintive song
Act Two: So go to him & say to him
Act Two: It's clear that the mediaeval art
Act Two: If Saphir I choose to marry
Act Two: When I go out of the door
Act Two: I'm a Waterloo House young man
Act Two: After much debate internal, I on Lady Jane decide

Customer Reviews:

The best ever version.......2002-06-07

The wonderful cast transports you to the realms of Gilbert and Sullivan, to make you feel that you are experiencing a first night in 1881! John Reed, as Bunthorne, an aesthetic poet is superb, camp, subversive and a complete fraud. If anyone is not aware, the story of the opera is based upon the idiosyncracies of the Aesthetic movement in England of the 1880's and Gilbert used the public parodies of his friend Oscar Wilde as his major source. The rest of the cast, chorus and orchestra , under the long experienced 'Goddie' are superlative and make for one of the finest line-ups in D'Oyly Carte history. Revel and enjoy, for this is quite the best.

The Golden Cast of D'Oyly Carte!.......1999-04-13

My wish had always been to see John Reed and the D'Oyly Carte Company in a performance of Patience. My mother had done so, remarking that, 'You'd need patience to watch it', she was coloured in her opinion, since she wanted to see 'The Mikado', but had gotten the wrong tickets! The recording, made in 1961, is superb in every detail. You are with the cast, on stage, in the auditorium, it is such a 'live' performance. The dialogue is delivered exquisitely, whilst the singing is uniformerly of the highest standard. I recently portrayed 'Bunthorne' and throughout my performances, I felt that I was continuing the legacy of Gilbert and Sullivan. All the past history of performers were there. I feel that Patience is a magical Savoy Opera. Do not miss the opportunity to own such a definitive performance. Maybe the subject of the 'Art Nouveau' periodof Victorian England is dated, but as one critic has already stated, every generation 'throws up' its poseures, to be knocked. 'Ah, me! lack aday!' BUY IT!

The Definitive Recording.......1998-12-09

For those who prefer the traditional Savoyard renderings of the G&S canon, this is far and away the best recording of this parody of the cult of celebrity. John Reed leads the cast as a delightful Bunthorne, and the recording contains all of the opera's dialogue. "HMS Pinafore," "The Mikado," and "The Pirates of Penzance" may be better known, but "Patience" is deserving of a wider audience.

Average customer rating:

Jan Peerce II

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Legendary Voices: Jan Peerce

ASIN: B00008MLWO
Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

Mattinata
Torna a Surriento
O Sole Mio
Danza
Valencia
Amapola
Song of Songs
Sylvia
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
When You and I Were Young, Maggie
Silver Threads Among the Gold
Serenade
Bless This House
Serenade [The Student Prince]
Dream
For You Alone
I Love You Truly
I Love Thee
Kashmiri Song
Little Love, A Little Kiss
Click
Meyerke, Mein Zun
Bluebird of Happiness
Holiday Greetings

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In the House of Mystery

Manufacturer: Musicaldreams.com
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000859NZ
Release Date: 2002-08-01

Tracks:

Bird on a Wire
Famous Blue Raincoat
Sisters of Mercy
Joan Of Arc
Master Song
Suzanne
Take This Longing
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Story of Isaac
Winter Lady
If It Be Your Will

Album Description

An audio CD of Leonard Cohen's best loved songs performed by John Bergeron. Songs included are Bird On A Wire, Famous Blue Raincoat, Sisters Of Mercy, Joan Of Arc, Master Song, Suzanne, Take This Longing, Seems So Long Ago,Nancy, Story Of Isaac, Winter Lady, If It Be Your Will. Hear audio of the song renditions that include rich vocals from John & three angels, piano, guitar, violin, bass.