Sail Away With Me

Track Listings

1. Promises Kept

2. Sail Away With Me

3. Sandman Dreams

4. Journey Home

5. The Carousel

6. Seamoods

7. Latin Smiles

8. Where Eagles Fly

9. Little Ones

10. Bizarre Bazaar

11. Echoes of You

12. Intrigue - Dark into Light

13. Colors of Midnight

14. Forgotten Paths

Editorial Reviews
AJ Gundell, Hartford Courant, January 13, 1997
The raw material was fantastic..........a pop-new age kind of thing.....emotional, melodic.

Product Description
"Painting Pictures in Your Mind". Beautifully melodic and emotional instrumental music to transport you to another place. Music appealing to all ages that will free every imagination to soar and fly. Music to soothe the soul and the body - melodies that will not be forgotten.

Sail Away With Me

Sail Away With Me,Jim DeJohn,All-Notes-On Music,New Age,Painting pictures in your mind, mellow instrumentals

Sail Away With Me

Customer Reviews:

Fine reissue of a classic set.......2006-05-24

Think about the stupidest, most formulaic Hollywood movies you can think of: cheesy action pictures, fluffy, unfunny comedies, big but stiff epics. Now imagine that one of the greatest living composers was working in Hollywood, turning out astonishing, hauntingly beautiful and stirring musical scores for these throwaway movies. That's what you get with this set: music Henry Purcell composed for some two dozen often utterly forgettable plays (trust me--I've read a number of them!) Occasionally, when he teams up with a playwright worthy of his stature, such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, or William Congreve, the results are even better, but for the most part you can enjoy the music here without knowing anything about the original plays.

This set originally appeared as separate LPs in the 70s and 80s, and has been long out of print. That's a pity, since Purcell spent a good deal of his short professional life in the theatre, either writing the incidental music contained on these CDs, or the music for his larger works, the semi-operas (King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and the like). Almost all of these works are enjoyable gems; certainly, they represent a pinnacle of English 17th century music. Purcell had a genius for spinning musical gold out of the most leaden lyrics (check out his Odes and Welcome Songs on Hyperion if you don't believe me), and he does the same with the song texts in these plays.

Hogwood and the AAM offer clean, listenable performances, and the sound on these old analog discs has been cleaned up and brightened--although they were pretty good, even in the late 70s. As with most Hogwood, emotional extremes are kept to a minimum, so the "otherworldly" nature of late 17th century music, so often emphasised in more recent Baroque performances, doesn't come across here. It would be interesting to see what a group like The King's Consort would do with this music, but this set fills the major gap in the Purcell canon quite nicely.

My only beef with the reissue, as with many reissues, is that the liner notes are rather thin for a 6-cd set--the lyrics to the songs, for example, are especially missed. Still, it's a worthwhile set, and a must for fans of Purcell, English Baroque music, or anyone who just wants to experience a taste of the last days of the Restoration stage.

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Fairest voice for Fairest Isle
Exquisite taste
Miraculous
Splendid Music from a Splendid Singer
Crystalline delight!

Barbara Bonney - Fairest Isle
Barbara Bonney , Christopher Hogwood , and The Academy of Ancient Music
Manufacturer: Decca
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Away from the clamor of grand opera and soaring symphonies, Fairest Isle takes us into the quiet, intimate world of English Elizabethan song, and you could hope for no better guide than Barbara Bonney. Her clear, beautifully rounded voice is superbly controlled, making light of a masterful technique; if you want to hear art concealing art, look no further. This is intensely private music, in a program that cleverly sidesteps any risk of listener fatigue by starting with lute accompaniment (infinitely tender playing by Jacob Heringman), moving on to a viol quartet, then finally to the richer sound of the Academy of Ancient Music under Christopher Hogwood. Leavening the mix are three instrumental interludes. The title piece is a blithe, dancelike song. Better known are some of the classics of English song: Dowland's "Come again" and "Flow, my tears," Morley's "It was a lover and his lass," and Purcell's "If music be the food of love" and "When I am laid in earth," a heart-in-mouth performance that makes time stand still. --Keith Clarke

Customer Reviews:

Fairest voice for Fairest Isle.......2006-07-27

I adore Purcell's songs, and possess many fine recordings of them. I perform them myself and enjoy the experience each and every time. When I listen to a new recording of Purcell songs, then, my expectations are both high and informed.

Barbara Bonney is simply a delight. Her voice on this album is almost incandescent with beauty. She sings with elegant simplicity that contains a great deal of art (the hardest sort of simplicity in the world to convey!). Her tone is pure, limpid as a stream, as delicately and beautifully wielded as a prism irradiating a cavern with colour.

Her vocal colour needs no introduction. Ms Bonney is widely known as "The Radiant Voice", following on from one of her album titles - and it's extremely apposite. She is radiant indeed, and her technique is beautifully sure.

Only in one track was I disappointed - the last track on the CD. "Thy hand, Belinda" seemed to me to have been approached with a more consciously dramatic style in mind, and it results in a couple of vowel distortions and a not quite convincing performance. Yet the voice itself is consistently beautiful, and I have no hesitation in giving this a 5-star rating.

Beautiful. Listen to this while you're stuck in traffic, and you are certain to feel your tension melt away at the sheer loveliness of the singing...

Exquisite taste.......2006-01-02

Barbara Bonney is one of today's most underrated singers. Her voice is always clear, true, and thrilling. She is certainly capable of vocal fireworks, yet she has the artistry and respect for musical period to know when such displays are, and are not, appropriate. In "Fairest Isle", she demonstrates her hallmark excellent taste in approach and choice of material. Too often, these lovely, gentle songs are assigned as exercises for beginning singers, and are then quickly relegated to the dust bin when the singers turn professional and are only interested in the biggest, flashiest operatic parts they can find. Ms. Bonney doesn't fall in that trap. She certainly is capable of bright vocal fire, yet she is artist enough to know gentle understatement can resonate emotionally with the listener long after the flash has faded.I must also say something about Ms. Bonney's beautifully clear diction. Her English is always understandable and perfectly presented, as opposed to Renee Fleming's, which seems to get muddier and more mannered with each successive recording. "Fairest Isle" is highly recommended!

Miraculous.......2004-10-28

I have had this CD for about 3 years, and it instantly became one of my most treasured. I never tire of listening to it.

I am now listening to it yet again, and am constantly astounded at the utter beauty, refined simplicity, and just perfect taste of Bonney's voice.
Her diction, her natural way of singing and letting the emotions melt in her mouth, her articulation always brilliant, round, glowing, 3-dimensional, her timing and instinct perfect.

And the songs... a wonderful collection of love, philosophical, and devotional pieces. All beautiful and universal.

The instrumental accompaniments are graceful, colorful (each in their own hue), and a dignified match for Bonney's musical stature.

I particularly liked "Come Again", "Never Weather-beaten Saile", "Fairest Isle", Dido's lament, and "She loves me and she confesses too". But all tracks are very good.

I own a large collection of "classical" (I hate that word) and early music, as well as opera, lied, vocal, etc.
I am very particular about what I listen to.
This CD is still one of my most cherished... intimate and very refined.

You could say that Keats was right when he wrote "Truth is beauty, beauty truth..."
Bonney's rendition of these songs is beautiful because it is honest and true... and vice-versa.

ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED.

Splendid Music from a Splendid Singer.......2004-01-28

Like most classical music junkies I have my share of "early music" from the 15th and 16th centuries. When I saw that Hogwood and his terrific band from the Academy of Ancient Music were coming out with an Elizabethan selection I expected something interesting, a little exotic and a good listen. (Purcell fans will know what I'm getting at.) Wrong. What struck me is how completely accessible these songs are. All were composed and published and should not be considered "folk" music in a formal sense I suppose. But as performed by the extremely talented Ms. Bonney, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was listening to early Joan Baez singing something like "Tender Maidens." These songs aren't interesting - they're beautiful. This is a terrific alblum.

Crystalline delight!.......2003-08-16

Barbara Bonney has a voice of exquisite beauty. These lovely Elizabethan love songs fit her instrument to the tee! It is too bad that another listener had to give this CD only one star because he considers these 16th century art songs to be "long hair". They were and are nothing of the sort, they are merely very "old fashioned love songs". "Come Again Sweet Love..." is a wonderful sample of this music. I could listen to it day and night.

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A Sensual Lady from Curacao sings with Saudade!
Great Brazilian Jazz ~~~~~~~~
Beautiful voice, instrumentals and listening experience

Sail Away with Me
Kerry Linder
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Sail Away
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A Sensual Lady from Curacao sings with Saudade!.......2007-02-13

Kerry Linder is a song stylist with so much warmth to her voice and demeanor of putting across a song that she makes you `sail away with her' effortlessly. Singing a collection of songs in both English and Portuguese Linder has a purity of pitch that enables her to glides through many types of tunes with a confidence that puts the listener at ease.

Accompanied on this CD by an ensemble featuring Paulo Andre Tavares, guitar and Mauro Refosco, percussion, Linder enhances her vocals with additional musicians depending on the selection she and arranger Tavares select: these can include harmonica, accordion, trumpet, cello, flute, trombone, clarinet, bass and saxophone. The rhythms are definitely all bossa nova but with a full jazz bent. The results are mellow works that include the title song, `As Time Goes By', `That's All', as well as lesser-known beauties in Portuguese.

Kerry Linder has that special quality of a beautiful, gentle voice that radiates intelligence and taste and yet incorporates that nostalgia of the Portuguese word `saudade'. This CD is one that will find frequent playing in almost every collection of fine music. Grady Harp, February 07

Great Brazilian Jazz ~~~~~~~~.......2005-11-12

I think this is a very good Brazilian Jazz albums.
Kerry's voice is beautiful, the instrumentation is impeccable, and the selection of tunes are perfect for Kerry's debut album.
Her bilingual skills are fantastic, I enjoy her English and Portuguese very much.
Congratulations Kerry

P.S. I love the songs "Deixa", "Language and Love", "Inquietacao", "I Don't Know" and "As Time Goes By".

Beautiful voice, instrumentals and listening experience.......2004-04-17

Kerry Lindner's elegant voice complements the stunning instrumentals. The album goes well with glass of fine wine, creating a relaxing and stimulating listening experience. You will be hearing more about Kerry Lindner.

Greensleeves: A Collection of English Lute Songs

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Graceful music
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Customer Reviews:

Graceful music.......2005-09-27

The lute is a string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep, round back. In many ways, it is related to later similar instructments such as the guitar and banjo. It descends from a Middle Eastern instrument similar to the oud. The lute was one of the major musical instruments of the Middle Ages, and much music was composed for the lute, both as a stand-alone instrument as well as an accompaniment for singers.

This disc has some samples of both. Some songs are anonymous compositions, often derivative of much older folk tunes. Others are original compositions whose composers are known by name. Among these names are John Dowland, Thomas Morley, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Michael Cavendish, Thomas Campion, Nicholas Lanier, and Anthony Holborne, all of the 1500s/1600s. The music here involves both the 8-course lute and the 10-course lute (during the later Baroque time, lutes could have as many as 28 strings!).

The lute was eventually displaced by keyboard and other instruments, so in many ways its life is that of the music of the past. However, with recordings such as these, the lute lives again in vibrant form. Ronn McFarlane learned to play on a cheap steel-string guitar, but continued to study in a rather eclectic fashion, eventually studying at the Shenandoah Conservatory and the Peabody Conservatory prior to settling upon the lute as his primary instrument. In this recording, he is paired with Julianne Baird, a soprano with significant recording experience.

McFarlane and Baird emphasise the simplicity and lightness of the songs here; while some lute music and some folk tunes can be very elaborately arranged, here the performers strive for a more direct elegance. The particular period emphasised is Elizabethean; McFarlane and Baird sound as if they have come directly from the Queen's court directly.

This is a beautiful recording.

Not what I wanted.......2002-02-13

i should have read the description more clearly...this is partially vocal, not all instrumental. Nothimg wrong with the CD, but I only like instrumental.

Greensleeves (Baird/McFarlane).......2000-09-30

Incredible! Stunning musicianship from beginning to end. For fans of Dowland, this recording is a gem. The blend of lute and voice on 'In darkness let me dwell' is downright haunting. This recording is an absolute pleasure. 5 stars just might be an understatement here...

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fine musical penned by Noel Coward

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Customer Reviews:

fine musical penned by Noel Coward.......2004-08-15

ACE OF CLUBS is a relatively-obscure 1950 offering from Noel Coward, which ran for a decent 211 performances. The cast includes Pat Kirkwood (WONDERFUL TOWN, CHRYSANTHEMUM), as well as Graham Payn, Sylvia Cecil and Peter Tuddenham, and the ensemble cast includes a few who would become big stars in the future (Jean Carson, June Whitfield and Susan Swinford). The score is average (this is surprising considering that Coward was no slouch in the melody department), though delights include "Nothing Can Last Forever", "I'd Never, Never Know", "My Kind of Man", "Chase Me, Charlie" and "Why Does Love Get in the Way?". Coward also has a number about Napoleon's "Josephine" which pre-dates Cole Porter's SILK STOCKINGS "Josephine" number by about 5 years! ACE OF CLUBS is a good (but not essential) addition to your cast album collection.

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Sail Away With Me
Jim DeJohn
Manufacturer: All-Notes-On Music
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Release Date: 2005-04-05

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Promises Kept
Sail Away With Me
Sandman Dreams
Journey Home
The Carousel
Seamoods
Latin Smiles
Where Eagles Fly
Little Ones
Bizarre Bazaar
Echoes of You
Intrigue - Dark into Light
Colors of Midnight
Forgotten Paths

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"Painting Pictures in Your Mind". Beautifully melodic and emotional instrumental music to transport you to another place. Music appealing to all ages that will free every imagination to soar and fly. Music to soothe the soul and the body - melodies that will not be forgotten.

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Bloodstains On The Wall - Honeyboy / You Beter Move On Away From Here - Honeyboy / Have You A Match - Honeyboy / , Uncle Sam Blues - Pine Bluff Pete / A Woman Acts Funny - Pine Bluff Pete / Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London / , Got A Letter This Morning - Clarence London / Want To Boogie-Woogie - Clarence London / Ride My New Car With Me - Big Joe William / , Rather Be Sloppy Drunk - Big Joe William / Dial 110 Blues - Country Jim Bledsoe / Hollywood Boogie - Country Jim Bledsoe / , One Thing My Baby Likes - Country Jim Bledsoe / Stormin' And Rainin' - Country Jim Bledsoe / I Ate The Wrong Part - Little Temple / , What A Mistake - Little Temple / Mean And Evil - Little Temple / Cold Love - Little Temple / , Black Snake Blues - Pete McKinley / Cryin' For My Baby - Pete McKinley / Looka Here Boy - Pete McKinley / , Whistling Blues - Pete McKinley / Don't Want Me Blues - Pete McKinley / David's Boogie - Pete McKinley / , and Little Girl - Pete McKinley Sail On
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