Three If by Air

Track Listings
 
1. Pale & Crystal
2. Was There Something Out There?
3. Shadow Beginning to Fade
4. Escalator
5. Sombrero Fallout
6. Final Frontiers
7. Alien Communication Technique

Three If by Air,Jon Durant,Alchemy Records,Contemporary Instrumental,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop

Three If by Air

Three If by Air
Three If by Air
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    		Three If by Air
    Jon Durant
    Manufacturer: Alchemy Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
    MeditationMeditation | New Age | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    GeneralGeneral | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00002431B
    Release Date: 1999-12-20

    Tracks:

    1. Pale & Crystal
    2. Was There Something Out There?
    3. Shadow Beginning to Fade
    4. Escalator
    5. Sombrero Fallout
    6. Final Frontiers
    7. Alien Communication Technique
    Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend
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      		Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend

      Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      GeneralGeneral | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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      GeneralGeneral | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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      CantatasCantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      Folk SongsFolk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      MadrigalsMadrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      MotetsMotets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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      GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0001L1B7Y
      Release Date: 2004-06-08
      Lie Down Poor Heart
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Folk songs - where they belong
      		 Lie Down Poor Heart

      Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Baroque Dance SuitesBaroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande
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      Sacred & ReligiousSacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
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      Folk SongsFolk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B00004X0N2
      Release Date: 2000-10-10

      Tracks:

      1. O Waly, Waly - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      2. I Will Give My Love An Apple - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      3. Black Is The Colour - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      4. The Isle Of Aigas (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      5. Mary, Young And Fair (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      6. What If I Seek For Love Of Thee - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      7. Lie Down, Poor Heart - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      8. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Dist Find - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      9. Sorrow Stay - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      10. I Saw My Lady Weep - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      11. Never Weather-Beaten Sails - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      12. Prelude (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      13. A Corranto (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      14. Cuperaree (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      15. A Coranto (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      16. Grays Iron Mask (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      17. The Fairy Masque (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      18. The Three Ravens - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      19. Howm Againe Markget Is Done (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      20. Joane To The May Pole (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      21. Down By The Salley Gardens - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      22. Variations On The Scottish Air (Lute Solo) - Sylvian Bergeron
      23. Greensleeves - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron
      24. The Foggy Dew - Daniel Taylor/Sylvian Bergeron

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      The patriarch of modern countertenors, Alfred Deller, once pointed out that many well-known English folk songs are at least as old as the great lute songs of Shakespeare's era, and suggested that the more melancholy examples "one must treat in exactly the same way as one would treat the art songs." For this disc, countertenor Daniel Taylor and lutenist Sylvain Bergeron have taken Deller at his word, and bracketed a set of songs and lute solos by great Elizabethan composers such as John Dowland and Thomas Campion with lyrical, even melancholy, traditional English airs. These fine Canadian musicians treat the folk songs with the respect that Deller called for--and it works: even old chestnuts like "The water is wide" and "Black is the colour of my true love's hair" come across as credible in the company of Dowland's masterful "Sorrow stay." ("The Foggy, Foggy Dew," however, was not the best choice for ending the disc.) Bergeron plays both his solos and the song accompaniments beautifully, with a gentle charisma that holds a listener's attention even through the softest, more slow-moving passages. Taylor, who has made exquisite recordings of Purcell and Dowland, is a bit more problematic: his diction could be clearer; and, particularly in his upper register, there's often a worrisomely tremulous quality to his sound. Has this talented singer's career in Baroque opera begun to fray his voice already? Let's hope not, for he's as intelligent and sensitive a musician here as ever he has been, and in his middle and lower registers he still makes some lovely sounds. Flaws notwithstanding, this is a worthwhile record--both for the fine performances and the reminder that the line between "art music" and "folk music" is thinner than we might think. --Matthew Westphal

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Folk songs - where they belong.......2001-03-06

      In the universe of singers specializing in song, Daniel Taylor takes a special place. He really knows how to communicate emotion. Even the simplest of songs come out memorable when Dan sings them. Unlike many recordings of lute songs, this disc includes a fair amount of anonymous material, and the approach taken by the singer is very appropriate. I think the point of this disc was to bring these songs home to their origins. I think it worked. The singing here is gentle, intimate, purposely unaffected: it evokes the image of a wandering 16th century bard singing his own songs to a bunch of villagers, plucking his own lute. The simplicity is utterly beguiling because it communicates so much and because it makes falsetto sound like the most natural of voices. The centerpiece of this disc is Robert Jones's melancholy Lie Down Poor Heart. Clocking at more than 7 minutes, it never gets boring. The lightly decorated stanza with which it ends is absolutely delicious. Dowland's evergreen Sorrow Stay and I Saw My Lady Weep, interpreted through a folk lens, are striking in their freshness. Of the folk songs, O Waly Waly and especially Black Is The Colour really stick in memory. If there is anything about this disc that was not quite to my liking it was the playing of Sylvain Bergeron. I do not profess to know much about lutes, but, to me, the lute often sounded like it was being played one string at a time. For example, Bergeron's accompaniment to I Will Give My Love an Apple sounded like "boink - boink - boink..." You won't be surprised that I thought that there were way too many solo lute pieces on this disc (11 of 24). But I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this disc to anyone (just skip the lute). -- gggimpy@yahoo.com.

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