Track Listings
| 1. Espanol El Rio (The Spanish River) |
| 2. Concierto De Aranjuez |
| 3. X |
| 4. Bolero |
| 5. A Spanish Dream |
| 6. Recuerdos De La Alhambra |
| 7. Liquid Fire |
| 8. Amor Flamengo |
Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Welcome to the Sanctuary music/nature series. The collaborative duo of Sam Reid & Ernest Lyons has rekindled the essence of man-made music combined with nature's own "music" creating a sense of pure harmony.
The recordings are peaceful, relaxing and can bring a quiet balance to a busy day. A full range of moods are captured with each release as the Sanctuary series offers a variety of both musical traditions and nature themes.
Product Description
Ravel's Bolero, an intense and exciting creation in itself, assumes a provocative aspect when blended with the sounds of a warm summer evening in the forest. The repetitive rhythm of crickets, the varied calls of ravens and songbirds, and the musical notes of spring peepers add an even more romantic dimension to this Spanish collection.
Bolero - A Spanish Collection,Sanctuaryż
Bolero - A Spanish Collection
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Los Romeros: The Rodrigo Collection
Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00076YNI2 Release Date: 2005-04-12 |
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Fine CD ,Lame DVD.......2007-01-28
Great playing but recording is a bit weak.......2006-08-18
LOS ROMEROS WITH THE EDISON SYMPHONY IN NEW JERSEY.......2005-12-29
The Rodrigo Collection.......2005-10-19
Great multimedia.......2005-09-13
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Favourite Spanish Encores
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000059ZIH Release Date: 2001-04-10 |
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Superb performances, superb sound quality.......2002-03-28
The solo piano pieces include Albeniz' Sevilla:sevillanas, which I am sure you will recognise, his Tango and a popular Malagueña.
Granados' Spanish Dance No 5 [sometimes known by other titles] is sensitively performed.
Albeniz' grandfather, Mateo's D major Sonata is the opening track. This music will be recognised by Australian music lovers as the theme music for Margaret Throsby's wonderful music and interview program.
The Montsalvatge Brief Concerto is a most exciting feature of the recording.
Highly recommended. Stunning sound quality.
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The Last Dance: Music for a Vanishing Era (The Music Heard on the Fateful Voyage of the Titanic)
Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000061LV Release Date: 1998-02-24 |
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An excellent recording........1999-03-22
The music is beautifully played, and the recording quality is of the highest. It is definately a bargain at the twelve or so dollars Amazon.com is charging.
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Bolero: A Spanish Songbook
Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000041KF Release Date: 1998-02-10 |
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50 Piano & Guitar Favorites
Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000AAF23K Release Date: 2005-08-02 |
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My World
Johann Paul Aegidius Martini , Giovanni Battista Pergolesi , Ottorino Respighi , Ruggero Leoncavallo , Manuel de Falla , Xavier Montsalvatge , Erik Satie , Leo Delibes , Francis Poulenc , Edvard Grieg , Robert Schumann , Franz Schubert , Richard Strauss , Tiberiu Brediceanu , Enrico Mezzetti , George Cavadia , Antonin Dvorak , Franz Liszt , Manos Hadjidakis , Sephardic Traditional , Young-Sup Choi , Akira Mitake , Jaime Ovalle , Nicholas Brodszky , Angela Gheorghiu , and Malcolm Martineau Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000069D9 Release Date: 1998-04-07 |
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Amazon.com
The cover is a bit much: Angela Gheorghiu descending from an airplane in a glamorous 1950s suit suggesting she's the reincarnation of Maria Callas. And in the notes, the fabulous Romanian soprano tells of her jet-setting life and how this international program of songs reflects that. She's not quite as versatile as she would like us to believe, but she's the real thing, singing with a strength of conviction and depth of musical understanding that overrides lapses in style. Many singers would just sail through Poulenc's tuneful Les Chemins de l'amour, for example, but Gheorghiu shows what guts it has. --David Patrick StearnsCustomer Reviews:
Wonderful Singing But Possibly Lost Soon.......2005-08-22
A world tour of some fine songs.......2004-12-26
Her songs go around the world and to the heart.......2001-06-08
The best track on the disc, without question, is Respighi's 'Nebbie'. Gheorghiu not only brings out all the agony of this character but actually uses her voice to create a frozen landscape of desolation and hopelessness. I also was very taken with her interpretations of two 'arie antiche' that proceeded this - the familiar 'Plaisir D'Amour' sung here in Italian, and a sad, introspective rendition of 'Sei tu m'ami', which makes a nice contrast to Cecilia Bartoli's more outgoing and mischevious version. There is also a wonderful rendition of the famous Sephardic lullaby `Durme kerido hijico'. I always admire a `star' singer who introduces new or obscure repertory for a wider audience to fall in love with, and Gheorghiu does this with 3 hauntingly beautiful Romanian songs. The Greek song is the best of many songs where she gets to display her aforementioned mezzoish lower register - her voice is almost unrecognizable. Other highlights include `Solveig's Song', `Chemins de l'amour', `Oh! Quand je dors', `Je te veux', `Azulao' (where she seems to be conjuring the song up from the depths of the earth) and most appropriately to her own life, the Japanese pop song where she sings about the joys of traveling the long road with her lover beside her. The disc ends with a splendid rendition of 'Be My Love', capping the recital with a spectacular high C and proving once and for all that this song is hardly just tenor-only property.
My only qualm is that while Gheorghiu's renditions of Schubert and Schumann songs are by no means bad, she has a great deal of competition in this repertory and her renditions don't come quite as special as those of others, or of the other songs on this CD. I think `Zueignung' in particular needs a more heroic sound than she gives it here. Also, I was a bit spoiled for 'Guriwoon Geum Gang San' by hearing Hei-Kyung Hong sing it - she actually IS Korean and brings more deep and specific feeling to this song than Gheorghiu can. I'm also slightly disappointed that she does not include any English (as opposed to American) songs, considering how much she loves working in England and how popular she is there.
Malcolm Martineau plays beautifully and is an accompanist of imagination and sensitivity. His affinity with Gheorghiu is shown by the fact that her singing of 'Azulao' was at his suggestion. He seems to becoming a latter day Gerald Moore in the way that he accompanies so many singers so well in such widely varied repertoire and brings out their best, although I do not know if he posssesses Moore's gifts for explaining the music to the audience. I hope he and Gheorghiu work together again, despite the fact that they are now primarily based at different record companies.
The documentation includes an essay by Gheorghiu herself on the songs and how they relate to the joys of her peripatetic existence,as well as full texts and translations. One possible error - I believe they translate a different verse of 'Les Filles du Cadix' than Gheorghiu actually sings. I also like the cover and interior photos of Gheorghiu - they show her as a smart, strong, confident world traveller, not a submissive sex object the way so many other female classical singers appear in their CD booklets. By contrast, the photos of her actually taken at the recording session show her as a complete 'un-diva' in a cartoon character T-shirt.
While I am delighted about the many opera recordings, both complete works and solo recitals, that Gheorghiu plans to make over the next several years, I really hope she commits much, much more song literature to disc. It is certainly the best way for her to develop an artistic identity separate from her equally splendid husband Roberto Alagna (although it doesn't take a genius to figure out who 'Je te veux' and 'Be My Love' are aimed at!). For the sheer variety, depth, and skill of her interpretations, she could become the 21st century's equivalent of Victoria De Los Angeles. The first priority is a disc of Romanian songs, and I hope she also records more material from the surrounding area (Hungary, Czechoslavkia, Greece, etc). Based on her performance of 'Canto Negro', I want her to record the entire Montsalvatge cycle - can you IMAGINE what she could do with 'Ninghe, ninghe'? Perhaps more Sephardic songs? Kurt Weill's French songs? 'Les Nuits D'Ete'? 'Sheherezade'? The list is endless and mind boggling.
Sheer Enchantment.......2000-03-25
Not bad.......1999-04-23
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500 Classic Masterpieces
Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00008FZWM Release Date: 1992-11-04 |
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España
Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000002ZIG Release Date: 1993-11-11 |
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A Spanish Songbook
Manufacturer: Conifer ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000024DV Release Date: 1995-03-14 |
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Bolero - A Spanish Collection
Sanctuary , Samuel Reid , and Ernest Lyons Manufacturer: Willow Music/Holborne Distributing ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006AW2B Release Date: 2002-06-26 |
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Album Description
Ravel's Bolero, an intense and exciting creation in itself, assumes a provocative aspect when blended with the sounds of a warm summer evening in the forest. The repetitive rhythm of crickets, the varied calls of ravens and songbirds, and the musical notes of spring peepers add an even more romantic dimension to this Spanish collection.Pop Music:
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