Mother Wit

Track Listings

1. After the Pain

2. No Pain, (No Gain)

3. Ms. Time

4. Love Days

5. Miami Groove

6. Unsolicited Advice

7. Shoot It from the Hip

8. Fakin' Moves

9. Say It Again

Mother Wit,Betty Wright,Vision [Sel658],Quiet Storm,R&B,Soul

Mother Wit

Tracks:

AFTER THE PAIN
NO PAIN, (NO GAIN)
Ms. TIME
LOVE DAYS
MIAMI GROOVE
UNSOLICITED ADVICE
SHOOT IT FROM THE HIP
FAKIN' MOVES
SAY IT AGAIN

Customer Reviews:

An unlikely but very successful comeback album........2004-09-19

Betty Wright enjoyed a career revival thanks to such hits as "No Pain, No Gain" and "After The Pain". With this album, Betty proved that you could still create and record REAL soul music and find success with it. The only songs I did not like were "Ms. Time" and "Miami Groove" --the rest of the album, however, is nothing short of superb.

The Wright Comeback CD.......2002-06-27

With the ever changing shifts in music, Betty Wright experienced a huge lull in her career in the early to mid 80s. However, in 1988, she again took center stage, taking the industry by storm. Wright exceeded in teaching all the R&B diva wanna-beez (i.e., Paula Abdul, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson) how real Soul music was suppose to sound with "Mother Wit".

From beginning to end, this CD is fantastic. Arguably the best effort of her entire career (with 1989's "4U2NJOY" coming in a close second), Betty has simply never sounded better. The lyrics are clever, witty and wise and are delivered with sheer exuberance. With huge singles like "After the Pain" and "No Pain, No Gain", it was such a joy to hear Betty all over the radio once again. She proved you can't keep a good woman down.

If you only buy one Betty Wright CD, this should be the one! A pure listening delight.

Mother Wit.......2000-09-06

I bought this CD for one particular song: After the Pain. I could relate to this song so much that I could listen to it all day, every day. But there were a few others that I also enjoyed: No Pain (No Gain) is another alltime favorite of mine. I also liked Love Days, Unsolicited Advice, and Say it Again. I didn't care for the others so much; however, it is a great CD for Betty fanatics!

Love It!!.......2000-08-08

I love Betty Wright. As a child I listen to the songs of her,gladys, patti, and all of the great ones. As an adult I appreciate the words..... NO Pain No Gain.... "In order to get something, you gotta give something In order to be something you gotta go through something" What more can you say after that.....

No Pain NO Gain.......2000-04-17

I like the song maybe because the song has hit home i have lived some of the same things that she is sang about

The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

Average customer rating:

A fascinating look at a tortured genius

The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Antoni Wit , Gerhard Markson , Kenneth Jean , Michael Halasz , Ondrej Lenard , Philippe Entremont , Stefan Sanderling , CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra , National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland , National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television , National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine , Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra , Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra , Wiener Kammerorchester , Bernd Glemser , Oxana Yablonskaya , Takako Nishizaki , and Vladimir Grishko
Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Sextets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
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Life & Works

ASIN: B0000669V2
Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

Tchaikovsky In Early Childhood
Music: Glinka: Overature To A Life For The Tsar
Enforced Separation From His Mother
Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59
Death Of His Mother
Music: Reverie Du Soir
Early Manhood: The Spendthrift Civil Servant
Music: Minuet From Mozartina
Dismissive Opinions Of Other Composers
Music: The Storm
Journey To A Breakdown
Music: First Symphony
Abortive Engagement
The Advent Of Balakirev
Music: Romeo And Juliet
Travels And A Wounded Friendship
Music: First Piano Concerto

Tracks:

Reforming The Ballet
Music: The Rose Adagio From The Sleeping Beauty
Bizet's Carmen Has A Major Effect On Tchaikovsky's Music
Music: Francesca Da Rimini
A Compositional Paradox
Music: Rococo Variations
The Struggle Of Despair And Hope: He Decides To Marry
Music: The Tempest
The Advent Of Nadezhda Von Meck
Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
The Disastrous Road To Matrimony
Music: Romeo And Juliet
Marriage, Trauma, And A Fairy Tale Annuity
Letter To Mme Von Meck
Music: Romeo And Juliet

Tracks:

Recorvery And Creativity
Music: Fourth Symphony
The Creation Of His Favorite Opera
Music: Lensky's Aria From Eugene Onegin
The Return To Compositional Health
Music: Violin Concerto In D
He Experiences Distressing Relapses
Music: Capriccio Italien
Psychological Disturbances And A Long Fallow Period
Music: Piano Trio In A Minor
Sufferings For Mme Von Meck; He Decides To Settle Down
Music: Manfred Symphony
Conducting Tours And Domestic Bliss
Music: Fifth Symphony
More Conducting Tours, And A Working Holiday In Italy
Music: Souvenir De Florence

Tracks:

The Rift With Mme Von Meck
Music: Sixth Symphony (Second Movement)
His Obsession With 'Bob' Davydov; Adventures In America
Music: Fifth Symphony
Further American Adventures
A Trip To Niagara
Music: Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
A Darker Episode
Music: Voyevode
Portrait Of A Conductor
A Hero's Return
Music: Sixth Symphony
The Mystery Surrounding His Death
Music: First Piano Concerto

Customer Reviews:

A fascinating look at a tortured genius.......2002-08-21

Naxos continues to do a wonderful job with its "Life and Works" series. Quite some time ago, we had a Life/Works of Mozart, one of Chopin and then two more, Liszt and Beethoven. he latter are even better packaged than are the earlier sets, with a thick booklet that offers us essays on the historical background, the position of the composer in his time, a look at the major works, a listening plan, recommended readings, personalities, a calendar of the artist's life, a glossary, and a discography. This booklet is worth the price of the set alone.

Now we have two more entries in this amazing series, again written and narrated by Jeremy Siepmann: "Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky" (8.558036-39) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 5 min. and "Johann Sebastian Bach" (8.558051-54) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 34 minutes. (Please see my comments on the Bach set on its webpage.)

Was there ever a sadder composer than Tchaikovsky? Siepmann practically introduces us to the child in his cradle and covers his 53 or so years of torment over his music, his sexuality, his impossibly hopeless marriage his strange relationship with Mme von Meck, and above all his music.

To make the recording more vivid, the producers have assigned professional actors the roles of the composer himself (Malcolm Sinclair), the women in his life (Karen Archer and Teresa Gallagher) and the men (Stephen Thorne and David Timson). There are many music examples (drawn, of course, from Naxos recordings), some of them considerably longer than necessary. For example, the "Sugar Plum Fairy" is heard at length to represent all of the "Nutcracker" score when several shorter samplings would have served the purpose better. But this has been true for the entire series, and perhaps the producers will rethink this aspect.

Didgeridoo Alchemy
Average customer rating:

Contemplative, "Look Inside Yourself" Sounds

Didgeridoo Alchemy
Dirk Barkemeijer de Wit
Manufacturer: WWW.SACREDSOUNDSOFSHAMBALA.COM
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA6LPQ
Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

Awakening
Call of the Whales
Cleansing
Visit & Create
Celestial Expressions
Rainforest of Healing
Journey
Hemispheric Alchemy
Stillness in Motion

Customer Reviews:

Contemplative, "Look Inside Yourself" Sounds.......2005-12-29

My first thought upon receiving this CD as a gift was, "What in the world is a Didgeridoo?" After putting the CD in, I instantly recognized the sound of this distinctive Australian instrument (from movies), though I had never heard any "didgeridoo cds" before.

I also wasn't sure, upon first hearing it, whether or not I liked it. It is so different than anything I have heard before and I wouldn't necessarily classify it as "music" and since that's what I was expecting, it kind of threw me for a loop. It's more of a background sound energy; various sounds combined to create a certain feeling. There are no drums, no tempo. It's continuous, relaxing and calming sounds.

Unlike many other meditation CDs, often the sounds of nature are at an equal volume to that of the didgeridoo, instead of taking a backseat.

There are 9 tracks on this CD, for a total of about 75 minutes of sound.

Track #1 "The Awakening" length 3:00
The start of this track is a toning, which is very relaxing. Then the Didgeridoo combined with sounds of a babbling brook takes over. The sound of the water is most prominent and a little too strong for my taste. There are light tones that also accompany the other sounds.

Track #2 "The Call of the Whales" length 9:40
The didgeridoo, whale sounds, and sounds of heavy rain splashing at sea. I get the feel of being a mermaid, splashing about and communicating with the whales and enjoying the hard faling rain.

Track #3 "The Cleansing" length 5:56
A very fitting title for this track, which combines the sound of a thunder and rain storm with a washboard sound and the didgeridoo. When listening to this track, I can almost smell the rain and the freshness in the air that occurs after a heavy storm.

Track #4 "Visit & Create" length 12:30
Bells start this track off, a gong, then the didgeridoo combined with sounds of a running stream, and the occasional "ting" of a bell. Besides the bell, it is similar to track one, but in this track the didgeridoo is slightly more prominent than the sounds of the water. I like the mix level of this one better than track 1. The bell is mainly used in the beginning of the track.

Track #5 "Celestial Expressions" length 11:58
This track definitely has a feel of outer space as the music begins. I get the feeling of being on a space odyssey, and of floating. This one has more instrumental than the other tracks with some angelic sounds, probably created on a keyboard. About half way through the track, the sounds darken and deepen and I could really get lost in the sounds. I really enjoyed this part of the track. This is one of my favorites because of the combined use of other instruments.

Track #6 "Rainforest of Healing" length 8:39
Sounds of rain and the didgeridoo start this one off. There are calls of birds intermingled with the other sounds.

Track #7 "The Journey" length 4:05
This track actually has classical music mixed with the didgeridoo. It is very soothing and I enjoyed this one a lot.

Track #8 "Hemispheric Alchemy" length 9:34
Didgeridoo solo. If you wear headphones when listening to this track, you will notice how the balance is shifted from left to right and back again throughout the piece for a very interesting effect.

Track #9 "Stillness in Motion" length 9:31
Very relaxing, contemplative music starts this one off, then the didgeridoo joins in.

I met the artist, Dirk Barkemeijer de Wit and thought he was a truely spiritual person. He had a very calm, relaxed demeanor and that comes through in his music.

If you're looking for traditional "music" then this isn't for you. If you're looking for some relaxing sounds to join you in your meditation or yoga, this may be just the thing for you to try!

To hear a sample byte of one of the artist's songs, you can search the web and find one.

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