Solace & Solarized [Import]

Track Listings
1. You're So Good
2. I Shoulda Loved Ya
3. Lovin' You Madly
4. Crazy For Ya
5. Tonight I'm Alright
6. Why Did You Turn Me On
7. Carry On
8. The Dance Of Life

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese only reissue of 1979 Atlantic album by the famed producer (Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey). Tracks include 'You're Soo Good', 'I Shoulda Loved Ya' & 'Lovin' You Madly'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Solace & Solarized,Jersey Devils,Wea International,Pop,R&B,Soul/R & B

Solace & Solarized [Import]

Solace & Solarized [Import]
Solace
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • amazing
  • great music from down under
  • Xavier Rudd is amazing
  • A gem of a musician
  • Best New Find!!!
 Solace
Xavier Rudd
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ASIN: B0009NZ3KK
Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

  1. Shelter
  2. 3 Degrees
  3. Let Me Be
  4. Solace
  5. G.B.A
  6. In Transit
  7. Chances
  8. Journey Song
  9. A 4th World
  10. Yirra-Kurl
  11. No Woman No Cry
  12. Partnership
  13. Silence
  14. Green Spandex
  15. The 12th Of September
  16. Yirra-Kurl

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars amazing.......2007-05-14

I have been enchanted by this CD. THe music drew me in at first-which is melodic and sophisticated, familiar yet unpredictable, and then the lyrics have been continually thought provoking and increasingly moving with each listen. Xavier is as deep and talented a musician and storyteller as they come.
I like this album better than Food in the Belly, and the video clips are definitely a bonus which really makes you want to see Xavier live!

5 out of 5 stars great music from down under.......2007-05-12

xavier rudd is a multi-talented musician ..combining slide guitar,voice and digierdoo in multilevel music..sometimes he sounds like a happy ben Harper, sometimes like Paul Simon. there is folk and bluesy music on this cd..and Harry Manx!! highly recommended!!

4 out of 5 stars Xavier Rudd is amazing.......2006-11-10

I stumbled upon this guy at a Bonarroo music festival a few years back and was blown away. It was just this one guy with a number of instruments set up around him, including 3 diggerydoos (I have no idea how to spell that). It took my a while to track his music down, but I have a ton of it now and never get tired of it. It's new, upbeat and chill.

5 out of 5 stars A gem of a musician.......2006-11-07

Definitely a striking blend of music. His ability to produce this much coherent sound by himself (he is accompanied on only four tracks) is amazing. "GBA" is my personal favorite (excellent rhythm) which sums up his blend of didgeridoo and guitar. "Let Me Be" is a fun, diverse track. Not a bad song on the whole album. (Also his take on "No Woman, No Cry" is tasteful)

5 out of 5 stars Best New Find!!!.......2006-09-23

Xavier Rudd's Solace albulm is my newest find. I absolutly love his music. Very orginal. I would suggest people new to his music buy this albulm 1st. He has a great voice that sounds like Dave Matthews Band on some tracks and Paul Simon on others. A very good albulm... buy it you will NOT be disappointed ;)
Solace
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Pretty voice but nothing here whatsoever.
  • Drawn to Solace
  • I don't think it's better than Afterglow
  • Not appreciated enough
  • Excellent sound and quality
 Solace
Sarah McLachlan
Manufacturer: Arista
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002VLB
Release Date: 1992-01-28

Tracks:

  1. Drawn To The Rhythm
  2. Into The Fire
  3. The Path Of Thorns (Terms)
  4. I Will Not Forget You
  5. Lost
  6. Back Door Man
  7. Shelter
  8. Black
  9. Home
  10. Mercy
  11. Wear Your Love Like Heaven

Amazon.com essential recording

Solace, Nova Scotian Sarah McLachlan's second album, is considerably more mature and musically sophisticated than her 1988 debut, the promising if limited Touch. In fact, this disc is a must-have for McLachlan fans whose first encounter with her work was with her extremely popular later releases, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and Surfacing. The opening track, "Drawn to the Rhythm," is a habit-forming gem of a song that soars on her smooth and heady soprano and Ronald Jones's addictive drums (though the drone of the billatron in the chorus seems incongruous). The rumbling, electric "Into the Fire" grooves with a funky bass line; the lovelorn "Path of Thorns" and "I Will Not Forget You" are straight-ahead and bluesy. Always wise beyond her years, McLachlan displays a new awakening with introspective songs such as the Sinead O'Connor-esque "Lost" and "Shelter." The hymnlike "Mercy" is the least interesting song--spare in comparison to the others--but it is a wondrous showcase of her multifaceted voice. Without a doubt, Solace is a testament to McLachlan's ever-swelling talent. --Rebecca Robinson

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Pretty voice but nothing here whatsoever........2006-11-20

It's a good album to listen to while cleaning your apartment. Save your money. Assuming your time is valuable don't bother listening to it. It would be a complete and total waste of time. Sarah proves again that she has some powerful pipes but so what? At least "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" has "Possession" and a couple of other songs which have hooks. You get the picture that Sarah was under pressure from the record company and just cranked out some songs with no hit potential and nothing really for the concentrating listener.

4 out of 5 stars Drawn to Solace.......2006-11-20

My first purchase at Amazon!

When I heard samples of I Will Not Forget You, Shelter, and Lost, I just felt I needed to own this CD. I'm glad I ordered this!

People who enjoyed McLachlan's Surfacing, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, and Afterglow will certainly like this album. Casual listeners may find only Drawn to the Rhythm, Path of Thorns, and I Will Not Forget You interesting for their catchy tune.

4 out of 5 stars I don't think it's better than Afterglow.......2006-06-22

First off I just want to say that Sarah Mclachlan has been one of my three and only three favorites (at least right now) since I heard her song Full of Grace a few years back. I got all of her albums except Touched. I just have to say that I am a little disappointed with Solace.

The thing about Solace is that when I heard it I kept asking myself: is this Sarah?? THE Sarah??? 'cause it doesn't sound like her at all. I don't mean that her voice is different, I meant the overall style. Solace sounded just too cheerful in comparason to her other albums, or not as mature as I should say. It sounded almost pop. Also the way she sings just sounded too unnature to me. I know there are people who say this album is better than her Afterglow, I couldn't disagree more, Afterglow still sounded like Sarah's style, but not this one.

I love all her albums except, I'm sad to say, this one. If you are a Sarah fan, go get her last three albums, you won't be disappointed I promise, just avoid this one.

5 out of 5 stars Not appreciated enough.......2006-05-09

Out of all Sarah's cds this is the one I think is most often overlooked but it shouldn't be. This is a fine cd and one of my favorites. I'll admit while I owned it, it was a while before I really got into it but it has since become one of my favorites.

This cd is Sarah's second after her debut. It shows her strengths as a masterful songwriter in addition to her uncanny sense of melody. The lyrics are deep and introspective, often dark and filled with imagery. Lighter tracks like "Into the Fire" contrast well with the darker "Mercy" and "Black" and sorrowful tracks like "The Path of Thorns" and "I Will Not Forget You" add to the depth of the cd. "Mercy" in particular, while incredibly depressing, really stands out as it showcases the immense power of her voice.

Many consider her third cd "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" to be her best but this is still excellent.

4 out of 5 stars Excellent sound and quality.......2006-03-02

All the songs on this album are good. You can definitely tell the difference in the early younger Sarah from her later albums but the good thing is she was extremely talented even on her earlier works. It also good for fan to see how she developed and honed her skills.

I personally love Sarah's music and enjoy her earlier works..but I would say I prefer her later sound. But this is a definite must have for any REAL Sarah fan.

Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great collection of Scott Joplin's piano rags
  • The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin
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ASIN: B000003QWN
Release Date: 1997-01-28

Tracks:

  1. The Crush Collision March
  2. Combination March
  3. Harmony Club Waltz
  4. Original Rags
  5. Maple Leaf Rag
  6. Swipesy Cakewalk
  7. Reacherine Rag
  8. Sunflower Slow Drag
  9. The Augustan Club Waltz
  10. The Easy Winners
  11. Cleopha
  12. A Breeze From Alabama
  13. Elite Syncopations

Tracks:

  1. The Entertainer
  2. The Strenouous Life
  3. March Majestic
  4. Something Doing
  5. Weaping Willow
  6. Patr Leaf Rag
  7. The Favorite
  8. The Sycamore
  9. The Cascades
  10. The Chysanthemum
  11. Bethena
  12. Bink's Waltz
  13. The Rosebud March

Tracks:

  1. Leola
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  3. Antoinette
  4. The Ragtime Dance
  5. Searchlight Rag
  6. Gladiolus Rag
  7. Lily Queen
  8. Rose Leaf Rag
  9. Heliotrope Bouquet
  10. The Nonpareil
  11. Fig Leaf Rag
  12. Sugarcane
  13. Pineapple Rag

Tracks:

  1. Wall Street Rag (1909)
  2. Solace (1909)
  3. Pleasant Moments (1909)
  4. Country Club (1909)
  5. Euphonic Moments (1909)
  6. Paragon Rag (1909)
  7. Stop-Time Rag (1910)
  8. Felicity Rag (1911)
  9. Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)
  10. Kismet Rag (1913)
  11. Magnetic Rag (1914)
  12. Reflection Rag (1917)
  13. Silver Swan Rag (1917)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great collection of Scott Joplin's piano rags.......2007-08-02

John Arpin delivers excellent performances of Joplin's rags. Not too much interpretation and not a flat presentation exhibited by piano rolls. Perfect for me. I believe Arpin has truly captured Joplin's essence.

5 out of 5 stars The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin.......2007-06-08

John Arpin does a great job with these pieces. The songs carry a consistent sound and are played very close to as-written, which comes and goes with old ragtime pieces. The stamping on Stop-Time Rag doesn't have a consistent sound to it, can be a little distracting. Everything else is great, overall I think that it's a great buy, I'm very happy with it.

2 out of 5 stars Another Performer Rewrites Joplin's Masterpieces.......2007-05-31

Once again, another performer feels the need to rewrite the music of the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin spins in his grave each and every time this recording is played.

Again, to those who believe that concert music is meant to be rewritten by each and every performer I ask, is the same treatment also acceptable for Chopin's and Rachmaninoff's music? Would "Moonlight Sonata" sound better if played at twice the tempo and with a reprise of the first Adagio movement thrown in at the end? Obviously, the answer to these questions is a resounding NO!, so why does one of America's greatest composers get such disrespect?

Interpretation is an integral part of every performance. Adding one's own notes, phrases and chords where none should be is not. Randomly changing the structure of the piece is not. Playing a piece at twice the indicated tempo is not.

One the plus side, the depth of this collection is outstanding. Joplin's lesser known pieces like "Harmony Club Waltz" really shine. The recording is decent in quality, although a bit bassy in places.

While its been stated before, I feel its worth repeating: Buy Joshua Rifkin's performances of Joplin in order to hear how the Master intended his pieces to sound.

4 out of 5 stars complete piano music of Scott Joplin on 4 CD's.......2007-02-14

Although all of the music is terrific it is rather a lot of a similar sound. I think I would have preferred 2 CD's of selected piano works of Scott Joplin. But I did get the music at a good price.

5 out of 5 stars Ragtime Marvel.......2005-10-09

This collection of Scott Joplin's piano music is outstanding. As a lover of ragtime which was a prelude to jazz, I am thoroughly enjoying this collection. If you are not a lover of jazz, you may be a lover of ragtime. Jazz can sometimes be grating on the nerves, whereas ragtime lifts the spirit.
Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B0009J4OAO
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

  1. Original Rags
  2. Maple Leaf Rag
  3. Easy Winners
  4. Elite Syncopations
  5. The Entertainer
  6. The Cascades
  7. Bethena
  8. Leola
  9. Gladiolas
  10. Searchlight
  11. Fig Leaf Rag
  12. Sugar Cane
  13. Euphonic Sounds
  14. Paragon Rag
  15. Solace
  16. Wall Street Rag
  17. Treemonisha
  18. Magnetic Rag

Album Description

Celebrate the diversity of American music with RAGS TO RICHES: THE ESSENTIAL SCOTT JOPLIN, a comprehensive collection of 18 pieces by one of ragtime's greatest composers. From his signature hit "Maple Leaf Rag" to classics such as "The Entertainer" and "Wall Street Rag", RAGS TO RICHES: THE ESSENTIAL SCOTT JOPLIN contains some of the most revered tunes in musical history and will be treasured by music fans for years to come.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Scott and I Smile.......2007-08-01

Rich, yet not cloying
Aggressive, yet reflective
Bouncy, yet wistfully romantic
Robert Strickland transports the soul of Scott Joplin's Ragtime
Scott and I smile.

4 out of 5 stars What the heck???.......2007-03-20

Music is great, as is the playing. However, the last song is not Magnetic Rag but rather the same version of Maple Leaf Rag heard earlier on the album.

What is with that?

5 out of 5 stars More Than Excellent.......2006-08-16

I had previously purchased a Scott Joplin CD and was disappointed by the dull quality and dispirited playing by the artist. This CD more than makes up for it. The music was beautifully performed and the recording was very clear. Every piece was perfect!
Solace for the Lonely
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • a real surprise
  • To be enjoyed, not analyzed
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  • Etherial
 Solace for the Lonely
Robinella
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ASIN: B000E115UY
Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

  1. Break It Down Baby
  2. Solace For The Lonely
  3. Press On
  4. Down The Mountain
  5. Whippin Wind
  6. Come Back My Way
  7. Little Boy
  8. Oh So Sexy
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  13. I Fall In Love As Much As I Can

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1. Break It Down baby
2. Solace For The Lonely
3. Press On
4. Down The Mountain
5. Whippin Wind
6. Come Back My Way
7. Little Boy
8. Oh So Sexy
9. Teardrops
10. All I've Given
11. Waiting
12. Brand New Key
13. I Fall In Love As Much As I Can

Format: CD

Amazon.com

The languid, Billie Holiday-like phrasing comes even more to the fore on the solo label debut by RobinElla, who surveys a landscape on Solace for the Lonely that extends from jazzy swing to Appalachian spirituals to '70s funk. While her previous recordings, billed as RobinElla and the CC Stringband, were more acoustic and string-driven, the percussion and organ groove of "Little Boy" and the scat-laced "All I've Given" take her farther from her musical roots in bluegrass and Tennessee mountain music. Yet the heartbreak waltz of "Teardrop" would sound just fine on a shot-and-a-beer honky-tonk jukebox, and "Press On" has the open-hearted purity of Appalachian church. She even channels her inner Melanie on a playful revival of "Brand New Key," while the title song spotlights the sophistication of a jazz chanteuse. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a real surprise.......2007-05-07

I found Robinella courtesy of a Pandora link. I was immediately enthralled with her voice and style, the range of her tastes. So much so, I ended up buying all her available albums. Completely unique and ambiguous, I have been particularly fond of "Break it Down," and " Press On," the latter which I have already scheduled for my funeral.

5 out of 5 stars To be enjoyed, not analyzed.......2006-12-20

The depth of feeling and power of this music took my breath away and left me wiping away tears, sometimes of sadness and sometimes exhilaration. These songs, for me "Press On" especially, will hook you, make you stop what you're doing and touch your heart. No need to dissect the arrangements or analyze the artist. Just be nourished by it. The album is aptly named, in my opinion, since there is a difference between closure and solace, there often being no closure for lonliness and loss. This music conveys the distinction well. I would buy this one to compensate the artist for providing such an exquisitely beautiful way to get in touch with feelings of value.

3 out of 5 stars All polished up and headed in the Wrong direction.......2006-09-11

Nice, but not special. Overproduced, overarranged (if that's a word) I guess this is a mainstream Nashville sound. Too bad. I liked her and the CC String Band's earlier recordings.

5 out of 5 stars What a Tremendous Talent.......2006-08-07

This music is so soulful that it takes my breath away. Robinella's voice is full of feeling - pain, joy, loneliness, longing - it's all there. "Down the Mountain" and "Whippin Wind" are but a couple of the gems on this wonderful CD. I'll be seeing Robinella this week in Madison, WI, and can't wait! Buy this CD and hear for yourself how much passion and feeling music can hold.

5 out of 5 stars Etherial.......2006-07-23

Robinella's performance on this work is simply wonderful. With the voice of passion and innocence Robin entrances the listener with a delightful mix of sounds not easily catalogued. Her faith background is fully incorporated with the mountain music of America very evident. I highly recommend a listen to this lovely music.
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ASIN: B000004CYV
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

  1. First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
  2. First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
  3. First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
  4. First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  5. First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
  6. First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
  7. First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
  8. First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
  9. First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
  10. First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
  11. First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
  12. First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
  13. First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
  14. First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
  15. First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
  16. First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
  17. First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  18. First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
  19. First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
  20. First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
  21. First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

  1. Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
  2. Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
  3. Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
  4. Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
  5. Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
  6. Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
  7. Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
  8. Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
  9. Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
  10. Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
  11. Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
  12. Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
  13. Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
  14. Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
  15. Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
  16. Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
  17. Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
  18. Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
  19. Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
  20. Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
  21. Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
  22. Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

  1. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
  2. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
  3. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
  4. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
  5. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
  6. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
  7. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
  8. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
  9. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
  10. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
  11. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
  12. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
  13. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
  14. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
  15. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  16. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
  17. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
  18. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
  19. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
  20. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
  21. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
  6. A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
  7. A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
  8. A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
  9. A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
  10. A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
  11. A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
  12. A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
  13. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
  14. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
  15. A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
  16. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
  6. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
  7. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
  8. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
  9. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
  10. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
  11. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
  12. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
  13. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
  14. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
  15. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
  16. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
  17. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
  2. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
  3. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
  4. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
  5. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
  6. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
  7. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
  8. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
  9. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
  10. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
  11. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
  12. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
  13. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
  14. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
  15. Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
  16. Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
  17. Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
  18. Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
  19. Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
  20. Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
  21. Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
  22. Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
  23. Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
  24. Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
  25. Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
  26. Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
  27. Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
  28. Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

  1. Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
  2. Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
  3. Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
  4. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  5. Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
  6. Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
  7. Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
  8. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  9. Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
  10. A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
  11. Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
  12. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  13. Instrumental Music: Galliard
  14. Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
  15. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  16. Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
  17. Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
  18. Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
  19. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
  20. Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
  21. Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
  22. Instrumental Music: Comagain
  23. Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
  24. Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Preludium
  2. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: Can She Excuse
  4. Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
  5. Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
  6. Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
  7. Lute Music: Fantasia
  8. Lute Music: A Dream
  9. Lute Music: Almain
  10. Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
  11. Lute Music: Coranto
  12. Lute Music: Resolution
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
  14. Lute Music: Almain
  15. Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
  16. Lute Music: Fantasia
  17. Lute Music: Loth To Depart
  18. Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
  19. Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
  20. Lute Music: Pavan
  21. Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Aloe
  23. Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
  24. Lute Music: What If A Day
  25. Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
  27. Lute Music: Galliard
  28. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
  2. Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: [Jig]
  4. Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
  5. Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
  6. Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
  7. Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
  8. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  9. Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
  10. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  11. Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
  12. Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
  13. Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
  14. Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
  15. Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  16. Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
  17. Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
  18. Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
  19. Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
  20. Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
  21. Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
  23. Lute Music: Galliard
  24. Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
  27. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
  2. Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
  3. Lute Music: La mia Barbara
  4. Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
  5. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  6. Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
  7. Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
  8. Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
  10. Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
  11. Lute Music: Galliard
  12. Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
  14. Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
  15. Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
  16. Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
  17. Lute Music: Galliard
  18. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
  19. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
  20. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  21. Lute Music: Solus cum sola
  22. Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
  23. Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
  24. Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
  26. Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
  2. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  3. Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
  4. Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
  5. Lute Music: A Coy Toy
  6. Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
  7. Lute Music: [Almain]
  8. Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
  10. Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
  11. Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
  12. Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
  13. Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
  14. Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
  15. Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
  16. Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
  17. Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
  18. Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  19. Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
  20. Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
  21. Consort Music: Almain a 2
  22. Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
  23. Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
  24. Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
  25. Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
  26. Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
  27. Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

  1. Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
  2. Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
  3. Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
  4. Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
  5. Consort Music: Pavan a 4
  6. A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
  7. A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
  8. A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
  9. A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
  10. A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
  11. A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
  12. A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
  13. A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
  14. A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
  15. A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  16. A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
  17. A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
  18. A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
  19. A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
  20. A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
  21. A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
  22. A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
  23. A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
  24. A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
  25. A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The greatest songs ever?.......2007-07-26

I heard 'clear or cloudy', from this recording, on the radio recently and had to purchase it. It is strange but it is the sort of song that makes life prior to listening to it different from life after. I find it sad that so many people haven't heard it. There are also many other wonderful works in this collection. Given you get twelve well recorded CDs with top quality performances, this has to be one of the bargains of the age.

Please buy it.

5 out of 5 stars A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

5 out of 5 stars a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare, discovered that meditating on a sad theme is, at the same time, a way of discovering a special beauty that we tend to avoid (maybe because of the "tragic" heritage of the Romantics). So, in the end, meditating on sadness is an uplifting experience! This box set is a journey into melancholy that includes songs, chamber music, pieces for lute, some rare sacred music and -as a highlight- Dowland's beautiful collection of seven pieces for viola which he called "Lachrimae" (Tears).
Solace
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Inspirational
  • Gorgeous Music to Work and Meditate to
  • Heartbreakingly Beautiful
  • A New Age Gem
  • Fly
 Solace

Manufacturer: Spring Hill
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00008PXA0
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

  1. This Majestic Land
  2. So You
  3. Romance For Violin And Orchestra
  4. Lachrymosa
  5. Beloved
  6. Renouncement
  7. Jude's Theme
  8. Nimbus
  9. Elegy (For Joan)
  10. Pie Jesu
  11. Farewell
  12. The Parting

Amazon.com

The search for solace involves a difficult reconciliation of conflicting emotions, pitting one's need to grieve at odds with a heavy-hearted realization that life, however diminished, must go on. Using an audio palette of grays and dark blues, Michael Hoppe offers Solace as a balm for the soul during such times, "where the dark clouds in life give way to the glow of eternal hope and peace." The clouds never fully lift during the 12 tracks of Solace, which appear to progress in a stages-of-mourning manner. The effect can be moving, even lovely (particularly the grand orchestral opener, "The Majestic Land," one of four splendid selections involving the Prague Symphony -- recorded remotely via an Internet link, of all things). The prevailing mood is melancholy but not quite maudlin; two angelic arias ("Pie Jesu," which Hoppe had written for the memorial service of his wife's mother, and "Lachrymosa") are tearless, reverent expressions that aspire to the divine. The closing moment of "The Parting," a retooled but otherwise ordinary composition from 1986 that involves Vangelis, finally yields a sense of closure. For those in a state of bereavement, Hoppe's Solace may offer you comfort. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Inspirational.......2007-01-16

First track could be a county's anthem, very nicely performed. The remainder of album is inspiring, and much like Hoppe's other works.

5 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Music to Work and Meditate to.......2006-10-19

I am seldom so overwhelmed with the beauty of a piece of music that I'm moved to tears. This does just that to me. Each track is as meaningful and beautiful wrought. Powerful stuff.

5 out of 5 stars Heartbreakingly Beautiful.......2006-09-16

Michael Hoppe is a treasure. From his earliest recordings until his latest, Requiem, I have never been disappointed. Solace does not have one track that you will skip over. The soloists, where there are vocals, are superb and speak straight to the heart. Occasionally we are given a musical gift that lasts us a lifetime. This is one of those gifts.
Therese Tappouni
Writer, Workshop Director, author of A Time to Reap and Walking Your Walk, a Woman's Guide to a Spirit Filled Life.

5 out of 5 stars A New Age Gem.......2005-09-05

This is a beautiful collection of New Age music that should please fans of the genre. Perfect for listening alone or with others. The music is soothing at times, but at others, is fervent and burning.

The first piece of this recording ("The Majestic Land") is like a throwback to "The Big Country." This being my first impression, I thought every other piece was going to sound like movie soundtracks. But no, the second piece proved me wrong. "So You" was like an unworded song of love, eternity, and promise. By the time of the third piece, you'll be burning with the passion and desire of the strings in "Romance for Violin and Orchestra." The pieces afterwards more or less delve into that rich and sometimes otherworldly territory that is New Age, reaching again into a certain height with "Jude's Theme" and "Nimbus," then coming into a prayerful respite in "Pie Jesu." These pieces are what really make up the theme of "Solace."

The last piece called "The Parting," is a very good piece for dispersing all that left-over burden we accumulated in a day's time. The first time I heard it, and afterwards, I felt like I was in the calm, sunny waters of the Greek sea, and swimming among majestic whales!

There is something for everyone in this recording. Solace does not necessarily mean to be alone, and the music here proves that it can be listened to in the solace of lovers, or a dear friend.

5 out of 5 stars Fly.......2004-03-06

Fly away through the sky and let your imagination get a way from materialistic life. This CD is very Relaxing and Soothing especially when you listen to it outside maybe in the park. Have a nice time.
Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners; Itzhak Perlman & Andre Previn
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Where's Previn?
  • A Rollicking Joplin Jamboree!
  • Misses the point completely
  • One of my All-Time Favorites
 Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners; Itzhak Perlman & Andre Previn
Itzhak Parlman , Andre Previn , and Scott Joplin
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002RNG
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. The Rag-Time Dance
  2. The Easy Winner
  3. Bethena (A Concert Waltz)
  4. Magnetic Rag
  5. The Strenuous Life (Rag-Time Two-Step)
  6. The Entertainer
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  8. Solace (A Mexican Serenade)
  9. Pine Apple Rag
  10. Sugar Cane (A Rag-Time Classic Two-Step)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Where's Previn?.......2005-07-13

While I believe this recording rather faithfully captures the spirit of Joplin, especially the seven-minute "Solace" track, it seems that Perlman hogs most of the melody-carrying space, while Previn remains the loyal accompanyist. A pity.

5 out of 5 stars A Rollicking Joplin Jamboree!.......2003-01-18

I owned this recording as an LP and played it non-stop. What a thrill to find it on CD! Perlman and Previn created a rollicking Joplin jamboree here. You get the sense that they are having the time of their lives with Joplin's melodies and syncopation.

In short, this recording is a joy to hear!

1 out of 5 stars Misses the point completely.......2001-01-19

This is a perfect example of why those with classical sensibilities should stay far away from the performance of popular music. Anyone who has ever heard a classically trained vocalist destroy a Gershwin or Lennon/McCartney ballad knows what I am talking about. If you do not know what you are doing, stay away! Leaving aside the question as to why Scott Joplin, a great ragtime composer, has been taken over by the classical crowd as if he was one of them, I would love to know what in Perlman's past musical career made him think that he could swing along with Scott. What was once jaunty and infectiously rhythmic is now ponderous. What was once happy-go-lucky is now dull and lifeless. What was once music to be heard on a smiling summer day with one arm full of cotton candy and the other with a newfound love is now music to be endured in a tuxedo in some stuffy concert hall that no one but the very rich can afford. Joplin's music should skip and dance along with utter joy. Perlman and Previn have neither the beat nor the joy of it. A simple and elegant piece like "Solace" becomes a bloated monstrosity under their heavy hands. A travesty.

5 out of 5 stars One of my All-Time Favorites.......2000-01-12

I purchased this album in vinyl many years ago. It is one of my all-time favorite collections of music.

Joplin's piano music is always a delight, but the combination of Perlman's violin arrangements and Previn's piano do, in my opinion, significantly improve on the original. (This is a statement I almost never make about adaptations of classical music, but it is really true in this case.)

The upbeat pieces are incredibly jaunty and lively; the melancholy pieces are moving. The violin adds immensely to the voice of Joplin's songs.

I give this CD as a gift frequently, and it has never failed to please.
Solace
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good CD for quiet reflection
  • Forget the remixes
  • Not what I expected
  • Never a dull moment
  • simply great
 Solace
Mandalay
Manufacturer: V2 Ada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005B1G0
Release Date: 2001-04-17

Tracks:

  1. Not Seventeen
  2. Like Her
  3. Beautiful
  4. Deep Love
  5. It's Enough Now
  6. This Life
  7. Flowers Bloom
  8. Enough Love
  9. Don't Invent Me
  10. Insensible
  11. Kissing The Day
  12. Believe
  13. I Don't Want The Night To End

Tracks:

  1. Beautiful (12in Canny Mix)
  2. Not Seventeen (Attica Blues Remix)
  3. This Life (Cevin Fisher Dub)
  4. Beautiful (Lenny's Sunset Mix)
  5. Deep Love (Charlie May Remix)
  6. This Life (Wagon Christ Mix)
  7. Flowers Bloom (Alex Reece Remix)
  8. Deep Love (Nitin Sawhney Remix)
  9. Not Seventeen (Futureshock Alt. Mix)
  10. This Life (Boymerang Remix)
  11. Beautiful (Calderone After Hour Mix)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good CD for quiet reflection.......2007-04-25

I agree with the comments the remix CD was a nice addition but in no way compares to the original disc. The comparison to Massive Attack were fairly apt and you can hear hints of a "Teardrop" sound to several songs; it's far lighter, subtle, and ethereal than a Morcheeba, Portishead, Olive, or other groups which others compared this to.

This definitely isn't music for a vigorous exercise session or dancing, but is perfect for a day of quiet reflection. It would also be ideal if you were looking for something which would be agreeable to an extremely broad cross-section of listeners, it'd be a nice changeup from classical or similar during your dinner or cocktail party.

4 out of 5 stars Forget the remixes.......2007-01-09

The core album of this set is awesome; the remixes are forgettable. But again, disc one is amazing!

2 out of 5 stars Not what I expected.......2006-11-14

I read many reviews of this CD that referred to the music as Trip-Hop. The phrase "Don't believe everything you read" comes to mind immediately. The music is anything but Trip-Hop. The second CD is a compliation of re-mixes that makes a faint attempt towards trip-hop, but falls extremely short. If you asked me what the music is like I would tell you that the first CD is "Sweet Music" (a nice female voice accompanied by simple instruments portraying a beautiful day at the local park...almost resembling a sad attempt at pop music. As a big fan of true trip-hop such as Massive Attack, I was somewhat excited when I began listening to the second CD. The first track quickly caught my attention and I began to think that my purchase wasn't a total loss. However, I was quickly dissapointed by the progressive fade of energy as each track drug on.

5 out of 5 stars Never a dull moment.......2006-03-03

A really good CD, although it took a few spins to really appreciate it. This album is amazing. Mandalay is an artist who isn't well known enough, but I feel special just having stumbled across their music. They remind me of a mix of "Everything But The Girl" , "Spicehouse" and "Portishead". I have always wondered why some bands just never get as popular as others, and Mandalay should be more popular. There is so much to like in their music. I was actually listening to a techno set and one of the tracks incorportated was Beautiful and that just set me off. Mandalay blends different sounds into a brilliant piece of music that will get play time from any owner for a long time. Never a dull moment-- highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars simply great.......2006-01-26

this is one of my favorite albums. nicola has the most style and depth of any "trip-hop" singer out there. the production is great on this album too. this is like a "greatest hits" album, so all of the songs on here are superb. talk about most bang for the buck too, cuz the second cd contains a plethora of remixes. If you buy any mandalay album, you must buy this one. if you're a true fan pick up the other albums and be sure to visit http://nicolahitchcock.com
Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol.1-5
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Outstanding
  • It's not heavy breathing
  • Technically good, emotionally bland.
  • Highly recommended
  • just a warning...
 Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol.1-5

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

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ASIN: B0000007HU
Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

  1. A Piece Without Title - Dowland
  2. Pavana - Dowland
  3. Mr Knights Galliard - Dowland
  4. My lord willobies wellcome home - Dowland
  5. The frogg galliard - Dowland
  6. A Fancy - Dowland
  7. My Ladie Riches galyerd - Dowland
  8. The Lady Laitons Almone - Dowland
  9. A Dream (Lady Leighton's Paven) - Dowland
  10. Galliard - Dowland
  11. Orlando sleepeth - Dowland
  12. What if a Day - Dowland
  13. Mrs Winters Jumpp - Dowland
  14. Galliard - Dowland
  15. M. Giles Hobies Galiard - Dowland
  16. Dr Cases Pauen - Dowland
  17. Mellancoly Galliard - Dowland
  18. Galliard - Dowland
  19. Mistris Whittes thinge - Dowland
  20. Go from my windowe - Dowland
  21. Almain - Dowland
  22. Mrs Whites Nothing - Dowland
  23. Pavan - Dowland
  24. Galliard - Dowland
  25. Farewell - Dowland

Tracks:

  1. My lady hunnsdons puffe
  2. Solus cum sola
  3. Suzanna Galliard
  4. Sir John Smith his Almain
  5. Sweet Robyne
  6. Dowlands first galliard
  7. Master Pypers Pavyn
  8. Captain Digorie Piper his Galliard
  9. As I wen to Walsingham
  10. Monsieur's Almaine
  11. Mrs Brigide fleetwoods paven alias Solus sine sola
  12. Dowlands Galliard
  13. Farwell (As
  14. Captain Candishe his Galyard
  15. Aloe
  16. Can she excuse
  17. A Coye Joye
  18. Mrs vauxes Gigge
  19. Mrs vaux Galliarde
  20. Sir Henry Guilforde his Almaine
  21. Mignarda
  22. Lachrimae
  23. Sir John Souch his galliard
  24. Fantasia

Tracks:

  1. The most high and mightie Christianus, the fourth King of Denmark, his Galliard
  2. Sir John Langton his Pavin
  3. Mr. Langtons galliard
  4. A Fancy
  5. A Pavan
  6. The most sacred Queene Elizabeth, her Galliard
  7. Mrs. Cliftons Allmaine
  8. The Right Honourable the Lady Cliftons Spirit
  9. tarletones riserrectione
  10. Tarletons Willy
  11. fortune my foe
  12. The Queenes galliard
  13. Wallsingham
  14. A Galliard (on Walsingham)
  15. Dowlands Adew for Master Oliver Cromwell
  16. The Right Honourable Ferdinando Earle of Darby, his Galliard
  17. Lord Strangs March
  18. Mistresse Nichols Almand
  19. forlone Hope fancye
  20. Mr. Dowlands Midnight
  21. Semper Dowland semper dolens

Tracks:

  1. Preludium
  2. A Fancy
  3. Lachrimae
  4. Galliard to Lachrimae
  5. A Fantasia
  6. An Almand
  7. Pavana
  8. The Right Honourable Robert, Earl of Essex, his Galliard
  9. A Galliard (on a galliard by Daniel Bachelar)
  10. My Lord Wilobies Welcom Home
  11. The Shoemakers Wife. A Toy
  12. The Right Hounourable The Lord Viscount Lisle, his Galliard
  13. Coranto
  14. A Galliard
  15. The Lady Russells Paven
  16. Galliard (on Awake sweet love, set by Fr. Cutting)
  17. The Frog Galliard
  18. Come Away
  19. La mia Barbara
  20. Loth to Departe

Tracks:

  1. A Fancy
  2. Pavana Dowlandi Angli (Mylius #2)
  3. Doulands rounde battell galyarde
  4. Pavin
  5. The Erle of Darbies Galiard
  6. Mistris Norrishis Delight
  7. A Jig
  8. The Erle of Essex Galliard
  9. Galliard
  10. Une Jeune Fillette
  11. Gagliarda
  12. Pavana Lachrimae
  13. Squires Galliard
  14. A Fancy
  15. Hasellwoods Galliard
  16. Sir Thomas Monson, his Pavin
  17. Sir Thomas Monson, his Galliard
  18. Almande
  19. Sir Henry Umptons Funerall
  20. Captayne Pipers Galliard
  21. A fantasie

Amazon.com

Dowland did for lute music what Haydn did for the string quartet and Beethoven the piano sonata. The finest lutenist and songwriter of his age--he composed several of the greatest hits of the late 16th and early 17th centuries--the surviving lute works constitute a sort of encyclopedia of the possibilities of the instrument. There are song arrangements, dance pieces, tributes to the composer's friends, even a musical self-portrait. Much of the music is fashionably sad. Lute songs generally deal with the agony of lost love, and Dowland's most popular tune was called Lachrimae (Tears). Paul O'Dette is simply the best lutenist alive. These five discs are available together at a special price, or separately. A reference edition. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding.......2007-03-31

If you are a fan of the music of John Dowland, you must own this CD. The playing is outstanding to say the least.

3 out of 5 stars It's not heavy breathing.......2006-08-22

It's great that O'Dette gives us the complete solo works, of course. I have the common reaction to O'Dette: his technique is flawless, his performance unengaging.

Others have remarked on the "heavy breathing" noticeable on the recordings -- it's not heavy breathing, but the movement of his fingers on the gut strings making that sound.

4 out of 5 stars Technically good, emotionally bland. .......2006-04-11

Considering the extreme paucity of (especially solo) lute recordings currently available worldwide,
but especially in the US, this set becomes an essential "must have" for all lovers of the lute.
Yet it somehow disappoints.
I am sure that Paul O'Dette is brimming over with virtuousity and a technical expertise
that I am hardly one to pass sound judgement upon.
But the recordings have a flatness and monotony;
the songs are rendered with precision, but seem to lack feeling, empathy, or enthusiasm throughout the offering.
It is an impressive compendium, and I'm glad I purchased it.
There are very few lutenists out there producing any music at all, so Mr. O'Dette should certainly be praised
for delivering such a substantial feast to our ears.
It just should have had more flavor.
Where is Konrad Ragossnig when you need him?

5 out of 5 stars Highly recommended.......2005-10-23

I bought Volume 1 of this set a couple of years ago. It has become one of my favorite CDs, so I thought I would enjoy the full set. I have not been disappointed. I find the sound quality excellent, the playing superb. The included booklet has a lot of interesting background material. The music is great as background for a dinner party or intimate conversation, but has depth aplenty for concentrated listening. I often listen to it while working at the computer where I swear it improves concentration and productivity!

A few tunes appear more than once as Dowland reused some work, but the arrangements are sufficiently different to be interesting. It is his complete lute works, after all. Some might criticise the set for sounding too much in the same style. It is the work of one composer, and if you happen to like the style, as I do, this is a pro rather than a con.

Another reviewer mentioned obtrusive breathing on the recording. I had listened to Volume 1 for two years before reading the review and had not noticed this. On listening carefully, there is breathing audible, but I do not find it a problem. Perhaps it depends whether one listens to the music or the background.

4 out of 5 stars just a warning..........2005-10-14

Beautiful music, but... you can hear Paul's heavy breathing throughout. Apparently a lot of other reviewers either don't hear the heavy breathing, or aren't bothered by it, but for me, it's a near deal-breaker. Go ahead and mark my review as unhelpful, but I had to put the warning out there.

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