The Prayer Cycle

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It is with primitive urgency and lustrous clarity rising like flickering embers from a fire that Jonathan Elias's ambitious Prayer Cycle is given voice. Woven together like knotty wool, silk, and fine strands of silvery water, the disparate yet complementary voices of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Alanis Morissette, Yungchen Lhamo, Ofra Haza, the American Boychoir, Salif Keita, and others intertwine in multiple languages with the superb English Chamber Orchestra and Chorus. Prayers of supplication, gratitude, and longing build in layers, one on top of and 'twixt and 'tween the other, as movements titled "Mercy," "Grace," "Innocence," "Compassion," and the like. Remarkably, Elias's Prayer Cycle eloquently captures the ecstasy, pain, grief, and sublime beauty of humanity--as he simply and poignantly writes in his liner notes, "The world we live in is both joyous and cruel." --Paige La Grone

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Cycle's exquisite, soaring world-music voices dissipate all defenses.

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Average customer rating: Near Glorious soul stirring-true gift of music wonderful this here is some good music Something Old, Something New

The Prayer Cycle Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pakistan | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: American River In the Garden of Souls Night Song Ama The Collection ASIN: B00000ICMK Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

1. Movement 1: Mercy
2. Movement 2: Strength
3. Movement 3: Hope
4. Movement 4: Compassion
5. Movement 5: Grace
6. Movement 6: Innocence
7. Movement 7: Forgiveness
8. Movement 8: Benediction
9. Movement 9: Faith

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It is with primitive urgency and lustrous clarity rising like flickering embers from a fire that Jonathan Elias's ambitious Prayer Cycle is given voice. Woven together like knotty wool, silk, and fine strands of silvery water, the disparate yet complementary voices of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Alanis Morissette, Yungchen Lhamo, Ofra Haza, the American Boychoir, Salif Keita, and others intertwine in multiple languages with the superb English Chamber Orchestra and Chorus. Prayers of supplication, gratitude, and longing build in layers, one on top of and 'twixt and 'tween the other, as movements titled "Mercy," "Grace," "Innocence," "Compassion," and the like. Remarkably, Elias's Prayer Cycle eloquently captures the ecstasy, pain, grief, and sublime beauty of humanity--as he simply and poignantly writes in his liner notes, "The world we live in is both joyous and cruel." --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

Near Glorious.......2007-08-03

The only "weak" track on Jonathan Elias' The Prayer Cycle is "Grace," featuring John Williams and James Taylor. And I put the word "weak" in quotation marks because where the other eight tracks are transcending, atmospheric and, of course, godly, "Grace" remains earthbound by it's folksy, Renaissance melody. (It's as if Williams and Taylor were channelling deceased English singer-songwriter/musician Nick Drake.) One could argue, however, that "Grace" is a refreshing break from the lush orchestra and passionate wailing throughout, in which case, at track number five, it is perfectly placed in the middle of the epic arrangements. In any case that is a minor quibble for an album that is near glorious and comes highly recommended.

soul stirring-true gift of music.......2007-02-24

...a very few meaningful words are added to enhance the sound and voice on this eloquent and moving gift of music. It has become my favorite disc to share as a gift of love with friends and colleagues.

wonderful.......2007-02-15

Lovely CD, only problem is the artists all thought they had to do their own prayer cycle, so each piece rises in volumne and crescendo. Not the best for sleep time, but nice for yoga and cooking time.

this here is some good music.......2007-02-01

music is beautiful, the lyrics are gloomy and depressing. luckily most are sung in another language so you don't have to worry about that part.

Something Old, Something New.......2007-01-17

Every now and then, along comes a piece of music that truly moves me. Even more seldom, along comes a piece of music that makes the musician in me sit up and take notice. Jonathan Elias' "The Prayer Cycle" has done both.

"Prayer Cycle" is a choral symphony in nine movements, but it is also a piece of world music. The English Chamber Orchestra and Chorus is joined by a stellar array of vocal solo talents. Distinctive western voices such as Alanis Morissette, James Taylor, and Linda Ronstadt are joined by equally distinctive eastern vocalists like Israeli Ofra Haza, Tibetan Yungchen Lhamo, Pakistani Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Salif Keita of Mali. Sadly, Ali Khan and Haza (one of my favorite vocal talents) passed away shortly after the production of this recording, leaving this performance as one of their last collaborations. It is a fitting memorial to two great voices.

Elias' music itself is a wonder. It is both ethereal and earthly, filled with slow ostinato and vibrant treble tones, and it fulfills its title by quietly guiding the ear and mind to a place of introspection, meditation, and revelation. The mix of languages lets us concentrate on the timbre of each voice, from Ronstadt's lyrical soprano to Morisette's anguished and near-tribal clarity, from Ali Khan's woody tenor to Yungchen's flute-like descant. The music is not thematic, but atmospheric, providing no melodies to hum after hearing the piece. Rather, each movement provides a distinct sphere of serenity in which we can slow down, listen, and enjoy the tug and play of the music.

Average customer rating: Nothing but hits

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The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet ASIN: B00004RITB Release Date: 2001-01-09

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Nothing but hits.......2001-01-31

As with their first collection of label highlights, Hyperion's new two-disc collection provides a broad sampling of their exceptional catalogue and performers. Particularly rewarding are the selections from Beethoven (Scherzo from String Trio in C minor, op 9 no 3, performed by the Leopold Trio) and Thomas Tallis (Salvator mundi I, performed by the Winchester Cathedral Choir), but experienced and novice listeners alike will find much to enjoy on these discs. It's also a good value--more than 2 1/2 hours of music for less than $10.

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Song Cycles and Songs by Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Butterworth and Gurney Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Songs by Roger Quilter ASIN: B00005Q2X9 Release Date: 2002-02-05

Tracks:

1. The House Of Life: I. Love-Sight
2. The House Of Life: II. Silent Noon
3. The House Of Life: III. Love's Minstrels
4. The House Of Life: IV. Heart's Haven
5. The House Of Life: V. Death In Love
6. The House Of Life: VI. Love's Last Gift
7. Songs Of Travel: I. The Vagabond
8. Songs Of Travel: II. Let Beauty Awake
9. Songs Of Travel: III. The Roadside Fire
10. Songs Of Travel: IV. Youth And Love
11. Songs Of Travel: V. In Dreams
12. Songs Of Travel: VI. The Infinite Shining Heavens
13. Songs Of Travel: VII. Whither Must I Wander
14. Songs Of Travel: VIII. Bright Is The Ring Of Words
15. Songs Of Travel: IX. I Have Trod The Upward And The Downward Slope

Tracks:

1. The Land Of Lost Content: I. The Lent Killy
2. The Land Of Lost Content: II. Ladslove
3. The Land Of Lost Content: III. Goal And Wicket
4. The Land Of Lost Content: IV. The Vain Desire
5. The Land Of Lost Content: V. The Encounter
6. The Land Of Lost Content: VI. Epilogue
7. Down By The Salley
8. An Epitaph
9. Desire In Spring
10. Black Stitchel
11. A Shropshire Lad: I. Loveliest Of Trees
12. A Shropshire Lad: II. When I Was One-And-Twenty
13. A Shropshire Lad: III. Look Not In My Eyes
14. A Shropshire Lad: IV. Think No More, Lad
15. A Shropshire Lad: V. The Lads In Their Hundreds
16. A Shropshire Lad: VI. Is My Team Ploughing?
17. A Prayer To St. Anthony
18. The Sick Heart
19. My Own Country
20. Passing By
21. Pretty Ring Time

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Music on Hebrew Themes Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bloch | Bloch, Ernest | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jewish Cello Masterpieces ASIN: B000000AJW Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

1. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: The Lament For The Dead Child
2. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: The Thoughtful Mother And Aunt
3. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: Lullaby
4. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: Before A Long Parting
5. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: A Warning
6. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: The Abandoned Father
7. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: The Song Of Misery
8. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: Winter
9. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: A Good Life
10. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: The Young Girl's Song
11. Song Cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry: Happiness
12. Prayer
13. Nigun
14. Jewish Song
15. Supplication
16. Meditation hebraique
17. Jewish Overture Op.34

Customer Reviews:

gyab.......2000-05-05

This is really an extraordinary recording. I would say its one of the best new recordings I've heard in quite some time. Turovsky's performance on the Bloch "Prayer" is about as good of cello playing as one is likely to hear. I was also impressed with the Prokofiev; usually, I rather dislike Prokofiev but this piece is excellent. I would recommend this CD to anyone.

Average customer rating: A Spectrum of Romance in American Musical Composition a rare gem of a CD

Sure on This Shining Night: 20th-Century Romantic Songs of America Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beach | Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bolcom, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Corigliano | Corigliano, John | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hindemith | Hindemith, Paul | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romberg, Sigmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schuman | Schuman, William | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs from the Labyrinth (Music by John Dowland) ASIN: B000002ZYW Release Date: 1997-04-10

Tracks:

1. The Children
2. The Year's At The Spring
3. When Stars Are In The Quiet Skies
4. Orpheus With His Lute
5. Rose Marie
6. Ives
7. Song To The Witch Of The Cloisters
8. Sure On This Shining Night
9. Sigh No More, Ladies
10. Come Away, Death
11. On Hearing 'The Last Rose Of Summer'
12. Echo
13. If I Could Tell You
14. The Collection
15. The Lord's Prayer
16. Nature, The Gentlest Mother
17. The Tiger
18. Never More Will The Wind
19. Little Elegy
20. One Alone
21. Do Not Go, My Love
22. To A Stranger
23. When I Have Sung My Songs
24. These, My Ophelia
25. An Old Song Re-sung
26. Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
27. June Night
28. Triolet

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A Spectrum of Romance in American Musical Composition.......2006-01-15

Often American music is thought to be jaunty, combative, or tragic in content, especially when it comes to songs/lieder for the classical repertoire. This engaging CD takes umbrage with that misconception and in presenting some twenty-eight songs by various composers clearly identifies the romantic side of American composers.

Here are songs well known and not so well known by familiar and not so familiar composers, and in the hands of tenor Robert White and pianist Samuel Sanders they all come across as important. Included are rarities by composers such as Amy Beach, Theodor Chanler, Isabelle Firestone, Eric Ewazen, Albert Hay Malotte, Marc Marder, John Musto and Richard Hageman, with popular composers Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg, along with the greats: Ives, Schuman, Hindemith, Barber, Thomson, Korngold, Copland. Rorem, Bolcom, Corigliano, and Griffes. It is a huge spectrum of work and while some are less successful than other, they all are given respectful and loving renditions by White and Sanders. It is great fun to hear Firestone's famous 'If I could tell you' that opened the Voice of Firestone for so many years along side Samuel Barber's gorgeous 'Sure on this shining night' and Aaron Copland's settings of Emily Dickinson's poems.

This a rare treat for connoisseurs of lieder and for lovers of beautiful songs. Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06

a rare gem of a CD.......2002-07-08

Sure On This Shining Night is not my usual musical cup of tea...yet, it has become one of my favorite CDs. This collection of American Romantic songs has burrowed its way into my heart.

There is a universality to the longing involved in Romanticism. These songs capture this feeling perfectly. From the first song to the last, these songs do one thing perfectly: evoke an emotional response.

This is due in no short measure to the wonderful performance Robert White gives. Rather than being merely technically accurate, White actually gives each of these songs a life of their own. He achieves this effect by getting inside not only the words, but the feelings involved.

Some of the highlights for me are: the lovely and memorable "Rose Marie," Ewazen's setting of Blake's "The Tiger," a moving version of "The Lord's Prayer" and the haunting "Never More Will the Wind."

Samuel Sanders is a worthy musical companion to White. His playing is reciprocally lovely and introspective. The notes are extensive and informative as well.

Even though it may be an acquired taste in our postmodern age, I give Sure On This Shining Night my full recommendation.

Average customer rating: Memories of Kathleen Ferrier Silent Noon disappointed Silent Noon never sounded better. Silent Noon, Too big a voice

Silent Noon Bryn Terfel Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Terfel, Bryn | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Bryn Terfel - The Vagabond & other songs by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Finzi & Ireland Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites Bryn Terfel - We'll Keep a Welcome Bryn Terfel - If Ever I Would Leave You (Songs from My Fair Lady, On a Clear Day, Camelot, The Little Prince, Brigadoon) ASIN: B00076QG4Q Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

1. Come Away, Death
2. O Mistress Mine
3. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
4. Sleep
5. Three Salt-Water Ballads: I. Port Of Many Ships
6. Three Salt-Water Ballads: II. Trade Winds
7. Three Salt-Water Ballads: III. Mother Carey
8. The Cloths Of Heaven
9. Silent Noon
10. Linden Lea
11. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
12. Weep You No More
13. Go, Lovely Rose
14. A Shropshire Lad: I. Loveliest Of Trees The Cherry Now
15. A Shropshire Lad: II. When I Was One-And-Twenty
16. A Shropshire Lad: III. There Pass The Careless People
17. A Shropshire Lad: IV. The Summer-Time On Bredon
18. A Shropshire Lad: V. The Street Sounds To The Soldiers' Tread
19. A Shropshire Lad: VI. On The Idle Hill Of Summer
20. A Shropshire Lad: VII. White In The Moon The Long Road Lies
21. A Shropshire Lad: VIII. Think No MOre, Lad; Laugh, Be Jolly
22. A Shropshire Lad: IX. Into My Heart An Air That Kills
23. A Shropshire Lad: X. The Lads In Their Hundreds
24. Money, O!
25. The Lord's Prayer
26. The Salley Gardens
27. Oliver Cromwell
28. The Foggy, Foggy Dew
29. Captain Stratton's Fancy
30. Love Is A Bable
31. The Cloths Of Heaven
32. The Aquiline Snub
33. The Compleat Virtuoso

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Featuring both renowned and lesser-known English composers who flourished between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries, this collection is indispensable for lovers of great songs and great singing. It comprises 33 songs of great variety: Elizabethan plaints of love and death, Roger Quilter's famous settings of Shakespeare, Tennyson and Waller; the lovely title song and "Linden Lea" by Vaughan Williams; and A. E. Housman's moving lament for young lives lost, "A Shropshire Lad," in Arthur Somervell's beautiful setting. Surprisingly, the two most venerable composers, Hubert Parry and Charles Stanford, are represented respectively by a parody on love and two Edward Lear nonsense songs. There are Benjamin Britten's charming folksong arrangements, settings of John Masefield's roistering sea shanties by Frederick Keel and Peter Warlock, and two settings of Yeats' magical "The Cloths of Heaven," one by Thomas Dunhill, the other by the Welsh composer Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, the only woman included on the record. Michael Head creates his own contrast with a swaggering song about money and a setting of the Lord's Prayer. The music throughout is utterly enchanting. Its melodic and harmonic contours and pastoral atmosphere make it unmistakably, though indefinably, "English." The performance is beyond praise. With Martineau as matchless collaborator, Terfel can color and adapt his glorious voice to fit every mood, character, and expression, from dreamy, yearning tenderness to decisive vigor. He ranges from full sonority to a delicate, floating mezza voce; there is mournful nostalgia and drunken defiance, as well as passionate ardor and humorous, sarcastic rapid-fire patter-songs. Terfel's diction is so clear that one hardly needs the texts. --Edith Eisler

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Silent Noon is Bryn's Long-awaited Return to this Repertoire - with Songs Representing the Heyday of English Song in the Early 20th Century. · the Beauty and Colourfulness of this Music Which, at Some Points Almost Sounds Like Tunes from Musicals, have Everything to Appeal to Bryn's Fans. And this is all Thanks to that Gorgeous Voice and Character - These Songs Demand Great Communicative Power with a Wide Range from Humour to Sweet Elegy, and He is the Ideal Artist to Bring them to Life.

Customer Reviews:

Memories of Kathleen Ferrier.......2006-02-24

I bought this CD because it contained "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" and "Silent Noon". It should have contained "Fair House of Joy". I had heard Kathleen Ferrier sing these songs previously with such exquisite beauty that I thought that no other rendition would satisfy me. Bryn Terfel sings these songs with such grace, style and beauty that I doubt that his performance could be easily surpassed. His and Kathleen Ferriers' styles are so embracingly warm, discerning, affectionalte and tender that it is difficult for me to pick between them. So guess what I play them one after the other, alternating whose CD I play first. This is one you should purchase!

Silent Noon.......2006-02-10

Silent Noon~ Bryn Terfel is a very well done recording of English songs. Terfel is a quite accomplished singer and vocalist but some of the tracks sound a bit alike and some of the lyrics are less then stellar. And sometimes his deep vocals some out of place with songs that were meant to be sung by amateurs and not opera singers and this becomes apparent on many tracks. The book-let is well done and the photos are nice (if a bit boring and his clothes look drab). Even so this is a good album not to be missed for his stunning (if sometimes over the top) vocals.

disappointed.......2005-09-20

considering the magnitude of Bryn Terfel as a star, it's almost a let down. Granted the songs are beloved by some, still does not fully validate to create an album.

Silent Noon never sounded better........2005-08-05

This is one of my fvorite collection af art songs and Bryn Terfel does a fantastic job of interpretating this great classic song cycle. His voice is dramatic enough yet gentle enough to allow the listener to feel what the composer is portraying.

Silent Noon, Too big a voice.......2005-07-14

Those familiar with Bryn Terfel could hardly argue that his physical and vocal presence is generally enormous! If we can travel back fifteen years to his early days at the Welsh National Opera, we would hear this enormous presence combined with delicate subtleness in the great character bass-baritone roles of Mozart such as Figaro, Masetto, and Leporello. An enormous open-throated voice combined with sensitive heart-felt interpretations have made Bryn Terfel the most celebrated and commanding baritone voice of his generation. Only in his early forties, Bryn Terfel has made legendary recordings of Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Falstaff, Elijah, and the Brahms Requiem.

However, Opera megastars such as Bryn Terfel do not always portray art song well. This may be due to the intimate settings of art song, particularly English art song, and the mammoth instruments that try to interpret them.

Let us speak of the Victorian English Art songs found on this CD. Many of these songs were written for the amateur singer to be performed at his/her home. Typically, accompaniments in this style are light and often lack inner voice movements. Many times they are chordal, and vocal lines often float on the fifth of a chord. These characteristics yield to very colorful, lyrical, and sensitive singing. The title track, Vaughan William's Silent Noon, ought to be one of the highlights of the disk. Instead, Bryn's voice is rather thin in color (maybe trying to blend with the light accompaniment) and we loose the intensity of the singing voice and the beauty of the vocal line.
Generally lighter voices do not overpower accompaniments while maintaining the intensity in their singing. Very often they bring a more appropriate dynamic range to this subtle genre. Take a listen to Stephen Varcoe or Stephan Roberts; you'll see what I mean.
On Terfel's latest album Silent Noon, the accompanist Malcolm Martineau plays wonderfully while trying to compliment the robust nature of Bryn's singing. Notable favorites on this disk include Roger Quilter Elizabethan songs and Arthur Somervell's rarely heard version of A Shropshire Lad.
It is worth a spot on your collection but it should not be remembered as Bryn's greatest recording.

Average customer rating: A Wonderful Voice From The Past Chaliapin - Prima Voce

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Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov, Pimens Narration
2. The Demon, Do Not Weep, Child
3. Mashenka
4. Sapphische Ode
5. The Song Of The Flea
6. Oh, Could I In Song Tell My Sorrow
7. Boris Godounov, Varlaams Song
8. Don Carlos, Dormiro Sol
9. Sadko, The Varangians Merchant's Song
10. The Son Of The Volga Boatman
11. Prince Igor, Galitzky's Song
12. Boris Godounov, Boris' Monologue
13. Faust, Vous Qui Faites L' endormie
14. Don Giovanni, Madamina
15. A Life For The Tsar, Susanin' s Recitative & Aria
16. La Boheme, Vecchia Zimarra
17. Pilgrim's Song
18. Mefistofele, Ave Signor
19. Mefistofele, Son Spirito Che Nega
20. Don Quichotte, Death Scene

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov, Boris' Monologue
2. Boris Godounov, Clock Scene
3. Boris Godounov, Farewell Prayer And Death
4. In Questa Tomba Oscura
5. Prince Igor, Khan Kontchak' s Aria
6. Folk Song, Down The Petersky
7. Aleko, Aleko's Cavatina
8. Faust, Un, Rat...Le Reau D'or
9. Nochen' ka
10. Rusalka, The Miller' s Aria
11. Persian Love Song
12. Russlan And Ludmilla, Farlaf's Rondo
13. Elegie
14. Twofold Litany
15. Chanson De La Mort De Don Quichotte
16. The Song Of The Flea

Customer Reviews:

A Wonderful Voice From The Past.......2006-07-27

This two-disc set gives a good overview of the great Russian Bass singer. It has a total of 36 selections, and covers the years 1911 to 1936.

With a voice of tremendous range and power, Chaliapin could also sing softly and with feeling. A very flexible instrument that comes through the old recording technology of the 78 record era. A good example of the pure physical gifts of his voice is 'Farlaf's Rondo' by Glinka. A 'patter' song, with words and syllables sung rapidly and seemingly without taking a breath. As if the performance wasn't difficult enough, Chaliapin speeds up the tempo at the ending of the rondo! It shows the breath control he had, and while the singer seems to be none of the worst for wear, I was left breathless just listening!

Two selections, Boris' Monologue from 'Boris Godounov' and 'Song of The Flea', by Mussorgsky, are represented by two different performances. This gives a good idea of the breadth of Chaliapin's art, as each performance of the same work is full of nuance and artistry. It is hard for me to pick which performance I like best. As with any great artist, each time a work is performed it is not just a repitition, but a unique recreation.

The transfers naturally have much surface noise, as all are from the 78 rpm record era. I have most of these recordings on transfers to LP's and the noise is much more apparant than on the CD transfers. With older recordings such as these, any transfers and 'cleaning up' of the sound can only go so far. If too much of the noise from the originals is 'cleaned up', the recording can lose presence. Whomever engineered the transfers to CD has hit a happy middle ground. The background noise is still there, but not so annoying as on LP, while the sound of the actual music and Chaliapin's voice seems much more alive.

What I have read about Chaliapin says that he was not only a great singer, but a great actor also. The two do not always go together, for a great voice in opera can make up for a lack of acting ability. To have both talents rolled into one is rare. Contemporary accounts of Chaliapin's operatic performances comment as much on his acting as his singing. There arevideos of his film performance in Ibert's Don Quichotte, which I want to see when I have the chance.

If you're passion is the human voice, you must hear Chaliapin. It is not possible to say he or anyone else was the best. But these recordings show he was a consummate artist, and are well worth exploring.

Recommended.

Chaliapin - Prima Voce.......2006-03-18

The recordings are old but the only way one can hear a legend!

The selections are excellent and the quality is as one would expect from this vintage recording.

I enjoy going back to hear these voices and this is the only way to understand the history

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Average customer rating: Great Choral Singing! Not That Bad Mediocre singing at best Good Stuff!

Voices and Light Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Lauridsen | Lauridsen, Morten | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Water & Light Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001 Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and other choral works Nocturne Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, etc. / Salamunovich, Los Angeles Master Chorale ASIN: B0000049Q9 Release Date: 1996-12-17

Tracks:

1. Music Of Great Poets: Lament For Pasiphae
2. Music Of Great Poets: De ton reve trop plein
3. Music Of Great Poets: Water Night
4. Our Sacred Heritage: Let All The World
5. Our Sacred Heritage: Psalm 117
6. Our Sacred Heritage: Salve Regina
7. Our Sacred Heritage: O Vos Omnes
8. Holocaust Suite: Roznov Clock
9. Holocaust Suite: I Never Saw Another Butterfly - At Terezin
10. Holocaust Suite: I Never Saw Another Butterfly - The Little Mouse
11. Holocaust Suite: I Never Saw Another Butterfly - The Butterfly
12. Holocaust Suite: Tema
13. Holocaust Suite: Prayer Before Sleep
14. Music Of The People: Mungu Ni Pendo
15. Music Of The People: Marianne
16. Music Of The People: J'entends le moulin
17. Music Of The People: Welsh Lullaby
18. Music Of The People: Sometimes I Feel Like A Moanin' Dove
19. Music Of The People: Ah! si mon moine voulait danser
20. Music Of The People: Set Me As A Seal

Customer Reviews:

Great Choral Singing!.......2005-05-31

The tone of this choir is fabulous! Finally, we are able to hear some of the late 20th century choral "standards" sung with a full, rich sound (like adults are supposed to sound, the uninformed and amaturish comment by the reviewer from MN not withstanding). When will these narrow minded and vocally challanged choral singers and directors realize that vibrato is a NATURAL and necessary component for proper and healthy singing?! The beauty of the harmonies and dissonances come THROUGH proper resonance, and proper resonace can only be achieved through a voice that is free to vibrate (vibrato) healthily. This choir achieves this and produces beautiful and vibrant choral tone.

P.S. The following is in response to Blue Suede Schubert:

updated 8/30/05: I usually don't respond to negative comments on my often very opinionated reviews (why try to sugar-coat when that is neither helpful nor intelligent?) But I must respond to the above mentioned reviewer. I do more than "fancy" myself a choral expert. I AM an expert on choral techniques, traditions and styles. I am originally from Minnesota, which for all intesive purposes, has the most established choral traditions and history in the country. The accapella choral tradtion had its beginings there, for heaven's sake! I sang in one of the nation's top choirs and am now a professional opera singer. I have listened and extensively studied all choral "schools," so to speak; anywhere from Robert Shaw and Roger Wagner to Dale Warland and the Lutheran college accapella choral tradition. I think that qualifies me to render quite an acurate opinion, wouldn't you think?!!

9/14/05: Final Response to blue suede Schubert:

I don't know what your problem is. I assume you're a frustrated singer who doesn't "quite make the cut," so to speak. I'm sure all of the readers are very impressed that you corrected my accidental mispelling and for the fact that you were able to give the actual definition for a(space)cappella. That's quite impressive. However, I think I'd rather be someone who actually CAN and who DOES sing (me) rather than someone who can only attempt to write about it (you).

Not That Bad.......2004-01-03

Although "Water Night" is not all that good, the rest of the CD is. Some of my favorites are "Let All the World," "Psalm 117," "Welsh Lullaby," and "J'entends le moulin." "Tema" is a piece I have performed with my high school choir. When done well, it can be quite effective. It's not a perfect CD, but it deserves more that one star!

(For excellent recording of "Water Night," I suggest the Eric Whitacre sung by the BYU Singers: The Complete A Capella Works, which can be bought off of this site.)

Mediocre singing at best.......2000-12-27

This recording is mediocre at best. While the University of Miami Chorale is a fantastic choir, it should shy away from certain types of songs. It doesn't have the broad range of sounds that the far better BYU Singers or Concordia Choir does. 'Water Night' is sung well, but not appropriately. This song should be sung without vibrato or it destroys the effect of the setting. The dissonaces that vibrato creates takes away from the beauty of the dissonances that Mr. Whitacre has written. Unfortunately for the listener, vibrato is used in this recording and destroys nearly all of the beauty contained in this wonderful piece. Aside from that, the rest of the CD is neither good nor bad. Discerning listeners will hear the differences. The music of Rene Clausen is treated well in this recording, but not understood completely by choir or conductor. If you're looking for a recording of 'Water Night', unfortunately this is the only one on the mass market right now and sometimes beggars can't be choosers so buy at your own risk.

Good Stuff!.......2000-04-25

I have really enjoyed this CD. Some of the pieces are a little loud- drums and stuff like that- but the effects are really nice. The Miami Chorale sounds great. My favorite is Water Night...

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Moussorgski: Chansons Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Leiferkus, Sergei | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00009963E Release Date: 2003-05-27

Tracks:

1. Songs & Dances Of Death (Pesni Y Plyaski Smerti; 4)
2. The Nursery (Detskaya; 7)
3. Penny-Paradise (Rayok)
4. Forgotten (Zab)
5. The Seminarist
6. Darling Savishna (Svetik Savishna)
7. A Society Tale: The Goat (Svetskaya Skazochka: Kozyol)
8. Mephistopheles' Song Of The Flea
9. Where Art Thou, Little Star? (Gde T Zvezdochka?)
10. Happy Hour: Capriccio (Vesoyl Chas, I & Ii)
11. The Leaves Were Sadly Rustling (List'ya Shumeli Uno)
12. I Have Many Palaces And Gardens (Mnogo Yest' U Menya Teremov U Sadov)
13. Prayer (Molitva)
14. Tell Me Why, O Maiden (Otchego, Skazhi)
15. What Are Words Of Love To You? (Chto Vam Slova Lyubvi?)
16. The Wild Winds Blow (Duyut Vetr
17. We Parted Coldly, But If I Could Meet Thee Again (No Yesli BS Toboyu Ya Vstret
18. Dear One, Why Are Thine Eyes Sometimes So Cold? (Malyutka)
19. The Harper's Song (Pesn' Startsa)
20. King Saul (King Saul)
21. Night (Noch')
22. Kalistratushka
23. The Outcast (Otverzhennaya)
24. Sleep, Sleep Peasant Son (Spi, Uspi Krest' Yanskiy S)
25. Song Of The Balearic Islander
26. Sunless (Bez Solntsa; 6)

Album Details

Artist & Repertoires Series.

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2. The Wild Tchoupitoulas
3. Toto Bona Lokua
4. Una Sangre (One Blood)
5. Voices From Heaven
6. Volume 3: Further in Time [Enhanced]
7. Zydeco
8. 28 Irish Pub Songs
9. A Toda Cuba Le Gusta
10. Achados E Perdidos

Rock Music

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