La Toussaint

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One of the oldest songs in the Cajun repertoire is the traditional "La Danse de Mardi Gras," and the Mamou Playboys mass a triple-fiddle attack to play the tune's droning motif in eerie, close harmonies. More impressively, they have created a new holiday tune, "La Toussaint," which nearly matches its predecessor in ghostly grandeur. Peter Schwarz penned the lovely, slow melody, and David Greely sings his own French lyrics, which give voices to the dead, "It's enough to be buried in these tombs, dear children, don't bury us with noise and money. Get in tune, get in tune with us, get in tune and play something we can dance to."

There's plenty to dance to on this album. It begins with the Riley-Greely composition, "Je M'en Fous Pas Mal," which underlines the romantic kiss-off of the lyrics with real rhythmic kick. "Ca Tu Dis et Ca Tu Fais Sont Pas Pareils," a more positive love song from Riley and Greely, expresses its exuberance via an infectious Cajun two-step. Two rollicking zydeco numbers by the grandmaster Clifton Chenier are reinforced by guest appearances from C.J. Chenier on alto sax, Clifford Alexander on rubboard, and C.C. Adcock on electric guitar.

The Mamou Playboys have replaced their excellent but quite traditional rhythm guitarist Kevin Barzas with the more lead-oriented Jimmy Domengeaux. He joins fiddler/accordionist Riley, fiddler Greely and fiddler/bassist Schwarz--all former protegés of Dewey Balfa--plus drummer Kevin Dugas. This is a band which has paid its dues. Now it withdraws those deposits with interest in the form of the triumphant La Toussaint. --Geoffrey Himes

La Toussaint,Steve Riley,Rounder / Pgd,Cajun,Cajun / Zydeco / New Orleans,Pop,World Music

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Quiet Colors Manufacturer: Channel Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Carl Philipp Emman. Bach | Bach, Carl Philipp Emman. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances 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 | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music | Ambient | Celtic | Environmental | General | International | Jazz | Meditation Music | Piano | World Dance Similar Items: Roses and Solitude Piano Reflections ASIN: B000006LWM Release Date: 1994-07-01

Tracks:

1. Cantabile from Sonata III
2. Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
3. Andante from Sonata in C Major
4. Anne's Theme
5. Mazurka Op. 33, No. 3; Mazurka Op. 68, No. 4
6. Minuet in D Major, K.7
7. Humoreske Op. 20
8. Moment Musical in D-Flat Major, Op. 16, No. 5
9. Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
10. Adagio from Sonata Facile in C Major Wo0 51
11. Way I Loved You
12. Nocturne Op. 15, No. 1
13. Arietta con Variazioni, Hob, Xvii: 3
14. Rose
15. Andante con Moto from Sonata Op. 57

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La Toussaint Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Friday At Last Happytown Bayou Ruler Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys Live! ASIN: B0000003DX Release Date: 1995-07-05

Tracks:

1. Je M'en Fous Pas Mal
2. Tes Parents Ne Veulent Plus Me Voir
3. Katherine
4. J'ai Reveille A Ce Matin
5. Deux Valses A Wayne Perry
6. Ca Tu Dis Et Ca Tu Fais Sont Pas Pareils
7. La Toussaint
8. Between Eunice and Opelousas
9. La Valse D'amitie
10. Bayou Schwarz
11. La Danse De Mardi Gras
12. New Orleans Beat
13. Entre L'amour Et L'avenir

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One of the oldest songs in the Cajun repertoire is the traditional "La Danse de Mardi Gras," and the Mamou Playboys mass a triple-fiddle attack to play the tune's droning motif in eerie, close harmonies. More impressively, they have created a new holiday tune, "La Toussaint," which nearly matches its predecessor in ghostly grandeur. Peter Schwarz penned the lovely, slow melody, and David Greely sings his own French lyrics, which give voices to the dead, "It's enough to be buried in these tombs, dear children, don't bury us with noise and money. Get in tune, get in tune with us, get in tune and play something we can dance to."

There's plenty to dance to on this album. It begins with the Riley-Greely composition, "Je M'en Fous Pas Mal," which underlines the romantic kiss-off of the lyrics with real rhythmic kick. "Ca Tu Dis et Ca Tu Fais Sont Pas Pareils," a more positive love song from Riley and Greely, expresses its exuberance via an infectious Cajun two-step. Two rollicking zydeco numbers by the grandmaster Clifton Chenier are reinforced by guest appearances from C.J. Chenier on alto sax, Clifford Alexander on rubboard, and C.C. Adcock on electric guitar.

The Mamou Playboys have replaced their excellent but quite traditional rhythm guitarist Kevin Barzas with the more lead-oriented Jimmy Domengeaux. He joins fiddler/accordionist Riley, fiddler Greely and fiddler/bassist Schwarz--all former protegés of Dewey Balfa--plus drummer Kevin Dugas. This is a band which has paid its dues. Now it withdraws those deposits with interest in the form of the triumphant La Toussaint. --Geoffrey Himes

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Rítmicas Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001QBN Release Date: 1997-05-27

Tracks:

1. Altar de Neon
2. Ritmica 5
3. Ritmica 6
4. La Chunga de la Jungla
5. Zappaloapan
6. Marimba Spiritual
7. Hook

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A Treasury of Gregorian Chants Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000LBW Release Date: 1995-04-16

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Lebendige Vergangenheit: Marcel Journet II Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Boito, Arrigo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000023OB Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

1. La Favorita: Redoutez Le Fureur D'Un Dieu Terrible
2. Lucia De Lammermoor: Dalle Stanze, Ove Lucia
3. Les Huguenots: Pif, Paf, Pouf
4. Il Travatore: Abietta Zingara
5. Cleopatre: Solitaire Sur Ma Terrace
6. Le Chant Du Depart
7. Le Toussaint: Conte Bleu
8. Credo D'Amour
9. Au Morts Pour La Patrie
10. Priere
11. Le Cure De Vareddes
12. Hosanna!
13. Ascanio: Enfants
14. Monna Vanna: Dis La Vite Vanna
15. La Walkyrie: Adieu Superbe
16. I Maestri Cantori De Norimberga: Monologo Di Sachs
17. I Maestri Cantori De Norimberga: Follia, Follia
18. Nerone: Gloria Al Tuo Dio
19. Nerone: Ecco Il Magico Precchio

Average customer rating: Reminds me of Aaron Copeland.

Toussaint: Suites Manufacturer: Urtext Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000K0MW Release Date: 1999-08-17

Tracks:

1. Danzas De La Ciudad: Templo Mayor
2. Danzas De La Ciudad: Catedral
3. Danzas De La Ciudad: Alameda
4. Danzas De La Ciudad: Salon Colonia
5. Danzas De La Ciudad: Tlatelolco
6. Ste De Las Ciencias: Intro
7. Ste De Las Ciencias: Estructra De La Materia
8. Ste De Las Ciencias: Energia
9. Ste De Las Ciencias: Astronomia
10. Ste De Las Ciencias: Ecologia
11. Ste De Las Ciencias: Diversidad Biologica
12. Ste De Las Ciencias: Biologica
13. Ste De Las Ciencias: Quimica
14. Ste De Las Ciencias: Estructura De Una Nacion
15. Ste Del Ballet 'Dias De Los Muertos': Tina En El Rio
16. Ste Del Ballet 'Dias De Los Muertos': Ultima Cena Y Despedida
17. Ste Del Ballet 'Dias De Los Muertos': Procesion
18. Ste Del Ballet 'Dias De Los Muertos': El Viaje
19. Ste Del Ballet 'Dias De Los Muertos': Dejando Casa
20. Ste Del Ballet 'Dias De Los Muertos': La Ciudad

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Reminds me of Aaron Copeland........2000-06-13

Did you enjoy visions of donkeys walking down a narrow trail in Copeland's Grand Canyon Suite, or a hillside of mountain flowers in Appalatian Spring? Then try Toussaint's 'Three Suites'. Read the story lines in the CD insert first (English version included), then sit back and let the music and your imagination take over.

Of the three, 'Ste De Las Ciencias' (Suite of the Sciences) and Ste Del Ballet 'Dias De Los Muertos' (Suite of the Ballet 'Day of the Dead') produced the most vivid images.

'Ciencias' takes you through a science museum, one subject at a time. Can you see the majesty in the stars during 'Astronomia', or appreciate the preciousness of emerging life while listening to 'Biologica'?

'Dias De Los Muertos' follows a young girl from a small Mexican village to 'La Ciudad' (The City). The suite opens with the girl innocently playing by a river, and includes scenes from the death of a relative and the subsequent funeral procession.

Top notch music, skillfully woven around its subjects. I hope Amazon adds sound bites from the 2nd/3rd suites. The Amazon.com titles are in Spanish only, but read them and you'll get the general idea.

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Ensemble d'Ondes de Montréal Manufacturer: Sne Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Messiaen | Messiaen, Olivier | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000006EI8 Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

1. Onde-Pour Quatuor D'ondes
2. Mach 2, 5-Pour Qnt D'ondes
3. Les Mysteres De La Clarte-Pour Flute Et Onde
4. Les Jardins Suspendus-Pour Pno Et Quatuor D'ondes
5. Oraison-Pour Quatuor D'ondes
6. Pulau Dewata-Pour Qnt D'ondes

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Charles Tournemire: L'Orgue Mystique - Anthologie Manufacturer: Arion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000U1L Release Date: 1993-08-11

Tracks:

1. Cycle De Noel, Op.55: Epiphany (No.7): Fant
2. Cycle De Noel, Op.55: Christmas (No.3): Introit
3. Cycle De Noel, Op.55: Christmas (No.3): Offertoire
4. Cycle De Noel, Op.55: Christmas (No.3): Paraphrase
5. Cycle De Noel, Op.55: Purification Of The Virgin (No.11): Diptyque
6. Cycle De Paques, Op.56: Septuagesima (No.12): Clameurs And Chor
7. Cycle De Paques, Op.56: Sexagesima (No.13): Offertoire
8. Cycle De Paques, Op.56: Holy Saturday (No.16): Offertoire
9. Cycle De Paques, Op.56: Easter (No.17): Paraphrase And Double Chor
10. Cycle De Paques, Op.56: Whitsun (No.25): Communion
11. Cycle De Paques, Op.56: Whitsun (No.25): Fant-Chor

Tracks:

1. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: Holy Trinity (No.26): Triptyqye
2. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: The 7th Sunday After Whitsun (No.32): Alleluia
3. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: The 9th Sunday After Whitsun (No.34): Supplications And Fugue
4. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: Assumption (No.35): Paraphrase-Carillon
5. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: Assumption (No.35): Offertoire
6. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: The 12th Sunday After Whitsun (No.38): Chor No.3
7. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: The 16th Sunday After Whitsun (No.43): Chor Alleluiatique No.1
8. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: The 17th Sunday After Whitsun (No.44): Chor Alleluiatique No.2
9. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: All Saints (No.48): Chor
10. Cycle Apres La Pentecote, Op.57: The 23rd Sunday After Whitsun (No.51): Fant Sur Le Te Deum Et...

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