Soleil de Minuit

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With guitar prowess similar to fellow Mali musician Habib Koite and melodic detail akin to Zimbabwe's Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, Mama Sissoko offers up Soleil de Minuit, a gorgeous collection of songs. A combination of blues, jazz, and pop, the highly skilled Sissoko knows when not to play, elsewhere giving the music a voice through tasteful and pliant guitar work. His vocals are smoky, rough-hewn, and expressive, and particularly effective on songs such as the earthy ballad "Manssane Cisse" and the street party/uprising vibe of "Commissariat." A sublime assemblage of backing vocals, complementary rhythm guitars, bass, drums, and percussion provides the framework for Sissoko's lead guitar to carve out the album's through-line with repetitive lines and motifs, a beguiling tonality, and a distinctly Afro-Parisian sophistication. --Paige La Grone

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Average customer rating: Absolutely Amazing Rhythm Buy this CD it is Excellent! close to brilliant

Soleil de Minuit Mama Sissoko Manufacturer: Tinder ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Mali | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Africa | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Na Afriki Aman Iman: Water is Life Amassakoul Savane ASIN: B00005KJ2V Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

1. Jarabi Muso
2. Boma Ma
3. Safiatou
4. Manssane Cisse
5. Soleil De Minuit
6. Iri
7. Fisiriwale
8. Namissa
9. Commissariat
10. Hommage A K

Amazon.com

With guitar prowess similar to fellow Mali musician Habib Koite and melodic detail akin to Zimbabwe's Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, Mama Sissoko offers up Soleil de Minuit, a gorgeous collection of songs. A combination of blues, jazz, and pop, the highly skilled Sissoko knows when not to play, elsewhere giving the music a voice through tasteful and pliant guitar work. His vocals are smoky, rough-hewn, and expressive, and particularly effective on songs such as the earthy ballad "Manssane Cisse" and the street party/uprising vibe of "Commissariat." A sublime assemblage of backing vocals, complementary rhythm guitars, bass, drums, and percussion provides the framework for Sissoko's lead guitar to carve out the album's through-line with repetitive lines and motifs, a beguiling tonality, and a distinctly Afro-Parisian sophistication. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely Amazing Rhythm.......2005-07-05

I'm relatively new to Mali music, but this is the most incredible rhythmic guitar sound I have yet to encounter. The rifs are very tight and melodic. Mama Sissoko is phenomenally talented relative to today's popular artists in the U.S. Recommend "Massane Cisse" & "Jarabi Muso" although the entire album is wickedly awesome.

Buy this CD it is Excellent!.......2004-01-27

Mama Sissoko's Soleil de Miniut is a must buy!
This is one of those rare albums you can listen to 1000 times and still find something fresh in the music. The underlying interlocking guitar parts are very hypnotic and will surely lull the listener into a trance. This album is great for new comers and old fans of African Music.

I would rate this as my favorite CD of the Year!

close to brilliant.......2003-05-06

This could be the best album I bought in the last few years.
I think there must be a lotta people out there who likes african music but less know mama sisoko.I must admit that I get to know this music by accident.
If you think specialist in all styles by Baobab is a good album you also love this one wich is maybe even better.
Order it now....Do yourself a favor....

Average customer rating: Stellar performance of Russia's National opera masterpiece!! a solid, exciting production, supurb sound

Moussorgski - Boris Godounov / Raimondi, Wischnewskaja, Plishka, Gedda, Dubosc, Cowan, Rostropovitch (1989 film) Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky , Mstislav Rostropovitch , Ruggero Raimondi , Galina Wischnewskaja , Wyatscheslaw Polozov , Paul Plishka , Nicolai Gedda , Catherine Dubosc , and Richard Cowan Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Booth, Thomas | A to B | Featured Performers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vishnevskaya, Galina | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005E6S Release Date: 1992-05-01

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov: Introduction orchestrale: Scene - Eh bien, qu'avez-vous?
2. Boris Godounov: A quis nous abandonnes-tu ?
3. Boris Godounov: Fideles croyants, notre boiar reste inexorable
4. Boris Godounov: Tu as entendu les hommes?
5. Boris Godounov: Scene du Couronnement, Coronation Scene
6. Boris Godounov: Mon ame est en peine
7. Boris Godounov: Encore un dernier recit
8. Boris Godounov: O Dieu de force, Dieu de Justice
9. Boris Godounov: Tu as ecrit toute la nuit
10. Boris Godounov: Oh, je me souviens - Ouglich
11. Boris Godounov: On sonne les matines - Boris, tout tremble devant toi
12. Boris Godounov: J'ai pris un caneton gris
13. Boris Godounov: Peuple chretien, bonnes gens aimes de Dieu
14. Boris Godounov: Dans la bonne ville de Kazan
15. Boris Godounov: Pour moi!
16. Boris Godounov: Qui etes-vous? - D'humbles pelerins, de saints moines
17. Boris Godounov: Que faites-vous, maudits coquins - Fuite de Grigori

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov: Ou est mon fiance?
2. Boris Godounov: Oh, c'est assez, Princesse - Chanson du Moustique, Mosquito Song
3. Boris Godounov: Ah, Nounou, en voila un conte, Jeu de la Main chaude, The Hand-Clapping Game
4. Boris Godounov: Qu'y a-t-il?
5. Boris Godounov: Comme c'est bien, mon fils!
6. Boris Godounov: Aie, chut! - Qu'y a-t-il donc?
7. Boris Godounov: A cause de notre Perroquet
8. Boris Godounov: Mon fils, mon cher enfant!
9. Boris Godounov: Tsarevitch, obeis!
10. Boris Godounov: Tu ne me crois donc pas?
11. Boris Godounov: Assez, ah, je suffoque!
12. Boris Godounov: Au bord de la Vistule bleue
13. Boris Godounov: Cela suffit!
14. Boris Godounov: Je n'ai pas besoin de toi aujourd'hui, Rouzia
15. Boris Godounov: Ah! Mon Dieu! Cest vous, mon Pere!
16. Boris Godounov: A minuit, dans le jardin
17. Boris Godounov: Prends-garde, Tsarevitch - La Polonnaise - Nous aurons bientot conquis la Moscovie

Tracks:

1. Boris Godounov: Elle! Marina!
2. Boris Godounov: Eh bien, la messe est-elle finie?
3. Boris Godounov: Trrr, trrr, trrr
4. Boris Godounov: Aaah! Boris! Ils ont offense L'Innocent!
5. Boris Godounov: Nobles Boiars!
6. Boris Godounov: Eh bien, passons au vote
7. Boris Godounov: Que dites-vous la, Boiars!
8. Boris Godounov: Arriere, arriere
9. Boris Godounov: Auguste Souverain - Mon recit sera simple et bref
10. Boris Godounov: J'etouffe
11. Boris Godounov: Pleurez, bonnes gens
12. Boris Godounov: Amene-le par ici
13. Boris Godounov: Trrr...le bonnet de fer
14. Boris Godounov: Le ciel et la lune se sont eteints
15. Boris Godounov: Hardi! notre male temerite
16. Boris Godounov: Domine, salvum fac regem
17. Boris Godounov: Qui le Malin nous envoie-t-il encore

Customer Reviews:

Stellar performance of Russia's National opera masterpiece!!.......2004-07-02

Let's start with the quibbles, on account of their relative insignificance: 1) I miss the real bells used on the Gjórgiev (especially!!!) and the Abbado recordings (the samples I got to hear alerted me to this - the chimes used here sound poor by comparison); 2) the Russian original-language libretto is incomplete (were more space allowed here, I'd have published the missing parts in the original Russian). [I recommend downloading the libretto from other websites - and then piecing in the few things that are otherwise absent from the regular-performance libretto from the booklet supplied - Rostropóvich's reading gives this opera (a composite of the 1868 and 1872 versions) as completely as possible (the réprise of the Simpleton's scene in the last tableau, originally salvaged from the St. Vasíljiy's (Basil's) tableau cut in the 1872 version and which however was reinstated in this recording, could have been omitted consequently - though I'm glad it wasn't!).] 3) I wish the orchestra (very good indeed!!!) could be heard more even when the singers are in full voice (this defect relative to Culshaw's Wagner recordings - my standard in taste - also afflicts Rostropóvich's otherwise superb recording of Shostakóvich's "Lady Macbeth of Mcjénsk").

Otherwise, a very powerful reading with everybody in peak form fully deserving a full 5 stars - even the venerable arch-star of Russian soprani from 1952-82 (from her début with the Boljshóy to her retirement from live operatic performances - of course she was forced out of the Boljshóy in 1974 into exile...) Vishñévskaja, who was close to being 61 years of age at the time of this recording, comes off as well as everybody else (you could hardly tell her age)! Another success is that of Mira Zakai as one of the nurses (in Act II) - she's much better here than in Solti's recording of Mahler's 2nd Symphony with the CSO (where she sounds so uninvolved as well as plain when compared to Helen Watts or Maureen Forester). Gedda sings the Simpleton's part as movingly as could be anticipated from somebody who has given so much of his career to the Russian repertoire, while Plishka gives a wonderfully warm Pimjén. As to Ruggero Raimondi - wow, what a wonderfully evocative portrayal of the demented Carj (C pronounced as 'ts' like in "bolts"; 'j' just softens the 'r' somewhat...)!!! One doesn't need a bassus profundus (which he's not - though his low notes lack nothing!) to do justice to this rôle after all...

Finally, regarding the version of the score being used: while it's indeed based on the 1872 "definitive" version, much stuff cut therefrom which was in the 1868 original version makes it into the recording (not a note is cut from the score). While obviously the earlier version of Act II as well as a few other snippets in Act I (when Grigóriy wakes up) are superseded (the latter's snippets are merely the same music given to offstage choir instead of the strings as done initially), other things (e.g., the dismissal of the crowd in the Prologue's 1st scene, the scene in front of St. Vasíljiy's Cathedral) are fully reinstated - all of this can be vouched for from the full score 2-book set published by Oxford University Press giving Musórgskiy's original version.

Most definitely recommended in all events and regards!!! [Hopefully Erato will reissue this recording as it's amply deserving!]

a solid, exciting production, supurb sound.......2000-07-29

Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov is so rich that it never can be encompassed by one interpretation, however strong. It's worth having two or more versions, including this one, conducted by Rostropovitch, on hand. Here's how it stacks up with two other fine quality, stereo recordings using Mussorgsky's original orchestration: Abbado's and Gergiev's.

Rostropovitch and the ensemble under his baton, provide both a polished orchestral presentation and dynamic drama dominated by one of the best Borises of the digital age. The story and the music reinforce one another seamlessly.

The dramatic presentation in the Rostropovitch version is much more exciting than that in the Abbado version, which focuses more on creating a flawlessly recorded, stunning symphonic and choral atmosphere. In the Rostropovitch version, beautiful children's voices add both an innocent element to Mussorgsky's dark drama and another stunning instrument to the orchestration. In the perfectly polished Abbado version, adult women with full voices flawlessly sing the children's roles.

Rostropovitch's production lacks some of raw dramatic heft of Gergiev versions, but it has more polish. The Gergiev CD set offers two complete versions, both Mussorgsky's 1868 version and the 1873, each complete and with different casts, making it a bargain, if such a thing can be said about overpriced classical music CDs. The Rostropovitch version contains only the 1872 score.

I have all three versions and listen to all of them with great pleasure. If, heaven forbid, I could only have one, this version conducted by Rostropovitch might be it. It would be a tough call to make.

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Soleil De Minuit Mama Sissoko Manufacturer: Buda Musique ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004UEKW Release Date: 2000-06-27

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Midnight Sun: Soleil-De Minuit Paul McMahon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTKXQM Release Date: 2005-03-29

Tracks:

1. Midnight Sun Soleil de Minuit
2. Moonlight and Shadows
3. My Love Is Yours Tonight
4. In Montreal
5. Doin the Tango
6. Colette You Come to Me
7. Poete de La Mere
8. Happy Anniversary
9. I Can Understand Just How It Feels

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