Ou Je Vis [Import]

Product Description
Marseille is in the House! after Meeting Incredible Success with his Rap Band Iam, Hip-hop Pioneer Goes Solo.

Tracks:

Samurai
Ou Je Vis
Lef
Mon Clan
Jattends
Fugitif
Les Miens
Reves
Memoire
Esprit Anesthesie
Lettre
Oncleshe
Sur De Rien
Y'a Pas Le Cheix
Manifeste
Leve Mon Verre

Album Details

Marseille is in the House! after Meeting Incredible Success with his Rap Band Iam, Hip-hop Pioneer Goes Solo.

Customer Reviews:

LOVE IT!.......2007-04-09

I love this album. I don't know what the lyrics are about, but it has such a wonderful mood, almost like a late nite hype! get it.

Beautiful rap.......2005-08-14

Shurik'n is a member of the French rap group IAM, and this is his first solo album, and this album is poetic rap at its finest. He adds Japanese influence to his beats and rhythm, and a couple songs feature his brother, Faf Larage. I fully agree with another reviewer that Shurik'ns music speaks straight to the soul and heart, and as an artist, Shurik'n is truly magnificient, if not a genius. My favorite track on this album is 'Manifiste' with Akhenaton, but to be honest, just about every single track on this album is a bomb. 'J'attends', and 'Reves' are classics. You don't need to speak French to appreciate this album, although it does help to understand the lyrics. This album is such a great joy to listen to!

This album is magic.......2003-12-02

i recently obtained this album from a friend and i must say it is a magic album.. one you can listen to the whole way through and not get bored.. i dont understand the french language but the lyrics and beats flow so well together that it doesnt matter.... this album is a must for hip hop heads.....

The Picasso of french rap.......2003-01-05

Ive just recently obtained this album and its a must have album for anybody that wants authentic rap. U.S rap is often guilty of dropping lame beats but Shurik'n's beats accompanied with a touch of martial arts is the bomb. Fortunately i understand french after living there, however non-french speakers dont worry because the beats on this album will surely make you play the tracks over and over. Especially 'Lettre', 'Reves',and 'ou je vis'.

Absolutely excellent !!!!!!.......2001-05-18

This CD is so good, even if it was out 2 years ago it's still clearly excellent it gets every one say: "Yo, what a flow !" If tou are into Hip Hop and/or Martial Arts, you'll like the music and the lyrics about the ancient japanese art of war; Samurai... Check also for the album "La Garde" witch are Shurik'n and his brother Faf Larage !

The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London

Average customer rating:

Superb Early Music. Buy It.
A Fiver from one of the Archangels of early music performance
Outdated but Still Rivetingly Interesting
If 6 were available, this would get them!
One of the finest early music performances ever recorded

The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London

Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Chansons | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Virelais | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Music of the Gothic Era
The Art of the Netherlands
Music Of The Crusades
Early Music Festival / David Munrow, Early Music Consort
Panorama: Dances of the Renaissance

ASIN: B000002SSB
Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

A vous douce debonaire (Chansons)
Hareu! Hareu! le feu - Helas! ou sera pris confors (motet)
Amours me fait desirer (ballade)
Trop plus est belle - Biaute paree - je ne sui mie certeins (motet)
Amis tout dous vis (rondeau)
Se ma dame m'a guerpy (virelai)
Se je souspir (virelai)
Dame se vous m'estes lointeinne (ballade)
Quant je sui mis au retour (virelai)
Mes esperis se combat (ballade)
Ma fin est mon commencement (rondeau)
Douce dame jolie (virelai)
De Bon Espoir - Puis Que la douce rousee (motet)
De toutes flours (ballade)
Quant Theseus - Ne quier veoir (double ballade)
Anon La Septime estampie Real (dance)
Quant j'ay l'espart (rondeau)
Phyton le mervilleus serpent (ballade)
Armes amours - O flours des flours (double ballade)
A l'arme a l'arme (virelai)
Phiton Phiton (virelai)
Two variants on the tenor 'Roussignoulet du bosi' Borlet: He tres doulz roussignol (virelai)
Fumeux fume (rondeau)
De home vray (ballade)
Istampitta Tre fontane (dance)
Ma douce amour (ballade)

Tracks:

Tres doulz amis - Ma dame - Cent mille fois (rondeau)
Plasanche or tost (virelai)
Amour m'a le cuer mis (ballade)
Tribum quem (motet)
Helas! je voy mon cuer (ballade)
Contre le temps (virelai)
Andray soulet (canon)
Le greygnour bien (ballade)
Restoes restoes (virelai)
Ce moys de may (rondeau)
La belle se siet (ballade)
Je ne fai tousjours que penser (rondeau)
Files a marier (chanson)
Amoreux suy et me viente toute joye (rondeau)
Je loe Amours et ma dame mercye (ballade)
Navre je sui d'un dart penetratif (rondeau)
Lamentatio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (O tres piteulx - Omnes amici) (motet)
La Spagna (Variant 1) (basse danse)
Par droit je puis bien complaidre (rondeau)
Donnes l'assault (rondeau)
Vostre tres doulx regart (rondeau)
Helas mon dueil (virelai)
Bien puist (rondeau)
Vergine bella (stropha)
La Spagna (Variant 2)

Customer Reviews:

Superb Early Music. Buy It........2005-12-13

'The Art of Courtly Love' is a two CD set, condensed from a three LP album performed by The Early Music Consort of London. I know less than I would like about early music, considering how much I enjoy it, but one very important thing I do know is that the director of this recording, David Munrow was, until his untimely death, the big man in early music.

One of the many things I especially like about this collection is that by showcasing a lot of vocal music, the tinny quality of a lot of early music is moved to the background. Antother thing I like is the fact that one can plainly distinguish secular from liturgical music by listening carefully to these selections. The biggest differences I see are the appearance of percussion instruments and male / female duets.

One reviewer commented on the quality of the notes. I agree they are good, but only about average for an old music offering by a major label.

Highly recommended to all who like early music.

A Fiver from one of the Archangels of early music performance.......2005-06-26

I bought this when the album was first released. Even though scholarship has advanced, and it can be argued that Munrow's interpretations are dated, what has been lost over the years is the joy in performing this music. Many modern performances are ponderous and much, much too serious. But David Munrow found this music as a wonderous discovery. Through albums such as this one, he released into the open air music that had been locked away, languishing in the libraries for years, trotted out occasionally for a scholarly study, and then tucked back on the shelves. Munrow's enthusiasm for this music is evident in this collection, and his performances make them walk - no, dance - in the open air once more. This album is beautifully performed. I hope the notes in the CD are as good as the ones in my original release.

In 1974, I had the great pleasure of meeting David Munrow and the other members of the Early Music Consort, and was blown away with that enthusiasm and unselfishness, their willingness to discuss their work - I remember Munrow trading recorder performance tips with a friend of mine - and Munrow's truly amazing store of energy. He radiated! : -)

Outdated but Still Rivetingly Interesting.......2005-05-01

This 2-CD boxed set is the digital version of a 3-LP box from 1973 and was reissued in 1996 as part of the edition with which EMI/Virgin celebrated the twentieth anniversary of David Munrow’s unfortunate demise. The recordings, made at London’s prestigious Abbey Road studios, are digitally remastered to a very high standard, so that I found myself enjoying them via headphones more than via loudspeakers, something which is pretty unusual with CDs from the old analogue days. The two discs contains no less than some 156 minutes (51 tracks) of absolutely fascinating music. The first part is devoted to Guillaume Machault’s songs, works which can be dated around 1350 to 1360. The second part of the programme is concerned with the so-called avantgarde from Avignon (including names such as Matteo da Perugia), composers who wrote for esoteric circles around 1380 to 1410. And the third part (the third LP of the original) is devoted to fifteenth-century music from the court of Burgundy, the two great composers here being Dufay and Binchois.

Of course, David Munrow’s performances, fascinating and rivetingly interesting as they are, were shaped by his own interests and research at the time, and the booklet notes point out that since then “scholarship and performance practices have moved on healthily”, which I interpret to mean that today nobody would dream of performing this music the way Munrow did: for instance, he has most of the songs accompanied by a whole plethora of ancient instruments, although today it is generally agreed that works from this period should be sung unaccompanied or with minimal instrumental support. Munrow also performs some of the songs as purely instrumental pieces, a legitimate decision perhaps. Munrow also uses the two countertenors James Bowman and Charles Brett for many of the songs, and not everyone will appreciate being bombarded with their somewhat forced androgynous falsetto for nearly three hours; personally, it was the singing of Martyn Hill, tenor, and Geoffrey Shaw, baritone, which delighted my ear during these sessions. Along with the instruments, of course: slide trumpet, cornett, shawm, crwth, fiddle, rebec, citole and so on, plus several tracks with the amazing Christopher Hogwood playing an organ that sounds, at least, very old – unfortunately, the otherwise good liner notes give no details concerning the instruments used.

The Old French texts are printed in full with English translations, so it is possible to follow every nuance. Exceptionally good value for money! – For more historically-informed performances of music of this kind, I suggest searching names such as Gothic Voices, Hilliard Ensemble or Binchois Consort.

If 6 were available, this would get them!.......2002-02-16

Lovely, beautiful, amazing, charming, and vital. I'll not replicate the previous reviewer, though my favorites differ from his, but I bought this on LP 25 years ago and it changed my life. These are exhilarating performances, that move you effortlessly through time and space into a world both far away and very, very close. So much great music, wonderfully performed. Take a chance--it might change your life as well!

One of the finest early music performances ever recorded.......2001-09-03

And an intriguing work of scholarship besides. This was originally released back in the early 1970's by the late David Munrow as a three album box set.

The first part of this recording is basically dedicated to Machaut and his contemporaries. The chanson -Amours me fait desirer- remains striking to this day, with its unusual leap in its first measures. -Amis tout dous- is a lovely miniature, and so also is the monophonic -Quant je sui mis au retour-. But the high point of this part of the record is -Quant j'ay l'espart-, a duet between countertenor and bass cornetto (a serpent?), understated and heartbreaking.

The second part is weirdness from the Avignon court of the Popes, the time when rhythmic notation got more sophisticated, and composers grew more experimental. The unusual chromaticism of -Fumeux fume- is given a great performance here. The -Tre fontane- estampie is given a reading here that is truly frenzied. -Plasanche, ou tost- is a lovely song. You also get rhythmic oddities like -Le greygnour bien-.

The third album nears Renaissance music, and focuses on Dufay and Binchois. Loud instruments like sackbuts and shawms are featured on pieces like -Donnes l'assault-, which seems risky, but sometimes works. The usually quiet pieces on the -La Spagna- ground are here given a marching-band performance on loud winds. The real high points here, though, are the motet -O tres piteulx-, Binchois absolutely gorgeous -Amoureux suy-, and the setting of Petrarch's -Vergine bella-.

Tracks:

Fantastic Sym, Op.14 (Episode in the life of an artist): Premiere Partie: Day-dreams - Passions - Eliahu Inbal/RSO Frankfurt
Fantastic Sym, Op.14 (Episode in the life of an artist): Deuxieme Partie: A Ball - Eliahu Inbal/RSO Frankfurt
Fantastic Sym, Op.14 (Episode in the life of an artist): Troisieme Partie: In the Meadows - Eliahu Inbal/RSO Frankfurt
Fantastic Sym, Op.14 (Episode in the life of an artist): Quatrieme Partie: March to the Scaffold - Eliahu Inbal/RSO Frankfurt
Fantastic Sym, Op.14 (Episode in the life of an artist): Cinquiemen Partie: Sabbath Night's Dream - Eliahu Inbal/RSO Frankfurt

Tracks:

Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): Dieu! je vis encore
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): I. The Fisherman. Ballad by Goethe
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): Etrange persistance d'un souvenir
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): II. Chor of Shades
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): O Shakespeare! Shakespeare!
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): III. Brigands' Song
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): Comme mon esprit glotte incertain!
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): IV. Song of Bliss
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): Oh! que ne puis-je la trouver,...
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): V. Aeolian Harp-Recollections
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): Mais Pourquoi m'abandonner a ces...
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): VI. Fant on Shakespear's 'The Tempest'
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): Assez pour aujourd' hui!
Lelio, or The Return of Life, Op.14 bis (Lyric Monodrama): Allegro meno mosso