| 1. Snakes & Snakes |
| 2. Alphabet Soup |
| 3. Daybreak |
| 4. Eve, The Apple of My Eye |
| 5. Next to You |
| 6. West of Her Spine |
| 7. Bound for Boston Hill |
| 8. Tongue |
| 9. White Water Song |
| 10. In Every Sunflower |
| 11. I'll See Your Heart & I'll Raise You Mine |
| 12. Eve, The Apple of My Eye [Single Version] |
Music in Mouth,Bell X1,Universal Int'l,Celtic/Irish,Int'l & World Music,Pop
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Put It in Your Mouth
Akinyele Manufacturer: Volcano ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000009B8 Release Date: 1996-08-13 |
Tracks:
- Put It In Your Mouth
- The Robbery Song
- In The World
- F*ck Me For Free
- Thug Sh*t
Amazon.com
For some strange reason, very few MCs have managed to display their comedic abilities on the mic. Not so Akinyele, who flips the tip in different directions depending on his mood; with a roughneck voice and a delivery akin to Busta Rhymes's (and the remarkable vocal agility to ape Biz Markie when the occasion calls for it), Ak manages to have it both ways. While he does a nice job on this EP's straight-up rap songs, it's the title cut that distinguishes this CD: "Put It in Your Mouth" is, easily, the lewdest hip-hop song out there. An ode to oral sex of all varieties, it's the type of thing Redd Foxx would be doing if he had been born at the right time; that it's also an insanely melodic single with a singable chorus makes it a must for parties. --Randy SilverCustomer Reviews:
1st amendment baby.......2006-05-21
It's sad that the public wants this.......2006-01-19
put thiz bigg d!ckk in yo mouf.......2005-05-05
good EP.......2004-11-04
#1 - 10 (classic song about oral sex - f/ Kia Jeffries)
#2 - 7.5 (gangsta sh*t about robberies)
#3 - 8 (f/ Complexsion)
#4 - 9.5 (f/ Complexsion - about not paying for pus*y)
#5 - 7 (Thug Sh*t)
b. Akinyele Adams -- Lefrak City, Queens, NY
check all my reviews
i want buy LP.......2003-06-12
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In the Mouth of the Young
Bullets and Octane Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000EQ47T0 Release Date: 2006-04-11 |
Tracks:
- Going Blind
- My Disease
- Save Me Sorrow
- I Aint Your Savior
- Cancer California
- Last Mistake
- Signed In Alcohol
- Queen Mirage
- Caving In
- Bathroom Floor
- All Hail Halo
- Mine Now
Customer Reviews:
dirty rock n roll.......2007-02-14
I'm glad someone remembers how to ROCK!.......2006-12-16
I'm mainly a metal guy, but there are times when only a good straightforward hard rock album will do. I don't want emo or nu-metal or whatever-core. I want loud, fast, heavy ROCK. I want bands like Brand New Sin, Fireball Ministry, Black Stone Cherry, the Quill, and this band, Bullets and Octane. I took a chance on this album at my local used CD store based largely on the album cover, which has to be the coolest cover in just about forever. In the Mouth of the Young hits you like a heart attack from the very first notes of "Going Blind" and never lets up until the album is over. To my ears, Bullets and Octane sounds like Social Distortion meets Motorhead meets a nail-spiked baseball bat. For all the speed and aggression, there is still that underlying sense of melody that keeps you engaged and able to sing (yell) along with the songs.
This is good stuff, people. It's the kind of no-nonsense ROCK that you just can't seem to find these days. This is the kind of real ROCK that modern rock radio should be playing, but instead will completely ignore unless someone starts rapping over the album or whining about how g*ddamn melancholy they are.
Without Bullets and Octane, what's left to sin for? .......2006-11-18
Plain And Simple: It Rocks........2006-10-27
Sounds Like: A happy medium between Papa Roach and Velvet Revolver.
The Good:
- The album breezes by, as each track flows into the next perfectly. It's an easy and fun listen.
- Hamilton's influence is evident, but luckily he doesn't go for the completely lo-fi sound he gave the latest Helmet CD.
- The musicianship is something to marvel at, somewhat resembling old-school Guns N' Roses.
The Bad:
- The vocals leave a bit to be desired at times. Frontman Gene Louis could use a little more range.
Hits: "Bathroom Floor," "Cancer California" and "Going Blind."
Future: Who knows. I mean, these guys deserve to get noticed, but it seems like any band who tries out a retro sound and does it justice gets ignored in favor of the kind of alternative/indie garbage that's been clogging the music scene for five years strong.
Personally: I'd love for this album to take off. These are the kinds of songs you wouldn't mind hearing on the radio or on TV a million times. There's something here every rock fan can appreciate. Whether you grew up on Motley Crue or Blink 182, you'll dig Bullets And Octane.
Best Listened To When: You're breast-feeding.
This CD is mine now.......2006-09-29
1. Mine Now
2. I Aint Your Savior
3. Save Me Sorrow
4. Going Blind
5. Cancer California
But there are no bad tracks. If I could only suggest 1 CD this year, this would be it (but thankfully I can suggest as many as I want: "Come What(ever) May" - Stone Sour, "One-X" - Three Days Grace, "Phobia" - Breaking Benjamin)hahaha! Bye...
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Foot in Mouth Disease
Gob Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008O30M Release Date: 2003-04-01 |
Tracks:
- Lemon-Aid
- I've Been Up These Steps
- Oh! Ellin
- I Cut Myself, Too
- Fed Up
- Ming Tran
- When Life Gets Boring...
- Give Up The Grudge
- Bones
- This Evil World
- I Hear You Calling
- Bully
- Cold Feet
- Everybody's Getting Hooked Up
Customer Reviews:
GREAT CD.......2005-10-21
BEST SONGS ARE
LEMON-AID
IVE BEEN UP THESE STEPS
OH ELLIN
MING TRAN
GIVE UP THE GRUDGE
I HEAR YOU CALLING
IF YOU LIKE THIS CD THEN YOU SHOULD GET GOB: F.U.E.P
talentless mtv friendly crap.......2005-03-22
The only people this album will appeal to is a bunch of stupid 12 year old kiddies who think this makes the rebellious or something the rest of us true music fans are just left wondering how long can these wannabe's continue to spew out this cloned teeny pop rubbish?
The evolution of gob..........2005-01-29
In 98', the band released a follow up called "how far shallow takes you". This time around, the songs were a bit longer and had slightly more melody, and the band's transformation from "punk" to "punk-pop" was already underway.
After about three years of being off the scene, gob returned once more in early 2001 with "the world according to gob", an album which owed more to Britney spears and the current Blink 182 than it did to early Green Day or the Ramones. The songs were overly poppy, the production was super slick, and the lyrics were varied and covered more topics than just potty humor and teen rebelion. It was A HUGE step in the right direction, with the boys producing an album as strong as "enema of the state" and "all killer no filler". In my opinion, it's their best record to date.
Unfortunatly tho, even with a pop sound and modern lyrical content, gob was still no where near being as big as Simple plan or blink, so one year after releasing "the world according", they decided to go on tour with fellow canadian punk brats Sum 41. The tour gave them the opportunity to impress Arista's Executive producer LA reid, so much in fact that he sent the boys of gob into the recording studio the following year to create...
"Foot in mouth disease". To be honest, its a bit MORE "punk" than "the world according to gob" , but not by much, and with producer Mark Trombino (blink 182, Diffuser, The Starting Line, Finch ect.) and labelmates Avril Lavine and Wakefield, the difference isn't easily noticed. It features 14 songs that run between 2-5 minutes on average, and are all really catchy and singable (the formula for "the world according to gob" was basically duplicated). If you're into melodic, catchy pop-punk, I'd recommend getting "the world according to gob" first and then "foot in mouth". DO NOT pick up "too late...no friends" or "How far shallow takes you" unless you actually prefer hardcore punk to pop-punk.
i love this and i don't even like this kinda stuff.......2004-12-25
Lemon-aid - 10/10 - a good starting song. this song pretty much sums up how the rest of the cd will be.
I've Been Up These Steps - 10/10 - this song freakin rulz! just listen to the opening and you'll be hooked.
Oh! Ellin - 6/10 - i really don't like this song. it just seems so flat to me. god knows why they made it a single.
I Cut Myself, Too - 9/10 - this song is good to get back some momentum afetr suffering through Oh! Ellin.
Fed Up - 100/10 - THE greatest song ever. a little slower but it FREAKING RULES!!!!
Ming Tran - 10/10 - an awesome song. if you havent already seen the vid then you can just visualize what it would be like.
When Life Gets Boring... - 9/10 - really sweet guitar but the chorus coulda been better.
Give Up The Grudge - 10/10 - obviously you've seen the video for this song so theres no reason for me to talk about it.
Bones - 7/10 - i don't care for this song all that much. the chorus sucks.
This Evil World - 9/10 - good verses and guitar.
I Hear You Calling - 7/10 - this song wasn't on the cd my uncle had... meh. i don't really like it anyway.
Bully - 8/10 - this song actually has some screaming but they try to drown it in the music so you can't really hear it.
Cold Feet - 8/10 - meh it's okay i guess.
Everybody's Getting Hooked Up - 9/10 - SWEET GUITAR! bu that's about it.
DVD - 4/10 - now comon. if your gonna put a DVD with a cd at least have the intension of putting behind the scenes footage on it. i don't give a flying crap about their old videos. and who wants to listen to old song on a DVD player!?
I dont know..sounds awesome to me........2004-02-23
If youre the kind of person that buys CDs for one song and doesnt have time to give the entire album a chance then skip this. If you look at songs like individual pieces of art I think you will really enjoy this album. They have really good lyrics and are really catchy. You can hear alot of different sounds in their music if youd just listen with an open mind. I STRONGLY suggest buying this CD if you are fans of Sum 41, Blink 182, Unwritten Law, Millencolin and Simple Plan.
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Music in Mouth
Bell X1 Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002AYUYA Release Date: 2004-06-28 |
Tracks:
- Snakes & Snakes
- Alphabet Soup
- Daybreak
- Eve, The Apple of My Eye
- Next to You
- West of Her Spine
- Bound for Boston Hill
- Tongue
- White Water Song
- In Every Sunflower
- I'll See Your Heart & I'll Raise You Mine
- Eve, The Apple of My Eye [Single Version]
Customer Reviews:
For anyone outside of Ireland..........2006-11-28
Music In Mouth.......2006-04-02
While they're not overly keen to blow their own collective trumpet it is certainly true that repeated playing of `Music In Mouth' reveals its depths. Whether that's in the ingenious central idea of opening track 'Snakes And Snakes' (there are no ladders), or the equally satisfying picture that I'll see 'Your Heart' and 'Raise You Mine' conjures; whether it's the way the banjo sounds like an eastern instrument in 'Alphabet Soup', the simple elegiac qualities and atmosphere of 'Bound For Boston Hill', or the neo-folk jug band eroticism and exuberance in 'West Of Her Spine', these are songs that stick around and make their presence welcome. Put simply, 'Music In Mouth' should show the world that Bell X1 are a band that have something for everyone. Includes the single 'White Water Song'.
'And so the Irish invasion picks up pace, as Kildare's Bell X1 spring from the traps. More robust than the Thrills, closer to the finished article than the Basement, Bell X1 have been four years honing their sound. This is rock with gusto and drive and confidence and intent, Radiohead as Radiohead should sound now. It puts down a brave marker' - NME
magical!.......2006-02-23
the first time that you listen to it it's good, but keep listening and it just grabs your heart. every time i put it into my cd player (and that's nearly every day) i find something new to love about this.
it's not just that their lyrics are clever and so true to the point - in ireland in particular, the idiosyncracies of the way that irish people think is beautifully pointed out in this - but the music washes through you and over you.
these are an amazingly talented band, with a beautiful turn of phrase and an ability to hit you in the guts with their guitars!!
and by the way, the third album, flock, is another amazing piece of work. they are just getting better and better!!
rise up all people and buy everything by this band!! it won't disappoint!!
Superb.......2005-05-25
In a similar style to "Eve", the songs "I'll See Your Heart and I'll Raise You Mine" and "In Every Sunflower" bring a depth of emotion to the album that is rare amongst their contemporaries - particularly bands, as opposed to singer-songwriters. It's a difficult thing to pinpoint, but if anyone has seen Bell X1 live, it's pretty clear. The songs are genuine. They are tender, personal and vulnerable, but at the same time powerful. It's refreshing to see this, let's face it, exhausted commercial formula applied naturally (or, in another word, correctly) - for once.
But it's not just an album of soft ballads. In "Alphabet Soup" and "Snakes and Snakes", the band display a quirkyness, an intelligence, a personality and undeniably an ability to write catchy, upbeat - verging on rock n' roll - songs. True, there is the occasional track that doesn't quite meet the standards of the rest ("Daybreak", for example, seems a bit tame sandwiched between "Snakes" and "Eve"), but that takes little away from the album as a whole. Listen to each song on its own. Listen to the album as a whole. But most importantly, listen to it again. And again. It grew on me. It's still growing on me. Personally, I think it's the best album from anywhere in years. I don't know how it hasn't made a bigger splash, but don't let that put you off. You won't be disappointed.
Promising music.......2005-05-20
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What's in Your Mouth
Strip Mind Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000008L7X Release Date: 1993-09-14 |
Tracks:
- Bastard
- Lap Frappe
- Texas Radio Horror
- Young, Fresh, Sweet
- Pentapu**y
- I Wanna F**k Your Girlfriend
- What's in Your Mouth
- Don't Care
- Kill Me
- 23 Ways
- Jingle My Bells
Customer Reviews:
Not Important.......2005-07-15
Decent.......2005-05-20
he also drummed for meliah rage
Disappointing Follow-up.......2003-12-23
Great thrash from a one album band.......2003-05-16
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Foot in Mouth
Green Day Manufacturer: Wea Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000005S3R Release Date: 2005-06-06 |
Tracks:
- Going to Pasalaqua [Live][#]
- Welcome to Paradise [Live]
- Geek Stink Breath [Live][#]
- One of My Lies [Live]
- Stuck With Me [Live][#]
- Chump [Live]
- Longview [Live]
- 2,000 Light Years Away
- When I Come Around [Live][#]
- Burnout [Live]
- F.O.D. [Live][#]
Album Description
Limited edition 1997 Japanese release on Reprise with 11 live tracks from various 1995-1996 shows in Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Prague and Tokyo. Five of the tracks are previously unreleased live recordings: 'F.O.D.', 'When I Come Around', 'Going To Pasalaqua', 'Geek Stink Breath' and 'Stuck With Me'.Album Details
Exclusive Japanese Release, Tracklisitng Unavailable at this Time.please Call Your Sales Person for Details.Customer Reviews:
Green Day Rocks.......2007-01-10
10 stars!.......2006-03-26
Great Live Ablum.......2005-08-20
Going to Pasalaqua 5/5- this one was from their first ablum, catchy with a new Bass riff.
Welcome to Paradise5/5- the first single off Dookie, even more energetic live.
Geek Stink Breath 4/5- first single off Insomniac, has a catchy palm muted guitar riff, not much changed from the Ablum version
One of My Lies 5/5- A great song from Kerplunk, I don't have Kerplunk yet so I don't if there are any differences.
Stuck With Me 5/5- One of the best songs from Insomniac, Billie says its new but thats because he's not in America when he played it live.
Chump 4/5-This song is okay but I added an extra point because of the crazy ending guitar riff and because tihs song means Longview Follows.
Longview5/5- This proably the best Dookie single, it has one of the best Bass riffs in punk rock. Live its more energetic and the crowd reaction is great, but theres a part in the chourus where Billie stops singing anf you can barley hear the crowd singing over the loud Guitar and Bass.
2,000 Light Years Away5/5- This is Green Day's best Kerplunk song and Live it's even better.
When I Come Around 5/5- Another well know Dookie single, live its played faster and I like the guitar solo better without a rhythim guitar played in the backround.
Burnout 4/5- A little out of place as the second to last song since this is the first song on Dookie, its still good.
F.O.D. 4/5- A great way to end a great live ablum.
Green Day Rulzz!!.......2000-12-29
Green Day Rules!.......2000-07-19
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Up & Et Em: Chamber & Electroacoustic Music
Moe , Rudich , Butler , Smith , Martin , and Lemon Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000649NS Release Date: 2002-04-30 |
Tracks:
- Time Will Tell
- Mouth Music
- Blue Air
- The Lone Cello: I. Back In The Saddle
- The Lone Cello: II. The Lone Prarie
- The Lone Cello: III. Heading The Philistines Off At The Pass
- A Whirling And A Wandering Fire
- Up & At 'Em: I. Up
- Up & At 'Em: II. &
- Up & At 'Em: III. At 'Em
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For Show
Eclipse Manufacturer: FTM Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009JFCBY Release Date: 2005-04-26 |
Tracks:
- Live It On Up
- Kick Back, Relax
- If I Ever Fall In Love
- Owner of a Lonely Heart
- Keep Pushin' On
- You
- Every Other Time
- My Maria
- Danny Boy
- McDonald's Girl
- Always Coca-Cola
- She's Out of My Life
- Boom! Shake the Room
- Zoot Suit Riot
- God Bless America
- All My Life
- Live It On Up Remix
- The Star Spangled Banner
Product Description
ECLIPSE: LIVE IN CONCERT! This live album showcases the energy and excitement of Eclipse in concert and features many of the highly requested songs not found on any other Eclipse album. Spanning styles from pop to jazz and rap to country, this exciting concert set captures a live sound and energy that only Eclipse can deliver.
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Nedra
Nedra Johnson Manufacturer: Big Mouth Girl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007VZ8PE Release Date: 2005-03-22 |
Tracks:
- Ahha (It's a Good Thing)
- So Good So Far [Censored]
- Prozac (So Fun Living, Not a Moment Dull)
- New Boy Blues - Nedra Johnson, , Nedra Johnson
- World Could Stop Turning
- Michfest Blues
- Let Go (It's All Right)
- Forever with Me
- Scooter Phat - God-Des, , Nedra Johnson
- Sprung
- Alligator Food
- Any Way You Need Her - David Johnson, David Johnson, , Nedra Johnson
- Cross the Line
- Shout Outs
- World Could Stop Turning [Tuba Remix][*]
- Amazon [*]
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George Frideric Handel: Esther
Manufacturer: CORO ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001B0A94 Release Date: 2004-06-01 |
Tracks:
- Overture Andante - Larghetito - Allegro
- Recitative Habdonah/Haman: " 'Tis greater far to spare"
- Aria Haman: " Pluck root and branch from out the land"
- Recitative Persian Officer: "Our souls with ardour glow"
- Chorus: "Shall we the God of Israel fear?"
- Recitative First Israelite: " Now persecution shall lay by her iron rod"
- Aria: " Tune your harps to cheerfull strains"
- Chorus: " Shall we of servitude complain"
- Aria Israelite Woman: " Praise the Lord with cheerful noise"
- Recitative Israelite Woman: " 0 God, who from the suckling's mouth"
- Aria Second Israelite: " Sing songs of praise, bow down the knee"
- Chorus: " Shall we of servitude complain"
- Recitative Priest of the Israelites: " How have our sins provoked the Lord!"
- Chorus: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
- Aria Priest ofc The Israelites: "0 Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide"
- Chorus: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
- Andante
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro
Tracks:
- Recitative Esther/Mordecai: " Why sits that sorrow on thy brow?"
- Aria Mordecai: " Dread not, righteous Queen, the danger"
- Recitative Esther: "I go before the King to stand"
- Aria Esther: " Tears assist me, pity moving"
- Chorus: " Save us, O Lord"
- Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: "Who dares intrude into our presence"
- Duet Esther/Ahasuerus: " Who calls my parting soul from death?"
- Aria Ahasuerus: "0 beauteous Queen, unclose those eyes!"
- Recitative Esther: " If I find favour in thy sight"
- Aria Ahasuerus: " How can I stay when love invites?"
- Recitative Third Israelite/Fourth Israelite: " With inward joy his visage glows"
- Chorus: " Virtue, truth and innocence"
- Arioso Priest of the Israelites: " Jehovah, Crown'd with glory bright"
- Chorus: " He comes, he comes to end our woes"
- Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: " Now, a Queen, thy suit declare"
- Arioso Haman: " Turn not, a Queen, thy face away"
- Aria Esther: " Flatt' ring tongue, no more I hear thee!"
- Recitative Ahasuerus: "Guards, seize the traitor, bear him hence!"
- Aria Haman: " How art thou fall'n from thy height!"
- Chorus: "The Lord Our enemy has slain"
Album Description
Handel's oratorios vary greatly in their presentation. In many ways, Esther is a rarity;it is by far the most intimate, not surprisingly as it was composed for the Duke of Chandos. The Duke's Palladian palace near the village ofEdgware had not been completed in time for the first performance so this may have taken place (as did Acis and Galatea) in the intimate surroundings of a small church, St Lawrence, Whitchurch.We decided, therefore, that we should attempt to convey that intimacy of performance on disc; so we performed in the round with microphones in the middle, the orchestra in front of me, the choir behind and the soloists alongside. The result is everything that chamber music should be where players and singers can enjoy every aspect of Handel's masterpiece.
"The 'sound' of Esther, superbly communicated in the recorded performance here, is pure enchantment... The choral singing has an exceptional grandure, and the instrumental playing a shimmering beauty. Among the soloists, none of whom is less than accomplished, Nancy Argenta and Michael Chance dominate... Both singers affirm a new golden age of Handel interpretation".
Customer Reviews:
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.......2007-01-26
As often with Handel, there is no fully official version of the score, and this particular score may not even be fully complete from any point of view. The libretto seems to have been the work of someone in the frivolously named association of big literary figures called the Scriblerus Club, perhaps Dr John Arbuthnot, dedicatee of Pope's great poetic Epistle, but Pope himself may have had a hand in it too. As we have it here, the work breaks into two very asymmetrical parts. Scenes 1 and 2 start with a recitative lasting only seconds from Habdonah followed by a longer one in which Haman announces his onslaught on the Israelites, and from there on feature only anonymous participants. Esther herself and the other named characters make their appearance first in scene 4, but the change of tone occurs in scene 3. At this point the music gains gravity first in the chorus Ye sons of Israel with its extraordinary modulations and then in the striking aria O Jordan, Jordan. I myself feel that this weightier tone is maintained to the end, whether or not the writer of the liner note is correct in saying that the long final chorus with solos is out of proportion to its context.
Throughout - in the first part as well as in scenes 3-6 - the instrumental writing is vivid and varied, with an extraordinary pizzicato accompaniment to Tune your harps and then an even more extraordinary obbligato from the harp itself at Praise the Lord. The harpist is no less than Jan Walters, but sometime I would like to see the score and check out what seem some odd rhythmic interactions here between her and the soloist Nancy Argenta. There are no fewer than ten vocal soloists in a work lasting a little over an hour and a quarter, and a very distinguished bunch they are. I was particularly pleased to find Michael Chance in the countertenor role of the Priest of the Israelites as I admire the strength of his tone, but there is no real weakness among them, unless Lynda Russell as Esther has a couple of very slightly awkward high notes in Flatt'ring tongue, which must be a little nerve-wracking to sing as she has to find her note for herself unaccompanied at the start and later at the reprise. You will see some big names among the instrumentalists too, with Crispian Steele-Perkins on the trumpet making a predictably fine contribution towards the end, and of course with Jan Walters in that marvellous harp part early on. The chorus gets some wonderful work to do, and rises to it fully. I really am unable to worry about the proportionateness of the final chorus when I hear that incomparable Handelian build of tone, sung by 18 singers and sounding as if there were 100.
There is a good liner note by Graydon Beeks Jr, not perhaps the last word in lucidity (neither is the plot of the libretto come to that) but worth re-reading. Harry Christophers himself contributes a short foreword largely concerned with the recording process and highlighting the contributions of Mark Brown and Mike Hatch, his long-time technical collaborators. I was interested to see also the name of Geoff Miles in a role described as `editor'. What responsibilities this involved is not stated and perhaps I ought to know without being told, but I know the work of Geoff Miles as recording engineer from elsewhere and it gave me confidence just to see that he is involved in the proceedings, and the technical work is predictably excellent.
My collection of Handel oratorios is now almost complete, and what a wonderful musical experience they are. Each is unique in its own way, but Esther is unique in some very special ways, and I suggest that you do not wait until you are my age to get to know it.
a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-04-04
This is a "small" contribution compared to many of Handel's other works. However, it is not "small" in a musical sense. There is much creativity on the part of Handel as to orchestral scoring; he exploits his small orchestra and chorus in surprising ways, introducing new vocal and instrumental colours throughout the score, adding and subtracting instruments and voices in many and varied ways. This is a listening surprise as it moves along. And what a great performance on the part of the Christophers as well as some outstanding vocal soloists. Mark Padmore's (Mordecai) aria "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains" was superb as was the Duet between Lynda Russell (Esther) and Tom Randle (Ahasuerus).But the aria that really drew me into the entire drama was sung by Michael Chance (Priest) "O Jordan, Jordan, sacred Tide." It was perfection itself!!!!The Chorus was extremely good and dictionally perfect. It is a great listening experience.
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