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Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The greatest songs ever?
  • A musical treasure-box
  • a beautiful journey into melancholy
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
John Dowland , Anthony Rooley , Emma Kirkby , Christopher Wilson , The Consort of Musicke , Colin Tilney , Anthony Bailes , Jakob Lindberg , Nigel North , Glenda Simpson , Peter Holman , and John Donne
Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000004CYV
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

  1. First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
  2. First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
  3. First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
  4. First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  5. First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
  6. First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
  7. First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
  8. First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
  9. First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
  10. First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
  11. First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
  12. First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
  13. First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
  14. First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
  15. First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
  16. First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
  17. First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  18. First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
  19. First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
  20. First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
  21. First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

  1. Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
  2. Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
  3. Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
  4. Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
  5. Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
  6. Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
  7. Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
  8. Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
  9. Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
  10. Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
  11. Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
  12. Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
  13. Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
  14. Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
  15. Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
  16. Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
  17. Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
  18. Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
  19. Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
  20. Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
  21. Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
  22. Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

  1. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
  2. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
  3. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
  4. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
  5. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
  6. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
  7. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
  8. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
  9. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
  10. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
  11. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
  12. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
  13. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
  14. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
  15. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  16. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
  17. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
  18. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
  19. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
  20. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
  21. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
  6. A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
  7. A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
  8. A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
  9. A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
  10. A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
  11. A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
  12. A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
  13. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
  14. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
  15. A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
  16. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
  6. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
  7. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
  8. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
  9. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
  10. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
  11. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
  12. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
  13. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
  14. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
  15. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
  16. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
  17. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
  2. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
  3. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
  4. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
  5. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
  6. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
  7. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
  8. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
  9. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
  10. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
  11. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
  12. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
  13. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
  14. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
  15. Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
  16. Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
  17. Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
  18. Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
  19. Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
  20. Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
  21. Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
  22. Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
  23. Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
  24. Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
  25. Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
  26. Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
  27. Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
  28. Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

  1. Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
  2. Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
  3. Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
  4. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  5. Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
  6. Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
  7. Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
  8. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  9. Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
  10. A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
  11. Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
  12. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  13. Instrumental Music: Galliard
  14. Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
  15. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  16. Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
  17. Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
  18. Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
  19. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
  20. Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
  21. Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
  22. Instrumental Music: Comagain
  23. Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
  24. Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Preludium
  2. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: Can She Excuse
  4. Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
  5. Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
  6. Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
  7. Lute Music: Fantasia
  8. Lute Music: A Dream
  9. Lute Music: Almain
  10. Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
  11. Lute Music: Coranto
  12. Lute Music: Resolution
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
  14. Lute Music: Almain
  15. Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
  16. Lute Music: Fantasia
  17. Lute Music: Loth To Depart
  18. Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
  19. Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
  20. Lute Music: Pavan
  21. Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Aloe
  23. Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
  24. Lute Music: What If A Day
  25. Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
  27. Lute Music: Galliard
  28. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
  2. Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: [Jig]
  4. Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
  5. Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
  6. Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
  7. Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
  8. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  9. Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
  10. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  11. Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
  12. Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
  13. Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
  14. Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
  15. Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  16. Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
  17. Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
  18. Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
  19. Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
  20. Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
  21. Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
  23. Lute Music: Galliard
  24. Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
  27. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
  2. Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
  3. Lute Music: La mia Barbara
  4. Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
  5. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  6. Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
  7. Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
  8. Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
  10. Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
  11. Lute Music: Galliard
  12. Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
  14. Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
  15. Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
  16. Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
  17. Lute Music: Galliard
  18. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
  19. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
  20. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  21. Lute Music: Solus cum sola
  22. Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
  23. Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
  24. Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
  26. Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
  2. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  3. Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
  4. Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
  5. Lute Music: A Coy Toy
  6. Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
  7. Lute Music: [Almain]
  8. Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
  10. Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
  11. Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
  12. Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
  13. Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
  14. Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
  15. Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
  16. Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
  17. Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
  18. Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  19. Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
  20. Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
  21. Consort Music: Almain a 2
  22. Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
  23. Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
  24. Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
  25. Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
  26. Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
  27. Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

  1. Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
  2. Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
  3. Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
  4. Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
  5. Consort Music: Pavan a 4
  6. A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
  7. A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
  8. A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
  9. A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
  10. A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
  11. A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
  12. A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
  13. A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
  14. A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
  15. A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  16. A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
  17. A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
  18. A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
  19. A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
  20. A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
  21. A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
  22. A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
  23. A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
  24. A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
  25. A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The greatest songs ever?.......2007-07-26

I heard 'clear or cloudy', from this recording, on the radio recently and had to purchase it. It is strange but it is the sort of song that makes life prior to listening to it different from life after. I find it sad that so many people haven't heard it. There are also many other wonderful works in this collection. Given you get twelve well recorded CDs with top quality performances, this has to be one of the bargains of the age.

Please buy it.

5 out of 5 stars A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

5 out of 5 stars a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare, discovered that meditating on a sad theme is, at the same time, a way of discovering a special beauty that we tend to avoid (maybe because of the "tragic" heritage of the Romantics). So, in the end, meditating on sadness is an uplifting experience! This box set is a journey into melancholy that includes songs, chamber music, pieces for lute, some rare sacred music and -as a highlight- Dowland's beautiful collection of seven pieces for viola which he called "Lachrimae" (Tears).
Rejoice, Dear Hearts!/Kick Thy Own Self [2 on 1]
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Reproduction
  • One of a kind humorist from the 60's
  • Dave Gardner
  • Origins of "different" humor
  • Rejoice dear hearts / Kick thy own self
Rejoice, Dear Hearts!/Kick Thy Own Self [2 on 1]
Brother Dave Gardner
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  4. Did You Ever?
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ASIN: B0000064F6
Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

  1. Part 1: A. I'm Sitting On Top Of The World/B. Swanee
  2. Part 2: A. What Am I Living For/B. White Silver Sands
  3. Part 1: A. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/B. You're My Everything
  4. Part 2: A. Lover

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Brother Dave Gardner contains multitudes. For starters, this Southern comedian was also an ordained Baptist minister as well as being a drummer and a singer. Judging from this pair of albums from 1959 and 1960, his live shows were amazing performance pieces. His truly expansive routines included Shakespeare parodies, swinging musical passages, and funny digressions. There's also room here for cool-cat philosophizing, riffs on outer space, and preacherlike inflections. Brother Dave can spellbind the listener with his freewheeling rambles one minute and tell a riveting story the next. The routines feature countless hilarious voices and characters, not to mention jaw-dropping vocal sound effects. Incredible charisma and warmth imbue the entire CD. Brother Dave was an artist who was liable to draw from just about everything and anything and somehow make it all work. It's hard to imagine what '50s audiences made of this hipster from Tennessee. Country music legend Chet Atkins produced both of the original records. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Great Reproduction .......2007-07-26

This CD is a great reproduction of exactly the same albums my parents listened to in the 1950's. It brought back all the "weird" sayings we got from Dave Gardner, who was ahead of his time.

5 out of 5 stars One of a kind humorist from the 60's.......2007-05-12

It was gift for my Father. He saw Brother Dave in person several times years ago. Dad enjoyed the gift, for the old LP's he had were so scratched from wear, one could barely understand them. Brother Dave came along at a time when segregation was still in vogue and political correctness wasn't heard of. His stories might offend some, but there is no cursing and no one is a target of tastless humor.

5 out of 5 stars Dave Gardner.......2007-04-11

Brother Dave is one of the best comedians ever. His humor is a little deep but is still the best. If you want good clean humor, this is the man to get.

4 out of 5 stars Origins of "different" humor.......2007-01-16

Takes me back to the times my family spent listening to comedy that was, unknown to them, over the kid's heads.

3 out of 5 stars Rejoice dear hearts / Kick thy own self.......2005-09-05

I was a fan of "Brother Dave", back when he was plying the clubs. I owned most, if not all of his "ROCA Alblims" that over time disappeared. I was happy to get these CD's and have enjoyed them greatly. I look forward to getting others that are available. His humor, imagination, sense of reality and use of our language is not equaled by today's crop of comedians.
Shape Fitness Music: Cardio, Vol. 1: 80's and 90's Hits
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    Shape Fitness Music: Cardio, Vol. 1: 80's and 90's Hits
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Peter Pan
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    StylesStyles | Music | Alternative Rock | Blues | Broadway & Vocalists | Children's Music | Christian & Gospel | Classic Rock | Classical | Country | Dance & DJ | Folk | Hard Rock & Metal | International | Jazz | Latin Music | Miscellaneous | New Age | Opera & Vocal | Pop | R&B | Rap & Hip-Hop | Rock | Soundtracks
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    ASIN: B000IHY9YS
    Release Date: 2006-12-12

    Tracks:

    1. Love for Love
    2. I've Been Thinking About You
    3. Tell It to My Heart
    4. Pump Up the Jam
    5. Straight Up
    6. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
    7. Encore une Fois
    8. What Is Love
    9. Don't Stop Movin'
    10. Gypsy Woman
    11. Rhythm of the Night
    12. I Can't Wait
    You'll Rebel to Anything (+ 1 Bonus Track)
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Explicit version is a great album but very poor and underhanded marketing!
    • Buy this Crap (*don't support censorship only get unedited*)
    • totaly wacked
    • Different sound when censored
    • Clean music can still be good!
    You'll Rebel to Anything (+ 1 Bonus Track)
    Mindless Self Indulgence
    Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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    3. Tight
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    5. We Are Pilots

    ASIN: B0007WFXMG
    Release Date: 2005-04-12

    Tracks:

    1. Shut Me Up
    2. 1989
    3. Straight To Video
    4. Tom Sawyer
    5. You'll Rebel To Anything (As Long As It's Not Challenging)
    6. What Do They Know?
    7. Stupid MF
    8. 2 H**k*rs And An 8 B***
    9. Prom
    10. Bull****
    11. Microphone Commander - (Bonus Track)

    Album Description

    MSI's music is a hybrid of Atari driven electronics with a venomous splash of ADD punk rock. There are three different versions of this release: a 10 track explicit version with a video for "You'll Rebel To Anything", an 11 track clean version with a video of "Diabolical", and an 11 track extra heavy double vinyl version. The clean and vinyl formats have two entirely different bonus tracks and all three have their own individual artwork, so true collectors will think nothing of owning them all. "MSI are, to me, how punk rock should sound in the 21st century: abrasive, brilliant, and sounding like no one else"--Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly). "...one of the most creative and genre-swirling outfits on the scene"--Serj Tankian (System Of A Down).

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Explicit version is a great album but very poor and underhanded marketing!.......2006-03-15

    **This review was originally made for the uncensored version, see my advice below for buying considerations**

    I'll break this review in to three parts. First, the review of the album itself. Second, the review of the tactics used by MSI and Metropolis Records to sell this album. Lastly, my advice on getting everything that should have been included on one album.

    1. The review of the album:

    Simply put, if you like previous MSI albums, Babyland or stuff like Korn you'll eat this up. It's another top notch hybrid electronic, punk/metal, lofi quasi-hip hop, quasi-post-industrial genre-bending album. I suppose this would have fallen in to the label "coldwave" circa mid-90's post-industrial labeling. It's not exactly coldwave, not exactly anything other than the sum of its influences, which seem to be mainly hip-hop, post-industrial and punk/metal. The highlights of the album are definitely "Shut Me Up" and "Stupid MF", although there isn't really a weak track here. Another bonus is a positively weird cover of Rush's "Tom Sawyer". Be sure to put the CD in your computer as there is a video for "You'll Rebel To Anything" (it's a neat collage of old 50's propaganda footage mixed with weird cartoons, vintage stock film interspersed with just general weirdness.)

    2. Commentary about questionable gouging of consumer by label/band:

    There is absolutely no reason for there to be three different versions of this album except to rip off the consumer. Period. In an interview Jimmy Urine said they released a clean version for people who couldn't buy the album in places like Wal-Mart. Who cares about Wal-Mart? For someone so outspoken and inspired by punk, it bothers me that he'd cave to pressures to release an edited version of anything, let alone an entire album. That leads me to believe it wasn't an effort to cater to the imbeciles who buy music at Wal-Mart but rather a flimsy excuse to release a different version of the album, with different artwork and different bonus tracks.

    When I used to buy a lot of electro/industrial (circa mid-90's) I remember this type of crap burning the hell out of me. I'd buy the import of a particular artist (say, someone like Haujobb) and then a year or so later a domestic version would come out with bonus tracks. And it'd cost LESS to boot! So all the "early adopters" and people on the cutting edge would get burned over and over. I can't tell you how many CDs I bought like that when I used to buy a lot of obscure electro/industrial music. It's a trick in order to separate you from your money, nothing more. If they cared only about exposing underground music to a new audience then they'd simply license the album and release it exactly as it was originally in Europe. But I digress.

    3. My advice:

    Buy the explicit version, then download the bonus tracks "La-Di Da-Di" (bonus track on vinyl) and "Mic Commander" (bonus track on clean version) off teh intarweb and say fsck you to Metropolis Records/MSI for forcing us to buy three versions of the same album in order to get two extra tracks, different artwork and a bonus video (the clean version of this album has a "bonus rehearsal video for 'Diabolical'"). Alternately, if you feel like giving MSI more of your hard-earned money, you can at least get the track "Mic Commander" on iTunes Music Store by itself.

    In summation, MSI are a great band and if you like punk, electro-industrial, metal with electronic influences (Fear Factory), hip-hop, nu-metal, coldwave/aggro-industrial (Ministry) then you'll probably totally dig this album.

    Also, check out Jhonen Vasquez's video for "Shut Me Up" on myspace (or just do a google search for it). The ex-Johnny the Homicidal Maniac/Squee/Invader Zim/etc. mastermind pulls off one of the funniest videos in a long time.

    5 out of 5 stars Buy this Crap (*don't support censorship only get unedited*).......2005-05-21

    What do you get when you steal a bulldozer then hunt down the band Atari Teenage Riot (*put tape over their mouths*) and squash then into mush, you scoop that mush up and toss it in a pot, very satisfying indeed but you need something else and so you're off again, next you happen along the world invader music group GWAR, and maybe not exactly what you were looking for but you think "what the heck", they try to fight back with their giant swords and huge phalluses but you put (*tape over their mouths*) run them down with ease leaving nothing but alien slime, You shovel their mutant sludge remains into your giant pot with ATR's bloody mush and then you take that home stir it all together and cook it on high, you like it but it's missing something so you track down and stock Marilyn Manson and Eminem until you're ready to strike and then you (*put tape over their mouths*) cut off their penises and testicles then take them home and throw those into the giant pot of stew just too add flavor, so what do you get? I don't know either but I bet its gross, smells bad, and there's no way I'd eat it!
    But anyways, I like this CD (*uncensored*).

    Also check out the band Psychic TV who are about to release a new album. Psychic TV's lead singer Genesis P-Orridge was the one who started industrial music with one of his other bands in the 70s then created the rave scene in the 80s in England before being Exiled from that country because of his (anti-)cult Temple of Psychick Youth.

    **ALSO EVERYONE** I recommend checking out and listening to www.airamericaradio.com to stay informed about what's going on and have a few laughs also animated political cartoonist www.markfiore.com because I think we free thinkers need to be aware of what the American Fascists liars in Our Government, who claim religious superiority, are up to today before they bring back the Inquisition or ban our lifestyles and force theirs on us.

    5 out of 5 stars totaly wacked.......2005-04-24

    Censoring MSI I thought would really suck but the truth is it still sounds awesome and with more real lyrics in this cd not a hell of a lot is censored in the first place.

    5 out of 5 stars Different sound when censored.......2005-04-20

    I got both the censored and uncensored versions, and actually to listen to them back to back, they have a different sound. Plus mic commander is a great track. It's really not worth it to buy both unless you are one of those people who had to have a copy of Tight for well over $60... Still if you aren't allowed to buy from anywhere except walmart, or you just need to hear the bonus track, this is a great cd.

    4 out of 5 stars Clean music can still be good!.......2005-04-19

    Yeah, it kinda loses it's kick without the bad words, but it's still a great CD by one of the best bands out there. It's funny listening to them censor things that I didn't even know were obscenities. I was a little pissed at first with MSI for making me buy two albums just for one bonus track and one video, but the CDs were only 10 bucks each. You can get both for about the same cost as one crappy pop album of your choice.

    And as for an actual review of the music, just look at the review of the un-cut version. It all applies, and the bonus track and video are great.
    Shape Fitness Music: Walk, Vol. 1: Easy To Moderate Pace 60's Hits
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      Shape Fitness Music: Walk, Vol. 1: Easy To Moderate Pace 60's Hits
      Various Artists
      Manufacturer: Peter Pan
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000IHY9X4
      Release Date: 2006-12-12

      Tracks:

      1. It's All Right [BPM 116]
      2. Let the Good Times Roll [BPM 118]
      3. Way You Do the Things You Do [BPM 118]
      4. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye [BPM 118]
      5. Bend Me Shape Me [BPM 118]
      6. Do Wah Diddy Diddy [BPM 119]
      7. Rescue Me [BPM 120]
      8. Sherry [BPM 120]
      9. California Girls [BPM 121]
      10. Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) [BPM 121]
      11. Duke of Earl [BPM 120]
      12. Harlem Shuffle [BPM 116]
      John Gay: The Beggar's Opera; Edward German: Tom Jones (Highlights)
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Enjoyably 'Inauthentic,' Authentically 1950s Version
      John Gay: The Beggar's Opera; Edward German: Tom Jones (Highlights)

      Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Brannigan, OwenBrannigan, Owen | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B000089HAZ
      Release Date: 2003-08-05

      Tracks:

      1. Overture - John Wills
      2. Thro' All The Employments Of Life - Owen Brannigan
      3. 'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind - Alexander Young
      4. If Love The Virgin's Heart Invade - Constance Shacklock
      5. A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore - Constance Shacklock
      6. Virgins Are Like The Fair Flower - Elsie Morison
      7. Our Polly Is A Sad Slut - Constance Shacklock
      8. Can Love Be Controlled By Advice? - Elsie Morison
      9. O Polly, You Might Have Toy'd And Kiss'd - Elsie Morison
      10. I Like A Ship In Storms Was Tossed - Elsie Morison
      11. A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir - Owen Brannigan
      12. O Ponder Well - Elsie Morison
      13. Pretty Polly, Say - Elsie Morison
      14. My Heart Was So Free - John Cameron
      15. Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast - Elsie Morison
      16. O What Pain It Is To Part - Elsie Morison
      17. Fill Every Glass - Alexander Young
      18. Let Us Take The Road - Alexander Young
      19. If The Heart Of A Man - John Cameron
      20. Youth's The Season - Dance - John Cameron
      21. Before The Barn-Door Crowing - Dance - Anna Pollak
      22. At The Tree I Shall Suffer - John Cameron
      23. Man May Escape From Rope And Gun - John Cameron
      24. App. 1. How Cruel Are The Traitors - Monica Sinclair
      25. App. 3. When You Censure The Age - Owen Brannigan
      26. How Happy Could I Be With Either - John Cameron
      27. I'm Bubbled, I'm Bubbled - Monica Sinclair
      28. Cease Your Funning - Elsie Morison
      29. Melodrama: The Escape Of Macheath - John Wills

      Tracks:

      1. The Modes Of The Court So Common Are Grown - Alexander Young
      2. In The Days Of My Youth - Owen Brannigan
      3. Entrance Of Lucy - John Wills
      4. I'm Like A Skiff On The Ocean Tost - Monica Sinclair
      5. Come, Sweet Lass - Monica Sinclair
      6. Hither, Dear Husband - Monica Sinclair
      7. Which Way Shall I Turn Me? - John Cameron
      8. The Charge Is Prepared - John Cameron
      9. Macheath's Soliloquy - John Wills
      10. Would I Might Be Hang'd - Monica Sinclair
      11. Thus I Stand Like The Turk - John Cameron
      12. Introduction - Don't You Find The Weather Charming? - Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
      13. On A Januairy Morning In Zummerzetsheer - Nigel Brooks Chorus
      14. West County Lad, What Is't Ye Lack? - Nigel Brooks Chorus
      15. To-Day My Spinet, Closed And Idly Still - Cynthia Glover
      16. Wisdom Says 'Festina Lente' - Shirley Minty
      17. Madrigal: Here's A Paradox For Lovers - Shirley Minty
      18. Dream O' Day Jill - Cynthia Glover
      19. As All The Maids And I One Day - Shirley Minty
      20. A Soldier's Scarlet Coat - Nigel Brooks Chorus
      21. Love Maketh The Heart A Garden Fair - Cynthia Glover
      22. Morris Dance - Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
      23. Gavotte: Glass Of Fashion, Mould Of Form - Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
      24. The Green Ribbon - Shirley Minty
      25. If Love's Content Lie In The Spoken Word - Frederick Harvey
      26. Recitative And Waltz Song: Which Is My Own True Self... - Cynthia Glover
      27. Recitative And Waltz Song: For To-night Let Me Dream Out My Dream Of Delight - Cynthia Glover
      28. Hark! The Merry Marriage Bells - Shirley Minty

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Enjoyably 'Inauthentic,' Authentically 1950s Version.......2005-05-14

      By rights, this 1955 version of John Gay's much-adapted 1728 'ballad opera' should sound antiquated beyond redemption: the musical version used is Frederick Austin's well-worn, prettified (& verbally expurgated) 1920 arrangement, subjected to the indignity of being blown up from chamber ensemble to full orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargeant's tempi are impossibly 'inauthentic' (ie. slow); there are numerous cuts even beyond Austin's omissions; & the 2 separate casts, of opera singers & actors, recorded in different months, are not always convincingly 'matched up.' Yet it's one of the most enjoyable recordings I know of.
      A quick scan of the cast list(s) will tell you why: the singers include Elsie Morison, John Cameron, Monica Sinclair, Ian Wallace, Owen Brannigan & Alexander Young & the actors Zena Walker, John Neville, Rachel Roberts, Eric Porter & Paul Rogers. In other words, these are top pros & strong audio personalities who grab their every opportunity. The musical performance is sumptuous & sheer pleasure to listen to, the actors & dialogue 'production' brisk, funny & sharper than you might expect. And the sound for both music & dialogue is of demonstration quality, one of the best of the period.
      Those who find this version too musically ponderous or dramatically reactionary can find antidotes in the Bare Baroque Basics one by Jeremy Barlow & The Broadside Band (Hyperion), word & note complete, & the radical & often inspired 1948 Benjamin Britten arrangement (complete on Argo, abridged with the original cast on Pearl). They'll be missing some good 50s fun, though.
      They'll also be missing the only available excerpts (15 numbers) from Edward German's tuneful 1907 operetta 'Tom Jones.' This really IS 'cleaned up' 18th century, genteel beyond the call of duty, but for those who respond to musical theater of the period, highly recommended. The 1966 recording is lively & accomplished. As Miss Jean Brodie would say, For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like. And a good thing too.
      Inner Peace for Busy People
      Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
      • Just so so
      Inner Peace for Busy People

      Manufacturer: Spring Hill
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00005MJZR
      Release Date: 2001-07-31

      Tracks:

      1. Vaughan-Williams: The Lark Ascending
      2. Faure: Berceuse, Op. 116
      3. Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D Major: Largo
      4. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in C Major: Andante
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      6. Albinoni: Concerto Op. 7, No. 9 in G Major For Two Oboes: Allegro
      7. Albinoni: Concerto Op. 7, No. 1 in Da Major For Oboe: Allegro assai
      8. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1: Romance/Larghetto
      9. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor: Largo

      Amazon.com

      Here's a compilation for solace in a crazy world. Music, as the studies of Don G. Campbell (author of The Mozart Effect) have shown, not only soothes the savage breast, but can be used to enhance well-being and even intelligence. Campbell and Joan Borysenko have compiled the anthology found on Inner Peace for Busy People: Music to Relax and Renew (a companion to Borysenko's bestselling book, Inner Peace for Busy People). Inspirational examples include the soothing "Berceuse" of Fauré; moments of transcendent beauty from Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin; a sprightly concerto by Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni; and Vaughan-Williams's vision of pastoral serenity, The Lark Ascending. Inspirational comments accompany each track, but there is no mention anywhere of the performers or sources for these selections. --Sarah Chin

      Customer Reviews:

      1 out of 5 stars Just so so.......2006-02-08

      I actually found some of the selections annoying rather than relaxing...it wasn't what I expected.
      The Life and Works of Ludwig van Beethoven
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        The Life and Works of Ludwig van Beethoven

        Manufacturer: Naxos
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        ASIN: B00005MKG4
        Release Date: 2001-07-17

        Tracks:

        1. Childhood And Youth - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        2. Symphony No.7 in A (Finale) - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
        3. Hammerklavier Sonata, Op.106 (Exc.) - Jeno Jando
        4. Beethoven As A Pianist - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        5. Sonata in C, Op.2 No.3 (Finale) - Jeno Jando
        6. Beethoven As Pianist - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        7. German Dance, WoO 8, No.4 - Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
        8. Beethoven's Vienna - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        9. Sextet in E Flat, Op.81b (First Movement) - Life And Works: Ludwig Van Beethoven
        10. Beethoven As Friend, Pupil And Artist - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        11. Trio in c, Op.1 No.1 (Finale) - Stuttgart Piano Trio
        12. Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat (Finale) - Stevan Vladar
        13. The Onset Of Deafness - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        14. Appassionata Sonata (Finale) - Jeno Jando

        Tracks:

        1. The Crest Of The Wave - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        2. Septet in B flat (Scherzo) - Life And Works: Ludwig Van Beethoven
        3. Sonata Pathetique, Op.13 (Exc.) - Jeno Jando
        4. Beethoven In Love - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        5. Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor, Op.27, No.2 (Exc.) - Jeno Jando
        6. A Winning Streak - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        7. Symphony No.2 in D, Finale (Exc.) - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
        8. Beethoven in Crisis: The Heiligenstadt Testament - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        9. Eroica Symphony: Funeral March (Exc.) - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
        10. Beethoven And Heroism - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        11. Eroica Symphony, Finale (Exc.) - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
        12. Beethoven The Revolutionary - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        13. Razumovsky Quartet No.1, pp. 59 No.1, Adagio (Exc.) - Kodaly Quartet
        14. Beethoven And Women - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        15. Violin Concerto in D, Op.61, First Movement (Exc.) - Takako Nishizaki
        16. Beethoven And Performer - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        17. Emperor Concerto, Finale (Complete) - Stefan Vladar

        Tracks:

        1. Beethoven And Suffering - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        2. Coriolan Overture - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/Stephen Gunzenhauser
        3. Beethoven And Fate - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        4. Fifth Symphony, First Movement (Complete) - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
        5. Fifth Symphony, Finale (Exc.) - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
        6. Beethoven And The Transcendence Of Suffering - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        7. Seventh Symphony, First Movement (Exc.) - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
        8. Beethoven, Goethe And Self-Pity - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        9. Beethoven On His Method Of Composing - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        10. Beethoven And Unrequited Love - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        11. Serioso Quartet, Op.95, First Movement - Kodaly Quartet
        12. The Immortal Beloved - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        13. Violin Sonata in G, Op.96, First Movement - Takako Nishizaki/Jeno Jando
        14. To The Brink Of Suicide - And Beyond - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck J
        15. Battle Symphony (Exc.) - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
        16. Prisoner's Chorus from Fidelio - Life And Works: Ludwig Van Beethoven

        Tracks:

        1. Archduke Trio - Jeno Jando/Takako Nishizaki/Csaba Onczay
        2. Beethoven 'Kidnaps' Karl - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        3. Beethoven's Manner & Appearance - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        4. Pastoral Symphony (Exc.) - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
        5. Beethoven As A 'Parent' - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        6. Piano Sonata No.32, Op.111 - Jeno Jando
        7. Beethoven And Friendship - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        8. His Attitudes To Publication - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        9. Beethoven As Conductor - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        10. Ninth Symphony (Scherzo) (Exc.) - Hasmik Papian/Ruxandra Donose/Manfred Fink/Claudio Otelli/Nicholas Esterhazy Chorus
        11. His Final Works - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        12. String Quartet in B flat, Op.130 ('Cavatina') - Kodaly Quartet
        13. Beethoven's Death - Jeremy Siepmann/Bob Peck
        14. Music: Ninth Symphony (Exc.) - Hasmik Papian/Ruxandra Donose/Manfred Fink/Claudio Otelli/Nicolaus Esterhazy Chorus

        Amazon.com

        This set is a fine introduction to Beethoven for a certain class of listeners. It is much too long, detailed, and serious for children. It is not for advanced musicologists, either. Author-narrator Jeremy Siepmann avoids musical analysis altogether, concentrating instead on biographical material about Beethoven and his friends and providing historical and social background. Siepmann's text is absorbing and is frequently illustrated with substantial music examples (usually complete movements) from the Naxos catalog. Unfortunately, the first such example (from the Seventh Symphony) sounds regrettably mushy, but otherwise, the performances are consistently rewarding. If Naxos has put together this set, with its very large booklet, partly to promote its catalog of Beethoven recordings, the company may well find listeners attracted by the examples offered. The complete reproduction of the spoken text seems like a waste of space and paper, but the remaining material in the booklet is intelligently written and useful. Even people generally familiar with Beethoven are sure to find something new and interesting here. --Leslie Gerber
        Blow: Fairest work of happy Nature - Songs and keyboard music (English Orpheus, Vol 18) /Ainsley * Roberts * Chateauneuf
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
        Blow: Fairest work of happy Nature - Songs and keyboard music (English Orpheus, Vol 18) /Ainsley * Roberts * Chateauneuf

        Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        SuitesSuites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
        ClassicalClassical | Imports | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B000002ZSM
        Release Date: 1995-04-16

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE .......2005-03-21

        Tenor John Mark Ainsley with Timothy Roberts on harpsichord, spinet & chamber organ and Paula Chateauneuf on theorbo and baroque guitar, in an award-winning recording of eighteen songs and keyboard works by John Blow (1649-1708).

        "Full of interest, rich in its varied pleasures and in the high standard of recording and performance" (Gramophone)

        The works on this recording:

        1. No more, the dear, lovely nymph's no more song with theorbo and organ
        2. Prelude in G spinet solo
        3. The self-banish'd (A Minuet) song with theorbo
        4. Lovely Selina, innocent and free song with spinet and guitar
        5. Morlake Ground spinet solo
        6. O turn not those fine eyes away song with harpsichord
        7. Sett (Suite) No 1 in D minor (Almand - [Tune] - Tune [Gavott] - Jigg) harpsichord solo
        8. Fairest work of happy Nature song with theorbo
        9. Flavia grown old song with harpsichord
        10. Ground in G minor spinet solo
        11. Oh! that mine eyes would melt into a flood sacred song with theorbo and organ
        12. Verse (Voluntary) in G minor (anonymous, probably by Blow) organ solo
        13. O mighty God, who sit'st on high penitential hymn with theorbo and organ
        14. Sett (Suite) No 3 in A minor (Almand - Corant - Saraband - Jigg) spinet solo
        15. Sabina has a thousand charms song with spinet
        16. Of all the torments, all the cares song with theorbo and harpsichord / organ
        17. Ground in C harpsichord solo
        18. No, Lesbia, you ask in vain (Elegy on the death of Queen Mary) ('The Queen's Epicedium') song with theorbo and organ

        American Collection: Max Lifchitz
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Awesome CD!!!!
        American Collection: Max Lifchitz

        Manufacturer: North / South Record
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        SonatasSonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000004AHF
        Release Date: 1998-02-03

        Tracks:

        1. Colors From A Changing Sky
        2. Elaborations: I. Fast
        3. Elaborations: II. Slow
        4. Elaborations: III. Quiet
        5. Elaborations: IV. Brilliant
        6. The Ideal Self
        7. Variations And Interludes
        8. Gypsy Ballads: I. Ballad Of The Black Pain
        9. Gypsy Ballads: II. The Unfaithful Wife
        10. Gypsy Ballads: III. Ballad Of The Moon, Moon
        11. Gypsy Ballads: IV. Saint Rafael At Cordoba
        12. Gypsy Ballads: V. Preciosa And The Wind
        13. Gypsy Ballads: VI. Brawl
        14. Gypsy Ballads: VII. Ballad Of One Who Is Doomed To Die
        15. Gypsy Ballads: VIII. Sleepwalk Ballad
        16. Gypsy Ballads: IX. Saint Gabriel At Sevilla

        Tracks:

        1. Stehende Musik
        2. Tre Espressioni: I. Free
        3. Tre Espressioni: II. = 60
        4. Tre Espressioni: III. = 54
        5. Romanza
        6. Piano Sonata: I. Adagio-Allegretto
        7. Piano Sonata: I. Adagio-Allegretto
        8. Piano Sonata: II. Andantino Grazioso
        9. Piano Sonata: III. Allegro vivace
        10. Seven Piano Pieces: I. Prelude
        11. Seven Piano Pieces: II. Fantasy
        12. Seven Piano Pieces: III. Little Waltz
        13. Seven Piano Pieces: IV. Elegy
        14. Seven Piano Pieces: V. Capriccio
        15. Seven Piano Pieces: VI. Song Without Words
        16. Seven Piano Pieces: VII. Postlude
        17. Images Of Wood And Fire

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Awesome CD!!!!.......2001-03-09

        I think Timothy Kramer's piece is outstanding! A must to own. The other works on the CD are also great. This is one of my favorite CDs.

        Soul Music:

        1. Sin-A-Matic [Explicit Lyrics]
        2. Song Cry [CD-single] [Import]
        3. Soul Survivor [Explicit Lyrics]
        4. Static [Explicit Lyrics]
        5. Stoned Raiders [Explicit Lyrics]
        6. Streetsoul [Explicit Lyrics]
        7. Sugar [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
        8. SWAX [Enhanced]
        9. The Album Before the Album [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics]
        10. The Body-Hat Syndrome

        Soul Music

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