Down 4 Life

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Formed two years ago, D4L (meaning down for life) has seemingly appeared out of nowhere to become one of the hottest, most innovative groups to spring forth from the dirty concrete of the Atlanta. The members, all representing from different Atlanta projects- Fa-bo, Mook-B, Stoney and Shawty Lo- traded in their street hustles to pursue a new kind of hustle: music... and two years later, D4L is an ‘overnight success.’

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Down 4 Life

Down 4 Life
American Angels
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • spiritual americana
  • Rich Heritage
  • Superb
  • Can't walk away from it!
  • Mana from Heaven
 American Angels

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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ASIN: B0001ADB4Q
Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

  1. Holy Manna
  2. Abbeville
  3. Wondrous Love
  4. Sweet Hour Of Prayer
  5. Jewett
  6. Dunlap's Creek
  7. New Britain
  8. The Morning Trumpet
  9. Resignation
  10. Poland
  11. Wayfaring Stranger
  12. Sweet By And By
  13. Blooming Vale
  14. Idumea (I)/Idumea (II)
  15. Sweet Prospect
  16. Shall We Gather At The River
  17. Amanda
  18. Invitation
  19. Parting Hand
  20. Angel Band

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This, Anonymous 4's final recording, is a break from their usual "early music" periods and locations; it presents American music, religious in nature, from the 18th and 19th centuries. And it's absolutely beautiful from start to finish. Their normal, exquisite technique and purity here blend to sound the way we imagined the ladies' choir in church meetings in America past might have sounded: sweet, sincere, and with harmonies recognizable yet somehow fresh. Some of the songs begin with the women singing "fa, so la" exercises, which was called "shape note" singing because some places taught singing with notes as shapes--circle, rectangle, diamond, triangle. But it's the music that counts, and there are treasures here. They include two versions of "Amazing Grace," one familiar, one with an unusual melody and a piece called "Blooming Vale" which is as sophisticated as anything on their previous albums. "Shall We Gather at the River" is performed with a clarity and loveliness that makes us forget that it's normally sung as background to movies about the Great Depression. The foursome sometimes sing in rich harmonies and occasionally alone or in pairs or trios. This is glorious Americana and highly recommended. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars spiritual americana.......2007-01-06

I have some of the older Anonymous 4 recordings which are more medieval
and gregorian in style (I love them!). They move on to cover spiritual
basics of the 1800s. If you like classical music, perfect harmonies
and spiritual americina, then you will be blessed!

5 out of 5 stars Rich Heritage.......2006-10-11

Anonymous 4 consistently produces exquisite and authentically beautiful recordings and this one presents early American hymns in ways few groups can manage. Some tunes are highly recognizable while others are 'new' to me but a refreshing reminder of the singing heritage of religious societies in times past. For those who enjoy old hymns and authentic renderings, this is a must buy.

5 out of 5 stars Superb .......2006-08-07

This collection of American Christian music is not only an enthralling musical experience but a spiritually uplifting one as well. Anonymous Four have transferred their luminous vocal quality to a new space with perfect success.

5 out of 5 stars Can't walk away from it!.......2006-08-07

My only "complaint" about the CD is that I absolutely HAVE to sit and listen to the entire thing whenever I start it up! I usually have music playing in the background while doing other things, but not this one! There are no tracks that I find myself wanting to skip over as in most collections. In fact, I usually find myself going back and listening to selected tracks again (and again and...) after taking the hour+ to listen to the whole thing through once.

These four ladies produce a unique and remarkable sound. I can't recommend it enough.

5 out of 5 stars Mana from Heaven.......2006-05-08

I think the title of this CD is perfect. I first heard an interview for this CD on Public Radio and fell in love. I had never heard Anonymous 4 before then but look for all I can find of their music now. The title is perfect as the women sound like Angels and the music lifts the spirit. I find myself singing the old version of Amazing Grace all the time now. Incredible and a huge blessing to all who hear it.
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
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 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
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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).
Handel: Belshazzar
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES
  • Enjoiyable, but lacking, too.
 Handel: Belshazzar

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ASIN: B0001ZWGHY
Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

  1. Overture
  2. Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire!
  3. Thou, God Most High, And Thou Alone
  4. The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh
  5. Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!
  6. Behold, By Persia's Hero Made
  7. Well May They Laugh/Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul
  8. Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief
  9. Dry Thoes Unavailing Tears
  10. Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem/Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates
  11. Now, Tell Me, Gobrias
  12. Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
  13. Can You Then Think It Strange
  14. Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known
  15. My Friends, Be Confident
  16. All Empires Upon God Depend
  17. Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!
  18. Rejoyce, My Countrymen
  19. Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!

Tracks:

  1. Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!
  2. For You, My Friends
  3. The Leafy Honours Of The Field
  4. It Is The Custom, I May Say, The Law
  5. Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command
  6. They Tell You True
  7. Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!
  8. By Slow Degrees The Wrath Of God
  9. See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!
  10. You See, My Friends, A Path
  11. Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near
  12. To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!
  13. Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire
  14. Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
  15. Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?
  16. Call All My Wise Men

Tracks:

  1. A Singony (Allegro Postillions)
  2. Ye Sages! Welcome Always To Your King/Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes
  3. Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!
  4. Oh King, Live For Ever!
  5. No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be
  6. Yet, To Obey His Dread Command
  7. Oh Sentence To Severe!
  8. Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!
  9. You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace
  10. Oh Glorious Prince!
  11. Alternate Hopes And Fears
  12. Fain Would I Hope
  13. Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?
  14. My Hopes Revive
  15. Bel Boweth Down!
  16. I Thank, Thee, Sesach
  17. A Martial Symphony
  18. To Pow'e Immortal My First Thanks
  19. Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias
  20. Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow
  21. Say, Venerable Prophet
  22. Tell It Out Among The Heathen
  23. Yes, I Will Build Thy City
  24. I Will Magnify Thee

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES.......2005-06-19

One question I might find among the more difficult in my life would be - which is my favourite Handel oratorio? I suspect that my answer would generally be 'the one I heard most recently', and that, as I write this, is Belshazzar. It is a magnificent thing, a heavenly thing. It has taken me longer than it should have to come to an appreciation of what makes Handel the phenomenon - as a genius, as an artist, as a craftsman - that he is, but I am comforted to reflect that no less a genius than Haydn, at the age of nearly 70 gaining a more thorough knowledge of Handel in performance, was driven to say that he felt a mere apprentice. In his sense of how to pace a dramatic narrative, in his instinct for how to use the human voice in song and above all in chorus, in the matchless flexibility and adroitness he displays at word-setting and in the audacity of his melodic and harmonic effects I can think of nobody who can approach Handel on his own terms.

Belshazzar was not a great success at the box-office, although this may have had more to do with difficulties in the casting than because it was deemed insufficiently biblical for oratorio, which seems to have been the fate of Hercules. It seems to me to be perfectly well described as oratorio in other ways too, with (for one thing) the extensive use of the chorus that we find in, say, Samson but not in Hercules. The one passage that cries out for visual effects is of course the apparition of the moving finger itself. Even here the composer can go a long way with sheer power of suggestion, by the strange unaccompanied violin figure creeping upwards and the frightened brevity of the vocal numbers. Otherwise for me Belshazzar is as much an oratorio as Samson is. It has the same librettist too, the crusty and formidable Jennens, who had also collaborated with Handel on Saul and on Messiah itself. Jennens' full text is not provided, but I think if you read the synopsis first and then follow the work from the headlines to each number you will have no difficulty in catching the words, so clear is the enunciation by soloists and chorus alike. As usual, Handel was driven to make alterations to the score for practical reasons. He had been a little concerned about its length, roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes in this performance, but where he wishes to be expansive he gives us full measure - two arias in Act I scene 4 take well over 7 minutes each. The liner-essay (a good one, by Anthony Hicks) goes into the issue of the version of the score used here, and I personally have no problem with it.

I have no faults to find with the performance in any way. Pinnock is an established specialist, the instruments are period instruments and vocal cadenzas at the end of the arias are kept minimal. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, James Bowman and David Wilson-Johnson are tried and trusted Handel singers and at their best here, and Nicolas Robertson and Richard Wistreich in the smaller parts are every bit as good. The part of Cyrus is a soprano part, taken by Catherine Robbin, and when I thought I heard just one touch of strain in `Destructive War' in the final scene she makes up for it instantly in her superb duet with Arleen Auger in the following number. Auger as Nitocris the mother of Belshazzar has the biggest part, and she covers herself with glory all the way through.

The recording is perfect, and when I saw an aria entitled `Destructive War, thy limits know' near the end I felt a sharp sense of irony in the year 2005. Cyrus, Handel, Jennens, you should all have been living at this hour.

3 out of 5 stars Enjoiyable, but lacking, too........2004-08-16

This 3CD set of George Frederic Handel's (1685-1759) "Belshazzar", from Archiv Production, a division of Universal Music, is proof again that transfer from vinyl to tape to disc brings with it improvements in listening that make the purchase a worthwhile addition to anyone's listening library. Written in 1744, "Belshazzar" is an oratorio in the operatic style that is wonderful oratorio, but lacking the true depth one expects to hear in an opera. London opera audiences of Handel's day agreed, as both "Belshazzar" and Handel's other offering of the period in the same style, "Hercules", were not terribly successful. Instead of the scheduled 24 performances only 16 were given and Handel never offered a full season of oratorio again. The Libretto by Charles Jennens (1700-1773) is, as the production notes say, meant "not only to show the fall of Babylon but to show it as a fulfillment of divine prediction and to confirm the biblical testimony by reference to classical history." There's only one problem, as good a quality as the CDs are, it is not possible to follow the full libretto and the accompanying booklet includes no text, which is a shame. I think the listening experience would have been increased immeasurably if one was able to follow the text of what is being sung. Nonetheless the dramatic narrative is fluid and even, and the English Concert and Choir provide nice balance to the less full vocal passages, as in Disc 3s "Oh Glorious prince", cut 10. There is enough of this throughout to keep one's interest, but disappointing if what one expects is another ""Messiah".
Modern Rock 1982-1983
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    1. Down Under -- Men At Work 2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) -- Eurythmics 3. Come On Eileen -- Dexy's Midnight Runners 4. Hungry Like The Wolf -- Duran Duran 5. Shake It Up -- The Cars various artists , 6. She Blinded Me With Science -- Thomas Dolby 7. Too Shy -- Kajagoogoo 8. (She's) Sexy + 17 -- Stray Cats 9. Steppin' Out -- Joe Jackson 10. In A Big Country -- Big Country , 11. Love My Way -- The Psychedelic Furs 12. Mexican Radio -- Wall Of Voodoo Track Title 1. True -- Spandau Ballet 2. One Thing Leads To Another -- The Fixx , 3. Back On The Chain Gang -- The Pretenders 4. Vacation -- The Go-Go's 5. Love Plus One -- Haircut 100 6. I Want Candy -- Bow Wow Wow 7. Our House -- Madness 8. Always Something There To Remind Me -- Naked Eyes , and 9. Only The Lonely -- The Motels 10. I Ran (So Far Away) -- A Flock Of Seagulls 11. Goody Two Shoes -- Adam Ant 12. I Know What Boys Like -- Waitresses
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    Offenbach: La Belle Helene; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Champagne Music!
    		 Offenbach: La Belle Helene; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)

    Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us
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    ASIN: B00009KHY3
    Release Date: 2003-09-02

    Tracks:

    1. Overture
    2. The Happy Bride Never Stumbles
    3. You've Gone Too Far!
    4. May I Make Myself Known?
    5. My Death Appears Divinely Smiling
    6. When Diana Leaves The Mountains
    7. To Arms!
    8. When Jupy Feels The Inclination
    9. Here Comes Orpheus
    10. When I Was King Of The Boeotians
    11. I Thought That I Felt On My Shoulder
    12. What Heavenly Joy Is Mine
    13. Minuet And Galop
    14. Overture
    15. How Sad We've Made The Marchioness
    16. Well Isn't That Just Life All Over?
    17. I'm The Guide For Every Tourist
    18. I Am A Native Of Brazil
    19. In This Enchanting Queen Of Cities
    20. I Am A Dab At Carving Pork
    21. We Have Seen Sights Since Eleven... I'm A Colonel's Widow
    22. Dinner Is Served

    Tracks:

    1. Oh, Little Cloud
    2. When She Goes Out... Her Petticoats Go Frou, Frou, Frou
    3. Does He Know He's Splitting Down The Back
    4. Nobody Would Call Me A Rover
    5. I'll Have So Much To Say
    6. It's Most Important You Should Show
    7. Here You See The Place
    8. My Friends, I'm Most Delighted To See You
    9. In Songs And Shouts... Paris Blooms Like A Flower
    10. Introduction
    11. To Bow To Jupiter We Gather At The Shrine
    12. We've Had A Night Out
    13. On Mount Ida Three Great Ladies (The Judgement Of Paris)
    14. March And Entry Of The Kings
    15. Entr'acte
    16. We All Begin By Truly Trying
    17. It Is Her That Has Sent This Sweet Love Dream
    18. Come Here, You Kings Of Greece
    19. When All Of Greece Has Been Ravaged
    20. Do You See?

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Champagne Music!.......2006-07-09

    Thank goodness that these well filled CDs of selections from three of Offenbach's most entertaining and tuneful operettas are available. Exactly the thing to provide some hearty nourishment for Winter nights. Ideal also for a Summer barbecue. In both cases, a glass of champagne, or at least some other bubbly beverage, would be good to have at hand - everything here no doubt will call for a toast or several.

    It is so nice to be able to hear in these translations the witty words, sung with welcome clarity and meaning by these admirable artists. As I recall, there were no microphones in sight, and perhaps not even used, when this production of Orpheus In The Underworld was brought to Australia, with a few cast changes but the same sparkle as shown here. Crisp diction and lively, often lovely, singing - a great recipe for enjoyable listening indeed.

    The recording sounds a bit shrill here and there, but what a churlish quibble; to Hades with such curmudgeonly qualifications! This is music to raise the spirits, and not just those from Hades.
    Moondog
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • 35 unmistakable tracks
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    ASIN: B0000026QJ
    Release Date: 1989-07-20

    Tracks:

    1. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 12-Nero's Expedition
    2. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 13-No, The Wheel Was Never Invented
    3. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 14-With My Wealth
    4. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 15-This Student Of Life
    5. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 16-Some Trust All
    6. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 17-Wine, Woman And Song
    7. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 18-Sadness
    8. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 19-Maybe
    9. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 20-Each Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow
    10. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 21-Imagine
    11. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 22-You The Vandal
    12. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 23-Trees Against The Sky
    13. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 24-Behold
    14. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 25-Sparrow
    15. Madrigals: Rounds And Canons: No. 26-Pastoral

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars 35 unmistakable tracks.......2005-02-24

    You don't need to buy the double-disc "Moondog 1 & 2" to hear the two albums - all that music can also be heard on this (75 minute) single disc.
    Even though the only cover art of this edition is the original front cover of the 1969 "Moondog" (no original back-cover thereof nor any art from the 1971 "Moondog II",) all 35 tracks are nicely crammed in here.
    What's listed under "Listen to samples" on the amazon page are only the last 20 tracks of this CD and all titles are linked to the wrong tracks.

    "Moondog I" (tracks 1-9) opens with "Theme" and "Stomping Ground" - two somewhat coherent pieces which a few years ago were made quite famous through the soundtrack of Coen Brothers' wonderful movie "The Big Lebowski." The album features a 50+ piece orchestra, which, among other greats, includes jazz veterans Don Butterfield (tuba) and Ron Carter (double bass.) In the list of personnel, Moondog is not credited for playing percussion, but the bass, which I assume is a misprint.
    The beautiful Charlie Parker homage "Lament I: Bird's Lament" is here performed in its original form, but can also be found on the 1994 Moondog recording "Sax Pax For a Sax" on only saxes and percussion.
    The orchestral performances on "Moondog I" aren't flawless, but should not be judged harshly because of the very personal, highly individual, and wonderfully eccentric form of compositions that they are. Budget, which is a very common issue when it comes to orchestral recordings, is another element that probably has not allowed much rehersing or many (if any) re-takes.

    Before ordering this disc I knew that I'd love "Moondog I" since I'd heard most of it previously, but I was skeptical towards "Moondog II" because of some reviews I'd read of it. I was however curious, and listening to it when it had arrived was a very nice surprise.
    Aside from performances by Louis "Moondog" Hardin (percussion, piano, vocals) and his daughter June (vocals,) "Moondog II" features 6 other musicians who, at different points throughout the album, play virginals, recorders, harpsichords, ancient organs, guitars, schom, viola de gamba, and troubadour harp. These instruments alone make a very individual sound, but the compositions (many of which are in 5/4 and 5/8) and the poetry make this the most wonderful group of rounds (short vocal canons) you've ever heard.

    In my 700+ CD collection, this is among my favorites.

    4 out of 5 stars Wonderful.......2004-01-26

    Beautiful, quirky, fascinating. A combination of classical, jazz, and improv, this collection made me close my eyes and just feel the music. Interspersed with several of Hardin's two-line poems as punctuation, the musical pieces are truly a wonder.

    5 out of 5 stars The Different Drummer We Once Were.......2004-01-05

    I bought this album because of a memory, but the music stands up remarkably well to a more objective listening.

    It was my first trip to New York City, and my father approached the wildly-dressed, tall and intiimidating figure standing on the corner of 56th St. and 7th Ave. They conversed in Norwegian long enough for me to draw nearer and realize the stranger represented no threat. In fact, I left with a book of hs canons, which remains in my collection of piano literature to this day.

    I met Moondog once again--serendipitously, on Milwaukee's Wisconsin Avenue one day in the seventies. I have no idea how he got there or how he left, but this time I wanted to protect him from the insensitive pedestrians swirling around us and threatening our shared moment.

    Moondog's music is as singular as he is, and offers a glimpse into his creative spirit. It begins with an idea and a form, not with an emotion or sentiment. Each piece is simple and brief, but not simplistic or fragmentary. He avoids any form of dissonance, even seventh chords and "blue" notes (flatted thirds). Music, like life, he seems to be saying, can be a straightforward, delighting adventure, providing one cherishes the quest itself above its so-called object and maintains a focused attention on the wonders of the present moment.

    My only slight disappointment with this recording is that the madrigals, sung by Moondog and his daughter, are subjected to some studio effects that make them sound more artificial and commercial than they deserve to be.

    5 out of 5 stars For those who love the music.......2003-11-29

    It is simple, it is clear, it is wonderful! I don`t know what style is this. Some people call it `jazz`, but second disc is strongly attached to european madrigal canons. I think, if we listen really good music, we never asked about styles. I heard familiar tunes from Tchaikovsky to Resident`s Duck Stab. You must have this if you`re music lover. If you`re musician (who plays music, dont `have a job`) you must have it too. Listen once or twise, if you don`t like it, simply put it on the shelf. Properly time will come.
    P.S. My favorite `I love you` and `Nero`s Expedition`

    5 out of 5 stars Moondog.......2002-05-16

    I was in the St. Thomas Boys Choir in the early 70's. We would walk to church for rehearsal, and pass Moondog, standing on the corner, usually by the ABC building. A couple of us would talk to him in our free time...he knew our names by our voices. We would listen to his poetry, and he seemed intigued by our choir, although he never heard us, I think. I got his album around this time, and have had it ever since. Fascinating pieces, very intricate, but also with "a hook"...that you find yourself humming along with. I heard he moved to Germany, where he wrote a nine hour canon. Overall, an amazing life story, and an incredible talent.
    Total Classics
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    ASIN: B0002L2ZUU
    Release Date: 2005-02-08

    Tracks:

    1. Il Canto - Luciano Pavarotti
    2. Pokarekare Ana - Hayley Westernra
    3. La Donna E Mobile - Joseph Fleming
    4. Ebben?... Ne Andro Lontana - Renee Fleming
    5. Shenandoah - Bryn Terfel
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    8. Torna A Surriento - Russell Watson
    9. Love Street - Nigel Kennedy
    10. White Night - Ludovico Einaudi
    11. Meditation - Julian Lloyd Webber
    12. My Heart Will Go On - Julian Lloyd Webber
    13. Canon - Duel
    14. Adagio In G Minor - Dominic Miller
    15. Gymnopedie No. 1 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
    16. Funiculi, Funiculi - Jose Carreras

    Tracks:

    1. O Sole Mio - The Three Tenors
    2. O Mio Babbino Caro - Kiri Te Kanawa
    3. Una Furtiva Lagrima - Juan Diago Florez
    4. Bond - Allegretto
    5. Nella Fantasia - John Themis
    6. Griet's Theme - Russel Watson
    7. Si Mi Chiamano Mimi - Angela Gheorghiu
    8. Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis - Vaughan Williams
    9. What Is Life To Me Without Thee? - Kathleen Ferrier
    10. Main Theme - Janine Jansen
    11. All I Ask Of You - Renee Fleming & Bryn Terfel
    12. Ashokan Farewell - Duel
    13. She Moved Through The Fair - Izzy
    14. Flower Duet - Patrica Petibon
    15. Song For Athene - Ian le Grice
    16. Ombra Mai Fu - Handel

    Album Description

    2-CD compilation featuring the greatest stars including Bond, Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Pavarotti, The Three Tenors, Sarah Brightman and many others. Decca. 2004.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Wonderful sounds.......2007-05-14

    Nice eclectic collection - Russel Watson presentation of Nella Fantasia using guitar interlude instead of traditional oboe is special piece.
    CHRISTMAS at King's College
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • 4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music
    		 CHRISTMAS at King's College

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    ASIN: B000009RSR
    Release Date: 1998-09-15

    Tracks:

    1. Once In Royal David's City - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    2. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Palestrina
    3. The First Nowell - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    4. I Saw Three Ships - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    5. Personent hodie - Byrd
    6. Myn Lyking - Byrd
    7. A Spotless Rose - Gibbons
    8. Away In A Manger - Weelkes
    9. I Sing Of A Maiden - Weelkes
    10. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    11. While Shepherds Watched - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    12. Up! Good Christian Folk And Listen - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    13. In The Bleak Midwinter - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    14. Silent Night - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    15. The Holly And The Ivy - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    16. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Taylor
    17. The Three Kings - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    18. On Christmas Night - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    19. A Child Is Born In Bethlehem - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    20. In dulci jubilo - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    21. O Come, All Ye Faithful - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    22. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Warlock

    Tracks:

    1. Once In Royal David's City - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    2. Bidding Prayer - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    3. Resonet in laudibus - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    4. Genesis 3 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    5. Adam lay ybounden - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    6. Sussex Carol - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    7. Isaiah 9 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    8. Joseph And Mary - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    9. St Luke 1 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    10. A Maiden Most Gentle - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    11. St Luke 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    12. Stille Nacht! - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    13. Chester Carol - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    14. St Luke 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    15. Angels, From The Realms Of Glory - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    16. St Matthew 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    17. A Babe Is Born - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    18. St John 1 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    19. O Come, All Ye Faithful - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    20. Collect For Christmas Eve And The Blessing - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    21. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - King's College Choir, Cambridge
    22. In dulci jubilo - King's College Choir, Cambridge

    Tracks:

    1. Hodie Christus natus est - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    2. Hodie Christus natus est - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    3. O magnum mysterium - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    4. Senex puerum portabat - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    5. Senex puerum portabat - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    6. Hodie beata virgo - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    7. Hosanna To The Son Of David - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    8. Hosanna To The Sun Of DAvid - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    9. Gloria in excelsis Deo - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    10. When To The Temple Mary Went - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
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    13. Angelus ad virginem - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    14. Angelus ad virginem - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    15. I Sing Of A Maiden - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    16. Watt's Cradle Song - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    17. My Dancing Day - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
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    21. That Lord That Lay In Asse Stall - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
    22. Where Riches Is Everlastingly - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger

    Tracks:

    1. I Look From Afar - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
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    3. Isaiah 40: 1 - 8 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    4. Drop Down, Ye Heavens, From Above - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    5. Jeremiah 23: 5 - 6 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    6. O Come, O Come Emmanuel! - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    7. Haggai 2: 6 - 9 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    8. Up, Awake And Away! - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    9. All And Some - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    10. Isaiah 35: 1 - 6 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    11. 'Twas In The Year - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    12. The Cherry Tree Carol - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    13. King Jesus Has A Garden - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    14. On Jordan's Bank The Baptist's Cry - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    15. St. Luke 1: 26 - 35 And 38 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    16. Gabriel's Message - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    17. Wake, O Wake! With Tidings Thrilling - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    18. St. Mark 1: 1 - 4a And 7 -15 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    19. I Wonder As I Wander - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    20. My Dancing Day - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    21. Judah And Jerusalem, Fear Not - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    22. Prayers And Blessing - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    23. Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
    24. Nun komm', der Heiden Heiland - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars 4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music.......2003-04-19

    It's in there.. this is a great collection of Anglican Cathedral Christmas music. Highly recommended.
    Prima Voce: Chaliapin
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • A Wonderful Voice From The Past
    • Chaliapin - Prima Voce
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    Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
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    ASIN: B0000037JO
    Release Date: 1992-12-02

    Tracks:

    1. Boris Godounov, Pimens Narration
    2. The Demon, Do Not Weep, Child
    3. Mashenka
    4. Sapphische Ode
    5. The Song Of The Flea
    6. Oh, Could I In Song Tell My Sorrow
    7. Boris Godounov, Varlaams Song
    8. Don Carlos, Dormiro Sol
    9. Sadko, The Varangians Merchant's Song
    10. The Son Of The Volga Boatman
    11. Prince Igor, Galitzky's Song
    12. Boris Godounov, Boris' Monologue
    13. Faust, Vous Qui Faites L' endormie
    14. Don Giovanni, Madamina
    15. A Life For The Tsar, Susanin' s Recitative & Aria
    16. La Boheme, Vecchia Zimarra
    17. Pilgrim's Song
    18. Mefistofele, Ave Signor
    19. Mefistofele, Son Spirito Che Nega
    20. Don Quichotte, Death Scene

    Tracks:

    1. Boris Godounov, Boris' Monologue
    2. Boris Godounov, Clock Scene
    3. Boris Godounov, Farewell Prayer And Death
    4. In Questa Tomba Oscura
    5. Prince Igor, Khan Kontchak' s Aria
    6. Folk Song, Down The Petersky
    7. Aleko, Aleko's Cavatina
    8. Faust, Un, Rat...Le Reau D'or
    9. Nochen' ka
    10. Rusalka, The Miller' s Aria
    11. Persian Love Song
    12. Russlan And Ludmilla, Farlaf's Rondo
    13. Elegie
    14. Twofold Litany
    15. Chanson De La Mort De Don Quichotte
    16. The Song Of The Flea

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Voice From The Past.......2006-07-27

    This two-disc set gives a good overview of the great Russian Bass singer. It has a total of 36 selections, and covers the years 1911 to 1936.

    With a voice of tremendous range and power, Chaliapin could also sing softly and with feeling. A very flexible instrument that comes through the old recording technology of the 78 record era. A good example of the pure physical gifts of his voice is 'Farlaf's Rondo' by Glinka. A 'patter' song, with words and syllables sung rapidly and seemingly without taking a breath. As if the performance wasn't difficult enough, Chaliapin speeds up the tempo at the ending of the rondo! It shows the breath control he had, and while the singer seems to be none of the worst for wear, I was left breathless just listening!

    Two selections, Boris' Monologue from 'Boris Godounov' and 'Song of The Flea', by Mussorgsky, are represented by two different performances. This gives a good idea of the breadth of Chaliapin's art, as each performance of the same work is full of nuance and artistry. It is hard for me to pick which performance I like best. As with any great artist, each time a work is performed it is not just a repitition, but a unique recreation.

    The transfers naturally have much surface noise, as all are from the 78 rpm record era. I have most of these recordings on transfers to LP's and the noise is much more apparant than on the CD transfers. With older recordings such as these, any transfers and 'cleaning up' of the sound can only go so far. If too much of the noise from the originals is 'cleaned up', the recording can lose presence. Whomever engineered the transfers to CD has hit a happy middle ground. The background noise is still there, but not so annoying as on LP, while the sound of the actual music and Chaliapin's voice seems much more alive.

    What I have read about Chaliapin says that he was not only a great singer, but a great actor also. The two do not always go together, for a great voice in opera can make up for a lack of acting ability. To have both talents rolled into one is rare. Contemporary accounts of Chaliapin's operatic performances comment as much on his acting as his singing. There arevideos of his film performance in Ibert's Don Quichotte, which I want to see when I have the chance.

    If you're passion is the human voice, you must hear Chaliapin. It is not possible to say he or anyone else was the best. But these recordings show he was a consummate artist, and are well worth exploring.

    Recommended.

    4 out of 5 stars Chaliapin - Prima Voce.......2006-03-18

    The recordings are old but the only way one can hear a legend!

    The selections are excellent and the quality is as one would expect from this vintage recording.

    I enjoy going back to hear these voices and this is the only way to understand the history
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