Prodigal Son [Import]

1. Johnston's Motor Car

2. Four Green Fields

3. Monto

4. Spancil Hill

5. Salamanca Reel

6. Joe Hill

7. For What Died The Sons

8. For What Died The Sons Of Roisin?

9. Button Pusher

10. Skibbereen

11. Lowlands Of Holland

12. Battle Of The Somme / Freedom Come All Ye

13. Lifeboat Mona

14. Free The People

15. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

16. Prodigal Son

17. Holy Ground

18. Song For Ireland

Prodigal Son,Dubliners,Prism,World Music

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Prodigal Son Martin Simpson Manufacturer: Topic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000SNSUKG Release Date: 2007-08-13

Tracks:

1. Batchelors Hall
2. Pretty Crowing Chicken
3. Lakes Of Champlain
4. She Slips Away
5. The Granemore Hen
6. Mother Love
7. Little Musgrave
8. A Love Letter
9. Duncan & Brady
10. Never Any Good
11. Good Morning Mr Railroad Man
12. Louisiana 1927
13. La Rivolte
14. Andrew Lammie
15. Kits Tune/When A Knight Won His Spurs

Album Details

Simpson's Album "Prodigal Son" Demonstrates his Further Growth as a Player, Singer and Composer, with an Eclectic Mix of British and American Traditional and Composed Songs as Well as Some Stunning Compositions of his Own. He Has also Brought in Musicians of Superb Calibre to Enhance the Recording. Kate Rusby and Kellie While Add Backing Vocals, There is Danny Thompson on Bass and Andy Cutting on Accordion and the Great Jackson Browne Adds Vocals to Simpson's Masterful Take on the Randy Newman Classic, "Louisiana 1927", a Tribute to New Orleans Where He Lived for Several Years. Other Highpoints Are his Own Compositions "Never Any Good" which He Wrote for his Father and the Instrumental Piece "Mother Love" Written for his Daughter Molly. Housed in a Striking Digipack, with Outstanding Photography by David Angel, the Complete Package of "Prodigal Son" is Simpson's Best to Date.

Average customer rating: Incredible

Prodigal Son Sonny Landreth Manufacturer: Westside UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music New Orleans Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: South of I-10 Outward Bound Down In Louisiana The Road We're On Levee Town ASIN: B0001K2JVM Release Date: 2004-03-29

Tracks:

1. I Know You Rider
2. Prodigal Son
3. Country Blues
4. Don't Cry for Me
5. M'Sippi Blues
6. Lady Come Lately
7. She Left Me a Mule
8. Forever Lillie Mae
9. That's the Way It's Gonna Be
10. Sunrise
11. Good Enough for Me
12. Rise Shining
13. Baby Ain't That Love
14. Ain't Gonna Worry
15. Lazy Boy
16. Only One
17. Think It Over (Lazy Boy)
18. You're Why I'm So Lonely
19. Lookin' for a Good Time
20. Lazy Boy (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

Incredible.......2007-01-09

Sonny never disappoints! What can I say?! He is one talented guitar player, not to mention song writer and singer!

Average customer rating: Fabulous recorded, astounding live!! Do Yourself a Favor and Get This

Prodigal Son Michael Powers Manufacturer: Baryon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Onyx Root 10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)/ (CD/DVD) Butterfield/Bloomfield Concert The Road to Escondido We the People ASIN: B000HT2M5K Release Date: 2006-10-17

Tracks:

1. Goin' Down
2. It's a Bloody Life
3. Prodigal Son
4. White Lightning
5. Wild Side
6. Every Grain of Sand
7. Lay the Hooch
8. Oh John
9. Signed D.C.
10. Compassion
11. You Got to Go Down
12. Train Kept a Rollin'

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous recorded, astounding live!!.......2007-04-07

I am so happy to run across Michael Powers again. My first experience of Michael Powers was in 1992 when I visted Bleeker Steet for the first time and wandered into a bar named Terra Blues. I went in because I heard some incredible blues guitar and thought it was a rare and fabulous Hendrix performance I had never heard.

Nope, it was a man with a strat playing like I imagine angels play for God. Just a man and a guitar, and I was hearing choruses of angels.

He was playing an original titled "Graffiti" and it was played with such passion and heart that I was nailed to the floor by the intense feeling it invoked in me. It was like hearing Jimi play "Little Wing" or "Angel"; live from ten feet away.

I sat down; it was lunch time and there was no one in the bar but me and the bartender. Michael was playing for himself, full intensity and all stops pulled out. I had, and to date have never, seen such virtuoasity. Although Hendrix was, and is, my guitar hero, I missed seeing Hendrix live by a year. It wasn't just Michael's obviuos mechanical skills, the emotional content was rich and palpable. The right note at the right time for the right feeling.

When Michael finished with "Graffiti", I commented, "I bet you could tear hell out Jimi's 'Spanish Castle Magic'." And so, to my great pleasure, Michael did a set of Hendrix tunes mixed with a few originals.

I sat with my eyes closed and feet propped up on the little stage thinking to myself that this must have been what is was like to hear Hendix play at Cafe Wha?. Or even better, to hear Jimi play in his apartment whe he played for himself. It was one of the most incredible 60 minutes of my life.

One guy and one guitar.

Michael Powers channels Hendrix, but with his own original flair and style. I can say that Prodigal Son does the same thing to me now as the times I heard him play at Terra Blues. I close my eyes and imagine a small stage, a pint of guinness, and a broken heart.

I peeked every now and then to watch his fingers. As a wanna-be guitar player, I figured I would learn something. No Way! He was all over the neck. Scales, arpeggios, tripps, you name it, he did it. And all with a wonderful timing that showed Father Time was not the boss of him.

I've seen some great music in the Village: Iggy Pop, Joe Walsh, Leslie West, David Tronzo, Rick Derringer, Chris Whitley, Jill Sobule, Susan Said, Mary Me Jane, Chris Glenn, etc., but this intimate, private concet by Michael Powers stands out among these other powerful performances.

Great music, incredible talent, and raw soul. [...].

Do Yourself a Favor and Get This.......2006-10-29

Refreshing and a relief, Michael Powers does put the old clay to new uses. His originals are just that, ORIGINAL, leaning on anthem ambience. His covers don't sound like the originals, so there's a reason to listen to them. He sounds as happy to play acoustic guitar as electric, and he's receptive to all sorts of accompaniment, which is a good match for listeners' ears. He's as funky as Stax and as much fun as a rerun of the Blues Brothers movie.

It is apparent that, while absorbing the foundational songs of the blues, he formed images of the characters who'd created those songs as well. It is a wonderful thing and a sign of deserved musical stature when an artist is thorough in that way. This is a thoroughly enjoyable, must have release

Average customer rating: Swedish Surprise

Alfvén: The Prodigal Son Suite/Symphony No. 2 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Alfvén: Symphony No. 3 Alfvén: Orchestral Works, Vol.1 Alfvén: Symphony No. 4 "From the Outermost Skerries" Alfvén: Symphony No. 5; Andante religioso Swedish Orchestral Favourites ASIN: B00005NUON Release Date: 2001-10-16

Tracks:

1. The Prodigal Son (Ste from The Ballet): Moderato
2. The Prodigal Son (Ste from The Ballet): (Untitled)
3. The Prodigal Son (Ste from The Ballet): Drottningens Av Saba Festmarsch (Allegro Maestoso)
4. The Prodigal Son (Ste from The Ballet): Polketta: Tempo Di Polketta
5. The Prodigal Son (Ste from The Ballet): Steklat: Allegretto
6. The Prodigal Son (Ste from The Ballet): Polka
7. The Prodigal Son (Ste from The Ballet): Final: Polska
8. Sym No.2 in D, Op.11: I. Moderato
9. Sym No.2 in D, Op.11: II. Andante
10. Sym No.2 in D, Op.11: III. Allegro
11. Sym No.2 in D, Op.11: IV (I). Prld: Adagio
12. Sym No.2 in D, Op.11: IV (II). Fuga: Allegro Energico

Customer Reviews:

Swedish Surprise.......2001-11-12

Alfven's Second Symphony is probably the best unknown symphony in the world. Almost no one records it, it is never played in concert halls (at least not in the states), and for some diabolical reason Alfven is still best known for his first Swedish Rhapsody (fine piece though it is). The Second Symphony is so much more--a complete surprise if you enjoy late Romantic music and have never heard it. Powerful, brooding, yet with melodies that only Alfven could have written (the second theme of the first movement, for example). How this symphony remains unknown is a complete mystery, as it easily ranks with early Nielsen and Sibelius. The Naxos version is wonderfuly played, the sound is great, and overall, it is a tremendous performance that should win a wide audience (as wide as classical can be these days). The bonus, his short ballet suite from The Prodigal Son, is lighter Alfven, but extremely charming stuff. Derived from Swedish folksong, it inhabits a sunny world very much in tune with his early Swedish Rhapsody. A must have for fans of late Romantic music, Scandinavian music, or Alfven's works. Go ahead and buy it.

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The 23rd Psalm/The Prodigal Son Rev. C.L. Franklin Manufacturer: Atlanta Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Nothing Shall Separate Me From The Love Of God I Saw a New Heaven and a New Earth Hannah the Ideal Mother Legendary Sermons My Favorite Sermons ASIN: B000F3AIXG Release Date: 2006-05-02

Tracks:

1. 23rd Psalm
2. He Lifted Me
3. Prodigal Son
4. Found the Answer

Average customer rating: interesting pieces but dull performance Little Known But Great Music

Sergey Prokofiev: The Prodigal Son, Op. 46, Ballet in Three Scenes by Boris Kochno / Divertimento, Op. 43 / Andante, from Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 29 bis (Transcription by the Composer for Orchestra) / Symphonic Song, Op. 57 - Neeme Järvi Sergey Prokofiev , Neeme Jarvi , and Scottish National Orchestra Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Prokofiev: Egyptian Nights Prokofiev: War and Peace Suite; Summer Night; Russian Overture Sergey Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé, Symphonic Suite Op. 60 / Andante Op. 50 bis (Transcription for String Orchestra from String Quartet No. 1, Op. 50) / Autumn, Symphonic Sketch Op. 8 / Suite from "The Stone Flower", Op. 118 - Neeme Järvi ASIN: B000000AIO Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

1. Divertimento, Op. 43: I. Moderato
2. Divertimento, Op. 43: II. Larghetto
3. Divertimento, Op. 43: III. Allegro energico
4. Divertimento, Op. 43: IV. Allegro non troppo e pesante
5. Piano Sonata No. 4 In C, Op. 24 - Bis: Andante
6. Symphonic Song Op. 57
7. The Prodigial Son, Op. 46: Scene 1: I. The Departure
8. Scene 1: II. Meeting Friends
9. Scene 1: III. The Siren
10. Scene 1: IV. The Dancers
11. Scene 2: V. The Prodigial Son and the Siren
12. Scene 2: VI. Drunkeness
13. Scene 2: VII. The Despoiling
14. Scene 2: VIII. Awakening and Remorse
15. Scene 3: IX. Sharing the Spoils (Interlude)
16. Scene 3: X. The Return

Customer Reviews:

interesting pieces but dull performance.......2007-02-27

The works are interesting and little-played, unfortunately Järvi conducts this music as if it was an adagietto by Bruckner, so that it even becomes boring ! If someone knows a russian version (like Mravinsky or Rojdensvensky), ieven with a worse recording, it's worth getting the real intense flavour of this music.

Little Known But Great Music.......2003-06-04

This is among my favorite discs of Sergei Prokofiev's music, one that I
play frequently. The music recorded here is, for the most part, unfamiliar.
The Prodigal Son, despite its popularity, does not have many recordings.
This is among the best and truly brings out the emotion lying behind the
music of Prokofiev's own yearnings to return to his native Russia. The
Prodigal Son also marks a stage in Prokofiev's quest for a simplification
of his music that came to fruition when he returned to the Soviet Union in
1936. This ballet was among the last performed by the Ballet Russes, and
among the most successful. Although based on the story from the Gospel
of St. Luke, the ballet departs from the story by omitting the elder
brother and being more descriptive of the temptations and tumult the
prodigal son encounters; the Siren was a figure entirely made up. The
ballet can be said to reflect Prokofiev's own feelings on living in the
West, where he found his music accepted with some reluctance. The feeling
of having strayed into trouble and being forgiven that is embodied in the
music caused the opening night audience to shed a few tears. So when the
Prodigal Son returns to his father in the last scene of the opera, humbling
himself, it is Prokofiev himself thinking of his return home.

The remaining works are different in their dissonance from The Prodigal son
but date from the early 1930s. They are based, for the most part, on
earlier material. The Divertimento has material used in a quintet-ballet
called Trapeze and the Andante from the 4th piano sonata dates from 1917.
Only the dissonant Symphonic Song of 1933 was based on new material. These
short works are of great interest but never achieved much fame. The music
is fabulously played by the Scottish National Orchestra and the recording
by Chandos is crystal clear. One must thanks Nemi Jarvi for his interest
in little-played works for this highly interesting CD.

Average customer rating: Mike's second best album/cd

Prodigal Son Mike Cross Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bounty Hunter Irregular Guy Carolina Sky Creme De La Cross Live & Kickin' ASIN: B000000EVP Release Date: 1993-10-07

Tracks:

1. Betrayal By Fear
2. Prodigal Son
3. Angel In The Southern Part Of Heaven
4. Runnin' Hoss
5. The Old Grey Owl
6. The Wrong Side Of Midnight
7. Road Trip Blues
8. The Old Man's Bouquet
9. Bill Is In His Grave
10. A Song For Merle
11. Autumn In Her Eyes

Customer Reviews:

Mike's second best album/cd.......1998-12-18

Hey I found it too! I hope Mike gets a chance to read these reviews. It's been along time since I have seen him. Last time was '79 the Old Man's Bouquet always brings a tear to my eyes. Thanks for all the good times Mike. My son and his whole platoon love this cd. Thank god he doesn't take after me, so the song "Bill Is In His Grave" wouldnt apply to him. I pray for all the troops to return safely.

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The Prodigal Son Memphis Gold Manufacturer: Stackhouse Recording ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Memphis Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: Standing at the Crossroads Bluestones Old School I'm Here Baby In the Palace of the King ASIN: B000CSUM4O Release Date: 2006-02-28

Tracks:

1. Come
2. Don't Let Her Ride
3. Crabcakes
4. Big Leg Woman
5. Prodigal Son
6. Chicken It
7. 3's Tonic
8. Preacher Blues
9. Test Drive That Woman
10. Serves Me Right
11. Melt Down Baby
12. Bedroom Mumba

Average customer rating: Sullivan Pays Homage to Mendelssohn--and Sullivan

Arthur Sullivan: The Prodigal Son; Boer War Te Deum Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sullivan - The Golden Legend / J. Watson · Rigby · Wilde · J. Black · Corp Arthur Sullivan: The Contrabandista, The Foresters Sullivan: The Rose of Persia Sullivan & Co.: Operas That Got Away. Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish'; Overture In Memoriam; Suite from 'The Tempest' ASIN: B0000DJENC Release Date: 2004-01-13

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Chorus
3. Solo (Tenor)
4. Recitative And Aria (Baritone)
5. Recitative (Soprano)
6. Solo (Tenor) And Chorus ('The Revel')
7. Recitative (Mezzo Soprano) And Chorus
8. Solo (Mezzo Soprano)
9. Recitative (Soprano)
10. Aria (Soprano)
11. Solo (Tenor)
12. Chorus
13. Recitative (Soprano) And Duet (Tenor And Baritone)
14. Recitative And Aria (Baritone)
15. Chorus
16. Recitative And Aria (Tenor)
17. Quartet (Unaccompanied)
18. Chorus
19. Boer War Te Deum

Customer Reviews:

Sullivan Pays Homage to Mendelssohn--and Sullivan.......2004-05-21

One reviewer I've read has said of Sullivan's "The Prodigal Son" that he would rather listen to it than to Mendelssohn's "Elijah." To invoke the name of Mendelssohn is to admit the obvious: Sullivan's chief, and it seems just about only, musical debt is to the German composer who hit it big in England. In fact, "The Prodigal Son" might be what Mendelssohn would have written if he had lived another 20 years, but I doubt it. The older composer seems to have turned a creative corner in the last year or so of his life, and I think he would have taken up the gauntlet thrown by Berlioz, Liszt, and Wagner (whose music mostly appalled him) in some interesting way or other if he had lived more than his allotted 39 years. At any rate, to prefer "The Prodigal Son" to "Elijah" is kind of baffling to me. Though Sullivan proved a great tunesmith in his operettas, the tunes in his sacred music fall short of his obvious model. For example, the aria "Love not the world" falls far short of "Elijah"'s very similar "O trust in the Lord," and the recitative followed by solo and chorus that describes the prodigal's alcoholic debauches is outdone by the scene in Mendelssohn in which Jezebel confronts Elijah and calls for his death. This despite the fact that the solo Sullivan wrote for the prodigal, the most memorable music in the piece, displays some interesting chromatic turns and twists--Sullivan's concession to modernity--and has a very apropos part for the side drum. On the other hand, the orchestral music in this solo is a knockoff of the fairy music from "A Midsummer Night's Dream." It's a nice knockoff, but I'll take Mendelssohn's overture and scherzo, thanks.

And so it goes, for me at least. I've been there and heard that--and have much preferred the original.

One of Sullivan's biggest misjudgments is the long and plodding chorus "O that men would praise the Lord," capped by a lame, perfunctory fugue. There's some pretty soupy, insincere-sounding stuff in Mendelssohn's choral music, but I can't think of anything that's as lame as this chorus by Sullivan (though afterward Sullivan almost redeems himself with a lovely quartet "The Lord is nigh"). But there are no such missteps in the Boer War Te Deum. This is an altogether more deeply felt work, the product of a musician who has something to say. Written in the last months of Sullivan's life, the Te Deum was to celebrate the end of the Boer War, though that dreadful conflict dragged on longer than anyone in England imagined it would. As it turned out, the first performance took place almost two years after Sullivan's death.

The work is a brassy, big-throated affair as it should be, given the projected event for which it was written. But more significant is the air of world-weariness and resignation that Sullivan manages to weave through the work. This speaks not only to the burdens of empire that his nation was suffering toward the end of Victoria's reign, but perhaps also to the burdens of the last years of Sullivan's life, dogged as he was by sickness and professional disappointments. The most immediately apparent feature of the work, however, is the inclusion of Sullivan's own great hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers," which comes in for truly majestic treatment toward the end. Hearing it, you can't believe that God will ever let us be confounded, as the chorus demands at the end of the Te Deum. This work will move you.

Conductor Ronald Corp is a Sullivan specialist, and he builds a magnificent edifice for the Te Deum. Certainly he does as much as he can for "The Prodigal Son" and is abetted by a very able vocal quartet and a fine chorus. The sound is up to Hyperion's usual high standards. I only wish I liked "The Prodigal Son" more; maybe you'll take to it better than I do. Because of the sterling performances and the presence of the Te Deum, I give this CD four stars.

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Prodigal Son Jackmate Manufacturer: Efa Imports ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000AIT96 Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. Prodigal Son
2. Man Ray
3. Sixteen Minute Testimony
4. Chicago Toronto
5. Wolfen
6. Spank the Neutron
7. Dehydeated
8. 80sc 7seq
9. Freezer Burn
10. Love Supreme in Mind
11. Tapeworms
12. Mink

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