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Straight out of Northumbria come Cuig, a five-member Celtic band that does for northern England what Scandinavian folk revivalists such as Väsen are doing for Sweden. Penning new songs in a traditional vein or rearranging classic jigs and reels with whirlwind tempos, the band is just as apt to toss a curve. Witness the South African township guitar introduction and interwoven fiddle theme to the continent-straddling title cut. "The Peacock" sports a 10/8 tempo, Balkan-flavored midsection purely for sport, while the two-part "The Bachelor" courts whimsy by kicking off the trad favorite "St. Kilda's Wedding" with a funky Fender bass riff. "The Pig" sits atop a 12-bar-blues structure, and "American Spire" tears up bluegrass inventor Bill Monroe's "Wheel Hoss" as a speed reel before dousing a homegrown reel in Kentucky moonshine. Even Bill Whelan of Riverdance fame gets Cuigged via an accordion and fiddle rendering of a theme from his ambitious Seville Suite in the first slice of the triptych "The Mooncoin." Whew. Just listening to these overachievers is dizzying. --Bob Tarte

Prospect,Cúig,Cuig,Green Linnet,Celtic,Celtic Folk,Celtic Fusion,Celtic/Irish,Contemporary Celtic,Int'l & World Music,Ireland,Pop,World Music,Worldbeat

Average customer rating: spiritual americana Rich Heritage Superb Can't walk away from it! Mana from Heaven

American Angels Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Anonymous 4 | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anonymous | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gloryland Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - Anonymous 4 with Andrew Lawrence-King 1000: A Mass for the End of Time / Anonymous 4 A Portrait Of Anonymous 4 The Origin of Fire: Music and Visions of Hildegard von Bingen 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:

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Average customer rating: American Music of Hope and Glory Unbridled spiritual energy

The Shapenote Album John P. Reese , Stephen Jenks , C. Dingley , William Billings , Seaborn McDaniel Denson , Jeremiah Ingalls , Lucius Chapin , Paine Denson , Nehemiah Shumway , The Tudor Choir , and Doug Fullington Manufacturer: Loft Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rivers of Delight (American Folk Hymns From the Sacred Harp Tradition) Sacred Harp Singing Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1 Early American Choral Music, Vol. 2 Southern Journey, Vol. 10: And Glory Shone Around - More All Day Singing From The Sacred Harp ASIN: B00005NHNL Release Date: 2001-09-04

Tracks:

1. Montgomery
2. Windham
3. Sweet Prospect
4. China
5. Soar Away
6. The Better Land
7. Weeping Mary
8. White
9. Mortality
10. Eternal Day
11. Heavenly Union
12. Expression
13. Evening Shade
14. Kedron
15. Love The Lord
16. Condescension
17. All Is Well
18. Africa
19. Traveling On
20. Happy Land
21. New Jerusalem
22. Primrose
23. Hallelujah
24. Peace And Joy
25. Schenectady

Customer Reviews:

American Music of Hope and Glory.......2007-04-09

Although I have known about Sacred Harp Music for many years, this album utterly overwhelmed me in its power, beauty and expression of pure American strength and faithful surety. I grew up in the churches of Christ, one of the few American denominations that uses only a capella four-part harmony vocal music in their worship services. Shape notes were known to me since I was able to understand a musical staff, and we used shape notes for each note on the scale (a few more than The Sacred Harp Tradition). Alas, over time, the immense power and beauty of true Sacred Harp music was "homogenized" into congregational singing that remains quite beautiful, but no longer has the vigor of The Sacred Harp tradition. (The churches of Christ still, to this day, occasionally have "Sings" - an all afternoon singing festival with food and fellowship, as do Sacred Harp "Singing Classes" today). This album above all speaks - rather SINGS to the immense faith of Frontier America, and the absolutely majesterial beauty of music well-sung from the human heart, which is, of course, The "Sacred Harp". To any who want to experience a new (and very old) musical tradition, this recording will be one that you will never forget. All choral music singers and admirers should own this marvelous album. (Having a copy of the "1991 Sacred Harp Hymnal" in hand will make your enjoyment all the better!)

Unbridled spiritual energy.......2005-01-01

Anyone who saw "Cold Mountain" and was struck by the vitality and energy of the hymn singing in that one brief scene in church will be immediately impressed with this stunning album. The album's only flaw is that, unfortunately, it does not include that hymn that was in "Cold Mountain" (it is titled "I'm Going Home").

Otherwise, it is pure joy to listen to. The singing is full of that same raw passion that makes it sound so primitive. I've heard other albums where the sound is polished, concert-hall like, and as a result very dead. This is not that way; it moves and stirs as good spiritual music ought to.

This is a new field of music for me, even though I've sung in church choirs for years and listened to all kinds of classical music. Hearing this album makes me want to go find the sheet music and start singing it myself, it is so infectious.

Average customer rating: Collaboration

Prospect Hummer Animal Collective Manufacturer: Fat Cat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sung Tongs Here Comes the Indian Feels Grass Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished/Danse Manitee ASIN: B00080COSI Release Date: 2005-06-27

Tracks:

1. It's You
2. Prospect Hummer
3. Baleen Sample
4. I Remember Learning How to Dive

Album Description

2005 single on the Fat Cat label from the Animal Collective and British folk chanteuse Vashti Bunyan.

Customer Reviews:

Collaboration.......2006-01-15

Step outside of the mainstream for a moment, and you'll encounter plenty of wonderful bands and artists.

Among these are the band Animal Collective and the singer Vashti Bunyan, who join forces to create the "Prospect Hummer" EP. And it turns out that their styles mesh very well, whether it's Bunyan's tranquil folk, or Animal Collective's enchantingly offbeat pop ditties.

It starts with Bunyan singing softly over rippling guitars, before they blossom into a soft bed of strings, piano and murmurs. "It's You" is a very quiet song, but the bursts of barely-restrained music give the impression that Collective could easily have burst out of its boundaries.

From there on, things get a bit odder and poppier. "Baleen Sample" is a swirling psychedelic experience that is pleasant, though not musical. The remaining two songs are more accessable, with the title track as a bouncy little folk song with lots of people singing "wah wah wah wah!", and the final song as a skipping little guitar melody.

Many collaborations are done with all the wrong people. In the case of "Prospect Hummer," it's with the right people -- Collective makes lovely music, and Bunyan hs a lovely voice, and neither is trying too hard to take center stage.

Animal Collective strays a bit from their usual style, retaining the same flavour but making the music more restrained and folky, rather than being as deliciously weird as their individual albums. They do break loose in "Baleen Sample," with the swirling mix of claps, fast-strumming guitar, and countless indistinguishable instruments and noises.

Bunyan shines in particular in this. She gets drowned out at times in the title song, when other people are singing harmony with her. But the other songs show her beautiful, soft voice off to best advantage, paired with restrained guitars and little chiming bells. It's enough to make you race for her solo albums.

Vashti Bunyan and Animal Collective created a lovely, strange little EP in "Prospect Hummer," showing off their talents without diminishing the other performers. Here's hoping they collaborate again.

Average customer rating: Piano pleases

Fred the Cat: Half a Century of Piano Music by Alan Hovhaness Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Hovhaness, Alan | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | 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 | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 22 ("City of Light"); Cello Concerto Music of Alan Hovhaness ASIN: B000001SGA Release Date: 1995-01-25

Tracks:

1. Dance Ghazal, Op. 37a
2. Slumber Song, Op. 52, No. 2
3. Achtamar, Op. 64, No. 1: Adagio (imitating the tmpoog)
4. Achtamar, Op. 64, No. 1: Allegro (imitating the kanoon and oud)
5. Fant on an an Ossetin Tune, Op. 85, No. 6
6. Orbit No. 2, Op. 102, No. 2
7. Mountain Dance No. 2, Op. 144b
8. Macedonian Mountain Dance, Op. 144
9. Son, Mt. Ossipee, Op. 299, No. 2: Adagio Lamentado
10. Son, Mt. Ossipee, Op. 299, No. 2: Allegro Vivace
11. Son, Mt. Ossipee, Op. 299, No. 2: Maestoso
12. Son, Mt. Ossipee, Op. 299, No. 2: Allegro Giusto
13. Son, Fred the Cat, Op. 301: Give a Cat a Twig and He Takes a Tree
14. Son, Fred the Cat, Op. 301: Purr Dance
15. Son, Fred the Cat, Op. 301: Fred the Cat and Distant Mountain
16. Son, Fred the Cat, Op. 301: Fred the Cat Flies to Heaven
17. Son, Prospect Hill, Op. 346: Andante, Allegro Vivace
18. Son, Prospect Hill, Op. 346: Andante
19. Son, Prospect Hill, Op. 346: Allegro Vivace
20. Son, Mt. Chocorua, Op. 335: Moderato Espressivo
21. Son, Mt. Chocorua, Op. 335: Lake Chocorua Jhala
22. Son, Mt. Chocorua, Op. 335: Hymn to Lake Chocorua

Customer Reviews:

Piano pleases.......2005-07-23

I got this CD because of the title track - "Fred the Cat." The music is lyrical, incorporating many themes and styles from the Caucasus and Armenian traditions. Hovhaness writes well for both the piano and orchestra ("The Mysterious Mountain" being his best-known composition)and I enjoyed the flow and variety of the music on this CD. Fred must have been quite a cat!

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Transformations: Melodious Accord Mccullough Manufacturer: Gothic Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006YXAD Release Date: 2002-11-05

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Tribute to Madam Manufacturer: White Line ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005NUOJ Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

1. Checkmate: Prologue - The Players
2. Checkmate: Dance Of The Red Pawns
3. Checkmate: Dance Of The Four Knights
4. Checkmate: Entry Of The Black Queen
5. Checkmate: The Red Knight's Mazurka
6. Checkmate: Ceremony Of The Red Bishops
7. Checkmate: Entry Of The Red Castles
8. Checkmate: Entry Of The Red King And Queen
9. Checkmate: The Attack
10. Checkmate: The Duel
11. Checkmate: The Black Queen Dances
12. Checkmate: Finale - Checkmate
13. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 1 Allegro Assai
14. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 2 Vivace
15. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 3 Tempo Di Gavotta
16. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 4 Menuetto
17. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 1 No: 5 Adagio
18. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 2 Allegro
19. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 3 No: 1 Vivace
20. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 3 No: 2 Allegro Ma Non Troppo
21. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 4 No: 1 Andante
22. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 4 No: 2 Allegro
23. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 4 No: 3 Andante
24. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 4 No: 4 Vivace
25. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 5 Ov - Larghetto
26. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 5 No: 1 Allegro
27. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 5 No: 2 Pondoroso
28. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 5 No: 3 Bouree
29. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 No: 1 Balletto Grazioso
30. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 No: 2 Gavot
31. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 No: 3 Jigg
32. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 Finale - Adagio
33. The Prospect Before Us: Scene 7 Finale - Menuetto

Tracks:

1. The Rake's Progress: Prld
2. The Rake's Progress: The Reception
3. The Rake's Progress: The Dancing Lesson (Menuetto Galante)
4. The Rake's Progress: The Orgy (Rondo)
5. The Rake's Progress: The Faithful Girl (Loure)
6. The Rake's Progress: The Gambling Den (Gigue)
7. The Rake's Progress: Outside The Prison Gates (Saraband)
8. The Rake's Progress: The Mad House (Quod Libet)
9. The Haunted Ballroom: Scene 1
10. The Haunted Ballroom: Interlude
11. The Haunted Ballroom: Scene 2
12. The Haunted Ballroom: Scene 3

Average customer rating: Another solid album from Hindle

Town Feeling James William Hindle Manufacturer: Badman Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Prospect Park James William Hindle ASIN: B0009R17C4 Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

1. Dog & Boy
2. Silence
3. Sleeping Still
4. Birthday Candles
5. Love You More
6. Dark Is Coming
7. Seven Hours
8. Jamie
9. Back Home Again
10. Please Don't Go

Customer Reviews:

Another solid album from Hindle.......2005-09-01

James Hindle delivers another solid album filled with Alt-Country songs. Which is interesting as he is from England. He is joined on this album by members of The Ladybug Transistor, Vetiver, and Espers. Silence and Birthday Candle are among my favorite tracks. He had a song on The OC from his last album Prospect Park (which reminded me more of Neil Young's Harvest in sound and texture) and this seems to build off a slightly happier time in his life.

Average customer rating: Outstanding Record Interesting, risk-taking outing yields no treasures...

The Prospect Before Us The Albion Dance Band Manufacturer: Hannibal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Hannibal Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000639 Release Date: 1996-09-03

Tracks:

1. Uncle Bernard's/Jenny Lind
2. The Hunt Is Up
3. Varsovinna
4. Masque
5. Huntsman's Chorus
6. Minuet
7. Wassail Song
8. Picking Of Sticks/the Old Mole
9. Merry Sherwood Rangers
10. La Sexte Estampie Real
11. I Wish I Was Single Again
12. The Whim
13. Hopping Down In Kent
14. Horse's Brawl
15. On Christmas Night All Christians Sing
16. Merry Sherwood Rangers

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Record.......2004-04-01

Please note that a previous reviewer forgot to select a star rating. I strongly disagree with the 2 star review. I'm not a critic or an expert on English folk/rock, but I know what I like. I have 3 Fairport Convention cds and 4 Steeleye Span cds. I like The Prospect Before Us better than all of them. I ordered this cd just so that I could be exposed to the artist. Was I surprised! This is one of the most enjoyable cds I have ever heard. I play it a lot and it doesn't get stale. My friends, their kids, and even my folks like it. My father has an aversion to anything with drums, but after he heard this cd, he wanted me to find him a video of the band playing. He insists that the dance numbers are a sort of rowdy polka, and therefore, are acceptable. I particularly like the boisterous dance numbers. Merry Sherwood Rangers is amazing. The alternative bonus track version is not quite as intense, but differs enough to make it an interesting and valuable bonus. A beautiful cacophany of bizarre antique instruments. The only thing I can compare the mood to is the Mekons. A music-playing party. Prospect's dance numbers are all about powerful rhythm. As great as Fairport is, their rock oriented numbers seem mostly blues-based, and I definitely prefer the faster straightahead rhythm of the Albion Dance Band. Although the musicianship is topnotch, it is as if the band is celebrating. This cd has a joyous, reckless feel that is infectious. The more traditionally performed English folk songs are delightful. In my ignorance, I had assumed that the English had gotten most of their music from the Scots and Irish. These wonderful folk songs are convincing me that the English have as rich a folk music tradition as any. This cd is worth the money just for Rangers alone. Throw in some more dance tunes, some lovely folk songs, a Christmas song, and a couple of nifty sea shanty-sounding tunes, and it is unbeatable. The AllMusicGuide people give this record high marks and are right as usual.

Interesting, risk-taking outing yields no treasures..........2000-06-20

The same outfit (or most of these same musicians) assembled by Ashley Hutchings created something far more memorable on the sadly and unacceptably deleted "Son Of Morris On" (EMI catalogue number 7243 8 29861 2 6", or sometimes listed in a shorter form as EMI 29861), a 1976 follow-up to earlier "Morris On". "Prospect" tries to reach for something, and although nothing really drags here, there are no precious jewels of songs either. If you must, try "Battle Of The Field" or "Rise Up Like The Sun", each worth about 3 stars in my book. "Son Of Morris On", also featuring Hutchings with John Tams, Simon Nicol, Martin Carthy, Shirley Collins Hutchings, Phil Pickett and others, though, is really the one that should have been re-issued by Rykodisc. That was musical greatness on a high scale, and it's a shame it's not around anymore. See if you can find a nice vinyl copy of that if that's the only format you can find it on - still worth it!

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Prospect Park James Hindle Manufacturer: Badman Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: James William Hindle Town Feeling Different Stars ASIN: B0000996H0 Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

1. You Will Be Safe
2. Come Down Slowly
3. Leaving Trains
4. Hoboken
5. Country Song
6. Great Woodland Summer
7. Doubt
8. Hollow Bodies
9. Shadows Cast a Lie
10. Celebration
11. Park Slope Song

Album Description

For British folk-balladeer, James William Hindle, the second time's the charm. On Prospect Park, his second full-length album, there are the same wistful, delicately-strummed melodies strewn with hope and acoustic longing that garnered critical praise for his self-titled debut album. However on Prospect Park, there's also the definite sound of a maturity found. After over a year of touring the US with bands like The Essex Green and The Ladybug Transistor and appearing on a compilation with Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Spoon, among others, James' musical persona has just begun to spread its wings. For those keen-eared listeners who detect a faint Elephant-6-esque thread running through the songs on Prospect Park, James is ably backed up on these proceedings by members of The Essex Green, The Ladybug Transistor, Sunshine Fix, and Aden.

Average customer rating: Franck: Ave Verum Corpus, Alan Hovhaness (Composer)

Shalimar Manufacturer: Fortuna Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hovhaness, Alan | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | 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 Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Fusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 22 ("City of Light"); Cello Concerto Hovhaness: Celestial Gate and Other Orchestral Works Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 & 53; The Prayer of St. Gregory Hovhaness: Symphony Nos. 22 "City of Light Symphony" & 50 "Mount St. Helens Symphony" Music of Alan Hovhaness ASIN: B0000007UG Release Date: 1991-10-16

Tracks:

1. Ghazal No.1, Op.36 No.1
2. Komachi, Op.240: i. spirit of a Willow Tree/ii. The Sage of Celestial Mountain/iii. Rain Harp/...
3. Sonata for Piano, 'Prospect Hill', Op.346: i. Introduction-Allegro Vivace/ii. Andante Vivace/...
4. To Hiroshige's Cat (1st Movement), Op.366
5. Shalimar, Op.177: i. Fantasy/ii. First Interlude/iii. Jhala of the Fountains/iv. Second Interlude/..
6. Love Song Vanishing into Sounds of Crickets, Op. 327

Customer Reviews:

Franck: Ave Verum Corpus, Alan Hovhaness (Composer).......2001-05-04

As an amateur pianist, I was awed by the feeling of absolute freedom of spirit this music evoked in me. It is breathtakingly lovely in its haunting simplicity. The music draws you into itself, soaring into heights of joy and falling into hushed depths of winsome poignancy. What a gift Alan Hovhaness has for speaking for and to the human spirit of all that is lovely and delicate and magnificent.

World Music:

1. Que Bueno Esta
2. Rollin With [Import]
3. Sibongile
4. Sinfonie Der Sterne, 2 [Import]
5. Sing The Hits Of Hot New Latin Wave! (Karaoke)
6. Sono Un Pirata, Sono Un Signore [Import]
7. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nach [Import]
8. Super Folk Song [Import]
9. The Best of Pedro Gnonnas
10. Tibetan Folk Songs & Dancers

World Music

world music

World Music

Horse of a Different Color [Import]

Retrospectives / Philosopher's Path / 5 Glimpses

Offertoria

Blue In Green

Party Total Giggerig, Vol. 1 [Import]

Slumberland

People Dance [Live]

Playaz Mentality [Explicit Lyrics]

Shake It Up

Orchestral Works 1

Personal Choice

Standard Coltrane

Rebel Slave

Songs For Our Spirit: Hope And Faith

Screamin' the Blues