| 1. Toi Et Moi |
| 2. Dieu [Monkey Twice Mix] |
| 3. Quand Je S'rai Beau |
| 4. Le Destin T'a Donn Ta Chance |
| 5. J'en Ai Assez |
| 6. Comment C'est Ton Nom |
| 7. Dieu |
| 8. Garde La Danse |
| 9. Nous Avions D Cid |
| 10. Tout Est Dans Les Yeux |
| 11. Hier Encore |
Nouveau Jour,Dany Brillant,Sony,World Music
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Berlioz - La Révolution Grecque (Grandes Oeuvres Chorales)
Michel Plasson , Laurent Naouri , Rolando Villazon , and Nicolas Rivenq Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008ODZY Release Date: 2004-01-13 |
Tracks:
- Sara, Belle D'indolence
- Meditation Religieuse: Ce Monde Entier N'est Qu'une Ombre Fugitive
- La Mort D'Ophelie
- Marche Funebre Pour La Derniere Scene d'Hamlet
- Formez Vos Rangs, Entrez En Danse!
- Dieu Tout-Puissant, Dieu De L'aurore
- Veni Creator Spiritus
- Tantum Ergo Sacramentum
- Recit & Air: Leve-toi, Fils De Sparte!
- Choeur: Mais La Voix Du Dieu Des Armees
- Priere: Astre Terrible Et Saint, Guide Les Pas Du Brave!
- Final: Des Sommets De L'Olympe
Tracks:
- Des Espagnols M'ont Pris Sur Leur Navire
- Introduction
- Recit & Air: Pretresses De Bacchus... O Seul Bien Qui Me Reste!
- Recit: Quels Cris Affreux Se Font Entendre?
- Bacchanale: O Dieu Puissant, Fils De Latone... O Bacchus Evoe!
- Tableau Musical
- N'oublions Pas Ces Champs, Dont La Poussiere
- Amis, La Coupe Ecume
- C'est Le Grand Jour, Le Jour De Fete
- Dieu Tout-Puissant, Dieu De L'Aurore
- Bien Que Le Ciel Parfois Se Couvre D'un Nuage
Customer Reviews:
Excellent collection of enjoyable rarities.......2005-08-13
Anyway:
It's a bit sad that Berlioz is known to many listeners only through a handful of works like the Symphonie Fantastique (his most famous, yet an early work), maybe the Requiem and Harold in Italy, and a few other items (the short list seems to vary from person to person but it's always short). Sad, because unlike some other composers who are one or two trick ponys, Berlioz was a continuously strong and imaginative composer, in fact he was a great composer, up there with the best of them, who let loose with a long string of masterpieces that still need attention--like his opera Benvenuto Cellini and twenty other things. The man, even when trying to write boring music, was incapable of writing boring music. Then there's his incredible writing: his autobiography, his criticisms, his satires. He's not only one of my very favorite composers but one of my very favorite writers too. There's no other composer I can say that about.
So what's up with him, and why should you pay attention to this pricey collection of unknowns? Jacques Barzun, another favorite writer and an authority on Berlioz, thinks the Frenchman was so advanced in his ideas that he's been thoroughly misunderstood and grotesquely underappreciated up until fairly recently. Even Donald Francis Tovey, an insightful musical commentator (and another favorite writer--his books are highly recommended) of over 100 years ago talks of Berlioz as if, at times, he didn't known exactly what he was doing. There's an awful comment by him about how Berlioz allegedly knew how to start and end a piece but got a bit lost in between. How untrue. Barzun, on the other hand, mentions an incident where some critic complains about a series of wrong (meaning incompetently judged and not conforming to theory of that time) chords used in Harold in Italy and the response by a sharp conductor was "So tell me then why they sound so right?" (Someone later did a proper modern analysis and found the chord use was subtle and brilliant) Barzun's point, in a wonderful essay "Berlioz after a Hundred Years" (In "Critical Questions")is that we have yet to totally figure out why so much of his music sounds right. I'd also add that we are only just maybe starting to learn how to make it sound right. Berlioz was smart, possibly smarter than any of us and it's taking us 200 years to catch up with him.
[My guess at one explanation of his greatness was his total mastery of the very poetic French language and his ability to translate that into a sort of music. His melodies often sound like someone speaking. Elliot Carter is another great composer who is intensely literate and a fine writer... and a great composer perhaps for similar reasons.]
I'll go even further, after 30 years of listening to his music I'm convinced he stands at the top platform with the handful of all-time great composers. Berlioz transformed Western art music--single-handedly--into a supple, breathing, colorful, and living thing, and in a way that few composers have managed since. Moving from the Masters (Bach through Beethoven) to Berlioz is like moving from great oil painting to motion pictures in Technicolor and that's about the best way I can describe the phenomenon (Barzun notes his unique multidimensionality). Listen to Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and then listen to Benvenuto Cellini. The music, over 150 years old and only about 50 years older than Mozart's sounds totally modern, and often modern like a modern that hasn't even happened yet. Listen to Schumann's "Faust" (and I dearly love Schumann) and listen to Berlioz's and be shocked. The Schumann version sounds like flat soda in comparison. The only other composer I've encountered whose music has this same visceral "aliveness" (at times) is Shostakovich. Oddly, Berlioz can make even the mighty Strauss sound wooden and fussy (some would say Germanic).
The argument then is one shouldn't avoid anything by Berlioz and one should shop around to find recordings by conductors who understand his music (Gad! Solti doing Faust is stunning)and orchestras who can handle the twists, turns and other race car demands of the scores. This collection of choral works, many rare, many early (keeping in mind the ever-popular Fantastique is early too), is excellent with the only drawback being that a few, lovely as they are, don't showcase his best compositional assets. He was, regardless, a striking choral composer as Colin Davis noted during the recording sesssions for "Cellini." Personally, I never cared much for choral music or even opera until I forced myself to listen to the non-orchestral Berlioz. Well, at least I like HIS stuff in these genres! Everything about this disc is first-rate: performances, conducting (Plasson is an excellent Berlioz conductor) and sound. The only complaint is the cover art is awful. It looks like someone at EMI wanted to save a few bucks so they hired a vaguely talented teenage niece or something to handle it.
Finally, unlike most collections of rarities and odds and ends by composers--even the best of them--this is a set of discs I drag out, play, and enjoy regularly.
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Nouveau Jour
Dany Brillant Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004RIJO Release Date: 2000-01-05 |
Tracks:
- Toi et Moi
- Quand Je S'rai Beau
- Destin T'A Donna Chance
- J'En Ai Assez
- Comment C'est Ton Nom
- Dieu
- Garde la Danse
- Nous Avions Dd
- Tout Est Dans Les Yeux
- Hier Encore
Customer Reviews:
Dany Boy Did It Again...Brilliant.......2001-08-27
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Voyages du Jour
TEA Manufacturer: Lost Grove Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00065TZA0 Release Date: 2004-10-12 |
Tracks:
- Azan Nawa
- Adjegule
- Emm-Moi
- Heros of the Sea
- Al Hajii Yoo
- Souvenue
- Yia
- Afri
- Sinfomania
- Sais Tu?
- Fever
- Tu
- Baba
Customer Reviews:
Steep TEA for a soothing world cruise.......2005-04-11
This music is my cup of tea........2004-12-25
spicy and soothing fusion.......2004-12-16
Buy it for those cool and audacious friends who can appreciate it. You know who they are; the GOOD company.
A Nice Cup of Tea.......2004-12-15
And be sure to listen to the end of the CD for any of you that are fans of British comedian and actor, Eddie Izzard.
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Dolce Vita/Nouveau Jour
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000AKQ7E Release Date: 2003-12-02 |
Tracks:
- Toi Et Moi
- Quand Je Srai Beau
- Le Destin Ta Donne Ta Chance
- Jen Ai Assez
- Comment Cest Ton Nom
- Dieu
- Garde La Danse
- Nous Avions Decide
- Tout Est Dans Les Yeux
- Hier Encore
- Tant Quil Y Aura Des Femmes
- Dans Les Rues De Rome
- Regarde Moi
- Je Moudrais Tant Que Tu Me Donnes
- Si Tu Suis Ton Chemin
- Ne Va Pas Trop Vite
- Parce Que Tu Sais
- La Rumeur
- Dors
- Tu Vuo Fal Americano
Album Description
French twofer combines two of the world music star's hit albums, 'Dolce Vita' (2001) & 'Nouveau Jour' (1999). 20 tracks packaged in two standard jewel cases & housed in a clamshell box. SMM. 2003.
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Rossmarin-Oyez! La Nouvelle
Manufacturer: Analekta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000002RGX Release Date: 1995-03-22 |
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Une nuit de Noel (Brossard * Daquin * Balbastre * Dandrieu * Lebegue) /Vocal ensemble of the Parlement de Musique * Gestner
Manufacturer: Temperaments ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000C2BT Release Date: 1998-09-08 |
Tracks:
- Dialoge Sur Les Grades Jeux: Improvisation
- Kyrie: Missa Quinti Toni/Kyrie Sur: Laissez Paistre Vos Betes
- Kyrie: Noel Varie: Une Jeune Purcelle. Recit-Double
- Kyrie: Missa Quinti Toni/Chirste Sur: Un Jeune Purcelle
- Kyrie: Noel Varie: Chantons Je Vous Prie Noel Hautement. Recit-Double
- Kyrie: Missa Quinti Toni/Kyrie Cur: Chantons Je Vous Prie Noel Hautement
- Kyrie: Noel Varie: Laissez Paistre Vos Betes. Recit-Double-Grand Jeu
- Gloria: Missa Quini Toni: Et In Terra Pax Sur: Laissez Paistre Vos Betes
- Gloria: Missa Quini Toni: Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi Sur: Or Dites-Nous Marie
- Gloria: Missa Quini Toni: Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus Sur: Une Jeune Pucelle
- Gloria: Missa Quini Toni: Cum Sancto Spiritu Sur: Tous Les Bourgeois De Chatres
- Gloria: Noel Varie No.11: En Recit En Taille Et En Duo
- Gloria: Motet: Christus Natus Est
- Credo: Missa Quinti Toni: Patrem Omnipotentem Sur: A La Venue De Noel
- Credo: Missa Quinti Toni: Qui Propter Nos Homines Sue: Voici Le Jour Solennel
- Credo: Piece: Une Vierge Pucelle.
- Credo: Missa Quinti Toni: Crucifixus Est Sur: Une Virge Pucelle
- Credo: Missa Quinti Toni: Et Resurrexit Sur: Allons Voir Le Divin Sage
- Credo: Noel Varie: Ou S'en Vont Ces Gais Bergers? Grand Jeu
- Credo: Missa Quinti Toni: Et In Spiritum Sanctum Sur: Ou S'en Vont Ces Gais Bergers?
- Credo: Noel Varie No.10: Grand Jeu Et Duo
- Sanctus: Piece: Ou S'en Vont Ces Gais Bergers? Plein Jeu
- Sanctus: Missa Quinti Toni: Sanctus Sur: Ou S'en Vont Ces Gais Bergers?
- Sanctus: Piece: Ou S'en Vont Ces Gais Bergers? Grand Jeu
- Sanctus: Piece: Or Nous Dites Marie
- Elevation: Missa Quinti Toni
- Elevation: Noel Varie: Puer Nobis Nascitur: Recit-Duo-Trio-Muzette-Double-Grand Jeu-Dialogue
- Agnus Dei: Noel Varie: A Minui Fut Fait Un Reveil. Recit-Double
- Agnus Dei: Missa Quinti Toni: Agnus Dei, Miserere Sur: A Minuit Fut Fait Un Reveil Et Sur: Joseph...
- Agnus Dei: Noel Varie: A Minui Fut Fait Un Reveil. Basse De Trompette
- Agnus Dei: Missa Quinti Toni: Agnus Dei, Dona Nobis Sur: A Minuit Fut Fait Un Reviel
- Agnus Dei: Noel Varie: A Minui Fut Fait Un Reveil. Grand Jeu
- Agnus Dei: Noel Varie: Votre Bonte, Grand Dieu
Customer Reviews:
Absolutely Gorgeous!.......2004-04-27
If you've listened to Charpentier's "Messe de Minuit pour Noel" a hundred times and found it wanting, this recording will put you in an 18th Century Christmas mood. The sound quality is excellent - absolutely delightful!
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Noël!
Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000025VLI Release Date: 2001-09-04 |
Tracks:
- Marche Des Rois, Noel Provencal - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Ah! Quand Reviendra-t-il Le Temps De Noel? - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Noel Des Iles - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- C'est Le Jour De La Noel - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Les Anges Dans Nos Champagnes - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Chut! Taisez-vous - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Votre Divin Maitre - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Les Bergerettes - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- C'etait Le Premier Noel - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Le Noel Des Petits Santons - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- O Dieu De Clemence - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Le Sommeil De L'enfant Jesus - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Nous Voici Dans La Ville - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Noel Au Tyrol Autrichien - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Pastourelles, Pastoureaux - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Noel Nouvelet - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Noel Pour Demander La Paix De L'enfant Que Va Naitre - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Chanson Joyeuse De Noel - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Noel Nouveau Est Venu - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- Noel Bourguignon - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
- La Nuit - Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
Tracks:
- Minuit, Chretiens - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Petit Papa Noel - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Panis Angelicus - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Chantez Noel - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Le Petit Soulier De Noel - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Adeste Fideles - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Belle Nuit, Sainte Nuit - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Mon Beau Sapin - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Trois Anges Sont Venus Ce Soir - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Le Premier Noel - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Noel - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Marie, Avec L'enfant Jesus - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Ave Maria - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Agnus Dei - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Sancta Maria - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Le Ciel A Visite La Terre - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
- Ave Maria - Michel Dens/Janine Micheau/Martha Angelici
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Nouveau Jour
Dany Brillant Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000DEMT2 Release Date: 1999-10-08 |
Tracks:
- Toi et Moi
- Quand Je S'rai Beau
- Destin T'A Donna Chance
- J'En Ai Assez
- Comment C'est Ton Nom
- Dieu
- Garde la Danse
- Nous Avions Dd
- Tout Est Dans Les Yeux
- Hier Encore
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Nouveau Jour
Dany Brillant Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004UH8Y Release Date: 2000-01-05 |
Tracks:
- Toi et Moi
- Quand Je S'rai Beau
- Destin T'A Donna Chance
- J'En Ai Assez
- Comment C'est Ton Nom
- Dieu
- Garde la Danse
- Nous Avions Dd
- Tout Est Dans Les Yeux
- Hier Encore
Customer Reviews:
Dany Boy Did It Again...Brilliant.......2001-08-27
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