God's Window

1. God's Window

2. Desert Stream

3. Still [Radio Edit]

4. Search

5. One Fine Day

6. Distant

7. Learning to Be Healed

8. Rain on the World

9. New Anthem

10. Places I Have Been

11. Oyebisi Nga [Fat Mix]

12. Still [Submersible Mix]

13. God's Window [Easy Mix]

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
Instrumental Music: Galliard
Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
Instrumental Music: Comagain
Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

Lute Music: Preludium
Lute Music: Lachrimae
Lute Music: Can She Excuse
Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
Lute Music: Fantasia
Lute Music: A Dream
Lute Music: Almain
Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
Lute Music: Coranto
Lute Music: Resolution
Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
Lute Music: Almain
Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
Lute Music: Fantasia
Lute Music: Loth To Depart
Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
Lute Music: Pavan
Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
Lute Music: Aloe
Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
Lute Music: What If A Day
Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
Lute Music: [Jig]
Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
Lute Music: La mia Barbara
Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
Lute Music: Lachrimae
Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
Lute Music: Solus cum sola
Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
Lute Music: A Coy Toy
Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
Lute Music: [Almain]
Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
Consort Music: Almain a 2
Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

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

Customer Reviews:

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.

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.

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).

Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2
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Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2

Manufacturer: Azica
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
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Release Date: 2004-07-06

Tracks:

Ah Robin (Round)
And Let Me The Cannikin Clink
And Will He Not Come Again
Be Merry, Be Merry
Black Spirits
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
Bonny Sweet Robin
But Shall I Go Mourn
Can'st Thou Not Hit It
Come Away
Come Away, Hecate
Come Live With Me
Come O'er The Burn
Come Thou Monarch (Version 2)(Round)
Come Unto These Yellow Sands
A Cup Of Wine
Farewell, Dear Heart
Fathers That Wear Rags
Fear No More
Fie On Sinful Fantasy
Fill The Cup (Round)
Flout 'Em And Cout 'Em (Round)
Fools Had Ne'er Less Grace
For I'll Cut My Green Coat
The Friar And The Nun
Full Fathom Five
The George Alow (Version 1)
Get You Hence
The God Of Love
Hark, Hark The Lark
Have I Caught My Heavenly Jewel
Heart's Ease
Hold Thy Peace (Version 2)(Round)
Honor, Riches
I Am Gone Sir
I Loathe The I Did Love
It Was A Lover And His Lass
Jepha
Jog On
Jolly Shepherd (Round)
King Stephen Was A Worthy Peer
Lawn As White
Love, Love, Nothing But Love (Version 2)
The Master, The Swabber (Version 2)
No More Dams
An Old Hare Hoar (Version 1)
O Mistress Mine (Version 1)
Orpheus With His Lute
O Sweet Oliver
Pardon Goddess Of The Night
Roses Their Sharp Spines
Sigh No More, Ladies
Some Men For Sudden Joy (Version 1)
Take, O Take Those Lips
Tell Me, Where Is Fancy Bred
That Sir Which Serves
There Dwelt A Man In Babylon (Version 1)
There Was Three Fools
Three Merry Men (Round)
Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day
Under The Greenwood Tree
Up And Down (Round)
Urns And Odours Bring Away
Walsingham
Was This Fair Face
Wedding Is Great Juno's Crown
What Shall He Have (Round)
When Arthur First In Court
When Daffodils Begin To Peer
When Daisies Pied
When Griping Grief
When Icicles Hang By The Wall
When That I Was And A Little Tyne Boy
Where The Bee Sucks
While You Here Do Snoring Lie
Who Is Silvia
Why Let The Strucken Deer
Willow, Willow (Version 1)
Will You Buy Any Tape
The Woosel Cock
You Spotted Snakes

Tracks:

Awake, Awake
Battle Of Agincourt
Bride's Goodmorrow
Broom
Callino
Carmen's Whitle
Chi Passa
Come Kiss Me, Kate (Round)
Come Thou Monarch (Version 1)
Cup Of Wine (Version 1)
Damon
Daphne
Diana (2 Versions)
Dulcina
Eglamore
Eighty-Eight
Fortune My Foe
George Alow (Version 2)
Glass Doth Run
Goddesses
Go From My Window
Greensleeves (2 Versions)
Guy Of Warwick
Hem Boys (2 Versions)
Hey Ho for A Husband (2 Versions)
Hobbyhorse
Hold Thy Peace (Versions 1 & 3)
Hunt's Up
I Cannot Come Every Day (2 Versions)
In Crete
In Peascod Time
Jack Boy (Round)
King Cophetua
King Lear
King Solomon
Light O Love
Loath To Depart (2 Versions)
Love, Love (Version 1)
Master, Swabber (Version 1)
Mounsier Mingo
Mounsieur's Almaine
My Mind To Me
Nutmegs (Of All The Birds)
Nutmegs (Wooing Of The Baker's Daughter)
O Death (2 Versions)
Old Hare Hoar (Version 2)
O Mistress Mine (Version 2)
O' The Twelfth Day Of December
Oyster Pie
Peg A Ramsey (2 Versions)
Phillida (3 Versions)
Please One
Pyramus
Queen Dido (2 Versions)
Ratcatcher
Rich Jew
Robin Goodfellow
Robin Hood
Rogero
Rowland
Sellenger's Round
Shore's Wife (2 Versions)
Sick, Sick (3 Vesions)
Some Men For Sudden Joy (Round)
There Dwelt A Man (Version 2)
Titus Andronicus
Tom A Bedlam (2 Versions)
Troilus
Troy Town
Wellady
Whenas We Sat In Babylon
Where Is The Life
Whoop
Why Let The Strucken (If Care Do Cause)
Willow, Willow (Version 2)
Will Ye Buy A Fine Dog
With A Fading

Gibbons: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems

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One of the Finest Recordings of Gibbon's Music
Behold, thou hast made my day
More than a bargain
Okay but no texts

Gibbons: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000013UO
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Tracks:

Pavan
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Behold, Thou Hast Made My Days
The Lord Of Salisbury His Pavan And Galliard - Timothy Roberts
Fantasia No. 1 For Two Trebles
I Weigh Not Fortune's Frown - Tessa Bonner
I Tremble Not At Noise Of War
I See Ambition Never Pleased
I Feign Not Friendship Where I Hate
Preludium In G - Timothy Roberts
Go From My Window
Dainty Fine Bird - Tessa Bonner
Fair Is The Rose
Fantasia No. 3
Fantasia No. 5
The Fairest Nymph - Timothy Roberts
Lincoln's Inn Mask
Allmaine In G
Fantasia No. 1 For The Great Double Bass
Galliard
The Silver Swan - Tessa Bonner
In Nomine
Glorious And Powerful God

Customer Reviews:

One of the Finest Recordings of Gibbon's Music.......2006-02-19

The music of Orlando Gibbons represents the English response to radical changes that stemmed largely from Italy in the age of the birth of opera and a move away from the contrapunctal complexities of previous centuries. Whereas the Italian tended to write gradiose and radical works such of those by Monteverdi, the English tended to write music that was stylistically old-fashioned by the standards of the times, unostentatious with its preference for the sounds of the viol consort that helped make it so intimately poetic and evocative. The madrigal The Silver Swan is one of the most famous examples of English music of its time.

We really should rejoice over the fact that Naxos has this superb recording in its catalog. The music making here is first rate in every possible way. Of course Tesser Bonner is a regular with none other than the Tallis Scholars, testifying to the fact that Naxos is above all a quality label. In particular I really do love the way Bonner uses period pronounciation of the texts whereas Emma Kirky sadly modernises the pronounciation in music of this period. Thus the word 'bird' is pronounced more like 'beard'. I feel this helps to evoke the sense of the recreation of a lost world. The instrumental pieces too are unfailingly fine with excellent ensemble work by Red Byrd.

A superb recording recommendable in every possible way.

Behold, thou hast made my day.......2004-01-26

to misquote slightly the first vocal number on this disc. This is a really superlative production in every respect except that the words are not provided for the vocal items (the words of the anonymous The Silver Swan are worth knowing!). Even the liner note, by John Bryan, is excellent, which proves what I had never doubted, namely that the thing can be done on a budget label.

There are nearly 70 minutes of music here, and the plan seems to have been to give as broad a representation as possible of the output of this notable composer. There are 23 items in total, featuring music for accompanied solo voice and 5-part ensemble, keyboard compositions played on three different types of instrument, and items for viol ensembles of 2,3,4,and 6 instruments. Thought and care has obviously gone into the sequencing of the pieces, and the recital ends powerfully with a 5-part anthem `Glorious and Powerful God' led off by a gent with a truly terrific bass voice. One notable inclusion is an In Nomine for 4 viols. An In Nomine is actually a musical form, and a specifically English one, consisting of a free fantasia on a canto fermo deriving originally from plainsong via a mass by John Taverner. Solo status is accorded to Timothy Roberts who performs the three keyboard numbers, and to Tessa Bonner the soprano soloist in the seven pieces of that nature. I had the opportunity to compare her in The Silver Swan with Rachel Elliott on another outstanding Gibbons disc, by a group calling themselves Concordia (director Mark Levy), and you may actually prefer, as I do, the way Concordia do it. The piece benefits from Concordia's slower tempo, and my personal preference is for Elliott's voice, although she does use a modicum of vibrato, so this preference will not be shared by everyone. Their disc goes under the title Go From My Window, which is not a song but a set of 10 variations on a `ditty' by that title. In this piece I have to give my vote to Concordia again, as they give it with colossal panache and virtuosity - I'm not surprised they elected to call the disc after it. In fact the two recitals have another 4 pieces in common, and in these I can find nothing to choose between the two groups, so fine do both seem to me.

Enthusiasts for music of this period, and anyone even curious about it, are also recommended a keyboard recital , by John Kitchen, of works by the Scottish composer Kinloch, music that surprised even me (Scottish myself) by its outstanding quality. Long may enterprises like these continue.

More than a bargain.......2002-12-18

This is a handsomely played and beautifully recorded disc. The Rose Consort of Viols aptly catches the inherent melancholy of Gibbons style while Tessa Bonner sings ethereally as usual. With singing of Bonner's purity, as in "Silver Swanne", who needs texts? This is more than a bargain; it is a wonderful introduction to the deeply touching music of Orlando Gibbons.

Okay but no texts.......1999-01-24

As the title says mainly viol consort and keyboard music, but the highlights are the two english anthems for 5 voices, and three solo pieces with Tessa Bonner - including the famous "The Silver Swan". So why no texts? Playing time 68'24".

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Faust (Sung in English)
Gounod , Clarke , Miles , Plazas , Magee , and Parry
Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
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Verdi: La Traviata
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman

ASIN: B00006NSEC
Release Date: 2002-11-26

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Desert Island Disc

Rachmaninov: Songs

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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Rachmaninov: Complete Songs, Vol. 1

ASIN: B000007TRT
Release Date: 1998-07-21

Tracks:

Again You Are Bestirred, My Heart
Sing not, O lovely One (Op. 4, No. 4)
It Wasn't Long Ago, My Friend (Op. 4, No. 6)
Prayer (Op. 8, No. 6)
I Await You (Op. 14, No. 1)
Small Island (Op. 14, No. 2)
Do Not Believe Me, Friend (Op. 14, No. 7)
Spring Torrents (Op. 14, No. 11)
Lilacs (Op. 21, No. 5)
Fragment From A. Musset (Op. 21, No. 6)
How Peaceful (Op. 21, No. 7)
I Am Not A Prophet (Op. 21, No. 11)
How Pained I Am (Op. 21, No. 12)
Let Us Leave, My Sweet (Op. 26, No. 5)
I Am Again Alone (Op. 26, No. 9)
At My Window (Op. 26, No. 10)
Night Is Sorrowful (Op. 26, No. 12)
The Muse (Op. 34, No. 1)
A Passing Breeze (Op. 34, No. 4)
Dissonance (Op. 34, No. 13)
Vocalise (Op. 34, No. 14)
At Night In My Garden (Op. 38, No. 1)
To Her (Op. 38, No. 2)
Daisies (Op. 38, No. 3)
The Pied Piper (Op. 38, No. 4)
Sleep (Op. 38, No. 5)
A-Oo (Op. 38, No. 6)
A Prayer
All Glory To God

Customer Reviews:

Desert Island Disc.......2003-03-14

This is one of the most beautiful recordings of Rachmaninov songs available. Rodgers and Shelley are completely in sync here, and capture the full range of moods and colors in a well considered sample of the composer's writing for voice. I've long wondered why Rodgers has not garnered "star" status internationally, and every time I listen to this recording I'm puzzled again. To judge from the evidence here, she has everything: clear diction, beautiful legato line, stylistic affinity for Rachmaninov's sound world, and a heartstoppingly gorgeous timbre -- in certain parts of the voice very similar to Renee Fleming's, but without Fleming's tendency to croon and distort the musical line. Indeed, Rodger's ability to marry discipline and profound, complicated feeling makes something special of this recording. Together with Ewa Podles' recital of Russian melodies, which includes some of the songs sung here, Rodgers' Rachmaninov is a treasure. So are her recordings of Howells and Vaugh Williams and Britten.

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egyptian nursery
groovy, awsome, world vibes

God's Window
Egyptian Nursery
Manufacturer: Blue Flame
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004W1OG
Release Date: 2000-07-25

Tracks:

God's Window
Desert Stream
Still [Radio Edit]
Search
One Fine Day
Distant
Learning to Be Healed
Rain on the World
New Anthem
Places I Have Been
Oyebisi Nga [Fat Mix]
Still [Submersible Mix]
God's Window [Easy Mix]

Customer Reviews:

egyptian nursery.......2003-09-16

i am a personal friend to mojama the lead singer, and i was making fun of him when he was releasing the cd, but after i heard the thing , i was like damn pati(that is how we call him) you are good, i will definitely advise people to listen to it, my favorite is oyebisi ngayi(you told me,in lingala) the original version

groovy, awsome, world vibes.......2003-07-30

I just discovered Egyptian Nursery and can't get enough! If you like world music with a dance beat and cool vocals--you will love this.

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Great CD for Indy Music Lovers!

New Brunswick Underground (Volume 1)
Bionic Rhoda / Anybody's Name, Bunt/ Transgress, Love Gas / The Ugly and the Brave, Nepenthe / Waterfall, Three to Six Inches / Never I See, Moonphase / So Proud, Lumous / Shakes Away, Spook Handy / Boss Jim Gettys / Holly Hobby , The Stuntcocks / In God We Trust, Stampede / Force the Inflexion, Crash A.D./ The Window, She Gets All Her Pets High , Floodroom / Caliphornia, Hi Pro Glo Planet Funk , Shrubs /-- Suburban Lounge Act / Space Thrust , and Stuntcocks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000JLOZVA

Product Description

CD compilation featuring 16 Central New Jersey acts, 1996 Executive Producer: Mike Doktorski Project Coordinators: Eddie Konczal and Eric Kvortek Code: 9602-2 Order Today: $12 return to ---SONGS__ Better for It, Boss Jim Gettys / Holly Hobby, Bionic Rhoda / Anybody's Name, Bunt/ Transgress, Love Gas / The Ugly and the Brave, Nepenthe / Waterfall, Three to Six Inches / Never I See, Moonphase / So Proud, Lumous / Shakes Away, Spook Handy / Planet Funk, Floodroom / Caliphornia, Hi Pro Glo / She Gets All Her Pets High, The Stuntcocks / In God We Trust, Stampede / Force the Inflexion, Crash A.D./ The Window, Suburban Lounge Act / Space Thrust, Shrubs /---- In Brief: At the time of its release, New Brunswick Underground was the first collection of songs by New Brunswick area bands since WRSU Records released Mental Floss on vinyl in 1987. New Brunswick Underground served as the catalyst for a huge resurgence in New Jerseys best live music scene a resurgence that has yet to lose momentum. Includes otherwise unreleased tracks by now defunct acts Three to Six Inches and the incomparable Bionic Rhoda. Also features the only CD release of The Stuntcocks classic, She Gets All Her Pets High.

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Great CD for Indy Music Lovers!.......2007-05-05

This CD represent what I believe to be one of the best Indy music periods that existed in New Jersey. Great artists, great songs, and represents a time when artists helped each other in achieving greatness. These songs are truly unique and ROCK!

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Window of Mercy

Manufacturer: Meadowgreen Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000HEKOQ4

Product Description

1. Window of Mercy 2. If There Is No God 3. When Your Silence Speaks Louder Than Words 4. Go Into the World 5. It's Only Thunder 6. Cain's Way 7. To Carry Me 8. Arms of Love

Pathways of Baroque Music - Secular Vocal Music

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A wonderfully complete overview of Baroque secular music!

Pathways of Baroque Music - Secular Vocal Music

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000007HY
Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: Anchor Che Col Partire - The Hilliard Ens/Paul Hillier
I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: Allala, Pia Calia - Ens Clement Janequin/Dominique Visse
I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: So Ben Mi Ch'a Ben Tempo - Rene Jacobs/Konrad Junghanel
I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: Amarilli, Mia Bella - Rene Jacobs/Konrad Junghanel
I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: Vezzosi Augelli - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: Crudele Acerba - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: Merce Grido Piangendo - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: Occhi Del Pianto Mio - Helena Afonso/Christina Miatello/Marinella Pennichi/Sergio Vartolo
I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: T'amo Mia Vita - Helena Afonso/Christina Miatello/Marinella Pennichi/Sergio Vartolo
I. The Renaissance Of The Solo Madrigal: Quella Vermiglia Rosa - Judith Nelson/Konrad Junghanel
II. Monteverdi And The 'Seconda Prattica': Luci Serene A Chaire - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
II. Monteverdi And The 'Seconda Prattica': T'amo Mia Vita - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
II. Monteverdi And The 'Seconda Prattica': O Come Sei Gentile - Claire Brua/Sandrine Piau
II. Monteverdi And The 'Seconda Prattica': Il Combattimento Di Tancredi E Clorinda - Francoise Semellaz/Adrian Brand/Nicolas Rivenq
II. Monteverdi And The 'Seconda Prattica': Zefiro Torna - Helga Muller-Molinari/Rene Jacobs
II. Monteverdi And The 'Seconda Prattica': Italian Madrigals: O Dolcezze Amarissimi D'amore - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
III. The Madrigal To The Secular Cantata: Cant: Amanti, Lo Vi Disfido - Judith Nelson/Jaap Ter Linden/William Christie/Konrad Junghanel
III. The Madrigal To The Secular Cantata: Cant: Il Mio Core E Un Mar Di Pianti - Agnes Mellon/Rene Jacobs/Ageet Zweistra/Yvon Reperant/Konrad Junghanel

Tracks:

I. The Madrigal Opera, Or The Commedia Dell'arte In Music: L'amfiparnaso, Commedia Harmonica... - Ens Clement Janequin/Dominique Visse
I. The Madrigal Opera, Or The Commedia Dell'arte In Music: L'amfiparnaso, Commedia Harmonica... - Ens Clement Janequin/Dominique Visse
I. The Madrigal Opera, Or The Commedia Dell'arte In Music: L'amfiparnaso, Commedia Harmonica... - Ens Clement Janequin/Dominique Visse
II. The First Masterpieces: Orfeo: Toccata - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
II. The First Masterpieces: Orfeo: Prologo: Dal Mio Permesso Amato - Efrat Ben-Nun
II. The First Masterpieces: Orfeo: Act 1: Vieni, Imeneo - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
II. The First Masterpieces: Orfeo: Act 2: Ah Casi Acerbo! (Pastori Orfeo) - Jennifer Larmore
II. The First Masterpieces: Orfeo: Act 2: In Un Fiorito Prato (Pastori) - Jennifer Larmore
II. The First Masterpieces: Orfeo: Act 3: Possnte Spirto - Laurence Dale
II. The First Masterpieces: Orfeo: Act 3: Ritornello (Arpa) - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
II. The First Masterpieces: Lamento D'Arianna: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria - Helga Muller-Molinari
II. The First Masterpieces: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria: Sinf - Bernarda Fink/Dominique Visse/Mark Tucker/David Thomas
II. The First Masterpieces: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria: Act 4, Scene 3: Ecco L'arco D'Ulisse - Bernarda Fink/Dominique Visse/Mark Tucker/David Thomas
II. The First Masterpieces: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea: Act 2, Scene 3: Amici, E Giunta L'ora - Michael Schopper/Dominique Visse/Gerd Turk/Andreas Lebada/Danielle Borst/Guillemette Laurens
II. The First Masterpieces: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea: Pur Ti Mio - Michael Schopper/Dominique Visse/Gerd Turk/Andreas Lebada/Danielle Borst/Guillemette Laurens
III. Monteverdi's Successors: Orfeo: Lagrime, Dove Sete - Agnes Mellon
III. Monteverdi's Successors: Giasone: Act 1, Scene XIV: Medea's Magic Room - Gloria Banditeli/Michael Schopper/Dominique Visse/Guy De Mey/Bernard Deletre/Harry Van Der Kamp
III. Monteverdi's Successors: La Calisto: Act 1: Sinf - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
III. Monteverdi's Successors: La Calisto: Act 1: Piante Ombroso - Mario Bayo
III. Monteverdi's Successors: La Calisto: Act 1: Va Pur, Va' Pur, Va'seco - Mario Bayo/Marcello Lippi/Simon Keenlyside
III. Monteverdi's Successors: La Calisto: Act 1: The Ballet Of Bears - Mario Bayo/Marcello Lippi/Simon Keenlyside/Conc Voc/Rene Jacobs

Tracks:

I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: Oyez! Has Any Found A Lad? - Alfred Deller
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: We Be Soldiers Three - Alfred Deller/Desmond Dupre
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: Come To Me, Grief, Forever - Emily Van Evera
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: The Three Ravens - Andreas Scholl/Andreas Martin
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: Barbara Allen - Andreas Scholl/Andreas Martin
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: Flow My Tears - Andreas Scholl
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: Go From My Window - Andreas Scholl
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: Sorrow, Stay - Andreas Scholl
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: Packington's Pound - The King's Noyse/David Douglass
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: The Were Three Ravens - Ravencroft
I. Elizabethan Ballads, Madrigals And Folksongs: She Weepeth Sore In The Night - The Hilliard Ens
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: Venus And Adonis: Ov - London Baroque/Charles Medlam
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: Venus And Adonis: Act 3. Venus: Adonis, Uncall'd... - Lynne Dawson/Stephen Varcoe
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: Dido & Aeneas: Act 3: Dido's Death - Guillemette Laurens
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: Timon Of Athens: Hark How The Songsters - Honor Sheppard/Jean Knibbs
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: King Arthur: Act 3: What Power Art Thou/Thou Doting... - Maurice Bevan/Rosemary Hardy
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: King Arthur: Act 5: Fairest Isle - Honor Sheppard
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: The Fair Queen: Act 2: Prld - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: The Fair Queen: Act 2: May The God Of Wit - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: The Fair Queen: Act 4. Autumn: See, See My Many... - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
II. The 17th Century English Musical Theatre: The Fair Queen: Act 4. Winter: Next Winter Comes... - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
III. Epilogue/'If Music Be The Food Of Love': If Music Be The Food Of Love - Alfred Deller/William Christie/Wieland Kuijken
III. Epilogue/'If Music Be The Food Of Love': Music For A While - Alfred Deller/William Christie/Wieland Kuijken

Tracks:

I. Ov: Admirons Notre Jeune Et Charmante Deesse - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Atys, Sleep Scene (Act 3, Scene 4): Prld: Dormans... - Gilles Ragon/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt/Bernard Deletre/Michel Laplenie
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Atys, Sleep Scene (Act 3, Scene 4): Air Of The Pleasent... - Gilles Ragon/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt/Bernard Deletre/Michel Laplenie
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Armide: Ov - Guillemette Laurens/Collegium Voc/Philippe Herreweghe
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Armide: Act 2, Scene 4: Ah! Quelle Erreur - Guillemette Laurens/Collegium Voc/Philippe Herreweghe
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Armide: Act 2, Scene 5: Enfin, Il Est En Ma Puissance - Guillemette Laurens/Collegium Voc/Philippe Herreweghe
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Medee: Scene 5: Noires Filles Du Styx - Jill Feldman/Michel Laplenie/Francois Fauche
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Medee: Scene 6: Venez Meler A Mes Poisons - Jill Feldman/Michel Laplenie/Francois Fauche
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Medee: Scene 7: Je Vous Le Don Fatal - Jill Feldman/Michel Laplenie/Francois Fauche
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Medee: Dieu Du Cocyte Et Des Royaumes Sombres - Jill Feldman/Michel Laplenie/Francois Fauche
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Idomenee: Act 4, Scenes 4 & 5: O Neptune, Recoy Nos Voeux - Bernard Deletre/Monique Zanetti/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Idomenee: Act 5, Scene 2: Ah! Quel Bonheur De Vous Revoir - Bernard Deletre/Monique Zanetti/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Idomenee: Act 5, Last Scene: Quel Pouvoir M'a Conduit... - Bernard Deletre/Monique Zanetti/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Castor et Pollux: Act 1, Scene 1: Que Tout Gemisse - Agnes Mellon
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Castor et Pollux: Act 1, Scene 3: Tristes Apprets, Pales Fl - Agnes Mellon
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Castor et Pollux: Act 1, Scene 4: D'ou Partent Ces Cris Nou - Agnes Mellon
II. The Masters Of the Tragedie Lyrique: Castor et Pollux: Act 1, Scene 5: First Air For The Athlete - Agnes Mellon
III. The Comedie With Invidental Dances: La Malade Imaginaire: Entree De Ballet - Monique Zanetti/Noemi Rime/Claire Brua/Howard Crook/Jean-Francois Gardeil
III. The Comedie With Invidental Dances: La Malade Imaginaire: De Vos Flutes Bocageres - Monique Zanetti/Neomi Rime/Claire Brua/Howard Crook/Jean-Francois Gardeil
III. The Comedie With Invidental Dances: La Malade Imaginaire: Quande La Neige Fondue - Monique Zanetti/Neomi Rime/Claire Brua/Howard Crook/Jean-Francois Gardeil
III. The Comedie With Invidental Dances: Les Indes Galantes: Dans Les Abimes - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
III. The Comedie With Invidental Dances: Les Troqueurs: Ov: Presto-Andant-Presto - Mary Saint-Palais/Sophie Marin-Degor/Nicolas Rivenq/Jean-Marc Salzmann
III. The Comedie With Invidental Dances: Les Troqueurs: Troquons, Troquons/Eh Non C'est Lui... - Mary Saint-Palais/Sophie Marin-Degor/Nicolas Rivenq/Jean-Marc Salzmann

Tracks:

I. At The Source Of The Opera Seria: L'Incoronazione Di Dario: Ov - Ens Baroque De Nice/Gilbert Bezzina
I. At The Source Of The Opera Seria: L'Incoronazione Di Dario: Act 1, Scene 14: L'adorar Belta... - Gerard Lesne
I. At The Source Of The Opera Seria: L'Incoronazione Di Dario: Ma Chidicea Cosi - Gerard Lesne
I. At The Source Of The Opera Seria: L'Incoronazione Di Dario: - Dominique Visse
I. At The Source Of The Opera Seria: L'Incoronazione Di Dario: - Agnes Mellon/John Elwes/Isabelle Poulenard/Michel Verschaeve
I. At The Source Of The Opera Seria: L'Incoronazione Di Dario: - Agnes Mellon
II. The Italian Opera In England: Radamisto: Ombra cara Di Mia Sposa - Lorraine Hunt
II. The Italian Opera In England: Ottone, Re Di Germania: Recit: Ben A Raggion - Lorraine Hunt
II. The Italian Opera In England: Ottone, Re Di Germania: Arai: Vieni, O Figlio - Lorraine Hunt
II. The Italian Opera In England: Giulio Cesare: Ov - Concerto Koln/Rene Jacobs
II. The Italian Opera In England: Giulio Cesare: Act 1, Scene 7: Alma Del Gran Pompeo - Jennifer Larmore
II. The Italian Opera In England: Giulio Cesare: Act 1, Scene 4: Svegliatevi Nel Core - Marianne Rorholm
II. The Italian Opera In England: Giulio Cesare: Act 2, Scene 8: All Lampo Dell'Armi - Jennifer Larmore
II. The Italian Opera In England: Flavio: Act 2, Scene 1: Al tuo Cenno Reale Ubbidiente/Scene 2... - Bernarda Fink/Christina Hogman/Gianpaolo Fagotto/Jeffrey Gall
II. The Italian Opera In England: Flavio: Act 2: Fato Tiranno E Crudo - Gianpaolo Fagotto
II. The Italian Opera In England: Ariodante: Act 2: Sinf - Freiburger Barockorchester/Nicholas McGegan
II. The Italian Opera In England: Ariodante: Recitativo: Di Dalinda L'amore - Jennifer Lane/Lorraine Hunt/Rufus Muller
II. The Italian Opera In England: Ariodante: Aria: Tu Preparati A Morire - Lorraine Hunt
III. The Opera Seria In Germany: Cleopatra E Cesare: Act 1, Scene 8: Aria: Tra Le Procelle - Janet Williams
III. The Opera Seria In Germany: Cleopatra E Cesare: Act 2, Scene 20: All'armi, Al Cimento - Janet Williams/Lynne Dawson/Iris Vermillion/Robert Gambill/Jeffrey Francis/Klaus Hager

Customer Reviews:

A wonderfully complete overview of Baroque secular music!.......2002-04-22

I picked this up in a bargain bin for a song and counted my blessings! I am a Baroque music fiend, with a large collection of Harmonia Mundi discs, but up until now I hadn't purchased any HM box sets. Many of my favourite Harmonia Mundi artists are featured on the five discs: Andreas Scholl, Alfred Deller, Dominique Visse, Rene Jacobs, Bernarda Fink, and Jennifer Larmore. Each disc covers a different theme: The Madrigal (disc one), The Birth of the Opera (disc two), England in the 17th Century, featuring works by Byrd, Dowland, Blow, and Purcell (disc three), A Century of French Opera, which showcases works by Lully, Charpentier, and Rameau (disc four), and The Reign of the Opera Seria, with contributions from Vivaldi, Handel, and Graun (disc five). The only thing I would have wished for would have been more opera selections from Handel (Rodelinda or Rinaldo for example). This is an excellent, very complete overview of the rise and evolution of Baroque secular music (the liner notes are very complete and deserve an A+). Harmonia Mundi has also released two additional "Pathways of the Baroque" box sets, one of instrumental music and one of Baroque religious music. If you are a Baroque fan like myself and you have the time and money, buy all three. It is a worthy investment, and the box sets offer a wide selection of artists, styles, and composers.