Sacred Chants

1. Shanti Mantram

2. Guru Astakham

3. Medha Suktham

4. Shree Suktham

5. Durga Suktham

6. Gayathri Ghanapatha

7. Purusha Suktham

8. Shiva Thandava

9. Mantra Pushpam

10. Shanti

Tracks:

Shanti Mantram
Guru Astakham
Medha Suktham
Shree Suktham
Durga Suktham
Gayathri Ghanapatha
Purusha Suktham
Shiva Thandava
Mantra Pushpam
Shanti

Customer Reviews:

Sacred mantras for Relaxing and Meditation .......2007-07-23

All cds from this series Sacred Chants vol 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, are great, all have very nice chanting from the Dasas (or monks and nuns) from the Oneness University in south India, Highly recommended! you can hear perfect pronunciation and all are in tune , some with background music.
takes you to a very peacefull state of mind.

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A gateway drug, nothing more, nothing less.
Decent Selection, But...
A must-have classical music set!

Best Classics 100

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J. S. Bach: Zion Hvrt Die Wdchter
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A gateway drug, nothing more, nothing less. .......2007-03-11

To say that this album constitutes a necessity for the classical music enthusiast would be a great big unarguable lie. It has nothing innovative to offer you as a listener, except for maybe the labelling of melodies such as "My Heart Will Go On" (that god-awful Love Theme from the gruesome film Titanic) as a worthy member of "Best Classics 100". But than again, every collection of things that does not naturally belong together, is bound to have at least one outcast where the connection clearly isn't based on anything but cost and sale-ability.

This might sound like the beginning of a CD-slaughter, or a snobbish review where only the Deutche Grammophone's recordings are meting my standards, but although I am fairly picky when it comes to musical collections, best of albums, and such horrifying destructions of the universality of the works and the intentions of the artist behind it, I am willing to give this collection another chance, since classical music is somewhere between Arabic and wine in degree of unmanageability. It also helps that all the tunes are familiar to almost every one of us, and the fact that the artists' intentions probably got killed by the hundreds of different conductors trying to convey their personal interpretation of the works.

What I am saying is that this CD can be to classical music enthusiast what 'absolute rock' can be to a rock enthusiast, or to someone slightly interested, with no conceptual frames of where to start the search for knowledge. "Best Classics 100" offers nothing except a selection of melodies where there's bound to be one for every taste, but where the album feeling, the entirety or completeness intended by the composer, or conductor, or performer is completely lost in a trade-off made with variety.

The collection is attempted organised by giving each CD a different theme, supposedly to describe the mood of the music, and the labeller succeeds only to a limited extent as we move from themes such as 'uplifting' and 'relaxing' towards 'golden'. I wonder what that golden feeling constitutes. It apparently is to be found in, amongst others, "Jesus Bleibet Meine Freunde", and in "My Heart Will Go On"?

But no matter how I try to describe this CD it will sound worse than it actually is. This because to me it works as a great reference to which I can always turn with my classical music questions. Was it Schumann or Schubert who were the sad one? Of all the -inis, which where which again? Who composed "O Mio Babbino Caro"? The starting point for finding out if you belong to the romantic or the renascence wing, lies within this assemblage, if you look with your ears.

If you feel that classical music is something you like, and you'd like to learn more about it, this is a way to get started. If used together with a book on classical music, or wikipedia, it can be a gateway drug, leading you towards the great different experiences to be found within the different genres of classical music, and within the different periods ranging from the 12th century, maybe even earlier, towards yesterdays and tomorrows spectacular compositions of melodies that conveys a feeling, a state of mind with much more precision than any other musical genre. Expect a fairly alright collection of classical prunes, and you won't be disappointed.

Decent Selection, But..........2005-04-21

...The Audio Quality is really not great. I bought this CD because I am new to classical, and the price was great! 100 songs for 25 bucks, thats like 25 cents a song, most songs are 1 dollar or more. Now I know why it's cheaper. The audio quality isn't that good. I imported the entire collection to my computer using Apple Lossless, and it sounded fuzzy, not crisp, with background noise, and sounded like compressed music, cutting off the frequency response.
I then played the CD's through my home stereo, with the same results. I plugged in my SHURE E5c headphones and the sound was soft, uninviting, lacking punch, with significant backgound noise (not just from the headphones), which was especially distracting when the music would get softer. I have heard much of the music before, and it was much more dynamic, entertaining, this recording seems too flat.
The music selection is ok, but I was hoping for some more interesting selections from the vast classical genre.
Overall, not that great of a recording, but many might not notice the difference, so if you are new to classical or aren't like an audiophile, get this album because it's a great overview of pop-culture classical, and it's pretty inexpensive.

A must-have classical music set!.......2005-01-06

Classical music is, by far, my favorite type of music. It can make you happy or sad, it can make you laugh or cry, and it can make you want to fall asleep or get up and dance. This 6-disc set is a must-have for and classical music-lover! It has all the great composers like Handel, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach, and Pachelbel. Some great songs include: Canon In D(Pachelbel), Morning: Peergynt(Grieg), Adagio For Strings(Barber), Cavatina(Myers), and much, much more. Every classical song you can think of is on here and the sound quality is great. So if you're looking for a good classical music CD, this set is all you need. Be prepared to be blown away!

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Lyrical music played by capable hands

Charles Valentin Alkan, Vol.3

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Customer Reviews:

Lyrical music played by capable hands.......2003-02-15

Unfortunately, this title is no longer available on the market. However, that does not mean that it shouldn't be reviewed. The pieces are less ironical and witty than some of Alkan's other music, the Esquisses or the Minor Etudes for example. These sets of "Chants" or Songs, show us a side of the composer that is obvious in many of his other works, but here, Alkan's inestimable grip on the lyrical soundworld is manifest. The opening tune is less flamboyant than that on the Jack Gibbons double CD of Alkan works, but is rather seen in a different light. Jaqueline Mefano uses much more rubato than the Smiths and Hamelins of the world but obviously feels very much at home with this music. The tunes that stand out in the first Recueil de Chants are, "Le Choeur" and the "Agitato", the former a virtuosic piece with familiar use of difficult leaps and chordal writing; the latter's poignancy is to be found at the end of the piece. The unexpected minor twist at the end made the piece for me. "L'Offrande" is also a very attractive piece, rather like part of the trio from the Minuet and Trio of the his piano Symphonie.
The second set has its highlights in "Fa" and the "Barcarolle en Choeur". In "Fa" the left hand has a deceptively difficult part of rapid semiquaver triplets. The effect is perhaps not as atmospheric and poignant as I would have liked, but is brought off well. The latter piece is lovely. The other works of interest, never recorded before are the three "Anciennes melodies Juives", the third in particular, has a depth of character about it. The other vocal works (which have also, to my knowledge, never been recorded before): "Halelouyoah" and "Es Haim" are attractive and have richly textured harmonies, particularly the latter, which is quite soul-searching in character. Overall, the performances are very good. The pianist is by no means as virtuosic as Gibbons, Hamelin or Smith but, like Ringeissen, brings a different and fresh approach to the music. "Les Jeunes Solistes" are a promising group, as this disc demonstrates and the sleeve notes shed a very different light on the composer, the world in which he lived, and his effect on the musical world. Perhaps more virtuosic and more polished performances would have earned this 5 stars, but 4 stars is still admirable.

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