Sima! [Import]

Track Listings

1. Quiero Ser

2. Soneto

3. Flauta y Quena

4. Azuquita Mami

5. Petiso

6. Ya Se Fue

7. Marido de la Cotorra

8. Diablo y Yo

9. Charangas

Sima!,Johnny Pacheco,Fania,Latin,Tropical

Sima! [Import]

Tracks:

Was Gilt's? Dort Naht Die Unheilkunde Schon - Marjana Lipovsek/ORF Chor/Mechthild Gessendorf
Hetzt Alle Hund' Auf Ihn! - Helga Dernesch/Jane Marsh/Mechthild Gessendorf/Marjana Lipovsek/ORF Chor
Hier, Meine Wackeren Aetolier, Heran! - Horst Hiestermann/ORF Chor/Jane Marsh
Der Weicht, Ein Schatten, Vom Platz - Theo Adam/Horst Hiestermann/ORF Chor/Jane Marsh
Sie Lebt Nicht Mehr - Theo Adam/Jane Marsh
Penthesilea! O Du Traumerin - Jane Marsh/Helga Dernesch
Er War' Gefangen Mir? - Helga Dernesch/Jane Marsh/Theo Adam
Komm Jetzt, Du Susser Nereidensohn - Helga Dernesch/Theo Adam
Wir Treten Jetzt Die Reise Gleich Nach Themiscyra An - Helga Dernesch/Theo Adam/Jane Marsh
Argiver Nah'n, Erhebt Euch! - Helga Dernesch/Theo Adam
Triumph, Triumph! - ORF Chor/Helga Dernesch/Mechthild Gessendorf/Marjana Lipovsek
Ein Herold Naht Dir, Konigin - Mechthild Gessendorf/Jane Marsh/Peter Weber/Helga Dernesch/ORF Chor
Ha! Stellt Sie Sich? - Theo Adam/Horst Hiestermann/ORF Chor
Entsetzen! O Entsetzen! - Marjana Lipovsek/Mechthild Gessendorf/ORF Chor
Trauermarsch- Seht! Seht Ihr Frau'n - ORF Chor/Marjana Lipovsek/Jane Marsh
Ach, Prothoe - Helga Dernesch/Jane Marsh/Marjana Lipovsek/ORF Chor
Was Brutet Sie, Die Schreckliche Wohl Jetzt? - ORF Chor/Mechthild Gessendorf/Jane Marsh/Helga Dernesch

Customer Reviews:

Passionate Drama in a Passionate Performance.......1998-10-29

Schoeck's Penthesilea is an opera about gender / role conficts. The heroine Penthesilea is bound to her duties as queen of the amazones, a tribe of women warriors that woe a man by defeating him in battle. She falls in love with Archilleus, thinking she has struck him on the battle fields of Troy. When she realizes that he, not she, fell in the strive and fainted, she hunts him down in despair of never being his mate and eats him alive. Sounds very gory, however the focus of the drama is on the characters and the result of her conflict is very remote and off stage. The language of the drama by Kleist, one of the geniuses of German language is so wonderful and intriguing, that I feel drawn in immediately into the conflict. It is one of the few operas that uses the original drama without much interference by the composer. Music and text compliment each other so well, that there is no moment of uneasyness or embarassement. I wish there would be more recordings of this opera than the two I know and love. This live performance is done by one of the masters of 20th century conductors, but no fear, composition and performance is passionate and high energy. It is one of my favorate recordings.

Average customer rating:

A masterful collection of folk music !
It's Nava'i and it's beautiful

Nava I
Sima Bina
Manufacturer: Quartertone Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

Iran | Middle East | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Melodies of Sahara

ASIN: B000006F07
Release Date: 1998-04-14

Tracks:

Nava'i
Like A Flower
Passionate Heart
My Beloved's Hair
Let's Love Each Other
Nareky Naz
Barren Desert
Untitled

Customer Reviews:

A masterful collection of folk music !.......1999-09-11

Sima Bina, after 20 years of silence, has managed to get everyone's attention fixated at the music of Khorasan, a part of Iran that had not recieved much attention in the past. She brings to life a melodious tale of people of Khorasan and their music in a series of recordings that this latest album is an awsome sequel to all the previous works! Way to go Sima Bina! keep up the good work!

It's Nava'i and it's beautiful.......1999-04-02

This is perhaps the best CD by Sima Bina, and also a great Iranian CD in general. There is something about the music and the songs that's just "from the heart to the heart."

Average customer rating:

A treasuer

Melodies of Sahara
Sima Bina
Manufacturer: Caltex
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

Iran | Middle East | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Music of North Khorassan
Sounds from the Plain
Nava I
Persian Classical Music

ASIN: B000006NU7
Release Date: 1998-05-05

Tracks:

Ala Dokhtar (Jahromi)
Bakhtiari Songs, Daii Daii
Duet Lori Songs, Charlangi
Fayez, Shir Ali Mardon
Ney & Daaf, Asemoon-(Shiraz I)
Mir Nowrooz I
Showgh-E-Vassl
Nez Ami Khowsrw & Shirin, Tofang
Harmony Of Lori Avaz (Mahour)
Yarab Yarab
Happy Harmony & Larz Aneh

Customer Reviews:

A treasuer.......1998-07-22

Just like other Sima Bina's works. No other words are necessary!

Average customer rating:

A Wonderful Compilation

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Highlights)

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Mozart: Don Giovanni [Highlights]

ASIN: B000003CZK
Release Date: 1993-01-26

Tracks:

Overture
Der Vogelfanger Bin Ech Ja
Dies Bildnes Ist Bezaubend Schon
O Zittre Nicht
Hm Hm! Hm! Hm!
Bei Manneern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen
Wie stark Ist Nicht Dein Zauberton
Schnelle Fusse, Rascher Mut
O Isis Und Osiris
Bewaharet Euch Vor Wiebertucken
Wie? Wie? Wie?
Alles Fuhlt Der Liebe Freuden
Der Holle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen
In Diesen Heil'gen Hallen
Seid Uns Zum Zweitenmal Wilkommen
Ach, Ich Fuhl's
O Isis Und Osiris, Welche Wonne
Soll Ich Dich, Teurer, Nicht Mehr Sehn
Ein Madchen Oder Weibchen
Tamino Mein! O Welch Ein Gluck!
Wir Wandeln Durch Des Tones Macht
Papagena! Papagena! Papagena!
Nicht Wahr, Tamino, Ich Kann Auch Schweigen

Customer Reviews:

A Wonderful Compilation .......2007-01-11

I consider this recording to be surely one of the best on CD of the Magic Flute. Everyone is in excellent voice. June Anderson's top notes ring out with great strength and freedom as the Queen of the Night, and her coloratura work in the first act aria, "O zittre nicht", is exquisitely beautiful and the highpoint of the CD. Jerry Hadley does a fine lyric job as Tamino (I was surprised). Barbara Hendricks' lovely voice is perfectly suited for the role of Pamina, which she sings admirably. Robert Lloyd sings Sarastro with an impressively strong and deep voice, and Thomas Allen does a wonderful job as Papageno. In addition, you get a whopping 77 minutes of all-digital music and a booklet with the background of the opera and pictures of the singers. What a deal! The one fault in the whole opera, though, is that Sir Charles Mackerras takes Pamina's aria "Ach, ich fuhl's" a little too quickly, giving some convoluted historical reason for the faster tempo in the booklet's notes.

Average customer rating:

Wagner: Tannhäuser

Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DQUZ
Release Date: 1985-01-01

Average customer rating:

Not the Best
The distinction of blurring

The Song of the Ney
Hossein Omoumi & Sima Bina
Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Middle East | International | Styles | Music

Iran | Middle East | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Persian Classical Music
Persian Classical Music
Faryad

ASIN: B00004TAT0
Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

Dastgah-e Homayun: Zarbi - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Homayun: Daramad, Chakavak/Neydavud - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Homayun: Bavi - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Homayun: Bidad, Tarz, Leyli-o Majnun - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Homayun: Raz-o Niaz - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Homayun: Nafir-o Farang, Nowruz-e Saba, Nowruz-e Khara, 'Ashiran, Bakhtiari - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Homayun: Reng-e Farah, Reng-e Homayun - Hossein 'Omoumi
Avaz-e Dashti: Pishdaramad, Daramad - Hossein 'Omoumi
Avaz-e Dashti: Chupani, Sarang - Hossein 'Omoumi
Avaz-e Dashti: Zarbi - Hossein 'Omoumi
Avaz-e Dashti: Deylaman, Sarang - Hossein 'Omoumi
Avaz-e Dashti: Reng-e Dashti - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Chahargah: Pishdaramad - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Chahargah: Daramad - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Chahargah: Kharaman - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Chahargah: Zabol - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Chahargah: Zarbi - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Chahargah: Muyeh, Hesar, Mokhalef - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Chahargah: Zarbi-e Mokhalef And Mansuri - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Chahargah: Zanguleh - Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah-e Chahargah: Tasnif-e Sareban - Hossein 'Omoumi

Tracks:

Dastgah Mahur: Saghi-Name/Soufi-Nameh (Radif) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah Mahur: Daramad (Improvised) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah Mahur: Chaharmezrab - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah Mahur: Neyriz (Improvised) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah Mahur: Pish Zangouleh/Neyriz (Radif) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah Mahur: Zangouleh (Radif)/Tasnif Mahur - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah Mahur: Delkash/Chaharmezrab (Improvised) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Afshari: Afshari/Gharabagh (Improvised) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Afshari: Tasnif Afshari - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Afshari: Zarbi/Song - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Afshari: Owdg/Hing Of Shur - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Esfahan: Esfahan (Radif) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Esfahan: Khodjasteh (Radif - Isfahan School) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Esfahan: Rahavandi (Radif - Isfahan School) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Esfahan: Tasnif Esfahan - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Esfahan: Bousalik (Radif - Isfahan School) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Esfahan: Naghmeh/Hing Of Aragh (Radif) - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi
Dastgah Mahur: Pishdaramad Aragh/Tasnif Aragh - Sima Bina/Hossein 'Omoumi

Customer Reviews:

Not the Best.......2005-09-01

The one thing I've learned about Omoumi's style and recordings is that you hear too much forced breath, often giving a dry timbre to the ney; you can hear the air forcefully beeing blown into the instrument. It sounds like when you have hair on your lips and you "poof" it away. I've heard other ney players who avoid that style and the sudden rough sound. And, on this particular album, the "zarbi" sections aren't as fast as one expects them to be. Zarbi of the mode Homayoun is more beautiful when played faster than this. His ney speaks of sorrow and even bitterness. I prefer neys which speak of passion and love.

The distinction of blurring.......2004-09-06

I got hold of this album after I was sent a copy of the CD of the latest work of Omoumi and Khaladj, Sarmast (2004), which seems not be available here yet.
It is quite educational to listen to these two works so many years apart. On the other hand I wish to have heard their albums in the proper sequence as this one was a clear foundation for Sarmast. Here we hear these masters at their first collaborative concert. Technically flawless and fluid.
If you plan to get a copy of Sarmast (Trance of Devotion), which I highly recommend, then you should listen to the first disc in this album very intently. Listen to the way in which the two masters fill the space carefully with melody and rhythm with instruments which are expected to do just one or the other.
As you may know, the ney (reed flute) is usually the melodic voice and the tombak (challis drum) is the percussive instrument which sets and carries the rhythm. This stereotype is broken down here. Sometimes Omoumi's ney becomes the base for a melody "suggested" by Khaladj's tombak, as if the suggestion then leads the ney to pick that melody and turn into a new path.
This blurring between the usual voices defined by the ney and the tombak will reach new levels of sophistication in the next collaboration of these two master musicians where the human voice is intertwined as a new layer. Here they introduce something that foreshadows major technical and musical developments which we can now witness in Sarmast.
I regret that at this time I have not listened to the second CD long enough to be able to do a review I would consider worthy of their work. On a vice real level I enjoy Sima Bina's voice and musical understanding. I need some time to fit the whole picture and will update this review accordingly. I wanted to alert fans of Omoumi and Khaladj to the importance of the first CD in this album as a precursor to their latest collaboration.

Average customer rating:

Sounds from the Plain
Sima Bina
Manufacturer: Caltex
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

Iran | Middle East | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Persian Classical Music

ASIN: B00000193Q
Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

Yousef
Hamdell
Kouroughlou
Bia Jana
Havakhah
Saghar
Be Parva
Shah Khataye

Average customer rating:

A truly magnificient piece of the Persian Classical Music
listen, relax, imagine paradise with peace and tranquility

Persian Classical Music
Sima Bina , and Hossein Omoumi
Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

The Song of the Ney
Without You
Faryad
Sounds from the Plain
Melodies of Sahara

ASIN: B0000037F8
Release Date: 1995-05-02

Tracks:

Dastgah Mahur: Saghi-Nameh & Soufi-Nameh
Dastgah Mahur: Daramad
Dastgah Mahur: Chaharmezrab
Dastgah Mahur: Neyriz
Dastgah Mahur: Pish Zangouleh & Neyriz
Dastgah Mahur: Zangouleh & Tasnif Mahur
Dastgah Mahur: Delkash & Chaharmezrab
Afshari: Afshari & Gharabagh
Afshari: Tasnif Afshari
Afshari: Zarbi & Song
Afshari: Owdj & Hint Of Shur
Esfahan: Esfahan
Esfahan: Khodjasteh
Esfahan: Rahavandi
Esfahan: Tasnif Esfahan
Esfahan: Bousalik
Esfahan: Naghmeh & Hint Of Aragh
Dastgah Mahur: Pishdaramad Aragh & Tasnif

Customer Reviews:

A truly magnificient piece of the Persian Classical Music.......1999-07-18

Thanks to the previous reviewer Dr. Omidpanah whose recommendation made me buy this album. I agree that this is a masterpiece of the Persian classical music by Sima Bina, it is beautiful in every sense. Although I have other CD's from her, I can't get enough listening to this one.

listen, relax, imagine paradise with peace and tranquility.......1998-11-26

I have listened to this master piece of the Persian classical music and should recommend it to the music lovers especially, those who are interested in the world music. Sima Bina, a legend of the Persian music has dedicated her life to the enhancement of the Iranian Folk Music for more than 30 years. She has vigorously traveled to many parts of Iran and has collected many pieces of folk music for the first time in the Iranian history. This talented woman should be admired not only as a star singer, but a musician and a historian. With this CD, Sima Bina and Hossein Omoumi have done a great contribution to the Persian classical music. Listen, relax, and Imagine paradise with peace and tranquility.

Average customer rating:

just beautiful
Not very eastern -- at all
..a little more information
Lovely

Mother's Songs - Japanese Popular Songs

Manufacturer: Bis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Nightingale: Japanese Art Songs
Oyasumi: Japanese Lullabies and Restful Melodies
Famous Japanese Songs
Japanese Melodies
Traditional Japanese Music

ASIN: B0000016PZ
Release Date: 2000-08-07

Tracks:

Evening Primrose
I Found A Tiny Autumn
Being Scolded
Autumn Field
Red Dragonfly
Autumn In A Village
I Talked With The Fog
Being Kept Waiting In Vain
An Outgoing Ship
Lullaby
Flowery Town
Mother's Song
Plover
Rain In Johga-Sima
Over There, Over Yonder
Dried Gourd Shavings
That Child, This Child
Suzhou Nocturne
An Old Road
Strolling Around An Old Castle In Komoro
The Moon Over A Ruined Castle

Customer Reviews:

just beautiful.......2007-05-12

When I first bought this CD I was addicted for a while. The singing is beautiful and the music is too. I had hoped for more traditional japanese instruments but it is still beautiful.

Not very eastern -- at all.......2003-07-25

Well, this is very beautiful, and it is very relaxing. I'm sure the quality of the voice work done on this disc is excellent, though I'm not an expert.

The problem is, it is not Japanese, except for the songs themselves. The instrumentation is completely western, and the arrangements of the songs tend to downplay the eastern sound of the compositions. Maybe I just didn't understand what this would be: I didn't expect koto music or anything, but I did expect to expose my children to a different type of musical structure.

..a little more information.......1998-08-15

Mera is a male countertenor from Japan. He appears to be quite young and may be just starting his career. Whereas most countertenors I've heard have a boy-soprano, brassy sound, Mera has a mellow, mezzo sound with a nice vibrato. I've never heard a male voice like it.

All songs on the album are sung in Japanese. There are no translations of the songs, but there are summaries which give you an idea of what the song is about. The Japanese lyrics are included, so if you can read/translate them, you'll know more than I do. (If you do translate them, please contact me. I'd like to have copies.)

Lovely.......1998-08-04

Mera has the most beautiful voice I've heard in a long time. Sounds like a female mezzo but with a little mellower sound. Anyway, this album has lighter fare than his Japanese art songs album, but it's still lovely to listen to. He sings some familiar and some not so familiar folk songs.