Dance X:4 [Import]

Dance X:4 [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese Exclusive Compilation. Artists Include: Cher, Cleopatra, Randy Crawford, & More.

Tracks:

Cantiam Lieti Cantiamo
E D'Un Bel Matin D'Amore
Quella Bella E Biancha Mano
Una Leggiadra Nimpha
Venite Amanti Insieme
Divini Occhi Sereni
Con L'Angelico Riso
Madonna, Il Tuo Bel Viso
Fuggi, Fuggi, Cor Mio
Si Liet' E Grata Morte
Se La Dura Durezza
Ahime, Ahime, Dov'E 'L Bel Viso
Madonna, S'Io V'Offendo
II Bianco E Dolce Cigno
Donne, Venete Al Ballo
Morir Non Puo Il Mio Cuore
Se La Mia Vita
Mia Benigna Fortuna
Ancor Che Col Partire
O Sonno
Chi La Gagliarda
Madonna Mia Fa
Medici Noi Siamo
Quando Sara Mai Quel Zorno
Matona, Mia Cara
Tre Ciechi Siamo

Tracks:

O Grief Even On The Bud
When Lo By Break Of Morning
April Is In My Mistress' Face
The First Part
The Second Part
Sweet Nymph Come To Thy Lover
The First Part
The Second Part
Miraculous Love's Wounding
Adieu Sweet Amarillis
Weep O Mine Eyes
The Silver Swan
The First Part
The Second Part
Since Robin Hood
Fire And Lightning
Strike It Up Tabor
See, See, The Shepherds' Queen
Come Sable Night
Sweet Suffolk Owl
In Nets Of Golden Wires
Draw On Sweet Night

Customer Reviews:

A "Regular People" Review.......2007-03-20

So I was on a Renaissance kick for a while and picked this up, first of all, great value. I enjoy listening to a few of these every now and then but can't take too much at once, check out the previews and if you interested, go for it!

Not stilted but powerfully alive.......2005-02-24

My idea of stilted is to sing these madrigals in the phony, glee-club RP style endured for so many years, that made precious, quaint curiosities of them. The Elizabethan pronunciation on this CD is an eye and ear-opener. We may appreciate how much of that speech actually endures in regional accents in both the US and UK. More importantly, this CD brings us the sounds of the long-forgotten English human beings of the Renaissance, people who drank, fought and screwed, who brought us Shakespeare and the King James Bible. I love this recording.

Better at Italian than English.......2003-07-25

A stilted style and even more stilted attempts at Renaissance-English pronunciation make the English Madrigal disk a terrible disappointment. All emotional content -- the mellow, lumimous melancholy with flashes of fire that characterizes English music at its best -- has been drained in this attempt to kill, skin, and stuff these madrigals in order to present them as museum pieces. The pronunciation problem is particularly galling -- if these songs are going to be made incomprehensible to modern English speakers, where, then, is their cultural home?

Tracks:

Mayflower - Ross I 54
Magic Dome - Y.S.
Stronghold - B.C.
Help Myself - Chez Damier
Soul Man - Kenny Larkin
Entrance (D. Angel Rmx) - Sun Electric
Endless Motion - Dave Angel
Mystic Vibrations - St. Vitus Dance
Essr'ay - Forces
Artech - Dave Angel
Liquid Summer - Josh Wink
Track 17 - Dan Curtin
Voices From Another Age - Dan Curtin
Northern Lights - Sunrise Society
Test Pattern - Paul Hazel
Dominica - F2
Twin Gods - Ian Pooley

Album Details

Compiled and Mixed by Dave Angel.

Customer Reviews:

a review.......2002-05-10

dave angel put some good thought to the overall theme of this set, being cold and abstract... the music very much matches the art on the cd cover.

The title says it all !.......2000-05-27

This CD is the first one I picked from the X-Mix series. I must say: I was really amazed. This CD is a TRIP, brilliantly mixed, full of surprises. I am a big trance fan (Sasha, Digweed, Seb Fontaine, Warren) but I must say: this CD will seem strange and you will have to hear it a couple of times to be abble to appreciate it. If the Northern Exposure series is your favorite (specially E/W) don't hesitate to buy this one: sensations are garanteed.

Average customer rating:

GREAT INSTANT CLASSIC

4 X Harder, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Underground Const.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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UC Music Presents Hard Wired
Bobby D's in the House, Vol. 1
Dance Works: The Mix Show
Mixin' It Up, Vol. 5
Mixin' It Up, Vol. 1

ASIN: B00000AFGY
Release Date: 1998-09-01

Tracks:

Four X Harder Intro -
Back Once Again Intro -
War -
Switch -
Funk Box -
L.O.V.E./Rock the Beet/Floor Wax/Take Me Up -
It Again/Jump up & Down/Hard Bangin' Tweak/A Little Higher -
Keep'em Jumpin'/Natural Phreek -
Buda/Let Me Hit It/Hold up/Stomp/Work It/Bounce That Head -
That Song With the Scratch in It/Bring da Phunk -
Play My Record/Mix Masta/Let Your Mind Be Free/Pick of the Club/Da Hard -
Bang It/Headbangers/Pocus Remixes -
Children/Da, da, Da -
Funky Dope -
Funk Sol Brohta/Do You Like the Way That It Feels -
Can't Stop the Groove (Intro) - Rick Garcia
Natural Phreek - Rick Garcia
Deputy Power - Rick Garcia
Real Cream - Rick Garcia
Grind Remix - Rick Garcia
Different Story - Rick Garcia
Funk Box - Rick Garcia
Twisted Sound - Rick Garcia
Dancing All Night - Rick Garcia
Groove Me
Shake Your Body
Jump up & Down
Little Higher
Stomp
Shake/Head Bangers/Don't Stop
Keep'em Jumping/Bang
I Can Be a Playa
Let's Work
Time to Work
Power Power
Twisted Horn
Acid Wash
Yo Baby Yo
Let Me Hit It
L.O.V.E.
Got 2 Be
Barcodez
Switch
Hands in the Air/Do It
Disko/Welcome to My Club
Real Cream
Journey into Sound
Who Can Dance
There's da Beat
Rock da Beet
Pick of the Club
Playhouse
House Tip
Emergency
Back With a Vengence
Too Fierce
Fader
Pump up the Bass
Reptillian Tank
Tribute to Uc Music! - DJ Attack
Fu**in up Your Audio - DJ Attack
Switch - DJ Attack
Pounding Through Your Brain - DJ Attack
Hard Beats - DJ Attack
Do You Like the Way That It Feels - DJ Attack
Tendo - DJ Attack
Powerful - DJ Attack
Man With a Horn - DJ Attack
Circus - DJ Attack
Put Your Hands Up - DJ Attack

Album Description

This is a Chicago House Mix CD. Mixed by the best DJ's in it's time. DJ Kevin Halstead, DJ Lynnwood, Rick Garcia and DJ Attack.

Customer Reviews:

GREAT INSTANT CLASSIC.......2004-07-20

i love this cd... this cd i listen to atleast once a month, and i have had it for years. actually out of all of these i think that volume 2 and 4 are the best.

Vecchie Letrose: Italian Renaissance Music

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Vecchie Letrose: Italian Renaissance Music

Manufacturer: Arts Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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

Tracks:

L' Amor Donna, Ch' Io Te Porto
Non Dormite, O Cacciatori
Lowener Tanzbuch: Pavane Et Gaillarde Ferrarese
Su, Su, Leva, Alza Le Ciglia
Se Ben Hor Non Scopro El Foco
L'E Pur Morto Feragu
Basses Dances: La Magdalena
Le Vecchie Per Invidia Sono Pazze
Vecchie Letrose
Non Si Vedra Giammai, Stanca Ne Satia
Recercada Sobre 'O Felici Occhi Miei
O Felici Occhi Miei
Reihentanze
D' Un Bel Mattin D' Amore
Ricarcare
Matona Mia Cara
Basse Danse
Ci Riuniam Attorno Al Foco
Pan De Miglio
Lirum Bililirum Lirum
Sempre Mi Ride
L' Innamorato
Saccio 'Na Cosa

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Club Experience, Vol. 4
DJ X
Manufacturer: Big3 Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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Club Experience, Vol. 3
Club Experience: The Collection
Y4K
Bass Queen: In the Mix, Vol. 2

ASIN: B000FILW8G
Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

Easy Lover
The Temperature Is Rising
You're The One For Me
What You Won't Do For Love
Once Upon A Time
Bring Me Up
Window To My Heart
Touch Your Toes
Inspiration
Ready 2 Rock
Just Be
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
FInding My Way
Smoke
The Logical Song
Do You Like The Bass

Average customer rating:

A machine gun of sound!

4 X Harder, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Underground Const.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000JTAR
Release Date: 1999-08-03

Tracks:

Rips Super Nova Intro - DJ Rip
No Other Way - 420
Mi Nena - Dino Latino
Pick Me Up - Irving Project
Work It - DJ Rip
Jump Up '99 - Beat Pushers
It Won't Stop - Mental Monkey
Aggressive - Naw-T-Boy
Atomic - 420
Intro - Only 4 Da Headstrong
Let It Hit*M - Da Tekno Warrior
Atomik - DJ Bam Bam
Smacking Dat Ass - Tony Traxx
Freek - DJ Trajic
Don't Stop - Poogie Bear
Turntable Psycho - Da Tekno Warrior
Put Da Needle - Da Tekno Warrior
Cali Earthquake - Tony Traxx
Rock Da House - Poogie Bear
L.O.V.E./All U Hoz/Puff Puff/Rock Da Beat/Funk Sol Brotha/Switch - Alex Peace/DJ Kevin Halstead/DJ Trajic/Trak-A-Holik/Pamp And Da Knox
The Hard Beats/Take Me Up - DJ Bam Bam/Donna Blakely
Jungle Juice/Atomic/Man With A Horn/Time To Work - DJ Trajic/420/Jack-N-Houz/Dance Works!
No Other Way/Bring Da Funk/Creator/Stomp/Let Me Hit It/Basement Party/Bad Weed/Mi Nena - Alex Peace/Dance Works!/DJ Kevin Halstead/DJ Trajic/DJ D-Man/Fast Fingaz Franky/Dino Latino
Revolution/Better Day - Rick Garcia/Mea
U Mutha - Naw-T-Boy
Kick Da Track Now! - Naw-T-Boy
Aggressive - Naw-T-Boy
You Used To Hold Me - Razor N' Guido
My New Style/Back With The Hardcore/White Label/Work That Acid/Drug Track Pt. 1/Disco Nemesis - DJ Work!/DJ Self/DJ Flavor/George Centeno/Nemesis
Blow Your Mind - George Centeno
Pump The Bass - Nemesis
We Got The Power - The Klubstalker
XTC - Raoul Zerna
Poogie Meets Zepplin - Poogie Bear
We Like To Party - Nemesis & DJ Boom
Activate My Energy - Nemesis
Something A Little Harder - Nemesis
I Need A Break - DJ Work!

Customer Reviews:

A machine gun of sound!.......2000-09-13

If you like techno, imagine a CD that takes riffs from lots of songs and throws them at you like a machine gun. This is so jammed with variety, yet it bumps hella hard. It would be nice for some of the tracks to be drawn out a little and stand on their own, but that's what makes this so crazy. If you like your house music to hit hard and fast, I simply can't recommend anything better, except for the rest of the Four X Harder series, which is just as good.

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Better than most all the ordinary FF soundtracks
I love this CD.
For those who wanna get their FF orchestra groove on...
The Fantasy Continues...
One of the Best (non OST) Final Fantasy works

20020220: Music From Final Fantasy
Nobuo Uematsu , and Shiro Hamaguchi
Manufacturer: Japanese Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

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Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

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Final Fantasy: Symphonic Suite
Final Fantasy IX: Piano Collections
Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (Limited Edition Collector's Set)
Final Fantasy VIII: Piano Collections
Final Fantasy VII Piano Collections

ASIN: B000063VTH
Release Date: 2003-07-08

Tracks:

Tuning
Liberi Fatali (FF VIII)
(FF IV)
MC-1
Final Fantasy I-III
MC-2
(FF VII)
Don't Be Afraid (FF VIII)
(FF VI)
MC-3
(FF V)
Vamo' Alla Flamenco (FF IX)
MC-1
(FF X)
(FF X)
MC-2
Love Grows (FF VIII)
(FF X)
MC-3
Melodies Of Life (FF IX)
MC-4
(FF VII)
MC-5
The Man With The Machine Gun (FF VIII)
Final Fantasy

Album Description

Music From Final Fantasy recorded live at Tokyo's International Forum on February 20, 2002. The show was the first 'Final Fantasy' full orchestra concert (the Tokyo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra). Guest performers include Emiko Shiratori and Rikki who performed the theme songs. The CD includes enhanced material with a comment from Nobuo Uematsu and backstage footage.

Album Details

Music from 'final Fantasy' at the Tokyo International Forum.

Customer Reviews:

Better than most all the ordinary FF soundtracks.......2007-01-24

First of all, people seem to be overly critical of the choir. They say that it sounds out of tune or whatever, but this is only because they were recorded live. In Advent: One-Winged Angel, the same choir sounds totally incredible. The choir itself isn't bad, it's the recording environment that was not so hot.
That said, I can say that this is a very impressive two CD set, even though several of the songs I don't recognize. The music is professionally composed and arranged, and just goes to show that Final Fantasy music is proffesional level. The only cons are the lesser sound quality of being recorded live and the MC tracks, which can get to be a bit long. The way they keep talking makes me really want to know what they're saying. My favorite pieces are:
1. One-Winged Angel: I do admit that the FFVII Reunion Tracks arrangement is better, but only because of the recording environment. This arrangement has a lot of cool new elements and an awesome sound. The only problems I see with this arrangement is the absent-minded microphone placement and a bit of background shuffling that is heard at one part. The shuffling is very quiet and you get used to it, but I'm just picky about these things. As for the microphone placement; whoever put one right next to the #%@$in' snare drum deproved the quality of the piece a bit much. The snare drum during the chorus is louder than any of the other parts, and the choir is already being a bit overpowered by the orchestra. This makes for a choral section that isn't heard well enough. Despite all these slight cons, however, this arrangement of the classic piece remains superb and awesome-sounding.
2. Liberi Fatali: Same choir rant as before. This arrangement doesn't sound quite as good as the original, but it's not really that different, it's still an incredible piece.
3. Melodies of Life: This arrangement is better, I think, than the original except for the singing. She sounded a lot more confident in the original. But aside from that, this song is a great classic.
4. Suteki Da Ne: The original was quite a bit better, both in sound quality and in the singing. Rikki was nervous during the performance, it is shown by her incessant breath-taking in the middle of phrases and low confidence in her voice. However, the instrumentation does sound nicely different in some spots, and Rikki's singing is still beautiful.
This album is a must-have for any FF freak, and is better than most all the ordinary FF soundtracks. Don't miss it.

I love this CD........2004-02-23

Firstly, Mr. Gibbs -- why would anybody buy this if they haven't played Final Fantasy games?

Secondly, this is an amazing CD. With the exception of One-Winged Angel, every track on this CD is (in my opinion) the best orchestral version of these songs ever done. And this is coming from somebody who owns Celtic Moon, Grand Finale, Fithos Lusec, and a smattering of Orchestral Game Concert CDs.

Do yourself a favor and buy this CD. It really is excellent.

For those who wanna get their FF orchestra groove on..........2004-02-20

Final Fantasy 20020220 is worth buying. It is a great CD to listen to if you want to hear orchestrated versions performed live, mistakes and all. That said, let me point out everything that is wrong with the performances, and why I did not give 20020220 a 5/5. As partial as I am to Final Fantasy music, I must criticize the singing in this performance. In both tracks that featured a choir (Liberi Fatali and One Winged Angel) it seemed like everyone was trying to outsing each other, the tenors in particular would sing awfully loud, while everyone else was drowned out. The soloists RIKKI and Emiko Shiratori did a fabulous job, in my opinon. Others said that they sounded nervous, I do not agree. The actual performance by the orchestra was brilliant. I especially liked Liberi Fatali, One Winged Angel, and Vamo' Alla Flamenco. I wish I could speak Japanese, because 8 of the 25 tracks on the 2 disc set are nothing but the concert MCs talking about stuff. All in all I would like to restate that FF20020220 is worth buying, but maybe you should play some of the FF games to hear these songs before you listen to the orchestra version, all the more to appreciate this masterpiece.

The Fantasy Continues..........2003-06-10

Nobuo Uematsu truly holds true to the Final Fantasy music legacy he himself set down beginning with the Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite CDs. Although I do have a few complaints, my overall take on this album is extremely positive. I'd say my favourite renditions on this CD are "Vamo' Alla Flamenco", lush, rich arrangement for orchestra (which truly is the greatest symphonic rendering I've seen from almost any game composer [thanks to Shiro Hamaguchi]) and the brass-graced Final Fantasy VI's "Terra" / "Tina" (which almost lives up to the Grand Finale version). Basically, every single song on these two CDs were mind-blowing with the exceptions of the two most crucial ones, "Liberi Fatali" and "One-Winged Angel". Okay, fine... I've got to give credit where credit is due, Liberi Fatali isn't THAT bad. It falters near the end though, but the primary complaint isn't the symphonic elements (or even the annoying snare [?] drum... *grrr*), but rather the supposed choir they assigned. Not very harmonic or in-tune, but I still give it 4-stars.
To sum it all up, all very nice arrangements with those little differences which make it all the more enjoyable. Cons? The choir voices and the MC segments (I don't speak Japanese, so my apologies if you do and find them entertaining).

One of the Best (non OST) Final Fantasy works.......2003-02-19

There hasn't been a live CD since the ill-fated "Symphonic Suite" many years ago and now there is this - quite simply put a live version of some of the best Final Fantasy songs. The Tokyo Philharmonic is on every beat and adds alittle more to the Final Fantasy melodies. The MC's get annoying and their Japanese is very hard to understand. The choice of songs was superb yet there is no "live feel" as most of the songs are played just as you would have heard them on another Final Fantasy CD. All in all, this is one of the best and one can easily see by some of its few flaws to its real beauty - the epitome of Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy work.

Average customer rating:

Decent collection
Epitome of summer of 92--mislabeled, but includes O'FORTUNA!!!

X-Static, Vol. 4: Radikal Techno
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Hot Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music

X-Static, Vol. 3: Dutch Hardbeats
Radikal Techno, Vol. 2
Radikal Techno, Vol. 3

ASIN: B000001R0E
Release Date: 1992-05-28

Tracks:

Get Ready for This [Orchestral Mix] - Unlimited
Looove [Quadromania Mix] - Ya Ya's
James Who? [Instrumental Mix] - I.Q.-E.Q.
Dance Your Ass Off [Original Version] - R.T.Z. Belgium
Life at the Wunderbar - C.Y.B.E.R.F.U.N.K.
Gonna Take You Higher - Dark Matter, Nico
Obumbrata - Apotheosis
Helmut Kohl Ist Tot [Soundbite Mix] - Kranz
Let the Rave Begin - Keoki
Beep Beep (Get off Your Ass and Dance) - Tekno Tekno
Mind Controller [Long Mind Version] - 80 Aum
Metamorphish [Party Mix] - Ka-22
Apocalypse - Nico, Planet Earth
Kings [Krishna House Mix]

Customer Reviews:

Decent collection.......2005-07-28

If you have been looking for a copy of Apotheosis "O Fortuna" then you will get highlights of it from this mix of "Obumbratta." I know the ecstacy crowd will gripe at me (if they are not still high) for revealing this but why hide a good secret. The stupid single is too hard to find because of the hubris of some stupid conductor or engineer. Everyone needs a copy of the the quintessential rave tune. This might be easier to find than the single or the "Rave 'tile Dawn" original issue. There are a few other tunes the 90s nostalgiac might find worth owning.

Epitome of summer of 92--mislabeled, but includes O'FORTUNA!!!.......2005-01-12

For some reason, the CD insert on this disc says that this disc includes "O'Bumbratta" by Apotheosis--but when you play your disc, you will be shocked to discover that the included track by Apotheosis is their first classic, O'FORTUNA, the favorite with the chanting satanic voices--in its 5 minute extended form. Rare on CD, this is a must have. Not to mention, this volume in the series is loaded with the biggest techno tracks of that long hot summer of 92.

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Hesperion XX and others
This is the best classical music
Great collection

España: Anthology of Spanish Music

Manufacturer: Astree
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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

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

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000026DG2
Release Date: 1993-09-01

Tracks:

Cant De La Sibil.La: Sybil.La Latine (Excs) - Montserrat Figueras
Villancicos & Ensaladas: Mundus Et Musica Et Totus Concentus (Canon Perpetum) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya/Jordi Savall
Cantigas De Santa Maria: Cantiga 384: A Que Por Muy Gran Fremosura - Esther Lamandier
El Cancionero De La Colombina: Propinan De Melyor - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
El Cancionero De Palacio: Tres Morillas - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
I Musica De Vihuela: Pavane IV - Hopkinson Smith
Romances & Villancicos: Si Habra En Este Baldres? - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
Recercadas Del Trattado De Glosas: Recercada Segunda Sobre El Passamezzo Moderno - Jordi Savall/Tom Koopman/Rolf Lislevand
Il Sonetos, Villancicos Y Romances: Quien Amores Ten (Villancicos En Portugues) - Montserrat Figueras/Hopkinson Smith
El Organo Historico Espanol I: Fabordon Y Glosas Del Sexto Tono - Kimberly Marshall
Missa Pro Defunctis, A 5: Pie Jesu Domine - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
Tres Libros De Musica En Cifras Para Vihuela: Fant Que Contrahaze La Harpa - Hopkinson Smith
Ensaladas: Mateu Fleccha L'Ancien La Bomba, Ensalada Studium Musicae Valencia - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
El Cancionero De Medinaceli: La Perra Mora - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
Poema Harmonico: Canario, Treze Diferencias De Canario - Hopkinson Smith
Missa De Batalla: Gloria - La Capella Reial De Catalunya/Jordi Savall
L'Oeuvre Pour Clavecin 1: Son in a No.118-Allegro - Bob Van Asperen
Lope De Vega: Intermedios Del Barroco Hispanico: No Hay Que Decirle El Primor - Montserrat Figueras
El Organo Historico Espanol 9: Toccata Del Sexto Tono - Francis Chapelet
Cancons De La Catalunya Mil.Lenaria: Els Segadors (Excs) - Montserrat Figueras
Ariette Italiane, Seguidillas & Vars: Las Mujeres Y Cuerdas - Monterrat Figueras/Jose Miguel Moreno
Les Sept Dernieries Paroles, Cadix: Il Terremoto. Presto Con Tutta La Forza - Le Conc Des Nations/Jordi Savall
Una Cosa Rara: Allegretto 'Viva Viva La Regina' - La Capella Reial De Catalunya/Le Conc Des Nations/Jordi Savall
Iberia (Version Orch): El Puerto - Orquesta De Valencia/Manuel Galduf
El Sombrero De Tres Picos: Danse Finale (Jota) - Joven Orquesta Nacional De Espana/Edmon Colomer
Don Quijote, Albada,...: Danza - Orquesta Sinfonica De Tenerife/Victor Pablo Perez

Customer Reviews:

Hesperion XX and others.......2007-03-28

This is a truly inspirational disc that features several different artists. I came across this disc years ago because of my interest in time period music performed by Jordi Savall and the lovely voice of Monteserrat Figueras in the group Hesperion XX. Both are featured on this disc extensively. Listening to this music is almost like a religious experience, it elevates your senses beyond the mundane for a richly rewarding experience; it is an auditory time warp. Essentially this is a compilation of time period music with compositions mostly from the 1500's. Besides the fabulous work by Hesperion XX the disc also includes some interesting work by Hopkinson Smith on Vihuela while Figueras sings in her lovely soprano voice. There are also some nice orchestra pieces most notably by Issac Ibeniz on "Iberia, El Puerto" which is a lush theme that would sit well in a movie about Spain's Golden Age, Manuel de Falla's beautiful compostion of "El Sombrero De Tres Picos" as performed by Joven Orchestra Nacional de Espana and Roberto Gerhard's "Don Quijote Albada Danza" as performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica de Tenerife. Also of note is the work of Francisco Guerau and the magical baroque guitar of Hopkinson Smith as performed on "Treze diferencias de Canario." Listening to this music reminds one of the grandeur of Spains's past in the Age of Discovery. This is classical album for people like me, who really don't know that much about classical music but realizes good music when he hears it. Recommended for people who like to listen to time period music and the interpretations of Hesperion XX.

This is the best classical music.......2001-02-05

I did'nt really like classical music till i bought España - Anthology of Spanish Music CD. I really, really love this CD. If your an artist and sometimes lack inspiration, I recommend this CD! It will get you in the mood to paint!

Great collection.......2000-11-04

Two complaints: no liner notes so any potential educational value is lost (I have a number of reference books around the house and some of these composers don't show up anywhere in them) and there is at least one extremely jarring organ work that blasts out of nowhere. A more listener friendly compilation would've sequenced the disc differently or left it out alltogether. That said, this is a wonderful collection of music that I have (mostly) never heard before. I'm glad Naive Astree saw fit to put a lot of obscure and out-of-print recordings together to form this audio introduction to an underappreciated canon.

Highlights include:

Track 8 - Jordi Savall (gamba), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), and Rolf Lislevand (lute) turn in a brief but jaunty chamber performance of Ortiz. Left me wanting more.

Track 11 - Hesperion XX give a haunting vocal performance of Morales' Pie Jesu Domine. I'm not one to ususally appreciate this sort of music (so consider me uninformed) but I found this truly beautiful.

Track 15 - features Hopkinson Smith on the baroque guitar performing a fascinating Guerau work. Descending arpeggios like gentle, trickling waterfalls. Smith is a stunning performer. I wish he was better known in the U.S.

Track 22 - from Haydn's original orchestral version of "The Seven Last Words Of Christ On The Cross," this is the one tempestuous movement from a work of mostly subdued music. Deep, powerful string sound from Savall's Le Concert Des Nations. Very well recorded.

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-03-04

Vecchi, Arcadelt, Lassus, and Monteverdi were all masters of the high Renaissance period of vocal music, which spanned the late 15th to the early 17th centuries. In this era, vocal training was necessary for all would-be composers, since the church operated most of the music schools, which were directly connected to church choirs. Therefore, sacred music was a great part of the output of these 4 men, but they were also proficient and active in the secular music genre, producing many secular part songs called 'madrigals'. 4 of which are included on this disc: 'Fa una canzona'-'Il bianco e dolce cigno'-'Tutto lo di'-'Amor:Lamento della ninfa'. The English had their own flowering of madrigals strongly influenced by the Italians; three of these are on this disc:'Alas, Departynge Is Ground for Woe'-'Rest, Sweet Nymphs'-'Fair Phyllis'.
There are 2 rather humorous songs by Haydn on this recording; I was surprised at their inclusion, but after hearing them,I found that they do fit very well musically with what goes before.
Mendelssohn inherited from Haydn the strong tradition of part-songs in German, and introduced into it the rich harmonies and the emotional yearnings of the romantic era.
Ralph Vaughan Williams represents a generation of composers who looked back beyond the romantic and classical periods of the Renaissance for their models in vocal composition. He took the smooth vocal lines and modal harmonies reminiscent of Lassus and Monteverdi, and added his own style of touches of dissonance and parallel voice leading.
Vocal music sung in parts has been one of America's strong traditions since the beginnings of the nation. From the varied nationalities projecting their own individual backgrounds , both sacred and secular, we have a true melting-pot of folksong styles.
The STRONG point for the worth of this recording is its very excellent collection of songs; they do span the 4 centuries very well, and the choice of material is interesting, varied and well-sung.

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