A Small Price

Track Listings

1. A Small Price

2. Sittin On Chrome

3. Na Mean

4. The City

5. Runnin'No Mo

6. Time After Time

7. A Dirty Game

8. Down South

9. On My Own

10. Thinkin

11. Sittin On Chrome

Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915/Dover Beach/Hermit Songs/Adromache's Farewell

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Real close but not quite.......
But Fischer-Dieskau sings "French toast"!
Rocking gently, talking gently
Essential!
Lyrical performances

Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915/Dover Beach/Hermit Songs/Adromache's Farewell

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ASIN: B0000027CU
Release Date: 1992-07-28

Tracks:

Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op. 24
Dover Beach, Op. 3
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: I. At Saint Patrick's Purgatory
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: II. Church Bell At Night
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: III. St. Ita's Vision
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: IV. The Heavenly Banquet
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: V. The Crucifixion
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VI. Sea-snatch
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VII. Promiscuity
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VIII. The Monk And His Cat
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: IX. The Praises of God
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: X. The Desire For Hermitage
Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39

Customer Reviews:

Real close but not quite..............2001-01-08

My first experience with Barber was Price's recording of "Knoxville", and it will always remain, for me, the definitive recording of that work. The version here is certainly good, but it misses the lyrical charm that Price brings to the piece. As far as I know, the Price version is out of print (along with, to my horror, her amazing work on Antony and Cleopatra, Barber's woefully underrated opera), but if you ever get the chance, track it down.

But Fischer-Dieskau sings "French toast"!.......2000-03-24

These are all essential recordings, of course, for the reasons other reviewers mention. I'll simply point out that this recording of Dover Beach (also available in other issues) with the Juilliard and F-D is the notorious one where he gets the words wrong. Instead of singing, "On the French coast the light gleams and is gone..." he gives it as "...French toast..." Of course, he delivers this beautifully.

Rocking gently, talking gently.......2000-03-04

Essential Barber. Steber's "Knoxville" is the earliest recording. She commissioned it, if I'm not mistaken. Her feeling for the text, her phrasing of it is remarkable. Her diction is perfect. The rest of this collection is an American treasure. Too bad it doesn't include Samuel Barber's recording of himself singing "Dover Beach", but barring that DFD's is the best on records. Leontyne Price's "Hermit Songs" are the classic recording. How could you go wrong?

Essential!.......1999-12-09

This fabulous collection is required listening for anyone who loves Barber's music and/or great singing. Naturally Leontyne Price is wonderful in the HERMIT SONGS, likewise Fischer-Dieskau in Dover Beach -- but don't overlook Steber's historic performance of KNOXVILLE, which she commissioned, nor Arroyo's dramatic tour-de-force in the powerful ANDROMACHE'S FAREWELL, a late work. The Samuel Barber Foundation website (samuelbarber.org) will soon be operating with news/reviews of new & reissued recordings of Barber's work.

Lyrical performances.......1999-07-16

This is a delightful recording! First, "Knoxville"'s lyrics are from "A Death In The Family", by James Agee -- one of the most evocative prose writers. Second, Barber's composition is wonderfully sympathetic with Agee's lyrics. Third, Ms Steber's dynamic voice alternately stands out from the orchestra, then melds into it, as the focus of the lyrics changes. (Listen to the way that the line "Now is the night one blue dew." flows from her voice to the woodwinds: dreamy.) The flip side is equally delightful, and on the whole probably a bit more light hearted (if not as introspective) as the first. I especially love the song "A Monk And His Cat": thanks to the magic of Mr. Barber and Ms. Price, a 12th(?) century monk, obviously besotted by his cat, speaks clearly to us all these centuries later. . . .and isn't it wonderful to hear the composer himself accompany Ms. Price? You will love this CD. (Report back here, if you're not satisfied.)

The Essential Leontyne Price: Spirituals, Hymns & Sacred Songs

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The Price Club
A living legend
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The Essential Leontyne Price: Spirituals, Hymns & Sacred Songs

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ASIN: B000003FWE
Release Date: 1997-01-14

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Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees - Various Artists
His Name So Sweet - Various Artists
'Roun' About The Mountain - Various Artists
Swing Low , Sweet Chariot - Various Artists
Sit Down, Servant - Various Artists
Were You There - Various Artists
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Various Artists
Deep River - Various Artists
Honor! Honor! - Various Artists
My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord - Various Artists
On Ma Journey - Various Artists
A City Called Heaven - Various Artists
Ride On, King Jesus - Various Artists
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Various Artists
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My Way Is Cloudy - Various Artists
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Tracks:

Holy, Holy, Holy - Leontyne Price
Lead, Kindly Light - Leontyne Price
Blessed Assurance - Leontyne Price
Ave Maria - Leontyne Price
What A Friend We Have In Jesus - Leontyne Price
Amazing Grace - Leontyne Price
The Lord's Prayer - Leontyne Price
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior - Leontyne Price
The Church's One Foundation - Leontyne Price
Bless This House - Leontyne Price
I Need Thee Every Hour - Leontyne Price
Schlesische Volkslieder: Fairest Lord Jesus - Leontyne Price
I Wonder As I Wander - Leontyne Price
Ave Maria - Leontyne Price
Porgy And Bess: Summertime - Leontyne Price
America The Beautiful - Leontyne Price
Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing - Leontyne Price
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Leontyne Price
Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Leontyne Price

Customer Reviews:

The Price Club.......2005-04-28

"I am here," said Leontyne Price when interviewed as she opened the new Metropolitan Opera with Samuel Barber's underrated ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, "and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to." Back in the 1960s Price was one of the greatest divas in all of opera, and it wasn't just her voice but her magnificent stage presence, combined with her social activism. All of the above come into play in this collection of secular songs and ditties, some of them traditional plantation chanties and others, art songs and a scattering of pop music. And some of them, like Gershwin's "Summertime," cross the ever-permeable boundaries between Broadway and classical. These recordings were made at different times in Price's career, and her voice, while always angelic, has different shadings and reaches a different range of timbre in each separate recording date, but there is no question that, as time goes by, she is able to impart a richness of life experience noticeably absent from some of her earlier work.

"Ave Maria" sounds heavenly no matter which way you slice it, and as for "I Wonder As I Wander," it brings tears to your eyes. If you have a heart that's beating you will be moved by this rendition. "Ein feste Burg" is pretty strong, but Price seems more comfortable with the traditional spirituals, though perhaps it is the slightly off-kilter sounds of the Ambrosian Singers (what a name) who back her up on many of these tracks, that detract slightly from the experience. Compare "Lead Kindly Light" for a clear sense of what constitutes authority vs. what is a wee bit overproduced. If you had this compilation, and perhaps one of Leontyne Price's Christmas albums, you could attain nirvana any time you wanted to, just flip a switch and close your eyes, let her lift you up on wings of song.

A living legend.......2005-03-10

Leontyne Price (still alive) and already passing into immortality amongst vocal artists, both classical and popular. Leontyne Price stands at the pinnacle of her classical art, but those who only know her work in La Forza del destino or the Verdi Requiem are in for a heart rending treat with this album where Leontyne Price goes home to her roots in Mississippi and gives an unabashed account of the classic spirituals she sang as a young woman. Like John Mc Cormacks rendering of Irish songs there is a personal longing and devotion expressed here that reveals a side of the artist not known in the bulk of their "classical" repetoire. A sense of going home like Citizen Kane's rosebud, or as Dorothy Gale observes at the end of the Wizard of Oz "everything I could ever have wanted was right in my own backyard "

not your daddy's old timey spiritual.......2004-06-23

Agreed this is a good cd for a beautiful voice, but this is not, repeat not, for someone who wants to hear that old-timey religious fervor that you think of when you've been to a Black Baptist hand-clapping, standing, swaying, and singing service.

Immaculate Vocals of Leontyne Price.......2003-12-31

IMMACULATE, SUPERB vocal range and style! There's no other words that can complement Miss Leontyne Price's vocal arrangements. Miss Price's voice is strong, and shrills very nicely to the instruments played on many songs listed on this double CD which is a joy to treasure; every song listed are songs I was raised to hearing and singing. Miss Price is the reason why many of these songs remain in popularity and presently used. Miss Leontyne Price has been incredible in many of her past performances. This is my fourth CD of Miss Price and I am glad to own this particular CD forever and ever. Many thanks to the executors who found this remarkable album and upgraded it to a CD format! **Angi**

Great Gospel Stuff.......2001-04-12

This is a great CD. The only problem I have with it is that on some of the selections there is a boy's choir screaming in the background, and this takes away (a bit) from her performance. That said, her best selections are those that are either unaccompanied or those where her voice is not buried. Songs that strike me are - His Name So Sweet, He's Got The Whole World, Were You There, I Wonder as I Wander, Lift Every Voice and Sing, and my all time favourite Summertime. Enough said.

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Wallowing in the worst register of his voice...
Good job Quasthoff!
Simply wonderful!
Not jazz
Thomas Quasthoff shines once again, & sounds just like a Rat-Packer!

Watch What Happens: The Jazz Album

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In My Solitude

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Is it surprising that a master of German art song would produce a jazz album? Not if he's Thomas Quasthoff, who has sung jazz since his university days and maintains an infectious enthusiasm for it. From breezily light baritone to sexy bass (he rumbles very comfortably around low F), Quasthoff totally adapts his sound to the music's needs, confidently attacking certain notes "white" before adding vibrato. The American "r" - so difficult for foreign artists - does draw undue attention, as do certain vowel sounds, but otherwise Quasthoff's delivery of English is convincing. He sings much of the music comparatively "straight" (one frequently wishes he'd indulge in some really off-the-wall improvisation), but he definitely knows his way around this material. Highlights are a cool "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," a jaunty "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive," and especially haunting versions of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" and Duke Ellington's "In My Solitude." Very enjoyable, too, is the growling conclusion of Stevie Wonder's "You and I." Quasthoff is supported by a strong ensemble, including Germany's most gifted jazz trumpeter, Till Brönner, and the excellent pianist Alan Broadbent. The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchestra, however, brings an unwelcome "101 Strings""flavor to six numbers. --Roger Pines

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Wallowing in the worst register of his voice..........2007-06-06

Thomas Quasthoff must have reached a certain benchmark in sales at Deutsche Grammophon to be allowed this indulgence, another unnecessary crossover CD from a media-feted classical singer.

Oy, but a great classical singer he's not. And he's even a worse jazz singer. As this collection shows, he has listened to his Ella Fitzgerald records faithfully enough to imitate her breathy, conversational delivery in the middle register, while lacking her innate sense of coloring and rubato. His is a dull, foursquare delivery, which he consciously tries to loosen by issuing a pathetic growl now and then to prove he's gettin' down. And just the SOUND of his voice, its timbre, in this conversational register is patently unpleasant. As mentioned above, his overcompensation with r's and with certain vowels makes his delivery even more studied and stilted.

However, when he soars above the staff, as he does in "You and I," his voice gains considerably in power and beauty. This happens all too infrequently, unfortunately.

The song program contains some real clunkers, such as "Secret Love," "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York," and the execrable "My Funny Valentine." Just compare Thom's "What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" to Barbra's (from the "Way We Were" album) to see how straight and uninspired our German friend's rendition is. "In My Solitude" is almost unlistenable.

To this CD's credit, I must compliment the luscious, clear sound of the recording and the judiciously crafted orchestral arrangements. Ultimately, though, this is just another one of those vocal crossover albums that will end up in the cut-out bins with scores of others already gathering dust.

Good job Quasthoff!.......2007-05-30

Is your opinion that classical singers can't sing jazz?
Being a classical singer my self I know how hard it can be to sing jazz.
Quasthoff proves with this CD that he is a true musician and separates the two different ways of singing very well.

Simply wonderful!.......2007-03-20

Being a great admirer of T. Quasthoff in his classical performance and a jazz lover, I didn't hesitate to order this cd. Moreover, the jazz impro bonus on The Voice let me think that Mr Quasthoff's voice could match perfectly the jazz style. The result is beyond the expectations. Mr Quasthoff sings these jazz standards as if he had done that all his life long, and the result is astonishing. It is even further enhanced by the great recording! So, order this CD without hesitation....

Not jazz.......2007-03-11

Quasthoff has a phenomenal voice, but he should keep his day job. He is not a jazz singer. Although this may be some German idea of jazz, it isn't jazz, and the musicians do not seem to understand jazz at all. The songs are not sung or played like jazz, and many of the songs are nowhere near jazz at all. If "Secret Love" is jazz, Doris Day must be Billie Holiday in disguise. This is a novelty piece, but one listening is a gracious plenty; I stopped sooner.

Thomas Quasthoff shines once again, & sounds just like a Rat-Packer!.......2007-02-23

I have most of the superb Thomas Quasthoff's albums, and am always interested in hearing him do different music. Singing these jazz numbers, he sounds just like a member of the Rat Pack! He always sings authentically, and always with great originality. In this jazz album, Mr. Quasthoff sings with no trace of a German accent, and he captures the style and razzle-dazzle of these songs. The liner notes indicate that these songs were selected to form a song cycle of the artist's own emotional experiences.

My favorites are the Stevie Wonder song "You and I" and "They All Laughed." Other composers featured are George Gershwin, Michel Legrand, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, and others. There is a mix of the upbeat and humorous (Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Can't We Be Friends, They All Laughed), and the more reflective and serious (Smile, In My Solitude).

There is quite a bit of artistry involved in the interpretations here. For example, in Duke Ellington's "In my Solitude," there is disturbing and eerie quality, particularly in the instrumental section following the line "I know that I'll soon go mad." Special mention must be made of the outstanding instrumental contributions, the excellent Till Bronner on trumpet and Alan Broadbent on piano, as well as the back up orchestra, which is essential to the interpretations (such as in the Duke Ellington, mentioned above).

This entire album is masterfully sung by Mr. Quasthoff in his own unique style. I highly recommend this album, as I do all his other albums. I only wish that Thomas Quasthoff would begin recording albums of all his current concerts, such as Brahm's Die Schone Magelone, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. Much of the public, myself included, can never get enough of this voice and more albums.

Antonio Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music

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Magnificat
Et Exsultavit
Et Misericordia Eius
Fecit Potentiam
Deposuit Potentes
Esurientes
Suscepit Isreal
Sicut Locutus Est
Gloria
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Credo In Unum Deum
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Dixit Dominus
Donec Ponam
Vigram Virtutis Tuae
Tecum Principium
Luravit Dominus
Dominus A Dextris Tuis
Ludicabit In Nationibus
De Torrente In Via
Gloria
Sicut Erit In Principio

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Recitativo: Miserationem Pater Piissime
Largo: Tunc Meus Fletus Evadet Laetus
Allegro: Alleluia
Allegro: Longe Mala, Umbrae, Terrores
Recitativo: Recedite, Nubes Et Fulgura
Largo: Descende, O Caeli Vox
Allegro: Alleluia
Allegro: Clarae Stellae, Scintillate
Recitativo: Caeli Repleti Iam Novo Splendore
Allegro: Nunc Iubilare
Allegro: Alleluia
Allegro: Canta In Prato, Ride In Monte
Recitativo: Saeva Fulgescit Nobis
Allegro: Avenae Rusticae Sinceri Fervida Amoris
Allegro: Alleluia
Accompagnato: Filiae Maestae Jerusalem
Largo: Sileant Zephyri
Accompagnato: Sed Tenebris Diffusis
Larghetto: Nulla In Mundo Pax Sincera
Recitativo: Blando Colore Oculos Mundus Decepit
Allegro: Spirat Anguis
Allegro: Alleluia

Tracks:

Dixit Dominus
Donec Ponam Inimicos Tuos
Virgam Virturis Tuae
Tecum Principium
Iuravit Dominus
Dominus A Dextris Tuis
Indicabit In Nationibus
De Torrente In Via Bibet
Gloria Patri, Et Filio
Sicut Erat In Principio
Et In Saecula Saeculorum
Domine Ad Adiuvandum
Gloria Patri, Et Filio
Sicut Erat In Principio
Credidi Propter Qoud
Beatus Vir RV598
Beatus Vir
Potens In Terra
Antifona Beatus Vir
Gloria Et Divitiae
Antifona Beatus Vir
Exortum Est In Tendebris
Iucundus Homo
Antifona Beatus Vir
In Memoria Aeterna
Antifona Beatus Vir
Paratum Cor Eius
Peccator Videbit
Antifona Beatus Vir
Gloria Patri, Et Filio

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Overture: Allegro
Overture: Largo
Coro Assyrian Soldiers Arma, Caedes, Vindicatae, Furores
Aria Holofernes Felix En Fausta Dies
Aria Holofernes Nil Arma, Nil Bella
Recitativo Vagaus Mi Dux, Domine Mi
Aria Vagus Matrona Inimica
Recitativo Holofernes Huc Accedat Matrona
Aria Juditha Qou Cum Patriae Me Ducit Amore
Recitativo Abra Ne Timeas Non
Aria Abra Vultus Tui Vago Splendori
Recitativo Abra Vide, Humilis Prostrata
Coro Vagus, Assyrian Solders
Recitativo Vagus Quem Vides Prope, Aspectu
Aria Vagus Quamvis Ferro Et Ense Gravis
Recitativo Holofernes Quid Cerno! Oculi Mei
Aria Juditha Quanto Magis Generosa
Recitativo Holofernes Magna, O Foemina, Petis
Aria Holofernes Magna, O Foemina, Petis
Recitativo Juditha, Tu Ludex Es, Tu Dominus, Tu Potens
Aria Juditha Agitata Infido Flatu
Recitativo Holofernes In Tentorio Supernae
Aria Con Coro Vagus, Servents O Servi, Volate
Recitantivo Vagus Tu Quoque Hebraica Ancilla
Aria Juditha Veni, Veni, Me Sequere Fida
Recitativo Abra Venio, Juditha, Venio: Animo Fave
Aria Abra Fulgeat Sol Frontis Decorae
Recitativo Abra In Urbe Interim Pia
Coro Bethulians Mundi Rector De Caelo Micanti

Tracks:

Recitativo Ozias Summi Regis In Mente
Aria Ozias O Sydera, O Stellae
Recitativo Ozia Iam Saevientis In Hostem
Recitativo Holofernes Nox In Umbra Dum Surgit
Aria Holofernes Nox Obscura Tenebrosa
Recitativo Holofernes Belligerae Meae Sorti
Aria Juditha Transit Aetas
Recitativo Holofernes Haec In Crastinum Serva: Ah, Nimis Vere
Aria Holofernes Noli, O Cara, Te Adorantis
Recitativo Juditha Tibi Dona Salutis
Coro Assyrian Soldiers Plena Nectare Non Mero
Recitativo Holofernes Tormenta Mentis Tuae Fugiant A Corde
Aria Juditha Vivat In Pace, Et Pax Regnet Sincera
Recitativo Juditha Sic In Pace Inter Hostes
Aria Vagaus Umbrae Carae, Aurae Adoratae
Aria Vagaus Quae Fortunata Es Tu Vaga Matrona
Aria Abra Non Ita Reducem
Recitativo Abra Iam Pergo, Postes Claudo
Accompagnato Juditha Summe Astrorum Creator
Aria Juditha In Somno Profundo
Accompagnato Juditha Impii, Indigni Trianni
Recitativo Juditha Abra, Abra, Accipe Munus
Aria Abra Si Fulgida Per Te Propitia Caeli Fax
Recitativo Vagaus Iam Non Procul Ab Axe
Aria Vagaus Armatae Face, Et Anguibus
Recitativo Ozias Quam Insolita Luce
Aria Ozias Gaude Felix
Accompagnato Ozias Ita Decreto Aeterno
Coro Judeans Salve, Invicta Juditha, Formosa

Tracks:

Aria In Turbato Mare Irato
Recitativo Splende Serena, O Lux Amata
Aria Respende, Bella
Alleluia
Recitativo Non In Pratis Aut In Hortis
Adagio Ibi Spinis Confixus
Aria Pro Me Caput Spinas Habet
Recitativo Quaesone facias, Domine
Largo Stabat Mater Dolorosa
Adagissimo Cuius Animam Gementem
Andante O Quam Tristis Et Afflicta
Largo Quis Est Homo, Qui Non Fleret
Adagissimo Quis Non Posset Contristari
Adante Pro Peccatis Suae Gentis
Largo Eia Mater, Fons Amoris
Lento Fac Ut Ardeat Cor Meum
Allegro Amen
Aria O Qui Caeli Terraque Serentias
Recitativo Fac Ut Sordescat Tellus
Aria Rosa Quae Moritur
Alleluia
Deus Tuorum Militum
Allegro Confitebor Tibi, Domine, In Toto Corde Meo
Allegro Memoriam Fecit Mirabilium Suorum
Andante Sanctum Et Terribile Nomen Eius
Allegro Intellectus Bonus Omnibus Facientibus Eum
Allegro Gloria Patri, et Filio
Allegro Et In Saecula Saeculorum

Tracks:

Allegro Beatus Vir
Allegro Gloria Et Divitiae
Beatus Vir
Andante Molto Exortum Est In tenebris
Beatus Vir
Allegro Lucundus Homo
Beatus Vir
Andante Molto In memoria Aeterna
Beatus Vir
Andante Paratum Cor Eius
Beatus Vir
Andante Dispersit, Dedit Pauperibus
Beatus Vir
Largo Peccator Videbit
Allegro Gloria Patri, Et Filio
Andante Salve Regina
Allegro Ad Te Clamamus
Allegro Eia Ergo
Andante Et Jesum
Laudate Dominum
In Exitu Israel
Allegro Nisi Dominus
Largo Vanum Est Vobis
Presto - Adagio Surgite
Andante Cum dederit
Allegro Sicut Sagittae
Andante Beatus Vir
Larghetto Gloria
Allegro Sicut Erat In Principio
Allegro Amen

Tracks:

Laetatus Sum
Laudate Pueri Dominum
Sit Nomen Domini
Usque Ad Occasum
Excelsus Super Omnes Gentes
Suscitans A terra Inopem
Ut Collocet Eum
Gloria Patri (I)
Gloria Patri (II)
Amen
Vestro Principi Divino
O felix Culpa
Quid Loqueris Ad Cor
Alleluia
Jubilate, O Amoeni Chori
In Tam ASolemni Pompa
Sonoro Modulamine: Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Et In Terra Pax Hominibus
Laudamus Te
Gratias Agimus Tibi
Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis
Domine Fili Unigenite
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
Quoniam To Solus Santus
Cum Sancto Spiritu

Tracks:

Sum In Medio Tempestatum
Quid Ergo Faciam
Semper Maesta
Alleluia
Laudate Pueri, Dominum
Sit Nomen Domini
A solis Ortu Usque Ad Occasum
Excelsus Super Omnes Gentes
Quis Sicut Dominus
Suscitans A Terra Inopem
Ut Collocet Aum
Gloria Patri
Laudate Pueri: Sicut Erat In Principio
Amen
Cur Sagittas, Cur Tela
Hostibus Circumventa
In Te, Beate Pater
Sanctorum Meritis
Salve Regina
Ad Te Clamamus
Ad Te Suspirmus
Eia Ergo Advocata
Et Jesum Benedictum
O Clemens, O Pia

Tracks:

Laudate Pueri Dominum
A Solis Ortu
Excelsus Super Omnes
Sit Nomen Domini
Suscitans A Terra
Ut Collocet Eum
Sit Nomen Domini
Gloria Patri
Sicut Erat In Principio
Salve Regina
Ad te Clamamus
Ad Te Suspiramus
Eia ergo Advocata
Et Jesum Benedictum
O Clemens, O Pia
Accende Laeta
Quam Pulchri
Sternite, Angeli
Gaude Mater Ecclesia
Vos Aurae Per Montes
Cuncta Orbis
Tellus, Astra
Alleluia
Gloria Patri (From Laudate Pueri)

Tracks:

Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Et In Terra Pax
Laudamus Te
Gratias Agimus Tibi
Propter Magnam Gloriam Tuam
Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis
Domine Fili Unigenite
domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
Quoniam to Solus Sanctus
Cum Sancto Spiritu
Nisi Dominus Aedificaverit
Nisi Dominus Custodierit
Vanum Est Vobis
Cum Dederit
Sicut Sagittae
Beatus Vir
Gloria Patri
Sicut Erat In Prencipio
Ostro Picta
Sic Transiit
Linguis Favete
Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Et In Terra pax
Laudamus Te
Gratias Agimus Tibi
Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis
Domine Fili Unigenite
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus
Cum Sancto Spiritu

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STREISSAND LIVE IN CONCERT 2006

Center Stage: Broadway 1947-1958

Manufacturer: Decca Broadway
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

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A Time of Hope: Broadway 1935-1946
Put on a Happy Face: Broadway 1959-1967
Broadway Magic: Broadway 1968-1980
Broadway Today: Broadway 1993-2005
The British Invasion: Broadway 1981-1992

ASIN: B0007ZEO1E
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

Shall We Dance?
Ohio
Luck Be A Lady
The Ballad Of Mack The Knife
There's A Small Hotel
Once In Love With Amy
The Yodel Blues
Lazy Afternoon
There Must Be Something Better Than Love
You're Just In Love
Now Is The Time

Customer Reviews:

STREISSAND LIVE IN CONCERT 2006.......2007-05-15

CONTENT WAS EXCELLENT BUT THE CD HAD TOO MANY GAPS IN TRANSITION FROM EACH TRACK.

Average customer rating:

Stellar conclusion to a great series

Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 10

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sacred Music 8
Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 9
Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 3
Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 6
Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 7

ASIN: B0001B0A7G
Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Et In Terra Pax
Laudamus Te
Gratias Agimus Tibi
Propter Magnam Gloriam Tuam
Domine Deus, Rex Coelestis
Domine Fili Unigenite
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus
Cum Sancto Spiritu
Nisi Dominus Aedificaverit
Nisi Dominus Custodierit
Vanum Est Vobis
Cum Dederit
Sicut Sagittae
Beatus Vir
Gloria Patri
Sicut Erat In Principio
Ostro Picta
Sic Transiit
Linguis Favete
Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Et In Terra Pax
Laudamus Te
Gratias Agimus Tibi
Domine Deus, Rex Coelestis
Domine Fili Unigenite
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus
Cum Sancto Spiritu

Customer Reviews:

Stellar conclusion to a great series.......2004-12-15

This the 10th and final CD in a survey of Vivaldi's sacred choral music. It takes maybe a wee bit of cheek to release the most famous piece, the Gloria RV 589, as part of the last CD in the series. However, the wait is worthwhile. A wonderful rendition. Aptly timed and well executed. The soloists are perfect.

Additionally, there are two other bits that are worth noting (and buying): a recently discovered "nisi dominus" by Vivaldi that's both powerful and delightful in equal measure, and finally (to round off the series)..a guest appearance! A setting of the Gloria from Giovanni Ruggieri, an older contemporary of Vivaldi's that Michael Talbott and Robert King suggest was an early and clear influence on Vivaldi as he wrote his own works (listen to it...sounds like it influenced Handel too.)This is a great piece in its own right and is tremendously played by yon King et al. Great addition.

There may be more "representative" CDs from this series that beter display the breadth of Vivaldi's sacred works, but if you're looking for just one (and are aiming for the famous Gloria at the same time) this is a fantastic place to start. All in all, the sort of quality one comes to expect from King's Consort. Can't wait to see what comes next from them.

Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea; Epithalamion; Merciless Beauty

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Vaughan Williams operatic masterpiece

Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea; Epithalamion; Merciless Beauty

Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000DOCY
Release Date: 2001-01-09

Tracks:

Riders To The Sea: Where is She - Norma Burrowes/Margaret Price/Helen Watts/Benjamin Luxon/Pauline Stevens/Ambrosian Singers
Riders To The Sea: Where Is The Bit Of New Rope - Norma Burrowes/Margaret Price/Helen Watts/Benjamin Luxon/Pauline Stevens/Ambrosian Singers
Riders To The Sea: Wait, Nora - Norma Burrowes/Margaret Price/Helen Watts/Benjamin Luxon/Pauline Stevens/Ambrosian Singers
Riders To The Sea: You Didn't Give Him His Bit Of Bread? - Norma Burrowes/Margaret Price/Helen Watts/Benjamin Luxon/Pauline Stevens/Ambrosian Singers
Riders To The Sea: Bartley Will Be Lost Now - Norma Burrowes/Margaret Price/Helen Watts/Benjamin Luxon/Pauline Stevens/Ambrosian Singers
Riders To The Sea: They Are All Gone Now - Norma Burrowes/Margaret Price/Helen Watts/Benjamin Luxon/Pauline Stevens/Ambrosian Singers
Merciless Beauty: Three Rondels: I. Your Eyen Two - Philip Langridge
Merciless Beauty: Three Rondels: II. So Hath Your Beauty - Philip Langridge
Merciless Beauty: Three Rondels: III. Since I From Love - Philip Langridge
Epithalamion: I. Prologue - The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: II. Wake Now - Stephen Roberts/The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: III. The Calling Of The Bride - The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: IV. The Minstrels - The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: V. Procession Of The Bride - The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: VI. The Temple Gates - The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: VII. The Bell Ringers - The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: VIII. The Lover's Song - Stephen Roberts/The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: IX. The Minstrel's Song - Stephen Roberts/The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: X. Song Of The Winged Loves - The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes
Epithalamion: XI. Prayer To Juno - Stephen Roberts/The Bach Chr/Douglas Janes

Customer Reviews:

Vaughan Williams operatic masterpiece.......2003-12-26

None of Vaughan Williams' five operas have entered the repertoire despite the fact that they all contain glorious music. 'Sir John in Love' ought to be staged from time to time but 'Riders to the Sea' is a masterpice with a fatal, programming fault: it is too short. Lasting only 30-40 minutes, it is almost impossible to fit into a company's evening schedule. Happily, this length might well suit the domestic listener who has a short time at the end of the day and does not want to embark on a three hour marathon.
The composer does not call it an opera but a 'setting' of a one act play of the same name by the Irish playright, J.M.Synge. It is the story of a fishing family on an island off the west coast of Ireland. The mother, Maurya, has already lost her father, husband and some of her sons to the sea and the action starts with the finding of a drowned man whose clothes fit the description of those belonging to her son Michael. Her worst fears are confirmed yet her remaining son, Bartley, insists on going to the horsefair on the mainland despite her pleading. He, too, is drowned and Maurya is left with her two daughters. The sea has taken virtually everything from her but, surprisingly, Maurya rises above her grief - "They are all gone now, and there isn't anything more the sea can do to me."

The music and text are closely integrated in a symphonic way. The score calls for a sea machine which is used in an atmospheric way similar to the way RVW uses the wind machine in Sinfonia Antartica. There are no numbers and the atmosphere is somewhat grim throughout, as can be imagined. It needs close listening to reveal all its secrets. Maurya's final, long aria is very beautiful and emotionally very powerful and the opera ends in unexpected repose.

The three Chaucer Rondels, 'Merciless Beauty', is here recorded with tenor and string trio. The disc is completed by the cantata 'Epithalamion', which is something of a rarity. Epithalamion is a song or poem in praise of the bride and bridegroom and the composer's cantata derives from a masque he wrote in 1939 based on poems by Edmund Spenser. The dances were removed to produce the work which is for baritone, chorus, piano, flute and string orchestra. Lasting for over half an hour, it is a considerable work in the composers most lyrical vein and it ought to be better known.

Tracks:

Hollow Horse
Perambulator
Seven Horses
Rapids
Windfall
Assumed Sundowns
Saint's Sojourn
All the Daughters (Of Her Father's House)
Book of Reason
Conscience of Kings

Album Description

Reissue of the Liverpudlian new wave outfit's 1985 album, their second, both for Beggars Banquet & overall. Never released in the U.S., it contains 10 tracks, including the singles 'Hollow Horse', 'Seven Horses' and 'All The Daughters (Of Her Father's House)'. 1988 release.

Album Details

Reissue of 1985 Release Considered their Finest.

Customer Reviews:

criminally neglected.......2003-09-13

Many bands from liverpool have been feted through the years. one that is sadly not remembered too often are the icicle works. one hit single in the us, two in the uk and then they were forgotten.
bicycle was their second album and was where they hit their stride. it is literate rock music with a connosieurs eye on the past.

mcnab was always a lyrical lyricist, sometimes powerful, sometimes delicate, sometimes political, always honest. the songs are clever but not clever clever like, for example, costello. musically the works are romantic and stirring without ever over-egging the pudding like the waterboys. inside their powerful arrangement the trio maintained a delicate touch.

here is an album without a weak track.long neglected begging to be loved.

For less than the "Small Price of a Bicycle", pick this up!.......2002-05-03

Very well done rock music that does hold your complete attention from start to finish. It's all here: An Anthem-like, pulse-pounding album complete with touches of melancholy and dashes of mayhem, "Small Price of a Bicycle" certainly delivers on all of these fronts. It may just be The Icicle Works most complete and satisfying collection of songs. That being said, how can you go wrong?

Another Great Album From The Icicle Works.......2001-01-26

I've been a fan of The Icicle Works since I first heard Birds Fly (Whisper To a Scream) in the early eighties. I believe that they are one of the two most underrated bands to have come from that decade. (The other being the Chameleons.) However, if you have never listened to The Icicle Works don't be put off because they are an eighties band. Their sound is not what one typically thinks of as the "eighties" sound. They are an incredible band whose first three albums are a treat for the ears. From the raw power of their self titled debut, to their third album, and what I believe was their masterpiece, If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song, this band never disappoints.

Tracks:

Dreamy Hawaiian Moon (Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiian Hotel)
I'm Beginning to See the Light (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
There are No Wings on a Foxhole (Meredith Wilson)
G.I. Jive (Glenn Miller and His Army Air Force Band)
Here We Go Again (Glenn Miller and His Army Air Force Band)
Buckle Down Winsocki (Glenn Miller and His Army Air Force Band)
My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time (Carmen Cavaltero Orchestra)
We'll Meet Again (The Ink Spots)
On A Coconut Island (Louis Armstrong and the Polynesians)
Guns in the Sky (Glenn Miller and His Army Air Force Band)
It's Been A Long, Long Time (Kitty Kalen and Harry James)
I'll Be Seeing You (Georgia Gibbs)
Salute
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Welcome Home
Island Hopping
Return to Iwo Jima
The Philippines
Brave Young Men
Okinawa
Price for Peace

Album Description

Price for Peace is a 90-minute film documentary by James Moll, with executive producers Steven Spielberg and Stephen Ambrose, in association with The National D-Day Museum. This film beautifully depicts the events that transpired in the Pacific War theatre between the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 1941) and the bombing of Hiroshima (August 1945). Nathan Wang provides the background score and incorporates 12 period recordings into the soundtrack.

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