Down by the Riverside

1. Down by the Riverside

2. Lazy River

3. Sunrise, Sunset

4. Who's Sorry Now?

5. Shadow of Your Smile

6. Whispering

7. I've Found a New Baby

8. Heartaches

9. What's New?

10. Ace in the Hole

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Average customer rating: politics and music or simply just music now? Superb performance of a masterpiece Hamelin and Rzewski are awesome United Post-modern interpretation of a legendary work Very cool variations

Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Rzewski | Rzewski, Frederic | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Hamelin, Marc-André | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Music Villa-Lobos: Piano Music Marc-Andre Hamelin: It's All About the Music Rzewski Plays Rzewski: Piano Works 1975-1999 Marc-André Hamelin Live at Wigmore Hall ASIN: B00000IXWM Release Date: 1999-05-11

Tracks:

1. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Thema: With Determination
2. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 1: Weaving; Delicate But Firm
3. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 2: With Firmness
4. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 3: Slightly Slower, With Expressive Nuances
5. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 4: Marcato
6. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 5: Dreamlike, Frozen
7. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 6: Same Tempo As Beginning
8. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, Impatiently)
9. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 8: With Agility; Not Too Much Pedal; Crisp
10. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 9: Evenly
11. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 10: Comodo, Recklessly
12. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 11: Temp I. Like Fragments Of An Absent Melody - In Strict Time
13. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 12
14. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 13: Tempo = 72
15. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 14: A Bit Faster, Optimistically
16. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 15: Flexible, Like An Improvisation
17. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 16: Same Tempo As Preceding, With Fuctuations; Much Pedal
18. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 17: LH Strictly - RH Freely, Roughly As In Space
19. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 18
20. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 19: With Energy
21. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 20: Crisp, Precise
22. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 21: Relentless, Uncompromising
23. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 22
24. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 23: As Fast As Possible With Some Rubato
25. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 24
26. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 25: With Tempo Fluctuations
27. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 26: In A Militant Manner
28. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 27: Tenderly, And With A Hopeful Expression
29. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 28
30. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 29
31. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 30
32. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 31
33. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 32
34. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 33
35. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 34
36. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 35
37. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 36
38. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Cadenza (Optional Improvisation)
39. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Thema: Tempo I
40. Down by the Riverside
41. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

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Frederic Rzewski's homage to Latin American liberation struggles is well represented, with stunning interpretations by such luminaries as Stephen Drury and Ursula Oppens prior to this version by Marc-André Hamelin. Drury's version might well be the high-water mark, in part because New Albion Records wisely included a rousing 1975 live version of the original Sergio Ortega liberation anthem with Quilapayun and thousands of singers to give the piano performance context.

But comparing two versions of these 36 variations on the song's theme is fraught, given Rzewski's heavily improvisational performance instructions (e.g., to play variation 11 "like fragments of an absent melody--in strict time," variation 27 "Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression"). Hamelin takes the piece more strictly and in more clearly virtuosic terms than Drury, just as he's taken Scriabin and Medtner. He starts off stronger and paces himself differently, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but always more deliberately. People is a work prone to radically different interpretations, and while it's easy to compare Hamelin and Drury, it's musically better to take each on its own. It's folksy, rootsy music that gets microtonal in fragments and deconstructs the melody so thoroughly that it'll be 36 times lovelier when you're done listening. The added bonus of Hamelin's version is the inclusion of the warm "Down by the Riverside" and "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues," both given the theme-restatement-improvisation processing treatment that marks Rzewski's unparalleled work in traditional folk musics. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

politics and music or simply just music now?.......2004-11-30

I find it diffucult listening to this work. It certainly has entered the world piano repertoire, at least a dozen pianists play this work. Curious how I still prefer Rzewski himself. Perhaps it is his combustible energy and anarchistic tendencies,his innovative demaeanor sitting at the piano,where he can take off into a free improvisation at any moment. That's what makes his performance(s) special or compelling than the others. Oppens by comparison is rather timid and tenuous,even if overwhelmingly polished and correct as correct can be. Still politics is a dirty business, and music cannot be precious then or cloistered within some special aesthetic preserve. I think that is where we want it to be, for all of the pianists who play this work do so within bourgeois venues,with large ticket prices, hardly the place for working people, and hardly a place these various pianists would care to alter.( I don't see this work played at worker meetings,or fundraisers,or Socialist conventions) Pianists have careers you know,one devoted to making as much money as possible.

When this work graced the globe in the late Seventies it was indeed incredibly necessary. I guess it still is a necessary work,given the change post 9/11 in paradigm,added to the virutalizations and digitalizations of culture now.
Live music it seems and music played from sheet music in a public place, in and of itself is subversive within the neo-liberal order. What time does to music(if it wears it away or morphes its content) is curious to ponder. How much shelf-life is within any musical work irrespective of its content, context or affinity. I think Rzewski post-modern masterwork still has resonance within that context.

Great that Hamelin chose this work when he could have easily simply chosen another Sorabji or Finnissy work for contemplation.

Superb performance of a masterpiece.......2004-09-07

During the 1970s, the inspiring pianist Ursula Oppens commissioned Rzewski to write a set of variations that she would perform at Carnegie Hall together with Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. The result was a masterpiece of 20th century Romanticism, continuing the clear line from Beethoven through Brahms that faltered with the deaths of McDowell, Medtner, and Rachmaninov in the first half of the 20th century. Rzewski takes a catchy tune, a Chilean protest song, and pulls it apart in a multitude of ways, each subset of variations teasing the listener with increasingly remote references to the original melody. From time to time the effect verges on noise, only to be relieved by a lyrical or passionate return to harmony and tunefulness. As a set of variations, this piece deserves to be classed with the Diabelli Variations and Mendelssohn's equally outstanding Variations Serieuses.

While Oppens's performance of Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated" was a justifiably famous landmark, doing full justice to the formidable challenge of bringing coherence to a work of such complexity, Marc Andre Hamelin offers something very special in this recording --- a transcendental technique in the original sense of Liszt's term, namely the ability to play difficult passages with such limpid clarity and evenness that the listener's attention is not diverted from the music by an awareness of effort.

The combination of Rzewski and Hamelin is irresistible and results in one of the most intense and rewarding listening experiences the piano aficionado can hope for. Hamelin's genius is that his technical virtuosity is never employed for empty display, always to thoughtfully package an insightful interpretation. Intellectually, he is as profound as Brendel, while physically having far greater resources at his disposal. He is a truly remarkable pianist, here playing a truly remarkable work. Having heard Oppens and Hamelin play these variations, each infusing the music with their distinctive personalities, there is only one other pianist whose treatment, were he ever to essay such, I would dearly like to hear --- Lang Lang, the Chinese pianist whose technique like Hamelin's is transcendental and whose innate musicality restrains youthful bravura so that delicacy and control become the features of his performances.

Hamelin and Rzewski are awesome United.......2003-08-04

This is a work of the utmost technical difficulty and yet Hamelin sails through it as if it were no more imposing than Hanon Exercises - and that is by no means to suggest that the playing is mechanical - far from. Every variation is treated to its own unique shadings and nuances that stand on their own as well as successfully integrating everything played before. The work radiates and contemplates. This work is truly a masterpiece . Add Hamelin and it is a meeting of two masters. Highly recommended. *****

Post-modern interpretation of a legendary work.......2002-06-16

Everything that can be said has be said about Rzewki's 36 Variations on "The People United Shall Never be Defeated!". It is an amazing work that hopefully, and should, stand the test of time and go down as one of the true benchmarks in the classical opus. It is a ravashing series of variations, which are only more amazing when one comes to understand the underlying structure that Rzewski used as his formal blueprint. It is a work of pure genious that must be heard, as words cannot describe it or even begin to do it justice. From the determined mood of the opening theme through the final cadenza and conclusion, the listener is treated to an array of styles an statements (ranging from the blues, to impressions of Stockhausen's 'Klavierstucke X', and many many others) all inevitably leading back to the final declaration, and NEVER losing the spirit of the tune throughout.

This work provides American classical piano music with a companion book-end to Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass 1840 - 1860" as truly great, and monumental (!!!), piano works which provide the classical community to the ultimate statements in music.

Marc-Andre Hamelin is a pianist who ventures towards the gigantic of the piano repertoire. With that being said, it should come as no suprise that he chose to record this great work (since he has also recorded Alkan, Ives' "Concord" Sonata, and ALL of Godowsky's 53 Studies on Chopin's Etudes). With that being said, it is oh so interesting to hear his reading of "The People United". It is so vastly different from Rzewski's own performance as Hammelin performs it with the classical virtuoso's touch and feel. He is much more straight forward with his pace and use of rubato, but the end result is fantastic. A high degree of determination and invitability can be felt in Mr. Hamelin's performance, which is very fitting of the mood of the original song. Also, there is no mistaking the healthy vitality which resonates through every note. Combining all of these elements creates a performance which is truly special.

Do not hesitate one second to purchase this album, as the combination of modern writing laced with classical sensibilities creates a truly unique musical experience that should not be missed.

Very cool variations.......2001-03-08

This 'The people united will never be defeated!(El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido!)' is not originally composed by Rzewski. This music is the song which was sung by Chileans who struggled to acquire liberty and right againt despotic Chilean government in 1960s. Rzewski borrowed this song and arrange it for the solo piano. You can listen to the theme of the song in 1st track, which is such a beautiful melody. He, then, made 36 variations with various techiques such as harmony, fugue, tonal way, atonal way, and so on. Even if you feel difficulties in some variations which are composed with atonal way, I'm sure, you would not abandon the disk which you listen to, because the variations are so beatiful and brilliant, and Hamelin's performance is so incredible! After 36th variation, you can listen to the main theme again, which is more solemn than first one. In conclusion, this music is orinally popular song leading listeners to a deep hollow which fascinate them with various classical composition techniques, and with Hamelin's wonderful performance. The people listen to it will never be disappointed!

Average customer rating: Fantastic - The Real Thing Uninspired!

Down by the Riverside Dukes of Dixieland Manufacturer: Mca Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Best of Dukes of Dixieland The Best of the Dukes of Dixieland Marching Down Bourbon Street The Dukes of Dixieland at Disneyland/Struttin' at the World's Fair Best of Dixieland ASIN: B000002QKM Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

1. Down By The Riverside
2. Lazy River
3. Sunrise, Sunset
4. Who's Sorry Now
5. The Shadow Of Your Smile
6. Whispering
7. I've Found A New Baby
8. Heartaches
9. What's New?
10. Ace In The Hole

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic - The Real Thing.......2005-10-01

What a great CD! Unlike the previous negative review, this CD is wonderful. It's the real New Orleans "Dukes" sound. It was so good, I just ordered the CD. From the sound samples, the band sounds like the authentic New Orleans sound. There are so many mediocre groups recording today, but this CD sounds like the original Dukes band. The clarinet player sounds a lot like the great Matty Matlock of the Bob Crosby band and now and then he sounds like Ed Reed who was an Artie Shaw sound alike. The trombonist sounds a lot like a cross between Bob Havens and Fred Assunto, the original Dukes trombonist. And I know what I'm talking about. I've performed & arranged the Dukes music and also Red Nichols and Bob Crosby music for the past 40 years. I own most of the Matty Matlock & Red Nichols music & I've played with dozens of dixie bands including Bob Crosby.

Uninspired!.......2000-08-06

The Dukes of Dixieland's "down by the riverside" was, in a few words, flat, thin, uninspired (on a Bose Lifestyle 25). Several selections sounded like one instrument playng and the others providing only background music; i. e., no interplay. Others had a big band sound, not dixieland. I thought the band was trying to fall asleep. It was only $5.63, and, I thought that I couldn't go wrong. Wrong!

Average customer rating: American Beauty Unusual - I love it!

American Ballads Manufacturer: Postcards ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Harris | Harris, Roy | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rzewski | Rzewski, Frederic | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Invitation to the Dance Reform: Solo Piano ASIN: B000059T25 Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

1. Excursions, Op.20: I. Un Poco Allegro
2. Excursions, Op.20: II. In Show Blues Tempo
3. Excursions, Op.20: III. Allegretto
4. Excursions, Op.20: IV. Allegro Molto
5. Four Piano Blues: I. Freely Poetic
6. Four Piano Blues: II. Soft And Languid
7. Four Piano Blues: III. Muted And Sensuous
8. Four Piano Blues: IV. With Bounce
9. On Gossamer Wings
10. American Ballads: I. Streets Of Laredo
11. American Ballads: II. Wayfaring Stranger
12. American Ballads: III. The Bird
13. American Ballads: IV. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
14. American Ballads: V. Cod Liver Pie
15. North American Ballads: III. Down By The Riverside
16. Piano Sonata No.2: III. The Alcotts
17. The Plow That Broke The Plains, Ste: I. Prelude
18. The Plow That Broke The Plains, Ste: II. Cowboy Songs
19. The Plow That Broke The Plains, Ste: III. Blues
20. The Plow That Broke The Plains, Ste: IV. Finale
21. American Nocturne

Album Description

Pianist Lara Downes takes us on a journey through the heart and soul of the USA with American Ballads, as she interprets 20th century works by Barber, Copland, Ives, Thompson and features the world premiere recording of jazz composer/saxophonist Benny Golson's On Gossamer Wings.This collection of solo pieces reflects the influence of popular music on our master composers and captures the essence of the American spirit, brilliantly performed by one of today's remarkable talents.

Lara Downes has attracted attention as one of the most exciting and communicative pianists of today's younger generation. She has been cited by critics for her breathtaking virtuosity and penetrating, sensitive accounts of classical and romantic repertoire. She has been hailed as an artist worthy of placement in the highest rank of classical performers. Since making noteworthy debuts at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Vienna Konzerthaus, and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Ms. Downes performs regularly throughout Europe and the United States.

Ms. Downes eclectic and engaging programs encompass both the standard repertoire and works by young composers such as Augusta Read Thomas and Stephen Paulus. Her recent projects include a Copland Centennial recital, a recently discovered piano concerto by Clara Schumann, and a four-part recital series entitled This American Century. She recently made the world premiere recording of On Gossamer Wings by legendary jazz composer Benny Golson for the Arkadia/Postcards label.

The eldest of the three musical daughters of a civil-rights attorney mother and a Jamaican biochemist father, Ms. Downes began her piano studies at age five at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. At seven, she composed an opera based on the book Charlotte's Web, which was performed in San Francisco. Home-schooled through high school, Ms. Downes completed her advanced studies under Hans Graf at the Vienna Hochschule and with Rudolf Buchbinder at the Music Academy in Basel. She has received highest honors in the Claude Kahn, Palma d'Oro and Artists International competitions.

Ms. Downes' busy solo and chamber career is strongly impacted by her commitment to expanding and developing new audiences for the arts. She dedicates time during her concert tours to elementary school workshops, and has developed a wide network of community outreach through the University of California at Davis. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Arts Exchange, a project dedicated to building creative partnerships between the visual and performing arts. In her own words: "I'd like to re-define the concert experience, to give it new relevance in our 21st-century world".

Ms. Downes speaks fluent English, Italian, German and French. She lives in Northern California.

Customer Reviews:

American Beauty.......2001-07-26

OK, I admit it! I picked up this CD because of the great-looking Ralph Lauren-esque cover art. Lara is gorgeous and not your typical classical pianist. But then I listened to the recording and discovered that she's REALLY not your typical classical pianist! A feisty, swinging musician with a mind of her own, she brings a brand new sound to these terrific American classics. I can't recommend this enough.

Unusual - I love it!.......2001-04-18

As a piano fan and record collector, I always look for new concepts and presentations. This is a marvelous collection of seldom-heard works that deserve more attention. Miss Downes is a big talent. Bravo!

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Down By The Riverside Various Artists Manufacturer: Tinderbox Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FIH3Y8 Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

1. Toyland (Dan Wilson)
2. Oh Susannah (Mason Jennings)
3. This Little Light of Mine (The Jayhawks)
4. On Top of Old Smokey (the Flops)
5. Clementine (Laurie Lindeen and John Eller)
6. Down by the Riverside (John Munson with Semisonic)
7. Rock-A-Bye Baby (Kristin Mooney and Eric Heywood)
8. Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (Chan Poling)
9. Michael Row Your Boat Ashore (Robert Skoro)
10. Go Tell It On the Mountain (Robert Robinson)
11. Down in the Valley (Martin Zellar)
12. John Henry (Adam Levy and John Munson)
13. Ive Been Working on the Railroad (Jake Slichter with Semisonic)
14. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (Brothers Frantzich)
15. Eensie Weensie Spider (Adam Levy)
16. Mockingbird (Mason and Amy Jennings)
17. Twinkle Twinkle (Brian Tighe)
18. Go to Sleep Little Baby (Tulip Sweet & Her Trail of Tears)
19. Home on the Range (Neal & Leandra)
20. All the Pretty Horses (Dana Thompson)
21. Mole in the Ground (Adam Levy and John Munson)
22. London Bridge (Chris Lynch)
23. Sidewalks of New York (Dan Wilson)
24. Down by the Riverside (RLFS Preschool)

Product Description

It’s a simple idea: have great contemporary musicians interpret traditional songs such as lullabies, Mother Goose songs, and folk classics that appeal to both children and adults. Instead of relying on saccharine and strings, rely on soul and talent. That’s just what an impressive constellation of Twin Cities music stars have done on Down by the Riverside: an album to benefit the music therapy program at Reuben Lindh Family Services, a multicultural provider of pre-schools, daycare, parenting programs, and therapies for some of Minneapolis’ most challenged families.

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America: The Golden Dream Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Smith, John Stafford | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000070Q Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

1. Golden Dream - Denver
2. America, the Beautiful - St. John's Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
3. Gift to Be Simple - Denver
4. Shenandoah - Denver
5. Down by the Riverside - St. John's Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
6. Battle Hymn of the Republic - St. John's Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
7. America (My Country 'Tis of Thee) - St. John's Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
8. Ain'-A That Good News! - Denver
9. Deep River - Denver
10. Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow - Denver
11. God Bless America - St. John's Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
12. I Will Arise - St. John's Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
13. When the Saints Go Marching In - St. John's Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
14. At the River (Shall We Gather at the River) - Denver
15. Amazing Grace [Sopranos Unison] - Denver
16. Amazing Grace [Full Choir] - Denver
17. Amazing Grace - Denver Brass
18. Star Spangled Banner - St. John's Cathedral Choir and Orchestra

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Tracks:

1. Handel's 'Messiah': Overture - The London Philharmonic Orchestra/Walter Susskind
2. Handel's 'Messiah': And The Glory Of The Lord - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
3. Handel's 'Messiah': Behold A Virgin Shall Conceive - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
4. Handel's 'Messiah': For Unto Us A Child Is Born - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
5. Handel's 'Messiah': There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
6. Handel's 'Messiah': He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
7. Handel's 'Messiah': Behold The Lamb Of God - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
8. Handel's 'Messiah': He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
9. Handel's 'Messiah': Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
10. Handel's 'Messiah': Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
11. Handel's 'Messiah': Hallelujah - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
12. Handel's 'Messiah': Since By Man Came Death - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
13. Handel's 'Messiah': Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain/Amen - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson

Tracks:

1. The Lord's Prayer
2. Old Rugged Cross
3. Onward Christian Soldiers
4. Rock Of Ages
5. How Great Thou Art
6. Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
7. I Believe
8. Lord Hear Our Prayer
9. Now The Day Is Over
10. Amazing Grace
11. Ave Maria
12. Let Us Humbly Sing Our Praises
13. O Holy Night
14. Praise, Praise The Lord
15. Praise My Soul The King Of Heaven
16. Oh Lord Most Holy
17. Unfold Your Portals
18. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
19. The Lord Is My Shepherd
20. All The People That On Earth Do Dwell
21. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
22. Oh God Our Help In Ages Past
23. Holy, Holy, Holy
24. Battle Hymn Of The Republic
25. Keeping Faith

Tracks:

1. A Dream Of Peace
2. All In This April Evening
3. Our Wedding
4. Bless This House
5. Bridge Over Troubled Waters
6. Climb Every Mountain
7. Day By Day (Theme From Godspell)
8. Down By The Riverside
9. The Impossible Dream
10. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
11. The Day Is Gently Sinking To Close
12. Jesus Christ Superstar
13. Abide With Me
14. March On
15. Peace In The Valley
16. Go Tell It On The Mountain
17. Born Free
18. American Trilogy
19. Sunrise, Sunset
20. I Don't Know How To Love Him
21. Blessed Be The Tie That Binds
22. Enduring Light

Average customer rating: Amazing "Grace," indeed! A Very Strange but Oddly Endearing CD decent playing, but not GREAT playing

Amazing Grace Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00029LN46 Release Date: 2004-06-29

Tracks:

1. Go Tell It On the Mountain
2. What a Friend
3. We Shall Overcome
4. When the Saints Go Marching In
5. Gospel Song Fantasy
6. Wayfaring Stranger
7. Just a Closer Walk
8. How Great Thou Art
9. Amazing Grace
10. Down by the Riverside
11. Nearer My God to Thee

Album Description

Megumi Kanda, a native of Tokyo, Japan, began to play the trombone at the age of ten. She continued her studies at the prestigious Toho High School of Music in Tokyo, where she studied with Sumio Miwa, trombonist of the NHK Symphony. She came to the US in 1994, and studied with James DeSano, the principal trombonist of the Cleveland Orchestra, at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is currently principal trombonist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Bruce Stark writes: "This project was truly a pleasure to be part of, owing to the fact that Ms. Kanda is an extraordinary classical musician, at once adventurous, creative, polished and gifted. In these arrangements, I have tried to bring out the natural, expressive qualities of the trombone. Ballads such as Wayfaring Stranger bring out the somber, lyrical voice of the instrument, while Gospel Song Fantasy was intended to display a broad range of expressive capabilities, from fast and technically challenging passages to soaring, robust melodies. In We Shall Overcome and Nearer My God To Thee I wrote trombone trio and quartet passages that Ms. Kanda overdubbed, creating a unique resonance that not only a group of trombones (moreover, a group of Megumi Kanda's!) can achieve. I hope the contrast of Mr. Parris' more traditional arrangements for gospel choir and my less orthodox arrangements of gospel melodies offer a fresh and varied listening of these enduring tunes, while preserving the beauty and depth inherent in the original pieces."

Customer Reviews:

Amazing "Grace," indeed!.......2005-12-15

This album is a joy. I suspect that Ms. Kanda has enlivened many church services with these devotional pieces. Her tone is lovely and her technique is flawless, but she shows no inclination to show off with virtuosic affectations. The mostly black choir which she accompanies in some of the pieces adds an interesting counterpoint to the playing of this classically-trained artist. That texts are included for the hymns indicates that her album is an act of personal witness rather than just a series of interesting arrangements of pretty tunes.
As a trombonist myself, I say that Ms. Kanda is as fine a trombonist as they come. Incidentally, "Megumi" means "grace" in Japanese. "Amazing Grace," indeed!

A Very Strange but Oddly Endearing CD.......2004-08-14

This CD aims to introduce us to the trombone playing of Megumi Kanda, a young (and very attractive, if that matters!) Japanese woman who is currently principal trombone of the Milwaukee Symphony, and a former student of James DeSano, principal of the Cleveland Orchestra. The musical selections, though, are very odd; they are arrangements of Protestant hymns, American folksongs, and gospel songs, and their order is mixed so that, for example, shout-out gospel arrangements are followed by mildly jazzy r&b church-school classics like 'What a Friend We Have in Jesus,' followed by a Kanda-overdubbed trombone quartet arrangement of 'We Shall Overcome.' Recorded in Rochester (where the soloist was once in the Rochester Philharmonic), participants include the Rochester Community Gospel Choir, and pianists Bruce Stark, the Rev. Alvin Parris III, and Elizabeth Kanda (the soloist's sister?). The arrangements are by Stark and Parris.

The playing is more than OK. Ms Kanda has undoubtedly followed every trombonist's mantra to practice 'long, low, soft tones,' which she does very nicely. She can also rock. And taken individually these pieces are rewarding (particularly for this reviewer, an old trombonist and church organist). Still, I have no idea who the target audience for this disc might be. Is it trombone fanciers? Protestant musicians? Christians who want wordless renditions of their favorite hymn tunes? (And, by the way, the texts for the hymns are included in the slickly produced booklet. Another odd and slightly evangelical touch.)

You'll have to decide if this one is for you.

TT=54:19

Scott Morrison

decent playing, but not GREAT playing.......2004-07-18

She is a very polished player. There is nothing BAD sounding about this CD at all, but Megumi is not one of the players I would pay good money to go and hear. James Markey, Joe Alessi, and Nitzan Haroz are the trombone legends of our time. Players like these are pushing the edge of the technical/expressive power of the trombone. I think any aspiring trombone student would be better advised to listen to GREAT playing, not decent playing, and this CD is certainly not GREAT playing.

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Down by the Riverside Various Artists Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Compilations | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Christian & Gospel | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000A2IPBY Release Date: 2005-08-09

Tracks:

1. Swing Low Sweet Chariot - Paul Robeson
2. Down By The Riverside - Siste Rosetta Tharpe
3. Bless This House - Mahalia Jackson
4. Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Cranes
5. Our Father - The Golden Gate Quartet
6. Amen - charioteers
7. I'll Search Heaven - Swan Silvertones
8. I Gave Up Everything To Follow Him - Mahalia Jackson
9. Go Down Moses - Jubilaires
10. Jesus Is Here Today - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Average customer rating: Unmatched musicality!

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Of Britain Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000023G9 Release Date: 1997-08-26

Tracks:

1. An Acre Of Land
2. A Farmer's Son So Sweet
3. The Lover's Ghost
4. The Turtle Dove
5. John Dory
6. Greensleeves
7. The Jolly Plough Boy
8. Wassail Song
9. Down By The Riverside
10. Bushes And Briars
11. Just As The Tide Was Flowing
12. Ca' The Yowes
13. My Boy Billy
14. The Spring Time Of The Year
15. Ward The Pirate
16. The Painful Plough
17. The Dark - Eyed Sailor
18. The Cuckoo And The Nightingale
19. Loch Lomond

Customer Reviews:

Unmatched musicality!.......2004-02-16

I grew up listening to this album long before the age of the CD, and I'm delighted to see it is now available through that more durable medium. This album from the late fifties was recorded early in the long history of the Deller Consort--an extraordinary ensemble of bass, baritone, tenor, counter tenor (Alfred Deller himself), and two sopranos. Every one of these soloists is an outstanding musician in his/her own right, and together they create music that is virtually unmatched. They are, of course, aided by Ralph Vaughan Williams' gorgeous settings of traditional British folk songs. In addition to the many a cappella choral renditions, this album also includes a number of solos for counter tenor and lute, which are beautifully performed by Deller.

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Down by the Riverside Dejan's Olympia Brass Manufacturer: Mardi Gras Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005XFN Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Everything's Lovely
2. Down By The Riverside
3. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
4. The New Second Line
5. Lord, Lord, Lord You Sure Been Good To Me
6. Precious Lord Take My Hand
7. Olmpia On Parade
8. Westlawn Dirge
9. Didn't He Ramble

Jazz Music:

1. Down Home Style
2. Down with It!
3. El Mejor
4. Elmo Hope Trio With...
5. Expositions
6. Family
7. Fats at the Organ
8. First Outing
9. Fun Time: Count Basie Big Band at Montreux '75 [Live]
10. Good Gracious

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