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Digitally remastered using 20 bit K2 technology, this is a Japanese reissue of an original album the jazz great cut for Prestige in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to the initia l pressing only & with the original cover art intact. 1999 release.
That being said, the other artists/musicians did themselves proud by honoring Tolkien's original intentions by not only using Tolkien's material but expounding further by giving their own musical interpretations...and it came out sounding precisely how I think the music of Middle-Earth would have sounded.
If there is any 'modern gloss-over' on this album (as one reviewer suggested), it's due to the fact that it's recorded on CD, and not vinyl. Otherwise, there are no synths, no electronica stuff going on...the only thing 'electronica'-related is Jon Anderson...and don't kid yourself about his talents, because his gifts aren't solely relegated to electronic stuff...he does play acoustic guitar after all. ;-)
As for the Led Zeppelin thing: I *much* prefer The Fellowship's slower interpretation of 'Battle of Evermore.' This has more to do with sound/energy vibes than anything. If the Fellowship had tried to copy Zeppelin completely, the harder-edged result would be too harsh in comparison to the Renaissance-style music on the rest of the CD. Plus, the slower rhythm gave the song more of the 'Lord of the Rings' feel that the CD required.
I also enjoyed 'Beware the Wolf.' It has a nice Halloween-like edge to it that appeals to this Celtic Pagan..in fact, the whole album appeals to my Pagan sensibilities. ;-D
Above all, I confess that I did purchase it because Jon Anderson is on the album, but I also purchased it because it *is* Tolkien-inspired, and I am such a Lord of the Rings/Renaissance music geek that it's not even funny. ;-)
As has been pointed out in other reviews the album's credits are misleading as Jon Anderson only sings on four songs and this is definatley an Ensemble work with alot of the credit going to Carvin Knowles who handles a good portion of the instrumentation and writing credits. It is closer in spirit to Mediaeval Baebes than anything else (Would be nice to see a Baebes LOTR album), though comparisons to other Irish/Gaelic music abound and are appropriate.
Most of the Songs are very good to excellent and I recommend listening in order as I believe this sets the mood. (though I like waking up to Tir Im and Orome). Beware the Wolf and Orome: Lord of the Hunt come to mind. 2 songs that while diffrent in staly share theme and are vry complimentary. Beware the Wolf also has quite abit of energy and Draws you in. You really get the the feeling the you are preparing to face down Carcharoth and recover the Silmaril.
The Best songs (IMHO) are the ones sung in "Elvish" performed by both John Anderson and the Female Lead Caitlin Elisabeth. Totally believable and other-worldly. I am however on the Fence with one tune; The Battle of Evermore cover. Its a little too Goth-y (and I like Goth-y)and would not sound out of place on an Eighties 4AD Album like Dead can Dance or This mortal Coil. I was not fond of it at first but it grew on me. (I like the use of the Female Chourus in Counter to the Dreary male lead). However, another Tune sung in Elvish by either Jon Or Caitlin would might have been better.
Another nice fact about the album is the way that the songs seem to cover the span of Tolkiens works with more emphasis on the Silmarillion than LOTR itself. Overal and Excellent album that should be in any Fans collection.
Most of the lyrics are in elvish, but there's some in english (old and modern), too. All the songs are good, and the only real downpoint is the cover of "Battle Of Evermore" pales in comparison to the original Zepellin song. But after owning this album for a year, I'm beginning to see that song in a new light. Listened to as an old english interpretation of a somewhat modern classic, it becames incredibly interesting!
All in all, this accompanies Tolkien's work fabulously. Tolkien's new book out, and with it my interest in all things middle earth has been reawakened. This album deserves a 5, I wish I had rated it so ealier!!!
(which was bigger than Koln's WDR studios) with Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono.
This is a big mistake. Milans studios were the biggest of europe and produced many important electroacoustic pieces.
If the collection aim to describe faithfully electronic music history, it should include this artists too.
The OHM+ DVD is jam-packed with over two hours of archival and more recent footage that runs the gamut from engrossing to mildly interesting to unwatchably dull.
If seemingly endless "talking head" interviews with Milton Babbitt and Bebe Barron are your idea of video entertainment, you've come to the right place. An interview with John Cage digitally altered beyond all recognition? Check. Swirling psychadelic colored dyes right out of a Saucerful of Secrets-era Pink Floyd concert? No problem.
There are some tastier goodies to be found on this DVD, however...
The segments with Clara Rockmore and Leon Theremin have an appealingly amateurish home movie quality to them. It's also a real treat to see the 1978 footage of underappreciated minimalist guru David Borden and Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company "on the road" hauling around their truckload of big old analog synthesizer equipment. Laurie Spiegel is fun to watch as she tinkers with a big grey metal box called a "Concerto Generator" with an extremely serious expression on her face. And Alvin Lucier's "Music for Solo Performer," where he hooks up wires to his head and produces sounds using his brainwaves and two tympani, simply must be seen to be believed.
The Pixar-ish computer animation accompanying Paul Lansky's "The Dust Bunny" is sort of cute, but it goes on for about 10 minutes too long. Surely most of the OHM target audience already has the DVD of Steve Reich's Three Tales, but it's nice that they included the best part - the ominous yet goofy "Dolly" segment. Many have also probably seen Hans Fjellestad's documentary Moog before, but the six minute excerpt provided here is really about all you need.
It's too bad there isn't a more interesting John Cage segment, and regrettable that there aren't any Stockhausen videos (those would certainly be a riot!)
Overall, though, while the OHM+ DVD is not as consistently engaging as the CD set of the same name, it is a worthy companion to it. And if you don't have either of them yet, the complete OHM+ 3-CD & DVD "special edition" box set is a no-brainer.
The singing of both ballads and catches belongs to a long and venerable tradition in England. The natural habitat of the of the catch was the tavern, while the ballad was known in a wider variety of social settings as well as the stage. By the end of the 17th century, ballads were collected by connoisseurs of popular culture and published in anthologies. The main source for this recording, 'The Catch Club, or 'Merry Companions', was printed in 1762.
A quote from the catch-philosopher (of 'Come, come let us drink') is offered by the Baltimore Consort: "...wine and good cheer will in spite of our fear inspire our hearts with mirth..the time we live, to wine let us give, since we all must turn to earth...."
This is an excellent collection of songs; quite interesting and varied. The instruments are played skillfully, and the voices, for the most part, are good quality. However, as with all 'folk-like' songs, the diction is not always clear, and that is very true of several of these on this disc. The female voices were more difficult to comprehend much of the time. The text is printed out, so ultimately familiararity will make them easier to understand. I do like the disc, and think that it needed to be done.As to a previous criticism concerning the fact that it wasn't 'true' barroom singing. Of course, it's not!!!If it were, you would not understand any of it!!!!!Enough said.
The Baltimore Consort play with life and vigour, with a good deal of improvisational flair, not being bound to texts and going through the production of notes as if mechanically. This is true to the spirit and nature of the early music, in which performers often had to 'play by ear', neither being able to read music nor having printed music even if they could. This is particularly true of the songs on this disc, where many are derivative of anonymous jokes and stories, and much of the music is likewise folk-tune and anonymously composed.
Some of the songs can be rather shocking. As Mary Anne Ballard writes in the accompanying notes, 'We must remember that in the days before indoor plumbing and pooper-scooper laws, everyday life was of an earthier flavour than it is today.... The men of the singing clubs and the ladies of stage poked fun at themselves and their companions with wit, pleasantry and contrivance.'
The names of many of the composers of these pieces have been lost to history, particularly the more folk-song oriented ones. However, some well-known composers are represented among the pieces here - Purcell, D'Urfey, Aldridge, and others.
The regular players include Mary Anne Ballard (viols), Mark Cudek (cittern, guitar, recorder and bass viol), Custer LaRue (vocalist/soprano), Larry Lipkis (recorder, viols), Ronn McFarlane (lute), Chris Norman (flutes), Webb Wiggins (tambourine and 'virginals'). Some artists are known from other Dorian productions, such as Ronn McFarlane on the lute in the collection 'Greensleeves'.
Added to the regular consort players are the Merry Companions, including Peter Becker (baritone), Alexander Blachly (baritone), Paul Shipper (bass, belch-canto), and James Weaver (baritone).
One more addition includes a guest artist, Lorenzo Labbrobacio, playing of all things, the 'fartophone', a rather mysterious instrument indeed. Labbrobacio defies identification on the internet other than references to this disc, and so the mystery deepens.
This is music that is interesting, truly fun to listen to, entertaining and has a quality about it that makes it a joy both in musical and humourous tones.
Anyhow, this is what Hampson is focusing on right now, American song. While those aren't exactly my thing I have to say that he sings them beautifully. I wish he'd stick to that rather than heavy Verdi and Wagner which his voice isn't right for.
Now, Tom has been on tour and I STRONGLY recommend that you go see him next year when he comes through your city.
The other thing really annoying is that on the CD where you'd expect information about the music or the recording co., you instead get a large warning label from the FBI on pirating.
Her he sounds a little stiff, and he cannot carry off the numbers that re comic (Bolcom's Fur) or popular (Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?), but his straightforward masculinity works extremely well in Gene Scheer's Holding Each Other, he has enough poetry for Barber's Sure on This Shining Night, and just enough savoir faire for Rorem's Early One Morning. The voice itself isn't intrinsically beautiful, which may in the end mean that Gunn falls behind young counterparts like Gerald Finley and Simon Keenlyside, both of whom he resembles. Even so, this is a nice debut, and one can say that gunn's promise is being fulfilled.
Nathan Gunn has an extremely beautiful voice, superb technique and execution, and has a very natural sound. There is an old steriotype of opera as sounding forced or artificial, but Nathan Gunn does a great job of avoiding this. He does a great job of communicating the "story" of the song to the listener, and I frequently found myself taken to the world of the song. Listening to many of his songs are like opening a good book and Nathan Gunn takes you there.
Highly recommended.
Equally exciting is the fantastic recipe book that comes with the lavish booklet. I have many a cook book and I can tell you this is as good as any of them and an absolute must if you are a Renaissance music enthusiast. Just as many a great score has laid in museums gathering dust for centuries, so too have many cook books been forgotten and their recipes lost to time. The efforts of many reknown contemporary chefs have been employed to resurrect some of these gems. The food tastes like nothing I have ever tried before - like listening to Renaissance music for the first time. If feels like you have stuck your spoon and knife (forks were a later invention and no self-respecting HIP music lover would eat this food with one!) into a Renaissance still life picture of a lavish meal and started eating.
One suggestion: definitely try the 'orange omelette for pimps and harlots'. Only thing routinely use one whole orange (peeled and put through a blender) AND a couple of tablespoons of a light non-bitter orange marmalade. Skip the extra added sugar and instead add some Cointreau to the mixture. Then serve hot with ice cream as a desert (desert omelettes are a sadly lost art), unless you feel that you HAVE to keep these strictly HIP because they didn't have ice cream in those days - make sure your favourite song from this CD is playing. You will think you have died and gone to heaven.
Hearing the spirit of the Renaissance is one thing but to also see it, taste it, smell it - now that's something else!!! I strongly suggest buying now as these sort of releases then to dissappear and if it does reappear the wonderful CD booklet with its recipes will likely be missing.
Please make your own decision.
This is a bit strange because I'm most often bugged by Don Carlos and Vepres in Italian (just a personal quirk). Of course, I'm also bugged by dropping the "s" in Don Carlos, which is always incorrect. The man's name IS Carlos whether in Italian or French.
I tried to write Mr. Avila a personal note, but could not, so let me say that Fritz Wunderlich did not die of cancer, but a dreadful accident in Scotland (I'll not go into the whys and wherefores, I just wanted to set PART of the record straight.)
This release has a wide variety of Wunderlich's discography, including Bach arias from his Christmas and Easter Oratorios, and movements from 2 cantatas; his Mozart roles in "Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail" (Eugen Jochum/Bavarian Radio Orchestra) and "Die Zauberflote" (Karl Bohm/Berlin Philharmonic); a variety of arias and duets by Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, Richard Strauss, mostly sung in German, and with Hermann Prey, baritone and Erika Koth, soprano in many of the duets; Baroque arias by Handel, from "Xerxes" (including the famous "Ombre mai fu" sung in German) and "Julius Caesar", selections from Monteverdi's "Orfeo" (an early track from 1955 sung in Italian); Schumann's "Dichterliebe", 4 Beethoven Lieder, including "Adelaide" and "Der Kuss"; and 9 Schubert lieder, including "An der Musik," and "Der Musensohn", all with Hubert Giesen, piano; Popular songs such as "Granada" and Viennese songs, with chamber orchestra accompaniment. There are no texts for the songs, but you may have text booklets with other CD releases, so don't really need them when you hear Wunderlich's beautiful voice.
There is a booklet with articles about Wunderlich's career, including a preface by his widow, Eva Wunderlich, photos of Wunderlich as a boy and young man, with his wife Eva in 1965, and children Constanze, Wolfgang, and Barbara. I enjoy reading and looking at the booklet, even apart from listening to the beautiful recordings.
Wunderlich was a genius, and his voice sounds great in every track, mono (some, but not a majority) and stereo (most of the tracks in the 7 discs are stereo) alike. If you love great music, and opera, but like me aren't often of a mind to sit still for 3 hours to listen to one, get this. It's a great release, and reasonably priced to boot. I'm thankful to God for great music, for the ability to hear and feel, and for Fritz Wunderlich and his service to music lovers everywhere.
(which was bigger than Koln's WDR studios) with Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono.
This is a big mistake. Milans studios were the biggest of europe and produced many important electroacoustic pieces.
If the collection aim to describe faithfully electronic music history, it should include this artists too.
A more successful way to approach such a broad and varied collection of audio experimentation is to think of it as curated sound. This isn't something to wash the dishes to, or to seduce someone to (although if you did manage to seduce someone with the recordings on this anthology, HOLD ON TO THAT PERSON, because they've got to be a keeper). These are unique sound textures that deserve a close, probably solitary listen, and I think if you're in the right frame of mind, it can be a very rewarding listen.
My main complaint is sequencing: each dicrete piece follows it's own internal logic, so there are more than a couple rough gear changes. However, since each piece is so different, and the collection is so varied, I'm not sure that you could totally escape that.
It is unfair to mark this collection down due to the production quality and 'musicality' of its contents, to do so would be to staggeringly miss the point of the development of electronic music through the 20th Century. What this collection shows is the ideas behind those at the cutting edge of the genre before many could even conceive of such output. That said it is hard going at points, as experimental music can be.
Highlights for me are no doubt Olivier Messiaen's 'Oraison' on CD 1, David Tudor's 'Rainforest Version 1' on CD 2 and on CD 3 David Behrman's 'On the Other Ocean' and Maryanne Amacher's 'Living sound Patent Pending'.
My only reservation comes from a feeling that the music and the narration are not as well integrated as they could be. The narrator identifies the musical selections and may give a sentence or two of background for the selection but never really discusses it. Instead, the narration is focused almost entirely on the events of Bach's life. I would have preferred more of a "music appreciation" approach that discussed the music, and had trouble getting used to the bifurcated nature of production. The extended free-standing music selections do mean that the four discs are a sort of "best of Bach" anthology and you can re-listen to just the music by skipping every other track.
Naxos also produces a 2-disc set called An Introduction to Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 (ASIN: B0000666A9), also by Mr. Seipmann, which closely analyzes the actual music of these two concertos. I found that the two sets are complementary with no overlap, except for part of the booklets, and I would recommend getting both if you have an interest in Bach and are also interested in understanding what to listen for in his music. In addition (or as an alternative), I would also recommend the lectures by Robert Greenberg on "Bach and the High Baroque" produced by the Teaching Company, which are much longer, more detailed, and more focused on the "music appreciation" aspect. They are also much more expensive.
Overall, this item is very worthwhile and a good value, like most of Naxos's products.
Digitally remastered using 20 bit K2 technology, this is a Japanese reissue of an original album the jazz great cut for Prestige in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to the initia l pressing only & with the original cover art intact. 1999 release.
Early Art,Art Farmer,Jazz
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In Elven Lands: The Fellowship
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ASIN: B000BSZA9M Release Date: 2006-01-31 |
Tracks:
- Tir Im
- Dan Barlinman's Jig
- The Silver Bowl
- The Man In The Moon
- A Verse To Elbereth Gilthoniel
- Elechoi
- Beware The Wolf
- Orome: Lord Of The Hunt
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- When Durin Woke
- Eala Earendel
- The Sacred Stones
- The Battle Of Evermore
- Blood of Kings
- Verses to Elbereth Gilthoniel
- Evening Star
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1. Tir IM
2. Dan Barliman’s Jig*
3. The Silver Bowl
4. The Man In The Moon
5. A Verse To Elbereth Gilthoniel
6. Ele Choi*
7. Beware The Wolf
8. Oromë: Lord Of The Hunt
9. Creation Hymn
10. When Durin Woke
11. Eala Earendel
12. The Sacred Stones*
13. The Battle Of Evermore
14. The Blood Of Kings
15. Namarie
16. Verses To Elbereth Gilthoniel*
17. The Evening Star
*Songs that feature vocals by Jon Anderson
Format: CD
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Bardic Magic..........2007-06-01
That being said, the other artists/musicians did themselves proud by honoring Tolkien's original intentions by not only using Tolkien's material but expounding further by giving their own musical interpretations...and it came out sounding precisely how I think the music of Middle-Earth would have sounded.
If there is any 'modern gloss-over' on this album (as one reviewer suggested), it's due to the fact that it's recorded on CD, and not vinyl. Otherwise, there are no synths, no electronica stuff going on...the only thing 'electronica'-related is Jon Anderson...and don't kid yourself about his talents, because his gifts aren't solely relegated to electronic stuff...he does play acoustic guitar after all. ;-)
As for the Led Zeppelin thing: I *much* prefer The Fellowship's slower interpretation of 'Battle of Evermore.' This has more to do with sound/energy vibes than anything. If the Fellowship had tried to copy Zeppelin completely, the harder-edged result would be too harsh in comparison to the Renaissance-style music on the rest of the CD. Plus, the slower rhythm gave the song more of the 'Lord of the Rings' feel that the CD required.
I also enjoyed 'Beware the Wolf.' It has a nice Halloween-like edge to it that appeals to this Celtic Pagan..in fact, the whole album appeals to my Pagan sensibilities. ;-D
Above all, I confess that I did purchase it because Jon Anderson is on the album, but I also purchased it because it *is* Tolkien-inspired, and I am such a Lord of the Rings/Renaissance music geek that it's not even funny. ;-)
Nice work!.......2007-05-21
Great Album misleading Credits a must have!.......2007-01-10
As has been pointed out in other reviews the album's credits are misleading as Jon Anderson only sings on four songs and this is definatley an Ensemble work with alot of the credit going to Carvin Knowles who handles a good portion of the instrumentation and writing credits. It is closer in spirit to Mediaeval Baebes than anything else (Would be nice to see a Baebes LOTR album), though comparisons to other Irish/Gaelic music abound and are appropriate.
Most of the Songs are very good to excellent and I recommend listening in order as I believe this sets the mood. (though I like waking up to Tir Im and Orome). Beware the Wolf and Orome: Lord of the Hunt come to mind. 2 songs that while diffrent in staly share theme and are vry complimentary. Beware the Wolf also has quite abit of energy and Draws you in. You really get the the feeling the you are preparing to face down Carcharoth and recover the Silmaril.
The Best songs (IMHO) are the ones sung in "Elvish" performed by both John Anderson and the Female Lead Caitlin Elisabeth. Totally believable and other-worldly. I am however on the Fence with one tune; The Battle of Evermore cover. Its a little too Goth-y (and I like Goth-y)and would not sound out of place on an Eighties 4AD Album like Dead can Dance or This mortal Coil. I was not fond of it at first but it grew on me. (I like the use of the Female Chourus in Counter to the Dreary male lead). However, another Tune sung in Elvish by either Jon Or Caitlin would might have been better.
Another nice fact about the album is the way that the songs seem to cover the span of Tolkiens works with more emphasis on the Silmarillion than LOTR itself. Overal and Excellent album that should be in any Fans collection.
A great understanding of Tolkien's world.......2006-07-10
Most of the lyrics are in elvish, but there's some in english (old and modern), too. All the songs are good, and the only real downpoint is the cover of "Battle Of Evermore" pales in comparison to the original Zepellin song. But after owning this album for a year, I'm beginning to see that song in a new light. Listened to as an old english interpretation of a somewhat modern classic, it becames incredibly interesting!
All in all, this accompanies Tolkien's work fabulously. Tolkien's new book out, and with it my interest in all things middle earth has been reawakened. This album deserves a 5, I wish I had rated it so ealier!!!
inspired.......2006-03-13
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ASIN: B000BDGVX6 Release Date: 2005-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Valse Sentimentale - Clara Rockmore
- Oraison - Ens D'Ondes De Montreal
- Etude Aux Chemins De Fer - Pierre Schaeffer
- Williams Mix - John Cage
- Klangstudie II - Herbert Eimert/Robert Beyer
- Low Speed - Otto Luening
- Dripsody - Hugh Le Caine
- Forbidden Planet: Main Title - Louis Barron/Bebe Barron
- Elektronische Tanzste: Concertando Rubato - Oskar Sala
- Poem Electronique - Edgard Varese
- Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterflies Encountered Over The Ocean) - Richard Maxfield
- Apocalypse-Part 2 - Tod Dockstader
- Kontakte - James Tenney/William Winant
- Wireless Fant - Vladimir Ussachevsky
- Philomel - Milton Babbitt
- Spacecraft - MEV
Tracks:
- Cindy Electronium - Raymond Scott
- Pendulum Music - Sonic Youth
- Bye Bye Butterfly - Pauline Oliveros
- Projection Esemplastic For White Noise - Joji Yuasa
- Silver Apples Of The Moon, Part 1 - Morton Subotnick
- Rainforest Version 1 - David Tudor
- Poppy Nogood - Terry Riley
- Boat-Woman-Song - Holger Czukay
- Music Promenade - Luc Ferrari
- Vibrations Composees: Rosace 3 - Francois Bayle
- Mutations - Jean-Claude Risset
- Hibiki-Hana-Ma - Iannis Xenakis
- Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals: Drift Study '31/69 c.... - La Monte Young
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- He Destroyed Her Image - Charles Dodge
- Six Fants On A Poem By Thomas Campion: Her Song - Paul Lansky
- Appalachian Grove - Laurie Spiegel
- En Phase/Hors Phase - Bernard Parmegiani
- On The Other Ocean - David Behrman
- Stria - John Chowning
- Living Sound, Patent Pending Music For Sound-Joined Rooms Series - Maryanne Amacher
- Automatic Writing - Robert Ashley
- Canti Illuminati - Alvin Curran
- Music On A Long Thin Wire - Alvin Lucier
- Melange - Klaus Schulze
- Before And After Charm (La Notte) - Jon Hassell
- Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills) - Brian Eno
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OHM+ : the early gurus of electronic musicSpecial Edition 3CD + DVD
Leaps in technology: oscillators, generators, vacuum tubes, amplifiers, transistors, magnetic tape, integrated circuits, and the microchip— inspired new instruments: the telharmonium, theremin, ondes martenot, electronic sackbut, clavivox, electronium, moog synthesizer, and computers— and artists everywhere hungry for new modes of expression.
This collection is a humble but bold attempt to give form to the wonderful, multi-directional, inevitable birth of electronic music.
"Many of the ideas in this collection have now been so completely assimilated into popular listening that it may sometimes be hard to remember how surprising it all was on first outing. Some of it still sounds pretty exotic. These CDs are important as part of the story of how we got to where we are now-the cultural conversation so far-and as a still fruitful repertoire of future possibilities." —from the Foreword by Brian Eno
Three CDs—42 original music tracks from 1948-1980 112 Page Book—extensive artist interviews, commentaries, and archival photographs Special Edition DVD—over two hours of rare performances, interviews, animations, and experimental video.
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Excellent but uncomplete.......2006-11-12
(which was bigger than Koln's WDR studios) with Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono.
This is a big mistake. Milans studios were the biggest of europe and produced many important electroacoustic pieces.
If the collection aim to describe faithfully electronic music history, it should include this artists too.
Ohm... Ohm... Ohm..........2006-04-01
The OHM+ DVD is jam-packed with over two hours of archival and more recent footage that runs the gamut from engrossing to mildly interesting to unwatchably dull.
If seemingly endless "talking head" interviews with Milton Babbitt and Bebe Barron are your idea of video entertainment, you've come to the right place. An interview with John Cage digitally altered beyond all recognition? Check. Swirling psychadelic colored dyes right out of a Saucerful of Secrets-era Pink Floyd concert? No problem.
There are some tastier goodies to be found on this DVD, however...
The segments with Clara Rockmore and Leon Theremin have an appealingly amateurish home movie quality to them. It's also a real treat to see the 1978 footage of underappreciated minimalist guru David Borden and Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company "on the road" hauling around their truckload of big old analog synthesizer equipment. Laurie Spiegel is fun to watch as she tinkers with a big grey metal box called a "Concerto Generator" with an extremely serious expression on her face. And Alvin Lucier's "Music for Solo Performer," where he hooks up wires to his head and produces sounds using his brainwaves and two tympani, simply must be seen to be believed.
The Pixar-ish computer animation accompanying Paul Lansky's "The Dust Bunny" is sort of cute, but it goes on for about 10 minutes too long. Surely most of the OHM target audience already has the DVD of Steve Reich's Three Tales, but it's nice that they included the best part - the ominous yet goofy "Dolly" segment. Many have also probably seen Hans Fjellestad's documentary Moog before, but the six minute excerpt provided here is really about all you need.
It's too bad there isn't a more interesting John Cage segment, and regrettable that there aren't any Stockhausen videos (those would certainly be a riot!)
Overall, though, while the OHM+ DVD is not as consistently engaging as the CD set of the same name, it is a worthy companion to it. And if you don't have either of them yet, the complete OHM+ 3-CD & DVD "special edition" box set is a no-brainer.
This and..........2006-01-06
The Standard Reference for Electronic Music.......2005-11-03
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The Art of the Bawdy Song
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ASIN: B000001Q93 Release Date: 1993-02-11 |
Tracks:
- Aniseed Robin
- Cuckolds All A-Row
- I Gave Her Cakes And I Gave Her Ale
- Taking His Beer With Old Anacharsis
- Fye, Nay, Prithee John
- Cold And Raw
- The Miller's Daughter
- Will Said To His Mammy
- The Old Fumbler
- Walking In a Meadowe Greene
- Celia Learning On The Spinnet
- Tom the Taylor
- My Lady's Coachman John
- The Irish Jig Or The Night Ramble
- Come Sirrah Jacke Hoe
- Dainty Fine Aniseed Water
- Most Men Do Love the Spanish Wine
- Argreers
- Gathering Peascods
- My Lady And Her Maid
- As Roger Last Night To Jenny Lay Close
- Pox On You
- Ladie Lie Near Me
- 'Tis Women Makes Us Love
- Sir Walter Enjoying His Damsel
- My Thing Is My Own
- Here Dwells a Pretty Maid
- My Man John Had a Thing That Was Long
- When First Amyntas Sued For a Kiss
- More Palatino
- Poor Owen
- Where They Drank Their Wine
- Come, Come, Let Us Drink
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One of the best CD's out there!.......2007-05-10
a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-03-25
The singing of both ballads and catches belongs to a long and venerable tradition in England. The natural habitat of the of the catch was the tavern, while the ballad was known in a wider variety of social settings as well as the stage. By the end of the 17th century, ballads were collected by connoisseurs of popular culture and published in anthologies. The main source for this recording, 'The Catch Club, or 'Merry Companions', was printed in 1762.
A quote from the catch-philosopher (of 'Come, come let us drink') is offered by the Baltimore Consort: "...wine and good cheer will in spite of our fear inspire our hearts with mirth..the time we live, to wine let us give, since we all must turn to earth...."
This is an excellent collection of songs; quite interesting and varied. The instruments are played skillfully, and the voices, for the most part, are good quality. However, as with all 'folk-like' songs, the diction is not always clear, and that is very true of several of these on this disc. The female voices were more difficult to comprehend much of the time. The text is printed out, so ultimately familiararity will make them easier to understand. I do like the disc, and think that it needed to be done.As to a previous criticism concerning the fact that it wasn't 'true' barroom singing. Of course, it's not!!!If it were, you would not understand any of it!!!!!Enough said.
Prelewd to Postlewd.......2005-09-28
The Baltimore Consort play with life and vigour, with a good deal of improvisational flair, not being bound to texts and going through the production of notes as if mechanically. This is true to the spirit and nature of the early music, in which performers often had to 'play by ear', neither being able to read music nor having printed music even if they could. This is particularly true of the songs on this disc, where many are derivative of anonymous jokes and stories, and much of the music is likewise folk-tune and anonymously composed.
Some of the songs can be rather shocking. As Mary Anne Ballard writes in the accompanying notes, 'We must remember that in the days before indoor plumbing and pooper-scooper laws, everyday life was of an earthier flavour than it is today.... The men of the singing clubs and the ladies of stage poked fun at themselves and their companions with wit, pleasantry and contrivance.'
The names of many of the composers of these pieces have been lost to history, particularly the more folk-song oriented ones. However, some well-known composers are represented among the pieces here - Purcell, D'Urfey, Aldridge, and others.
The regular players include Mary Anne Ballard (viols), Mark Cudek (cittern, guitar, recorder and bass viol), Custer LaRue (vocalist/soprano), Larry Lipkis (recorder, viols), Ronn McFarlane (lute), Chris Norman (flutes), Webb Wiggins (tambourine and 'virginals'). Some artists are known from other Dorian productions, such as Ronn McFarlane on the lute in the collection 'Greensleeves'.
Added to the regular consort players are the Merry Companions, including Peter Becker (baritone), Alexander Blachly (baritone), Paul Shipper (bass, belch-canto), and James Weaver (baritone).
One more addition includes a guest artist, Lorenzo Labbrobacio, playing of all things, the 'fartophone', a rather mysterious instrument indeed. Labbrobacio defies identification on the internet other than references to this disc, and so the mystery deepens.
This is music that is interesting, truly fun to listen to, entertaining and has a quality about it that makes it a joy both in musical and humourous tones.
Sounds like they're singing Christmas carols.......2004-11-09
A sly and rollicksome good time!.......2002-11-29
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Song of America
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ASIN: B000BGR0TW Release Date: 2005-11-08 |
Tracks:
- As Adam Early In The Morning
- Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway (1850)
- Shenandoah (Traditional)
- Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
- Danny Deever
- Roses Of Picardy
- Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair (1854)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (1854)
- Molly, Do You Love Me? (1850)
- An Old Song Resung
- Tomorrow (When You Are Gone)
- The Erie Canal (Traditional)
- We Two
- The Nightingale (Traditional)
- Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me (1855)
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- To What You Said
- Look Down Fair Moon
- Dirge For Two Veterans
- Ethiopia Saluting The Colors
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Thomas Hampson is a persuasive advocate for these treasures from the Library of Congress' vast collections, so this CD's generous sampling leaves you wanting more. It covers the American songbook in all its variety, from traditional "folk" items like Shenandoah to Stephen Foster to the immigrants Erich Korngold and Kurt Weill to Leonard Bernstein and contemporary composers. Hampson adjusts his flexible, light baritone to fit each song. The voice is full and resonant on Danny Deever, simple and direct in 19th-century traditional songs and ballads, and nuanced in songs like Ned Rorem's "As Adam Early in the Morning," one of several on the disc with texts by Walt Whitman. A standout is the last song in this recital, one that leaves you with thoughts about music, history, and our nation's continuing issues, "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors," by Henry Burleigh. Most of the selections are performed with piano accompaniment, but several are with a small ensemble of traditional instruments. A word of caution: everything was recorded in the 1990s and presumably was available piecemeal on previous releases, although few are likely to have more than a handful of these 20 gems. --Dan DavisCustomer Reviews:
It's lovely - But not newly recorded!.......2006-10-04
Anyhow, this is what Hampson is focusing on right now, American song. While those aren't exactly my thing I have to say that he sings them beautifully. I wish he'd stick to that rather than heavy Verdi and Wagner which his voice isn't right for.
Yet another compilation.......2006-06-13
Now, Tom has been on tour and I STRONGLY recommend that you go see him next year when he comes through your city.
The other thing really annoying is that on the CD where you'd expect information about the music or the recording co., you instead get a large warning label from the FBI on pirating.
how precious!.......2006-05-08
Disappointing Duplication.......2006-01-17
If you like this sorta thing.......2006-01-17
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DEBUT ~ Nathan Gunn - "American Anthem" from Ragtime to Art Song / Kevin Murphy
Nathan Gunn , and Kevin Murphy Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber
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ASIN: B00000IWW3 Release Date: 1999-05-18 |
Tracks:
- Shenandoah
- Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
- Early In The Morning
- The Lordly Hudson
- At Howard Hawks' House
- Holding Each Other
- The Lass From The Low Countree
- Recuerdo
- Nocturne
- Sure On This Shining Night
- Fur (Murray The Furrier)
- Over The Piano
- Black Max (As Told By The De Kooning Boys)
- Slugging A Vampire
- Two Little Flowers
- General William Booth Enters Into Heaven
- The Lamb
- I Wonder As I Wander
- At The River
- Long Time Ago
- Lean Away
- American Anthem
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okay.......2007-01-05
A promise about to be fulfilled.......2006-12-17
Her he sounds a little stiff, and he cannot carry off the numbers that re comic (Bolcom's Fur) or popular (Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?), but his straightforward masculinity works extremely well in Gene Scheer's Holding Each Other, he has enough poetry for Barber's Sure on This Shining Night, and just enough savoir faire for Rorem's Early One Morning. The voice itself isn't intrinsically beautiful, which may in the end mean that Gunn falls behind young counterparts like Gerald Finley and Simon Keenlyside, both of whom he resembles. Even so, this is a nice debut, and one can say that gunn's promise is being fulfilled.
Amazing collection - amazing voice........2006-02-22
Amazing recordings.......2006-01-02
Nathan Gunn has an extremely beautiful voice, superb technique and execution, and has a very natural sound. There is an old steriotype of opera as sounding forced or artificial, but Nathan Gunn does a great job of avoiding this. He does a great job of communicating the "story" of the song to the listener, and I frequently found myself taken to the world of the song. Listening to many of his songs are like opening a good book and Nathan Gunn takes you there.
Highly recommended.
First Rate Singing!.......2005-12-20
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Food, Wine, & Song - Music and Feasting in Renaissance Europe
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ASIN: B00005OB1Z Release Date: 2001-11-13 |
Tracks:
- In paupertatis predio-Anonymous, Notre - Dame de Paris
- Chanconette/Ainc voire/A la cehminee/Par verite - Anonymous, Montpellier Codex
- Prenes l'arbre/He resveille toi Robin - Adam de la Halle
- Nes qu'on porroit - Guillaume de Machaut
- Apparuerunt apostolos v. Spiritus Domini - Anonymous, Fountaines Abbey 1st Manuscript
- Nowell, Nowell: The Boares head - Richard Smert
- Si quis amat - Anonymous
- Cacciando per gustar - Antonio Zachara da Teramo
- Canto de' cardon - Anonymous, Florentine Carnival Song
- Donna di dentro/Dammene un pocho - Heinrich Isaac
- Canto di donne maestre di far cacio - Anonymous, Florentine Carnival Song
- Adieu cs bons vins de Lannoys - Guillaume Dufay
- Je ne vis onques - Gilles Binchois
- Sile fragor - Loyset Compere
- La plus grant chiere - Anonymous
- La tricotea - Anonymous
- Ave color vini clari - Juan Ponce
- Oy comamos y bebamos - Juan del Encina
- Quen tem farelos - Anonymous
- Von Eyren - Matthias Greiter
- Von edler Art - Ludwig Senfl
- Trinkt und singt - Anonymous
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Heavenly music - amazing authentic Renaissance recipes!.......2005-06-08
Equally exciting is the fantastic recipe book that comes with the lavish booklet. I have many a cook book and I can tell you this is as good as any of them and an absolute must if you are a Renaissance music enthusiast. Just as many a great score has laid in museums gathering dust for centuries, so too have many cook books been forgotten and their recipes lost to time. The efforts of many reknown contemporary chefs have been employed to resurrect some of these gems. The food tastes like nothing I have ever tried before - like listening to Renaissance music for the first time. If feels like you have stuck your spoon and knife (forks were a later invention and no self-respecting HIP music lover would eat this food with one!) into a Renaissance still life picture of a lavish meal and started eating.
One suggestion: definitely try the 'orange omelette for pimps and harlots'. Only thing routinely use one whole orange (peeled and put through a blender) AND a couple of tablespoons of a light non-bitter orange marmalade. Skip the extra added sugar and instead add some Cointreau to the mixture. Then serve hot with ice cream as a desert (desert omelettes are a sadly lost art), unless you feel that you HAVE to keep these strictly HIP because they didn't have ice cream in those days - make sure your favourite song from this CD is playing. You will think you have died and gone to heaven.
Hearing the spirit of the Renaissance is one thing but to also see it, taste it, smell it - now that's something else!!! I strongly suggest buying now as these sort of releases then to dissappear and if it does reappear the wonderful CD booklet with its recipes will likely be missing.
An irresistible combination of great food and music........2001-12-04
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ASIN: B0009PLMQW Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
Tracks:
- Duetto And Chorus: Kommt, Eilet Und Laufet
- Aria: Sanfte Soll Mein Todeskummer
- Recitative And Chorale: O Schmerz! Hier Zittert Das Gequalte Herz
- Aria With Chorus: Ich Will Bei Meinem Jesu Wachen
- Recitative: Mein Jesus Schweigt Zu Falschen Lugen Stille
- Aria: Geduld!
- Duet: Et Misericordia
- Aria: Deposuit Potentes
- Recitative: So Stehe Denn, Du Gottergeb'ne Seele
- Aria: Adam Muss In Uns Verwesen
- Chorus: Jauchzet, Frohlocket, Auf, Preiset Die Tage
- Recitative: Es Begab Sich Aber Zu Der Zeit
- Aria: Frohe Hirten, Eilt, Ach Eilet
- Aria: Ich Will Nur Dir Zu Ehren Leben
- Recitative: Und Liess Versammeln Alle Hohenpriester
- Terzetto: Ach! Wann Wird Die Zeit Erscheinen
- Recitative: Und Gott Befahl Ihnen Im Traum-Genug, Mein Schatz Geht Nicht Von Hier
- Aria: Nun Mogt Ihr Stolzen Feinde Schrecken
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- Overture
- Aria: Hier Soll Ich Dich Denn Sehen
- Recitative And Aria: Konstanze, Dich Wiederzusehen, Dich!/O Wie Angstlich, O Wie Feurig
- Aria: Wenn Der Freude Tranen Fliessen
- Quartet: Ach! Belmonte! Ach, Mein Leben!
- Aria: Ich Baue Ganz Auf Deine Starke
- Recitative And Aria: Welch Ein Geschick!/Wie, Du Solltest Fur Mich Sterben!
- Aria: Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schon
- Zum Ziele Fuhrt Dich Diese Bahn
- Wie Stark Ist Nicht Dein Zauberton
- Der Welcher Wandert Diese Strasse Vol Beschwerden
- Tamino Mein! O Welch Ein Gluck!
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- Duet: Strahlt Auf Mich Der Blitz Des Goldes - Hermann Prey
- Duet: Hier Nimm Den Ring Der Treue
- Scene And Duet: Ich Denk Ihn Lieber Mir Von Meinem Stande/Liebe Ist Seligkeit, Ist Licht Und Leben
- Toast: O Freunde, So Leeret In Vollen Zugen - Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Duet: Ich Sah Euch Lieblich Und Engelsschon - Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Duet: O, Lass Uns Fliehen Aus Diesen Mauern - Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Scene And Duet: er Ist's! Carlos! Mein PRinz!/Gott, Der Entflammte Der Liebe Heisse Glut - Hermann Prey
- Duet: Infame Feder! Welch Scheusslicher Pinsel/Ach, Geliebte! Nie Kehrst Du mir Wieder! - Hermann Prey
- Aria: Und Es Blitzten Die Sterne
- Scene: Nicht An Mich, Geliebter, Denke
- Duet: Du Sussester Engel, Wie Herrlich Hast Du Geteufelt!
- Leukippos, Du?
- Arioso: Ja, Ich Lieb Sie, Olga
- Aria: Wohin Seid Ihr Entschwunden
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- Recitative And Arioso: Holdes Laubgezewig, Du Schones/Schattige Ruh, Nie Gab Natur Sie Mir
- Aria: Der Gedanke An Die Flammen Der Liebe
- Aria: Bleibt Ihr Treu Dem, Der Euch So Verachtet?
- Aria: Finstre Furie, Ihr Geister Der Holle
- Aria: Nur Einen wunsch, Nur Ein Verlangen - Hermann Prey
- Recitative And Duet: O Unverhofftes Gluck/Das Hore Ich Von Dir, Von Meinem Freunde? - Hermann Prey
- Ma Se Il Nostro Gioir/Alcun Non Sia
- Perche A Lo Sdegno/Padre Cortese/Si Non Vedro
- Aria: Erwacht In Meinem Herzen
- Duet: Nur Weinen Lernte Ich/Nur Klagen lernte Ich
- Aria: Keine Schlange Lasst Sich Toten
- Romance: O Schweige Still, O Lasse Dich Erbitten
- Trio: Doch Nun Zu Dir/Trenne Nicht Das Band Der Liebe - Hermann Prey
- Aria: Man Wird Ja Einmal Nur Geboren
- Song: Lebe Wohl, Mein Flandrisch Madchen - Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Recitative And Duet: Du Stehst Wirklich Vor Mir/Der tempel Brahmas Strahlt - Hermann Prey
Tracks:
- I. Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai
- II. Aus Meinen Tranen Spriessen
- III. Die Rose, Die Lilie, Die Taube, Die Sonne
- IV. Wenn Ich In Deine Augen Seh
- V. Ich Will Meine Seele Tauchen
- VI. Im Rhein, Im Heiligen Strome
- VII. Ich Grolle Nicht
- VIII. Und Wussten's Die Blumen, Die Kleinen
- IX. Das Ist Ein Floten Und Geigen
- X. Hor Ich Das Liedchen Klingen
- XI. Ein Jungling Liebt Ein Madchen
- XII. Am Leuchtenden Sommermorgen
- XIII. Ich Hab Im Traum Geweinet
- XIV. Allnachtlich Im Traume Seh Ich Dich
- XV. Aus Alten Marchen Winkt Es
- XVI. Die Alten Bosen Lieder
- Zartliche Liebe: 'Ich Liebe Dich' WoO 123
- Adelaide Op.46
- Resignation WoO 149
- Der Kuss Op.128
- Was Ist Silvia, Saget An
- Lied Eines Schiffers An Die Dioskuren D 360
- Liebhaber In Allen Gestalten D 558
- Der Einsame D 800
- Im Abendrot Op. Post. D 799
- Leise Flehen Meine Lieder
- An Die Laute D 905
- Der Musensohn D 764
- An Die Musik D 547
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- Granada
- Mattinata
- Funiculi-Funicula
- O Sole Mio
- Vergiss Mein Nicht
- Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt
- Du Bist Die Welt Fur Mich
- Ich Kusse Ihre Hand, Madame
- Caro Mio Ben
- Ave Maria
- Plaisir D'Amour
- La Danza
- Serenade: Fern Im Weiten Land, Dort Unten Im Suden
- Be My Love
- Santa Lucia
- Tiritomba
- Heute Nacht Oder Nie
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- Wien, Wien, Nur Du Allein
- Denk Dir, Die Welt War Ein Blumenstrauss
- Ich Kenn Ein Kleines Wegerl Im Helenental
- In Wien Gibt's Manch Winziges Gasserl
- Draussen In Sievering
- Ich Weiss Auf Der Wieden Ein Kleines Hotel
- Ich Muss Wieder Einmal In Grinzing Sein
- Im Prater Bluhn Wieder Die Baume
- Herr Hofrat, Erinnern Sie Sich Noch?
- I Hab Die Schonen Maderln Net Erfunden
- Es Steht Ein Alter Nussbaum Drausst In Heiligenstadt
- Wien Wird Bei Nacht Erst Schon
- Wenn Es Abend Wird/Gruss Mir Mein Wien
- Ob Blond, Ob Braun, Ich Liebe Alle Frau'n
- Weine Nicht, Bricht Eine Schone Frau Dir Das Herz
- Mein Herz Ruft Immer Nur Nach Dir, O Marita
- Eine Kleine Fruhlingsweise
- Schlaf Ein, Mein Blond-Engelein
- Annchen Von Tarau
- Still Wie Die Nacht
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Correction.......2006-12-13
Please make your own decision.
Fritz Wunderlich can do no wrong...........2006-05-05
This is a bit strange because I'm most often bugged by Don Carlos and Vepres in Italian (just a personal quirk). Of course, I'm also bugged by dropping the "s" in Don Carlos, which is always incorrect. The man's name IS Carlos whether in Italian or French.
I tried to write Mr. Avila a personal note, but could not, so let me say that Fritz Wunderlich did not die of cancer, but a dreadful accident in Scotland (I'll not go into the whys and wherefores, I just wanted to set PART of the record straight.)
The Wonder of Wunderlich.......2005-11-22
I wish I could give this release more than 5 stars: it's terrific!!!.......2005-10-28
This release has a wide variety of Wunderlich's discography, including Bach arias from his Christmas and Easter Oratorios, and movements from 2 cantatas; his Mozart roles in "Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail" (Eugen Jochum/Bavarian Radio Orchestra) and "Die Zauberflote" (Karl Bohm/Berlin Philharmonic); a variety of arias and duets by Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, Richard Strauss, mostly sung in German, and with Hermann Prey, baritone and Erika Koth, soprano in many of the duets; Baroque arias by Handel, from "Xerxes" (including the famous "Ombre mai fu" sung in German) and "Julius Caesar", selections from Monteverdi's "Orfeo" (an early track from 1955 sung in Italian); Schumann's "Dichterliebe", 4 Beethoven Lieder, including "Adelaide" and "Der Kuss"; and 9 Schubert lieder, including "An der Musik," and "Der Musensohn", all with Hubert Giesen, piano; Popular songs such as "Granada" and Viennese songs, with chamber orchestra accompaniment. There are no texts for the songs, but you may have text booklets with other CD releases, so don't really need them when you hear Wunderlich's beautiful voice.
There is a booklet with articles about Wunderlich's career, including a preface by his widow, Eva Wunderlich, photos of Wunderlich as a boy and young man, with his wife Eva in 1965, and children Constanze, Wolfgang, and Barbara. I enjoy reading and looking at the booklet, even apart from listening to the beautiful recordings.
Wunderlich was a genius, and his voice sounds great in every track, mono (some, but not a majority) and stereo (most of the tracks in the 7 discs are stereo) alike. If you love great music, and opera, but like me aren't often of a mind to sit still for 3 hours to listen to one, get this. It's a great release, and reasonably priced to boot. I'm thankful to God for great music, for the ability to hear and feel, and for Fritz Wunderlich and his service to music lovers everywhere.
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OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music
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ASIN: B00004T0FZ Release Date: 2000-04-25 |
Tracks:
- Valse Sentimentale - Clara Rockmore
- Oraison - Ens D'Ondes De Montreal
- Etude Aux Chemins De Fer - Pierre Schaeffer
- Williams Mix - John Cage
- Klangstudie II - Herbert Eimert/Robert Beyer
- Low Speed - Otto Luening
- Dripsody - Hugh Le Caine
- Forbidden Planet: Main Title - Louis Barron/Bebe Barron
- Elektronische Tanzste: Concertando Rubato - Oskar Sala
- Poem Electronique - Edgard Varese
- Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterflies Encountered Over The Ocean) - Richard Maxfield
- Apocalypse-Part 2 - Tod Dockstader
- Kontakte - James Tenney/William Winant
- Wireless Fant - Vladimir Ussachevsky
- Philomel - Milton Babbitt
- Spacecraft - MEV
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- Cindy Electronium - Raymond Scott
- Pendulum Music - Sonic Youth
- Bye Bye Butterfly - Pauline Oliveros
- Projection Esemplastic For White Noise - Joji Yuasa
- Silver Apples Of The Moon, Part 1 - Morton Subotnick
- Rainforest Version 1 - David Tudor
- Poppy Nogood - Terry Riley
- Boat-Woman-Song - Holger Czukay
- Music Promenade - Luc Ferrari
- Vibrations Composees: Rosace 3 - Francois Bayle
- Mutations - Jean-Claude Risset
- Hibiki-Hana-Ma - Iannis Xenakis
- Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals: Drift Study '31/69 c.... - La Monte Young
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- He Destroyed Her Image - Charles Dodge
- Six Fants On A Poem By Thomas Campion: Her Song - Paul Lansky
- Appalachian Grove - Laurie Spiegel
- En Phase/Hors Phase - Bernard Parmegiani
- On The Other Ocean - David Behrman
- Stria - John Chowning
- Living Sound, Patent Pending Music For Sound-Joined Rooms Series - Maryanne Amacher
- Automatic Writing - Robert Ashley
- Canti Illuminati - Alvin Curran
- Music On A Long Thin Wire - Alvin Lucier
- Melange - Klaus Schulze
- Before And After Charm (La Notte) - Jon Hassell
- Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills) - Brian Eno
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Opening with Clara Rockmore's reworking of Tchaikovsky with the theremin, and finishing with one of Brian Eno's ambient soundscapes, OHM artfully succeeds in its goal of giving a representative (as opposed to the impossible, comprehensive) overview of the first several decades of electronic music. Over 3 discs, 42 compositions, and 96 pages of notes and photos, OHM clearly illustrates the producers' and contributing writers' point that early electronic music is much of the foundation of contemporary music. Herein lies the connective tissue bridging musique concrète, 20th-century classical, electronic experimentation, and the theoretical avant-garde to psychedelia, ambient, dub, techno, electro, and synthpop and the globalization of sound. The groundbreaking uses of loops, sampling, drones, remixes, and cut-and-paste technology are put fully into context. The diversity of music included makes any sort of summation impossible, but that is also the point: electronic music is not really a genre, but an open field of endless possibility. From John Cage's famous "William's Mix" of tape snippets to Karkheinz Stockhausen's electronic orchestral compositions, from David Tudor and Holger Czukay's experiments in unrelated blendings of audio elements to David Behrman's supremely peaceful duet between computers and musicians, the aural renegades on OHM tread where none (save a few of their contemporaries) had gone before. The liner notes convey the incredible amount of hard work and experimentation it took to stitch together many of these pieces in the predigital era. Putting aside the inevitable quibbles about what's missing (much of it due to legal and/or logistical issues), a more complete collection of musical eggheads, eccentrics, and visionaries is hard to imagine. --Carl HanniCustomer Reviews:
excellent but uncomplete.......2006-11-12
(which was bigger than Koln's WDR studios) with Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono.
This is a big mistake. Milans studios were the biggest of europe and produced many important electroacoustic pieces.
If the collection aim to describe faithfully electronic music history, it should include this artists too.
To call it music may be a bit limiting. .......2006-10-24
A more successful way to approach such a broad and varied collection of audio experimentation is to think of it as curated sound. This isn't something to wash the dishes to, or to seduce someone to (although if you did manage to seduce someone with the recordings on this anthology, HOLD ON TO THAT PERSON, because they've got to be a keeper). These are unique sound textures that deserve a close, probably solitary listen, and I think if you're in the right frame of mind, it can be a very rewarding listen.
My main complaint is sequencing: each dicrete piece follows it's own internal logic, so there are more than a couple rough gear changes. However, since each piece is so different, and the collection is so varied, I'm not sure that you could totally escape that.
A worthwhile collection.......2006-01-11
It is unfair to mark this collection down due to the production quality and 'musicality' of its contents, to do so would be to staggeringly miss the point of the development of electronic music through the 20th Century. What this collection shows is the ideas behind those at the cutting edge of the genre before many could even conceive of such output. That said it is hard going at points, as experimental music can be.
Highlights for me are no doubt Olivier Messiaen's 'Oraison' on CD 1, David Tudor's 'Rainforest Version 1' on CD 2 and on CD 3 David Behrman's 'On the Other Ocean' and Maryanne Amacher's 'Living sound Patent Pending'.
OhMyGodHowDreadful.......2005-08-15
Kid Stockhausen.......2003-01-17
Admittedly, some of the songs are much more interesting to think about than they are to listen to. Some of the early pieces that were made through thosuands of hours of pains-taking tape-splicing could be made today in an afternoon with a digital audio editor and a few effects plug-ins.
It is a beautiful package, containing a 90 page booklet of essays, quotations from the featured artists, and photographs. What all music should be: an education in daring.
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Life & Works of Bach
Bach , Siepmann , and Shrapnel Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music
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ASIN: B0000666A8 Release Date: 2002-07-16 |
Tracks:
- Family Background And Early Years
- Music: Capriccio On The Departure Of His Beloved Brother
- Bach And The Organ
- Music Toccata And Fugue In D Minow, BWV 565
- Bach In Trouble
- Music: Trio Sonata In E Flat, BWV 525
- Bach The Husband And Father
- Music: Vivaldi/Bach: Concerto In A Minor For Four Harpsichords
- Bach The Younger Composer
- Music: Prelude And Fugue In A Minor, BWV 543
- Bach In Weimar (And In Jail)
- Music: Prelude In E Flat Minor (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
- Bach Leaves Weimar
- Music: Violin Concerto In E Major (Finale)
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- Bach At Cothen
- Music: Concerto For Two Violins (Largo Ma Non Tanto)
- Bach And The Brandenburgs
- Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D (First Movement)
- From Grief To Joy Through Faith
- Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass)
- New Beginnings: Bach Remarries And His Family Grows
- Music: Aria In G
- Goldberg Variations And Anna Magdalena's Notebook
- Music: Stolzel: Bist Du Bei Mir
- Domestic Happiness And The Move To Leipzig
- Music: Magnificat
- Bach's Duties At Lepzig
- Music: Cantata No. 80 (Duetto)
- Bach The Teacher
- Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) In E Flat
- The Great Keyboard Works On Educational Agenda
- Music: Italien Concerto
- A Letter To The King
- Music: Cantata No. 147 (Opening Chorus)
Tracks:
- Bach Takes Up The Poet's Pen
- Music: Partita No. 1 In B Flat BWV 825 (Courante)
- Bach's Frustration At Leipzig
- Music: Singet Dem Herrn, BWV 225
- Frustrations Intensify
- Music: St John Passion (Opening Chorus)
- Bach's Efforts To Leave Leipzig
- Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (First Movement)
- The King Of Poland's Jubilee
- Music: Suite No. 3 In D, BWV 1068
- The Ernesti Affair
- Music: Prelude In D Major, BWV 532
- Adolf Scheibe's Scathing Views On Bach
- Music: Concerto In C For Three Harpsichords (Finale)
Tracks:
- Bach And Opera
- 'Coffee' Cantata (Excerpts)
- 'Peasant' Cantata (Excerpts)
- The Twilight Years
- Music: The Art Of Fugue
- Bach's Visit To Frederick The Great
- Music: The Musical Offering
- Decline And Death
- Music: Mass In B Minor
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Well done and interesting.......2005-02-22
My only reservation comes from a feeling that the music and the narration are not as well integrated as they could be. The narrator identifies the musical selections and may give a sentence or two of background for the selection but never really discusses it. Instead, the narration is focused almost entirely on the events of Bach's life. I would have preferred more of a "music appreciation" approach that discussed the music, and had trouble getting used to the bifurcated nature of production. The extended free-standing music selections do mean that the four discs are a sort of "best of Bach" anthology and you can re-listen to just the music by skipping every other track.
Naxos also produces a 2-disc set called An Introduction to Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 (ASIN: B0000666A9), also by Mr. Seipmann, which closely analyzes the actual music of these two concertos. I found that the two sets are complementary with no overlap, except for part of the booklets, and I would recommend getting both if you have an interest in Bach and are also interested in understanding what to listen for in his music. In addition (or as an alternative), I would also recommend the lectures by Robert Greenberg on "Bach and the High Baroque" produced by the Teaching Company, which are much longer, more detailed, and more focused on the "music appreciation" aspect. They are also much more expensive.
Overall, this item is very worthwhile and a good value, like most of Naxos's products.
Wonderful biography, needs more proportion in the music.......2002-08-21
Now we have two more entries in this amazing series, again written and narrated by Jeremy Siepmann: "Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky" (8.558036-39) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 5 min. and "Johann Sebastian Bach" (8.558051-54) with a playing time of 4 hrs. 34 minutes. (Please see my comments for the Tchaikovsky on that webpage.)
In direct contrast to the tortured personality of Tchaikovsky, we have the life-loving J.S. Bach, he who lost his temper only when he ran up against ineptitude. Again, the biographical details are fascinating. But also again, the musical examples are far too few--especially for this prolific composer--and some are simply far too long. We do not really need a complete rendition of the famous "Toccata and Fugue" and certainly not of the "Prelude and Fugue in A minor" to which is devoted a 13 minute track.
Here the voice of Bach is supplied by actor John Shrapnel, with Trevor Nichols, Ruth Sillers and David Timson in supporting roles. So 5 stars for the biography, somewhat less for musical examples.
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To the Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings the Poetry of Walt Whitman
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ASIN: B000002RTY Release Date: 1997-04-15 |
Tracks:
- One's Self I Sing
- As Adam Early In The Morning
- The Last Invocation
- To The Soul
- A Clear Midnight
- Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
- The Mystic Trumpeter
- Prayer Of Columbus
- One Thought Ever At The Fore
- As I Watch'd The Ploughman Ploughing
- Sing On There In The Swamp
- Look Down Fair Moon
- Memories Of Lincoln
- Look Down Fair Moon
- Ethiopia Saluting The Colors
- Dirge For Two Veterans
- I Hear It Was Charged Against Me
- Walt Whitman
- Behold This Swarthy Face
- We Two
- Among The Multitude
- Sometimes With One I Love
- We Two Boys Together Clinging
- That Shadow, My Likeness
- To What You Said
- Song Of Myself
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This dashing and intelligent tribute to Walt Whitman's poetry as art song puts commitment to artistry at center stage. With uncommon sensitivity and magnificent voice, Thomas Hampson lovingly interprets 22 songs by various composers, successfully capturing the emotional range of the American bard's verse by delicately caressing the poetry and, alternately, igniting its every nuance. These song settings enhance the innate music in Whitman's poems, giving them passionate expression in another dimension. Craig Rutenberg's stellar accompaniment is a lesson in effective collaboration. Hampson's interspersing of four poetry readings is below this recording's interpretive caliber, but it's a nice touch. Non-Whitman-heads may find the entire recording a bore, though. - -Barbara Eisner BayerCustomer Reviews:
A labor of love, but the songs aren't first rate.......2006-12-31
Couldn't find another place to ask, thus this line........1999-02-03
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