The Flute Album

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This disc may not cover as wide a range as a Rampal sampler, but I think it's a better introduction to the flute. Michael Parloff plays all this music well, with such stylistic niceties as embellishments in the Baroque pieces and considerably different tonal qualities for the different styles of music. The Doppler Fantasy is an amazing flute showpiece, and Parloff makes sure that amazement will come across. Both keyboard players are excellent, and the recording is balanced so that you can hear them well. This disc should prove equally attractive to flute novices and flute specialists, and it is enthusiastically recommended to all of them. --Leslie Gerber

Tracks:

Aqualung
Cross-Eyed Mary
Cheap Day Return
Mother Goose
Wond'ring Aloud
Up To Me
My God
Hymn 43
Slipstream
Locomotive Breath
Wind-Up
Lick Your Fingers Clean
Wind-Up (Quad Version)
Excerpts From The Ian Anderson Interview
Songs for Jeffrey
Fat Man
Bouree

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After veering sharply from the blues inluences of their debut, This Was, Jethro Tull's sound quickly coalesced around jazz-tinged English folk influences and the antics of frontman/flautist Ian Anderson. But it was guitarist Martin Barre's swaggering riff off the title track of the band's fourth album that would become Tull's indelibly clichéd trademark--and the band's entrée into a long reign as arena-rock perennials. But there's a lot more to Aqualung than the riffage of that cut and its cousins, "Cross-Eyed Mary" and "Locomotive Breath." In an era when pseudo-Christian spirituality was a de rigueur, if cheap, musical commodity (from the overblown operatics of Jesus Christ Superstar to one-hit pop wonders such as "Spirit in the Sky" and "Put Your Hand in the Hand"), Anderson and company openly challenged the value of organized religion with a thematic album savvy enough to layer its thought-provoking lyrics between heavy strata of FM-friendly guitar bedrock. A cliché, perhaps; a landmark, no doubt. And a record many maintain is still Tull's finest hour. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Great album, quality of sound re-production weak.......2007-07-12

Gotta love this album but very disappointed in the volume level it was reproduced at...granted my hearing has diminshed however you have to crank the stereo to the the highest levels ....:(

Bill

a classic, rythmical, mature piece of art.......2007-06-30

Luis Mejia (son) - This wasn't the first Jethro Tull album I heard; is really difficult to classify them depending on the album's era you heard, but when I first listened to it I considerated it nice, but not as a masterpiece as I'm telling here. Later, when I heard Thick As A Brick and the compilation Living In The Past, I started comprehending more and more their trayectory. Then I played it again, and how graceful it was to hear it! everything was cleared. This is such a masterpiece, so many aspects to say about it, so many comparisons.

Well, for starting the music composition is so incredible, in every song is expressed how they can change with grace from a blues-like face into more progressive rock and more experimentation, 'cause I think of it as progressive rock but there are so many styles in every song that it is difficult to classify, from the soft but firm sounds in Wondering Aloud, Mother Goose and the excellent Wind Up, to the fast, incredibly composed and more enjoyable sounds of Aqualung, Cross Eyed Mary, Up To Me, Locomotive Breath and Hymn 43.

The instrumentation is certainly the best one that the band ever had; mainly because they don't exagerate putting songs in a one instrument structure, they just added the sound perfectly, Ian Anderson's flute goes with the rythm of every song, Bare's guitar collaborates equally with all the other instruments, Clive Bunker may be one of the best batterists Jethro ever had, and Hammond organ is a key instrument in most of the tracks, mainly Aqualung, Cross Eyed Mary and Up To Me. Another excellent aspect is that Anderson's voice is at its perfect stage, you'll recognize it if you've heard later and earlier works.

When it comes to the album structure, I don't know why they had so much speculations about being a concept album about religion; as I know Anderson denied it and that's why they released Thick As A Brick, for stopping the anxiety about the concept album.

In conclussion this is certainly Jethro Tull's best album, I hope they release some day another one like this, apart from Thick As A Brick but I doubt it. The only not-so-good aspect is about the remastered version; not because of the sound sustractions is mainly because they shouldn't ruin such a great album adding such common bonus tracks.

Classic Tull.......2007-06-10

One of the best CDs I could have bought. Its a true classic with tunes that will forever be tied to the artist Jethro Tull, even if he has moved on to other modes of expression. I like this CD. It was a real classic in my time.

Bristling With the Anger of Youth.......2007-06-09

In retrospect, the masses are right. This is Jethro Tull's finest moment. The music has a real sense of immediacy and even urgency to it. At a point in his life that Ian Anderson was writing his best songs, he took on a giant-sized and very unusual topic - the asinine nature of the religious beliefs that most humans have and persist in.

It's a BIG album. And most of the songs on it are really quite great. My kudos to Mr. Anderson for his level of ambition. Glad it paid off.

I read complaints below about the fidelity on this issue, but it sounds just like the vinyl did back in the day - I suspect it's not possible to improve the sound, that's all there is. Anderson's liner notes refer to them having a heck of a time getting clarity and cleanliness at the studio they recorded this in.

"Wind Up" is a great, underheard song. "My God" is another great one. "Hymn 43" I sing in the shower all the time, it's a great blues screamer guaranteed to get a reaction from others. "Locomotive Breath" and "Cross-Eyed Mary" and the title track are fine stuff. Youthful anger and questioning here were focused here into something timeless.

Jethro Tull - Not Their Best But Still A Classic.......2007-06-08

"Aqualung" would turn out to be Jethro Tull's biggest studio album of their career. It contains the band's two huge classic rock anthems "Locomotive Breath" and the title track "Aqualung" that probably get as much airplay today on classic rock radio as they did back when they were released. The album was a bit of a transition for Tull. Their previous stuff had been mainly blues based, while this album moved the band in a more progressive / arena rock direction. Guitarist Martin Barre really comes to the fore front on this one and creates some of his all time best work. Ian Anderson begins to introduce his acoustic / folk leanings as well which would become an even bigger part of the overall Tull sound on later albums like "Songs From The Wood". The album is divided into two halves. The first have entitled "Aqualung" are songs themed around homelessness and general down and out characters of Aqualung himself and others like Cross Eyed Mary. The second half of the album entitled "My God" mostly concerns religion and Ian Anderson's reaction to it. The album is not really conceptual (especially when compared to later albums like "Thick As A Brick"), but has these central themes running through them. Many consider this disc their all time classic. For me I think that the band did better albums, but this certainly ranks up near the top. For a beginner looking to explore Tull I would think this would be an excellent place to start. One quick word on the recording, early Tull albums was not recorded very well. This re-master is better, but it is still not what I would consider great from an audio perspective.

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

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Good for relaxing pregnant women
Too much opera
Does what it set out to do, very well
TRULY The most relaxing and beautiful music ever written.

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!
Johann Sebastian Bach , Léo Delibes , Gabriel Fauré , Erik Satie , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Edvard Grieg , Johann Pachelbel , Claude Debussy , Felix Mendelssohn , Camille Saint-Saens , Henryk Gorecki , Antonio Vivaldi , Edward Elgar , Jocelyn Pook , Sergey Rachmaninov , Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni , Luigi Boccherini , Jules Massenet , Ludwig van Beethoven , Jacques Offenbach , Pietro Mascagni , Antonin Dvorak , Giacomo Puccini , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Alexander Borodin , Joaquin Rodrigo , and Samuel Barber
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ASIN: B00000I93Z
Release Date: 1999-03-30

Tracks:

Air 'On the G String' - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
Morning - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
Canon In D - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
Gymnopedie No.1 - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
II. Andante - Stephen Hough
Viens, Mallika - Mady Mesple
In Paradisum - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Clair De Lune - Dame Moura Lympany
II. Andate - Yehudi Menuhin
The Swan - Osian Ellis
II. Lento E Largo - Tranquillissimo - Zofia Kilanowicz
II. Andantino - James Galway
II. Largo - Yehudi Menuhin
Nimrod - London Symphony Orchestra
Blow the Wind - Pie Jesu - Jocelyn Pook
Variation 18 - Cecile Ousset
Pavane Op.50 - Gareth Morris

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Zion Hort Die Wachter Singen - South German Madrigal Choir
Adagio In G Minor - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
Minuet - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
II. Largo - Andrei Gavrilov
Meditation - Hans Kalafusz
I. Adagio Sostenuto - Dame Moura Lympany
Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'amour (Barcarolle) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
II. Andante - Nigel North
II. Adagio - Jack Brymer
Intermezzo - Philharmonia Orchestra
I. Moderato - London Chamber Orchestra
O Mio Babbino Caro - Montserrat Caballe
Fantasia On 'Greensleeves' - Sinfonia Of London
II. Adagio Sostenuto (Opening) - Cecile Ousset
Nocturne - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
II. Adagio (Opening) - Julian Bream
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You want relaxing classical music that'll soothe your soul but won't lull you into sleep? Here's a double CD for you. The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World ... Ever! does its best to cover both well-worn classical favorites (Bach's "Air on the G String," Pachelbel's "Cannon," Debussy's "Clair de Lune") and some eclectic left-field choices (an excerpt from Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Jocelyn Pook's "Blow the Wind," and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. The performances of most of these excerpts are top-notch--artists include Sir Neville Marriner, James Galway, Jacqueline du Pré and the Philadelphia Orchestra--and there's enough variety here for everyone. --Edward Garabedian

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Lives Up To The Title, Fine Variety Of Genre's........2007-02-04

This CD is a great way to enjoy a large variety of Classical Composers & many of their best known pieces. Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," is an all time favorite. There are vocals, Piano pieces, & some fine Violins. I found the latter the most enjoyable. Here you can find Rodrigo & Pachelbell. Samuel Barber's haunting Adagio will make your skin tingle. This may not be to everyones taste, but if you wish to relax? Give this a couple of listens.

Good for relaxing pregnant women.......2007-01-17

I stumbled onto this album whilst searching bit torrent websites for classical music. I don't normally listen to classical music but thought it might be relaxing for my pregnant wife. After hearing the quality of the performances, the arrangement, and the recording I decided to buy the album from amazon. All the songs you would expect from a "best album in the world" are there and they are not boring to listen to like a lot of other classical albums. I now play this album in the car constantly and the wife requested it be played at the hospital during the birth.

Too much opera.......2007-01-10

If it wasn't for the opera this would be a great CD.

Does what it set out to do, very well.......2006-11-15

So i'm a classical music veteran, someone who prefers to collect a complete work, rather than classical compilations. I probably would not have listened to this album at all if my dad didnt buy it for me as a gift. By now, i own the complete works that over half of the excepts on this disc come from. I am a purist if ever there was one.

That said, i totally adore this set because i have learned to take it on its own terms. These discs weren't meant for expert classical listeners, so a review from that sort of mindset is useless. This set was meant for pure, easy listening, and for a basic starters kit for classical newbies. Most of all, it was just meant to do what the title says, to relax the average human being. classical expert or not.

Yes, some of these pieces have been altered or shortened, like Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto Andantino, but they have been edited for a good enough reason: the full versions would have been too long to flow with the rest of the album. And also, the full versions contain so much development that they don't become easy listening anymore. The shortened versions work in the context of the album. Most essentially, the shortened versions on the discs still convey the main flavor the composers were going for. The melodies and themes remain unchanged.

To sum up, it is true that when i want to actually listen deeply to classical music, this album would never be a choice. I would want to hear the complete works like the composers intended. But at certain times when i simply don't mind about that stuff, when i just need to loosen up and free my mind of stress with some nice melodies, this set does the job well enough.

Last but not least: being a purist and a classical buff, i am very particular about performance quality. I was very glad to find that EMI did not get lazy about this. All the artists are world-class, and all the performances are at least exceptional. Some performances are even quite excellent, like the Clair De Lune, which is one of the best i've heard. (Credit to Dame Lympany, the pianist.)

So once again, recommended for its stated purpose, to relax. I am a purist, a classical buff, and i still enjoy this disc. That says something.

TRULY The most relaxing and beautiful music ever written........2006-11-10

This album along with Volume 2 are now the two most valued albums in my music collection. I have all of the songs contained on these two albums but they are scattered through at least a dozen different albums and several are not performed by artists such as those that recorded this album and Volume 2.
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!

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I've Waited So Long
"Singing All Day" for sure if you get the bonus tracks + remaster
Energetic Stuff
Benefit Indeed!
For the Benefit of Jethro Tull.... (fans)

Benefit
Jethro Tull
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Tracks:

With You There To Help Me
Nothing To Say
Alive And Well And Living In
Son
For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me
To Cry You A Song
A Time For Everything?
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Digitally remastered reissue of 1970 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Teacher' (Original UK Mix), 'Witch's Promise', 'Just Trying To Be' & 'Singing All Day'.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue. Includes Four Bonus Tracks: The Rarities 'teacher (Original UK Mix) and 'teacher (Original USA Mix)' , plus 'witches Promise', and 'just Trying to Be'.

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I've Waited So Long.......2007-07-18

This was one of my favorites from my youth. I had been searching for it for years. I have had it for around a month now and I listen to at least some of it every day. My favorite songs are Teacher and To Cry You a Song. Am I glad I finally found this.

"Singing All Day" for sure if you get the bonus tracks + remaster.......2007-06-28

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various recordings from the 60's and 70's.

Make sure you are looking at the version with the bonus tracks. If you don't see it here continue searching under Jethro Tull-Benefit. Amazon has plenty of copies for us!

April 1970 saw the third Jethro Tull release "Benefit" hit the record store shelves. The answer is no. Your memory is not going. "Teacher" was a track on the original American vinyl release.

Mixing the roots of folk with Martin Barre's guitar wizardry the end results is a recording that will be preserved in the time machine.

The signature tune is "To Cry You A Song" with a classic riff and Martin Barre's guitar in overdrive is one of the finest tunes ever penned. The intensity from the first note to the last made this a rock and roll radio staple for decades.

The entire journey is a feast. "With You There To Help Me" will stun you with the lyrics and the ability to switch on and off (as if it is a light switch) from the trademark folk to rock sound.

"For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me" never sounded better as it does on the remastered version. Ian Anderson's words resonate from the speakers with a new found clarity and brilliance.

"Play In Time" is a blowtorch. The passion is evident. If you overlooked this tune originally listen how the band hums as if it is a fine tuned machine.

If there are any doubts about the rating they are erased with the four bonus tracks. Two of them are tremendous. "Singing All Day" encompasses so much of what made early Tull special. The U.K. version of the brilliant "Teacher" ends the disc. Although you'll want to hear that one another few times.

Enjoy the music and be well,
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Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

Energetic Stuff.......2007-06-09

The record like its predecessor "Stand Up" is full of great songs. It takes a move up in terms of sound quality, though the production is somewhat idiosynchratic and annoyingly trebly at times.

The band and production infuse the material with fine energy and nice instrumental flourishes. Lots of great stuff here but to me the best track of all is and has been "For Michael Collins, Jeffrey, and Me" - awesome.

Benefit Indeed!.......2007-06-04

This is, in my opinion, Jethro Tull's best album. It is far superior to Tull's more well known "Aqualung".

For the Benefit of Jethro Tull.... (fans).......2007-04-23

Unlike the first two Chrysalis re-masters (This Was & Standup), which I had a really negative reaction to (because the sound was not as punchy or well-balanced between vocals and guitars as on the original albums)....

This is a great album to own for true Jethro Tull fans, of which I've been one since my high school buddy (a jazz guitarist) introduced me to them, as a counterbalance to Hendrix and Beatles, Stones, Pink Floyd, Who, and Little Feat - to name but a few of the huge phenomena of the day. Only now I can see Tull as part of the Traffic and Moody Blues wave of truly melodic music, and as I read Ian Anderson's 2001 liner-note comment, it seems clear they wanted to keep their own voice while being immersed in the explosion of both British and American pop at the time.

All their albums offer some memorable songs, from quirky serenades to more classically inspired "rounds" and some truly wonderful acoustic guitar and flute interludes (not to mention their classic rockers and legendary "Aqualung"), there's much to choose from. Benefit has the benefit (sorry) of recording technology having caught up enough so that this recording is light-years better than the first two re-masters, perhaps having more tracks to balance or re-EQ or whatever. Listening to this beautiful remaster of Sossity, for anyone who has heard it hundreds of times or more, is a pleasure almost worth the price of admission alone. The bonus tracks are from a newer recording age as well, a sweet and playful sound with great fidelity.

This is a winner in terms of the content. It's slightly different than the original LP I still have (and A-B'd against) with extra songs worth hearing, some exceptionally beautiful in their acoustic sound and melody, and some very punchy and clean classic Tull rockers too. It's a winner in terms of making it worthwhile buying the CD rather than keeping an old cassette or LP (or in my case reel-to-reel)... it sounds like Tull and is worth a listen both for old fans and the curious.

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The first of Tull's "so-called" folk-rock trilogy still resonates 30 years on
Songs from the Wood Rocks!!!!
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Cup Of Wonder
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Fire At Midnight
Beltane
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The earth-worshipping revelry of 1977's frisky Songs from the Wood was far removed from the heavyweight progressive rock of Jethro Tull's early years. Taking a leaf from the book of Steeleye Span, Songs from the Wood is bright and festive as it mines a rich, green seam of ancient British folklore for inspiration. By marrying the characters ("Jack in the Green") and traditions of the old religion's ritual calendar ("Ring Out Solstice Bells" was an unlikely Christmas hit) to their eccentricity and half-imagined interpretations of British traditional music, Tull came up with one of their albums. This collection unintentionally beseeches the concrete-jungle-dwelling set to retreat to the countryside. With tin-whistles, peppy acoustic guitar, medieval twists and turns, much May Day gaiety and debauchery, and even the odd touch of prog, Songs from the Wood still sounds bewitching in the 21st century. --Kevin Maidment

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Digitally remastred reissue of 1977 album includes two bonus tracks 'Beltane' (taken from the album 20 Years of Jethro Tull - track done at end of sessions) & 'Velvet Green' (live) (taken from 20 years of Jethro Tull - BBC In Concert Recording 1977). 11 tracks & liner notes written by Ian Anderson. Chrysalis. 2003.

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Digitally Remastered Edition of the 1977 Album that Followed their Answer to Punk ("Too Old to Rock N Roll Too Young to Die"). This Set Contrasts Radically with It's Predecessor in that it features Some Some of their Most Melodic and Sweet Material Ever. Hard Rockers Intersperse with Greater Intensity, but this is One of Ian Anderson's Most Satisfying Albums in the Canon. As Always, Martin Barre's Guitar Simply Shines as One of the Band's Greatest Assets.

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The first of Tull's "so-called" folk-rock trilogy still resonates 30 years on.......2007-04-11

Jethro Tull's tenth studio album entitled Songs From The Wood was released in February of 1977.
The album saw the band (which comprised of lead singer/songwriter/flute player Ian Anderson plus guitarist Martin Barre, keyboard player John Evan, drummer Barriemore Barlow, bass player John Glascock whom were now joined by orchestrator David Palmer as second keyboard player) go in a different musical route after the dismal sales of 1976's concept album Too Old To Rock and Roll Too Young to Die (despite the fact that album is one of my personal favorites which was overlooked in the year of Peter Frampton Comes Alive). The Songs From The Wood album when released was the folkiest in sound that the band had recorded up to that point. Was it a good or bad thing, read on and find out as I did when I heard the album on vinyl late last year and then acquired the remastered CD a few months ago.
The title cut opens the album with a superb and funnyish sounding acapella singing which then gives way into a killer song with it ping-ponging between folk and classic hard rock tinged prog rock.
The next track is the acoustic number "Jack-in-the-Green" which tells about an old protector and nurturer of the English woods. The track also states if Jack still exists in this modern world of cars and power lines amongs other things. "Beltane" follows and is another great tune. We follow with the rocker "Hunting Girl" which uses a foxhunting equestrienne as a metaphor to a high-born woman who takes advantage of a lower class person. Great rocker. The first side closed with the band's second Holiday season track "Ring Out Solstice Bells" which is a great number to play at Christmas.
The second half of the album starts with "Velvet Green" which is as folk influenced as can be. The track is a love song set in the folk mentality. "The Whistler" follows and is another English folk influenced number which tells of a minstrel type individual. Next is the epic "Pibroch (Hat in Hand)" which is a rocker with some folk music influences but just burns! The original album ends with the folk number "Fire at Midnight" which celebrates a fellow relaxing by the fire with his love at the end of a long hard, day.
The Songs From The Wood album originally peaked at #8 on the Billboard album chart (to date Tull's last US Top 10 charting album) and was the band's first million seller since 1975's Minstrel in the Gallery.
In 2003, the album was re-released as a remastered CD with two additional songs. First is "Beltane" which is a great number about celebration of the Celtic festival Beltane. Next is a live BBC recording of "Velvet Green" which is probably from the BBC transmitted show which is out on bootleg as Songs From the Hippodrome.
Songs From The Wood is a great record, and still sounds fresh today.
RECOMMENDED!

Songs from the Wood Rocks!!!!.......2007-04-10

I bought the original while stationed in Iceland and the Wood sounds much better today. The song " Pibroch " reminds me of medival acid rock. Each song has it identify and flows freely.

Well, maybe THIS is my least favorite Tull album........2007-03-15

This has got to be the least meaningful, and most frivolous, Tull album ever. Apparently Ian had grown tired philosophical jousting, and wanted to take a mental vacation in the country with his pants zipped none too tightly.

Thank goodness it wasn't a permanent retirement.

The glory years of Tull.......2007-03-07

My final analysis: Tull reached their musical apex with the power trio of Heavy Horses, Stormwatch and this wonderful musical experience known as Song for the Wood. Absolutely essential listening for prog lovers.

Their last great album?.......2007-02-18

Tull was a controversial band back in the 70's. Were they a rock band at all? Were they even a prog. rock band like Yes and Floyd? Or were they something totally unclassifiable? With an enigmatic leader, Ian Anderson, they have some of the biggest hits ever, Aqualung and Locomotive Breath, both with plenty of radio play, and followed up that success with two albums that had only one song each (Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play, both which strangely became #1 albums- how is that possible?). Then in 1977, after a couple of other very successful albums, they popped out Songs From the Wood. This album rocks in a real woodsy sort of way. The title track sounds great on the remastered version, especially the vocals. Hunting Girl is a real standout too. This album stands as a musical work that will never go out of style. It is timeless and a keeper in your collection.

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Release Date: 1999-07-27

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La Traviata: Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici (Brindisi) (Atto I) - Alfredo Kraus
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Largo Al Factotum (Atto I) - Thomas Hampton
La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina (Atto I) - Roberto Alagna
La Boheme: Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi (Atto I) - Mirella Freni
L'amico Fritz: Suzel, Bon Di (Cherry Duet) (First Part) (Atto II) - Bernard Haitink
Nabucco: Va, Pensiero (Chorus Of Hebrew Slaves) (Atto III) - Bernard Haitink
Rigoletto: La Donna E Mobile (Atto III) - Roberto Alagna
Lakme: Viens, Mallika (Flower Duet) (Acte I) - Mady Mesple
Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro - Victoria De Los Angeles
Tosca: Recondita Armonia (Atto I) - Placido Domingo
Tosca: Vissi D'arte (Atto II) - Maria Callas
Tosca: E Lucevan Le Stelle (Atto III) - Placido Domingo
Adriana Lecouvreur: Ecco: Respiro Appena ... Lo Son L'umile Ancella (Atto I) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Les Pecheurs De Perles: Au Fond Du Temple Saint (Acte I) - Nicolai Gedda
Le Nozze Di Figaro: Non Piu Andrai (Atto I) - Thomas Allen
Le Nozze Di Figaro: Voi Che Sapete (Atto II) - Ann Murray
Le Nozze Di Figaro: E Susanna Non Vien!...Dove Sono (Atto III) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Martha: M'appari (Ach So Fromm) (Akt III) - Roberto Alagna
Tristan Und Isolde: Mild Und Leise (Liebestod) (Akt III) - Helga Dernesch

Tracks:

Aida: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!...Celeste Aida (Atto I) - Placido Domingo
Il Trovatore: Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie (Anvil Chorus) (Atto II) - Bernard Haitink
Samson Et Dalila: Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix (Acte II) - Maria Callas
Carmen: L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Habanera) - Victoria De Los Angeles
Carmen: Votre Toast (Toreador's Song) (Acte II) - Maria Callas
Carmen: La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee (Acte III) - Roberto Alagna
Les Contes D'Hoffman: Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'amour (Barcarolle) (Acte II) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Andrea Chenier: La Mamma Morta (Atto III) - Maria Callas
Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti La Giubba (Atto I) - Jose Carreras
Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di Vedremo (Atto II) - Renata Scotto
Cosi Fan Tutte: Soave Sia Il Vento (Atto I) - Margaret Marshall
La Rondine: Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta (Atto I) - Montserrat Caballe
Die Zauberflote: Der Vogelfanger Bin Ich Ja (Akt I) - Walter Berry
Die Zauberflote: Der Holle Rache (Akt II) - Edita Gruberova
Rusalka: Song To The Moon (Act I) - Lucia Popp
La Wally: Ebben? Ne Andro Iontana (Atto I) - Maria Callas
Werther: Toute Mon Ame Est La!...Pourquoi Me Reveiller? (Acte III) - Roberto Alagna
Turandot: Signore, Ascolta! (Atto I) - Montserrat Caballe
Turandot: Nessun Dorma (Atto III) - Jose Carreras

Customer Reviews:

Latter-day also-rans.......2007-05-28

There will always be arguments for this or that singer, but this title is absurd. I didn't see a single Jussi Bjoerling, George London, Leonard Warren, or Zinka Milanov, and only one mention of Del Monaco. These were singers. Bjoerling and London were in a class by themselves. I saw all of these folks live on stage. London and Del Monaco had stage presence you don't get now. Di Stefano, Kirsten, de los Angeles should be on any best list. Play any tenor aria by any tenor; then play Bjoerling's. Play any bass/baritone aria by any singer; then play London's. Jussi and George will knock your socks off. They sang everything in every language. Tebaldi and Pavarotti sang only Italian, much easier.

A well-sung compilation.......2003-09-15

Compilations usually receive negative feedback from experienced opera listeners. However, this compilation by no means should be only welcomed by opera listeners, it should be welcomed by all music listeners. This CD is a great one to own for a first time opera listener. Also, for the person who wants to listen to opera once in a while and who does not want to buy a myriad of CD's in order to have the same amount of arias as this CD has. Eighty-percent of the singers are high-quality singers in this CD and the orchestras along with their respective conductors, do justice to the songs. All of the arias in this CD are what we in the field call, standard repertoire, and therefore are a good source for a beginning musician to help him or her listen to phrasing, colour, dynamics, language etc. I certainly recommend it, without a doubt.

This cant be the best.......2003-04-20

Elisa from Italy is absolutely right--well, the present generation may not be able to listen the golden oldies and the grand masters in person but it is still true that the past masters far surpassed the new. De Stefano had a magnetic voice, but listen to Gigli singing Puccini's La boheme and you will melt away, though it is v v v difficult to get hold of his mono recordings, even in CD. I disagree with Elisa only on one point: Tebaldi is good, but Victoria de Los angeles' Mimi is better. And the indulgent Thomas Beecham is my favourite conductor of this opera, way ahead of Toscannini, but De Stefano's Boheme is worth keeping and listening to again and again....

TRUE OPERA LOVERS CANNOT POSSIBLY LIKE THIS!.......2002-11-27

True opera lovers (I won't say "experts" 'cos I dislike the word) cannot possibly like this ... ! Apart from Callas, here there is none of the greatest artists! Callas may be great in Carmen but nobody can beat RENATA TEBALDI and her angel-like voice in all of Puccini's operas or in GIORDANO's Andrea Chénier. No Carreras can beat MARIO DEL MONACO in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, or Verdi's Otello. And finally, NO ALAGNA, or PAVAROTTI, or LICITRA, or whatever CHEAP TENOR or CROOK can ever beat the greatest tenor of all times: GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO!
Come on! You can't like crook Pavarotti once you have heard Giuseppe Di Stefano!! You can't like ... connductor Riccardo Muti if you have listened to Arturo Toscanini!!
True opera lovers, especially lovers of Puccini, go for the Immortal, the Sublime, the Beautiful in opera: GO FOR GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO!
Go hear his performance of "E lucevan le stelle" as in EMI Callas/Di Stefano "Tosca" or "Che Gelida manina" always as in EMI Callas/Di Stefano "La Boéme" and you'll know what I mean.

Even if you Hate Complilations, Get This One.......2002-06-21

This is a marvelous collection of better known arias and duets in Opera. The singers are those famous for setting, and raising, the bar in their field and for their times: Renata Scotto, Maria Callas, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti. If you are only somewhat familiar with opera, these recordings give you the highest feeling of what an aria or duet can sound like when sung and interpreted at its best. If you are already familiar with these songs, then you will appreciate this collection all the more for having gathered them in one place. I play both discs all the time. I've especially appreciated being able to compare vocal qualities side by side, so to speak, as Maria Callas can be heard next to Mirella Freni and Victoria de los Angeles. Even if you are not familiar with these singers, this is the way to meet them. Maria Callas has a much darker, back of the throat tone. Mirella Freni is pure, clear and light floating up in the higher notes. You can almost visualize the singers as they place the notes in their throats and set them out in the air to vibrate.

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Surprized Me
Shockingly Good
Not bad but not so good eighter !
The Broadsword is Still Sharp!
Justicia a quien la merece

The Broadsword and the Beast
Jethro Tull
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00070DK14
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

Beastie
Clasp
Fallen On Hard Times
Flying Colours
Slow Marching Band
Broadsword
Pussy Willow
Watching Me
Seal Driver
Cheerio
Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow
Jack A Lynn
Mayhem Maybe
Too Many Too
Overhang
Rhythm In Gold
I Am Your Gun
Down At The End Of Your Road

Album Details

Another Tull Remaster Replete with Original and Restored Sonic Detail and featuring Eight Brilliant Bonus Tracks Recorded at the Same Time as the Original Album Release, but Left Out Due to the Limitations of Vinyl. The Broadsword Tour in 1982 Saw Tull Out on a Full Production Tour for the Final Time, Although Smaller Tours have Since Taken Place, They have Not Featured the Elaborate Stage Set that Went with this One! this Album Featured the Usual Tull Sounds of Drums, Bass, and Guitar and of Course Flute, Mandolin and Other Acoustic Instruments Complete with Vocoder and Sequencer on the Clasp, and Others. Broadsword Saw Former Cat Stevens Drummer Gerry Conway Join Tull for a Couple of Years and Dave Pegg (Ex-fairport Convention) Join them for a Second Time. Much of the Songs were Written Using the New-fangled Electronic Instruments which Gives an Interesting Twist to the Woodsy and Folksy Elements in the Songs.

Customer Reviews:

Surprized Me.......2007-03-15

The core songs of this album are quite good. I didn't have very high expectations for a Tull album from this period (I don't care for "Songs from the Wood") but as soon as I started reading the lyrics booklet I thought maybe this would be good. It was. "Beastie," "Clasp," "Slow Marching Band" and "Broadsword" really make the album. I really like "Slow Marching Band" -- it's beautiful.

Shockingly Good.......2007-01-26

Better than A, better than War Child and Too Old To Rock, and a host of other Tull albums, this one is the synthy follow-up to A, and largely forgotten in the U.S. completely. It's a beautiful album full of layered, odd, sad and overall TULLISH songs. One of my favorites. It's different from Songs From the Wood and Heavy Horses in the same way that those albums are different than Aqualung, but it's pretty much just as good as everything else Ian Anderson wrote from 71 - 82.
Don't be closeminded, this doesn't sound like you're uncle's Locomotive Breath, and if you hate the 80's and you can't stand keyboards, well I suppose that's your loss. This is a great great record, almost no filler.

Not bad but not so good eighter !.......2007-01-14

In the same category than Stormwatch, some good tracks like Beastie, Broadsword, and Flying Color. The rest is so-so, not a classic, far away from Thick as or Aqualung.

The Broadsword is Still Sharp!.......2006-09-15

This is by far the best Tull album from the 1980s. Every song is strong, and Anderson's soaring flute and Barre's screaming guitar solos never sounded better, especially on the classic "Seal Driver." As a history buff, I also love the dark story Anderson tells in "Broadsword", looking back to bloody Viking raids across Europe during the Dark Ages. After visiting Ireland last year and learning how the Norsemen pillaged and burned their way across the countryside, I really appreciate this song now. There are also eight terrific bonus tracks on this cd, including "I Am Your Gun", which features the witty line, "It's not the gun that kills, but the man behind!" One my favorite bonus tracks is the last one, Down at the End of Your Road, which is an absolutely hilarious account of a nasty guy trying to get rid of his snobby neighbors. Other highlights include Jack-a-Lynn, a touching romantic ballad dedicated to Anderson's wife with a hard rocking ending. This cd is a must for any serious Jethro Tull collection and will not disappoint.

Justicia a quien la merece.......2006-09-12

I am still looking for the extremely simple-minded individual that condemned prog-rock to the "pretentious and excessive" musical universe. What is it with these people? Have they no ears? Have they no sense of aesthetic taste? OOOHH! I keep forgetting that they waste their lives within punk (one, two, three and lets go!) This recording surges from urgency. From the need to go forward in a changing (for the worse) musical scenario.

B & B is such a balanced approach to musical rendition. Past and future are at once present. Just listen to the jem, "Watching Me Watching You", a composition that blends both worlds effortlessly. Monsieur Barré works magic with texture and execution all along the recording. Listen to "Seal Driver" and Flying Colours".

I love STAND UP and SONGS FROM THE WOODS above all Jethro Tull recordings, but certainly BROADSWORD AND THE BEAST must bue listened to with sharp and critical criteria. Enjoy it.

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GORGEOUS!
Wonderful intro To MEHDl ...
great
The Complete Wedding Album
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ASIN: B000006ONZ
Release Date: 1998-04-28

Tracks:

Rigaudon - Empire Brass
Sinfonia - Michael Murray
Toccata - Michael Murray
Wedding March - Michael Murray
The Prince Of Denmark's March - Michael Murray
Trumpet Tune In D Major - Michael Murray
Te Deum - Michael Murray
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Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Yolanda Kondonassis
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Entrance Of The Queen Of Sheba - Keith Clark
Air - Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Hornpipe - Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Rondeau - Empire Brass
Unchained Melody - Erich Kunzel
Through The Eyes Of Love - William Tritt
Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet - William Tritt
The Wedding Song (There Is Love - Danny Donnelly
Dodi Li - Shira Kammen

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Rondeau - Michael Murray
Sheep May Safely Graze - Michael Murray
Ave Maria - Michael Murray
Gymnopedie No. 1 - Michael Chertock
Clair De Lune - Michael Chertock
Adagio Sostenuto - Michael Chertock
Largo - Angel Romero
Largo - Larry Cooperman
Largo - Keith Clark
Allegro - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Adagio In G Minor For Strings - Keith Clark
Fantasia On 'Greensleeves' - Leonard Slatkin
Adagio For Strings - Erich Kunzel
'Treulich Gefuart,' Bridal Chorus - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus
Wedding March - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

GORGEOUS!.......2007-06-13

I wish this CD had been around when I was planning my wedding as it would have been great for helping the bride to select music! Still, it's wonderful to listen to now.

Wonderful intro To MEHDl ..........2006-06-08

I've always enjoyed Great Wedding music and this album is no exception, but while reading some of the customer recommendations posted on this site I discovered a group by the name of MEHDl (pronounced medie). After an online search I found their site (S00THINGMUSIC,C0M) and listened to the samples...
I was instantly blown away by the quality of this music and so I gave it a try and now that I have listened to these CDs several times I really must say that although I'm still a Tomaso Albinoni fan of, I find MEHDl to be a great addition to this CD. I had them both in my multi-disc CD player during the wedding and love the way they compliment each other. I highly recommend that you give this artist a try or atleast just go listen to the samples, I have a feeling you'll be glad you did.

great.......2006-02-19

Highly recommended. Even has suggestions for pre-ceremony, processional, ceremony, and recessional inside. 2 different versions of Midsummer Night's Dream march included - one with trumpet and organ and one with a full orchestra. Lots of great selections, well recorded.

The Complete Wedding Album.......2005-08-05

This album has a lot of great wedding music. It had all of the songs I was looking for. There also is great background music for the ceremony. Glad I purchased it

Almost the compete wedding album.......2004-05-07

I used this cd to help me plan which songs I wanted to use for each part of the wedding. This cd helps you suggest the placement for the prelude, processional, ceremony and recessional. The cd mainly has classical songs, but it does have a few of "today's" songs. There could have been a few more songs they could have added. But overall, its a good cd.

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terrible tull!
The most underappreciated album in Tull's career up to 1973
Seminal work
"Invest your life in the memory bank."
Pleasant Romp Through Heaven @ Hell..Neither Am I Good Nor Bad

A Passion Play
Jethro Tull
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ASIN: B00008G9JM
Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

A Passion Play - Part 1
A Passion Play - Part 2

Amazon.com essential recording

Having previously challenged their audience with the lengthy opus Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull went back to the concept-album for the even more difficult A Passion Play. The sometimes impenetrable work is part biblical allegory, part postmodern epic poem, and part psychedelic fairy tale. Such were the machinations of 1970s prog rock. The music mixes rock, English folk, and neoclassical material, an amalgamation that somehow hangs together. Reviled by critics when it was first released, A Passion Play has been redeemed over time thanks to the devotion of Tull fans, for whom it has always been an essential work. --Daniel Durchholz

Amazon.com

Following quickly on the heels of their career-defining Aqualung and Thick as a Brick, Ian Anderson's Jethro Tull demonstrated that their musical and thematic ambitions were as muscular as ever on 1973's Passion Play. But if Thick was a bit tongue in cheek about its conceptual conceits, Passion was a dizzying example of the prog-rock era's overweening musical aspirations at their zenith. Anderson now sums up it its obtuse, theater-as-metaphor libretto as "the theme of post-death meanderings in another world," but the sheer propulsive tension of Tull's sprawling musical interplay insures its folk-rooted baroque and roll a tight orbit around this mortal coil for nearly the album's entirety. This digitally remastered, enhanced CD edition features the complete video for the album's Lewis Carroll-esque interlude "The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles," a theatrical program and typically self-effacing new introduction by Ian Anderson. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of 1973 album includes the enhanced bonus track 'The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles' & theatre programme (enhanced section taken from the album 25 Years Of Jethro Tull Longform VHS video release). Includes liner notes written by Ian Anderson. Chrysalis. 2003.

Album Details

Remastered Reissue of their 1973 Classic. Includes Enhanced Bonus Video Track of "The Story of the Hare who Lost his Spectacles".

Customer Reviews:

terrible tull!.......2007-05-11

This is the most disjointed record I have ever heard. No cohesivness whatsoever. Just when you think It can't get any worse, they throw in a nursery ryme to make things really entertaining. A big Tull throwaway!

The most underappreciated album in Tull's career up to 1973.......2007-04-12

Jethro Tull's sixth studio album entitled A Passion Play was released in July of 1973.
1973 was seen as the peak of prog commercially as ELP released Brain Salad Surgery, Genesis gave us Selling England By the Pound, Yes gave us both the classic live Yessongs and the derided Tales From Topographic Oceans and Pink Floyd unleashed their arguable classic Dark Side of the Moon.
Also that year, Jethro Tull gave us A Passion Play. The album came to be by accident. You see, initially they were to record an album full of shorter songs at Chateau D'Herouville in France but the band was not happy with the sound so the aborted the sessions (three of those tracks would appear on 1974's War Child whilst the rest of the album would emerge as disc one of the rarities set Nightcap).
Then lead singer/songwriter/flute player Ian Anderson, guitarist Martin Barre, keyboard player John Evan, bass player Jeffrey Hammond and drummer Barriemore Barlow went to Morgan Studios in London to begin work on the proper follow-up to their 1972 album Thick As a Brick (which consisted of ONE 43 minue song which was split into two halves to accomodate the record format).
Like TAAB, A Passion Play was an album length song but unlike its predecessor was mainly a dark album with some humor (or as the British call it "light and shade") throughout.
The album was the jazziest in musical terms that Tull had recorded up until 1973. The piece was more of a jazzy hard rock than its predecessor. The album saw Ian Anderson utilize more saxophones to his arsenal of instruments (in addition to his usual flute and acoustic guitar and had used some saxophones on Thick as a Brick). Also, John Evan added more synthesizers to the mix. There are plenty of great musical and lyrical passages. The lyrics were some of the darkest Ian Anderson had written to date save for the song's middle section.
The section in particular is called The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles. This is hilarious, especially if you watch the accompanying film on the enhanced part of the CD and/or the concert footage. All I can think of when I hear this is a lost Looney Tunes cartoon with Monty Python-esque humor.
Then the rest of the piece is just as good, if not better, than the first half.
A Passion Play, like TAAB, hit #1 on the Billboard album chart. However, its success was short-lived as opposed to TAAB (and even Aqualung and successors War Child, Minstrel in the Gallery, Songs From the Wood and even Crest of a Knave) and was what led the way for punk to become the rage according to rock critics in the mid-1970s (although punk would not hit commercial popularity here in the US until the 1990s, long after critics raved about it).
In 2003, the album was re-released as a remastered CD and sounds excellent.
RECOMMENDED!

Seminal work.......2007-04-03

A Passion Play is , by far , the best album the Tull ever recorded , and would have been the best album I have listened to in my life , had it not been for the Soft machine's " Third" ( although sometimes I'm still in doubt which one is the best ) .
The complexity of rhythms and textures , the incredible technique of the band's members , the immaginative , yet somehow obscure lyrics , the wittiness and the elegance of the arrangements have indeed no parallel in the "rock" universe. Closer to Bach than rock , it may appear a bit difficult at first , but is allways rewarding and revealing with repeated listenings. I , at least , have been listening to it , continuously over the past 34 years and still am amazed at the genious of Ian Anderson. I even enjoy the "Story of the Hare who lost his spectacles" as the orchestration is clever and leans more to the classical side of things .

"Invest your life in the memory bank.".......2007-03-23

Jethro Tull decided to contiune the idea of the concept album by following 1972's Thick As A Brick with the equally complex A Passion Play. Released in the summer of 1973, it was just behind the arrival of Pink Floyd's classic Dark Side of the Moon LP, and was striving for the same kind of innovative style that most progressive rock groups were trying to experiment with at the time. Pink Floyd's release faired much better in the long run and turned out to be a much stronger album. A Passion Play rose to #1 on the album charts, but soon became forgotten. The album sort of strectched the imagination with thoughts of life, death, and the afterlife with some references to the second coming of God("Man of passion rise again we won't cross you out"). Much of the lyrics are of a poetic and biblical nature, while questioning the purpose of God's existence in one of the story's best parts as is posed, "Tell us is it you who are here for our good cheer, or are we here for the story, for the glory, for the gory satisfaction of telling you how absolutely awful you really are?" Where as Pink Floyd fused rock with the blues, Jethro Tull were likely attempting a softened jazz sound as they blended the harder progressive rock with the folk rock style they always played with from the early days. The musical tones and melodies change throughout the album, leaving the listener never knowing what to expect next. Ian Anderson's flute solos are as dynamic as ever and always helped to give Jethro Tull it's uniqueness. But is this also a confusing piece of rock history? Many listeners who first purchased this album back then felt so, and had many fans questioning at the time what the group was trying to accomplish with an album they found to be much weaker than Thick As A Brick. I'd say this is one of those releases were each person is going to form their own individual opinion. Consider this an album you will either love or hate because Jethro Tull made it clear that sometimes life has no in between.

Pleasant Romp Through Heaven @ Hell..Neither Am I Good Nor Bad.......2007-03-11

There comes a time when artistic favours are granted selling artists by their record companies and by fans who savor with patience the great expectations they anticipate by some of their musical heroes.
a Passion Play, an extremely sophisticated rock musical statement for it's day was one of those albums that critics despised but fans loved.
There is no excess as each note flows seamlessly into the next..taken as a whole, as intended to be, The Passion Play, coming after thick As A Brick Ian Anderson explains in this really great remaster was to be an "similarly upbeat concept album" that turned he explains into a "darker set of tunes".
The darkness fuses into lightness, as does lightness into dark throughout the CD,as the seriousness of the subject matter of repentance hearkens back to the unconscious fantasy world (see the attached video selection) meanderings as in the "story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles" that then pushes forward into familiar Tull styles of jazzy soundscapes, brilliant accoustic sections of guitar and flute,as well as fierce (and to my ears) some of the most tuneful hard hitting music Tull recorded as evident as on the "Summoned by name I am/the overseer section on Part 2.
Intellectual musings aside, one is advised if interested to research for historical background purposes the original Passion Play and it's controveries that graced European playhouses at the time and for a more serious study look into the poetry of Goethe and Schiller as to their takes on the introvert and extrovert, the basic theme of The Passion Play and the reconciliation and balance of the two....anyway, this "Faustian" as ever Passion Play goes on and the steady mix of classical folk, gorgeous melody, fierce rock hooks makes this concept one song album, one eclectic piece of music that seams together into a whole quite nicely. A rare gem.

The Most Relaxing Harp Album in the World... Ever!

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The Most Relaxing Harp Alblum in the World...Ever!

The Most Relaxing Harp Album in the World... Ever!

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ASIN: B000AXWGXG
Release Date: 2005-10-04

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Rrie - Claude Debussy
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Sonata in A, K.208 (Andante e cantabile) - Domenico Scarlatti
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Concerto for Harp & Orchestra in G Minor, Op. 81 - II Romanza (Andante) - Elias Parish-Alvars
Andante (from Violin Sonata in A, BWV 1015) - Johann Sebastian Bach
In a Landscape - John Cage

Tracks:

Concerto for Harp & Strings in B-Flat, Op. 4 No. 6 - George Frideric Handel
Concerto for Harp & Strings in B-Flat, Op. 4 No. 6 - George Frideric Handel
Concerto for Harp & Strings in B-Flat, Op. 4 No. 6 - George Frideric Handel
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I) - Claude Debussy
Sonata for Harp - III Lied - Paul Hindemith
Pavane - Antoine Francisque
Concerto for Flute & Harp in C, K.299 - II Andantino - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque) - Claude Debussy
The Sunken Cathedral (from Preludes, Book I) - Claude Debussy
Andantino (from Sonata in C Minor) - Giovanni Pescetti
La Source, Op. 44 (ude) - Alphonse Hasselmans
Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring (from Cantata, BWV 147) - Johann Sebastian Bach
Gymnope No. 1 - Erik Satie
Danses sacret profane - Claude Debussy

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Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium [20 CD Set]

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