The Celestial Country

Track Listings
1. Introduction    
2. Prelude, Trio & Chorus    
3. Interlude    
4. Aria for Baritone    
5. Chorus a cappella    
6. Interlude    
7. Intermezzo for String Quartet    
8. Interlude    
9. Double chorus a cappella    
10. Aria for Tenor    
11. Introduction to Finale    
12. Chorale & Finale    
13. Adagio Sostentuto    
14. Evening    
15. Afterglow    
16. The Collection    
17. Duty/Vita/Duty    
18. Carol    
19. Sunrise    
20. Hymn    
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Album Description
This recording presents two choral works of composer Charles Ives. The oratorio The Celestial Country (composed when Ives was a church organist in New Jersey, and first performed 1902) and Silence Acccompanied - a choral cycle compilation from songs and pieces for small chamber ensemble dating from (mostly) around 1920.

The presentation provides full background information and all the texts.

The Celestial Country, Music, Michael Jorgenson, David Carter, Charles Ives, Anton Armstrong, St. Olaf Chamber Ensemble, Cynthia Stokes, Martha Hart, John Ferguson [organist], Mark S. Johnson, Dan Dressen, Annalee Wolf, Charles Gray, Lucinda Marvin, A collection of works by Charles Ives performed by the St. Olaf Choir and Chamber Ensemble., Cantata, Choral, Secular Music for Soloists, Chorus and Instruments
Halcyon Days: A Treasury of British Light Music
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    ASIN: B0000Y37NI
    Release Date: 2004-02-24

    Tracks:

    1. Overture
    2. Lento, Ma Non Troppo
    3. Gaily, But Not Quick
    4. Cantilena
    5. Vivace
    6. Miss Melanie
    7. Raf March Past
    8. Very Slow
    9. Maestoso; Alla Marcia Funebre
    10. Fairly Slowly, But Evenly Flowing In Strict Time
    11. Allegretto Rubato
    12. Overture, Op.52
    13. Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
    14. Country Dance: Allegretto E Leggiero
    15. Burlesco: Allegro
    16. Adagio
    17. Sarabande: Maestoso
    18. Bourree: Vivace
    19. Rondo In A Flat
    20. Allegro
    21. Lento Moderato
    22. Con Brio

    Tracks:

    1. March
    2. Plymouth Hoe (A Nautical Overture)
    3. Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square
    4. Tower Hill
    5. The Horse Guards, Whitehall
    6. Rotten Row
    7. Covent Garden
    8. Westminster
    9. Knightsbridge March
    10. No.1 Wheatly Processional
    11. No.2 Constant Billy
    12. No.4 Jockie To The Fair
    13. No.5 Ladies Of Pleasure
    14. No.6 Princess Royal
    15. Malltraeth (Pastorale)
    16. Cemaes (Scherzo)
    17. March Of The Bowmen
    18. City Of Lincoln March
    19. Overture, Op.3
    20. Londonderry Air

    Tracks:

    1. The Devil's Galop
    2. Sailing By
    3. High Adventure
    4. The Watermill
    5. Loch Laggan
    6. Psalm 23 - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
    7. Southern Rhapsody
    8. Ecce Homo - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
    9. Girls In Grey
    10. Halcyon Days
    11. March Glorious
    12. An English Overture
    13. Spitfire Prelude And Fugue
    14. Carry On Suite
    15. Carry On Up The Khyber
    16. Andante Expressivo
    17. The Dam Busters March
    18. Tarka The Otter
    19. The African Queen

    Tracks:

    1. Caramba
    2. Two Interlinked French Melodies
    3. Kanikani
    4. Preambule
    5. Barcarolle
    6. Provencale
    7. By The Sleepy Lagoon
    8. A L'ombre D'un Buissonet
    9. Triste Est Le ciel
    10. Allons Gay
    11. A Mountain Tune
    12. Tambourin
    13. Passepied
    14. Sarabande
    15. Farandole
    16. Petite Promenade
    17. Andante/Medium Beguine
    18. Song Dance
    19. Fado
    20. Kolo
    21. In The French Countryside
    22. Carpet Dance
    23. Slow Waltz
    24. End Titles

    Tracks:

    1. Miniature Overture (Help!)
    2. March (When I'm 64)
    3. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Can't Buy Me Love)
    4. Arabian Dance (It's For You)
    5. Chinese Dance (Ticket To Ride)
    6. Dance Of The Reed Flutes (She Loves You)
    7. Waltz Of The Flowers (From Me To You)
    8. Pas De Deux (All My Loving)
    9. Sarabande
    10. The Reception
    11. The Orgy (Rondo)
    12. Danza Gaya
    13. Scene 1
    14. Malaguena (Vivace)
    15. Habanera (Moderato)
    16. Tango (Vivace)
    17. The Hiring Fair
    18. Carousing
    19. Round Dance
    20. Pas De Deux
    21. Hornpipe
    22. March
    23. Doll's Dance
    24. Round Dance
    25. Bobby Shaftoe
    26. The Keel Row
    27. The 98th Jacks Listed!
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      Tracks:

      1. Queen of Spades/Act 3. What Is Our Life? - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      2. Juive/Act 4. Rachel, Quand du Seigneur - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      3. Segreto - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      4. Donkey and the Nightingale - Fable - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      5. Africana/Act 4. O Paradis - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      6. Night ("Why Do I Love Thee, Night?"), Op. 6 No. 9 - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      7. A: Celeste A (Act 1) - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      8. Peurs de Perles/Act 1. Je Crois Entendre Encore - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      9. Cavalleria Rusticana/O Lola, Tu Ch'hai di Latti (Siciliana) - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      10. Leave Me! (Gypsy Song) - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      11. Dubrovsky: O Give Me Oblivion - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      12. Queen of Spades/Act 1. Forgive Me, Bright Celestial Vision - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov
      13. Carmen/Act 4. C'est Toi? C'est Moi! - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov, Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
      14. In the Wild North - Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Davydov, Vladimir Kastorsky, Maria Michailova
      15. She Was Yours - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
      16. Far off, Far Off - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
      17. Demon: On Desire's Soft Fleeting Wing - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
      18. Rusalka: Unwillingly to These Sad Shores, Prince's Cavatina (Act 1) - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
      19. Eugene Onegin: Whither, Whither (Act 2) - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
      20. Ruslan and Ljudmila/Act 1. There Is a Distant Country - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
      21. Princesse Lointaine: Love Is a Delightful Dream - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
      22. Little Slippers/Does the Maiden Hear? - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
      23. What Happiness! - Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bogdanovich

      Tracks:

      1. Faust: Ah! Je Ris de Me Voir Si Belle en Ce Miroir (Jewel Song) - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      2. Traviata: Ah, Fors' Lui.../Follie, Follie...Sempre Libera (Pt. 2) - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      3. Peurs de Perles: Comme Autrefois - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      4. Dobrynja Nikitich: Zabava's Aria - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      5. Romet Juliette: Je Veux Vivre Dans Ce R - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      6. Perle du Brl: Charmant Oiseau - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      7. Harold: Hush Thee, Dear One, Slumber Well (Adele's Cradle Song) - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      8. Ruslan and Ljudmila: Ah, Thou My Fate - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      9. Snade ("Sing, Smile, Slumber") - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      10. Sadko: Sleep Went Along the River (Cradle Song) - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      11. Life for the Tsar: It Is Not for That That I Grieve - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      12. Peurs de Perles: Brahma, Grand Dieu - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      13. Bolero ("O My Dear, Charming One") - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      14. Snow Maiden/With Friends to Gather Berries - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      15. Huguenots: O Beau Pays de la Touraine - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      16. Mireille/O Lre Hirondell
      17. Fra Diavolo/Quel Bonheur! - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      18. Golden Cockerel/Hail to Thee, Sun! - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      19. Tsar's Bride/Act 4. Mad Scene. Look There, Above Your Head - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      20. Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      21. Serenata ("Vola, O Serenata") - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      22. I Vespri Siciliani: MercDilette Amiche - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova
      23. How Fair This Spot, Op. 21 No. 7 (Rachmaninov); the Rose and the ... - Antonia Vasil'evna Nezhdanova

      Tracks:

      1. Life for the Tsar/Act 3. Quartet. The Rose That Blooms - Andrej Labinsky, Maria Michailova, Galina Ivanovna Nikitina, Lev Sibirjakov
      2. Night (Folksong) - Lev Sibirjakov
      3. Boris Godunov/Act 1. In the Town of Kazan - Lev Sibirjakov
      4. Life for the Tsar: What About a Wedding? (Act 1) - Lev Sibirjakov
      5. Oh, If Mother Volga - Lev Sibirjakov
      6. Why Was I Born? (Convict's Song) - Lev Sibirjakov
      7. Askold's Tomb: In Olden Days Our Forefathers Lived - Lev Sibirjakov
      8. Sonnambula/Act 1. VI Ravviso, O Luoghi Ameni - Lev Sibirjakov
      9. Midnight Review - Lev Sibirjakov
      10. Demon/Prologue. Accurs World - Lev Sibirjakov
      11. Seafarers - Lev Sibirjakov, Eugene Witting
      12. Elegy ("When, My Soul") - Aleksandr Dormidontovich Aleksandrovich, Lev Sibirjakov
      13. lian Harps - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      14. Merchant Kalashnikov/The Merchant's Aria - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      15. Halka: Aria of Janusz - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      16. Enchantress/Act 2. Aria. Ah, The Image of That Enchantress! - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      17. Tear Trembles, Op. 6 No. 4 - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      18. Queen of Spades: I Love You, Dear (Eletsky's Aria, Act 2) - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      19. Louder Than the Song of the Lark, Op. 43 No. 1 - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      20. Demon/Act 2. O'er the Airy Ocean - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      21. Askold's Tomb: In Olden Days Our Forefathers Lived - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      22. Song of Triumphant Love/Arioso. O Pure Creature - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      23. Eugene Onegin: Should I Decide on Domesticity (Act 1) - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      24. Demon/Act 2. Do Not Weep, Child - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      25. Festival During the Plague/Hymn. When Powerful Winter, Like a Vigilant
      26. Captive in the Caucasus/Aria - Nikolaj Artem'evich Shevelev
      The Celestial Country
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        The Celestial Country

        Manufacturer: Linn Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Ives, CharlesIves, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B00008CGU7
        Release Date: 2002-03-01

        Tracks:

        1. Introduction
        2. Prelude, Trio & Chorus
        3. Interlude
        4. Aria for Baritone
        5. Chorus a cappella
        6. Interlude
        7. Intermezzo for String Quartet
        8. Interlude
        9. Double chorus a cappella
        10. Aria for Tenor
        11. Introduction to Finale
        12. Chorale & Finale
        13. Adagio Sostentuto
        14. Evening
        15. Afterglow
        16. The Collection
        17. Duty/Vita/Duty
        18. Carol
        19. Sunrise
        20. Hymn
        21. Mists

        Album Description

        This recording presents two choral works of composer Charles Ives. The oratorio The Celestial Country (composed when Ives was a church organist in New Jersey, and first performed 1902) and Silence Acccompanied - a choral cycle compilation from songs and pieces for small chamber ensemble dating from (mostly) around 1920.

        The presentation provides full background information and all the texts.
        CHARLES IVES : The Celestial Country - The St Olaf Choir
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          CHARLES IVES : The Celestial Country - The St Olaf Choir

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          ASIN: B0007UZLXO
          Release Date: 2005-02-17

          Album Description

          Charles Ives (1874-1954)

          The Celestial Country - Silence Unaccompanied

          The St Olaf Choir & Chamber Ensemble

          conducted by Anton Armstrong

          Martha Hart - mezzo-soprano
          Dan Dressen - tenor
          Michael Jorgenson - baritone
          John Ferguson - organ
          Mark S. Johnson - piano
          Cynthia Stokes - alto-flute

          String Quartet

          Charles Gray - violin
          Lucinda Marvin - violin
          Annalee Wolf - viola
          David Carter - 'cello

          Charles Ives: The Celestial Country / Charles Martin Loeffler: Psalm 137
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            Charles Ives: The Celestial Country / Charles Martin Loeffler: Psalm 137

            Manufacturer: Northeastern
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            Binding: Audio CD

            Ives, CharlesIves, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B00008FHIT
            Release Date: 1995-01-31
            Celestial Christmas
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              Celestial Christmas

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              ASIN: B000CA4BA8
              Release Date: 2004-08-10
              Ives: Celestial Country ky23; Warren: Abram
              Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
              • The short life of "Charles Ives, public composer."
              Ives: Celestial Country ky23; Warren: Abram

              Manufacturer: Citadel
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              Binding: Audio CD

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              SymphoniesSymphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante
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              ASIN: B000009N76
              Release Date: 1998-07-21

              Tracks:

              1. Abram In Egypt, Cant - The Roger Wagner Chor/LPO/Roger Wagner/Ronald Lewis
              2. No.1 Prld/Trio/Chor
              3. No.2 Aria
              4. No.3 Qt
              5. No.4 Intermezzo
              6. No.5 Double Chor
              7. No.6 Aria
              8. No.7 Chor And Finale

              Customer Reviews:

              4 out of 5 stars The short life of "Charles Ives, public composer.".......2003-11-26

              Charles Ives was a "public" composer for only a brief time, after which - and for the remaining time of his active composing career - he composed strictly in private, essentially as a part-time activity while being engaged full-time as a business executive in the life insurance industry.

              The catalyzing event that caused this shift was the premiere performance, and the subsequent print press reception, of the major work on this CD, his cantata "The Celestial Country." Composed in the years immediately following his graduation from Yale, the cantata was first performed on April 18, 1902 (almost exactly four years after leaving Yale) at the Central Presbyterian Church in New York (where Ives was the organist), to a full house, with Ives conducting the work from his organ console.

              The two reviews (one in the New York Times and one in Musical Courier, both of them reprinted in their entirety in "Charles Ives and His World," edited by J. Peter Burkholder) were hardly dismissive of the work. From the Times, we read "The composition seems worthy of a more complete hearing. It has the elementary merit of being scholarly and well made. But it is also spirited and melodious..." The review from the Musical Courier concludes with a paragraph stating that "An audience completely filling the church listened with expressions of pleasure, and at the close the composer was overwhelmed with congratulations, which he accepted in modest fashion."

              It is difficult, stylistically speaking, to go back in time a full century and endeavor to "read between the lines" of these reviews to see what it was about them - particularly the Musical Courier review - that managed to get under Ives's skin. In any event, this is "water under the bridge"; the work lay dormant after that single performance for another 70 years (and a full 18 years after Ives's death) until it was performed in 1972 by the Gregg Smith Singers. Harold Farberman was also an exceedingly active Ives advocate in that early '70s time frame, and this recording (remastered from a 1973 LP on the CRI label) represents the very first recording of the work.

              While hardly a "long-lost/now-found masterpiece," "The Celestial Country" is nonetheless an important bit of Ivesiana, one that may well appeal to those who ordinarily give his music a wide berth. The work bears some resemblance to a superficially similar work by his Yale teacher, Horatio Parker. That work is Parker's "Hora novissima" oratorio, like the Ives based on texts by Bernard of Cluny, a 12th century monk. But, whereas Parker set his work in the original Latin, Ives has his in English translation, and the texts appear to not overlap (perhaps a conscious decision on Ives's part).

              The two works diverge considerably, once past the textual (and, to a lesser extent, structural) similarities. Where the Parker work amounts to little more than Victorian kitsch these days, "The Celestial Country" already exhibits some of the "Ives the experimentalist" qualities for which he'd later become famous. The Ives work, scored for tenor and baritone vocal soloists, a double quartet of vocal soloists as well as a larger mixed chorus, with instrumental support provided by string quartet, trumpet, euphonium, organ and timpani, goes its own way early on, with a mildly dissonant organ introduction, with other equally dissonant organ interludes separating the major movements of the work.

              In an unusual juxtaposition of forces and styles, the work includes an Intermezzo for String Quartet at -as one might imagine - its midpoint. There are also two nice arias, one each for the tenor and baritone soloists. But it is the choral writing that catches one's attention, especially a Double Chorus, a cappella and the concluding Chorale and Finale, where Ives brings in the full instrumental support, including two brass horns (trumpet and euphonium), organ and timpani. The cantata ends in a wonderful flourish; a happy ending that well fits the optimistic text set out by Bernard of Cluny.

              Recordings of this work are hard to come by, but I have managed to track down two others besides this Farberman performance. One of them - led by Stephen Cleobury directing the BBC Singers (Collins Classics 1479-2, but, like the Farberman, sadly out of print) - is a close contender for top honors. But Farberman's performance carries the day, particularly by virtue of its double quartet and the rousing conclusion, highlighted by a euphonium player who really rips (as I'm sure the score indicates he should) and a lead soprano (Hazel Holt) who really nails an obligato high C near the end. In at least these details, this Farberman performance tops the Cleobury one, most other factors being equal. But one DOES wish that Sony would treat its back catalog more respectfully, and remaster and reissue the Gregg Smith Singers performance, which has yet to make it to CD.

              The filler work, another cantata, this by Elinor Remick Warren titled "Abram in Egypt" and dated 1960, is an adequate if not particularly memorable work. Warren (1900-1991), by all accounts a child prodigy both in composition and as a pianist, had a long, if not especially notable, career as a composer. (Perhaps this is somehow related to the fact that she spent virtually her entire life on the west coast, away from the east coast arts and culture spotlight.) In any event, the work is thoroughly professional, reminding me at times of similar neoromantic choral works by Howard Hanson and Randall Thompson. Not bad; but you'll want this CD for the Ives work.

              The recorded sound is fine, save for a very brief and minor amount of pre-echo at the beginning of the Chorale and Finale of the Ives work (probably the result of having the master tape in storage for a considerable length of time).

              Bob Zeidler
              Singers of Imperial Russia, Vol. 3
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                Singers of Imperial Russia, Vol. 3
                Various Artists
                Manufacturer: Pearl
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

                RussiaRussia | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                ASIN: B000000WMN
                Release Date: 1993-11-15

                Tracks:

                1. Sophia - Irena Bohuss
                2. Black Skirt - Irena Bohuss
                3. Traviata: Sempre Libera - Irena Bohuss
                4. I Love Men - Irena Bohuss
                5. Boh: Donde Lieta Usc Irena Bohuss
                6. For Good Night - Irena Bohuss
                7. Sad Song - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
                8. Halka: Like the Shrub in the Whirlwind - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
                9. Guelder-Rose - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
                10. Tosca: Vissi d'Arte - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
                11. Juive: Pour Lui, Pour Moi, Mon P Act 2 - Janina Korolewicz-Wayda
                12. Soldiers Bride, Op. 8, N. 4 - Anna el-Tour
                13. Zuleika, Op. 34, N. 1 - Anna el-Tour
                14. By the Sea: Op. 46/Not a Sound from the Sea/The Wave Breaks into Spra - Anna el-Tour
                15. Come to the Kingdom of Roses and Wine - Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
                16. Sadko: Cradle Song - Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
                17. Ruslan and Ljudmila: Magnificent Star of Love...O My Ratmir! - Maria Kuznetsova
                18. Life for the Tsar: It Is Not for That That I Grieve - Maria Kuznetsova
                19. Traviata: E' Strano...Ah, Fors' Lui - Maria Kuznetsova
                20. Taras Bulba: Non, Je N'Ai Pas Sommeil - Maria Kuznetsova
                21. Snow Maiden: How Painful Hre [Act 1] - Lydia Lipkowska
                22. Snow Maiden: But What Ails Me?/Death of the Snow Maiden [Act 4] - Lydia Lipkowska
                23. Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa.. Io Sono Docile Act 2 - Lydia Lipkowska
                24. Tsar's Bride: All the Livelong Day Act 2 - Lydia Lipkowska

                Tracks:

                1. Eugene Onegin: I Love You, Olga (Act 1) - Dmitrij Smirnov
                2. Eugene Onegin: In Your House! - Dmitrij Smirnov
                3. Eugene Onegin: Whither, Whither...Distant Echo of Youth (Act 2) - Dmitrij Smirnov
                4. Dubrovsky: O Give Me Oblivion - Dmitrij Smirnov
                5. Ruslan and Ljudmila: There Is a Desert Country - Dmitrij Smirnov
                6. Rusalka: Unwillingly to These Sad Shores - Dmitrij Smirnov
                7. Prince Igor: Daylight Is Fading, Act 2 - Dmitrij Smirnov
                8. Dobrynja Nikitich: The Flowers Are Blooming in the Fields - Dmitrij Smirnov
                9. Queen of Spades: Forgive Me, Bright Celestial Vision (Act 1) - Dmitrij Smirnov
                10. Queen of Spades: What Is Our Life? - Dmitrij Smirnov
                11. Snow Maiden: Mighty Nature, Full of Wonders Act 2 - Dmitrij Smirnov
                12. Boris Godunov: Yet One More Page...Duet, Pimen & Gregory [Act 1] - Dmitrij Smirnov
                13. Fair at Sorochinsk: Pourquoi, Mon Triste CUr? - Dmitrij Smirnov
                14. Tranquillity - Dmitrij Smirnov
                15. She Was Yours - Dmitrij Smirnov
                16. Before My Window [Op. 26 N. 10] - Dmitrij Smirnov
                17. Cradle Song, Op. 1 N. 5 - Dmitrij Smirnov
                18. I Wish I Were With You - Dmitrij Smirnov
                19. Rose and the Nightingale - Dmitrij Smirnov
                20. O God! How Pleasant a Cool Summer Evening - Dmitrij Smirnov

                Tracks:

                1. Life for the Tsar: My Poor Horse Fell in the Field [Act 4] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                2. Snow Maiden: Clouds Plotted With Thunder [Lel's 3rd Song, Act 3] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                3. Dream on the Volga: Cradle Song - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                4. Faust: Versez Vos Chagrins (Act 4) - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                5. Ruslan and Ljudmila: And Blazing Heat, Pt. 1 - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                6. Ruslan and Ljudmila: The Wondrous Dream of Love [Ratmir's Aria, Act 5] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                7. Erlk - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                8. Ruslan and Ljudmila: She Is My Life (Act 5) - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                9. Queen of Spades: Dear Friends (Pauline's Song, Act 1) - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                10. Doubt. -Be Still My Fears - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                11. Rusalka: Hark! The Trumpets Are Sounding...Days of Past Enjoyment [AC] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                12. Prince Igor: Now the Daylight Dies [Konchakovna's Cavatina, Act 2] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                13. Nero: Zulima's Bacchic Song - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                14. Carmen: C'Est Toi? C'Est Moi! ...Mais Moi, Carmen, Je T'Aime Encore - Eugene Witting, Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                15. Life for the Tsar: My Poor Horse Fell...Open Up! [Act 4] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                16. Life for the Tsar: Light the Fires! ...Saddle Your Horses! [Act 4] - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                17. Chant Hindou - Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
                Is This Really My Life
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                  Is This Really My Life
                  Nancy Ruud
                  Manufacturer: Celestial
                  ProductGroup: Music
                  Binding: Audio CD

                  GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
                  GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
                  GeneralGeneral | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
                  ASIN: B000CAE2ES
                  Release Date: 2003-07-01

                  Tracks:

                  1. Is This Really My Life
                  2. Somethin' with Wings
                  3. I Don't Wanna Be Me Today
                  4. Strangers When We Met
                  5. Don't Gimme That
                  6. What You Call Love
                  7. Crazier Things
                  8. U.S. of A.
                  9. Who Have You Been Talking To
                  10. Man in Montana
                  Ives: Music for String Quartet
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                    Ives: Music for String Quartet

                    Manufacturer: Etcetera
                    ProductGroup: Music
                    Binding: Audio CD

                    QuartetsQuartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
                    GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
                    Ives, CharlesIves, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                    GeneralGeneral | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
                    GeneralGeneral | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
                    CantatasCantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                    CantatasCantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                    ClassicalClassical | Imports | Stores | Music
                    ASIN: B0000000QI
                    Release Date: 1995-04-16

                    Tracks:

                    1. Three Short Pieces, Op.15: Hymn 'Largo Cantabile' - Mondriaan Str Qt/Quirijn Van Regteren Altena
                    2. Three Short Pieces, Op.15: Scherzo 'Holding Your Own' - Mondriaan Str Qt
                    3. Three Short Pieces, Op.15: Adagio Cantabile 'The Inmate' - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg/Quirijn Van Regteren Altena
                    4. Second Str Qt, Op.19: Discussions - Mondriaan Str Qt
                    5. Second Str Qt, Op.19: Arguements - Mondriaan Str Qt
                    6. Second Str Qt, Op.19: The Call Of The Mountains - Mondriaan Str Qt
                    7. Largo Risoluto No.1, Op.12: 'As To The Law Of Diminishing Returns' - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg
                    8. Largo Risoluto No.2, Op.13: 'A Shadow Made-A Silhouette' - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg
                    9. Hallowe'en, Op.11 - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg
                    10. Intermezzo - Mondriaan Str Qt
                    11. In Re Con Moto Et Al, Op.20 - Mondriaan Str Qt/Fred Oldenburg

                    Track Listings:

                    1. The Flag Series-Spain
                    2. The Only Opera Album You Will Ever Need
                    3. The Paradise Garden: A Delius Organ Album
                    4. Thomas Tallis: Music for Queen Mary
                    5. Verdi: Messa solenne
                    6. Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos / Smith Recorder Concertos / Laurin
                    7. W.A. Mozart: Solo Concertos
                    8. Westwind Christmas
                    9. Wolfgang Rihm: Deus Passus
                    10. A Colonial Christmas

                    Track Listings

                    track listings

                    Track Listings

                    Hold Your Fire

                    Pictures at an Exhibition / Piano Concerto 3

                    Rockabilly Blues

                    Handwritten Notes

                    Loved [Import]

                    Power 2 the People

                    Right Road

                    Mikio Hoshido Plays Akira Miyoshi

                    polyphonic

                    Sound Awareness

                    Outlandos d'Amour [Digipak] [Original recording remastered]

                    Mazz Fuerte Que Nunca

                    Mas Alla De Todo [Import]

                    All Through the Night

                    The Fruit of Dreams