Great Works of Early Music

1. Bataille, for 2 trumpets & kettledrums
Composed by Jacques Moderne
with Polyphonia Antiqua

2. Suite de Danses
Composed by Tylman Susato
with Polyphonia Antiqua

3. Jouyssance Vous Donneray, chanson, for 4 voices
Composed by Claudin de Sermisy
with Polyphonia Antiqua

4. Martin Menoit Son Porceau, chanson for 4 voices
Composed by Clement Janequin
with Polyphonia Antiqua

5. En l'ombre d'ung buissonet, Au matinet, song for 4 parts (poss. spurious)
Composed by Josquin Desprez
with Polyphonia Antiqua

6. Fyez Vous y Si Vous Voulés, chanson for 4 voices
Composed by Clement Janequin
with Polyphonia Antiqua

7. The Paduane
Composed by Adrian Le Roy
with Polyphonia Antiqua

8. Lou Roussignou Cantou
Composed by Anonymous
with Polyphonia Antiqua

9. Noëls (3) de Notre Dame de Doms
Composed by Anonymous
with Polyphonia Antiqua

10. Allon, Gay, Gay, Gay Bergères for 4 voices
Composed by Guillaume Costeley
with Polyphonia Antiqua

11. Dolce Mémoire
Composed by Barthelemy Aneau
with Polyphonia Antiqua

12. Le Sauveur Du Monde Est Né
Composed by Anonymous
with Polyphonia Antiqua

13. Ductia
Composed by Anonymous
with Polyphonia Antiqua

14. Amour Ou Trop Tard Me Suis Pris
Composed by Blanche de Castille
with Polyphonia Antiqua

15. Ahi amours, com dure departie
Composed by Anonymous
with Polyphonia Antiqua

16. De grad'a Santa María for voices
Composed by Anonymous
with Polyphonia Antiqua

17. Primus ex Apstolis
Composed by Anonymous
with Polyphonia Antiqua

18. Ad honorem regis summi
Composed by Aymeric Picaud
with Polyphonia Antiqua

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Average customer rating: Just heavenly

Lay Aside All Earthly Cares: Orthodox Choral Works in English Manufacturer: Cappella Romana ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Fall of Constantinople Metropolitan Museum of Art: Music of Byzantium When Augustus Reigned: Christmas Music from the Byzantine Tradition A Brush With God: An Icon Workbook The Glory Of Byzantium ASIN: B000AXWHE4 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Bless the Lord, O my soul
2. O gladsome Light
3. Lord, now let Thy servant
4. Rejoice, Virgin Theotokos
5. Praise the Name of the Lord
6. The Great Doxology, No.1
7. Bless the Lord, O my soul
8. The Second Antiphon
9. Only begotten Son
10. Holy God, No.2
11. Alleluia, No.1
12. Cherubic Hymn (Special melody: The thief beheld)
13. A mercy of peace
14. It is truly meet
15. Our Father / One is holy / Praise the Lord, No.1
16. Praise the Lord from the heavens, No.2
17. I will receive the cup, No.2
18. Their proclamation has gone out, No.2
19. Rejoice in the Lord
20. Receive the Body of Christ, No.1,2,1
21. Blessed be the name of the Lord
22. Psalm
23. All of creation
24. Troparion for the Sunday of Orthodoxy
25. Let my prayer arise
26. Now the Powers of heaven
27. Taste and see
28. Thy bridal chamber
29. The wise thief, No.2
30. The wise thief, No.3
31. Let all mortal flesh
32. What shall we call you, Mary

Customer Reviews:

Just heavenly.......2007-01-30

An extraordinary, original collection of vocal music that defies categorization. An inspiring pleasure to own.

Average customer rating: Well done and interesting Wonderful biography, needs more proportion in the music

Life & Works of Bach Bach , Siepmann , and Shrapnel Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Life and Works of Ludwig van Beethoven Life & Works The Life and Works of Frédéric Chopin The Life and Works of Joseph Haydn Brahms: Life & Works ASIN: B0000666A8 Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

1. Family Background And Early Years
2. Music: Capriccio On The Departure Of His Beloved Brother
3. Bach And The Organ
4. Music Toccata And Fugue In D Minow, BWV 565
5. Bach In Trouble
6. Music: Trio Sonata In E Flat, BWV 525
7. Bach The Husband And Father
8. Music: Vivaldi/Bach: Concerto In A Minor For Four Harpsichords
9. Bach The Younger Composer
10. Music: Prelude And Fugue In A Minor, BWV 543
11. Bach In Weimar (And In Jail)
12. Music: Prelude In E Flat Minor (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
13. Bach Leaves Weimar
14. Music: Violin Concerto In E Major (Finale)

Tracks:

1. Bach At Cothen
2. Music: Concerto For Two Violins (Largo Ma Non Tanto)
3. Bach And The Brandenburgs
4. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D (First Movement)
5. From Grief To Joy Through Faith
6. Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass)
7. New Beginnings: Bach Remarries And His Family Grows
8. Music: Aria In G
9. Goldberg Variations And Anna Magdalena's Notebook
10. Music: Stolzel: Bist Du Bei Mir
11. Domestic Happiness And The Move To Leipzig
12. Music: Magnificat
13. Bach's Duties At Lepzig
14. Music: Cantata No. 80 (Duetto)
15. Bach The Teacher
16. Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) In E Flat
17. The Great Keyboard Works On Educational Agenda
18. Music: Italien Concerto
19. A Letter To The King
20. Music: Cantata No. 147 (Opening Chorus)

Tracks:

1. Bach Takes Up The Poet's Pen
2. Music: Partita No. 1 In B Flat BWV 825 (Courante)
3. Bach's Frustration At Leipzig
4. Music: Singet Dem Herrn, BWV 225
5. Frustrations Intensify
6. Music: St John Passion (Opening Chorus)
7. Bach's Efforts To Leave Leipzig
8. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (First Movement)
9. The King Of Poland's Jubilee
10. Music: Suite No. 3 In D, BWV 1068
11. The Ernesti Affair
12. Music: Prelude In D Major, BWV 532
13. Adolf Scheibe's Scathing Views On Bach
14. Music: Concerto In C For Three Harpsichords (Finale)

Tracks:

1. Bach And Opera
2. 'Coffee' Cantata (Excerpts)
3. 'Peasant' Cantata (Excerpts)
4. The Twilight Years
5. Music: The Art Of Fugue
6. Bach's Visit To Frederick The Great
7. Music: The Musical Offering
8. Decline And Death
9. Music: Mass In B Minor

Customer Reviews:

Well done and interesting.......2005-02-22

This recording alternates extended selections of Bach's music (complete pieces or movements) with a narrated and sometimes dramatized biography of Bach. The music selections are excellent and the biography itself is well done and interesting. The lengthy accompanying booklet is also very nice.

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

Naxos continues to do a wonderful job with its "Life and Works" series. Quite some time ago, we had a Life/Works of Mozart, one of Chopin and then two more, Liszt and Beethoven. he latter are even better packaged than are the earlier sets, with a thick booklet that offers us essays on the historical background, the position of the composer in his time, a look at the major works, a listening plan, recommended readings, personalities, a calendar of the artist's life, a glossary, and a discography. This booklet is worth the price of the set alone.

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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Grieg & Gade Sacred Choral Works Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004TD51 Release Date: 2000-07-25

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Niels Gade belongs to the generation of composers before Grieg, and his religious output is much more convincing than that of his sometime protégé, displaying hardly any of that saccharine piety common in early 19th-century choral works. Indeed, as a body (and because Gade often writes for eight parts), it stands comparison with Schumann's glorious Doppelchörige Gesänge. Grieg's relationship with the church, however, was much more strained, and this explains the relatively small number of religious choral works in his output, and also the tone of professional beauty rather than devotion that they display. Having said that, though, they do span the composer's entire career and show his artistic development in miniature, from the academic fugue he wrote as a student to the highly individualized use of folk tunes in his final composition, Four Hymns. The beauty and accuracy of the Danish National Radio Choir's singing are almost frightening, until the silken persuasiveness of the sound seduces you into forgetting it. --Warwick Thompson

Average customer rating: A fascinating look at a tortured genius

The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Antoni Wit , Gerhard Markson , Kenneth Jean , Michael Halasz , Ondrej Lenard , Philippe Entremont , Stefan Sanderling , CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra , National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland , National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television , National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine , Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra , Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra , Wiener Kammerorchester , Bernd Glemser , Oxana Yablonskaya , Takako Nishizaki , and Vladimir Grishko Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Sextets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Brahms: Life & Works Life & Works of Verdi The Life and Works of Franz Schubert Life & Works The Life and Works of Antonín Dvorák, Narration with Musical Excerpts ASIN: B0000669V2 Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

1. Tchaikovsky In Early Childhood
2. Music: Glinka: Overature To A Life For The Tsar
3. Enforced Separation From His Mother
4. Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59
5. Death Of His Mother
6. Music: Reverie Du Soir
7. Early Manhood: The Spendthrift Civil Servant
8. Music: Minuet From Mozartina
9. Dismissive Opinions Of Other Composers
10. Music: The Storm
11. Journey To A Breakdown
12. Music: First Symphony
13. Abortive Engagement
14. The Advent Of Balakirev
15. Music: Romeo And Juliet
16. Travels And A Wounded Friendship
17. Music: First Piano Concerto

Tracks:

1. Reforming The Ballet
2. Music: The Rose Adagio From The Sleeping Beauty
3. Bizet's Carmen Has A Major Effect On Tchaikovsky's Music
4. Music: Francesca Da Rimini
5. A Compositional Paradox
6. Music: Rococo Variations
7. The Struggle Of Despair And Hope: He Decides To Marry
8. Music: The Tempest
9. The Advent Of Nadezhda Von Meck
10. Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
11. The Disastrous Road To Matrimony
12. Music: Romeo And Juliet
13. Marriage, Trauma, And A Fairy Tale Annuity
14. Letter To Mme Von Meck
15. Music: Romeo And Juliet

Tracks:

1. Recorvery And Creativity
2. Music: Fourth Symphony
3. The Creation Of His Favorite Opera
4. Music: Lensky's Aria From Eugene Onegin
5. The Return To Compositional Health
6. Music: Violin Concerto In D
7. He Experiences Distressing Relapses
8. Music: Capriccio Italien
9. Psychological Disturbances And A Long Fallow Period
10. Music: Piano Trio In A Minor
11. Sufferings For Mme Von Meck; He Decides To Settle Down
12. Music: Manfred Symphony
13. Conducting Tours And Domestic Bliss
14. Music: Fifth Symphony
15. More Conducting Tours, And A Working Holiday In Italy
16. Music: Souvenir De Florence

Tracks:

1. The Rift With Mme Von Meck
2. Music: Sixth Symphony (Second Movement)
3. His Obsession With 'Bob' Davydov; Adventures In America
4. Music: Fifth Symphony
5. Further American Adventures
6. A Trip To Niagara
7. Music: Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
8. A Darker Episode
9. Music: Voyevode
10. Portrait Of A Conductor
11. A Hero's Return
12. Music: Sixth Symphony
13. The Mystery Surrounding His Death
14. Music: First Piano Concerto

Customer Reviews:

A fascinating look at a tortured genius.......2002-08-21

Naxos continues to do a wonderful job with its "Life and Works" series. Quite some time ago, we had a Life/Works of Mozart, one of Chopin and then two more, Liszt and Beethoven. he latter are even better packaged than are the earlier sets, with a thick booklet that offers us essays on the historical background, the position of the composer in his time, a look at the major works, a listening plan, recommended readings, personalities, a calendar of the artist's life, a glossary, and a discography. This booklet is worth the price of the set alone.

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 on the Bach set on its webpage.)

Was there ever a sadder composer than Tchaikovsky? Siepmann practically introduces us to the child in his cradle and covers his 53 or so years of torment over his music, his sexuality, his impossibly hopeless marriage his strange relationship with Mme von Meck, and above all his music.

To make the recording more vivid, the producers have assigned professional actors the roles of the composer himself (Malcolm Sinclair), the women in his life (Karen Archer and Teresa Gallagher) and the men (Stephen Thorne and David Timson). There are many music examples (drawn, of course, from Naxos recordings), some of them considerably longer than necessary. For example, the "Sugar Plum Fairy" is heard at length to represent all of the "Nutcracker" score when several shorter samplings would have served the purpose better. But this has been true for the entire series, and perhaps the producers will rethink this aspect.

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Great Works Of Early Music Manufacturer: Pierre Verany ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chansons | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003VG8 Release Date: 1995-11-01

Tracks:

1. LA BATAILLE
2. SUITE DE DANSES:Basse Danse: 'Mon desir'/Gaillarde/Ronde: 'Il etoit une fillette' L'entree du fol...
3. JOYSSANCE VOUS DONNERAY
4. MARTIN MENOIT SON POURCEAU AU MARCHE
5. EN L'OMBRE D'UNG BUISSONET: 'A l'ombre d'ung buissonet'/'En l'ombre-Una musquet - Sustinimus...
6. FYEZ VOUS-Y
7. THE PADUANE
8. LOU ROUSSIGNOU CANTOU
9. TROIS NOELS DE NOTRE-DAME-DES-DOMS: Anuech la troupo Angelico/Aquesto nuech dins un...
10. ALLONS GAY GAY BERGERE
11. DOULCE MEMOIRE
12. LE SAUVEUR DU MONDE EST NE
13. DUCTIA
14. AMOUR OU TROP TARD ME SUIS PRIS
15. AHI AMOURS, COM DURE DEPARTIE
16. DE GRA'A SANTA MARIA
17. PRIMUS EX APOSTOLIS
18. AD HONOREM REGIS SUMMI

Track Listings:

1. Guitar Quartet / Arpeggione Sonata
2. Harpsichord in Europe
3. Hellenic Odes, Vol. 1 [Box set]
4. Ib Nørholm: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9
5. Impressions of Nordic Nature
6. Italian Chambermusic of the Seicento
7. J. S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge
8. La Follia
9. Lange-Müller: Complete Piano Works, Vol.1
10. Legends of Opera: José Carreras [Import]

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Drain

Joseph Fennimore In Concert

House of the Blues

Complete 1950-1951 Decca [Import]

Perpetual Commotion [Original recording remastered] [Import]

If You Need Me

Jungle Junk!

John Browning Performs Domenico Scarlatti

Looks at Life / Earthwords & Music [Import]

Hombres [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb [Import]

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert [Import]

Healing Spirits: Wellness [Import]

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse in Patria

RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson