Religious Works

1. Mass No 3 in E flat major
Composed by Stanislaw Moniuszko
Performed by Warsaw Chamber Orchestra with Zdzislaw Nikodem , Marian Sawa , Marian Sawa , Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa , Pola Lipinska , Anna Malewicz , Witold Pilewski
Conducted by Edmund Kajdasz

2. Ne Memineris, motet
Composed by Stanislaw Moniuszko
Performed by Warsaw Chamber Orchestra with Marian Sawa
Conducted by Edmund Kajdasz

3. Vide Humilitatem Meam, psalm
Composed by Stanislaw Moniuszko
Performed by Warsaw Chamber Orchestra with Marian Sawa
Conducted by Edmund Kajdasz

4. Litanies (4) of Ostra Brama, for soloists, chorus & orchestra Litany No 01
Composed by Stanislaw Moniuszko
Performed by Warsaw Chamber Orchestra with Marian Sawa
Conducted by Edmund Kajdasz

Religious Works,Moniuszko,Olympia,Classical

Average customer rating: The Early Works is filled with passion and humbleness! A Great Collection of Don Francisco's Earliest Tunes Great teaching tool! Great Songs, but the Live CD is better. Great Grace

The Early Works Don Francisco Manufacturer: Benson Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: Forgiven Don Francisco's Signature Songs Vision of the Valley Beautiful to Me Keith Green: The Ministry Years 1977-1979 ASIN: B000025Q0M Release Date: 1994-02-24

Tracks:

1. Gotta Tell Somebody
2. Beautiful to Me
3. I'll Never Let Go of Your Hand
4. Love Is Not a Feeling
5. Voyage to Gennesaret
6. Morning Prayer
7. Traveler/Joy
8. Jehoshaphat
9. Come and Follow Me
10. Adam, Where Are You?
11. There Is No Condemnation
12. Lullaby
13. Give Your Heart a Home
14. He's Alive

Customer Reviews:

The Early Works is filled with passion and humbleness!.......2004-09-25

Don Francisco's "Early Works" are filled with a unique sense of passion and love for the Lord. The new albums by Don seem to be "modified" or "modernized" and do not seem to reflect the same spirit that encompassed Don in the earlier works.

I grew up listening to Don Francisco as a child. His music tugged at my heart strings so much that I became a Christian a few years ago. God showed me his love through Don's music.

The stories that he "tells" in each song are edifying because they show you various viewpoints and emotions that were most likely experienced in those times and in those situations.

Buy it today! You won't ever be sorry!

A Great Collection of Don Francisco's Earliest Tunes.......2001-12-06

If you are like me, your favorite Don Francisco songs are on his oldest albums, all of which you have on LP records (not very practical for the car stereo). This CD takes some of Don's greatest hits and gives them CD sound quality but retaining the "old" style as on the LPs. Besides the well-known "He's Alive," this CD contains favorites like "Love is Not a Feeling," "Morning Prayer," "Jehoshaphat," and "There is No Condemnation." Of Don's collections, "Early Works" and "Signature Songs" are my favorites. The "Live" CD and the 2 recent re-recordings ("Beautiful to Me" and "He's Alive") are fine in their own way, but nothing can top the traditional style as done on "Early Works." I highly recommend this CD!

Great teaching tool!.......2000-11-14

The Early Works album is a great source of music that I use in teaching dance, mime and drama. Don Francisco's storytelling style, and the poignant message in his songs make this album a perennial favorite that I keep on returning to for performance material. I have just bought my third copy, after having worn out the first two!

Great Songs, but the Live CD is better........2000-08-03

My title sums it up actually. This is alot of the great songs. It is a old recording thought. I would buy the Don Francisco live CD rather. It is a double CD and the quality is better. Don also sang those songs with so much more fire that this recording. Just keep in mind that the live CD is not easy to get hold of. So if you find it just as difficult as I did, this is a good substitute. It is worth the money.

Great Grace.......2000-03-10

Don Francisco's music is very important in my life. Growing up I heard his earlier music, which is now on this cd. I wasn't a christian until a decade ago, and DOn was a part in leading me. I believe, without a doubt, that Don's music is God filled. If your a christian, and you love to feel God working through men in worship, this is an album to buy.

Average customer rating: No no no no A clever fusion Amateurish What a Voice! What a fabulous CD!

Classic French Songs Manufacturer: Eroica Classical ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: French Cafe French Kiss I Love Paris: 18 Sensuous French Classics C'est L'amour: Romantic French Classics Putumayo Presents: Paris ASIN: B00005CFHA Release Date: 2001-03-01

Tracks:

1. Sous Le Ciel De Paris
2. Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes
3. Le Chevalier De Paris
4. A La Seine
5. Plaisir DAmour
6. Le Malheur DAimer
7. Clair De Lune
8. Les Feuilles Mortes
9. Mister Georgina
10. Le Bonheur Est Chose Lre
11. Blues
12. Barbara
13. Romance
14. Paris Canaille
15. LInvitation Au Voyage
16. JEntends JEntends
17. Chanson DAmour
18. Ne Me Quitte Pas
19. Heureux Celui Qui Meurt DAimer
20. La Diva De LEmpire

Album Description

What makes a wonderful song? My own view is that a great song is that magical combination of a good poem with good music, resulting in a whole that is greater than the mere sum of its parts. This is a collection of some wonderful songs of France, both "classical" and pop, dating from about 1800 through the 20th century. There are songs of nostalgia, playfulness, tragedy, loneliness, irony, and mystery, mostly involving love in its myriad guises. It has been an adventure -- exploring the nuances of the language and the music. I hope you enjoy listening to these songs as much as we have enjoyed working on and performing them. Eileen Mager.

Customer Reviews:

No no no no.......2005-02-07

Wonderful selections, but if we are looking for a beautiful voice this is not it. Screechy, forced, at times unlistenable. Sometimes we just have to no when to say no!

A clever fusion.......2005-01-31

Imagine modern French chansons like Jacques Brel's Ne Me Quitte Pas or the well known Sous le Ciel de Paris performed in the style of Schubert lieder --- no percussion or elaborate instrumental backing, just a voice, singing in the traditional formal style, with piano accompaniment. That's roughly the idea behind Eileen Mager's recording of Classic French Songs.

It works well. The effect is not what one normally expects from French cafe music, but then, Mager includes songs by Debussy, Faure, and Satie, so it is to hardly surprising that the overall flavour is of a lieder recital. While Mager's voice is not the smoothest and most honeyed soprano around, and she uses falsetto for her upper range, nevertheless she hits the notes spot on, and the rough tones somehow suit the songs. Even as a lieder recital, one wants the hint of tobacco and absinthe when the song is about Mister Giorgina playing the accordion in a bistro with no name.

Amateurish.......2003-06-29

I'm sorry to be negative, but I feel that the two previous reviews are misleading. They implied I'd be hearing some fabulous unknown here--but no, this is a charming program sung by a roundly second-rate artist. Mager's voice has an unpleasant raspy quality which is completely unsuited to classical song and perhaps to high notes altogether. There's also the occasional breathiness and pitch instability. If you're used to hearing Susan Graham sing Hahn and Janet Baker sing Faure, be prepared for a disconcerting experience. There's a reason this CD is not on a major label. Mager is somewhat more credible on the popular songs, however, and perhaps she'll concentrate on those in the future. The one 100% enjoyable and polished song on the CD is "Mister Georgina"--we want more like that!

What a Voice!.......2001-09-28

Not knowing French but loving the country's music, I purchased this CD expecting to hear a culture of songs that could be added to my collection. I was not disappointed. Actually, I added a bonus to my collection because of the manner by which these songs were presented. The feeling of "being there" is in every song. From the intro of the sounds of Paris to the dancing in Piccadilly Square (a Frenchman's view of an English music hall femme fatale) ... accomplished by a single voice accompanied by piano.

What a voice! Eileen Mager's voice is whatever she wishes it to be ... early English, classical Italian, festival German, or seductive French. The range of her voice is from a rich deep contralto singing "Blues" by Ferre to an angelic soprano singing "Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes" by Reynaldo Hahn. I was very impressed with her "Mister Giorgina" by Ferre.

Ellen Brown is a sought-after accompanist in all of Phoenix ... this CD displays the reason. She feels the music with the soloist.

I am looking forward to Eileen Mager's other CDs, "Christmas Treasures," "Vivaldi a Due Voce," and "Broadway: Love & Laughter," and I highly recommend to all who love an absolutely beautiful voice in their entertainment room this CD of "Classic French Songs."

What a fabulous CD!.......2001-09-04

I loved this CD. As a matter of fact, my son and I listened to it seven times the first day. Why?

Because it's so interesting, and has such an incredible breadth of repertoire and expression--from the mischievous and boisterous "Paris Canaille" to the sweet, delicate and operatic "Le Bonheur Est Chose Legere"; and from the out-and-out coquettish fun of Satie's "La Diva De 'L'Empire'" to the dreamy joy of Duparc's "L'Invitation Au Voyage" to the anguish of Brel's "Ne Me Quitte Pas." I especially enjoyed hearing, in addition to Joseph Kosma and Jacques Prevert's "Les Feuilles Mortes" ("Autumn Leaves"), another song by the same composer and lyricist that is completely unfamiliar to American listeners, the deeply moving World War II remembrance called "Barbara."

Because it's gorgeous. Eileen Mager's voice has great purity and clarity of tone, effortless delivery. Her French diction is so clean that my five-year-old son can (and does) easily pick up and repeat even the French that goes at rapid-fire speed. She uses a broad palette of vocal colors; and her range extends from the lyric coloratura soprano to the bluesy alto. Ms. Mager and her excellent accompanist, Ellen Brown, work together as one; and Ms. Brown, who is also an arranger and who accompanied her on their earlier CD, "Christmas Treausures," adds a special touch of her own to the songs.

The accompanying CD booklet contains translations of all the songs (done by the singer herself, with the able help and counsel of French poet/librettist/teacher Michel Sarda), so listeners who don't speak French will be able to enjoy the recording as much as those who do.

One parting comment: Many singers dabble in genres other than their home genre, calling it "crossover." Unfortunately, many don't sound right in genres other than their own. But Ms. Mager is so comfortable and "right" in the various genres on this CD that it would be difficult to decide which her "home" genre actually is.

Average customer rating: Have I got a deal for you today! C'mon step right this way!

The Early Works Wayne Watson Manufacturer: Benson Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Fine Line A Beautiful Place Giants In the Land ASIN: B000025Q1C Release Date: 1994-03-01

Tracks:

1. Celebrate
2. Never Give Up
3. All the King's Men
4. To Be a Child
5. Touch of the Master's Hand
6. Sacrifice
7. In Those Eyes
8. Love Found a Way
9. Man in the Middle
10. I Don't Want Your Money
11. People of God
12. New Lives for Old
13. One Day
14. One More Song
15. For the Least of These

Customer Reviews:

Have I got a deal for you today! C'mon step right this way!.......2002-06-26

This is one of those rare compact discs in which the listener's finger will not get much exercise from pressing the Fast Forward button. Wayne Watson's career didn't begin with "Field of Souls", "Beautiful Place", or any of his songs from even the last 15 years. No, go back even farther. Go back to a time before there were giants in the land, before water-colored ponies could be seen on refrigerator doors, and before such times as these.

A Christian music enthusiast can do well by buying old greatest hits CDs even if the song titles aren't all that familiar. Because that's when you hear that song that you haven't heard in 15 or 20 years, the one that you loved so much when you first started listening to Christian music. Well, for me, this was one of those CDs. Some of the songs that were so familiar to me include:

"The Sacrifice":
Offer up the sacrifice
Creation set forth the call
One Holy sacrifice
One life to pay for the fall

"Love Found a Way":

Love found a way
And our hearts can hold
The price Love chose to pay
All hope was gone
Till Easter dawn
We are free because
Love found a way

"People of God":
We're the people of God
Called by His name
Called from the dark
And delivered from shame

"One Day":
One day Jesus will call my name
As days go by I hope I don't stay the same
I want to get so close to Him
That it's no big change
On that day that Jesus calls my name

Also on this album is the original version of "Touch of the Master's Hand". If you don't recall, that's the classic about the dusty, old violin and the auction. I think this version is far better than the re-recorded version found on the CD "How Time Flies". Don't get me wrong: that one's good, but this one's better. "Touch of the Master's Hand" is one of those songs you can listen to when you're feeling down, and it's a guarantee to bring you back up again.

But my favorite song on here is "New Lives For Old", which is a story song about a sad, old man who used to run a carnival until something happened that caused him to shut it down. Now, he stands on the old street corner where he used to sell tickets for his show, and he shouts out to the people that pass by...

New lives for old
Warm hearts for cold
Have I got a deal for you today
C'mon, step right this way
Get you new lives for old

...and the song ends with a both sad and wonderful conclusion.

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Domine Jesu Christe: The Great Religious Vocal Works [Germany] Various Artists Manufacturer: Documents ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000AAP7GC Release Date: 2005-08-08

Tracks:

1. St. Matthew Passion (Matthspassion), Bwv 244
2. Requiem (Grande Messe Des Morts), For Tenor, Chorus & Orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5)
3. Requiem, Op. 48
4. Ein Deutsches Requiem (German Requiem), Op. 45
5. Stabat Mater In F Major
6. Requiem K. 626
7. Magnificat, Bwv 243
8. Mass For Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra In D Major ("Missa Solemnis"), Op. 123
9. Messiah, Oratorio, Hwv 56

Album Description

10 CD Wallet Box of Sacred Music from Bach, Berlioz, Faure, Beethoven and more. 2005.

Average customer rating: Music with a message

The Early Works Harvest Manufacturer: Benson Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008ERMQ Release Date: 1994-02-28

Tracks:

1. Only the Overcomers
2. Battle Is the Lord's
3. All That Is in Me
4. Behold God
5. One Thing I Ask
6. It's Alright Now
7. If We Don't Believe (Send Us to the World)
8. Because I Am
9. Not by Might
10. I Will Worship the Lord
11. Memories
12. Calvary
13. Army of the Lord
14. Yesterday
15. Where Would I Be?

Customer Reviews:

Music with a message.......2005-07-29

"Christian" music has come to us in many styles but many leave the message in the dust. Harvest in the early days put excellent ministry messages into popular song. This collection of early material is rare but excellent!

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Early Works Gaither Vocal Band Manufacturer: Benson Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008ERNR Release Date: 1994-02-24

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Familiar Stranger: The Early Works of Geoff Moore Geoff Moore Manufacturer: Benson Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008ERTL Release Date: 1995-11-16

Tracks:

1. Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music
2. Never Wanna Go Back
3. Love the One You Live In
4. Build the House
5. Didn't He
6. Familiar Stranger
7. Make up Your Mind
8. Where Are the Other Nine? (Let Me Be the One)
9. Over the Edge
10. Open Your Eyes
11. Inside Out
12. One Heart

Average customer rating: Wonderful Music!

The Early Works Michael Card Manufacturer: Benson Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Praise & Worship | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000288P0 Release Date: 1994-02-10

Tracks:

1. Love Crucified Arose
2. The Voice of the Child
3. By Your Name
4. Light of the World
5. This Must be the Lamb
6. Jesus Loves Me
7. El Shaddai
8. Stranger on the Shore
9. No Rusty Swords
10. Hound of Heaven
11. Don't You Know
12. I Have Decided
13. Dragonslayer
14. Tell the World that Jesus Loves You
15. Now That I've Held Him in My Arms

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Music!.......2002-02-22

This is one of the best compilations of Michael Card's music available. It includes three songs which are, otherwise, out of print: "Stranger On the Shore", "No Rusty Swords", and "By Your Name". Additionally, you have great classics such as "Love Crucified Arose", the original versions of "El Shaddai" and "I Have Decided" (same songs Amy Grant used on her "Age To Age" album), and "Jesus Loves Me (This I Know)", which does a wonderful job in reminding the listener that "it's not just the Bible that tells [us] so". If you enjoyed "Joy In the Journey" you will, without a doubt, love this one.

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All American: Works for Violin and Organ, Vol. 5 Manufacturer: Raven Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Corigliano | Corigliano, John | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weaver | Weaver, John | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00009RXI4 Release Date: 2003-06-24

Average customer rating: Another side of Sweelinck

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Choral Works of Sweelinck, Vol 3 Sweelinck , Netherlands Chamber Choir , and Van Nevel Manufacturer: NM Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00003L3LB Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

1. Diligam Te Domine
2. Psalm 109
3. Tanto Tempore Vobiscum
4. Psalm 77
5. Che Giova Posseder
6. Yeux Qui Guidez Mon Ame
7. Dolcissiomo Ben Mio
8. O Domine Jesu Christe
9. Psalm 144
10. Timor Domini
11. Mein Junges Leben Hat Ein End
12. Qual Vive Salamandra

Album Description

In Sweelinck`s sacred choral music, a distinction is made between the French-language Psalms, published throughout his working life, and the Cantiones Sacræ, settings of Latin texts, published in 1619.

Customer Reviews:

Another side of Sweelinck.......2007-06-01

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) is probably best remembered today for his innovative keyboard compositions, which gave rise to the fugue form and helped define the beginning of the Baroque era. Sweelinck's mastery of earlier forms is evident in his choral works, which have been captured in a series of recordings by the Netherlands Chamber Choir.

Sweelinck wrote more conservatively for sacred polyphony than he did for keyboards. This was somewhat inevitable since the Catholic Church began discouraging stylistic advances in church music during the mid-16th century. However, Sweelinck occasionally finds room to innovate within the restrictions of the genre. For example, declamatory sections of "Psalm 109" signal the trend towards the chorus-style singing found in early opera and sacred oratorio. At other times, Sweelinck seems to reach farther into the past than his contemporaries; for instance, the melismatic melodies found in "Yeux qui guidez mon ame" recall the style of Busnoys (c. 1430-1492).

The performance of the Netherlands Chamber Choir, under the direction of Paul Van Nevel, is quite impressive. The production values are a bit lackluster and uneven; the 1992 recording might benefit from a remastering job.

With these works, Sweelinck successfully aspires to the Renaissance ideal of conveying an otherworldly beauty through the interplay of vocal lines. For the most part, his achievements are well served here.

Track Listings:

1. Richter 2
2. Richter 5
3. Richter 8
4. Robert Baska: Chamber Works for Solo Winds
5. Schubert/Brahms: Lieder
6. Schubert: Winterreise, Original 1827 Version
7. Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Orgelwerke, Vol. 1
8. Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Orgelwerke, Vol. 3
9. Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Orgelwerke, Vol. 4
10. Stevenson: Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2

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