Crux

1. Stabat Mater Dolorosa
Composed by Trond Kverno
Conducted by Carl Hogset

2. Psalms (4) for baritone & chorus, Op. 74
Composed by Edvard Grieg
with Njal Sparbo
Conducted by Carl Hogset

3. O crux, Op 79
Composed by Knut Nystedt
Conducted by Carl Hogset

4. Tres Lamentationes, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass (voices) & chorus
Composed by Arne Nordheim
Conducted by Carl Hogset

5. Corpus Christi Carol
Composed by Trond Kverno
Conducted by Carl Hogset

6. Ave maris stella
Composed by Trond Kverno
Conducted by Carl Hogset

7. Missa in Sono Tubae
Composed by Trond Kverno
with Sverre Riise
Conducted by Carl Hogset

Crux,Njal Sparbo,Edvard Grieg,Trond Kverno,Arne Nordheim,Knut Nystedt,Carl Hogset,Jan-Olav Martinsen,Sverre Riise,Norway Music,Choral,Choral Music,Christmas Music,Classical,Classical Vocals,Miscellaneous,Psalm Setting

Average customer rating: Quality singing, great selection peut-être ... Bizarre but obsessively fascinating music Excellent cross-section of Gesualdo's sacred style Splendid

Gesualdo: Complete Sacred Music for Five Voices Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gesualdo | Gesualdo, Carlo | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lassus: Masses for Five Voices; Infelix ego Obrecht: Missa Caput; Salve Regina Willaert: Missa Christus Resurgens, Magnificat Sexti Toni, etc / Summerly, Oxford Camerata Palestrina: Missa Hodie Christus natus est; Stabat Mater; Lasus: Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera Gesualdo: Tenebrae ASIN: B0000013XI Release Date: 1996-01-04

Tracks:

1. Sacrae Cantiones: Illumina faciem tuam
2. Sacrae Cantiones: Deus refugium et virtus
3. Sacrae Cantiones: Exaudi Deus deprecationem meam
4. Sacrae Cantiones: Tribulationem et dolorem
5. Sacrae Cantiones: Tribularer si nescirem
6. Sacrae Cantiones: Precibus et meritis beatae Mariae
7. Sacrae Cantiones: O Crux benedicta
8. Sacrae Cantiones: O vos omnes
9. Sacrae Cantiones: Dignare me laudare te
10. Sacrae Cantiones: Maria mater gratiae
11. Sacrae Cantiones: Laboravi in gemitu meo
12. Sacrae Cantiones: Ave dulcissima Maria
13. Sacrae Cantiones: Domine ne despicias
14. Sacrae Cantiones: Peccantem me quotidie
15. Sacrae Cantiones: Sancti Spiritus Domine
16. Sacrae Cantiones: Hei mihi Domine
17. Sacrae Cantiones: Venit lumen tuum Jerusalem
18. Sacrae Cantiones: Reminiscere miserationum tuarum
19. Sacrae Cantiones: Ave Regina coelorum

Customer Reviews:

Quality singing, great selection.......2007-03-28

A fine collection, not Gesualdo's most adventurous music but beautiful nonetheless.

peut-être ..........2005-08-19

Ce disque est une belle démonstration du savoir-faire
de Gésualdo.
Toutefois, il me semble que la prise de son
est beaucoup trop réverbérée. Néanmoins, disque peu cher.

Bizarre but obsessively fascinating music.......2005-05-28

Don Carlo Gesualdo (1560 - 1613) was rich, artistic, and - as the second son of a noble Neapolitan family - free to indulge his passion for music. But when his brother died, and it was decreed that he must carry on the line. The bride found for him - Donna Maria d'Avalos - was his cousin, and the greatest beauty in town. Don Carlo (who may have been gay) fathered a son, whereupon his interests wandered elsewhere to music and to hunting. One day his uncle divulged to him that the attention starved Donna Maria was enjoying a brazen affair with the handsome Duke of Andria, in which they would "invite each other to battle on the fields of love". Alerting her to the fact that Don Carlo now knew about their affair, the Duke tried to convince Donna Maria to end her affair, but she defiantly announced that she would rather die. Thus was the scene set for Don Carlo's historic deed.

One day in October of 1590 Don Carlo secretly disabled the house locks before accouncing his departure on a hunt. He set off, but only to sneek back in the still of night with his henchmen to catch the sleeping lovers - exhausted by their love making - by surprise. The chronicles detail each event: The night-dress Donna Maria asked to be put out on the bed for her lover, about the maid posted as sentinel, and the sudden commotion as Don Carlo and his men burst in to find the pair "in flagrante delicto di fragrante peccato" , about the gun shots and multiple sword-thrusts, and the way Don Carlo couldn't rest until he had cut his victims to ribbons, and had personally skewered Donna Maria to the floor all the while repeating to himself "I do not believe she is dead". He dragged the bodies out onto the stairs, posting a notice explaining why he had killed them for all the town to come to gape at the next morning. The Duke was still clad in the women's night-dress prepared for him, while Donna Maria's "wounds were all in her belly, and especially in those parts which ought to be kept honest".

Neapolitans were horrified, with as many taking the lovers' side as that of their murderer. Despite vows of vengeance by Donna Maria's family, Don Carlo's nobility ensured he escaped trial, and he withdrew to Ferrara, where he remarried, but was soon "afflicted by a vast horde of demons which gave him no peace unless twelve young men, whom he kept specially for the purpose, were to beat him violently three times a day, during which operation he was wont to smile joyfully."

Don Carlo built a private chapel, completed in 1592. Inside hung a painting depicting the Virgin Mary and saints all pointing to the sinner, Don Carlo, while the fires of purgatory burnt below - out of which angels pull the figures of a man and a woman. Could these be the murdered lovers before which Don Carlo implored forgiveness? His music certainly becomes filled with an obession with themes of guilt, sin, pity, and death - even the joy of love being mixed with a fascination with pain: 'dolorosa gioia', such 'joyous pain' being a typical outburst.

Without doubt the music written by the prince of Verona is some of the most macabre yet outlandishly fantastic music ever written. The famous unprepared chromatic side steps remain decidedly unnerving even to a devoted Second Viennese School fan like me. The effect of the chromatic spirals is often vertigo inducing but also deeply moving and ultimately awe-inspiring. This is truly sublime music by a neglected genius.

The performances here are amongst the very best available of Gesualdo's music - at any price. This would be a perfect place to start exploring this bizarre but inspired musical universe. I agree - you should rush out and grab this superb recording without a moment's hesitation.

Excellent cross-section of Gesualdo's sacred style.......2003-09-24

This is a very good collection of Gesualdo's sacred motet style, performed beautifully. Most of these pieces are much more conservative and less chromatic than his madrigals, but they are exquisite and expresive and every bit as competent as the styles of contemporaries such as Gesualdo's alter-ego, Palestrina. Much of this music makes his mental turmoil and fear of damnation over his infamous murders achingly clear, especially the disturbing mode changes and chromaticism on parts of the text that say things like "have mercy on me" and words like "my sorrow and "my tears".

Splendid.......1999-09-26

RUN TO BUY THIS! This is by far one of the best CD's of Gesualdo's music on the market today. Superb blend (especially in track 1) especially for music this difficult.

Average customer rating: good performance Basement! Going Up? Unusual, exciting, unexpected, refreshing...in one word: Kennedy A little unusual, but it grows on you Way too fast

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons [Complete] Antonio Vivaldi , English Chamber Orchestra , and Nigel Kennedy Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Kennedy, Nigel | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kennedy Plays Bach The Kennedy Experience Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits Classic Kennedy Nigel Kennedy: Vivaldi ASIN: B000002RXL Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

1. Concerto No. 1 In E Major, 'La primavera' RV269: I. Allegro
2. Concerto No. 1 In E Major, 'La primavera' RV269: II. Largo
3. Concerto No. 1 In E Major, 'La primavera' RV269: III. Allegro
4. Concerto No. 2 In G Minor 'L'estate' RV315: I. Allegro non molto
5. Concerto No. 2 In G Minor 'L'estate' RV315: II. Adagio
6. Concerto No. 2 In G Minor 'L'estate' RV315: III. Presto
7. Concerto No. 3 In F Major 'L'autunno' RV293: I. Allegro
8. Concerto No. 3 In F Major 'L'autunno' RV293: II. Adagio molto
9. Concerto No. 3 In F Major 'L'autunno' RV293: III. Allegro
10. Concerto No.4 In F Minor 'L'Inverno' RV297: I. Allegro non molto
11. Concerto No.4 In F Minor 'L'Inverno' RV297: II. Largo
12. Concerto No.4 In F Minor 'L'Inverno' RV297: III. Allegro

Customer Reviews:

good performance.......2006-08-07

so good
for four seasons
all time masterpiece
and
good performance~

Basement! Going Up?.......2005-10-11

I can't fathom why some would praise this particular performance so highly when it is singularly one of the worst performances and misinterpretations of this lyrical Italian Baroque piece presently in the repertoire in terms of both solo and orchestral apects. This is a lyrical piece depicting pastoral images of the seasons with sheperds, peasant dances, and storms, and therefore one of the most technically demanding for a solo violinist. Kennedy has absolutely no talent, method, or discipline for both his interpretation and performance of this piece. Ouch! Although he pretends to, Kennedy essentially has no idea what he is playing and it's painful to hear his confusion! Is it an Italian Baroque lyrical piece? A Scottish dance? An Irish jig? Who knows?! All I know is it hurts enough hearing it not to mention listening to it.

Besides the orchestral interpretations such as Karajan's or those with vituosos such as Perlman, I haven't heard many Baroque interpretations besides I Musici di Roma's that sound any good in traditional performances either outside of Salvatore Acardo's with I Solisti delle Settimane Musicali di Napoli and those of a few other Italian groups primarily. The only singularly outstanding performance I can think of is Pina Carmirelli's 1982 performance with I Musici Di Roma. Although I Musici breaks some Italian Baroque traditions for Italian Romantic ones, they are minor and the group have been the best in their class for 50 years and praised by greats such as Toscanini for being singularly the best Baroque chamber group in the world. In addition to their Italian traditions in performance and as with Acardo's performance, they also play only on Stradivari instruments that other Baroque groups rarely ever play solo and even less in quantities. I don't know too much about Kennedy's formal training and practice (if any), but from the sound of it, it doesn't seem to me that he has ever played a Stradivrarius or that he could even if he had one in his hands and tried his best. He would then at least in this way be close to par with just the average professional classical lead violinists out there which he is not. I will therefore not talk in detail of his comparison to virtuosos whose worst renditions of this piece still sound epic in comparison to Kennedy's 'spellbinding' performance.

Kennedy's performance is definitely the very bottom of the performance pit for this piece by any standard and one I would never personally recommend to a friend as I would consider such a thing to be auditory torture. To shoppers generally unfamiliar with classical music performance, I tell you that you are shopping in the basement now looking into the disposal bins as far as this piece or classical violinists. There are also many basement floors for interpretations of this work before you get to the top which is the only place you'll find the prized performances you desire and deserve for your money. In addition, you will there find selections in talent by the only competent artists who can even come close to properly performing this vigorous and demanding lyrical piece. What you will not find up there is mediocrity appearing talented which is what you have with this performance! There's a big difference believe me. With probably no more than ten epic performances of this piece, this performance would probably not make it anywhere near even the top 100 and I'm in all likelihood seriously underestimating in this assumption.

Unusual, exciting, unexpected, refreshing...in one word: Kennedy.......2005-10-03

After reading the reviews for this performance, I decided to do something I often don't and write a review.
Nigel Kennedy is as many know a wild musician, a force of nature. I have been listening to Vivaldi since I was a child, as I danced ballet until my late teens. I always liked Vivaldi, but until I listened to Nigel performing The Four Seasons I would have never catalogued Vivaldi as an exciting composer. Nigel brings new life and new force to this piece, and his performance is charged with the very essence of each season. His changes of speed and intensity in his performance make it something personal and compelling. If you have the Four Seasons already, I still highly recommend listening to this version and listening hard. If you are a classical music purist, this might not appeal to you but to me this brings a new humanity to Vivaldi.

A little unusual, but it grows on you.......2003-09-27

When I first heard this recording of the Four Seasons (some time in the 90's), I hated it. It sounded way to fast. But I listened to it a few more times (after all, I had paid for it), and all of a sudden I could feel the energy, power and beauty of music that I'd missed before. I'd always thought that the four seasons was a 'pretty' piece, something to have your friends who don't like classical/instrumental music to listen to, but this recording changed my mind. I would recommend it to anyone who's willing listen to something a little different.

Way too fast.......2001-03-10

This has to be the absolute worst interpretation of "The Four seasons" I have ever heard. Kennedy just rushes through everything isntead of slowing to savor it; I get the sense of zooming through it. He plays way way way too fast for me to enjoy it at all, and while he says in the liner notesabout color and imagery, he plays way too fast for me to hear anything. Very disappointing.

Average customer rating: I can name that tune in three notes A Fabulous CD Mega-Sampler! This really does have 99 tracks! Fun Sampler Useful.

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Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits ASIN: B000003FPT Release Date: 1995-02-14

Tracks:

1. Adagio
2. Air on the G String: Air on the G String, Excerpt
3. Brandenburg Concerto: Third Movement, Excerpt
4. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Excerpt
5. Tocatta & Fugue: Excerpt
6. Adagio for Strings: Excerpt
7. Synphony No. 5: First Movement, Excerpt
8. Symphony No. 9: Fourth Movement, Excerpt
9. Fse: Excerpt
10. Turkish March: Turkish March, Excerpt
11. Moonlight Sonata: Excerpt
12. Symphonie Fantastique: March Ot the Scaffold, Excerpt
13. Damnation of Faust: Excerpt
14. Carmen - Habanera: Habanera, Excerpt
15. Toreador Song [From Carmen]
16. Minuet: Minuet, Excerpt
17. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No 17, Excerpt
18. Hungarian Dance No. 5: No 5, Excerpt
19. Lullaby: No 4, Lullaby, Excerpt
20. "Minute" Waltz: Excerpt
21. Grande Valse Brillante: Excerpt
22. Marche Fune: Marche Fune
23. Appalachian Spring: Excerpt
24. Fanfare for the Common Man: Excerpt
25. Clair de Lune: Excerpt
26. Prelude to the Afternoon: Excerpt
27. Lakm Flower Duet: Flower Duet, Excerpt
28. Symphony No. 9 "New World": Second Movement, "Going Home" Theme, ...
29. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Excerpt
30. Pomp & Circumstance: Excerpt
31. El Amor Brujo
32. Pavane: Excerpt
33. Rhapsody in Blue: Excerpt
34. American in Paris: Excerpt
35. Funeral March of Marionette: Excerpt
36. Piano Concerto in a Minor: Excerpt
37. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Morning: Morning, Excerpt
38. Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus: Hallelujah Chorus, Excerpt
39. Water Music - Hornpipe: Hornpipe, Excerpt
40. Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Second Movement, Excerpt
41. The Planets - Mars: Mars, Excerpt
42. Sabre Dance: Sabre Dance, Excerpt
43. Pagliacci: Vesti la Giubba, Excerpt
44. Hungarian Rhapsody
45. Liebestraum No. 3: No 3, Excerpt
46. Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo: Intermezzo, Excerpt
47. Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March: Wedding March, Excerpt
48. Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Fourth Movement, Excerpt
49. Rondeau: No 1, Rondeau
50. Piano Concerto No. 21: Andante, Excerpt
51. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: First Movement, Excerpt
52. The Marriage of Figaro - Overture: Overture, Excerpt
53. Sonata in A - Rondo Alla Turca: Rondo Alla Turca, Excerpt
54. Symphony No. 40: First Movement, Excerpt
55. Night on Bald Mountain: Excerpt
56. Pictures at an Exhibition - Great Cave of Kiev: Great Gate of ...
57. Barcarolle: Barcarolle, Excerpt
58. Orpheus in Hades - Theme II: Excerpt (Theme)
59. Carmina Burana - O Fortuna: O Fortuna, Excerpt
60. Canon: Canon, Excerpt
61. Romeo & Juliet - Montagues & Capulets: Montagues & Capulets, Excerpt
62. Lt. Kije's Wedding: Lt. Kije's Wedding, Excerpt
63. Turandot - Nessun Dorma: Nessun Dorma, Excerpt
64. Piano Concerto No. 2: Second Movement, Excerpt
65. Symphony No. 2: Third Movement, Opening, Excerpt
66. Rhapsody on a Theme: Variation 18, Excerpt
67. Bolero
68. Flight of the Bumblebee
69. Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio: Adagio, Excerpt
70. The Barber of Seville - Overture: Excerpt
71. The Barber of Sville - Largo Al Factotum: Largo Al Factotum, Excerpt
72. William Tell Overture - Theme II: Excerpt
73. Danse Macabre: Excerpt
74. Gymnope No. 1
75. Symphony N0. 8 "Unfinished": Excerpt
76. Ave Maria: Excerpt
77. Finlandia [Finale: Finale, Excerpt]
78. Valse Triste: No 1, Valse Triste, Excerpt
79. Stars & Stripes Forever: Excerpt
80. Semper Fidelis: Excerpt
81. Blue Danube Waltz: Excerpt
82. Tales from the Vienna Woods: Excerpt
83. Also Sprach Zarathustra: Fanfare, Excerpt
84. Firebird - Infernal Dance & Main Theme: Infernal Dance & Main ...
85. The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers: Waltz of the Flowers, Excerpt
86. Swan Lake - Waltz: Waltz, Excerpt
87. Sleeping Beauty -: Waltz, Excerpt
88. Romeo & Juliet - Theme II: Theme LL, Excerpt
89. Piano Concerto No. 1 - Opening: Opening, Excerpt
90. 1812 Overture - Finale: Finale, Excerpt
91. Fantasia on "Greensleeves": Excerpt
92. Alda - Grand March: Grand March, Excerpt
93. Il Trovatore - Anvil Chorus: Anvil Chorus, Excerpt
94. Requiem - Dies Irae: Dies Irae, Excerpt
95. Rigoletto - La Donna Mobile: La Donna Mobile, Excerpt
96. The Four Seasons "Spring" - Allegro: Allegro, Excerpt
97. The Four Season "Winter" - Largo: Largo, Excerpt
98. Lohengrin - Bridal Chorus: Bridal Chorus, Excerpt
99. Die WalkRide of the Valkyries: Ride of the Valkyries, Excerpt

Customer Reviews:

I can name that tune in three notes.......2005-02-19

My family likes to put this disc in on shuffle and play name that tune. I wish they made more discs like this, only with more obscure works.

A Fabulous CD.......2004-10-14

The Idiot's Guide to Calssical Music is an awesome Cd for those people who want to have a tiny sample of all the great classical compositions. Track 61 and 63 are my favorite.

Mega-Sampler! This really does have 99 tracks!.......2002-03-20

Yes, this CD really does have 99 tracks. How do they do it? Each is about a minuet long. Some are longer, some are shorter, but you get the micro-essential moments of the music.

If you like burning your own CDs, then this is a great source for intra-track fillers, along the lines of They Might Be Giants' "Apollo 18" album, which has all of those short tracks on the end. The idea is to put your CD player on shuffle, so the short tracks get mixed in with the bona fide songs. The result being a very unusual album.

The booklet gives an explanation of the track, where you heard it (i.e. the Warner Brother's Cartoons, or on famous films), and where you can get the full piece of music. So it's a mega sampler CD.

I can honestly say that this CD is a great gift for the friend who has everything.

Fun Sampler.......2001-11-09

For the beginner. You will be surprised at how many of the 99 themes you recognize here. It is an easy introduction to classical music. Nice booklet too.

Useful........1999-03-22

Take it for what it is, a clever and useful GUIDE to classical music. No, it is NOT an uncut rendition of Beethoven's 9th symphony. It IS a cd that will jog your memory. You have heard many of the tunes presented here, but not always knowing what the work was. This is your chance to catch up with all the great classical music you have been exposed to. Cheap too.

Average customer rating: Pifarro's Best Album! Fun, syncopated music from Piffaro, the Renaissance Band. Renaissance Music is Anything but Boring! Fun music

Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Canzoni e Danze: Wind Music from Renaissance Italy Chansons et Danceries (French Renaissance Wind Music) Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early 15th Century Medieval Dance Music ASIN: B000001GYR Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

1. La guerra
2. Calata ala spagnola
3. Fantasia del cuarto tono
4. Chacona ytaliana: 'Sencilla pastora'
5. Chacona: 'Un sarao de la chacona'
6. Espanyoleta - Gayta
7. Adoramoste, Senor
8. Si habra en este baldres?
9. [Untitled motet]
10. Crux Fidelis - Panis Angelicus - Crux fidelis
11. Puesque me tienes, Miguel
12. De la piel de sus ovejas
13. Parce mihi
14. Alli in Midbar - Canario
15. Sospiros, pues que descansa
16. Recuerde el alma dormida
17. Huyd, huyd, o ciegos amadores
18. Propinan de Meylor
19. Ay Jhesual frayle!
20. Ojos claros y serenos
21. Yntolerable rrayo!
22. Pois con tanta graca
23. Villano
24. Paradetas
25. Baile a finale

Customer Reviews:

Pifarro's Best Album!.......2003-07-08

Although Pifarro has released some wonderful stuff in the past couple of years, "Los Ministriles" is still, in my opinion, their best offering to date. Simply, this recording is a delight, and although I've heard it dozens of times, it always remains fresh and enjoyable upon each re-aquaintance. There is something about music from the Spanish renaissance that sets it apart from almost anything being written in Europe at the time, and Pifarro captures the fun, spontanaity and pure beauty that this music exudes from note one. Highly recommended.

Fun, syncopated music from Piffaro, the Renaissance Band........2002-11-25

The full title of this album is "Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music", and it features a wide variety of genteel and folksy tunes that would have been played by multi-instrumentalist minstrels employed by the nobles and clergy of the time. Originally founded in 1980 as the Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band, Piffaro took its current name from the Italian version of "Pfeifer", or piper. And indeed, this group boasts a wide variety of wind instruments: entire families of shawms, recorders and crumhorns; along with sackbuts, a bass dulcian and various bagpipes; accompanied by Spanish essentials such as harp, vihuela, guitar and percussion. The lively and intricate syncopation of Renaissance Spanish compositions lends a distinctive character to this CD in comparison with the group's other releases, which are also very good. Try their Flemish and German recordings too--"A Flemish Feast: Flemish Renaissance Wind Music" and "Stadtpfeiffer: Music of Renaissance Germany".

Renaissance Music is Anything but Boring!.......2000-03-20

I will admit an immediate bias for this recording, as my Renaissance Music instructor's husband is one of the players. However, leaving that fact out entirely, this disc, like all of Piffaro's recordings, is a joy. I listen to them everywhere, especially when I need to stay awake on long drives. To hear such difficult ensemble instruments as shawms, krumhorns and recorders in a resonant environment, played perfectly in tune is rare. This particular disc ranges from organ-like works for recorder consort to rousing dances like ¡Si abrá in este baldres! Unlike CDs that contain lengthy masses with no lighter interludes (although these are equally gorgeous, especially the Gabrielli Consort's Moralès Mass for the Feast of St. Isidore), Piffaro's CDs are widely varied in terms of instrumentation, style, tempo and inflection. I have played this for many people who claim to not like early music and have had much favorable response, not to mention the personal enjoyment and sheer fun!

Fun music.......1998-11-21

Much of this CD is typical Renaissance music with period instruments: a delight to listen to, but sounding a lot like other Renaissance delights. What I found really unique is that this is the first selection of Renaissance music which I'm familiar with that includes bagpipes among the instuments. Crumhorns and sackbuts are nice but familiar; the bagpipe selections blew me away.

Average customer rating: Good, not great...

Choral Adagios Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Allegri | Allegri, Gregorio | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Casals, Pablo | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | 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 Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | 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 Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Cello Adagios Heavenly Adagios Baroque Adagios Guitar Adagios Bedroom Adagios ASIN: B0002L2ZV4 Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

1. Adagio - London Voices, Terry Edwards
2. Ave Verum Corpus, K618 - The Choir Of King's College - Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
3. Ave Maria - Choir Of New College - Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
4. Pavane, Op.50 - Cheur De L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Iwan Edwards
5. Panis Angelicus - James Vivian
6. Orchestral Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068 - London Voices, Terry Edwards
7. The Blue Bird - Choir Of New College - Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
8. Concierto De Aranjuez Adagio - London Voices, Terry Edwards
9. Easter Hymn - London Opera Chorus, Terry Edwards
10. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte - London Voices, Terry Edwards
11. O Salutaris Hostia - Choir Of New College - Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
12. Simple Gifts - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Jerold Ottley
13. Song For Athene - The Choir Of King's College - Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
14. Humming Chorus - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Norbert Balatsch
15. Miserere - The Choir Of King's College - Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Tracks:

1. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Peter White
2. Crux Fidelis (After Ombra Mai Fu) - Choir Of New College - Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
3. What Sweeter Music - Choir Of New College - Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
4. Adagio - London Voices, Terry Edwards
5. Shenandoah - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Jerold Ottley
6. In Paradisum - Choeur De L'orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Iwan Edwards
7. Notturno: Andante - Christopher van Kampen
8. Andantino Semplice - London Voices, Terry Edwards
9. Blessed Is The Man (All Night Vigil, Op. 37) - Choir Of New College - Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
10. Allegretto - London Voices, Terry Edwards
11. Andante - London Voices, Terry Edwards
12. Cantique De Jean Racine - Stephen Cleobury
13. Te Lucis Ante Terminum - Helen Turnstall
14. Wir Setzen Uns Mit Tranen Nieder - Hymnus-Chorknaben Stuttgart, Gerald Wilhelm

Customer Reviews:

Good, not great..........2007-01-03

It is a cut and paste job, and the overall result reflects that. Some of the pieces are rather good. Some are works that are not choral works, and do not lend themselves well to being morphed into a choral piece.

If you are looking for a musical experience, then pass on this one. If you are looking for pleasant music in the background that no one really listens too...then you may want to consider.

Average customer rating: a voice teacher and early music fan What you would expect from Kings Lovely til the end. Vintage King's! King's College Choir Proves Its Mastery Again

Music For Holy Week Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sheppard | Sheppard, John | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Taverner | Taverner, John | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | 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 Similar Items: Miserere Passiontide at St. Paul's (A sequence of music for Lent, Passiontide and Easter) Images of Christ Great Choral Classics from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge The Psalms of David from Kings Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000002S5K Release Date: 1995-02-14

Tracks:

1. Lamentations of Jeremiah I: Incipit lamentatio
2. Lamentations of Jeremiah I: Aleph
3. Lamentations of Jeremiah I: Beth
4. Lamentations of Jeremiah II: De lamentatione
5. Lamentations of Jeremiah II: Ghimel
6. Lamentations of Jeremiah II: Daleth
7. Lamentations of Jeremiah II: Heth
8. O nata lux
9. Salvator mundi
10. If Ye Love Me
11. Cruicifixus
12. There Is A Green Hill Far Away
13. O vos omnes
14. Nolo mortem peccatoris
15. Tristis est anima mea
16. Crux fidelis
17. Videte omnes populi
18. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
19. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
20. Dum transisset Sabbatum I
21. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
22. This Joyful Eastertide
23. Haec dies
24. Let All The World In Every Corner Sing!

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-02-15

Perfection in delivery and hauntingly beautiful tone quality mark this performance of some glorious holy week music. The Choir of King's College is made up of approximately 30 members, 16 are the young boy choristers and 14 are the undergraduates, who are referred to as Scholars. This particular disc shows 2 different recording times:The Tallis selections comprising the first half of the record were recorded in 1981; the second half (of varied composers )was recorded in 1977. So we cannot be sure that all the personnel were the same, not that it really matters, because it is all so very excellent. HOwever, I think that the Tallis half sounds like only the Scholars were singing, because there are no boy sopranos, as in the 2nd half. Be that as it may, I'll comment on just a few of the works that I particularly enjoyed.
ALL OF THE TALLIS: "The Lamentations of Jeremiah" are usually transmitted as a single piece in most contemporary manuscripts, but they are really two separate compositions in different modes. Tallis and his contemporary John Sheppard were the only 2 English composers of the time to compose hymn settings of any quality. It has been suggested that they had it in mind to compose a cycle of settings for Mary Tudor's chapel. "O Nata lux" may belong to this Marian set. It is almost entirely homophonic, and relies rhetorically upon a flexible declamatory style. " Salvator Mundi" is one of Tallis's best-known motets. The masterly treatment of imitative writing is combined with a fine sense of structure and balance, achieved through repetition, to give a sense of large-scale design, a feature characteristic of Tallis's best large-scale compositions. And the most beautiful anthem on the disc: Tallis's "If Ye Love Me".
So much wonderful music, exquisitely sung; a delcious Easter treat!
I would like to mention to any Michael Chance fans who read this, he is definitely singing on this recording. In the first half it is very obvious, but I do think he is also on the 2nd half. He would have been with King's at this time. Just some trivia for those who are interested.

What you would expect from Kings.......2005-03-23

This is a good recording--you wouldn't expect anything else from this choir. They just sing really well. Diction, tone, everything. Just great performance.

I disagree, as I usually do with Kings, with some of the repertoire selected. The Tallis Lamentations at the beginnning are sung well, but, quite honestly, I usually skip them because they're boring and I want to listen to a variety of pieces on the recording. The Lotti and Sheppard are also disastrous, not because of the performance, just because, in my opinion, they are disastrous as music anyway.

The hymns are probably the best music on this recording. They exemplify the true passion of the season. The other motets (besides the Lamentations) by Tallis are excellent. Leighton's "Let all the world", while I hate singing it, is an effective way to close the recording.

Overall, a good addition to your music library, but not a necessary one.

Lovely til the end........2004-03-13

The music on this cd brings home the beauty of the loftiest, most beautiful cathedrals of Europe, and is fitting of the subject matter therein: the death and resurection of Christ. The only thing I have to complain about is the last selection. TERRIBLE! Forgive me, but I tried to listen to it with open mind and open heart... but everytime, the word terrible came to mind. I would try to keep my twitching fingers away from the skip buttom; but again, every time, I found my arm going straight for it. The last selection sounds like a horrible, tragicly corny and rediculous church-circus joke. The rest of the cd is gorgious. I'm just not into that new-age sound-- or whatever it's supposed to be. Did I mention that the last selection on this cd is repulsive? If I didn't, well, let me say that it stinks!!! Buy the cd anyway, and do like I do and skip the last selection... unless of course you have found a way to tollerate it.

Vintage King's!.......2001-10-30

Superb ensemble singing from simply one of the finest choirs in the world. Philip Ledger's tenure at king's was relatively short but he produced a sublime sound from the choir. Then are many jewels on this disc from Lotti's 'Crucifixus' to the simply beautiful interpretation of Orlando Gibbon's 'Drop, drop slow tears'
Highly recommended.

King's College Choir Proves Its Mastery Again.......2001-03-20

I have been extremely hungry to hear English Tudor composers lately and came across this CD. Since it contained works by Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, Taverner and Sheppard, was sung by my favorite choir, and was very reasonably priced, I figured I had nothing to lose. Everything else on the disc was frosting on the cake.

I am especially delighted with the attention to program on this CD. From following Tallis's lavishly dense "Lamentations" with his thrillingly sparse "O Nata Lux" (full of tasty cross relations), to following Taverner's "Dum transisset Sabbatum I" with the well known Easter hymn, "Jesus Christ is risen today," careful attention is given to pacing and contrast over the generous 73 min 18 sec of the recording.

If I were to select two items worthy of special note, I'd point you to Lotti's "Crucifixus" and Kenneth Leighton's "Let all the world in every corner sing." The first is certainly the most exquisite use of dissonance I've ever heard in a Baroque choral work. Burney records in his 1770 diaries that the Italian choir brought him to tears when it nailed the entries on dissonant suspensions, and this recording shows you exactly what he was talking about. In the context of this program, Leighton's anthem is also a thrilling piece of work. Though decidedly modern, it uses modern organ and choral writing to the service of the text. Never do I pull back and think, "Is this weirdness for weirdness' sake?" -- as I do when listening to the works of many moderns, and Gesualdo, for that matter. It is a thrilling ride on the crest of a wave of sound that brings the entire program of King's College Choir's "Music for Holy Week" to an exhilarating conclusion. (I don't know any other work by him. Surely this isn't unique in his catalog.)

Average customer rating:

Palestrina: Stabat Mater Manufacturer: Gaudeamus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tallis Scholars sing Palestrina Merbecke: Ave Dei Patris Filia; Domine Ihesu Christe Victoria: Requiem - Officium defunctorum (1605) / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort Victoria: Missa Gaudeamus, etc / Carwood, Cardinall's Music Palestrina Masses: Missa Benedicta es ASIN: B0000BX5LG Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

1. Hosanna Filio David (Plainsong)
2. Pueri Hebraeorum
3. Improperium
4. O Domine, Jesu Christe A6
5. Fratres, Ego Enim Accepi
6. Dominus Jesus
7. Popule Meus
8. Crux Fidelis
9. Stabat Mater
10. Terra Tremuit
11. Ardens Est Cor Meum
12. Congratulamini Mihi Omnes
13. Haec Dies A6
14. Crucem Sanctam Subiit
15. Et Respicientes (Plainsong)
16. Magnificat Tertii Toni A6
17. Et Respicientes (Plainsong)
18. Victimae Paschali Laudes A8

Average customer rating: A classic set in stone...

Meet Me at the Crux Dirk Hamilton Manufacturer: Akarma Italy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alias I Sometimes Ya' Leave the Blues out on the Road You Can Sing on the Left or Bark on the Right Thug of Love Sweet Warrior ASIN: B000FG4KDW Release Date: 2006-05-15

Tracks:

1. Mouth Full of Suck
2. Billboard on the Moon
3. All in All
4. Welcome to Toyland
5. Tell a Vision Time
6. Heroes of the Night
7. Meet Me at the Crux
8. How Do You Fight Fire?
9. Every Inch a Moon
10. Condo Rows [*]
11. Don't Laugh at Me Louise [*]
12. Santa Cruz Moutain Monologue [*]

Album Details

Rolling Stone Said One of the Most Unforgettable Albums of the '70's. Deluxe Edition with Bonus Tracks, Lyrics and Pictures.

Customer Reviews:

A classic set in stone..........2006-09-19

Long overdue for a re-release, Dirk Hamilton's "Meet me at the Crux" is easily one of the best albums of 1978 (and my personal favorite). Hamilton's writing is quirky (Egg a duck?), soulful and at times profound. His vocals are all his own. His unique delivery sells every song - his way.

The standouts for me are "How Do You Fight Fire", "Meet Me at the Crux", "Billboard on the Moon", Mouth Full of Suck, and the beautiful "Every Inch a Moon". The deluxe addition of this CD includes several tracks that were not included in the original release. One of these, "Santa Cruz Mountain Monologue" appears to be a personal reflection and is really an excellent inclusion.

All of these will stand the test of time. The album is 28 years old and still sounds as fresh as the day it was released. "Meet me at the Crux" is back. There is a God!

Average customer rating: Brilliant

Renaissance Masterpieces: Ockeghem; Josquin; Morales Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Morales, Cristóbal de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | 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 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Palestrina: Missa Hodie Christus natus est; Stabat Mater; Lasus: Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Mass for Five Voices; Infelix ego French Chansons Tallis: Mass for Four Voices; Motets /Oxford Camerata * Summerly ASIN: B0000073BK Release Date: 1995-08-21

Tracks:

1. Intemerata Dei Mater
2. Nunc Dimittis
3. Magnificat (Octavi Toni)
4. Surrexit Pastor Bonus
5. Laboravi In Gemitu Meo
6. Ego Flos Campi
7. Si Ignoras Te
8. Lauda Mater Ecclesia
9. Vadam Et Circuibo
10. Laudibus In Sanctis
11. Crux Fidelis

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant.......2005-10-28

Shimmering, luxurious, sparkling, ebullient, meditative. This CD started my love for the great Renaissance music for the Catholic Mass, surely one of the great achievements in human endeavor. There may be better introductory discs out there, but this was mine, and it changed my life. Read the reviews of other similar discs and you'll read the same thing. This is music that speaks to the soul, which was, and will always be, the point.

Average customer rating: Don't wait! Buy it now!

Jacob Obrecht: Missa Sub Tuum Praesidium; Benedictus in laude; Salve Regina Manufacturer: Gaudeamus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Obrecht | Obrecht, Jacob | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Sacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ockeghem: Missa L'homme Arme, Missa Sine Nomine a3 Jacob Obrecht: Missa Malheur Me Bat / Laudes Christo / Johannes Martini: Magnificat Tertii Toni / Ave Maris Stella / O Beate Sebastiane / Salve Regina - The Clerks' Group Josquin dez Prez: Missa Faisant Regretz; Motets Ockeghem: Requiem; Missa Fors Seulement Ockeghem: Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini ASIN: B0000CE0ZV Release Date: 2003-11-25

Tracks:

1. Benedicamus In Laude
2. Sub Tuum Praesidium
3. Kyrie
4. Gloria
5. Credo
6. Sanctus & Benedictus
7. Agnus Dei
8. Salve Crux
9. Beata Es Maria
10. Salve Regina
11. Mille Quingentis
12. Factor Orbis

Customer Reviews:

Don't wait! Buy it now!.......2007-04-12

If you are familiar with any of Obrecht's music, or with any of the great polyphonic masses of the Franco-Flemish masters, then you must hear this performance. The mass is a bold assault on the predictabilities of the genre, assigning the "tenor" to the highest voices. The motets that fill out the disk are equally daring. None of this would matter if the performance were not thrillingly insightful, with nearly perfect tuning and phrasing, but it is! The Clerks' Group ranks with the Orlando Consort and the various ensembles led by Dominique Visse as the finest interpreters of Renaissance vocal music active today.

Track Listings:

1. Debussy: String quartet in Gm; Beethoven: String Quartet No3
2. Deep Water, High Clouds: Tones & Tales of Piano
3. Feidman Plays Bloch/Olivero/Bar Chaim
4. Franck and Huybrechts: Sonatas for Violin and Piano
5. From Scotland With Love-Musical Landscape Paintings
6. G-String Plays Piazzolla
7. Garnier/Rava/Kreutzer/Philidor/Toeschi: Oboe Quartets
8. George Henry Crumb: Makrokosmos, Vol. l + ll/Mathé: Der Schlangenträger
9. German Baroque Chamber Music 3
10. Gistelinck: Music for René, etc.

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