My Life is My Sun Dance

Times-Picayune 12/3/99
I know this. My life has a meaning. I believe that the Creator, Wakan Tanka, has shaped each of our lives for a reason. I don't know what that reason is. Maybe I'll never know. But you don't have to know the meaning of life to know that life has a meaning.
Leonard Peltier, from Prison Writings

The album is a collaboration among Peltier, Harvey Arden, the Rev. D.L. "Goat" Carson and producer George Ingmire.

Arden, an authority on Native American spirituality, edited Peltier's book and reads on the recording. "If you read the book and you see where he grew up, you'll understand the true nature of the genocide as it is practiced on the reservation," Carson said.

"To me having a Russian Jew read it is a very powerful comment," Carson said. "It tells you a sad thing. Genocide is genocide. We recognize it one place and not in another."

Product Description:
"My Life is My Sundance" is a spoken word album, with musical accompaniment, based on the book "Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance" by Leonard Peltier. Harvey Arden, Leonard's editor and dear friend, reads from the book with the music of Reverend Goat(buffalo jawbone harp, backing vocals, harmonica), an Indian spiritual leader, and New Orleans Light: George Ingmire(heartbeat drum, guitar, treatments), Harry Lenz(bass clarinet, saxophone), Michael Voelker(drums).

My Life is My Sun Dance

My Life is My Sun Dance,Leonard Peltier,Harvey Arden,Rev. Goat Carson,New Orleans Light,Harvey Arden,The Words of Leonard Peltier in a Spoken-Word Performance by Harvey Arden with haunting original music by Rev. Goat Carson, George Ingmire, Harry Lenz and Michael Voelker--'New Orleans Light'

Average customer rating: Beautiful Victor Herbert Beautiful Victor Herbert Beautiful Victor Herbert

Victor Herbert: The American Girl Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: When I Grow Too Old to Dream Victor Herbert: Columbus Suite/ Irish Rhapsody/ Auditorium Festival March Herbert: L'encore Victor Herbert: Souvenir Victor Herbert: Beloved Songs and Classic Miniatures ASIN: B000000T6L Release Date: 1992-10-26

Tracks:

1. The American Girl Two-Step
2. The Princess Pat (Sels)
3. The Dream Girl (Sels)
4. Natoma (Sels)
5. A Kiss In The Dark from Orange Blossoms
6. A Love Sonnet
7. Inauguration March

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This recording (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discovered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.

Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discoivered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.

Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discoivered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.

Average customer rating:

The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Brannigan, Owen | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004SSJR Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

1. The Mikado: Overture
2. The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
3. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
4. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
5. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
6. The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
7. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
8. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
9. The Mikado: I Am So Proud
10. The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
11. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
12. The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
13. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
14. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
15. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
16. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
17. The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
18. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
19. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
20. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
21. Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
22. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
23. H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
24. Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
25. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term

Tracks:

1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
2. H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
3. H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
4. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
5. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
6. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
7. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
8. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
9. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
10. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
11. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
12. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
13. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
14. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
15. Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
16. Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
17. Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
18. Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
19. Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
20. Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
21. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
22. The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)

Tracks:

1. When All Night Long A Chap Remains
2. When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
3. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
4. If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
5. Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
6. Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
7. Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
8. Ruddigore: You Understand?
9. Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
10. Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
11. Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
12. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
13. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
14. The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
15. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
16. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
17. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
18. The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
19. The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
20. The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
21. The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
22. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
23. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
24. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride

Average customer rating: A haunting, inspiring Classic!

My Life is My Sun Dance Harvey Arden Manufacturer: Harvey Arden ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000040JKW Release Date: 1999-11-21

Tracks:

1. Spirit Breath
2. Thunder Speaks
3. My Name
4. Welcome to Leavenworth
5. Sun Dance
6. Let the Healing Begin
7. Indian Dead
8. On that Day
9. Ghost Dance
10. Arrest and Trial
11. Political Prisoner
12. Army of One

Album Description

"My Life is My Sundance" is a spoken word album, with musical accompaniment, based on the book "Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance" by Leonard Peltier. Harvey Arden, Leonard's editor and dear friend, reads from the book with the music of Reverend Goat(buffalo jawbone harp, backing vocals, harmonica), an Indian spiritual leader, and New Orleans Light: George Ingmire(heartbeat drum, guitar, treatments), Harry Lenz(bass clarinet, saxophone), Michael Voelker(drums).

Customer Reviews:

A haunting, inspiring Classic!.......2000-01-31

This CD will go down in history as a classic! Harvey Arden reads to the book he edited that was written by US Ojibway/Lakota political prisoner Leonard Peltier called Prison Writings.

Steps above eloquent poetry, it's a journey that takes the listener inside prison walls and weaves through US / Indian relations, FBI abuses, and our conscience. The music is haunting and inspiring. The story will stay with you and leave you with vignettes of wisdom and emotion.

My favorite line of the CD, "Are you an Army of One? And if not.. why not?" I highly recommend this CD. One of my favorites.

Average customer rating: An Interesting Collection of Russian Tenor Arias Another Naxos winner.

Russian Opera Arias Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | 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: Russian Opera Arias 2 ASIN: B00005UO8J Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Hermann's Arioso (Act I) I Do Not Know Her Name
3. Hermann's Arioso (Act I) Forgive Me, Heavenly Creature
4. Hermann's Arioso (Act III) What Is Our Life? A Game!
5. Overture
6. Levko's Aria (Act I) The Sun Is Low
7. Levko's Recitative & Song (Act III) Sleep, My Beauty
8. Waltz (Act II)
9. Lensky's Aria (Act I) I Love You, Olga
10. Polonaise (Act III)
11. Lensky's Aria (Act II, Scene 2) Where, O Where Have You Gone?
12. Ecossaise (Act III)
13. Gopak
14. Grit'sko's Song (Act I) Why, O Heart, Do You Sob And Groan?
15. Overture
16. Song Of The Off-Stage Singer My Heart Quivers

Customer Reviews:

An Interesting Collection of Russian Tenor Arias.......2005-09-19

When people think of the great tenors, the name Vladimir Grishko does not come as quickly to mind as say, Placido Domingo or Franco Corelli and a disc with arias from Mussorgsky's SOROCHINTSY FAIR or Rimsky Korsakov's May Night may not be as tantalizing as a disc with arias from AIDA, LA BOHEME, or FAUST. While I do not expect that this disc from Naxos will steer people away from the tried and true favorites, it will certainly show people the beauty of Russian opera. It will also introduce many people to a tenor who performs some beautiful arias from a type of opera known primarily for its great bass roles.

Two of the sets of arias are from Tchaikovsky's well known QUEEN OF SPADES and EUGENE ONEGIN. Grishko does a particularly fine job with the three arias from QUEEN OF SPADES, displaying the lyrical quality of his voice. He does a good job with the ONEGIN arias as well. Since the other operas with arias are not all that familiar to most non-Russian listeners (including me), it is hard to say whether he does an exceptional job or his interpretations are on the mark, but it is safe to assume that with the beauty of his voice, his pace and control, and overall delivery of the pieces that he does them justice as well. An added bonus to this disc are the orchestral excerpts including the well known Waltz and Polonaise from ONEGIN and the familiar Gopak from SOROCHINTSY FAIR, as well as lesser known works such as Arensky's overture to DREAM ON THE VOLGA and Rimsky Korsakov's overture to MAY NIGHT.

This disc will be a great addition to any opera recording library and fans of great tenors may discover a new rising star. Since he is young and his voice is in excellent shape, he may also be a name we hear with critical acclaim in the future.

Another Naxos winner........2002-06-06

Serious music lovers with half an ear will be aware that Russian is one of the most suitable languages for singing. They'll also be aware that not many CDs come to hand which provide opportunities to hear it. All the more welcome therefore is this issue, from the adventurous and widely-distributed Naxos label, of a collection of tenor arias and orchestral excerpts from Russian operas.

The tenor arias are allocated to Vladimir Grishko, a Ukrainian tenor whose career seems to date from several prize winning appearances he made in competitions in 1989. He enunciates beautifully, his voice is free of wobble, and the tone is free and open throughout the whole range. All the orchestral forces are Russian and the orchestral items are conducted by Theodore Kuchar, who secures wider dynamic extremes that are usually heard in the popular Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Mussorgsky items.

A final word of praises is for the format of this CD. Juxtaposing orchestral and vocal excerpts from the selected Russian operas makes for 67 minutes of varied and well-programmed listening.

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