Linda Lou

1. The Other Side

2. Loved The Hell Out Of Me

3. Linda Lou

4. I've Never Slept In The Rain

5. Mississippi Delta

6. Memory Bound

7. This Time

8. I've Forgotten How To Pray

9. Simple Little Thing Called Love

10. I'm Gone

11. That's What I Get For Thinkin'

12. Southern Soul

13. The Sparrow

Linda Lou,Dakota,Compendia,Contemporary Country,Country,Pop,R&B

Average customer rating: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - Anniversary release???? Trio Good Harmony Gift Only Somewhat Impressed

Trio Dolly Parton , Emmylou Harris , and Linda Ronstadt Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Trio II (Two) Duets Honky Tonk Angels The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions ASIN: B000002LAC Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. The Pain Of Loving You
2. Making Plans
3. To Know Him Is To Love Him
4. Hobo's Meditation
5. Wild Flowers
6. Telling Me Lies
7. My Dear Companion
8. Those Memories Of You
9. I've Had Enough
10. Rosewood Casket
11. Farther Along

Amazon.com essential recording

"Appalachia circa 1907" is the way they described it in the postgame interviews. It wasn't, of course, but it was as close as you could come in 1987 and still hope to sell the million copies that this ended up selling. The "Three Tenors" of country music juggle leads, complement each other to often haunting effect, and subjugate their egos to a greater cause. The songs run the gamut from primordial country favorites like "Rosewood Casket" and "Hobo's Meditation," to '50s pop (a rather anomalous "To Know Him Is to Love Him"), and mainstream country. The instrumentation is restrained, the vocals are unfailingly lovely, and the result is a trio that is more than the sum of its parts. --Colin Escott

Customer Reviews:

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - Anniversary release????.......2007-05-23

It goes without saying this is a classic recording and is mentioned numorous times in articles and reviews comparing other recordings to it. I haven't heard any rumors but it would be fitting if Rhino planned a 20th Anniversary deluxe release - remastered and expanded to 2 discs. Trio definitely qualifies as an obvious choice for a new remastered release. I can only hope it is being kept a secret given the little advance information given out for most Rhino releases - the upcoming Emmylou rarities box set included.

Trio.......2007-03-12

Wonderful music by three very talented ladies. I play it frequently. Received in excellent conditoin.

Good Harmony.......2007-03-09

This is one of the best country ladies harmony record I have heard in a long time. The solo's are very good and from two ladie's one doesn't hear to much from.
It is to bad the songs in this cd are sad and kinda depressing but the music is great.

Gift.......2007-01-09

This was a gift, but I got a lot of credit for getting. I have heard the CD though I thought it was very nice.

Only Somewhat Impressed.......2006-08-10

I enjoyed the harmony of the singers and a few of the songs, but to really enjoy the CD, you need to be an OLD folk songs enthusiast.
BJF

Average customer rating: Fantastic! Weak sequel Really Good Follow Up To "Trio" Powerful voices This Version of "After the Goldrush" is Breath-taking!!

Trio II (Two) Dolly Parton , Emmylou Harris , and Linda Ronstadt Manufacturer: Asylum Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Heroes | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: Trio Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions Duets Honky Tonk Angels Angel Band ASIN: B00000F1D2 Release Date: 1999-02-09

Tracks:

1. Lover's Return
2. High Sierra
3. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
4. After the Gold Rush
5. The Blue Train
6. I Feel the Blues Movin' In
7. You'll Never Be the Sun
8. He Rode All the Way to Texas
9. Feels Like Home
10. When We're Gone, Long Gone

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This long-awaited, highly anticipated follow-up to 1987's much-loved initial Trio offering doesn't disappoint. On Trio II, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton weave a spell that's equal parts traditional and contemporary, country and folk, vision and voice. It's their seamless musical blend of these counterpoints--as in the sweet, sweeping harmonies on Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" or the instrumentally spare acoustic presentation of the Carter Family's "Lover's Return"--that makes these songs such treasures. When individual voices soar and fuse together to create distinct new voices, when instinct leads the way for artistry to follow, the result is perfect harmony, pure magic. --Alexandra Russell

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic! .......2007-06-27

Some people are complaining about the duplication of songs on this cd and Linda Ronstadt's Feels Like Home cd. When these tracks were recorded, there were conflicts with schedules and an argument took place between Ms. Parton and Ms. Ronstadt (I remember reading an article that Dolly told the details). After the feud, the recordings were shelved and it looked very grim that this cd would ever be released. Ms. Ronstadt's company was pushing for a cd to release and since there didn't seem to be any hope of another Trio recording, she used the tracks of her and Ms. Harris (and in her linear notes on her cd, she thanks Ms. Harris for her loyalty because of the feud between her and Dolly.) They decided to record other singers for the 'Trio' affect, they recruited Alison Krauss (a frequent Dolly collabirator). Dolly used one track for her Treasures cd and also used Ms. Harris but also used a third singer for the 'Trio' affect. After several years, things worked out so that they could release the Trio cd but of course some of the tracks were released on previous cd's. When the trio was promoting the cd, you could sense some tension between Ms. Parton and Ms. Ronstadt.

Even with all the drama, the cd is terrific and they sound perfect together. The original concept was to have each lady take lead on a cd. The first one has Dolly being lead on most songs and the second one has Linda taking lead on most songs. Doubtful that a third cd will be released using Emmylou as the lead, which is a shame because these ladies combined can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned. Angelic is the word that comes to mind when I hear the three of them harmonizing.

Weak sequel.......2007-06-19

Despite the beautiful voices, especially Linda's and Emmylou's, this album is a real disappointment. As good as the song selection was on "Trio", the same can't be said about this turkey. Mostly blah songs that are totally uninspiring. Spend your money on Emmylou's anthology or some of Ronstadt's other albums. Their version of "After the Gold Rush" does have its moments though.

Really Good Follow Up To "Trio".......2006-05-08

The album is so great, I can't believe I never knew about this one earlier. The album is so moving, the music & the singers on here are totally haunting. The songs get to where they never leave your mind and it gets you where your listening to it over & over again, of course the most haunting and beautfully sad song on here is "After The Goldrush", I really can't understand what it's about, but all I know is that's the one song that sticks in my mind. "Trio II (2)" also gives you three different kinds of music, there's Country, Bluegrass, & a little bit of rock/pop especially on "5. The Blue Train", "8. He Rode All The Way To Texas" & "9. Feel's Like Home". Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt are the lead singers on here & their great, But! Dolly Parton (one of my favorite's ever!) only sings for the leads on track 4 & 8, the rest is either back vocals are all together. Overall it's an A- album.

Powerful voices.......2003-12-05

This album might not have been as successful as the original TRIO album from 1987, but I think it's even better. The song selection is very strong, and the songs suit these ladies very well. The harmonies are beautiful. There's nothing more I could ask for from this album. It opens with the beautiful "Lovers Return", which is a Carter Family song. "High Sierra" is a beautiful song, Linda sounds wonderful on this song. Emmylou takes the helm in a cover of Dolly's "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind". They do a great version of Neil Young's "After The Goldrush" which is just stunning. Linda is lead on "The Blue Train", which is a very nice song. Other highlights include "When We're Gone, Long Gone", "Feels Like Home", "You'll Never Be The Sun" and "He Rode All The Way To Texas". This album was originally recorded in 1994 but there was problems with the release and other factors, so it wasn't released until early 1999. Definately a gem!

This Version of "After the Goldrush" is Breath-taking!!.......2003-06-20

I bought the first Trio CD when it came out and enjoyed most of the songs there. I have to admit, I only bought this second Trio release because of one song "After the Goldrush". This has to be one of the most beautiful, breath-taking, chills-down-your-spine song ever recorded. Most remakes usually aren't as good as the originals, but I beg to differ on this one. This is one of those songs that I crank up as loud as my speakers and ears can stand it - I feel like I'm hearing music and vocals from heaven. It's just astounding. I did finally give the rest of the CD a listen to, and it's fairly decent. But, even if all these other songs sucked, to me, it would have been worth the price just to have "After the Goldrush".

Average customer rating: Soothing tunes for your soul. Emmylou & Linda a perfect Duo. A folk-rock masterpiece WOW! This album is a stunner... A High Point in 2 Careers

Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris Manufacturer: Asylum Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Trio II (Two) Trio Duets Adieu False Heart All the Roadrunning ASIN: B00000JZBQ Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

1. Loving The Highway Man
2. Raise The Dead
3. For A Dancer
4. Western Wall
5. 1917
6. He Was Mine
7. Sweet Spot
8. Sisters Of Mercy
9. Falling Down
10. Valerie
11. This Is To Mother You
12. All I Left Behind
13. Across The Border

Amazon.com

Emmylou Harris once said of her four-shows-a-night salad days that she refused to sing anything on the hit parade, opting only for "bizarre, left-field songs" that "made it hard to make a living." Decades later, Harris still spends a lot of time in left field, and it's those offbeat, haunting gems--more than the classics here from Leonard Cohen or Jackson Browne--that make Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions, her duet album with Linda Ronstadt, so memorable. That, and her exquisitely pained soprano--reminiscent of "cracked crystal," as Linda puts it--nestled up against Ronstadt's thicker, corduroy harmonies. With arrangements that meet somewhere between Harris's Wrecking Ball and Ronstadt's Hasten Down the Wind, the two explore a mood of morose dreaminess, but profound beauty. Ghosts gather here, to the sounds of rattling bones--in songs of abandoned love, of musical giants now gone silent, and of World War I soldiers, who parade from the arms of prostitutes to the arms of death. Left field, dotted with the wreckage of heartache and regret, never sounded better. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

Soothing tunes for your soul........2006-09-07

The music on this CD is so beautiful, so soothing, and so relaxing that it's hard for me to describe with mere words. You will have to hear it for yourself. I will tell you this- I don't care what life dished-out to bring you down during the day, if you play this CD when you get home it will free your mind. I call it "Western Wall" therapy. Linda & Emmylou, I can't thank you enough.

Emmylou & Linda a perfect Duo........2006-08-31

Emmylou and Linda are a perfect duo on this CD. The vocal backing of Kate and Anna McGarrigle makes it even extra interesting. The most catching title on this CD,I think, is "Valerie".

About a number of songs where Emmy does the lead vocal, one can hear that her stile is building up towards her later CD "Red Dirt Girl".

Once you love Emmy's and Linda's music, no doubt you should have this CD in your collection.

A folk-rock masterpiece.......2005-04-16

This 1999 collaboration between Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt is more folk rock than country in its unique atmospheric sound. It opens with Loving The Highwayman, where the two share lead and harmony vocals. Written by Emmylou, Raise The Dead has her on lead, harmony and electric guitar on a moving tribute to Hank Williams and Bill Monroe.

They lovingly interpret Rosanne Cash's Western Wall, whilst 1917 is a slow melancholy ballad with some lines sung in Latin. The tempo picks up a bit on He Was Mine, a gorgeous display of interweaving voices, and on Sweet Spot, which is a type of brooding rock ballad. For me, the highlight of the album is definitely this evocative cover of Sisters Of Mercy. The simple arrangement does not stray too far from Cohen's original, but the harmonies are exquisite as are the backing vocals by Canadian folk legends Kate and Anna McGarrigle.

The next track, Falling Down is in the big rock ballad mould and is followed by the lilting Valerie, a gripping song of the road. Another highlight of the album is the Sinead O'Connor song This Is To Mother You that gets a fragile and tender treatment. Emmylou's composition, the mostly acoustic All I Left Behind, is very poetic and moving. The album concludes with Bruce Springsteen's Across The Border, a beautiful song of transcendence and hope.

Western Wall is a masterpiece in its execution, but requires some getting used to for devoted fans of Emmylou. Unlike all of her work, from Pieces Of The Sky to Stumble Into Grace, this album entirely lacks Emmylou's characteristic soulful expression. I award it four stars only in comparison to the best of Harris' work; as a folk rock album, it certainly belongs in the five star league next to the work of artists like Richard and Linda Thompson, the McGarrigles and Lucinda Williams.

WOW! This album is a stunner..........2004-12-21

Whenever you see reviews of an album that are as polarized as the reviews are for this one, check it out!! Those listeners expecting Ronstadt and Harris to stay in the same musical box as their previous "Trio" releases will be quite surprised. This music cannot be easily categorized. But it will enter your consciousness and you will find yourself thinking about it long after you've listened to it, and wanting to hear it again. For those who haven't heard it yet, give it a chance. For those who have heard it and dismissed it, listen to it again. For those who have heard it and love it, listen to it again.

A High Point in 2 Careers.......2004-11-10

This CD marks a high point in the brilliant careers of both Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt, two of the finest singers of their generation. These exquisitely selected and performed songs show off both their voices and their taste.
Two particular highlights: Sinead O'Connor's "This Is To Mother You," and Patti Scialfa's "Valerie." But every cut is fine.

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Average customer rating: Cantemir, Great Sultan, Louis XIV and Peter the Great Worth exploring, but... Excellent

CANTEMIR : Music in Istanbul and Ottoman Europe around 1700 Manufacturer: Golden Horn Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Harrison | Harrison, Lou | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lully | Lully, Jean-Baptiste | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Marais | Marais, Marin | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Turkey | Middle East | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001CVE8E Release Date: 2004-01-30

Tracks:

1. Syrba - Moldavian Dance
2. Syrba - Moldavian Dance
3. Beraber Taksim - Collective Improvisation
4. Zhok de Nante - Moldavian Dance
5. Ostropesul - Moldavian Dance
6. Syrba with Taksim - Moldavian Dance
7. Bestenigar Taksim - Improvisation
8. Pesrev in makam Bestenigar - Dimitrie Cantemir
9. Tanbur Taksimi - Improvisation (tanbur solo)
10. Saz Semaisi in makam Neva / usul aksak semai (10/8) - Dimitrie Cantemir
11. Saz Semaisi in makam Rast / usul aksak semai - Dimitrie Cantemir
12. Syrbas - Moldavian Dances
13. KemenTaksimi - Improvisation (kemensolo)
14. In Honor of Prince Kantemir - Lou Harrison
15. Beraber Taksim - Collective Improvisation
16. Andante (from Concertino per Kemance, Violino Picolo 5 Instruments, 'In Honor of Kantemiro, 2000) - Yalcin Tura
17. A Turkish Air (Travels and Observations, 1738) Thomas Shaw (1694-1751)
18. Marche a la Turque (Pis de viole, Book V, 1725) Marin Marais (1656 - 1728)
19. Marche pour la cmonie des Turcs (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1670) J-B. Lully (1632 - 1687)
20. The Turks' dance (Augurs, 1622) Ben Jonson (1572/3 - 1637)
21. New metar (The Dancing Master, 1665) John Playford (1623 - 1686)
22. Rast Taksim - Collective Improvisation
23. Pesrev in makam Rast / usul berefsan (16/8) Dimitrie Cantemir
24. Zhok de Nante - Moldavian Dance
25. Penh Taksim - Improvisation (kemensolo)
26. Saz semaisi in makam Penh / usul aksak semai (10/8) - yemai (6/8) - Bulgariaska (Floria 16) - yemai (6/8) - aksak semai (10/8) Dimitrie Cantemir and Moldavian Dance
27. H Taksim - Collective Improvisation (kemen baroque flute)
28. Pesrev in makam H - Dimitrie Cantemir
29. Buselik Taksim - Collective Improvisation
30. Pesrev in makam Buselik / usul devr-i-revan (14/16) Dimitrie Cantemir

Album Description

CANTEMIR honors the amazingly rich life of Prince Dimitrie Cantemir (Kantemiroglu, 1673-1723), born in Moldavia (now Romania) but educated in Istanbul, becoming during his many years at the heart of Ottoman culture a master musician, composer, linguist, and lexicographer. Sent home eventually to rule Moldavia as the representative of the Ottoman Empire, Cantemir betrayed the Sultan by attempting unsuccessfully with the aid of Tsar Peter the Great to liberate his people. In defeat, he fled with his court into exile in Russia.

Featured on the disc is Ihsan Ozgen, Linda Burman-Hall and the ensemble Lux Musica, in compositions in Ottoman classical style by Prince Cantemir, first recordings of new music honoring Kantemiroglu by Lou Harrison and Yalcin Tura, traditional and experimental improvisations, and Moldavian dance music. Ihsan Ozgen plays kemence (Turkish fiddle) and tanbur (Turkish lute). Linda Burman-Hall is playing early keyboards and bendir (frame drum).

Customer Reviews:

Cantemir, Great Sultan, Louis XIV and Peter the Great.......2006-07-30

Firstly, I want to thank Lux Musica and Ihsan Ozgen for recording such a beautiful exquisite album.
Moldavian prince Dmitrie Cantemir stood on cross-roads between the West, Russia and the Orient on the turning point of history - end of the 17th - beginning of 18th centuries. Philosopher, musician and musicologist, orientalist and politician - charismatic and interesting person.
Ihsan Ozgen and Lux Musica decided not to re-create authentic Turkish folk sound of Kantemir`s music, but to incorporate fantastic sound of Turkish string instrument kemence, which reminds crying human voice, and other Turkish instruments into the European ensemble Lux Musica (flute, violin, viola, lute, early guitar, percussion, harpsichord, virginal). Idea is to present the music by Kantemir as synthesis of European and Oriental cultural traditions, to imagine real concerts of his daughter Maria (who played harpsichord) in the court of Peter the Great in Russia, and to describe the cultural context of Kantemir`s music.
You would hear music by Kantemir himself, European "Turkish" style melodies of the 17th century by Lully (melody for famous play by Moliere "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"), Marin Marais, Ben Johnson, Moldavian folk dances - so this programme wouldn`t be boring for you. I don`t agree with the previous reviewer - to listen to whole CD of authentic Turkish material - it`s a real hard work for European, Russian or American lover of classical music. That`s why I think that Ihsan Ozgen and Lux Musica were right.
So listen to this beautiful music and read a good novels by modern writers devoted to problems of relationships between Orient and Occident - try works by Amin Maalouf, Orhan Pamuk, Milorad Pavic.

Very beautiful album!

P.S. Addition to the text in the booklet. There stated that "Kantemir betrayed Sultan". Let`s be objective - history was more sophisticated. Don`t forget that Kantemir lived in Istanbul as the hostage to guarantee the loyalty of his native Moldavia to the Ottoman Empire. As he wrote in his memoirs, when he was selected by the Sultan to be a ruler of Moldavia, he was informed that he should make a "gift" to the Court - to pay a sum of money. And the sum of this "gift" was very high. Kantemir understood that he should raise the taxes in Moldavia to collect this money. So the choice was - to betray Sultan or to betray his native people. Ruler of Vallachia (modern Romania) sent a letter to Kantemir and invited him to join the revolt of the Orthodox Christians against the Ottoman rule. They secretly asked Tzar Peter the Great to help them. But when the Russian troops started their expedition, Vallachian ruler, who provoked Kantemir, informed Sultan about this revolt and of course rejected to participate in it. So Kantemir in 1711 had no other choice than to join Russian troops and after the unglorious end of this expedition (there were no any revolt) - Kantemir with his family fled to Russia. His life was saved by Peter the Great, because Ottoman powers demanded to return Kantemir to them (of course he would be killed) as condition of peace treaty with Russia.
His son Antoich became Russian poet and diplomate. In Paris he was close to writers and poets of the French Enlightenment.

Worth exploring, but..........2004-08-07

If you're coming to this out of curiosity, rather than as an Ottoman music fan, you may be more pleased with this disk than I was.

The best compositions here are those of Cantemir, the master himself. The folk dances are interesting, but they aren't on the same level of refinement. Cantemir was at the peak of a learned tradition. The juxtaposition with folk material might be justified if Cantemir had drawn on it for his compositions, but that's not the case; we're simply told that the peasants back near Cantemir's home in what is now Romania were playing these dances while Cantemir was off in Constantinople playing his stuff for the sultan. And the point is...? I would have preferred a disk purely of Cantemir pieces.

The music is well played, but I'm not totally sold on the mixture of eastern and western instruments. Obviously, it isn't authentic, but that isn't the problem; sometimes the mixture of instruments just doesn't work. One glowing exception is the neva saz semai, where the tanbur and harpsichord blend quite nicely.

Don't get me wrong; it's worth a listen. But if you already know the Ottoman classical tradition and some of Cantemir's works, be sure you know that you're getting an experimental "fusion" disk, not something traditional.

Excellent.......2004-03-27

This CD finally opens the long forgotten bridge to the early Ottoman music. Although in recent albums (for example, in "Dream of the Orient" by Concerto Koln and Sarband) there are some fine examples of Cantemir's work, this single album is fully dedicated to him.

The examples are carefully chosen to present early Ottoman and Cantemir's own music. The addition of the music from the composers of the West (some are recent, in honor of Cantemir), showing the influence of the Turkish music, is very nice and complementary.

Cantemir, as might be known, is the first musician/traveler/diplomat (and later a trouble maker) from Romania, who recorded the Ottoman music while he was living in the Ottoman lands for near twenty years.

Followed by composers such as Fux, Mozart, J. and M. Haydn brothers, Beethoven, Gluck, Rossini and many others, the Turkish music, its musical instruments (drums, cymbals and triangle, etc.) and themes became the most influential regional effect on the Western classical music for a few centuries.

A CD that should not be missed.

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Points of Entry: Contemporary Works for Solo Flute by American Women Manufacturer: Capstone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tower | Tower, Joan | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000GW8RES Release Date: 2006-08-22

Average customer rating: Shades of grey excellent, but Amazon's listing is wrong Outstanding performances

Cowell: Quartet Romantic Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Harrison | Harrison, Lou | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Percussion | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Henry Cowell: Persian Set ASIN: B0000063CB Release Date: 1998-04-28

Tracks:

1. Wind Quintet
2. Quartet Romantic
3. Seven Paragraphs
4. Suite No. II
5. String Trio
6. The Abongo

Customer Reviews:

Shades of grey.......2007-05-26

This New World CD collates the partial contents of two LPs. NW 285 was published in 1978 and had Ruth Crawford's Three Songs in addition to the Wind Quintet of Wallingford Riegger, Cowell's Quartet Romantic and John Becker's "The Abongo". NW 319 was released in 1984 and, other than Cowell's Paragraphs, Crawford's Suite No. 2 and Lou Harrison's Trio (played by an ensemble credited back then as the "New Music Consort", but not anymore on the CD reissue), also had Cowell's Pulse for Percussion Sextet and Cage's Third Construction for Percussion Quartet.

All these composers are somehow linked to one another. Wallingford Riegger and John J. Becker are the two less reputed members of the group know in the 1920s as the "American Five", along with Ives, Ruggles and Cowell. Cowell met Ruth Crawford in the early 1920s. In 1929, already an accomplished modernist composer, she began study with the famous composer and theorist Charles Seeger, father of the concept of "dissonant counterpoint" (they eventually married in 1932) - with whom Cowell; self-taught in composition in his youth, had taken music lessons in the mid-1910s. Harrison in turn was a student of Cowell in the early 1930s and, as Cowell's most famous other student John Cage, he was very much influenced by the research and experimentation in sound and rhythms of his teacher.

These composers share not only these personal ties but also a broad common compositional outlook. Other than Harrison, they are among the early generation of American experimentalists active in the 1920s, introducers of the Schoenbergian twelve-tone system (Riegger), adept at dissonant counterpoint (Becker, Crawford, Cowell), experimentators in sound and rhythm (Cowell again, Harrison). In the short pieces represented here (at 17 minutes Cowell's Quartet Romantic is the longest, but otherwise they range from 4:50 to 9:40), they are also featured in an austere, stern, serious, unseductive compositional face, painting their musical canvass with various shades of grey.

Cowell's Quartet Romantic for two flutes, viola and cello (1915-17) is the most experimental piece of the lot, a "demonstration of theoretical principles" as the liner notes aptly put it, an essay in non-binary time signatures and independent, atonal part writing, so much so that Cowell considered the piece "humanly impossible to play" - at least without the help of some new electronic resources that existed neither at the time of composition nor even at the time of publication (1964). But in 1978, the use of headphones, click-tracks and a painstaking process of repetition resulted in this recording.

To my ears the result sounds remarkably faithful to the concept: independently flowing, atonal melodic lines of greyish contour, a busy line here over a more appeased one there, the whole sounding pretty arbitrary and uningratiating. Lots of work for a disappointing result - as often with experiments, error is a necessary outcome of trial. Cowell's Seven Paragraphs for string trio date from 1925 and are couched again in a stern, severe dissonantly contrapuntal language, reminiscent of the Schoenberg-influenced German expressionists like Krenek. The movements are not cued.

Riegger wrote throughout his compositional career in a variety of styles, from Romantic and Impressionist to twelve-tone. His Wind Quintet from 1952 is a perky, atonal little fantasy (6:30) full of canonic figures and a Janacek or Stravinsky-like rhythmic vigor. Not substantial, but pleasant. A good introduction to Riegger is the CRI CD of his works: Riegger: Symphony No3, Romanza, Dance Rhythms, Music for Orchestra, Concerto for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, Music for Brass Choir, Movement for Two Trumpets Trombone and Piano, Nonet for Brass.

For reasons unexplained Ruth Crawford's Suite No. 2 for Four Strings and Piano from 1929 remained unpublished and this was its first recording. It is echt-Crawford, severe, atonal, brooding in mood and at times rising to the massive unison climax, rhythmically robust in the 3rd movement (4:53), contrapuntally elaborate. She is at her best I find in the slightly zany whimsicality of the 2nd movement (3:00). The movements are not cued.

Lou Harrison's brief (4:45) String Trio in one movement shares all those stylistic traits with Cowell's Paragraphs and Crawford's Suite - the atonality, the contrapuntal activity, the brooding and almost depressed mood - except for the occasional outbursts that give at least some feeling of contrast to the compositions of his predecessors.

Becker's "The Abongo" is stylistically the "odd-piece out" in this collection. Composed in 1933 and subtitled "A Primitive Dance", it is a percussion work much in the wake of the highly influential "Ionisation" of Edgar Varèse (1931). But its rhythmic squareness, while producing considerable adrenalin, and its call for hand claps then gruff shouts from the performers, sound embarassingly like a naïve and vaguely condescendant Western cliché of African music at the times of the West's discovery of and infatuation for "Art Nègre". A good introduction to Becker - a composer in desperate need of a (re)discovery - is on The Louisville Orchestra-First Edition Encores, with his 3rd Symphony "Symphonia Brevis".

excellent, but Amazon's listing is wrong.......2005-11-24

Other reviewer is correct -- this is superb music -- but Amazon has the wrong Crawford Seeger piece listed: on the CD is the Suite for piano and strings, a much more substantial piece than the Diaphonic Suite listed. The Cowell is a particularly interesting composition (free atonal imitation, nearly 20 minutes long).

Outstanding performances.......2003-10-27

For many of these pieces, this represents the only recording available. But there is much more of a reason why this album should receive accolades: the performances are stunningly good. Most of the musicians are familiar names, members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Speculum Musicae (the latter a contemporary music ensemble founded by Don Palma, bassist and co-founder of Orpheus, an ensemble largely made up of Orpheus personnel). Moreover, this represents some of the best music being written in America in the middle part of the 20th Century. This recording would round out any collection.

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TEEN AGE DREAMS-VOLUME 2 Manufacturer: TEENIE WEENIE RECORDS ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000F9JJIK

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32 TRACKS

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I Virtuosi, Volume I Manufacturer: I Virtuosi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000HYYY Release Date: 1996-02-15

Tracks:

1. Passe-Partout Step
2. Boston Blues
3. Fleur de Lou
4. Steeley Pause
5. Sonata for Viola and Piano (2nd Movement: Declamatory)
6. lament
7. sonata - III. andante
8. solo for flute (1)
9. piece for flute and piano (1)
10. Lucky Valentine
11. Sometime
12. The Silence of the Heart
13. I sit beside the fire and think
14. Allegro

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A low-cost sampler of shorter works from the first five I Virtuosi Records releases ("Five Flower Rags", Elizabeth Lauer; "Rapid.Fire", Jennifer Higdon; "stillwood", chris wind; "Child of the Moon", Alan Seale; "Fifteen Exceptions for Piano", David Berends)

Average customer rating: Good but not Exciting

Lou Harrison: Solo Keyboards - Complete Harpsichord Works, Music for Tack Piano & Fortepiano Manufacturer: New Albion Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gigue | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Harrison | Harrison, Lou | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Harrison: Piano Concerto/Suite For Violin, Piano And Small Orchestra ASIN: B000062TBP Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. Allegro Moderato
2. Adagio, Arioso
3. Estampie
4. Pastorale
5. Quadrille
6. Chorale
7. Homage to Milhaud
8. Jahla
9. Gigue & Musette
10. Sonata I (Moderato)
11. Sonata II (Allegro)
12. Sonata III (Moderato)
13. Sonata IV (Allegro)
14. Sonata V (Moderato)
15. Sonata VI (Allegro)
16. I. Medium Fast
17. II. Slow
18. III. Fast
19. IV. Medium Slow
20. V. Grand
21. I. Sonata - Air - Sonata Da Capo
22. II. Ground
23. III. Round for the Triumph of Alexander
24. Triphony
25. A Twelve-Tone Morning After to Amuse Henry
26. Largo Ostinato

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Complete harpsichord works with music for tack piano & fortepiano in historic and experimental tunings

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Good but not Exciting.......2002-08-02

This CD is not a bad CD. The music is extremely well played and the repertoire is interesting, but it just seems to be lacking in the spark that I associate with Lou Harrison.

This recording is dominated by harpsichord music in just intonation with a few pieces for fortepiano and a couple of tack piano pieces thrown in for variety. Most of the works are in Harrison's Baroque/Eastern style. The first piece on the CD is a longish suite based on Baroque dance forms. The effect is rather like Rameau or Couperin, all elegance and grace. The six sonatas are obviously modeled on the Scarlatti sonatas. These are also charming works. The final few works on the CD are from aHarrision's earlier period. There is even a spoof on 12 tone music just for fun.

So what's the problem? I think that, because of the similarity of timbre in this recital, the disc begins to sound rather grey after a while. The harpsichord as an instrument, tends toward a deadening consistency of tone color. Most players reslove this by creating programs by diverse composers, or programs of Bach, who seems to defy boredom. Harrision is a good composer, but without the tonal contrasts of his ensemble pieces, this CD begins to fall flat after a while.

This is a CD for the completist only I think. People new to Harrision would do better to buy the Piano Concerto or La Koro Sutro. Both of these pieces provide a better introduction to the work of this marvelous composer.

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