Amazed

CCM Magazine, April 1, 2003
Crossway Worship Band was listed as one of the "19 Indies You Should Know!" in this special issue.

Product Description:
Crossway brings a unique Memphis sound to contemporary Praise & Worship in churches and in the streets. Crossway worship is served with the rich flavor of world-famous Beale Street, combining rock, country, gospel, blues, jazz and soul roots into a surprisingly distinctive style.

"Amazed" is a collection of songs from solos to chorals, from intimate cries to celebrations of Christ. Watch for companion Video and DVD releases of choreographed worship dances by Crossway's "Living Instruments" dance team, lead by Rachel Berkes. Coming Spring 2002!

Amazed

Amazed,Crossway Worship Band,Save Your Soul,Acoustic driven multicultural praise & worship: alternative rock with gospel & country influences,Southern Gospel

Average customer rating: Do you want to REALLY be blessed and worship God?? Great as usual I'm Amazed Extra Special CD AWESOME RECORDING

I'm Amazed Live Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Manufacturer: Integrity Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Praise & Worship | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Live Recordings | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Be Glad Live...This Is Your House Hallelujah!: The Very Best of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir I'm Amazed Live... High & Lifted Up ASIN: B000B8QFS2 Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

1. Thou, Oh Lord
2. Gloria
3. I'm Amazed
4. Heaven On My Mind
5. Hallelujah Anyhow
6. I Bless Your Name
7. King Of Glory
8. God's Promise
9. High And Lifted Up
10. The Light Of That City
11. Worship Medley
12. Song Of Moses

Product Description

This culturally diverse choir is arguably America's most loved and awarded choir today. I'm Amazed....Live showcases this 260 voice choir lifting their hands, voices and hearts in a triumphant celebration of God's grace and mercy. Featuring inspirational stories of transformed lives, as well as special guest appearance with Donnie McClurkin, Jason Crabb and Luther Barnes.

Customer Reviews:

Do you want to REALLY be blessed and worship God??.......2007-07-04

If you have a heart for fabulous worship music, you will be swept right into the presence of God with this Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir cd. I've heard others and they don't seem to be either the same quality or have the same anointing as this one does. I turn it on and tears start almost immediately, and I've listened to it probably 50+ times. Never tire of it, it always brings me back to where I belong, in His presence, loving and worshiping Him.

Great as usual.......2007-03-29

I just love the songs and voices of this choir. They are such praise and worship inspirationals.

I'm Amazed.......2007-01-10

I love this CD. Every song is uplifting and powerful. I can't stop listening to it! I think it's their best CD yet.

Extra Special CD.......2007-01-03

This is a great CD. Brooklyn Tabernacle is the best! Two of my children are in the choir. I am quite amazed when I see the choir sing in person. The choir is very gifted and it is always a blessing for me to visit Brooklyn Tabernacle!

AWESOME RECORDING.......2006-11-10

The music and the commentary offered by the musicians led to a spirit-filled time. I felt like I was right there worshipping with them

Average customer rating: A musical treasure-box a beautiful journey into melancholy

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Tracks:

1. First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
2. First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
3. First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
4. First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
5. First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
6. First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
7. First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
8. First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
9. First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
10. First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
11. First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
12. First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
13. First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
14. First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
15. First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
16. First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
17. First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
18. First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
19. First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
20. First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
21. First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

1. Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
2. Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
3. Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
4. Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
5. Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
6. Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
7. Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
8. Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
9. Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
10. Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
11. Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
12. Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
13. Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
14. Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
15. Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
16. Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
17. Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
18. Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
19. Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
20. Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
21. Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
22. Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

1. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
2. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
3. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
4. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
5. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
6. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
7. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
8. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
9. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
10. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
11. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
12. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
13. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
14. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
15. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
16. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
17. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
18. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
19. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
20. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
21. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

Tracks:

1. A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
2. A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
3. A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
4. A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
5. A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
6. A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
7. A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
8. A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
9. A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
10. A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
11. A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
12. A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
13. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
14. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
15. A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
16. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

1. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
2. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
3. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
4. A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
5. A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
6. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
7. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
8. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
9. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
10. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
11. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
12. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
13. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
14. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
15. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
16. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
17. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

1. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
2. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
3. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
4. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
5. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
6. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
7. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
8. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
9. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
10. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
11. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
12. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
13. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
14. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
15. Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
16. Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
17. Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
18. Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
19. Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
20. Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
21. Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
22. Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
23. Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
24. Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
25. Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
26. Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
27. Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
28. Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

1. Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
2. Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
3. Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
4. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
5. Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
6. Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
7. Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
8. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
9. Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
10. A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
11. Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
12. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
13. Instrumental Music: Galliard
14. Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
15. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
16. Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
17. Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
18. Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
19. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
20. Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
21. Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
22. Instrumental Music: Comagain
23. Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
24. Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

1. Lute Music: Preludium
2. Lute Music: Lachrimae
3. Lute Music: Can She Excuse
4. Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
5. Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
6. Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
7. Lute Music: Fantasia
8. Lute Music: A Dream
9. Lute Music: Almain
10. Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
11. Lute Music: Coranto
12. Lute Music: Resolution
13. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
14. Lute Music: Almain
15. Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
16. Lute Music: Fantasia
17. Lute Music: Loth To Depart
18. Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
19. Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
20. Lute Music: Pavan
21. Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
22. Lute Music: Aloe
23. Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
24. Lute Music: What If A Day
25. Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
26. Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
27. Lute Music: Galliard
28. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

1. Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
2. Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
3. Lute Music: [Jig]
4. Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
5. Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
6. Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
7. Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
8. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
9. Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
10. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
11. Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
12. Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
13. Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
14. Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
15. Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
16. Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
17. Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
18. Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
19. Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
20. Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
21. Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
22. Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
23. Lute Music: Galliard
24. Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
25. Lute Music: Galliard
26. Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
27. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

1. Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
2. Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
3. Lute Music: La mia Barbara
4. Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
5. Lute Music: Lachrimae
6. Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
7. Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
8. Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
9. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
10. Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
11. Lute Music: Galliard
12. Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
13. Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
14. Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
15. Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
16. Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
17. Lute Music: Galliard
18. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
19. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
20. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
21. Lute Music: Solus cum sola
22. Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
23. Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
24. Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
25. Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
26. Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

1. Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
2. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
3. Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
4. Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
5. Lute Music: A Coy Toy
6. Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
7. Lute Music: [Almain]
8. Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
9. Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
10. Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
11. Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
12. Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
13. Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
14. Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
15. Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
16. Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
17. Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
18. Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
19. Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
20. Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
21. Consort Music: Almain a 2
22. Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
23. Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
24. Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
25. Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
26. Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
27. Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

1. Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
2. Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
3. Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
4. Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
5. Consort Music: Pavan a 4
6. A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
7. A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
8. A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
9. A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
10. A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
11. A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
12. A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
13. A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
14. A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
15. A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
16. A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
17. A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
18. A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
19. A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
20. A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
21. A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
22. A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
23. A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
24. A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
25. A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare, discovered that meditating on a sad theme is, at the same time, a way of discovering a special beauty that we tend to avoid (maybe because of the "tragic" heritage of the Romantics). So, in the end, meditating on sadness is an uplifting experience! This box set is a journey into melancholy that includes songs, chamber music, pieces for lute, some rare sacred music and -as a highlight- Dowland's beautiful collection of seven pieces for viola which he called "Lachrimae" (Tears).

Average customer rating: nice string music Perfect Format to Present Paul's Genius This is NOT classical music one of my favoirte cds Is it possible to wear out a CD?

Working Classical: Orchestral and Chamber Music by Paul McCartney Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Standing Stone Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum McCartney II ASIN: B00001ZSXH Release Date: 1999-10-19

Tracks:

1. Junk
2. A Leaf
3. Haymakers
4. Midwife
5. Spiral
6. Warm And Beautiful
7. My Love
8. Maybe I'm Amazed
9. Calico Skies
10. Golden Earth Girl
11. Somedays
12. Tuesday
13. She's My Baby
14. The Lovely Linda

Amazon.com

Working Classical might just be the perfect outlet for the composing skills of Sir Paul McCartney. Here, the former Beatles (and, let's not forget, Wings) member scales things down from his previous classical-music endeavors--the overweight works Liverpool Oratorio and Standing Stone. In the hands of the Loma Mar Quartet chamber group and the London Symphony Orchestra, McCartney's shorter compositions sound all the more intimate (and effective). Album opener "Junk" is a simple waltz dating from the composer's days with the Fab Four, performed here by the Quartet with short-but-sweet results. "A Leaf" is another waltz motif, this one performed with a full orchestra. McCartney pop favorites "Warm and Beautiful," "Somedays," "She's My Baby," and "The Lovely Linda" all get chamber-music treatments that bring out their compositional beauty. And, while influences seem to range from Janácek to Morricone, there's no doubting that McCartney knows how to write a convincing ditty--pop or otherwise. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

nice string music.......2007-07-13

Wow, these are nice arrangements. Very good to put on the CD player late at night and relaxing with. Very good.
Macca continues to amaze. As Ringo said in reference to "Let it Be...Naked":"(Paul) ,You were right all along."
I think when the history is written many years from now, it'll be seen that while John Lennon was the heart of the Beatles,Paul McCartney was their musical brain. I feel Mac will stand tall with other notable composers from the Western musical tradition.
AS soon as the classical snobs make themselves admit it.
Melodically,Mac can't be beat.
W/out Mac,there would've not been the Beatles as we know them today.
This CD is well worth buying.

Perfect Format to Present Paul's Genius.......2006-11-20

Confused recent reviews have argued about whether this is classical or MUZAK. Whatever you want to call the form, the music itself is brilliant and inspired. We would not give two shakes about these tunes that are in some cases thirty-six years old if they had no draw to our hearts and no merit. This album would have been released and forgotten and that definitely has not happened.

I have just listened to the broadcast of Paul's most recent classical work Ecce Cor Meum from Carnegie Hall in New York (Nov. 14, 2006) and prior to the main piece, the soprano Kate Royal and another vocalist sang these songs accompanied by the same quartet that appears on Working Classical. It was essentially a live version of this album with vocals and it was brilliant as is the original Working Classical CD. My Love, Warm and Beautiful, Calico Skies and Junk come off as extraordinarily brillant as they do on this recording. These songs, whether in this form or closer to their original form, will live forever and no amount of "orchestration" can kill them.

The same reviewer wrote: "it is a sign of the decline of serious culture that so many people actually believe that this MUZAK is classical music". How pompous some classical music fans are that they cannot conceive of any important music being written in modern times. Another reviewer wrote: "an orchestrated pop song is still a pop song". Perhaps, but that is not a fatal critcism that would obviate the joy these melodies give and emotions they hold. On the contrary, this is not elevator music. Elevator music is not compelling, its not memorble and its not written by a genius named Paul McCartney.

If you were to take a sonata by a well-known classical composer and play it among 'elevator music' with an overblown song like "Feelings", for example, would that turn it into elevator music? The discerning among us know the difference. An orchestrated pop song is not just MUZAK. That is just simple-minded. This idea comes from John Lennon's song "How Do You Sleep?" during which he idenifies Paul's music as MUZAK. John later denounced and rejected the sentiments of that song.

It turns out Paul is the coolest Beatle because he is the least affected, the least afraid to worry about what people would think about his doing something like this recording. He is not worried about the posturing associated with the tough guy rock and roll image. He is first and foremost an artist and musician--one of rare quality and talent.

This is NOT classical music.......2006-11-07

It is a sign of the decline of serious culture that so many people actually believe that this MUZAK is classical music. As another reviewer wrote: an orchestrated pop song is still a pop song. It's so funny: in the 1960s, kids used to laugh at their parents for being so square for listening to 'elevator music'(i.e., orchestrated pop songs) and not being cool and listening the Beatles...and now those kids are adults and they are listening to...elevator music written by one of the Fab Four!!

one of my favoirte cds.......2006-08-05

sir paul writes such beautiful melodies. found this in the library and just loved it. it is such a peaceful pleasure to listen to. you will find some familiar tunes and other new ones. i find it moving and lovely.

Is it possible to wear out a CD?.......2006-03-26

I first heard the song "Tuesday" on my "wake-up" radio station. I was amazed and thrilled when I found Paul McCartney as the truly gifted composer, proven by this glorious work. Some of the tracks are reminiscent of old Beatles songs.
His music possesses a gentle whimsy and include orchestral or chamber versions of some of his recognizable songs such as "Junk," "My Love" and "Maybe I'm Amazed."
I'd read all the reviews and have included a snippet from one which I am happy to share... this just says it all...

Gerald R Steele
"An extension of an event, begun in the sixties, called, "The Beatles", Paul McCartney has confirmed the importance of the original Phenomena. Some of us realized that from "I Want to Hold Your Hand" a culmination of music, from Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Gershwin, and Vaughn-Williams, was emerging.
One can only hope for more. This tribute to Linda may begin something that will reference a "pop-culture" that included "The Beatles" as the beginning to music that truly responds to "the inner-ear" of, at least, three generations. This is the stuff that lives for thousands of years." Thank you Gerald. Imagine, touching the hearts of THREE generations?

My own love for this album is enhanced by my friendships as I compare my feelings, during listening, to them. A dear friend, Linda, rides her mechanical steed every morning and I think of her as I listen to "The Lovely Linda". I can see her in the morning dawn, peddling along and enjoying the morning and life. "Calico Skies" is reminiscent of all my Mitford pals! So dignified and serene! I'll probably wear out this CD from playing it so much.

Average customer rating: This song is for Lisa and me forever ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Amazed: a great song THE BEST SONG EVER Amazed-LoneStar

Amazed Lonestar Manufacturer: Bna Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: They Liked You Better When You Were Dead Night Watch Funk All Y'all Eyes Don't Lie No Little Boy ASIN: B00003TKIN Release Date: 2000-02-08

Customer Reviews:

This song is for Lisa and me forever.......2003-02-22

I never listened to country music, but when my girlfriend made me listen to the country station one night in my car i was "amazed" at how perfect this song said ALL the exact things i felt about Lisa. I love her alot and this song will ALWAYS make me think of her, because it STILL says all the things I feel for her.
give it a chance, it's a great song. I still am not a big Country fan but this song works well past that medium.

I Love you Lisa (sorry, both a reveiw and testamonial i guess, LOL)

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!.......2001-10-27

I am not into country music, never have been and never will be. But this song gets my heart beating everytime I listen to it. It has become one of my top favorites. It is that type of song that makes you dream of Prince Charming. Give it a try, it is totally worth it!

Amazed: a great song.......2001-05-30

I love this song, but I'm not much of a country fan. So, I think this CD is great because I get just what I like for a good price. Good music, great deal!

THE BEST SONG EVER.......2000-03-31

I BELIEVE THAT AMAZED IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS I HAD EVER HEARD. I LOVE THIS SONG THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT IS GOING TO BE MY WEDDING SONG. IT DESCRIBES PERFECTLY MY RELATIONSHIP.

Amazed-LoneStar.......2000-03-30

Excellent song for people in love.With this song lovers can express themselves better.

Average customer rating: More than Cowboy Culture Very authentic An unpretentious portrayal of the west, it's land and people

And Stood There Amazed Ian Tyson Manufacturer: Vanguard Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: I Outgrew the Wagon Eighteen Inches of Rain Old Corrals And Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics Cowboyography Lost Herd ASIN: B000000EMU Release Date: 1993-08-04

Tracks:

1. Black Nights
2. Lights Of Laramie
3. Jaquima To Freno
4. Springtime In Alberta
5. Non-Pro Song
6. Milk River Ridge
7. Rocks Begin To Roll
8. Jack Link
9. You're Not Alone
10. Magpie
11. Home On The Range

Customer Reviews:

More than Cowboy Culture.......2000-01-14

As a former resident of Arizona I know that I can put on any of Ian's discs, close my eyes, and feel as though I'm back in the west - Ian's music deserves every good thing that has ever been said or written about it's ability to turn western life to art, but in all the dust and driving snow we may have done him an injustice in painting him as JUST a genre artist. "Lights of Larame" and "Springtime in Alberta" are two of the most breathtakingly beautiful songs I know of period. "Black Nights" is good ol hard country, "Jaquima...", and "Rocks..." are easy up tempo tracks that could be top ten material if someone named Garth had done them... Someone named Bob Wills did songs that came close, but seldom surpassed "You're not alone." It ain't just Cowboy Culture... It's great music.

Very authentic.......1999-09-17

Ian is able to capture some of the more subtle nuances of the cowboy lifestyle in his lyrics. For those of us who have actually made a living "riding the rough-string for money" or been left to cope, Ian's music reminds of the best times, but also the times we wish we could forget with uncommon clarity.

An unpretentious portrayal of the west, it's land and people.......1998-06-21

Ian Tyson is an old hand with an ever-fresh eye for painting in song the lifestyles and land of the west he loves and bemoans because of its too-rapid disappearance. His catchy melodies rope you in like the cattle he brands. His unique perspective colors your minds eye like the rainbows arcing over the range. His deep melodic voice both thunders and whispers into your heart and mind like the chinook winds and the gentle prairie breezes that presage the night. The breadth of his musical style, like the sparkling midnight skies, holds you and surprises you, tantalizes you and entertains you. The skies, the land and people tumble from his heart. His love for this land and lifestyle are brilliantly captured for your enjoyment. Sit down in front of your fireplace and be entertained by a master!

Average customer rating: His best work to date. Hot guitar with great driving riffs, classic rock for Jesus A Must-Have! Let The Praises Ring!! Let the Praises Ring!!!!!!!

Amazed Lincoln Brewster Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: All to You... Live Lincoln Brewster Let the Praises Ring: The Best Worship Songs of Lincoln Brewster Live To Worship Let The Praises Ring ASIN: B000069JIF Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

1. Let The Praises Ring
2. All I Really Want
3. Everybody Praise The Lord
4. More Like You
5. Praises Be
6. You Are The One
7. Glory To The King
8. What A Friend I've Found
9. Let All Creation Praise The Lord
10. King Of Majesty

Album Description

With fresh sound, rich vocals, and thought-provoking lyrics, Lincoln Brewster offers his most definitive work to date. The album's grooves are ripe with rock/pop infused melodic hooks, fun and spirited in one, poignantly reflective in the next. "Let The Praises Ring" in your ears and sing your heart out to the cry of "All I Really Want" as you stand AMAZED in the presence of your "King Of Majesty."

Customer Reviews:

His best work to date........2005-08-16

Lincoln Brewster is an excellent guitar player and a clever writer. His songs, like Let The Praises Ring, express his obvious love for God and passion for music. My guess is that Lincoln has a lot more to say and his best work is yet to come.

Hot guitar with great driving riffs, classic rock for Jesus.......2005-01-22

Lincoln Brewster is a real talent no matter the genre. I first heard Lincol on 'for the love of strange medicine' by Steve Perry ('Oh Sherry' and Journey fame). In this album Lincoln has brought the secular rock balad in to the praise and worship area. There are great songs that can introduce worship to non-churched people while challenging long standing Christians with challenging and uplifting lyrics. Lincoln has also provided lyric sheets and power-point to assist in using this album in church and home settings. If you like classic rock, appreciate a world class guitarist or looking for some music to use in your church, then I recommend you buy this album.

A Must-Have!.......2005-01-08

I can honestly say that I love every song on this CD. You can really tell that Lincoln Brewster is a true musician. The guitar playing is superb and the lyrics are so inspiring. I love to praise the Lord singing the songs on this CD. I never get tired of this CD either. It keeps growing and growing on me. Praise God! It's really a well-done CD.

Let The Praises Ring!!.......2004-03-10

I am AMAZED at how great this CD is!! Lincoln Brewster, who played and co-wrote songs with Steve Perry of Journey in '94, is extremely melodic, positive and uplifting! Every song on AMAZED is a pleasure. Especially, Let The Praises Ring!! A must have!

Let the Praises Ring!!!!!!!.......2004-01-27

I have not actually purchased this cd yet, but I plan to. Lately in my church, we have been having these AWESOME songs in our Praise & Worship service. After hearing them, I went online to look up who the artist was. At the time, I had never heard of Lincoln Brewster before, now I am a HUGE fan! His songs have a real grasp of what it's like to love the LORD with everything you have! You can feel Lincoln's joy in every word. I highly recommend this album, and any others by Lincoln Brewster. I can't say enough good things! Keep an eye out for this guy, he is doing great things for the Kingdom!

Average customer rating:

Great Country Love Songs: 16 TRACK KARAOKE BAY CD+G : Formatted for worldwide use : Lyrics Booklet Included Manufacturer: Great Country Love Songs ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Karaoke | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Party Tyme Karaoke- Standards ASIN: B000EAAUI8

Product Description

One of Karaoke Bay's most popular albums! Highlighted by classics like Crazy and You Were Mine, this album is a must have for any collection! Great Country Love Songs features karaoke versions of each song complete with onscreen graphics, background vocals and a lyric booklet! TRACKS: In The Style Of 1. AMAZED LONESTAR 2. YOU WERE MINE DIXIE CHICKS 3. I COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE SARA EVANS 4. YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE LEANN RIMES 5. YOUR LOVE AMAZES ME MICHAEL ENGLISH 6. YOU'RE STILL THE ONE SHANIA TWAIN 7. I SWEAR JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY 8. CRAZY PATSY CLINE 9. WHEN LOVE FINDS YOU VINCE GILL 10. BREATHE FAITH HILL 11. BUTTERFLY KISSES BOB CARLISLE 12. UNCHAINED MELODY LEANN RIMES 13. THE DANCE GARTH BROOKS 14. WHEN I SAID I DO CLINT BLACK 15. CAN I TRUST YOU WITH MY HEART TRAVIS TRITT 16. WHAT ABOUT NOW LONESTAR

Average customer rating: Pros & Cons for both versions Five for the work ,for Hickox at least four stars! Sir John's love is more impressive the first time around Five stars, but not the only choice.

Vaughan Williams - Sir John in Love / Hickox, Northern Sinfonia Ralph Vaughan Williams , Richard Hickox , Anne-Marie Owens , Sarah Connolly , Northern Sinfonia and Chorus , Brian Bannatyne-Scott , Donald Maxwell , Roderick Williams , Susan Gritton , Matthew Best , Mark Padmore , Stephen Varcoe , Stephan Loges , John Bowen , Richard Lloyd-Morgan , Laura Claycomb , Henry Moss , and Mark Richardson Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress - Gerald Finley / The Royal Opera Chorus / The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Richard Hickox Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance / Death of Tintagiles - London Philharmonic Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress: A Bunyan Sequence Vaughan Williams: Sir John In Love ASIN: B00005M0ER Release Date: 2001-07-24

Tracks:

1. Act I: Orchestral introduction-What hoa, what hoa
2. Act I: Ahem
3. Act I: This is my father's choice
4. Act I: How now, what does Master Fenton here?
5. Act I: Vere is dat knave Rugby?
6. Act I: Episode
7. Act I: How now, mine Host of the Garter
8. Act I: I spy entertainment in her...
9. Act I: Wilt thou revenge...?
10. Act I: Love my wife? I will be patient
11. Act II: Orchestral introduction-Thine own true knight
12. Act II: Scene 1: Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more
13. Act II: Scene 2: Bardolph! Bardolph, I say!
14. Act II: Scene 2: Go thy ways, go thy ways, old Jack!
15. Act II: Scene 2: Sir, my name is Brook
16. Act II: Scene 2: Ha, is this a vision?

Tracks:

1. Act III: Scene 1 Interlude: Orchestral introduction-Yet hear me speak
2. Act III: Scene 1 Interlude: Fair and fair and twice so fair
3. Act III: Scene 1 Interlude: But listen, good mine Host
4. Act III: Scene 2: Orchestral introduction-When as we sat in Papylon
5. Act III: Scene 2: Yonder he's coming
6. Act III: Scene 2: Come, Master Ford
7. Act III: Scene 2: Orchestral-introduction-What, John! What, Robert!
8. Act III: Scene 3: Alas, my love, you do me wrong
9. Act III: Scene 3: Mistress Ford!
10. Act III: Scene 3: Ah!
11. Act IV: Orchestral introduction-Pardon me, wife
12. Act IV: Scene 1: There is an old tale goes that Herne the hunter
13. Act IV: Scene 1: Interlude
14. Act IV: Scene 2: Orchestral introduction
15. Act IV: Scene 2: The Windsor bell hath struck twelve
16. Act IV: Scene 2: Ah-Who Comes here?
17. Act IV: Scene 2: But till 'tis one o'clock
18. Act IV: Scene 2: Dance of the Fairies
19. Act IV: Scene 2: But stay! I smell a man of middle earth
20. Act IV: Scene 2: Nay, do not fly
21. Act IV: Scene 2: My heart misgives me
22. Act IV: Scene 2: Stand not amazed

Customer Reviews:

Pros & Cons for both versions.......2005-08-30

Boito took Shakespeare's Merry Wives, added a little Henry IV (e.g. the Honour Monologue) and shaped, moulded and cut them about to make a libretto that focused tightly on the Fat Knight and was absolutely perfect for what Verdi wanted. Out of it came one of the greatest of all comic operas.

With VW, you get something much closer to the Shakespearean original, teeming with richly drawn characters and all the variety of Elizabethan/Jacobean life bustling past. Falstaff is merely the primus inter pares among them, albeit a huge one. Out of it came a great comic opera. And one that has been too seldom performed, standing in the long shadow of its predecessor.

Vaughan Williams, who was a great admirer of the Verdi piece, knew that comparisons would inevitably be made. (He would also have included his friend, Holst's, At the Boar's Head as a real rival from the Falstaff canon.) But comparisons are invidious. The VW and the Verdi operas are not comparable, either in their intentions or in their music. And both should be allowed to co-exist happily as companion pieces, not as rivals as two great comic operas we're fortunate to have.

Perhaps I protest too much. But the Vaughan Williams is such invigorating, life-enhancing, often ravishingly beautiful stuff that I'd hate to see it slip off the end of the shelf. Verdi is lauded as the great tunesmith, but how many tunes from Falstaff can you recall - Nanetta's last act aria, perhaps, a couple of snippets of Fenton, the final fugue maybe, or Sir John's 'Quand'ero paggio' which is so brief an aria that its original singer had to record it three times in succession to fill a 78 side. Perhaps that's why Falstaff is so badly represented on 78's compared to the other mature Verdi operas. Great music, yes, but singalongaFalstaff had, in his mature operas, ceased to be the composer's intention.

In Sir John in Love, on the other hand, the tunes just pour out one after the other. Which are genuine folksongs and which are VW originals is often hard to tell without a score in front of you (where the composer comes clean). Just listen to the way Dr. Caius' 'Vray Dieu d'Amour' takes over the orchestra or how 'Lovely Joan' (the tune in the trio of the famous Greensleeves Fantasia) heralds Mistress Quickly's arrival and 'Greensleeves' in situ is even lovelier than in the Fantasia. But then listen to the gorgeous tune that accompanies Ann Page's entrance, the wonderful melody for Ford's plea for forgiveness from his wife or the magical chorus that accompanies the arrival of the real bride and groom in the final scene. Those are all VW originals and great ones, to boot.

Choosing between the two performances of the piece on disc, it's a question of swings and roundabouts. This Chandos recording with Hickox at the helm benefits from his direction - a bit tauter, a little more spring to the rhythms than Davies and the choral contributions are as polished as you'd expect from a seasoned choral specialist. The Chandos recording, too, is a bit more up to date in terms of sound, a bit fuller and richer. EMI, on the other hand, probably has the superior cast with the likes of Robert Tear, Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts and Robert Lloyd seeing off their Chandos counterparts. Honours between the two Falstaffs are more even. Neither is ideal in the part. Herincx has the 'fatter' voice: Maxwell on this recording is the more characterful. But a piece like the madrigal that Sir John sings before Ford/Brook's arrival needs more warmth and more steadiness than either of them provide (would Bryn ever consider it as a partner to his Verdi Falstaff?).

It's a tough choice between the two versions. Choose the EMI for the cast (including, by a short head, Herincx's Flastaff). Choose this Chandos set for the conducting, the chorus and the more modern sound.

Five for the work ,for Hickox at least four stars!.......2001-11-09

(Here my review for Davies - EMI "British composers" recording
of this masterwork.)
If you feel that Verdi has beautyfull music but it has a too much thick blood, and you think that beauty must be tensed by reason; You are looking at the right composer.
This opera or musical drama (in the wagnerian sense, cause it is a romantic comedy) makes a very whole unit, the "areas" and the recited-sung recitatives are in funtion of the "dramatic" momentum and inerce of the work. It's incredible how pleasently quick this work is heard, and yes it's very entretaining (I know that's not necesary a virtue for an opera, but here it is).
The music, well, is gorgeous as might be expected from V.W., transitions are well sewn, and the traditonal folk songs add a dash or elizabethian romanticism.
The cast is strong, Hendrix is very suited for the rol, but you may fantacised how well this rol will be portrayed now by Bryn Terfel, It's sad that Hickox not thinck (or did he?)of this in his new recording of this opera (perhaps Chandos not provide him with the budget that Abado's can manage for his new DG. Falstaff recording).
Maybe Langridge will sound more youthfull than Tear, but that is a small detail. Hellen Watts it's spicy and perky Mrs. Quickly, and Gerald English Caius' is is excellent!
Davies captures V.W. orchestration very well with a ADD recording that will cause envy in this days, and the price, is to laugh about.
Treat you and buy this forgotten treasure!

Sir John's love is more impressive the first time around.......2001-08-05

While I generally agree with the review of Ahmed Ismael, I must give the nod to the earlier EMI recording, which has greater depth and spread to the sound. Chandos engineers have practically placed the voices in our laps with a resultant loss of orchestral detail. The work is, of course, lovely but if the ear is fatigued by the sound the myriad beauties cannot make their full effect. If one adds to this the fact that the EMI is a midprice reissue the choice becomes even more clear. Bravo to Hickox and company but no standing ovation this time.

Five stars, but not the only choice........2001-07-26

Vaughan Williams's comic "Sir John in Love" is one of those true opera rarities--an opera whose highlights become more impressive as the music progresses. Indeed, the true highlight of this opera is its final "Windsor Forest" scene in Act IV, where all the action is resolved, and everyone gets their "just desserts."

If this were the first recording of the opera available, it would be easy to recommend it to any VW (or opera!) enthusiast--the orchestral details are abundant and vividly present, the choral contribution is alive and infectious, and the vocal parts are well-presented and clear. However, there is in additional recording, in EMI's British Composer series, conducted by Meredith Davies. While many comparisons are stacked in the new version's favor, there are a few shortcomings that prevent an absolute recommendation.

Where Hickox succeeds over Davies is particularly in the portrayal of Anne Page and her several suitors. Susan Gritton sings more effectively than Wendy Eathorne, while both Daniel Norman (Slender) and Adrian Thompson (Caius) seem more plausible as suitors than Bernard Dickerson and Gerald English, respectively--although overall English makes a more vivid Caius. However, there is no question that Mark Padmore is the better Fenton: as well as Robert Tear sings for Davies, I can't shake the impression that he is wooing an Amazon, and not the girl-next-door Anne.

While the supporting cast is marginally to markedly superior for Hickox, with the Fords and Pages are fairly evenly matched between the two performances, the one clear victory of the Davies version is a significant one. As the title character, Donald Maxwell's Falstaff is no match for Raimund Herincx, either in characterization or in vocal quality. Additionally, the EMI set benefits from a superior recording--there's more of a sense of a performance in a real space, which adds an extra dimension to the rather static performance as presented by Hickox. Occasionally, Hickox also omits some dramatic effects (such as gasps from the onstage characters in Act III and laughter from the chorus in Act IV) which adds to the sense that this is only a "recording" and not a "performance."

All in all, there is much to recommend the new version, but confronted with a choice between this set and the Davies set on EMI, personal taste will have to suffice in choosing between them. [You may want to sample them both before buying either.]

Average customer rating: A Great Power Ballad NOT WHAT IT SEEMS Fantastic! One of the Best

Amazed Lonestar Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004SPUC Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

1. Amazed (Pop Remix)
2. Amazed
3. Lonely Grill

Album Description

German edition of the first single from a country artist to reach #1 on Billboard's Hot 100. Tracks 'Amazed' (Pop Remix), 'Amazed', 'Lonely Grill'. 1999 release. Slimline jewel case. 'Amazed' has been certified gold in the U.S. (sales of 500,000 copies).

Customer Reviews:

A Great Power Ballad.......2001-05-01

This song caught me by surprise. The pop remix sounds like it could have been recorded by one of the great early 90's pop metal bands. All that is missing is a killer guitar solo in the middle. I still have not decided whether the song would have sounded better with John Waite (Bad English) singing lead. Nevertheless, if you enjoy huge power ballads in the vain of Bad English or Damn Yankees, then the pop version of "Amazed" by Lonestar is a good choice. It certainly is nice to hear this type of music again.

NOT WHAT IT SEEMS.......2000-11-14

I just recieved my CD "Amazed" by lone star( it's imported from England), so, I started to listen to it, and to my dismay The instruments over-power the voices, and you really can't hear the song. It's like ammatures did this recording. I wouldn't recomened this CD to any-one,so, don't waste your money on this one people. I really like music and I can tell if something's not right.

Fantastic!.......2000-04-09

A very good album. Go out and get it today!

One of the Best.......2000-04-05

This is quite possibly one of the greatest love songs ever recorded. This song touches the heart like no other song can. As long as it has been in mainstream music, it still maintains the popularity it had when it was first released. This song is recommended to anyone with any interest in music, or a love for music that speaks to the heart.

Average customer rating: Soul stirring performance Amazing and Holy Spirit Filled!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm Amazed Live... Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Live Recordings | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000B5XZOC Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

1. Thou, Oh Lord
2. Gloria
3. I'm Amazed
4. Heaven on My Mind
5. Hallelujah Anyhow
6. I Bless Your Name
7. King of Glory
8. God's Promise
9. High and Lifted Up
10. Light of That City
11. Worship Medley
12. Song of Moses

Customer Reviews:

Soul stirring performance.......2005-10-26

Ive listened to the Brooklyn Tabernacle choir over the years and this might sound like a cliche, but this album is probably one of their best! The voices in this choir have matured over the years yet they have maintained their originality. I play this CD in my car almost every day and continue to be blessed by their spirit filled singing. There is no one word to describe the type of music this choir is capable of performing. They have proven in this CD their ability to transcend all cultural and musical styles yet the message of the Gospel is never lacking. What an amazing experience!

Amazing and Holy Spirit Filled!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-10-13

This is one of the greatest praise and worship cds you will ever buy. Run to the stores and get this one if you want to experience God breathed music.

Music Album:

1. Anniversary: Ten Years of Hits
2. Are You Ready Hezzie
3. Australian Bush Ballads & Old Time Songs [Import]
4. Barroom Hits Country Classics
5. Big Thinkin'
6. Blue Sky Boys on Radio, Vol. 2
7. Boom Boom Baby [Import]
8. Bound for Movin' On [Import]
9. By the Sweat of My Brow
10. Celestial Gershwin

Music Album