Taken from the 2003 self-titled album features the title backed with one non-LP track, 'Because Of You' (Live). Sanctuary. 2004.
Shine Your Light,Mavericks,5"CD Singles
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Mendelssohn: Elijah
Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002XV31A Release Date: 2005-02-15 |
Tracks:
- Introduction: As God The Lord Of Israel Liveth
- Overture
- No.1 Help, Lord! Wilt Thou Quite Destroy Us?
- No.2: Lord! Bow Thine Ear To Our Prayer!
- No.3: Ye People, Rend Your Hearts
- No.4: If With All Your Hearts
- No.5: Yet Doth The Lord See It Not
- No.6: Elijah! Get Thee Hence
- No.7: For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee
- Recitative: Now Cherith's Brook Is Dried Up
- No.8: What Have I Do To Do With Thee?
- No.9: Blessed Are The Men Who Fear Him
- No.10: As God The Lord Of Sabaoth Liveth
- No.11: Baal, We Cry To Thee: Hear And Answer Us!
- No.12: Call Him Louder, For He Is A God!
- No.13: Call Him Louder! He Heareth Not!
- No.14: Lord God Of Abraham, Isaac And Israel!
- No.15: Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord
- No.16: O Thou, Who Makest Thine Angels Spirits
- No.17: Is Not His Word Like A Fire?
- No.18: Woe Unto Them Who Forsake Him!
- No.19: O Man Of God, Help Thy People!
- No.20: Thanks Be To God!
Tracks:
- No.21: Hear Ye, Israel; Hear What The Lord Speaketh
- No.22: Be Not Afraid, Saith God The Lord
- No.23: The Lord Hath Exalted Thee
- No.24: Woe To Him, He Shall Perish
- No.25: Man Of God, Now Let My Words Be Precious
- No.26: It Is Enough; O Lord Now Take My Life
- No.27: See, Now He Sleepeth
- No.28: Lift Thine Eyes To The Mountains
- No.29: He, Watching Over Israel, Slumbers Not
- No.30: Arise, Elijah, For Thou Hast A Long Journey
- No.31: O Rest In The Lord
- No.32: He That Shall Endure To The End, Shall Be Saved
- No.33: Night Falleth Round Me, O Lord!
- No.34: Behold! God The Lord Passed By!
- No.35: Above Him Stood The Seraphim
- No.36: Go, Return Upon Thy Way
- No.37: For The Mountains Shall Depart
- No.38: Then Did Elijah The Prophet Break Forth
- No.39: Then Shall The Righteous Shine Forth
- No.40: Behold, God Hath Sent Elijah
- No.41: But The Lord, From The North Hath Raised One
- No.41a: O Come Everyone That Thirsteth
- No.42: And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful, but not my first choice.......2007-04-07
Fischer-Dieskau roughens up his voice for the role, and therein lies a problem. The voice spreads and his diction suffers because of it; that and his unidiomatic pronounciation, with far too many rolled "r"s. He does the drama well, but what works well in lieder works here less well on the large scale. Odd, given his success as on opera singer (check out his Iago), that here he frequently comes off blustery.
Dame Gwyneth Jones belies her reputation and gives a contolled, dramatic performance, using her "edge" to advantage in "Hear Ye, Israel". Gedda's diction is amazing, with exactly the right color for this literature, and projecting a little more blood than an English tenor.
Dame Janet Baker is my star in this performance. Dramatic, heart-rending when need be, and in wonderful voice. She'll chill your blood when she tells the people of Baal to "slaughter him, do what he hath done!".
And as for the people of Baal, the Philharmonia Chorus is wonderful. Incisive and dramatic, with beautiful tone. I could do without the trick of the boy choir for "Lift Thine Eyes", and I miss the small ensembles, but all in all a fine performance, and good recording, circa 1968.
First choice in English, Daniels/Terfel: better Elijah in Terfel, better recording, more authentic orchestra, small vocal ensembles (as per the score) but inferior women (including Fleming: beautiful tone, but where's her head?). In German, it's Sawallisch/Adam all the way.
But if you're singing Elijah, and have a score, this is a good choice.
THE BEST recording of the BEST oratorio ever..........2006-08-15
This recording is in every way wonderful. Starting with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He IS Elijah to me. His singing is perfection. He has amazing phrasing and his diction makes it possible to understand the lovely, inspired libretto to this heavenly music. There are so many pieces that are ephemeral, but a couple of my favorites are: #14, Lord God of Abraham and #37, For the Mountains shall Depart. Dieskau does a great job of what I think of as compassionate, heartfelt singing. His interpretation sounds like the voice of God himself. It has a quality of kindness and yet he sounds just as convincing reprimanding the people of Baal. He is the true highlight of this recording.
That said, the rest of the cast is wonderful as well. Gwyneth Jones has a lovely, silvery voice that has a clarion bell-like tone that rings over the large orchestra with ease. She has occasional "misfire" but is a consistent performer. Dame Janet Baker and Nicolai Gedda both perform at a consistently lovely level. The orchestra and chorus are both wonderful. #15, Cast thy Burden upon the Lord, #32 He that Shall Endure to the End, and #38 Then Did Elijah are all highlights.
All said, for me the main reason to get this recording is Dieskau's Elijah- after all, he's the main character. But don't forget the lovely music. This story is exciting and passionate and sacred all at the same time. For me, it's the best oratorio that has a moving story and great music too.
Too bad there are so few recordings of Elijah.......2006-07-03
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Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter
Manufacturer: Collegium ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AA4JBG Release Date: 2005-09-20 |
Tracks:
- First Movement: Allegro Vivace
- Second Movement: Andante
- Third Movement: Vivace E Ritmico
- All Things Bright And Beautiful
- Cantate Domino
- O Clap Your Hands
- Wedding Canticle
- The Lord Is My Shepherd
- A Gaelic Blessing
- Hymn To The Creator Of Light
- Arise, Shine
- Praise Ye The Lord
- For The Beauty Of The Earth
- God Be In My Head
- Open Thou Mine Eyes
- A Prayer Of Saint Patrick
- The Lord Bless You And Keep You
Customer Reviews:
Simply amazing.......2007-06-16
a miracle, really.
Gloria: Sacred Music of John Rutter.......2007-05-14
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Let Your Dim Light Shine
Soul Asylum Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000029EP Release Date: 1995-06-06 |
Tracks:
- Misery
- Shut Down
- To My Own Devices
- Hopes Up
- Promises Broken
- Bittersweetheart
- String Of Pearls
- Crawl
- Caged Rat
- Eyes Of A Child
- Just Like Anyone
- Tell Me When
- Nothing To Write Home About
- I Did My Best
Customer Reviews:
good but with some weaknesses.......2006-07-24
"Misery" surely packs in some flavor with this big, but not too big hit from the band. The song ultimately led me to the band, but not too fond of the lyrics. The music is w/o a doubt the as good as the band can get. It does grow on you eventually after a gajillion listens, so I guess that's the good thing.
I like "Shut Down" for simply what it's worth. Not too complex, over produced, or watered down. It has a nice sound, good chorus, some backing vocals, and the lyrics aren't that bad either.
Almost country, and almost folk is sort of the tune from which "To My Own Devices" comes packaged with. It's more or less a nice relaxing southern type flare with of course their Minneapolis influences. Has a nice subtle slow tempo.
One of my favorite tracks is "Hopes Up." Surprising it brings in a great beat, and maybe the best sing-a-long lyrics.
A softer approach with "Promises Brokens" is somewhat not as fresh as I'd want it to be, but nonetheless it is still very soothing.
"Bittersweetheart" rages on with a great chorus but some of the ryhmes seem a little too forceful.
Now "String of Pearls" has a great 80's vibe to it with the guitar solo breaks, and resonating metrodome thing. The 'oooohs' along with it are nice touch too. Some people may bash this song because the lyrics are garblely-junk, but really if you just let them be, it's an awesome song, and Dave tells the story with authority.
"Crawl" and "Caged Rat" sadly are just fillers on this 14 track album. I know, I know, some may disagree, but it's hard to really get into either one. Both seems somewhat forceful, but give them a break. I think that the album does need both on here, b/c they really aren't that bad of songs, just have mixed punk along with 90's retro-rock.
Another story-telling song is "Eyes of a Child." Once again, the lyrics may seem kind of out there, but I'm sure Dave knew what he was doing with this one. The song flows exactly like "String of Pearls" only with out the bells and whistles.
Nothing gets more down to human life than "Just Like Anyone." Accompianed with a music video and single, it's about a girl hoping to be noticed by other people and not some outcast. I get the impression that the girl in the song is thinking about life while sitting on the crapper. (Listen to the words, and you'll understand)
A nice electric wave of guitars and folk rock allows "Tell Me When" to be a great song. The words however, are slightly hard to pick up during the soft parts of the song.
"Nothing to Write Home About" would have been a great last song on this album for it sort of wraps up thing about just not giving a damn and moving on with the way things are going. An even better last song does come with "I Did My Best" which is beautiful piano, soft guitar, excellent drifting songs. Lyrics are outstanding too.
There are definately peaks and valleys on Let Your Dim Light Shine. The variance and uniqueness of the songs alone make it a good buy which you can probably pick up for a buck at a used CD store these days. If only for "Misery" you might get caught off guard and soon pick up on this band and the album. I did.
Excellent, as always.......2006-02-13
their dim light shines bright.......2005-08-14
in 1995 when I was 14 years old and its still one of my favorite records ever. I dont like to hype things too much for fear that people will be disappointed but if someone doesnt like this then we have nothing in common when it comes to music. Misery is a song among songs and is what made me a fan in the first place. Promises Broken and I Did my best are Grade A country rockers. I cant think of a bad thing to say about this album or this band, cant wait to hear what they put out next.
"frustrated incorporated".......2005-05-22
I thought "Misery" would be a huge hit when I first picked up the single. It seemed to perfectly ridicule the marketing of teen-age angst while celebrating it at the same time. Some of the other reviewers here who criticized the lyrics just didn't get them: they're pretty brilliant. Now I understand why this song didn't take off - it hits a little too close to the bone for the tastes of your average angst-rock fan. I think in some way it reveals a little too much, something they'd rather not consider (especially while trying to rock out).
The dim light tries to shine...it really does.......2004-09-02
Selecting Butch Vig for producer was probably an awkward choice since Vig's work ethic involves layering lots and lots of guitars to make everything slick and pristine while Soul Asylum, at least in the past, recorded albums hit-and-run stlye with Bob Mould sitting at the knobs. So the sound of Let Your Dim Light Shine, the CD that was designed to sell at least as many copies as Grave Dancers Union, sounds like clean and produced music performed by a band that does not have their heart in the clean and produced territory.
That's too bad, because there is plenty to admire about Let Your Dim Light Shine. Although the nerve-racking punk of Husker Du has left their sound, Soul Asylum can still play a simple, catchy song with plenty of energy. Tell Me When, Just Like Anyone, Bittersweet Heart, and To My Own Devices are all nifty little pieces of what most people would typify as classic, working man's rock. They take a few gambles, like with Caged Rat (the verses are jazz-fusion, the chorus is noise) and String of Pearls (shifting meters and a long narrative of what happens to a set of pearls after they snap off a necklace).
But beware, this is not the CD for you if you can't shut out lyrics. If self-abosrbed lyrics bug you, then it will be hard to get past stanzas like "put me out of my misery/I'll do it for you if you do it for me." Egads.
Still, the music is good. It's not anything bold or new, but it's pretty good as far as cutout CDs go. It comes from a band with lots of experience under their belt recording albums and playing gigs. But I don't think they were ready for the pressure Columbia put on them.
So yes, they cracked. But not all the way.
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Being Julia
Various Artists Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00065U0NG Release Date: 2004-11-16 |
Tracks:
- Curtain Up
- Real World - The Mills Brothers
- Lift
- Bei Mir Bist du Sch
- Farewell My Love
- Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
- Never Seen Them Shine Like That Before
- Birthday Presents
- It Will Only End in Tears
- They Didn't Believe Me
- Charades
- I Saw the Light On
- Am I Late
- Not That Sort of Girl
- Take a Break
- Yes, Yes - Alison Jiear
- Avice Gets the Part
- Reunion - The Andrews Sisters
- Play for the Other Side
- Mad About the Boy
- Jimmy's Magic
- Avice Takes a Bow
- For Old Times' Sake
- Laird O'Drumblair
- Stage Is Set
- Curtain Call
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Quite Alone
Amazon.com
Based on Somerset Maugham's middling novel Theater, Annette Bening stars as the title character, an aging star of the London stage whose life and the melodramas she performs have come to mirror each other. Composer Mychael Danna sets those conflicts to a score that emphasizes theatrical surfaces and rigid role-playing, utilizing a finely honed classical pastiche approach with parallels to his previous period-evoking work on Vanity Fair. His cues here are rooted in the light romantic chamber music of the 19th century, though they frequently bristle with a more contemporary energy and aplomb. Offering counterpoint to Danna's dignified, oft-precious classical confections and mining the story's more sensual human dimensions are pop chestnuts from the era (The Andrews Sisters' saucy "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" and Mills Brothers' jaunty "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries"), as well as fine contemporary takes of "They Didn't Believe Me" and Noel Coward's "Mad About the Boy" by Denzel Sinclair and Alison Jicar's elegant read of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." --Jerry McCulleyCustomer Reviews:
Beautiful melody but lacks variety.......2005-04-11
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Shine Your Light
Edwin Hawkins Manufacturer: Bellmark Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004SYBQ Release Date: 2000-04-25 |
Tracks:
- Jesus Can
- I Found The Answer
- All Things Are Possible
- Bless His Holy Name
- Never Alone
- Do You Know Him?
- In That Land
- Let Jesus Love You
- Shine Your Light
- Look Up And Live
- Calling
- Lord We Try
Customer Reviews:
Another gem.......2003-11-26
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Let Your Light Shine In
Ruphus Manufacturer: Pacd026 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000BTJCY0 Release Date: 2005-12-06 |
Tracks:
- Sha Ba Wah
- Nordlys
- Corner
- Second Corner
- Let Your Light Shine
- Grasse
- Brain Boogie
Album Description
Ruphus is probably one of the most 70's Norwegian hard rock with progressive tendencies (there were a few of those back then: Aunt Mary, Titanic, Popol Vuh etc...) but their music evolution would differ greatly from those groups. Let Your Light Shine is a classic jazz, prog rock album that brought them much attention throughout Europe and the prog rock world...Panarama. 2005.Album Details
Ruphus is Probably One of the Most Important 70's Norwegian Hard Rock Band with Progressive Tendencies (There were a Few of Those Back Then: Aunt Mary, Titanic, Popol Vuh / Ace, Etc) but their Music Evolution Would Differ Greatly from Those Groups. Let Your Light Shine is a Classic Jazz, Prog Rock Album that Brought them Much Attention Throughout Europe and the Prog Rock World.Customer Reviews:
CLASSIC JAZZY PROG FROM NORWAY!.......2006-03-17
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Promises Broken
Manufacturer: Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BGPMNS |
Product Description
Japanese Version packaging with 7 tracks: 1. Promises Broken (remix), 2. Promises Broken, 3.Fearless Leader, 4. You'll Live For Now, 5. Painkiller, 6. Gone Forgotten, 7. Motell Notell. Labels are in English and Japanese, music is in English.
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Let Your Dim Light Shine
Soul Asylum Manufacturer: Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000LX8OVS |
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Shine Your Light
Manufacturer: Shepherd Staff Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CADCKI Release Date: 2005-03-01 |
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Let Your Light Shine
Concordia University Choir Manufacturer: Concordia University ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000JTFMU0 |
Product Description
The University Choir from Concordia University, Austin Texas, a performing ensemble of 50 singers under the direction of Prof. Robert Achterberg. The tracke are: 1.Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates, 2. A Song Of The Light, 3. Of The Glorious Body Telling, 4. Jesus, I Will Ponder Now, 5. Thy Matchless Love, 6. All Glory Be To God On High, 7. The Venite, 8. Lord, When Your Glory I Shall See, 9. Kyrie Eleison, 10. Lord, Help Us Walk Your Servant Way, 11. I Want To Praise The Lord All My Life, 12. Ubi Caritas from Quatre Motets, 13. Let All The Rivers Clap Their Hands, 14. Of The Father's Love Begotten, 15. Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal, 16. O Holy Child, 17. Jesus, The Very Thought Of You, 18. Lamb Of God, 19. Lord Jesus Christ Humbled Himself, 20. Ye Sons And Daughters Of The King, 21. Psalm 98 from Becker Psalter, 22. Hymn To The Trinity, 23. All Things Are Yours, My God, 24. Lord, Make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace, 25. Jesus My Lord, My God, My All, 26. Sing, Ye Righteous, 27. How Good and Pleasant It Is.Music Album:
