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Strong, suave and sassy playing

Delicate and passionate the touch of the pianist is in itself his signature. One of a kind interpreter, Moncef Genoud is not afraid to place standards right on top of his list giving them a new birth thanks to an inventive spirit. Some highlights of his carrer include opening acts for Tete Montoliu, Michel Petrucciani and Youssou N'Dour. With Moncef Genoud, piano; Sylvain Gagnon, bass; Magella Cormier and Thierry Hochstatter, drums; Rmi Bolduc, alto sax; Axel Fisch, guitar.

With Moncef Genoud, piano; Sylvain Gagnon, bass; Magella Cormier and Thierry Hochstatter, drums; and Rmi Bolduc, alto sax; Axel Fisch, guitar.

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Average customer rating: Beautiful, fervent Bach, but the Purcell songs are a bit prettified Now that the Sun hath veil'd his light..... Picky reviewers hark ! how well the lady sings

Angels Hide Their Faces: Dawn Upshaw Sings Bach and Purcell Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Upshaw, Dawn | ( U ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Voices of Light Forgotten Songs: Dawn Upshaw Sings Debussy I Wish It So Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers & Hart Girl with Orange Lips ASIN: B000059LXH Release Date: 2001-03-27

Tracks:

1. Music For A While - Dawn Upshaw/Myron Lutzke/Arthur Haas
2. I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly - Dawn Upshaw/Myron Lutzke/Arthur Haas
3. Ah! How Sweet It Is To Love - Dawn Upshaw/Myron Lutzke/Arthur Haas
4. Lord, What Is Man - Dawn Upshaw/Myron Lutzke/Arthur Haas
5. Hark! How All Things - Dawn Upshaw/Myron Lutzke/Arthur Haas
6. Cantata BWV 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut: Recitativo - Dawn Upshaw/Krista Bennion Feeney/Linda Quan/Lois Martin/Myron Lutzke/John Feeney/Peggy Pearson...
7. Cantata BWV 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut: Aria - Dawn Upshaw/Krista Bennion Feeney/Linda Quan/Lois Martin/Myron Lutzke/John Feeney/Peggy Pearson...
8. Cantata BWV 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut: Recitativo - Dawn Upshaw/Krista Bennion Feeney/Linda Quan/Lois Martin/Myron Lutzke/John Feeney/Peggy Pearson...
9. Cantata BWV 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut: Aria - Dawn Upshaw/Krista Bennion Feeney/Linda Quan/Lois Martin/Myron Lutzke/John Feeney/Peggy Pearson...
10. Cantata BWV 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut: Recitativo - Dawn Upshaw/Krista Bennion Feeney/Linda Quan/Lois Martin/Myron Lutzke/John Feeney/Peggy Pearson...
11. Cantata BWV 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut: Chorale - Dawn Upshaw/Krista Bennion Feeney/Linda Quan/Lois Martin/Myron Lutzke/John Feeney/Peggy Pearson...
12. Cantata BWV 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut: Recitativo - Dawn Upshaw/Krista Bennion Feeney/Linda Quan/Lois Martin/Myron Lutzke/John Feeney/Peggy Pearson...
13. Cantata BWV 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut: Aria - Dawn Upshaw/Krista Bennion Feeney/Linda Quan/Lois Martin/Myron Lutzke/John Feeney/Peggy Pearson...
14. If Music Be The Food Of Love - Dawn Upshaw/Myron Lutzke/Arthur Haas
15. The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation - Dawn Upshaw/Myron Lutzke/Arthur Haas
16. An Evening Hymn - Dawn Upshaw/Myron Lutzke/Arthur Haas

Amazon.com

Soprano Dawn Upshaw's programs are always interesting, and this one's a beauty: one of Bach's most heartfelt cantatas flanked by songs and arias of Purcell. For the most part, she's in excellent voice, but with the tics that make some demur from enthusiasm: occasional swooping, thinning of the voice in the upper regions, lapses into a "Broadway" type of vocalism, and diction problems. The latter, oddly enough, are as present in Purcell's English as in Bach's German, as in the way Upshaw lands heavily on the r with a broad American accent rather than the lightly rolled r we're used to in performances of period English music. There's also some broad word-painting in the Bach, whose text, charting the soul's journey from sin to redemption, really needs no extra emoting. That said, Upshaw's fans will love this disc, and even those who prefer a different approach will enjoy it. Accompaniments are excellent: a continuo team in the Purcell, a small chamber group in the Bach. Outstanding sonics, too. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful, fervent Bach, but the Purcell songs are a bit prettified.......2006-08-24

Amazon's reviewer seems to have zoned out on how Dawn Upshaw pronounces words, missing most of the musical value here. Her singing of the Bach cantata, 'Mein Herze schwimmt in Blut,' is very moving. She is deeply involved, and her voice extracts the deep reverence and religious passion that makes this music so great. I'm not as convinced by the Purcell songs, however. Upshaw has chosen some of the most famous, and set against great singers like Battle, Baker, and Ferrier, her rendiitons seem a little shallow and prettified. She's considerably more tuned in to Bach, which is good enough to make this a memorable CD, if not her very best. Things would be much improved if the conducting by the (totally uncredited) conductor weren't so limp.

Now that the Sun hath veil'd his light............2001-08-04

Some say angels are God's messangers. When angels communicate, surely they sound like Dawn Upshaw. Upshaw's beautiful soprano voice rises to the stars and floats back again as she sings the beautiful collection of arias and cantatas by Purcell and Bach contained in ANGELS HIDE THEIR FACES.

Shaw's interpretation of Purcell's 'How sweet it is to love' reminds me of the elation I first felt on realizing love exists. 'Lord what is a man' brings one back to earth with a lamentation about human frailty and the finiteness of human existence. "Rejoice, rejoice" sings the angel in 'Hark! How all things' with lyrics from 'The Fairy Queen' -- a text by E. Settle after Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'

Bach's cantatas fill the air as Upshaw sings arias in German (interpretations are provided in the text accompanying the CD). J.S. Bach's songs are clearly and beautifully articulated by Upshaw while in the backgound various wind and string instruments accompany her vocalizations. Many of Upshaw's vocalizations by Bach in German as well as the instrumentation (including viol consort) remind me of the arias from 'The Messiah' -- majestic albeit on a very human scale. For example, Aria #9 by Bach is comparable to "He shall lead his flock.." (although the latter was written for an alto voice).

The music in English by Purcell is a bit lighter. My favorite piece is 'An evening hymn' by Purcell which I would expect to hear near dusk in an English chapel. However, ANGELS HIDE THEIR FACES contains music you can play year round at any time of day.

Picky reviewers.......2001-05-31

I've got a degree in musicology ( and am fluent in German as well), and for a while after total immersion in graduate school, found my listening enjoyment frustrated by the same pickiness that hampers your reviewer. Fortunately, that passed, and I'm now able to simply appreciate Dawn Upshaw's performance of the music we hear all too seldom. I hope that others will be able to participate in Upshaw's interpretation of the poetry behind the music, to think about the theological role of angels (not just pretty faces and feathery wings), to love this wonderful recording. We are indeed blessed that technology allows us to experience such music, such an artist.

hark ! how well the lady sings.......2001-05-31

This is one of those little gems that becomes more appealing with each hearing. The Purcell pieces are sweet and lovely, but the Bach ! This Cantata is the glory of this CD. It's verses are of the deepest sorrow and repentance, woeful utterances for God's forgiveness, until the final aria, "How joyful is my heart since God is appeased". Dawn Upshaw's interpretation is beautiful. She captures the emotion, the longing, the spirituality and heart of the piece.

The musicians in the simple accompaniment are superb, and the entire package excellent...it was the cover art that first drew my attention to this CD...an unusual and moving painting by Hugo Simberg titled "Wounded Angel" from 1903. It also has the lovely added touch of being slip-cased, making it a perfect gift item for anyone who likes this type of music.

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Antonio Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: François Couperin: Chamber Music (Complete) Vivaldi Edition: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine Vivaldi Edition: L'Olimpiade Motezuma Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso ASIN: B00000DUE7 Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. Magnificat
2. Et Exsultavit
3. Et Misericordia Eius
4. Fecit Potentiam
5. Deposuit Potentes
6. Esurientes
7. Suscepit Isreal
8. Sicut Locutus Est
9. Gloria
10. Lauda, Jersalem
11. Kyrie Eleison
12. Christe Eleison
13. Kyrie Eleison
14. Credo In Unum Deum
15. Et Incarnatus Est
16. Crucifixus
17. Et Resurrexit
18. Dixit Dominus
19. Donec Ponam
20. Vigram Virtutis Tuae
21. Tecum Principium
22. Luravit Dominus
23. Dominus A Dextris Tuis
24. Ludicabit In Nationibus
25. De Torrente In Via
26. Gloria
27. Sicut Erit In Principio

Tracks:

1. Allegro: In Furore Iustissimae Irae
2. Recitativo: Miserationem Pater Piissime
3. Largo: Tunc Meus Fletus Evadet Laetus
4. Allegro: Alleluia
5. Allegro: Longe Mala, Umbrae, Terrores
6. Recitativo: Recedite, Nubes Et Fulgura
7. Largo: Descende, O Caeli Vox
8. Allegro: Alleluia
9. Allegro: Clarae Stellae, Scintillate
10. Recitativo: Caeli Repleti Iam Novo Splendore
11. Allegro: Nunc Iubilare
12. Allegro: Alleluia
13. Allegro: Canta In Prato, Ride In Monte
14. Recitativo: Saeva Fulgescit Nobis
15. Allegro: Avenae Rusticae Sinceri Fervida Amoris
16. Allegro: Alleluia
17. Accompagnato: Filiae Maestae Jerusalem
18. Largo: Sileant Zephyri
19. Accompagnato: Sed Tenebris Diffusis
20. Larghetto: Nulla In Mundo Pax Sincera
21. Recitativo: Blando Colore Oculos Mundus Decepit
22. Allegro: Spirat Anguis
23. Allegro: Alleluia

Tracks:

1. Dixit Dominus
2. Donec Ponam Inimicos Tuos
3. Virgam Virturis Tuae
4. Tecum Principium
5. Iuravit Dominus
6. Dominus A Dextris Tuis
7. Indicabit In Nationibus
8. De Torrente In Via Bibet
9. Gloria Patri, Et Filio
10. Sicut Erat In Principio
11. Et In Saecula Saeculorum
12. Domine Ad Adiuvandum
13. Gloria Patri, Et Filio
14. Sicut Erat In Principio
15. Credidi Propter Qoud
16. Beatus Vir RV598
17. Beatus Vir
18. Potens In Terra
19. Antifona Beatus Vir
20. Gloria Et Divitiae
21. Antifona Beatus Vir
22. Exortum Est In Tendebris
23. Iucundus Homo
24. Antifona Beatus Vir
25. In Memoria Aeterna
26. Antifona Beatus Vir
27. Paratum Cor Eius
28. Peccator Videbit
29. Antifona Beatus Vir
30. Gloria Patri, Et Filio

Tracks:

1. Overture: Allegro
2. Overture: Largo
3. Coro Assyrian Soldiers Arma, Caedes, Vindicatae, Furores
4. Aria Holofernes Felix En Fausta Dies
5. Aria Holofernes Nil Arma, Nil Bella
6. Recitativo Vagaus Mi Dux, Domine Mi
7. Aria Vagus Matrona Inimica
8. Recitativo Holofernes Huc Accedat Matrona
9. Aria Juditha Qou Cum Patriae Me Ducit Amore
10. Recitativo Abra Ne Timeas Non
11. Aria Abra Vultus Tui Vago Splendori
12. Recitativo Abra Vide, Humilis Prostrata
13. Coro Vagus, Assyrian Solders
14. Recitativo Vagus Quem Vides Prope, Aspectu
15. Aria Vagus Quamvis Ferro Et Ense Gravis
16. Recitativo Holofernes Quid Cerno! Oculi Mei
17. Aria Juditha Quanto Magis Generosa
18. Recitativo Holofernes Magna, O Foemina, Petis
19. Aria Holofernes Magna, O Foemina, Petis
20. Recitativo Juditha, Tu Ludex Es, Tu Dominus, Tu Potens
21. Aria Juditha Agitata Infido Flatu
22. Recitativo Holofernes In Tentorio Supernae
23. Aria Con Coro Vagus, Servents O Servi, Volate
24. Recitantivo Vagus Tu Quoque Hebraica Ancilla
25. Aria Juditha Veni, Veni, Me Sequere Fida
26. Recitativo Abra Venio, Juditha, Venio: Animo Fave
27. Aria Abra Fulgeat Sol Frontis Decorae
28. Recitativo Abra In Urbe Interim Pia
29. Coro Bethulians Mundi Rector De Caelo Micanti

Tracks:

1. Recitativo Ozias Summi Regis In Mente
2. Aria Ozias O Sydera, O Stellae
3. Recitativo Ozia Iam Saevientis In Hostem
4. Recitativo Holofernes Nox In Umbra Dum Surgit
5. Aria Holofernes Nox Obscura Tenebrosa
6. Recitativo Holofernes Belligerae Meae Sorti
7. Aria Juditha Transit Aetas
8. Recitativo Holofernes Haec In Crastinum Serva: Ah, Nimis Vere
9. Aria Holofernes Noli, O Cara, Te Adorantis
10. Recitativo Juditha Tibi Dona Salutis
11. Coro Assyrian Soldiers Plena Nectare Non Mero
12. Recitativo Holofernes Tormenta Mentis Tuae Fugiant A Corde
13. Aria Juditha Vivat In Pace, Et Pax Regnet Sincera
14. Recitativo Juditha Sic In Pace Inter Hostes
15. Aria Vagaus Umbrae Carae, Aurae Adoratae
16. Aria Vagaus Quae Fortunata Es Tu Vaga Matrona
17. Aria Abra Non Ita Reducem
18. Recitativo Abra Iam Pergo, Postes Claudo
19. Accompagnato Juditha Summe Astrorum Creator
20. Aria Juditha In Somno Profundo
21. Accompagnato Juditha Impii, Indigni Trianni
22. Recitativo Juditha Abra, Abra, Accipe Munus
23. Aria Abra Si Fulgida Per Te Propitia Caeli Fax
24. Recitativo Vagaus Iam Non Procul Ab Axe
25. Aria Vagaus Armatae Face, Et Anguibus
26. Recitativo Ozias Quam Insolita Luce
27. Aria Ozias Gaude Felix
28. Accompagnato Ozias Ita Decreto Aeterno
29. Coro Judeans Salve, Invicta Juditha, Formosa

Tracks:

1. Aria In Turbato Mare Irato
2. Recitativo Splende Serena, O Lux Amata
3. Aria Respende, Bella
4. Alleluia
5. Recitativo Non In Pratis Aut In Hortis
6. Adagio Ibi Spinis Confixus
7. Aria Pro Me Caput Spinas Habet
8. Recitativo Quaesone facias, Domine
9. Largo Stabat Mater Dolorosa
10. Adagissimo Cuius Animam Gementem
11. Andante O Quam Tristis Et Afflicta
12. Largo Quis Est Homo, Qui Non Fleret
13. Adagissimo Quis Non Posset Contristari
14. Adante Pro Peccatis Suae Gentis
15. Largo Eia Mater, Fons Amoris
16. Lento Fac Ut Ardeat Cor Meum
17. Allegro Amen
18. Aria O Qui Caeli Terraque Serentias
19. Recitativo Fac Ut Sordescat Tellus
20. Aria Rosa Quae Moritur
21. Alleluia
22. Deus Tuorum Militum
23. Allegro Confitebor Tibi, Domine, In Toto Corde Meo
24. Allegro Memoriam Fecit Mirabilium Suorum
25. Andante Sanctum Et Terribile Nomen Eius
26. Allegro Intellectus Bonus Omnibus Facientibus Eum
27. Allegro Gloria Patri, et Filio
28. Allegro Et In Saecula Saeculorum

Tracks:

1. Allegro Beatus Vir
2. Allegro Gloria Et Divitiae
3. Beatus Vir
4. Andante Molto Exortum Est In tenebris
5. Beatus Vir
6. Allegro Lucundus Homo
7. Beatus Vir
8. Andante Molto In memoria Aeterna
9. Beatus Vir
10. Andante Paratum Cor Eius
11. Beatus Vir
12. Andante Dispersit, Dedit Pauperibus
13. Beatus Vir
14. Largo Peccator Videbit
15. Allegro Gloria Patri, Et Filio
16. Andante Salve Regina
17. Allegro Ad Te Clamamus
18. Allegro Eia Ergo
19. Andante Et Jesum
20. Laudate Dominum
21. In Exitu Israel
22. Allegro Nisi Dominus
23. Largo Vanum Est Vobis
24. Presto - Adagio Surgite
25. Andante Cum dederit
26. Allegro Sicut Sagittae
27. Andante Beatus Vir
28. Larghetto Gloria
29. Allegro Sicut Erat In Principio
30. Allegro Amen

Tracks:

1. Laetatus Sum
2. Laudate Pueri Dominum
3. Sit Nomen Domini
4. Usque Ad Occasum
5. Excelsus Super Omnes Gentes
6. Suscitans A terra Inopem
7. Ut Collocet Eum
8. Gloria Patri (I)
9. Gloria Patri (II)
10. Amen
11. Vestro Principi Divino
12. O felix Culpa
13. Quid Loqueris Ad Cor
14. Alleluia
15. Jubilate, O Amoeni Chori
16. In Tam ASolemni Pompa
17. Sonoro Modulamine: Gloria In Excelsis Deo
18. Et In Terra Pax Hominibus
19. Laudamus Te
20. Gratias Agimus Tibi
21. Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis
22. Domine Fili Unigenite
23. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
24. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
25. Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
26. Quoniam To Solus Santus
27. Cum Sancto Spiritu

Tracks:

1. Sum In Medio Tempestatum
2. Quid Ergo Faciam
3. Semper Maesta
4. Alleluia
5. Laudate Pueri, Dominum
6. Sit Nomen Domini
7. A solis Ortu Usque Ad Occasum
8. Excelsus Super Omnes Gentes
9. Quis Sicut Dominus
10. Suscitans A Terra Inopem
11. Ut Collocet Aum
12. Gloria Patri
13. Laudate Pueri: Sicut Erat In Principio
14. Amen
15. Cur Sagittas, Cur Tela
16. Hostibus Circumventa
17. In Te, Beate Pater
18. Sanctorum Meritis
19. Salve Regina
20. Ad Te Clamamus
21. Ad Te Suspirmus
22. Eia Ergo Advocata
23. Et Jesum Benedictum
24. O Clemens, O Pia

Tracks:

1. Laudate Pueri Dominum
2. A Solis Ortu
3. Excelsus Super Omnes
4. Sit Nomen Domini
5. Suscitans A Terra
6. Ut Collocet Eum
7. Sit Nomen Domini
8. Gloria Patri
9. Sicut Erat In Principio
10. Salve Regina
11. Ad te Clamamus
12. Ad Te Suspiramus
13. Eia ergo Advocata
14. Et Jesum Benedictum
15. O Clemens, O Pia
16. Accende Laeta
17. Quam Pulchri
18. Sternite, Angeli
19. Gaude Mater Ecclesia
20. Vos Aurae Per Montes
21. Cuncta Orbis
22. Tellus, Astra
23. Alleluia
24. Gloria Patri (From Laudate Pueri)

Tracks:

1. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
2. Et In Terra Pax
3. Laudamus Te
4. Gratias Agimus Tibi
5. Propter Magnam Gloriam Tuam
6. Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis
7. Domine Fili Unigenite
8. domine Deus, Agnus Dei
9. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
10. Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
11. Quoniam to Solus Sanctus
12. Cum Sancto Spiritu
13. Nisi Dominus Aedificaverit
14. Nisi Dominus Custodierit
15. Vanum Est Vobis
16. Cum Dederit
17. Sicut Sagittae
18. Beatus Vir
19. Gloria Patri
20. Sicut Erat In Prencipio
21. Ostro Picta
22. Sic Transiit
23. Linguis Favete
24. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
25. Et In Terra pax
26. Laudamus Te
27. Gratias Agimus Tibi
28. Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis
29. Domine Fili Unigenite
30. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
31. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
32. Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
33. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus
34. Cum Sancto Spiritu

Average customer rating:

3 Faces Millage Gilbert Manufacturer: Red Hot ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005VOC Release Date: 1997-07-01

Tracks:

1. I Don't Need Your Help To Get The Blues
2. I Wonder Why
3. Let's Strighten It Out
4. I'll Play The Blues For You
5. Scratch My Back
6. I Intended To Take Your Place
7. Lonesome Road
8. Born In Missouri
9. Losin' Hand
10. I Kicked The Habit
11. Rainy Night In Georgia
12. Key To the Highway

Average customer rating: A passionate and exciting variety of music

Faces Manufacturer: Black Box Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Nyman | Nyman, Michael | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Improvisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00002R148 Release Date: 2000-08-15

Amazon.com

At times funny, at times moving, always enthralling, the Quartz Saxophone Quartet's Faces is appropriately titled--this CD is all about expressions. On Michael Nyman's "Songs for Tony," we hear one of the soundtrack composer's most interesting pieces--a four-part requiem dedicated to his friend and business manager, a work in which the voice of each saxophone gets a solo turn. The piece has its lighter moments, but ultimately, it's a brooding, and lovely, composition. Gary Carpenter's Une Semaine de Bonte, on the other hand, consists of eight dense pieces influenced by surrealism. Carpenter's sax arrangement of Contrapunctus III from Bach's Art of the Fugue is more of a challenge, and the musicians try their damnedest to make their instruments sound delicate (they only partially succeed). Throughout, the recorded sound is fine, and the playing is excellent. The works vary in originality, but thanks to Nyman's piece, this disc is easy to recommend. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

A passionate and exciting variety of music.......2001-04-08

This is one of many recent saxophone cd's that have come out featuring English and Irish composers and musicians. The quartet itself is extremely talented and their passion for the music is evident in all the pieces on the disc. The first is Michaels Nyman's Songs for Tony, and while on the edge of sounding a little too forced it still comes out wonderfully.

The second piece is a multi-movement work by Gary Carpenter entitled "Une Semaine de Bonte" (A Week of Kindness.) It's based on a surrealist book by Max Ernst. This piece takes advantage of all dynamics of the saxophones (and I do mean it gets LOUD!) and it is a very lively and creative piece, a lot of fun to listen to.

The fourth piece is a Bach piece transcribed and arranged by Gary Carpenter. The next piece is entitled "Faces" and is by Alexander Levine and has two self-explanatory movements, "Prelude" and "Fugue." The following piece is entitled "Stub," and uses more raucous and closed voicings than the previous selections on the disc. It is still, however, a fun and entertaining piece.

The final piece Is by John Buckley, an Irish composer of some note. While the five movements of this piece have names like "Toccata" "Passacaglia" and "Elegia," they are not as calm as they may sound. There is a delightful sound and energy put into this piece, both by composer and performers.

All in all, this is a good disc and worth your money. It is also full of variety, which is the goal of the group as they said in their liner notes.

Average customer rating: Finally someone sings Argento!

To Be Sung upon the Water: Song Cycles by Dominick Argento Dominick Argento , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Patrice Michaels , Larry Combs , and Elliott Golub Manufacturer: Cedille ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Argento | Argento, Dominick | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | 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 Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: William Sharp Thomas Adès: Living Toys Amor: Opera Scenes and Lieder by Richard Strauss ASIN: B0000018ZJ Release Date: 1996-10-30

Tracks:

1. Frédéric Chopin (3:55)
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:07)
3. Franz Schubert (4:51)
4. Johann Sebastian Bach (3:39)
5. Claude Debussy (3:28)
6. Giacomo Puccini (2:29)
7. Robert Schumann (4:36)Songs About Spring (10:45) - DOMINICK ARGENTO
8. I. who knows if the moon's a balloon (2:11)
9. II. Spring is like a perhaps hand (2:50)
10. III. in Just-spring (1:31)
11. IV. in Spring comes (1:34)
12. V. when faces called flowers (2:26)To Be Sung Upon the Water (27:22) - DOMINICK ARGENTO
13. I. Prologue: Shadow and Substance (3:33)
14. II. The Lake at Evening (3:08)
15. III. Music on the Water (3:15)
16. IV. Fair is the Swan (1:38)
17. V. In Remembrance of Schubert (3:43)
18. VI. Hymn Near the Rapids (2:43)
19. VII. The Lake at Night (3:59)
20. VIII. Epilogue: De profundis (5:00)Three Vocalises for Soprano and Clarinet (4:02) - RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
21. I. Prelude (1:52)
22. II. Scherzo (0:40)
23. III. Quasi menuetto (1:25)selections from Along the Field (10:36) - RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
24. II. Along the Field (2:49)
25. VI. Good-Bye (2:24)
26. VII. Fancy's Knell (3:41)
27. VIII. With Rue My Heart is Laden (1:33)TOTAL TIME (79:34)

Album Description

The disc includes the world premiere recording of Argento's Songs about Spring for voice and piano, based on poems by e.e. cummings. "This first recording . . . should serve as a model for all future performances," the composer says. Argento composed this song cycle (his first) while still an undergraduate at Baltimore's Peabody Institute of Music. Here, too, is the only available CD recording of Letters from Composers for voice and guitar. Based on letters and fragments of letters written by Chopin, Mozart, Schubert, Bach, Debussy, Puccini, and Schumann, they illustrate a wide range of personal problems having almost no relevance to their compositional careers. The musical settings show Argento's understanding of each composer's expressive style. To Be Sung Upon the Water (Wordsworth settings scored for high voice, clarinet, and piano) is available in only one other version -- a reissue from the 1970s. The cycle is noteworthy for the subtle and sensitive use of clarinet and bass clarinet (performed here by Chicago Symphony Orchestra principal clarinetist Larry Combs). The clarinet reappears in Vaughan Williams' Three Vocalises for Soprano and Clarinet, one of the composer's last works. Vaughan Williams' love of early English folk music is evident in the song selections from Along the Field, his settings of A.E. Housman poems for the unusual combination of voice and violin. These are the only available CD versions of these songs and vocalises. Miss Michaels studied composition with Argento at the University of Minnesota. They share a fondness for intimate vocal forms and a distinct literary sensibility. "Argento's works impress on the listeners a strong musical personality, a result of his being drawn perpetually to the human voice" (New Grove Dictionary of American Music). For her part, Miss Michaels told Fanfare magazine (September / October 1996) in an interview: "I've always been attracted to the literary impulse behind the music." Besides producing musical sounds, she wants to tell stories.

Customer Reviews:

Finally someone sings Argento!.......2001-05-07

Well, I'm sure you recognize me as the serial Patrice reviewer (I promise-I'll branch out a little bit sooner or later!). Oh, but Argento! How fun his works are! I've seen recitalists perform these pieces. The obvious highlight for me is the Mozart letter, especially when sung this well, and with such humor. It is rare to hear such warmth so consistently in interpretation of such contemporary (yet distinctly historical in style) vocal works. Brava to Patrice for continuing to champion the talented underdogs (herself included, I suppose) of the music world.

Average customer rating: beautiful songs A flawless and fascinating recital

Carole Bogard: A Collection of American Songs Manufacturer: Parnassus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Just-Spring: Art Songs of John Duke But Yesterday Is Not Today-The American Art Song 1927-1972 ASIN: B00005LPYJ Release Date: 2001-06-26

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beautiful songs.......2007-05-09

A welcome reissue in CD format from old LP's of Carpenters compositions : song cycles of very well known lyrics. Particularly fascinating are the renderings of poems from "Gitanjali", a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore in English translated from original Bengali; a work that got Nobel prize in 1913 (Not the Pullitzer prize as mentioned in th accompanying text). The songs on lyrics/poems by other poets, all americans are just as beautiful. Well done.

A flawless and fascinating recital.......2005-04-14

This 2-CD set by soprano Carole Bogard is an absolute must-have for lovers of American songs, song recitals in general, or great singing. Culled from three long-out-of-print LPs and some performance tapes recorded for broadcast in Europe, it includes songs by Carpenter, Flanagan, Copland, Rorem, and the little-known Richard Cumming and John Woods Duke. And yet, there is not a single weak track on the entire set. Every song is interesting (something that cannot be said for many similar recitals recorded today), and each and every song is performed with musical acuity and an attention to words.

Particularly interesting, to me, were the songs by John Alden Carpenter. Largely neglected by modern singers and scholars, Carpenter wrote what many feel is the most successful fusion of classical music with jazz, the ballet tone-poem "Skyscrapers." It had the misfortune to premiere in 1924, the same year as Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"; but whereas "Rhapsody" was more of a pastiche, "Skyscrapers" blends the jazz and classical aspects flawlessly, producing an exciting and well-crafted work that deserves a wider audience.

The Carpenter songs presented here are not jazzy, but they do reveal a greater depth of feeling and originality in construction than one hears nowadays from the songs of Andre Previn or Jake Heggie. And the other pieces are equally excellent.

I highly recommend this album, especially for Sunday afternoon or summertime listening...between the excellence of the songs and the excellence of Bogard's singing, you just melt into the music and become one with the warm, intimate feeling that this recital engenders.

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Faces Manufacturer: Scorched Metal Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAG0HU Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

1. EpochElapse
2. Explode
3. Psycho
4. Face
5. Orgasmic Taste
6. Scorch
7. Remember
8. Mind Raper
9. Take My Hand
10. We Are One
11. Ominous Overtones

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CHORAL CURRENTS Manufacturer: INNOVA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Larsen, Libby | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009J4N Release Date: 1980-01-01

Tracks:

1. Bright Faces
2. Four Prlds On Playthings Of The Wind: I. The Woman Named Tomorrow
3. Four Prlds On Playthings Of The Wind: II. We Are The Greatest
4. Four Prlds On Playthings Of The Wind: III. Rats And Lizards
5. Four Prlds On Playthings Of The Wind: IV. The Wind And The Dust
6. Three Songs From Hebrew Poetry: I. The Poet
7. Three Songs From Hebrew Poetry: II. Epitaph: For A Wife
8. Three Songs From Hebrew Poetry: III. The Sun
9. The Last Invocation
10. With A Poet's Eye: I. The Uncertainty Of The Poet
11. With A Poet's Eye: II. Rodin's Muse
12. With A Poet's Eye: III. The Badminton Game
13. With A Poet's Eye: IV. Coming From Evening Church
14. With A Poet's Eye: V. The Merry-Go-Round At Night
15. Expiration
16. The Settling Years: I. Comin' To Town
17. The Settling Years: II. Beneath The Alien Stars
18. The Settling Years: III. A Hoopla

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Serious Songs, Sad Faces Manufacturer: Summit(Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hildegard of Bingen | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Persichetti | Persichetti, Vincent | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000931NN Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

1. Ordo Virtutum
2. Gradual
3. Adieu Sweet Amarillis
4. Kyrie
5. Dido's Lament
6. Sinfonia
7. Aria
8. Ave Verum Corpus
9. Der Doppelganger
10. Andante
11. Oh Death
12. Sola, Perduta, Abandonata
13. The Two Blue Eyes Of My Sweetheart
14. Kyrie
15. The Harvest Of Sorrow
16. Andantino
17. With Breadth
18. Tenderly
19. Simple Song
20. New York Requiem

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WRCT 88.3 Compilation The Dirty Faces, The Working Poor, Kitty Pride, Boxstep, Hovland, Lonely Planet Boy, The Deliberate Strangers, Low Sunday, ...more Morphones ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000ARCDX0

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