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Classical Wedding Music
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Re-living my wedding music . . . ? Priceless!

Practical and Beautiful

Classical Wedding Music
Johann Sebastian Bach , Ludwig van Beethoven , Leonard Bernstein , Claude Debussy, César Franck, George Frideric Handel, Engelbert Humperdinck, Karl Jenkins, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jean Joseph Mouret, Modest Jeremiah Clarke , Johann Pachelbel, Robert Paterson, Henry Purcell, Franz Schubert, Antonio Vivaldi, Richard Wagner Mussorgsky , Lumiere String Quartet , and Victoria Paterson (Violin)
Manufacturer: Lumiere Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FJH14E
Release Date: 2006-07-10

Tracks:

Aria - George Frideric Handel
Largo from Xerxes - George Frideric Handel
Air from Water Music - George Frideric Handel
Prayer from Hansel & Gretel - Engelbert Humperdinck
One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein
Claire de Lune - Claude Debussy
Winter from The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi
Sleeper's Wake - Johann Sebastian Bach
Largo from Concerto for Two Violins in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze - Johann Sebastian Bach
Arioso - Johann Sebastian Bach
Air from Suite No. 3 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach
Ave Maria - Johann Sebastian Bach
Panis Angelicus - Cesar Franck
Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
Ave Verum - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tracks:

Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
Trumpet Voluntary - Prince of Denmark March - Jeremiah Clarke
Celebration - George Flannigan
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin - Richard Wagner
Trumpet Tune- Henry Purcell
La Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks - George Frideric Handel
Hornpipe from Water Music - George Frideric Handel
Aria from Water Music - George Frideric Handel
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba - George Frideric Handel
Palladio (from De Beers Diamond Commercial) - Karl Jenkins
Midsummer Night's Dream - Felix Mendelssohn
Rondeau from Premiere Suite- Jean-Joseph Mouret
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Spring from The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi
Danza Pastorale from The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi
Allelujah from Exsultate, Julbilate - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - Johann Sebastian Bach

Product Description

This beautifully-recorded, two CD set contains the finest selection of classical wedding pieces played by the Lumiere String Quartet, with the addition of flute and trumpet for certain pieces. This collection contains all of the popular, classical pieces used for weddings, with the addition of two contemporary works, including Palladio from the De Beers Diamond commercial. These CDs include Pachelbel's Canon, Handel's Hornpipe, Trumpet Voluntary, the Entrance of the Queen of Sheba and many other favorite wedding selections. Best of all, these selections are played by the New York City-based Lumiere String Quartet, so you can be assured that if you hire a string quartet for your wedding, this is what you will hear. After your wedding, sit back and relax to these classics again and again as a reminder of your special day!

Customer Reviews:

Re-living my wedding music . . . ? Priceless!.......2007-01-04

Listening to the Lumiere String Quartet's "Classical Wedding Music," I was alternately squealing with delight ("this was played at MY wedding!") and shedding tears of joy ("this was played at MY wedding!"). Lumiere has done a masterful job of translating these classic pieces to the quartet form. The sound is rich and full. Yes, it works if you're listening for wedding music, but what makes the CD so delightful is that it serves beautifully as chamber music . . . even outside the wedding context. There's something for everyone here -- from the sweet and delicate "Air from Suite No. 3" to the triumphant and majestic "Trumpet Voluntary/Prince of Denmark March." A treat to listen to, whether you're getting married, got married, or have no intention of getting married and just like fine music expertly played!

Practical and Beautiful.......2006-12-22

This is a truly practical collection of music you can actually use at your wedding. Because it involves original works and arrangements for a stribg quartet, you can think of having live music at your wedding. (There is always a string quartet -- pro or amateur - in the neighborhood that would be delighted to play these wonderful melodies. Worse case: the record sound is great and you can play the CD for a minimum ceremony and still feel you've done the right thing!

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Lumiere Dans le Noir
Zachary Richard
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La Rocque 'n' Roll - Popular Music of Renaissance France / The Baltimore Consort

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My favorite + audiophile recording
absolute favorite
Fun stuff!
A perfect album
If Led Zeppelin had been born 400 years earlier...

La Rocque 'n' Roll - Popular Music of Renaissance France / The Baltimore Consort
Ronn McFarlane , and Chris Norman
Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
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ASIN: B000001Q9P
Release Date: 1993-09-28

Tracks:

J'ai vu le loup
Has tu point veu
Branle double
Branle double: Branle de Montirande
Branle double: Branle de la torche
Mignonne, allons voir si la rose
Frais et gaillard
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Un jeune fillette
Un jeune fillette
Un jeune fillette
Jean de Nivelle

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This title isn't just a joke. It makes the valid point that these Renaissance pieces occupied the same place in their culture as our pop music does in ours. People whistled these tunes in the street and danced to them at night, and you can easily accept the disc's title when hearing the Baltimore Consort's extremely lively performances, which have all the rhythmic drive and gusto of a good rock band. The ensemble's arrangements and the variety of its programming also contribute to the success of this disc, which would make an excellent introduction to music of the period. The booklet contains translations of all the vocal texts, and Dorian's sound leaps out of the loudspeakers with great clarity and presence. --Leslie Gerber

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My favorite + audiophile recording.......2005-05-26

I've attended Baltimore Consort performances a number of times, and they are just about my favorite early music group. They do an outstanding job of making "old" music come alive. Sometimes early music recordings are dry and academic, and the Baltimore Consort is as far from that as you can get. Finally, they have a great since of humor, which often peaks through in their music.

They specialize in popular secular tunes of the age. Their playing is impeccable, and most of the group are accomplished soloists. La Rocque 'n' Roll is probably my favorite recording of theirs, the songs are fun, interesting, and involving. The best of the best...

The fact that the recording is technically very good is a nice bonus. As a matter of fact, "Jean de Nivelle" (track 26) is the first thing I play when evaluating speakers. It helps that I've heard the performance live (and unamplified), so I have a real life comparison. The recoding clearly captures the nuances of the individual instruments. Although obviously not as loud as modern rock, the recording still gives challenges speaker dynamics. Unlike some gee whiz audiophile recordings, I can listen to these songs again and again.

absolute favorite .......2004-10-16

I've been collecting renaissance/medieval music for several years and have finally found something that sounds as though the musicians are actually having FUN with the repertoire. This is a blast, I recommend it to all.

Fun stuff!.......2002-11-29

The jaunty, whimsical tone of this CD is set by the opening bars of the first piece, "J'ai vu le loup," which starts out with one of the musicians shouting "Un! Dieux!" Many parallels are subtly drawn between the secular music of Renaissance France and popular music of today. "The appeal of performing 'popular' repertory lies in the opportunity it provides for creative expression," explains the insert booklet. "All of the song and dance arrangements on this CD are the creation of the members of the Baltimore Consort, who sometimes only have an unharmonized melody to start with..." What they may lack in specific direction from the long-dead song writers, they more than make up for with catchy arrangements and spirited improvisations. Soprano Custer LaRue sings her sultry French lyrics with relish and gusto, and the addition of reedy crumhorns and bagpipes played by Chris Norman and Mark Cudek adds to the provincial French flavor. The fun of the music is echoed in the CD's amusing packaging: The album cover, somewhat reminiscent of the Beatles' "Abbey Road", features the ensemble members walking along in single file, with their viol and lute cases in hand. Other interior pictures of the group poke fun at other folk and rock imagery, including one shot of a gentleman in shades licking the neck of his bass viol. Not exactly the norm for early music releases, but refreshing for just that reason. Rocque on!

A perfect album.......2000-02-22

This is my favorite CD of all time. I've had it now for five years, I listen to it all the time, and I never get tired of it. Every track is enormously beautiful, from the bright and sunny tunes through the quieter and more melancholy ones.

This is a CD that sounds perfect in the early morning, late at night, or any other time of day.

I've become a huge fan of the Baltimore Consort (one of the highlights of my life was seeing the group perform the songs on this album live at Synod Hall in Pittsburgh, PA) and "La Rocque 'n' Roll" is their "Sgt. Pepper."

If Led Zeppelin had been born 400 years earlier..........1999-10-02

...and played the lute, they would've played like Ron McFarlane, and sang like Custer LaRue. Wonderful performances of 16th C popular music on historical instruments, with lovely twists of rock'n'roll performance techniques. Check out the jazzy krummhorn glissandos, the sexy lute strumming, the straight-ahead power vocal, and the hip plucked bass viol -- especially on the last track. This is my #1 "Desert Island Disk."

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Release Date: 2004-11-09

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Excellent 1953 version emphasizes musicality over drama

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles

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ASIN: B0006VXLOK
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

Introduction - Orchestra Des Concerts Lamoureux
Sur La Greve Un Feu - Elisabeth Brasseur Choir
Amis, Interrompez Voz Danses
Demeure Parmi Nous, Nadir
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Seule Au Milieu De Nous... Brahma, Divin Brahma
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Tracks:

L'ombre Descend Des Cieux - Xavier Depraz
Me Voila Seule Dans La Nuit... Comme Autrefois - Pierette Alaire
De Mon Amie
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L'orage S'est Calme... O Nadir, Tendre Ami De Mon Jeune Age - Rene Bianco
Qu'ai-je Vu?... Je Fremis, Je Chancelle - Pierette Alarie
Entends Au Loin Ce Bruit De Fete - Pierette Alarie
Des Que Le Soleil - Elisabeth Brasseur Choir
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O Lumiere Sainte
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Excellent 1953 version emphasizes musicality over drama.......2005-08-08

Source: Studio recording made in October 1953.

Sound: Generally good 1950s mono. (Opera d'Oro issues are always iffy on matters of sound, ranging from very good to appallingly bad. They are generally much safer bets when based on studio recordings, as is the case here, than on live performances.)

Text: Standard text adopted with the first revivals of the opera, some years after Bizet's death.

Cast: Nadir - Leopold Simoneau; Zurga - Rene Bianco; Leila - Pierette Alarie; Nourabad - Xavier Depraz. Conductor: Jean Fournet.

Documentation: No libretto. Short plot summary. Track list.

This performance provided my first recording of "Les Pecheurs de perles," acquired more than forty-five years ago on Lp from some obscure European publisher. Having stumbled upon a CD version of the old warhorse, I was greatly pleased to find that it is as good as I had remembered it to be.

By 1863, the 25 year-old Bizet had already set his hand to incidental music to "L'Arlesienne," the requisite Sir Walter Scott opera, "La jolie fille de Perth" and an oriental opera, "Djamileh." He had not yet wrung the hankering for exoticism out of his system, so he embarked on a new opera to be set in pre-Columbian Mexico. With youthful folly, he began writing the music before his two hack librettists, Michel Carre and Eugene Cormon, had figured out a finish for the play. Even before the lack of a finale became a crisis, a major change had to be incorporated. It seems that the "Pearlfishers" team had been beaten in the race to put on an Aztec play in Paris. Since Carre and Cormon had probably known nothing at all about Meso-American empires, it is likely they had no qualms about shifting their story to another place they knew nothing about, Ceylon. Carré and Cormon never did come up with a logical finish, so they just set things on fire and let the doomed lovers depart into the sunset, providing a dramatic arc to "The Pearlfishers" that makes "Il trovatore" look like a textbook example of a well-made play.

I had remembered the star of the recording to be the tenor, Leopold Simoneau, and so he is. Simoneau had a voice of no great size but of surpassing sweetness and elegance. I have seen him described as a latter day Tito Schipa. To some extent he was, but Simoneau was a true vocal technician, far more skillful than that charming old con man, Schipa. Simoneau's Nadir is more focused on the beauty of the musical line than on drama. In this most lyrical of Bizet's operas, it works.

What I had not remembered about this recording was Pierette Alarie. Alarie was a formidable lieder singer who was married to Simoneau and who made many recordings with him. By operatic standards, her voice was small, but it was beautifully pure, precisely focused and amazingly agile, a sort of Francophone Roberta Peters. (For those familiar with Webber's "Phantom of the Opera," Alarie was precisely the type of singer for the role of the Phantom's young protegee.) All those years ago, I was busy being bowled over by Milanov, Tebaldi, Nilsson and Sutherland, so I foolishly discounted Alarie's smaller voice. While I still hold those ladies in highest esteem, this time, when I bought the CD, I actually listened to Alarie and I was amazed. This was particularly true of the closing number of the First Act, "O dieu Brahma." In every other performance that I have seen or heard, heavier-voiced sopranos make this prayer pleasant enough but nothing to compete with the acknowledged big numbers of the act, "Au fond du temple saint," and "Je crois entendre encore." Alarie's version is a revelation. With her lieder singer's discrimination and her phenomenal vocal agility, Alarie offers up a bel canto-like gem.

The Zurga of this set, while good, was simply not in the class of Simoneau and Alarie. René Bianco had a baritone voice that was pleasant but not at all commanding, not the best thing for portraying a character who is all assertiveness. The slight fuzziness of his vocal production kept Bianco from being an equal with the super-focused Simoneau and Alarie in the ensembles.

Nourabad is a thankless part, placed in the opera merely to keep the plot ticking. I remember nothing about any Nourabad I have seen or heard in the past. I remember nothing about Xavier Depraz beyond the obvious fact that he was not bad enough to make me remember him for that reason.

The first time I listened to these CDs, I found myself puzzled by the conducting. Jean Fournet was a big name in the French repertory in the years straddling World War II. As I had been particularly impressed by his dramatic "Samson et Dalila," the comparative looseness of dramatic tension here seemed odd. After comparing his version of "The Pearlfishers" with those of Rosenthal, Dervaux and Pretre, I think it probable that there was mutual agreement among Fournet, Simoneau and Alarie to downplay melodrama in favor of musicality, to take a miniaturist, even lieder-like approach. Of the four conductors, Fournet is the most precise and the most French. "The Pearlfishers" may take place on exotic Ceylon, but Jean Fournet's Ceylon is firmly anchored in the Seine, not many meters downstream from the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

This is an excellent "Pearlfishers." This version and the excellent 1959 live version conducted by Manuel Rosenthal (Gala GL 100.504), which emphasizes the drama of the opera, should be in any serious collection.

Five stars.

The Complete Recordings, 1902-1920 (Box Set)

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Album Description

The Complete Caruso: Volumes 1 - 12

The Italian tenor Enrico Caruso holds a unique place in musical history, as the first operatic singer whose recordings sold in millions, and who created an international reputation on the strength of these. Caruso's robust tone and musical sincerity made him both an ideal stage and recording artist, whose voice the primitive acoustic recording technology of the early twentieth century was able to reproduce with startling fidelity. The Naxos Historical Caruso edition constitutes the complete cycle of all Caruso's recordings issued in chronological order. In addition, the transfers have been immaculately undertaken by top sound engineer Ward Marston, unrivalled for his knowledge of the specialized world of acoustic opera recordings, and his rare ability to retrieve all of the music lying in the grooves of the original recordings. Naxos Historical's incredible price (12 CD'S FOR THE PRICE OF 10) puts this unique legacy of great singing within the reach of all music-lovers. This! complete cycle of recordings represents a major document in the history of sound recording, and one which no collector and enthusiast of great singing will wish to be without. "There is no series of vocal records that have a greater documentary value, that meant more to the development of the phonograph record, or that are as consistently capable of providing pleasure to lovers of great singing. ...One of the most significant recording industry events of the decade." Fanfare

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Get It While You Can.......2006-10-13

This may not be easy to get in the USA for very long.....don't miss it.

Essential edition for opera lovers.......2005-02-01

This set gives you the opportunity to follow the entire recording career of one of the greatest singers in Operatic History. Enrico Caruso was the first superstar of the 20th century -- and this without the benefit of mass media. His person and his records were his greatest publicity.

The set begins with Caruso's Italian made recordings. They show a great raw talent. The artistry is lacking with many sobs, over acting and mistaken cues. The 1902 and 1903 clearly show a tenor with a lot to learn. But learn it he did. His 1904 sessions show a mature artist on par with any heard since. His voice matures before your very ears and by 1910, you wonder if you will ever listen to any other tenor the same way again.

The engineering used for this set is wonderful. There is no attempt at all to use the soundstream process of computer sound enhancement as heard on the RCA issued sets. These are near perfect mint conditioned discs copied by engineer extraordinary Ward Marston. They sound like natural 78s, they way Caruso himself must have heard the playbacks at the (RCA) Victor studios.

Also included are outtakes and extra takes. There is a "Celeste Aida" from 1908, complete with a broken high note, previously released by RCA in a 1973 set commemorating the tenor's centenary birthday. But there are new treasures here as well, including extra takes of two of Caruso's greatest recordings, the Italian song "L'Alba separa dalla l'uce ombra" and an aria from Rubinestine's Nerone. Listening to them, one wonders what Caruso could have possible thought inadquate in those long lost altenative takes.

Finally, there is the simple joy of hearing so many things so well sung. Caruso was the pinnacle of the tenor art. He can be compared to no other single tenor since ... he has the brilliant ring of Bjorling, the passion of Gigli, the beauty of Gedda, the youthful enthusiasm of Lanza, the warm tonal quality of Tucker, the pure strength of Corelli, the charasma of Pavarotti and the artestry of Domingo.

Whether you are an opera fan, a voice fan or just a music lover. This set is worth every penny.

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Trust in Bob

Lumiere
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Lumiere is the culmination of guitar virtuoso Bob Brozman's musical memories formed over a lifetime of travelling and playing music with others. His years of absorbing influences from cultures worldwide is expressed through the establishment of the Bob Brozman Orchestra - a unique concept where Bob intricately plays each instrumental part, building layer upon layer to formulate the tremendous sound of an extensive orchestra. He revisits the influences drawn from previous collaborations with artists such as Debashish Bhattacharya, Rene Lacaille, Djeli Moussa Diawara and Takashi Hirayasu to reflect on the profound imprint travel has had on his life.

Customer Reviews:

Trust in Bob.......2007-07-19

Like Bob Brozman? Want to hear alot of him without knowing it? Lumiere is your album. I wasn't sure what I thought of the concept of this album when I first saw it. Would it be Blues Reflex (a great album) on steroids? I had a spot of great luck and was able to get this album the day of release rather than having to wait for a copy to be shipped the day of release.

If you didn't think Bob was more than just a guitarist before this, you should afterwards. An album made up largely of guitars, all manner and size of other plucked instruments (along with some bass played by a friend, and percussion by Bob and longtime friend/producer, Daniel Thomas) and overdubs could have been a disaster in the hands of most guitarists but this comes together beautifully and naturally. This isn't a bunch of dueling guitar solos coming out of every speaker in the room.

Playing with people like Rene Lacaille, Debashish Bhattacharya, Djeli Moussa Diawara, etc... and first and foremost wanting to serve the music has, I think, caused Bob to find meaningful expression where lesser musicians would just chunka-chunka strum until it's their turn to be in the spotlight. Bob can be the painting, but he can also be the frame, or the mat, or a beveled edge, or the way the different colors of the mat, frame, and picture work together for the greater good of the piece.

That's what this album is about. This isn't thin, linear music. It's open and spacious, with feelings of movement working both side to side and top to bottom. The "band" is called an "orchestra" but he isn't playing all the cover-photo instruments all the time, or on every track (and no sax at all). Lumiere has the feeling of a really happening small group that may be from some sort of primal, tropical, hot-swinging little Italian villa in northern India where the locals fancy Iranians playing Greek ukeleles. Or something like that. It all flows together beautifully, though each tune has its own distinct personality, like sonic photographs from 1 issue of National Geographic.

How I'll grow to rate this in comparison to other Brozman albums over time, I cannot yet say. I've heard it 10 times so far and loved it. It shouldn't be overlooked. He doesn't play a National the way he plays a Weissenborn or a uke the way he plays a charango. You'll hear him explore things in ways you've not heard him play before, as well as hear him enter into familiar strains from previous albums, but presented here in new and unfamiliar ways.

You really do get something special when all these instruments come together in his hands within this context. I don't think he could have made this album with other people. It's also totally unlike a true solo Brozman performance of Live in Germany [Region 2].

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Caruso for a song.
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Caruso: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 12
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The Complete Recordings, Vol. 9
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 8
Enrico Caruso: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 6

ASIN: B0000BX5KY
Release Date: 2003-10-21

Album Description

When complete the Naxos Historical Caruso edition will constitute the complete cycle of all Caruso's recordings issued in chronological order, thus enabling the artistic development of this great artist to be followed in detail. In 1919, shortly after the period covered by this CD, Caruso was to celebrate his twenty-fifth year, yet in these recordings there is no sign of strain or wear on the voice at all, only the brilliant sounds that made Caruso world-famous and the first real operatic star of the gramophone.

Customer Reviews:

Caruso for a song........2004-03-15

In the liner notes provided with this CD, you will read that opera patrons during the years these recordings were made sometimes paid the equivalent of $1,000 to attend a Caruso performance. Modern marketing, Naxos, and restoration engineer Ward Marston allow us to hear 77 minutes of Caruso recordings for merely a fraction of this cost.

Doyen of reviewers J Scott Morrison has already given Volume 10 of the Naxos Complete Recordings of Enrico Caruso series a rave review, so I shall add only a few comments. Regarding track identification: the composer Faure to whom Track 1 is attributed is not Gabriel but the less well-known French composer J B Faure (1830-1914). The Tchaikovsky item in Track 4 is his Op 6, No 5. The starry quartet and sextet items (2 takes of each) are the ones to go for in the Caruso discography. They are (almost) debut recordings for his compatriot Amelita Galli-Curci, one of the few singers whose voice, like Caruso's, was wonderfully well caught by the acoustic recording process.

Number Ten and Counting; And Simply the Best Caruso on CD.......2003-11-08

Naxos, praise be, is issuing all of Caruso's known recordings in the order in which they were recorded. In this, the tenth of the series, we have reached the era which, for some of us, is the ne plus ultra as regards Caruso's depth of musicianship and richness of voice, 1916 to early 1917. Not long afterward his health began to ebb. But in this time period his tenor voice was at its most baritonal, his breath control inhuman, and his musicianship scrubbed of it earlier vulgarity. I know there are those who revel in the latter, but I'm not one of them. We also get several alternate takes that were not issued on 78 at the time of their recording--one of the opening of the Quartet from 'Rigoletto' that only goes to the point where the mezzo enters, another of the complete Lucia 'Sextet' with Amelita Calli-Curci, Giuseppe de Luca and Marcel Journet among others.

Of special interest here are the selections sung in French--with excellent diction, it must be said--Tchaikovsky's 'Pourquoi?,' and Lensky's aria from 'Eugène Onegin' (gorgeous!), as well as Godard's 'Chanson de Juin,' Saint-Saëns's 'Vois ma misère, hélas' from 'Samson et Dalila.' Best of all are the two arias from Bizet's 'Pearl Fishers': 'De mon amie, fleur endormie,' and especially an absolutely stunning 'Je crois entendre encore.'

Other highlights: the full Quartet from 'Rigoletto' with Galli-Curci, Flora Perini, and de Luca; 'M'appari' from Flotow's 'Martha' with a final B-flat that will knock your socks off (and SO much better than the version he recorded more than ten years earlier).

Fauré's 'Sancta Maria' sounds Italian, I must say. 'Santa Lucia' is just a tad hokey. But Caruso's own 'Tiempo antico' is delightful. Andrea Chenier's 'Come un bel di di maggio' is sung with delicacy, grace and ardor. There are a couple takes of a ditty ('L'alba separa dall luce l'ombra') by Tosti and another couple of popular songs by Castaldon and De Crescenzo.

Finally, two takes of an aria I'd never heard before from Anton Rubinstein's 'Nerone,' 'Ah! lumière du jour.' Caruso's trumpet-like high notes are really something here.

I've acquired all but two of the previous Caruso CDs on Naxos. I've also had earlier transfers of some of the material and I have to say that Naxos and their miracle man, Ward Marston, are doing an amazing job of presenting cleaned-up yet true-sounding transfers. Evviva!

TT=76:59

Tracks:

Prelude
No.1: Introduction: Choeur: 'Sur La Greve En Feu'
No.1: Introduction: Scene Et Choeur: 'Amis, Interrompez Vos Danses'
No.1: Introduction: Recit et Reprise Du Choeur Danse: 'Demeure Parmi Nous, Nadir'
No.2: Recit Et Duo: Recit: 'C'Est Toi, Toi Qu'Enfin Je Revois!'
No.2: Recit Et Duo: Duo: 'Au Fond Du Temple Saint'
No.3 Recit, Choeur Et Scene: Recit: 'Que Vois-Je?'
No.3 Recit, Choeur Et Scene: Choeur: 'Sois La Bienvenue'
No.3 Recit, Choeur Et Scene: Scene Et Choeur: 'Seule Au Milieu De Nous'
No.4: Recit Et Romance: Recit: 'A Cette Voix'
No.4: Recit Et Romance: Romance: 'Je Crois Entendre Encore'
No.5: Finale: Scene Et Choeur: 'Le Ciel Est Bleu'
No.5: Finale: Air Et Choeur: 'O Dieu Brahma'

Tracks:

No.6 Entr'Acte, Choeur Et Scene: 'L'Ombre Descend Des Cieux'
No.7: Recit Et Cavatine: 'Me Voila Seule Dans La Nuit'
No.8: Chanson: 'De Mon Amie, Fleur Endormie'
No.9: Duo: 'Leila! Leila!'/'Dieu Puissant'
No.10: Finale: 'Ah, Revenez A La Raison!'
No.11: Entr'Acte, Recit Et Air: 'L'Orage S'Est Calme'
No.12: Scene Et Duo: Recit: 'Qu Ai-Je Vu?'
No.12: Scene Et Duo: Duo: 'Je Fremis, Je Chancelle'
No.12: Scene Et Duo: Scene: 'Entends Au Looin Ce Bruit De Fete'
No.13: Choeur Danse: 'Des Que Le Soleil'
No.14: Scene Et Choeur: 'Sombres Divinites'
No.15: Trio: 'O Lumiere Sainte'
No.16: Finale: 'Ce Sont Eaux, Les Voici!'

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Classical Christmas-Lumiere String Quartet cd

Classical Christmas

Manufacturer: Lumiere Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classical Relaxation
Baby Got Bach
Carols from Trinity
Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
Wintersong

ASIN: B000FJH144
Release Date: 2006-10-20

Tracks:

Joy to the World - George Frideric Handel
O Come, All Ye Faithful - John Reading
Wexford Carol - Irish
The First Noel - French
What Child is This? - English
Concerto No. 8, Op. 6 Christmas Concerto - Antonio Corelli
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - English
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Felix Mendelssohn
Silent Night - Franz Gruber
Prayer from Hansel and Gretel - Englebert Humperdink
Coventry Carol - English
Angels We have Heard on High - French
Donna Nobis Pacem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Winter from The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi
Arioso - Johann Sebastian Bach
Sleeper's Awake - Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze - Johann Sebastian Bach
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 - Ludwig van Beethoven

Product Description

Whether youÂ’re sitting by a warm fire, reading your favorite book, making dinner for guests or entertaining friends and family, this is the perfect Christmas CD for the holidays. This disc contains all of your favorite classical Christmas pieces, including Joy to the World, What Child is This, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, Angels We have Heard on High and Jesu Joy of ManÂ’s Desiring. Beautifully played by the Lumiere String Quartet with special guests Eileen Bedlington (Trumpet), Sato Moughalian (Flute) and Kristina Musser (Violin), this ultra-warm-sounding recording is sure to be a hit during the Holiday Season.

Customer Reviews:

An Honest Review.......2007-01-17

I loved this CD!!! I used all but 5 songs from it for the prelude music for my December 23rd wedding!

The quality of musicians and recording is incredible!

I would without hesitation encourage all who are looking for an instrumental Christmas CD - to purchase THIS ONE - you will not be disappointed!

Classical Christmas-Lumiere String Quartet cd.......2006-12-18

This cd answers the need for top-quality, musical performance of Christmas carols and classical music - suitable for active concentrated listening as well as background music. It offers a superb and tasteful variety of selections and is perfect for a black tie party as well as music to play in the home for holiday cheer or relaxation. I'd even go so far as to say that it would benefit infants and pre-schoolers too- any age group.
This cd offers professional musicianship. The carols do not demand the proficiency of the classical selections. That's when the Lumiere String Quartet reveals is conservatory training! Stellar performance!
I highly recommend this cd.

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