Soon Come

The Beat Magazine, Chuck Foster, volume21, no. 5, 2002
Soon Come is the best album yet from this roots reggae outfit based in the Pacific Northwest,...

Product Description
SOON COME released May 25, 2002 ~ Soon Come gathers eighty minutes worth of Boogie Brown Band's tightest vibratations from the past decade, plus two brand new tracks, freshly re-mastered to mash up the sound.

Soon Come

Soon Come,Clinton Fearon and Boogie Brown Band

Average customer rating: Absolutely peerless once-in-a-lifetime greatness We love this album Simply great Porgy and Bess

Porgy & Bess Ella Fitzgerald , and Louis Armstrong Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Porgy and Bess Gershwin: Porgy & Bess [With Members of the Original Cast] Porgy & Bess: High Performance George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn · Sir Simon Rattle · W. White · C. Haymon · Glyndebourne Opera Ella & Louis Again (Dig) ASIN: B0000046Z5 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Summertime
3. I Wants To Stay Here
4. My Man's Gone Now
5. I Got Plenty O'Nuttin'
6. Buzzard Song
7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
8. It Ain't Necessarily So
9. What You Want Wild Bess?
10. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
11. Oh, Doctor Jesus
12. Medley: Here Come De Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Deh's So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman)
13. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
14. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
15. Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way

Amazon.com

Getting the two most personable voices in jazz to sing an hour's worth of George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess (Ella doing all the female parts, Satchmo all the male) was a good idea, but not quite as great as it sounded. Armstrong savors the down-and-dirty Charlestonisms that inspired the cadences of the music and lyrics, and they fit his happy rasp like an old shoe; Fitzgerald, conversely, sounds almost prissy every time she has to sing the word "ain't," though her melodic genius gets Gershwin's bold, supple tunes over. The arrangements are full-throttle Broadway, with a few leaps into Dixieland (including some fine Armstrong trumpet solos), but the disc works best when the vocalists break character and let their jazz side out. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely peerless.......2006-11-17

"Porgy and Bess" has just opened (with some controversy) in London's West End, though as a musical and not as an opera as it was originally conceived. Reviews have been promising and I aim to go down and see it soon. I decided to listen to this CD to put myself in the mood. I hadn't listened to it for years and I'd completely forgotten how good it actually is. Ella's voice blends with Louis' perfectly and Russell Garcia's orchestration gives them a dreamy landscape to perform against. I have one or two other CDs by Louis and Ella but this one is by far my favourite. The CD opens with "Overture" and its orchestral performance of classics like "Summertime", "I Wants To Stay Here", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" and "It Ain't Neccessarily So" set the tone nicely, leaving one ever so keen for the vocal versions. Louis Armstong has a very rough tone to his voice but the emotion he packs with it is moving, most especially on the mournful "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" And we get all this and Louis' wonderful trumpet playing too?

Gershwin and Gershwin must be among the top composers of the last century and this opera showcases their talents more than anything I've heard. Ella and Louis are peerless as a vocal duo and though I doubt the West End performance will capture the magic in the same way they did, I still remain very keen to go see it. Is it opera or is it a jazz performance? I don't really know. I just know that I love it. And strongly recommend it.

once-in-a-lifetime greatness.......2006-10-06

Two thousand five hundred musicians have recorded "Summertime" --- it's a classic. (I bet most Americans can name Janis Joplin and no other singer.) As for "Porgy and Bess," the folk opera from which "Summertime" springs, it's such a classic that it's hard to believe anyone ever had a harsh word to say about it.

But after its premiere in 1935, no less than Duke Ellington said, "It has grand music and a swell play, but the two didn't go together. It does not use the Negro musical idiom --- the times are here to debunk Gershwin's lampblack Negroisms."

A quarter of a century later, the producers of the film version had trouble assembling a cast. Harry Belafonte rejected their offer to play Porgy. Sidney Poitier took the part --- and wished he hadn't. Poitier later wrote that the movie insulted black people; when he chose clips of his best performances for his tribute at the American Film Institute, he picked nothing from "Porgy and Bess."

And in 1985, when Grace Bumbry was a sensation as Bess in a Metropolitan Opera production, she slammed the opera: "I thought it beneath me, I felt I had worked far too hard, that we had come far too far to have to retrogress to 1935."

All that may be. All I know is that I have, in a long life, rarely been confronted with more genius than in the Fitzgerald/Armstrong recording of "Porgy & Bess." Set aside the achievement of George and Ira Gershwin in transforming DuBose Heyward's novel into a folk opera. Let's just focus on Armstrong and Fitzgerald, who were at the peak of their popularity when this record was made in 1957.

"Summertime" --- the first song --- sets the tone. A baleful horn figure, then violins. And then Armstrong's trumpet: slow, steady, dignified. But wait --- here comes a slurred note. And a cool little improvisation. Just enough of each. Very tasty.

Fitzgerald sings a verse. She is cool and formal. A lady. Not to be taken lightly. Now it's Armstrong's turn. Tender, but let's not kid ourselves --- this is not singing as others define it. This is melodic speech: rough, gutteral. And thus he is ideally cast: His Porgy may have his charms, but he'll have to stretch to keep Bess.

And so it goes throughout the CD. Trumpet mastery --- Armstrong has dazzling control. His tone is bright, but never shrill; there's a warmth in his playing no one else could produce. And Fitzgerald is just a study in inevitability; to hear her is to wonder how anyone could sing these songs any other way.

"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'." "Bess, You Is My Woman Now." "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing." "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York." "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way."

All brilliantly conceived, orchestrated and recorded.

The greatest trumpet player in this history of jazz.

The father of scat singing.

The queen of the jazz vocal.

There are no-brainers, and then there is this Ella Fitzgerald-Louis Armstrong collaboration --- music that imprints on your soul.

We love this album.......2006-08-22

We hope they will someday bring this beautiful story back to the stage

Simply great.......2006-03-04

The fusion between the great two voices and the orchestra is just brilliant. Very good brass and violins that accompany Fitzeralds and Armstrongs magic voices leaves you with your mouth open.

A must have for everyone!

Porgy and Bess.......2005-10-14

Could not find this anyway locally. It is a great recording

Average customer rating: Absolutely Amazing!!! ('specially for white folk) Not Up to Shaw's Usual Standard A Must CD for Choral Music Lovers Soul-stirring Soul-stirring

Amazing Grace (American Hymns & Spirituals) Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Texas Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Irish Folk Songs Sea Shanties Battle Cry of Freedom The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics Gloria: Music of Praise & Inspiration ASIN: B000003CZ1 Release Date: 1993-09-28

Tracks:

1. To God Our Strength
2. Come Away To The Skies
3. Wondrous Love
4. God Is Seen
5. Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal
6. Bright Caanan
7. Amazing Grace
8. His Voice As The Sound
9. I Will Arise
10. Saints Bound For Heaven
11. Ride On, King Jesus
12. Poor Mourner
13. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
14. Dere's No Hidin' Place
15. My God Is a Rock
16. Sometimes I Feel Like a Moanin' Dove
17. I Got Shoes
18. Soon One Mornin'
19. Same Train
20. Lord, If I Got My Ticket

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely Amazing!!! ('specially for white folk).......2004-03-27

This is an absolute must!!! I have never heard such passionate singing of spirituals from non-black choirs. Perhaps that is attributed to Shaw's minister roots. As usual, the sonority of Shaw's singers is second to none. This is a fun CD that all can enjoy...not just the choral buffs who know just how good Shaw and his choirs are!!!

Not Up to Shaw's Usual Standard.......2002-03-23

Maybe just personal taste. I don't find the arrangements and vocalizing as interesting and satisfying as "Sea Chanties" and "23 Glee Club Favorites", the latter setting a standard never equaled.

A Must CD for Choral Music Lovers.......2001-01-03

Amazing Grace is a very appropriate title for this recording. For those of you who love Sacred Harp , Southern Harmony and Spirituals, you will revel in the folk traditions of this album. Parker and Shaw arrangements, and sometimes just one or the other are so well done. The singers, of course, do an excellent job of making music under Shaw's direction. "Hark I Hear.." arr. by Parker is becoming a standard for choruses and this album will help you hear why. "If I've got my ticket" by Shaw is a wonderful exchange between solo and chorus. You will be playing this CD over and over once you hear it.

Soul-stirring.......2000-08-10

I have thoroughly enjoyed this CD. The thoughtful and meditative, "What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul" sends the listener awe-struck to the foot of the cross. The triumphant "Ride on King Jesus!" reminds the listener of final victory. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who appreciates musical and cultural heritage or for anyone who appreciates religious music.

Soul-stirring.......2000-08-10

I have thoroughly enjoyed this CD. The thoughtful and meditative, "What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul" sends the listener awe-struck to the foot of the cross. The triumphant "Ride on King Jesus!" reminds the listener of final victory. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who appreciates musical and cultural heritage or for anyone who appreciates religious music.

Average customer rating: Beautiful Singing Perfect I'm a listener, not a critic or singer Nice Timbre, Well Balanced voice, Dramatic, but..... The Denyce Graves CD I was waiting for

Denyce Graves - Voce di Donna Christoph Willibald Gluck , Georges Bizet , George Frideric Handel , Francesco Cilea , Henry Purcell , Amilcare Ponchielli , Gaetano Donizetti , Samuel Barber , Pietro Mascagni , Camille Saint-Saëns , Jules Massenet , Maurizio Barbacini , and Denyce Graves Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ponchielli | Ponchielli, Amilcare | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Graves, Denyce | ( G ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: French Opera Arias - Denyce Graves American Anthem Angels Watching over Me The Lost Days: Music in the Latin Style Kaleidoscope ASIN: B00000JMH2 Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

1. Carmen: Quand je vous aimerai?... L'amour est un oiseau rebelle - (Habanera)
2. Carmen: Pres des remparts de Seville - (Seguidilla)
3. Orfeo ed Euridice: Ahime!...Che faro senza Euridice?
4. La Gioconda: Voce di donna
5. Adriana Lecouvreur: Acerba volutta
6. Dido and Aeneas: Thy hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid In Earth
7. Amadigi di Gaula: D' un sventurato amante...Pena tiranna
8. La Favorite: Fia dunque vero...O mio Fernando!
9. VANESSA: Must The Winter Come So Soon
10. Vavalleria rusticana: Voi lo sapete
11. Werther: Werther, Werther! - (Air des lettres)
12. Werther: Va! Laisse couler mes larmes
13. Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commence
14. Samson et Dalila: Samson...Amour! Viensaider ma faiblesse!

Amazon.com

This isn't mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves's first solo disc (she has previously released a compilation of romantic opera heroines), but it's definitely her most impressive. Like many beginning recording artists, she hasn't always been able to project her stage electricity into the microphone, but with such a sumptuous voice, one doesn't always mind. Here, though, there's not a dull moment in two choice arias each from roles Graves has sung often onstage: her signature role of Carmen and her almost-as-famous Dalila. There's also a fairly promising preview of the Charlotte from Werther, which she'll sing with Andrea Bocelli in October 1999 in Detroit, though one senses she still has work to do in learning to act with her voice. Two baroque-period selections, an aria from Handel's Amadigi and Purcell's famous "When I Am Laid in Earth" from Dido and Aeneas, suffer from imprecise diction and messy ornaments. But the aria in which Graves sounds most emotionally present is, oddly enough, "Must the Winter Come So Soon" from Barber's Vanessa. Her vivid reading reminds you of what happens onstage with her and hopefully what's to come on recordings. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Singing.......2005-10-01

Ms. Graves' voice is so warm. The sound is so impressive!!! There has been debate on whether or not she is truly a mezzo-soprano. Some critics feel that she is a true contralto with an extended upper range. The role of Dalila, is also considered borderline mezzo-soprano and contralto. Anyway, her voice has total ring in every tone. The rich sound that she produces is totally even from her bottom register to her top. The baroque selections need to be maybe a little lighter and more pure, but I am not that petty. I just believe that she is absolutely wonderful!!! Brava Ms. Graves!!!

Perfect.......2005-09-27

There is nothing I can say other than this is the perfect recording. Denyce Graves has chosen arias that we don't always get to hear and I thank her for doing so, she breathes live into the old standards from "Carmen" and introduces us to arias that will undoubtably become new favorites. Denyce's voice is absolutely fabulous, it's powerful yet calm and perfectly refined, I can say nothing bad about her voice or this recording.

I'm a listener, not a critic or singer.......2005-03-23

Unlike the other reviewers here, I'm an amateur piano player, and ocassionally listen to classical music. Several years ago while flipping, I came across Ms. Graves. I was totally blown away. I introduced her to my father who is an avid fan of the opera before he passed on.
While vocal crisis is a terrible thing for any singer to suffer (and I do worry about Ms Graves too), just step aside and listen to her render these time tested works for just a moment. Perhaps like me, you'll end up continually repeating this album on your iPod for hours on end. The final two tracks from Samson and Delilah makes your hair stand on end and your knees weak.

Nice Timbre, Well Balanced voice, Dramatic, but............2004-01-10

Denyce Graves has a lot of potential in this Album "Voce Di Donna". These are some of the most interesting Operas of it's time. They have stood the test of time. And such emotional airas as from Vanessa's Opera, when she sings the role of Erika in "Must the winter come so soon" is something. But other songs as I noticed in "Acerba Volutta" When she comes to substaining the high A6 note, she sounds as though she had to push her voice a little. And the same in "O mio Fernando" The A6 sounds more pushed at the end. In "Pres des remparts de Seville", the B6 sounds somewhat thin, but otherwise, she performs it very well. Denyce Graves has a lot of potential, but she should perform airas and in Operas as to her vocal comfort. Pushing the voice often isn't a good thing, as can lead to vocal Crisis. But nontheless, this is a good Opera Album. I can't wait till she puts out another CD.

The Denyce Graves CD I was waiting for.......2001-07-24

A much superior offering to her Heroines of French Romantic Opera offering, I feel. Her voice rings beautifully. You won't find yourself listening only to her as Carmen. She'll pull you in with the rest of the arias also.

Average customer rating: Very good album

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Tracks:

1. Fanfare For The Common Man - Netherlands Wind Ensemble
2. Short Ride In A Fast Machine - Netherlands Wind Ensemble
3. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Center City Brass Quintet
4. The Stars And Stripes Forever - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
5. Promenade (From Walking The Dog) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
6. Giggling Rapids (From The River) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
7. Riffs (From Prelude, Fugue And Riffs) - Netherlands Wind Ensemble
8. Solitude - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
9. Adagio For Strings, Op.11 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
10. Pavane (From Sebastian) - Richard Hickox
11. Gospel Train - Yuli Turovsky
12. Meander (From The River) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
13. Mvt. II From Symphony No.2 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
14. Washington Post - The Band Of The Blues And Royals
15. Girl Crazy Overture - BBC Philharmonic
16. Liberty Bell - Band Of The Royal Air Force College, Cranwell

Tracks:

1. Rhapsody In Blue - Howard Shelley
2. Steal Away To Jesus - Willard White
3. Summertime - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields Chamber Ensemble
4. Must The Winter Come So Soon? (From Vanessa) - Susan Graham
5. Porgy Sings (From Catfish Row) - Howard Shelley
6. Nagoya Marimbas - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
7. Mvt. III From Symphony No.1 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
8. Intermezzo (From Vanessa) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
9. America (From West Side Story) - Netherlands Wind Ensemble
10. It Ain't Necessarily So (From Porgy And Bess) - Center City Brass Quintet
11. Mvt. II From Concerto For Clarinet - Scottish National Orchestra
12. Riba (From The River) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
13. Simple Gifts (From Old American Songs, Set I) - Willard White
14. Blues (From Divertimento) - BBC Symphony Orchestra
15. Strike Up The Band Overture - BBC Philharmonic

Customer Reviews:

Very good album.......2007-06-24

Every song on this CD has such a crisp sound. Also, they are all perfectly arranged, classic American songs. I am very happy with this product. Great buy.

Average customer rating: Fine reissue of a classic set

Purcell: Theatre Music Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD 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 Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Hogwood, Christopher | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Cantatas for Solo Countertenor Purcell: The Fairy Queen Purcell: Songs & Airs / Argenta, North, Boothby, Nicholson, Toll Monteverdi - Madrigali guerrieri ed amorosi / Concerto Köln, Jacobs Lute Music, Vol. 2 ASIN: B0001Y4JHA Release Date: 2004-10-12

Customer Reviews:

Fine reissue of a classic set.......2006-05-24

Think about the stupidest, most formulaic Hollywood movies you can think of: cheesy action pictures, fluffy, unfunny comedies, big but stiff epics. Now imagine that one of the greatest living composers was working in Hollywood, turning out astonishing, hauntingly beautiful and stirring musical scores for these throwaway movies. That's what you get with this set: music Henry Purcell composed for some two dozen often utterly forgettable plays (trust me--I've read a number of them!) Occasionally, when he teams up with a playwright worthy of his stature, such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, or William Congreve, the results are even better, but for the most part you can enjoy the music here without knowing anything about the original plays.

This set originally appeared as separate LPs in the 70s and 80s, and has been long out of print. That's a pity, since Purcell spent a good deal of his short professional life in the theatre, either writing the incidental music contained on these CDs, or the music for his larger works, the semi-operas (King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and the like). Almost all of these works are enjoyable gems; certainly, they represent a pinnacle of English 17th century music. Purcell had a genius for spinning musical gold out of the most leaden lyrics (check out his Odes and Welcome Songs on Hyperion if you don't believe me), and he does the same with the song texts in these plays.

Hogwood and the AAM offer clean, listenable performances, and the sound on these old analog discs has been cleaned up and brightened--although they were pretty good, even in the late 70s. As with most Hogwood, emotional extremes are kept to a minimum, so the "otherworldly" nature of late 17th century music, so often emphasised in more recent Baroque performances, doesn't come across here. It would be interesting to see what a group like The King's Consort would do with this music, but this set fills the major gap in the Purcell canon quite nicely.

My only beef with the reissue, as with many reissues, is that the liner notes are rather thin for a 6-cd set--the lyrics to the songs, for example, are especially missed. Still, it's a worthwhile set, and a must for fans of Purcell, English Baroque music, or anyone who just wants to experience a taste of the last days of the Restoration stage.

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A Measure of American Songs Manufacturer: World Class Tapes, Inc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Lauridsen | Lauridsen, Morten | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Persichetti | Persichetti, Vincent | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Smith, John Stafford | ( S ) | 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 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 Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and other choral works ASIN: B0006DNJLS Release Date: 2003-11-01

Tracks:

1. The Star-Spangled Banner (J.S. Smith Arr. Elnar Ralf)
2. O Come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord (Emma Lou Diemer)
3. O Magnum Mysterium (Morten Louridson)
4. Song of Peace (Vincent Persichetti)
5. Sing Me to Heaven (Daniel Gawthrop)
6. Lifted in Song (Daniel Gawthrop)
7. If Music be the Food of Love (David Dickau. Ron Bemrich conductor)
8. Soon Ah Will be Done (William Dawson)
9. Deep River (Harry T. Burleigh)
10. Heaven (Andre Thomas)
11. Hush (Arr. Brazeal Dennard. Brent O'Banion soloist)
12. Witness (Jack Halloran)
13. He Never Failed Me Yet (Robert Ray. John Birchler, Dan Guberinich, Berni Moner soloist)
14. Ol' Man River (Irving Berlin. Arr. Russell Robinson. Larry Henkel soloist)
15. Old Dan Tucker (Douglas L. Ipson. Jan Riccinto Duo-pianist)
16. Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor (Irving Berlin/Ringwald)
17. Patriotic Medley:The God Who Gave Us Life (Randall Thompson)We are Not Enemies (William G. Harbinson)America, The Beautiful (Samual A. Ward/Riccinto)Battle Hymn of the Republic (Peter Willhousky)
18. A Parting Blessing (J. Jerome Williams)

Album Description

Measure for Measure released "A Measure of American Songs" to celebrate the music of our country. The selections range from sacred to heart pumping patriotic. Each selection was chosen to highlight the great musical traditions of the United States.

Average customer rating: Recomended Highly recommended Very good late dc music YOU CAN LIE TO ME AS LONG AS WE'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME

Soon Come Happy Soul Side Manufacturer: Dischord ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000JOA Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Baby
2. Trigger
3. Name In Mind
4. Problems Faced When Travelling
5. War
6. K.T.T.K.
7. Pocket Hurts
8. Forgiveness
9. Bass
10. 103
11. Otherside
12. God City
13. What
14. Punch the Geek
15. Clifton Wall
16. New Slow Fucky
17. Pembroke
18. Hate Music
19. New Fast Fucky
20. Kill
21. Bad Show
22. A Love Supreme
23. Crazy

Customer Reviews:

Recomended.......2007-07-05

Good music, fast paced DC hardcore played well. Good lyrics too, came on the back of the whole 'emo' positive force thing. As a previous reviewer said, the only band I can think of that sound similar are Rites of Spring but Soul Side are a lot heavier, ROS always sounded to me a little thin, maybe it was just Guys voice.

Anyway, pick this one up.

Highly recommended.......2002-03-05

First off, let me state that Im a... hard GVSB fan, although I never really took notice of the band while there were still together with soulside but I wish I would have followed up sooner.GVSB should rerelease these songs as covers, it would make another excellent record.

Very good late dc music.......1999-08-28

I agree with much of the review. I do not own the release, but own all of the original material and the material is good. However, I disagree that Fugazi fans will enjoy it. If I were to drop most of the material from the release into a bucket, I would compare it to Rites of Spring and Embrace. The first album doesn't compare to anyone *IMO* but the later releases were just different, more similar to feel as Embrace (but not as good).

Excellent taste of what was happening in DC in that time. If only dischord and sammich would team up and release the Becoming less.. and Lunchmeat material...aaargh!

YOU CAN LIE TO ME AS LONG AS WE'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME.......1999-03-28

This Album serves as a Discography of the band's Dischord recordings... missing is the first LP (missing from the planet as well) and other scattered work lost - whereabouts known only to collector nerds. One of my all time favorite records. The first half is earlier material and rocks alot harder - best songs are Baby, Trigger, Forgiveness, Bass, and God City. A big part of the D.C. scene during the mid to late 80's, they shared similar sounds with bands like Fugazi, Government Issue and Shudder To Think. When the band broke up, most members stayed together to form Girls Against Boys (you can tell in the second half of this CD that their sound was heading in this direction) while the singer went on to be in a reggae outfit called Seven League Boots (and then another band spawned from Soul Side called Rain Like the Sound of Trains). This album tells the tale of the ends of Soul Side and the beginning of Girls Against Boys. Inspirational. I have yet to introduce this band to someone who didn't subsequently fall in love with it. This album will appeal to GvsB fans as well as Fugazi fans. This is a landmark album which tells a small story in the tapestry of music history. Post-punk D.C. style emo-core with politically charged lyrics. Intense and brilliant. Add it to your collection.

Average customer rating: a voice that lets you indulge Mattila's best album to start An Outstanding Recital Total excitement from Mattila in wide-ranging repertoire Magnificent

Karita Mattila - Arias & Scenes / Yutaka Sado, LPO Karita Mattila , Yutaka Sado , London Philharmonic Orchestra , Giacomo Puccini , Tchaikovsky , Richard Wagner , Giuseppe Verdi , Franz Lehár , and Leos Janácek Manufacturer: Erato ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Karita Mattila: German Romantic Arias Karita Mattila Live in Helsinki Excellence: The Artistry of Karita Mattila Grieg and Sibelius Songs Sumi Jo - Les Bijoux / Carella ASIN: B000059ZHW Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

1. Tchaikovsky: Uzh polnoch blizitsa
2. Puccini: In quelle trine morbide
3. Wagner: Einsam in truben Tagen
4. Wagner: Euch Luften, die mein Klagen
5. Tchaikovsky: Zachem zhe eti sliozi?
6. Verdi: Come in quest'ora bruna
7. Janacek: Mamicko, mam tezkou hlavu
8. Wagner: Der Manner Sippe
9. Wagner: Du bist der Lenz
10. Strauss: Ich kann nicht sitzen ins Dunkel starren
11. Lehar: Vilja-Lied

Amazon.com

This is a wonderful record. Karita Mattila's voice is ravishingly beautiful: velvety, caressing, intense, focused, gloriously radiant in the high register, full and warm in the low one, even in quality and purity throughout a span of more than two octaves. She can color and inflect it at will. Her intonation, breath control, and phrasing are impeccable.

Here, impersonating heroines from a heady mix of Russian, Czech, German, and Italian operas, Mattila displays an extraordinary vocal, stylistic, and emotional range--whether it's the wild despair of Janacek's Jenufa and Tchaikovsky's Lisa; the ecstasy of Wagner's Elsa and Sieglinde; the wistful nostalgia of Puccini's Manon and Verdi's Amelia (from Simon Boccanegra); the agonized outcry of Strauss's Chrysotemis; or the simplicity, humor, and charm of Lehar's Hanna, the famous Merry Widow. The program has the usual problems besetting excerpts from operas. The endings always seem arbitrarily cut off, and one of Sieglinde's arias begins in the middle. However, Mattila succeeds not only in setting mood and atmosphere, but also in creating real characters by purely musical and expressive means. The orchestra is excellent, balance and sound are first-rate, and Duncan Riddell plays the difficult violin solo in Jenufa's aria splendidly. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

a voice that lets you indulge.......2006-02-21

I had the pleasure of seeing Miss Mattila in Puccini's Manon Lescaut recently at Houston Grand Opera. Heretofore, I didn't know what her voice sounded like. An Italian friend of mine does not like her, so I figured she was one of those hyped-up divas that we encounter so frequently these days. But, I have to confess that Mattila blew me away in the theater. Her performance was full of nuances and telling gestures; Mattila is a very gifted singing actress, not to mention striking. Then there's that voice, which is creamy, with a touch of smokiness. The richness of her voice would lead you to believe her incapable of a thrilling high note, until she wows you by opening up her top with laser-like intensity.

Some Fleming fan had the nerve to claim that she ranked far below Fleming in terms of vocal assets. By that, I guess they meant scooping, sliding, conspicuously sighing, bellowing, etc.

This is a stupendous first CD recital for Karita. We are treated to some of the most dramatic and moving music in the whole opera canon. Mattila leaps head-first with an excerpt from Pique Dame. Here, she demonstrates how well she can connect with the words and mood of what she sings.

Next follows In Quelle Trine Morbide. Unfortunately, she mars the aria with some audible breathing, something I also noticed in the theater. Never fear- from here on, Mattila's top notch.

When I first heard Einsam in Truben Tagen, it was rather jarring. I was so accustomed to Nilsson's and Schwarzkopf's interpretations on disc. But, after repeated listens, I can say with confidence that Mattila's delivery of the aria is no less triumphant. Her richness pays even greater dividends in the second excerpt from Lohengrin.

By the time she sings Come In Quest'ora Bruna, I found myself really cheering the diva on. The role of Amelia is perfectly tailored to her voice. I asked myself why this aria almost never surfaces on recital discs. Maybe it took a Karita Mattila to demonstrate Verdi's genius.

Now, as others her have stated, the scene / prayer aria from Jenufa may well be the highlight in a disc full of highlights. Mattila masterfully navigates the complex range of moods in this pivotal sene, never succumbing to Fleming-like sighs and histrionics. Simply put, Karita proves capable of bringing a tear or two to your eye.

By now, you are in aural heaven. Mattila keeps you on cloud nine with two superb excerpts from Die Walkure, and a very fine one from Elektra. In the latter, she is given a formidable test of her vocal talents, and soars with flying colors.

Like many others, I find the Vilja-Lied as the end piece rather odd, after some twenty minutes-plus of riveting drama. I wish it could have been Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata instead. Oh well, nevermind. This recital is pure gold.

Don't let anyone tell you that the golden days of operatic singing are over. Grazie, Mattila.

Mattila's best album to start.......2005-01-12

This is my favorite soprano. So full of energy, clear and beatiful sound. The best about her is when you hear her or see her on stage. I just saw her the 1st of January at the Met in Janacek's Katia Kavanova, i just got hooked with the interpretation. She is magical.

This is for me the best cd of her collection. Because it has the best of her repertoire. My favourites arias here are Jenufa and Pique Dame. This album is very well done, and if you don;t kow her, this is the first one you have to buy. Then, i recommend the live album, and then, the last compilation. Is a must have!!

An Outstanding Recital.......2003-09-01

Karita Mattila, the famous dramatic soprano from Finland, has a wide-ranging repertory that includes Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Richard Strauss, as well as Slavic composers like Tchaikovsky and Janacek (she is especially admired as Jenufa). Mattila's soprano is one of crystalline purity, with a rapid vibrato adding a thrill to the tone. Unlike many big voices, hers has lightness and grace -- obviously a result of her Mozart singing. Her musical/vocal precision reminds me of Birgit Nilsson, while her dramatic intensity and commitment recall Leonie Rysanek. Mattila sings each of the selections on this disc beautifully, and with a sense of drama that never distracts from the music. A favorite track of mine is "Come in quest'ora bruna" from Verdi's SIMON BOCCANEGRA, sung with the most exquisitely pure, youthful tone. The JENUFA, WALKEURE, and ELEKTRA excerpts are all thrilling and justify her reputation in those operas. My one and only regret is that Mattila did not include the two arias of Donna Anna in Mozart's DON GIOVANNI (a role for which she is highly acclaimed). This is a real shame: I would have loved to hear her sing those arias, as they are favorites of mine and would seem to be ideally suited to her voice and temperament. But as it is, this is an outstanding soprano recital.

Total excitement from Mattila in wide-ranging repertoire.......2003-06-13

It's not difficult to choose a highlight here: the stunning "Meditation and Prayer Scene" from Janacek's "Jenufa," eight minutes of some of the most moving singing you will ever hear. Alternating between stark drama and intimacy, the scene makes an unusual choice, and is perfect for Karita Mattila's powerful artistry.

But everyone who hears this gorgeous recording will have favorites, such as the two Tchaikovsky selections from "Pique Dame," and Mattila's choices from "Lohengrin" and "Die Walkure" -- all precisely sung. And no matter how many times one encounters the aria from Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," it will rarely sound as effortless as it does here.

The closing track, a frolicking "Vilja-Lied" from Lehar's "The Merry Widow," finds Mattila employing a slightly darker tone and adding mystery to a song that can sometimes sound relentlessly chirpy. In this case, it seems like a cannily judged encore, almost a balm following the intensity of music from "Elektra" that immediately precedes it.

Conductor Yutaka Sado, whose work is new to me, is superb. He finds colors in every track and encourages the London Philharmonic to play with terrific tone and nuance. The entire orchestra sounds marvelous, but special mention must go to Duncan Riddell, whose sensitive, heartfelt violin solo in the Janacek is one of the highlights of the whole recording. The sound quality is excellent; Erato's warm, natural ambience suits Mattila's velvety voice perfectly.

It would not be difficult to recommend this as one of the finest vocal recordings of recent years. In many ways, it's almost a model recital: a great artist, unusual selections, and intelligent collaboration from the conductor and orchestra -- just outstanding in every way.

Magnificent.......2001-11-28

My first impression of Karita Mattila and her voice was "breathtaking!" What a magnificent voice, expressive and true, and filled with a rich vibrato and a memorable tone. I've been recommending this CD to everyone I know who is into opera!

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