Amai

1. Prelude

2. January, Night, Full Moon

3. Farewell

4. Sorrow's Child

5. Vox Populis

6. Interlude

7. Lighthouse (Of Cruz de Sal)

8. Spirit of the Flesh

9. Hero's Fado, Pt. 1-2

10. Sin I

11. Sin II

12. Fatigue

13. Epilogue

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Average customer rating: Unusual and gorgeous an exotic medieval atmosphere Beautiful

Bella Domna - The Medieval Woman: Lover, Poet, Patroness & Saint - Sinfonye Martin Codax , Richard De Fournival , Sinfonye , La Comtesse de Die , and Stevie Wishart Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002ZKI Release Date: 1993-06-07

Tracks:

1. Cantigas de amigo: Sea Waves Of Vigo
2. Cantigas de amigo: My Love's Coming Home
3. Cantigas de amigo: Fair Sister, Come Haste With Me
4. Cantigas de amigo: Ah, God, Could Thou, My Lover, Know
5. Cantigas de amigo: All Ye Who Are Of Love's Fair Train
6. Cantigas de amigo: On Holy Ground In Vigo
7. Cantigas de amigo: Waves That I Came To See
8. Lady, Since I Have Chosen You
9. Estampie Royal No. 3
10. I Never Loved As Much As I Was Loved
11. Onques N'Amai Tant Que Jou Fui Amee
12. Bella Domna - The Medieval Woman: Lover, Poet, Patroness And Saint: Estampie Royal No. 6
13. Estampie Royal No. 4
14. I Must Sing Of That Which I Would Rather Not
15. Danse Royale No. 2
16. Alas, Why Did I Refuse Him?

Amazon.com

For their debut recording (made in 1987), the ensemble Sinfonye put together a program focusing on (as the subtitle puts it) "the Medieval Woman: Lover, Poet, Patroness and Saint." Naturally, Sinfonye includes "A chantar m'er," the only lyric by a female troubadour (the Comtessa Beatriz de Dia) to have survived with a melody; they also include two examples of the chanson de femme, a genre that, though written by a man, depicts a female narrator lamenting the loss of her beloved to another. The centerpiece of the disc, however, is the Cantigas de Amigo by the Galician trovador Martin Codax: this six-song cycle depicts a young woman alternately lamenting the absence of her seafaring lover and celebrating his imminent return. Very little is known for certain about how or even whether these songs were accompanied by instruments; Sinfonye uses various combinations of medieval fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, harp, and drum--and even unaccompanied voice. Singer Mara Kiek, whose background is in Balkan folk singing, has a throaty, slightly rustic tone yet sings with a vivid eloquence fully worthy of the material. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

Unusual and gorgeous.......2001-10-17

I have a big collection of early music but this recording is unique, mainly due to the vocal talents of Mara Kiek. Her slightly rough style is a wonderful foil to the primitive quality of the medieval instruments, and suggests the Middle Eastern origins of the music better than a classically trained voice would. The album as a whole is seamlessly presented, but the clear standout is the song cycle "Cantigas de Amigo," by 13th Century Galician trovador Martin Codax -- a haunting series of poems that reflect the yearning of a girl for her lover at sea. Highly recommended!

an exotic medieval atmosphere.......2001-05-08

This album is unique , a one of a kind expirience. for a person who enjoy medieval music this one is a killer! like a dark, religiouse, sensual ritual full of exotique colors & smells. "sinfonie" succeed to create a most fasinayting interpretation of the material and the resault is very impressive! mara's voice is more like a crying gipssy then an angle but it is hypnoticly beautifull in its own way... the sounde & the playing of andrew lawrence kings harp are superb. in short, if u dig me then buy it !!! come on..... i'm waiting here beside my computer.

Beautiful.......2000-12-08

This was one of my first introductions to "early music." I have since bought many more, but this is still one of the best. The performances are fantastic; singing, playing, everything. The middle eastern qualities of early European music really comes out on this disc. The singing and playing have a more folky, rather than opera-like sound.

These songs are from the days when music was just starting to come out of the church and into secular society. Singing about love between a man and a woman!?! How scandalous!

I am very interested in European languages and history and I find the lyrics (also translated into English)written in medieval Provencale, French, Gallego, and Catalan particularly captivating. Booklet also contains extensive liner notes in English and French.

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Amai Yuuwaku ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000P0I5LQ Release Date: 2007-05-29

Album Description

Debut album from duet of Aya Matsuura & Miki Fujimoto, GAM includes the advanced singles 'Thanks!', 'Melodies' & 'Lu Lu Lu'. This limited edition includes bonus DVD with an alternate version of the music video for 'Lu Lu Lu' & making-of footage. Canyon. 2007.

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Amai ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Over Here the Water is Sweet Laulu Voim: The Power of Song ASIN: B00004TR4C Release Date: 2000-01-22

Tracks:

1. Blood and Gold
2. Women of Ireland
3. Ala tuule tytto tuuli
4. Sympaatti
5. En mina merytta kiita
6. Hyvasti,kultaseni
7. Draum om Nedsnodde Bruer
8. Orientis Partibus
9. There is no Rose
10. The Stove
11. U spassa vChigisach
12. Ovsen
13. Shchuka
14. Uzh kak Vwishla
15. On Suuri Sun Rantas Autius
16. Fisher Lid
17. Jai Fait Mon Idee/La Danse de Mardi Gras
18. We Will Walk With Mother and Weep
19. Cradle Me
20. All is Well
21. Shenandoah
22. Keep Your Lamps
23. Job, Job
24. Amai

Album Description

Amai is the recipient of two GLAMA (Gay and Lesbian Music Awards) awards. Shenandoah, Winner for Best Choral Performance and Draum om Nedsnodde Bruer, Kristina Boerger, Amasong's founding director, brought home the award for Best Contemporary Classical Composer. Amai taken from the final track, comes from the Shona language, spoken widely in Zimbabwe. Amai means "mother" and "woman". This theme is reflected in many of our selections, which represent a wide variety of languages, geographical locations, and historical periods. You will hear love songs to women, womens songs of lost love , personifications of natural phenomnea as women, mothers who tire of housework, children and mothers mourning the loss of one another, and prayers to the Mother Creatrix. Every track on this recording is a live performance, because we wanted to offer you an experience as close as possible to an actual concert. Even though we can clean up some of our flaws in studio sessions, we miss the inspiration we get from our audience, the community that has supported us with such love and to whom we return love through our singing. The difference in our music when our community is around us is always audible.

Average customer rating: Like You Just Stepped Into A Salon

Il Sibilo (The Whisper) Manufacturer: Opera Rara UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Pacini, Giovanni | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | 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 | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: La Partenza Il primo dolce affanno (The First Sweet Pain) ASIN: B00005RT4X Release Date: 2002-02-12

Customer Reviews:

Like You Just Stepped Into A Salon.......2002-03-10

Opera Rara's Il Salotto series documents the salon music of the 19th century. It's a change from Opera Rara's usual heady fare, and this edition is perhaps the most light-hearted so far. It focuses on music that would have been performed by amateurs and not by the operatic stars that often were invited to the salons of the fabulously wealthy. Of the 32 songs documented here, 27 appeared in a forgotten and short-lived Neapolitan journal "Il Sibilo" from 1843-1845. Every second issue had a song by a well-known composer printed on the back page. Among the composers represented were Donizetti, Pacini, and Mercadante. Other figures such as Cammarano, Lillo, and Crescentini, who are less familiar, were also featured.

Since the songs were printed on a single page, they are very short-only a few of the tracks actually make the two minute mark. They are great fun, and demand very little of the listener. Yet they are not insubstantial as artistic accomplishments. The words and music are invariably clever, and more than one of them has the barbed point of an O. Henry story - witness the charming little melody that accompanies a wish for the singer's ex-lover to choke to death on a morsel of food, or the fervent ode to a woman's beauty that ends with an accusation of frigidity.

The singers approach these little delicacies with such enthusiasm that one can almost close one's eyes and imagine being in a warm, inviting salon surrounded by laughter, animated conversation, and of course, good music. Sopranos Nuccia Focile and Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi sing with grace and beauty while still capturing the light-heartedness and intimacy of these ditties. Paul Charles Clark is a rather whiny tenor of the Maurice Arthur ilk, but his captivating hamminess in his selections more than compensates for what he may lack in vocal beauty. Bass Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, the excellent and strikingly handsome Opera Rara regular, uses his rich and expressive voice to advantage. The pianist, David Harper, who is also featured in the other Salotto releases, continues in this series his tasteful and highly expressive accompaniment of this forgotten fare. He coaxes melodies from the keyboard with sensitivity and emotional intelligence; yet there is genuine humor and a sense of mischievous fun in his playing - which makes him the perfect choice to accompany these tongue-in-cheek pieces.

Jeremy Commons provides detailed and interesting notes, which not only discuss the fascinating history of `Il Sibilo', but also chronicle his own accidental rediscovery of the journal and these very songs in 1972. English translations and commentaries are provided on all the songs. The booklet and box are most luxurious, with beautiful, brilliantly colored art reproductions and vibrant color photography of the recording sessions in progress. Even the CD itself is embossed with the music from one of the Pacini songs. This is a sumptuous release that spares no expense, but you can listen to it in bite-sized morsels or - more likely - to the whole thing in a sitting. And you may find yourself thinking of converting a room in your own home into a salon.

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Opera For a Rainy Day Manufacturer: Lifestyles ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bellini, Vincenzo | ( 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 Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | 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 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 General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | 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 | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000056PG4 Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

1. Don Giovanni: Ma Qual Mai S'offre, Oh Dei - Leontyne Price/Cesare Valletti
2. I Puritani: Son Salvo - Luciano Pavarotti
3. Luisa Miller: Oh! Fede Negar Potessi...Quando Le Sere Al Placido...L'Ara, O L'Avello Apprestami - Jose Carreras
4. Norma: Me Chiami, O Norma? - Montserrat Caballe/Josephine Veasey
5. Norma: Ah! Bello A Me Ritorna - Maria Callas
6. Rodelinda: Ritorna O Caro - Joan Sutherland
7. La Forza Del Destino: Solenne In Quest'ora - Placido Domingo
8. Alcina: Di Cor Mio, Quanto T'amai - Joan Sutherland
9. I Puritani: A Te, Ocara - Luciano Pavarotti
10. Un Ballo In Maschera: Morra, Ma Prima In Grazia - Montserrat Caballe

Tracks:

1. La Favorita: A Lei Son Presso Alfin - Luciano Pavarotti
2. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Il Dolce Suono - Maria Callas
3. La Forza Del Destino: Fratello...Riconoscimi/Le Minacce, I Fieri Accenti - Placido Domingo
4. Il Pirati: Lo Sognai Ferito - Montserrat Caballe
5. Rigoletto: Ella Mi Fu Rapito...Parmi Veder Le Lagrime...Possente Amor Mi Chiama - Jose Carreras
6. Ernani: Surta E La Notte...Ernani, Ernani, Involami - Leontyne Price
7. Aida: Quale Insolita Flamma - Placido Domingo/Florenza Cossotto
8. Tristan Und Isolde: Liebestod - Maria Callas

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The Young Donizetti Manufacturer: Opera Rara UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Donizetti: Francesca di Foix Donizetti - Emilia di Liverpool / Kenny · Bruscantini · Merritt · Dolton · Mason · Mills · Thornton-Holmes · PO · Parry Donizetti - Elvida / Massis · Ford · Larmore · Spagnoli · LPO · Allemandi ASIN: B0002VYEX6 Release Date: 2004-10-12

Average customer rating: Poor Audio Quality Heroic battle!

La Battaglia Di Legnano Verdi , Corelli , Bastianini , Stella , and Gavazzeni Manufacturer: Opera D'oro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: I Masnadieri ASIN: B00006JKFT Release Date: 2002-10-01

Customer Reviews:

Poor Audio Quality.......2006-08-17

I ordered this CD after hearing a broadcast of a live performance of the same opera. I was very disappointed to find that this particular recording is of a 1961 performance that seems not to have benefited from modern audio reprocessing. Instead, it sounds like one is listening to a far-away low-quality AM radio. Too bad because current technology makes it possible to do a much better job of restoring earlier materials.

Heroic battle!.......2006-05-10

With such strong Verdi voices in their prime it's no surprise the result is magnificent. I was especially impressed by Stella who on other recordings sounds rather matronly. As Lida her tone is more forward and the top is in pristine condition producing many exciting moments. Corelli is his usual heroic self displaying all the qualities that made him one of the most popular tenors of the 50s and 60s. My favourite performance however came from Bastianini who sounds more involved than usual and makes a strong yet thoughtful Rolando. The opera has many beautiful duets with these three and especially with the tenor and baritone and it was fantastic to hear them sing their hearts out. Maionica and the young Ferrin do justice to their minor parts and with the great Gavazzeni at the pit, this 1961 performance is easily recommended as a live alternative to the more romantic Philips recording.

Average customer rating: Fado at it's best!!! Haunting

Amai Paulo Braganca Manufacturer: Luaka Bop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Portugal | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004RD0S Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

1. Mi Rumba Echando Candela - Celeste Mendoza
2. Eso No Es Na' - Maria Teresa Vera
3. Manzanillo - Orquesta Original De Manzanillo
4. Yayabo - Orquesta Riverside
5. La Guarapachanga - Chapottin Y Sus Estrellas
6. Llegue Llegue/Guararey De Pastorita - Los Van Van
7. No Me Llores - Conjunto Rumbavana
8. Fifi, Tete Y Popo - Orquesta Reve 'Changui '68'
9. Fiesta Brava - Celeste Mendoza
10. Saoco - Caridad Hierrezuelo Y Conjunto Caney
11. Baile Usted Mi Son - Caridad Hierrezuelo Y Conjunto Caney
12. Rumba Como Quiera - Los Zafiros
13. Mis Compadres Puntean Son - Orquesta Pancho El Bravo
14. Caminito De Zaza - El Jilguero De Cienfuegos
15. Eres La Candela - Caridad Cuervo Y Conjunto Caney
16. Papa Ogun - Celeste Mendoza Y Los Papines

Customer Reviews:

Fado at it's best!!!.......2003-07-23

Braganca is one of Portugal's most amazing singers/entertainers that incorporates the Fado style of traditional Portuguese music that is profoundly moving and inspirational. Full of emotion and passion, this album is a fanfare for your senses.

Go Ahead, treat yourself and buy this CD.....Highly recommended!

Haunting.......2000-04-09

This one sat for a long time before I could decipher it. Finally, I realized that his voice is one of the most beautiful I had ever heard. The sense of longing and deep feeling practically jumps out at you. Cuts #9 and 10 particularly compel you to listen to them over and over. Very profound- transcends culture if you give it a chance.

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Cue Egg Label Fukkokuban Drama CD: Kindan No Amai Kajitsu Drama CD Manufacturer: Pioneer ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000STC89O Release Date: 2007-09-03

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Sweet Is The Song: Music Of The Troubadours & Trouveres / Catherine Bott Richard De Fournival , Bernart de Ventadorn , and King of Navarre Thibaut Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000004CYQ Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

1. Reis glorios, verais lums e clartatz
2. Trop est mes marias jalos
3. Lanquan li jorn son lonc en may
4. Desconfortez, plains d'ire et de pesance
5. Fine amours en esperance
6. Can vei la lauzeta mover
7. Bele Yolanz en ses chambres seoit
8. A chantar m'er de so qu'ieu non volria
9. Deus est ausi comme li pellicans
10. Onques n'amai tant que jou fui amee
11. S'ie-us quer conselh, bell'ami' Alamanda
12. Fortz chausa es que tot lo major dan

Amazon.com

The songs of the troubadors and their northern French counterparts the trouvères are among the most recorded works in all of medieval music. Yet little is known for certain about how these songs were performed: what, if any, rhythm to apply, for example, and how or even whether to accompany the singer with instruments. Each performer makes different decisions, based on contemporary pictorial evidence, instinct, and simple preference. Most performances of this repertory use at least one or two instruments--in part, it must be said, out of worry about holding listeners' attention. So it took courage for soprano Catherine Bott--and the label L'Oiseau-Lyre--to make an entire CD of these songs performed by a single unaccompanied voice. You may worry that this austere approach won't wear well over 66 minutes, but once you settle into it, it works wonderfully. With her voice alone, Bott captures the spirit of elegant songs like the Comtessa de Dia's "A chantar m'er" ("I must sing") and playful ditties like Etienne de Meaux's "Trop est mes maris jalos" ("My husband is too jealous"); she's particularly good at subtly varying the successive verses of a song while keeping the repeated melody and rhyme/meter scheme clear. Thanks to her performance, this disc is worth experiencing as both music and literature. --Matthew Westphal

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