African Child

1. Ngane Yakwethu

2. African Child (Bambelela)

3. Africa Celebrates (Kobanje)

4. Nomvelo (Nature Girl)

5. Umqokozo (Peacock)

6. Malaika (My Angel)

7. Shosholoza

8. Sana Iwam

9. First Kiss

10. Ilanga (Emkhukhwini)

11. Mama Wam (Que Sera)

12. Letting Go

13. Msheli Wam (King Shaka's Love)

African Child,Tu Nokwe,Sheer Sound,Africa,Afro-Pop,Int'l & World Music,Pop

Average customer rating: Wonderful! Simple and sweet songs Marvellous cd, enchanting music Good if you want to sing from the book but can't read music Didn't like the voice.

Lullabies: A Songbook Companion Manufacturer: Essay ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Humperdinck, Engelbert | ( 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 Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | 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 | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Lullabies | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lullabies: An Illustrated Songbook Lullabies and Poems for Children (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) A Treasury of Children's Songs: Forty Favorites to Sing and Play Go In and Out the Window: An Illustrated Songbook For Children The Library of Children's Song Classics ASIN: B00000083Z Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

1. All Through The Night
2. All The Pretty Little Horses
3. All Night, All Day
4. Armenian Lullaby
5. Baby's Bed's A Silver Moon
6. Baloo, Baleerie
7. Brahms' Lullaby
8. Brezairola
9. Traumerei, Op. 15, No. 1
10. Can Ye Sew Cushions
11. By'm Bye
12. Bye, Baby Bunting - Golden Slumbers
13. Dance To Your Daddy - Dance, Little Baby
14. Fais Dodo
15. Good Night To You All
16. Jocelyn: Berceuse
17. Hush, Little Baby
18. Kumbayah
19. Little Boy Blue
20. Suo Gan
21. Matthew, Mark, Luke, And John
22. Mozart's Lullaby
23. Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1
24. Now The Day Is Over - Raindrops
25. Raisins And Almonds
26. Rock-A-Bye, Baby
27. Rocking - The Sandman
28. Tales Of Hoffman: O Bell Nuit - Bacarolle
29. Skidamarink
30. Sleep, Baby, Sleep
31. Sweet And Low
32. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
33. Toora, Loora, Loora
34. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Twinkel, Twinkel, Little Star
35. When At Night I Go To Sleep

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Released as a companion piece to the award-winning book Lullabies: An Illustrated Songbook, this hour-plus of music is a wonderful mix of stately classical themes and child-friendly vocals. The selections range from "All the Pretty Little Horses" to a global spread of lullabies drawn from classical and folk traditions. The music is spare, with Kapp on piano, Julianne Baird and Kapp's daughter Madeline on vocals, and Mela Tenenbaum on violin, viola, and occasional vocals. Most of the classical selections (from Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Edmund Elgar, W.A. Mozart, et al.) get a straight-ahead, accomplished treatment. Lest you think the project stuffy, each of the melodies is in the one- to two-minute range, which effectively mandates a stronger sense of flow than most children's collections. Kapp, who managed to create a visual and poetic flow in the Lullabies book, keeps things nicely in a groove here, knowing enough to segue into silly tracks about halfway through the CD to provide a wider emotional range. This album every bit as accomplished as the book. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2007-02-14

I love this CD. It's very well-done, and the approach is different than most children's CDs - very refined, yet soothing. I don't get tired of listening to it the way I do others -- which is important when trying to get a little one to sleep! I highly recommend it and the companion book.

Simple and sweet songs.......2006-04-02

With just piano, violin and vocals, this is a simple and heartfelt album. Ms. Baird's voice conveys the full emotions that a mother feels for her new baby with clean and open singing. The first track in particular, "All Through The Night," still makes me teary. I played this in the hospital when my son was born, and we use it as part of our wind-down ritual. I do agree that some of the songs are a little upbeat for bedtime. We just skip those in the evening (using iTunes).

Marvellous cd, enchanting music.......2005-10-18

Our whole family loves this cd. I am continually charmed and refreshed by the subtlety, taste and musicianship that has gone into these arrangements of well- and lesser-known gems. Apart from the joy of the simple yet perfect chordal progressions, listen to the warm, caressing tone imparted by the low bass notes in the piano in many of the tracks. The pace is so wonderfully leisurely, there is time to savour each song or piece, and yet each lasts only two or three minutes. The three diverse yet complementary singers, each with a tender and gentle presence suiting the subject matter, give a sense of a 19th century family musical evening. Magical.

Good if you want to sing from the book but can't read music.......2004-02-10

I bought this solely because I have the book and wanted to sing the lullabies to my kids, but I can't read music. For this purpose it is fine. The songs are not in the same order as in the book but I can deal. As a stand-alone lullaby CD I wouldn't really recommend it--the songs are not sung in a soothing manner, there's lots of variety in tempo and volume, some are even sung up-beat. The voices are not pitched high enough for babies either. That being said, I am back on Amazon today to buy it for my sister who is due any day now with her 3rd kid--we both like to sing and have the book, and songs (in book or music form) are a great present that the baby won't grow out of for a long time, and helps you bond with your little one too.

Didn't like the voice........2002-12-11

I bought this cd to go with the book and it is very frustrating because the songs on this cd are not even in the same order as the book. The singing voice fluctuates too much, it will be really soft and then it gets really high pitch. And if you have the volume set at a lower level for some songs then you can't hear other songs. I think there are better cds to buy than this one.

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When a Child is Born Manufacturer: African Children's Choir ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Because You Loved Me Devotion It takes a Whole Village Teach me to Dance Window on the World ASIN: B0006IIT9A Release Date: 2004-11-25

Tracks:

1. When a Child is Born
2. Calypso Carol
3. Bethemlemu
4. You are the shepherd

Album Description

Each December, when winter arrives in its white coat with a promise of holiday celebrations, we begin to think about a few numbers. We could our blessings; we count the 12 days of Christmas; and we number the days, minutes and seconds remaining until the New Year. But the numbers take a staggering turn of sobriety on the African Continent, where every day, another 2,600 people die from AIDS. They leave behind not only their own lives, but the lives of their many children, who face a hungry, crumbling future of fear and despair. In South Africa's north-eastern Nkomazi region, one of the hardest hit by AIDS, more than 3,000 orphans struggle for life. From tiny toddlers to teenage girls whose eyes have lost their spark in despair, they crowd into one-room cement huts - or find no home at all. Ten and eleven year olds nail together wooden strips to make crude coffins for the next deaths. Brothers and sisters try to band together - but find themselves overwhelmed by the desperate search for food, shelter and medicine in a land forgotten by promise. There is also hope, however, for these 3,000 orphans. With the help of others, their lives can be turned around, the dark days made light again with compassion and understanding. During the past year, Music for Life and the African Children's Choir have been working hard to raise funds for emergency food, water containers, wheelbarrows and medical supplies. Extensive Music for Life camps provide orphans under 12 with medical care, nutritional assistance, trauma counselling and music therapy. Already these camps have begun to heal and help. Here, the Nkomazi Choir proudly presents WHEN A CHILD IS BORN, recorded specially for the holidays, from the album's title track, where "a ray of hope flickers in the sky" to "you are the shepherd," a reflection of faith in Christ, it is a deeply touching work of art that uplifts its listeners - and the children of it provenance. A truly unique holiday album, it inspires us to pause in our counting and ruminate on what really counts. And it begins to change what happens when a child is born in the Nokomazi region of South Africa.

Average customer rating: Good, but there are better Johnny Clegg discs. solid afro-pop Moving, Empowering, Uplifting--Really! Learn To Speak A Little Bit Of Zulu Third World Child

Third World Child Johnny Clegg & Savuka Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World Shadow Man Heat, Dust and Dreams Scatterlings of Africa In My African Dream ASIN: B000006V36 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Are You Ready?
2. Asimbonanga (Mandela)
3. Giyani
4. Scatterlings Of Africa
5. Great Heart
6. Missing
7. Ring On Her Finger
8. Third World Child
9. Berlin Wall
10. Don't Walk Away

Customer Reviews:

Good, but there are better Johnny Clegg discs........2003-11-04

I was already marginally familiar with Johnny Clegg via his first albums with Jaluka (issued on Warner Brothers in the late seventies/early eighties) and always found his mix of Zulu music with western pop to be interesting. I found out about the new Savuka recordings through of all things, the movie "Rain Man" with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman! A rerecorded "Scatterlings Of Africa" was included in the movie, so I went looking for the new album.

"Third World Child" wasn't a disappointment, but it didn't sound complete. There are some good songs here, but the production is thin and brittle sounding. So while I heartily recommend that you should have some Savuka in your library, I'd suggest "Shadow Man" and "Cruel Crazy Beautiful World" above this particular disc.

solid afro-pop.......2003-04-18

Political lyrics overwhelmed by the catchiness of the tunes.

The production sounds a bit dated (it is from 1987 after all), but this is a great collection of hook-y afro-pop songs. The weakest track is probably "Missing", but even that song is OK, and the rest of the tracks are all really strong.

This is just pop music after all, so I don't think it's going to expand either your mind or your musical horizons, but it's well worth a purchase.

Moving, Empowering, Uplifting--Really!.......2003-01-31

If there ever were a musician who was not getting enough international recognition, it may well be Johnny Clegg. His music is filled with such life and integrity that it I have this fantasy of playing it really loud over some massive sound-system so that everyone all over the world would hear and love it...mmmwwhahahhaa! But really, that's not what this group is all about. This album is probably my very favorite JC and Savuka album, as perfect fusion of international rock, pop, and more traditional Zulu elements. Much of the subject matter is very serious or political, reflecting Clegg's history in South Africa, working to overcome apartheid. (Think "Mandela," Third World Child," "Missing," or "Berlin Wall." (Yes I know that's not in S. Africa.) However, all of these songs have an unbelievably fantastic spirit, with so much life and optimism and pure guts that listening to any of them makes one fantastically happy. That simple.
The album starts off with a burst of strength in "Are You Ready?" This, like all other songs, is a seamlessly bilingual song, another element I love. (Yes, you will find yourself singing along in Zulu, regardless of whether or not you acutally know this powerful-sounding language.) The rhythm gets into your body and your mind, the words and meldody infiltrating thereafter. "Mandela" has some of the most deeply interesting and beautiful harmonies I have ever heard, making it even more powerful as an almost hymn-like tribute to South African activists. "Giyana" is another song with fierce energy, and some of the most interesting lyrics on this album. "Scatterling of Africa" is one of my very favorites, a king of Savuka classic. The message, which deals with the ties of the human race to its origins in Africa, is a raw, rhythmic, melodious song. It seems to almost serve as a backdrop for the rest of the album, a driving force that connects international listeners. (The aformentioned "scatterlings of Africa") "Missing" is dark and poignant, yet empowered and devoted, an almost anxious-sounding song. (Listen for these words in the beginning: "and I was banging at your door, but you weren't there anymore") These aren't really typical lyrics, but something about the way Clegg sings them is perhaps the single most moving moment on the entire album.
"The Ring on her Finger" is the fun song, lighter and utterly catchy, but with that all-important little tangy grain of truth. "That girl is feeling trapped by the ring on her finger." Well that's a new way to look at it...now I THINK this song's about some sort of extra-marital affair, but this song lightens it all up. I sing and dance along with the chorus, and the Zulu parts of the chorus make me pine desperately after learning that language. A fantastic song.
"Third World Child" and "Berlin Wall" are massive songs, true and gritty and empowering no matter where you live, how you live, or the fact that the Berlin Wall fell a while ago now. These are meaningful songs, and "Third World Child" has an especially fascinating perspective that is honestly thought-provoking. Really--these songs make you THINK after you're done singing alone at the top of your exalting lungs. (Uh oh--this is getting flowery.)
OK, is it clear that this album RULES and you should get it NOW? In the end, it all comes down to "WOW" once again.

Learn To Speak A Little Bit Of Zulu.......2002-08-07

When I heard Juluka broke up, I was floored, the only solace I had was the rumor that Johnny Clegg would be releasing material as a solo artist, needless to say, the appearance of THIRD WORLD CHILD proved the rumors to be true, much to my delight. Lighter and more mainstream than his Juluka efforts, Johnny's Savuka albums are equally excellent. Continuing his passion for missing western and African music styles, Clegg's brilliant, lively music is as good as it gets. Clegg is equally adept at charged political diatribes, love songs and slice of life pieces, but here he concentrates on the political, producing some of the best protest music of our time, check out the anthemic, blood boiling title track, the mournful, hopeful `Asimbonanga' and the excellent, haunting `Missing'. All of Clegg's music is upbeat and percussive, and there really is no other artist just like him. Unbeknownst to many, Johnny was the inspiration for Paul Simon's excellent GRACELAND album, which mixed western and African music in a similar style. Buy and be likewise inspired. The only complaint I have is the replacement of the excellent and now hard to find `Gumba Gumba Jive' with the Savuka version of `Scatterlings', which was made famous by its inclusion in the Rainman soundtrack. Nothing against the fine remake, but `Gumba Gumba Jive' is a track not to be missed (it is available on an import only greatest hits of Savuka, as well as the original run of the vinyl album).

Third World Child.......2001-07-30

Clegg and Savuka are incomparable. The courage of all the band to risk forming an integrated group under apartheid -- a formation fraught with risk -- earns them a place along with groups like the SNCC Freedom Singers and others who braved brutality and even murder to liberate their message of freedom, hope, defiance and, yes, love. Clegg, fascinated by Zulu culture as a young man, learned Zulu and Zulu music. He eventually formed a duo with Sippho -- I can't remember his last name. As "Johnny and Sippho" the two performed coffee houses and beer halls in black South Africa. Together they formed Juluka, the band-predecessor to Savuka. Just as their history inspires repect, the music is compelling. Their synthesis of rock, jazz, traditional Zulu, and township jive moves the content along with clarity and a rhythm connecting the listener to the skies and shantytowns of their native South Africa. I first heard the group outdoors, at Pine Knob, in Michigan almost 15 years ago, when the horrors of apartheid were still an ongoing reality. They were opening for Steve Winwood. The energy was powerful. On several numbers Clegg and one of the drummers, Dudu, a handsome Zulu with thighs like redwoods, came to the front of the stage to perform traditional Zulu mens' dances. To see the black man and white man dancing together, the respect and love between them obvious was as moving as it was dynamic and powerful. (Dudu was later tragically murdered.) Afterward, my friend and I tried to go behind the band shell but were held back by stage security. Band members, sitting by their bus, saw us waiting there and motioned us over. We sat and talked, then they invited us go out for some food. It was a hell of an evening and we talked until 1. The title song, Third World Child, lyrically speaks of the pressures and inducements of the South African to attempt assimilation into a world he is can never enter. It speaks of the separation from land and identity; the connection to the spirits of ancestors still lying in the lost land. The rest of the album is equally powerful. Buy it. Buy all of Savuka you can find. Listen to the music. Hear the message, rock to great music, and honor a superb group of human beings.

Average customer rating: Simply Amazing! One world Beautiful Breathtaking! Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

No Boundaries Manufacturer: Heads Up ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | 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 | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Voices from Heaven Long Walk to Freedom Raise Your Spirit Higher: Wenyukela The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo Blessed ASIN: B00070EBDK Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. Jabulani-Rejoice
2. Homeless
3. Awu Wemadoda
4. Amazing Grace
5. Dona Nobis Pacem
6. Ngingenwe Emoyeni (Wind Of The Spirit Of God)
7. Umzuzu Nayi Ujesu
8. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
9. Sanctus (Heilig, Heilig, Heilig)
10. Ave Verum Corpus
11. Lifikile Ivangeli
12. Walil' Umtwana (The Child Is Crying)

Amazon.com

Ladysmith Black Mambazo proved itself pliable enough when the a capella group was heavily featured on Paul Simon's Graceland. Other crossover collaborations have followed, but few work as seamlessly as this collection, which features old LBM songs, Zulu traditionals and European classical material done in collaboration with the English Chamber Orchestra. The rich vocal sound literally fuses with the classical musicians in much the same way as a classical choral group does. To its credit, the orchestra (and arranger Isak Roux) loosens up to fit the more oral/aural traditions of the singers--the music is less precise and reliant on virtuosity. The orchestra provides a particularly sympathetic counterpoint on the traditional "Awu Wemadoda" and is downright playful sounding on "Dona Nobis Pacem." Sounding as elegant and reverent, Ladysmith more than meets the orchestra halfway on the famous Bach choral piece "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring." Making borders and boundaries irrelevant, this is a work of startling beauty that couldn't be improved upon. --Tad Hendrickson

More Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Graceland	Gift of the Tortoise	Raise Your Spirit Higher
Journey of Dreams	Gospel Songs	Umthombo Wamanzi

Customer Reviews:

Simply Amazing!.......2007-02-12

I have been a fan of Ladysmith for many years and have a few of their albums but this is simply amazing! Music truly has no boundaries and they have used their God given talent to touch the lives of many people. It doesn't sound like it's possible, but they have really crossed many boundaries and this album is just another example of how far one can go if only they believe!

One world.......2007-01-12

This CD has multipal messages, but the one that strikes me most is the juxtaposition of European "classical" and African "classical". The human soul is one and at the same time unique. That message comes through clearly, and as a bonus, the powerful messages that each track provides in both content and style must not be missed.

Beautiful.......2005-04-26

I had never heard of this group before and since I like to investigate different types of music, I decided to give it a try. I have truly enjoyed this CD. The more I listen, the more I like. I would highly recommend.

Breathtaking! .......2005-02-11

When I first saw the album, I thought---what???? Traditionally, Ladysmith Black Mambazo sings acapella with the notable exceptions of the times they accompany Paul Simon. The group sings a beautiful, close harmony and uses vocalese techniques to provide the occasional percussive click or ululation. Still, the lineup was hard to resist.

"No Boundaries" is pretty amazing stuff, let me tell you. With the help of the English Chamber Orchestra directed by Ralph Gothoni, the two groups meet together on each other's common ground. Ladysmith sings traditional "Amazing Grace", Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" Schubert's "Sanctus." Then the orchestra gets into the African groove for music from South Africa.

Altogether a beautifully arranged, sung, and orchestrated work. If you are new to Ladysmith, this is a good CD to start. If you're an old fan, you'll definitely want "No Boundaries" to complete your collection.

Beautiful. Simply beautiful........2005-02-05

The collaboration between Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the English Chamber Orchestra cannot be improved. The sound that both ensembles make together truly is beautiful indeed, as the original Mambazo songs (of which includes "Jabulani (Rejoice)", "Lifikile Ivangeli (The Gospel Arrives)"), the Zulu traditional selections ("Awu Wemadoda (Hey, Man)", "Walil'Umntwana (The Child is Crying)") to the classicals "Dona Nobis Pacem", a joyous song in its own right, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Ave Verum Corpus". This album definately and distinctly proves that music has no boundaries. Mambazo founder and lead singer Joseph Shabalala and Orchestra conductor Ralf Gothoni (along with arranger Isak Roux) have brought to their many fans a selection of compelling and captivating tunes.

Average customer rating: Masterful

Christmas With the Master Chorale of Washington Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000031VRL Release Date: 1999-11-23

Tracks:

1. Magnificat
2. Et Misericordia
3. Fecit Petentiam
4. There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
5. Gloria Patri
6. There Is a Flower - Dawn Kaspow, Master Chorale of Washington
7. Sir Christs - Master Chorale of Washington
8. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent - Master Chorale of Washington
9. Angels We Have Heard on High - Master Chorale of Washington
10. Make We Joy - Master Chorale of Washington
11. There Is No Rose of Such Virtue - Master Chorale of Washington
12. Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy - Master Chorale of Washington
13. African Noel - Master Chorale of Washington
14. What Child Is This? - Master Chorale of Washington
15. Hodie Christus Natus Est - Master Chorale of Washington

Customer Reviews:

Masterful.......2006-01-06

A very good choir and excellent arrangements of interesting Christmas music. I am a big fan of Robert Shaw; this isn't a Robert Shaw concert but in some ways it is even better. The precision of the choir, plus the excitement they bring to their performance, makes this a favorite at our house. The CD has a clear, balanced sound. Recommended.

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Music of William Grant Still Manufacturer: Centaur ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Still | Still, William Grant | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: William Grant Still: The American Scene William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony; In Memoriam; Africa (Symphonic Poem) Works By William Grant Still Black Piano Still/Dawson/Ellington: Symphony No. 2/Negro Folk Symphony/Harlem ASIN: B000BUEGHC Release Date: 2005-11-29

Average customer rating: Negro Spirituals from a Soprano, Jeanette Thompson

Negro Spirituals Manufacturer: Pavane ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Give Me Jesus | Spirituals by Barbara Hendricks and The Moses Hogan Singers Wade In The Water, Vol.1:African American Spirituals:The Concert Tradition Great American Spirituals, Vol. 9 Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit: Spirituals Go Down, Moses ASIN: B000001MRX Release Date: 1994-04-20

Tracks:

1. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
2. My Lord, What A Mornin'
3. I Wanna Be Ready
4. There Is A Balm
5. Ain'a That Good News
6. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
7. This Little Light Of Mine
8. Sweet Little Jesus Boy
9. Every Time I Feel The Spirit
10. City Called Heaven
11. Were You There
12. Didn't My lord Deliver Daniel
13. Hold On
14. Done Made My Vouw
15. Take My Life And Let It Be
16. Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
17. Nobody Knows
18. Oh Freedom Sometime I Feel A Motherless Child
19. Oh Freedom I Want To Be Ready
20. Kumbaya

Customer Reviews:

Negro Spirituals from a Soprano, Jeanette Thompson.......2006-02-09

I realy enjoyed this cd. It kinda took me back in the day. Although, I wasnt born during the time of the Negro Spirtituals, my spirit naturally gravitates to the calls of my ancestors. Jeanette Thompson brings a strong energy to the songs on the cd. If you like the Negro Spirituals from back in the day, you will enjoy this cd. If you like the sound of a Soprano, that will be a bonus. Sit back, relax and let your Soul remind you of just how far we have come, since the enslavement of a Afrikan people. Our Faith Is Unshakeable!!!We Are Here To Stay!!

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Fi-Yer!: A Century of African American Song Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Still | Still, William Grant | ( S ) | 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 Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000IAHY Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

1. Ezekiel Saw de Wheel - Lawrence Brown, , Ann Sears
2. That Welcome Day - Lawrence Brown, Ann Sears
3. Night - Greg Brown, , Ann Sears
4. Sleep, Li'l Chile, Go Sleep! - Lawrence Brown, , Ann Sears
5. I'm A-Trav'ling to the Grave - Lawrence Brown, , Ann Sears
6. Sister Mary Had-A But One Child - Lawrence Brown, , Ann Sears
7. Po' Mo'ner Got a Home at Las' - Lawrence Brown, Hall Johnson, Ann Sears
8. Ride on, King Jesus - Lawrence Brown, , Ann Sears
9. Explanation - Lawrence Brown, Will Marion Cook, Ann Sears
10. Wid de Moon, Moon, Moon - Lawrence Brown, Will Marion Cook, Ann Sears
11. Whar Shill We Go When de Great Day Comes? - John Willie Boone, Lawrence Brown, Ann Sears
12. By the Pool of the Third Rosses - Lawrence Brown, , Ann Sears
13. Soliloquy - Lawrence Brown, Ann Sears, John Work,
14. Breath of a Rose - Lawrence Brown, Ann Sears, William Grant Still
15. Three Dream Portraits: Minstrel Man - Lawrence Brown, Ann Sears
16. Three Dream Portraits: Dream Variation - Lawrence Brown, Ann Sears
17. Three Dream Portraits: I, Too - Lawrence Brown, Ann Sears
18. Fi-Yer! (Fire!) - Lawrence Brown, Hall Johnson, Ann Sears

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Unicorn Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Virelais | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001OA2 Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

1. Bransles
2. Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle
3. Medley: Gracieusette/Cotton Eyed Joe
4. Shake It Down
5. Lady Gay
6. Red Rockin' Chair
7. Chicken Tree
8. Como Poden
9. Medley: Rhymer's Favorite/Allemande & Ronde
10. Medley: Contre Le Temps/Back Door Man
11. Enhorningen
12. Captain Kidd
13. La Valse De Guedan
14. Herdsman's Tune
15. Lady Hamilton
16. Little Rabbit
17. Medley: Midnight On The Water/La Shymyze
18. Medley: La Bounette/Jenny On The Railroad

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