Shining In The Light [Import]

Product Description
Japanese edition of the second single from the Led Zeppelin bandmate's 1998 & second collaboration album, 'Walking Into Clarksdale'. Contains 'Shining In The Light' (Edit) and three live tracks recorded at Shepherds Bush Empire in London on March 25, 1998: 'Walking Into Clarksdale' and the Zeppelin classics 'How Many More Times' & 'No Quarter'. Slimline jewel case. 1998 Mercury release.

Shining In The Light,Page/Plant,Pidm,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Excellent Brilliant

Shall We Gather - American Hymns and Spirituals Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Live Recordings | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wade In The Water, Vol.1:African American Spirituals:The Concert Tradition Great American Spirituals, Vol. 9 Go Down, Moses The Shapenote Album American Angels ASIN: B00005QK6L Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

1. Libert Hall (Lord, In Thy Presence)
2. Rise, Shine, For Thy Light Is A-Comin'
3. Welwyn (O Brother Man)
4. Pisgah (The Lord's My Shepherd)
5. Poor Rosy
6. I've Just Come From The Fountain
7. Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler
8. Nettleton (Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing)
9. Wondrous Love (What Wondrous Love Is This)
10. Gospel Train
11. Shining Shore (My Days Are Gliding By Swiftly)
12. More Love
13. In Mercy, Lord (In Mercy, Lord, Incline Thine Ear)
14. Beautiful River (Shall We Gather At The River)
15. Some Of These Days
16. The Old Ship Of Zion
17. St. Peter (In Christ There Is No East Or West)
18. Missionary Chant (Awake, Our Souls)
19. Old Ship Of Zion (What Ship Is This?)
20. Inching Along
21. Watchman (Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night)
22. Hurry, On My Weary Soul
23. Morning Trumpet (O When Shall I See Jesus)
24. He's A Mighty Good Leader
25. Hold On
26. Resignation (My Shepherd Will Supply My Need)
27. We Shall Walk Through The Valley

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-05-09

The best "Sacred Harp" or "Shape Note" type singing that I've heard. The various renditons are clear and harmonious.
None of that tuning up, barking, la-la's or other cacophonous sounds here.

Brilliant.......2003-09-22

I couldn't recommend a CD more highly. As a musician I was amazed at the variety of the music here and the truly exceptional performances. It's seems we can always rely on Albany to put out the most interesting and highest quality recordings.

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Showpieces & Encores; Gershwin, Grieg, etc Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | 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 Vieuxtemps | Vieuxtemps, Henri | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005R5ZE Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

1. Grieg: Prelude from Holberg Suite
2. Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade
3. The Moon Is Shining
4. Sinsalo: 3 Russian Folk Songs
5. The Rush Light
6. Clouds
7. Festive Dance
8. The Plainsmen
9. Vagarshapati Par
10. Spring
11. Bridge: Valse-Intermezzo in E minor
12. Vieuxtemps: Yankee Doodle
13. Gershwin: Summertime
14. Gershwin: Soon
15. Davidov: At the Fountain
16. Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
17. Rimsky-Korakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
18. Shostakovich: Spanish Dance from The Gadfly
19. Piazolla: Libertango

Average customer rating: A favorite for 30 years Proof that American songs can be great

But Yesterday Is Not Today-The American Art Song 1927-1972 Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Permit Me Voyage: Songs by American Composers Just-Spring: Art Songs of John Duke Paul Sperry Sings An American Sampler DEBUT ~ Nathan Gunn - "American Anthem" from Ragtime to Art Song / Kevin Murphy Stefano Donaudy: Amor mi fa cantare ASIN: B0000030FE Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

1. The Children
2. Once Upon A Time
3. The Rose
4. Moo Is A Cow
5. Thomas Logge
6. Once A Lady Was Here
7. Song Of An Old Woman
8. Richard Cory
9. Luke Havergal
10. Miniver Cheevy
11. Strings In The Earth And Air
12. When The Shy Star Goes Forth In Heaven
13. O, It Was out By Donnycarney
14. Bid Adieu
15. My Love Is In A Light Attire
16. Song
17. On The Beach At Fontana
18. These, My Ophelia
19. Sure On Thes Shining Night
20. The Running Sun

Customer Reviews:

A favorite for 30 years.......2006-10-05

Like the next reviewer, I had this on record, and now have the CD. I have loved this music for 30 years. If you love 20th century American music, give it a try. I wish you as much pleasure as I have received from it.

Proof that American songs can be great.......2002-07-05

I have had the lp issue of this album for many years and have enjoyed it more with each encounter. The songs by Duke, Bowles, Citkowitz, Chanler, and Copland are based on some familiar poems, but the songs are not, themselves, well-known. I particularly have liked the witty and memorable Duke settings of E.A. Robinson's "Luke Havergal" and "Miniver Cheevy," but the real musical highlight of the disc would probably be the settings of James Joyce's "Chamber Music" by Israel Citkowitz. Donald Gramm is in fine voice for his selections and Bethany Beardslee proves again her legendary status as an interpreter of all kinds of modern music. It is definitely a good thing that this has been reissued on CD and I hope it will reach a wide audience.

Average customer rating: The Brass Band Marches on with Ives A great collection

Remembrance: A Charles Ives Collection Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001SG3 Release Date: 1995-01-25

Tracks:

1. March III - With The Air (Old Kentucky Home)
2. Ann Street
3. Calcium Light Night
4. Holiday Quick Step
5. Four Songs For Brass Quintet: On the Counter
6. Four Songs For Brass Quintet: Side Show
7. Four Songs For Brass Quintet: Slow March
8. Four Songs For Brass Quintet: Tarrant Moss
9. Fugue in Four Keys (On The Shining Shore)
10. The Unanswered Question
11. Remembrance
12. Evening
13. Mists
14. A Brass Serenade: The Circus Band
15. A Brass Serenade: Romanzo di Central Park
16. A Brass Serenade: Scherzo (All The Way Around And Back)
17. A Brass Serenade: Scherzo (Over The Pavements)
18. A Brass Serenade: Gyp the Blood
19. A Brass Serenade: Adagio Sostenuto
20. A Brass Serenade: Tone Roads No. 1
21. A Brass Serenade: Tone Roads No. 3
22. A Brass Serenade: March II -With The Air (Son Of A Gambolier)
23. A Brass Serenade: The See'r
24. A Brass Serenade: Luck and Work
25. A Brass Serenade: Like a Sick Eagle
26. A Brass Serenade: Hallowe'en

Customer Reviews:

The Brass Band Marches on with Ives.......2005-05-28

The concept of transcriptions of music originally written for various instruments, orchestras, voices, piano etc goes back a long time. Ensembles comprised solely of winds, or brass, or strings gather various transcriptions (at times those of the composers who wrote the original score!) and make their repertoire more varied in adding such new insights. Such is the case with the Detroit Chamber Winds under the direction of H. Robert Reynolds and this very interesting CD is devoted to the music of Charles Ives.

Ives had great respect for brass ensembles and wrote music expressly for them. These are included as are a number of works for chamber orchestra etc. The collection is played beautifully and the recorded sound is excellent. With some reservations this 'Remembrance: A Charles Ives Collection' is not only successful but a fine addition to the Ives recordings.

Perhaps just returning from a performance of 'The Unanswered Question' performed by the LA Philharmonic with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting where the mystery and spirit of Emerson's poem "The Sphynx" which inspired Ives to write this brief 6-minute piece colors this listener's full appreciation of these transcriptions. Originally scored for strings, four flutes, and trumpet (in the wondrous Disney Hall acoustics Salonen stood alone on the stage conducting the off stage strings, the flutes in the organ loft and the trumpet in the highest balcony in a three way conversation that seemed to come both from within the bodies of the audience and the ether of the universe, this work fails to hold the importance of the solo brass instrument playing against a brass ensemble. A small quibble perhaps, but some of Ives' works were specifically designated for certain instruments and defy tampering.

In all a recording to add to the Ives Collection and one that is certainly well performed. Grady Harp, May 05

A great collection.......2003-05-12

A great collection of wind pieces by Charles Ives arranged, transcribed, edited, and realized in a number of fashions. The songs run the gamut of Ives's career and his many styles, the latter half of the disc dedicated to selections from his Brass Serenade.

Many of these pieces, most in fact, are difficult to find anywhere else, and are of enormous interest. One of Ives's earliest pieces, "Holiday Quickstep," for instance. There are also engaging interpretations of his more esoteric and mysterious works (The Unanswered Question, Ann Street), personal pieces written for piano and soprano (Remembrance, Evening, Mists), tone poems, and more lively, sometimes comic, sketches (Gyp the Blood or Hearst, Tarrant Moss). The performances, by the Detroit Chamber Winds, are energetic and gratifying. For most of the stuff on this disc, however, there is very little to compare it to.

This is an immensley charming collection of short pieces that any Ives fan is sure to value.

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Mahler: Ruckert Lieder; Lieder aus der Jugendzeit; Des Knaben Wunderhorn Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0001Z497O Release Date: 2004-06-29

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Tchesnokov: Sacred Songs Manufacturer: Arte Nova Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000005IDS Release Date: 1998-01-01

Tracks:

1. All-Night Vigil Op.44: Praise The Lord, O My Soul
2. All-Night Vigil Op.44: Blessed Be The Man
3. All-Night Vigil Op.44: Shining Light
4. All-Night Vigil Op.44: Today You Forgive
5. All-Night Vigil Op.44: Praise The Name Of The Lord
6. All-Night Vigil Op.44: Sunday Psalm 'Angle Hosts' (Herald's Song)
7. All-Night Vigil Op.44: From The Days Of My Youth (Herald's Song)
8. All-Night Vigil Op.44: Those That Have Seen God's Resurrection (Chant From Kiev)
9. All-Night Vigil Op.44: Great Hymn Of Praise
10. All-Night Vigil Op.44: The Chosen Wojewoda (Chant From Kiev)
11. At Peace In The Fellowship Of The Saints Requiem No.2 Op.39
12. Praise The Lord, O My Soul Op.40 No.1
13. The Repentant Thief
14. The Eternal Advocat
15. Praise The Name Of God
16. O Lord Hear My Prayer Op.24

Average customer rating: Exceptionally moving Horne brings these wonderful masterpieces to life!

Marilyn Horne - I Will Breathe A Mountain ~ Songs of Barber, Bernstein & Bolcom / Martin Katz, Tokyo String Quartet Samuel Barber , William Bolcom , Leonard Bernstein , Marilyn Horne , Martin Katz , Tokyo String Quartet , Kikuei Ikeda , Kazuhide Isomura , Peter Oundijian , and Sadao Harada Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bolcom, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Horne, Marilyn | Divas | 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 ASIN: B0000064Y9 Release Date: 1998-03-10

Tracks:

1. The Daisies, Op. 2 No. 1
2. A Nun Takes The Veil, Op. 13 No. 1
3. Bessie Bobtail, Op. 2 No. 3
4. The Secrets Of The Old, Op. 13 No. 2
5. Sure On This Shining Night, Op. 13 No. 3
6. Barber: I Hear An Army, Op. 10 No. 3
7. Dover Beach, Op. 3
8. I Will Breathe A Mountain: Pity Me Not Because The Light Of Day
9. I Will Breathe A Mountain: How To Swing Those Obbligatos Around
10. I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Crazy Woman
11. I Will Breathe A Mountain: Just Once
12. I Will Breathe A Mountain: Never More Will The Wind
13. I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Sage
14. I Will Breathe A Mountain: O To Be A Dragon
15. I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Bustle In A House
16. I Will Breathe A Mountain: I Saw Eternity
17. I Will Breathe A Mountain: Night Practice
18. I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Fish
19. My House
20. So Pretty
21. Greeting
22. Take Care Of This House
23. Rabbit At Top Speed
24. Sonnet: What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
25. Nachspiel
26. Dream With Me

Amazon.com

Though Horne is audibly at the end of her long and rich career, she did a good deed for American music with this disc, which consists of songs by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, and a new song cycle by William Bolcom, from which the disc takes its title. Horne's voice has a quiver, a lack of center, almost as if it refuses to stop singing Rossini (Horne's lifelong specialty). However, it's worth buying for the Bolcom cycle, which is one of his best vocal works, typically an eclectic, natural outgrowth of Bernstein's style with Horne gamely employing a wide range of vocal techniques with more eloquence than one could hope for. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Exceptionally moving.......2003-10-16

This is AMERICAN SONGS at their most moving and emotional best, not to mention with great melody. Unlike a lot of American song literature (not broadway type, but "serious classical art songs"), these songs are actually quite beautiful, melodic, and can touch the heart of the listener easily. There is no strain to enjoy them. There is a bit of "sameness" between them, which is my only complaint about this recording; one piece starts to sound like another, especially if you are not listening carefully while listening. Even then, it is still very lovely.

It has been mentioned that Horne is now far past her prime, and that may be, but even far past her prime she is far better than most singers half her age. There is still vibrancy, life, and depth to her voice. It communicates on a very deep level. Martin Katz, her life long accompanist, is, as usual, a revelation as an accompanist. Unlike people think, the accompanist just doesn't play in the background, he is a very vital part of making a performance work. Accompaning singers is a very new art form, and many performers of earlier ages simply had very bad accompanist. With Gerald Moore we started to have people who knew how to support the singer, actually adding to the performance giving it depth and helping the singer shine. Now we are so used to good accompanist, and are so accustomed to their high level of performance, it is very easy to forget what they add.

Katz knows Horne well, and is fully aware of when she is having troubles supporting a phrase, or when she is in best voice. He gives so much to her awesome performance through his very sensitive way of playing this music.

I would recommend this for anyone to buy: fans of modern art songs, fans of Marilyn Horne, and simply fans of good singing.

Horne brings these wonderful masterpieces to life!.......1999-07-17

Throughout the Barber, Bolcom and Bernstein, Marilyn Horne uses her ability to combine technical definition with artistic movement and expansion. Having had the opportunity to see her perform this literature live was an emotionally elevating experience. The way Horne and Katz have reworked a few of the Berstein pieces brings new life and perspectuve to these already wonderful pieces. I highly recommend this recording for the casual classical listener, as well as, for the student that enjoys learning from a master through their art.

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Songs With A Touch Of Bass Manufacturer: Aca Digital ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lully | Lully, Jean-Baptiste | ( L ) | 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 Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | 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 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 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 | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000004CL6 Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

1. None But The Lonely Heart - Tchaikovsky
2. Air de Caron - Lully
3. Sure On This Shining Night - Barber
4. Pilgrim's Song - Tchaikovky
5. Shenandoah - Sid Haton
6. Deep River - Burleigh - Alfred Hulsberg
7. Simple Gifts - Copland - Alfred Hulsberg
8. The Dodger - Copland - Alfred Hulsberg
9. Per questa bella mano - Mozart
10. Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile - Durante
11. O Bellissimi Capelli - Falconieri
12. La Serenata - Tosti
13. Beautiful Dreamer - Foster
14. I Dream Of Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair - Foster
15. Of Celebration - Vogel
16. Danny Boy - Sid Haton
17. As Then The Tulip - Lehmann
18. Money, Oh! - Sid Haton

Average customer rating: Fresh, genial, sensitively articulated ... delightful! Totally Convincing Mahler

Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn) Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000023D6 Release Date: 1993-05-10

Tracks:

1. Revelge (Reveille)
2. Das irdische Leben (Life On Earth)
3. Lob des hohen Verstandes (Praise Of Intellect)
4. Rheinlegendchen (Rhine Legend)
5. Der Schildwache Nachtlied (Sentinel's Night Song)
6. Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? (Who Thought Up This Song?)
7. Verlor'ne Muh (Labor Lost)
8. Der Tamboursg'sell (The Drummer Boy)
9. Trost im Ungluck (Comfort In Sorrow)
10. Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen (Where The Shining Trumpets Blow)
11. Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (St. Anthony And The Fishes)
12. Lied des Verfolgtem im Trum (Song Of The Prisoner In The Tower)
13. Urlicht (Primeval Light)

Customer Reviews:

Fresh, genial, sensitively articulated ... delightful!.......2006-03-12

I must concur with my fellow reviewer of April 11, 1999 by saying that this is a very good performance/recording (1963) of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn-Lieder-anthology indeed! While maybe (?) not as highly acclaimed an artistic triumph as the Fischer-Dieskau/Schwarzkopf/Szell or Quasthoff/von Otter/Abbado or Bonney/Goerne/Fulgoni/Winbergh/Chailly albums, I can find nothing wrong with this particular recording. On the contrary, I find that all of the songs are being performed - when compared with those recordings that are usually considered the best - on a consistently high artistic level across the whole board. If I may be allowed to quote the eloquent and ever insightful Tony Duggan of MusicWeb (who is himself a champion of this specific recording): "[these are] songs that should have about them an air of homespun simplicity, even roughness. Down the years many have wondered whether the sophistication, mannerism and intelligence presented by [Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf] is ultimately too restricting". And that is where this specific recording comes in!
To my ears, the music making on the album under review is some of the best, pure and simple. Well, pure indeed, but certainly not 'simple'! 'Warmly sympathetic' (or maybe even 'freshly unsophisticated') would be more to the mark when describing the general 'tone' or 'character' of the performances. Both Maureen Forrester and Heinz Rehfuss have a beautifully full and rounded sound, with fine, clear diction, and with beautiful nuancing of deeper word meanings, I think. I especially like Rehfuss' voice, which has a nicely ringing, clear but warmly sympathetic timbre. His stylish, sensitively articulated 'Lied des Verfolgtem im Turm' I find maybe the best performance of this song I have ever heard. Generally, the singers are recorded rather closely, but I personally like that very much, allowing them to focus more on finer coloring and diction, which is exquisite in both singers, especially, to my ears, Heinz Rehfuss.
As for the orchestral playing under maestro Felix Prohaska, it is crisp and genial. The orchestra sounds a little recessed behind the soloists; it is ever clearly present, but the soloists obviously take center stage.
I for one have happily discovered, with this recording, a freshly sympathetic, colorful and consistently rewarding 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn' that is just that little bit 'different' (generally 'light' of character), but fitting nicely in with all of my other favorite recordings of this anthology. (Well, yeah, maybe it doesn't plummet the depths of the emotions like for example the magnificent Anne Sofie von Otter & Thomas Quasthoff with Abbado, but it IS a highly consistent pack of artful, freshly genial performances which hold one's attention from beginning to end). So, with only a slight reservation - this is may not be THE 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn' to own, and a lot comes down to your own taste, but who could do with only one version anyway -, I would really like to recommend it to anyone else as well.

Totally Convincing Mahler.......1999-04-12

This is a super version. Forrester and Rehfuss provide a sensitive and perfectly styled delivery for these sophisticated/simple songs, and the orchestral accompaniment provided by Prohaska and his Viennese musicians is exactly right. Critical opinion, however, differs in this regard, and there are those who strongly prefer Schwarzkopf/Fischer-Dieskau/Szell (EMI), Baker/Evans/Morris (also EMI), or Ludwig/Berry/Bernstein (SONY). It's safe to say these songs have benefited from excellent recording over the years. This one is my current favorite. The recorded sound is very good.

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Earthrise Richard Tandy , and Dave Morgan Manufacturer: Tandy Morgan Smith ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA8LLI Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. Spaceship Earth
2. Earthrise
3. Under the Blue/Asteroid
4. Suddenly
5. Escape from the Citadel
6. One Thousand Worlds
7. Zero Zero
8. Third Planet
9. Ria
10. Princeton
11. Pictures in My Pillow
12. Secret

Rock Music:

1. Shinin' On
2. Sixties Singles [Box set] [Import]
3. Ska Beats [Import]
4. Song for All Seasons [Import]
5. Sound of the Sixties [Original recording remastered] [Import]
6. Stems and Pieces
7. Streams of Whiskey [Import]
8. Surfando Tingley Beach
9. Surf Christmas
10. That'll Flat Git It V.5 [Import]

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