Second To None

second to none

Track Listings

1. Unleash The Beast
2. Cross Bones Banner
3. Spread Your Wings
4. Southern Spirit
5. Desperate
6. Calico
7. Desert Plains
8. Horses And Eagles
9. Loneliness Of The Wolf
10. Second To None
11. Devil's Pass

Editorial Reviews

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WILD WEST will probably shake the Southern rock scene, not only in France but also in the whole world ! In the footpath of LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BLACKFOOT and MOLLY HATCHET, this quintet shows a talent and professional attitude worthy of the best Anglo-Saxon productions. In another style, WHITE LION seems to be one of their major influences. After a first album made of thirteen personal compositions ("One", 1998), this line-up comes back quite strongly with "Second To None" (2003). A little less specialised than its predecessor, this second wonderfully produced album directly competes with the best groups of the genre. The style is at the same time heavier and more conceptual but doesn't deny its Southern rock roots. The compositions are at the same time more heavy-metal oriented as well as more rock, in the Seventies and Eighties tradition. We can particularly mention Rudy ROBERTS' performance on one track, who gets in a musical guitar fight with Erik DOMINECH. Here are five wild wolves set free, and ready to tell you once again the story of the Wild West !

Second To None,Wild West,Brennus/Musea
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A musical treasure-box
  • a beautiful journey into melancholy
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
John Dowland , Anthony Rooley , Emma Kirkby , Christopher Wilson , The Consort of Musicke , Colin Tilney , Anthony Bailes , Jakob Lindberg , Nigel North , Glenda Simpson , Peter Holman , and John Donne
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ASIN: B000004CYV
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

  1. First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
  2. First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
  3. First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
  4. First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  5. First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
  6. First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
  7. First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
  8. First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
  9. First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
  10. First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
  11. First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
  12. First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
  13. First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
  14. First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
  15. First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
  16. First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
  17. First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  18. First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
  19. First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
  20. First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
  21. First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

  1. Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
  2. Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
  3. Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
  4. Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
  5. Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
  6. Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
  7. Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
  8. Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
  9. Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
  10. Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
  11. Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
  12. Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
  13. Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
  14. Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
  15. Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
  16. Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
  17. Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
  18. Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
  19. Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
  20. Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
  21. Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
  22. Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

  1. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
  2. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
  3. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
  4. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
  5. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
  6. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
  7. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
  8. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
  9. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
  10. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
  11. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
  12. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
  13. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
  14. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
  15. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  16. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
  17. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
  18. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
  19. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
  20. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
  21. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
  6. A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
  7. A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
  8. A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
  9. A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
  10. A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
  11. A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
  12. A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
  13. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
  14. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
  15. A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
  16. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
  6. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
  7. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
  8. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
  9. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
  10. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
  11. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
  12. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
  13. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
  14. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
  15. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
  16. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
  17. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
  2. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
  3. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
  4. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
  5. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
  6. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
  7. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
  8. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
  9. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
  10. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
  11. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
  12. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
  13. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
  14. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
  15. Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
  16. Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
  17. Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
  18. Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
  19. Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
  20. Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
  21. Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
  22. Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
  23. Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
  24. Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
  25. Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
  26. Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
  27. Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
  28. Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

  1. Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
  2. Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
  3. Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
  4. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  5. Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
  6. Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
  7. Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
  8. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  9. Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
  10. A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
  11. Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
  12. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  13. Instrumental Music: Galliard
  14. Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
  15. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  16. Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
  17. Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
  18. Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
  19. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
  20. Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
  21. Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
  22. Instrumental Music: Comagain
  23. Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
  24. Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Preludium
  2. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: Can She Excuse
  4. Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
  5. Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
  6. Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
  7. Lute Music: Fantasia
  8. Lute Music: A Dream
  9. Lute Music: Almain
  10. Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
  11. Lute Music: Coranto
  12. Lute Music: Resolution
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
  14. Lute Music: Almain
  15. Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
  16. Lute Music: Fantasia
  17. Lute Music: Loth To Depart
  18. Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
  19. Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
  20. Lute Music: Pavan
  21. Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Aloe
  23. Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
  24. Lute Music: What If A Day
  25. Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
  27. Lute Music: Galliard
  28. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
  2. Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: [Jig]
  4. Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
  5. Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
  6. Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
  7. Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
  8. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  9. Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
  10. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  11. Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
  12. Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
  13. Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
  14. Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
  15. Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  16. Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
  17. Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
  18. Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
  19. Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
  20. Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
  21. Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
  23. Lute Music: Galliard
  24. Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
  27. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
  2. Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
  3. Lute Music: La mia Barbara
  4. Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
  5. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  6. Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
  7. Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
  8. Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
  10. Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
  11. Lute Music: Galliard
  12. Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
  14. Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
  15. Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
  16. Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
  17. Lute Music: Galliard
  18. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
  19. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
  20. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  21. Lute Music: Solus cum sola
  22. Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
  23. Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
  24. Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
  26. Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
  2. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  3. Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
  4. Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
  5. Lute Music: A Coy Toy
  6. Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
  7. Lute Music: [Almain]
  8. Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
  10. Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
  11. Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
  12. Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
  13. Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
  14. Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
  15. Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
  16. Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
  17. Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
  18. Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  19. Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
  20. Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
  21. Consort Music: Almain a 2
  22. Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
  23. Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
  24. Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
  25. Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
  26. Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
  27. Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

  1. Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
  2. Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
  3. Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
  4. Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
  5. Consort Music: Pavan a 4
  6. A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
  7. A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
  8. A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
  9. A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
  10. A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
  11. A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
  12. A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
  13. A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
  14. A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
  15. A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  16. A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
  17. A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
  18. A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
  19. A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
  20. A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
  21. A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
  22. A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
  23. A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
  24. A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
  25. A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

5 out of 5 stars a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare, discovered that meditating on a sad theme is, at the same time, a way of discovering a special beauty that we tend to avoid (maybe because of the "tragic" heritage of the Romantics). So, in the end, meditating on sadness is an uplifting experience! This box set is a journey into melancholy that includes songs, chamber music, pieces for lute, some rare sacred music and -as a highlight- Dowland's beautiful collection of seven pieces for viola which he called "Lachrimae" (Tears).
Dowland: Flow My Tears and Other Lute Songs
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ASIN: B0000014DL
Release Date: 2000-10-05

Tracks:

  1. Lute Songs: Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  2. Lute Songs: Flow My Tears
  3. Lute Songs: Lady, If You So Spite Me
  4. Lute Songs: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  5. Lute Songs: Melancholy Galliard
  6. Lute Songs: Say Love If Ever Thou Did'st Find
  7. Lute Songs: His Golden Locks
  8. Lute Songs: Greensleeves Divisions
  9. Lute Songs: If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  10. Lute Songs: Time Stands Still
  11. Lute Songs: Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
  12. Lute Songs: Fortune My Foe
  13. Lute Songs: I Saw My Lady Weep
  14. Lute Songs: Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me?
  15. Lute Songs: Stay Time Awhile Thy Flying
  16. Lute Songs: Bonny Sweet Robin
  17. Lute Songs: Me, Me, And None But Me
  18. Lute Songs: Sorrow, Stay
  19. Lute Songs: Fine Knacks For Ladies
  20. Lute Songs: Kemp's Jig
  21. Lute Songs: Callino
  22. Lute Songs: When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
  23. Lute Songs: Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning?
  24. Lute Songs: Galliards by Mary, Queen of Scots
  25. Lute Songs: Now, O Now I Needs Must Part
  26. Lute Songs: Come, Heavy Sleep

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars exellent.......1999-02-03

Rickards beautiful, pure voice comes out so well in this cd. along with the wonderful sounds of the lute. I highly recommend this cd
Dowland: Lute Songs
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • a voice teacher and early music fan
  • A marvelous interpretation!
Dowland: Lute Songs

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Songs from the Labyrinth (Music by John Dowland)

ASIN: B0000AOVOL
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-10-29

John Dowland is valued today as the first English composer of solo songs, mostly because no one in England has exceeded his output; he may have been equalled by Purcell. However, his distinctive blend of poem, melody and harmony remains unsurpassed. In addition, by underplaying the role of the voice, the listener's attention is directed to the poem. This de-emphasis of the voice was favoured by Elizabethans who relished the new-minted language of Shakepeare's contemporaries. Dowland has his brighter side, but his music is preponderantly melancholy. "Lachrimae" became his signature tune. The accompanying group 'The Consort of Six' was a peculiarly English invention of the 1580's. Six different instruments-treble and bass viols, flute, lute, cittern and bandora; it was in fact the first orchestra. The titles of the instrumental pieces give us some idea of the wide range of society in which Dowland moved; very "upper class". John Dowland was typical of composers of that time in that he earned his living by playing, and he was very much sought after by both amateurs and professionals. Alfred Deller, the most legendary of countertenors issued the very essence of melancholy of the 17th century English songs. One has to mention that he was a primary influence in the development of the countertenor voice and as such was a performer who traveled all over the world showing to all that this voice was to be looked upon and accepted as an authentic and singular entity in itself, to which I totally agree. Therefore, he paved the way for an entire generation of singers such as James Bowman, Michael Chance, David Daniels, Gerard Lesne and Phillipe Jarousky to name only a few. This recording is a landmark in music; the singing is skilled; the accompaniment superb and the song selection significant.

5 out of 5 stars A marvelous interpretation!.......2005-07-05

This is a superb CD set. Deller is amazing and the Lute Songs have deep feelings, that send us to immemorial ages... If you love old sacred music you must have this Set.
I Saw My Lady Weep: Dowland's Songs and Lachrimae
Average customer rating: Not rated
    I Saw My Lady Weep: Dowland's Songs and Lachrimae

    Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by DowlandAll Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00006L3LP
    Release Date: 2002-10-08

    Tracks:

    1. I Saw My Lady Weep
    2. Go, Nightly Cares
    3. Can She Excuse
    4. Lacrimae Verae
    5. Tell Me, True Love
    6. Shall I Sue
    7. Sorrow, Stay
    8. Come, Ye Heavy States Of Night
    9. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
    10. Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
    11. Thou Mighty God
    12. Me, Me, And None But Me
    Second to None
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Rare Soul from one of the greatest Rare Souls
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    Sam Dees
    Manufacturer: Kent Records UK
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    1. I'm in Need of Love

    ASIN: B0000013BN
    Release Date: 1995-07-03

    Tracks:

    1. We Always Come Back Strong
    2. Tag Tag
    3. Your Love Is Like A Boomerang
    4. Number One, Second To None
    5. Home Wreckers
    6. Fool Or Your Man
    7. The World Don't Owe You Nothing
    8. I Like To Party
    9. I'm Gonna Give You Just Enough Rope (To Hang Yourself)
    10. Cry To Me
    11. Who Are You Gonna Love (Your Woman Or Your Wife)
    12. Good Guys Don't Always Win
    13. Vanishing Love
    14. Nothing Comes To A Sleeper But A Dream
    15. I Wish That I Could Be Him
    16. False Alarms
    17. You've Been Doing Wrong For So Long
    18. Win Or Lose
    19. Run To Me
    20. Help Me My Lord
    21. Touch Me With Your Love
    22. Just My Alibi
    23. Worn Out Broken Heart

    Product Description

    1. We Always Come Back Strong
    2. Tag Tag
    3. Your Love Is Like A Boomerang
    4. Number One, Second To None
    5. Home Wreckers
    6. Fool Or Your Man
    7. World Don't Owe You Nothing, The
    8. I Like To Party
    9. I'm Gonna Give You Just Enough Rope (To Hang Yourself)
    10. Cry To Me
    11. Who Are You Gonna Love (Your Woman Or Your Wife) - (mono)
    12. Good Guys Don't Always Win
    13. Vanishing Love
    14. Nothing Comes To A Sleeper But A Dream
    15. I Wish That I Could Be Him - (mono)
    16. False Alarms
    17. You've Been Doing Wrong For So Long
    18. Win Or Lose
    19. Run To Me
    20. Help Me My Lord
    21. Touch Me With Your Love
    22. Just My Alibi
    23. Worn Out Broken Heart

    Format: CD

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Rare Soul from one of the greatest Rare Souls.......2002-07-11

    Only few soul artists are great songwriters and great performers in their own right. Sam Dees is from this breed and this CD showcases this to full effect. Sam is another one of those rare soul artists who has never got the recognition he deserves, a la Leon Ware, as a performer.
    Although many of these tracks are demo recordings, with just Sam, his piano and drums you still get some great soul that is stripped down to the bare essentials, and these tracks are essential. Those in the know and lucky enough will own a copy of his superlative 1975 debut Album on Atlantic 'The Show Must Go On'. 3 tracks from that album are here in different but still excellent versions, namely Good Guys, Come Back Strong, and the immortal Worn Out Broken Heart. Also of note is his heartfelt rendition of Cry To Me, of whom Loleatta Holloway's version is more well known, unsurprising as many of Sam's great tracks have been written for and recorded by others, but few can sing Sam's songs like the man himself. If you're into soul, or if you're not, you need this album and I can bet you'll be on the trail for the follow-up as well scouring the racks for, as Sam says, The Show Must Go On...
    Second to None
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • FIRME CD
    • deserves to be in my trash bin not my cd shelf
    Second to None
    Capone
    Manufacturer: On My Hustle
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000508BJ
    Release Date: 2001-03-20

    Tracks:

    1. Intro
    2. Who You Running With
    3. Got What It Takes
    4. Shut Em Down - Capone, Hustler E
    5. Right Here
    6. Crazy Ass Capone
    7. Bust a Cap
    8. Gamesta
    9. All My Homies
    10. Skit
    11. See Capone
    12. Vario Dope
    13. Don't Mean SH*T
    14. Video Dope
    15. Southside Loonies

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars FIRME CD.......2001-05-08

    THIS CD IS TIGHT. A MUST HAVE FOR CHICANO RAP FANS!!

    1 out of 5 stars deserves to be in my trash bin not my cd shelf.......2001-04-08

    this cd is garbage...capone has no lyrical talent, no flow, no production, no nothing. He just plain ol sucks, he need to retire and go work 9-5 or somethin thats bout all hes good for.
    Dowland: Airs & Partsongs
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Deller forever!
    Dowland: Airs & Partsongs

    Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000HZTX
    Release Date: 1999-01-26

    Tracks:

    1. First Book Of Airs: Wilt Thou, Unkind, Thus Reave Me?
    2. First Book Of Airs: Awake, Sweet Love
    3. A Musical Banquet: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
    4. Third Book Of Airs: Me, Me, And None But Me!
    5. A Polgrim's Solace: Go, Nightly Cares
    6. First Book Of Airs: If My Complaints Could Passions Move
    7. First Book Of Airs: Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
    8. Third Book Of Airs: Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
    9. First Book Of Airs: Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
    10. Second Book Of Airs: Sorrow, Stay
    11. Variety Of Lute Lessons: Queen Elizabeth's Galliard
    12. If That A Sinner's Sigh
    13. Second Book Of Airs: Fine Knacks For Ladies
    14. Second Book Of Airs: Flow, My Tears
    15. First Book Of Airs: Can She Excuse My Wrongs?

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Deller forever!.......1999-09-27

    The Deller Consort has long been a favorite among lovers of Medieval, Renaissance, and Restoration vocal music, and when it comes to Elizabethan music, no name is more prominent than that of John Dowland, whose "Airs & Partsongs" are now available under the title of Awake Sweet Love [bold] on Vanguard Classics OVC 8112. Here are superlative renditions of 15 tracks of Dowland's vocal output (with a galliard thrown in: you saw two of them danced in the recent film "Elizabeth") sung by the Deller Consort and Alfred Deller himself as soloist. This is not the bawdy, backstreet songs featured on some other recordings but the heightened "art" songs demanded by the court and by the noble houses of the time. The very titles say it all" "Wilt though, unkind, thus leave m?" "In darkness let me dwell," "Flow my tears," and so on. Beautiful as music, fascinating as a look into the past.
    Second to None
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Best mellodic rock album of the decade.
    • Powerful Melodic Rock
    Second to None
    Eclipse
    Manufacturer: Frontiers Italy
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0001IW2SE
    Release Date: 2004-06-29

    Tracks:

    1. Always Standing
    2. All I Do
    3. Second to None
    4. Streets of Gold
    5. I'll Ask for You
    6. Nothing Between Us
    7. Road to Forever
    8. Body and Soul
    9. Light of Day
    10. Season of Life
    11. Better World

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Best mellodic rock album of the decade........2007-03-19

    I'm an old school metal head with a passion for bands like Rainbow, Alcatrazz, Fastway, Leppard, Whitesnake, Queensryche...you get the picture. As hard as I try, I rarely find any "new" bands that actually impress or move me the way the classics do. Eclipse just took me by storm. In my opinion they have it all, great musicianship (especially the slightly neoclassic meets hair metal shred). The guitar tone is heavy & modern but the vocals will appeal to fans of bands like Journey, Shy, Badlands & the like. There doesn't seem to be much info online about Eclipse and I'm not sure if they're even active at the moment, as this cd is a few years old. Rockers, anthems, ballads, sing alongs...you will not be sorry for buying this if you like the bands I mentioned.

    The past decade has been mostly a dry for this classic metal genre but with the emergence of bands like Eclipse, Glyder, Icarus Witch, Wolf & a few others, there seems to be hope for the tide to turn in a pleasurable way.

    If I had to pick one fault, I'd say the album cover is the weakest aspect and doesn't really lead one to believe that the music within is this bright, and professional. Reissue with some classic art or photography (the band has the good rock look too) & a flashier, old school logo & you'll swear these guys are ready for the arena.

    4 out of 5 stars Powerful Melodic Rock.......2006-09-21

    Released in 2003, the appropriately titled Second to None is the sophomore album by Swedish melodic rockers Eclipse. The Swedes seem to have a real knack for making quality melodic rock music, and Eclipse is no exception. The band has a hard hitting yet still melodic sound similar to latter day Europe (on Start from the Dark), TNT (My Religion) and Winger (Pull). It's actually the kind of sound you'd normally expect from a more seasoned band.

    Second to None is a very solid album from start to finish, and a hard rocking one at that. The ballads kill the buzz a bit, but they're still pretty good songs. I won't go so far as to call Second to None a must-have album, but fans of Europe, TNT, Shy, and other melodic hard rock acts should be pleased with this Eclipse album.
    Second to None
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      Manufacturer: Celtic America Llc
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000024J0M
      Release Date: 2002-01-01
      Cowboy Word
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        Cowboy Word

        Manufacturer: Tom Armstrong
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000CAJRPM
        Release Date: 2005-03-15

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        3. Sole Intention
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        7. The Five Shires/The Call Of The Black Dragon
        8. This Day [CD-single] [Import]
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        10. Top of the Year 2004 [Import]

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