Wings Of Fire

Product Description
Created in the year 2000, PHENIX is a heavy-metal band from nearby Montbéliard (France). It is composed of Sébastien TREVE and Olivier GARNIER for guitars, Anthony PHELIPPEAU for bass, Eric BREZARD-OUDOT for drums and Bertrand GRAMOND for vocals. Their originality is the result of a meeting between five different musical sensitivenesses. The music of this line-up is a mix of creation and various influences of the band's members, from IRON MAIDEN to DREAM THEATER, from MANOWAR to Steve VAI. The association of these various musical horizons gives PHENIX a proper atmosphere where powerful riffs meet melodies and arpeggios. The term "Progressive rock" is not so far, even if the band is above all heavy-metal. Encouraged by the favourable reviews earned by the first album "Sacred Fire" (2002), the musicians spent two years of hard work, in order to produce an even better follow-up. And this resulted in the excellent "Wings Of Fire" (2004), once again published by the ! Brennus label. It noticeably contains the 17 minute-long epic suite "The Quest Goes Ever On... - The Endless Quest Chapter Two". Not to be missed !

Wings Of Fire,Phenix,Brennus/Musea

Average customer rating: Yo The Stoned Riffs of Matt Pike-Brother In The Wind. HOF's best yet IMO!! Damn good stoner metal a cross between Motorhead and Slayer

Blessed Black Wings High on Fire Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Surrounded By Thieves Age of Winters Leviathan Art of Self-Defense Sleep's Holy Mountain ASIN: B00073K8AW Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

1. Devilution
2. The Face of Oblivion
3. Brother in the Wind
4. Cometh Down Hessian
5. Blessed Black Wings
6. Anointing of Seer
7. To Cross the Bridge
8. Silver Back
9. Sons of Thunder

Album Description

"the apocalypse's doomy, amp-destroying fifth horseman...galloping mammoth metal" - SPIN

"unbelievably heavy...massive crunching riffs and drums that slam like vault doors" - REVOLVER

Massive power trio HIGH ON FIRE are a supersonic exercise in conquest by volume. Equal parts molten metal and earthquake panic, HIGH ON FIRE's MOTORHEAD-meets-SLAYER roar is outrageously loud and absolutely punishing. With Blessed Black Wings, guitarist / vocalist Matt Pike (ex-SLEEP) unleashes a devastating combination of bombastic guitar and howling war cries, weaving fantastical tales of supernatural beasts, forgotten battles and rivers of blood over an unstoppable bass and drum assault. HIGH ON FIRE are a class unto themselves, manhandling rock music while locking into grooves that transcend time.

Customer Reviews:

Yo.......2007-05-15

This is a good jam! Buy it if you are into dirty metal bands such as His Hero is Gone!

The Stoned Riffs of Matt Pike-Brother In The Wind........2007-04-02

Matt Pike is defintely a Brother In The Wind. I love that tune. Self Defense was great, Surrounded By Thieves an instant classic, and Black Wings here has got to be one the greatest metal albums ever made. Stoner metal, rock, doom, whatever tag you wish to place on this, these songs will live on forever ... at least in my heart. I can't name one song on this that I don't think is killer beyond belief. Devilution will open the set and prepare you for what's to come. Brother In The Wind will send chills down your spine, and by the time you get to the monster sound on Sons of Thunder, you will be a believer. Hail High On Fire. Bring on the next one Matt!!!!!!!

HOF's best yet IMO!!.......2007-03-31

High on Fire is one of the best things to come along to the metal scene in a LONG time. Every HOF cd is worth it's weight in gold and this one is the best, buy it now!! Thank you Matt Pike, can't wait for what's next!!

Damn good stoner metal.......2007-03-26

It's probably High on Fire's most accessible album to date, mostly because it is their most up-tempo and it has the best production. Great songs, great tones, great band.

a cross between Motorhead and Slayer.......2006-12-16

High On Fire's vocalist Matt Pike sounds like a cross between Tom Araya of Slayer and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. as a matter of fact, their music sounds like a battle of the bands between Motorhead and Slayer. the DVD that is included with this album is a nice touch. on it, you get to see the band in action. I would love to see a new album from this band sometime soon.

Average customer rating: A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds Manufacturer: Milan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Walk in the Clouds The Notebook Chocolat: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2001 Film) Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl ASIN: B0007NFL5O Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. Victoria
2. Butterfly Wings
3. The Harvest
4. Crush The Grapes
5. First Kiss
6. Mariachi Serenade
7. Fire And Destruction
8. A Walk In The Clouds
9. Exclusive Interview With Maurice Jarre

Album Description

A Walk in the Clouds showcases Maurice Jarre's talent for writing majestic yet emotionally intimate music that touches the heart. This Golden Globe Award winning score proves that Jarre is a true master, comoposing with an enthusiasm that has taken his music beyond the boundaries of a film screen, and into the world's musical consciousness.

Customer Reviews:

A Walk in the Clouds.......2006-03-11

A beautifully emotional and stirring work taken from the movie. I absolutly love the music. The only downside to the CD is the interview with Maurice Jarre. I felt this last 10 minutes of the CD would have been better spent on music and not dialogue. Still, a very nice piece.

Average customer rating: Musically interesting Christmas alternative Koppangen Jesus is born again! Something different -- provacative, but very enjoyable Great Christmas album

Home for Christmas Adolphe-Charles Adam , Alice-Charlotte Tegner , Goran Danielsson , Svante Henryson , Jakob Lindberg , Jan Bengston , Ulf Farsberg , Torbjorn Helander , Ulrika Jansson , Mats Rondin , and Jansson, Bengan Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reger, Max | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Reger, Max | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | 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 General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Anne Sofie von Otter - Wings in the Night (Swedish Songs) Noël Watercolors: Swedish Songs Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner I Let the Music Speak ASIN: B00000JPCA Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

1. Koppangen (English)
2. The Christmas Song
3. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
4. Stille Nacht
5. O Jesuslein Sus
6. il es ne, le devin enfant
7. Noel
8. Sankta Lucia
9. Staffansvisa & for redeliga man
10. Bred Dina vida vingar
11. Have yourself a merry little christmas
12. I wonder as I wander
13. Cantique de noel
14. White Christmas
15. Deck the Hall / Utterns polska
16. O come, All ye faithful
17. Maria wiegenlied
18. Bethlehems Stjarna
19. Corpus Christi Carol
20. Sweet was the song
21. Koppagen (Swedish)

Amazon.com

Christmas albums by opera divas hardly make an exalted genre. Usually they involve overblown arrangements, hackneyed material, and singers sight-reading music they don't particularly like and making lame attempts at singing in English. With all her integrity, Anne Sofie von Otter would never do such a thing, and she hasn't here. This disc is a personal, eclectic mix, with the mezzo-soprano sounding sincere and approachable by sticking to the lower end of her range using small-ensemble arrangements you might hear in an evening sitting around the fire. In fact, rarely has Otter sung with such warmth as in Pereic Moraeus's "Koppangen," accompanied by accordion, guitar, violin, and mandolin. Not only is her English good but she seems to connect with the language emotionally. Amid the cozy, jazzy renditions of "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" and "Silent Night," there are a few lapses into eccentricity, such as an atonal string ensemble arrangement of "White Christmas" that easily could've been done by Alban Berg, and some Nordic-language forays in which Otter seems to be getting in touch with her primitivistic Viking roots. With good taste displayed elsewhere, she's allowed. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Musically interesting Christmas alternative.......2004-12-09

I've been in charge of holiday music for the extended family for the last decade or so, and I generally buy a half-dozen or so CDs every year from a wide range of genres. This is perhaps my favorite of them all. It manages the almost impossible feat of engaging an audiophile like me who's looking for something different while simultaneously enthralling more tradition-minded family members. The CD stands out in most of the critical areas in the holiday field. First, the selection of songs is brilliant--a few English-language standards with some foreign-language songs people may know (Il est ne, le divine enfant) and a handful of really engaging Swedish tunes. Second, the spare but warm instrumentation conveys the coziness van Otter is seeking. Last, and most important, van Otter's low mezzo is put to incredibly expressive use. For those who are turned off by overly operatic recordings that sound completely alien from the renditions of carols that we know and love, this is a much more low-key, accessible form of art music.

This disc is worth buying for the first and last tracks alone, a haunting Swedish number that is now so much part of my Christmas that I can't believe I'd never heard of the song until a few years ago (one track is the Swedish version, the other an English translation). Much as I love holiday music, I have to say that this is one of the only holiday discs I'll listen to throughout the year.

Koppangen.......2004-10-18

Like another reviewer, I bought the CD solely for one song, Koppangen, which I had heard on a flight, and listened to over and over and over throughout the flight. It's a song that greatly moves me: the melody and interpretation. And yes I'd say for having a different sort of Christmas album to play during the holidays, this would be a good choice.

Jesus is born again!.......2004-01-10

I did never take my time to write a review but for the cd time is worth it.

This cd is superb. I also saw her concert with his cd life.
It gives you a old fasioned feeling of a warm /close Christmas.

Christmas with a heart.

With her voice Anne Soie does do magic.

She is classical singer number 1 !
It's my best Christmas cd!

Yopu will have a lot of good feelings with this cd,

It is really, really by far worth it's money.
What is money in this case...

Good Luck,
Peacefull Christmas,

Alfons Bosch
The Netherlands

Something different -- provacative, but very enjoyable.......2002-12-16

Home for Christmas is not your run-of-the-mill "listen to me, I'm an opera singer lavishing my gorgeous voice on these pretty Christmas songs" recording.

Anne Sofie von Otter's fans have long-since learned to expect the unexpected from this exceptional singer and, on this recording, now several years old, that's what she offers - the unexpected. With only a couple of exceptions, the songs are traditional Christmas fare, though usually with an added twist: the distorted rhythm that makes "Tomorrow will be my dancing day" really dance, or the jazz blue notes that take "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" to the cocktail lounge. (In this, as well as White Christmas, Ms. von Otter bears more than a passing resemblance to another great cross-over artist, the late Eileen Farrell.) In this free rhythmic treatment, Deck the Halls, arranged for accordion and violin accompaniment, is much less a fa-la-la madrigal than an introspective folk-song that builds on its own momentum. In contrast, the simple hymn, Beautiful tone Star of Bethlehem, which Ingvar Wixell recorded many years ago on his Christmas offering, shows Ms. von Otter's lush voice to full effect.

Her subtle use of vibrato in "I wonder as I wander" (along with a provocative arrangement) captures the Scotch-Irish influence on the folk music of Appalachians without being a condescending parody while the marimba accompaniment and fiddle obbligato to the French "Il est le divin enfant" evoke an unidentifiable folk music - is it Spanish or French countryside? Or, is the point that it is universal?

True, a couple of the arrangements stretch beyond my endurance: Although Ms. von Otter does lavish some beautiful tone on Cantique de Noel (O, Holy Night) I found the over-echoed, new-wave arrangement irritating and White Christmas, rather than being nostalgic verges on surreal.

In total, there are twenty songs, each a little gem of interpretation. As I mentioned above, sometimes I don't really like the interpretations or arrangement; however, I never doubt for a moment, that Ms. von Otter believes what she is singing; her commitment to communicating through music is never in doubt. By the way, her English diction is exemplary - a lesson for many singers for whom English is first language.

Great Christmas album.......2001-11-27

I have never been one to buy much Christmas music -- why bother when for the month of December I can hear the stuff everywhere I go whether I want to or not. So, it's a real treat to find a disc like this one that I just want to listen to over and over again. I bought it last year and it was kind of depressing when the season was over and I had to stop listening to it until next Christmas. Anyway, the other raves for "Koppangen" are spot on: it really is a very warm and moving song and I'm glad it appears twice on this disc. There are several carols that are unfamiliar to most English listeners (me included) but they soon become favourites. And even the weird arrangement of "White Christmas" with its minimalist and almost slithering string accompaniment grows on you after a while if only for its ability to amuse. Definitely a must-have for fans of Anne Sofie von Otter or those looking for something a little different.

Average customer rating: Fantastic!!!!!!

Sweet Seraphic Fire Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Early American Choral Music, Vol. 2 Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1 The Norumbega Harmony: Historic and Contemporary Hymn Tunes and Anthems from the New England Singing School Tradition (American Made Music Series) ASIN: B000AA4L8W Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. New Canaan (Oliver Holden, 1793)
2. Maryland (William Billings, 1778)
3. Bethlehem (William Billings, 1778)
4. Lynn (Oliver Holden, 1793)
5. Funeral Hymn (Oliver Holden, 1792)
6. An Anthem for Easter (William Billings, 1787/1795)
7. Walpole (Abraham Wood, 1786)
8. Beauty (Jacob French, 1789)
9. Happiness (Jacob French, 1793)
10. Woburn (Jacob Kimball, 1793)
11. Montague (Timothy Swan, 1801)
12. Newport (Daniel Read, 1785)
13. Hatfield (Thomas Baird, 1800)
14. Attention (Asahel Benham [?], 1790)
15. Crucifixion (M. Kyes, 1798)
16. Mechias (James Lyon, 1774)
17. St. Paul's (Supply Belcher, 1794)
18. Transition (Supply Belcher, 1794)
19. Jubilant (Supply Belcher, 1794)
20. The Lilly (Supply Belcher, 1794)
21. Buckfield (Abraham Maxim, 1802)
22. Pennsylvania (Nehemiah Shumway, 1793)
23. Sounding Joy (J. P. Storm, 1795 )
24. Redemption (Jeremiah Ingalls, 1805)
25. Consolation (Lucius Chapin, c. 1812)
26. Liberty-Hall (Lucius Chapin, 1813)
27. Babe of Bethlehem (Southern Harmony, 1835)
28. Convoy (M. L. Swan, 1867)
29. Hallelujah New (Roland Hutchinson, 1996)
30. Nativity (Bruce Randall, 1990)
31. Cortona (M. R. Truelsen, 1996)
32. Great Divide (Stephen Marini, 1998)
33. Arinello (Dennis O'Brien, 1997)
34. Ev'ry String Awake (Glen Wright, 1996)
35. Ten Thousand Charms (Hal Kunkel, 1996)

Product Description

Sweet Seraphic Fire brings together two unique bodies of American sacred song: choral compositions from the New England singing-school tradition and the most popular Evangelical Protestant hymn texts in historic American use. In the late eighteenth century the New England singing-school movement produced America's first great sacred-music style, employing several genres of unaccompanied four-part choral compositions with the melody in the lead (tenor) part. The enormous popularity of singing-school music also promoted a canon of hymn texts shared across America's competing Evangelical Protestant denominations. This recording contains neglected masterworks from the New England singing school that also helped to create the American hymn canon. Marking a more recent turn in this process, we have also included some new settings of traditional Evangelical lyrics written by leaders in the revival of singing-school music that has blossomed in the Northeast since 1976. ! Selection of pieces for this recording was determined by correlating "The Norumbega Harmony"--our collection of one hundred six historic New England singing-school compositions and thirty contemporary works in traditional style--with a list of the three hundred most frequently printed hymn texts in America from 1737 to 1960. --Stephen Marini

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic!!!!!!.......2006-03-15

This is a REALLY cool album of shape-note singings, I particurlarly like EVERY STRING AWAKE and ANTHEM FOR EASTER.
Some of the songs are kind of dreary, (Hatfield) but all in all this is COOL!!!

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Princess Nine Manufacturer: Right Stuf ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Anime & Video Game Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Princess Nine 2 Princess Nine - Complete Collection (Vols. 1-6) ASIN: B00009NH7G Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

1. Opening Theme (Princess Nine, TV Size)
2. Wings [Scat Version]
3. Rush to the Stadium!
4. Hard Training
5. Princess' Theme
6. Blazing Bond
7. Motherly Love
8. Hakata Sentimental (The Red Lantern Theme)
9. Uniform of Glory
10. Princess' Elegant Intensity
11. Big Stadium [The Koshien Baseball Stadium Theme]
12. Endless Battle
13. Sorrow
14. Coach
15. Fond Memories of a Sprinter
16. Seira
17. Kisaragi Girls' High School Baseball Club
18. Friends Forever
19. Hiroki's Theme: Izumi's Theme
20. Diamond on Fire (Showdown 1)
21. Journey to Victory
22. Ending Theme (Passionate Days, TV Size)

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Blessed Black Wings High on Fire Manufacturer: 3d ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00078SL3S Release Date: 2005-02-21

Tracks:

1. Devilution
2. Face Of Oblivion
3. Brother In The Wind
4. Cometh Down Hessian
5. Blessed Black Wings
6. Anointing Of Seer
7. To Cross The Bridge
8. Silver Back
9. Sons Of Thunder
10. Rapid Fire

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Love Story Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Rota, Nino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00006EXLI Release Date: 2002-08-06

Tracks:

1. Wind Beneath My Wings
2. Beauty And The Beast (main Theme)
3. Love Story (Main Theme)
4. Unchained Melody
5. Laura (Main Theme)
6. Some Where In Time (Main Theme)
7. A Time For Us
8. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
9. St. Elmo's Fire (Main Theme)
10. Looking Through The Eyes Of Love

Average customer rating: The best Christmas Bells yet! A nice departure In my opinion A smooth, relaxing Christmas album

Christmas with Sonos Handbell Ensemble Manufacturer: Well-Tempered Produc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Franck, César | ( F ) | 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 Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Christmas Bells Meredith Sonos Handbell Ensemble A Very Classical Christmas Carol of the Bells Impressions of the Season ASIN: B000003Y2Y Release Date: 1995-08-24

Tracks:

1. Dance Of The Red Flutes
2. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
3. Sleigh Ride
4. West Indies Carol
5. Christmas Tidings
6. Shepherd's Air
7. Fantasy On Carol Of The Bells
8. Austrian Carol
9. Veni Emmanuel
10. We Three Kings
11. Coventry Carol
12. Troika, Op. 60
13. Christmas Song
14. Two French Carols: 'Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime/Whence Comes This R ush Of Wings Afar!
15. Catalonian Carol
16. Silent Night
17. Panis Angelicus
18. White Christmas
19. Joseph Dear, Joseph Mine
20. Christmas Postcard

Album Description

This best-selling title recreates all of your fondest memories of Christmas with the glorious sound of handbells. This seasonal favorite includes "Silent Night," "Sleigh Ride" and more - twenty selections of carols and Christmas favorites.

Customer Reviews:

The best Christmas Bells yet!.......2001-06-09

I am so glad I have this wonderful CD of Christmas songs with bells. The bells are truly played as one instrument and you can really get into the Christmas spirit. It's so hard to record bells well, but they did it! I always tell my friends to BUY this CD to add to their Christmas music collection. In fact, I give the CDs away as gifts! A GREAT RECORDING!

A nice departure.......2001-06-08

While we all associate bells with Christmas, we think more of bells ringing wildly in their towers. And when we think of Christmas music, we think schmaltz. This album features a different kind of bells -- handbells -- and music that is anything but schmaltzy. As I listen to this beautiful, seamless music, I am in awe of the skills required to make it sound that way: a dozen people handling dozens of bells, sounding as one instrument. The musical selections are varied, the performance top-notch, and the experience of listening is marvelous. I do not hesitate to recommend this CD to any listener.

In my opinion.......2001-06-08

Sonos is very accomplished, yes, and they play what they do very well, but nothing really appealed to me as "exciting" bell music. I have nothing against classical music, but they need perhaps faster songs or something of that sort. Other than that, it was great!

A smooth, relaxing Christmas album.......2000-02-01

"Christmas with Sonos Handbell Ensemble" continues the tradition of excellent playing and fine engineering pioneered on Sonos' first disc. The repertoire runs the gamut, but leans toward the quiet, mellow carols and tunes, and the other instruments featured (flute & clarinet) are perfectly balanced and blended with the overall sound. The acoustic is marvelous, greatly benefitting from the superb room at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and audiophile-quality production.

Of special interest is the bluesy/gospel "Christmas Tidings" (Mary Had a Baby Boy/Go Tell It On the Mountain) with clarinet, the lovely "Panis Angelicus" with flute, and a quirky arrangement of "Carol of the Bells," which does not do what you expect! There's the ever-popular nutcracker, along with the Leroy Anderson's hit "Sleigh Ride." A moody "Veni Emmanuel" is paired with a mediaeval-sounding "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen." There's even a little Prokofiev: the "Troika" (another kind of sleigh ride), from Lt. Kije.

This CD is great for parties and background music but can also be brought up and appreciated for its detail and finer qualities. A rare combination.

Average customer rating: Look Within

Look Within Ryan ONeill Manufacturer: O'Neill Brothers ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: From the Heart 3-CD Collection One Holiday 3 CD Collection Through the Years ASIN: B00003JAMW Release Date: 1997-08-01

Tracks:

1. Canon in D
2. St. Elmo's Fire
3. Ave Maria
4. Snowflakes
5. The Bottomless Well
6. Friends
7. An Awakening
8. Pathetique, Op. 13, 2nd Movement
9. Memory
10. Sometimes When We Touch
11. All I Ask of You
12. You Needed Me
13. Moonlight Sonata
14. Wind Beneath my Wings
15. Thanksgiving
16. Look Within

Album Description

Ryan O'Neill's premiere offering of classic and original melodies dis designed to soothe and inspire, featuring All I Ask of You, Memory and Wind Beneath My Wings.

Customer Reviews:

Look Within.......2000-01-02

I love to have this CD playing while I'm using my computer. The soothing melodies and the variety of songs are a joy to the soul! I'm a dedicated fan of this artist and look forward to new releases.

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Wings of Fire Manufacturer: Mystic Fire Sound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000A52210

Product Description

12 Track Full CD

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