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Beyond the Ha Ha

Tiszta forrás (Pure Springs): Hungarian Folk Tunes and Their Arrangements in Works by Bartók and Kodály

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Tiszta forrás (Pure Springs): Hungarian Folk Tunes and Their Arrangements in Works by Bartók and Kodály

Manufacturer: Hungaroton
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Hungarian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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Kodaly: Hungarian Folk Music; Bartok: Hungarian Folksongs Sz64
Csardas Hungarian Gypsy Music

ASIN: B00007138S
Release Date: 2002-10-29

Beyond Plainsong: Tropes and Polyphony in the Medieval Church

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A beautiful piece of musical history

Beyond Plainsong: Tropes and Polyphony in the Medieval Church

Manufacturer: Focus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Te Deum | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000004A7J
Release Date: 1995-09-22

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A beautiful piece of musical history.......2005-10-13

One of the glorious aspects of living in Bloomington, Indiana, is being close to the music school, one of the better music schools in the world. Because of this, there is never a time when a rich fare of musical offerings is not available, and one of the more wonderful of these is the Early Music Institute, which has an annual conference/series of performances, and supports many ancient and medieval music enterprises.

One of these is the Pro Arte Singers, under the direction of Thomas Binkley. He also plays the lute on this recording, with Wendy Gillespie on the vielle. The singers on this recording include Elisabeth Honn, Kelly Landerkin, David Meyer, Amanda Simmons, David Stattelman, Susannah Teegarden, and Jay White. Their singing is absolutely wonderful, and their performance is in one of the local churches in Bloomington (First Baptist Church) rather than a studio (churches in Bloomington are often used in by music school performers for concerts and recitals, as well as recording sessions).

The most dominant form of music in the early Middle Ages was plainchant. According to scholar Patrick Kavanaugh, 'there are no parallels to chant in the history of music in terms of longevity, importance or influence.' There has been a resurgence of interest in chant in the past decade, but as often as not, what people are being drawn to is not technically chant.

This recording shows developments that came after chant - the introduction of polyphony (multiple voices or tones) as opposed to the monophonic nature of chant was very important, and led in diverse ways to the various styles of Western music. The music recorded here is just a step away from plainchant, with simple polphonies and tropes. 'In the Medieval era, troping was an important compositional technique. There were two basic types of tropes: textual and musical. A textual trope involved the assigning of a new text to an existing musical melisma. A musical trope was the insertion of new notes into a piece of music, creating or extending a melisma.'

This is a wonderful piece of history, and a beautiful performance.

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Definitely worth a listen for Nilsson and Bernstein
Hollow sound distracts from performance

Fidelio highlights

Manufacturer: Gala
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Nilsson, Birgit | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tracks:

No. 2 Aria: O Were we Two United
No. 3 Quartet: A Wonderful Feeling Fills Me
No. 4 Aria: If You Haven't Gold As Well
No. 7 Aria With Chorus: Ha, The Moment Has Come
No. 9 Recitative And Aria: Monster! Where Are You Hasting?
No. 10 Finale: Oh, What Joy To Breathe Freely In The Open Air!
Well, How Did It Go?...Today! This Very Day!, Father Hurry!, Presumptious Old Man
Farwell, Warm Sunshine
No. 11 Introduction And Aria: O God! How Dark It Is!...In The Springtime Of My Life
No. 14 Quartet: He Shall Die! But First He Shall Know
No. 15 Duet: Oh Joy Beyond Expression
No. 16 Finale: Hail To The Day