Now for a Feast! [Import]

1. Cantata No. 80: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
2. Cantata No. 140: Zion Hears The Watchmen's Voices
3. Magnificant In D Major, BWV 243: My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord
4. Cantata No.147: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
5. Cantata No. 4: Now Keep We All This Holy Feast
6. Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze
7. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Et Resurrexit
8. Cantata No. 79: Now Thank We All Our God
9. Cantata No. 140: Sleepers Awake
10. Samson: Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
11. Samson: Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite
12. Judas Maccabaeus: See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes!
13. Judas Maccabaeus: Sing Unto God
14. Judas Maccabaeus: Hallelujah, Amen
15. Saul: Welcome, Welcome Mighty King
16. Saul: David, His Ten Thousands Slew
17. Israel In Egypt: But As For His People
18. Israel In Egypt: Sing Ye To The Lord
19. Coronation Anthem: Zadok The Priest
20. Messiah: Hallelujah

Customer Reviews:

Bach and Handel Treats.......2000-08-04

I have marveled for years, even when these were two separate LP's, of the power and dimensionality conveyed by the way these works are performed. I still switch from one to another piece as which is my favorite. In this respect, the experience is a hermenutic delight. Any lover or respecter of Bach or Handel would not go wrong by including this collection in their musical library.

When I use the word "treats" in the title, I mean just that: it is a collection of works that one would be hard pressed to find performed together on any available recording. And so I use the metaphor "treat," as if I were given a morsel and then devoured it; and another, and devoured that one, each with a fullness of pleasure and delight, and with soul filling satisfaction.

These indivdual recordings are for the most part masterpieces in and of themselves, and to be able to listen to them as they are performed flawlessly, and in a manner that invites the Spirit of GodÑby saying they are a "treat"Ñis to merely to treat them minimally.

Fine recording, but doesn't work for me........1999-05-07

rock on!!!!!.......1999-02-09

This song is the best I have ever heard. It rocks!!!!!.......1999-02-09

Average customer rating: Spirited performance of charming work Alexander's Feast - English version One of Handel's great works Handel's Great "Feast" in an Impeccable Rendition

Handel: Alexander's Feast G. F. Handel , The Sixteen , Harry Christophers , and Symphony Of Harmony And Invention Manufacturer: Coro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Harp | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Samson Handel - Joshua / Kirkby, Bowman, Oliver, Ainsley, George, The King's Consort Handel: The Occasional Oratorio /Gritton * Milne * Bowman * Ainsley * George * The King's Consort * King Handel: Belshazzar George Frideric Handel: Esther ASIN: B0007DBXJC Release Date: 2005-03-15

Tracks:

1. Alexander's Feast: Overture
2. Alexander's Feast: 'Twas at the Royal Feast
3. Alexander's Feast: Happy, Happy, Happy Pair
4. Alexander's Feast: Timotheus plac'd on high
5. Harp Concerto Op.4, No.6 in B flat: Allegro
6. Harp Concerto Op.4, No.6 in B flat: Larghetto
7. Harp Concerto Op.4, No.6 in B flat: Allegro moderato
8. Alexander's Feast: The song began from Jove
9. Alexander's Feast: The list'ning Crowd
10. Alexander's Feast: With ravish'd Ears
11. Alexander's Feast: The praise of Bacchus
12. Alexander's Feast: Bacchus, ever fair and young
13. Alexander's Feast: Sooth'd with the sound
14. Alexander's Feast: He chose a Mournful Muse
15. Alexander's Feast: He sung Darus Great and Good
16. Alexander's Feast: With downcast Looks
17. Alexander's Feast: Behold Darius Great and Good
18. Alexander's Feast: The Mighty Master smil'd to see
19. Alexander's Feast: Softly sweet
20. Alexander's Feast: War, he sung, is Toil and Trouble
21. Alexander's Feast: The Many rend the Skies
22. Alexander's Feast: The Prince, unable to conceal
23. Alexander's Feast: The Many rend the Skies

Tracks:

1. Alexander's Feast: Now strike the Golden Lyre
2. Alexander's Feast: Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus cries
3. Alexander's Feast: Give the Vengeance due
4. Alexander's Feast: The Princes applaud with a furious joy
5. Alexander's Feast: Thais led the way
6. Alexander's Feast: Thus long ago
7. Alexander's Feast: At last Divine Cecilia came
8. Alexander's Feast: Let old Timotheus yield the Prize
9. Alexander's Feast: Let old Timotheus yield the Prize
10. Organ Concerto Op.4, No.1 in G minor: Larghetto e staccato
11. Organ Concerto Op.4, No.1 in G minor: Allegro
12. Organ Concerto Op.4, No.1 in G minor: Adagio
13. Organ Concerto Op.4, No.1 in G minor: Andante
14. Alexander's Feast (conclusion): Your Voices tune

Album Description

The nature of Alexander's Feast is perhaps better summed up by its other title, The Power of Music. It is a celebratory ode for St. Cecilia's Day, written by Dryden in 1697 for the traditional celebration of the patron saint of music and set in celebratory style by Handel in 1736. At its first performance that year, he incorporated two delightful concertos, one for harp and one for organ, and these are included on this recording. Winner of the Deutschen Schallplattenkritic prize.

Customer Reviews:

Spirited performance of charming work.......2007-03-10

Alexander's Feast - English version.......2006-02-26

One of Handel's great works.......2005-11-19

Handel's Great "Feast" in an Impeccable Rendition.......2005-08-22

Average customer rating: Ravishing Music, Ravishingly Sung

Lo the Full Final Sacrifice & Other Choral Works Finzi , Robinson , Whitton , and Choir St John's Collg Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elgar: Sacred Choral Music Stanford: Anthems and Services Walton: Choral Music Kenneth Leighton: Sacred Choral Music Rubbra: Nine Tenebrae Motets ASIN: B00006RHPP Release Date: 2003-01-21

Tracks:

1. God Is Gon Up, Op.27, No.2
2. Magnificat, Op.36
3. My Lovely One, Op.27, No.1
4. Welcome Sweet And Sacred Feast, Op.27, No.3
5. Thou Didst Delight My Eyes, Op.32
6. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Op.35
7. I Praise The Tender Flower
8. I Have Loved The Flowers That Fade
9. My Spirit Sang All Day
10. Clear And Gentle Stream
11. Nightingales
12. Haste On, My Joys!
13. Wherefore Tonight So Full Of Care
14. Lo, The Full, Final Sacrifice, Op.26

Customer Reviews:

Ravishing Music, Ravishingly Sung.......2003-04-09

The disc leads off with what is probably Finzi's most popular sacred choral work, 'God is gone up with a triumphal shout,' set to a text by Edward Taylor. The opening organ fanfare is followed by sung fanfares with men's voices echoing those of the trebles. [The choir in this recording is that of St. John's College, Cambridge, and as such follows the Anglican tradition choirs consisting of boy sopranos, male altos, tenors and basses. There are some who dislike this sound but I find it very attractive, and of course it is the sound that Finzi surely heard in his mind's ear as he was writing these pieces.] The piece has colorful choral and organ writing that mirrors such words as 'Methinks I see Heaven's sparkling couriers fly.'

This is followed by 'Magnificat,' Op. 36 (Finzi's only American commission, written for the choirs of Smith and Amherst Colleges), a moving setting without the usual concluding 'Gloria', that begins with an exulting 'My soul doth magnify the Lord' and ends on the words 'for ever and ever' gradually dying away to the final 'Amen.'

'God is gone up' is the second of three sacred pieces in Opus 27. The other two are included (although not in consecutive order). They are 'My lovely one,' and 'Welcome sweet and sacred feast.' The latter is a setting of Henry Vaughan's poem celebrating the poet's redemption through religious conversion ('Dead was I, and deep in trouble'). It contains a meltingly beautiful passage on the words 'O rose of Sharon! O the Lily of the Valley!'

There are two part-songs for male voices, the a cappella 'Thou didst delight my eyes,' Op. 32, and one set to the famous passage from Ecclesiastes, 'Let us now praise famous men,' Op. 35. The latter, in two-part harmony, is notable for its Elgarian treading bass in the organ.

'Seven Unaccompanied Partsongs,' Op. 17, are set to texts by Robert Bridges. They are lyrical and tender and the part-writing is especially grateful to sing. The joyous 'My Spirit Sang All Day' is a particular favorite of small choirs. (For American readers/singers I will add that these songs remind me harmonically and in tone of those in Randall Thompson's 'Frostiana.')

The final and longest piece here is 'Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice,' Op. 26, a 14-minute festival anthem set to Crashaw's elegant translation of Aquinas's 'Adoro te' and 'Lauda Sion.' It starts with a longish organ introduction and features a cappella and accompanied passages and short solos following the poetry's verse structure. There are some ecstatically lovely melodies, particularly at the words 'Jesu, Master, just and true' and at the final 'Amen.'

The singing here is impeccable and stylish. The recorded sound is all one could ask. Another triumph for St. John's, Cambridge, its conductor, Christopher Robinson, and for Naxos.

A hearty recommendation.

Average customer rating:

Now for a Feast! Pop Will Eat Itself Manufacturer: Castle Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Box Frenzy Wise Up Suckers The Looks or the Lifestyle This Is the Day This Is the Hour This Is This Box Frenzy ASIN: B0007TFHVG Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

1. I'm Sniffin With You Hoo
2. Sick Little Girl
3. Mesmerized
4. There's a Psychopath in My Soup
5. Candydiosis
6. Black Country Chainsaw Massacreee
7. Monogamy
8. Oh Grebo I Think I Love You
9. Titanic Clown
10. B-B-B-Breakdown
11. Sweet Sweet Pie
12. Devil Inside
13. Runaround
14. Love Missile F1-11
15. Orgone Accumulator
16. Everything That Rises
17. Like an Angel
18. Beaver Patrol
19. Bubbles
20. There Is No Love Between Us Anymore
21. Picnic in the Sky
22. Def Con One
23. Inside You [Live]

Average customer rating:

Music from Russian Monasteries & Churches Manufacturer: Capriccio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Orthodox Chants from Russia Mystery of the East: Music from Russian Churches and Monastaries Bortnyansky: Sacred Concertos for Double Choir, Vol. 6 ASIN: B000001WS3 Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

1. Intro: Our Father
2. Monastery Songs: Heavenly Powers Serve Now Invisibly With Us
3. Monastery Songs: Extract From The Akathistos For The Holiest Mother Of God
4. Monastery Songs: O Most Marvellous Miracle!
5. Monastery Songs: Let Us, O Lord, Keep This Evening Without Sin!
6. Monastery Songs: God Is With Us!
7. Monastery Songs: Bortnianski No.7: Cheruvikon
8. Christmas Hymns: All The Angels In Heaven Do Rejoice, And Every Man On Earth
9. Christmas Hymns: Extracts From The Canon Of Matins For Christmas Morning
10. Christmas Hymns: Stichire For The Feast Of The Nativity
11. Chor Conc: Hear, O Lord, My Voice, And Receive My Prayer!
12. Easter Hymn: Christ Has Risen From The Dead
13. Composers Of The 'Moscow School': Friendly Light Of Holy Splendour - Vladimir Makarov
14. Composers Of The 'Moscow School': Glory Be To God On High And Peace On Earth To All Men!
15. Composers Of The 'Moscow School': Save, O God, Thy People And Bless Thy Inheritance - Vladimir Surgenko
16. Old Religious Songs: How Glorious Is Our Lord In Zion!
17. Old Religious Songs: Heaven And Earth, Rejoice, For Christ Is Born!
18. Wish For Blessing: For Many Years!

Average customer rating:

Great Operatic Arias 8 Tomlinson , Parry , and London Philharmonia Orchestra Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000063BI5 Release Date: 2002-04-23

Tracks:

1. The Abduction From The Seraglio: 'When They Lead You To The Scaffold
2. The Magic Flute: 'O Isis And Osiris, Listen'
3. Fidelio: 'Now, Now For My Victory!'
4. Fidelio: 'If You Don't Have Any Money'
5. Der Freischutz (The Freeshooter): 'On This Earth We Could Not Bear'
6. Der Freischutz (The Freeshooter): 'Go! Go! The Fatal Die Is Cast!'
7. The Rhinegold: 'The Bridge Leads You Homeward'/'Evening Rays Flood The Sky With Splendor'
8. The Flying Dutchman: 'The Time Comes Around'
9. The Flying Dutchman: 'Senta, My Child, Please Make This Stranger Warmly Welcome'
10. The Mastersingers Of Nutemberg: 'Now Hear And Attend Me Well, The Feast Of John, Midsummer Day'
11. The Mastersingers Of Nutemberg: Flieder Monologue: 'My Elder Tree In Flower'
12. The Mastersingers Of Nutemberg: Wahn Monologue: 'Mad, Mad, All The World's Mad'
13. Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight Of The Rose): 'Look For My Glasses There In My Jacket'
14. The Armourer (Der Waffenschmied): 'I Used To Be Young With A Fine Head Of Hair'

Average customer rating:

Now for a Feast! Pop Will Eat Itself Manufacturer: Sbme Castle Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: This Is The Day...This Is The Hour... This Is This ASIN: B00008O32D Release Date: 2003-04-01

Tracks:

1. I'M SNIFFIN WITH YOU HOO
2. SICK LITTLE GIRL
3. MESMERIZED
4. THERE'S A PSYCHOPATH IN MY SOUP
5. CANDYDIOSIS
6. THE BLACK COUNTRY CHAINSAW MASSACREEE
7. MONOGAMY
8. OH GREBO I THINK I LOVE YOU
9. TITANIC CLOWN
10. B-B-B-BREAKDOWN
11. SWEET SWEET PIE
12. THE DEVIL INSIDE
13. RUNAROUND
14. LIVE MISSILE F1-11
15. ORGONE ACCUMULATOR
16. EVERYTHING THAT RISES
17. LIKE AN ANGEL
18. BEAVER PATROL
19. BUBBLES
20. THERE'S NO LOVE BETWEEN US ANYMORE
21. PICNIC IN THE SKY
22. DEF CON ONE
23. INSIDE YOU (LIVE)

Average customer rating:

Now for a Feast Pop Will Eat Itself Manufacturer: Caroline Distributio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000E7J0 Release Date: 1990-12-25

Average customer rating: A Pig in a Poke May We Be Truly Thankful

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come Manufacturer: The Thanksgiving CD ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Thanksgiving: A Windham Hill Collection A Classic Thanksgiving: We Gather Together Home to Thanksgiving Classic Thanksgiving Songs of Praise A Thanksgiving of American Folk Hymns ASIN: B0000CAQ4K Release Date: 2003-08-21

Tracks:

1. In the Spring with Plow and Harrow - Quincy Choral Society
2. Come Ye Thankful People, Come - Quincy Choral Society
3. Heap High the Farmer's Wintry Hoard - Quincy Choral Society
4. For the Beauty of the Earth - Quincy Choral Society
5. Over the River and Through the Woods - QCS Kids and Friends
6. Now Thank We All Our God - Quincy Choral Society
7. He Gives the Grain - Jeff Cruikshank
8. We Gather Together - Quincy Choral Society
9. All Good Gifts - Laurie Macintosh
10. Baseball Turkeys - QCS Kids and Friends
11. Give Thanks - Quincy Choral Society
12. Amazing Grace - aka Pelican Groove
13. Ode to Joy - Quincy Choral Society

Album Description

This CD celebrates the thankfulness we all share, not just in November, but throughout the year.

Artists include the Quincy Choral Society, QCS Kids and Friends, a.k.a. Pelican Groove, and Jeff Cruikshank.

Fundraising The creators of the Thanksgiving CD feel that sharing with others is a good way to show our thanks for the bounty we enjoy in this country.

Therefore, the Thanksgiving CD is offered as a fundraiser for organizations.

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Customer Reviews:

A Pig in a Poke.......2006-11-24

May We Be Truly Thankful.......2005-11-05

Average customer rating: Distinctive and moving Exceptionally moving and spiritual compositions, performance Gorgeous compositions and performances Loving performances of a distinctive composer

Gerald Finzi: Choral Works Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Finzi, Gerald | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The British Music Collection: Gerald Finzi Finzi: Cello Concerto; Grand Fantasia & Toccata; Eclogue Finzi: Intimations of Immortality; For St. Cecilia Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001 Gerald Finzi: I Said to Love; Let Us Garlands Bring; Before and After Summer ASIN: B000000AMD Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

1. God Is Gone Up, Op. 27, No. 2
2. Welcome Sweet And Sacred Feast, Op. 27, No. 3
3. Three Short Elegies, Op.5: Life A Right Shadow Is
4. Three Short Elegies, Op.5: This World A Huntin Is
5. Three Short Elegies, Op.5: This Life, Which Seems So Fair
6. Thou Didst Delight My Eyes, Op. 32
7. My Lovely One, Op. 27, No. 1
8. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Op. 35
9. Seven Partsongs, Op. 17: I Praise The Tender Flower
10. Seven Partsongs, Op. 17: I Have Loved Flowers That Fade
11. Seven Partsongs, Op. 17: My Spirit Sang All Day
12. Seven Partsongs, Op. 17: Clear And Gentle Stream
13. Seven Partsongs, Op. 17: Nightingales
14. Seven Partsongs, Op. 17: Haste On, My Joys!
15. Seven Partsongs, Op. 17: Wherefore Tonight So Full Of Care
16. Magnificat, Op. 36
17. White-Flowering Days, Op. 37
18. All This Night, Op. 33
19. Lo, The Full, Final Sacrifice, Op. 26

Customer Reviews:

Distinctive and moving.......2005-03-09

Exceptionally moving and spiritual compositions, performance.......2004-11-29

Gorgeous compositions and performances.......2001-02-26

Loving performances of a distinctive composer.......1999-11-28

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