One Beat [Import]

It says in the liner notes that unfortunately Putumayo was not able to include Asian or Latin music on this disc, but if you want to hear that music, buy "Music from the Tea Lands" or "Latin Groove" (this in no way makes "One World" less recommended).

I would have to say that my favorite tracks on this album would be "Ohureo" from Cameroon/UK and "Dalshe" from Russia. "Ohureo" is beautiful, haunting, and melodic. The song just flows so beautifully. "Dalshe" is a little less folk-y. The pumping bass, the awesome melody, and everything in general about this song is excellent.

These are songs you would not, and could not, find anywhere else than this CD. BUY IT NOW AND SEE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING!!!

one world.......2000-11-06

wonderfull cd, with a lot of good and famous artists, like bob marley, gipsy kings, youssou n'dour ... It's music from every part of the world.

Another great title from Putumayo.......2000-07-11

Already own Putumayo's children's music CD. This one is also great! Peter Gabriel, Toure Kunda and Toni Childs are especially good, but all the tracks are well produced and filled with energy. Liner notes are exceptional.

Intro to world music.......2000-04-29

An energetic sampler of world music. An excellent starting point for anyone interested in international pop music, especially the hybrid sounds of Africa and Europe. This music will get you off of your couch. Any age listener will enjoy these vocalists.

Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Bartok: Cantata profanna/Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem

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Lesser-known Choral Masterpieces
Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard", Shaw
Excellent Chorale Pieces Performed Impeccably
Terrible Recording of the Barber
Evocation of the Spirit (2)

Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Bartok: Cantata profanna/Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000064U9
Release Date: 1998-03-24

Tracks:

O Thou Who Art Unchangeable
Lord Jesus Christ, Who Suffered All Life Long
Father In Heaven, Well We Know That It Is Thou
Father In Heaven! Hold Not Our Sins Up Against Us
Part I - Nathan Gunn
Part II - Nathan Gunn
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I. Agnus Dei
II. Beat! Beat! Drums!
III. Reconciliation
IV. Dirge For Two Veterans
V. The Angel Of Death
VI. O Man Greatly Beloved

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It's unclear why this program works so well, but it does. It may be because all three composers resolutely affirmed the virtues of tonality at a time when it was terribly out of fashion, though each did it in his own way. Barber was a genuine neo-Romantic before we had the term to describe him, so his heartfelt and emotional music was simply called "backward looking" while he was alive. Vaughan Williams and Bartók were both authorities on folk song who used the "uncouth vocal utterance of the people" to forge fresh and contemporary musical styles. Robert Shaw, one of the great choral music conductors of all time, plays all three works with a near ideal combination of clarity and intensity, and, of course, the chorus is sensational. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Lesser-known Choral Masterpieces.......2005-12-13

A disk of lesser-known choral/orchestral works by great masters of composition are always a welcome addition, and this CD doesn't fail, perhaps giving these works new life and hopefully a new future of performances.

The Danish-born theologian Soren Kierkegaard and his prayers from various writings are the subject of Samuel Barber's Prayers of Kierkegaard. The prayers are very personal, having to do with redemption and God's love, a keen insight to existentialism, and Barber's music expresses it well. While a unified whole, the 15+ minute work is divided into four separate prayers, each a style and a setting different from one another. Barber lets the listener know this is religious music by setting the opening text in chanting men's voices in an old church mode. But when the orchestra comes in, a 20th century declamatory statement changes the mood. Barber again looks to the past with simple contrapuntal choral writings. The second prayer is a supplicatory soprano solo sung by Carmen Pelton. A 20th century chanting chorus, reminiscent of thick Russian orthodox music opens the third prayer. Barber again brings back contrapuntalism and a great dissonant melody eventually dividing into two choruses. The final prayer begins with a wild instrumental modal dance section, and the end brings back the simple chant-like feel of the beginning, and the final, modern chorale ending with a positive outlook. Scored for orchestra, soprano, alto, and tenor soloists, and chorus, Barber's unique, and often intimate compositional styles, shine through here. The motives used throughout are enjoyable, the music creates great drama, and the work is quite inspired. It is very much spiritual and artistically pleasing.

Bartok's Cantata Profana is a different matter. It tells the story of nine sons who were taught nothing but to wander the forest and hunt stags. One day they wander too far into the enchanted part of the forest, only to be turned into stags themselves. Bartok sets this 20 minute work in three parts. The first showcases the double, sometimes antiphonal, chorus in thick imitation and dissonance. The chorus explains the back-story and relays the wandering in the forest, including a rather frenzied rhythmical jaunt. The second section is a feature for tenor and bass soloists, the tenor being the best-loved brother turned stag, and the bass being the father who went wandering looking for them. The father pleads with them, but as stags, they can't go home to their weeping mother. The short third section brings back themes and texts from the first and the second with tenor soloist exclamation. This music is interesting, not as folk-like as I expected, very modern sounding with dissonance leading the tonality. The soloists are required to sing some extreme ranges for the angst of the text and the chorus parts are difficult as well. The demonic chanting in the third section show the unusual harmonies and subject matter, not to mention musical virtuosity, of this very unusual, yet interesting choral work.

Unfortunately, Walt Whitman's poems about war and Vaughan Williams' music of the same vein, will probably never have little meaning for the public. The six movement Dona Nobis Pacem is the most stirring work on this disk, with various perspectives of war; texts by Walt Whitman primarily, some biblical texts, and an impassioned British speech. The Agnus Dei states the suffering and sacrifice of Christ, but ends with grant us peace. Beat! Beat the Drums! is a bombastic march about how war affects all citizens, not just those who fight. Reconciliation is a lush and somewhat haunting song on the tides of war, in a personal perspective. The Dirge for Two Veterans is a procession which builds to a great climax and dies away; the text visualizing a community honoring the passing of two local veterans. The Angel of Death and O Man Greatly Beloved is a magnum opus of contrasting moods, which erupts into a paean of "Glory to God in the Highest, and peace and goodwill to man". Even today, well after WWII when the music was written, certainly well after Walt Whitman's Civil War era's words, these performances of Dona Nobis Pacem is so personal, not a dry eye leaves the concert hall. The disk presents a moving and electrifying performance.

All the works on this disk, especially with the wide range of styles, is performed flawlessly. As always, Robert Shaw's choruses have clean and crisp diction, with good vocal technique. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra gives these works a Romantic fullness needed, and the soloists are fine as well. While together, the program seems odd, the works in themselves deserve more popularity. A nice addition to the choral/orchestral library.

Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard", Shaw.......2005-09-25

This recording track seems to be lower in quality than most of Shaw's. Both the recording and the chorale singing is of lesser quality than the other selections and most of Shaw's works.

However, I can still recommend this CD overall.

Excellent Chorale Pieces Performed Impeccably.......2005-06-26

Three composers, who don't seem to have a lot in common, are on display here, and yet the cumulative effect is quite stirring thanks to the late Robert Shaw, as he masterfully leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in this splendid 1998 recording. Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard" is a powerful chorale work that is almost cinematic in its dramatic effect. Commissioned by the Koussevitsky Foundation during WWII, the composer did not complete the work until 1954. The piece is in the form of a single-movement cantata, of four prayers by the Danish theologian Søren Kierkegaard. Soprano Carmen Pelton has a lovely solo on "Lord Jesus Christ, Who suffered all life long" and joins the chorus for the haunting "Father in Heaven, well we know that it is Thou".

Béla Bartók's "Cantata profana" ("The Nine Enchanted Songs") possesses strong rhythmic vitality in this arrangement, especially the harp glissandos implying supernatural forces at work, and is given a fine reading by tenor Richard Clement and baritone Nathan Gunn providing superb vocal turns as son and father, respectively, in the middle section. The most affecting set is the last, Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Dona nobis pacem", which was composed in the mid-1930's as a warning of the threat of war in Europe. His sources were diverse - the poetry of Walt Whitman, the Bible, the Latin Mass, and from a speech made in the British House of Commons during the Crimean War in the 1850s by John Bright - but the sound is consistently mesmerizing. Pelton particularly shines on "Agnus dei", and the concluding "O man greatly beloved" is awe-inspiring. However, the most impressive passage is the "Dirge for Two Veterans", which effortlessly goes from patriotic wartime fervor to mournful prayer. This is a clean recording with especially impressive singing.

Terrible Recording of the Barber.......2002-01-10

I will disagree with the other reviewers here. The Barber is a wonderful piece, dreadfully and lifelessly performed here. The chorus has no emotion. The recording is unfocused...the strings sound absolutely amateurish throughout. Schenck's work on Koch is much superior, even though rough at the edges; it bristles with electricity, and the soprano is just perfect for the second section.

Evocation of the Spirit (2).......2001-02-25

Following the wonderful Evocation of the Spirit CD (Gorecki, Part, Martin, Barber and Shoenberg) this is an ideal follow up. The twentieth century really did produce some wonderful choral music and although the Barber and Bartok here are not totally consistent, the Vaughan-Williams is great.

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Excellent stuff, a must have for underground lovers
S1 and Illmind
great cd but...
ILLMIND IS DOPE

The Art of Onemind
Symbolyc One , and Illmind
Manufacturer: Bbe / Beat Gen
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007TFICY
Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

AoOM Intro
Been Gone feat. Strange Fruit Project, Proh Mic, S'ence
Neva Gone Change feat. Supastition
Club Aquarius feat. Tree and Dow Jones
Hush feat. Deloach, Myone (of SFP), Kay (of The Foundation)
Right Here feat. Little Brother and Median
Blue Notes feat. Free Agents, Oneself, and Myone (of SFP)
Hands Off feat. K-Otix and Deloach
Night Like This feat. Darien Brockington and Big Pooh (of Little Brother)
The Broke Song feat. Strange Fruit Project
The Groove feat. Organic Thoughts
Milkem feat. Ghostface, Trife, and Myone
Day After Day feat. Moon Cricket and Verbal Seed
Onemind feat. El da Sensei and Chip Fu
We Three Kings feat. Myth, Bavu, and Chucky Sly
Guilty Pleasures feat. Kenn Starr and Thesis
High Powered feat. The Procussions

Album Description

BBE Records in conjunction with Spilt Milk is proud to release the S1 and Illmind producer collaboration project, The Art Of One Mind. This collaboration project is the birth of a musical relationship expanding from the grimy organic sounds of Illmind's tri-state roots (New Jersey, Philly, and NYC), as well as the soulful hip-hop swing style of Texas's own producer, S1. Split Milk is responsible for the release of The Strange Fruit Project's albums From Devine and Soul Travellin' (both produced by S1 and feature additional production by Illmind).

The Art Of One Mind project features an array of music from soul to R&B to Hip-Hop. Artists featured include Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan), Little Brother, El Da Sensei (formerly of The Artifacts), Chip Fu (formerly of the Fu-Shnickens), Strange Fruit Project, Supastition, Darien Brockington (Foreign Exchange), and a host of other talented artists.

The Art Of One Mind will lead off with a 12" EP including the tracks "The Broke Song" (feat. Strange Fruit Project), "Night Like This" (feat. Darien Brockington and Big Pooh of Little Brother), and "One Mind" (feat. El Da Sensei and Chip Fu).

With a variety of urban music, all beat fanatics and soul music lovers alike will talk about this compilation for quite some time.

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Excellent stuff, a must have for underground lovers.......2006-07-27

Illmind makes a reference to him rocking to sleep from Stevie Wonder in the inner sleave. This album is one of few hip hop albums that can rock you to sleep (in a good way). Its so chilled, cool and smooth rapping is flowing throughout. Full of loads of amazing collabos, Little brother are there, Ghostface has some input, Supastition, the Procussions and El da sensei. You can't go wrong when you buy a CD in which the featured rappers are veterans or producers themselves. The beats are full of twinkle bell, motown/jazz, and background vocals which is a recipe for intelligent underground hip hop. If you buy this and don't like it then you haven't got into underground hip hop enough, keep it, leave it a while and you'll love it.

S1 and Illmind.......2006-02-07

This CD is a breath of fresh air for hip-hop!!! I love it. Symbolyc one and Illmind are two of the dopest new producers in hip-hop. This CD also showcases that Texas actually has true authentic MCs, like Strange Fruit Project, K-Otix, Bavu Blakes,etc. I recommend this CD for any real hip-hop head.

great cd but..........2005-08-12

i've been diggin on s1 and illmind for a minute now, however amazon doesn't offer the 'explicit lyrics' version. i just received my copy in the mail and i'm a bit disappointed that all the so-called "bad words" are bleeped out. if i wanted to listen to a radio version i would turn on my radio. its difficult to get into the rhyme skills of these gifted brothas when i keep getting distracted by the censorship. and yes i'm a grown *ss man so i can listen to cussin' if i so choose. other than that the disc is quite exceptional.

ILLMIND IS DOPE.......2005-06-28

Buy this album...Illmind is an extraordinary producer. If you love 9th Wonder beats ( like me ) you'll love this dude. Cop it !