Goin' For Baroque

1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 First Movement
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with New York Philharmonia Virtuosi
Conducted by Richard Kapp

2. Suite for orchestra No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 Air
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra Conducted by Raymond Leppard

3. Suite for orchestra No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Badinerie
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra with William Bennett
Conducted by Raymond Leppard

4. Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Melody) (from "Orfeo ed Euridice"), various arrangements Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra with William Bennett
Conducted by Raymond Leppard

5. Cantata No. 78, "Jesu, der du meine Seele," BWV 78 Wir eilen mit Schwachen
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra Conducted by Raymond Leppard

6. Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook Little Suite
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Philadelphia Orchestra Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

7. Concerto for 2 harpsichords & strings in C minor (or for oboe & violin in D minor), BWV 1060 Adagio
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

8. Sonata for violin & continuo in A major, Op. 5/9 No 9: Gigue
Composed by Arcangelo Corelli
with New York Philharmonia Virtuosi , Oscar Ravina
Conducted by Richard Kapp

9. Concerto for oboe & orchestra in D minor, Op 1 Second Movement
Composed by Alessandro Marcello
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra with Neil Black
Conducted by Raymond Leppard

10. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra Conducted by Raymond Leppard

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Average customer rating: Typical of Cambridge Singers--A good thing Beautifully Lyrical Folk Melodies a la Rutter The Lark touches my own heart! Rolicking English folk music

The Lark in the Clear Air Manufacturer: Collegium ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000031HX Release Date: 1993-09-13

Tracks:

1. I know where I'm going
2. She moved through the fair
3. The lark in the clear air
4. Down by the sally gardens
5. Dashing away with the smoothing iron
6. The spring time of the year
7. The sprig of thyme
8. The bold grenadier
9. The British Grenadiers
10. The dark eyed sailor
11. The keel row
12. The girl I left behind me
13. Just as the tide was flowing
14. The cuckoo
15. O waly, waly
16. She's like the swallow
17. The lover's ghost
18. Willow song
19. The willow tree
20. Wassail song
21. The miller of Dee
22. O can ye sew cushions
23. Afton water
24. Golden slumbers

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A whole disc of choral arrangements of folk tunes could be too much--except in this case, the choir is the excellent Cambridge Singers, and the well-chosen arrangements cover a variety of composers and styles. Among the arrangers are Rutter, Vaughan Williams, and Daryl Runswick; the repertoire includes a hauntingly gorgeous "She moved through the fair" and 23 other selections. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Typical of Cambridge Singers--A good thing.......2005-06-14

This is very typical of John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers. Superbly performed, meaning not too forceful or too delicate. Diction and tone excellent. The folk song is not necessairly as entertaining or enjoyable as some of their other repertoire, nor is it as meaningful, but it still a powerful listening experience. The money for this recording will be well spent. The arrangements, well chosen, showcase beautiful, evocative choral singing. Vaughan Williams' arrangements are best, and he is well known for his arrangements of folk songs. Rutter's are good, but his harmonies are too often predictable or saccharine.

Best are: Dashing away with the smoothing iron (5), The Dark Eyed Sailor (10), The Girl I Left Behind Me (12), Just as the tide was flowing (13), O waly, waly (15)

Beautifully Lyrical Folk Melodies a la Rutter.......2000-09-28

This is a collection of Irish, Scottish, and English folk songs beautifully caressed by The Cambridge Singers under the masterful direction of John Rutter. He seems to possess an uncanny ability to create a uniquely lush and lyrical sound with a choir.

In listening to these songs, I find that they have the capacity to simultaneously evoke feelings of melancholy and joy, and, ultimately leave me to conclude that I have been visited by sheer beauty.

The Lark touches my own heart!.......2000-04-27

In this review I am going to be exceptionally candid! This CD is a wonderfully arranged and performed set of traditional songs that will be treasured by any lover of this delicate yet vigorous music. I was a child of post war England in a poor suburb of South East England and our music teacher used to make us sing these songs which came from The National Song Book and from the folk song collectors, notably Vaughan Williams who put so much of this national flavor into his two collections, 'The English Hymnal' and 'Songs of Praise'. Before our generation the BBC had set up a radio programme called 'Listen with Mother' which we followed the established tradition of listening to them in those years of austerity (its funny you know, but we did not seem to get bored like they do today) on November evenings when the pea souper fogs swirled around the blue mercury lamps as the coal glowed orange in the grate. This music transported us to May mornings, harvesting, landscapes peopled with grenadiers, young love sick swains tip toeing in forbidden rooms at night etc. from these bleak afternoons and gave us the promise of the return of the season when we will be able to walk the Downs under blue skies once more. They also made us think that we were part of a continuum of being young, loving, having children and growing old and dying on this misty offshore island as hundred of generations had done before us. This self-consciousness of these characteristics that made us English and in their understated passion they revealed to us the promises of adulthood together with its victories, disillusionments and inevitable tragedies. Alas, the powers that dictate the conventional wisdom today have consigned these songs to the trash basket of history in the name of multiculturalism and globalism. The songs are not sung today as they appear too ethnocentric in a pluralistic society for our contemporary captains of society. This is a shame for those of us with no real English blood could still participate and enjoy these lovely songs that summon up the freshness of a spring morning or the pangs of a spurned lover in a few lines of beautifully stated verse. These are universal feelings that just happened to be in an English setting, which was where we were! The arrangements here are sublime, particularly 'She moved through the Fair' which always moves me to tears. The subject 'What are the English?' is a current topic for the UK is still settling down after Devolution and finding its own identity. They could do worse than playing 'The Lark in the Clear Air' to answer this question tout court. Please buy, but be warned: this stuff can be dangerously upsetting in its waves of nostalgia. It is like meeting a long lost (and forgotten) friend. That is an (almost lost) part of yourself.

Rolicking English folk music.......1999-06-13

Beautifully sung under Rutter's usual masterful directions. Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron and the Dark Eyed Sailor were my favorites.

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Goin' for Baroque Manufacturer: Sony Special Product ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Corelli | Corelli, Arcangelo | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Alessandro Marcello | Marcello, Alessandro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002YMZ Release Date: 1995-10-10

Tracks:

1. Con No.2 in F, BWV 1047: First Movt - Phil Virtuosi Of New York/Richard Kapp
2. Orchchestral Ste No.3 in D, BWV 1068 - ECO/Raymond Leppard
3. Orchestral Ste No.2 in b, BWV 1067: Badinerie - William Bennett
4. Orfeo And Euridice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits - William Bennett
5. Cant No.78: Wir Eilen Mit Schwachen - ECO/Raymond Leppard
6. Anna Magdalena Notebook: Little Ste - The Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
7. Con in c, BWV 1060: Adagio - Guher Pekinel/Suher Pekinel
8. Son Op.5, No.9: Gigue - Phil Virtuosi Of New York/Richard Kapp
9. Ob Con in d: Second Movt - Neil Black
10. Solomon: The Arrival Of The Queen Of Shiba - ECO/Raymond Leppard

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Great Voices of the Twentieth Century: Kathleen Ferrier Manufacturer: Castle Pulse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances 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 | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009HL13O Release Date: 2005-07-04

Tracks:

1. Blow The Wind Southerly
2. What Is Life
3. Art Thou Troubled
4. Come To Me Soothing Sleep
5. Woe Unto Them
6. Sprin Is Coming
7. Ye Banks & Braes
8. My Bonny Lad
9. Keel Row
10. Fidgety Bairn
11. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
12. I Know Where I'm Going
13. I Will Walk With My Love
14. Stuttering Lovers
15. Ca'the Yowes To The Knowes
16. Drink To Me Oly With Thine Eyes
17. Die Music
18. Der Musensohn
19. O Praise The Lord
20. I Will Lay Me Down In Peace

Album Description

The greatest lyric contralto England ever produced, Blackburn-born Ferrier went from being a telephone operator to a much loved and admired international superstar in less than ten years. A concert performer rather than an opera diva, she nevertheless had an opera written specially for her - The Rape Of Lucretia by composer Benjamin Britten. Castle. 2005.

Album Details

The Greatest Lyric Contralto England Ever Produced, Blackburn-born Ferrier Went from Being a Telephone Operator to a Much Loved and Admired International Superstar in Less Than Ten Years. A Concert Performer Rather Than an Opera Diva, She Nevertheless Had an Opera Written Specially for her - the Rape of Lucretia by Composer Benjamin Britten.

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Children's Choir of the Royal Danish Academy of Music Manufacturer: Point ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Nielsen | Nielsen, Carl | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001UYQ Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

1. Missa Brevis: Kyrie
2. Missa Brevis: Gloria
3. Missa Brevis: Sanctus
4. Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei
5. Cantata No. 15: I'm Laughing And Shouting For Joy
6. Let Us Wander
7. Ye Sons Of Israel
8. A Ceremony Of Carols: Deo Gracias
9. A Ceremony Of Carols: Bululalow
10. A Ceremony Of Carols: This Little Babe
11. Blessed Are You, Jesus
12. Oh, Peter, Go Ring Them Bells
13. I'm Goin' Up A Younder
14. Summertime
15. Jarilla's Flower
16. Who is that bird?
17. Tango Tsigane Jealousy
18. Woodland Party
19. Agnete And The Mermaids
20. Morning Song
21. Be With Us, The Day Is Dying
22. Ole Sang As He Watched His Sheep
23. Like A Vent'rous Fleet At Anchor
24. There Is A Lovely Land

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Yehudi Menuhin Plays Favourite Encores Manufacturer: Biddulph Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bloch | Bloch, Ernest | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | 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 Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009LUI Release Date: 1996-06-18

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