Toronto's Metric has the ability to appeal to fans on a number of levels: the group captures the likeability of Elastica with the cheekiness of Blondie and then mixes that new wave style with just enough of a growling guitar to give it some oomph. Since their last release, the acclaimed Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, Metric's sound has morphed slightly; this follow-up is a little more guitar-based and slightly less electronic than their last, a move likely to broaden their fan base even further.
Metric's rock-meets-new-wave is not only timely, it is joyful to boot. The driving track "Handshakes" could easily qualify for the next ipod commercial, while "Monster Hospital"'s retro punk style has a Clash-inspired chorus that will stay in your head for days. By the same token, the band's musical diversity is especially evident in the beautiful "The Police and the Private," where one could easily imagine that they are listening to an up-tempo Sarah Harmer track. Metric's cross-genre appeal is at least party due to frontwoman Emily Haines' delivery. A smart writer and performer, Haines' contributions to the Broken Social Scene collective have already made her voice somewhat familiar, and in her own element she shines especially bright. From her delicate whispers (the Pink Floyd-esque "Ending Start") to her Eurotrash-inspired yelps ("Live It Out") Haines has the "it" factor that makes indie rock critics swoon, and keeps fans dedicated. --Denise Sheppard
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Live It Out
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Live It Out
Metric Manufacturer: Last Gang Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000B66H64 Release Date: 2007-01-08 |
Tracks:
- Empty
- Glass Ceiling
- Handshakes
- Too Little Too Late
- Poster Of A Girl
- Monster Hospital
- Patriarch on a Vespa
- Police And The Private
- Ending Start
- Live It Out
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Toronto's Metric has the ability to appeal to fans on a number of levels: the group captures the likeability of Elastica with the cheekiness of Blondie and then mixes that new wave style with just enough of a growling guitar to give it some oomph. Since their last release, the acclaimed Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, Metric's sound has morphed slightly; this follow-up is a little more guitar-based and slightly less electronic than their last, a move likely to broaden their fan base even further.Metric's rock-meets-new-wave is not only timely, it is joyful to boot. The driving track "Handshakes" could easily qualify for the next ipod commercial, while "Monster Hospital"'s retro punk style has a Clash-inspired chorus that will stay in your head for days. By the same token, the band's musical diversity is especially evident in the beautiful "The Police and the Private," where one could easily imagine that they are listening to an up-tempo Sarah Harmer track. Metric's cross-genre appeal is at least party due to frontwoman Emily Haines' delivery. A smart writer and performer, Haines' contributions to the Broken Social Scene collective have already made her voice somewhat familiar, and in her own element she shines especially bright. From her delicate whispers (the Pink Floyd-esque "Ending Start") to her Eurotrash-inspired yelps ("Live It Out") Haines has the "it" factor that makes indie rock critics swoon, and keeps fans dedicated. --Denise Sheppard
Customer Reviews:
4.5; They just keep getting better..........2007-06-30
Empty: Starts out nice and slow before heavy guitars kick in and it just becomes a very groove-based track that's great to headbang too (it's fun to do vocalist Emily Haines' head movements which go sideways rather than vertically). 9.5/10
Glass Ceiling: One of the more enjoyable tracks on the album with a catchy main riff and the chorus being a nice quick sing-along. It just sounds like a fun track to listen to and tap your foot to. Only problem is it's slightly repetitive. 8/10
Handshakes: Even though there's a lot of elements to like about this one such as the fast-paced main riff, it doesn't really take off. Not that it's a bad track and you probably wouldn't skip over it but aside from a few things, it's hard to keep it in your head. 7/10
Too Little Too Late: After a long guitar riff, we get into a mid-tempo number with Emily's sexy vocals harmonizing with each other before it goes into a beautiful chorus which is mainly thanks to the guitar line underneath. Not really a pop hit but it's just a very enjoyable track to listen to. 8.5/10
Poster of a Girl: Some songs are just way too catchy for their own good. Everything from its ungodly catchy synth line to the guitar line played before it to Emily's sexy-as-hell repeating of the song's lyrics in French, it's an obvious highlight. 9.5/10
Monster Hospital: Very indie rock and loud and full of energy with a Clash-inspired chorus yet...I don't like it that much. Strange huh? It doesn't do anything wrong really and many love it and it was obviously a single but it's one of those songs where you're the odd man out. 7/10
Patriarch on a Vespa: Great beat although like Handshakes, it might be one of those tracks you like but probably won't go back to much. It's got its heavy guitars, Emily's vocals and good rhythm bass/drums-wise. Chorus and its noise solo saves it. Come to think of it: I like the song. 7.5/10
The Police and the Private: More catchy synth arpeggios and great interplay between it and the guitar. It's a great example of them building a kind of atmosphere without going completely nutso a la Empty or Monster Hospital. Album standout. 9/10
Ending Start: Kind of a weird song. Piano-based at its start with Emily harmonizing with a weird male voice with swirls going around all over the place. It's a nice sounding if off-kilter track but it's kind of missing a memorable hook to rope you in. 7/10
Live it Out: I love Emily's vocals at the start and when you think it'll be another ambience piece, it kicks up and rocks hard. Might not be a catchy sing along song but its rhythmic beat sets it apart and maybe not an ideal closer, it's certainly a good rocker. 8/10
It's too bad female fronted bands tend to be known more for its vocalist than anything. Everyone knows Emily just as everyone knows Amy Millan from Stars or Hayley Williams for Paramore but the band here does a great job at being a band and luckily, they come up with great records like this one.
I'm an addict.......2007-03-29
Not Old World, and definitely not Grow Up and Blow Away. Different band. Different sound........2007-02-14
I am grateful that Emily has a solo record... it's damn good and to me, it's the direction that Metric should have gone toward.
I do still love Emily's lyrics... but again, these songs just "rock", they don't send shivers down my spine like the ones on Grow Up and Old World (especially Grow Up...)
Maybe Metric's live shows weren't attracting audiences until they started rocking out more, with live drums as opposed to electronic trip-hop-influenced loops... maybe they needed more simple, noisy guitars to get people moving at shows... shame that that takes priority over heartbreaking piano parts and insanely catchy melodies. Again, I'm glad Emily made that solo record.
Metric, go back to your roots. Longtime fans have missed you.
Dizzying!.......2007-01-10
Great background music for the urban Schmoozer.......2007-01-01
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John Barry: The Collection
Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005BADD Release Date: 2001-05-22 |
Tracks:
- Zulu
- From Russia With Love
- From Russia With Love - 007
- Goldfinger
- The Ipcress File
- The Knack
- Mister Moses
- Thunderball
- The Wrong Box
- Born Free
- The Quiller Memorandum
- You Only Live Twice
- The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
- Deadfall
Tracks:
- The Lion In Winter
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Midnight Cowboy
- Midnight Cowboy
- The Appointment
- The Last Valley
- Walkabout
- Monte Walsh
- Diamonds Are Forever
- The Persuaders
- Mary Queen Of Scots
- The Man With The Golden Gun
- The Dove
Tracks:
- The Tamarind Seed
- King Kong
- Eleanor And Franklin
- Robin And Marian
- The Deep
- Hanover Street
- The Black Hole
- Moonraker
- Somewhere In Time
- Raise The Titanic
- Body Heat
- Frances
- Octopussy
- The Cotton Club
Tracks:
- High Road To China
- A View To A Kill
- Out Of Africa
- The Living Daylights
- Dances With Wolves
- Dances With Wolves
- Chaplin
- Moviola
- Indecent Proposal
- The Specialist
- The Scarlet Letter
- Cry The Beloved Country
- Mercury Rising
- The James Bond Theme
Customer Reviews:
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09
Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02
A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06
There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.
Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11
" one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06
Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!
Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)
You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.
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Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003FDW Release Date: 1993-02-23 |
Tracks:
- Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
- Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
- Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
- Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
- Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
- Being Alive--Patti LuPone
- Good Thing Going--The Tonics
- Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
- Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
- Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
- Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
- Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble
Tracks:
- Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
- Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
- Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
- The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
- Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
- I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
- With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
- Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
- Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
- Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
- Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
- Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus
Customer Reviews:
Great CD.......2006-08-06
Simply the Best.......2005-06-29
In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.
In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.
If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.
Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21
"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30
I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.
There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.
I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.
A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16
This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.
My favorite song is, without a doubt, Dorothy Louden and her wonderful medley of "Losing My Mind" into "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" followed very closely by the recently departed Madeline Kahn singing "Getting Married Today."
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Banger for Breakfast
Wicked Tinkers Manufacturer: Celtic America Llc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000A1QMJ Release Date: 2003-06-19 |
Tracks:
- HUGH ROSS - Bellingham, WA
- JIGS & REELS - Enumclaw, WA
- THOSE MARCHING O'NEILLS - Enumclaw, WA
- CABAR FEIDH - Enumclaw, WA
- DANNY BOY - St. Paul, MN
- WICKED TINKERS - COMPULSIVE! Banter
- BELLY DANCE & HORNPIPES/MAZURKA - Woodland, CA
- JUST SOME JIGS - Woodland, CA
- HARRY'S HORNPIPES- Antioch, CA
- ATHOLL HIGHLANDERS - St. Paul, MN
- SLIP JIG SET - Fresno, CA
- SEAL SET - Enumclaw, WA
- PIPERS LUNG Rant
- HORNPIPE/JIG SET - Enumclaw, WA
- AMAZING GRACE, SCOTLAND THE BRAVE, & BLACK BEAR HORNPIPE - Fresno, CA
- RED HOT METAL Blether
- HAMMERED - St. Paul , MN
- JAM WITH MEN OF WORTH - Enumclaw, WA
- SORTING HAT Patter
- THE PUMPKIN'S FANCY - Fresno, CA
- WALLOP THE CAT - Antioch, CA
- BOG - Woodland, CA
Album Description
"BANGER* FOR BREAKFAST", is Wicked Tinker's fourth attempt at music recording. It's live and raw - like you'll usually find us at the Scottish Highland Games. "Banger" originally started out with 60 hours of music recorded live across the country. We whittled it down to a couple hours of our greatest hits. This first of two CDs, is a bunch of favorites snatched from our three previous releases, with ten new tunes thrown in to boot. All this in one tribal-thumping CD. You'll find your body moving against your consent.*Banger: (bang´er) n. Chiefly Brit. 1. making bang. 2. A short little greasy British sausage. 3. A noisy old car.
Customer Reviews:
No Rest For the Wicked!!!!!!!.......2007-04-10
Considering the quality of the concert performances that the Tinkers do in their live shows and considering that this CD is a compilation of several live shows, you get more than your money's worth with this disk.
A great representation of the Wicked Tinker's music!
May the music gods continue to smile upon the Wicked Tinkers!
My kids are hooked on this band!.......2006-09-06
live and raw.......2006-03-19
Banger for Breakfast.......2006-03-18
I've loved all of the Tinkers' albums and this one is no exception.
Awesome music!.......2006-03-01
Much better than other groups who play this kind of music!
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Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set)
Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00062FLI8 Release Date: 2004-11-30 |
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Reel Chill: The Cinematic Chillout Album
Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002IQGT4 Release Date: 2004-08-10 |
Tracks:
- Sarabande [From Barry Lyndon]
- Main Theme [From Midnight Cowboy]
- Promenade Sentimentale [From Dive] - Mark Ayres
- May It Be [From the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the]
- Women of Ireland [From Barry Lyndon]
- Adagio for Strings & Organ [From Gallipoli [
- Romeo/Love Theme [From Romeo & Juliet)
- Balcony Scene [From Romeo + Juliet]
- Main Theme [From Chariots of Fire] - Mark Ayres
- Main Theme [From Bilitis] - Mark Ayres
- Main Theme [From Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence] - Mark Ayres
- Main Theme [From Cinema Paradiso]
- Main Theme [From Once Upon A Time in the West]
- Deborah's Theme [From Once Upon A Time in America]
- Suite: The Mission/Gabriel's Oboe/On Earth as It Is in Heaven ... - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus
Tracks:
- Suite: Mountains and Sunsets/The Wedding/You Only Live Twice [From You
- Heart Asks Pleasure First [From The Piano]
- Agnus Dei [From Platoon] - Crouch End Festival Chorus
- Vide Cor Meum [From Hannibal]
- Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 [From DeAth in Venice]
- Any Other Name/Dead Already [from American Beauty] - Rick Clark,
- Into the West [From the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King]
- Where Dreams Are Made [From Artificial Intelligence]
- Main Theme [From Somewhere in Time]
- We Have All the Time in the World [From on Her Majesty's Secret ...]
- Electronic Battlefield [From Patriot Games]
- Now We Are Free [From Gladiator]
- Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana [From Raging Bull]
- Cavatina [From the DeErhunter]
- Main Theme [From Out of Africa]
Customer Reviews:
"cinema's main stay themes prevail ~ City of Prague".......2004-08-15
Sit back and unleash the first disc with composers ~ Albinoni, Craig Armstrong, John Barry, Vladimir Cosma, Enya & Nicky Ryan, Handel, Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone, Sean O'Riorda, Nino Rota, Ryvichi Sakamoto and Vangelis ~ taking each film score cue "BILITIS", "CHARIOTS OF FIRE", "CINEMA PARADISO", "DIVA", "GALLIPOLI", "THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING", "BARRY LYNDON", "MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE", "MIDNIGHT COWBOY", "THE MISSION", "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA", "ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST", "ROMEO & JULIET" and "ROMEO + JULIET", with arrangements that soar and then simmer into pure meditation of grandeur ~ classic film music prevails, as orchestration comes to the surface with pure originality ~ one masterpiece after another is long last presented as it should have been, is cause for celebration ~ each cue is a distinctive gift for striking modernism, touching on the transition of the period in this planets history.
Second disc is waiting in the wings are composers ~ Samuel Barber, John Barry, Patrick Cassidy, James Horner, Mahler, Mascagni, Stanley Myers, Thomas Newman, Michael Nyman, Howard Shore, John Williams and Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard ~ take a musical ride with "AMERICAN BEAUTY", "A.I. ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE", "DEATH IN VENICE", "DEER HUNTER", "GLADIATOR", "HANNIBAL", "THE LORD OF THE RINGS:RETURN OF THE KING", "ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE", "OUT OF AFRICA", "PATRIOT GAMES", "THE PIANO", "PLATOON", "RAGING BULL", "SOMEWHERE IN TIME" and "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE" ~ our composers with passion and skill for exploring human emotions, coupled with a unique gift for striking exotic orchestral colors, make this with all it's splendor unforgettable ~ themes that ring with familiarity as each film comes to mind through music.
Silva America gives the collector a treasure of thirty film cues that any "film-score-buff" would die for ~ in the past James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reynold da Silva (executive producer), mastered by Rick Clark and David Stoner (release co-ordinator) have given us compilation with such expertise and this one is no exception ~ keep up the outstanding limited editions and deluxe package releases, with your signature tidbits for all film music fans that's in all of us...gotta love it!
Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1161 ~ (8/10/2004)
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Over the Rainbow
Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000WMG Release Date: 1997-11-18 |
Tracks:
- (You Got Me In Between) The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- I've Got The World On A String
- I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
- Public Melody No. 1
- When The Sun Comes Out
- Hittin' The Bottle
- Let's Fall In Love
- Let's Put Our Heads Together
- Now I Know
- As Long As I Live
- Rasin' The Rent
- Blues In The Night
- Down With Love
- Over The Rainbow
- It's Only A Paper Moon
- Bud's Won't Bud
- One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
- Stormy Weather
- Kickin' The Gong Around
- Two Blind Loves
- That Old Black Magic
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
- Ill Wind
- Get Happy
Customer Reviews:
One of America's great songwriters.......2001-03-09
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Handel: Belshazzar
Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001ZWGHY Release Date: 2004-06-15 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire!
- Thou, God Most High, And Thou Alone
- The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh
- Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!
- Behold, By Persia's Hero Made
- Well May They Laugh/Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul
- Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief
- Dry Thoes Unavailing Tears
- Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem/Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates
- Now, Tell Me, Gobrias
- Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
- Can You Then Think It Strange
- Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known
- My Friends, Be Confident
- All Empires Upon God Depend
- Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!
- Rejoyce, My Countrymen
- Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!
Tracks:
- Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!
- For You, My Friends
- The Leafy Honours Of The Field
- It Is The Custom, I May Say, The Law
- Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command
- They Tell You True
- Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!
- By Slow Degrees The Wrath Of God
- See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!
- You See, My Friends, A Path
- Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near
- To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!
- Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire
- Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
- Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?
- Call All My Wise Men
Tracks:
- A Singony (Allegro Postillions)
- Ye Sages! Welcome Always To Your King/Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes
- Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!
- Oh King, Live For Ever!
- No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be
- Yet, To Obey His Dread Command
- Oh Sentence To Severe!
- Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!
- You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace
- Oh Glorious Prince!
- Alternate Hopes And Fears
- Fain Would I Hope
- Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?
- My Hopes Revive
- Bel Boweth Down!
- I Thank, Thee, Sesach
- A Martial Symphony
- To Pow'e Immortal My First Thanks
- Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias
- Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow
- Say, Venerable Prophet
- Tell It Out Among The Heathen
- Yes, I Will Build Thy City
- I Will Magnify Thee
Customer Reviews:
ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES.......2005-06-19
Belshazzar was not a great success at the box-office, although this may have had more to do with difficulties in the casting than because it was deemed insufficiently biblical for oratorio, which seems to have been the fate of Hercules. It seems to me to be perfectly well described as oratorio in other ways too, with (for one thing) the extensive use of the chorus that we find in, say, Samson but not in Hercules. The one passage that cries out for visual effects is of course the apparition of the moving finger itself. Even here the composer can go a long way with sheer power of suggestion, by the strange unaccompanied violin figure creeping upwards and the frightened brevity of the vocal numbers. Otherwise for me Belshazzar is as much an oratorio as Samson is. It has the same librettist too, the crusty and formidable Jennens, who had also collaborated with Handel on Saul and on Messiah itself. Jennens' full text is not provided, but I think if you read the synopsis first and then follow the work from the headlines to each number you will have no difficulty in catching the words, so clear is the enunciation by soloists and chorus alike. As usual, Handel was driven to make alterations to the score for practical reasons. He had been a little concerned about its length, roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes in this performance, but where he wishes to be expansive he gives us full measure - two arias in Act I scene 4 take well over 7 minutes each. The liner-essay (a good one, by Anthony Hicks) goes into the issue of the version of the score used here, and I personally have no problem with it.
I have no faults to find with the performance in any way. Pinnock is an established specialist, the instruments are period instruments and vocal cadenzas at the end of the arias are kept minimal. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, James Bowman and David Wilson-Johnson are tried and trusted Handel singers and at their best here, and Nicolas Robertson and Richard Wistreich in the smaller parts are every bit as good. The part of Cyrus is a soprano part, taken by Catherine Robbin, and when I thought I heard just one touch of strain in `Destructive War' in the final scene she makes up for it instantly in her superb duet with Arleen Auger in the following number. Auger as Nitocris the mother of Belshazzar has the biggest part, and she covers herself with glory all the way through.
The recording is perfect, and when I saw an aria entitled `Destructive War, thy limits know' near the end I felt a sharp sense of irony in the year 2005. Cyrus, Handel, Jennens, you should all have been living at this hour.
Enjoiyable, but lacking, too........2004-08-16
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R.A.B. vol. 2 [CD & DVD] 28 Tracks Plus 6 Short political short films that you just have to see...
Favorite Son - Green Day (unreleased) / Let Them Eat War - Bad Religion / Unity - Operation Ivy / Necrotism: Decanting the Insalubrious (Cyborg Midnight) Part 7 - The Lawrence Arms (unreleased) , We Got the Power - Dropkick Murphys (rare) / Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly / Doomsday Breach - Only Crime / Gas Chamber - Foo Fighters (rare) , Status Pools - Lagwagon (unreleased) / What You Say - Sugarcult / 7 Years Down - Rancid / Off With Your Head - Sleater-Kinney (rare) , Scream Out - The Unseen (unreleased) / Violins - Yellowcard (unreleased) / Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair - Dillinger Four (unreleased) / Chesterfield King live - Jawbreaker (unreleased) , Born Free live - Bouncing Souls (unreleased) / No Hope live - Mad Caddies (unreleased) / Kids Today - The Dwarves (unreleased) / Can't Wait to Quit - Sick of It All (rare) , Comforting Lie - No Doubt / State of Fear - Useless ID (unreleased) / I'm Thinking - Autopilot Off (unreleased) / My Star - The International Noise Conspiracy (unreleased) , and Time's Up - Donots (unreleased) / Kill the Night - Hot Water Music (unreleased) / You're Gonna Die - Thought Riot / Fields of Agony acoustic - No Use For a Name (unreleased) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000QXKUWE |
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Julie Wilson Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
Harold Arlen , Julie Wilson , and William Roy Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000000PFE Release Date: 1992-06-30 |
Tracks:
- Blues In The Night
- Fun To Be Fooled/This Time the Dreams On Me
- Buds Won't Bud/You're A Builder Upper/Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea..
- Last Night When WE Were Young
- One For My Baby/The Man That Got Away
- Lydia The Tatooed Lady
- Out Of This World/That Old Black Magic
- I've Got The World On A String
- Mianin' In The Mornin'/Down With Love
- A Sleepin' Bee
- It's only A Paper Moon
- Push De Button
- I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues/Stormy Weather/When The Sun Comes Out
- Stay Out Of My Dreams
- horray For Love/Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
- Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home, Come Rain Or Come Shine, I Had Myself A True Love
Customer Reviews:
An excellent exploration of Arlen.......1999-07-20
fascinating, multi layered performance, never boring.......1999-03-15
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- Meteora [Enhanced]
- Mighty Rearranger
- More Adventurous
- Music From A Farther Room
- No Angel
- No Name Face
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