Out of the Cradle

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Out of the Cradle is the kind of adult rock record that gets lost in a marketplace that caters only to a younger audience. Buckingham developed his songwriting and production skills as the most-valuable-player in Fleetwood Mac, but as a solo artist he's proven to be a bit too arty for the mass audience he'd won as a member of Mac. Out of the Cradle is a sumptuously recorded labor of love that's as thick with guitars as it is with intricate vocal harmonies. "Surrender the Rain," billowing with voices, suggests an arty take on the Beach Boys, while "Soul Drifter" rocks to a seductive beat that's swaddled with guitars. The entire album is a treat for guitar freaks, as Buckingham includes instrumental interludes and lavishes as much attention on the sound of his guitars as most producers spend on the entire band. Buckingham interrupted work on his followup to this album for the recent Fleetwood Mac reunion. After all, a man's got to eat. --John Milward

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Out of the Cradle

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APPRECIATED MORE WITH EACH LISTEN
Worth it for COUNTDOWN
An All Time Favorite
Hug fan
excellent neglected pop album

Out of the Cradle
Lindsey Buckingham
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002LL9
Release Date: 1992-06-16

Tracks:

Instrumental Introduction To: - Lindsey Buckingham
Don't Look Down - Lindsey Buckingham
Wrong - Lindsey Buckingham/Richard Dashut
Countdown - Lindsey Buckingham
All My Sorrows - Lindsey Buckingham
Soul Drifter - Lindsey Buckingham
Instrumental Introduction To: - Lindsey Buckingham
This Is The Time - Lindsey Buckingham/Richard Dashut
You Do Or You Don't - Lindsey Buckingham/Richard Dashut
Street Of Dreams - Lindsey Buckingham/Richard Dashut
Spoken Introduction To: - Lindsey Buckingham/Richard Dashut
Surrender The Rain - Lindsey Buckingham/Richard Dashut
Doing What I Can - Lindsey Buckingham
Turn It On - Lindsey Buckingham/Richard Dashut
This Nearly Was Mine - Hammerstein II/Rodgers
Say We'll Meet Again - Lindsey Buckingham/R. Aguirre

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Out of the Cradle is the kind of adult rock record that gets lost in a marketplace that caters only to a younger audience. Buckingham developed his songwriting and production skills as the most-valuable-player in Fleetwood Mac, but as a solo artist he's proven to be a bit too arty for the mass audience he'd won as a member of Mac. Out of the Cradle is a sumptuously recorded labor of love that's as thick with guitars as it is with intricate vocal harmonies. "Surrender the Rain," billowing with voices, suggests an arty take on the Beach Boys, while "Soul Drifter" rocks to a seductive beat that's swaddled with guitars. The entire album is a treat for guitar freaks, as Buckingham includes instrumental interludes and lavishes as much attention on the sound of his guitars as most producers spend on the entire band. Buckingham interrupted work on his followup to this album for the recent Fleetwood Mac reunion. After all, a man's got to eat. --John Milward

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APPRECIATED MORE WITH EACH LISTEN.......2007-07-25

I found that this album is typical of any other one
By Lindsey.There is that one incredible gem of a song that just draws you in.The gem on this one is "Countdown" After playing this beautiful song
I don't know,a hundred times,I start to pay attention to the other songs.
Slowly but surely each one finally hits me as the great songs that they are.
The fantastic musicianship. The touching and sometimes very funny lyrics.
The incredible singing voice. I don't think this guy can do a bad song.

Worth it for COUNTDOWN.......2007-06-14

I agree that this is a stellar piece of art and soulful record from Lindsey. I also agree that it is not all that mainstream, and admit I do not listen to it very often due to that. However, the song 'Countdown' is absolutley a folksy pop masterpiece, and worth the price of admission on its merits alone. That song should be played at loud volume in every convertible across America on every single sunny day near the water. Buy it for that song alone, if you must. I am glad I did. It should have made it to the top 10, but it sank out of sight wrongly just like Jude Cole's 'Start The Car'...because American radio SUCKS.
"Countdown" rocks, nice one there LIndsey!!!

An All Time Favorite.......2007-04-21

I have been listening to this CD since it was released. Sure, I am a huge Fleetwood Mac fan and a fan of Lindsey's previous releases, but Out of the Cradle... well, I connected with it completely! Perhaps it has something to do with both Lindsey and I coming to grips with our fathers' deaths. I can't say for sure, but this CD touches my soul.

I do NOT care for This is the Time. I skip it every time and have eliminated it from personal recordings, but EVERY other song on this CD brings tears to my eyes. Lindsey and I apparently have very similar experiences growing up and dealing with our fathers' passing.

Perhaps this review is too personal, not revealing much about the music itself. For that, I apologize.

Anyone that loves Fleetwood Mac should adore this CD. It is consumate Lindsey, the driving force of the later Mac.

Thank you, Lindsey, so much, for pouring your heart into this recording.

Hug fan.......2007-04-11

I am a lindsey buckingham fan, so my opinion goes without saying... I love all his music, he is a guitar singer/songwriter legend, so very talented and creative.

excellent neglected pop album.......2007-03-11

this is an excellent 1992 release from the fleetwood mac member, lindsay buckingham. i had never heard of it until recently and that's a shame because it is a really excellent piece of pop rock. good songs, outstanding musicianship, and a subtle voice make this well worth anyone's time. a must for fleetwood mac fans, especially.

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All Things Bright and Beautiful

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2003-07-08

Paul Creston: Symphony No. 5; Toccatta; Partita

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Paul Creston: Symphony No. 5; Toccatta; Partita

Manufacturer: Naxos American
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ASIN: B0000C508O
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Toccata, Op.68 - Gerard Schwarz
Con Moto - Gerard Schwarz
Largo - Gerard Schwarz
Maestoso - Allegro - Gerard Schwarz
Out Of The Cradle, Op.5 - Gerard Schwarz
Preamble - Ilkka Talvi
Sarabande - Ilkka Talvi
Burlesk - Ilkka Talvi
Air - Ilkka Talvi
Tarantella - Ilkka Talvi
Invocation And Dance, Op.58 - Gerard Schwarz

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The self-taught composer Paul Creston is known for his lush impressionistic style, incorporating innovative rhythmic techniques and harmonies into traditional forms. In the mid-20th century, as the pendulum in American composition swung heavily toward serialism and other modern approaches, Creston's music fell into neglect, if not disfavor, with that of other American composers who had not embraced non-tonal techniques. In the past two decades, the world seems to have rediscovered the great legacy of American symphonists, and Creston's star has been on the ascendant once again.

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Transcendent Vocalism
Beautifully delivered as always, but not my material.
Lives up to their reputation
One of the best I've picked up in ages
Fantastic recording of contemporary choral works

Colors of Love
Steven Stucky , John Tavener , Bernard Rands , Long Zhou , Chen Yi , Augusta Read Thomas , Steven Sametz , Marianne Kach , and Chanticleer
Manufacturer: Teldec
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ASIN: B00000IWR3
Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

Cradle Songs: Rouxinol do pico preto (Brazil)
Cradle Songs: Lilajze, Jezuniu (Poland)
Cradle Songs: Buy Baby Ribbon (Tobago)
Village Wedding
Canti d'Amor: 'Winds of May, that dance on the sea'
Canti d'Amor: 'O cool is the valley'
Canti d'Amor: 'This heart that flutters near my heart'
Canti d'Amor: 'Silently she's combing her long hair'
Canti d'Amor: 'Gentle lady, do not sing sad songs'
Canti d'Amor: 'Sleep now, O you unquiet heart'
Canti d'Amor: 'All day I hear the noise of waters'
Words of the Sun
Tang Poems: Written on a Rainy Night
Tang Poems: Wild Grass
The Rub of Love
in time of
Love Songs: 'Look out upon the stars, my love'
Love Songs: 'Love is a beautiful dream'
Love Songs: 'Alas, the love of women!'
Love Songs: 'For stony limits cannot hold love out'
Love Songs: 'All mankind love a lover'

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This compilation of modern-day madrigals, the latest in a fascinating series of discs from the San Francisco-based all-male vocal group Chanticleer, won the Grammy for Best Small Ensemble Performance of 1999. The selections range over a variety of styles and aesthetics, from the haunting, hypnotic sounds of Steven Stucky's Cradle Songs to the archaic, ethereal beauty and Eastern inflections of John Tavener's "Village Wedding." There are the soft (and somewhat affected) asperities of Bernard Rands' Canti d'Amor as well as the gentle, almost English pastoralism of Zhou Long's "Words of the Sun" (beautiful!) and the colorfully exotic Orientalism of Chen Yi's Tang Poems. Other examples of the wide range here are the self-conscious busywork of Augusta Read Thomas's Love Songs to the darkly lush, 12-part weave of Steven Sametz's "In Time Of," with its radiant climax and pulsating chordal sonorites like the tolling of bells. All of this Chanticleer sings with striking freshness and commitment, virtuosic to a fare-thee-well, always sensitive to the emotional cues of the texts. The recording, made at Skywalker Ranch in January of 1999, is vivid and warm, and so is much of the music. Truly a winning disc. --Ted Libbey

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Transcendent Vocalism.......2005-01-31

This compilation is essential listening, especially (but not exclusively) for those already introduced to the marvels of Chanticleer. It features a wide variety of contemporary madrigals all dedicated to the theme of love. Gorgeous polyphony, entrancing dissonance; the music is very difficult, but Chanticleer's vocalism is exemplary, as always. The whole feel of the album takes some getting used to for the uninitiated. After a few listenings, though, one can fully perceive its unique and sublime beauty.

Highlights abound. The first three tracks, all lullabies by Steven Stucky, are brilliantly executed, but it is track four, Village Wedding by John Taverner, that first knocked my socks off. It seems to represent the absolutely ideal match between composer and performer, between written and sung text. It consists of a wonderful poem by Greek poet Angelos Sikelianos, with a recurring excerpt from the Eastern Orthodox wedding ceremony interspersed throughout. Taverner is himself a member of the Eastern Orthodox church, and the song is as much a spiritual experience as a musical one.

Another fantastic piece is Words of the Sun, by Chinese composer Zhou Long. It is probably the most accessible song on the CD, with numerous lovely subtleties and nuances that can be fully appreciated after multiple exposures.

Lastly, I'd like to express my sincere conviction that In Time Of (by Steven Sametz, set to a poem by E.E. Cummings) is the single most gorgeous piece of music I have ever had the great fortune to hear. The sonority is perfectly balanced, each arching phrase better than the one before. Please, for the sake of pure unadulterated beauty, purchase this CD. You will not regret it.

Beautifully delivered as always, but not my material........2002-07-30

I came to this album as a fan of Chanticleer more than of contemporary art music, though I like to think I do have a certain ear for the stuff. I haven't been educated in it, but I've sung some in my time in choruses, and I learned to appreciate those pieces the way that I learned to appreciate the more classical stuff as a child--by feeling it and hearing it come out of my own body, the ways that it worked, what was exciting, ect. That said, there is a point where I don't get it, and I reached that point all over this album. I thought I'd pass it on because it is hard for most of us to pick this kind of music off the shelf--there will be pieces that skewer us and some that make us fidget. For my part, I am grateful to have the album for the sake of three (long) songs. The Tavner Wedding song itself is probably worth it. But the album will never be put on leisurely.

Lives up to their reputation.......2001-03-07

Just recently had the opportunity to hear Chanticleer in concert...this CD certainly gives a cross section of their range...especially liked the "Tang Poems" and "Words of the Sun", which they performed live...very esoteric mix of musical styles...well worth the purchase for Chanticleer lovers!

One of the best I've picked up in ages.......2000-11-25

First of all let me state that the 4 stars isn't for the performance...which is truly outstanding...it is for a few pieces that are a tad sub-par. I also want to mention that its not that the pieces are modern either, I happen to be extremely sympathetic to modern music.

I usually don't like to do reviews this way, but I'm going to make a few comments piece by piece:

1) CRADLE SONGS - The first two of this trio of lullabies are great...the ones from Brazil & Poland are hauntingly beautiful...I'm not so crazy about the one from Tobago. A fairly strong piece, its certainly interesting.

2) VILLAGE WEDDING - This is one of the best three pieces on the album, and probably the best. Hearing John Tavener's work next to his contemporaries is an easy indicator of why he is considered one of this century's greatest and certainly one of the greatest living composers. Simultaneously it is joyous, austere, reverent & spiritual. Simply beautiful & amazing.

3) CANTI D'AMOUR - This is an up & down work. I'm not sure what the composer had in mind, but I find the first part to be amusing. It reminds me of barbershop quartet. It has more somber moments too that are quite moving. Overall though, its okay.

4) WORDS OF THE SUN - After the Tavener piece, this is my favorite one. I would like to hear some of Zhou Long's other works. It is a very subtle piece. Very Chinese too, yet simultaneously western. This is one of my favorite pieces by eastern composers of western music. Lyrically, it is amazing. Its borrowed from a 20th century Chinese poem that is gorgeous in English, I'm sure its even more so in Chinese. Musically, it is very stirring.

5) TANG POEMS - This piece too is written by a Chinese composer (Chen Yi) and it is distinctly Chinese. I am intrigued at some of the techniques used by the composer. I am really pleased with the piece, although I'm sure some find it a little "too eastern." It is extremely pretty if one is accustomed to eastern melodies. The 2nd part is a bit sharper and probably less accessible than the first part.

6) THE RUB OF LOVE - One of the duller pieces on the album.

7) IN TIME OF - Sublime. The opening few bars are unearthly. Definately one of the three best pieces. They definately need to keep this one in their concert repetoire (along with the Tavener and the two pieces by Chinese composers.) This is one of those works you have to hear to believe.

8) LOVE SONGS - This is a quirky collection of tunes by Augusta Read Thomas. It runs the gamut of serious to extremely silly. There are some strong points here, but some of it is too silly to stand the test of time ("Alas, The Love of Women"). Eventhough it is extremely unconventional, the part entitled "For Stony Limits Cannot Hold Love Out" is powerful. It is piercing & strange, but it really works with the text.

There are times when I love everything on this CD, and times when some of it gets on my nerves. It is, however, never boring and the performances are superb. I highly congratulate Chanticleer for not sitting on their laurels. This is adventursome stuff and it works 90% of the time, which is more than I can say for 99% of the ensembles out there.

I highly recommend this disc for "Village Wedding," "Words of the Sun," "In Time of," and "Tang Poems."

Pick it up, be adventuresome. Enjoy.

Fantastic recording of contemporary choral works.......2000-09-21

Chanticleer is one of the USA's finest choral ensembles, and they have picked a marvelous and diverse program for this recording -- with something that would appeal to absolutely everybody. The inclusion of two "husband-wife" pairs in the choice of music also makes for a special connection to the theme of the disc. Of special note to this reviewer are the "delicious" sonorities of Bernard Rands's "Canti d'Amor" and Augusta Read Thomas's "Love Songs" -- Chanticleer is a group who is able to pull off this difficult music beautifully. This recording was absolutely deserving of the Grammy that is received -- one of the finest discs of modern choral music in the past few years.

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Christmas Carols
Sir Henry Walford Davies , Henry John Gauntlett , Franz Xaver Gruber , George Frideric Handel , Gustav Holst , William James Kirkpatrick , Felix Mendelssohn , Christmas Traditional , John Francis Wade , Donald Hunt , Raymond Johnston , Worcester Cathedral Choir , and Robert Stringer
Manufacturer: Naxos
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000013UG
Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

Joy To The World
Once In Royal David's City
O Little Town of Bethlehem
The Cherry Tree Carol
In The Bleak Midwinter
Sing Aloud
Away In A Manger
Joys Seven
I Wonder as I Wander
Jesus, Jesus, Rest youe Head
In Dulci Jubilo
O Little One Sweet
Rocking
Ding, dong, Merrily On High
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Coventry Carol
As I Outrode
Unto Us Is Born A Son
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night

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Wonderful CD, cheaper elsewhere
Perhaps my favorite Christmas albumn
A Wonderful Christmas Pageant
Personal and Universal
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Story of Christmas

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B00000A1GK
Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

Prologue: Gloria in excelsis Deo (Robert Cowper)
The Annunciation: Ave Maria, gratia plena (Plainsong)
The Annunciation: Angelus ad Virginem (English Carol, 13th Century)
The Annunciation: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Pierluigi da Palestrina)
The Annunciation: Gabriel's message (arr. Edgar Pettman)
The Appearance of the Angles To The Shepherds: Hodie Christus natus est (Giovanni Bassano)
The Appearance of the Angles To The Shepherds: Jolly Shepherd (English Anonymous Round)
The Appearance of the Angles To The Shepherds: Hodie Christus natus est (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
The Appearance of the Angles To The Shepherds: Past three a clock (arr. Charles Wood)
The Birth: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Praetorius/Vulpius)
The Birth: There is no rose of such virtu (English Carol, 15th Century)
The Birth: Ave maris stella (Lajos Bardos)
The Birth: A spotless Rose (Herbert Howells)
The Birth: O magnum mysterium (William Byrd)
The Birth: Ach Herr, Du Schr (Heinrich Sch
The Angels Greet The New - Born Child: This endris night (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)
The Angels Greet The New - Born Child: Entre le boeuf (French Carol, 13th century)
Arrival Of The Shepherds At Bethlehem: Guillran ton tamborin (arr. Louis-Gaston Soublette)
Arrival Of The Shepherds At Bethlehem: Psallite (Michael Praetorius)
Arrival Of The Shepherds At Bethlehem: Quem vidistes pastores? (Richard Dering)
The Rocking Of The Cradle: The cradle (harm. Martin Shaw)
The Rocking Of The Cradle: Lullaby (William Byrd)
The Rocking Of The Cradle: El Rorro (Mexican traditional carol)
The Rocking Of The Cradle: Once as I remember (arr. R. Hammond)
The Rocking Of The Cradle: The Lamb (John Tavener)
The Rocking Of The Cradle: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein (Johannes Walther)
The Adoration Of The Magi: Entry of the Three Kings (John Gardner)
The Adoration Of The Magi: The King of all Kings (collected by Cecil Sharp)
The Adoration Of The Magi: Ring out ye crystal spheres (Robert Armstrong)
The Adoration Of The Magi: Gloria in excelsis deo (Thomas Weelkes)

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Wonderful CD, cheaper elsewhere.......2005-12-05

I first heard of this cd when I heard the glorious El Rorro on a mix of christmas music which I got with a copy of a magazine called Classic CD. I looked everywhere for the cd but had trouble finding it anywhere and even heard from one record store that the cd had been deleted. I checked here on Amazon and saw that it was only available used for $32.50. I seriously considered buying it even for that price.

I was therefore ecstatic when I found it on iTunes for $11.99 and instantly purchased it online. You can find it there, not under the US title but the original UK title which is Once as I Remember. For those who enjoy old English choral music, then this cd can become one of those you will have to listen to every christmas. This is one of mine.

Perhaps my favorite Christmas albumn.......2005-12-04

I originally bought this CD merely because it was on sale from a record club. I had no idea at the time how astonishingly good it was. It has quickly become perhaps my favorite albumn of Christmas music, and in fact it is one of the CDs that gives me most pleasure throughout the year. The range of selections is incredibly broad and extremely tasteful. The songs are alternately joyous, rousing, subtle, and very moving, and the perfomances are superb. It would be wonderful if this CD were reissued in an inexpensive format; I would love to be able to give this as a gift to many friends. I particularly recommend selections 5, 22, 23, and 27. The last two of these, especially, deserve to be much better known and more widely performed than is presently the case.

A Wonderful Christmas Pageant .......2005-10-24

John Elliot Gardiner has brought us a great deal of wonderful music and has been a leader in what used to be called early music performance practice (nowadays it is just the way the music is performed). Apparently, he came from a well to do family and for some period of time they had their own Christmas pageant that told the story of the Nativity with a mix of various musical numbers that ranged the ancient to the relatively modern.

This is a terrific album all on its own, but it may spark some ideas for your own Christmas celebrations and introduce you to some new pieces new approaches for the Holiday. The music is all excellently performed, I suspect far more professionally than when he was a child, but we always idealize our fond memories don't we?

The disk comes with all the texts for the pieces along with his explanation of how the pageant worked along with the spoken parts (not included on the disk) and that is a nice touch. If you wanted, you could simply use the disk for the musical portions and take turns in your family of just reading the spoken parts. Just a though.

Enjoy!

Personal and Universal.......2000-12-19

This recording is a personal memoir of John Eliot Gardiner's childhood. His family put on an annual Christmas pageant involving a large cast of family, friends, neighbors, etc. The selections on this CD are the selections that were used for the pageant, plus a few of Mr. Gardiner's new favorites added as well. (The readings that were part of the pageant are included on the liner notes.)

On my first listen to this recording the music was beautiful, but it seemed like an ad hoc collection. The cause for this seemed to be the variety of fairly diverse styles from one selection to the next. There are high Renaissance pieces, contemporary pieces, traditional carols, some Medieval selections, and a few other odds and ends. Most of the works are a cappella, but some are accompanied. All are executed with the flawlessness of the Monteverdi Choir. But the album didn't seem to have a flow or direction.

Then I read the readings that went between the selections as well as the liner notes about the pageant. Ever since then the CD "clicked." The flow of the selections made wonderful sense.

If you by this CD I suggest you read the liner notes first and the readings in the order they are intended. At least for me it made the CD a complete work of art.

This CD is a glimpse into what "made" the conductor John Eliot Gardiner. It is also a universal statement of Christmas.

Beatiful choir.......1999-12-10

The Monteverdi choir sounds very well and all the melodies are sweet. Listen the third theme or ONCE AS I REMEMBER.

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Eastman Wind Ensemble at 50

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Chicago World's Fair of 1893 music

Women at an Exposition: Music Composed by Women and Performed at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago

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ASIN: B000001SH8
Release Date: 1993-07-27

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Singing Joyfully
Rosemonde
Good Bye, Sweet Day
Romance
Sweetheart, Sigh No More
Polly Willis
The Throstle
Titania's Cradle
Chanson Bretonne
Ah, Love But A Day
In Autumn
In Autumn
Out of My Own Great Woe
Sonata for Violin, Op. 25: Allegro
Sonata for Violin, Op. 25: Andante con espressione
Sonata for Violin, Op. 25: Allegro giojoso
Sonata for Violin, Op. 25: Cecile Chaminade
L' Ete
Ici Bas

Customer Reviews:

Chicago World's Fair of 1893 music.......2007-05-07

This CD was purchased for a gift basket for the book "The Devil in the White City" and featuring the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.
I bought copies for family when I realized our friend Kimberly Schmidt, a world reknown pianist, was also the pianist on this CD. The CD itself was beautiful with songs, melodies, instrunmental and opera from the period. Very enjoyable...