Annunciation

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It's easy to understand why people like the Subdudes, for the Colorado-based quartet blends the laid-back acoustic instrumentation and vocal harmonies of Southern California with the funky backbeat of New Orleans, where the musicians first got together. Imagine the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band backed by the Radiators. The Subdudes named their first album in three years, Annunciation, after the New Orleans street where they recorded many of the tracks. With the band coproducing itself for the first time, the album showcases their assets in the best possible light. --Geoffrey Himes

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Annunciation

Average customer rating: Infectious Music I LOVE THESE GUYS Winwood Jr One of their best efforts In a word: Awesome

Annunciation The Subdudes Manufacturer: © 1994 Windham Hill Records / Distributed By: BMG ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Subdudes Primitive Streak Behind the Levee Miracle Mule Live at Last ASIN: B00000131I Release Date: 1994-03-29

Tracks:

1. (You'll Be) Satisfied
2. Why Can't I Forget About You
3. Angel To Be
4. I Know
5. Late At Night
6. Miss Love
7. Poverty
8. Message Man
9. Save Me
10. Fountains Flow
11. Cold Nights
12. Sugar Pie
13. It's So Hard

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It's easy to understand why people like the Subdudes, for the Colorado-based quartet blends the laid-back acoustic instrumentation and vocal harmonies of Southern California with the funky backbeat of New Orleans, where the musicians first got together. Imagine the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band backed by the Radiators. The Subdudes named their first album in three years, Annunciation, after the New Orleans street where they recorded many of the tracks. With the band coproducing itself for the first time, the album showcases their assets in the best possible light. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Infectious Music.......2007-07-17

A wonderfully upbeat and entertaining album. Great vocals, and songwriting along with cool and unique musicianship. Great New Orleans feel....

I LOVE THESE GUYS.......2007-01-13

The Subdudes are wonderful talented musicians. I thoroughly enjoy their music.

Winwood Jr.......2004-11-28

I like the music on this CD very much, but am surprised none of the reviews mention how much singer Malone sounds like Stevie Winwood, esp early Winwood with the Spencer Davis Group and the first two Traffic albums. It's obvious to me that he has spent hundreds of hours listening to Winwood. Throw in a dash of Little Feat, lean on acoustic sounds and that seems to be The Subdudes formula. Not the most original music out there but so sweet it's like all-American See's chocolate, you can't help but like it even though you know there are more artful chocolates around.

One of their best efforts.......2004-10-14

I have been listening to the Dudes since the late 90's when I listened to 'Primitive Streak' at a Borders listening station. I was blown away with their vocals and the originality of their music. I have all their recordings, except the new one with the mule. The Dudes are like a Cajun version of Sonia Dada. Their is just no other group like them. Mumbo Gumbo is similar, but the Dudes are much better. Every recording on this CD is a pleasure; it is full of 5 star recordings. 'You'll Be Satisfied' is a standout recording. 'Why Can't I Forget About You' is a beautiful, soul-felt song. 'Save Me' is fantastic, as is 'Sugar Pie' and 'I Know'.

I love music with harmony. There are some performers who can't seem to create a bad recording. Every Van Morrison and Boz Skaggs recording is listenable. Every James McMurtry recording is likeable; same can be said of Robert Earle Keene and Lyle Lovett. The same goes for Chris Isaak, Allison Krause and James Taylor. You will like every song on this CD. This CD will become a favorite; one to keep in the 12 CD changer in your car. This and Primitive Streak are the best Dudes CDs you can buy.

In a word: Awesome.......2002-12-19

I fist ran into this band in NOLA, where I lived for some time. I was so very impressed (blown away, actually) by the band at JazzFest and followed-up with a hunt of my local music haunts. Being a fan of live music, studio tracks usually dissapoint. This album of heartfelt lyrics, melodies and harmonies is one of my absolute favorites. This is a fine representation of the band and some of the talent to be found in their home town of New Orleans (it isn't all Jazz, Cajun and Zydeco!). This disk seems to find its way into my car's player, my computer at work and is never far from my stereo at home. I have introduced many people to this album - and all have taken to it and the subdudes (always spelled in lower-case). Annunciation is my favorite. It is a true treasure.

I couldn't recomend a better album!

Average customer rating: Another World Yet another forgotten musical genius. Beautiful music A Monument of Early Violin Music An Inordinately Beautiful Recording of the Biber Mystery Sonatas Hauntingly beautiful Baroque fare

Biber: The Mystery Sonatas Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Biber | Biber, Heinrich Ignaz | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Biber: Violin Sonatas Biber: Unam Ceylum /Holloway * Assenbaum * Mortensen Biber: Harmonia Artificioso - Ariosa; Tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes Biber; Muffat: Der Turken Anmarsch /Holloway * Assenbaum * Mortensen Schmelzer: Unarum Fidium /Holloway * Assenbaum * Mortensen ASIN: B00005UNXG Release Date: 2002-12-23

Tracks:

1. Praeludium
2. Aria And Variations
3. Adagio
4. Finale
5. Sonata
6. Presto
7. Allamanda
8. Presto
9. Sonata
10. Courente
11. Double
12. Adagio
13. Ciacona
14. Praeludium
15. Allamanda
16. Guigue
17. Sarabanda
18. Double
19. Lamento
20. Aria
21. Adagio
22. Allamanda
23. Variatio
24. Sarabanda
25. Variatio
26. Sonata
27. Presto
28. Guigue
29. Double I
30. Double II
31. Sonata
32. Courente
33. Doubles I & II
34. Finale
35. Praeludium
36. Aria
37. Variatio 1 - 2
38. Variatio 3 (Adagio)
39. Variatio 4 - 5

Tracks:

1. Sonata
2. Surrexit Christus Hodie
3. Adagio
4. Intrada
5. Aria Tubicinum
6. Allamanda
7. Courente
8. Double
9. Sonata
10. Gavotte
11. Guigue
12. Sarabanda
13. Praeludium
14. Ciacona (Aria)
15. Guigue
16. Sonata
17. Aria
18. Canzona
19. Sarabanda & Double
20. Passagalia

Customer Reviews:

Another World.......2007-03-29

Biber heartily embraced gypsy tavern violin virtuosity long before Dvorak or Brahms. This is magnificent music full of elegant and earthy contrasts. The sonatas that employ unconventional tuning open up new worlds of harmonic splendour, yet the crowning piece, the Passagalia, which does employ conventional tuning but isn't part of the Mystery Sonatas, is thankfully included as the final work of a two disc journey that soars the heights of heaven and plunges the depths of human experience. I have the original release of this music with its sumptuous and informative booklet: booklet or not, these are exceptional performances combined with an exceptional recording.

Yet another forgotten musical genius. Beautiful music.......2007-03-04

Heinrich Ignaz von Biber was a wonderful composer. The so-called "Mystery Sonatas" also known as the "Rosary Sonatas" have an aire of perfection rarely seen in classical baroque music. Biber has been all too conveniently forgotten and I am not sure why. As with Erik Satie (another of my favorite, yet unknown composers) Biber has managed to shrink in to the darkness of history while his legacy of work should be celebrated.
His work is haunting, exhilarating, enriching and somber. His music conveys a sadness and a joy that few musical works are able to convey. Biber's understanding of orchestration, the workings of instruments in compliment of each other, is astonishing to me. He had an ability, a gift, that only God himself could have given him. If you don't believe in God, then just accept that he was a prodigy of the finest degree and his work was sent from a deep place inside that immediately crawls inside of you. I, personally, call it a religious musical experience.
Absolutely stunning music.

A Monument of Early Violin Music.......2006-12-17

This version of Biber's stupendous ROSARY SONATAS (this is the more correct translation of the original German title) is marked first of all by the stunning virtuosity and graceful lyricism of violinist John Holloway. Simply to master the notes of these sonatas is an immense task in itself: playing scordatura is sort of like ventriloquism, since you are miming a certain set of notes while other notes are sounding. To have worked up these difficult pieces into an intensely expressive, dramatic experience, as Holloway has, is breathtaking. Then there is the variety of continuo instruments arrayed for each sonata. In various tracks we hear organ, harp, lute, violone, lirone (a gamba viol sounding to these ears somewhat like a harmonica) and regal (a small, portable organ with a rasping, nasal sound, used to great effect in the "Crowning with Thorns" sonata). Finally, the fact that this recording is priced far lower than any of the other major versions (Goebbel, Manze) makes it doubly attractive. I was disappointed by the scarcity of program notes, understandable given the budget price: we are not informed, for example, of the scordatura tuning of the individual sonatas, and I would have liked a more detailed discussion of the pictorial and symbolic elements used by Biber in the sonatas. However, the notes include a link to Virgin's website promising "a more detailed introduction".

Perhaps it's best not to take in this colossal work all at once. For a sampler, try tracks 14-15 of CD 2 (the "Assumption" sonata) and hear some of the most buoyant, joyous violin playing in existence. You'll be instantly mesmerized.

An Inordinately Beautiful Recording of the Biber Mystery Sonatas.......2006-09-22

Much can be written about the difficulty of this music form the 17th Century by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - and other reviewers here have given superb descriptions of those complexities - but the end result of works such as this is in the response it produces in the listener.

Biber wrote these Mystery Sonatas to represent the three sets of mysteries from the Bible: the Birth, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection of Christ. The recording is by Tragicomedia with Davitt Moroney and John Holloway in this impeccably performed recording of impossible music: the music is impossibly difficult to play and impossible not to draw and emotional response from the listener. Some may find this version a bit dry sounding, but for this listener that only enhances the other-worldly sense of the music.

The sixteen sonatas are named as follows: Part I: The Annunciation, The Visitation, The Nativity, The Presentation, The Finding in the Temple Part II: The Agony in the Garden, The Scourging of Jesus, The Crowing of Jesus with Thorns, Jesus carries His Cross, The Crucifixion Part III: The Resurrection, The Ascension, The Descent of the Holy Ghost, The Assumption of our Lady, The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Passacaglia. With the simplest combination of instruments Biber was able to elicit the feelings of each of these mysteries.

For those who love Period Music this recording is a complete success and a treasure to own. For those who have yet to step into this ethereal world, this is a very fine beginning. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, September 06

Hauntingly beautiful Baroque fare.......2004-02-23

I own three versions of Biber's Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas, and a fourth recording (by Manze) of other Biber sonatas along with the famous passacaglia that concludes the set. All of the versions (the other two being by Rheinhard Goebel on Archiv and Suzanne Lautenbacher on VOX) are beautiful, because the music is. Perhaps the passacaglia is the most beautiful 8 to 12 minutes (depending on performer) in the entire musical library. I rate the Holloway version as the best in terms of the passacaglia. The pacing seems perfect (Goebel is fast and almost dancelike, Manze quite slow but with more flare) and is about the same as that of Lautenbacher, the latter being performed on a modern instrument with her usual good taste and limited vibrato. Certainly the Holloway version has the most delicious ending to the passacaglia, when the minor key resolves to a major that brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. The Goebel and Manze versions both have a decorative flourish on the final note that, while beautiful, detracts in my opinion from the simple beauty of the key resolution. How two reviewers could give this recording only a single star is beyond comprehension! Even if one grants that Moroney is not as "lively" a harpsichordist as the performers on the other versions, my response is, "So what?" Maybe if you're a harspichord fanatic you drop the ranking from five stars to four, but the work is overwhelmingly a violin piece with harpsichord ACCOMPANIMENT. To downgrade the ranking of the entire recording to one star completely ignores the fantastic beauty, technical perfection, and haunting introspection of Holloway's performance on the violin. Besides, it's not as if Moroney actually is "incompetent." The descrition I would use is "tastefully understated, recognizing that this is primarily a violin recording." In contrast to the fun Goebel version and the good but more yeoman (yeoperson?) Lautenbacher version, Mr. Holloway plays with greater sensitivity but still with plenty of guts (not referring to the strings here) when drama or a discordant double-stop are called for. Again, ALL of the versions I've heard are great, and I'm tempted to buy yet another, but I always recommend the Holloway to my friends.

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MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by MacMillan | MacMillan, James | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: MacMillan: Mass and other sacred works Macmillan: Symphony No. 3 'Silence'; The Confession of Isobel Gowdie Cantos Sagrados: Choral Music by James Macmillan Magnus Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto; Gran Duo; Chorale Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and other choral works ASIN: B000A17GMY Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Father, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do
2. Woman, Behold Thy Son!...Behold Thy Mother!
3. Verily, I Say Unto Thee, Today Thou Shalt Be With Me In Paradise
4. Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?
5. I Thirst
6. It Is Finished
7. Father, Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit
8. On The Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin - James Vivian
9. Te Deum - James Vivian

Average customer rating: Intense cathedral music quality of recording mars Tevener's music A triumph for 20th century choral music... Listening to Tavener's music is a spiritual experience. A provocative and harsh, yet etherial and emotional disc

John Tavener: Innocence Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tavener: Song for Athene / Svyati The John Tavener Collection Tavener: Lamentations & Praises Tavener - Eternity's Sunrise / Manze · Rozario · Gooding · Mosely · AAM · Goodwin Darkness into Light ASIN: B000002AUN Release Date: 1995-10-31

Tracks:

1. The Lamb
2. Innocence
3. The Tyger
4. Annunciation
5. Two Hymns To The Mother Of God: I. Hymn to the Mother of God
6. Two Hymns To The Mother Of God: II. Hymn For The Dormition Of The Mother Of God
7. Little Requiem For Father Malachy Lynch: I. Requiem - II. Dies Irae - III. Lacrymosa - Dies Irae - IV. Libera Me - V. Requiem
8. Song For Athene

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Innocence, the longest work here, is the least successful. The bulk of the piece is a catalog of cruelties inflicted by humankind on innocents--mostly children--set to harsh but generally monotonous music. But Patricia Rozario is spectacular in a three-octave solo part, and the ending, with an ethereal chorus and bells depicting the salvation awaiting suffering innocents, is magical. The shorter pieces are deservedly among Tavener's most famous. The gentle, beguiling The Lamb and the powerful Tyger, settings of poems by William Blake, make an ideal pair. (Where The Tyger's text alludes to The Lamb, Tavener quotes The Lamb's music to wonderful effect.) The two hymns to the Mother of God are models of reverent beauty; Song for Athene, made world-famous at Princess Diana's funeral, is spellbinding. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

Intense cathedral music.......2000-12-25

Take a creative man who likes William Blake poetry and put him in front of an organ in a cavernous cathedral and give him full reign and see what results you get. Curious? Oh, yes, and light some candles, lots of candles, and pretend you're in the 19th century...maybe at a witch trial or something (did they still have them in the 1800's?). Be warned. Track nmbr 2 you may want to turn down. I had my volume up pretty high on track nmbr 1 and track nmbr 2 came blaring through.... almost broke my speakers. But I liked it....

quality of recording mars Tevener's music.......2000-11-16

This has got to be one of the noisiest recordings in my collection. There is some kind of high frequency hum that is on a number of cuts. My recommendation is to find a different recording.

A triumph for 20th century choral music..........1999-06-11

John Tavener's "Innocence" offers listeners perhaps the broadest insight into the man and his music in the smallest and most convenient package. In this one CD, there is a sample of Tavener's large-scale style (the title work "Innocence" itself) as well as some of his finest smaller pieces (including the much-celebrated "The Lamb" and its less well-known but equally effective sequel, "The Tyger"). For those wishing to sample Tavener's command of the orchestra, there is the original version of his "Little Requiem for Father Malachy Lynch", and there is one track that everyone will be familiar with- "Song for Athene", the final piece of music at Princess Diana's funeral in 1997. It certainly is a varied programme, although certain themes (in particular Death) do crop up rather frequently. The choir seems to be right at home with just about every note and they are beautifully directed by Martin Neary- whose daughter Alice makes a special appearance as solo cellist in "Innocence". Patricia Rozario, the solo soprano (also in "Innocence"), shows here how spectacular contemporary soloists can be, negotiating a massive three-octave range with remarkable ease and purity of tone. As the notes say, it is only a pity in this recording that the theatricality of the piece cannot be conveyed fully- part of the impact of the piece lies in the fact that the solo tenor (representing Redeemed Humanity) is in a high gallery whilst the solo bass (representing Supplicant Humanity) is in a very subservient position "below" the rest of the choir. Other gripes I have about this CD are that whilst "Innocence" and the expansive pieces are perfectly suited to Westminster Abbey's acoustics, more intimate pieces like "The Lamb" are lost in them and it is necessary to crank the volume to make them out- leaving you liable for ear-ache when the next track comes on and the thunderous organ chords rip the sound system to pieces! Also, the booklet notes (although most informative) refer to other works that are unfortunately unavailable ("The Apocalypse" being one of them). However, I can only really praise this recording as some of the best Tavener available- the renditions of "Hymn to the Mother of God" and "Song for Athene" stand out in particular as utterly peerless. Even friends of mine who are usually put off contemporary music have been stopped in their tracks by this wonderful CD.

Listening to Tavener's music is a spiritual experience........1999-03-18

Tavener's music is somber, reverent, serious, and spiritual. If you like Gregorian or other sacred chant music, you will find many of the same spiritual qualities in the music of John Tavener.

A provocative and harsh, yet etherial and emotional disc.......1999-02-18

I also purchased this disc for Song for Athene, which I feel to be one of the most intense, emotional pieces ever written. The rest of the album is thought-provoking and intriguing. Never before have I heard a composer use such an array of colors as in Innocence. Although harsh at times, the beauty of the soprano and the "choir of angels" nicely contrasts the overall darkness. The remainder of the album is listener friendly provided the understanding of Tavener's use of microtones, which at times could sound like poor intonation. Tavener's harmonies are incredible, and the performers do an exquisite job of capturing the listener's attention. To enjoy this disc, I suggest a dark,comfortable, candle-lit room with a high quality audio system. Not necessarily for the classical novice, but an amazing recording nonetheless

Average customer rating: Joy I listen to this every day...

Vespro della Beta Vergine (Second Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin) Chiara Margarita Cozzolani , Magnificat , and Warren Stewart Manufacturer: Musica Omnia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00005RZYL Release Date: 2001-12-15

Tracks:

1. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Versiculus Et Responsorium - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
2. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: 1. Antiphona: Missus Est - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
3. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
4. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: In Loco 1. Antiphona: Concinant Linguae - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
5. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: 2. Antiphona: Ave Maria - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
6. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Psalm 112: Laudate Pueri Primo - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
7. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: In Loco 2. Antiphona: O Quam Bonus Es - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
8. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: 3. Antiphona: Ne Timeas - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
9. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Psalm 121: Laetatus Sum - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
10. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: In Loco 3. Antiphona: Venimus In Altitudinem Maris - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
11. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: 4. Antiphona: Dabit Ei Dominus - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
12. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
13. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: In Loco 4. Antiphona: O Gloriosa Domina - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

Tracks:

1. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Capitulum: Isaiah 7:14-15 - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
2. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Responsorium Breve: Angelus Domini - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
3. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Hymnus: Ave Maris Stella - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
4. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Antiphona Ad Magnificat:Gabriel Angelus - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
5. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Magnificat Primo - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
6. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: In Loco Antiphona Ad Magnificat: Quid, Miseri, Quid Faciamus? - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
7. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Collecta - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
8. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Benedicamus Domino - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
9. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: In Loco Deo Gratias: Surgamus Omnes - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
10. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: Versiculus Et Responsorium: Fidelium Animae - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

Tracks:

1. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
2. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
3. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
4. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
5. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
6. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
7. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
8. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
9. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
10. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart
11. Salmi Bizarri: Cozzolani And The Music Of Milanese Convents - Warren Stewart

Product Description

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-1677) was one of the most original composers of 17th century Italy, worthy to keep company with her male brethren, Monteverdi, Carissimi and Cavalli. This joyous Christmas release presents some of her finest music in memorable performances by San Francisco's specialist ensemble

Customer Reviews:

Joy.......2002-05-20

This set of CD's offers the listener an experience of joy and beauty. The composition and the performance are both wonderful. This music reminds me of Mozart; it is dense with harmonies and counterpoints.

I don't usually write reviews but I love this music. I heard it first on pubic radio and thought if I could encourage anyone to try it, I would. It's a little treasure in a busy world.

I listen to this every day..........2002-04-18

Jennifer Ellis's voice is sublime. All the voices are delightful. This is my favorite CD and I listen to it every day. It's refreshing and inspiring to me. Especially fabulous are Track 7 on the 1st CD and Track 6 on the 2nd CD. Thank you, Warren Stewart, for making this CD.

Average customer rating: One of the best Tavener CDs ever

John Tavener: Thunder Entered Her Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DNF7 Release Date: 1994-10-11

Tracks:

1. Angels
2. Annunciation
3. The Lament Of The Mother Of God
4. Thunder Entered Her
5. Hymns Of Paradise
6. God Is With Us

Customer Reviews:

One of the best Tavener CDs ever.......2004-04-10

"Thunder Entered Her" is a thrilling setting of a brief Nativity text from St. Ephrem the Syrian. "God Is With Us" is a Christmas proclamation performed better here than in other recordings. I own nearly 30 Tavener CDs and this is one of my very favorite ones.

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MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by MacMillan | MacMillan, James | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000A17H78 Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. Father, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do
2. Woman, Behold Thy Son!... Behold, Thy Mother!
3. Verily, I Say Unto Thee, Today Thou Shalt Be With Me In Paradise
4. Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?
5. I Thirst
6. It Is Finished
7. Father, Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit
8. On The Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin - James Vivian
9. Te Deum - James Vivian

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Chant: Tractus stellae; Agnus Dei Manufacturer: Hungaroton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Te Deum | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music | General Christmas | Today's Deals | Box Sets | Children's Music | Classical Instrumental | Halloween | Hanukkah | Kwanzaa | Opera & Vocal | Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Pop Vocal Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003061 Release Date: 1995-02-28

Average customer rating: A RARITY WELL WORTH INVESTIGATING Why not the whole opera?

Refice: Cecilia (Abridged) Manufacturer: Video Artists Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Scotto, Renata | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003LJE Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

1. Prologue (The Annunciation): Per Amor Di Gesu Porgete I Cori... - Renata Scotto
2. Act I: (Finale): Cecilia, Non Ebbi Dianzi Possa D'Esprimere...
3. Act II: O, Il Tetro Monmorio Di Quella Folla!
4. Act II: Finale: Un'alba Gloriosa Mi Sbianca...
5. Act III - George Fourie/Harry Theyard/Renata Scotto

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A RARITY WELL WORTH INVESTIGATING.......2006-08-07

Anyone with a taste for Puccini at his sugariest, should love this piece. Rich and sweet as a zabaglione, there's nothing here to frighten anyone who can cope with Debussy (in St. Sebastien mode), Ravel or Respighi. Written in the early 30's, the harmonic and melodic vocabulary gives nary a hint that Schoenberg, Stravinsky or even Strauss had ever existed.

But, by its own lights, Cecilia is a ravishing piece. The prologue may well be familiar from Renata Tebaldi's gorgeous performance of it. And Scotto here on this VAI disc is nearly as good. Admittedly this is probably the finest music in the piece, but the other excerpts included here show a fine sense of colour and a real feeling for how to show off singers at their best in the finest Italianate traditions. Scotto's colleagues are not in her league and the tenor playing Valerian (Harry Theyard) in particular sounds a little stretched and overparted. But they do give an excellent idea of how exciting the piece could be in performance.

The vocal lines may not quite have Puccini's distinctiveness, but they are still memorable and apt. Much of the material is derived from plainsong and perhaps Refice's closest cousins are therefore Durufle and even Messiaen. But he is his own man with an individual voice and an adept touch at the richest of post-impressionist harmonies. The piece may be a rarity outside Italy but this disc is well worth investigating.

Why not the whole opera?.......2004-12-01

Renata Scotto is in top form, well supported by the rest of the cast. She captures the fervent religiosity of this work, which was a favorite of Renata Tebaldi. I have a recording of the complete performance on LP. I just wish the whole thing had been put on CD, not only excerpts. This music of Licinio Refice reminds me of Puccini & Respighi. The orchestration is lush, with many quotations of plainchant woven throughout. Refice was a Roman Catholic priest. I was familiar with his liturgical music, but this work reveals his art more completely.

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The Song of Luke: An Oratorio by Cyprian Consiglio Manufacturer: Equilibrium Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00081U74K Release Date: 2005-04-26

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