Hold on Love [Enhanced]

1. Devil's Feet

2. New Resolution

3. We Are Mice

4. Look to Me

5. Drinks We Drank Last Night

6. Across the Ocean

7. If You Fall

8. Sea of Doubts

9. Dragonfly

10. Nothing Like a Song

11. These White Lights Will Bend to Make Blue

12. Hold on Love

13. Across the Ocean [Video] [Multimedia Track]

14. We Are Mice [Multimedia] [Live]

Hold on Love,Azure Ray,Saddle Creek,Bass,Dream Pop,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Indie Rock,Piano,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,Strings,Vocals,Vocals (Background)

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Hold on Love [Enhanced]

Average customer rating: Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack is Terrific Loved it! Just as fabulous as the movie! Love It, Love It, Love It Culture-Happy-Dance-Reflect-Appreciate-Savor-Relax-Laugh

Monsoon Wedding (Score) Manufacturer: Milan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Monsoon Wedding Bend It Like Beckham The Best of Bollywood Bride & Prejudice Bhangra Beatz ASIN: B00005UKLV Release Date: 2002-03-05

Tracks:

1. Feels Like Rain
2. Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa (Today My Heart Desires)
3. Baraat
4. Aaj Mausam Bada Beimann Hai (Today The Weather Plays Tricks On Me)
5. Your Good Name
6. delhi.com
7. Fuse Box
8. Mehndi/Madhorama Pencha
9. Banished
10. Good Indian Girls
11. Fabric/Aaja Savariya (Come To Me, My Beloved)
12. Allah Hoo
13. Hold Me, I'm Falling
14. Love And Marigolds
15. Chunari Chunari
16. Aaja Nachle (Come On Dance!)
17. Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa (Zimpala Remix)
18. Fuse Box (Alexkid's Dub Remix)
19. Fuse Box (Julio Black Remix)

Amazon.com

Monsoon Wedding is Mychael Danna's second collaboration with film director Mira Nair, (Kama Sutra was the first), and he has again compiled a winning soundtrack. Danna explores a wide range of emotions, from solemn to celebratory, through different generations of Indian culture. The contemplative "Good Indian Girls" and "Hold Me, I'm Falling" feature Danna's trademark piano ambience over traditional Indian instrumentation, and the vivacious "Baraat" sounds like a Punjabi variation on Dixieland, while "Delhi.com" ventures into dreamy ethno-techno territory. Sukhwinder Singh's "Today My Heart Desires" serves up lively bhangra rock, and Laxmikant Pyarelal's "Today the Weather Plays Tricks on Me" (performed by Mohammed Rafi) swoons with strings and male vocals. In all, the soundtrack's pleasing variety of Eastern music mirrors the film's old and new worlds living within a singular culture. --Bryan Reesman

Customer Reviews:

Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack is Terrific.......2007-05-18

I really enjoyed the movie and was pleased to find the soundtrack. Great cd if you're a fan of Bollywood!

Loved it!.......2007-03-24

I just saw the movie MONSOON WEDDING and I absolutely loved it! Of course, I just HAD to have the soundtrack, so I bought the Cd recently and loved it too! WOW!

The Cd will leave you in a happy mood... Wonderful up-beat songs, many are so danceable and hipnotic. I've been playing this Cd all week ...I just wish it were longer because I would love to have more Cds like this in my Cd collection.

Just as fabulous as the movie!.......2007-01-31

This is an excellent soundtrack from an excellent movie. The music is fantastic - makes you want get up and move your feet! It's got such a happy, wistful, exotic flavor throughout the CD. I think this will probably be one that I wear out from listening to it so much!

Love It, Love It, Love It.......2007-01-21

I just love this CD. I'm preferential to the work of Mychael Danna and this is another awesome work of his. There is everything from old Indian love ballads to the popular Bollywood music of today, with some very beautiful instrumentals in between.

I'd recommend seeing the movie too. As well, I'd check out Danna's music for another Mira Nair movie, "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love."

Culture-Happy-Dance-Reflect-Appreciate-Savor-Relax-Laugh.......2006-11-06

Above I listed some words that first came to mind when I thought about this cd.
It is very Culture rich and soaked in Indian flavor. It's colorful and makes you happy with a laugh or two; as it seeks to portray the traditional music typical of a Punjabi wedding in Delhi, India.
You want to dance with most songs and sit quietly to reflect with others. I listed appreciate because we often don't sit back to appreciate the richness that other cultures provide. My 2 year old appreciates this music in her broken wanna be Hindi mimic.
She dances as does my 6 year old to this music. It's really a great CD but I would recommend seeing the movie first.

Average customer rating: Fantastically Wonderful Album Soothing and funny... Another album you can pick confidently A real gem Great CD, but kind of an acquired taste....

Lost & Found Griffin House Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Trouble Our Shadows Will Remain Mercy Now Stories Under Nails Live from Bonnaroo 2005 ASIN: B0002IQIHO Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Amsterdam
2. Ah Me
3. Tell Me A Lie
4. Waste Another Day
5. Waterfall
6. Liberty Line
7. The Way I Was Made
8. Why Won't You Belive?
9. Just A Dream
10. Missed My Chance
11. New Day

Customer Reviews:

Fantastically Wonderful Album.......2007-04-20

Singer/songwriter Griffin House provides a fantastic album full of outstanding lyrics and musical sounds. He does not disappoint. Have had this album since it first came out and I never tire of listening, with each listen I find something different that stands out and captures me.

Soothing and funny..........2007-04-11

I bought the CD with some apprehension as my taste of music is very variable. I must say that I was hooked on to the songs immediately. All the songs are gentle and melodious and articulate well. Some of the songs are quite funny.
Would surely recommend it ...

Another album you can pick confidently.......2007-01-25

I bought this album, along with one from Matt Nathanson and Amos Lee by following links here of what people bought when buying other albums in the same genre.
Well, I can say this album is really, really good. Along with Matt Nathanson and Amos Lee, those cds can play in my cd player forever on repeat and after a few hours I just start thinking "hey it's still the same cd in".

Yes it's that good and smooth. No track where you want to skip to the next, they're all good.

(yes I used the same review for Matt since both are in the same genre and as good)

A real gem.......2006-11-07

I have been listening to this cd for almost a year now and finally had a chance to see Griffin perform.
He is awesome.
He has his own style and plays for the music. His lyrics are powerful and moving... I got goosebumps on more than one occassion.
Buy it, listen to it, you'll love it.

Great CD, but kind of an acquired taste...........2006-04-20

I heard of this on CBS Sunday Morning and went out immediately and bought it. I just thought it was OK at first listen. After owning it for a couple months I pulled it out again and the more I listen to it the more appreciation I have for it. It's right up there near the top of my list for favorites.

Give it a listen (or two, maybe three) before you judge it.

Average customer rating: Could have been better awesome music AMAZING! Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops do the Beatles Some Moments - but doesn't live up to expectations

Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Play the Beatles Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fiedler Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits of the Beatles: Classical Style Pops Roundup Cello Submarine: Beatles Classics by the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Sixties Classics: The Encore Collection ASIN: B00004KH76 Release Date: 2000-03-07

Tracks:

1. Eleanor Rigby
2. And I Love Her
3. Ob-La-Di, Ob-la-da
4. Hey Jude
5. With A Little Help From My Friends
6. Yellow Submarine
7. I Want To Hold Your Hand
8. Penny Lane
9. A Hard Day's Night
10. The Fool On The Hill
11. Yesterday
12. Michelle
13. I Want To Hold Your Hand
14. And I Love Her
15. A Hard Day's Night
16. I Want To Hold Your Hand

Customer Reviews:

Could have been better.......2006-08-22

Not the best treatment of Beatles music from the classical point of view. London Symphony was much better.

awesome music.......2006-03-10

Hearing the Beatles music arranged in classical format shows what great musicians and composers Lennon and McCartney were.

AMAZING!.......2005-01-08

I cannot help but smile when I listen to the beautiful arrangements on this album. It blends the Beatles' genius for melody with the great percussive sound and incredible energy of Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. I've heard other orchestral versions of Beatles songs, but none has compared to this one (if anyone has found a better CD, please post a note here). Any Beatles or Pops fan should definitely own this CD. I can't stop listening!

Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops do the Beatles.......2005-01-01

As conductor of the Boston Pops for almost half a century, Arthur Fiedler brought popular classical music and pop music with a classical twist to the people. Leonard Bernstein was providing an intellectual and more glamorous musical education for Americans, but Fielder was coming into our living rooms on a weekly basis with his Boston Pops concerts. Fielder and the Boston Pops produced a lot of records, mostly with RCA in the 1950s through the 1970s, most of which offered everything from classical overtures and ballet pieces to movies themes and the hits of the Beatles.

It was inevitable that with over a hundred albums the Boston Pops would do the Fab Four. They were the first orchestra to perform the songs of the Beatles in 1964 when Fiedler returned from a trip to Liverpool ("I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the first one they ever did). These are not just these songs played by a classical orchestra but rather arrangements done for this purpose. You will notice that one of the standard ways of arranging these songs is to use the chorus as the introduction for the song (e.g., "Eleanor Rigby," "Hey Jude"). If you can guess from the drumming at the beginning of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" or "Yellow Submarine" what those songs are then you are way ahead of me, but that is the sense of fun that Fiedler brought to these songs by giving them the John Phillip Sousa treatment.

Sometimes it is such the simple elegance of doing the guitar parts with strings, as with "And I Love Her," or even the staccato strings of "Penny Lane," that makes the songs enjoyable. Then there are the mood chances invoked by turning "A Little Help From My Friends" into a work of minor chords. My assumption is that if you pick up this album you will know the songs, but not these arrangements, so you should just forget about looking at the play list and just listen to the music.

There are a quartet of bonus tracks on the album, featuring live versions of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "And I Love Her," and "A Hard Day's Night." These are not different versions of these songs, which is too bad because I thought it would be interesting to see if the Pops arrangers could come up with different classical ways of doing the same songs. The final track is actually Fiedler talking about how the Pops came to play the Beatles music, as a "novelty." I have not listened to this sort of music for a while, but it makes for nice background music and there are more albums out there. Remember "Saturday Night Fiedler"?

Some Moments - but doesn't live up to expectations.......2004-09-30

During the 20th century, Arthur Fiedler was one of the most celebrated conductors of orchestral music. He is most famous for being the longtime conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. As someone who is a novice to classical music, I have found Arthur Fiedler's music very easy to get into. Namely, Fiedler made classical music easy - for the everyday fan to enjoy. One way Fiedler accomplished this is through doing popular tunes in the classical style. Fiedler's style often added a new gusto to classical music concerts by including not only popular music, but also Broadway tunes, jazz, folk, and advertising jingles - all done in the classical style (in the late 70s, he even did Saturday Night Fever tunes - 'Saturday Night Fiedler'). One might get very excited to hear that there is a collection in which Fiedler does Beatles tunes. I've always thought the Beatles' music would lend itself perfectly in the classical music arena - especially their later works. On this particular collection "Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra play The Beatles", it does have it moments where things work very well. However, overall this collection did fall short on my high expectations that I had.

There are several things that disappoint me about this collection. For starters, there is only a total of two songs from the Beatles best three albums: "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has one song ("With a Little Help From My Friends"), The "White Album" has one song ("Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"), while there is no songs from "Abbey Road". As mentioned above, I thought the Beatles' later material lent itself well to being played with an orchestra. These albums are really the cornerstone of this period, yet there is two songs between these three albums. I understand that Fiedler's "Play the Beatles" was put together in 1969, but I still expected much more of a presence from these albums. I think many of the tunes on these albums could have lent itself very easily to classical music. For example, songs such as "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", "When I'm Sixty-Four", "Day in the Life", "Come Together", "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", "Birthday", and "Helter Skelter" would have sounded wonderful being played under the classics. I don't know if the Fiedler and the Boston Pops ever did these songs, but if they did - they should have been included. If they were done, it would be nice to hear them on an updated version of this collection. Some of these tunes are available on other classics collection, but Fiedler's Orchestra was the best at playing this music, so I would have liked to have heard it here.

The other thing that disappoints me are some of the selections themselves. Most of the tunes do keep to the sound you would expect from the Beatles, but some do not sound as good as I would expect. "With a Little Help From My Friends" just doesn't sound much like the original tune. The song that I consider the signature song by the Beatles - "Hey Jude" is an extreme disappointment - it just doesn't capture the magic of the original song. Songs like "Michelle" and "And I Love Her" do keep to the Beatles sound, but they somehow miss the mark. Perhaps these two songs aren't the best songs to be done with a Classical Orchestra.

However, this collection is not all bad. There are some positive points that do shine. There are several songs which surprise me on how well they sounded being played in the classical sense. "Eleanor Rigby" is one of those. You can feel a lot of power and emotion with that song. Another song that surprises me how well it sounds being played as a classical piece is "Penny Lane". Fiedler is also able to demonstrate a lot of power by playing by playing "Penny Lane' as a classical piece. In "Yellow Submarine", Fiedler puts a military and marching band spin on the song. It gives the song a whole new dimension. As for my favorite piece on the collection - it has to be "Fool on the Hill". Somehow I almost like "Fool on the Hill" played as a classical piece better than how the Beatles do it. Other songs that sound good are a couple of the Beatles' earlier tunes - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "A Hard Day's Night"

It is worth noting that there are some live versions of these songs included with Fiedler's studio recordings. In particular there are live versions of "And I Love Her" and "A Hard Day's Night". There are also multiple versions of the same song included. You will hear three different recordings of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (one from 1964 and two from 1969 - you will hear a change in tempo). There are also two versions of "A Hard Day's Night" (the live 1965 version and a 1969 studio recording). Counting the live and studio versions - there are also two versions of "And I Love Her".

It is also worth noting that on the final song (the third version of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"), there is a spoken introduction by Arthur Fiedler which is about 1 minute long in which Fiedler explains why he started playing Beatles music. The liner notes contain a one panel writeup by Peter Dellheim that discuss a little more background about the success Fiedler has had playing the Beatles.

Overall, this isn't a bad collection. I had higher expectations knowing how good a conductor Arthur Fiedler is as well as knowing how good many of the Beatles' songs would have sounded. This might appeal to the Beatles fan wanting to hear songs Classical, and possibly even vice versa - but if you want to go deeper with the Beatles being played classical, you may have to go elsewhere.

Average customer rating: their best yet aural medicine Evocative -- A Slow Dance in a Ghost Town Azure Ray Great Video

Hold on Love Azure Ray Manufacturer: Saddle Creek ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Different Stars Let It Die Having All Rise One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels ASIN: B0000D1FDZ Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

1. Devil's Feet
2. New Resolution
3. We Are Mice
4. Look to Me
5. Drinks We Drank Last Night
6. Across the Ocean
7. If You Fall
8. Sea of Doubts
9. Dragonfly
10. Nothing Like a Song
11. These White Lights Will Bend to Make Blue
12. Hold on Love
13. Across the Ocean [Multimedia Track]
14. We Are Mice [Multimedia][Live]

Customer Reviews:

their best yet.......2006-02-15

First and foremost Orenda and Maria are deeply introspective and unpretentious poets.
They are mere mortals and they embrace, yet do not crush, that fact. Nor do they see
fit to make it an altar on which to sacrifice their inner children. The culmination
is that of ancient souls very much aware of their current journey through whimsical
youth. That and a profound sense that both the old and the new are keenly aware of
and watching the other with curious fascination. They articulate these things with
a magical ease that would make the best of deeply human sentiment driven poets to
snap all their crayons in half and take a sabbatical in hopes of losing all the lofty
veneer that weights them near to drowning in waters five syllables deep. They don't
get too specifically personal (no songs that tell us the names of everyone they know
and love and hate - a thing that is all too prevalent in music lately) and they don't
dole out huge clay tables of sage lesson. Instead they discuss experience in the
context of experience.

Secondly they both have multitudes of identity in their voices. Energetic and happy
children etched with young women in and out of love and overcast by clouds of the
weary who have been worn much by experience. They sing sing softly. To many a singer
that is a death card as the human voice usually sounds very different at various
volumes and we live in a culture that charms the the loud and often harsh. Yet they
thrive in the serene end of the pool and again it is magically transposed to the ear.
Their voices compliment one another on an order that is seldom experienced. Get to
love one and you'll melt to a euphoric puddle of goo when you hear them both together.

One of the hallmarks of Azure Ray has been an oft song that sort of drones along the
same base few chords and/or rythems. They not only pull it off such that one doesn't
feel they've been 'droned' but they go so far as to somehow keep it sounding fresh.
I suspect part of that has to do with their skill and talent as musicians equaling
that of every aspect previously mentioned. Their choice of harmonies and rythems are
such that they compliment this style. But not everything they do is like that. In
fact on this album they demonstrate a most impressive harmonically rich song 'We Are
Mice' that really tugs the listener in with it's dark delicious alternating dissonance
and consonance with verse must surely have been penned by someone with firsthand
knowledge of clinical depression:

'it's all in the eyes
the reckless way we dream to die
our past is our future
...
we'll touch hands on the street
smile and keep moving on towards the heat
...
it's our lot in life'

And again they depart in 'If You Fall' which is anything but a drone. It's major
chords progress in half steps with a joyful vivaciousness that will have you
bouncing up and down in your seat to tempo. The lyrics of this song fall in
thematically with the the whole 'Hold On Love' thread and have elements of
optimism, fascination, curiosity, and somewhat tame optimism:

'let's talk and we'll fill the air with imagery that lasts forever
...
if you fall will you get up
...
you drift too far will you swim towards the shore
and if you fell in love will you hold on to it
...
you speak so sweet with words so delicate
a glass i hope will never shatter'

And of as mentioned the weary and worn exemplified in 'Look To Me':

'i hold your hand as you slip from me
as i watch your breath i say to myself one day this will all end
...
but i know you're right as i begin to pack
without raising your eyes i hear you sigh oh you'll be back
because i look to you and you look to me
we're a real f****d up family'

This is Azure Ray's finest collection to date. I see they've both done solo
albums and in reading an interview with Orenda Fink I was left with the
impression that while things are still good they are feeling the need for
time away from one another. Not surprising at all but tragic if that should
turn into a permenant arrangement. I understand they've been touring apart,
one as Azure Ray and the other with collaborative efforts with other musicians
which fortifies my concern. While both are good as individuals it would be
a terrific loss to lose them as a team. I'm always amazed at what hits the
airwaves and music videos; at who is raking in sickening amounts of money
and who still tour as if on a serious budget. These two women are the real
deal. If you like what you've read give them a shot. If you like your shot
then spread the word and buy a copy for a friend or two. It's up to people
like you and I to force an obviously corrupt music industry's hand to play
a much higher caliber of music consistently. Your dollar is the vote that
counts.

Best Wishes, -frank-

aural medicine.......2006-01-19

it's awesome for those nights when you feel completely alone and doomed to fail at life. it's awesome when you need to know that things might not get better and that it's still going to be okay. it's awesome when none of the other cd's you have seem to fit. it's beautiful and poetic. it helps you make something good out of life when it sucks the most. it helps you through those times that we all have.

Evocative -- A Slow Dance in a Ghost Town.......2004-12-30

Taking nothing from their own uniquely sonorous voices, I find Azure Ray at an evocative intersection of Suzanne Vega, Dar Williams, and Margo Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies. There is an anti-heroic quality of pastoral loneliness in their voices, like whispers sung; highly recommended.

Azure Ray.......2004-12-23

Beautiful. Every positive adjective known to man.

Enough said.

Great Video.......2004-06-10

The song "We are Mice" is great, and the young boy in the video is very good!

Average customer rating: Custer LaRue is my all-time favorite Awesome voice Custer LaRue as classical folk musician

Amazing Grace Custer LaRue , and Baltimore Consort Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The True Lover's Farewell - Appalachian Folk Ballads Custer LaRue Sing The Daemon Lover The Mad Buckgoat - Ancient Music of Ireland Ballads American Angels ASIN: B00005B1GB Release Date: 2001-05-01

Tracks:

1. Frozen Heart
2. Wondrous Love
3. Come Brothers And Sisters
4. Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal
5. Death 'tis a Melancholy Day
6. Female Convict
7. Down in the Garden
8. Hark, My Soul
9. The Little Family
10. Wedlock
11. Old-Fashioned Bible
12. Cross of Christ
13. Heavenly Contention
14. Hold On
15. Good Old Way
16. Come Friends and Relations
17. Poor Wayfaring Stranger
18. Amazing Grace

Customer Reviews:

Custer LaRue is my all-time favorite.......2001-08-30

As I have said before (and will no doubt say again), one cannot go wrong in purchasing an album on the Dorian label. This disc is further justification for me calling them my favorite record label. Brian Levine and all the folks at Dorian deserve a big thanks from every true lover of music.

In spite of what I said about Claire Gignac in my review of "Les Chants d'Eros," Custer LaRue is still my favorite female singer. "Amazing Grace" makes my admiration for her even greater than it was before. She is truly great here.

The songs themselves are wonderful material. A few of them are still common repertoire in some church settings. Most of the songs have become obscure over the years--only finding resurrection in LaRue's performance.

My favorite songs here are "Wondrous Love," "Hold On," and the title track. It is a sign of a great album that is so hard to choose a favorite on "Amazing Grace."

I love the early instruments used in this recording. It puts a new interpretive spin on the songs. The Baltimore Consort are a dazzling collection of artists who are each outstanding players in their own right--the real miracle is how they play so seamlessly together. I look forward to more music from this great ensemble.

In the meantime, I give "Amazing Grace" a full-fledged recommendation.

Awesome voice.......2001-08-18

Custer Larue has a wonderfully light, pure soprano that is well augmented by the various early instruments of the Baltimore Consort, and her unaccompanied rendition of "Amazing Grace" gives me goosebumps! The selections are not "preachy" religion and therefore very listenable. LaRue reminds me of the early Joan Baez; no, she is even better. Heard a selection from this recording on NPR, bought the CD and now want to own everything she ever recorded! A very special, talented group of musicians and Custer LaRue's voice is unforgettable.

Custer LaRue as classical folk musician.......2001-06-10

This album reminds me of Maddy Prior's album of West Gallery music; it does not remind me of the various current releases of early American religious music by choral groups. This is an album that will appeal to folk musicians with a love of the ballad. It also appeals to those interested in lute, bandora, stings etc.; their accompaniment to LaRue's voice is absolutely inspired.

Contents as it is not currently in the listing: Frozen Heart; Wondrous Love; Come Brothers and Sisters; Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal; Death, 'tis a Melancholy Day; Female Convict; Down in the Garden; Hark, My Soul; The Little Family; Wedlock; Old-Fashioned Bible; Cross of Christ; Heavenly Coronation; Hold On; Good Old Way; Come Friends and Relations; Poor Wayfaring Stanger; Amazing Grace.

Especially interesting are the pieces that moved into the Black Gospel repetoire e.g. Hold On and Good Old Way. An absolutely lovely cd with no missteps.

Average customer rating:

Red Hot (From Mystic Music, As Seen On TV) Crowded House , Level 42 , Rick Astley , Sheriff , Billy Ocean , Pat Benatar , Eddie Money & Ronnie Spector , Robert Palmer , Sheena Easton , and The Power Station Manufacturer: Mystic Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MZSVMC

Product Description

MYSTIC MUSIC Presents RED HOT. AS SEEN ON T.V. Disc 1 1. SOMETHING SO STRONG CROWDED HOUSE 2. OBSESSION ANIMOTION 3. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU LEVEL 42 4. IS THIS LOVE WHITESNAKE 5. EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN POISON 6. ALL I NEED JACK WAGNER 7. MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY ALIAS 8. SOME LIKE IT HOT THE POWER STATION 9. TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) SAMANTHA FOX 10. NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY 11. TOUCH ME CATHY DENNIS 12. NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 13. THE FLAME CHEAP TRICK 14. BLACK VELVET ALLANAH MYLES 15. SAVE YOUR LOVE GREAT WHITE 16. WHEN I'M WITH YOU SHERIFF 17. CAN'T STOP AFTER 7 18. ADDICTED TO LOVE ROBERT PALMER DISC 2 1. FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE BAD COMPANY 2. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS FOREIGNER 3. SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER THE MOTELS 4. TOO SHY KAJAGOOGOO 5. SHATTERED DREAMS JOHNNY HATES JAZZ 6. WE BELONG PAT BENATAR 7. CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) BILLY OCEAN 8. I GET WEAK BELINDA CARLISLE 9. TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT / BE MY BABY EDDIE MONEY WITH RONNIE SPECTOR 10. HOLD ON TO THE NIGHT RICHARD MARX 11. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART ROXETTE 12. MISSING YOU JOHN WAITE 13. I TOUCH MYSELF DIVINYLS 14. SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE ROBERT PALMER 15. SUGAR WALLS SHEENA EASTON 16. I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU DAN HARTMAN 17. FREEWAY OF LOVE ARETHA FRANKLIN

Average customer rating: Not the original recordings

Hold on to My Love Jimmy Ruffin Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cliff Richard - Greatest Hits 79-88 Joe Walsh - The Definitive ASIN: B0008FPJDA Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

1. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
2. As Losn as There Is L-O-V-E, Love
3. Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby
4. Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got
5. Hold on to My Love
6. I'll Say Forever My Love
7. I've Passed This Way Before
8. Wake Me Up When It's Over
9. Tell Me What You Want
10. There Will Never Be Another You
11. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

Customer Reviews:

Not the original recordings.......2007-03-05

If you look carefully, the cover image states "New Stereo Recordings by Original Artist". You may want to pass on this for a better collection: Jimmy Ruffin - Motown's Greatest Hits

Average customer rating: Excellent Brilliant

Shall We Gather - American Hymns and Spirituals Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Live Recordings | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wade In The Water, Vol.1:African American Spirituals:The Concert Tradition Great American Spirituals, Vol. 9 Go Down, Moses The Shapenote Album Wintersong ASIN: B00005QK6L Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

1. Libert Hall (Lord, In Thy Presence)
2. Rise, Shine, For Thy Light Is A-Comin'
3. Welwyn (O Brother Man)
4. Pisgah (The Lord's My Shepherd)
5. Poor Rosy
6. I've Just Come From The Fountain
7. Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler
8. Nettleton (Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing)
9. Wondrous Love (What Wondrous Love Is This)
10. Gospel Train
11. Shining Shore (My Days Are Gliding By Swiftly)
12. More Love
13. In Mercy, Lord (In Mercy, Lord, Incline Thine Ear)
14. Beautiful River (Shall We Gather At The River)
15. Some Of These Days
16. The Old Ship Of Zion
17. St. Peter (In Christ There Is No East Or West)
18. Missionary Chant (Awake, Our Souls)
19. Old Ship Of Zion (What Ship Is This?)
20. Inching Along
21. Watchman (Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night)
22. Hurry, On My Weary Soul
23. Morning Trumpet (O When Shall I See Jesus)
24. He's A Mighty Good Leader
25. Hold On
26. Resignation (My Shepherd Will Supply My Need)
27. We Shall Walk Through The Valley

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-05-09

The best "Sacred Harp" or "Shape Note" type singing that I've heard. The various renditons are clear and harmonious.
None of that tuning up, barking, la-la's or other cacophonous sounds here.

Brilliant.......2003-09-22

I couldn't recommend a CD more highly. As a musician I was amazed at the variety of the music here and the truly exceptional performances. It's seems we can always rely on Albany to put out the most interesting and highest quality recordings.

Average customer rating:

Hold On (Tighter to Love) Clubland Manufacturer: Great Jones ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music CD Singles | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Clubland Featuring Zemya Hamilton Nu Nu Club Lonely ASIN: B00008F5AI Release Date: 1992-02-21

Average customer rating: The best ever version The Golden Cast of D'Oyly Carte! The Definitive Recording

Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience Philip Potter , Kenneth Sandford , Mary Sansom , Jennifer Toye , and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers ASIN: B0000041VE Release Date: 1989-07-21

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
3. Act One: Still brooding on their mad infatuation
4. Act One: I cannot tell what this love may be
5. Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
6. Act One: The soldiers of our Queen
7. Act One: If you want a receipt for that popular mystery
8. Act One: In a doleful train two & two we walk all day
9. Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
10. Act One: When I first put this uniform on
11. Act One: Am I alone & unobserved?
12. Act One: If you're anxious for to shine
13. Act One: Long years ago-fourteen, maybe
14. Act One: Prithee, pretty maiden-prithee
15. Act One: Though to marry you
16. Act One: Let the merry cymbals sound
17. Act One: Now tell us, we pray you
18. Act One: Heart broken at my Patience's barbarity
19. Act One: Stay, we implore you, before our hopes are blighted
20. Act One: Your maidens hearts, ah, do steel

Tracks:

1. Act One: Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity
2. Act One: We've been thrown over, we're aware
3. Act One: And are you going a ticket to buy?
4. Act One: Hold! Stay your hand!
5. Act One: True love must single-hearted be
6. Act One: I hear the soft note of the echoing voice
7. Act One: But who is this, whose god-like grace
8. Act One: List Reginald, whilst I confess a love
9. Act Two: On such eyes as maidens cherish
10. Act Two: Sad is a woman's lot who, year by year
11. Act Two: Silvered is the raven hair
12. Act Two: Turn, oh turn in this direction
13. Act Two: A magnet hung in a hardware shop
14. Act Two: Love is a plaintive song
15. Act Two: So go to him & say to him
16. Act Two: It's clear that the mediaeval art
17. Act Two: If Saphir I choose to marry
18. Act Two: When I go out of the door
19. Act Two: I'm a Waterloo House young man
20. Act Two: After much debate internal, I on Lady Jane decide

Customer Reviews:

The best ever version.......2002-06-07

The wonderful cast transports you to the realms of Gilbert and Sullivan, to make you feel that you are experiencing a first night in 1881! John Reed, as Bunthorne, an aesthetic poet is superb, camp, subversive and a complete fraud. If anyone is not aware, the story of the opera is based upon the idiosyncracies of the Aesthetic movement in England of the 1880's and Gilbert used the public parodies of his friend Oscar Wilde as his major source. The rest of the cast, chorus and orchestra , under the long experienced 'Goddie' are superlative and make for one of the finest line-ups in D'Oyly Carte history. Revel and enjoy, for this is quite the best.

The Golden Cast of D'Oyly Carte!.......1999-04-13

My wish had always been to see John Reed and the D'Oyly Carte Company in a performance of Patience. My mother had done so, remarking that, 'You'd need patience to watch it', she was coloured in her opinion, since she wanted to see 'The Mikado', but had gotten the wrong tickets! The recording, made in 1961, is superb in every detail. You are with the cast, on stage, in the auditorium, it is such a 'live' performance. The dialogue is delivered exquisitely, whilst the singing is uniformerly of the highest standard. I recently portrayed 'Bunthorne' and throughout my performances, I felt that I was continuing the legacy of Gilbert and Sullivan. All the past history of performers were there. I feel that Patience is a magical Savoy Opera. Do not miss the opportunity to own such a definitive performance. Maybe the subject of the 'Art Nouveau' periodof Victorian England is dated, but as one critic has already stated, every generation 'throws up' its poseures, to be knocked. 'Ah, me! lack aday!' BUY IT!

The Definitive Recording.......1998-12-09

For those who prefer the traditional Savoyard renderings of the G&S canon, this is far and away the best recording of this parody of the cult of celebrity. John Reed leads the cast as a delightful Bunthorne, and the recording contains all of the opera's dialogue. "HMS Pinafore," "The Mikado," and "The Pirates of Penzance" may be better known, but "Patience" is deserving of a wider audience.

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