Racine

Racine

Editorial Reviews

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Move over, Alanis. Step aside, Jewel. Sass Jordan, a singer and songwriter from Montreal, could give most singer-songwriters attitude lessons. She's got a strong, gut-deep voice, and on Racine, her second album, she does as the album title implies and goes back to her roots. The result is a fine selection of rock and roll, with more than a hint of the blues in it. "Make You a Believer," "Time Flies," and "Who Do You Think You Are" are especially strong, showing off Jordan's voice to its best advantage. Bypassing the women-in-rock movement entirely--you're unlikely to find her performing at the Lilith Fair--Jordan heads straight for the rock. Not nearly as well known outside of Canada as she should be, Sass Jordan is well worth discovering for yourself. --Genevieve Williams

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Racine

The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Ever, Volume II
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Eveer, Volume II
  • Great music listein to while you read in bed
  • A must buy for the non-snobbish classical music fan.
  • A bliss of spirit.
  • Boring
The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Ever, Volume II
Gabriel Faure , Frederic Chopin , Antonio Vivaldi , Gustav Mahler , Claude Debussy , Sir Neville Marriner , Maris Jansons , Lorin Maazel , Sir Adrian Boult , Miklos Rozsa , Riccardo Muti , Stephen Cleobury , Sir John Barbirolli , New Philharmonia Orchestra , Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus , Academy of St. Martin in the Fields , and Berlin Philharmonic
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002439O
Release Date: 2003-03-11

Tracks:

  1. Sheep May Safely Graze - Sir Neville Marriner
  2. Serenade In G 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' - Sir Neville Marriner
  3. Violin Concerto No.1 In G Minor, Op.26 - II. Adagio - Yedudi Menuhin
  4. Nocturne No.2 In E Flat Op.9 No.2 - John Ogdon
  5. Miserere Mei, Deus - Stephen Cleobury
  6. Schindler's List - Tasmin Little
  7. Traumerei - Dame Moura Lympany
  8. Dance Of The Sylphs - Sir Neville Marriner
  9. Water Music - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  10. Symphony No.9: II. Largo - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  11. Jean De Florette - Toots Thielemans
  12. Concerto For Lute And Two Violins - II. Largo - Anthony Bailes
  13. Cello Concerto In E Minor Op.85 - III. Adagio - Jacqueline De Pre
  14. Waltz No.15 In A Flat - Dame Moura Lympany
  15. Romance - Piers Lane
  16. Pavane - Maurice Handford
  17. Woodbrook - Micheal O Suilleabhain
  18. Time To Say Goodbye - Orchestra

Tracks:

  1. The Four Seasons - Concerto No.1 In E 'Spring' - Yehundi Menuhin
  2. Dance Of The Blessed Spirits - New Philharmonia Orchestra
  3. Double Violin Concerto In D Minor - II. Largo Ma Non Tanto - Yehudi Menuhin
  4. Prelude No.7 In A Op.28 No.7 - Tzimon Barto
  5. Cantique De Jean Racine - MONKS AND CHOIRBOYS OF DOWNSIDE ABBEY
  6. The Lark Ascending - Hugh Bean
  7. 'Pathetique Sonata Op.13 - II. Adagio Cantabile - Leonard Pennario
  8. Pie Jesu - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
  9. Salut D'Amour - Richard Hickox
  10. La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin (The Girl With Flaxen Hair) - Dame Moura Lympany
  11. The Coventry Carol - Medeval Babes
  12. Pavane For A Dead Princess - New Philharmonia Orchestra
  13. Liebestraum No.3 In A Flat - John Ogdon
  14. Panis Angelicus - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
  15. Piano Concerto No.2 In F Op.102 - II. Andante - Dmitri Alexeev
  16. Agnus Dei - Peter Barley
  17. Symphony No.5 In C Sharp Minor - IV. Adagietto - New Philharmonia Orchestra
  18. My Heart Will Go On - Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Eveer, Volume II.......2006-08-28

Good selection of music, poorly performed and badly arranged. Good album for a tag sale. Same comment applies for Volume I.

5 out of 5 stars Great music listein to while you read in bed.......2005-08-21

I have listened to this CD for the last several years before going to sleep at night. I love classical music, and this is great music to help make my soul feel at peace and unwind after a taxing day.

5 out of 5 stars A must buy for the non-snobbish classical music fan........2004-10-22

I bought Vol. 1 of this series and was quite satisfied, but I have to say I'm more than satisfied with this one. If you can just mellow out and enjoy some great pieces, you'll love this CD. #15 on Disc 2 is almost worth the price alone!

5 out of 5 stars A bliss of spirit........2004-09-18

That's disc will open You a wonderful, beautiful world of sounds, their harmony & emotion : you'll feel your heart full of
Joy, Tears, Love.
Good LUCK!

2 out of 5 stars Boring.......2004-05-11

Yes this CD will put you to sleep in minutes. Its the most boring uninspiring classical music. The first CD was very good but this Vol. 2 is like most movie sequels....AWFUL !
Faure: Requiem and other choral music
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • It's Beauty Revealed, At Last
  • OK, I'm a sucker for the 1893 version
  • Life has been engulfed in time
  • Requiem- a masterpiece.
  • high quality but lacking emotion
Faure: Requiem and other choral music

Manufacturer: Collegium
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000031HB
Release Date: 2000-02-29

Tracks:

  1. Requiem: Introit et Kyrie
  2. Requiem: Offertoire
  3. Requiem: Sanctus
  4. Requiem: Pie Jesu
  5. Requiem: Agnus Dei
  6. Requiem: Libera me
  7. Requiem: In paradisum
  8. Ave verum Corpus
  9. Tantum ergo
  10. Ave Maria
  11. Maria, Mater gratiae
  12. Cantique de Jean Racine
  13. Messe basse: Kyrie eleison
  14. Messe basse: Messe Basse - Sanctus
  15. Messe basse: Messe Basse - Benedictus
  16. Messe basse: Messe Basse - Agnus Dei

Amazon.com

John Rutter's groundbreaking research and subsequent performing edition of Fauré's beloved Requiem has enabled us to hear the work as the composer originally intended. His first version of the piece included only a chamber orchestra with lower strings, harp, timpani, and organ. Four years later, Fauré added two movements and slightly expanded the orchestration. This is the version that Rutter and his inimitable Cambridge Singers perform here-- and it's a glorious revelation, especially if the only Fauré Requiem you've heard is that for full orchestra, which the composer himself neither created nor approved. Rutter and his singers give us a wonderfully sumptuous yet detailed performance that benefits tremendously from the newly realized clarity of inner lines and from the richly colored orchestral textures. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars It's Beauty Revealed, At Last.......2007-01-11

This Collegium COLCD 109 is a later release of the Collegium COLCD 101 which I purchased circa 1985 after reading glowing reviews in Grammophone magazine. COLCD 101 is labeled Stereo/Digital. COLCD 109 is labeled Stereo/DDD. Is it a re-mastering? Liner notes don't say, but the new version provides noticeable improvements in vividness and clarity.

The release of COLCD 101 was a watershed event. John Rutter had questioned conventional performance versions of Faure's Requiem, those which used full symphony orchestras and Wagnerian-like soloists. Yes, it is a requiem, but Faure's ideas are very different than those found in, say, Verdi's Requiem. Instead of hellfire and damnation, Faure evokes serenity, peace and love. Rutter's historical research proved that Faure intended for his work to be performed in small, intimate settings where the orchestra and choir would be minimal and, maybe, use boy sopranos. Rutter's CD of the historical, 1893, version is like an expert restoration of an old painting where a century's grime is wiped away and the work is newly revealed in it's original beauty.

A 1990's CD of the 1893 version exists on Naxos 8.55076S by Jeremy Summerly and the Oxford Camerata. It, too, is beautiful and of similar performance quality, though conducted at a slightly slower tempo. I find Rutter's version more "right", but that's just personal preference.

5 out of 5 stars OK, I'm a sucker for the 1893 version.......2006-01-17

John Rutter made substantial changes to the previously most-performed version of the Faure Requiem when he recorded this. He went back to the version of 1893 to do so, rather than using the more famous, more heavily orchestrated later version. One difference is that the violins in the Sanctus are transposed up an octave on this CD compared to the way in which they were played in the later Requiem. I find this recording to be beautiful and timeless, and definitely not over-orchestrated.

To me, Faure's great contribution with the Requiem was that he showed a firm refusal to judge other people as well as compassion in the face of death. This went against the beliefs of the Catholic church at the time, which emphasized hellfire and brimstone, and Faure was heavily criticized for putting as little mention in as he could get away with regarding the Day of Judgement. This compassion shows in his work and makes it comforting rather than frightening. It has been called a "lullaby of death."

I also enjoy the other vocal pieces, particularly the Ave Maria and the Cantique de Jean Racine, which is probably familiar to many people who are not really aware of Faure's career. These songs have a pure, clear sound which is not ruined through excessive orchestration.

In my opinion, John Rutter did a fantastic job with this material, and it's one of my favorite CDs.

5 out of 5 stars Life has been engulfed in time.......2003-08-06

This requiem represents a complete shift in the general tone of the requiem as a genre. The vision of life and death is impregnated with a feminine light, the light of the ocean softly illuminated by the sunshine of Normandy, of the Graceful Coast. The figure that stands behind the music, that accompanies the dead person into the grave is no longer the masculine Germanic death that punishes man, nor even the furious feminine French death that challenges man, but the soft and comforting figure of the mother Mary, the universal comforter who takes the hand of each one of us, as if we were crying lost children, to make us pass the dangerous door that leads beyond life. This Holy Mary for whom Fauré has written so many Ave Marias, is promising us the end of time and our introduction into an everlasting stormless, painless and noiseless world that represents the very positive vision of a real world that is the negative vision of life. Photography is not far away. Everyday life becomes a life of strife, struggle, noise, violence, war, speed, work, exploitation and alienation, all elements seen as negative, and death is the negation of it all, is the positive virtuality that has to become our reality overthere. It is thus in perfect agreement with the vision the impressionists introduced to defy photography and bring art beyond the blaring image of reality a photographer brings up with his machine. The eye of the artist goes beyond those crude colors and forms to find light and life in the depth of his retina. Fauré is the impressionist painter of death as the real life beyond the surface we have to contemplate and suffer everyday. In other words virtual is beautiful and real is dreadful. Happiness has to be found in virtuality and not in reality. Fauré is bergsonian, who sees eternity beyond the flow of time. Fauré is proustian, who sees life beyond the loss of memory. This explains the erasing of the Dies Irae because there is no anger any more in the ascent to the eternal memory of what does not exist yet. This is a requiem of timelessness and nightlessness.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University of Perpignan

5 out of 5 stars Requiem- a masterpiece........2002-04-21

This exquisite collection has so many gorgeous songs that move me to tears. In Sanctus, the violin is so pure, so beautiful, its wrings my heart. This is real music, real art, crafted with such care, that it is a true privilege to hear it, not to mention sing it (which I have done, and I loved it). It is an encredible CD, and I would encourage anyone to buy it.
Lilly

3 out of 5 stars high quality but lacking emotion.......2001-09-01

One reviewer describes this as "no lack of sadness, bright, not gloomy, filled with sunshine"; another calls it "peaceful". I might go with peaceful. The quality is high and the recording is of interest for being more faithful to Faure's original, non-orchestral version, but I found the performance notably lacking in emotion. I would steer the reader toward the more deeply moving Naxos version (conductor: Jeremy Summerly), which is something of a gem at budget price.
Agnus Dei: Music of Inner Harmony
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Agnus Dei music of Inner Harmony
  • Simply The Best
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Agnus Dei: Music of Inner Harmony

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ASIN: B000005E4J
Release Date: 1997-02-18

Tracks:

  1. Agnus Dei, op.11 - Barber
  2. Cantique de Jean Racine, op.11 - Faure
  3. Kyrie - Palestrina
  4. Ave Verum Corpus K 618 - Mozart
  5. Jesus bleibet meine Freude - Bach
  6. Ave Maria, op.37 No.6 - Choir Of New College Oxford
  7. Lux Aeterna - Choir Of New College Oxford
  8. Totus Tuus - Choir Of New College Oxford
  9. Hear my prayer - Mendelssohn
  10. The Lamb - Tavener
  11. In paradisum - Faure
  12. Miserere mei, Deus - Choir Of New College Oxford

Amazon.com

Beyond this recording's new age packaging and title is a splendid sampling of some of the world's finest choral music, sung by one of the world's outstanding choirs. This "anthology of sacred choral music" spans 400 years and includes such masterpieces as Allegri's Miserere, Bach's "Jesu, joy of man's desiring," and Barber's exquisite Agnus Dei, which is the composer's choral setting of his famous Adagio for Strings. Along the way we also hear Mozart's sublime "Ave verum corpus," Elgar's "Lux aeterna," and the Kyrie from Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli. There has been a choir at England's New College, Oxford, since the year 1379, and this impressive line of experience shows in the intelligent, unfaltering, and finely polished performances by today's ensemble of 16 boys and 12 adults. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Agnus Dei music of Inner Harmony.......2007-05-14

Not really my thing but mother in law loved it.

5 out of 5 stars Simply The Best.......2007-02-23

You'll love this music. This is music for all moments of your life

5 out of 5 stars Wow!.......2006-07-08

I'm a long-time listener of all things rock-'n-roll, from Classic rock, to Alternative, and even a little Metal. I first heard this CD while having dinner at a friends house a long time ago, and I loved it. I've always been enchanted with choir music, so I bought this CD. Well, after years of listening to it to help me to unwind in the evening, I somehow misplaced it. So I came to Amazon to order both I and II. Of the two CD's, the first one is still the best, and it still helps me to relax after a long day. The choir show tremendous range in their singing, the assorted instruments are well-played, and I can almost imagine myself sitting in a centuries-old cathedral, enjoying the music and how it rings throughout the cathedral.

Buy it. You won't be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars Profound sublimity.......2006-02-27

This album offers music that is profoundly moving and sumbline. It takes the listener onto an inner journal of extraordinary emotional depths and heights

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful music.......2006-01-18

The first song I've heard on this CD is "Miserere Mei..." and I loved it the first minute. I've heard it from a friend who likes classical, and I would've never bought this on my own.

All other versions of these songs I've heard since don't compare to the versions on this CD. Maybe because it was my first listen, maybe they're just good.
The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • I love it and I give it as a gift
  • MarMSED
  • Diverse range but the songs are butchered...
The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002ZZH6
Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

  1. Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Academy And Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields
  2. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
  3. Zadok The Priest - Ambrosian Singers
  4. Miserere Mei, Deus - Gerald Finley
  5. Veni Creator Spiritus - Choir Of The Monks Of The Benedictine Monastery Of Santo Domingo De Silos
  6. Lacrimosa - London Philharmonic Choir
  7. For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Ambrosian Singers
  8. The Heavens Are Telling - John Shirley-Quirk
  9. Panis Angelicus - Halle Choir
  10. Ave Maria - Groupe Vocal De France
  11. Ode To Joy - The Westminster Choir
  12. Va, Pensiero - Chorus Of the Royal Opera House
  13. Chorus Of Slave Girls - Chorus Of The National Theatre Of Sophia
  14. Coro De Romanticos - Coro Cantores De Madrid
  15. In Paradisum - Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge
  16. Totus Tuus - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
  17. Song For Athene - Winchester Cathedral Choir
  18. Celebration - London Symphony Chorus
  19. Jerusalem - Royal Choral Society

Tracks:

  1. Zion Hort Die Wachter - South German Madrigal Choir
  2. Pleni Sunt Coeli Et Terra - Charles Brett
  3. Hallelujah Chorus - Ambrosian Singers
  4. Thou Knowest, Lord - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
  5. Veni Sancte Spiritus - Choir Of The Monks Of The Benedictine Monastery Of Santo Domingo De Silos
  6. Awake The Harp - City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
  7. And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth - New Philharmonia Chorus
  8. L'Adieu Des Bergers - Choeurs Rene Duclos
  9. Agnus Dei - Peter Barley
  10. Cantique De Jean Racine - MONKS AND CHOIRBOYS OF DOWNSIDE ABBEY
  11. Ave Verum Corpus - Schutz Consort
  12. Begluckt Darf Nun Dich, O Heimat - Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Munich
  13. Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie - Chorus Of the Royal Opera House
  14. Laudamus Te - Radio France Chorus
  15. Chichester Psalms - Rachel Masters
  16. The Lamb - Vasari Singers
  17. Agnus Dei - Winchester Cathedral Choir
  18. Requiem Aeternam - Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge
  19. Dies Irae - Philharmonia Chorus
  20. O Fortuna - London Philharmonic Choir
  21. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1 (Land Of Hope Glory) - Royal Choral Society

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I love it and I give it as a gift.......2006-12-11

This is the first collection of choral music that I've purchased and I love it. I own copies of operas and requiems and masses, but if you attend choral concerts, as I have been recently, you learn there is a huge colletion of choral music appart from the forms I've been listening to. I appreciate the producers selecting "Song for Athene" by Tavener and "Celebration (Standing Stone)" by McCartney. They are new to me and I love them. Disk 1 ends with "Jerusalem" and Disk 2 ends with "Land of Hope and Glory." As an American I rarely hear these and I am so glad they were included. I believe this album was intended to help popularize choral music and I believe the selections do fine job towards that end.

I know snobs rage against popularizing classical music, but everyone deserves exposure to the beauty of song. I will also mention here "The East Village Opera Company" because they work to popularize opera by setting it to a rock beat. They do a fine job but also get criticized for attempting to popularize classical music.

"The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever" was so popular with my teen-age daughter that it was hard to get it back from her. I give the album as a gift to nephews and nieces.

4 out of 5 stars MarMSED.......2005-08-27

The music selections are extraordinary. The only problem has to do with the balance of sound. There are some parts that are very loud, and some that are so very soft. You have to continually adjust the volume.

3 out of 5 stars Diverse range but the songs are butchered..........2005-07-24

Well, this CD isn't horrible by any stretch, but it is irritating to someone who's more than a casual listener of choral music. I'm by no means as musically "literate" as many reviewers out there, but I have a collection of probably twenty-five or thirty choral CD's and this is one that will probably be gathering dust in the back of the CD book.

The peices are well-performed for the most part, but they are hopelessly edited. Beethoven's Ode to Joy is somewhere around twenty four minutes, but this CD only includes an arrangement of about five minutes. The beautiful Miserere is, uncut, almost eleven minutes but is cut down to five and a half minutes here.

Looking back, I should have realized the major editing that would be involved, just by the sheer number of peices on it. I'm familiar with a great many of them and I know they're too long to fit onto a seventy minute disc without some major cutting going on. I just didn't reason that out before I shelled out the money for it.

Bottom line. This CD has decent singing, but is nothing special. If you're a newcomer to this genre, you might get this as a quick overview of the different types of choral music out there, but if you're any kind of an avid listener, this CD will drive you insane with the severity of the cuts. Beginners, if you're looking for a great collection CD, you'd do better to look at "Choral Moods". It doesn't have the diversity in styles of this one, but it will introduce you to incredibly talented composers. To the old hats out there, steer clear of this one and look to CD's by your preferred individual composers themselves. It's more money, but much less frustration in the long run. The old sayings are sometimes the best: You get what you pay for.
Summer
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Absolutely wonderful
  • Who is the artist?
  • Cross over music that works brilliantly
  • Good CD and Good Voice
  • Listen
Summer

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000AQS3I
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

  1. Nella Fantasia
  2. Aranjuez Ma Pensee
  3. Palabra De Honor
  4. Berceuse
  5. Mal Di Luna
  6. Tutta La Vita
  7. Sposa Son Disprezzata
  8. Cantique De Jean Racine
  9. Morgen
  10. Fragile
  11. Song To The Moon
  12. Cavatina

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely wonderful.......2007-03-24

I first came upon this CD when I was Music Director of a public radio station and I couldn't wait to get it on the air. The response from the audience (@ 53,000) was warm and grateful. This gal not only has a beautiful voice, but also the training to use that voice to its best advantage. There are no swoops and crutches here (like that singer... ah, what's her name... oh, yeah.. Sarah Brightman), just a pure, clear, steady (not a lot of vibrato) almost ethereal voice accompanied by a marvelous instinct for how and when to inject interpretation. The orchestration is great, too, not too much, not too little. Wow, talk about crossover! I hope Summer comes up with another CD soon. I've almost worn this one out.

5 out of 5 stars Who is the artist?.......2007-01-24

Based on the information provided by Amazon.com the featured artist on this CD is Pino Palladino. He is listed as a "performer," along with half a dozen other people. So what does he perform, I wonder? Mandolin? Tuba? The title of the CD is "Summer," so that must mean all the songs are about June, July and August. But the reviewers all talk about a woman named Summer, who is apparently a singer.
More lousy product information from Amazon.com. Nothing new, but worth whining about.

5 out of 5 stars Cross over music that works brilliantly.......2006-03-14

I heard Summer on a sampler cd I got for free from one of the local bookstores. I kept coming back to her song and liked it enough to order her entire cd from amazon. Great purchase to say the least. She moves effortlessly between classical and pop selections. She has a way of working within the song and not overextending - meaning she doesn't showboat. Don't expect any american idol grandstanding at any time. What you get is straight up professional singing from a classicaly trained vocalist. It doesn't get boring thanks to a great mix of songs. The treatment of Sting's 'fragile' is especially nice. Not an essential cd but I still give it 5 stars because it's practically flawless.

4 out of 5 stars Good CD and Good Voice.......2005-04-27

Summer has a very nice sounding voice and her choice of songs is very good.Her Rich sounding voice is just perfect for the songs.

5 out of 5 stars Listen.......2005-02-28

Listen and I'm sure you will buy a copy even if you already have the songs she sings. I did. The next vocal queen.
Fauré: Requiem; Messe basse; Cantique de Jean Racine
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Back to the basics
  • A true masterpiece
  • GENTLE AND PERSONAL
  • MORE PRAISE
  • The BEST Faure Requiem you will EVER find on this planet.
Fauré: Requiem; Messe basse; Cantique de Jean Racine

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B0000013Y0
Release Date: 1994-11-29

Tracks:

  1. Gabriel Faure: Requiem: I. Introit Et Kyrie
  2. II. Offertoire
  3. III. Sanctus
  4. IV. Pie Jesu
  5. V. Agnus Dei
  6. VI. Libera Me
  7. VII. In Paradisum
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  11. II. Sanctus
  12. III. Benedictus
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Back to the basics.......2006-12-29

I've heard at least 5 different Faure Requiems (Giulini, Matthew Best, Bernstein, etc.) and this one is unique and my favorite. You have the original stripped down forces. As the most gentle of all Requiems, this is absolutely apt, for without the full orchestra, this Naxos version acheives a sublime intimacy that others, although more powerfully moving at times, are not more GENTLY moving. I think this is the key. Just a side note, but thanks goodness for Naxos, for they have allowed countless lesser-known talent be known to the world and shine... and for a bargain price at that.

5 out of 5 stars A true masterpiece.......2006-06-09

Faure's Requiem is one of the most sublime pieces that has ever been written. It contains music that is almost too perfect to be real. Whether it be the opening of the "Agnus Dei", with a melody so beautiful and tender that it makes you want to cry, or the "Lux Aeterna" passage, where one gets the impression of everything stopping and a light shining down from Heaven, this Requiem is the work of a true master. As good as this particular recording is, I'm surprised it's not more well known. It is the best I've I heard, even compared to the more famous recordings. I would recommend this CD to anyone.

5 out of 5 stars GENTLE AND PERSONAL.......2006-01-31

MAY I PARAPHRASE GABRIEL FAURE--"I'VE WRITTEN A GENTLE LITTLE REQUIEM, AS GENTLE AS I AM." HOW TRUE. ABSENT ARE THE SWIRLING STRINGS, THE SNARLING BRASS AND HEAVEN STORMING MASSIVE CHORAL FORCES OF BERLIOZ, VERDI AND BRAHMS. NEITHER DO WE HEAR THE CASTILLIAN PASSION OF MORALES, OR THE SOMETIMES LACRIMAL, SOMETIMES DETACHED SORROW OF MOZART. NO, THIS IS A FRENCH BEATITUDE--"BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN..." AND, INDEED, WE ARE COMFORTED. THE YOUNG MR. SUMMERLY AND HIS EXQUISITE SCHOLA HAVE GIVEN US THE ORIGINAL VERSION IN SUCH PURE AND SIMPLE TERMS THAT ONE SLIGHT ERROR IN EXECUTION WOULD SHATTER THE CRYSTALLINE NATURE OF THIS WORK. NO SUCH ERRORS EXIST. ALONG WITH DAVID WILCOCKS EMI CHAMBER RECORDING, THE "OTHER" 5-STAR RELEASE, THIS BARGAIN FROM NAXOS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST TO OWN. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

5 out of 5 stars MORE PRAISE.......2006-01-25

Listneing to this CD this morning makes me think of all the debates about beauty. People argue; people try to define the word. Well, just play this music - the entire CD - and take a bath in divine beauty. Close your eyes, let the inner light rise, and forget the definitions and debates.

5 out of 5 stars The BEST Faure Requiem you will EVER find on this planet........2005-12-03

If angels didn't descend from above into the instruments and voice boxes of the performers on this recording, I don't know HOW ON EARTH they could be this perfect. I bought this recording in 1994, and have sampled a number of recordings by various and sundry, only to find my memory comparing the notes and tonation to this particular recording. It's very disinct -- particularly Pie Jesu, in the smoothness with each transition between octaves, perennially soothing. You will love it.
Racine
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Don't Sass Back
  • SONGMAN
  • My butt can sing better than Sass Jordan!
  • Very energetic...
  • My absolutely favorite CD
Racine
Sass Jordan
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002OJQ
Release Date: 1992-03-31

Tracks:

  1. Make You A Believer
  2. If You're Gonna Love Me
  3. You Don't Have To Remind Me
  4. Who Do You Think You Are
  5. Windin' Me Up
  6. I Want To Believe
  7. Goin' Back Again
  8. Do What Ya Want
  9. Cry Baby
  10. Where There's A Will
  11. Time Flies

Amazon.com

Move over, Alanis. Step aside, Jewel. Sass Jordan, a singer and songwriter from Montreal, could give most singer-songwriters attitude lessons. She's got a strong, gut-deep voice, and on Racine, her second album, she does as the album title implies and goes back to her roots. The result is a fine selection of rock and roll, with more than a hint of the blues in it. "Make You a Believer," "Time Flies," and "Who Do You Think You Are" are especially strong, showing off Jordan's voice to its best advantage. Bypassing the women-in-rock movement entirely--you're unlikely to find her performing at the Lilith Fair--Jordan heads straight for the rock. Not nearly as well known outside of Canada as she should be, Sass Jordan is well worth discovering for yourself. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Don't Sass Back.......2007-07-12

Racine by Sass Jordan is straight-up rock. Sass can really belt out the tunes. Good stuff if you want some edge from a female singer.

5 out of 5 stars SONGMAN.......2007-02-02

SASS HAS A GREAT ROCK VOICE! NO WONDER SHE HAS SO MANY ALBUMS. I WAS JUST CHECKING SOME OF THE ROCK TUNES OUT AND WAS PLEASENTLY SURPRISED WHEN I FOUND ANOTHER STAR I REALLY LIKE (TONES OF JANIS CHAPLIN).

1 out of 5 stars My butt can sing better than Sass Jordan!.......2005-09-15

At least that's what my wife said after seeing Sass on the Canadian Idol final. I'd have to agree. Sass is a buttsmack, worse yet a squalling buttsmack who can't hold a tune. Lay off the smokes Sass!!!

By the way, some may say my cat makes better music hacking up a hairball. That's the truth!!!!

5 out of 5 stars Very energetic..........2004-09-01

My sister, who lives in upstate New York, had a chance to meet this beautiful lady who just had her first child. My sister said to me; "Sass is 5 feet tall and 100 pounds soaking wet - but she sings like nobody you've ever seen!" Coming from my sister, who is no slouch with a guitar and her voice, I thought I'd give her a listen. She told me that this CD would not let me down and she was right. I haven't heard anything else by Sass but it's probably all good. For me, this is the only female rock / blues rock CD that I like more than Shannon Curfman's...and I think that Shannon is ALMOST as good as Sass. I'll be playing this CD for a very, very long time to come.

5 out of 5 stars My absolutely favorite CD.......2004-04-20

I have an extensive and varied CD collection, but if my house was burning and I could only save 2 discs, this is the first one I would get out of the house. The second would be Brother by Cry of Love. Sass is one of the best female rockers of all time, and this is definitely her best work. I've had this CD for about 10 years now. I can STILL put it in the car and listen to it for a week straight!!
The #1 Choral Album
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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The #1 Choral Album

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ASIN: B000060P5G
Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

  1. Nabucco: Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves: Va, Pensiero - Chicago Symphony Chorus
  2. Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus - Vienna State Opera Choir
  3. Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus: Treulich Gefuhrt Ziehet Dahin - Walter Hagen-Groll
  4. Miserere: Miserere (Abridged) - Sir David Willcocks
  5. Cantata No. 147: Jesu Bleibet Meine Freunde (Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring) - Kantorei Der Dreikonigskirche
  6. Ave Verum Corpus, K 618 - Stephen Cleobury
  7. Cantique De Jean Racine - Stephen Cleobury
  8. L'Enfance Du Christ: Shepherds' Farewell: Il S'en Va Loin De La Terre - St. Anthony Singers
  9. Pavane - Choeur Symphonique De Montreal
  10. Totus Tuus (Excerpt) - John Nelson
  11. Ein Deutsches Requiem: Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen - Chicago Symphony Chorus
  12. Tannhauser: Pilgrims' Chorus: Begluckt Darf Nun Dich - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  13. Requiem: Sanctus - Charles Dutoit
  14. Requiem: Lacrimosa - Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoperchor
  15. Song For Athene - Stephen Cleobury
  16. La Damnation De Faust: Laus! Laus! Hosanna! Hosanna! - Chicago Symphony Chorus

Tracks:

  1. Requiem: Dies Irae... Tuba Mirum - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  2. Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus: Vedi! Le Fosche - Chicago Symphony Chorus
  3. Judas Maccabaeus: See The Conquering Hero Comes - Handel Opera Society Chorus
  4. Mass In B Minor: Sanctus - Chicago Symphony Chorus
  5. Zadok The Priest - The Choir Of King's College
  6. Symphony No.9 'Choral' - Ode To Joy (Fourth Movement - Excerpt) - Jessye Norman
  7. Requiem: Dies Irae - Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
  8. Die Schopfung: Die Himmel Erzahlen (The Heavens Are Telling) - Norma Burrowes
  9. Carmen: Toreador Chorus: Les Voici, Les Voici - John Alldis Choir
  10. Elijah: Thanks Be To God - Bryn Terfel
  11. Weihnachtsoratorium: Jauchzet, Frohlocket! - Lubecker Kantorei
  12. Matthaus-Passion (Final Chorus): Wir Setzen Uns Mit Tranen Nieder - Chicago Symphony Chorus
  13. Mefistofele (Prologue): Ave, Signor Degli Angeli E Dei Santi! - London Opera Chorus
  14. Messiah: Hallelujah - Chicago Symphony Chorus
  15. Rule Britannia - London Philharmonic Choir
  16. Jerusalem - London Philharmonic Choir
  17. Carmina Burana: O Fortuna - Choeur Symphonique De Montreal
  18. Faust: Soldiers' Chorus: Gloire Immortelle - John McCarthy
  19. Faust: Apotheosis - John McCarthy

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Utterly disapointing.......2006-12-12

The sound and mixing on these CDs are below anything. It's the type of CD where you constantly have to adjust the volume because some songs are just inaudible and then others come out blaring. Is there anything more annoying? The recording is poor quality. And the interpretations are just bland. A waste of money.

5 out of 5 stars Great!.......2006-02-25

Product was exactly as specified, received fast and in perfect condition. Thank you.

5 out of 5 stars charming.......2005-05-25

i listen to this compilation of songs all of the time. i love to listen to it while drinking my Earl Grey tea. and eating a piping hot english muffin. pure bliss!

5 out of 5 stars Something for everyone!.......2004-01-11

This double CD is certainly worth the small price. The choral music runs the gamut from Bach to John Tavener, all represented by well-known choirs and conductors. Although the music is wonderful, the selctions are not in any order, sometimes creating confusion. But give a listen and if you do not get hooked on the greatest choral music ever written, then you need to crawl back in your cave!
The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the World...Ever!
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best of the Best collection of Relaxing-meditative classical music
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ASIN: B0009S4WK2
Release Date: 2005-06-13

Tracks:

  1. Sheep May Safely Graze From Cantata No.208 (Arr. Marriner)
  2. Clarinet Concerto In A K622 Ii. Adagio Sabine Meyer
  3. Concerto For Two Mandolins In G Rv532 Ii. Andante Europa Galante
  4. Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis (Opening)
  5. Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor Op.18 Ii. Adagio Sostenuto (Opening)
  6. Memories Of The Alhambra
  7. Cello Concerto In E Minor Op.85 Iii. Adagio
  8. Fellowship From The Film The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
  9. Lark Ascending (Opening)
  10. Agnus Dei From The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace
  11. Emperor Concerto Op.73 Ii. Adagio (Trans. Craig Leon)
  12. Violin Concerto No.1 In G Minor Op.26 Ii. Adagio (Opening)
  13. Voca Me
  14. Nimrod From Enigma Variations
  15. Symphony No.6 In F Pastoral Op.68 V. Allegretto (Shepherds Hymn)
  16. Four Seasons Concerto No.4 In F Minor Winter (Ii. Largo)
  17. Serenade In G Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K525 Ii. Romanza (Andante)
  18. Double Violin Concerto In D Minor Bwv1043 Ii. Largo Ma Non Tanto (Opening)
  19. Miserere Mei, Deus (Extract)
  20. Violin Concerto In E Minor Op.64 Ii. Andante (Extract)
  21. Jesu, Joy Of ManS Desiring From Cantata No.147
  22. Pavane
  23. Dome Epais (Flower Duet) From Lakme
  24. Flute & Harp Concerto In C K299 Ii. Andantino (Extract)
  25. Lascia ChIo Pianga From Rinaldo (Arr. Craig Leon & Isobel Cooper)
  26. Guitar Concerto In D (Arr. Emilio Pujol; Ed. Isbin) Ii. Largo
  27. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Elvira Madigan K467 Ii. Andante (Extract)
  28. Pie Jesu From Requiem
  29. EntrActe To Act Iii From Carmen
  30. Ii. Romance: Larghetto (Opening)
  31. 16 In Paradisum From Requiem Op.48
  32. Pathetique Sonata Op.13 Ii. Adagio Cantabile
  33. Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana
  34. GabrielS Oboe From The Film The Mission
  35. Air On The G String From Suite No.3 In D, Bwv1068
  36. Morning From Peer Gynt Incidental Music Op.23
  37. Balcony Scene From The Film William ShakespeareS Romeo & Juliet
  38. Canon In D
  39. Gymnopedie No.1 (Lent Et Douloureux)
  40. Clair De Lune From Suite Bergamasque (Orch. Stokowski)
  41. SchindlerS List Theme From The Film SchindlerS List
  42. Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini - Variation 18
  43. 10 Adagio For Strings Op.11a
  44. Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor Moonlight Op.27 No.2
  45. Symphony No.9 From The New World Ii. Largo (Opening)
  46. Romance From The Film The Gadfly
  47. Piano Concerto In A Minor Ii. Adagio
  48. Cavatina From The Film The Deer Hunter
  49. O Mio Babbino Caro From Gianni Schicchi
  50. Venus From The Planets (Conclusion)
  51. Ion Hort Die Whter Singen From Cantata No.140
  52. Adagio In G Minor (Realised Giazotto)
  53. Keyboard Concerto No. 5 In F Minor Bwv1056 Ii. Largo
  54. Confutatis From Requiem
  55. Dance Of The Blessed Spirits From Orpheus & Eurydice
  56. Water Music Air From Suite No.1 In F
  57. Fantasia On Greensleeves From Sir John In Love (Arr. Greaves)
  58. Gnossienne No.1
  59. Swan From The Carnival Of The Animals (Arr. Chris Hazell)
  60. Ashokan Farewell
  61. Cantique De Jean Racine
  62. Nocturne In C Sharp Minor Op. Posth
  63. Ombra Mai Fu (Largo) From Serse
  64. Concierto De Aranjuez Ii. Adagio (Opening)
  65. Pie Jesu From Requiem
  66. Meditation From Thais
  67. Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Op.102 Ii. Andante
  68. Symphony No.5 In C Sharp Minor Iv. Adagietto (Conclusion)
  69. My Heart Will Go On (Arr. Shearman) From The Film Titanic

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best of the Best collection of Relaxing-meditative classical music.......2007-07-23

ONe of the best CD music investments I have made. Use it primarily for relaxation/meditation but it will also work well with massage environment.
It goes from spine tingling inspirational to soothing and relaxing. Totally shifts my conciousness to a higher plane.
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    ASIN: B0000D9WWQ
    Release Date: 2004-02-10

    Tracks:

    1. Vocalise Op.34 No.4 - Natalie Dessay
    2. Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber
    3. Serse - Ombra Mai Fu - Gerard Lesne
    4. Les Contes D'Hoffman - Barcorolle: Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'Amour - Jessye Norman
    5. Requiem - Lacrimosa - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    6. Giulio Cesare - Duetto: Son Nata A Lagrimar - David Daniels
    7. Pavane Op. 50 - The King's Singers
    8. Apres Un Reve Op. 7 No. 1 - Roger Vignoles
    9. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - Aria - Barbara Hendricks
    10. Trauer-Ode BWV 198 - Aria: Der Ewigkeit Saphirnes Haus - Ian Bostridge
    11. El Vuelo - Tomas Gubitsch
    12. Platee - Soleil, Fuis De Ces Lieux - Patricia Petibon
    13. Vocalise In Forme De Habanera - Arleen Auger
    14. Die Swei Blauen Augen - Ann Murray
    15. Berceuse De Grainne Pour Diarmait - Breda Mayock
    16. Wiegenlied Op. 41 No. 1 - Gundula Janowitz
    17. Summertime - The Swingle Sisters

    Tracks:

    1. Requiem - In Paradisum - Stephen Farr
    2. The Magic Flute - Ach, Ich Fuhl's - Dawn Upshaw
    3. Carmina Burana - Veras Leta Facies - Carl Orff
    4. In Trutina - Janice Watson
    5. Miserere - Gregorio Allegri
    6. L'Incoronazione Di Poppea - Put Ti Miro - Arleen Auger
    7. Horche'l Ciel, E La Terra, E'l Vento Tace - The Consort Of Musicke
    8. Cantique De Jean Racine - Stephen Farr
    9. Madama Butterfly - Humming Chorus - Chorus & Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    10. Peer Gynt - Solvveig'song - Lucia Popp
    11. Le Nozze De Figaro - Porgi Amor - Veronique Gens
    12. Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings - Martyn Hill
    13. Vocalise 'Le Temps Retouve' - Natalie Dessay
    14. Pulcinella - Serenata: Mentre L'Erbetta Pasce L'Agnella - Martyn Hill
    15. Sheherezade - Il La Flute Enchantee - Arleen Auger
    16. Infant Joy - Tomas Gubitsch
    17. Realta Na Maidne (Morningstar) - Caitriona O'Leary
    18. Song For Athene - Winchester Cathedral Choir

    Rap Music:

    1. Return the Gift [Limited Edition] [Import]
    2. Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
    3. Sleepless
    4. Sling Blade: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture [Soundtrack]
    5. Slow Rewind
    6. So Sudden
    7. Soma Holiday
    8. Song for Juli
    9. Spoke
    10. Strange We Should Meet Here

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