For BC: The Redlands Sessions

Track Listings

1. Betty Shabazz: A Consistent Voice of Love, An Inspiration for Life

2. Din/Epitaph

3. Portraits of Friends and Relatives, Recuerdos de un Antaño Triste

4. London Rice Wine

5. Carbon 1999

6. Waking in the Dirt

7. All Fall Down

Tracks:

Sweet Home Chicago
Milkcow's Calf Blues
Terraplane Blues
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
Stop Breakin' Down Blues
Little Queen Of Spades
Traveling Riverside Blues
Me And The Devil Blues
From Four Until Late
Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Ramblin' On My Mind

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Early in this visual postscript to Clapton's Me and Mr. Johnson album, bassist Nathan East says "some stuff sounds better than the record." Actually, nearly all of it does--thanks to a few more months of digesting the material--as the camera follows the guitar legend and his band through warm-spirited rehearsals (including an incendiary "Kindhearted Woman Blues") for their 2004 tour. Clapton and guitarist Doyle Bramhall II are also captured at the Dallas hotel where Robert Johnson recorded in 1937. There they play acoustic duet versions of Johnson's "Hellhound on My Trail," "Me and the Devil Blues," "Love in Vain," and others that ring with passion and virtuosity as Bramhall's slide accents the clean, beautifully articulated lines of Clapton's six-sting interpretations and unrestrained singing. Clapton also plays a few solo numbers and expounds on his love for Johnson's music and the Delta bluesman's technique. But he speaks most eloquently through his playing, which says volumes about his affection for and deep commitment to this music. The CD features 11 songs from the DVD. --Ted Drozdowski

Album Description

Live, intimate, and raw, Sessions For Robert J is the essential audio/video companion to Eric Clapton's 2004 gold, Top 10 Me And Mr. Johnson, tribute to blues legend Robert Johnson. Filmed during tour rehearsals in London and Dallas plus a Los Angeles hotel room and the Dallas warehouse where Johnson made some of his final recordings, Sessions for Robert J finds Clapton performing all Robert Johnson songs with his touring band, acoustically with Doyle Bramhall II and solo-as well as discussing Johnson and his influence. A performance/documentary DVD with 14 tracks (from which the 11 CD selections are taken), Sessions for Robert J is blues heaven.

Customer Reviews:

Welcome back to O'Cliff... EC.......2007-03-20

Interpritation... isn't that what Music is? Same with Opinions.
This Collection is full and ambient. Things do change with time, as EC has. Peter Green's Mr.J was precise, yet raw. John Hammond's was enlightening, yet masked. Clapton's touch is that of a Master playing a Legends work. Try filling the rifts on your own, if not convinced. Johnson could play Sir... Clapton has learned much through time... he couldn't do quite the RJ in the 70's, sitt'n with Freddy & me in O'Cliff, but it was good... even then. Some still like to compare... time moves on.
Mr.C, still inspires me. I'll catch that train yet.

An excellent interpretation of Robert Johnson's music.......2006-12-06

Having listened to Clapton for more than 30 years, I can see how he had matured in his interpretation of blues and particularly Robert Johnson's music.

I enjoyed on this CD and DVD Clapton's arrangements of his songs and surprised in the variety that Johnson built into his music.

Clapton keeps the songs true to the original yet adds life of his own to them and brings them out of the 30's into our era.

I appreciate too, him keeping the original lyrics, especially on Sweet Home Chicago and Johnson's peculiar geographic connection.

The more I have seen Clapton in the last few years, I think he has really come to be comfortable in his music and playing to a legendary level. This is a very good set to own.

I love EC AND RJ.......2006-07-20

But I don't confuse the two. As Sam King says above, this might be the album Robert Johnson would have recored had he had the chance.

Nuff said.

A Superior Product.......2006-06-29

This DVD/CD is far superior to the CD which preceded it, 'Me and Mr J', which was released in 2004. The band gels and seems more cohesive. In addition, the arrangements are more interesting and there is more variety in the presentation of the classic Delta songs. Clapton performs several with Dayle Bramhall 11, which are outstanding, but the highlights for me, are the solo accoustic numbers, 'Ramblin' on my Mind' and a poignant 'Love in Vain'.

The previous album lacked this essential variety and sounded repetitious and routine by comparison. Clapton is an excellent accoustic blues guitarist, and should give more exposure to this form of presentation. This is the missing ingredient from the first CD.

What contributes to the enhanced atmosphere, is the decision to perform in the hotel room in Dallas, where Robert Johnson recorded the originals in 1937/38. There are more than a few ghosts hovering and it imbues the music with a sense of spirit and dignity.

There is also an excellent 'Kind Hearted Woman Blues', which the band handles with aplomb.

Highly recommended.

Another look..........2005-12-31

I already wrote a review for this release, but thought I would return a few months down the track and reconsider some of the content.

Upon revisiting the DVD, it becomes clear that the production values are very high, and that real time and effort was spent constructing the 'movie'. As a 'bonus' item, the DVD is exceptional in both audio and visual terms. Clapton fans are certainly being well catered for, and seeing the material 'performed' adds immeasurably to the value of the package. Clapton and co. certainly deserve applause for this attention to the 'fans'.

With releases like this, it is clear that Clapton is 'throwing in his lot' with Robert Johnson and has become (if he wasn't, indeed, before) the central organising presence in the popular musical world justifying Johnson's critical worth and encouraging his contemporary popularity. However, what becomes apparent in the 'interview' sections of the DVD is that Clapton has a somewhat wrong-headed understanding of Johnson's place in blues history (if contemporary scholarship is to be believed). At one point he places Johnson with Charley Patton, Son House and Blind Lemon Jefferson - all of whom were a generation removed from Johnson, whose first recording session was late in 1936 (ten years AFTER Jefferson began recording).

Indeed, like many, Clapton arrived at Johnson by going backwards - through Chuck Berry, Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters, etc. Therefore, he considers Johnson to be one of 'the first' - i.e. 'the thin end of the wedge' (as he puts it), rather than as one of the LAST great Delta performers. This is significant, in that it invests Johnson with a degree of 'originality' (for want of a better term) without justification. These problems are compounded by Clapton's statements regarding Johnson's repertoire. At one point in the interview segment he admits 'blues' is not the only genre of music Johnson would have played for audiences, but then later states that 'this' (i.e. 'blues') is ALL Johnson played - or COULD play, given the restrictions on what the labels would have wanted from such a performer given the time. This reduces Johnson (whose 'They're Red Hot', 'Steady Rolling Man' and 'Drunken Hearted Man' indicate an artist very much skilled in a range of styles, and willingly appropriating others), allowing him to fit snugly into the 'blues' label with little deliberation.

Indeed, Clapton appears content with the 'Robert Johnson' as presented on the liner notes for the first 1960s release of 'King of the Delta Blues Singers', a portrait that may have accorded with a romanticised 'folk' depicition of 'the blues' but which has come under scrutiny in the last decade or so - and for good reason. (See Elijah Wald's 'Escaping the Delta' for perhaps the most important understanding of Robert Johnson in blues scholarship.)

Ultimately, this package will confirm Clapton's status yet again with his (blues) audience - but that audience is entirely comfortable with Clapton and his understanding of that genre. The problem is that Clapton is as much contributing to the popular understanding of Robert Johnson with releases like this as much as he is building his OWN reputation. Not only is this a weighty endeavour, but he is willingly promoting a particular portrait of Johnson that is (somewhat) problematic. Some might suggest that, at this late stage, it hardly matters, but Robert Johnson is very much an industry - the rise and fall of which bears greatly upon the popular appreciation (and understanding of) 'the blues'. The danger is not that Clapton clearly loves this music and happily promotes it, but that it is a specific interpretation of the music that is being presented (and unconsciously so).

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the one from the old audi commercial
not just a jazzy version of Mozart
What an awesome CD!
Couldn't be more disapointing....
The state of art!

The Mozart Sessions

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The Best of Bobby McFerrin

ASIN: B0000029R6
Release Date: 1996-10-01

Tracks:

Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 23 In A Major, K.488: Prelude - I. Allegro
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 23 In A Major, K.488: Prelude - II. Adagio
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 23 In A Major, K.488: Prelude - III. Allegro assai
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: Prelude - I. Allegro
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: Prelude - II. Romance
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: Prelude - III. Rondo (Allegro assai)
Improvisation Of Sonata No. 2 In F Major, K.280 - 189e: II. Adagio): Song For Amadeus

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Bobby McFerrin's signature falsetto envelops a poignant, wordless melody, embellished by piano flourishes that uncomfortably tow the line between classical decorum and Chick Corea's airy, modal jazz style. Suddenly the music segues into the opening of Mozart's D Minor Concerto. The A Major Concerto (K. 488) is similarly introduced. While the smooth, thick orchestral fabric suggests forces larger than a chamber aggregation, McFerrin clarifies important woodwind details (the elusive bassoon, for instance, in K. 488's slow movement) and infuses the outer movements with controlled brio. By contrast, Corea's Latin-tinged, improvised cadenzas (and overeager embellishments during solos and tuttis) lose their novelty over repeated hearings. Elsewhere, Corea's literal, dutiful phrasing smacks more of a talented student than a daring and vibrant pianist whose impact on jazz is unassailable. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

the one from the old audi commercial.......2006-05-07

If you're looking for the cool piece from the old Audi commercial, it's the first part of the 466 -- Allegro. Apparently you have to buy the whole piece to get it on iTunes. Very pretty.

not just a jazzy version of Mozart.......2006-04-14

While I have been a dedicated listener of jazz for over thirty years, my classical ear is still taking shape. I do not always know all of the composers but I do know what sounds fresh and evocative. That Bobby McFerrin sings little and is instead the musical director of these Mozart interpretations only adds to the respect I have for his professional accomplishments. That Chick Corea deftly plays these sonatas with an obvious jazz influence does not betray some of the finest music ever written. Sample this music first. If you choose to buy it, I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have, even after my one hundredth listening.

What an awesome CD!.......2005-11-10

Mozart with a jazz twist - here and there. Chick does a beautiful job playing Mozart. He definitely makes the music his own, and his jazzy cadenzas are remarkable! Add the McFerrin preludes and you have something quite unique, a beautiful blend of jazz and classical music. Very enjoyable.

Couldn't be more disapointing...........2005-08-21

I wanted McFerrin singing Mozart but I got almost pure Mozart instead. Bobby had to be the main dish not a tiny apetizer. It is classical music CD with negligible traces of Corea's and McFerrin's jazz. Very weird!

The state of art!.......2005-05-03

Corea in formal tuxedo revealed once more his huge talent in both performings, specially in the 23 th Concert.
You will be surprised when you listen this outstanding version.

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Amazing
don't listen to the other people,listen to me!

For Lack of a Better Word
Fury 66
Manufacturer: Sessions Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Red Giant Evolution

ASIN: B00005B7IJ
Release Date: 2001-03-20

Tracks:

Serve And Forget
Self Will
Change Is
Blue Strip
No Apologies
Empty Hands
Forgotten Ideals
Inventing An Issue
Egostatistic
Words
H.C.S
Restraints

Customer Reviews:

Amazing.......2001-09-29

I think that Fury 66 should be more recognized in the punk scene. These guys blaze out 12 melodic/hardcore fast punk rock tracks. Everything from the harsh vocals to the rhythm section to the duo guitarists, it's just more than you could ask for. If you like bands like Good Riddance, Strung Out, Ten Foot Pole, Propagandhi, and more, you'll love Fury 66.

don't listen to the other people,listen to me!.......2001-05-24

This cd has great music and lyrics,its songs are so good and have excellentg melodies,its one of the best punk cd's i have ever heard,I gaurrantie this cd to you

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Great playing, great listening

The 20th-Century Cello

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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Binding: Audio CD

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Truls Mørk ~ Britten - Cello Suites 1-3

ASIN: B0009A420A
Release Date: 2005-08-09

Tracks:

Canto Primo: Sostenuto E Largamente
I. Fuga: Andante Moderato
II. Lamento: Lento Rubato
Canto Secondo: Sostenuto
III. Serenata: Allegretto (Pizzicato)
IV. Marcia: Alla Marcia Moderato
Canto Terzo: Sostenuto
V. Bordone: Moderato Quasi Recitativo
VI. Moto Perpetuo E Canto Quarto: Presto (Sostenuto)
I. Fantasia: Andante Epressivo E Con Molto Rubato
II. Tema Pastorale Con Variazioni/Tema: Grazioso E Delicato/Variation I: Un Poco Piu Animato/Variation II: Allegro Possibile E Sempre Pizzicato/Variation III: Poco Adagio E Molto Espressivo/Coda: Tempo Primo
III. Toccata: Largo E Drammatico-Allegro Vivace
I. Massige Achtel
II. Sehr Bewegt
III. Ausserst Ruhig
I. Un Poco Indeciso
II. Andante Sostenuto
III. Vivace
Prologue: Lent
Serenade: Moderement Anime. Fantasque Et Leger
Finale: Anime
Lento Maestoso-Largamente
I. Dialogo: Allegro
II. Scherzo-Pizzicato: Allegretto
III. Elegia: Lento
IV. Marcia: Energico
V. Moto Perpetuo: Presto

Tracks:

I. Praludium: Vivace
II. Adagio
III. Fuge: Allegro
I. Lebhaft, Sehr Markiert. Mit Festen Bogenstrichen
II. Massig Schnell, Gemachlich. Durchweg Sehr Leise
III. Langsam-Ruhig
IV. Lebhafte Viertel. Ohne Jeden Ausdruck Und Stets Pianissimo
V. Massig Schnell. Sehr Scharf Markierte Viertel
Espressivo Assai-Tempo Giusto-Piu Lento-Calmo
I. Declamato: Largo
II. Fuga: Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro Molto
IV. Andante Lento
V. Ciaccona: Allegro
I. Prelude: Allegro Energico-Molto Meno Mosso E Misterioso-Tempo I-Tranquillo
II. Dialogue: Andante-Piu Mosso E Poco Stringendo-Tempo I
III. Scherzo: Allegro
IV. Berceuse: Lento E Dolce
V. Fantasy: Con Fantasia
VI. Epilogue: Adagio Molto
I. Preludio: Andante, Rubato
II. Fuga-Burletta: Allegro Moderato
III. Sarabanda: Lento Molto
IV. Giga: Prestissimo
I. Psalm 93: Moderato
II. Cantillation: Moderato

Tracks:

I. Allegro Maestoso Ma Appassionato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro Molto Vivace
I. Introduzione (Lento)
II. Marcia (Allegro)
III. Canto (Con Moto)
IV. Barcarolla (Lento)
V. Dialogo (Allegretto)
VI. Fuga (Andante Espressivo)
VII. Recitativo (Fantastico)
VIII. Moto Perpetuo (Presto)
IX. Passacaglia (Lento Solenne)
Four Russian Melodies: Mournful Song (Under The Apple Tree): Molto Semplice/Autumn: Vivace/Street Song (The Grey Eagle): Pesante/Grant Repose Together With The Saints: Lento
Intime, Comme En Parlant
(Introduktion)-Vivace
I. Dialogo: Adagio, Rubato, Cantabile
II. Capriccio: Presto Con Slancio

Customer Reviews:

Great playing, great listening.......2005-08-12

This set has wonderful qualities on quite a few levels.

What you have here are clear modern renditions of pieces by some of the best known composing names of the last century, recorded in modern sound by one of my personal favorite cellists around today. Haimovitz always brings a very clearheaded yet informed approach to his readings (Not to mention daring- I highly recommend his readings of the Bach Solo Cello Suites) but I think what impresses me most of all here is his musicality and sense of structure. A few of these works could quite easily be reduced to meaningless gibberish by a lesser musician, but Haimovitz sails through them with assurance and style. He seems to have very clear ideas about the way things should sound... but moreover, he sounds like he's having fun, and it comes across.

I would highly recommend this set even at regular price, but for 3 CDs at midprice, it can't be beat.

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Coulter does it again

The Crooked Road
William Coulter
Manufacturer: Gourd Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Celtic Crossing
Celtic Sessions
The Road Home
Tree of Life
Music On The Mountain

ASIN: B00000JWCU
Release Date: 2001-08-14

Tracks:

Craigieburn Wood
Frieze Britches/Donnybrook Fair
Mna Na Heireann
The Crooked Road To Lisdoonvarna
Stor Mo Chroi
Farewell To Erin/Another Reel
Elanor Plunkett
Planxty Wilder
Though I Live Not Where I Love
St. Patrick's Day/Over The Moor To Maggie
Dog Leap Stairs
Kingdom Come
The Parting Glass

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William Coulter is an acoustic guitar player who has explored Celtic music for years, as on the exquisite Celtic Requiem CD with singer Mary McLaughlin. Coulter brings a chamber music sound to Celtic music on his latest foray. Taking traditional songs from Ireland, Scotland, and England, Coulter weaves them into original arrangements that include his frequent collaborators from the Santa Cruz and San Francisco area. Among them are cellist Barry Phillips and his wife, wind player Shelley Phillips; pianist Paul Machlis from Skyedance; and Northumbrian piper and concertina player Alastair Anderson.

Together these musicians weave a delicate embrace around familiar tunes like "Women of Ireland" and the devastatingly forlorn "Stor mo Chroi," as well as some lesser known but achingly beautiful songs such as "The Crooked Road to Lisdoonvarna," on which he adds the Turkish kaval to this Irish tune. The road may be crooked, but William Coulter makes it worth the trip. --John Diliberto

Album Description

Following up on the success of his previous recordings, Celtic Crossing and Celtic Sessions, William Coulter once again draws from the rich repertoire of airs and dances from Scotland and Ireland for this latest recording. Along with traditional works, Coulter has also selected a number of contemporary compositions for this recording, including a wonderful duet with concertina master Alistair Anderson on Anderson's "Dog Leap Stairs."

Coulter is joined on two tracks by virtuoso classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery. Together they perform the Sean Ó Riada classic, "Women of Ireland" and the beautiful Turlogh Ó Carolan air, "Elanor Plunkett." The result is a lyrical, emotional and enchanting listening experience.

Customer Reviews:

Coulter does it again.......2001-04-18

I have this little image in my head of how I would like to wind down after a tough day at work. The image goes like this-- I come home and plop down in a great big overstuffed sofa with a cup of hot tea, a good magazine, and I play a CD of soothing, wonderful music. Rarely (oh, heck-- never) do I actually get to live out this little dream. Life is just too hectic. However, if I were to snatch enough time to indulge myself, this CD would be the one I'd put on. It is simply beautiful Irish music played on guitar (with many assorted accompanying instruments). Coulter is a wonderful artist with a real feel for the soul of Irish music. So go home, find a comfy chair, sip your tea, and put on "The Crooked Road." You won't be disappointed.

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Scottish rock
One of my favorite CDs
Very good band!!!!!!!!!!
You need to hear these guys...
My favorite CD

The Pictou Sessions - An Acoustic Album
Seven Nations
Manufacturer: Moriath Records
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ASIN: B00004W5ZI
Release Date: 2000-07-07

Tracks:

The King of Oblivion
Seeds of Life
Fiddle Set
Scream
The Surprise Ceilidh Band Set
God
O'er the Moor and Among the Heather
All You People
Skyezinha / The Egret
A Rare Auld Time
Pipe Set
Trains

Album Description

Recorded over a five day period in Pictou, Nova Scotia, this disc captures the talents of every member of this band. The live studio feel of the recording makes you feel as if you were there. "God" and "Scream" have been stripped down for the acoustic sound, but have lost none of their original textures. The singalong of "All You People," which was co-written by Aidan McGovern, is a hand-clapping, toe-tapping choral fusion. The beautiful piano solos of "Skyezinha / The Egret" bring all that energy a quiet place to rest just before launching into the pub song "A Rare Auld Time." This seventh independent recording by Seven Nations is dedicated to everyone who has supported the band from the beginning and shows the promise of the fine musicianship that blends together so well as a glimpse of what's to come.

Customer Reviews:

Scottish rock.......2006-08-02

I just loved this cd the very first time I heard it. I had heard a cut from a friend's mix called, God. It made me want to get the whole cd and it is certainly a winner! Every cut is just wonderful and exactly what I was looking for. If you like the scottish theme, bagpipes and rock and violin you won't be disappointed in this selection.

One of my favorite CDs.......2006-07-02

Of all the Seven Nations albums, the Pictou Sessions has got to be the best. (I haven't heard Thanks for Waiting yet). This really shows the bands style in the fiddle-pipe collaborations in the lively jigs, blended well with Kirk McLeod's vocals and piano in some of the mellower tunes. Pick this CD up, and see them live, they are awesome!

Very good band!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-10-22

Everything happened when I listened to them for the first time two months ago, through internet. They are very original. Besides the album "Palace Theatre" has really contributed to a new concept of rock and roll. I hope one day they come to Brazil in order to make a show, I'm sure they will have a lot of fans who will love seeing them singing alive.

You need to hear these guys..........2004-07-15

I saw 7N live for the first time last September at the Irish Fest in Albany, NY. They absolutley blew me away. I was mainly there for the beer, and to catch Hair of the Dog later that night, but I got a tip from a friend who told me to check these guys out. The bagpipes gave me chills, and the energy was unbelievable. This CD is on repeat in my car, but like everyone says, you need to see them live. It's truly an unbelievable experience. I'm flying out to Cleveland this summer to catch them again.

My favorite CD.......2003-06-02

This is my favorite CD. I have it in my car and play it constantly, I've hardly changed it in almost two years. Unceasing 7 Nations, love it to death.

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The Final Sessions

Manufacturer: Philips
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Historic Russian Archives: Sviatoslav Richer in Concert

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Release Date: 2006-11-14

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Songs of Copland & Rorem

Manufacturer: Video Artists Int'l
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ASIN: B00005ABH4
Release Date: 2001-03-13

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Copland: Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven?
Copland: Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: The World Feels Dusty
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Copland: Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: I've heard An Organ Talk
Copland: Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Going To Heaven
Copland: Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: The Chariot
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Rorem: Ten Songs: The Midnight Sun
Rorem: Ten Songs: What Sparks And Wiry Cries
Rorem: Ten Songs: The Serpent
Rorem: Ten Songs: I Am Rose
Rorem: Ten Songs: For Poulenc
Rorem: Ten Songs: Little Elegy
Rorem: Ten Songs: Youth, Day, Old Age And Night
Rorem: Ten Songs: See How They Love Me
Rorem: Ten Songs: Visits To Saint Elizabeth's
Rorem: Cycle Of Holy Songs: Psalm 134
Rorem: Cycle Of Holy Songs: Psalm 142
Rorem: Cycle Of Holy Songs: Psalm 148
Rorem: Cycle Of Holy Songs: Psalm 150

Hans Vonk, 1942-2004: The Final Sessions - Johannes Brahms [Hybrid SACD]

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Hans Vonk, 1942-2004: The Final Sessions - Johannes Brahms [Hybrid SACD]

Manufacturer: Pentatone
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0009KBMIU
Release Date: 2005-10-18

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Academic Festival Overture, Op.80
Rhaposdy For Alto, male Chorus And Orchestra, Op.53
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Variation 5
Variation 6
Variation 7
Variation 8
Variation 9
Variation 10

Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 5; Rhapsody

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CD purchase review.
As good a presentation as they'll ever get
Wonderful Sessions Symphonies Idiomatically Played!

Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 5; Rhapsody
Roger Sessions , Christian Badea , and Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Manufacturer: New World Records
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Sessions: Divertimento / Idyll of Theocritus
Walter Piston: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6

ASIN: B0000030DM
Release Date: 1992-12-08

Tracks:

Symphony No. 4: Burlesque
Symphony No. 4: Elegy
Symphony No. 4: Pastorale
Sympony No. 5: Tranquillo - Lento - Allegro deciso
Rhapsody for Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

CD purchase review........2007-01-09

The CD was in excellent condition. Delivery was timely. These are masterpieces beautifully performed. Unfortunately, this music seems to be underappreciated by larger audiences.

As good a presentation as they'll ever get.......2006-01-12

In terms of performance and recording, this is a first rank disc. Anyone already familiar with Sessions or interested in exploring second-stringers of the Second Vienna School shouldn't hesitate. Ugh, and there's the only problem--"second stringers." Roger Sessions has a small number of die-hard fans in this country and I suspect most of them are former students of his, academics, music students in general, theoreticians, etc. His command of technical matters is never in question, but what I'm always left with after hearing his music is a sense that I should have cut to the chase and put on Wozzeck instead. This not-quite-there quality seems to be an across-the-board problem with American composers of that era in general, and serialists beyond the big three in particular. There's a lot of clever working out of ideas on this disc but nothing really very engaging. Moments that catch the ear, rather than the intellect only, sound disturbingly like straight gestural rips from the masters.

Now that the last century is gone, and now that I've dived deeply (and for a while enthusiastically) into US art music product and that of the Europeans, I've come to the conclusion that we didn't done do so well. The US failed to produce a heavy-hitting whiz bang comparable to some of the greats elsewhere (Shostakovich or Prokofiev come to mind). Even our second-stringers were kind of lame in comparison--pit any of Sessions against, say, Roberto Gerhard's symphonies and I think you'll see what I mean. For a while I was mourning the loss of the CRI label--specialists in Americana--until I asked myself what releases by them could I live without. All of them, I responded.

I'll guess the reasons for this lackluster history are various but boil down to 1) The US not having started with a strong high-culture base 2) Our entering the contest during a century when high-culture began to decay anyway 3) Preponderance of academics in art music 4) Amateurish radicalism before anyone got the basics down well 5) Preponderance of culture-dabblers backing art music 6) A few other things

Oh well

Wonderful Sessions Symphonies Idiomatically Played!.......1999-04-26

The Columbus Symphony has not put out records of recent. Shame! For this recording is authoritative. Badea keeps these works on a tight rein and tension is always sustained. The sound quality sounds rather synthetic, however. The orchestra plays with great virtuosity and power, which is much impressive for a unknown orchestra. I have always enjoyed the 4th symphony, with its humourous Burlesque, the 2nd movement Elegy (with stormy middle section) and 3rd movement Pastorale. The 5th is a much more concentrated work, more on the angle of the Harris 3rd symphony. The rhapsody is a further pruning of his style as the composer was striving for more compactness of form (eg the Concerto for Orchestra, a late masterpiece).

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