The Queen, the Bear & The Bumblebee

On this CD:

1. The Queen, The Bear, The Bumblebee, for speakers & orchestra
Composed by Mark D. / Hornzy, Andrew Goldman
Performed by Daniel Taylor

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
There's a simple way of looking at Dini Petty's The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee, and that's as an exquisitely old-fashioned spin on the it's-not-easy-being-green sentiment, with a fanciful fairytale trio substituting for Kermit the Frog. To tune in for the simple pleasure of its story, though, would be to miss the point--something parallel to attending a performance of Peter and the Wolf with earplugs in. For here is a well-woven roundup of gentle, expressive classical compositions (all originals), sweep-you-off-your-feet operatic performances, and inventive but never overly clever lyrics reminiscent of classic nursery rhymes. Petty, a Canadian talk show host, penned the poem, about a queen, a bear, and a bumblebee each granted a wish. The queen, bored with royalty, wishes for wings; the bear, sick of his hair, wants to be a man; and the bee, yellow and fat and O.K. with that despite his companions' critiques, just wants to be himself. When a greedy thief threatens to wipe out the trio, only the bee is self-aware enough to defend himself. He winds up for the sting of the century and saves the day, afterward cashing in his still-unused wish to return his friends to their former selves. Petty's well-paced narration floats over compositions by celebrated jazz producer Mark Goldman and Andrew Homzy; internationally renowned countertenor Daniel Taylor soaringly sings the songs of the bee; mezzo-soprano Erin Thrall performs majestically to befit the queen; and bass Luc Saucier lends gravity to the bear's song. With so much to sew together, this project's most prize-worthy feat is its simple-seeming final product; producer Goldman commands major kudos. For kids 4 and up, The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee is an eminently buzz-worthy breath of fresh air. --Tammy La Gorce

The Queen, the Bear & The Bumblebee, Music, Mark D. / Hornzy, Andrew Goldman, Daniel Taylor, Luc Saucier, Children's, Childrens, Classical, Orchestral, Orchestral Music

English Country Dances
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nice assortment

aka "apollo's Banquet" watch out!

You may not want this if . . . .

Delightful Music-making!

Buy it!!!

English Country Dances
Douglass , Lawrence-King , and O'Dette
Manufacturer: Hmf Classical Exp.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006I49B
Release Date: 2002-11-12

Customer Reviews:

nice assortment.......2007-03-13

I enjoy historical music, and this cd was a good assortment of songs. I was expecting all bouncy country dances, but some tracks sound more complex and serious. I'm no expert on country dances, so I don't know if the selections are representative, but I enjoy the entire album. Perfect for an afternoon of relaxing with some good music and it won't put you to sleep.

aka "apollo's Banquet" watch out!.......2006-10-05

I can say that this was a surprise, and it's my fault for not checking the contents track by track. This is a re-issue of Apollo's banquet, and also a re-issue of the same from yet another name! I've had Apollo'w banquet for a long time. Somehow, I thought this CD would be mixed consort English music. Not so, it's mostly violin + cittern/ continuo.

Under the name "apollo's banquet" it's been a favorite of mine for years- very good division violin work, very nice improv too. This is top notch.

Nevertheless, beware! $6 for this disk is a real bargain- but it's still too pricey if you've already got it on your shelf! It seems this series is a fabulous value- I have the Italian renaissance dan ces vol 2 too, and it is also superb performace practice.

This series is a great way to buy excellent performances on the cheap- just watch out in case you already have it!

You may not want this if . . . ........2006-03-26

Personally, I found the music a bit slow and subdued. Not what one typically thinks of country dance music being like. However, the reason I rate it so low is because of the deception on the part of the producer/manufacturer/packager/whatever of this cd. This CD is actually the same - track for track, down to the timings - as "English Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master". But this CD is deceptively attributed to the individual members of the band instead of naming the group, The Broadside Band. It is cheaper than the original cd, though. The short and sweet - if you have the Broadside Band cd, you don't want this one.

Delightful Music-making!.......2005-08-27

These selections of English Country Dances from the publications of the English music publisher John Playford are recorded and played so well as to relegate any criticism to spoiled grapes. Perhaps a musicologist might carp on some fine points, but then again probably not - musicologists actually enjoy a good tune, too. There is a nice couple pages of notes by Jack Ashworth on the historical background of the music, and a further short page by David Douglass on how he envisioned the 'nature' of several of the pieces. There is also a French translation following the English notes. Seven instruments are mixed higgledy-piggledy as the performers deem best - a copy of a 1652 Amati Violin, and copies of a Theorbo, a Cittern, a 16-string harp, an Italian Double Harp, an Irish Harp, and a Guitar. For the curious Douglass plays the violin only, but offers playing consanguineous with his name.
Among the choices cut 15 - "Long Cold Nights" - seems almost New Age in its evocation of the heavens: one might be in Big Sur looking up at the stars. The many other pieces come in divers moods and tempi, with great care given to which instruments are employed. It's difficult to imagine anyone disliking such engaging tunes, such joy in their making. The recording is of course digital so it helps to have a system capable of taming the inevitable string stridencies, but that said - if you like music from this period, or are curious, this CD offers a wonderful selection.

Buy it!!!.......2003-09-12

This is a great cd! Very lively at times; very mellow at other times - but all tracks are wonderful interpretations of traditional songs by highly talented musicians....and who can argue with the price? BUY THIS CD if you are at all into this type of music!

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Excellent Interpretation!
Sweet agony, indeed!
"Wild and agonizing sweetness" filled with emotion

Playford: Apollo's Banquet

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007MXS
Release Date: 1998-05-12

Tracks:

Tom Scarlett
Old Simon The King
Another Division On A Ground By Mr. John Banister
Moll Peatly, Or The Old Marinett
The Bear's Dance
Hunsdon House
Sir Martin Marah's Jigg
Fy Nay, Prithee John!
Paul's Steeple, Or The Duke Of Norfolk
The Glory Of The West
The Mock Glory Of The West
The Glory Of The Sun
Faronell's Division On A Ground
Prelude
Long Cold Nights
Johney Cock Thy Beaver
Greene-Sleeves
Stingo, Or The Oyle Of Barly
Cockleshells
Another Division On A Ground By Mr. P. B.
The Queen's Jigg

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Interpretation!.......2002-10-25

As an early musician I far too often hear groups simply play 'notation'. Embellishment and interpretation were vital in earlier times, and this CD is marvelous for those, as well as for the excellence of technique on authentic (modern built) instruments. This recording ranks very high in its technical and historical merits!

Sweet agony, indeed!.......2000-09-10

This is the most evocative recording of renaissance dances I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. Its bittersweet, dolorous violin harmonies are positively haunting. The tunes stayed in my head for hours --days -- after listening.

"Wild and agonizing sweetness" filled with emotion.......1999-09-27

The jacket notes to Apollo's Banquet tell of Thomas Hardy decribing a dance fiddler as evoking "the wild and agonizing sweetness of a living voice in one too highly wrought." Words can hardly describe the sound, so emotional and sweet. The acappella violin in the first piece is pure ecstasy.

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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
a voice teacher and early music fan

George Frideric Handel: Esther

Manufacturer: CORO
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001B0A94
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

Overture Andante - Larghetito - Allegro
Recitative Habdonah/Haman: " 'Tis greater far to spare"
Aria Haman: " Pluck root and branch from out the land"
Recitative Persian Officer: "Our souls with ardour glow"
Chorus: "Shall we the God of Israel fear?"
Recitative First Israelite: " Now persecution shall lay by her iron rod"
Aria: " Tune your harps to cheerfull strains"
Chorus: " Shall we of servitude complain"
Aria Israelite Woman: " Praise the Lord with cheerful noise"
Recitative Israelite Woman: " 0 God, who from the suckling's mouth"
Aria Second Israelite: " Sing songs of praise, bow down the knee"
Chorus: " Shall we of servitude complain"
Recitative Priest of the Israelites: " How have our sins provoked the Lord!"
Chorus: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
Aria Priest ofc The Israelites: "0 Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide"
Chorus: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
Andante
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro

Tracks:

Recitative Esther/Mordecai: " Why sits that sorrow on thy brow?"
Aria Mordecai: " Dread not, righteous Queen, the danger"
Recitative Esther: "I go before the King to stand"
Aria Esther: " Tears assist me, pity moving"
Chorus: " Save us, O Lord"
Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: "Who dares intrude into our presence"
Duet Esther/Ahasuerus: " Who calls my parting soul from death?"
Aria Ahasuerus: "0 beauteous Queen, unclose those eyes!"
Recitative Esther: " If I find favour in thy sight"
Aria Ahasuerus: " How can I stay when love invites?"
Recitative Third Israelite/Fourth Israelite: " With inward joy his visage glows"
Chorus: " Virtue, truth and innocence"
Arioso Priest of the Israelites: " Jehovah, Crown'd with glory bright"
Chorus: " He comes, he comes to end our woes"
Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: " Now, a Queen, thy suit declare"
Arioso Haman: " Turn not, a Queen, thy face away"
Aria Esther: " Flatt' ring tongue, no more I hear thee!"
Recitative Ahasuerus: "Guards, seize the traitor, bear him hence!"
Aria Haman: " How art thou fall'n from thy height!"
Chorus: "The Lord Our enemy has slain"

Album Description

Handel's oratorios vary greatly in their presentation. In many ways, Esther is a rarity;it is by far the most intimate, not surprisingly as it was composed for the Duke of Chandos. The Duke's Palladian palace near the village ofEdgware had not been completed in time for the first performance so this may have taken place (as did Acis and Galatea) in the intimate surroundings of a small church, St Lawrence, Whitchurch.

We decided, therefore, that we should attempt to convey that intimacy of performance on disc; so we performed in the round with microphones in the middle, the orchestra in front of me, the choir behind and the soloists alongside. The result is everything that chamber music should be where players and singers can enjoy every aspect of Handel's masterpiece.

"The 'sound' of Esther, superbly communicated in the recorded performance here, is pure enchantment... The choral singing has an exceptional grandure, and the instrumental playing a shimmering beauty. Among the soloists, none of whom is less than accomplished, Nancy Argenta and Michael Chance dominate... Both singers affirm a new golden age of Handel interpretation".

Customer Reviews:

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.......2007-01-26

Esther is the first of Handel's oratorios by a good many years, written when he was 33 and enjoying the patronage of the Duke of Chandos. When he later became his own impresario and was running into trouble as a composer and producer of Italian operas he turned to oratorio as a strategic alternative, but at this early date his concern was to deliver staged entertainments for the Duke, and Esther, contemporary with the work that later gained the title Acis and Galatea, seems to have been just an unusually serious specimen of its type.

As often with Handel, there is no fully official version of the score, and this particular score may not even be fully complete from any point of view. The libretto seems to have been the work of someone in the frivolously named association of big literary figures called the Scriblerus Club, perhaps Dr John Arbuthnot, dedicatee of Pope's great poetic Epistle, but Pope himself may have had a hand in it too. As we have it here, the work breaks into two very asymmetrical parts. Scenes 1 and 2 start with a recitative lasting only seconds from Habdonah followed by a longer one in which Haman announces his onslaught on the Israelites, and from there on feature only anonymous participants. Esther herself and the other named characters make their appearance first in scene 4, but the change of tone occurs in scene 3. At this point the music gains gravity first in the chorus Ye sons of Israel with its extraordinary modulations and then in the striking aria O Jordan, Jordan. I myself feel that this weightier tone is maintained to the end, whether or not the writer of the liner note is correct in saying that the long final chorus with solos is out of proportion to its context.

Throughout - in the first part as well as in scenes 3-6 - the instrumental writing is vivid and varied, with an extraordinary pizzicato accompaniment to Tune your harps and then an even more extraordinary obbligato from the harp itself at Praise the Lord. The harpist is no less than Jan Walters, but sometime I would like to see the score and check out what seem some odd rhythmic interactions here between her and the soloist Nancy Argenta. There are no fewer than ten vocal soloists in a work lasting a little over an hour and a quarter, and a very distinguished bunch they are. I was particularly pleased to find Michael Chance in the countertenor role of the Priest of the Israelites as I admire the strength of his tone, but there is no real weakness among them, unless Lynda Russell as Esther has a couple of very slightly awkward high notes in Flatt'ring tongue, which must be a little nerve-wracking to sing as she has to find her note for herself unaccompanied at the start and later at the reprise. You will see some big names among the instrumentalists too, with Crispian Steele-Perkins on the trumpet making a predictably fine contribution towards the end, and of course with Jan Walters in that marvellous harp part early on. The chorus gets some wonderful work to do, and rises to it fully. I really am unable to worry about the proportionateness of the final chorus when I hear that incomparable Handelian build of tone, sung by 18 singers and sounding as if there were 100.

There is a good liner note by Graydon Beeks Jr, not perhaps the last word in lucidity (neither is the plot of the libretto come to that) but worth re-reading. Harry Christophers himself contributes a short foreword largely concerned with the recording process and highlighting the contributions of Mark Brown and Mike Hatch, his long-time technical collaborators. I was interested to see also the name of Geoff Miles in a role described as `editor'. What responsibilities this involved is not stated and perhaps I ought to know without being told, but I know the work of Geoff Miles as recording engineer from elsewhere and it gave me confidence just to see that he is involved in the proceedings, and the technical work is predictably excellent.

My collection of Handel oratorios is now almost complete, and what a wonderful musical experience they are. Each is unique in its own way, but Esther is unique in some very special ways, and I suggest that you do not wait until you are my age to get to know it.

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-04-04

Handel began composing the oratorio 'Esther' in 1718. There is some confusion as to who actually worte the libretto for it, but the story follows very closely the biblical story of Esther in the Book of Esther in the old testament. The story tells of a plot of Haman, the Agagite (Michael George-bass) jealous and powerful vizier of King Xerses (Ahasuerus-Tom Randle-tenor) of Persia(485-464), to destroy in a single day all the Jews living in the Roman Empire. He is moved to this out of hatred for the Jewish servant Mordecai (Mark Padmore-tenor),who for religious motives refuses to render him homage. The day of the proposed massacre is determined by lot. Meanwhile, Esther,niece and adopted daughter of Mordecai, is chosen Queen by King Xerses. She averts the pogrom planned against her people and has the royal decree of extermination reversed against Haman and the enemies of the Jews. Mordecai replaces Haman, and together with Esther, works for the welfare of their people. As you can see this makes for an interesting Oratorio, which it truly is!
This is a "small" contribution compared to many of Handel's other works. However, it is not "small" in a musical sense. There is much creativity on the part of Handel as to orchestral scoring; he exploits his small orchestra and chorus in surprising ways, introducing new vocal and instrumental colours throughout the score, adding and subtracting instruments and voices in many and varied ways. This is a listening surprise as it moves along. And what a great performance on the part of the Christophers as well as some outstanding vocal soloists. Mark Padmore's (Mordecai) aria "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains" was superb as was the Duet between Lynda Russell (Esther) and Tom Randle (Ahasuerus).But the aria that really drew me into the entire drama was sung by Michael Chance (Priest) "O Jordan, Jordan, sacred Tide." It was perfection itself!!!!The Chorus was extremely good and dictionally perfect. It is a great listening experience.

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A Worthy Box Set
It's hard to believe how many perfect songs are on this box set
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the true queen of country music
the queen of country music (BOX SET)

Queen of Country Music
Kitty Wells
Manufacturer: Bear Family
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Release Date: 1993-01-18

Tracks:

Death At The Bar
Love Or Hate
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
Don't Wait For The Last Minute To Pray
How Far Is Heaven
My Mother
Make Up Your Mind
I'll Be All Smiles (Tonight)
IT Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
I Don't Want Your Money, I Want Your Time
Searching For A Soldier's Grave
I'm Too Lonely To Smile
The Things I Might Have Been
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A Wedding Ring Ago
Divided By Two
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Paying For That Back Street Affair
Icicles Hanging From Your Heart
I Don't Claim To Be An Angel
Honky Tonk Waltz
The Life They Live In Songs
You Said You Could Do Without Me
Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On
Hey Joe
My Cold Cold Heart Is Melting Now
I'll Love You Till The Day I Die
I've Kissed You My Last Time
I'm A Stranger In My Own Home

Tracks:

I Gave My Wedding Dress Away
Cheatin's A Sin
You're Not Easy To Forget
Satisfied, So Satisfied
One By One
Release Me
After Dark
(Don't Hang Around) He's Married To Me
Thou Shalt Not Steal
Lonely Side Of Town
I Hope My Divorce Is Never Granted
I'm In Love With You
Make Believe
You And Me
As Long As I Live
No One But You
Makin' Believe
I'd Rather Stay Home
I Was Wrong
There's Poison In Your Heart
Goodby Mr. Brown
Mother Hold Me Tight
Searching (For Someone Else)
How Far Is Heaven
Dust On The Bible
Beside You
I'm Counting On You
They Can't Take Your Love
I'm Tired Of Pretending

Tracks:

Oh! So Many Years
One Week Later
When I'm With You
Can You Find It In Your Heart
Repenting
I Guess I'll Go On Dreaming
Each Day
The Pace That Kills
A Change Of Heart
Stubborn Heart
Standing Room Only
A Mansion On The Hill
Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down
Right Or Wrong
The Winner Of Your Heart
Dancing With A Stranger
Three Ways (To Love You)
She's No Angel
Broken Marriage Vows
What About You
Sweeter Than The Flowers
You Can't Conceal A Broken Heart
Just When I Needed You
Lonely Street
That's Me Without You
Cheated Out Of Love
The Waltz Of The Angels

Tracks:

What About You
May You Never Be Alone
If Teardrops Were Pennies
Touch And Go Heart
My Used To Be Darling
(I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein
Love Me To Pieces
What I Believe Dear (Is All Up To You)
I Can't Stop Loving You
Slowly Dying
I Can't Help Wondering
He's Lost His Love For Me
Jealousy
Mommy For A Day
The Hands You're Holding Now
Let Me Help You Forget
All The Time
Dust On The Bible
(I've Got My) One Way Ticket To The Sky
I Heard My Saviour Call
I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You
The Great Speckled Bird
Matthew Twenty-Four
I Need The Prayers
My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me
Lord I'm Coming Home
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
Lonesome Valley
We Buried Her Beneath The Willows

Customer Reviews:

A Worthy Box Set.......2006-07-18

Thank God for Bear Family Records. This box set is their project covering the true Queen of Country Music, and like all of their undertakings, this one delivers. Kitty Wells requires no introduction, but like all of the Bear family Box Sets, this one includes a large color booklet covering the discography, recording career, and even personal life of Kitty. Of course, her biggest hits are here, including "It Wasn't God...." and "Heartbreak, USA", but just as importantly, her earliest recordings are here to. And, her outstanding duets with none other than Mr Red Foley are here as well. You just can't go wrong with this set. Get it, play it, and enjoy it. A+

It's hard to believe how many perfect songs are on this box set.......2006-03-16

I love Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline and I intend to listen to them for the rest of my life, but there is no female country singer I love more than Kitty Wells. In fact, with the possible exception of Hank Williams there is no country singer male or female who I like as much. There are so many perfect songs here, so many great musicians backing her, so much heartfelt emotion that I know I haven't even begun to digest everything these CDs have to offer. This is country music unpolluted (it seems) by a desire to appeal to the pop music audience. I am a middle class man in my late twenties who grew up in Seattle and I have never even traveled to the south, but for some reason when I listen to her music I feel like I'm getting inside the songs. Everything just comes together so perfectly - the beautiful simplicity of the the songs themselves, the musicians backing her with minimalist grace, and then Kitty Wells herself who, like Billie Holiday or Robert Johnson, just sounds like she believes so strongly in what she's saying.

I just have one complaint to air that does not concern the contents of this CD. I wonder why there are so few Kitty Wells CDs available? There are a handful of budget CDs all with more or less the same songs on them and then there is maybe one or two decent 17 song collections with a few additional tracks. So basically if you are getting into Kitty Wells you've got to jump from one of these CDs to this 100+ track box set. I suppose one can take comfort in the fact that there's enough quality material here to make it very worth it. Sure, the best songs are in the first 10 years of her career, but there's hardly a bad song on any of these CDs.

BEWARE PRICE.......2005-02-15

Amazon has this exact same Bear Records box listed under a different AZIN number for about $18 less. I didn't try putting both versions in my cart to see if they actually listed differently - but one should beware...

the true queen of country music.......2000-09-28

This box set contains the literal birth of country music for female artists. These selections are songs that earned Kitty the title of the queen of country music. Any true fan of country music must have this collection. the material is classic and as it is heard, a chapter in American history and the evolution of country music is revealed. Long live the Queen

the queen of country music (BOX SET).......1999-12-22

I have 26 Kitty Wells 33 albums at present. Most have been played them enough to tape. I still think she is still queen of country music. I enjoy her music.This is great slection of her song she released.

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A Worthy Box Set
It's hard to believe how many perfect songs are on this box set
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Tracks:

Death At The Bar
Love Or Hate
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
Don't Wait For The Last Minute To Pray
How Far Is Heaven
My Mother
Make Up Your Mind
I'll Be All Smiles (Tonight)
IT Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
I Don't Want Your Money, I Want Your Time
Searching For A Soldier's Grave
I'm Too Lonely To Smile
The Things I Might Have Been
I Heard The Jukebox Playing
A Wedding Ring Ago
Divided By Two
Crying Steel Guitar Waltz
Paying For That Back Street Affair
Icicles Hanging From Your Heart
I Don't Claim To Be An Angel
Honky Tonk Waltz
The Life They Live In Songs
You Said You Could Do Without Me
Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On
Hey Joe
My Cold Cold Heart Is Melting Now
I'll Love You Till The Day I Die
I've Kissed You My Last Time
I'm A Stranger In My Own Home

Tracks:

I Gave My Wedding Dress Away
Cheatin's A Sin
You're Not Easy To Forget
Satisfied, So Satisfied
One By One
Release Me
After Dark
(Don't Hang Around) He's Married To Me
Thou Shalt Not Steal
Lonely Side Of Town
I Hope My Divorce Is Never Granted
I'm In Love With You
Make Believe
You And Me
As Long As I Live
No One But You
Makin' Believe
I'd Rather Stay Home
I Was Wrong
There's Poison In Your Heart
Goodby Mr. Brown
Mother Hold Me Tight
Searching (For Someone Else)
How Far Is Heaven
Dust On The Bible
Beside You
I'm Counting On You
They Can't Take Your Love
I'm Tired Of Pretending

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Oh! So Many Years
One Week Later
When I'm With You
Can You Find It In Your Heart
Repenting
I Guess I'll Go On Dreaming
Each Day
The Pace That Kills
A Change Of Heart
Stubborn Heart
Standing Room Only
A Mansion On The Hill
Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down
Right Or Wrong
The Winner Of Your Heart
Dancing With A Stranger
Three Ways (To Love You)
She's No Angel
Broken Marriage Vows
What About You
Sweeter Than The Flowers
You Can't Conceal A Broken Heart
Just When I Needed You
Lonely Street
That's Me Without You
Cheated Out Of Love
The Waltz Of The Angels

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What About You
May You Never Be Alone
If Teardrops Were Pennies
Touch And Go Heart
My Used To Be Darling
(I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein
Love Me To Pieces
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I Can't Stop Loving You
Slowly Dying
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He's Lost His Love For Me
Jealousy
Mommy For A Day
The Hands You're Holding Now
Let Me Help You Forget
All The Time
Dust On The Bible
(I've Got My) One Way Ticket To The Sky
I Heard My Saviour Call
I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You
The Great Speckled Bird
Matthew Twenty-Four
I Need The Prayers
My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me
Lord I'm Coming Home
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
Lonesome Valley
We Buried Her Beneath The Willows

Customer Reviews:

A Worthy Box Set.......2006-07-18

It's hard to believe how many perfect songs are on this box set.......2006-03-16

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the queen of country music (BOX SET).......1999-12-22

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An excellent musical story for youngsters.

The Queen, the Bear & The Bumblebee

Manufacturer: Children's Group
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005A0AN
Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

The Queen, The Bear & The Bumblebee
A Magical Voyage, I
Beware the Beast
The Royal Queen
I Can Fly (The Queen's Song)
The Bear's Wish
I Am the Man
What Shall I Bee?
Beesings
The Great Growliss Attack
The Sting Of the Bee
The Return Of the Prince
I Am Me
A Magical Voyage, II
The Queen, the Bear & the Bumblebee Read-Along
Dance Of the Queen
Bonus Track 1

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There's a simple way of looking at Dini Petty's The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee, and that's as an exquisitely old-fashioned spin on the it's-not-easy-being-green sentiment, with a fanciful fairytale trio substituting for Kermit the Frog. To tune in for the simple pleasure of its story, though, would be to miss the point--something parallel to attending a performance of Peter and the Wolf with earplugs in. For here is a well-woven roundup of gentle, expressive classical compositions (all originals), sweep-you-off-your-feet operatic performances, and inventive but never overly clever lyrics reminiscent of classic nursery rhymes. Petty, a Canadian talk show host, penned the poem, about a queen, a bear, and a bumblebee each granted a wish. The queen, bored with royalty, wishes for wings; the bear, sick of his hair, wants to be a man; and the bee, yellow and fat and O.K. with that despite his companions' critiques, just wants to be himself. When a greedy thief threatens to wipe out the trio, only the bee is self-aware enough to defend himself. He winds up for the sting of the century and saves the day, afterward cashing in his still-unused wish to return his friends to their former selves. Petty's well-paced narration floats over compositions by celebrated jazz producer Mark Goldman and Andrew Homzy; internationally renowned countertenor Daniel Taylor soaringly sings the songs of the bee; mezzo-soprano Erin Thrall performs majestically to befit the queen; and bass Luc Saucier lends gravity to the bear's song. With so much to sew together, this project's most prize-worthy feat is its simple-seeming final product; producer Goldman commands major kudos. For kids 4 and up, The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee is an eminently buzz-worthy breath of fresh air. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

An excellent musical story for youngsters........2001-05-04

Parents will find Queen, The Bear & The Bumblebee to be an excellent musical story for youngsters: it tells of three friends who realize that wishes can lead to adventures and self-discovery. The story was originally written and performed as a poem to entertain sick children but here blends classical orchestra and songs to bring lively listening to ages 4 and older.

The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs of Henry Purcell / King's Consort

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Infinite Felicity - Not
Important Purcell Project
valuable and enjoyable

The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs of Henry Purcell / King's Consort
Henry Purcell , Robert King , John Mark Ainsley , James Bowman , Tessa Bonner , Michael Chance , Charles Daniels , Gillian Fisher , Nicholas Brady , New College Choir Oxford , Rogers Covey-Crump , Michael George , and Robert Evans
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000002ZFU
Release Date: 1993-09-01

Tracks:

Arise, My Muse: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Arise, My Muse: Arise, My Muse, And To Thy Tuneful Lyre - Charles Daniels
Arise, My Muse: Ritornello: Ye Sons Of Music Raise Your Voices High: - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/James Bowman/Michael Chance/Charles Daniels/John Mark Ainsley...
Arise, My Muse: Then Sound Your Instrs And Charm The Earth - John Mark Ainsley/Michael George
Arise, My Muse: See How The Glitt'ring Ruler Of The Day, - Charles Daniels
Arise, My Muse: Ritornello: Hail, Gracious Gloriana, Hail; - Michael Chance/James Bowman
Arise, My Muse: And Since The Time's Distress To Wars' Alarm - Michael George
Arise, My Muse: To Quell His Country's Foes - James Bowman/John Mark Ainsley/Michael George
Arise, My Muse: But Ah, I See Eusebia Drown'd In Tears; - Michael Chance
Arise, My Muse: But Glory Cries 'Go On, - Michael George
Welcome To All The Pleasures: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Welcome To All The Pleasures: Ritornello: Welcome To All The Pleasures That Delight - James Bowman/John Mark Ainsley/Michael George
Welcome To All The Pleasures: Ritornello: Here The Deities Approve - James Bowman
Welcome To All The Pleasures: Ritornello: While Joys Celestial Their Bright Souls Invade - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/Michael George
Welcome To All The Pleasures: Then Lift Up Your Voices, Those Organs Of Nature, - Michael Chance/Charles Daniels/Michael George
Welcome To All The Pleasures: Ritornello: Beauty, Thou Scene Of Love, - John Mark Ainsley
Welcome To All The Pleasures: In A Consort Of Voices While Instrs Play - John Mark Ainsley
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Ritornello: Now Does The Glorious Day Appear, - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/James Bowman/Michael Chance/Charles Daniels/John Mark Ainsley...
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Not Any One Such Joy Could Bring, - John Mark Ainsley/Michael George
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Ritornello: This Does Our Fertile Isle With Glory Crown, - John Mark Ainsley
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Ritornello: Now Does The Glorious Day Appear, - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/James Bowman/Michael Chance/Charles Daniels/John Mark Ainsley...
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: It Was A Work Of Full As Great A Weight, - Michael George
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Ritornello: By Beauteous Softness Mixed With Majesty, - James Bowman
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Her Hero Too, Whose Conduct And Whose Arms - Michael George/Charles Pott
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Our Dear Religion, With Our Law's Defence, - Gillian Fisher/James Bowman/Charles Daniels
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Ritornello: No More Shall We The Great Eliza Boast, - John Mark Ainsley
Now Does The Glorious Day Appear: Now, Now, With One United Voice - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/James Bowman/Michael Chance/Charles Daniels/John Mark Ainsley...

Tracks:

Hail! Bright Cecilia: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright Cecilia - Gillian Fisher/James Bowman/John Mark Ainsley/Michael George...
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hark, Each Tree - James Bowman/Michael George
Hail! Bright Cecilia: 'Tis Nature's Voice - James Bowman
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Soul Of The World - Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Thou Tun'st This World - Gillian Fisher/Chor of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Hail! Bright Cecilia: With That Sublime Celestial Lay - James Bowman/James Mark Ainsley/Simon Keenlyside
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Wond'rous Machine - Michael George
Hail! Bright Cecilia: The Airy Violin - Rogers Covey-Crump
Hail! Bright Cecilia: In Vain The Am'rous Flute - James Bowman/John Mark Ainsley
Hail! Bright Cecilia: The Fife And All The Harmony Of War - James Mark Ainsley
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Let These Among Themselves Contest - Simon Keenlyside/Michael George
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright Cecilia - James Bowman/Rogers Covey-Crump/James Mark Ainsley/Michael George...
Who Can From Joy Refrain?: Ov - The King's Consort/Robert King
Who Can From Joy Refrain?: Who Can From Joy Refrain? - James Bowman/Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/Rogers Covey-Crump/James Mark Ainsley...
Who Can From Joy Refrain?: A Prince Of Glorious Race - Rogers Covey-Crump
Who Can From Joy Refrain?: The Father Brave - Michael George
Who Can From Joy Refrain?: The Graces In His Mother Shine - Tessa Bonner
Who Can From Joy Refrain?: Sound The Trumpet - John Mark Ainsley
Who Can From Joy Refrain?: Chacone- If Now He Burns With Noble Flame-Then Thames Shall Be Queen... - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/Chor of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom

Tracks:

Fly, Bold Rebellion: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Fly, Bold Rebellion: Fly, Bold Rebellion, Make Haste And Be Gone! - Michael George
Fly, Bold Rebellion: Rivers From Their Channels Turned - Rogers Covey-Crump
Fly, Bold Rebellion: If Then We've Found The Want Of His Rays, - Michael George/Rufus Muller
Fly, Bold Rebellion: But Heaven Has Now Dispelled Those Fears - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/Rufus Muller
Fly, Bold Rebellion: Come Then, Change Your Notes, Disloyal Crowd - James Bowman/Rufus Muller/ Michael George
Fly, Bold Rebellion: Be Welcome Then, Great Sir, To Constant Vows - James Bowman
Fly, Bold Rebellion: Welcome To All Those Wishes Fulfilled - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/James Bowman/Jonathan Kenny/Rogers Covey-Crump/Rufus Muller...
Sound The Trumpet, Beat The Drum: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Sound The Trumpet, Beat The Drum: Sound The Trumpet, Beat The Drum, - Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George
Sound The Trumpet, Beat The Drum: Crown The Year And Crown The Day - Rogers Covey-Crump
Sound The Trumpet, Beat The Drum: Let Caesar And Urania Live, - James Bowman/Rogers Covey-Crump
Sound The Trumpet, Beat The Drum: What Greater Bliss Can Fate Bestow, - Rufus Muller/Michael George
Sound The Trumpet, Beat The Drum: Chaconne - The King's Consort/Robert King
Sound The Trumpet, Beat The Drum: While Caesar Like The Morning Star - Michael George
Sound The Trumpet, Beat The Drum: To Urania And Caesar Delights Without Measure, - James Bowman/Rufus Muller/Michael George
Celebrate This Festival: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Celebrate This Festival: Celebrate This Festival, - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/James Bowman/Rufus Muller/Michael George
Celebrate This Festival: Britain Now Thy Cares Beguile, - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner
Celebrate This Festival: 'Tis Sacred, Bid The Trumpet Cease, - Gillian Fisher/Crispian Steele-Perkins
Celebrate This Festival: Let Sullen Discord Smile, - Tessa Bonner
Celebrate This Festival: Crown The Altar, Deck The Shrine, - James Bowman
Celebrate This Festival: Expected Spring At Last Is Come, - Michael George
Celebrate This Festival: April, Who Till Now Has Mourned, - James Bowman
Celebrate This Festival: Departing Thus You'll Hear Him Say: - Rogers Covey-Crump
Celebrate This Festival: Happy Realm Beyond Expressing, - James Bowman/Rufus Muller/Michael George
Celebrate This Festival: While, For A Righteous Cause He Arms, - Michael George/Crispian Steele-Perkins
Celebrate This Festival: Return, Fond Muse, The Thoughts Of War - Rogers Covey-Crump/Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner/James Bowman/Jonathan Kenny/Rufus Muller...
Celebrate This Festival: Kindly Treat Maria's Day, - Tessa Bonner

Tracks:

Ye Tuneful Muses: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Ye Tuneful Muses: Ye Tuneful Muses, Raise Your Heads, - Charles Pott/Michael George
Ye Tuneful Muses: Be Lively Then And Gay, All Signs Of Sorrow Chase Away, Be Cheerful As The... - Rogers Covey-Crump
Ye Tuneful Muses: In His Just Praise Your Noblest Songs Let Fall, And Let 'Em Be... - Michael George
Ye Tuneful Muses: From The Rattling Of Drums And The Trumpet's Loud Sounds... - Charles Daniels
Ye Tuneful Muses: To Music's Softer But Yet Kind And Pleasing Melody,... - James Bowman/Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George
Ye Tuneful Muses: With Him He Brings The Partner Of His Throne, That Brighter... - James Bowman
Ye Tuneful Muses: Happy in A Mutual Love May They Each Other Long Possess,... - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner
Ye Tuneful Muses: Whilst in Music And Verse Out Duty We Show, And Though We Can... - Rogers Covey-Crump
Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire When At... - Michael George
Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Her Chaming Strains Expel Tormenting Care And... - James Bowman
Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Thus Virgil's Genius Lov'd The Country Best... - Gillian Fisher
Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Whilst Music Did Improve Anphion's Song,... - Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George
Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: When Orpheus Sang All Nature Did Rejoice,... - James Bowman
Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Let Phyllis By Her Voice But Charm The Air,... - James Bowman/Charles Daniels/Michael George
From Hardy Chimes: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
From Hardy Chimes: From Hardy Climes And DAngerous Toils Of War, Where You For... - Michael George
From Hardy Chimes: As Fame, Great Sir, Before You Ran And Told Her Story Ere You Came... - Rogers Covey-Crump/Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner
From Hardy Chimes: Wake Then, My Muse, Wake Instruments And Voice To Celebrate... - Michael George
From Hardy Chimes: The Sparrow And The Gentle Dove (Sacrivices Fit For Love) Roses... - Charles Daniels
From Hardy Chimes: So All The Boons Indulgent Heav'n Design'd To Show'r On Those... - James Bowman/Rogers Cove-Crump/Michael George
From Hardy Chimes: Hence Without Scheme Or Figure To Descry Events To Come From... - Tessa Bonner

Tracks:

Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Welcome, Welcome... - Rogers Covey-Crump/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/John Mark Ainsley...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: At Thy Return The... - Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George/Nigel Short/John Mark Ainsley/Evelyn Tubb/Charles Pott...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Welcome As When Three... - James Bowman/Michael George
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: The Mighty Goddess Of... - John Mark Ainsley
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Full Of Wonder And... - James Bowman/Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/Nigel Short...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: And Lo! A Sacred Fury... - John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: My Pray'rs Are Heard... - Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/John Mark Ainsley...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: He To The Field By... - Charles Pott/Michael George
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Whilst Undisturb'd His... - Rogers Covey-Crump
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Sound, All Ye Spheres... - John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: [Sym] - The King's Consort/Robert King
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Great Parent... - James Bowman/John Mark Ainsley/Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/Nigel Short...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Another... - James Bowman
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: After War's... - John Mark Ainsley/Rogers Covey-Crump
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Awful Matron... - Michael George
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: She Was The... - John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Succeeding... - Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: But Chiefly... - Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/John Mark Ainsley...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Thy Royal... - Gillian Fisher
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: With Themes... - Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/John Mark Ainsley...
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: The... - Michael George/James Bowman/John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/Nigel Short...
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: And... - James Bowman/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/John Mark Ainsley...
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: Ah! Had... - Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigle Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: Happy... - James Bowman/Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: So Happily... - John Mark Ainsley
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: These Had... - James Bowman
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: But These... - John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...

Tracks:

Ode For Queen Mary's Birthday, Z331: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Ode For Queen Mary's Birthday, Z331: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind... - James Bowman
Ode For Queen Mary's Birthday, Z331: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind: Those Eyes, That Form, That... - Michael George
Ode For Queen Mary's Birthday, Z331: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind: Sweetness Of Nature And True... - James Bowman/Michael George
Ode For Queen Mary's Birthday, Z331: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind: Long May She Reign Over This... - Gillian Fisher/Mary Seers/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Mark Padmore/Andrew Tusa/Michael George...
Ode For Queen Mary's Birthday, Z331: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind: May Her Blest Example Chase - Gillian Fisher
Ode For Queen Mary's Birthday, Z331: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind: Many Such Days May She Behold, - James Bowman/Mark Padmore
Ode For Queen Mary's Birthday, Z331: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind: May She To Heaven Late Return - Gillian Fisher/Mary Seers/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Mark Padmore/Andrew Tusa/Michael George...
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, Z334: Raise, Raise The Voice: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, Z334: Raise, Raise The Voice: Raise, Raise The Voice, All Instruments... - Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Mary Seers/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Mark Padmore/Andrew Tusa...
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, Z334: Raise, Raise The Voice: The God Himself Says He'll Be Present Here, - Mary Seers/Andrew Tusa/Michael George/Gillian Fisher/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Mark Padmore...
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, Z334: Raise, Raise The Voice: Mark How Readily Each Pliant String - Gillian Fisher/Mary Seers/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Mark Padmore/Andrew Tusa/Michael George...
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, Z329: Laudate Ceciliam: Sym. Praise Ye Cecilia, With Voices And Organ - James Bowman/Mark Padmore/Michael George
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, Z329: Laudate Ceciliam: O Sing A New Psalm - James Bowman/Mark Padmore/Michael George
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, Z329: Laudate Ceciliam: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, Z329: Laudate Ceciliam: Sing, Ye Martyrs, Say To The Virgin - James Bowman/Mark Padmore/Michael George
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z326: From Those Serene And Rapturous Joys: [Sym] - The King's Consort/Robert King
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z326: From Those Serene And Rapturous Joys: From Those Serene And... - James Bowman
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z326: From Those Serene And Rapturous Joys: Behold Th' Indulgent... - Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Mary Seers/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Mark Padmore/Andrew Tusa...
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z326: From Those Serene And Rapturous Joys: Not With An helmet Or A... - Gillian Fisher/Mary Seers
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z326: From Those Serene And Rapturous Joys: Welcome As Soft... - Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Mary Seers/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Mark Padmore/Andrew Tusa...
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z326: From Those Serene And Rapturous Joys: Welcome, More Welcome... - Mark Padmore
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z326: From Those Serene And Rapturous Joys: Nor Does The Sun More... - Andrew Tusa/Michael George
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z326: From Those Serene And Rapturous Joys: With Trumpets And Shouts... - Andrew Tusa/Gillian Fisher/Mary Seers/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Mark Padmore/Michael George...

Tracks:

The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: Of Old, When Heroes Thought... - Michael George/Rogers Covey-Crump
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: The Bashful Thames, For... - Charles Daniels/Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: The Pale And The Purple... - James Bowman
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: And In Each Track Of Glory... - Charles Daniels/Michael George
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: And Now When The Renown'd... - Charles Daniels/Rogers Covey-Crump
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: They Did No Storms, Nor... - Robert Evans/Michael George
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: So When The Glitt'ring Queen... - Charles Daniels
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: Let Music Join - Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/Charles Daniels...
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: Sound Trumpets, Sound! Beat... - Charles Daniels
The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333: Of Old, When Heroes Thought It Base: Sound All To Him - Michael George
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z336: Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow: Sym. Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow, - Rogers Covey-Crump/Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Charles Daniels...
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z336: Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow: Land Him Safely On Her Shore, - Michael George
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z336: Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow: Hark, Hark! Just Now My Listening... - Charles Daniels
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z336: Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow: Welcome, Dread Sir, To Town - James Bowman/Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/Nigel Short...
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z336: Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow: But With So Great Devotion Meet - Michael George/Charles Daniels/Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/James Bowman/Nigel Short...
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z336: Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow: The King Whose Presence Like The... - Gillian Fisher/James Bowman
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z336: Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow: Then Since, Sir, From You All Our... - Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/Charles Daniels...
Welcome Song For The Duke Of York, Z341: What, What Shall Be Done In Behalf Of The Man?: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Welcome Song For The Duke Of York, Z341: What, What Shall Be Done In Behalf Of The Man?: What... - Michael George/James Bowman/Charles Daniels/Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/Nigel Short...
Welcome Song For The Duke Of York, Z341: What, What Shall Be Done In Behalf Of The Man?: All The... - Rogers Covey-Crump/Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Charles Daniels...
Welcome Song For The Duke Of York, Z341: What, What Shall Be Done In Behalf Of The Man?: Mighty... - Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
Welcome Song For The Duke Of York, Z341. What, What Shall Be Done In Behalf Of The Man?: May All... - Gillian Fisher/Susan Hamilton/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/Charles Daniels...

Tracks:

Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z323: Come Ye Sons Of Art, Away: Sym. Largo-Allegro-Adagio - The King's Consort/Robert King
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z323: Come Ye Sons Of Art, Away: Come Ye Sons Of Art, Away - Michael Chance/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z323: Come Ye Sons Of Art, Away: Sound The Trumpet, 'Til Around - Michael Chance/James Bowman/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z323: Come Ye Sons Of Art, Away: Strike The Viol, Touch The Lute - James Bowman
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z323: Come Ye Sons Of Art, Away: The Day That Such A Blessing... - Michael George/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z323: Come Ye Sons Of Art, Away: Bid The Virtues, Bid The Graces - Gilian Fisher/Paul Goodwin
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z323: Come Ye Sons Of Art, Away: These Are The Sacred Charms... - Michael George
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z323: Come Ye Sons Of Art, Away: See Nature, Rejoicing, Has... - Gillian Fisher/Michael George/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z340: Welcome, Viceregent Of The Mighty King: Sym. Welcome... - Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z340: Welcome, Viceregent Of The Mighty King: Ah! Mighty Sir, If You... - James Bowman/Michael George
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z340: Welcome, Viceregent Of The Mighty King: But Your Blest... - Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z340: Welcome, Viceregent Of The Mighty King: Your Influous Approach... - John Mark Ainsley/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z340: Welcome, Viceregent Of The Mighty King: When The Summer, In... - Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z340: Welcome, Viceregent Of The Mighty King: All Loyalty And Honour Be - Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For Charles II, Z340: Welcome, Viceregent Of The Mighty King: Music The Food Of Love - Mark Padmore/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For King James, Z343: Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?: Why, Why Are All The Muses... - Mark Padmore/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For King James, Z343: Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?: When Should Each Soul... - John Mark Ainsley/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For King James, Z343: Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?: Britian, Thou Now Art Great... - James Bowman
Welcome Song For King James, Z343: Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?: Look Up, And To Our Isle... - Michael Chance/John Mark Ainsley/Michael George/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For King James, Z343: Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?: Accurs'd Rebellion Reared... - Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Tessa Bonner
Welcome Song For King James, Z343: Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?: Caesar For Milder Virtues... - Mark Padmore/Michael George
Welcome Song For King James, Z343: Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?: The Many-Headed Beast Is... - John Mark Ainsley/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Welcome Song For King James, Z343: Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?: In The Equal Balance Laid - Robert Evans/Michael George
Welcome Song For King James, Z343: Why, Why Are All The Muses Mute?: O How Blest Is The Isle To... - Mark Padmore/Chor Of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom

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Infinite Felicity - Not.......2006-02-05

One of the greatest disappointments I have ever had in my life was listening to the recordings of Purcell's music that were made in the 1990s by Robert "Everything He Touches Turns To Dross" King. The physical impact of the recordings was comparable to a strand of wet spaghetti and it takes real talent in a conductor to make James Bowman sound so ordinary so much of the time. Particular scorn must be reserved for the casting of Michael George. (What is the difference between Michael George and George Michael ? Answer: George Michael has a voice that is pleasing to listen to.) Michael George has a tolerable light baritone provided the dynamic never gets above mezzo-forte and provided the coloratura never gets out of first gear. (It can be heard to good effect on Hyperion's recordings of Bruckner's and Faure's Requiems.) However, John Gosling, Purcell's miraculous basso profundo of the seventeenth century, he most emphatically is *not*. If David Thomas (the only man for the job) was unavailable then the recordings should not have been attempted.

The problem is that these dreadful recordings have Hyperion's imprimature and so this divine music will probably have to endure a purgatorial wait of at least a generation for a new complete recording.

I'm sorry to see that King has finished with Vivaldi's sacred music. This is a pity, because the amount of damage he can do in this field is limited; let's face it people, once you've got the Four Seasons and the Glorias you've got everything.

A new project for King is clearly required along the same lines. May I suggest a complete recording of the Telemann cantatas ? Then we can all sleep peacefully in our beds until the time comes to sleep peacefully in our graves.

Important Purcell Project.......2001-06-12

It was by this project that I made the acquaintance of Henry Purcell and his music. He just knocked me flat. How I love the elegance, gaiety and wistfulness (to name but a few characteristics) of his music. For this first Purcellian project (started in the mid eighties), director Robert King assembled a truly crack team of Early music soloists and musicians, he also provided extensive commentary in the booklet and wrote a biography on Purcell. This venture entailed the recording of the Complete Odes and Welcome Songs (composed for Royalty and festive occassions).

Only in the famous Hail Bright Cecilia and Come Ye sons of art away, the Choir of New College, Oxford lends it's support otherwise the soloists themselves perform the choral parts. Which certainly contributes to the intimacy of the recording. Robert King is certainly right in saying that the texts of these pieces aren't great poetry, but the music is divine (the usual flatttering of kings and nobles)! King and his team deliver an outstanding and important contribution to the Purcell discography.

My favourites among the soloists were: Gillian Fisher, James Bowman, Michael Chance, Michael George, Charles Daniels, Rogers Covey-Crump and John Mark Ainsley. Charles Daniels pulls this project indeed spendidly off with his solo Arise my muse. I loved the exquisite countertenor duets like Hail gracious Gloriana or Sound the trumpet and always Michael George's bass parts. But that's just a selection of the riches presented here. Afterwards Robert King went on to record the complete secular solo- and sacred music of Purcell.

valuable and enjoyable.......2000-01-12

This set will delight any lover of Purcell. Ideally, you will want all 8 CD's; but if you must pick and choose, get at least Vols 1, 2 & 8 (these contain, between them, Welcome to all the pleasures, Hail Bright Cecilia and Come ye sons of art). Volume 1, entitled Royal and Ceremonial Odes, was probably recorded before King knew for sure that his idea of producing the complete chamber vocal works of Purcell would be commercially viable. Hence, the separate title and no mention of the volumes still to come. But by the time the second volume was made, the future of the project was already mapped out. The purpose of the project was to record all 24 surviving odes and welcome songs of Purcell. (This project was later followed by a similar undertaking: an 11-CD set of all surviving Purcell's anthems and services - of those, get at least vols 3 & 9). By the time King was entrusted with this massive and ambitious project, he was still in his twenties. But King knew what he was doing. His assumption of the project was backed by years of research. He even prepared his own performing editions of the works he intended to record, and furnished sleeve notes for each of the CD's in his Purcell series (Later, he also wrote a book about the composer). King's notes are insightful, although his choice of vocabulary is somewhat peculiar and repetitive. The musical results are wonderful, by all accounts. I am especially pleased that King was able to assemble such an outstanding cast of singers. For me, the highlights of the series include: Arise my muse from vol 1 (an alto solo sung by Charles Daniels); Bowman's 'Tis Nature's Voice from vol 2 (although my all time favorite version of this air is on the Herreweghe); alto-high tenor duet Let Caesar and Urania live from vol 3 (you should hear Bowman and Covey-Crump blend in this one!); The sparrow and the gentle dove from vol 4 (Charles Daniels); alto-high tenor duet Sweetness of nature from vol 6 (Bowman and Padmore); an ornate tenor duet And now when the renowned Nassau from vol 7 (Daniels and Covey-Crump); and the glorious high tenor solo O how blest is the isle from vol 8 (Padmore).

Purcell: Great Parent, Hail!; The summer's absence unconcerned we bear; Welcome, welcome, glorious morn

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Purcell: Great Parent, Hail!; The summer's absence unconcerned we bear; Welcome, welcome, glorious morn

Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Purcell: Royal and Ceremonial Odes

ASIN: B000002ZP3
Release Date: 1993-11-19

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Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Welcome, Welcome... - Rogers Covey-Crump/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/John Mark Ainsley...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: At Thy Return The... - Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George/Nigel Short/John Mark Ainsley/Evelyn Tubb/Charles Pott...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Welcome As When Three... - James Bowman/Michael George
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: The Mighty Goddess Of... - John Mark Ainsley
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Full Of Wonder And... - James Bowman/Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/Nigel Short...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: And Lo! A Sacred Fury... - John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: My Pray'rs Are Heard... - Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/John Mark Ainsley...
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: He To The Field By... - Charles Pott/Michael George
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Whilst Undisturb'd His... - Rogers Covey-Crump
Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Mary, Z338: Welcome, Welcome, Glorious Morn: Sound, All Ye Spheres... - John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: [Sym] - The King's Consort/Robert King
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Great Parent... - James Bowman/John Mark Ainsley/Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/Nigel Short...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Another... - James Bowman
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: After War's... - John Mark Ainsley/Rogers Covey-Crump
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Awful Matron... - Michael George
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: She Was The... - John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Succeeding... - Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: But Chiefly... - Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/John Mark Ainsley...
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: Thy Royal... - Gillian Fisher
Ode For The Centenary Of Trinity College Dublin, Z327: Great Parent, Hail To Thee: With Themes... - Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/John Mark Ainsley...
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: Sym - The King's Consort/Robert King
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: The... - Michael George/James Bowman/John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/Nigel Short...
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: And... - James Bowman/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump/John Mark Ainsley...
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: Ah! Had... - Michael George/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigle Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: Happy... - James Bowman/Rogers Covey-Crump/Michael George
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: So Happily... - John Mark Ainsley
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: These Had... - James Bowman
Welcome Song For King Charles II, Z337: The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We Bear: But These... - John Mark Ainsley/Gillian Fisher/Evelyn Tubb/James Bowman/Nigel Short/Rogers Covey-Crump...

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Flower of Scotland

Manufacturer: Scotdisc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00079ZAK4
Release Date: 2005-02-01

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O Flower Of Scotland
Amazing Grace: Anthem
Edinburgh Castle: Concert March
Elizabeth Of Glamis (H.M. The Queen Mother)
Abbey Craig (Scots Wha Hae)
Kishmuls' Galley
Dunvegan Castle
The Black Bear Salute
My Love She's But A Lassie Yet/Cock O' The North (Cumberland Square)
Sutherland's Law (Land Of The Mountain And Flood)
Reel O' Tulloch
Here's Tae The Gordons/Campbetown Loch/I Belong To Glasgow/I Love A Lassie/Stop Yer Ticklin' Jock/The Laddies Who Fought And Won