Poemes Grincants [Import]

1. Qu'est-Ce Pour Nous Mon Coeur ?

2. Printemps - Ete - Autre

3. Tous Les M0orts Sont Ivres

4. Jour De Lessive

5. Les Chants De Maldoror

6. Psaume 151

7. Encore Fantomas

8. Hommes

9. Les Quatre Sans Cou

10. Chanson Dans Le Sang

11. Introduction

12. Le Voyeur

13. Mon Roi

14. Une Allee Du Luxembourg

15. Notre Dame De Paris

16. Politique

17. Au Cabaret Vert

18. Ma Boheme

19. Le Coeur Vole

Poemes Grincants,Pierre Brasseur,EMI,French,World Music

Average customer rating: A Classic Astonishing Textures of Keyboard Artistry

Escape of the Circus Ponies Liz Story Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Part of Fortune Solid Colors Gift 17 Seconds to Anywhere Liz Story ASIN: B000000NI3 Release Date: 1990-09-25

Tracks:

1. Broken Arrow Drive
2. Inside Out
3. Escape Of The Circus Ponies
4. Church Of Trees
5. The Sounding Joy
6. Another Shore
7. Incision
8. Worth Winning
9. The Empty Forest

Customer Reviews:

A Classic.......2005-09-14

I must wholeheartedly concur with the other reviewer who cannot fathom why Windham Hill has stopped releasing this album. I'm on my second copy (first copy destroyed in a horrible break dancing accident) and although it has been at least 4 years between sessions the album is just as magical as it was when I first listened to it in 1990 as a freshman in college. At times seriously moving and at other times joyful and playful, Escape runs the gamut of emotions and is a remarkable piece of piano work second only to George Winston's "December" in my extensive solo piano catalog. I've always felt that the term "new age" denegrates the fine work of many artists by associating their work with airy, whimsical flights of fancy that offer the substance of cotton candy. There is real gravitas to Liz's work, and having had the chance to see her play live at Wittenberg University in 1990 and 1991, it it not by accident, studio trick or artifice. The only complaint I've ever had with this album is the absolutely God-awful jacket Liz is wearing on the inside cover- it looks like like something Joan Miro puked up after an all night tequilla bender. But fashion disaster aside, this is a work that you should have in your collection.

Astonishing Textures of Keyboard Artistry.......2003-04-05

It truly amazes me that Windham Hill has stopped issuing this incredible album.Liz Story's solo piano opus is a true thing of beauty.Surely one of the best piano records ever made.If you like George Winston or Vince Guaraldi you Must hear this record.

Average customer rating:

The Oxygen Ponies The Oxygen Ponies Manufacturer: The OxPo Recording Company/Egret Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: You Can't Win ASIN: B000H2NGZ2 Release Date: 2006-08-08

Tracks:

1. It's Yr Life
2. Devotion
3. Brooklyn Bridge
4. Truest Thing
5. Chainsmoking
6. Umbrellas in the Rain
7. Have You Forgotten
8. I Don't Know Why
9. Happy Where U R
10. Get Over Yrself
11. Starshine
12. The Quickest Way to Happiness

Product Description

A 'Blood on the Tracks' for the blog generation, the Oxygen Ponies' powerful debut produced by the inimitable Don Piper is rife with wistful melodies, melancholy lyrics and carefully woven- inexplicably uplifting, aspects. Paul Megna, the world-weary singer/songwriter who calls himself the Oxygen Ponies, blends the honesty of Leonard Cohen, the swagger of John Cale and the intimacy of Elliott Smith into his own original soundscape which is as captivating as the story of the artist himself. Megna, a former actor, only picked up a guitar after he suffered a gun shot wound as the victim of a violent crime. The bullet still resides in his neck and reverberates in his songs, which serve as umbrellas in the rain of life's trials and tribulations

Average customer rating: On the Subject of Intelligent and Sensitive Recitals Lovely A Beautiful Disc A stunning burst onto the world stage Wonderful songs, and a singer with great potential

Magdalena Kozená - Love Songs (Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu) Antonin Dvorak , Bohuslav Martinu , Leos Janacek , Magdalena Kozená , and Graham Johnson Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Martinu | Martinu, Bohuslav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs: Magdalena Kozena Magdalena Kozená - Le belle immagini (Mozart, Gluck, Myslivecek) Lamento French Arias Bach - Cantatas BWV 199, 179, 113 / Kozená · Towers · Padmore · Loges · Gardiner ASIN: B00004SDO1 Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

1. Love Songs: Oh, Our Love Does Not Bloom
2. Love Songs: Death Dwells In So Many A Heart
3. Love Songs: Now I Stumble Past The House
4. Love Songs: I Know That In Sweet Hope
5. Love Songs: Gentle Slumber Reigns Over The Countryside
6. Love Songs: Here In The Forest By A Brook
7. Love Songs: In The Sweet Power Of Your Eyes
8. Love Songs: Oh, Dear Matchless Soul
9. New Miniatures: The Rich Sweetheart
10. New Miniatures: The Forsaken Lover
11. New Miniatures: Lounging
12. New Miniatures: The Inquisitive Girl
13. New Miniatures: The Cheerful Girl
14. New Miniatures: The Unhappy Lover
15. New Miniatures: The Request
16. New Miniatures: The Tall Tower
17. Songs For A Friend Of My Country: Ponies On The Fallow Land
18. Songs For A Friend Of My Country: The Lost Little Slipper
19. Songs For A Friend Of My Country: A Religious Song
20. Songs For A Friend Of My Country: An Invitation
21. Four Songs: You Heartfelt Songs
22. Four Songs: Oh, That Was A Beautiful, Golden Dream
23. Four Songs: In Pain, My Heart Often Broods
24. Four Songs: Silence On The Mountains
25. Lullaby
26. Songs For One Page: Dew
27. Songs For One Page: Unlocking With A Single Word
28. Songs For One Page: Journey To The Beloved
29. Songs For One Page: The Footpath
30. Songs For One Page: At Mother's
31. Songs For One Page: The Virgin Mary's Dream
32. Songs For One Page: Rosemary
33. New Slovak Songs: So Tell Me
34. New Slovak Songs: I Had A Blouse
35. Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: Who Is The Posy For?
36. Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: A Lover's Picture
37. Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: Little Posy
38. Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: Constancy
39. Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: Love
40. Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: Parting
41. Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: My Lover's Horses
42. Good Night, My Darling

Amazon.com

The composers Antonín Dvorák, Leos Janácek, and Bohuslav Martinu might not be the names that first spring to mind when love songs are mentioned, yet this fascinating collection gives us a taste of what delights we have been missing. They range from seven Moravian folk songs, collected by Janácek at the turn of the century, to songs written by Martinu in the U.S. in 1942. There's also early Martinu--including songs he collected in Slovakia in 1920--plus the world-premiere recording of Songs for a Friend of My Country, a cycle he wrote in France in 1940 on his way to America. All of these songs are of interest in giving us another aspect of each composer's work; most have much more to offer. Many are achingly lovely, especially those by Dvorák--including his Op. 2, a reworking of four songs from a cycle he had written almost 20 years earlier, and Love Songs, a revision of eight songs from the same cycle. "Good night, my darling," from his 1886 cycle In Folk Tone, is worth the price of this CD alone. Czech mezzo Magdalena Kozená, who put together the program, sings with pure, attractive tone. Graham Johnson is her excellent accompanist. --Richard Fawkes

Customer Reviews:

On the Subject of Intelligent and Sensitive Recitals.......2005-05-19

Combing the recorded literature to find CDs that showcase singers who not only own brilliant vocal gifts but who also possess the intelligence to program recordings of lesser known works in a sequence that makes for intelligent recitals, it is becoming more obvious that there are many singers who opt for purity of purpose rather than 'salesmanship' of careers in the PR arena. Magdalena Kozená is one of these gifted singers whose intelligence and sensitivity match her physical and vocal beauty.

LOVE SONGS is a tastefully selected panorama of lesser-known songs by Kozená's fellow countrymen (Czech) Antonín Dvorák, Leos Janácek, and Bohuslav Martinu. And while many of the Dvorák and Janácek songs have been occasionally heard in recitals, the Martinu "Songs for a Friend of My Country", an exquisitely beautiful work written in 1940, here receives its World Premiere recording. Kozená's voice is in prime condition for these songs and she is ably accompanied by pianist Graham Johnson. The special flavor of these Slavic emotions and songs has rarely been so well captured.

But over and above the beauty of Kozená's performance of these neglected masterpieces shines the glow of her sensitive programming. Recordings such as these are rare and should be included in the libraries of those who appreciate the lieder genre. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, May 05

Lovely.......2004-03-25

This is a beautifully performed selection of Czech lieder. Kozena has a lovely voice and sings with precision and nicely modulated emotion. The accompanying pianist, Graham Johnston, is excellent. Despite the title, not all these songs are love or romantic songs but all are well worth hearing. The selection of songs is excellent. Different listeners will prefer different songs. For me, the highlight of this recording are the rarely heard Martinu songs, many of which exhibit the lyrical aspect of his compositional style. Recommended strongly.

A Beautiful Disc.......2002-01-06

This is simply a magnificent recording. I like it better every time I put it on. The voice is fresh, supple, and expressive. I even find myself trying to learn some of the Czech words (from the translation in the booklet) they sound so nice. Both Kozena and the brilliant piano contributions by Graham Johnson are faithfully caught on the recording. There is enough variety and contrast that one doesn't tire in the least (over the generous 67 minutes of playing time) of hearing these playful, sometimes poignant, songs. One of the best discs, in terms of programming, performance, and sound quality, of the past couple of years.

A stunning burst onto the world stage.......2001-12-17

Magdalena Kozena is suddenly known around the world, thanks to this stunning disc of 42 lieder from her Czech homeland. Most of the songs are short - some come in under a minute, the longest 3-4 minutes. Each is a little gem and many have never been recorded before.

Kozena's voice is sheer delight. She does have resonances in her voice which are reminiscent of her compatriot, Lucia Popp, but is certainly a mezzo - although she has chosen her repertoire well so we hear no strain at the top. Her low resonances are delightful and consistent with her head voice. To compare Kozena's voice to that of the late diva (Popp), it is more pure, more consistent in tone from top to bottom, and doesn't have so much of the `squeezey' quality which Popp used to great effect in evincing the passion of her characters. Kozena can empty her voice of vibrato or let it out rich and full, and uses all her vocal resources to great effect in contrasting the individual songs. She has astoundingly mature lieder-singer's technique for such a young singer.

This recording rightly won a Gramophone award this year. Kozena deserves all the accolades she receives for this - doubtless all listeners will develop their own favourites from these delightful miniatures.

Wonderful songs, and a singer with great potential.......2000-10-08

What a wonderful, carefully thought out CD! Kozena obviously revels in these rarely performed songs by Dvorak, Martinu, and Janacek, and Johnson accompanies with his usual ease and sensitivity. What a pity the piano is balanced distantly -- we hear little of Johnson's variety of touch and dynamics. As for Kozena, she is obviously an intelligent musician with a voice of great potential. It is qutie beautiful as it is, yet the colour is still rather pale. Yes, there is something of the late Lucia Popp's timbre, yet it has little of Popp's depth and range of colour. BBC Legends released a CD of Popp a year ago which includes three Dvorak songs also sung by Kozena. The differences are quite marked -- while Kozena's timbre and interpretation suggests a dreamy yet earnest youth, Popp brings out an autumnal glow and a sharp pain that pierces at least this listener's heart. Kozena has started a wonderful career. Only time will tell how her voice will develop. I do hope it goes in the direction of Popp's unique lyric timbre. No one could ever equal Popp (perhaps it's obvious by now that Popp is my favorite singer of all time), but perhaps Kozena will become something of Popp's heir, while still being her own person. I hope so. But her musicality is not in question. Let's keep our ears open!

Average customer rating: impressive oddity lost to the sands of time "Black Seamus cried, my shamrock died . . . "

Viva Dead Ponies Fatima Mansions Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Lost in the Former West Black River Falls The Sky's Awful Blue Tima Mansio Dumps the Dead Copper Blue ASIN: B000008FJ2 Release Date: 1991-08-13

Tracks:

1. Angel's Delight
2. Concrete Block
3. Blues for Ceauseseu
4. Legoland 3
5. Mr. Baby
6. Door to Door Inspector
7. Start the Week
8. You're a Rose
9. Ceauseseu Flash Back
10. Broken Radio #1
11. Concrete Block
12. Only Losers Take the Bus
13. Look What I Stole for Us, Darling
14. Farewell Oratorio
15. White Knuckle Express
16. Chemical Cosh
17. Tima Mansio Speaks
18. Pack of Lies
19. Viva Dead Ponies
20. More Smack, Vicar

Customer Reviews:

impressive oddity lost to the sands of time.......2007-02-15

I picked up this album after reading a rave review in Rolling Stone magazine, not being familiar with any of Microdisney's output. I was struck by the strange juxtaposition of '80s pop and punk-rock attitude. Some of the tracks are amazingly catchy. "Broken Radio #1" could be mistaken for a lost Spandau Ballet song until a death-metal break comes out of nowhere and knocks you out of your chair. "Angel's Delight" goes from dreamy synth-pop to thrash in an instant, as Cathal Coughlan screams "Burn, motherf****er burn!" like an Irish Zack de la Rocha. "You're A Rose," "Thursday," "The Door-to-Door Inspector," and the motown groove of "Mr. Baby" are incredibly catchy, and its only the vitriolic lyrics that betray the fact that you're listening to a very angry man that would love to murder various members of the establishment such as police officers and the pope. The music is a mix of synth-pop and rock, and it often conflicts strongly with the angry, sometimes absurd, lyrics. There are a few too many short interlude tracks for the CD age, but other that this there's not much filler here. With its rather unsettling mixture of pop and sarcastic, angry, Britain-centric lyrics I can understand why this album wasn't a hit. However, the fact that it has almost been forgotten completely is a travesty of musical justice. My recommendation to music lovers is to get your hands on a copy of this album, if just to hear how effectively pop can be twisted into a tool of subversion.

"Black Seamus cried, my shamrock died . . . ".......2003-04-15

I bought this recording on cassette when it first came out (more than 10 years ago) after hearing a aboutthe Irish band Fatima Mansions on NPR. It has continued to be one of my favorite recordings of all time. Fatima Mansions music is a strange clever mix of loud/angry/cynical/bitterness and exquisite sweetness. The singer (Cathal Coughlan?) has one of the greatest voices of all time. In a way, the album is prophetic: Jesus as portrayed in the title song, Viva Dead Ponies, is very much like the South Park Jesus! FM's other CD, Lost in the Former West, is also wonderful.

Average customer rating:

In the Space of a Few Minutes Telstar Ponies Manufacturer: Fire Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000025AR1 Release Date: 2005-05-09

Tracks:

1. Moon Is Not A Puzzle
2. Lugengeschichte
3. Not Even Starcrossed
4. Maya
5. Two's Insane
6. Moon, Don't Come Up Tonight
7. Monster
8. Side Netting
9. Her Name
10. Innerhalb Weniger Minuten
11. I Still Believe In Christmas Trees

Average customer rating:

Voices From the New Music Telstar Ponies Manufacturer: Velvel ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000049Y5 Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

1. Bells for Albert Ayler
2. Voices from the New Music
3. Last Outpost
4. Shizuka
5. Little Cloud
6. Brewery of Eggshells
7. Aegis Falling
8. Sail Her On
9. Feather on the Breath
10. Fall of Little Summer
11. Does Your Heart Have Wings?
12. Song of Ansuz
13. Vienna

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Brewery of Eggshells Telstar Ponies Manufacturer: Fire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004WT2A Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

1. Brewery of Eggshells
2. First Kiss Takes So Long
3. Wall of Rock

Average customer rating:

Dreams Are The Ponies We Ride calicoDrifters ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000PI1T02

Product Description

1 How Do You Watch A Movin' Train 2 Old Ragtop 3 On Clinton Street 4 Don't Come Down Here 5 Dreams Are The Ponies We Ride 6 Vinegar Hill - Broken Sad 7 I Went A-Wanderin' 8 Siren Call 9 That Dreamers Dream 10 Heartland County 11 Cardboard Box 12 My Prairie Home 13 (35 seconds of silence) 14 I'm Goin' Away

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Trashe Du Blanc Prancing Ponies Manufacturer: Self-Released ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0007CKAHY Release Date: 2004-06-06

Tracks:

1. Trashe Du Blanc
2. Tantric Pretender
3. Thar She Blows!
4. Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory
5. Guitarry
6. Special Girl
7. BatQueen!
8. Violet Fire
9. Shockwave
10. I Don't Know

Album Description

Glitter-Rock, Baby!

Average customer rating:

Why the Long Face? The Toasted Ponies Manufacturer: Prairie Dog Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000NFAQCO

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6. Stationen [Import]
7. Studio Uno [Import]
8. Twin Best [Import]
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