Ao Vivo: 25 Anos [Live] [Import]

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New album celebrating his 25th career anniversary. "Bandolins", "Agonia", "Condor", etc... 22 tracks.

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Psalms of David Complete Choir of St Paul's Cathedral , and Scott Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Psalms of David from Kings Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Vol. 1 Psalms For The Soul Treasures of English Church Music The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey Praise to the Lord - Hymns From St. Paul's Cathedral ASIN: B00006GO6J Release Date: 2002-10-08

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This complete 12-disc survey of The Psalms of David from St. Paul's Cathedral is both a remarkable historical record of Anglican chant at its finest and an astonishing musical experience. Contained here are all 150 psalms in their traditional English garb from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, with revised or entirely new musical settings as published in The New St. Paul's Cathedral Psalter, edited by the choir's musical director John Scott, itself a revision of the 1875 Cathedral Psalter. As such, these recordings represent the very backbone of the Anglican liturgy, but even a casual listener will be in no doubt that they also offer music that is both contemplative and richly varied when removed from its liturgical context.

The art of "pointing"--or setting--psalm texts has been essayed by many English composers, from William Croft through the Wesleys and William Boyce in earlier times to the great flowering in the late 19th century under Stainer and Barnby, with further contributions from Parry, Stanford, Elgar, Howells, and a host of choirmasters and organists, including Sir David Willcocks and John Scott himself. All are represented here. Recorded throughout in the vast acoustic of their cathedral, the St. Paul's choristers enunciate the words precisely, backed by inventive though unobtrusive organ accompaniment. Taken individually, it's possible to isolate moments when the choir seem to drag their feet or fail to give due weight to the words (Psalm 125, "They that put their trust in the Lord," seems far too subdued, for example), and the massive Psalm 119 is awkwardly split across discs 10 and 11, but overall this set is nothing less than a document of invaluable cultural and musical significance. --Mark Walker

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Brilliant Recordings.......2007-06-11

In our view the changes in pointing, and excellent selection of chants, give deeper meanings to the Psalms than those achieved in the "standard?" Parish Psalter.

We found great Spirituality and a wonderful sense of Worship whilst listening to this set. This is often sacrificed for brilliance of musical performance in other recordings.

Unfortunately the "St.Paul's Psalter" is not available (June 2007) but we are told that a new print run may happen within 12 months. This would be a most valuable companion to the recordings when and if it becomes available.

A- for effort.......2006-02-23

This grand undertaking deserves high praise, and I'm struck, listening to chant after chant, how much Anglican chant as it used to be until the changes of the 70s was one of the great Victorian contributions to English life and art. For anyone who wants to hear almost the entire repertoire of Anglican chant deployed in singing the whole book of Psalms, this is an unrivalled source. It is wonderful, too, to hear the Coverdale translation: you realize what the churches have lost by abandoning the proper & regular singing of the Psalms. So one is immensely grateful to Hyperion for putting out this recording. It's not perfect, though.

The rhythmic pacing, though a little slow for my taste, is steady and sensitive, the diction clear, and the organ accompaniment superb (Providing an expressive accompaniment to a choir singing in 4-part free rhythm, and improvising descants to the melody at the same time, isn't easy). And of course there's the cavernous acoustic of St. Paul's, very impressive in the more thunderous psalms. Unfortunately, though, the "forward" style favored for the St. Paul's boys produces a sound that's unpleasantly chesty in the lower registers and reedy in the higher ones. The poorly integrated choral sound caused by this kind of voice-production can be downright unpleasant for anyone used to, or trained in, the classic English choral style. In fact, one has to wonder why this choir was chosen for such a huge project: even allowing for the near-universal decline in standards of vocal training for boys in England, better sounds than this can still be heard.

What can you say?.......2003-01-03

I almost hate to criticize this terrific thing. After all, where else can you get all 150 Psalms in a single collection sung by one of the world's great choirs?

How much do I like it? I bought it *twice*. I originally bought all the CDs separately, before they came out with a single boxed set. They were stolen from my car (and, God willing, maybe they converted some poor thief to Anglican Cathedral Music and got him into church). After they were stolen, I immediately bought them again.

One of the great pleasures of life is listening to the Morning and Evening Psalms while driving to and from work, and making listening a regular feature of Morning and Evening Prayer.

So what's the criticism? The sound is a bit muddy, so the words can be rather difficult to understand without reading along (which is a real problem when driving), and personally, I prefer the Psalter from the 1979 BCP instead of the old one, from the Great Bible. But that's unreasonable. They ARE a British choir after all. Those are the only criticisms.

Anyhow, if you have a taste for choral cathedral music, this is genuinely indispensible. St. Paul's has given the world a great blessing.

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{25 Tracks} Chicago Down Home Blues, Vol. 1 "featuring" Johnny Young, Johnny Williams, Sunnyland Slim, Floyd Jones, Man Young, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Little Walter, Blues Boy Willie, Delta Joe Sanders, John Brim, Boogie, Ora Nelle Blues, Money Taking Woman - Johnny Young Telephone Blues , Back to Korea Blues - Sunnyland Slim, School Days - Floyd Jones, Let Me Ride Your Mule - Man Young Worried Man Blues - Johnny Williams , I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter, Come on Babe - Blues Boy Willie One Doggone Reason - St. Louis Jimmy Oden , Going Down the Line - John Brim, Hard Times - Floyd Jones 4 O'Clock Blues - Delta Joe Sanders , It's All over Now - Sunnyland Slim, Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones My Baby Walked Out - Man Young , Dark Clouds - John Brim, Blue Baby - Little Walter Coming up Fast - St. Louis Jimmy Oden , Roll Tumble and Slip - Delta Joe Sanders, I Want My Baby - Little Walter Leaving Daddy Blues - John Brim , and Keep What You Got - Floyd Jones Lonesome Man Blues - John Brim ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000ITTYGY

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Best Buy Presents Chicago / Daryl Hall & John Oates: 1998 Tour Collector's 2 CD Set Chicago , Hall & Oates , Daryl Hall , and John Oates Manufacturer: Best Buy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000P93V6G

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Ultra-rare 1998 commemorative concert of both Hall & Oates and Chicago. After the production, these two legendary live performances were never made available on tape or DVD. Only a limited, commemorative tribute 2 CD set through Best Buy Stores (long out of print) who sponsored the tour. July 7th, 1998, these 2 super groups rocked Harbor Lights Pavilion in Boston all night long!! Great interviews, too. Both shows were superb. Daryl & John played: Romeo is Bleeding, Out of Touch, Say It Isnt So, Urges, If a Promise Aint Enough, One on One, Sara Smile, Throw the Roses Away, I Cant Go For That, Maneater. Then Chicago took the stage with: Dialogue- Part I & II, Make Me Smile, Color My World, Youre My Inspiration, Free, If You Leave Me Now, Feeling Stronger Every Day, Saturday in the Park, All Roads Lead to You, Just You and Me, Beginnings, Does Anybody Know What Time It Is, Im a Man, Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away, In the Mood, 25 or 6 to 4. It was a tremendous show for old and new fans, alike.

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Live: Dublin 02-25-05 Erasure Manufacturer: Live Here Now / Mute ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000EGDD18 Release Date: 2006-03-07

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. No Doubt
3. Hideaway
4. Brother & Sister
5. Knocking on Your Door
6. Circus
7. Breathe
8. Ship of Fools
9. Drama
10. All This Time Still Falling out of Love
11. Stop
12. Rapture
13. Ave Maria
14. Breath of Life
15. Little Respect
16. I Broke It All in Two
17. Chains of Love
18. Chorus
19. Love to Hate You
20. Blue Savannah
21. In My Arms
22. Don't Say You Love Me
23. Who Needs Love Like That
24. Oh l'Amour
25. I Bet You're Mad at Me
26. Sometimes

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Mute in Association with Live Here Now is Happy to Introduce a Selection of Live Concerts which Recordings Are Sold to the Audience 10 Minutes after the End of the Show. Stock is Limited So Don't Miss the Opportunity. This Pressing is Only Available as a CD-R, Not a Standard Pressing.

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