Viaggio Di Ritorno [Import]

1. Viaggio Di Ritorno

2. Zerosei

3. Nessuno Come Noi

4. Musica E Parole

5. Segnali Di Fumo

6. Ali Di Cartone

7. Il Ragazzo Con La Chitarra

8. L'angelo Custode

9. Cellai Solo Te

10. Le Cose Da Salvare

11. Portami A Ballare

12. Cuore D'acciaio

13. Al Di La' Del Muro

14. L'amore Rubato

15. Yuppies

16. Roberto

17. Come Dentro Un Film

18. Via Margutta

19. Roma Spogliata

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Average customer rating: Excellent video.... Great songs sung by a diverse group of artists Pavarotti's Best War Child Concert Very diverse! Loved it! A wonderfully enjoyable and diverse collection of music

Pavarotti & Friends: For Cambodia and Tibet Traci Chapman , Eurythmics , Savage Garden , George Michael , Aqua , and Skunk Anansie Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works Featuring Luciano Pavarotti | Pavarotti, Luciano | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Cambodia | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Denza, Luigi | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Capua, Eduardo di | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Pavarotti & Friends For Guatemala And Kosovo Pavarotti & Friends 2 Pavarotti & Friends Together for the Children of Bosnia Pavarotti & Friends - For The Children Of Liberia ASIN: B00004XR5E Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

1. Cielito lindo
2. Around The World
3. There Must Be An Angel
4. I Knew I Loved You
5. Guarda che luna
6. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime
7. Tracy's Flaw
8. Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight
9. 'O sole mio
10. You'll Follow Me Down
11. A Wonderful World
12. Agnus Dei
13. Desde que o samba e samba
14. Funiculi, funicula
15. Telling Stories
16. Se e vero che ci sei
17. I Saved The World Today
18. Manha de Carnival
19. Be With You
20. All You Need Is Love

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With the seventh installment of Pavarotti & Friends: For Cambodia and Tibet, the beloved tenor assembles yet another all-star cast of musicians in hopes of helping the children of Cambodia and Tibet. The music of the pop stars--which ranges from the modern rock of the veteran Eurythmics to the dance-pop of Aqua--really steals the show here, with Pavarotti lending his impeccable vocal support. Tracy Chapman performs "Baby Can I Hold You" as a duet with Pavarotti, and Eurythmics team up with him on "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)." Of course, the tenor's fans will be begging to hear the opera great in his element, and it's no surprise that he shines on Bizet's "Agnus Dei," with international pop star Mónica Naranjo joining in; Eduardo Di Capua's "O Sole Mio," with Savage Garden; or even Luigi Denza's "Funiculi, Funicula," with Aqua and a children's chorus. As globetrotting benefit tributes go, this is a mixed bag, but there's probably something here for everyone. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Excellent video...........2002-10-13

I am a fan of Savage Garden, The Eurythmics, and George Michael - all of them did a great job with and without Pavarotti....

And the man who sang O SOLE MIO - Darren Hayes (formerly of Savage Garden)... has the most beautiful- angelic- sultry and great voices I have ever heard - and to do it in Neapoliaton Italian (dialect) and in my opinion the best duet of ALL of them featured!!!!!

Great songs sung by a diverse group of artists.......2002-02-07

As always, Maestro Pavarotti's Modena concerts are highly entertaining and uplifting.
All artists sang two songs during the concert (one on their own and another with Maestro Pavarotti), but unfortunately not all of the songs are featured on this video. Another shortcoming is that there are no interviews or any extra footage.

It is funny to hear Pavarotti sing a pop tune as it is equally funny to see a pop singer with virtually no voice doing "O Sole Mio", but if it is all in good spirit and for charity, then it is enjoyable.

If you are intersted in European music scene or simply love Pavarotti, this tape will be a great treat for you.

Pavarotti's Best War Child Concert.......2002-01-04

Bravo showed this concert on New Years 2002 and it blew my mind. It is certainly the best of the War Child concerts, which started in 1996 as Pavarotti's effort to help the children of war-torn countries.
Like in the previous concerts, Pavarotti appears with international pop stars in the open-air piazza of his home town, Modena, Italy. (How do I get tickets for that?)
If you haven't heard any of these concerts, also available on CDs, you will be surprised how well Pavarotti's voice--a voice that makes the gods swoon--blends with the likes of Enrique Iglesias, George Michael, Tracy Chapman, and the Eurythmics. Previous concerts included B.B. King, Elton John, Ricky Martin, and Liza Minelli. Sometimes he sings along in English, sometimes in Italian counterpoint. The effect is stupdendous! These concerts display all the beauty of this great operatic voice while at the same time honoring the art of our greatest pop artists.
What makes this video the best is the children's chorus, the combined Ars Canto of Parmi, Italy, and the Children's Choir of Cambodia and Tibet. The video starts with this chorus joining Pavarotti and the totally sexy Enrique Iglesias in a rousing "Cielito Lindo."
Pavarotti really knows entertainment and in this one he pulls out all the stops! Best of all, part of the proceeds of this tape goes to benefit the children of Cambodia and Tibet. Pavarotti's efforts to help War Child have already built music centers for children in Kosovo, Liberia, and Guatemala. What great leadership!
He says on one of his jackets: "All too often, children are betrayed by the inhuman actions of adults, and become the innocent victims of war and cruelty. War Child is an energetic, and practical organization offering vital hope, working tirelessly for children to regain their rightful place in the world."

Very diverse! Loved it!.......2000-12-18

I am a HUGE Savage Garden fan so that was the main reason to buy this album. And I have to say Darren's voice is AWESOME in "O Sole Mio", the first time I listened to it it made me cry. So I bought the cd. I was glad to see that there are very enjoyable songs in the album not only the SG tracks. I loved Tracy Chapman's "Baby Can I Hold You Tonight" performance, now I am a Tracy fan too. You'll enjoy the performances by Aqua, Enrique Iglesias and Eurhytmics and of course the queen Tracy Chapman " ("Telling Stories" is superb!). I even discovered some new artists I had never heard of and I liked them. You won't be disappointed by this album.

A wonderfully enjoyable and diverse collection of music.......2000-11-05

This collection of music has given me great pleasure. Aqua's Around the World is a joy. Hearing the Eurythmics and Pavarotti perform together is fun and beautiful. I also especially liked Enrique Iglesias's Be with you. 20 tracks and 77 minutes of great music I will listen to again and again. And all for a good cause.

Average customer rating: A rich introduction to a top Baroque specialist Great Marketing Idea

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Tracks:

1. The Devils Sonata And Other Works:'La Sonata Del Diavolo' In G Minor: III Andante-Largo-Adagio
2. Complete Violin Sonatas: Op. III, No. 3, 'La Melana'
3. Concert For The Prince Of Poland: Violin Concerto In E-Flat Major 'La Tempesta Di Mare', Op. VIII, No. 5, RV 253: I. Presto
4. Concert For The Prince Of Poland: Violin Concerto In E-Flat Major 'La Tempesta Di Mare', Op. VIII, No. 5, RV 253: II. Largo
5. Concert For The Prince Of Poland: Violin Concerto In E-Flat Major 'La Tempesta Di Mare', Op. VIII, No. 5, RV 253: III. Presto
6. Sonatas: Sonata Over Toccata V, Op. IV 'Detta La Laura Rilucente'
7. Concerti Grossi, Op. 6: ' Twelve Grand Concertos In Seven Parts': Concerto VI In G Minor, HWV 3624: III. Musette
8. Concerti Grossi, Op. 6: ' Twelve Grand Concertos In Seven Parts': Concerto VI In G Minor, HWV 3624: IV. Allegro
9. Violin Sonatas:Sonate Sixieme In B Minor: III. Gracieusement
10. Violin Sonatas:Sonate Sixieme In B Minor: IV. Viste
11. Violin Sonatas: Toccata And Fugue In A Minor: Toccata and Fugue In A Minor For Unaccompanied Violin, Reconstructed By A. M. From The Organ Work BWV 565 In Minor
12. Sonata In E Major: I. Adagio
13. Twelve Fantasias For Violin Solo/Gulliver Suite For Two Violins: Intrada
14. Twelve Fantasias For Violin Solo/Gulliver Suite For Two Violins: Lilliputsche Chaconne
15. Curiose & Moderne Inventioni: Sinfonia Sesto Tuono
16. Curiose & Moderne Inventioni: Balletto Quarto Allemano
17. Curiose & Moderne Inventioni: Sinfonia Terzo Tuono
18. Sonata In A Major, HWV 361: III. Adagio
19. Sonata In A Major, HWV 361: IV. Allegro
20. Concerto XII In D Minor 'Follia': Theme + Variations 1-8
21. Concerto XII In D Minor 'Follia': Variations 9-14
22. Concerto XII In D Minor 'Follia': Variations 15-24

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This is a compendium of pieces drawn from Andrew Manze's recordings past, present, and projected. It includes single movements, groups of movements, and complete works, some unaccompanied, some with one or two supporting instruments, some with the ensemble Romanesca, some with the Academy of Ancient Music, of which Manze is co-director and concertmaster. The selections range from intimate chamber music to brilliant bravura pieces and are well designed to whet the listener's appetite to hear the complete records. They also display Manze's versatility, virtuosity, improvisatory imagination, expressiveness, and communicative power, which have propelled him to the top rank of Baroque violinists. He succeeds in combining rigorous scholarship with adventurous spontaneity, passionate involvement and a sense of humor--all of which are also in evidence in his erudite but entertaining program notes.

Naturally, the most substantial pieces on the program tend to be especially impressive. Vivaldi's Concerto "La tempesta di Mare" is truly tempestuous, with extraordinarily daring harmonies and modulations. Manze's transcription and performance of a famous Bach Toccata and Fugue for organ creates the amazing illusion of an original unaccompanied violin composition. And, taken from Manze's recording with the Academy of Ancient Music, "La Follia," one of 12 Corelli Sonatas orchestrated by Geminiani as Concerti Grossi, is enormously exciting. Also noteworthy are selections by Uccellini and Marini performed with Romanesca, some movements from Bach and Handel sonatas, and part of Tartini's "La Sonata del Diavolo", better known as the "Devil's Trill Sonata," played unaccompanied with diabolical freedom and virtuosity. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

A rich introduction to a top Baroque specialist.......2005-11-15

Andrew Manze is a Cambridge-educated, early-music scholar, an internationally-famous period violinist, an accomplished chamber musician and director of the prestigious Academy of Ancient Music. His discography is vast - specializing in the early to late Baroque and with a strong affinity to the more unusual, 'quirky' Baroque sonatas such as those by Tartini, Schmelzer and Biber - recordings made with fellow Baroque specialists, John Toll and Nigel North (AKA 'Romanesca').

This sampler CD is a nice compilation of Manze's music - from solo violin to full orchestral music - featuring works from more well-known composers (Telemann, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi) to the more obscure Italian violin virtuoso composers (Tartini, Uccellini, Pandolfi, Geminiani, Marini). The selections spotlight his highly rhythmic, academic-rich style and techniques which have won accolades from the international music press like Gramophone, Penguin Guide, ClassicsToday and BBC Music. Highlights are the concerti grossi from Geminiani, Vivaldi and Handel and the sonatas from Handel and Telemann. One truly delightful work is the Handel Violin Sonata in which Manze illicits a most bouyant, spontaneous manner that is most uplifting. Less inspiring to me were the Bach and Pandolfi sonatas as were the somewhat mundane liner notes written by Manze - although they are not without some fascinating tidbits. But so much more could have been said about Manze, his unique style and his career in the notes by a third party to give a more colorful "portrait" of this artist.

If you are new to Manze's music, this CD is a great place to start to explore his broad discography and his compelling style and will help you sort out which composers/recordings you will most gravitate towards - or equally important ... the ones you don't. While varied and compelling, this one CD is only a smittering of Manze's recordings - unfortunately absent are representation works of his powerful readings of the unusual, free-form and often-meditative sonatas of the German-Catholic composers, Biber and Schmelzer (some of Manze's best recordings in my opinion). ClassicsToday gave this CD a perfect 10/10 if that helpf make your decision easier (the sound quality is consistentyly very vivid too). Harmonia Mundi offers this sampler CD at a "teaser" price (about half price) as a way to introduce listeners to great artists - with the hope of course that you will buy a few of the CD's represented here (at full price) that most catch your interest. Either way it is a win for the classical listener exploring the less-familiar Baroque violin repertoire that Manze specializes in dusting off from the shelves and performing most strikingly.

Great Marketing Idea.......2000-08-29

I had heard of Andrew Manze but never heard him play. This CD is a very inexpensive introduction to an incredible Baroque violinist. He opens your ears to a completely different level of performance in this type of music. Highly recommended as an introduction, but be warned that you will soon be purchasing many more of his CDs.

Average customer rating: This is the real Monteverdi Exquisite small-scale Monteverdi from an impressive soprano

Monteverdi: Pianto della Madonna Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Madrigali E Canzonette Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 5: The Masses ASIN: B00000J7WF Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

1. Pianto della Madonna: Confitebor a voce solo con violini
2. Pianto della Madonna: Sinfonia Terzo Tuono
3. Pianto della Madonna: Currite Populi
4. Pianto della Madonna: O quam pulchra es
5. Pianto della Madonna: Venite, videte
6. Pianto della Madonna: Jubilet a voce sola in Dialogo
7. Pianto della Madonna: Pianto della Madonna sopra il Lamento dell' Arianna
8. Pianto della Madonna: Ricercar del Decimo Tono
9. Pianto della Madonna: Salve, O Regina
10. Pianto della Madonna: Exulta, Filia Sion
11. Pianto della Madonna: Sinfonia Sesto Tuono
12. Pianto della Madonna: Ecce sacrum paratum
13. Pianto della Madonna: Toccata con minute
14. Pianto della Madonna: Laudate Dominum

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Monteverdi's larger choral pieces are so masterly that they tend to overshadow his chamber-scale sacred music--the solo works in particular. Occasionally one or two of these exquisite motets will appear on a collection such as Paul McCreesh's Venetian Vespers, but rarely do they become the focus of an entire recording as they are here. The much-admired early-music diva Maria Cristina Kiehr has a slightly constricted quality to her voice that won't appeal to everyone, but her very narrow vibrato colors her sound without affecting her accuracy of pitch, spotless coloratura, or blend with period instruments (played beautifully here by Concerto Soave). Kiehr also uses her command of dynamics and phrasing with a subtlety that really puts the rhetoric of each piece across--check out her echo effects and crescendos in the motet "for solo voice in dialogue" Jubilet and the joyful Laudate Dominum. Her gentle manner works especially well with the title track: the Pianto della Madonna is Monteverdi's own reworking of his famous Lamento d'Arianna as a solo depicting the Virgin Mary's grief at the foot of the Cross. The slightly overwrought distress of the original Lamento could be inappropriate to such a sacred subject, but Kiehr's emotive yet dignified approach in the Pianto has a genuinely moving effect. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

This is the real Monteverdi.......2001-04-12

Searching for the right interpretation of this music it took me over 25 years to find this extraordinary performance by Maria Christina Kiehr e.o. Finally this wonderful music is interprated in my personal taste. But how could it not be, as Kiehr is a member of the 'Vlaamse School' with Rene Jacobs and Philippe Herreweghe as most prominent members and master teachers. If you listen i.e. to track 4: 'O quam pulchra es' then you might experience what I mean. This is the right way to travel to the real Monteverdi. She is at the same level as Andreas Scholl. I hope more musicians will realize this in the future. Well done Maria Christina, I know it was the hard way, because you experienced lots of criticism. I really hope you enjoy us with your lovely voice again and again in future. Every aincient music lover should take notice of this recording, it is a wonderfull experience. Five stars!

Exquisite small-scale Monteverdi from an impressive soprano.......2000-04-13

The more Monteverdi's music is performed and recorded the more apparent is his extraordinary versatily in composing music of supreme quality for secular and liturgical use. Although his surviving operas and his larger-scale liturgical compositions are well known, especially the magical Vespers of 1610 and his four-part Mass, the smaller liturgical works are only now receiving their due acknowledgement.

Harmonia Mundi's CD 'Pianto della Madonna' includes ten well-chosen motets for solo voice from various published collections, among them two from the best known, the 'Selva Morale e Spirituale' of 1640, with a pretty little sonata by Marini and three short organ pieces by Antegnati, Marini and Merulo. With the exception of the unique 'Pianto della Madonna', based on the famous 'Lamento dell'Arianna' from the lost opera, these fascinating counter-Reformation motets display two styles, some following the spare, elegant style of Peri and others the more elaborate and colourful one of Caccini, in which Monteverdi's operatic connections are on display. Among them are some truly lovely pieces, including the etherial 'O quam pulchra es', from Ghirlanda Sacra of 1625, and 'Jubilet', an intriguing echo-like dialogue very reminescent of the 'Due Seraphim' from the 1610 Vespers.

The impressive Argentinian soprano Maria Cristina Keihr has a voice with an unusual and pleasing timbre, and which sounds well throughout her extensive range. She has almost no vibrato and an exceptionally clear and well-controlled delivery, even in Monteverdi's elaborate ornamentation, and is clearly completely at ease with the music of the period. The small band, 'Concerto Soave', of violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord, archlute, and harp, directed by harpsichordist and co-founder (with Keihr) Jean-Marc Aymes, is also first class, although in many of the motets its role is discreet and supportive. There are exceptions, motets where they play a more prominent part, and they simply sparkle in 'Confitebor', from 'Messa a quattro voce e Salmi' of 1650, the first of fourteen superb tracks in 61'28 of exquisite small-scale Monteverdi.

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Flute Music of the 16th & 17th Centuries Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gombert, Nicolas | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Recorder | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chansons | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Gombert, Nicolas | ( G ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000DJENP Release Date: 2004-01-13

Average customer rating: A variety chocolate box

Capriccio Stravagante, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Stradella | Stradella, Alessandro | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Capriccio Stravagante, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00005QF3I Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

1. Stradella: Sinfonia 17
2. Vitali: Passagallo primo, Op. 7
3. Rossi: Toccata decima
4. Marini: Canzon seconda, Op. 8
5. Castello: Sonata Sesta
6. Frescobaldi: Balletto, Corrente del Balletto and Passacagli
7. Marini: Sonata septima sopra A voi do vinto il cor, Op. 8
8. Picchi: Canzon decima settima a doi chori
9. Frescobaldi: Capriccio pastorale
10. Vitali: Passagallo secondo, Op. 7
11. Frescobaldi: Conazon tetra
12. Vitali: Capriccio sopra dodici figure, Op. 7
13. Marini: Passamezzo concertato, Op. 8
14. Frescobaldi: Capriccio del soggetto scritto sopra l'aria di Ruggiero
15. Picchi: Canzon decima ottava a doi chori
16. Vitali: Passagallo terzo, Op. 7
17. Rossi: Sonata sopra l'aria di Ruggiero
18. Vitali: Ciaconna, Op. 7

Customer Reviews:

A variety chocolate box.......2007-06-21

This is a delightful mixture of Italian baroque pieces from mostly lesser known composers. The choice of pieces and their arrangement on the disc is very well done, giving a fine balance of many assorted instruments from the Purcell quartet and the excellent HMS&C (not to forget Wooley). This is the one of those discs that makes you wonder why there aren't more concept albums around, except that most of them aren't as accomplished as this effort.

My only complaint is a personal one, based on unpleasant religious associations connected to the sound of a solo organ (triggered by only two pieces in the collection). These are apparently shared by my wife, because during the toccata she shouted out from her office "I feel like I'm in church..!". That apart, it's great...

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Monteverdi: Comattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Manufacturer: K617 Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000IWSK Release Date: 1996-08-01

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Les Larmes de Jérusalem Manufacturer: K617 Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000283B3 Release Date: 1996-08-01

Average customer rating: A Gem of a Baroque Album Lovely music ruined by the sound of "old instruments"

Capriccio Stravagante, Vol. 1 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Capriccio Stravagante, Vol. 2 Jakub Jan Ryba: FluteQuartets; String Quartets ASIN: B000050431 Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

1. Capriccio Stravagante
2. Toccate E Correnti D'intavolatura: Toccata Terza
3. Capriccio, Op.8
4. Capriccio, Op.8
5. Canzoni Da Sonar: Canzon Decima Nona
6. Il Secondo Libro Di Toccate: Toccata Prima
7. Canzoni Da Sonare: Canzon Sesta
8. Sonate Concertate In Stil Moderno, Libro Secondo: Son Decima
9. Il Quarto Libro De Varie Sonate: Son Quinta Sopra Poi Che Noi Rimena
10. Madrigali, Libro Primo: Son
11. Canzoni Overo Sonate Concertate, Libro Terzo: La Cattarina
12. Toccate D'intavolatura, Libro Primo: Capriccio Sopra La Battaglia
13. Canzoni Overo Sonate Concertate, Libro Terzo: Chiacona
14. Capriccio Secondo, Op.7
15. Toccate E Correnti D'intavolatura: Toccata Settima

Customer Reviews:

A Gem of a Baroque Album.......2003-03-06

I must disagree almost completely with the previous reviewer. This is one of my favorite 17th-century albums-to a great degree because the sounds of the instruments are so expressive. If I may be permitted to speculate, I think that the reviewer's ear is unused to the characteristic sound of `period' instruments (gut strings and so forth). The sound is undoubtedly grittier, reedier and more insistent than the smooth, homogeneous sound that we associate with more recent music. In fact, the development of modern instruments was driven mainly by the desire to produce a harmonious blend in large orchestral ensembles. But to achieve that sonic homogeneity, instruments such as the violin were profoundly denatured-with a consequent loss of the expressive potential exploited by earlier composers. Far from being an exercise in `archeology,' period-instrument performance makes this repertoire more vibrant and exciting than it could ever be on modern instruments! My only small reservation about this album concerns the pieces for solo organ: in my opinion, they are a bit too harsh by comparison with the rest of the program.

Lovely music ruined by the sound of "old instruments".......2002-10-15

The music on this CD is beautiful, or at least it would be if played on instruments capable of making beautiful sounds. The music is almost all from the seventeenth century, and much of it was unknown to me before listening to this recording. So the producers and performers are to be congratulated for making the music available at all. However, the entire CD is, to me, wrecked by the wretched sound of "original instruments".

The fact is that since the invention of modern stringed instruments, not a single serious piece of music has been composed with the specification that it should be played with old instruments. The reason is easy to understand, once you have heard both the old and the modern instruments playing the same piece. The old instruments have a whining, thin, nasal, wiry sound that is decidedly unpleasant. It lacks the sweetness, depth, and sheen that we have become accustomed to in modern times. Thus, nobody ever writes pieces for those instruments any more.

The argument that there is something about music from the earlier era that lends itself more appropriately to the old instruments is nonsense. The fact is, that as soon as modern stringed instruments were developed, all composers and performers switched to those modern instruments as soon as they could afford to do so - regardless of their style. And I know of no historical evidence that any composers CHANGED their style to any noticeable degree so that their music was more conducive to the new instruments. They just used the new instruments because they were objectively better.

So this CD is recommended only for people who believe that music is a historical or archeological exercise (i.e., people who don't know what music is in the first place), or people who don't care or notice what kind of instruments are being played (i.e., people with tin ears).

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Futuro Antico III - Mantova: La Musica alla Corte dei Gonzaga Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006LHV5 Release Date: 2002-09-16

Tracks:

1. Ninfa Amorosa
2. Amore E Attesa
3. Rugiada....Lacrime D'amore
4. Amore E Morte
5. Amore E Morte
6. Amore E Gioia

Album Details

This is the Third Volume of Futuro Antico, the Series of Albums Where Branduardi Interprets Some Original Middle-age and Renaissance Songs that have Inspired his Music.

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In Stil Moderno: The Fantastic Style in Seventeenth-Century Italy Manufacturer: Wild Boar Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Passacaglias | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005VWQ Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

1. Son Seconda
2. Berlin Ms.: Toccata
3. Son Duodecima
4. Romanesca
5. Son Seconda 'La Luciminia Contenta'
6. (Aria Sopra La Romanesca)
7. Toccata I (Book I)/Toccata II (Book 2)/Cento Partite Sopra Passacagli
8. Son Quarta
9. Son Prima
10. Toccata
11. Son Seconda
12. 'Amarilli Mia Bella'

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