Immortal Collection 1983-1995 [Import]

1. Overture: Fatal Attraction

2. Behind The Line

3. Waterdome

4. Dead Is Calling

5. Why Not

6. To Talk Nonsense

7. Pro Patria

8. Try To Survive

9. You Are

10. Shadow Man

11. Don't Remember

12. To Paint

13. Carnaval

14. Everybody Loves You

15. In The Name Of...

16. Pleasure & Crime

17. T

Immortal Collection 1983-1995,Signal Aout 42,Out of Line,World Music

Average customer rating: Transcendent! Amazing choral performances A Fabulous Choir in Less Than Clear Sound

Accentus Transcriptions Samuel Barber , Gustav Mahler , Knut Nystedt , Fryderyk Chopin , Maurice Ravel , Hugo Wolf , Alban Berg , Claude Debussy , Laurence Equilbey , Jean-Francois Chiama , Francois Lombard , Solange Anorga , Pascale Costes , Catherine Ravenne , Pierre Jeannot , and Accentus Chamber Choir Manufacturer: Valois ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Berg | Berg, Alban | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolf | Wolf, Hugo | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | 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 | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Transcriptions 2 Antonio Meneses Plays Schumann & Schubert North Piano Concertos by Tchaikovsky & Medtner [Hybrid SACD] Carl Nielsen, Orchestral Music ASIN: B00008GFOH Release Date: 2003-08-19

Customer Reviews:

Transcendent!.......2007-01-10

I first heard a selection (Mahler's Adagietto) from this CD on the radio, and I had to buy it. This music is some of the most beautiful I have ever heard (and I have many years' experience as a pianist, organist, and opera and choral singer). I first loved the aforementioned Adagietto, but have later come to relish even more the second Malher piece on the CD; I use it during meditation, and it takes me to a deep, peaceful, spiritual place. Also, the Ravel piece Soupir ("sigh") is just beyond words--the colorings of the vocal expression, the seamless blend of this ensemble. It's like butter!! I do not know if this ensemble has other recordings, but I would snatch them up as soon as I found out about them. However, to be balanced, the inner selections on the CD, tracks 6,7, and 8, while intricate and well performed, do not rise to the heights of the others I mentioned. But then, how often does one like every cut on an album?

Amazing choral performances.......2003-11-05

I concur with the previous reviewer. Accentus has surpassed all their previous releases here. In particular, the performance of the Mahler Adagietto (from Symphony No. 5) is heart-rending and technically astonishing, as solo sopranos and mezzos take on the lines of different strings. There is not a bad cut in the lot, though the Barber Agnus Dei is becoming one of the most overrecorded pieces in the catalog. The recorded sound is clearest when one plays the CD at moderate volume. There is, with only one or two exceptions, no loss of dynamic range. While I noticed some roll-off distortion during a few forte passages, reducing the volume minimizes the problem. Naive has one of the most daring and consistently tasteful catalogues in the business, and this Accentus album is a great introduction to the label, and to a choir that has created the most distinctive technique of any I've heard in my lifetime.

A Fabulous Choir in Less Than Clear Sound.......2003-09-15

Accentus is a French a cappella choir of 32 voices founded and directed by Laurence Equilbey in 1991; on the basis of this recording I'd warrant that she is a superb choir builder and director. I'd heard wonderful things about them but had never heard anything they'd recorded. Here we have a collection of transcriptions of pieces originally written for instruments (or instruments and solo voice) sung impeccably. The only problem is that at high dynamic levels there tends to be some distortion; I played the disc on four different playback setups and got the distortion each time. A real pity.

As to the performances themselves, they are nothing short of sensational. The program starts with Barber's own transcription of his 'Adagio for Strings' (itself a transcription of a movement from his string quartet) to the words of the Agnus dei. Then we have an impressive and moving choral setting by Gerard Pesson of the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony; it is set to words of August von Platen.

There are two Chopin transcriptions by Franck Krawczyk: 'Lacrimosa,' from the Op. 10, No. 6 Etude, and 'Lulajze, Jezuniu' ('Sleep, little Jesus') set to the Largo from Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58. They are both quite beautiful.

The main transcriber on this disc is Clytus Gottwald who not only set the Adagietto but six other pieces including Ravel's 'Soupir,' Wolf's 'Die verlassene Maegdlein' and 'Auf ein altes Bild,' Berg's 'Die Nachtigall,' Debussy's 'Les Angelus.' He tends to use the overlapping choral technique pioneered by Gyorgy Ligeti which creates a kind of aural haze. This is very effective in the impressionistic pieces (and in the second of the Wolf songs), much less so in the German transcriptions. Least successful, by far, is the transcription by Gottwald of 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' from Mahler's Rueckert-Lieder, which, no matter how beautifully sung, becomes a muddy mess obscuring both the melody line and the words.

Finally, there is a gorgeous piece based on Bach's 'Komm, suesser Tod' ('Come, sweet death') transcribed by the Norwegian master, Knut Nystedt. It, the Barber and the Mahler Adagietto are, for me, the high points of this fascinating disc.

A word about this terrific choir. They sing with a distinctively French sound--that is to say, with clarity, lightness, absolute purity of sound--and their dynamic range has to be heard to be believed. The tonal core does not waver or spread even at the softest dynamic or the extremes of vocal range and, in spite of the distortion in the recording, one can hear that they never produce an ugly tone even at their loudest. I am eager to hear more of their recordings and, who knows, maybe even hear them perform in person some day.

Scott Morrison

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | 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 General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005S85Q Release Date: 2001-12-11

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Accentus Transcriptions [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Valois ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Berg | Berg, Alban | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolf | Wolf, Hugo | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | 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 | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Beethoven # 1 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas , vol. 2 Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 3 & 8 [Hybrid SACD] Love (CD + Audio DVD) Russian Album ASIN: B0001NNL0C Release Date: 2004-08-17

Average customer rating: This is musik! BEST remake album of the 1990's

Immortal Collection Signal Aout 42 Manufacturer: Caroline Distributio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001C5B Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

1. Overture: Fatal Attraction (New)
2. Behind The Line (New)
3. Waterdome (Interlude LP Version)
4. Dead Is Calling (Remix)
5. Why Not (Original LP Version)
6. To Talk Nonsense (Original LP Version)
7. Pro Patria (Original LP Version)
8. Try To Survive (New)
9. You Are (Original LP Version)
10. Shadow Man (Original LP Version)
11. Don't Remember (New)
12. To Paint (Original LP Version)
13. Carnaval (Original LP Version)
14. Everybody Loves You (Original LP Version)
15. In The Name Of... (New)
16. Pleasure And Crime

Customer Reviews:

This is musik!.......2000-08-08

Now we're talking. This enormous album starts of with "fatal attraction" a erotic thought about someone you wish to have. The second track is a high-pace dance-able beat, the third track. It's a classic song of the back when you hear the vocals, blah blah blah blah blah.. Great album overall! nothing beats the last song.. I have both version of pleasure and crime but nothing sounds as good as this version!

BEST remake album of the 1990's.......1999-09-12

Fun dance album for anyone who loves to dance. This is a must for any serious industrial collection.

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Immortal Legends - Maestro Vocal In A Milestone Collection Srimati. M.S. Subbulakshmi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000LP4YD8

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The Unknown Elgar Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B00002610Y Release Date: 1995-02-07

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Elgar: The Sketches, Drafts and Recordings of His Piano Concerto Manufacturer: Dutton Labs UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | 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 | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0007L7OEM Release Date: 2005-05-10

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Immortal Collection Signal Aout 42 Manufacturer: Out of Line ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005RRX9

Tracks:

1. Overture: Fatal Attraction [New]
2. Behind the Line [New]
3. Waterdome (Interlude) [LP Version]
4. Dead Is Calling [Remix]
5. Why Not [Original LP Version]
6. To Talk Nonsense [Original LP Version]
7. Pro Patria [Original LP Version]
8. Try to Survive [New]
9. You Are [Original LP Version]
10. Shadow Man [Original LP Version]
11. Don't Remember [New]
12. To Paint [Original LP Version]
13. Carnaval [Original LP Version]
14. Everybody Loves You [Original LP Version]
15. In the Name Of... [New]
16. Pleasure and Crime

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