The Winter of Our Discontent

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
The Echoing Green has established themselves as one of the top American synthpop bands of the last decade, with a long string of albums and extensive touring that has won a large fanbase. "The Winter of Our Discontent" is considered by the band to be a landmark album, blending together all the different styles and structures of synthpop that the band has played through the years. Producer and head-man Joey Belville puts together one of the most emotional and diverse albums you'll hear from The Echoing Green. From clubby futurepop to emotional ballads to catchy pop tunes to melancholy darkwave, it's all here!

Tracks:

Daybreak
The Story of Our Lives
Fall Awake
Apology
Bittersweet
Starling
Blind
Someday
Heidi's Song
New Gold Dream
Winter

Album Description

The Echoing Green has established themselves as one of the top American synthpop bands of the last decade, with a long string of albums and extensive touring that has won a large fanbase. "The Winter of Our Discontent" is considered by the band to be a landmark album, blending together all the different styles and structures of synthpop that the band has played through the years. Producer and head-man Joey Belville puts together one of the most emotional and diverse albums you'll hear from The Echoing Green. From clubby futurepop to emotional ballads to catchy pop tunes to melancholy darkwave, it's all here!

Customer Reviews:

Best Yet.......2006-12-18

I was introduced to The Echoing Green on a compilation CD some years back, and thank god for that. This band keeps getting better and better. There aren't many albums (by many artists) that I can sit through and listen to every track without getting bored, but The Winter of Our Discontent has me hooked on every song. Beautiful tones, poetic and meaningful lyrics, and talented vocals. A must have for any fan of electronic music.

Favorite Songs: Apology, Story of Our Lives, and the cover of New Gold Dream.

What to say?.......2006-06-29

This is one of my favorite CDs in my entire collection. I absolutely love The Echoing Green, and this may be their best album.

Favorite songs? "Fall Awake", "Blind" and "The Sparrows and the Nightingales"

(note, I have a different version of this album than the one listed)

synth pop and more.......2005-08-15

great cd from the echoing green. as a depeche mode and iris fan, this was my first echoing green cd and i was impressed. what really surprised me were 2 tracks that could fit right in with an early nine inch nails cd. best tracks are "the story of our lives" and the middle eastern tinged "bittersweet".

Great! album.......2004-11-06

I just say this album is Great! I love it for the begining to the end VIVA EL SYNTHPOP!!!!

Hooray!.......2004-09-08

This is a must have for any collection! I highly recommend this album and seeing these guys live.

Average customer rating:

Winter of Our Discontent
Warhammer
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0000249NR

Album Description

Mid-price reissue of the metal act's 1998 album. 11 tracks including, 'Beyond Forgiveness', 'Damned To Extinction' & 'The Shape Of The Enemy'.

Walton: Scenes from Shakespeare/ Gielgud, Plummer, Marriner

Average customer rating:

Excellent selection combining Walton and Shakespeare

Walton: Scenes from Shakespeare/ Gielgud, Plummer, Marriner
William Walton , Neville Marriner , John Gielgud , and Christopher Plummer
Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000AB9
Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

As You Like It - A Poem For Orchestra After Shakespeare: i Prelude-
As You Like It - A Poem For Orchestra After Shakespeare: ii Moonlight
Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario: I Prologue
Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario: II Passacaglia On The Death Of Falstaff
Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario: IV Interlude: 'Touch Her Soft Lips And Part'
Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario: V i) Harfleur-
Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario: V ii) The Night Watch
Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario: VI St Crispin's Day -
Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario: Agincourt
Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario: II Fanfare
Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario: Soliloquy -
Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario: III The Ghost
Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario: V The Question -
Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario: 'To Be Or Not To Be' -
Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario: VIII Threnody
Hamlet - A Shakespeare Scenario: IX Finale (Funeral March)
Richard III - A Shakespeare Scenario: II Prelude
Richard III - A Shakespeare Scenario: III Monologue: 'Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent'
Richard III - A Shakespeare Scenario: VII The Princes In The Tower
Richard III - A Shakespeare Scenario: X Death Of Richard And Finale

Customer Reviews:

Excellent selection combining Walton and Shakespeare.......2003-01-25

This album contains music from the four Laurence Olivier Shakespeare films that composer William Walton scored between 1936 and 1954. All of the selections have been previously released on three or four previous albums, most of which are now out of print, so this edition is a very welcome compromise, although it does omit a few selections from the earlier albums to fit as much material as possible on one disc--hence, the four stars instead of five given to this album.

All of the music is magnificently played; in fact, one could argue that it is better performed than on any previous recording, even the composer's own. Sir Neville Marriner once again proves himself a brilliant conductor, and he gets spectacular performances out of his orchestra and chorus.

Despite what it says on the packaging, the "As You Like It" selection contains no dramatic readings at all from the play. However, the music from "Henry V", "Hamlet", and "Richard III", features dramatic readings by Christopher Plummer and Sir John Gielgud. Many of today's generation may be unaware that Plummer was a noted Shakespearean actor onstage and on TV (in a semi-forgotten BBC "Hamlet" still not issued on video) before he hit it big as Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music. While some may accuse him of being hammy, I find his performances of Henry's speeches enormously effective.

Sir John Gielgud performs speeches from "Hamlet" and "Richard III", and his performance as Hamlet is quite good, despite the fact that Gielgud's voice is noticeably weaker than on other Shakespeare albums he has made. There is still a strong hint of the briliant Hamlet he must have been onstage in the '20's and '30's. He is sorely miscast as Richard, though, especially in comparison with Olivier's famous performance. Gielgud can be sinister; I have seen him be so onscreen, but he simply cannot suggest the demonic figure which Shakespeare created.

However, this album is no less enjoyable for that. It is a true thrill to finally have a digital stereo combination of Walton's beautiful music for these films combined with speeches from them read by two of the world's great dramatic actors.

Music:

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