Is More Than a Word

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
First time on CD for second album from British psychedelic band which started as a spinoff of Procol Harum. Featuring drummer Bobby Harrison who later went on to front Snafu. 8 tracks. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Tracks:

Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Overture
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Chorus - We've Traveled Far (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Approach! What Is Your Name, Sir? (Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - With A Sword That Is Sterner Than Moses (Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Unhappy Oddling (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - My Fair Skin, My Bare Chin (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Was Ever There Insanity (Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Snugly Hidden Safe From Prying (Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Madness Beyond All Measure (Malgoverno)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - When The Purse Is Clinking (Malgoverno)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - There, Like A Vapor (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - O Look So Woeful (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Such As She Seems To Be Frigid (Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Let's Sing, Let's All Be Jolly (Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - For All Types Of Confusion
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - The Fierce One Lives Only For The Slaughter
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - I Beg You To Stop (Malgoverna, Gloriosa, Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - We Praise The Sun For Beauty (Malgoverna)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Bumpkin, Coarse-grained (Gloriosa, Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - If You Will Love Me, I Will Love You (Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - No, They Cannot Persuade Me! (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - Lovely Ladies, You Enjoying (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Where's My Lover, Sweetheart (Sordidone)

Tracks:

Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - Sordidone, Be A Bunny
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Are You Hiding? (Sordidone, Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - See Comely Phyllis Wander (Garbata, Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Don't Come Near Me (Semplicina, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - The High And Mighty Lion (Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Quiet At Last (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - Semplicina, Do You Hear Me? (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Quartet - Ever More Bitter Shall Be My Raging (Gloriosa, Garbata, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - What Now? What New Forms Of Madness? (Gloriosa, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Chorus - Long Live King Arcifanfano (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Earth, Our Dearest, Good And Nearest (Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - That His Sowing Yield A Growing (Malgoverno)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Has The Fool Committed (Malgoverna, Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Ask Of Beauty, She Will Answer (Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Hop And Stop It! (Furibondo, Gloriosa)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - All Of This Planet, I Cry To Each Man (Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What's Unleashed These Dreadful Roars? (Garbata, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - I'm Simple And I'm Candid (Garbata)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Mischief And Load This Purse Is!
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Goddess Bright As Morning
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Mother Always Used To Tell Me (Sordidone, Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - What A Lot I Need What I Need Lot's Of! (Sordidone)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - May He Not Come To Harm (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - There's A Devil In A Ducat (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Gather, O Subjects, About Us (Gloriosa, Garbata, Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Duet - If You Marry Me (Semplicina)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - With Curiosity All Aflame (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Quiet, Please, We Implore You!
Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - The Wise And The Mad Have Got One Word For Their Dwelling

Customer Reviews:

A Comic-Opera Treasure!.......2007-01-28

Dittersdorf is a sort of working-man's Mozart; in fact, this opera sounds similar to some of Mozart's early operas. But Mozart sought to break the rules and to explore new musical ideas; Dittersdorf is not an innovator...yet he is no less a master! This performance, too, is a materpiece of refined (not always!) comedy; the arias include some extremely difficult vocal leaps and trills, yet the primary joy is the witty verse. W.H. Auden (no less!) ramrodded this translation to English. And Anna Russell, famed for her "Analysis of Wagner's Ring Cycle" steals every scene she's in! Ad-libbing shamelessly, her introductory aria, all by itself, is worth more than the purchase price!

an obscure delight!.......2002-07-31

Eleanor Steber's image on the cover of this set caught my eye while rummaging through the cut-out bins of San Francisco on a recent opera whirlwind. What a lost treasure this performance is - recorded "LIVE" in NYC 1965! All the principles shine, their energy ebullient. Don't hesitate, buy it and smile before it disappears.

Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services, Vol. 3

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Essential works from an essential composer
The entire set is outstanding!!!

Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services, Vol. 3

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002ZS1
Release Date: 1994-04-28

Tracks:

The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Blow Up The Trumpet In Sion Z10
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: The Lord Is King, Be The People Never So Impatient Z53
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Begin The Song, And Strike The Living Lyre Z183
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Thy Word Is A Lantern Unto My Feet Z61
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation) Z196
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Heat My Prayer, O Lord Z15
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Lord, I Can Suffer Thy Rebukes Z136
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: O Lord, Our Governor Z141
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences Z50
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Hosanna To The Highest Z187
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: O God, Thou Hast Cast Us Out Z36

Customer Reviews:

Essential works from an essential composer.......2004-10-07

This volume contain the holy works of Purcell that are composed only for continuo without orchestra. Thw anthems have a haunting immediacy without orchestra. If you can no afford all of the 11 volumes of Purcell, I recommend you buy this volume and Number 1.
Purcell died at a very young age. His output is a deep and important as that of Bach. The 3 volumes I have listened to have demonstrated Purcell's ability to word paint gorgeously all of his texts.
As many of these volumes as you can afford belong in the collection of every classical music lover.

The entire set is outstanding!!!.......2003-01-16

While some of the works are superior to others the entire set is great in the realm of production. Mostly all of these pieces are just superb and if you are someone who enjoys English Baroque then you absolutely MUST purchase these cds. If you enjoy complex, melancholic or heroic music then I urge you to purchase this cd and the rest of the volumes in the set...you won't be disappointed.

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This is Freedom's first album.
Freedom is less than a legend...

Is More Than a Word
Freedom
Manufacturer: Angel Air
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004ZB1O
Release Date: 2004-07-05

Tracks:

Together
Miss Little Louise
Sweaty Feet
Brainbox Jam
Direction
Going Down
Dream
Ladybird

Album Description

First time on CD for second album from British psychedelic band which started as a spinoff of Procol Harum. Featuring drummer Bobby Harrison who later went on to front Snafu. 8 tracks. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

This is Freedom's first album........2003-06-12

You'd think an album like this could live up to the incendiary words on its cover, but alas, the only freedom touted by the musicians here is the freedom to answer that clarion call of mediocrity. The first song, Together starts out promisingly enough, as most first songs on albums usually do. A hint of some very hard, no-nonsense rock is offered. They even wear the funk hat comfortably on the next song, "Miss Little Louise"; arguably (and very ironically) this song anticipates some of what would be Little Feat's finest work in the later seventies. All too quickly, the band loses its way on "Sweaty Feet", a boring fuzz guitar Chuck Berry clone. "Brainbox Jam" is a grim parable of why you should never mix a wah-wah pedal, with distortion and funk. Suffice it to say, this song does not jam. "Direction" tries to return things back from the never never land of the previous song; it is a great echo of Bobby Harrison's previous band, Procol Harum. "Going Down" is what this album should have been: everything works here; it's heavy and hard hitting with a killer guitar solo and vocal to boot. After that, things get really weird as you enter balladland with "Dream" and "Ladybird". The former tries to show off the band's sensitive side and the latter exhibits the bands jazz sense. Both songs are out of place, because the orchestral/horn dubs completely drown out the band's playing and muddy up what was already a shakey musical identity. Freedom's album isn't a total loss to the ear, but it could have used a stronger musical direction.

Freedom is less than a legend..........2001-05-24

...More of a lost treasure

Despite their hard-rocking live reputation, in the studio Freedom were a pretty eclectic band with a keen sense of subtlety and dynamics. After recording a few different albums for a few different labels they finally signed to Vertigo. Released in 1972, this was their second album on that prestigious label, and their last one overall

Freedom were always strong vocally, and yet indulged in some extended instrumentals. Like many bands formed in the late 60s, their style is hard to define- although undoubtedly influenced by the blues, there are frequent funky guitar licks that indicate the direction Bobby Harrison would take with his next project, Snafu

Tracks:

Three Chorales: O Lord In Me Fulfill - O Deepest Grief - What Splendid Rays
Three Sonatas: Largo, Allegro, Scherzo
Three Sonatas: Largo, Allegro, Allegro
Three Sonatas: Adagio, Allegro, Scherzo
Communion Hymn
Moravian Funeral Chorales: Passion Chorale - Sleep Thy Last Sleep - Passion Chorale
The Liturgical Year: Advent - Come Thou Long Expected Jesus - Once He Came In Blessing
The Liturgical Year: Christmas - All My Heart This Night Rejoices
The Liturgical Year: Passion Week - Go To Dark Gethsemane
The Liturgical Year: Easter - Sleepers Wake - I Give Thee Thanks Unfeigned
The Liturgical Year: All Saints Day - The Thousand Times Ten Thousand
Moravian Chorale Cycle
Hosanna
O Come, Immanuel; All the World Gives Praises; How Shall I Meet My Saviour
Ave Maria
To Us A Child Is Born This Night - Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly - Once He Came In Blessing
To Us A Child Is Born
O Come All Ye Faithful - Angels We Have Heard On High - Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Hosanna
Prague, 7th C.; Ride On In Majesty; Go To Dark Gethsemane
Crucifixus
Solemn Intrata
Christians Dismiss Your Fear; The Day Of Resurrection; Jesus Christ Is Risen Today; Lyra Davidica
Christ Unto Us Has Left An Example

Customer Reviews:

Great CD!!.......2003-08-07

This is a must for all trombonists and music historians!! The sound of these groups is just amazing! Nowhere else can you get a sound like you do with the instruments that these trombonists use. Where else can you hear a contrabass, bass, tenor, alto, soprano, and sopranino trombones all together? A great CD for a historical reference on the trombone also...tromobone chiors are one of the oldest forms of music, and THE oldest perfoming groups in the USA are the Moravian trombone choirs. This CD gives us a rare look into the past of how trombones were commonly used in centuries past, and how the tradition continues today.

Favorite Moravian chorales from childhood........1999-11-20

Trombone choirs! I love them. Everytime I hear this recording, I see again the church of my childhood and the trombone choir standing out in the snow near the front steps playing Christmas chorales during the hour before the Christmas Eve service. Why were they out there a full hour before the service? If you wanted a seat, you had to arrive an hour early, because late comers sat in folding chairs in the cloakrooms, or stood in the back. That church was filled to brimming only on Christmas Eve, because music lovers came from miles away to hear traditional Moravian Christmas music, and where else could one possibly hear it? Some of it is on this recording. The words sung to track 8 are "All my heart this night rejoices...", and that sense of anticipation and pleasure is exactly what Moravians feel as they enjoy a night of great music, sung mostly by the people in the pews, not just the choirs. It's all here. The great songs from Advent, Lent, songs of repentance, forgiveness, joy, for baptising babies and burying old people. When you hear track 19, Hosanna, think of a room full of singers on Palm Sunday, echoing back and forth to each other, the little girls and women singing back to the boys and men. My only criticism is that there are perhaps too many songs in minor keys grouped together. They evoke too much sadness and start to sound like endless dirges. The musical interpretation and masterful rendering of the chorales is absolutely delightful, not only for us who hold all the words in our heads and are singing along, but also for those who will assign their own meaning to the music.

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I Hear America Singing

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001K6V
Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

Prelude For Voices
Carols Of Death: The Last Invocation
Carols Of Death: The Unknown Region
Carols Of Death: To All, To Each
Perceptions: Thought
Perceptions: Beautiful Women & Old Age
Perceptions: Each Of Us
Perceptions: To The States
Perceptions: A Farm Picture
Perceptions: Whoever You Are
Perceptions: To You
Five Rounds On Famous Words: Health
Thrift
Five Rounds On Famous Words: Caution
Five Rounds On Famous Words: Beauty
Five Rounds On Famous Words: Haste
Mail Order Madrigals: Attention, Ladies!
Mail Order Madrigals: Superfluous Hair
Mail Order Madrigals: Sweet Refreshing Sleep
Mail Order Madrigals: Dr. Worden's Pills
Esses: Suggestions
Esses: Serenata
Esses: Stillness
Esses: Sing-A-Ling
Orpheus With His Lute

Tracks:

Letters From Paris: Spring
Letters From Paris: The French Telephone
Letters From Paris: Summer
Letters From Paris: Colette
Letters From Paris: a. Interlude; b. Autumn
Letters From Paris: The Sex Of The Automobile
Letters From Paris: Winter
Letters From Paris: Mistenguett
Letters From Paris: Spring Again
In Time Of Pestilence: Adieu, Farewell Earth's Bliss
In Time Of Pestilence: Rich Men Trust Not In Wealth
In Time Of Pestilence: Beauty IS But A Flower
In Time Of Pestilence: Strenth Stoops Unto The Grave
In Time Of Pestilence: Wit With His Wantoness
In Time Of Pestilence: Haste Therefoe Each Degree
Give All to Love
Missa Brevis: Kyrie
Missa Brevis: Gloria
Missa Brevis: Sanctus
Missa Brevis: Benedictus; Agnus Dei

Tracks:

A Wreath Of Blessings: A House Blessing
A Wreath Of Blessings: Irish Blessing
A Wreath Of Blessings: Augustine's World
A Wreath Of Blessings: A Glasse Of Blessings
A Wreath Of Blessings: Chester Cathedral Blessing
Voices Of Peace: Agnus Dei
Voices Of Peace: Prayer Of St. Francis Of Assisi
Voices Of Peace: Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem
Voices Of Peace: Peace
Voices Of Peace: Shalom! Pax Et Bonum
The Leaden Echo And The Golden Echo
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: La Corona
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Annunciation
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Nativitie
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Temple
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Crucifying
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Resurrection
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Ascention
Let's Touch The Sky: Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town
Let's Touch The Sky: Love IS Thicker Than Forget
Let's Touch The Sky: If Ups The Word

Grainger Edition Vol.12: Songs for Mezzo-Soprano

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Grainger Edition Vol.12: Songs for Mezzo-Soprano

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra 2
Grainger Edition, Vol.6: Orchestral Works
Orchestral Works 3, Vol. 15
Grainger: Works for Chamber Ensemble 2
Grainger: Works for Pianos, Volume Ten

ASIN: B00000J8QS
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

Dafydd Y Gareg Wen (David Of The White Rock)
Died For Love
The Sprig Of Thyme
Willow, Willow
Near Woodstock Town
Early One Morning
In Bristol Town
Songs Of The North: Weaving Song (SON No. 5)
Songs Of The North: This Is No My Plaid (SON No. 2)
Songs Of The North: Skye Boat Song (SON No. 4)
Songs Of The North: Turn Ye To Me (SON No. 3)
The Bridegroom Grat
The Land O' the Leal
Proud Vesseli
Under a Bridge
Hubby And Wifey
The Lonely Desert - Man Sees The Tents Of The Happy Tribe
Colonial Song
Two Settings Of Rudyard Kipling: The Only Son
Two Settings Of Rudyard Kipling: The Love Song Of Har Dyal
A Song Of Autumn
Five settings Of Ella Grainger: To Echo
Five settings Of Ella Grainger: Honey Pot Bee
Five settings Of Ella Grainger: Farewell To An Atoll
Five settings Of Ella Grainger: Crying For The Moon
Five settings Of Ella Grainger: Love At First Sight
O Glorious, Golden Era
Little Ole With His Umbrella
Variations On Handel's 'The Harmonious Blacksmith'
Harvest Hymn
After-word

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Babble on

Manufacturer: Say Word Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA34TC
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

Genesis 11
Skit #1 They Call Me Mr. Gibs
Issues of Today
Urban Rhapsody
Roll Call
Shepherd's Theory - Second2Last feat. Masauko and Maya Azucena
Skit #2 Bade Fliped the #!%* Out
Wisdom
Intro What Is Fame - Julian Schnabel, Second2Last
Poetry Aint - Second2Last feat. Mrk Drk Fthr
Sunflower Kids - Second2Last feat. Alexis Hightower
Fantastic 4
Space Travel - Second2Last feat. Spade 1
Skit #3 Who Loves You Baby
Love Poem #9 - Second2Last feat. Frank and Somi
Sweetness
Skit #4 Oh No Curtis No!
Profanity's Nation - Second2Last feat. Maya Azucena
The Last Poem

An Introduction to Schubert's Piano Quintet "Trout"

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An Introduction to Schubert's Piano Quintet "Trout"

Manufacturer: Naxos
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Acappella Gold

Manufacturer: Word Incorporated
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Book of Many Pages-Chapter 1

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Release Date: 2002-06-04

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