Have You Heard the News

Track Listings
1. God Got It    
2. Have You Heard the News    
3. I'm Not Ashamed    
4. Miracle    
5. Thank You Lord    
6. I Can't Lay My Religion Down    
7. Hero    
8. Old Time Religion    
9. You Brought Me Through    
10. It Won't Be This Way Always    
11. Well Done    

Have You Heard the News, Music, Slim & The Supreme Angels, Black Gospel, Contemporary Gospel, Gospel, Pop, Southern Gospel
Have You Not Heard
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Have You Not Heard CD
  • A gift to the Catholic Music World
  • Have You Not Heard?
  • Incredible!
  • Moving you ever closer to The Holy Spirit
 Have You Not Heard
News At Eleven
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SR46
Release Date: 2000-03-07

Tracks:

  1. Freedom Is Coming
  2. Here I Am, O Lord
  3. Come And Journey With Me
  4. I Am The Light Of The World
  5. Eat This Bread
  6. Praise To You
  7. Pescador De Hombres
  8. I Have Decided To Follow Jesus
  9. The Lord Is My Light
  10. This Kingdom
  11. Peace Is Flowing Like A River
  12. We The Church
  13. Unto The King
  14. Be Magnified
  15. I Am The Bread Of Life
  16. I Will Never Forget You
  17. This Little Light Of Mine

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Have You Not Heard CD.......2007-05-15

This CD is fantastic! I love it. The beautiful blend of voices and harmony are pure pleasure. The song I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS was the reason I began looking for the artists in the first place. Great Job!! Keep more CD's coming!

5 out of 5 stars A gift to the Catholic Music World.......2007-02-10

I got this singing group's other CD (Here Till the End) first and loved it so I got this one as well. It has a different flavor to it--more timeless, I think, because most of the songs are hymns we all know, but the arrangements are original and inspiring. This group seems to have the knack of appealing to mutliple age groups. My young children like their music just as much as I do. As a Catholic homeschooler, I use music very heavily in my children's education, so this singing group is a real gift to me. They will be to you as well if you buy their CDs. Great work!

4 out of 5 stars Have You Not Heard?.......2006-05-09

Hey, are you looking for an great worship CD that's typical of that worship style of the 80's? Then you've found it. I enjoyed this CD. The rich vocals, the harmonizing, the melodies - blends perfectly. If you listen to this CD, I guarantee you will find many songs that you will play to death. Too bad you don't hear worship music like this anymore. The "so-called worship music" today sounds like being at a rock concert! If you could get your hands on this CD (1999) snatch it up. Listening to this CD will take you back to how worship music used to sound like before the contemporary era.

News at Eleven, "I'm looking for you to produce another CD like this one. If it's not broke don't fix it! There's still plenty of us that enjoyed the worship of old.

5 out of 5 stars Incredible!.......2005-05-04

I just love this CD - these folks have a way with their harmony that's just amazing!

5 out of 5 stars Moving you ever closer to The Holy Spirit.......2001-04-29

This music is so special in how it simply and gently reaches out to your heart and soul, embraces you, and draws you to The Spirit of God Our Father Himself.

Even playing this in the background as you rest, your heart will come to a surprising place.

If you are here reading this review, I urge you to pray for His guidance, and buy this piece of PEACE.

I assure you, you will not be sorry!
Carmen (Sung in English)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • English is an asset and a drawback
  • You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English
  • A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!
  • I love Carmen!
 Carmen (Sung in English)
Bizet , Bardon , Gavin , Plazas , Magee , and Parry
Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  5. Mozart - Don Giovanni / Garry Magee · Cullagh · Banks · Plazas · Shore · Tierny · PO · David Parry

ASIN: B00007JGRN
Release Date: 2003-03-11

Tracks:

  1. Prelude
  2. In The Plaza
  3. Just Look At That Delicious Morsel
  4. Here Come Our New Soldier Boys
  5. Jose! There Was A Girl Here Looking For You Just Now
  6. Off With You Old Soldier Boys
  7. Corporal! Sir!
  8. We Have Heard The Bell Summon Us To Meet Here
  9. Ah, Just Look!
  10. But Why Hasn't She Come, Our Carmencita?
  11. Love's A Bird Wild As Any Rebel
  12. Carmen! We Will Follow You High And Low!
  13. The Cheek Of It!
  14. Give Me News Of My Mother!
  15. Your Dear Mother And I Were Leaving Church This Morning
  16. I See My Mother's Face!
  17. Wait A Moment - I'm Going To Read The Letter
  18. Come And Help
  19. So, Corporal: Tell Me What Happened
  20. Well, Carmencita: What Do You Have To Say For Yourself?
  21. Where Are You Taking Me?
  22. There's An Old Bar In The City
  23. Careful - It's Lieutenant!
  24. Entr'acte
  25. From Far Away Mysterious Sounds
  26. Bravo, Bravo! More! Keep Dancing!
  27. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
  28. Who's That? It's Escamillo, The Bullfighter From Granada
  29. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
  30. You're Most Kind
  31. We'll Come With You, Senor Torero
  32. Toreador, Be Ready!
  33. At Last! We Got Rid Of Them As Quickly As We Could
  34. There's A Little Job That We're Starting!
  35. Being In Love Is Not A Reason

Tracks:

  1. To Bid You Welcome To Our Bar
  2. La La La La La La La La...
  3. Back To Camp!... Go At Once!
  4. That Flow'r You Threw To Me I Treasured
  5. No, It's Not Love At All!
  6. Hello! Carmen!
  7. Lieutenant Fair, It's True
  8. The Sky Above The Open Road
  9. Entr'acte
  10. Keep Going, Dear Old Friend, Kep Going!
  11. Right! Let's Stop For A While
  12. Shuffle! Cut Them!
  13. In Vain You Would Avoid The Bitter Things They're Saying
  14. You're Back!
  15. As For That Man, It Should Be Easy!
  16. Is This The Place?
  17. I Say That There's Nothing To Fear
  18. It's Him! I'm Sure It's Him Over There!
  19. Escamillo Is My Name, And I Come From Granada
  20. She Had A Lover Here
  21. Hola! Hola! Jose!
  22. You Should Take Care, Carmen
  23. Alas! Jose, Your Mother Is Ill
  24. Entr'acte
  25. A Few Cuartos! A Few Cuartos!
  26. Here They Come! Here They Come!
  27. If You Love Me, Carmen
  28. It's You! It's Me!
  29. Viva! Viva! What A Corrida!

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars English is an asset and a drawback.......2004-07-20

The best thing about this recording of Carmen is the libretto. Conductor David Parry penned this facile and dramatic English translation. He avoids the pitfalls of literal translation to achieve an idiomatic flow that matches the rhythm of the original lyrics. I use this as a reference libretto for any of the French Carmens.

Unfortunately, the performance suffers from being sung in English. The singers declaim their parts with such proper British diction that Carmen comes across as a school marm. The spoken dialog is delivered beat for deliberate beat and is dripping with reverb. It makes the plaza, tavern and mountain pass all sound like a sewer pipe.

This is a good first Carmen for someone trying to understand the work. The libretto itself is a good investment for further listening. For an enjoyable performance with an emphasis on character and action, I recommend Regina Resnik on the London Double Decker set.

5 out of 5 stars You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English.......2004-02-09

What a perfect introduction to opera. This newly released recording will surely get you hooked into opera. Carmen, a French opera by Georges Bizet, is the most recognizable and most popular in the opera world. It's famous melodies- the overture, the Habanera, The Toreador Song have all been featured in everything from cellular phone ring tones to Superbowl Commercial (last year's Superbowl with The "Opera In English" label has been making Italian operas into English for a number of years now. Also on the market are Verdi's La Traviata in English (with soprano Valerie Masterson as Violetta) Handel's Julius Caesar with Janet Baker and even Wagner's epic Ring Of The Nibeling sung in English. This is a terrific recording and I highly recommend it if you want to get into opera. Listen to this version first and then try the real, original French version Bizet had written. Patricia Bardon is sensational, sexy and dramatic as Carmen.

The real strength of this version is the dynamic drama. With the advantage of being sung in English, we get better insight on characters' emotions and motives, and we understand the drama a lot better. Carmen is all about great drama. Bizet drew the plot from the French writer Prosper Merimee's dark short story. Carmen is the ultimate femme fatale- a devil-may-care, sexy Gypsy living in Spain, seduces the conservatively raised soldier Don Jose, stealing him away from his fiancee, the passive Micaela, living a life of underground smuggling and rowdy taverns. "Habanera" and "The Gypsy Song and Dance" are very expressive of Carmen's extraordinarily liberal lifestyle. Don Jose, however, has fallen deeply in love- as he shows us in his song/aria "The Flower Song". But Carmen soon becomes tired of his constancy. Don Jose wants a committed, monogamous relationship with Carmen. But Carmen will not submit to love, since she is first and foremost a carnal creature. Eventually, she falls for the handsome Toreador Escamillo. Don Jose, consumed by jealousy, stabs Carmen at a bullfight after Carmen declares her love for Escamillo and rejects Don Jose's love. Don Jose's crazed, obscessive personality shines through in the English version as well. This tragedy has been done in English before so don't think this is the first time. Back in the 50's, there was a film, starring black actors "Carmen Jones" which was treated the same way as this opera- more like an English Broadway musical and with the dubbed singing voice of Marilyn Horne as Carmen. All in all, this recording is excellent.

5 out of 5 stars A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!.......2003-09-17

This recording really sells "Carmen" as a drama. Although I have two other recordings of this opera and have seen it performed several times, it never quite worked for me dramatically. But thanks to the fine performances, conducting, and translation here, I've become a "Carmen" convert. Producing a good English-language performance of a foreign opera, especially a warhorse like "Carmen," is much more difficult than it might appear. You need performers who not only can sing the parts (of course) but also can sing *English* and make it halfway intelligible and make it sound like English and make it dramatically convincing to English-speakers. The singers on this recording do an excellent job all around. Don't be put off if you don't recognize their names -- they are up to the task musically and (especially) in their acting. Admittedly, as with *all* English-language recordings, some passages are very hard to understand without reading along, but most of the time the words are clear and effective. I would recommend this recording to any opera beginner or opera lover, even those who normally turn up their noses at performances in translation.

4 out of 5 stars I love Carmen!.......2003-08-15

I do. I can think of no other opera with more melodic inventiveness, and few others with so sure a dramatic pulse. Carmen is popular and it thrills me to say that it is also a very good opera - not always true of popular things.

And what of this recording? Carmen sits well in English, so it is good to hear in translation, although some of the detais in the text jar. Escamillo refers to Jose as "my dear", which sounds rather peculiar, and the guide's line to Micaela: "it's not exactly inviting, is it?" sounds distinctly Middle England rather than Rural Spain. Some of the performers, not least Carmen herself, make the words work, although there are long tracts, especially with the chorus, where the language is distinctly indistinct.

The soloists are, by and large, strong. Patricia Bardon's deep, Handel-friendly voice adapts well to Carmen and she colours the music with phenomenal detail, sounding sexy and provocative from the start with an edge of pride and anger that emerges as the show goes on. She is out of her depth above the stave, though, and some extra top notes in the second act don't show her off to her best advantage. I have previously said that Julian Gavin is poorly served by recordings, though here he sounds much more even and gives a thrilling and musical performance (but his wooden spoken lines let him down). Mary Plazas is a lovely Micaela, rich-voiced and sincere (and word-perfect), but Garry Magee sounds miscast as Escamillo, lacking the ballast at the bottom of the voice to do justice to this tricky role.

The supporting cast is good (Mary Hegarty seems to do nothing but Frasquita these days!) but the really treasurable thing is the conducting. Stepping out of Italian Ottocento, David Parry turns his hand to this French Comedie with an appropriate lightness of touch. His pacing and handling of the set pieces is exemplary and the enrtractes go with a real swing.

A pleasure, then, for the Carmen naive or a novelty for the Carmen-acquainted. I nearly wrote Carmen-weary - but I don't think it's possible.
Have You Heard the News
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Have You Heard the News
    Slim & The Supreme Angels
    Manufacturer: Mcg Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00009B8C0
    Release Date: 2003-06-24

    Tracks:

    1. God Got It
    2. Have You Heard the News
    3. I'm Not Ashamed
    4. Miracle
    5. Thank You Lord
    6. I Can't Lay My Religion Down
    7. Hero
    8. Old Time Religion
    9. You Brought Me Through
    10. It Won't Be This Way Always
    11. Well Done
    Have You Heard The News?
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Ignore the above- this album is tops!!
    • An average recording
    		 Have You Heard The News?

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B00004HYR1
    Release Date: 1995-04-01

    Tracks:

    1. Angels We Have Heard on High
    2. Been So Busy
    3. Have You Heard The News?
    4. Jesus Is Born
    5. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
    6. O Holy Night
    7. Our Father (a cappella)
    8. Our Father (piano solo)
    9. Praise the Risen Lord
    10. When He Comes

    Album Description

    Grayson Warren Brown is an internationally known liturgical composer and recording artist with more than 20 years of experience working in a multicultural parish. Have You Heard The News? is Grayson's most popular recording, and celebrates Advent and Christmas.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Ignore the above- this album is tops!!.......2007-03-31

    Long a lover of Grayson's music, this recording is top notch. The title song, while fast, is a great choral piece that blasts you into Christmas. Praise the Risen Lord is a beautiful gospel swing setting for Eastertide and sings itself. When He Comes could bring tears to your eyes... great for late Advent/Christmas.

    The other pieces keep the recording as one of the (if not THE) best overall Brown has to offer.

    3 out of 5 stars An average recording.......2002-07-19

    The tiel track of this album is by far the best of the bunch. That's why it's in two different formats. Grason Brown has done some great work, but this does not measure up to his best.

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    6. It's Your Time
    7. Jesus You Are My Life
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