Live...In the Spirit [Live]

Track Listings

1. You Don't Know

2. Holy, Holy, Holy

3. More Than Anything

4. Call on That Name

5. Jesus You're Everything

6. Givin' It Back to You

7. He Is Working for Our Good

8. Have Faith in God

9. Use Me

10. Only What You Do for Christ

11. No Greater Love

12. Old Landmark (Invitation)

Tracks:

God Bless America
We Will Go On
Ave Maria
This Is The Moment
Danny Boy
Bring Him Home
Shenandoah
America The Beautiful
The Lord's Prayer
Into The Fire
You'll Never Walk Alone
The House I Live In

Amazon.com

It's said politics makes strange bedfellows. But it's got nothing on the peculiar marriage of art and history inspired by the tragic events of 9/11/01. Before that day, Daniel Rodriguez was a member of New York's finest, working as an NYPD security officer at the Manhattan South precinct. If it seemed an odd calling for a gifted, operatically trained tenor, it was employment many a journeyman artist could relate to: the proverbial "day job." As it turns out, no police academy in the world could have trained Rodriguez for the crucial role his city's darkest hour thrust upon him. While his colleagues mourned their staggering losses and toiled around the clock in rescue efforts, Rodriguez delivered renditions of "God Bless America" that rallied both his city and his country, much as Kate Smith's version of the Irving Berlin patriotic standard had done at the dawn of WWII.

Contemporary jazz great-producer Tom Scott took it from there, showcasing Rodriguez's powerful voice in this deftly arranged album focused sharply on personal and national inspiration. Taking his cue from his own hero, Mario Lanza, Rodriguez instills no small amount of drama in his performances, and it serves him well on tracks like the American folk classic "Shenandoah," a rousing take on Scarlet Pimpernel's "Into the Fire," and the relative Sinatra rarity "The House I Live In." The "God Bless America" here varies from the original single release, with Rodriguez reading the spoken intro once delivered by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Is Rodriguez the greatest tenor of modern times? No. But it's hard to imagine a talent better suited to the challenge history has thrust upon him; we're lucky--make that blessed--to have him. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

God Bless Daniel Rodriquez.......2007-07-16

This alblum is a treasure to own and listen to. He really captures the spirit of patriotism. I have played his songs at a local fireworks show that I DJ at and his songs are up there with the other songs by artists by Mr. Lee "God Bless The U.S.A." Greenwood and other great artists. New York City and the nation needed him at a time when we were trying to recover from the worst tragedy in the history of the U.S.A. and he was there for us.

Music From and For the Heart.......2006-11-25

Daniel's album is music to be shared with family and with friends to help further ensure warmth, strong family ties, and love of our beautiful country. His voice is magical, skilled, rich and so memorable that it can take one on a journey from yesterday to promise for a bright tomorrow. This is a superb rendering of past unforgettable music. His solemn rendition of the peace song "God Bless America" is the album's centerpiece and truly unforgettable....

Daniel Rodriguez.......2006-11-11

I first heard of Daniel Rodriguez a couple of months ago when he sang on Jay Leno's show. He was/is WONDERFUL! His voice is beautiful, but he sings from the heart, and that makes him exceptional.

Some definite winners on this album.......2005-12-14

My favorites are "Ave Maria" and "The Lord's Prayer" where Daniel truly shows off his vocal talents. I could have done without the choir backup on "Ave Maria" but nonetheless a great rendition.

The ending that he has for the "The Lord's Prayer" almost brings a tear to my eye each time I hear it. Well done Daniel.

The Spirit of America.......2005-10-10

This is a great CD...of course, Daniel Rodriquez is the best!!!
As much as I enjoyed it, I do think "In the Presence", also by the same vocalist, is the ultimate. That could be because "In the Presence" was the first CD I had of this tenor vocalist, who is outstanding!

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beautiful patriotic music
All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme

Spirit of America

Manufacturer: Mormon Tabernacle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000A4G6H
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

America the Beautiful
Bound for the Promised Land
This Land Is Your Land
Shenandoah
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Distant Land
They, The Builders of the Nation
House I Live In
America, The Dream Goes On
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Hymn for America
Pledge of Allegiance
Cohan's Big Three: Yankee Doodle Dandy/Give My Regards to Broadway
Goin' Home
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Star-Spangled Banner
Call of the Champions

Customer Reviews:

beautiful patriotic music.......2003-08-28

This is an excellent CD. The music, both voices and orchestra, is superb. The content of the lyrics is inspiring. It reminds me of so many reasons I'm proud to be American.

All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme.......2003-07-16

Surprised that no one has reviewed this yet. Amazon.com doesn't give much info on this release, so I thought I'd rectify that. This is the second brand-new release on the "Mormon Tabernacle Choir" label, following their April 2003 release of "Consider the Lilies." Again, several of the arrangements are by Mack Wilberg, with direction by Craig Jessop and accompianment by the Orchestra at Temple Square. The track list is as follows:

1 America the Beautiful
Music: Samuel A. Ward

Text: Katherine Lee Bates
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:30

2 Bound for the Promised Land
Music: American folk hymn.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 2:35

3 This Land is Your Land
Music: Woody Guthrie
Text: Woody Guthrie
Arrangement: Percy Faith & Michael Davis 2:40

4 Shenandoah
Music: American folk song.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:48

5 Battle Hymn of the Republic
Music: William Steffe
Text: Julia Ward Howe
Arrangement: Peter J. Wilhousky (Carl Fischer, Inc.) 5:19

6 Distant Land
Music: John Rutter
Text: John Rutter
Arrangement: John Rutter (Hinshaw Music, Inc - ASCAP) 4:41

7 They, the Builders of the Nation
Music: Alfred M. Durham
Text: Ida R. Alldredge
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Deseret Book Co.) 3:28

8 The House I Live In
Music: Earl Robinson
Text: Lewis Allen
Arrangement: Michael Davis 3:26

9 America, the Dream Goes On
Music: John Williams
Text: Alan and Marilyn Bergman 3:18

10 Give My Your Tired, Your Poor
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Emma Lazarus
Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:01

11 God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Music: George W. Warren
Text: Daniel C. Roberts
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:12

12 Hymn for America
Music: Stephen Paulus (Paulus Publications)
Text: Michael Dennis Browne 3:08

13 The Pledge of Allegiance
Music: Charles Osgood
Text: Francis Bellamy
Arrangement: Michael Davis 2:39

14 Cohan's Big Three (Yankee Doodle Dandy, +below)
Music: George M. Cohan
Text: George M. Cohan
Arrangement: Floyd E. Werle
+Give My Regards/Brdway, You're a Grand Old Flag 3:53

15 Goin' Home
Music: Antonin Dvorak
Text: William Arms Fischer
Arrangement: Jay Welch 4:36

16 God Bless America
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Irving Berlin

Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:44

17 The Star-Spangled Banner
Music: John Stafford Smith
Text: Francis Scott Key
Arrangement: Robert Russell Bennett 2:21

18 Call of the Champions
Music: John Williams
Text: Olympic Motto 4:47

Tracks:

Every Time I Feel The Spirit
Balm in Gilead
Volga Boat Song
Monologue From 'Othello'
O Thou Silent Night
Chinese Children's Song
My Curly Headed Baby
Old Man River
Going Home
Monologue From 'Boris Godunov'
The Orphan
Christ Lag In Todesbanden
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
Lullaby
O No John
Joe HIll
Jacob's Ladder
Chassidic Chant
Freedom
O Grieve You Now My Mother
This Is The Hammer
All Men Are Brothers

Customer Reviews:

An uplifting experience.......2006-12-05

If one takes into account the time at which this recording was made, and the surrounding events affecting his life, one can truly appreciate the significance of this album. Experiencing oppression not only from the U.S. but later the Canadian government to travel abroad, Robeson was impeded, but not prevented from singing in the name of peace, human rights, and the rights of the common worker. Victory was at hand when on May, 9 1958, the date of this recording, Paul Robeson announced that his passport battle had been won. This is the recording of a triumphant gentleman, a loving, ecstatic audience, and very importantly, a talented and very attuned pianist (Alan Booth). With this in mind one can more greatly appreciate how special this concert was. The magic of this recording trancends Robeson's impeccable singing. It is the concert as a whole that makes it so spectacular. Listen to 'Joe Hill', think of Robeson's battle, and hear why it is so powerful. Or listen to 'O No John', Alan Booth pounding the keys on the last notes, and the audience's response. Every person in Carnegie Hall was riveted. Well worth the price, and an uplifting experience.

One of the best, and latest, of the Robeson recordings..........2006-10-17

This concert came along in 1958, when Paul's passport was restored and he was allowed to travel and make a living again, after several years of being on the Communist blacklist. His joy at performing once more for his traditional audience comes through in every track. That same year, he did a concert at his brother's church in Harlem, and when Columbia Records issued that one, it had another winner. Not long after those shows, Paul went overseas for five years, suffering a health crisis that brought him back to America in 1963, broken down and unable to perform consistently. He spent his last decade or so of life on the sidelines, living quietly with his sister in Philadelphia. This concert, then, along with the one at Mother Zion Church, is one of the final triumphs of one of the most interesting American lives. We know now that Paul's stubborn support of the Soviet Union in the Stalin era was a tragic flaw in his character, but he had magnificent gifts of voice and of acting presence, and had he come to the attention of audiences in 1957 instead of 1927, he would likely have earned millions as a singer and actor, and his political and social radical activism would have been a much smaller impediment to his career. If you already own some Robeson recordings, add this one because it represents him at the beginning of what was then "old age." If you own none, this concluding album is actually a fine starting point, because his earlier work suffers a bit from the primitive recording technology of the '30's and '40's.

Paul Robeson Live.......2006-07-11

Of course his baritone is fabulous. His rendition of Joe Hill is unforgettable - this was a song he sang for the builders' labourers on the site of the Sydney Opera House in around 1969 -also Old Man River, which he made his own. He should have sung this in the film of the musical Showboat but he was passed over for an inferior voice by the producers because he was a member of the Communist Party. A pity. He also sings some gospel on this CD, I'm not mad about religious songs but if you like them then you'll love this.

New version available in UK.......2006-02-18

This version is now redundant as Vanguard has released a version in 2005 with the original album cover for the first time and with new sleeve notes. The sound is also better. I purchased it from amazon.co.uk.

Question.......2005-09-29

I would like to buy Paul Robeson CD with "Old Man River" and "Kevin Barry (Irish)"

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Sacred Songs & Spirituals

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007XZUF0
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

Sanctus
Ave Maria, Op.52/6
Panis Angelicus
O Divine Redeemer
The Holy City
Amazon Grace
Greensleeves (What Child Is This)
Let Us Break Bread Together
I Wonder As I Wander
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Tracks:

I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
My Lord, What A Morning
Do Lawd, Oh Do Lawd
There's A Man Going Round - Jessye Norman
Ev'ry Time I Feel De Spirit - Dalton Baldwin
There Is A Balm In Gilead - Dalton Baldwin
Gospel Train - Dalton Baldwin
Great Day - Dalton Baldwin
Mary Had A Baby
Live A-Humble
Walk Together Children
Were You There - Jessye Norman
Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name
Soon Ah Will Be Done
Give Me Jesus

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Spirit - The Seventh Fire
Peter Buffett
Manufacturer: BisonHead
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-12-07

Tracks:

Wolf Love song
Urban Overture
Auglaize River, 1830
Hidden Heritage
The Place Where The Crying Begins
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An Eagle Above
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Passage
Spirit Dance
Walk of Sorrows
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The Dream
Aubenaubee
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New West
The Return
Thunderbird
Spirit Dance Reprise

Album Description

Spirit - The Seventh Fire is a new live recording of the show that features Chief Hawk Pope, Patrick Mirabal and many other fine performers. This was the show that had its world premiere on the National Mall in Washington D.C. during the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian. Package includes a 32 page full color booklet of images from the production. The soundtrack also includes many of the memorable words spoken by Chief Hawk Pope.

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No Greater Voice in this Century!

Spirituals
Jessye Norman , Dalton Baldwin , Ambrosian Singers , John McCarthy , and Willis Patterson
Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000040Y7
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
My Lord, What A Morning
Do Lawd, Oh Do Lawd
There's A Man Going Round
Ev'ry Time I Feel De Spirit
There Is Balm In Gilead
Gospel Train
Great Day
Mary Had A Baby
Live A Humble
Walk Together Children
Were You There
Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name
Soon Ah Will Be Done
Give Me Jesus

Customer Reviews:

No Greater Voice in this Century!.......2003-12-10

In the late 1970's when Jessye Norman first appeared as the Diva of Sopranos, Robert Shaw, himself called her the "greatest Voice of the 20th Century!" Since we are now into the 21st Century, it is time we come to know her better thru her natural genre from the Southern Style of Black Spirituals. After playing her early CD for several years on the way to and fro to GA Diagnostic Prison, I still get overwhelmed by her awesome sounds singing, "And I Could'nt Hear Nobody Pray" ; "There's A Man Going Round, Taking Names" ; "There Is A Balm In Gilead" ; "Walk With Me , Children" ; "Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name" and of course... "Were You There..." If you wish to find an Ideal Christmas Gift or Birthday Gift for a Southern Girl... This is IT!
She seems to get better and better in every Christmas Video from First Baptist Church of Augusta, GA.
Retired Chaplain Fred W Hood

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Excellent! Finally music I can learn to drum with!

MotherDrum-Drumming Inside Mother Earth
Motherdrum
Manufacturer: Allan Hays
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Release Date: 2001-11-20

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Clockish
An Interesting Fonga
Just Gettin` Started
Big Stomp
Whippoorwill
Drums for Spirits
Instant Success
Yee Haw
Clueless
Mother's Heartbeat
Ceremony
Release the Night

Album Description

Drumming from the spirit, these spontaneous expressions of rhythm were recorded LIVE in the Echo Auditorium, a vast opening deep inside Great Saltpeter Cave, Mt.Vernon Ky.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent! Finally music I can learn to drum with!.......2006-11-27

I've been looking everywhere for some good drumming music to drum along to. This really works for me. Lots of different beats to learn and done repetitively enough that I can remember them, without being redundant and boring. Good stuff.

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Dennis O'Neill: Great Operatic Arias

Manufacturer: Chandos
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Release Date: 1999-11-16

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Turandot: Calaf's Aria
Luisa Miller: Rodolfo's Aria
The Lombards At The First Crusade: Oronte's Cavatina
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The Force Of Destiny: Alvaro's Recitative And Romance
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A Masked Ball: Gustavus's And Amelia's Duet
A Masked Ball: Gustavus's And Amelia's Duet
Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria Finale
Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria Finale
Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria Finale
Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria Finale
The Force Of Destiny: Don Carlo's And Alvaro's Duet
The Force Of Destiny: Don Carlo's And Alvaro's Duet
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Amazon.com

Dennis O'Neill is a wonderfully sensitive, intelligent singer--a tenor who varies his tone and delivery for each character. He also sings the music as written, with every dynamic shading in place. Yes, he manages high B-flats pianissimo without resorting to falsetto, and he also rises somewhat heroically to heavier moments. But there's a rub. The loud, high notes are a bit nasty--a slight wobble comes into the voice and a sense of strain is more than noticeable. His exquisite, piano beginning of "O paradiso" ("Oh land of dreams") from L'Africaine is only a sad memory when you hear the vaguely bawled high notes throughout. His "Reve" from Manon is lovely in its sustained peacefulness, and while he's very exciting in the big Act II duet from Ballo (with soprano Susan Bullock as a fine Amelia), there are always those unfortunate "big" notes to reckon with. Perhaps that's why the gorgeous Pearl Fishers duet, with baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore, ends the program so successfully. The soft notes are more prominent than the troublesome forte ones. Perhaps this is being too picky--O'Neill is a worthy singer, he makes these arias and scenes palatable in translation (even Alvaro's music from Forza is believable), and artistry like this is a pleasure to come across. --Robert Levine

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Live in the Spirit

Manufacturer: PREMIER MUSIC
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000GBOPKO

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SONGS:CAN I GET A WITNESS,I AM CHANGED,HE THAT THE SON HATH SET FREE,HE'LL DO IT AGAIN,LONELY TONIGHT,HOLY OF HOLIES,SATAN YOU'RE A LIAR,I WON'T TURN BACK,TAKE TIME

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Live: In the Spirit
The Sensational Nightingales
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1. You Don't Know
2. Holy, Holy, Holy
3. More Than Anything
4. Call on That Name
5. Jesus You're Everything
6. Givin' It Back to You
7. He Is Working for Our Good
8. Have Faith in God
9. Use Me
10. Only What You Do for Christ
11. No Greater Love
12. Old Landmark (Invitation)