Mountain Homecoming

Track Listings
1. It's Gonna Be a Good Day - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
2. Faith Like That - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
3. Perfect Heart - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
4. I Was There When the Spirit Came - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
5. Take This Trial Trip Beside Me - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, Janet Paschal    
6. Why Me - Bob Cain, Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
7. We'll Work 'Till Jesus Comes - Glenn Allred, Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
8. There's Something About a Mountain - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, Vestal Goodman    
9. I Hold His Hand - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, Doyle Lawson, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver    
10. God Took Away My Yesterdays - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, Debra Talley    
11. When I Reach That City - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, The Lewis Family    
12. Did You Ever Go Sailin' - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
13. I Have Returned - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
14. I'll Live Again - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, The Kingsmen    
15. Love of God - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, Homecoming Friends    
16. Lead Me to the Rock - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, Stephen Hill    
17. Jesus Saves - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither,    
18. God on the Mountain - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither, Lynda Randle    
19. Is Not This the Land of Beulah - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
20. Peace Shall Come - Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither    
See all 22 tracks on this disc

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Grieg: Peer Gynt
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Whole Thing
  • Hauntingly Beautiful
  • Good-enough readings but outstanding sound
  • Passionate
  • Maybe this is THE (one disc-) Peer Gynt album to own ...
 Grieg: Peer Gynt

Manufacturer: Virgin Classics
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ASIN: B0007Z47JI
Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

  1. No. 1 At The Wedding (Prelude To Act I)
  2. No. 2 Halling
  3. No. 4 The Abduction Of The Bride
  4. No. 6 Peer Gynt And The Woman In Green
  5. No. 7 Peer Gynt: 'You Can Tell Great Men By The Style Of Their Mounts!'
  6. No. 3 Springar
  7. No. 8 In The Hall Of The Mountain King
  8. No. 9 Dance Of The Mountain King's Daughter
  9. No. 12 The Death Of Ase (Prelude To Act III)
  10. No. 13 Morning Mood (Prelude To Act IV)
  11. No. 15 Arabian Dance
  12. No. 16 Anitra's Dance
  13. No.17 Peer Gynt's Serenade
  14. No. 19 Solveig's Song
  15. No. 20 Peer Gynt At The Statue Of Memnon
  16. No. 21 Peer Gynt's Homecoming. Stormy Evening On The Sea (Prelude To Act V)
  17. No. 22 The Shipwreck
  18. No. 23 Solveig Sings In The Hut
  19. No. 25 Whitsun Hymn: 'O Blessed Morning'
  20. No. 26 Solveig's Cradle Song

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Whole Thing.......2007-05-10

If there's an earlier 'Peer Gynt' recording that's complete (as opposed to just the 'suite') I've never heard of it. This is the entire incidental music to the play, not just the usual 'Dawn', 'The Hall of the Mountain King' 'Solveig's Song', etc.
Jarvi's reading is smooth and incisive and the choral parts are wonderful. I've never heard a scarier version of HOTMK. I never even knew that there was a solo vocal part for Peer himself, but here it is.

My only complaint-and it's a tiny one-is that the selections are not in the order that they would appear in Ibsen's play. But that's picking a very small nit indeed.

5 out of 5 stars Hauntingly Beautiful.......2007-03-11

Conductor Paavo Jarvi does a masterful job of leading the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra plays with great emotion and precision creating an exciting and almost hypnotic effect. Although Beecham's version is very good, his Peer Gynt does not come close to matching the sheer beauty of Jarvi's.
The soloists on this album are outstanding. I consider baritone Peter Mattei to be the most talented baritone of his type today and his rendition of Peer Gynt's Serenade is nothing short of incredible. Soprano Camilla Tilling as Soveig has a lovely ethereal sound to her voice which is used to great effect in her songs. Tilling has the loveliest female voice I have ever heard. Mezzo Charlotte Hellekant has also grown on me as Anitra. Many of these vocal songs are not included on other versions of Peer Gynt, which is a great shame. The choir, something I don't usually enjoy, is very impressive.
I would rate this CD as by far the best version of Peer Gynt and perhaps my favorite CD of all time. The sound quality of the recording should also be mentioned because it is absolutely stunning.

3 out of 5 stars Good-enough readings but outstanding sound.......2007-02-21

I don't find that Paavo Jarvi and his Estonian forces have much to say in the familiar numbers from Peer Gynt. You must turn to Beecham for sheer delight in famous numbers like In The Hall of the Moutain King, Morning, Anitra's Dance, and so on. Where this recording scores is in the unfamiliar numbers; Peter Matteo's excellent rendition of the little-known Peer Gynt's Serenade is one highlight, as is the convincingly crude folk fiddling that begins half a dozen numbers.

Secondly, there's the sound. The engineers have achieved quite exceptinally clear, open sonics that I've never heard the like of in Peer Gynt. Even when Jarvi's conducting is ordinary and his Estonian musician ae playing at far less than virtuosic level, the gorgeous sounds coming out of one's speakers remain alluring. As far as completeness goes, the Ruud 2-CD set from Bis is unchallenged.

4 out of 5 stars Passionate.......2006-08-18

The story line gives the listener a guide to follow the music, but the score leaves out the connections for the listener to only imagine the performance. The music is passionate and descriptive and introduces the listener to the singing voices of parts of the presentation that are left out in the "Suite." I appreciate hearing it over and over.

5 out of 5 stars Maybe this is THE (one disc-) Peer Gynt album to own ..........2006-02-15

... to keep closely beside the gorgeous, incisively intelligent and deeply concentrated performance (also on 1 CD) with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Barbara Hendricks singing the role of Solveig (Sony Classical).
Together with the recordings by Neeme Jarvi (27 cues; DGG), Marriner (only 12 cues; EMI), Tate (17 cues; EMI), Blomstedt (19 cues; Decca), Dreier (the first truly complete recording of all of the original music (1978); 32 cues, including 'Bridal Procession', 'Solveig's Song' and three 'Norwegian Dances' all of them n o t originally written for the play; Unicorn UKCD + NKFCD) and Ruud (the first complete recording with 29 cues plus all of the dialogue, making a total of 51 cues, coming up on 113 minutes; BIS), these two (1-CD) albums by Paavo Jarvi and Esa-Pekka Salonen are as complete as can get concerning this so called 'incidental' music for the Henrik Ibsen play of Peer Gynt. Nowadays, Peer Gynt is Norway's No. 1 national epic, thereby giving this music extra significance and poignancy. Originally, there are in all some twenty-six numbers of incidental music for the play: almost ninety minutes of music, as can be learned from the booklet-essay. And according to the booklet, twenty of those are on this album; No. 5, 10, 11, 14, 18 and 24 are left out of this recording. 'Solveig's Song' wasn't originally written for the stage play but nonetheless included as such on this CD, so actually 19 original pieces from Peer Gynt, op. 23 are on this album, and not 20. But anyhow, such 'criticism' would amount to nitpicking ;-)
Here I would like to warn the reader that this will be a somewhat one-sided review, as I have only ever heard the Peer Gynt-recordings of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Per Dreier (freshly inspired, very natural performances) and this newest one of Paavo Jarvi. So this review is, for what it is worth, a personal and somewhat subjective approach, leaving out many other alternatives ...

Anyhow, as for the one-CD albums of Peer Gynt, op. 23, the merits of the Salonen/Oslo Philharmonic album (aside from the artistic ones, which are huge, as well as spot on as far as the 'Nordic' atmosphere of the music is concerned) lie in the fact that - up to now - it has been as near 'complete' a rendering of the music for Peer Gynt - as much as fits on one CD - as one might wish, covering the whole dramatic arc of the play from beginning to end (but without any of the spoken dialogue). I believe that this new recording with Paavo Jarvi is even more complete - as could be fitted on one disc - and gives the listener an even better feel of the drama of the play, if only because there is more singing here, namely by Peer Gynt (in the delightful 'Peer Gynt's Serenade'). Also, one hears here seldomly recorded, but wonderfully evocative pieces, such as 'Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green', 'Peer gynt: you can tell great men by the style of their mounts', 'Peer Gynt at the Statue of Memnon' (similar to 'Prelude Act III: Deep in the Coniferous Forest' on the Salonen/Oslo Philharmonic album. Actually it is the same piece, but it was never intended as the prelude to act III) and 'The Shipwreck'. Simply delightful, all this! As are all the soloists - truly, the best one could wish for! - singing in this recording. If I may steal a quote from Tim Ashley, The Guardian, May 13, 2005: "Peter Mattei is the swollen-headed Peer, Camilla Tilling a dignified, unsentimental Solveig and the incomparable Charlotte Hellekant a camp but lethally seductive Anitra." But although Camilla Tilling's Solveig is superb, IMHO she is not as completely involved-sounding or as convincing in the projecting of the troubled mind and heart of (especially the elderly) Solveig as does Barbara Hendricks for Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Even more than Esa-Pekka Salonen's performance with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, this recording offers the listener a more 'true to the letter-performance', as the music is here performed as heard during the play, as witnessed by 'Solveigs vuggevise' ('Solveig's Cradle Song'), where her singing is interlaced with the 'Whitsun Hymn', which, to the ears of this listener, only heigtening the sense of drama and storytelling.
All in all a fantastic album, I believe, and one that brings into focus the drama even more than other recordings of this music. Even though the orchestral playing of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra is maybe a (slight) nodge below that of the Oslo Philharmonic under Salonen and missing out on the deepest or finer layers of melancholy and dramatic tension (which are indeed touched upon by Salonen, I think), it is warmly sympathetic and more lush (as is the acoustics of the recording venue).
The really adventurous or Peer Gynt-completists (and once taken this step, the all too brief Suites will never be an option again!) should really go for Dreier or Ruud - this last one is said to be simply magnificent (music as well as acting) - but this generous one disc album, with some of the most gorgeous playing and singing, is warmly recommended (at least, in my opinion) to anyone who loves this wonderfully evocative music. Delightful!
Grieg: Peer Gynt
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A must for Grieg fans
  • I fell in love with the voice
 Grieg: Peer Gynt

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000041VN
Release Date: 1990-01-05

Tracks:

  1. At The Wedding - San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
  2. The Abduction of the Bride: Ingrid's Lament - San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
  3. Peer Gynt and the Herd-girls - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  4. In The Hall of the Mountain King - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  5. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter - San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
  6. Peer Gynt hunted by the Trolls-Peer Gynt and the Boyg - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  7. The Death of Ase - San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
  8. Morning mood - San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
  9. The Thief and the Receiver - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  10. Arabian Dance - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  11. Anitra's Dance - San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
  12. Peer Gynt's Serenade - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  13. Solveig's Song - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  14. Peer Gynts Homecoming. Stormy Evening at Sea - San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
  15. Shipwreck - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  16. Solvieg sings in the Hut - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  17. Night Scene - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  18. Whitsun Hymn 'Blessed Morn' - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George
  19. Solvieg's Cradle-song - Urban Malmberg/Mari-Anne Haeggander/San Francisco Sym Chor/Vance George

Amazon.com

There are many positive reasons for getting the complete Peer Gynt music, as opposed to just the two suites. In the first place, if you like singing, you get the vocal parts. There's also a lot of really fine and exciting music that's not included in the suites. On the other hand, if dialogue in Norwegian makes you crazy (there isn't really that much of it), you might want to stick with the more traditional excerpts. This performance of the complete score is excitingly detailed, and extremely well played and sung by all the participants. I enjoy hearing the music in both forms, depending on my mood; perhaps you will too. --David Hurwitz

Amazon.com

This 1988 account from Herbert Blomstedt and the San Francisco Symphony is rich and dramatic. Here is a conductor with a real feel for the music, and in his hands Grieg's multimovement score shows its emotional depth. The reading is well paced and brilliantly played, and London's crew provides a high-impact recording, very forward and with excellent detail. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A must for Grieg fans.......2001-06-04

Because Grieg is one of my favorite composers, I was delighted to get the complete incidental music to Ibsen's play and not just the standard Suites 1 and 2. Blomstedt and the San Francisco Symphony do a fine job of conveying the many moods of Grieg's masterpiece. Listeners need to be prepared to hear singing and dialogue in Norwegian, but its inclusion gives the performance an operatic feel. For those of you familiar with Suites 1 and 2, give a listen to "Peer Gynt Hunted by the Trolls", a highly dramatic work;then, listen to the solemnity of "Blessed Morn" and "Solveig's Cradle Song". I think this CD will enhance your enjoyment of Peer Gynt all the more.

4 out of 5 stars I fell in love with the voice.......1999-04-28

Not much of a vocal fan (I'm into Bach & Mozort intrumental) I was scanning through the titles of this CD for the well know Mountain King part. It's all good & very professional, but when I heard the voice of Mari-Anne Haeggander in the track Solveigs' Song I was bowled over and very much reconciled with vocal music.

She mix's a perfect technical mastery with a just enough human touch to make it reall. The tiny imperfections when her voice goes up a big interval make it just perfect. Ceclia Bartoli (singing Mozart) was my favorite, but now Mari-Anne is.

I'm now urgently looking for more of her recordings, without luck so far. Pleas help.
Mountain Homecoming
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Another Gaither Homecoming Winner
  • ANOTHER TOP NOTCH COMPILATION OF SONGS
  • Absloutely Wonderful
 Mountain Homecoming
Bill & Gloria Gaither
Manufacturer: Spring House / EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001ZSXF
Release Date: 1999-10-19

Tracks:

  1. It's Gonna Be A Good Day
  2. Faith Like That
  3. A Perfect Heart
  4. I Was There When The Spirit Came
  5. Take This Trial Trip Beside Me
  6. Why me
  7. We'll Work 'Til Jesus Comes
  8. There's Something About A Mountain
  9. I Hold His Hand
  10. God Took Away My Yesterdays
  11. When I Reach That City
  12. Did You Ever Go Sailin'
  13. I Have Returned
  14. I'll Live Again
  15. The Love Of God
  16. Lead Me To That Rock
  17. Jesus Sves
  18. God On The Mountain
  19. Is Not This The Land Of Beulah
  20. Peace Shall Come
  21. Go Rest High On That Mountain
  22. Lord, I'm Coming Home

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Another Gaither Homecoming Winner.......1999-11-29

"Mountain Homecoming" has to be one of the best to date of the Gaither Homecoming Series. I particularly loved Stephen Hill's rendition of "Lead Me to that Rock". Hill's voice is haunting. He obviously knows his way around a tune.

Squire Parsons singing in trio with Joy Gardner and Wesley Pritchard do a beautiful treatment of "Is Not This The Land of Beulah", followed by Squire doing his own "Beulah Land".

"God on the Mountain", Lilly Fern Weatherford's signature song is a highlight featuring Lynda Randall's clear, pure vocals.

If you love the Lord, and like Southern Gospel, you'll fall in love with this winner from Bill Gaither.

5 out of 5 stars ANOTHER TOP NOTCH COMPILATION OF SONGS.......1999-10-27

You need to add this one to your collection. There are 22 cuts. I like their version of "I Have Returned", "Jesus Saves" & "Go Rest High on That Mt."More than 70 minutes of heart wrenching excitement!

5 out of 5 stars Absloutely Wonderful.......1999-10-25

I got my videos and music this past week. I haven't wanted to do anything else since except listen. Janet Paschal's song is wonderful, as well as the ones peformed by Vestal Goodman and Cynthia Clawson,etal, and the entire group on "Peace Shall Come". The group song is one of the most heart warming songs I have heard in quite a while. Allison Durham Speer absolutely outdoes anyone on the "...Meet You on the Mountain" tape when she sings "I Will Glory in the Cross" I have never heard the song performed as beautiflly as the way Allison does it.
Grieg: Peer Gynt / Curzon, Fjeldstad
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A first rate Peer Gynt in addition to Curzon's great piano playing
  • Great Grieg...It's Curzon!
 Grieg: Peer Gynt / Curzon, Fjeldstad

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B0000042DZ
Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

  1. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Prelude, Op. 23 No. 1
  2. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Morning Mood, Op. 23 No. 13
  3. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: The Death Of Ase, Op. 23 No. 12
  4. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Anitra's Dance,Op. 23 No. 12
  5. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: In The Hall Of The Mountain King, Op. 23 No. 7
  6. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Ingrid's Abduction And Lament, Op. 23 No. 4
  7. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Arabian Dance, Op. 23 No. 15
  8. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Peer Gynt's Homecoming, Op. 23 No. 19
  9. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Solveig's Song, Op. 23 No. 11
  10. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Dance Of The Mountain King's Daughter, Op. 23 No. 8
  11. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allego molto moderato
  12. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio
  13. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A first rate Peer Gynt in addition to Curzon's great piano playing.......2006-12-20

The other reviewer for this very excellent CD would have you believe that it's for Curzon's excellent rendition of the Piano Concerto alone that makes this a bargain, and it was for this work that I was moved to buy this disk. I already owned a copy of this Peer Gynt on another disk, so I was buying this one just for the Concerto.

These two works, the Peer Gynt Incidental Music and the Piano Concerto, are the only stereo recordings featuring conductor Oiven Fjelstad known to me, and they are both marvelous -- especially the music from Peer Gynt. This is one of the most lyrical, beautifully played performances of this music I've ever heard. The fact that in the bargain you are getting one of the best performances of Grieg's beautiful Piano Concerto is just icing on the cake.

Sound quality for recordings of this age is excellent, better, in fact, than on many more contemporary recordings of this work. Since this recording is out of print, I suggest you buy this before copies completely disappear here.

5 out of 5 stars Great Grieg...It's Curzon!.......2003-08-05

This disc of Grieg's Piano Concerto and the incidental music from Peer Gynt is part of Decca/London's "The Classic Sound" series, the predecessor to the "Decca Legends" line. Many of the original "Classic Sound" CDs have been reissued as "Legends" titles, but since this one has not, I expect it will go out of print shortly. Interested parties should act fast, because Clifford Curzon recordings for the label are very much worth purchasing. The pianist was known to have been quite particular about the pieces he recorded, and would only release performances that met his incredibly high standards. Nearly half of his recently issued Original Masters boxed set (see my review) is comprised of brilliant, never before released performances that Curzon originally did not allow to be produced on LP. The fact that this perormance was even authorized should tell you that this Grieg Concerto with Fjeldstad and the LSO must be good. The Peer Gynt, played wonderfully as well, is just icing on the cake. Run to your local Borders and buy this disc before even the in-store copies disappear.
Grieg: Peer Gynt (Selections)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Cheap but Good
  • Terrible Recording, please look elsewhere...
  • Grieg was incredible!
  • VERY WELL THOUGH OUT
 Grieg: Peer Gynt (Selections)

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IOMB
Release Date: 1999-04-20

Tracks:

  1. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: At The Wedding
  2. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Ingrid's Lament
  3. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Peer Gynt And The Dairymaids
  4. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: In The Hall Of The Mountain King
  5. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Dance Of The Mountain King's Daughter
  6. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: The Death Of e
  7. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Morning Mood
  8. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Arabian Dance
  9. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Anitra's Dance
  10. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Peer Gynts Serenade
  11. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Solveig's Song
  12. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Peer Gynt's At The Statue Of Memnon
  13. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Peer Gynt's Homecoming
  14. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Solveig Sings In The Hut
  15. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Night Scene
  16. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Whitsun Hymn: 'Oh Blessed Morning'
  17. Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Solveig's Cradle Song

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Cheap but Good.......2004-07-25

For 6 bucks you can't beat it. Here's a chance to hear more than the usual Peer Gynt suite, which frankly, was getting boring to my ears. This is what Peer Gynt was 'spozed to sound like, with the operatic elements adding to the fullness and interest of the orchestral parts. Unlike another reviewer, I didn't find the recording particularly unmusical, and I liked the shouting Trolls. I guess Trolls shout, that's what they do, and it added to the power and humor of that piece. I'd buy this one again.

2 out of 5 stars Terrible Recording, please look elsewhere..........2000-10-05

Although Sylvia McNair sings beautifully as Anitra and Sloveig, Tate doesn't conduct well, and the Berlin Philharmonic sounds very emotionally detached from this piece. The Hall of the Mountain King sounds terrible. The recording also suffers from poor editing, you hear the trolls yelling after the big closing notes at the end of inside the Hall of the Mountain King when they should have left out that annoying part. In any case, any recording with the choral parts is better than the watered down orchestral only Peer Gynt suites. I love Grieg's music, but this is just a poor performance. You get what you pay for!

5 out of 5 stars Grieg was incredible!.......2000-05-18

Here you get several of your favorite Grieg songs, performed in an excellent way. This proves that Grieg was the greatest composer of all time!

5 out of 5 stars VERY WELL THOUGH OUT.......1999-07-10

I HAVE HEARD THIS AND IN MY WAY OF THINGING IT WAS & STILL A GREAT PEICE OF MUSIC.]
Rocky Mountain Homecoming
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • These are they
 Rocky Mountain Homecoming
Bill & Gloria Gaither , and Homecoming Friends
Manufacturer: Spring House / EMI
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  2. Rocky Mountain Homecoming
  3. Canadian Homecoming
  4. Give It Away

ASIN: B0000C3I9K
Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

  1. Colorado
  2. That's When The Angels Rejoice
  3. He's Alive
  4. Praise You
  5. He Must Have Had A Mountain On His Mind
  6. Castles In The Sand
  7. Sing, Sister, Sing
  8. America, The Beautiful
  9. The Workshop Of The Lord
  10. Higher Ground
  11. I Just Love Old People
  12. When He Blessed My Soul
  13. Back Home Again
  14. Come On In The Room
  15. My God Is Real
  16. All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name
  17. Sweet Holy Spirit
  18. Pass Me Not
  19. These Are They

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars These are they.......2005-07-07

Very average, except for the vocal band on "These are they." Thats awesome.
Homecoming Mountain Music
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Homecoming Mountain Music

    Manufacturer: Star Song
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B0002IQ0M2

    Product Description

    Instrumentals from the Gaither Video Series. This is volume 2.
    Rocky Mountain Homecoming
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Rocky Mountain Homecoming
      Bill & Gloria Gaither , and Homecoming Friends
      Manufacturer: Spring House / EMI
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
      GospelGospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
      Christian Contemporary MusicChristian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B0000C3I9I
      Release Date: 2003-09-16

      Tracks:

      1. Colorado
      2. That's When The Angels Rejoice
      3. He's Alive
      4. Praise You
      5. He Must Have Had A Mountain On His Mind
      6. Castles In The Sand
      7. Sing, Sister, Sing
      8. America, The Beautiful
      9. The Workshop Of The Lord
      10. Higher Ground
      11. I Just Love Old People
      12. When He Blessed My Soul
      13. Back Home Again
      14. Come On In The Room
      15. My God Is Real
      16. All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name
      17. Sweet Holy Spirit
      18. Pass Me Not
      19. These Are They
      Grieg: Peer Gynt (Excerpts)
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • The ugly milkmaid...
      		 Grieg: Peer Gynt (Excerpts)

      Manufacturer: Angel Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Grieg, EdvardGrieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      Incidental MusicIncidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      Theatrical, Incidental & Program MusicTheatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      CDs Under $7CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
      All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
      ASIN: B000002SHE
      Release Date: 1997-06-10

      Tracks:

      1. I. Prelude: At The Wedding
      2. 4. The Abduction Of The Bride. Ingrid's Lament
      3. 5. Peer Gynt And The Dairymaids
      4. 8. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
      5. 9. Dance Of The Mountain King's Daughter
      6. 12. The Death Of Ase
      7. 13. Morning Mood
      8. 15. Arabian Dance
      9. 16. Anitra's Dance
      10. 17. Peer Gynts Serenade
      11. 19. Solveig's Song
      12. 20. Peer Gynt At The Statue Of Memnon
      13. 21. Peer Gynt's Homecoming. Stormy Evening On The Sea
      14. 23. Solveig Sings In The Hut
      15. 24. Night Scene
      16. 25. Whitsun Hymn: 'Blessed Morn'
      17. 26. Solveig's Lullaby

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars The ugly milkmaid..........2002-07-30

      This is an excellent performance and recording, and a generous selection of music at a great price, but...
      Let me just say: let's hope that the "casting" of the vocalists for the 3 dairymaids (specifically the 3rd one) was meant to be humerous. Listen to track 3, and you'll know what I mean. Depending on your frame of mind, it'll either have you in stitches & on the floor laughing at the image of the "ugly sister" trying to compete with the first two, or diving for the stop button in anguish. I'm assuming Sylvia McNair hasn't shared a stage (or a studio) with this particular singer since.
      Ozark Mountain Homecoming
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Ozark Mountain Homecoming

        Manufacturer: Maple Street Music
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000GKWT6M

        Product Description

        Down home melodies from the Ozark Mountains by Jim Hendricks, featuring Guitar, hammered Dulcimer, Dobro, Mandolin, String Bass, Autoharp & Fiddle. Fourteen songs: Down Yonder; Buffalo Gals/The Blue Tail Fly; Soldier's Joy; Bury Me Beneath The Willow; All The Good Times; We'll Understand It Better By & By; Black Mountain Rag; Wabash Cannonball; When You and I were Young, Maggie; John Hardy; Darling Nelly Gray; Morning Has Broken; Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party; I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home.

        Music Review:

        1. Nujoi
        2. Old Time Favorites
        3. Power of Thanks Giving: Integrity Music's Scripture Memory Songs
        4. Power of Worship: Integrity Music's Scripture Memory Songs
        5. Recorded in Europe During Her Latest Concert Tour [Live] [Original recording remastered]
        6. Sampler, Vol. 2: Integrity Music's Scripture Memory Songs
        7. Shouts of Joy
        8. Sing for Joy
        9. Something to Hold on To
        10. Strength that Endures: Integrity Music's Scripture Memory Songs

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