Harvest Moon

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When Neil Young seems about to zig, he zags. Two years after 1990's loud Ragged Glory, he retreats to an old world of steel guitars, gentle folk melodies, and pristine country choruses. (That's Linda Ronstadt, who helped make 1972's Harvest a hit album, singing backup on the follow-up.) Young name-drops Hank Williams, Jimi Hendrix, and his old dog, King, in rich reminiscences about the musical ride he and his fans have shared since the late '60s. The album, as Young sings in "One of These Days," is "a long letter to all the good friends I've known." --Steve Knopper

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Unknown Legend
From Hank To Hendrix
You And Me
Harvest Moon
War Of Man
One Of These Days
Such A Woman
Old King
Dreamin' Man
Natural Beauty

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When Neil Young seems about to zig, he zags. Two years after 1990's loud Ragged Glory, he retreats to an old world of steel guitars, gentle folk melodies, and pristine country choruses. (That's Linda Ronstadt, who helped make 1972's Harvest a hit album, singing backup on the follow-up.) Young name-drops Hank Williams, Jimi Hendrix, and his old dog, King, in rich reminiscences about the musical ride he and his fans have shared since the late '60s. The album, as Young sings in "One of These Days," is "a long letter to all the good friends I've known." --Steve Knopper

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A return to his folk roots.......2007-04-10

After more than a decade of venturing in various musical directions, Young returned to his folk roots with Harvest Moon. It was a welcome return and this has to be one of his all time best albums. It was his biggest commercial success since 1980's Live Rust and lead to a renaissance of his career. Several songs from the album received airplay including "War of Man", "Unknown Legend", and the title track, "Harvest Moon". If you like Youngs accoustic based music, you will love this album.

Basking in the Twilight .......2007-04-10

Neil Young's manager once predicted that he would never be hotter than he was immediately following the release of " Harvest". Neil answered by telling him he would always burn, but never rust..... burning keeps you bright.

" Harvest Moon" reminds long time Young fans what they love about him in the first place; the gorgeous song writing. Of course the rowdy guitar sometimes takes center stage, as well as deference to the acoustic model, but this CD gives equal time to the vocal instrument paired with rolling melodies.

The first two, " Legend..." and " Hank to Hendrix" have a similar tune, but the portraits are different. Young's writing creates a vivid picture of the everyday heroine in " Legend";he then proceeds to plead with the lady he's loved through many genres in " H to H".

" War of Man" means more today than upon its release. We are in a literal war with the planet, one that escalates every day. Assaulting humanity, torturing the environment. Oh yeah, we are " Living With War."

" Harvest Moon" is a beautiful love song; don't listen to the naysayers who tag it as middle aged drivel. In fact, most of these songs seem more genuine than other works, and with Neil Young that's saying a lot. Young always bears it all, but the songs featured here demonstrate an ability to continue to grow while reflecting on where you've been. That is the ultimate we can ask from a singer/songwriter.

Neil Young observes and creates. With " Harvest Moon" he also mellows, painting a picture of fall in its finest form.

HARVEST MOON, YOU'RE NO HARVEST !.......2007-04-03

In 1992 Harvest Moon was hyped as the long awaited sequel to Neil Young's classic album, Harvest, but other than the name, and the musicians, they don't have much in common. Where Harvest found the maverick loner faced with tragedy, madness, loneliness, and fighting back, Harvest Moon finds Young basking in retirement-like complacency. In Harvest, he crossed the ocean, searching for a heart of gold. Harvest Moon finds him in his mini-van, dreaming. In Harvest, he sang of the tragedy of losing a friend and band member to drug addiction and overdose. In Harvest Moon, he sings of losing his hound dog. In Harvest, he personally takes on the state of Alabama for Jim Crow. On Harvest Moon, he tells us about how the ravages of war affect birds and animals, but doesn't directly take a stance against any particular war. Harvest Moon is very pretty to listen to. The production is glossy and there are female backing vocals on all the songs. It just doesn't have the emotional substance that it's predecessor had. The two title songs tell the tale. In Harvest, Young sings "let me fill your cup with the promise of a man". In Harvest Moon, he sings "I want to see you dance again"(Let's skip bingo tonight and doe-cee-doe!). Harvest Moon does include some really good songs, one great song (Natural Beauty), and is a very good Neil Young album, but it will never be a great classic that people will always remember him for.

Neil's best mellow effort.......2007-02-22

Harvest Moon is everything Harvest is cracked up to be, but isn't. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Harvest, but I'm also probably the only one of Neil's fans who feels this explicit sequel is better. I normally would complain about the record's country elements, but they actually make the better songs as good as they are. What are those songs, you ask? My personal favorites are Unknown Legend; From Hank to Hendrix; the swaying, mellow title track; War of Man; and the ten-minute finale, Natural Beauty. Looks like a five-star album, right? Too bad that's not quite true - get rid of the banjo-laden Old King; acoustic ballad You and Me and One of These Days, and that would be true. As it stands, this is a must. Be sure to get its two predecessors as well: Freedom and Ragged Glory are also near-classics.

On the short list.......2006-11-02

I bought this CD when it first came out (was it really almost 15 years ago???), and to this day it is still one of my favorite CDs. So nice when you're in the mood for something mellow.

The Great War: Classical And Popular Selections From The Time Of World War I (National Public Radio Milestones Of The Millennium)

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Music and the Great War
How a Century Has Change Our Perception of War
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Good music, bad title

The Great War: Classical And Popular Selections From The Time Of World War I (National Public Radio Milestones Of The Millennium)

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ASIN: B00000HXKX
Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

Military March No. 1 In D Major, Op. 39: Pomp Ad Circumstance
Waltz Fom Der Rosenkavalier Suite
'Von der Schonheit' From Das Lied von der Erde
'De l'aube a midi sur la mer' From La Mer
Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 'Classical Symphony': III. Gavotta. Non troppo allegro
L'histoire du soldat Suite - IV. The Royal March
L'histoire du soldat Suite - V. The Little Concert
Le tombeau de Couperin - V. Menuet
Le tombeau de Couperin - VI. Toccata
Sinfonia From Pulcinella Suite
Walzer From Funf Klavierstucke, Op. 23
Interlude From Wozzeck, Act III
Prologue From Music Ffor The Theatre
'Shine On Harvest Moon'
'Alexander's Ragtime Band' - Irving Berlin
'Over There'
'How You Gonna Keep'em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?'
'The Man I Love' From Stride Up The Band
'West End Blues'

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The first two-thirds of this disc is a fascinating cram course in concert music around the time of World War I. The programmer has put together some fascinating juxtapositions--for example, Strauss's Rosenkavalier leads almost seamlessly into Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, and Schoenberg sounds out of context with everybody (including Berg). The selections are all short, and performance quality runs from great to mediocre, but this is still a thought-provoking educational experience, even though Bartók and Ives are conspicuously missing. The popular selections are less interesting, often campy, and although vintage recordings are used, they aren't always the right vintage. And someone missed a point by separating Copland's jazzy "Music for the Theatre" from Louis Armstrong, who could have followed immediately. --Leslie Gerber

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Music and the Great War.......2007-05-14

This is a fascinating compendium of popular and classical music from the World War One period. It evokes all the turmoil, anguish, and also humor, of the age, and is a vital CD to own if you have an interest in the Great War and the music it inspired or was inspired by.

How a Century Has Change Our Perception of War.......2005-10-29

War. Tough subject these days - tough subject since the beginning of time. Yet Americans tend to mend wounds and gradually allow the atrocities of yesteryear to fade into coated cases that signal more memories of 'how things used to be' rather than learning from the tragedies with which war has scarred the planet. National Public Radio issued this excellent memoir at the turn of the millennium and one wonders if it now has the same response that greeted it in 1999.

Linda Kobler reconstituted this mix of classical and popular music with a keen sense of history. The CD is twice divided (in both the classical and the popular music) into 'Before the War' 1901 - 1917, 'During the War' 1917 - 1922, and 'After the War' 1922 - 1928. In the first era are the works of Elgar ('Pomp and Circumstance'), Strauss (a waltz from 'Der Rosenkavalier'), Mahler (excerpt from 'Das Lied von der Erde'), and Debussy ('La Mer') joining the songs 'Shine On Harvest Moon' and 'Alexander's Ragtime Band'. The War period is represented by Prokofiev's 'Symphony No. 1', Stravinsky's 'L'histoire du soldat', and Ravel's 'Le tombeau de Couperin' in tandem with 'Over There'. After the war include Stravinsky ('Pulcinella Suite'), Schoenberg (Waltz from 'Five Piano Pieces'), Berg (excerpt from 'Wozzeck') and Copland ('Music from the Theatre') with popular songs 'How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm', 'The Man I Love', and 'West End Blues'.

The excerpts selected for this survey are exceptionally good: orchestras include NY Phil, LA Phil, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Symphony, and the Columbia Symphony under such batons a Ormandy, Bernstein, Salonen, Tilson Thomas, Schippers and Stravinsky; soloists include Glen Gould, Robert Casadesus, Lili Chookaskian, Louis Armstrong, et al. The sonics are very fine and the performances are each from significant full recordings remaining in the catalogue.

The booklet accompanying this concert of memories is written by Linda Kobler who uses each selection as a pivotal point in the atmosphere of the globe that accompanied the Great War: it is very well written and informative. This is one of those recorded collections that goes far beyond an accumulation of bits and pieces and instead gives food for thought about how our political and social actions intertwine with the arts in a prophetic way. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, October 05

Excellent Recording!.......1999-03-13

(It was called The "Great" War, because nobody knew about WWII at the time and it was the biggest war anyone had ever seen.)

I think this CD may be a bit choppy to "easy" listeners, but for anyone who has a sincere interest in delving into the musical senses of earlier generations it's VERY good! I recommend the entire NPR Milestones of the Millennium series to such aficionados.

Good music, bad title.......1999-02-11

Since when is war great? Life in the trenches waiting for the germans to attack you worrying about whether mustard gas is gonna loft your way isn't exactly like sipping chablis.

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Shine on Harvest Moon
Boswell Sisters
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ASIN: B000B2UPF2
Release Date: 2005-09-26

Tracks:

We're In The Money
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Forty-Second Street
Coffee In The Morning
Dinah
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
It's Written All Over Your Face
Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
Making Faces At The Man In The Moon
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Music Goes Round And Around
Goin' Home
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Song Of Surrender
You Oughta Be In Pictures
Object Of My Affection
Putting It On
Lonesome Road
Sophisticated Lady
Rock And Roll

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20 Digitally Enhanced Tracks Including "we're in the Money (The Gold Digger's Song)", "Goin' Home" and Many More.

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A true work of art.
Beautiful songs is what we have here.
Great CD!!!
Excellent Disc.

Chinasong
Shanghai Quartet , and Zukerman
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ASIN: B00007FE3T
Release Date: 2002-11-26

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Chinasong

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A true work of art........2003-10-06

Once in a while, one leaves the performance in complete awe and is unable to find the words to laud it to the extent it deserves. The Shanghai Quartet's recent new CD titled "ChinaSong" arranged by its violinist Yi-Wen Jiang was a true work of art.

Each piece was played to perfection. Classics in the Chinese folk music repertoire, they are recognizable from the first strains of each piece. I am certain the Quartet's performance of these classics evoked compelling emotions in many listeners. It would have been difficult not to have felt something stir within. There is no way I can overstate the brilliance of these showings.

Shanghai Quartet is technically flawless. However, to me, that accounted for only part of the sheer wonder of its performance. The Quartet distinguishes itself with its sound, which is mellifluous, intimate and at the same time, immensely passionate. It has the rare ability to sound like one whole while retaining the individuality of each performer and his instrument. Four distinct sounds as one, I was completely enthralled.

Beautiful songs is what we have here........2003-09-18

For generations we had been taught that the oriental people are fundamentally different from Europeans, so much so that any attempts to understand them or their culture would be futile. In particular, for many of us the words Chinese music still suggest the sounds of someone trying to kill a tomcat in a junkyard with a baseball bat. If this has been your perception, then this disk will come as a very pleasant surprise. It should have been obvious all along that folksongs tend to be folksongs wherever encountered, and the human desire to sing beautiful tunes should be, and is, a universal.

Beautiful songs is what we have here, and, even with a Chinese pentatonal harmony here and there, it sounds no more strange to modern ears than much European modal folk music (Tracks 2 and 18). The violinist and arranger describes these songs as those he enjoyed hearing as a child, songs that have had deep personal meaning during difficult times. His desire to share this music with a wider audience gives these performances a particular urgency and beauty. Many songs have been transcribed and arranged several times for different instruments before Jiang produced his string quartet version heard here. In some cases arrangement virtually amounts to composition based on fragments and authentic styles (Track 7), yet I read nothing here which suggests that the musical aesthetic has been radically altered to appeal to a foreign audience, and I hear nothing here to suggest that the music has been commercialised.

Great CD!!!.......2003-06-14

One of the best Chinese Albums I have ever heared. Smart arrangements, beautiful music played by a world class quartet.

Excellent Disc........2003-02-05

...this is an album by the Shanghai Quartet. All of the folk tunes on it were arranged by one of the two violinists in the group, Yiwen Jiang. The tunes are masterfully arranged, beautifully recorded, and expertly performed by this group of supreme expressive calibur. It's a great disc! ...

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The Best!
Excellent CD!

Harvest Time
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The Best!.......2003-09-08

This CD is actually the secound best, after Day to day living of course. Don't mess around buy them both, you will be over satisfied.

Excellent CD!.......2000-04-02

Don Carlos has one of the sweetest voices in reggae history. This definitely proves it. It is one of the greatest CDs ever produced and a must have for any reggae collection. Buy it now and thank me later!

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Scintillating!
Three Tenors? Three Sopranos? No, Three Harpists!

Harvest Moon
Robertson , Reyes , and Sell
Manufacturer: Sugo Records
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ASIN: B0000005Z8
Release Date: 1993-03-15

Tracks:

Butterfly Jig - Kim Robertson
My Sweet Colleen - Carlos Reyes
Three Sisters - Michelle Sell
Boys Of Ballisodare - Kim Robertson
Waling's Lament - Carlos Reyes
Air On A G String - Michelle Sell
Hewlett - Kim Robertson
Legend Of The Guarani - Carlos Reyes
Anitra's Waltz - Michelle Sell
O'Carolan's Concerto - Kim Robertson
Suenos (Dreams) - Carlos Reyes
Hand In Hand - Michelle Sell
Lord Galloway's Lamentation - Kim Robertson
The Promenade - Carlos Reyes
Arabesque - Michelle Sells

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Scintillating!.......2002-11-30

Three accomplished solo harpists with distinctive styles and instruments offer a bushel-full of warm, rich selections from the Celtic, Paraguayan, classical and folk traditions . Most of Sell and Reyes' numbers are their own compositions, while Robertson interprets traditional Irish tunes as well as those of O'Carolan. Just the thing to listen to with your feet up after a hard day's work--relaxing enough to soothe you, yet interesting enough to distract your mind from worries and concerns. Open up the curtains and listen by moonlight! Or better yet, go out and walk or dance in it. And then check out the other releases of all three of these talented artists.

Three Tenors? Three Sopranos? No, Three Harpists!.......2001-03-31

I'm a serious collector and reviewer of harp albums, especially folk harp albums. Not having much money to devote to the task, I'm therefore very picky about what I let (or keep) in my harp CD collection. I'd recommend this one, *Harvest Moon*, to anyone who appreciates good harp music (or who wants to learn about it).

There are no vocals or other instruments on this recording; just three different kinds of harps, each played by one of the chief exponents of his or her instrument. Kim Robertson plays Celtic harp; Carlos Reyes, Paraguayan harp (and if you've never heard one before, prepare to be happily surprised at its sound). I regret to say that (not having the album before me as I write) I can't remember the name of the concert (pedal) harpist; but she too is excellent (and renowned in her field). Each artist plays in turn, each getting the same number of pieces to play; and they are all excellent works. The contrast of timbres between the solo harps, and the various moods of the works chosen, keeps the musical interest alive throughout.

The Art of the Chinese Harp - Guzheng
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Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

Spring on Snowy Mountains
Thoughts
Liu Yang River
Moon Over Western River
Harvest Drumming
Waters and Mountains
Lotus
Shifting Curtains
Autumn Moon Over Han Palace
Family Warmth
High Moon
Sound of the Temple Bell
General's Order

Grainger Edition Vol.12: Songs for Mezzo-Soprano

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Grainger Edition Vol.12: Songs for Mezzo-Soprano

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Release Date: 1999-06-22

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Dafydd Y Gareg Wen (David Of The White Rock)
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Willow, Willow
Near Woodstock Town
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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
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The Lonely Desert - Man Sees The Tents Of The Happy Tribe
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Two Settings Of Rudyard Kipling: The Only Son
Two Settings Of Rudyard Kipling: The Love Song Of Har Dyal
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Five settings Of Ella Grainger: Honey Pot Bee
Five settings Of Ella Grainger: Farewell To An Atoll
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O Glorious, Golden Era
Little Ole With His Umbrella
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Chinese Violin Music: Morning of Miao Mountain

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Release Date: 1999-11-16

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Harvest Moon
Neil Young
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Harvest Moon (Edit)
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