La Prochaine Fois [Import]

La Prochaine Fois [Import]

La Prochaine Fois [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. Sunflower Girl
2. Cornershop Candy
3. Train To Katoomba
4. Still
5. Slink
6. Man Who Catches Clouds
7. Closer To The Sun
8. In Reverse Order
9. Je Suis
10. Rote
11. Micro-Cosmic
12. Money For Old Rope
13. Memories

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The Album features Guitar Playing from Nick Mccabe, Formerly of the the Verve, as Well as Main Collaborator Paul Jason Fredericks and Sally Herbert, who Has Written String Arrangements for the Likes of Manic Street Preachers.

La Prochaine Fois,Neotropic,Ntone,Dance
Essential Guitar: 33 Guitar Masterpieces
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Two-and-a-half hours of bliss
  • not what i expected
  • excellent guitar performances
  • Essential Guitar...
  • Lives up to its Name!
 Essential Guitar: 33 Guitar Masterpieces

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000069KIT
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Two-and-a-half hours of bliss.......2007-04-04

This may be the best money I've ever spent. I got 2-1/2 hours of bliss for less than what I'd usually pay for one CD -- and you know how it is with music. You buy an album because of a song or two that you love, and you find that you like maybe half the songs on it. There's not a single selection in this one that I would've left out. It includes Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, performed by Pepe Romero on the guitar with the Acadamy of St. Martin in the Fields. I needed to replace my old LP recording of that. But I also get 30 other classical compositions and traditional Spanish pieces, each special in its own way.

Have you ever heard music that you wanted to last forever, maybe even to dive inside and live there for a while, immersing yourself in sound? That's how I feel about this collection. The only problem I have with it is that I bought it thinking it might be nice to listen to while I write. Not so. It's terrible for that. I'll sit with my hands poised above the laptop keyboard, assuring myself I'll get some work done while I listen. The music takes hold and carries me away.

I'm not expert at describing this or any type of music. I just know what I love. You might too, if you enjoy classical or Spanish guitar -- unless you have absurd expectations about combining listening with work.

2 out of 5 stars not what i expected.......2007-03-26

This CD for me was a waste of money. Its just not what i thought it would be. Others may enjoy it but for me..it wasnt what i was hoping to hear.

4 out of 5 stars excellent guitar performances.......2006-07-27

Outstanding guitar performances. I gave it only 4 stars because I do not personally like some of the compositions.

5 out of 5 stars Essential Guitar..........2005-07-26

Up until this collection, I'd never heard the "Cavatina" played in the Deer Hunter movie. After hearing it, I could play it all day and not tire of it! It moves me that much, considering that it's almost "not" a classical guitar selection. The rest of the music is first rate! Excellent playing, but the "Cavatina..."
Buy it and enjoy!!!!

5 out of 5 stars Lives up to its Name!.......2005-06-10

If you only bought this double CD set, you'd have a good starter collection of classical guitar music. It includes most of the standards, as well as rarer pieces. In addition to the many solo pieces, there are several excerpts from orchestral works, with Rodrigo's indispensible Adagio from "Concierto de Aranjuez" topping the list. There are also several flamenco numbers included, complete with heel taps and castanets.

The recording quality is uniformly good, even on the tracks by Segovia. I don't know if they were remastered or recorded late in his career, but they're free of the surface noise present in so many of his recordings. The set clocks in at a generous 2 1/2 hours - one of the greatest deals in instrumental music; this is not a "bargain" quality set. Listen to the samples online - great stuff.

My only mild criticism is in the marketing. The advertising features John Williams and Julian Bream. Each contributes exactly one track. I would have enjoyed more pieces by them for stylistic comparison. But the less well-known (at least to guitar music neophytes like me) artists are every bit as good, and I intend to obtain more of their work.
Art of Segovia
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Man and His Art - Magnificently Captured
  • What can you say - it's Segovia!
  • EVERYBODY KNOWS
  • Immortal guitar
  • WOW
 Art of Segovia
Andres Segovia
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B00006B66L
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

  1. Andante
  2. Andantino
  3. Lento
  4. Romance De Los Pinos
  5. Madronos
  6. Serenata Burlesca
  7. Variations On A Theme From Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
  8. Mesto E Calmo
  9. Theme, Variations & Finale
  10. Cancion Mexicana No.X
  11. Sevillana, Op.29
  12. Sarabanda
  13. Capriccio Diabolico, Op.85
  14. Tonadilla For Guitar On The Name Of Andres Segovia
  15. No.1 In E Minor
  16. No.3 In A Minor
  17. Guitarreo
  18. Segovia, Op.29

Tracks:

  1. If My Complaints
  2. Now, O Now I Need Must Part
  3. Sarabande
  4. 1. Prelude (Transposed In D Major)
  5. 4. Tempo Di Bourree
  6. Courante
  7. 3. Gavotte En Rondeau
  8. Aria E Corrente
  9. Moderato
  10. Menuet In G Major
  11. Andantino Variato
  12. No.7 In A Major
  13. 2. Canzonetta
  14. 2. Quasi Lento (Preludio)
  15. 1. Andantino Poco Allegretto (Allegretto)
  16. 2. Il Vecchio Castello
  17. Allegretto
  18. Tres Calme Et Doucement Expressif
  19. No.4 In E Flat Minor
  20. 5. Asturias. Leyenda - Preludio
  21. 7. Zambra Granadina
  22. Estudio Sin Luz
  23. Allegro Con Brio

Amazon.com

DG has put together a fascinating compilation of Segovia's art that reminds us what a protean figure he was. Segovia single-handedly put the instrument on the map by making classical guitar concerts popular events, broadening the instrument's repertory through commissions and transcriptions, and convincing even doubters that it could be a vehicle for serious music. He's heard here in brief pieces recorded between 1952 and 1969. Even in those made when he was well into his 70s, his fingers remain nimble and interpretations lively. Listening straight through, one hears many all-time Segovia favorites as Turina's Sevillana and Albeniz's Asturias and Zambra Granadina and renews appreciation for path-breaking composers like Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He wrote extensively for Segovia and his Capriccio diabolico and Tonadilla are pieces of real substance. Disc two is largely made up transcriptions and it's amazing how well so many of them work on the guitar, at least under Segovia's magic fingers. Thus the transformations of Bach's violin music and even a Chopin Prelude sound idiomatic, and the gorgeous melodies of the Canzonetta from Mendelssohn's Op. 12 String Quartet are irresistible here. An entrancing set. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Man and His Art - Magnificently Captured.......2007-04-06

This 2-CD set produced by Deutche Grammmophon and first released in 2002 is one set of the hundreds that could have been or the dozens that actually have been made and sold successfully all over the world. The exceptional feature of this particular collection is not, of course, the performer. Quite to the contrary, the miraculous consistency of stylings and performance are amongst the most remarkable aspects of the man who was, arguably, the 20th Centry's virtuoso supreme of the classical guitar, Andres Segovia (1893-1987.) Rather, it is the collection itself - the pieces chosen to be produced on this one set - this, to steal a German word, gestalt. While his style did not remain constant throughout his long life and career, by the time he had developed his most masterful skills that included doing his own arrangements - the era represented on this particular set (1951-1960) - his playing had become completely his own - unchallenged and unmatched by even other clearly great guitarists with whom he shared this era.

There are a total of 31 pieces played on these CDs and while a playlist would be an unnecessary use of space here, a list of the composers represented is not. More than the specific pieces Segovia gives us here, the range of composers chosen by the compilers and editors - with each piece rearranged by Segovia himself, tells us a great deal about his interests, talents and musical range. These composers include:
Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, John Dowland, Manuel de Falla, Cesar Franke, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Edvard Grieg, George Frederic Handel, Felix Mendelsohn, Frederico Moreno Torroba, Modest Mussorgsky, Nicolo Paganini, Felipe Pedrell, Manuel Ponce, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Joaquin Rodrigo, Albert Roussel, Domenico Scarlatti, Alexander Scriabin, Segovia's own composition of Estudio sin luz, Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, Joaquin Turina and Heitor Villa-Lobos. A truly magnificent and broad ranging collection held together by Segovia's unique personal style, approach and sound.

Largely self-taught, Andres Segovia did things with a guitar that others only imagined. He didn't just play Bach, for example - music written for an entirely different type of instrument (keyboards.) He went a step further, and recorder Bach's keyboard lessons written for his students (the Two and Three Part Inventions) and made them sound as if they had been written for the guitar! His artistry is evident to even the casual listener and in this collection, any devote of classical guitar and/or of Segovia as an individual artist, will not be disappointed.
Perfect listening for anytime. Hypnotic and, simply, unsurpassed. A necessary addition to any serious classical guitar collection.

5 out of 5 stars What can you say - it's Segovia!.......2007-02-10

I saw Segovia perform live in my youth. What a treat! Anyone who loves Classical Guitar should love this collection.

5 out of 5 stars EVERYBODY KNOWS.......2007-01-13

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT ANDRES SEGOVIA WAS/IS THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLASSICAL GUITAR PLAYER. THIS CD IS A COMPILATION OF HIS RECORDINGS FROM THE THE EARLY 50'S TO THE LATE 60'S. HIS GUITAR MASTERY IS UNQUESTIONED AND HE IS AN INSPIRATION. I WISH I COULD PLAY GUITAR LIKE ANDRES SEGOVIA (BUT I CAN'T AND I NEVER WILL!).

5 out of 5 stars Immortal guitar.......2006-08-02

Two CD's with Segovia's immortal music - an incredible treat at a great price!

5 out of 5 stars WOW.......2006-02-23

Even though there is hiss from the original analog recordings this one is a must. Segovia! What more can you say. Anyone who likes classical guitar will love this.
Debussy for Daydreaming: Music to Caress Your Innermost Thoughts
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Life Is But A Dream...
  • Beautiful, dreamy
  • Fabulous collection !
  • An excellent introduction to Debussy and French music
  • Dream and Classical music are magic
 Debussy for Daydreaming: Music to Caress Your Innermost Thoughts

Manufacturer: Philips
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ASIN: B0000041CL
Release Date: 1995-04-11

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  1. Syrinx
  2. Maid With The Flaxen Hair
  3. Clair de lune
  4. Petit Suite - En Bateau
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Life Is But A Dream..........2006-08-30

This CD is just pure magic. I know that is such a cliche' thing to say, but it really is. Of course, it really won't appeal to those people who are into EXTREME LIVING...whatever the hell that means, because to me, extreme living is living close to the soul, close to the spirit, close to the Invisible Source that makes and creates all things in and out of Itself.

Debussy was a composer who lived very close to this Invisible Stream. His music reflects a gentleness and yet a strength that flows throughout each composistion. The arrangements are dreamy and mystical and allows one to go into their "inner chamber" and pray in secret to the One who knows their heart as well as their soul.

As much as I love this CD, I tend not to listen to it in the car. I once listened to it while making a routine drive to Santa Monica. The CD stopped and I had somehow missed all of my exits and ended up in Ventura...talk about being in dreamland!

It's a great CD to put in your walkman and go to an outdoor cafe' where you can sip a cafe latte and write poems to an unknown lover whose face you cannot remember, but whose gentle breath is the scent of lavendar...oh, I wax poetic...so sorry...

If you are into quiet and stillness, get this CD...it's truly a breath of fresh air in this noisy, crowded, extreme world we have to be in but not necessarily of...

Peace & Blessings

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful, dreamy.......2006-07-17

This music evokes both emotions and images of life waking up in spring, even being in a magical forest where anything can happen, or floating on clouds. You can just enjoy the music and let your imagination soar or the music can take you into that trance-like state where you can access creative ideas and creative solutions to any problems - and maybe they just dissolve of their own accord.

5 out of 5 stars Fabulous collection !.......2005-09-13

If you like Debussy - whom I have heard called one of the progenitors of ambient music - you will love having his most inspiring and beautiful works together on one cd. These works are tranquil and serene, and yet they don't fade into the background - no matter what you are doing - because they are true art. When this cd is playing you can't help but listen and sigh. My cats love this cd, too.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to Debussy and French music.......2005-06-30

Compilation CD's like this are an excellent first CD to purchase when first exploring a new composer or style of music ("Expressionism" in Debussy's case). And this Philip's "Set your Life to Music" collection is usually a sure and safe way to do that given their well thought-out selections, themes and quality recordings. This CD here contains many of the most popular, lyrical and enchanting works of the 19th-century French composer, Claude Debussy. The range of selections are diverse and satisfying: from his major solo piano works through his top chamber music (for 2-5 instruments) to the full-blown orchestral selections of great imagery and dreaminess that can transport one into another world of great serenity. (But, there are enough sudden changes in loudness and rhythm to upset any notions of perfect bliss and keep the daydreamer from falling asleep - hence the title, "for Daydreams" and not "for Bedtime" like in other offerings in this Philips' series) Regardless, this CD is an excellent introduction to Claude Debussy as well as being overall relaxing music to enrich one's life.

One interesting music history tidbit on Debussy that might interest the new listener: Even though Debussy did not like the label, his music was labeled "Expressionism" for the similarities to what the French artists like Monet were doing at the same time. In Debussy's case, his intent was to create "emotional impressions" with music that evoked specific moods and images in the mind - not unlike what the "impressionistic painters" were trying to do on canvas using pure color and form to evoke the fleeting, emotional moment of a landscape scene. "Prelude of the Afternoon of the Fawn" is a good example of this dreamy, lingering, emotive style of music.

5 out of 5 stars Dream and Classical music are magic.......2005-02-16

This CD is one of the best among its classical collections. (bach for breakfast is my one of them) It puts me to any place I dream of whenever I listen to this cd. It usually brings me into outer space, or sometimes go to the sky or under the sea. You can also just sit back and relax while listening to the music. In addition, once I get mad or not calm enough, I just put this cd on and it cures my anger.
Classical music is magic.
Los Benjamins: La Continuacion
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Muy buen disco
 Los Benjamins: La Continuacion
Luny Tunes , and Tainy
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Release Date: 2007-05-15

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  2. Lento - R.B.D.
  3. Hello - Zion
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  21. No Te Quiere - El Roockie

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  1. Luny Tunes Taliban Beat - Luny Tunes
  2. Lo Nuestro Se Fue - Daddy Yankee
  3. Vete - Erre-XI
  4. Welcome To My Crib - Randy
  5. Camara - Yomo
  6. Lento - R.B.D.
  7. La Distancia - Arcangel
  8. Mia - Yo-Seph 'The One'
  9. I Think I'm In Love - Ektor
  10. Hello - Erre-XI
  11. Beautiful - Don Omar
  12. Luny & Nales - Luny Tunes
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  17. Que Paso - Alex Killer
  18. Ven Motivame - Baby Ranks
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  20. Bailandome - K.I.D.
  21. Reggeaton Ripiao - Baby Shaba

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Muy buen disco.......2007-07-03

Excelente Trabajo de Luny, Tunes y Tainy. Este es un disco bastante divertido y con letras limpias. Lo recomiendo 100%.
La Boheme
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • First is Best
  • even if you hate opera, buy this recording!
  • magnificent
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  • The perfect antidote for those who claim to hate opera
 La Boheme
Puccini , De Los Angeles , Bjorling , and Beecham
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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ASIN: B000063UM0
Release Date: 2002-04-09

Tracks:

  1. Act One: Questo 'Mar Rosso' Mi Ammollisce E Assidera
  2. Act One: Aguzza L'igegno
  3. Act One: Legna!... Sigari!
  4. Act One: Si Puo?... Chi E La? - Fernando Corena
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  6. Act One: Chi E La? - The Columbus Boychoir
  7. Act One: Oh! Sventata! - Jussi Bjorling
  8. Act One: Che Gelida Manina! - Jussi Bjorling
  9. Act One: Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi - Jussi Bjorling
  10. Act One: Ehi! Rodolfo!
  11. Act One: O Soave Fanciulla, O Dolce Viso
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  13. Act Two: Chi Guardi?
  14. Act Two: Viva Parpignol!
  15. Act Two: Oh! Musetta! - Fernando Corena
  16. Act Two: Quando Men' Vo Soletta - Fernando Corena
  17. Act Two: Chi I'ha Richiesto?

Tracks:

  1. Act Three: Ohe, La, Le Guardie!... Aprite! - Lucine Amara
  2. Act Three: Sa Dirmi, Scusi, Qual'e L'osteria - Victoria De Los Angeles
  3. Act Three: Mimi!... Speravo Di Trovarvi Qui
  4. Act Three: Marcello. Finalmente.
  5. Act Three: Mimi E Una Civetta
  6. Act Three: Mimi E Tanto Malata!
  7. Act Three: Addio... D'onde Lieta Usci Al Tuo Grido D'amore - The Columbus Boychoir
  8. Act Three: Dunque E Proprio Finita? - Jussi Bjorling
  9. Act Three: Che Facevi? Che Dicevi?
  10. Act Four: In Un Coupe? - The Columbus Boychoir
  11. Act Four: O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni
  12. Act Four: Che Ora Sia?... L'ora Del Pranzo - The Columbus Boychoir
  13. Act Four: Gavotta... Minuetto... Pavanella
  14. Act Four: C'e Mimi... C'e Mimi - The Columbus Boychoir
  15. Act Four: Ho Tanto Freddo. Se Avessi Un Manicotto!
  16. Act Four: Vecchia Zimarra - John Reardon
  17. Act Four: Sono Andate? Fingevo Di Dormire - Jussi Bjorling
  18. Act Four: Mi Chiamano Mimi... Il Perch Non So - Jussi Bjorling
  19. Act Four: Dorme?... Riposa

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars First is Best.......2007-04-11

Many consider the first commercial recording of Boheme to be the finest. It was conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham with Spanish soprano Victoria de Los Angeles, who inspired him to record it, and Swedish tenor Jussi Bjoerling. The sound is sub-optimal but singing is beyond superlative.

5 out of 5 stars even if you hate opera, buy this recording!.......2007-03-25

I've seen Thomas Beecham called the best conductor of the 20th century. Now, I wouldn't go quite that far, but this performance of La Boheme is, I think, one of the top 5 classical recordings I have ever heard. Until just a few weeks ago, I absolutely hated opera - art songs are great, plays are great, orchestral music is great, but art song + play + orchestra = bad! was my logic. So a few weeks ago, I went out on a limb and bought Karajan's recording of La Boheme - and suddenly I was converted.

Then, I bought this recording. Sure, the sound is worse (about 30 years worse if I recall correctly) but don't be fooled - this is a magnificent performance, one I think everyone - opera buffs, classical music fans, none of the above - will love. The opera itself is a classic, if you somehow didn't know that already - some classical works are acquired tastes (Shostakovich, Stravinsky...) but there is a reason that La Boheme is the 2nd most performed opera in the US. Musically, you can just sense the passion in the conductor, the orchestra, the singers... and apparently they only had a few days to rehearse it, which is probably why it sounds almost as spontaneous a live recording!

I think this recording is self-recommending for established opera fans, but for the rest of you - buy this recording!

5 out of 5 stars magnificent.......2007-01-10

This La Boheme is the most beautifully sung and sensitively interpreted of any other version of the opera.
There are no longer any singers to compare with this production I have this opera on the original records and my CD is wearing out so I ordered another . I cannot live without it

5 out of 5 stars A "Regular People" Review.......2006-12-04

I'm just getting started with the Opera and I recently picked this up. You do not need to be some Opera Elitist to fall in love with this Opera. Do yourself a favor and read Opera 101. Then pop this in read the Synopsis and Libretto as things go along. If the end of Acts 1 and 4 don't have you fighting back tears then you need to check your pulse...and keep me updated!

5 out of 5 stars The perfect antidote for those who claim to hate opera.......2005-12-12

La Boheme has it all: wonderful (and subtlety complex) melodies, fast action, comedy, and a three hankie ending. For me La Boheme is the test-if you don't like it you'll never like opera.

The Beecham recording is the perfect encapsulation of this close to perfect opera. If you want to show someone what all the hubbub is about opera, sit them down and play Che Gelida Manina. It is simply glorious. They just don't make tenors like Bjorling any more. Matched with a magnificent orchestra and an outstanding conductor, this to me is close to the top of recorded opera moments. If your opera skeptic is still with you after this, let the recording go through Si Mi Chiamano Mimi, another wonderful moment, with both great singing and acting by Victoria de los Angeles.

And that's only Act One!
The Black Madonna
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Bursting with Visceral Life and Earthy Joy!
  • Unexpected delight
  • Would be Worth Buying at Three Times the Price
  • Here's my two cents
  • a window on another world
 The Black Madonna

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B000007N63
Release Date: 1998-05-26

Tracks:

  1. Cuncti simus concanentes
  2. Quant voi la flor novele
  3. A Madre do que a bestia
  4. Amours, ou trop tart me sui pris
  5. Quant ay lomon consirat
  6. Mariam, matrem Virginem
  7. O Virgo splendens
  8. Tanto son da groriosa
  9. Comencerai a fere un lai
  10. Cantiga de Santa Maria No.77-119
  11. O Maria, maris stella
  12. Los set gotxs

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Bursting with Visceral Life and Earthy Joy!.......2007-02-16

Hard to believe we can buy this precious gem for under $10 -- and what a gem it is! Easily my favourite medieval music CD. This isn't museum music, or a cerebral esoteric dip into European medieval cultures. This music leaps out and grabs you -- recalling images of everything from the still smile of a 13th-century Madonna to the chaos of Breugel and Bosch. Belinda Sykes' voice is alive with earth, grit, heat, and a transcendent beauty that needs to be experienced to be believed. The musicians are magicians: they'll have you dancing, singing, praying -- getting your bare feet soiled in the hot holy dust of a pilgrim's trail: enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars Unexpected delight.......2006-08-29

Not sure what I was expecting, but this is a very refreshing collection. Hypnotic and robust at the same time. Two thumbs up -- 'at's all I got.

5 out of 5 stars Would be Worth Buying at Three Times the Price.......2006-02-19

One of the hidden gems of the Naxos catalog are the series of recordings of Medieval music by the Ensemble Unicorn with Michael Posch. The music they choose to record here comes from the 14th century Llivre Vermell de Monstserrat preserved there in an codex of five parts. The book resulted from an attempt to set contemporary popular music to spiritual texts to help to reach out to a wider audience.

This CD is exemplary in every possible way. The liner notes written by Michael Posch himself are superb. Furthermore, the recorded sound quality is pretty much audiophile grade and runs rings around those produced by major record labels for the fraction of the price. The music making is beautiful, evocative and fascinating with all performances having the intensity and brilliance you can always count on from this superb ensemble.

Very highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Here's my two cents.......2006-02-10

Let me add my two cents to the laudatory reviews already given. I bought this CD some time ago when I was developing an interest in early music. The title and the theme fascinated me. Also it was inexpensive, and I know from my experience that NAXOS, even though inexpensive, delivers quality goods. I was not the least disappointed. This is the music of an important era in history brilliantly performed by Unicorn Ensemble and Belinda Sykes. Belinda Sykes deserves to be better known than she is. She has a marvelous voice, and her delivery is without peer. When she sings, I am transported back to the days of those pilgrims whose songs she is singing. This music is not like other music. at times it may seem raucous. Just keep in mind the epoch from which these songs come. Open your mind. I assure you that you will be transformed.

5 out of 5 stars a window on another world.......2005-12-05

I picked up this cd because of a family connection with the Black Madonna of Monserrat. She's an integral part of the religious life of my dad's hometown. I thought the cd would make a good present for my dad but I didn't really expect the music to be anything special. However, I was simply blown away upon listening to it. This is an incredible blend of voice, rhythm and percussion that conveys the earthiness and transcendence of peasant pilgrim experience. I'm not a fan of early music -- I don't dislike it, I just don't know that much about it. Most of the early music I have listened to, however, is nowhere near as textured and intricate as these songs. What's amazing to my ears is that arrangements manage to sound both ancient and startlingly contemporary at the same time. I'm betting that sooner or later, someone will be giving these songs a trance-music treatment -- if that hasn't already happened.
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 9 / ORTF National Orchestra, De Los Angeles
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The composer is different!
  • Fond memories
  • Interesting fusin
  • Excellent
  • The best record of Bachianas
 Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 9 / ORTF National Orchestra, De Los Angeles
Victoria De Los Angeles , and Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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ASIN: B00000GCAG
Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

  1. Bachianas Brasileras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
  2. Bachianas Brasileras No. 5: Danca (Martelo)
  3. Bachianas Brasileras No. 2: Preludio (O Canto do Capadocio)
  4. Bachianas Brasileras No. 2: Aria (O canto da Nassa Terra)
  5. Bachianas Brasileras No. 2: Danca (Lembranca do Sertao)
  6. Bachianas Brasileras No. 2: Tocata (O Trenzinho do Caipira)
  7. Bachianas Brasileras No. 1: Introducao (Embolada)
  8. Bachianas Brasileras No. 1: Preludio (Modinha)
  9. Bachianas Brasileras No. 1: Fuga (Conversa)
  10. Bachianas Brasileras No. 9: Preludio
  11. Bachianas Brasileras No. 9: Fuga

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The composer is different!.......2007-06-24

This is of course an unusual relic of a dead conmposer conducting his own signature works. And with a top-notch soloist too, albeit a second-rate
orchestra. As such it has great value per se.

First, be warned (again) that this is mono. It's well miked mono, but unfortunately not well balanced, as if the orchestra was not properly placed for recording with a single mike, and sounds like a hack at the editing console has had a go at it to try and fix some of this. The results is, among other things, screeching violins.

But what an ususual mix of sound comes through all this! This is not the usual recording of any of the very familiar B. B.'s! Orchestral balances (as opposed to recorded balances ... you can tell the difference if you listen for the difference between overall sound and that of single instruments) are unusual and so is phrasing and articulation.

Highly recommended to the specialist, not so otherwise. These are fine,
if idiosyncratic, performances and if some newbee were to "imprint" on this recording, they might never enjoy a live modern performance or recording.

Doug McDonald

5 out of 5 stars Fond memories.......2007-01-04

I was thrilled to find a CD copy of the vinyl album I bought in about 1964! I had bought another rendition of these Villa-Lobos pieces but it just didn't do it for me. De Los Angeles has a wonderful soprano and the Bachianas Brasilleiras need a great voice.

3 out of 5 stars Interesting fusin.......2006-03-21

This was new music to me so I listened with an open mind. I enjoyed the fusion of Brazilian with classic.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2005-04-08

I spotted this in a music store and bought it because I'm a fan of Villa-Lobos' compositions for guitar. Honestly, I was not familiar with the music on this disc at all. But wow, what a pleasant surprise. I downloaded it to my mp3 player last night so now I can listen to it anywhere.

5 out of 5 stars The best record of Bachianas.......2005-01-03

During his life, Heitor Villa-Lobos recorded almost all his orchestral works, mainly in France with ORTF Orchestra.

I see some customers saying this Bachianas collection isn't a wonderful recording quality (it was recorded in the 50's), this is mono, etc, etc.

I think some listeners are bad accustomed with digital recording, with technologically perfect sounds, superb mastering, and things like that, and they seems forget the principal: the quality of music, of the composition. How many Cds are so "perfect" in recording quality, and the recorded music is a trash, with no artistic value?

So, in my opinion this Bachianas recording is one of the best classical music recording of the XX century, because it has the own composer direction. A few classical composers got the opportunity to record their music with their own interpretation. At this point, Villa-Lobos was probably the most successful composer of all times (neither Stravinsky nor Richard Strauss recorded so many works during their lives).

In this collection, we have the rare opportunity to listen the music as the composer imagined.

About the music, I can say Bachianas Brasileiras has a melancholic taste at all. I agree with the review that say "this isn't happy, sunny day, birds, etc". Just the third movement of the Bachiana 8 (Catira Batida, an old brazilian folk dance) has a happy feeling. Even so, the middle of this movement is a melancholic valse in the old style of Rio de Janeiro serenaders (chorões).

But the "Trenzinho do Caipira" ("country train" of Bachiana 2), the Martelo dance (second movement of the famous Bachiana 5), and all the other dance movements have a pinch of melancholy, a characteristic of the neo-romantic style.

If you want to listen some more animated Villa-Lobos music, search for the "Choros" serie, "Mandú-Çarará", "Prole do Bebê" (Baby's Family), "Momoprecoce" (Carnival of the Brazilian children), and more of his early compositions, which has more freshness, vivid colors and stronger rhythm, including exciting percussion instruments.
La Pistola y El Corazon
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A wonderful introduction to Mexican traditional music
  • Los Lobos gone traditional and it rocks!
  • one of five recordings i would take to a desert isle
  • Lovely
  • Their Finest By Far
 La Pistola y El Corazon
Los Lobos
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002LFP
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. La Guacamaya
  2. Las Amarillas
  3. Si Yo Quisiero
  4. (Sonajas) Mananitas Michoacanas
  5. Estoy Sentado Aqui
  6. El Gusto
  7. Que Nadiz Sepa Mi Sufrir
  8. El Caneler
  9. La Pistola Y El Corazon

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A wonderful introduction to Mexican traditional music.......2007-04-09

Everyone knows Los Lobos know how to rock, but this album shows their outstanding musicianship in the totally different context of traditional Mexican music. Using only acoustic instruments, they have produced an eminently listenable, smoothly produced and accessible entry point for the everyday listener to get into this rich musical tradition. Whether you are a serious or casual listener, or just want terrific background music for a dinner party, you can't go wrong with this album.

5 out of 5 stars Los Lobos gone traditional and it rocks!.......2007-01-19

Buy it! Listen to it and love it! Orale!

5 out of 5 stars one of five recordings i would take to a desert isle.......2006-04-09

The first time i heard los lobos was "will the wolf survive" and i thought it was ok, but later i heard "la pistola y el corazon" and thought, "my damn, that is a fine album!" Los Lobos is the tightest band (like they've been together since birth) i've ever heard and this album exhibits their superb musicianship. There is absolutely no filler on this album, every song is beautiful and complements the other songs very well. It is a wonderful blend of up and slow tempo tunes and, personally, the best comes last. The track "la pistola y el corazon," tugs at my emotions everytime i hear it, and even though i don't have command of spanish, the vocals and instrumentation are so expressive that i can easily feel the despair of the singer. The band also did a great job of getting the listener involved in the music by creating an impromptu party experience in some of the songs like when one of the band members shouts "hoi!" in "el canaler" to keep the pace hot. One of the best albums you will ever hear!

4 out of 5 stars Lovely.......2003-07-04

In all honesty (and with much regret), it seems that traditional Mexican music is dying out--it is with this in mind that I speak on behalf of this wonderful collection of traditional Mexican music. Los Lobos have certainly outdone themselves with La Pistola y El Corazon, which is an excellent introduction to the traditional sounds of Mexico. Quite a variety of styles are represented on this album, such as the lively "son jarocho" as well as the melancholic "huapango" and the beautifully melodic "vals," all of which are native to Mexico. The Spanish guitar seems to be the main instrument present in the majority of the songs, which is a lovely departure from the popular accordion-dominated "nortena" and "ranchera por accordeon" (little more than nortena with a slight folk influence), both of which are strongly associated with Mexico; interestingly enough, these are relatively new additions to the vast variety of music native to Mexico. The band's version of "Si Yo Quisiera" fits this fold quite nicely and will sound very familiar to perhaps the majority of listeners; I, on the other hand, am not a fan of polka, particularly Mexican polka, marking this song as my least favorite. Even then, there is still much beauty to be found on this release, particularly with the huapango "Amarillas," a very haunting number. The lively and joyful-sounding "Guacamaya" makes the perfect intro, as it invites the listener in to a world of beautiful music. "(Sonajas) Mananitas Michoacanas" bears a striking resembling to Cajun fiddling, and it is genuinely pleasing to listen to. Other than the songs "Si Yo Quisiera" and "Estoy Sentado Aqui" (not a particularly great track, really), every one of these compositions is a masterpiece. The Spanish-influenced guitar solos are also an asset to the album, proving that the members of Los Lobos are extremely talented musicians. To all who read this: this is true Mexican music. Please add this to your collection; you will not regret it.

5 out of 5 stars Their Finest By Far.......2003-02-08

This album is a must have for the Los Lobos fan. Wonderfully produced and arranged with music from various regions of mexico. Strongly recommended.
The Essential Falla
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • LO MEJOR DE LO MEJOR
  • A Very Fine Compilation
 The Essential Falla

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001X59X
Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

  1. Love The Magician: Introduction And Scene... In The Cave
  2. Love The Magician: Song Of Suffering Love
  3. Love The Magician: The Spectre... Dance Of Fear
  4. Love The Magician: Magic Circle... Midnight
  5. Love The Magician: Ritual Fire Dance
  6. Love The Magician: Scene
  7. Love The Magician: Song Of The Will-O'-The-Wisp
  8. Love The Magician: Pantomime
  9. Love The Magician: Dance Of The Game Of Love
  10. Love The Magician: Finale: The Bells Of Dawn
  11. Harpsichord Concerto: I. Allegro
  12. Harpsichord Concerto: II. Lento
  13. Harpsichord Concerto: III. Vivace
  14. Homenaje 'Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy'
  15. Psyche
  16. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: I In The Generalife
  17. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: II Distant Dance
  18. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: III In The Gardens Of The Sierra de Cordoba

Tracks:

  1. La Vida breve: Interludio y Danza
  2. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: The Moorish Cloth
  3. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Seguidilla From Murcia
  4. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Asturian Song
  5. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Jota
  6. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Lullaby
  7. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Song
  8. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Polo
  9. Four Spanish Pieces: Aragonesa
  10. Four Spanish Pieces: Cubana
  11. Four Spanish Pieces: Montanesa
  12. Four Spanish Pieces: Andaluza
  13. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: Introduction
  14. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: Afternoon
  15. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: Dance Of The Miller's Wife
  16. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: The Grapes
  17. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: The Neighbours' Dance
  18. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: The Miller's Dance
  19. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: The Corregidor's Dance
  20. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: Final Dance

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars LO MEJOR DE LO MEJOR.......2002-03-29

Una grabacion
magistral de los
clasicos de Manuel de Falla.
Este disco contiene el famoso
"Homage a Debussy" la unica
obra original compuesta para
guitarra por la mano del compositor.
Tremenda grabaccion, como para no
perdersela a ese precio...

5 out of 5 stars A Very Fine Compilation.......2000-05-17

"The Essential Falla" is just that, including all of Manuel de Falla's major works (performed by the likes of Dutoit, Fruhbeck de Burgos and de Larrocha) on these two CDs. Highlights are excellent performances of Falla's three most famous works: "El amor brujo", "Noches en los jardines de Espana" and "El Sombrero de tres picos". The rest of the included music is perhaps less well-know but no less enjoyable. Perhaps the only quibble I have with this CD is the enclusion of the Harpsicord Concerto. While it is an enjoyable piece, it is very much a Stravinsky-esque neo-classical work, and it seems somewhat out of place amongst Falla's other, very Spanish, works. Nonetheless, if you enjoy 20th Century Spanish music, this CD is indeed an essential.
La Camorra
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • addicted to Piazzolla
  • Thrilling work
  • La Camorra, Piazolla
  • EXCELLENT
  • Paradise Now
 La Camorra

Manufacturer: Nonesuch
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IXTX
Release Date: 2007-03-02

Tracks:

  1. Soledad
  2. La Camorra I
  3. La Camorra II
  4. La Camorra III
  5. Fugata
  6. South: The Dreams
  7. South: Regression To Love

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars addicted to Piazzolla.......2007-05-20

I am just reading the Piazzolla's splendid biography which had enabled me to have a better understanding of his compositions and given me an appreciation of his individuality.
The music is intoxicating and powerful to anyone addicted to the rhythm of tango. The harmony is easy to listen to and the melodies are very likable. The authentic performance of the composer and his New Quintet is quite remarcable. It is hard to imagine that Piazzolla would be involving in his quintet anyone less that highly accomplished. Splendid CD. Highly
recomended.
Joe Neustatl.

5 out of 5 stars Thrilling work.......2007-03-17

This is a thrilling work. Soledad is an exemplar of slow, passionate music of a sort I have never heard before. I would love to see a choreographers vision of the three part La Camorra. The music summons an Argentina I read about decades ago in Borges' stories. Everything I could hope for in a Piazzolla work.

5 out of 5 stars La Camorra, Piazolla.......2005-10-14

This Piazolla CD is pure Argentinian magic! The first piece on the CD is divinely beautiful. I could listen to it over and over again.

5 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT.......2004-12-09

I'm stunned by two things: First, that I am the first person to review this great album and it is nearly 5 years old.

Second, that I havnt 'discovered' Piazzola sooner. Sure, I have known the name but tango has never much appealed to me before...that is until I heard this CD.

The recording is EXCELLENT the playing is EXCELLENT the music is EXCELLENT.

If you are on the fence on this one don't hesitate to jump in and get it.

5 out of 5 stars Paradise Now.......2001-10-01

What I like about Astor Piazzolla 's compositions are that they shift dynamically, rhythmically, mood-wise in a fairly illogical way that mimics the texture of everyday life (mine at least). Not rampant atonality . Like life, the compositions retain consistent voices, threads of melodies. But bet's are off about what's comin' around the corner.

Piazzolla is always a first-class FEELING human as opposed to a musician's musician. Operatic in his emotional intensity.

This CD has an erotically slow "Soledad", three raucous and adorable fight-songs about "La Camorra" (the quarrel). Next, a muscular fugue, "Fugata", "Sur: Los Suenos (South: The Dreams)" holding a child's nursery song? inside, and last "Regresso Al Amor (South: Regression To Love)". I enjoy YOYO Ma's version of "Regresso Al Amor" (on Yo-Yo Ma: SOUL OF THE TANGO: MUSIC OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA) but this CD has the composer performing, making it more bittersweet (he died in '92)- more "regressive".

My favorite PIAZZOLLA CD is no longer just "Tango: Zero Hour." It's a tie between Zero and La Camorra. "Zero Hour" is more ethereal; "La Cammorra" is more agitated.

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