Beauty in Madness [Import]

Beauty in Madness [Import]

Beauty in Madness [Import]

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Product Description
Debut album for Scottish indie act. Brilliantly crafted songs similar to Tom Waits, Radiohead & the Blue Nile. Includes the single 'I've Seen Some Things'. 2000 release. Srandard jewel case.

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Dittersdorf: Arcifanfano, King of Fools
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Comic-Opera Treasure!
  • an obscure delight!
 Dittersdorf: Arcifanfano, King of Fools

Manufacturer: Video Artists Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003LIK
Release Date: 1994-12-12

Tracks:

  1. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Overture
  2. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Chorus - We've Traveled Far (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  3. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Approach! What Is Your Name, Sir? (Furibondo)
  4. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - With A Sword That Is Sterner Than Moses (Furibondo)
  5. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Unhappy Oddling (Gloriosa)
  6. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - My Fair Skin, My Bare Chin (Gloriosa)
  7. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Was Ever There Insanity (Sordidone)
  8. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Snugly Hidden Safe From Prying (Sordidone)
  9. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Madness Beyond All Measure (Malgoverno)
  10. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - When The Purse Is Clinking (Malgoverno)
  11. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - There, Like A Vapor (Semplicina)
  12. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - O Look So Woeful (Semplicina)
  13. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Such As She Seems To Be Frigid (Garbata)
  14. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Let's Sing, Let's All Be Jolly (Garbata)
  15. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - For All Types Of Confusion
  16. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - The Fierce One Lives Only For The Slaughter
  17. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - I Beg You To Stop (Malgoverna, Gloriosa, Garbata)
  18. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - We Praise The Sun For Beauty (Malgoverna)
  19. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Bumpkin, Coarse-grained (Gloriosa, Garbata)
  20. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - If You Will Love Me, I Will Love You (Garbata)
  21. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - No, They Cannot Persuade Me! (Gloriosa)
  22. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - Lovely Ladies, You Enjoying (Gloriosa)
  23. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Where's My Lover, Sweetheart (Sordidone)

Tracks:

  1. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - Sordidone, Be A Bunny
  2. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Are You Hiding? (Sordidone, Garbata)
  3. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - See Comely Phyllis Wander (Garbata, Sordidone)
  4. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Don't Come Near Me (Semplicina, Furibondo)
  5. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - The High And Mighty Lion (Furibondo)
  6. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Quiet At Last (Semplicina)
  7. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - Semplicina, Do You Hear Me? (Semplicina)
  8. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Quartet - Ever More Bitter Shall Be My Raging (Gloriosa, Garbata, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  9. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - What Now? What New Forms Of Madness? (Gloriosa, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  10. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Chorus - Long Live King Arcifanfano (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  11. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Earth, Our Dearest, Good And Nearest (Sordidone)
  12. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - That His Sowing Yield A Growing (Malgoverno)
  13. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Has The Fool Committed (Malgoverna, Gloriosa)
  14. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Ask Of Beauty, She Will Answer (Gloriosa)
  15. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Hop And Stop It! (Furibondo, Gloriosa)
  16. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - All Of This Planet, I Cry To Each Man (Furibondo)
  17. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What's Unleashed These Dreadful Roars? (Garbata, Furibondo)
  18. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - I'm Simple And I'm Candid (Garbata)
  19. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Mischief And Load This Purse Is!
  20. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Goddess Bright As Morning
  21. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Mother Always Used To Tell Me (Sordidone, Semplicina)
  22. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - What A Lot I Need What I Need Lot's Of! (Sordidone)
  23. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - May He Not Come To Harm (Semplicina)
  24. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - There's A Devil In A Ducat (Semplicina)
  25. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Gather, O Subjects, About Us (Gloriosa, Garbata, Semplicina)
  26. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Duet - If You Marry Me (Semplicina)
  27. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - With Curiosity All Aflame (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  28. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Quiet, Please, We Implore You!
  29. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - The Wise And The Mad Have Got One Word For Their Dwelling

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Comic-Opera Treasure!.......2007-01-28

Dittersdorf is a sort of working-man's Mozart; in fact, this opera sounds similar to some of Mozart's early operas. But Mozart sought to break the rules and to explore new musical ideas; Dittersdorf is not an innovator...yet he is no less a master! This performance, too, is a materpiece of refined (not always!) comedy; the arias include some extremely difficult vocal leaps and trills, yet the primary joy is the witty verse. W.H. Auden (no less!) ramrodded this translation to English. And Anna Russell, famed for her "Analysis of Wagner's Ring Cycle" steals every scene she's in! Ad-libbing shamelessly, her introductory aria, all by itself, is worth more than the purchase price!

5 out of 5 stars an obscure delight!.......2002-07-31

Eleanor Steber's image on the cover of this set caught my eye while rummaging through the cut-out bins of San Francisco on a recent opera whirlwind. What a lost treasure this performance is - recorded "LIVE" in NYC 1965! All the principles shine, their energy ebullient. Don't hesitate, buy it and smile before it disappears.
Emily Dickinson a Different Slant of Light
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    		Emily Dickinson a Different Slant of Light

    Manufacturer: Capstone
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0000649OX
    Release Date: 2002-04-30

    Tracks:

    1. Mucicians Wrestle Everywhere - Cary John Franklin
    2. This Is My Letter To The World - Robert Greenlee
    3. This Little Rose - William Rose
    4. Two Butterflies - Robert Baksa
    5. I'm Nobody - Robert Baksa
    6. Going To Heaven! - Aaron Copland
    7. I Shall Keep Singing - William Goldberg
    8. Wild Nights - Wild Nights! - Richard Pearson Thomas
    9. A Night - Brian Banks
    10. The Heart Asks Pleasure First... - Earl George
    11. I Died For Beauty - Ethan Haimo
    12. Much Madness Is Divinest Sense - Donald Betts
    13. My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close - Donald Betts
    14. There's A Certain Slant Of Life - Robert Baksa
    15. I Heard A Fly - Ken Langer
    16. A Soul Selects - Beth Wiemann
    17. Wild Nights - Wild Nights - Dave Aperans
    18. Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart? - John Duke
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    Beauty in Madness
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Gentle Folk-Rock From Scotland!
    • Mellow Debut
    • STUNNING!
    • Brilliant songwriting
    		 Beauty in Madness
    Hobotalk
    Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00004RDTT
    Release Date: 2004-04-27

    Tracks:

    1. Walks With Me
    2. I've Seen Some Things
    3. I Want For You
    4. Letter
    5. Dime
    6. Motown Picture Scarecrow
    7. Jackdaw
    8. Never Said When
    9. Beauty In Madness
    10. When They Call Us In

    Album Description

    Debut album for Scottish indie act. Brilliantly crafted songs similar to Tom Waits, Radiohead & the Blue Nile. Includes the single 'I've Seen Some Things'. 2000 release. Srandard jewel case.

    Album Details

    Individual and Heartfelt Music Written in a Rundown Beach Hut on the East Coast Ff Scotland During Cold Winters.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Gentle Folk-Rock From Scotland!.......2000-09-29

    It must be the weather in Scotland that makes so many groups(Blue Nile,White Buffalo,etc)sound thoroughly depressed!Yet Hobotalk like so many of these groups manage to be excellent song-writers-maybe it's because they stay in strumming guitars on those rainy days. This is the debut album from Hobotalk and I have to say it's a very accomplished one at that.The c.d. came out last spring and it recieved quite a few rave reviews.Unfortunately these reviews haven't been reflected in the album sales.I feel many people are missing out on one of the debut c.d.'s of the year.The strength of this c.d. is in it's excellent song-writing,crisp production,a singer with a voice that harks back to the era of James Taylor,et al,of the early seventies.The mood of the music is captured by excellent musicianship. Basically the c.d. is a gentle adult folk/blues album.The songs are all pretty,mellow-sounding tunes and none of the songs go at a tempo that sets the pulse going 200 beats per minute.It's the perfect soundtrack for those rainy winter's nights or maybe for the new couple enjoying a romantic night in! Many of the songs have a country feel.In fact this c.d. is closer to Americana than these Celtic Lands-They even refer to 'trailer parks' for God sake.The first 5 songs are really good.Gentle beginnings with an acoustic guitar.Gently the band get into full flow as the song gathers a very slow momentum.Then it usually involves a soaring,catchy chorus:often with harmonies to add that extra touch to all the 'heartbreak' that seems to be going on.The only harrowing moment in the first 5 songs occurs in the excellent track 5 'Dime',when the singer gives us the terrible line-'Since we got the satellite dish,we ain't even shared a kiss'.That relationship sounds pretty doomed to me,because I've got satellite and it just isn't that riveting!The next song is very bluesy,with blues guitar,foot-tapped rhythm before another excellent chorus.Then add in some Harmonium and bass for the rest of the 5 minute track and you really wonder how this c.d. has been ignored for so long.The next song even sounds like early Garth Brooks of 'No Fences' era.I think even Garth himself would be proud to write such a song.The harmony in the chorus is just gorgeous-it's the only word I can use to describe it!In fact it's better than anything Mr. Brooks has ever written!Track 8 'Never Said When' is a very folky song-almost like The Waterboys during their 'Fisherman's Blues' phase.Unfortunately it's not as good,and is probably the weakest song on the c.d.Double misfortune is that it's also the c.d.'s longest track.The downer doesn't last long as the title track is undoubtedly a real highlight.Guitar,piano,harmonium and mellotron dominate instrumentally.It's a very sad song and the vocalist Marc Piley sings it with the required amount of angst quite beautifully.The last song is definitely one for all James Taylor fans.Even if you don't like gentle,slow-paced music,I do think this c.d. is worth taking a chance on-the songs are just very good.But the best thing about this c.d. is the lasting quality of the music.I usually get pretty bored with c.d.'s after a few listens-but I haven't got sick of this one 6 months after purchasing it.

    4 out of 5 stars Mellow Debut.......2000-07-03

    Hobotalk a trio from Scotland have just released their debut c.d. and I have to say it's a very good debut.The album is a very laid back,mellow affair-but it also has very good quality song writing.There are absolutely no up-tempo songs on this album.Maybe it's the weather in Scotland that has so many groups(The Blue Nile,White Buffalo,To name but a few)that sound totally depressed with life.I would not reccomend this c.d. to anyone who has been dumped by their girlfriend or anyone down on their luck.Having said that the songs are really beautiful.Marc Pilley is an excellent singer with a really distinctive voice.The songs are all backed up by excellent instrumental arrangements.The first five songs are terrific-even though track 5 'Dime'(possibly the best song on the c.d.)is slightly ruined by the amazing line-'Since we got the satellite dish,we ain't hardly even kissed'-a bit bizarre!It's a very good late night c.d. with a slightly country feel to it,backed up with lots of acoustic guitars-a bit like Steve Earle at times.I think songs like 'Jackdaw' has major U.S. country influence,they even mention 'trailer parks & Huckleberry Finn'-but it's a song any artist would be proud of.This a c.d. or great quality,and it shows off the talents of a group I'm sure we'll hear much of in the future.

    5 out of 5 stars STUNNING!.......2000-06-29

    I cant remember a record that has struck me like this one did on the first listening. Beautiful, gentle and utterly beguiling. Mark Pilley must be one of the finest songwriters in this genre operating today. Every note is picked out by the crystal clear production and Mark's voice has that wonderful ethereal quality similar to Sarah McLachlan. If you are a fan of great songwriting pick this up now.

    5 out of 5 stars Brilliant songwriting.......2000-05-24

    For those of you who (understandably) like David Grays new album, please pick this one up. Marc Pilley is the best Scottish songwriter to appear in years, and he's got a voice as beautifully lonesome and resonant as Ian Matthews for those who appreciate him. Outstanding songs throughout, especially first single "I've Seen Some Things". Nevertheless, the other nine songs should also appear in a future "songwriter's hall of fame". Pilleys songs have also been compared to those of people like Tim Hardin, Tom Rush, Jimmy Webb and other greats. Pick this album up!

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