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Essential Purcell
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Essential Purcell

(more) »rank: 21443

by: Henry Purcell, New College Choir Oxford, King's Consort, Robert King, Roy Goodman, Charles Daniels, John Mark Ainsley, James Bowman, Peter Buckoke, Jane Coe, Rogers Covey-Crump, Gillian Fisher, Michael George, Miles Golding, Jane Norman, Barbara Bonney, Mark Caudle, William Carter, King's Consort Choir, Helen Gough, Paul Nicholson, Angela East, Barry Guy, Tessa Bonner, Jerome Finnis, Rupert Bawden, Lucy Howard, Richard Campbell, Susan Addison, James O'Donnell, Stephen Saunders


: essential recording:The 'Essential' Purcell? Well, you could get a bunch of critics to argue about that for a few days, but in the meantime, here is a sampler of highlights from the King's Consort's three admirable Purcell series: the Complete Odes and Welcome Songs, Complete Anthems and Services, and Complete Secular Solo Songs. There are, of course, some of Purcell's most-performed pieces (which probably are 'essential'): Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas, 'Sound the trumpet' from Come, ye sons of Art, Rejoice in the Lord alway (the 'Bell Anthem,' named for the string figure at the opening that sounds like pealing bells), ...

Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems
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Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems

(more) »rank: 95183

from: Naxos


: essential recording:The 'Essential' Purcell? Well, you could get a bunch of critics to argue about that for a few days, but in the meantime, here is a sampler of highlights from the King's Consort's three admirable Purcell series: the Complete Odes and Welcome Songs, Complete Anthems and Services, and Complete Secular Solo Songs. There are, of course, some of Purcell's most-performed pieces (which probably are 'essential'): Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas, 'Sound the trumpet' from Come, ye sons of Art, Rejoice in the Lord alway (the 'Bell Anthem,' named for the string figure at the opening that sounds like pealing bells), ...

Venetian Vespers (Monteverdi * Rigatti * Grandi * Cavalli) /Gabrieli Consort & Players * McCreesh
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Venetian Vespers (Monteverdi * Rigatti * Grandi * Cavalli) /Gabrieli Consort & Players * McCreesh

(more) »rank: 160355

by: Research Composer, Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, Alessandro Grandi, Claudio Monteverdi, Adriano Banchieri, Giacomo Finetti, Pietro Francesco Cavalli, Anonymous, Gregorian Chant, Biagio Marini, Gabrieli Consort, Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Alison Wray, Jonathan Best, Tessa Bonner, Angus Smith, Peter Harvey, Robert Horn, Paula Chateauneuf, Timothy Roberts, Susan Hemington Jones, Fred Jacobs, Celia Harper, Charles Pott, Florian Deuter, Gabrieli Players


: essential recording:Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid 'O Maria, quæ rapis' for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively 'Laudate Dominum' for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular 'Lætatus sum' for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much ...

Gibbons: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems
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Gibbons: Consort and Keyboard Music; Songs and Anthems

(more) »rank: 161341

from: Naxos


: essential recording:Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid 'O Maria, quæ rapis' for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively 'Laudate Dominum' for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular 'Lætatus sum' for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much ...

Monteverdi: Vespers
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Monteverdi: Vespers

(more) »rank: 148520

from: Archiv Produktion


:Album Description:Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort & Players present a new recording of one of the early masterpieces of the Baroque era, Monteverdi's Vespro della beata vergine, a collection of psalm settings for Vespers published in 1610. With its structural clarity and focus on the beauty of the human voice, it outshines much of the sacred music of the following decades. Along with assembling his usual formidable cast of Baroque specialist singers, Paul McCreesh had two special violins made exclusively for this recording.

Purcell: Harmonia Sacra / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players
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Purcell: Harmonia Sacra / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players

(more) »rank: 154609

by: Henry Purcell, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Timothy Roberts, Paula Chateauneuf, Susan Hemington Jones, Katherine Philips, Fred Jacobs, Tessa Bonner, Peter Harvey, John Patrick, Christopher Purves, Francis Quarles, Simon Berridge


: essential recording:This is one of the finest Purcell discs around, but it isn't one of the most cheerful. It's an anthology of pieces for one to four voices with continuo on spiritual themes--pieces such as 'With sick and famish'd eyes,' 'The earth trembled,' 'In the black, dismal dungeon of despair,' and the famous 'O solitude.' It really is top-notch Purcell, with much better texts than he usually had to work with, and it's performed to Paul McCreesh's usual high standard, but Baroque-for-Brunch it is not. The highlights are the deeply comforting meditation 'Close thine eyes and sleep secure,' and the riveting 'In ...

Purcell: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs Volume 8 - Come ye sons of Art; Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king; Why are all the Muses mute?
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Purcell: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs Volume 8 - Come ye sons of Art; Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king; Why are all the Muses mute?

(more) »rank: 190677

from: Hyperion UK


: essential recording:This is one of the finest Purcell discs around, but it isn't one of the most cheerful. It's an anthology of pieces for one to four voices with continuo on spiritual themes--pieces such as 'With sick and famish'd eyes,' 'The earth trembled,' 'In the black, dismal dungeon of despair,' and the famous 'O solitude.' It really is top-notch Purcell, with much better texts than he usually had to work with, and it's performed to Paul McCreesh's usual high standard, but Baroque-for-Brunch it is not. The highlights are the deeply comforting meditation 'Close thine eyes and sleep secure,' and the riveting 'In ...

Bach: St. John Passion; Mass in B Minor; Easter Oratorio; Ascension Oratorio
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Bach: St. John Passion; Mass in B Minor; Easter Oratorio; Ascension Oratorio

(more) »rank: 49418

from: EMI Classics


: essential recording:This is one of the finest Purcell discs around, but it isn't one of the most cheerful. It's an anthology of pieces for one to four voices with continuo on spiritual themes--pieces such as 'With sick and famish'd eyes,' 'The earth trembled,' 'In the black, dismal dungeon of despair,' and the famous 'O solitude.' It really is top-notch Purcell, with much better texts than he usually had to work with, and it's performed to Paul McCreesh's usual high standard, but Baroque-for-Brunch it is not. The highlights are the deeply comforting meditation 'Close thine eyes and sleep secure,' and the riveting 'In ...

Sacred Music By Alonso Lobo
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Sacred Music By Alonso Lobo

(more) »rank: 261018

from: Gimell UK


: :The Tallis Scholars first brought the music of 16th-century Spanish composer Alonso Lobo to wide public attention with their recording of Victoria's Requiem: the last item on that disc was Lobo's powerful motet Versa est in luctum, written for the funeral of Philip II in 1598. That motet has become quite popular, having been recorded half a dozen times since; now Gimell has released an entire CD devoted to Lobo. Versa est is here again (in an even better performance), along with several other fine motets and the Missa Maria Magdalene, a gleaming six-voice Mass based on an Easter motet by Lobo's teacher, ...

Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Ainsley · Bott · A. King · Bonner · Gooding · Robson · Evans · George · Grant · New London Consort · Pickett
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Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Ainsley · Bott · A. King · Bonner · Gooding · Robson · Evans · George · Grant · New London Consort · Pickett

(more) »rank: 303569

by: Claudio Monteverdi, Philip Pickett, John Mark Ainsley, Catherine Bott, Tessa Bonner, Julia Gooding, Christopher Robson, Robert Evans, New London Consort, Simon Grant, Deborah York, Carol Hall, Catherine King, Charles Brett, Robert Jones, Paul Agnew, Alan Ewing, Michael George, Andrew King, Lucy Russell, Mark Levy Pavlo Beznosiuk, Paula Chateauneuf, John Toll, Richard Egarr Tom Finucane


: :The Tallis Scholars first brought the music of 16th-century Spanish composer Alonso Lobo to wide public attention with their recording of Victoria's Requiem: the last item on that disc was Lobo's powerful motet Versa est in luctum, written for the funeral of Philip II in 1598. That motet has become quite popular, having been recorded half a dozen times since; now Gimell has released an entire CD devoted to Lobo. Versa est is here again (in an even better performance), along with several other fine motets and the Missa Maria Magdalene, a gleaming six-voice Mass based on an Easter motet by Lobo's teacher, ...


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The Garmin nüvi 360 GPS Navigator and Personal Travel Assistant is a GPS navigator, personal translator, multi-media entertainer and tour guide all wrapped into one. In addition to all the advanced features of the Garmin nüvi 350 -- including automatic routing, turn-by-turn voice directions, an MP3 player and audio book player, JPEG picture viewer, and much more -- this pocket-sized personal travel assistant comes with hands-free Bluetooth wireless technology, making it the hands-down go-anywhere travel companion.


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A built-in Travel Kit that includes sample MP3s and audio books will get you started with entertainment, and with the unit's SD memory card expansion slot you can add optional software, such as language and travel guides. A USB port is also included for loading and updating data.


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Gamin nüvi 360, Preloaded City Navigator NT North America or Europe (full coverage), vehicle suction cup mount, AC charger, 12/24 volt adapter cable, dashboard disk, USB interface cable, carrying case, owner's manual, and quick reference guide.

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Travel throughout North America without loading any more maps with the Garmin nüvi 680 Personal Travel Assistant with MSN Direct. Plus, you can receive door-to-door directions while staying on top of local weather, traffic, and more with nüvi 680. The device features a colorful widescreen, hands-free calling, and an FM transmitter, then takes it up a notch by adding dynamic content from MSN Direct, as well as a convenient digital travel kit that includes an MP3 player with sample MP3s, audio books, a picture viewer, a world clock, currency and measurement converters, a calculator, and more.



This pocket sized personal travel assistant has a super bright, sunlight-readable color screen. See side view.


Easy control via the simple touch screen.


Weather reporting available with bright, colorful graphics.
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Simply insert a memory card to enjoy pictures, songs, and audiobooks.


You can also use the mini-USB port for tranferring files directly to the memory card.
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There are but two kinds of people in the world: Those captivated by Baz Luhrmann's heady, postmodernist musical romp Moulin Rouge--and everybody else. Oddly, the film's initial soundtrack release may have been the project's most traditional element, marketing a slate of pop-star contributions that gave listeners a sometimes-skewed perspective on its true musical charms. This follow-up corrects much of that oversight, offering original film versions of "Sparkling Diamonds" (the lavish, Nicole Kidman-performed medley of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" and "Material Girl"), Jim Broadbent's and Richard Roxburgh's loopy take on "Like a Virgin," as well as the lively Offenbach "Can Can" parody "The Pitch (Spectacular Spectacular)." It also pays homage to the efforts of composer Craig Armstrong, whose quietly compelling underscore often binds the film's other far-flung musical influences together, be they stately orchestral readings of Elton John's "Your Song," a dramatic arrangement for Kidman and Ewan MacGregor's original film duet of "Come What May," or his dark, melodramatic take on Queen's "The Show Must Go On." The first Moulin Rouge soundtrack collection flaunted the film's bold, cross-genre ambitions; this one chronicles its nakedly emotional heart and soul. --Jerry McCulley
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It would be easy to dismiss Kelly Osbourne's musical ambitions based on 1) Her royally obnoxious behavior on the family's MTV reality series, 2) Her overly manufactured debut album, Shut Up, and 3) That voice, which up until now, sounded like cats on a chalkboard. But spare a moment for the bratty singer's follow-up effort, a remarkably faithful new-wave throwback, which generously references everyone from Duran Duran to Missing Persons. Producer Linda Perry not only effectively revives the dramatic sounds and melodies of the era but offers songs that perfectly suit Osbourne's, er, constrained vocal range. The resulting disc is full of guilty pleasures like "Uh Oh" and "Redlight," tunes that should strike a chord with anyone that still gets a thrill out of happening upon basic cable reruns of "Sixteen Candles." --Aidin Vaziri

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