House Of Echoes

House Of Echoes

House Of Echoes

ASIN: B00000JFG7

Editorial Reviews
Rob Gillis, Waterdog Records
"Nice emotional 'tang", "Pop sung in a country style"

Product Description
House of Echoes is the debut CD from Kristin Banks, and features all original material, with lyrics and music written by Kristin. The songs are acoustic-based, and originally written on guitar. A contemporary pop project with country influences, House of Echoes was conceived to showcase Kristin's considerable songwriting and singing talents. Kristin's musical style has been most frequently compared to Celine Dion, Linda Ronstadt and Barbra Streisand.

House Of Echoes

House Of Echoes,Kristin Banks,Moon-Rose Records,Dreamy, acoustic pop
Antonín Dvorák: The String Quartets
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best I've ever heard
 Antonín Dvorák: The String Quartets

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

QuartetsQuartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001GC3
Release Date: 1990-07-24

Tracks:

  1. Str Qrt no. 1 in A, op. 2B.8: Andante - Allegro
  2. Str Qrt no. 1 in A, op. 2B.8: Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
  3. Str Qrt no. 1 in A, op. 2B.8: Allegro scherzando - Trio
  4. Str Qrt no. 1 in A, op. 2B.8: Finale: Allegro animato
  5. Quartettsatz: Andante appassionato in a: en la mineur (con sordino)

Tracks:

  1. Str Qrt no. 2 in B-flat, B.17: Allegro, ma non troppo
  2. Str Qrt no. 2 in B flat, B.17: Largo
  3. Str Qrt no. 2 in B flat, B.17: Allegro con brio
  4. Str Qrt no. 2 in B-flat, B.17: Finale: Andante-Allegro giusto-Allegro animato
  5. 2 Walzees, op.54 B.105: Moderato
  6. 2 Walzees, op.54 B.105: Allegro vivace
  7. Str Qrt in F, B.120 (fragment): Allegro vivace

Tracks:

  1. Str Qrt no. 3 in D, B.18: Allegro con brio
  2. Str Qrt no. 3 in D, B.18: Andantino
  3. Str Qrt no. 3 in D, B.18: Allegro energico - Trio
  4. Str Qrt no. 3 in D, B.18: Finale: Allegretto

Tracks:

  1. Str Qrt no. 4 in e, B.19: Velmi pohiblive a razne (Assai con moto ed energico)
  2. Str Qrt no. 4 in e, B.19: Andante religioso
  3. Str Qrt no. 4 in e, B.19: Allegro con brio
  4. Str Qrt no. 5 in f, op. 9, B.37: Moderato
  5. Str Qrt no. 5 in f, op. 9, B.37: Andante con moto quasi allegretto
  6. Str Qrt no. 5 in f, op. 9, B.37: Tempo di valse
  7. Str Qrt no. 5 in f, op. 9, B.37: Finale: Allegro molto

Tracks:

  1. Str Qrt no. 6 in a, op. 12, B.40: Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Str Qrt no. 6 in a, op. 12, B.40: Poco allegro
  3. Str Qrt no. 6 in a, op. 12, B.40: Poco adagio
  4. Str Qrt no. 6 in a, op. 12, B.40: Finale: Allegro molto
  5. Str Qrt no. 7 in a, op. 16, B.45: Allegro
  6. Str Qrt no. 7 in a, op. 16, B.45: Andante con moto
  7. Str Qrt no. 7 in a, op. 16, B.45: Allegro scherzando
  8. Str Qrt no. 7 in a, op. 16, B.45: Finale: Allegro con brio ma non troppo

Tracks:

  1. Str Qrt no. 8 in E, op. 80, B.57: Allegro
  2. Str Qrt no. 8 in E, op. 80, B.57: Andante con moto
  3. Str Qrt no. 8 in E, op. 80, B.57: Allegro scherzando
  4. Str Qrt no. 8 in E, op. 80, B.57: Finale: Allegro con brio
  5. Str Qrt no. 9 in d, op. 34, B.75: Allegro
  6. Str Qrt no. 9 in d, op. 34, B.75: Alla Polka
  7. Str Qrt no. 9 in d, op. 34, B.75: Adagio
  8. Str Qrt no. 9 in d, op. 34, B.75: Poco allegro

Tracks:

  1. Str Qrt no. 10 in E-flat, op. 51, B.92, "The Slavonic": Allegro, ma non troppo
  2. Str Qrt no. 10 in E-flat, op. 51, B.92, "The Slavonic": Dumka - Elegia
  3. Str Qrt no. 10 in E-flat, op. 51, B.92, "The Slavonic": Romanza
  4. Str Qrt no. 10 in E-flat, op. 51, B.92, "The Slavonic": Finale: Allegro assai
  5. Str Qrt no. 11 in C, op. 61, B.121: Allegro
  6. Str Qrt no. 11 in C, op. 61, B.121: Poco adagio e molto cantabile
  7. Str Qrt no. 11 in C, op. 61, B.121: Scherzo: Allegro vivo
  8. Str Qrt no. 11 in C, op. 61, B.121: Finale: vivace

Tracks:

  1. Str Qrt no. 12 in F, op. 96, B.179, "The American": Allegro, ma non troppo
  2. Str Qrt no. 12 in F, op. 96, B.179, "The American": Lento
  3. Str Qrt no. 12 in F, op. 96, B.179, "The American": Molto vivace
  4. Str Qrt no. 12 in F, op. 96, B.179, "The American", Finale: Vivace ma non troppo
  5. Str Qrt no. 13 in G, op. 106, B.192: Allegro moderato
  6. Str Qrt no. 13 in G, op. 106, B.192: Adagio, ma non troppo
  7. Str Qrt no. 13 in G, op. 106, B.192: Molto vivace
  8. Str Qrt no. 13 in G, op. 106, B.192: Finale: Andante sostenuto - Allegro con fuoco

Tracks:

  1. Str Qrt no. 14 in A-flat, op. 105, B.193: Adagio, ma non troppo - Allegro appassionato
  2. Str Qrt no. 14 in A-flat, op. 105, B.193: Molto vivace
  3. Str Qrt no. 14 in A-flat, op. 105, B.193: Lento e molto cantabile
  4. Str Qrt no. 15 in A-flat, op. 105, B.193: Finale: Allegro, non tanto
  5. Cypresses B.152: 1. Ja vim, ze v sladke nadeji: Moderato
  6. Cypresses B.152: 2. V tak mnohem srdci mrtvo jest: Allegro ma non troppo
  7. Cypresses B.152: 3. V te sladke moci oci tvych: Andante con moto
  8. Cypresses B.152: 4. O, nasi lasce nekvete to vytouzene stesti: Poco Adagio
  9. Cypresses B.152: 5. Zde hledim na tvuj drahy list: Andante
  10. Cypresses B.152: 6. O, zlata ruze spanila: Andante con moto
  11. Cypresses B.152: 7. Kol domu se ted potacim: Andante con moto
  12. Cypresses B.152: 8. Zde v lese u potoka: Lento
  13. Cypresses B.152: 9. O, duse draha, jedinka: Moderato
  14. Cypresses B.152: 10. Tam stoji stara skala: Andante maestoso
  15. Cypresses B.152: 11. Nad krajem vevodi lehky spanek: Allegro scherzando
  16. Cypresses B.152: 12. Ty se ptas, proc moje zpevy: Allegro animato

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best I've ever heard.......2006-04-12

The Prague String Quartet's maniacal precision in its performance of String Quartet No. 12 [the "American" Quartet] seems to me the finest chamber performance I've ever heard.
House Of Echoes
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Magnificent Voice/Stellar Songwriting
  • What's NOT to like about this album?
  • Talent PLUS!
  • Fantastic
  • Incredible
 House Of Echoes
Kristin Banks
Manufacturer: Moon-Rose Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music
GeneralGeneral | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000JFG7
Release Date: 1998-10-01

Tracks:

  1. Tossin' Anchors
  2. House Of Echoes
  3. A Better World
  4. City Of Angels
  5. One Small Candle
  6. Jewel In Your Crown
  7. Make You Mine
  8. Danglin' From Your Chain
  9. Another Woman's Dream
  10. Midnight Lady
  11. These Dreams Of Mine
  12. Rest In Peace

Album Description

House of Echoes is the debut CD from Kristin Banks, and features all original material, with lyrics and music written by Kristin. The songs are acoustic-based, and originally written on guitar. A contemporary pop project with country influences, House of Echoes was conceived to showcase Kristin's considerable songwriting and singing talents. Kristin's musical style has been most frequently compared to Celine Dion, Linda Ronstadt and Barbra Streisand.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Magnificent Voice/Stellar Songwriting.......2005-12-19

I happened upon Kristin Banks' "City of Angels" download available on Amazon.com and decided to listen. What I heard was astounding. She possesses a strong voice, with a soulfull quality, and writes songs of feeling and depth. I was hooked. I bought the "House of Echoes" album, which isn't easy since it is unavailable except in the second-hand market. I was not disappointed. All of the songs are stunning. My personal favorite is "Another Woman's Dream," which is moving and poignant and upbeat and sad all at the same time. I highly recommend this album.

5 out of 5 stars What's NOT to like about this album?.......2001-03-31

The song These Dreams Of Mine alone is worth the price, but there's a lot to love about Kristin Banks' House of Echoes. With a soul-filled alto voice that soars into the rafters while it sticks to your ribcage, Kristin Banks delivers her young life's work with conviction and emotion. Her lyrics are wholesome and heartfelt, but delivered with a forceful kick. You'll git all goose-pimply. She's a warm hug, a lullaby kiss, and just what the doctor ordered after a long hard stress-filled day. Her swirling instrumentation transcends words and builds abstract structures in the mind's eye. Close your eyes and feel lifted up above storm clouds by feather-wings. What genre is she? Well some would pigeonhole her as country, but truth to tell this album pulls from the best of a number of different genres including Pop, Country, Soul, Rock, Folk, and Blues. If you only like one of those genres, you'll like Kristin Banks. If you enjoy two or more of those styles of music, you will instantly fall in love with her. Her voice and composition would be equally at home on a motion picture soundtrack and in a deep south summer revival church service. Her commercial appeal is undeniable. Why this woman isn't the talk of the planet offline is anyone's guess. Shania Twain? Your days are numbered. There's a new kid in town. I've had my copy for a year and still listen to it periodically. I highly recommend you buy a copy today. Make House Of Echoes a Jewel In Your Crown.

5 out of 5 stars Talent PLUS!.......2000-06-30

I found Kristin on MP3.com as many others did. Not only did I but the CD I bought more to share as gifts for family and friends. The messages of the songs are as good and as real as the music. Kristin has it all. Why she is not more well known is a mystery to me. All the tracks are as good or better than the samples and I'm sure you'll have a favorite.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic.......2000-03-21

Kristin's voice is superb and never falters during any of the songs. I particularly like "Jewel in your Crown" and "Another Women's Dream". All songs not only sound great, but the lyrics and well thought out, emotional and I found them very personal to me. I only wish I had the opportunity to see Kristin live, as being down under is a little prohibitive.

5 out of 5 stars Incredible.......2000-03-08

I saw Kristin Banks open for Lowen & Navarro recently (they were awesome, as they always are). I'd never heard of her before that. Kristin only did about five songs, and the vocals were mixed too low, making her hard to understand. But even so I could tell that Kristin was something special. I bought her CD at the concert and have been playing it almost non-stop. She is a beautiful lady with, as another review said, the voice of an angel. So when she comes across with lyrics like, "But how do you linger, in the innocence lost, when love has been tainted and your boundaries crossed?" it hits hard. If this lady doesn't find her place in popular music among artists like Celine Dion, Sarah McLachlan, and Loreena McKennett it will be nothing short of a tragedy.
Janácek: String Quartet Nos.1 & 2/Dvorák: From Cypresses
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Janácek: String Quartet Nos.1 & 2/Dvorák: From Cypresses

    Manufacturer: Finlandia
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    QuartetsQuartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Janácek, LeosJanácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000005CID
    Release Date: 1997-08-26
    Tired of This Exile
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Not Tired of This Disc
    • Inspiring...
    		 Tired of This Exile
    James Donal Faulkner
    Manufacturer: Bedlam House
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0001Z8VZ0
    Release Date: 2004-02-15

    Tracks:

    1. Tha Mi Sgith Dhe'n Fhogar Seo (I Am Tired Of This Exile)
    2. Jock Stewart
    3. La Manic
    4. The Great Train Robbery
    5. The Parting Glass
    6. The Playboy's Lament
    7. Singing Close to the People
    8. Le Petit Marcelot
    9. The Dalesman's Litany
    10. Gallawater
    11. Descendant la Rivi
    12. The Emigrant
    13. Carlos
    14. The Dark Slender Boy (An Buachaill Caol Dubh)
    15. A Few More Songs
    16. The Unbroadcastable Song

    Album Description

    Tired of This Exile is a part of the rich harvest from James Faulkner's musical wanderings along and across the frontiers of Europe and North America. It features songs from his youth in the north of England, Gaelic songs from his lengthy sojourns in the west of Scotland and Ireland, and French-language songs picked up as a graduate student in Quebec.

    Tired of this Exile is a truly international effort. Recorded in Switzerland, its appearance in the United States is due to a lucky meeting between James and Bedlam House's Bill Sutton during an Irish seisíun in a pub in Grenoble.

    Unabashedly poetic from wistful memory to conditional commentary, Tired of This Exile reflects the unique perspective of an international wanderer. Traditional and modern folk songs are combined with original works in a compilation that changes languages as smoothly as it changes moods.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Not Tired of This Disc.......2005-03-09

    I'm generally not a big fan of folk music but this CD is really very good. I bought it on a recommendation of a friend and the first time I listened to it, The Great Train Robbery really struck me as a catchy modern ballad. As I listened more carefully I was drawn to the nuances of the instrumentation on the more traditional music which fuses a wide range of songs with imaginative accompanyment, strong guitar and passionate singing. I'd never hear of this guy before but I hope to hear more soon.

    5 out of 5 stars Inspiring..........2004-05-11

    I'm sitting at my desk, facing my computer.
    Listening to your CD.
    Feel like a fish, surrounded by these windows.
    Listening to your CD.
    Can see the tops of some green leafy trees.
    Would even hear the singings of the small birds outside, if there weren't these windows.
    Listening to your CD.
    The aquarium is even too big for me, too white, too light, much too urban. Too Parisian.
    Listening to your CD.
    I'm not tired of my exile yet.
    Want to go on travelling the world, fly away. But fishes commonly have no wings.
    And I stay here inside my aquarium. Comfortably fed by their well-meaning hands.
    Listening to your CD.
    Get some inspiration but can't write it down right now. Need a better surrounding. We'll see.
    So I just stay here, listening to your CD.
    And go back to work.
    Echoes and Shadows: Romantic Choral Music of Twentieth Century American Composers
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Evocative, erotic and very modern.
    		 Echoes and Shadows: Romantic Choral Music of Twentieth Century American Composers
    Mark Shapiro
    Manufacturer: PGM
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0000011YL
    Release Date: 1997-10-07

    Tracks:

    1. The Shadows Around The House: I. Swan's Elegy - Pamela Reich/Walter Cain/Mark Milano
    2. The Shadows Around The House: II. Mambo - Pamela Reich/Walter Cain/Mark Milano
    3. The Shadows Around The House: III. The Sky Over My Mother's House - Pamela Reich/Walter Cain/Mark Milano
    4. The Shadows Around The House: IV. Train Ride at Dusk - Pamela Reich/Walter Cain/Mark Milano
    5. The Best-Beloved: I. Psalm 63 - Katherine Harris
    6. The Best-Beloved: II. Holy Sonnet - Katherine Harris
    7. The Best-Beloved: III. My thoughts hold mortal strife - Katherine Harris
    8. The Best-Beloved: IV. My beloved is mine, and I am his - Katherine Harris
    9. Song Of Solomon: Scene I - Katherine Harris/Nathaniel Watson
    10. Song Of Solomon: Scene II - Katherine Harris/Nathaniel Watson
    11. Song Of Solomon: Motet - Katherine Harris/Nathaniel Watson
    12. Song Of Solomon: Scene III - Katherine Harris/Nathaniel Watson

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Evocative, erotic and very modern........1999-01-11

    This is a very interesting collection of works by contemporary New York composers. All are written for a chorus accompanied by a string quartet plus one other instrument (percussion in the case of the Cipullo and a harp in the case of the Wagoner). All have a sharp modern sensibility, and deal with the themes of love and eroticism.

    Beyond that the pieces differ. The Cipullo pieces are rhythmic and lively, De Blasio's are sometimes frighteningly intense, while Wagoner's longer work has more of an elegiac quality. All of the works are well worth trying.
    Echoes of Our World
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Echoes of Our World
      Winston Tan
      Manufacturer: Golden Bell House
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      ClassicalClassical | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      GeneralGeneral | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      ASIN: B000056F16
      Release Date: 2000-11-27

      Tracks:

      1. Shalom to You my Love (Music & Lyrics by O.E. Simon - Arranged by Winston Tan)
      2. Minuet (Bach)
      3. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
      4. Prelude in C (Bach)
      5. Air in G (Bach)
      6. Fur Elise (Beethoven)
      7. Minuet in A (Beethoven)
      8. Ave Maria (Schubert)
      9. Serenade (Schubert)
      10. Prelude (Chopin)
      11. Plaisir d'amour (Martini)
      12. Rondeau (Mouret)
      13. Canon (Pachelbel)
      14. Malaguena (Albeniz)
      15. Spanish Romance
      16. El Noy de La Mare
      17. El Testament'd Amelia
      18. Two Italian Lute Pieces

      Product Description

      Soloist Winston Tan lives through his instrument. His soul reaches out with great feeling, skill and mastery. His instrument begins to come alive and the audience will as well.
      Rockin' in Ronnie's
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Rockin' in Ronnie's
        Echoes of Ellington Orchestra
        Manufacturer: Jazz House Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
        JazzJazz | Imports | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B000007YM2
        Release Date: 1997-06-10

        Tracks:

        1. Take the "A" Train
        2. Concerto for Cootie
        3. Main Stem
        4. I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
        5. Kinda Dukish/Rockin' in Rhythm
        6. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
        7. C Jam Blues
        8. Mood Indigo
        9. Smada
        10. I'm Beginning to See the Light
        11. Jubilee Stomp
        12. Blue Skies
        13. Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
        Go There...to Get Here
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Go There...to Get Here
          American Lad
          Manufacturer: American Lad
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B000CAD0WI
          Release Date: 2004-05-25

          Album Review:

          1. I Want a Man / Swept Away [CD-single]
          2. In the Life of Chris Gaines
          3. It's After Midnight
          4. Jeff Mell!n Saves the World Parts 1ne + 2wo
          5. Just as the Sun Went Down
          6. Keiko's Dream [Live]
          7. Kingtinued
          8. Little Red Wagon [Enhanced]
          9. Live at Broken Spoke [Live]
          10. Live At The Old Quarter [Import] [Live]

          Album Review

          Album Review