Visions of An Intermounting Apocalypse [Import]

Visions of An Intermounting Apocalypse [Import]

Visions of An Intermounting Apocalypse [Import]

ASIN: B0009S2H0Y

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Product Description
This all Star Jazz Fusion Tribute CD features Some of the Greatest Names in Progressive Jazz/ Fusion Guitar Each Paying Tribute to Guitar Innovator, Master Musician, John Mclaughlin. Mclaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra was a Ground Breaking Fusion Group that Essentially "wrote the Book" on Fusion. John Mclaughlin Wowed Fans with an Uncanny Technical Command of the Guitar, in the Context of Brave Compositions, Played in Combination with Other Ensemble Instruments to Create a Progressive Fusion Orchestra. His the Guitar, Keyboard and Violin. Celebrated Fusion Producer Jeff Richman Has Assembled a Phenomenal Band featuring Richman on Guitar, Vinnie Colaiuta on Drums, Kai Eckhardt on Bass, Mitch Foreman on Keys and Jerry Goodman on Violin, the Latter Three of Whom were Featured Members of Mclaughlin's Band at Different Points of his Career and Provide Exciting, Cohesive Rhythms to the Material, Creating a Brilliant Musical Landscape.

Visions of An Intermounting Apocalypse,Mahavishnu Orchestra,Mascot,Jazz
Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks (CD / DVD)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent!
  • You Gotta Love Stevie!
  • A Great Retrospective Collection
  • Stevie Nicks Fan
  • Excellent
Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks (CD / DVD)
Stevie Nicks
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  5. A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection

ASIN: B000N3ST8O
Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

  1. Edge Of Seventeen (CD)
  2. I Can't Wait (CD)
  3. Sorcerer (CD)
  4. If Anyone Falls In Love (CD)
  5. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty) (CD)
  6. Silver Springs (with Fleetwood Mac) (CD)
  7. Dreams (with Deep Dish) (CD)
  8. Rhiannon (Live) (CD)
  9. Rooms On Fire (CD)
  10. Talk To Me (CD)
  11. Landslide (Live with The Melbourne Symphony) (CD)
  12. Stand Back (CD)
  13. Planets Of The Universe (CD)
  14. Rock And Roll (Live) (CD)
  15. Leather And Lace (with Don Henley) (CD)
  16. Edge Of Seventeen (Live with The Melbourne Symphony) (CD)

Tracks:

  1. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty) (DVD)
  2. Edge Of Seventeen (DVD)
  3. Stand Back (Scarlett Version) (DVD)
  4. Stand Back (DVD)
  5. If Anyone Falls In Love (DVD)
  6. Talk To Me (DVD)
  7. I Can't Wait (DVD)
  8. Rooms On Fire (DVD)
  9. Whole Lotta Trouble (DVD)
  10. Sometimes It's A Bitch (DVD)
  11. Blue Denim (DVD)
  12. Every Day (DVD)
  13. Sorcerer (with Sheryl Crow) (DVD)

Amazon.com

With a career that's seen her soar from struggling journeywoman to superstar via a fateful invitation to join Fleetwoood Mac, the singer who now bills herself as the most successful female artist in rock history looks back on the various facets of her iconography with this 16-track career retrospective and its accompanying DVD. The mystic-folkie ethos that has long been her caricature are well showcased via the cult fave Rumours outtake/B-side "Silver Spring," the muscular Sheryl Crow collaboration "Sorcerer," and a live version of the moody "Rhiannon" that casts it in even longer shadows. Yet Stevie Nicks has always displayed a willingness to push herself beyond her hippie muse, as witnessed by the dense aura of Deep Dish's remix of Mac's "Dreams" and such disparate, pop-savvy solo highlights as "I Can't Wait," "Stand Back," and shrewd, successful duets with Tom Petty ("Stop Draggin' My Heart Around") and Don Henley ("Leather and Lace"). Indeed, bookended by the original version of the hit "Edge of Seventeen" and a live revamping with the Melbourne Symphony that amps its every melodramatic nuance, reinvention often seems the anthology's subtext. The included DVD compiles 13 of Nicks's evocative videos with new commentary by her, as well as an insightful, previously unreleased home video shot during the Bella Donna sessions. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

How beloved is Stevie Nicks? All six of her original solo albums, spanning 1981-2001, plus two "best of" collections,have been certified at least gold. With rock's superstar chanteuse about to go back on the road after guesting on Tom Petty's Highway Companion tour, Crystal Visions... covers her entire solo career for the first time in a CD+DVD package. Featured are several previously unreleased live tracks on the CD, as well as Stevie's voice-over commentary for each video and her artwork on the DVD. Crystal Visions...The Best Of Stevie Nicks is exactly that.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent!.......2007-07-05

An excellent compilation of the greatest hits. If your a "new" fan looking to hear some of the more popular songs from this artist--here's a one-stop shop! Great sound quality on the "live" songs.

5 out of 5 stars You Gotta Love Stevie!.......2007-07-04

Stevie Nicks is my all time greatest female vocalist. I loved this CD. The DVD disk that accompanies it is a real bonus! At the end of the DVD were the best clips...Stevie in the recording studio just being Stevie. You really got to see her at her most natural. I thought adding those video clips were a great treat for her fans. I did miss Beauty and the Beast though...I wish she would have included that song in this collection.

5 out of 5 stars A Great Retrospective Collection.......2007-06-30

The CD is fabulous, of course, but the real surprise was the DVD. If you watch the videos with the commentary on it's a real treat. Stevie gives us an insight into what was going on in her life at the time each of the videos were made and she does so with a sincerity and self-effacing sense of humor. Very nice. I was fortunate enough to have caught this tour in Norfolk and I will forever treasure the experience in my memory. Every track is a hit. I just don't see any talent like this out there on the scene today. There will never be another Stevie Nicks. Great stuff.

5 out of 5 stars Stevie Nicks Fan.......2007-06-27

If you are a Stevie Nicks lover like me then you will love this DVD/CD!
The commentary on the videos is great to listen to she is funny, as well as talented.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent .......2007-06-27

It "don't get not better" than Stevie, and these are all her best tracks on video!!
Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • New CD, please!!
  • 95%
  • A Stevie Nick's fan must have
  • STEVIE - GOTTA LOVE HER !
  • Steve Nicks latest CD
 Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  5. A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection

ASIN: B000N3ST7A
Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

  1. Edge Of Seventeen
  2. I Can't Wait
  3. Sorcerer
  4. If Anyone Falls In Love
  5. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
  6. Silver Springs
  7. Dreams
  8. Rhiannon
  9. Rooms On Fire
  10. Talk To Me
  11. Landslide
  12. Stand Back
  13. Planets Of The Universe
  14. Rock And Roll
  15. Leather And Lace
  16. Edge Of Seventeen

Amazon.com

With a career that's seen her soar from struggling journeywoman to superstar via a fateful invitation to join Fleetwoood Mac, the singer who now bills herself as the most successful female artist in rock history looks back on the various facets of her iconography via this 16-track career retrospective. The mystic-folkie ethos that has long been her caricature are well-showcased via the cult fave Rumours outtake/B-side "Silver Spring," the muscular Sheryl Crow collaboration "Sorcerer," and a live version of the moody "Rhiannon" that casts it in even longer shadows. Yet Stevie Nicks has always displayed a willingness to push herself beyond her hippie muse, as witnessed by the dense aura of Deep Dish's remix of Mac's "Dreams" and such disparate, pop-savvy solo highlights as "I Can't Wait," "Stand Back," and shrewd, successful duets with Tom Petty ("Stop Draggin' My Heart Around") and Don Henley ("Leather and Lace"). Indeed, bookended by the original version of the hit "Edge of Seventeen" and a live revamping with the Melbourne Symphony that amps its every melodramatic nuance, reinvention often seems the anthology's subtext. The album is also available in a deluxe edition featuring a DVD packed with videos, commentary, and more. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

How beloved is Stevie Nicks? All six of her original solo albums, spanning 1981-2001, plus two "best of" collections, have been certified at least gold. With rock's superstar chanteuse about to go back on the road after guesting on Tom Petty's Highway Companion tour, Crystal Visions... covers her entire solo career for the first time in a CD+DVD package. Featured are several previously unreleased live tracks on the CD, as well as Stevie's voice-over commentary for each video and her artwork on the DVD. Crystal Visions...The Best Of Stevie Nicks is exactly that.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars New CD, please!!.......2007-05-31

I love Stevie Nicks, but it would be great to see her putting out a new CD. Doesn't she already have at least two greatest hits packages (Timespace and the Box Set)? Anyway, I don't know if she is planning to retire or has hit a song-writing block, but I really get tired when these artists continue to re-release compilations over and over again. I guess there is money to be made; otherwise, record companies would not do it. Still, to me, the point of "art" is art; not rehashing and repackaging old stuff over and over again for the almight dollar.

4 out of 5 stars 95%.......2007-05-30

I agree alot with R. Kyle's review of this CD, and ordered it even though it does not have all of her number 1 songs. BUT it does have 90% of them and on a CD, that's a gold mine.

Amazon lately has been out doing itself in getting my orders to me in less than 2 weeks. Way to go Amazon.

5 out of 5 stars A Stevie Nick's fan must have.......2007-05-23

I love Stevie, therefore this was the perfect long awaited box set.. I've always loved the music because it's food for my soul but the dvd was wild to say the least because it got you that much closer to her as an artist.

5 out of 5 stars STEVIE - GOTTA LOVE HER !.......2007-05-13

JUST GET THIS CD , YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID !

5 out of 5 stars Steve Nicks latest CD.......2007-05-12

Bought this as a present for my husband - he loves it and listens to it just about everyday on his walkman.
Weaver Of Visions: The Kate Wolf Anthology
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Literature, Delivered Very Elegantly
  • Great cut.
  • A new fan of Kate Wolf
  • The Enduring Mystery of Kate Wolf
  • Here in California...
 Weaver Of Visions: The Kate Wolf Anthology
Kate Wolf
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  5. Evening in Austin

ASIN: B00004S7LY
Release Date: 2000-04-04

Tracks:

  1. Although I've Gone Away
  2. Green Eyes (Live)
  3. Emma Rose
  4. Like A River (Live)
  5. Old Jerome
  6. These Times We're Living In (Live)
  7. Sweet Love
  8. Across The Great Divide
  9. Brother Warrior
  10. Unfinished Life
  11. Eyes Of A Painter (Live)
  12. Safe At Anchor
  13. Give Yourself To Love (Live)
  14. The Trumpet Vine
  15. Slender Thread
  16. Muddy Roads
  17. Early Morning Melody
  18. Telluride

Tracks:

  1. Here In California
  2. Looking Back At You (Live)
  3. The Minstrel
  4. Picture Puzzle (Live)
  5. Cornflower Blue (Live)
  6. The Wind Blows Wild
  7. You're Not Standing Like You Used To
  8. Carolina Pines
  9. Medicine Wheel
  10. Two-Way Waltz
  11. The Lilac & The Apple
  12. Shadow Of A Life
  13. She Rises Like The Dolphin
  14. Poet's Heart
  15. Friend Of Mine (Live)
  16. Pacheco/The Redtail Hawk (Live)
  17. Back Roads

Amazon.com

Ahead of her time and somehow beyond time, Northern California singer-songwriter Kate Wolf now has a collection to represent all her craft, wisdom, and radiance. Produced and compiled by Wolf's son Max, the 35 songs on Weaver of Visions include every track from the previous anthology, Gold in California (less only "Full Time Woman" and the antinuke ballad "The Sun Is Burning"), and adds 10 live performances and two previously unavailable songs. The selection is impeccable, focusing on what Wolf's guitarist Nina Gerber has called "Kateness": an intimacy born of hard times, a communion forged in love's fire, a delicate soulfulness that few of her acoustic-oriented peers--Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams come to mind--have captured. Even if you own every Wolf album, Weaver of Visions will be a revelation--from the sparkling remastering to the elegant photographs to the intelligent, 42-page liner notes to the songs and voice that will tear out your heart, then mend and renew it once again. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Literature, Delivered Very Elegantly.......2007-04-08

I am 64 and have been listening to various types of music for 50 years but only recently discovered Kate Wolf. She immediately became my favorite singer/songwriter. It seems that her music is the music I have always been looking for but had never found. I agree with another reviewer who noted that one can listen to Kate almost continually without tiring of her. I was very saddened to learn of her untimely passing just when she was reaching her pinnacle.

I have now acquired almost all of Kate's recordings and this album contains most of her best songs but a few are missing like "Love Still Remains" and "Great Love of my Life".

All Kate Wolf fans should watch the "Evening in Austin" video to see the refined professional she had become just a few months before she came down with leukemia.

5 out of 5 stars Great cut........2007-03-09

As someone who attended Kate's funeral years ago, I remember walking into the service in Marin with "Give yourself to love" playing over the PA system. This is a great album that defined a generation of activists, new age values, and a group of interesting people.

5 out of 5 stars A new fan of Kate Wolf.......2007-02-23

I'd heard Kate's name from time to time, over the years, but never really got to know her music - until now, with this compilation.

As one of the other reviewers said, I'm also curious why she isn't better known.

Yes, there is a bit of similarity among the songs, but by becoming familiar with them one can hear and feel all the differences. Spread the word, and spread her music!

5 out of 5 stars The Enduring Mystery of Kate Wolf.......2006-07-04

I first discovered Kate Wolf's music twenty years ago while traveling the Mendocino Coast. It's not really about Northern California, but like a fine wine it has a certain regional stamp to it which adds to its quality. In time I bought all of her CD's and her music, which gradually intertwined and merged with my life until it seemed as if the songs were a personal gift from her to me, which I eventually learned was an illusion held in common by just about all of her fans. And in all those years, whenever I brought up the subject of Kate Wolf with my friends in Southern California, I invariably got a blank stare in return, followed by the question, "Who's Kate Wolf?"

The mystery of Kate Wolf is why her enormous popularity is still mainly confined to Northern California, why such a great artist has only produced twelve reviews on this page, and why this quintessential Kate Wolf album isn't even among Amazon's top ten thousand selling CD's.

I don't know how many (if any)other musicians have an annual music festival dedicated to their memory, but Kate Wolf does and last week up near the Redwoods, the 11th annual such festival took place. The music was bluegrass, folk, and singer/songwriters with only an occasional Kate Wolf number thrown in, but her spirit was invoked from the stage more than once, and the festival closed out with the singing of one of Kate's signature songs, "Give Yourself to Love." The audience stood and sang along just as if it were a national anthem (and maybe it should be.)

So if this is your genre, if Kate's advice to "Give Yourself to Love" makes sense to you, or if her gentle warning that "We've Only Got These Times We're Living In" rings true, give her a listen, and you too can become part of California's best kept secret.

5 out of 5 stars Here in California..........2004-05-04

Nobody has ever captured the spirit of the rural West in music better than Kate Wolf. This generous set will satisfy almost anybody but those who have to have it all; for those who are just new to this astist, this is the best place to start - all killer, no filler. Some tracks are immediately addictive, while others reveal their pleasures more gradually.

Kate's songs are a celebration of passion, humanity, nature, healing, friendship, love, and much more. Her partners supported her with expert skills and arrangments that explored all the roots of American music, yet her style, concept, and delivery were completely her own. If Weaver of Visions is your first introduction to Kate, it may be a revelation.
Third Man & Other Original Recordings
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • perfect score for a perfect movie
  • Pleasant "ethnic" melodies
  • Third Man & Other Original Records
  • The first man of the zither
  • This is the one you're looking for.
 Third Man & Other Original Recordings
Anton Karas
Manufacturer: Jasmine Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006J9M2
Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

  1. Third Man Theme (The Harry Lime Theme) (Original Version)
  2. Anton Karas Second Theme
  3. Cafe Mozart Waltz (Original Version)
  4. Carol Theme
  5. That Dear Old Song (Original Version)
  6. Rendezvous Waltz (Previously Unissued)
  7. Farewell To Vienna (Previously Unissued)
  8. Alt Wiener Tanz In C-Dur
  9. Visions Of Vienna
  10. Danube Dreams
  11. Anton Karas Medley Pt. 1
  12. Anton Karas Medley Pt. 2
  13. Im In The Middle Of A Riddle (V. Kay Arment)
  14. Where Do I Go From You? (V. Kay Armen)
  15. Zither Rhythm Of Anton Karas
  16. Vienna, Women And Song (Later Version)
  17. Cherry Stones
  18. Wo Grunes Kranzel Hangt
  19. Silent Night, Holy Night
  20. Vienna, City Of My Dreams
  21. Vienna, Women And Song (Original Version)
  22. Third Man Theme (Later Version)
  23. Cafe Mozart Waltz (Later Version)
  24. That Dear Old Song (Later Version)
  25. Wenn Der Herrgott Net Will / The Third Man Theme (Brief Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars perfect score for a perfect movie.......2007-02-19

Carol Reed's veteran cinematographer Robert Krasker's quirky angles under Reed's direction perfectly framed the ready-made-for-an-art designer bombed out shadows and stark, isolated street lights of post-war Vienna and its underworld. Unique to cinema history the whole score (but for some canned incidental cafe music) was just the brilliant zither playing of Anton Karas, adding his nuances to every dramatic transition. Krasker won an Oscar, and Karas was nominated.

The "Third Man Theme" (also known as the "Harry Lime Theme") is alternately brittle, jaunty, bittersweet, romantic, wry, and even sardonic piece of music--which fits the mood of the story and the film perfectly -- that, once heard, can't be forgotten.

The "Third Man Theme" turned Anton Karas into a wealthy man after 28 years of toiling in obscurity an relative poverty in Vienna.

One night, Carol Reed was passing by a wine tavern where growers offer their own wines for sale directly, and heard Anton Karas's playing in the background. Reed had never heard a zither before and found the sound to be attractive. He approached Karas and persuaded him to play for him at his hotel, and made a recording, which Reed brought back to the studio to test. He liked the effect when the zither's sound was placed against the recorded dialogue and, ignoring the protests of many around him, hired Karas and brought him to London for 12 weeks.

Anton Karas screened the movie hundreds of times, devising music for each scene. The Third Man ended up with a vast amount of music, scored in virtually every scene of its 104 minutes. Ironically, the piece that became known as the "Third Man Theme" was something that Anton Karas had written two decades earlier and hadn't played in over 15 years. As he later explained to Reed, playing the zither for a whole night for tips was hard work, and one tended to play the easiest pieces the most often, to save the fingers.

Other zither players never got it to sound just right. The truth was that as recorded for the movie, "The Third Man Theme" was one of the first practical examples of overdubbing on a hit record, rivaling Les Paul's work--Anton Karas had gotten just the right effect working underneath Reed's kitchen table, and had gotten the piece just right by recording and mixing more than one zither part.

The Third Man was finished and prepared for release, and Reed and the production company, London Films, tried to raise interest in it through the music. None of the record companies, however, was interested in recording Karas or releasing the "Third Man Theme." The music was too strange and different, and although British movies had produced some soundtrack successes in the past, those were usually more conventional light classical pieces, not a jangly piece of music played on a central European folk instrument.

3 out of 5 stars Pleasant "ethnic" melodies.......2007-01-22

The tunes on this disc have a nice, comforting sound. Some of the selections are haunting, some have a peasant-liveliness. Nothing great or revolutionary, but plain good zither music, very enjoyable.

5 out of 5 stars Third Man & Other Original Records.......2006-11-10

We bought it for a friend. They loved it.

4 out of 5 stars The first man of the zither.......2006-03-10

The CD didn't sound as good as the movie sound track. Ity sounded a bit rushed as if the sampling during the transfer was not sufficient

5 out of 5 stars This is the one you're looking for........2004-04-26

You've been looking for the original version of the music in "The Third Man", right? Every other CD on the market wouldn't work for you. But lucky for you, this is the one! Don't go wrong.
Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Visions of the emerald beyond
  • Marvelous creation from McLaughlin.
  • John M has really gotten into the jazz and funk with this!
  • Probably their best
  • Mahavishnu I Is Better. So Is Apocalypse
 Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000027EU
Release Date: 1990-12-29

Tracks:

  1. Eternity's Breath Part 1
  2. Eternity's Breath Part 2
  3. Lila's Dance
  4. Can't Stand Your Funk
  5. Pastoral
  6. Faith
  7. Cosmic Strut
  8. If I Could See
  9. Be Happy
  10. Earth Ship
  11. Pegasus
  12. Opus
  13. On The Way Home to Earth

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Even though it is not as consistently convincing as Mahavishnu's first two albums, this fifth, 1975 outing nonetheless provides plenty of the same listening rewards--urgent, inexorably forceful jazz-rock fusion with an intense interactivity among the players. Jean-Luc Ponty provides the fresh interest. Always most convincing when employed, rather than in charge, here he revels in the open spaces and blissed prompting that McLaughlin's celestial-run formula provides. The album was one of a few later Mahavishnu recordings that announced that the revolutionary band's mission was near completion, and perhaps already played out. McLaughlin's playing soars at some points, but it was time for him to leave the capsule, and settle into a new phase: his extraordinary Shakti collaborations. --Peter Monaghan

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Visions of the emerald beyond.......2007-03-30

All the great groups seem to hit that stride of 3 or more great albums. This is one of their best 3 along with the inner mounting flame and birds of fire. They really made their best music on these records.

5 out of 5 stars Marvelous creation from McLaughlin........2007-02-21

The title of this review summarizes my feelings.
Fantastic playing, recording, mixing & production.
As an historic MO fan, I had already bought this gem in LP format in the seventies, but this CD edition is incomparably better.
The 1990 issue adds clarity, quality and emotion.
Although some people may attribute "commercial" aspects for the MO-2,
I believe "Visions" is still MO best album ever.
Ponty added dynamic, rhythm and speed to the music, a master amidst the masters...
I agree that both lineups have this pros & cons, and this is not under trial.
Worth each cent you pay and more....

5 out of 5 stars John M has really gotten into the jazz and funk with this!.......2007-01-10

What an etherial display of John Mclaughlin's and Jean Luc Ponty's collaboration attempt. This Attempt works well.
PLeased to own it.

4 out of 5 stars Probably their best.......2005-12-30

This is a classic and probably their best recording.
I would skip track four as it spoils the work here,
but otherwise a classic rock/jazz/fusion at the height of this band career.

2 out of 5 stars Mahavishnu I Is Better. So Is Apocalypse.......2005-12-02

The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Apocalypse
The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Visions of the Emerald Beyond

Mahavishnu II was nowhere as good as MI, but it had its good points in this inaugural album, most notably the pristine of electric violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. McLaughlin still generates the heat but sounds like he is recycling more forceful work from earlier albums. The drumming, bass and keyboards are unexceptional but not notable. There is a pretty vocal solo by keyboardist Gayle Moran on "Smile of the Beyond." All in all, there's too much recycled in this album, the musicians (Ponty and McLaughlin excepted) are mediocre at best, and the Buddhist propagandizing seems egregious. But at least it's better than the next album, Visions of the Emerald Beyond, which has almost nothing to recommend it, except for its moments of ersatz funk ("Cosmic Strut," "Can't Stand Your Funk").
The Beatific Visions
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		The Beatific Visions
    The Brakes , and brakesbrakesbrakes
    Manufacturer: Rough Trade
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000OHZK68
    Release Date: 2007-05-08

    Tracks:

    1. Hold Me In the River
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      Visions of Atlantis
      Manufacturer: Napalm
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000PHW2LI
      Release Date: 2007-06-05

      Tracks:

      1. At The Back Of Beyond
      2. The Secret
      3. Passing Dead End
      4. The Poem
      5. Nothing Left
      6. My Dark Side Home
      7. Wing-Shaped Heart
      8. Return To You
      9. Through My Eyes
      10. Flow The Desert
      11. Seven Seas

      Album Description

      With their third offering, Trinity, the Austro-American sextet takes Symphonic Metal to a new level as majestically powerful Metal songs complete with heavy guitars and unrelenting drumming meet emotional ballads and romantic soundscapes. The distinctive epic string arrangements compliment the multi-faceted compositions, superbly crowned by fantastic soprano vocals and the equally strong singing talents of the male counterpart. By masterfully merging their classic roots with powerful modern elements, Visions Of Atlantis deliver an album that is not only mystic and heavy but also insightful and bombastic.
      Visions
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Libera "Visions" is Fabulous!
      • So, so...
      • Libera - Magnificent - Must buy
      • Just amazing
      • Libera Visions is absolutely angelic.
      		 Visions
      Robert Prizeman , and Libera
      Manufacturer: EMI Classics
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000BMUVGK
      Release Date: 2005-11-14

      Tracks:

      1. Locus Iste (Sanctus)
      2. Always With You
      3. Ave Maria
      4. Libera
      5. Sempiterna
      6. Prayer
      7. Recordare
      8. Wings Of A Dove
      9. Something Sings
      10. New Day
      11. We Are The Lost
      12. Sing For Ever
      13. Abide With Me

      Album Description

      Libera is the extraordinary vocal group made up of no less than 24 boys aged 7-16 who meet for several hours every week at a church in South London to rehearse and perform. Visions, amply demonstrates their musical prowess; with shimmering, mystical chords and exquisite harmonies, Libera prove they really are unique. Of the13 tracks on the album, some will sound familiar such as 'Locus Iste', which is based on Johann Pachelbel's (1653-1706) famous piece, 'Canon', a piece of baroque music that has been interpreted by many over the years, even finding its way into modern pop music. There's an entirely original arrangement of 'Ave Maria' and an uplifting version of the traditional hymn, 'Abide With Me' (words: Henry Lyte, 1847. Music: William Monk, 1861). The remaining tracks are entirely original with titles like 'New Day', 'Sing Forever' and 'Something Sings'. Several new soloists are featured: Michael Horncastle, Connor O'Connell, Tom Cully, Joseph Sanders-Wilde, Callum Payne, and James Verecken. Libera's previous album Free spent several weeks in the top 3 position in the UK Classical Charts. The album was also nominated for 2005's Classical Brits Awards "Album of the Year". EMI. 2005.

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      Libera is the Extraordinary Vocal Group Made Up of No Less Than 24 Boys Aged 7-16 who Meet for Several Hours Every Week at a Church in South London to Rehearse and Perform. Their CD, 'visions', Amply Demonstrates their Musical Prowess; With Shimmering, Mystical Chords and Exquisite Harmonies, Libera Prove They Really Are Unique. Of the Twelve Tracks on 'visions', Libera's Second Album for EMI Classics, Some Will Sound Familiar Such as Locus Iste, which is Based on Johann Pachelbel's (1653-1706) Famous Piece, 'canon', a Piece of Baroque Music that Has Been Interpreted by Many Over the Years, Even Finding Its Way Into Modern Pop Music. There's an Entirely Original Arrangement of 'ave Maria' and an Uplifting Version of the Traditional Hymn, 'abide with Me' (Words: Henry Lyte, 1847. Music: William Monk, 1861). The Remaining Tracks Are Entirely Original with Titles Like 'new Day', 'sing Forever' and 'something Sings'.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Libera "Visions" is Fabulous!.......2007-05-12

      This music is unbelievable! You can listen to it over and over and still want more. In extreme stress situations (like commuting) it has a great calming affect. I wish this group toured the U.S. sometime!

      3 out of 5 stars So, so..........2007-04-12

      It's nice, but not so magnificient as their last album... This is for Libera fans (like me) that won't miss a thing about them, even if some songs are re-arranged, repeated or remixed or whatever that means the same. The boys are awesome, as always, but this lacks something... Don't know quite good what it is (I've been playing the dics lately to get a hold on it, and couldn't by some reason)... Anyway, a good buy for rookies ;-)

      5 out of 5 stars Libera - Magnificent - Must buy.......2007-01-16

      This is Libera's 4th album and I believe that it is one of the best, included on the disk is a video, and some of the best "terbie" music i have ever heard!

      The boys who make up the vocal band Libera have been described as "normal" and "ordinary". However, as their recordings and performances demonstrate, the music they produce is truly extraordinary. With shimmering, mystical chords and ecstatic harmonies, they are unlike any other group you have ever heard. At times plaintive, at others climactic and transcendent. These are truly sounds to lift the soul. Celestial sounds for a new time.

      5 out of 5 stars Just amazing.......2006-08-03

      Exquisite is the only way to describe these young boys voices. The selections and arrangements from beginning to end are unique, so beautifully done and have an other-worldly quality to them. Put aside everything while you listen, you'll think you're not far from heaven. We Are the Lost will bring tears to your eyes and Abide With Me is by far the most moving version I have ever heard. The words to all are included in the booklet. Buy this one, you'll keep it forever.

      5 out of 5 stars Libera Visions is absolutely angelic........2006-03-27

      I love this CD! I can listen to it over and over. I first heard it on a flight to China, and couldn't wait to get on the return flight home a couple of weeks later so I could hear it again. In fact, while I was in China, I got on line and ordered it, and it was waiting for me when I got home. Outstanding vocals and great music combine to create a mood that's difficult to describe, you just have to hear it to believe it. Truly amazing.
      Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Sviatoslav Richter
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Sviatoslav Richter
      • Concerto Not Quite Perfect
      • Prokofiev and Richter's pianistic magic
      • Definitive Eighth
      		 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Sviatoslav Richter

      Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000001GXD
      Release Date: 1997-06-10

      Tracks:

      1. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 5 In G Major: 1. Allegro con brio
      2. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 5 In G Major: 2. Moderato ben accentuato
      3. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 5 In G Major: 3. Toccata - Allegro con fuoco (piu presto che la prima volta)
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      9. Visions fugitives op.22: No. 3, No. 6, No. 9

      Amazon.com essential recording

      Sviatoslov Richter was a friend of the composer, and he played all of this music in Prokofiev's presence. His performances have since acquired almost cult status among pianists--a reputation they richly deserve. The Fifth Piano Concerto is a pithy, technically difficult work in five short movements, which Richter plays as though he had composed them himself. The Eighth Sonata, by contrast, was composed during the Second World War, and the contrast between simple lyricism and horrifying violence leaves no doubt whatsoever as to what the composer was attempting to describe. These mid-price reissues sound better than ever, and artistically speaking, they are priceless. --David Hurwitz

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Sviatoslav Richter.......2006-08-31

      excellent recording. prompt service frm amazon

      4 out of 5 stars Concerto Not Quite Perfect.......2006-03-11

      Don't get me wrong these performances, esp. the ones forom the keyboard have all of the energy, stength and heart that you would expect from Richter. I can not find one fault with his playing here. It is the recording itself that I have an issue with. The recording balance in the concerto is way off. The piano is always (incorrectly) projected as being louder than the orchestra. If you've ever been to a paiano concerto concert, you know that this is simply not true. Therefore, I give it 4 stars.

      5 out of 5 stars Prokofiev and Richter's pianistic magic.......2002-11-23

      Prokofiev considered his 5th Piano Concerto to be unjustly neglected at the expense of his ever-popular 3rd. On the evidence of this September 1958 recording, he was right! Richter and the Warsaw National Philharmonic are flawless and sparkling with the spirit of Prokofiev, a light, urbane wit seldom heard since Mozart. The 8th Sonata is another spirit entirely, perhaps Prokofiev's most profound and complex work. There are gentle passages following turbulence and darkness that are of the utmost beauty, and Richter's playing is a marvel.

      Other than his 2nd Symphony, Prokofiev's modernist impulse is clearest in his works for piano. The 7th and 8th Sonatas especially are masterworks of the early 20th century, and Richter's is THE 8th!

      5 out of 5 stars Definitive Eighth.......1999-12-25

      I usually have in mind a list of the ten greatest piano recordings of all time. Luckily, having no particular label affiliation, I am compelled to make my choices solely by personal preference, Millenial Collections notwithstanding. The Fifth Concerto is rarely if ever, played. Richter's version is superb. But the Eighth Sonata receives the most excruciatingly beautiful performance. The lyricism, drama, colour are all qualities in this performance that have remained with me for decades. An essential recording for anyone who loves the piano.
      Audio-Visions
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • last album with Steve Walsh
      • Kansas - The Album That Broke Up The Original Lineup Of The Band
      • Kansas Rocks!!
      • A more listenable Kansas
      • A great Kansas CD!
      		 Audio-Visions
      Kansas
      Manufacturer: Sony
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000002ARR
      Release Date: 1996-02-27

      Tracks:

      1. Relentless
      2. Anything For You
      3. Hold On
      4. Loner
      5. Curtain Of Iron
      6. Got To Rock On
      7. Don't Open Your Eyes
      8. No One Together
      9. No Room For A Stranger
      10. Back Door

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars last album with Steve Walsh.......2007-07-08

      Kansas have always been able to gain my respect with every one of their releases. This is probably one the last great albums they've done.

      The songs here are well written and every song here is a standout track. There are a few weak ones (Got to Rock on and Anything For You) but even those are still decent.

      The songs are sequenced very well which helps. The end of Hold on where Steve sings the final 'hold oonnnnn' is great and there's a bit of an echo there before the next song starts with him yelling 'LONER!' It's a great moment.Even Loner has a great quick ending that brings in the two notes that start Curtain of Iron. So this is a nice FLOWING album and probably one of their best in that respect.

      So this album is really only 4 stars. You can hear some of the tension between the band members here but this is some really good stuff. They could have broken up after this, but chose instead to reform with a new singer. Thankfully that only lasted a few years.

      So buy this album. This is the last great album Steve sang on before they parted ways. Of course Steve came back later, but that's another review. Happy listening!

      4 out of 5 stars Kansas - The Album That Broke Up The Original Lineup Of The Band.......2007-06-21

      "Audio Visions" would prove to be the album that broke up the original lineup of Kansas. The album is pretty much split between Kerry Livgren's blatantly Christian oriented songs and Steve Walsh's rebellious rockers. Walsh has made it clear in interviews over the years that he was no longer comfortable singing many of Kerry's lyrics and he would leave the band because of it after the tour for this album. Although this album is not as good as the first 5 I like it quite a bit better than its predecessor "Monolith". The band got back on the singles charts with Kerry Livgren's Christian ballad "Hold On". He also contributes the great rocker "Relentless" and the two most prog oriented pieces on the disc "Curtain Of Iron" and "No One Together". Walsh's songs display very much where he was coming from at the time. The lyrics for rockers like "Loner" and "Got To Rock On" pretty much predict his eventual departure from the band. Both are great tunes by the way. Robby Steinhardt's violin is used much less here than on previous discs, an unfortunate trend that would continue on their next album and lead to his eventual departure. Overall this is a very good (but not great) Kansas album and defiantly worth owning.

      5 out of 5 stars Kansas Rocks!!.......2007-01-04

      uumm , great to be reminded why I loved this music way back when :)

      5 out of 5 stars A more listenable Kansas.......2006-12-01

      I don't really know what was going on internally within the Kansas camp leading up to the recording and release of this album, but the results were incredible. The sound on this album is true Kansas, however, less progressive sounding with limited violins. I believe they produced it themselves and the fuller sound of that production is obvious. The drum sound on this album is the best I've heard - so unlike the tinny trash can-like snare sound of today's bands. I'm sure Phil Ehart had something to do with the fuller drum sound. This is not Point of Know Return or Leftoverture and that is a good thing. Diversity in a band's catalog is good if it does not compromise the integrity of the band and Audio Visions is awesome without being a clone of previous Kansas albums. Even with some corny lyrics here and there, I rate this as my overall favorite Kansas album.

      5 out of 5 stars A great Kansas CD!.......2006-09-05

      I had this on on LP vinyl and am replacing it now with a CD. It is excellent Kansas music! One of my favorites never became a hit "Curtain of Iron"

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