Upon the Wings of Music

Upon the Wings of Music

ASIN: B00007BH2J

Track Listings

1. Upon the Wings of Music

2. Question With No Answer

3. Now I Know

4. Polyfolk Dance

5. Waving Memories

6. Echoes of the Future

7. Bowing Bowing

8. Fight for Life

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Jean-Luc Ponty came to the United States in 1967 on the recommendation of John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet for a performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Over the course of his career, he performed and/or recorded with keyboardist George Duke and Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, and was a longtime sideman in John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra. His first Atlantic LP, "Upon The Wings Of Music," released in 1975, is the subject of this CD reissue.

Upon the Wings of Music,Jean-Luc Ponty,Collectables,Crossover Jazz,Fusion,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop,Post-Bop

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JLP's Promising Fully Electric Starter

Upon the Wings of Music
Jean-Luc Ponty
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007BH2J
Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

Upon The Wings Of Music
Question With No Answer
Now I Know
Polyfolk Dance
Waving Memories
Echoes Of The Future
Bowing Bowing
Fight For Life

Album Description

Jean-Luc Ponty came to the United States in 1967 on the recommendation of John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet for a performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Over the course of his career, he performed and/or recorded with keyboardist George Duke and Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, and was a longtime sideman in John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra. His first Atlantic LP, "Upon The Wings Of Music," released in 1975, is the subject of this CD reissue.

Album Description

This 1977 Atlantic album is considered one of the very best in Jean-Luc Ponty's five-decade career. Fusion classics include 'Question With No Answer', 'Waving Memories' and 'Echoes Of The Future.' Collectables. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

JLP's Promising Fully Electric Starter.......2004-09-23

While still in the Mahavishnu Orchestra MK II, Jean Luc concocted his first solo outing. While not as fully realized as subsequent albums, this at least strongly pointed the way he would be heading shortly.

The opening title track with its insistent drumming by Ndugu Leon Chancellor roars out of the gate with Ponty soaring over the top of the maelstrom, beautifully constructed melody here! "Question With No Answer" features a beautiful plaintive piano intro from Patrice Rushen just before Jean Luc enters with the song's probing, insistent melody, gradually building momentum as the full band enters to a rousing conclusion. "Now I Know" is a moody ballad with dreamy Herbie Hancock-esque Rhodes from Patrice as Jean-Luc spins out haunting melodies. Things pick up again with "Polyfolk Dance" featuring some cool odd-meter passages. One thing the album as a whole is lacking in is strong guitar work (the contributions of Dan Sawyer and Ray Parker Jr. are at best serviceable and generic), the solo on here is a bit cliched and irritating with its angry mosquito tone.

Also featured is a solo violin piece "Echoes Of The Future" with Ponty employing an Echoplex for layering figures on top of one another, something that would become one of his trademarks.

The rest of the tracks are decent enough fusion, but in subsequent albums, Ponty's compositional prowess would grow like mad.

A good solid start, all told.

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the beginning of Ponty's mature '70s style

Upon the Wings of Music
Jean-Luc Ponty
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002I8R
Release Date: 1990-10-15

Tracks:

Upon The Wings Of Music
Question With No Answer
Now I Know
Polyfolk Dance
Waving Memories
Echoes Of The Future
Bowing-Bowing
Fight For Life

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the beginning of Ponty's mature '70s style.......1999-10-10

This album to me represents the beginning of Ponty's run of raw, energy-infused jazz-rock fusion albums of the mid to late '70s, notably his first heavy use of pentatonic scales, distortion, and rock rhythms. Granted, most of the tunes here don't contain the mind-boggling virtuosity which he displays in later releases, (with one notable exception - 'Fight for Life', the second half of which contains a great early example of Ponty's potential to let loose.) Also, this album contains what I think is one of his most beautiful slow songs, 'Now I Know'. The musical inflection he imparts to this remarkably simple melody in B minor is truly something. 'Polyfolk Dance' is the third gem on this album, with some fantastic solo moments by Ponty. Finally, 'Question with no Answer' is a blast to play along with, if you play the violin.

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Fabulous American Church Music

Sacred Music of Amy Beach
Amy Beach , Nick Strimple , Jeffrey Araluce , Steve Argila , Camille King , Jon Lewis , Joel Pressman , Cheryl Anne Roach , and Robyn Frey-Monell
Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002062L
Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

Service In A Major, Op. 63: Te Deum
Service In A Major, Op. 63: Benedictus
Service In A Major, Op. 63: Jubilate Deo
Service In A Major, Op. 63: Magnificat
Service In A Major, Op. 63: Nunc dimittis
Jesus, My Saviour, Opus 112
Though I Take The Wings Of Morning, Opus 152
I Sought The Lord, Opus 142
Two From Isaiah: 1. Behold, I Will Do A New Thing
Two From Isaiah: 2. They That Wait Upon The Lord
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Hark, My Soul, How Everything
Let This Mind Be In You
My Soul, There Is A Country
Two Encounters With Thirst: 1. His Are The Thousand Sparkling Rills
Two Encounters With Thirst: 2. As Pants The Hart

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous American Church Music.......2001-10-25

Amy Beach had a fine touch with sacred music, as heard here. 'Jesus, My Savior' is a beautiful piano/voice duet that should be in every church soloist's repertory. Her 'Service in A' rates serious consideration as one of the finest American oratorio-sized works from the 20th century, eclipsed only by Bernstein's 'Chichester Psalms' and Lauridsen's 'Lux Aeterna'.

Tracks:

Birthday Ode For Queen Anne: Eternal Source Of Light Divine, Alto Solo
Birthday Ode For Queen Anne: Eternal Source Of Light Divine, Alto Solo: Chorus
Birthday Ode For Queen Anne: Eternal Source Of Light Divine, Soprano Solo: Chorus
Birthday Ode For Queen Anne: Eternal Source Of Light Divine, Alto Solo: Chorus
Birthday Ode For Queen Anne: Eternal Source Of Light Divine, Alto & Bass Duet: Chorus
Birthday Ode For Queen Anne: Eternal Source Of Light Divine, Soprano & Alto Duet
Birthday Ode For Queen Anne: Eternal Source Of Light Divine, Soprano & Alto Duet : Chorus
Birthday Ode For Queen Anne: Eternal Source Of Light Divine: Eternal Source Of Light Divine, Bass Solo: Chorus
Birthday Ode For Queen Anne: Eternal Source Of Light Divine, Alto Solo: Chorus
Te Deum In D Major ('Queen Caroline'): Te Deum In D Major, Alto, Tenor & Bass Solos And Chorus
Te Deum In D Major ('Queen Caroline'): Te Deum In D Major, Tenor Solo: Chorus: Bass Solo
Te Deum In D Major ('Queen Caroline'): Te Deum In D Major, Alto Solo And Chorus
Te Deum In D Major ('Queen Caroline'): Te Deum In D Major, Chorus
Te Deum In D Major ('Queen Caroline'): Te Deum iI D Major, Alto Solo
Te Deum In D Major ('Queen Caroline'): Te Deum In D Major, Chorus
Anthem For The Wedding Of Prince Frederick And Princess Augusta Of Saxe-Coburg: 'Sing Unto God': Sing Unto God, Alto Solo And Chorus
Anthem For The Wedding Of Prince Frederick And Princess Augusta Of Saxe-Coburg: 'Sing Unto God': Sing Unto God, Soprano Solo
Anthem For The Wedding Of Prince Frederick And Princess Augusta Of Saxe-Coburg: 'Sing Unto God': Sing Unto God, Bass Solo
Anthem For The Wedding Of Prince Frederick And Princess Augusta Of Saxe-Coburg: 'Sing Unto God': Sing Unto God, Chorus
Anthem For The Wedding Of Prince Frederick And Princess Augusta Of Saxe-Coburg: 'Sing Unto God': Sing Unto God, Tenor Solo
Anthem For The Wedding Of Prince Frederick And Princess Augusta Of Saxe-Coburg: 'Sing Unto God': Sing Unto God, Tenor Solo And Chorus

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A marvellous demonstration of Handelian ingenuity...........2006-09-07

I have immense feelings of joy when ever I listen to this CD. Some of the music on it was previously unknown to me before I had purchased the CD, but it is has now come to be a definite favourite.

As the title suggests, this is a collection of rather grand music, Handel at his most ceremonial. It is the style with which he became most associated in the years after his death, and an image of grandiose surrounded him, greatly sustained by the almost biblical status the Victorian age gave him. While it has some consensus now that this image probably wasn't helpful to Handel in the long run, it is still good to hear a rousing Handel anthem now and again.

King is at his best in these marvellous interpretations. He breathes new life into almost anything he conducts. Certainly this should be no exception. Of particular note, is the anthem 'Sing unto God'. After an admirable introduction on the violins, a lone counter-tenor sings but four introspectively powerful notes, before the full and breath-taking entry of the choir and orchestra combined, in massive block chords. It is a marvellous demonstration of Handelian ingenuity, in a deceptive appearance of simplicity. The entire anthem is incredible, and one can only imagine with what wonder the first audiences listened to it.

It's a shame also that the 'Anthem for the birthday of Queen Anne' isn't more well known. Handel's treatment is expansive, and the choral refrains are remarkably varied, the first being my personal favourite, with it's imposing entry, and highly skilled counterpoint.

I warmly and whole-heartedly recommend this CD to all, in what is a stunning example of excellence, and a triumph for Robert King.

rare material, fine performance.......2006-03-02

Beautiful work by the King's Consort and the Oxford choir, of some fairly hard-to-find and worthwhile works by Handel: Ode to Queen Anne's Birthday, Te Deum, Sing Unto God. I prefer a little more up-tempo on the first Ode aria, Eternal Source of Light Divine, but that's a personal quibble and I highly recommend this album to anyone interested in baroque in general, baroque vocal works, and Handel in particular.

Dido and Aeneas / de Los Angeles, Glossop, Harper, ECO, Barbirolli

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Dido and Aeneas / de Los Angeles, Glossop, Harper, ECO, Barbirolli
Henry Purcell , Sir John Barbirolli , John McCarthy , Victoria de Los Angeles , Peter Glossop , English Chamber Orchestra , Heather Harper , Patricia Johnson , Raymond Leppard , Ambrosian Singers , Sibyl Michelow , and Elizabeth Robson
Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002585D
Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

Ov - ECO/Sir John Barbirolli
Act One, Scene One: Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow - Heather Harper
Act One, Scene One: Banish Sorrow, Banish Care - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act One, Scene One: Ah! Belinda, I Am Prest With Torment - Victoria De Los Angeles
Act One, Scene One: Grief Increases By Concealing - Heather Harper/Victoria De Los Angeles
Act One, Scene One: When Monarchs Unite - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act One, Scene One: Whence Could So Much Virute Spring? - Victoria De Los Angeles
Act One, Scene One: Fear No Danger To Ensure - Heather Harper/Elizabeth Robson/Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act One, Scene One: See, Your Royal Guest Appears - Heather Harper/Peter Glossop/Victoria De Los Angeles
Act One, Scene One: Cupid Only Throws The Dart - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act One, Scene One: If Not For Mine, For Empire's Sake - Peter Glossop
Act One, Scene One: Pursue Thy Conquest, Love - Heather Harper
Act One, Scene One: To The Hills And The Vales - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act One, Scene One: The Triumphing Dance - ECO/Sir John Barbirolli
Act One, Scene Two: Wayward Sisters - Patricia Johnson/Clare Walmesley
Act One, Scene Two: Harms's Our Delight And Mischief All Our Skill - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act One, Scene Two: The Queen Of Carthage, Whom We Hate - Patricia Johnson/Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act One, Scene Two: Ruin'd Ere The Set Of Sun? - Clare Walmesley/Sybil Michelow/Patricia Johnson/Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act One, Scene Two: But, Ere We This Perform - Clare Walmesley/Sybil Michelow
Act One, Scene Two: In Our Deep Vaulted Cell - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act One, Scene Two: Echo Dance Of Furies - ECO/Sir John Barbirolli
Act Two: Ritornelle - ECO/Sir John Barbirolli
Act Two: Thanks To These Lonesome Vales - Heather Harper/Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act Two: Oft She Visits This Lov'd Mountain - Elizabeth Robson
Act Two: Behold, Upon My Bending Spear - Peter Glossop/Victoria De Los Angeles
Act Two: Haste, Haste To Town - Heather Harper/Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act Two: Stay, Prince! And Hear Great Jove's Command - Sybil Michelow/Peter Glossop
Act Three: Come Away, Fellow Sailors - Robert Tear/Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act Three: Sailors' Dance - ECO/Sir John Barbirolli
Act Three: See The Flags And Streamers Curling - Patricia Johnson/Clare Walmesley/Sybil Michelow
Act Three: Our Next Motion Must Be To Storm Her Lover - Patricia Johnson
Act Three: Destruction's Our Delight - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act Three: Witches' Dance - ECO/Sir John Barbirolli
Act Three: Your Counsel All Is Urg'd In Vain - Victoria De Los Angeles/Heather Harper/Peter Glossop
Act Three: Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy
Act Three: Thy Hand, Belinda - Victoria De Los Angeles
Act Three: When I Am Laid In Earth - Victoria De Los Angeles
Act Three: With Drooping Wings - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy

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Ordinary Bliss

An English Chorister's Songbook

Manufacturer: Metronome
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002K41
Release Date: 1996-04-16

Tracks:

I Was Glad
Sing Joyfully
Hear My Prayer
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart
Ave Verum Corpus
O Lord Grant The King A Long Life
If Ye Love Me
And When The Builders
Beati Quorum Via
Psalm 121
Like As The Hart
Salvator Mundi
O Crux Splendidior
My Soul, There Is A Country
Beatus Vir
Bring Us, O Lord God

Customer Reviews:

Ordinary Bliss.......2005-03-04

A wonderful "ordinary" sampling of the music written for the English Boy Choir. It is ordinary in the sense that it is not focussed around one holiday like Christmas, but is a sampling of great non-seasonal hymns. Clear beautiful singing and quite inspiring.

Amy Beach: Sacred Music; Nick Strimple: Anthems

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Amy Beach: Sacred Music; Nick Strimple: Anthems

Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006KHG
Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

Service In A Major, Op. 63: Te Deum
Service In A Major, Op. 63: Benedictus
Service In A Major, Op. 63: Jubilate Deo
Service In A Major, Op. 63: Magnificat
Service In A Major, Op. 63: Nunc dimittis
Jesus, My Saviour, Opus 112
Though I Take The Wings Of Morning, Opus 152
I Sought The Lord, Opus 142
Two From Isaiah: 1. Behold, I Will Do A New Thing
Two From Isaiah: 2. They That Wait Upon The Lord
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Hark, My Soul, How Everything
Let This Mind Be In You
My Soul, There Is A Country
Two Encounters With Thirst: 1. His Are The Thousand Sparkling Rills
Two Encounters With Thirst: 2. As Pants The Hart

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