popular music: Paul Hillier     popular music:     Paul Hillier      Riley: In C Terry Riley, Paul Hillier, ... Da Capo [Naxos], 2007 A stunning performance of a contemporary classic OK, I admit I'm a little obsessed with this piece. This is the 6th version of it I own. Frankly, Riley's 1964 minimalist masterpiece varies so much from one version to another that it easily embraces diverse interpretations, from the early version called Mantra, to ...             Josquin Desprez: Motets & Chansons Josquin Desprez, Paul Hillier, ... EMI Classics, 1997 Splendid Other reviewers have pretty much said it all-- all I can add is-- if you don't like James's voice, then don't listen to Hilliard. David James is to the Hilliard Ensemble what The Edge is to U2. ;)             Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame / The Hilliard Ensemble Guillaume de Machaut, The Hilliard Ensemble, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 The World of Machaut The Mediaeval Frenchman Guillaume de Machaut is one of those composers who shaped the course of musical history most significantly. He wrote some of the earliest known polyphonic pieces of vocal music, as well as writing astonishing poetry for his own semi-sacred songs ...             Steve Reich: Phases Donald Palma, Maya Beiser, ... Nonesuch, 2006 A Steve Reich 70th Birthday Present from Nonesuch If you are a big Steve Reich fan, you probably already have most or all of these recordings. These are not rarities, PHASES is not for collectors -- this 5-disc box is aimed at those of us who have been curious, but not convinced enough to buy multiple Reich ...             Early American Choral Music, Vol. 2 Anonymous, William Billings, ... Hmf Classical Exp., 2002 The Better of the two I have both disc in the series. I liked the music on this disc much more than the first. The selections seem more focused and the sounds are much clearer. Also, the particular pieces fit better together. I love the sound of this group and hope they make more in the ...             Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1 William Billings, Paul Hillier Hmf Classical Exp., 2001 How well do you like this kind of music? I ended up ordering this CD, as well as Vol. 2, and "Make A Joyful Noise: American Psalmody." I thought the quality was excellent on all three, but I wanted to say that if you're not sure how well you like this kind of music, I would recommend the American Psalmody CD ...             Arvo Pärt: De Profundis Arvo Part, Paul Hillier, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1997 Power and Grace Hillier's Theatre of Voices gives an absolutely wonderful rendering of Pärt's work. The music is amazing, recalling medieval choral music as well as contemporary ideas in musical composition. Pärt manages to touch on a wide range of feeling throughout all of these ...             Perotin / The Hilliard Ensemble Perotin, Anonymous, ... Ecm Records, 2000 The Best Perotin Recording. Perotin was a 12th century composer in Paris at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. We know almost nothing about him. Perotin (which is a diminutive of Peter) is described by a mid-thirteenth century student identified today as Anonymous IV who states that Perotin was the ...             Mozart: Vespers K. 321 & 339/Ave Verum Corpus; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Hilliard Ensemble Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Stephen Cleobury, ... EMI Classics, 1989 Elegant performances of Mozart's Vespers plus... Mozart composed the two Vesper Services ('Vesperae de Dominica' K321 and 'Vesperae solennes de confessore'K339) in 1779 and 1780 for performances in the Salzburg cathedral and so it is very fitting that this lovely recording is performed in the cathedral-like setting ...             Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2006 Transcendental Purity meets Slavonic Psalms Mastery Many things have been said about Arvo Part. Nevertheless, I will venture some words about this CD. Part's compositions evoke a meditative, deeply thoughtful atmosphere. When I played this CD for the first time, my visceral reaction was to close my eyes and let the ...             Crossing the Stone Kevin Horsley, Laurence Cottle, ... Sony, 2003 A Towering Musical Achievement While biographies disguised as reviews are tiresome, some background is in order, in this case. At the age of 23, Catrin Finch has been playing the harp for 18 years. She was appearing on British television and with major orchestras by the time she was 10, and was ...             Les tres riches heures du Moyen Age: A Medieval Journey Josep Cabre, Marcel Pérès, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1995 7.5 hours of superb music at a most reasonable price. There isn't a clunker in this set. All the performers are top drawer and the recordings are good. The notes are a little brief and a bit scholarly, but can be ignored easily. You will get an idea of the different kinds of medieval music as well as the top groups and ...             Reich Remixed Various Artists, DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, ... Nonesuch, 1999 Children of Reich Create Loving Homage The entrancing hobby of looping gave birth to essencially all forms of techno in existence today, and all followers should be thankful Steve Reich's cassette tapes messed up one day to create a looping effect. He soon became obsessed with overlapping sounds and ...             Les Travailleurs de la Mer: Ancient Songs from a Small Island Ian Harrison, Paul Hillier, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2005 Timeless Beauty We ordered this CD after hearing excerpts from it on NPR. We find it an enchanting blend of vocal and instrumental music, part medieval, part Celtic folk. Listening to it envelopes us in the beauty and simplicity of an unspoiled natural landscape timeless in its ...             Stockhausen: Stimmung [Hybrid SACD] Karlheinz Stockhausen, Paul Hillier, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2007 Not music as we know it, Jim... The only works by Stockhausen that I'm familiair with are Mantra, Gesang der Junglinge and Kontakte, so I'm by no means an expert. And the Theatre of Voices I know mainly through their renditions of works by Arvo Part, so again: not an expert. Frank Zappa once ...          products you might be interested in   search for popular music cambridge, crossing, ensemble, profundis, stockhausen, travailleurs      toavi.com    web we recommend 7.5 hours of superb music at a most reasonable price. randomly chosen book: The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and ...