Childrens Toyshop
Welcome to The Childrens Toyshop, here you will find all the latest and traditional toys in our toyshop. You can search and locate the best selling Toys Games & Puzzles to purchase online and have delivered to the door. We have a large selection of Music with reviews.
Back to Home Page > Go back a page
Music : Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace
See Larger Image |
Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace from: Virgin List Price: £13.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £10.98 You Save: £3.01 (22%)Prices subject to change. |
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724381101520 Label: Virgin Manufacturer: Virgin Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Release Date: September 10, 2001 Running Time: 67 minutes Studio: Virgin Sales Rank: 309 MPN: 11015 Disc 1:
Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace is a departure from his Adiemus recordings into the more conventional territory of large-scale choral and orchestral writing, though his customary passion for mixing languages remains in full force with texts in English, Latin and French. Jenkins has said that The Armed Man was inspired by the "L'Homme armé" masses which were popular in the 16th century, and he makes this debt clear with passages written in a neat pastiche of Palestrina-style renaissance polyphony. There are also echoes of earlier and later styles, including plainchant, medieval ballads, James Barry-style horn writing (think Goldfinger) and even a direct quote from Rigoletto (the choir imitates wind sounds at one point as in Act 3 of Verdi's opera). The smorgasbord manages to hold together, probably because Jenkins' obvious sincerity shines through every note. The London Philharmonic Orchestra plays beautifully, and treble Tristan Hambleton performs his solo with ethereal clarity. The National Youth Choir sings with vigour and accuracy, even if the young sopranos sound a little thin at the top of their range. If you liked the soundtrack to The Mission, this should press all the right buttons. --Warwick Thompson Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
 Rating: - Emotional musicThis piece just reduces me to tears - probably because my closet friend served in both the Falklands War and the first Gulf War. A most moving piece of music - to anyone's ears, if only they've got ears to hear. I am singing it with my choir this year and find it almost impossible to sing it without welling-up. Worth every penny of the CD's price. Rating:  - Meretricious papI'm sorry but anyone who thinks this is good music needs to get out more. At best it's second-rate, at worst it's meretricious pap. For anti-war music listen to Britten's War Requiem, for settings of the mass listen to any one of a hundred composers who have done it better. Stick to Adiemus Karl, you'll never hack it as a proper composer. Rating: - surprisedI wasn't keen on Adiemus, and wasn't expecting to like this, though I had heard bits on classic fm that grabbed my attention (while working with the radio on). However, I do find this enjoyable from start to finish, skipping over the muezzin's prayer (which I could hear out my window in certain locales). Maybe it is not complex, but there are surprising moments and there is plenty of passion throughout. Obviously this is something that splits opinion, so I must be a prole. Yes, I even like Andrew Lloyd Webber at times. But then I also listen to Arvo Part, to Tavener and others in abundance, alongside the likes of Ali Farka Toure and Santana (in his prime), so... I consider myself to be without baggage but not without ... Read More: Rating: - The worst piece of music I have ever performed.I have been singing since I was a chorister at the age of 8 and I am sorry, but 17 years later this the only peace that I would never perform again. It is musically uninspiring and monotonous. I am sorry that I will be accused of being elitist but I know of no redeeming features for this work. Rating:  - Simply StunningThe BBC recently used the "Benedictus" from "The Armed Man" for one of it's "Natural World" programmes. I had heard this piece before but could not decide where and it drove me mad for 2-3 weeks before I finally tracked it down to Karl Jenkins and his fantastic work for the Royal Armouries. The "Benedictus" alone is a gorgeous example of writing of this highest calibre. It's wonderful how music can manage to be melancholy and uplifting and bring such peace to your heart, all at the same time. It stirs up so many emotions in me that tears come easily. Now that I own the whole work and have listened to it all I am now a complete Karl Jenkins convert and have lots of catching up to do. "The Armed Man" is simply stunning and should provide food ... Read More: |
|