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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0075992698023 Label: Word Entertainment Manufacturer: Word Entertainment MPN: 26980 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Word Entertainment Release Date: September 29, 1992 Studio: Word Entertainment Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Love the CdI don't listen to all the tracks on this recording, but I've all but worn out 8, 12 and the final track, the Halleluia Chorus. Stevie with Take 6 is masterful, as well as Al Jarreau on the all-star big band session. The one disapointment that kept me from giving it 5 stars was the recording quality. I wanted to use Why Do the Nations... with Jarreau to audition a pair of high-end stereo speakers in the store, and the band sounded like they were recorded in a shoe-box. Unfortunate for such great ... Read More Rating:  - Lively, joyful CDI heard this CD at a friend's house once, years ago, and spent five years searching for it since. It showed up in Amazon this year, and I now, finally!, own it for myself. I LOVE this CD! It pays homage to the original, but brings a lively, joyful, unique sound to the musical ideas Handel started with. It modernizes it without degrading it in any way. I still love the original (Tafelmusik's is my favourite rendition, as true to the original ideas as possible), but I love this adaptation ... Read More Rating:  - The best cut is the Hallelujah ChorusI had heard the Hallelujah Chorus before (it was played in my spinning class at Christmas time) so I knew how great a song it is. I was hoping that the rest of the album was close to that level of inspiration and excitement - but I was disappointed. I liked the first cut (a short history of Black music in America) and a couple other cuts, but the Hallelujah Chorus is definitely the best. Most of the others are just so - so, in my opinion. Still the album is worth getting, just for the Hallelujah Chorus! Rating: - Soulful DanceI have always loved the dance rhythms, especially in the Overature. It is a really wonderful collage of all the kinds of African American music through history. I do recommend this product for a different feel of Handel's Messiah. Rating: - Still Raving I've lost count how many times I've purchased this CD. In my dream of the world, everybody owns a copy. I cannot imagine ever getting tired of this CD, ever getting the feeling "Enough, already." It is possibly the best "various artists" CD I will ever own. |
