Gladness of Heart

Cueto (Artist), Polochick (Artist), Baltimore (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 22, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sonora Records
• ASIN: B00005YP35
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #619,851 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Violin Concerto in A minor: Allegro Moderato

2. Violin Concerto in A minor: Adagio

3. Violin Concerto in A minor: Allegro Vivace

4. The Peaceable Kingdom: Say Ye to the Righteous

5. The Peaceable Kingdom: Woe Unto Them

6. The Peaceable Kingdom: The Noise of a Multitude

7. The Peaceable Kingdom: Howl Ye

8. The Peaceable Kingdom: The Paper Reeds by the Brooks

9. The Peaceable Kingdom: But These Are They

10. The Peaceable Kingdom: Have Ye Not Known?

11. The Peaceable Kingdom: Ye Shall Have a Song

12. Rounds, for string orchestra: Allegro, molto vivace

13. Rounds, for string orchestra: Adagio

14. Rounds, for string orchestra: Allegro vigoroso

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Groaning?, April 29, 2006

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Jacqueline Hahn "teech 'n song" (Southern Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gladness of Heart (Audio CD)

I own this recording and have never noticed any such distraction as mentioned in the previous review.

The performance of the Menotti Violin Concerto by Jose Cueto is quite brilliant, with lyrical phrasing and extraordinarily rich tone. This is a five star performance.

The choral selections are not so hot. Frankly, I don't understand the selection of these works in putting together an 'album.' The relationship is lost on me.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Painful of Heart, March 18, 2004

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Steven Apergis (Burke, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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I have very eclectic tastes, am easy to please and I thought I would never trash an album, but AVOID THIS CD AT ALL COSTS!!! The problem is with the Menotti "Violin Concerto". Throughout the performance one can hear someone grunting and moaning in the background. It could be the soloist. Maybe the conductor. It is a horrible distraction. The other two works on the CD are fine: Randall Thompson the "Peaceable Kingdom" and David Diamond "Rounds for String Orchestra". However all these works are available on other CDs. For example, there is a nice recording of the "Rounds" on the Delos Label Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony