Requiem

Martin Tillman (Performer), Bernadette Allbaugh (Performer), Michael Hoppe (Composer), Chris Bleth (Performer), Heidi Fielding (Performer), Dwain Briggs (Performer), Alyssa Park (Performer), Lilly Hayden (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Martin Tillman, Bernadette Allbaugh, Chris Bleth, Heidi Fielding, Dwain Briggs, et al.
• Composer: Michael Hoppe
• Audio CD (May 16, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hearts of Space
• ASIN: B000EWBMWY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #126,339 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

Michael Hoppe is a Grammy award nominated composer of exceptional melodic talents. His music has been heard internationally and on numerous programs ranging from HBO’s The Sopranos to The Oprah Winfrey Show. Hoppe has also scored feature films including Misunderstood and the multi-award winning and Oscar nominated short, Eyes of the Wind. His 2003 release, Solace, was a Grammy nominee in the Best New Age category and has sold more than 100,000 records worldwide. His new release Requiem features soprano Heidi Fielding and tenor Dwain Briggs

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Writings by Serge Kozlovsky, June 1, 2006

By	Serge Kozlovsky (Belarus) - See all my reviews

Tell me, my friend,
Where to our beloved go away?
In which of worlds we'll meet again?

What is in this music? The life with its inherent sorrows and pleasures, with encounters and partings in it. While hearing it you would like to recollect the past, the moments that are sweet to you and the people you love. And the pang of losses will squeeze your heart again for a moment. And this music will wash it over and ease your suffering since it includes a sublime beauty and an engrossing conciliation. Michael Hoppe's compositions are filled with wisdom and an acknowledgement of life as it is. And as always his music is unbelievably beautiful and exquisitely intelligent.

The "Requiem" album is dedicated to Michael Hoppe's father - Frank Hoppe. While listening to this project we can take delight in Heidi Fielding's divine soprano and Dwain Briggs's magically calming tenor. The most moving composition of the album that touches the heart is "Lacrimosa". On the whole all the compositions of the "Requiem" album can be called the music of the heart so much it is sincere. It heals a soul and refines a heart. Michael Hoppe's music sounds very refined while it is performed by such remarkable musicians as Chris Bleth - oboe, Martin Tillmann - cello, Bernadette Allbaugh - clarinet, Alyssa Park and Lilly Hayden - violin and certainly Michael Hoppe - keyboards.

Michael Hoppe, the author of a number of outstanding albums reverts to us with a new project "Requiem". His previous "Solace" CD recorded in common with the Prague Symphony Orchestra by utilizing the Internet was nominated for Grammy. Some prior Michael Hoppe's albums were honored with prestigious awards. I guess that "Requiem" is destined for a successful life and an international recognition. This album deserves the highest awards and the most complimentary words.

Michael Hoppe's music is profound as ever and it appears before us in an incredibly beautiful arrangement where cello and violins, electronic keyboards and vocal coalesce into a single whole forming a precious crystal sparkling before us with its magical facets.

You are hearing "Requiem" and for a moment in your memories you find yourself among all those you love...

Serge Kozlovsky
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P.S. Translated by Tatyana L. Permyakova.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solemnly Soothing Spirited Music, November 6, 2006

By	Jeanette Alexander (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Requiem. Michael Hoppe

This is music from the heavens. Michael Hoppe has done it again! In this CD, Requiem, he captures your heart with the opening notes and doesn't let go. This music compels you to sit down and listen to some of the most beautiful musical compositions and vocals you will ever hear on earth.

From the opening notes of the oboe in the first song, Introit, it calls out and beckons for you to slow down, to listen. You get a sense of being comforted and soothed in sounds that surround you. This music takes you under it's wing and comforts you. You are compelled to stop whatever you are doing and really let the music sink in. To feel, and to really listen.

This is soothing music, yes, but it is much more than that. This is solemn music, yes, but of the most beautiful kind. This is spiritual music, yes, for the soul. Perhaps it can be compared to that of a warm blanket on a cold winter's night, a soothing cup of hot tea, a fireplace. Whatever it might be for you, this music is soothing beyond measure. This is music that is comforting to the depths of the soul.

As a deep listener, I can hear every note, every nuance of the oboe, and as keyboards change chords , my whole being goes along to the pulse. Santus is a joy to listen to. As for the vocals, they are the angels from heaven! The vocal harmonizations are heavenly.

The Prayer is my favorite. With lyrics by Heidi Fielding, she sings it to us,
"You answered my prayer" and you are left with a sense of hope and renewal. You wonder could it be the same question you ask yourself. You want to believe that your prayers are answered. I can listen to this song over and over again and I have. Let me rephrase that, I can listen to this CD over and over again. And I have.
I know if you listen to this CD, you will get to listen to your own soul in the process.


Jeanette Alexander

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensual Peace, June 7, 2006

By	L. Longfellow - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Requiem" is music to accompany lovemaking. Not sex - lovemaking.
"Requiem" is music to fall asleep by. Not doze off - slip into peaceful rest.
It is intelligent and beautiful, a manifestation of heart and mind, from a true "heartist."