Vocalise: Music by Karl Jenkins

Adiemus (Performer), Karl Jenkins (Performer), Mary Carewe (Performer), Belinda Sykes (Performer), Martin Taylor (Performer), Kenny Wheeler (Performer), Pamela Thorby (Performer), Mark Feltham (Performer), Nigel Hitchcock (Performer), Richard Harwood (Composer), Terrance Barber (Artist), Unspecified (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Adiemus, Karl Jenkins, Mary Carewe, Belinda Sykes, Martin Taylor, et al.
• Composer: Richard Harwood
• Audio CD (January 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Higher Octave
• ASIN: B000168ACS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,372 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #45 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Languages > Czech

Track Listings

1. Rondo

2. The Protector

3. Allegrettango

4. Dona Nobris Pacem Part I

5. Dona Nobris Pacem Part II

6. Akruzam

7. Schwanda The Bagpiper

8. Exit Schwanda

9. Bendigedig

10. Schubert's Dance

11. Berceuse Pour Un Enphant Solitaire

12. Aria

13. Mysterious Are Your Ways

14. Mi Contra Fa, Diabolus in Musica

15. Vocalise

16. Boogie Woogie Llanoogie (Encore)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vocalist, Terry Barber, March 1, 2005

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This review is from: Vocalise: Music by Karl Jenkins (Audio CD)

As vocalist for the lead track as well as Aria and several other tracks throughout this album, I am dissapointed that I did not get the recognition I was promised by Jenkins. However, I think the album is beautiful and I am pleased that I was involved.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adiemus still going strong, May 4, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Vocalise: Music by Karl Jenkins (Audio CD)

Wonderful, wonderful music. Any Adiemus fans should get this.

Three classical pieces arranged for singing (Beethoven, Villa-Lobos, Rakhmaninov), all nicely done. The two last are some of the most beautiful melodies ever written - it seems almost logical that Adiemus should make their own versions of them. Maybe we can expect more of the same.
The singing: Yes, Miriam Stockley's voice was stunningly beautiful. She's not a part of Adiemus anymore - but her replacements are doing a very nice job.
The ethnic stuff - and the mixing of different styles: This CD, like all the Adiemus albums except #3, forms a whole. The new instruments (saxophone, etc) blend perfectly into the mix. It's a little peppier, jazzier and livelier than some of the other albums but whoever said that the everything should always stay the same? Adiemus can't just make more of the same, they need to evolve and they're doing just that.

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My top 6 Adiemus albums:

# 1: Adiemus 2 - Still my favorite. One of the best CDs I own. Soothing music for the down days: It's the CD I pop into the CD player when I'm in that mood.
# 2: Adiemus 5 - The more it changes, the more it stays the same.
# 3: Adiemus 1 - The first I heard. I still remember how much I liked it - and I still do.
# 4: Adiemus 4 - The Celt album. I was sceptic before hearing it and waited long before buying it - but Karl Jenkins is like a great cook who can mix different things into his dishes and still make them taste great. (Of course, there's a strong tradition for this in classical music. Rimsky-Korsakov never went to Arabia, but Scheherazade is still gorgeous music, often performed in Arabia. Puccini never went to Japan or China).
# 5: Karl Jenkins: Imagined Oceans. I count this as an Adiemus album. I honestly don't know why it isn't one. Another batch of great melodies - maybe lacking that final magical touch of some of the best Adiemus CDs.
# 6: Adiemus 3. It's funny that this is the last on the list since it contains some of the most riveting Adiemus songs, the reason being that it's too uneven. Some wonderful songs with Miriam Stockley, some not-so-fantastic stuff with the Finnish singers. It's the only Adiemus CD I don't listen to regularly. Still more that worth it's price.

Adiemus 2, 5 and 1 are outstanding. The others are very good.

But, wait, there's more: Any Adiemus fan should check out Karl Jenkins: Diamond Music (no singing, more like classical chamber music, as always great melodies many of which can be heard on other Adiemus albums) and the two albums by Miriam Stockley.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE ADIEMUS YOU LOVE, THE ADIEMUS YOU HATE..ALL ON ONE CD!, January 30, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Vocalise: Music by Karl Jenkins (Audio CD)

As a long standing Adiemus fan and having purchased every Adiemus album, I'm pleased to say that I was not disappointed with Vocalise. For the most part, the absence of Mariam Stockley is something I can live with. What disappointed me was Jenkin's new "innovations", i.e. using the saxophone, improv., etc (although this is not really new, as it was on the LIVE album, its just not Adiemus for me)the only real gem in this for me was "Donna Nobis Pacem" Part I, which is sung beautifully. Bendigedig was also OK, "Mysterious Are Your Ways" is hauntingly enchanting, as is "Vocalise"

"Mi Contra Fa, Diabolus in Musica" and "Boogie Woogie Llanoogie", in the eyes of this fan, is nothing short of a DISASTER, they really RUIN the CD. They are the reasons, along with Jenkins "innovations" that cause the CD to be 4 stars.