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| King David | 
 enlarge | Artist: Honegger
Creators: Arthur Honegger, Any In English, Donald Pearson, Thomas Poole
Label: Gothic Records
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 175790
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 000334910525
EAN: 0000334910525
ASIN: B00000I9UJ
Release Date: March 23, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Introduction | | • | Song the Shepard David | | • | Psalm "All Praise to Him" | | • | Song of Victory | | • | March Repetition of No. 4 | | • | Psalm "In the Lord I Put My Faith" | | • | Psalm "Oh Had I Wings Like a Dove" | | • | Song of the Prophets | | • | Psalm "Pity Me, Lord! " | | • | Camp of Saul | | • | Psalm "God, the Lord Shall Be My Light | | • | Incantation of the Witch of Endor | | • | March of the Philistines | | • | Lament of Gilboa | | • | Song of the Festival | | • | Dance Before the Ark | | • | Song "Now My Voice in Song Uproaring" | | • | Song of the Maidservant | | • | Psalm of Penitence | | • | Psalm" Behold, in Evil I Was Born" | | • | Psalm "O Shall I Raise Mine Eyes Unto the Mountains? | | • | Song of Ephraim | | • | March of the Hebrews | | • | Psalm "Thee Will I Love, O Lord" | | • | Psalm "In My Distress" | | • | Crowning of Solomon | | • | Death of David |
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| Customer Reviews:
 How Disappointing November 24, 2003
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have the Dutoit, originally released on an Erato LP, I seem to recall, and very successfully transferred to CD. A really gorgeous production that "gets it" with both Honegger's score and the associated texts. I had been wanting an English translation of the piece, which I'd seen successfully staged a couple of times in my mis-spent youth, so was glad to see this edition when I went searching. But the music is just not on. It drags, and the chorus minces through passages that should move with much more energy (the Victory theme, where Saul has slain his thousands etc. on the sample here will illustrate the problem). The producers chicken out by using women soloists when the score calls for a boy singer, though that is hardly a unique sin. But the solost in the final passage keeps coming in sharp, often way sharp, in what should be a crystalline passage of music and that is near inforgivable. I'd buy it, barely, absent a better English rendition, but if that isn't an issue, skip it and stick to the Dutoit.
 Wonderful moments February 16, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The soprano soloist is the reason to buy this CD. Ms. Sorensson's sparkly, shimmery voice shines thoughout the album and brings the work to a glorious and perfectly in tune conclusion. The choral singing is adequate throughout and someimes exciting although it often has the blatty tone quality common to adult choruses whose women are asked to sing like little boys.
A good church recording, but what's it doing on Amazon.com? June 6, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I couldn't agree with another reviewer (K.Hume) more. I needed a copy of this CD rather quickly to learn the music for myself and this is the only one that was affordable that could come in soon, so I purchased it in spite of the negative review. I'm giving it two stars instead of one for the orchestra. They performed it well to my ear (not being an instrumentalist) and kept the rhythm going, despite the director, Donald Pearson's penchant for slowing it down incredibly. In this sense, one cannot help but imagine how painful rehearsals must have been.
The soprano soloist, Maureen Sorensson, has a crystalline quality to her tone which is quite beautiful, however she is sharp throughout the ENTIRE piece and in the final movement it stands out like a sore thumb. Ms. Sorensson sings a full out forte, one FULL half-tone sharp in contrast with the entire soprano section, thus ending the piece in a dissonant mess.
Bottom line: the chorus was not ready to record this piece, much less perform it.
Worth a listen --for non-French speaking... August 28, 2007
I sang with a chorus that performed this years ago and wanted an English version; I already had the Dutoit CD. Most of the recording was okay; the narrator was very good and parts of the orchestra. Unfortunately, the final movement just "comes apart". It's probably my favorite, and trademark Honnegger; I was so dissatisfied, I immediately had to get out the Dutoit and listen to the finale.
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