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Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace

~ Karl Jenkins
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  • Performer: Guy Johnston, Tristan Hambleton
  • Orchestra: National Youth Choir of Great Britain
  • Conductor: Karl Jenkins
  • Composer: Karl Jenkins
  • Audio CD (10 Sep 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Virgin
  • ASIN: B00005NDVJ
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 806 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Armed Man 6:25£0.69
Listen  2. The Call To Prayers (Adhaan) 2:04£0.69
Listen  3. Kyrie 8:12£1.89
Listen  4. Save Me From Bloody Men 1:42£0.69
Listen  5. Sanctus 7:00£0.69
Listen  6. Hymn Before Action 2:38£0.69
Listen  7. Charge! 7:26£1.89
Listen  8. Angry Flames 4:44£0.69
Listen  9. Torches 2:58£0.69
Listen10. Agnus Dei 3:39£0.69
Listen11. Now The Guns Have Stopped 3:25£0.69
Listen12. Benedictus 7:36£1.89
Listen13. Better Is Peace 9:20£1.89

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  1. The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
    Composed by Karl Jenkins
    Performed by National Youth Choir of Great Britain
    with Guy Johnston, Tristan Hambleton
    Conducted by Karl Jenkins

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace is a departure from his Adiemus recordings into the more conventional territory of large-scale choral and orchestral writing, though his customary passion for mixing languages remains in full force with texts in English, Latin and French. Jenkins has said that The Armed Man was inspired by the "L'Homme armé" masses which were popular in the 16th century, and he makes this debt clear with passages written in a neat pastiche of Palestrina-style renaissance polyphony. There are also echoes of earlier and later styles, including plainchant, medieval ballads, James Barry-style horn writing (think Goldfinger) and even a direct quote from Rigoletto (the choir imitates wind sounds at one point as in Act 3 of Verdi's opera). The smorgasbord manages to hold together, probably because Jenkins' obvious sincerity shines through every note. The London Philharmonic Orchestra plays beautifully, and treble Tristan Hambleton performs his solo with ethereal clarity. The National Youth Choir sings with vigour and accuracy, even if the young sopranos sound a little thin at the top of their range. If you liked the soundtrack to The Mission, this should press all the right buttons. --Warwick Thompson

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57 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning & moving mix of classical and contemporary music, 13 Nov 2001
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This Mass for Peace is all the more moving by it's timely release. The variation in musical styles within the piece is breathtaking, from the haunting Kyrie to the mesmerising Muslim call to prayer right through to the slightly discordant and angry 'Torches'. The lyrics are well chosen to convey the powerful message and the musical settings totally reinforce the conviction of that message. From the punchy, pugnacious start of the Armed Man, through the classic Mass pieces of Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei to the upbeat ending of 'Better is Peace' with its optimistic message of 'Ring in a Thousand Years of Peace'and the final chorale 'God Shall Wipe Away All Tears' , this work is compelling listening and a welcome development of Karl Jenkins' already prolific talent. This is a departure from his Adiemus works, but let's hope it's the first of many. Well worth a listen by any discerning Karl Jenkins fan.
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84 of 89 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bleakly beautiful with gorgeous moments., 11 Dec 2002
Full of extraodinary swirls and stabs of orchestral music and beautiful, melodic choirs. This CD takes you on a joruney from the start of war(The Armed Man, with trudging, marching feet, drums and fifes and the poignant - given the current situation - Call To Prayers which is simply the unearthly solo voice of a meuzzin singing the Islamic call to prayer in Arabic), through to sadness and fear at start of battle(Kyrie, Save Me From Bloody Men), heroism and passion(Sanctus, the extraordinary and stirring Hymn Before Action, wonderful words by Rudyard Kipling) and of course, tumbles down into the real tragedy and pain of war(Angry Flames and Torches) and ends with the bitter sorrow of Agnus Dei and Now The Guns Have Stopped. The final, serene and lovely Benedictus(the one track I had heard and fallen in love with before buying the CD which contains the sweetest and most haunting cello I've ever heard) and Better is Peace(medieval, dancey and joyous), is a fitting end. Not for those who are easily depressed, but well worth it for the emotional journey and the beautiful voices.
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69 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Mass for Peace at a time of Conflict, 17 Oct 2002
By Mr J Remynse (Winchester, Hants United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I first became aware of the sound as I was driving to work. Slow, beautiful and reminiscent of... Of what? I did not know. I had missed the introduction. But I knew there and then I had to have it. As the music reached a crescendo, I knew I was listening to something special and fervently hoped the announcer would tell me what it was. She obliged: I had been listening to the National Youth Choir performing the Benedictus from Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. I ordered it that evening and less than 48 hours later I was able to listen to the entire CD.

From the first track to the last, I was struck by the quality of the recording and the pure sound of the voices: young people creating a sound that many of their elders in better known choirs might aspire to.

As an Australian in the UK, I heard this just days after the Bali bomb explosion in which many of my young countrymen and women died, so this CD immediately took on a meaning and life of its own. I listened to it for hours on the day it arrived - and imagine it will continue to move me to tears for many years to come.

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