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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 (57 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 628 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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84 of 89 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bleakly beautiful with gorgeous moments., 11 Dec 2002
By Ms. SJ PALMER "seastoneone" (UK) - See all my reviews
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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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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, yet sublime, 12 Sep 2005
By ch0pper "ch0pper" (SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Jenkins was commissioned by The Royal Armouries to write this pieve for the Millenium celebration of 2000 so despite the assertions of another reviewer, this was not 'Jenkins attempt to climb on a bandwagon'.

Further, another reviewer seems to equate musical complexity with musical worth. This represents the very worst type of 'musical snobbery'. The fact that a piece is accessible does not mean that it has no worth or value.

And this piece is both accesible and enjoyable. Yes it may not be as comple as Bach or Palestrina, but I suspect that anyone who has a real heart would find themselves swept up by this music.

A very worthwhile additon to anyone's collection. In my humble opinion!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant discovery
I had never heard of Karl Jenkins until two months ago, when I turned on my car radio and heard an extract of the Sanctus from "The Armed Man" just starting on Classic FM. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Modern music with traditional roots
Having seen this piece advertised in a German progranmme of church music, I was interested in finding out about it. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Jacromby

1.0 out of 5 stars Mutton Dressed as Agnus Dei
There is a place in the world for writers of jingles and doodles, however presenting them as competent composers when they write stuff as vacuous as this really needs to be... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Peace and Reconciliation
After listening to the intriguing beginning for two or three minutes with Armed Men Marching you will want to listen to it all, the Call to Prayer will ensure you do so. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kenneth Jones

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully performed
Whilst some might find the style a little cheesy, I found myself drawn into Jenkin's music by the excellent performance of both choir and orchestra. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Elsie Séelle

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing !
A fantastic piece of music. When you hear it you will want to listen again and again.
Published 4 months ago by Julie Clark

4.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing, modern take on classical music
This may come as a shock for some, and especially for some of the more strident reviewers here, but many people hear much classical music as turgid, boring and plain full of... Read more
Published 8 months ago by D Yeats

3.0 out of 5 stars Is there music in this mass?
Let's be sincere. Jenkins is not Josquin des Prez, not even Tavener. The score is sometimes pretentious, epic and martial without any complex. A Mass for peace? Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ioannes Thyrsus

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazon Review a bit off
I would guess that the Amazon reviewer Warwick Thompson is under 25.
Anyway, he writes as if he is, judging by his use of the English language
("think Goldfinger",... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Roger Ogle

4.0 out of 5 stars Emotional music
This piece just reduces me to tears - probably because my closet friend served in both the Falklands War and the first Gulf War. Read more
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