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MUSIC CONTACT INFO COMPILATIONS STATS MEMBERS CDs CART dwsolo http://www.dwsolo.toptempo.com   Downloads & Listens: 66324 Band Information Genre neo-classical Description Vocalist, computer and various collaborators. Similar Artists Freres Jacques, Comedy Harmonists, A Cappella, Kings Singers... well one can aspire :-) David W Solomons is honoured to be one of the first to join this excellent new website, offspring of the mp3.com TopTempo listing. If you like what you hear here, do also please visit my Home Page: www.dwsolo.com and dwsChorale Music Play All  Nicolette (by Ravel) Choral  One of three lovely part songs by Maurice Ravel. Performed here (a minor third down) by the dwsChorale. The score can be obtained from the Choral Public Domain library Do visit my Ozone page to hear alternative mixes of this recording (and vote on them) (The file appearing here now is one of the improved remixes) Play Download Credits Music by Maurice Ravel - performed by David W Solomons (dwsChorale)    If ye love me Choral  Motet by Thomas Tallis, performed by the dwsChorale (also available on the new dwsChorale site Play Download    Nous sommes de l`ordre de St Babouin Renaissance  The time of Charles VI of France was poor, due to war, and only a few folk knew rich food and jollity. Some were at the court of the King (of course) and others, allegedly were in the Order of St Babouyn - carousing, drunken monks. This is the first verse of Loyset Compère`s satirical song on these monks. A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play Download Credits Composer: Loyset Compère - performer David W Solomons as the dwsChorale    Hari Bouriquet Renaissance  Satirical song by Claudin de Sermisy, with added verses from a contemporary satirical "Noel Nouveau" poem - bouriquet is a little donkey! (Also available on the dwsChorale site) Play Download Credits Composed by Claudin de Sermisy with additions. Performed and improvised by David W Solomons as the dwsChorale    Au joli Bois Renaissance  A sad and beautiful four-part Chanson by Claudin de Sermisy Play Download Credits Composer: Claudin de Sermisy; Performer: David W Solomons    Se j`ay parlé Renaissance  Scurrilous song by Loyset Compere (read between the lines!) - some sort of predecessor to the Sermisy/Rabelais "Hari Bouriquet" song perhaps... Play Download Credits Composer: Loyset Compere; Performed by the dwsChorale    Alle psallite cum luya Medieval  Lively anonymous song, similar in some ways to "Summer is i-cumen in" but with religious intent, probably the medieval equivalent of happy-clappy! Performed here by the dwsChorale Play Download Credits Composer anonymous, editor Philip Legge, performed by David W Solomons, with added timpani, bells and drums.    Rejoice in the Lord Alway (anon) Renaissance  Madrigal-style anthem on the jolly side ... sung one voice to a part. Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits Performed by David Warin Solomons as the dwsChorale    Mass for men`s voices and organ Contemporary  This "full of Eastern promise" style mass was written for and performed by the Voluntary choir of Manchester Cathedral. Nine years after its first performance in Dublin, the dwsChorale decided to give it a try too. A full days` work indeed! Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits David W Solomons composer and performer - with a little help from the Jeux soundfont on the organ    Lay a garland Choral  Pearsall`s amazingly intricate and passionate madrigal for 8 voices. I`ve long wanted to perform this "death by chocolate" piece, and tonight was the night. (Pardon the little birdsong obbligato at the very end, it was a hot evening and the windows just had to be open!) Play Download Credits Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer), dwsChorale (performer) ** This song is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN **      Hodie completi sunt dies Pentecostes Choral  A wonderful wall of sound by Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) celebrating the feast of Pentecost, as edited by Adam P Cole on the Choral Public Domain Library. This version is in the key of F. Play Download Credits Orlando di Lasso (composer); Adam P Cole (editor); David W Solomons (performer) ** This song is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN **      Voyelles de Rimbaud Contemporary  This is my most experimental choral piece to date - and it is not for the faint-hearted either by the words or by the musical atmosphere they evoke! Rimbaud`s poem claims to find correspondances between the French vowels, colours and siutations, but I suspect his tongue is in his cheek. Still it`s a fascinating concept and my setting aims to reach into his words. A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits Poem by Arthur Rimbaud, music composed and sung by David W Solomons    April Vocals  A gentle ditty for guitar and alto about this pleasant month is my setting of a poem by S N Solomons based on a poem by Remi Belleau Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits Remi Belleau (original poem) - S N Solomons (English version) - D W Solomons composer and performer    Since First I Saw Your Face Renaissance  Madrigal by Thomas Ford, performed by the dwsChorale. Note the tongue in cheek word painting at the words "cannot disentangle"! Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits Composed by Thomas Ford, sung by David W Solomons    3 3 2 - for bass sax and cor anglais Contemporary  A quirky little dance in the octatonic mode, which divides the bar into 3 3 2 throughout. Live performance. Play Download Credits composed by David W Solomons performed by Spectrum (Andreas Van Zoelen and Susanne Lucker)    Down in a flowery vale Renaissance  Anglicised Italian madrigal performed by the dwsChorale. The morality is obvious - love and money don`t mix... Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits Constantius Festa (composer) - T Oliphant and FWR (words) - David W Solomons (all singers)    Heaven`s Dance Contemporary  Poem by Audrey Vaughan set by David for women`s choir. This performance is transposed down and performed by the composer. The lively rhythms and pure joy are contrasted with placid moments of contemplation. Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits poem: Audrey Vaughan music: David W Solomons    Erste Begegnung Choral  Two part choral song by Robert Schumann, one of his lighter works! A young maiden goes to pick roses and sees a handsome young man doing the same, of course he gives her a rose ... so, like a well brought up young maiden she rushes off to tell her mother all about it! (Ahhh!) Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits poem by Emanuel Geibel (after a Spanish poem) - music composed by Robert Schumann - performed by David W Solomons - Rose painting by EM Solomons    Laendliches Lied Choral  Another choral Duet by Schumann, the joys of Spring, the dances and the young lovers... transposed for two altos and piano in this version Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits poem by Emanuel Geibel, music composed by Robert Schumann, arranged and performed by D W Solomons - flowers photographed by SN Solomons    Naenie (lament for a songbird) Choral  Naenie is originally a lament from ancient Roman times. This particular lament, by Robert Schumann, is for a beloved pet bird who, when alive, would so delight us with his song. Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits Words by Ludwig Bechstein - music by Robert Schumann - performed by the dwsChorale - Rose painting by EM Solomons    Away in a manger Spiritual Children`s  My arrangement of "Away in a manger" for strings, flute, organ, harp and alto voice, performed today 17 December 2005 Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits arrangement by David W Solomons original melody by W J Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)    Rupert the chocolate angel General Children`s Music  Here`s a much-needed antidote to that ubiquitous reindeer with the ever so shiny nose. The tune ain`t the same, the harmonies ain`t the same, the words ain`t the same, and yet it`s strangely familiar. Enjoy a sing-a-long too: here are the score and midi file Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits David W Solomons    Nora Lee (remixed) Vocals  Irish folksong, taken by various arrangers for an American Civil war song (the curiously named "Aura Lee") and for Elvis Presley as "Love me tender". This is a close harmony men`s voices version of the original Irish song, with swung quavers, performed by the dwsChorale. The score can be obtained herePDF score Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits traditional arr. DW Solomons    Ode to a Nose Contemporary  Specially for this alcoholic time of year, when noses are red, I present a curious song in praise of wine and its effects, complete with clinking glasses, bottles pouring liberally and a somewhat drunken echo. Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits Poem by S N Solomons based on a poem by the 15th century poet Olivier Basselin, music by D W Solomons    Lift thine eyes Choral  The trio for three angels from Mendelssohn`s Elijah - sung by David in ethereal mood. Play Download $0.50 Buy    I saw a maiden Choral  Traditional Basque carol, sung by the dwsChorale Play Download    Cradle Song Vocals  Song by William Byrd with accompanying strings - sung by D W Solomons with Synful violin viola and cello Play Download $0.50 Buy Credits composer: William Byrd performer: D W Solomons    Conductor`s 12 day Christmas nightmare General Comedy  A comic version of the 12 days of Christmas which will strike chords with choirs and conductors! Score available free of charge: pdf A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play Download $0.50 Buy    Dreaming Poetry  Poem by S N Solomons, with musical accompaniment taken from David Solomons` suite for guitar and orchestra. Play Download    Music all powerful Choral  Based on a poem by Henry Kirke White - this glee by Thomas Walmisley finds its echoes even now in the 21st century. Performed, as ever, by the dwsChorale A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play Download $0.50 Buy    The Blue Bird Choral  Gorgeous part song by Charles Stanford (based on a poem by Mary Coleridge), performed by the dwsChorale. Play Download $0.50 Buy    Hear my Prayer Baroque  Purcell at his most intricate - an emotional outburst of polyphonic brilliance, just the first verse of Psalm 102. Performed here by the dwsChorale (new performance - 17 August 2005). Also available on the new dwsChorale site Play Download    Discord! Dire Sister Choral  Glee by Samuel Webbe, performed by the dwsChorale. The first part, in 4 time, is based on a verse from Homer`s Iliad, as the Trojans and Greeks resume their conflict. The second part is a contrasting verse (maybe by Webbe himself?), set in 3 time, in praise of peace. (Also available on the dwsChorale site) Play Download    There rolls the deep Choral  C H H Parry`s setting of part of Tennyson`s "In Memoriam", performed by the dwsChorale. This song meditates on marvellous (and terrible) ways in which the earth changes over the millennia. Play Download $0.50 Buy    Breathe soft ye winds Choral  Glee for men`s voices by Stephen Paxton based on a poem by Ambrose Philips, performed by the dwsChorale. Play Download $0.50 Buy    Locus Iste Choral  Anthem by Anton Bruckner, sung by the dwsChorale Play $0.50 Buy    My Bonny Lass she smileth Renaissance  Madrigal by Thomas Morley, performed by the dwsChorale. Play Download $0.50 Buy    Hallelujah Chorus Baroque  Händel`s most famous chorus, for which the reigning King of England actually rose to his feet during the first London performance. This version is transposed to fit the dwsChorale ranges but it is still very effective. Play $0.50 Buy    Philomela across the centuries Crossover  Curious mix of the madrigal by Thomas Morley and "shewoop dewop" song based on the madrigal by Richard McHale - performed and re-mixed by the dwsChorale A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play Download    All creatures now Renaissance  Jolly madrigal by John Bennet, performed by the dwsChorale. Also available at the new dwsChorale site Play Download $0.50 Buy    Now is the month of Maying Renaissance  Jolly madrigal by Thomas Morley, performed by the dwsChorale Play Download $0.50 Buy    El Grillo Renaissance  Madrigal By Josquin des Prez, which appears to be about a cricket, but actually it is a satirical song about a cardinal, nicknamed the Cricket, whose sermons lasted as long as the cricket`s song and whose activities may have been unbecoming of a man of the cloth. Great fun to sing! Performed by David W Solomons Play $0.50 Buy    Quant je boy du vin clairet Medieval  Old French a-cappella drinking song by the aptly named Guillaume le Heurteur (Billy the bumper) - great fun and quite dizzying.... compare the Attaignant version... Alternative spellings I`ve seen: Quand je boys du vin clairet Quand je bois du vin clairet Play Download Credits sung by the dwsChorale    Kemp`s Dance (Since Robin Hood) Renaissance  Thomas Weelkes` three part madrigal transposed to C for the dwsChorale. Performed today July 9th 2005 Play Download $0.50 Buy    Robin Adair Celtic  My arrangement for SATB of this lovely Celtic lament. Composed and performed by me today, 29th May 2005 Also available from the new dwsChorale site Play Download    The Silver Swan-Orlando Gibbons Renaissance  Lovely lttle madrigal by Orlando Gibbons, performed by the dwsChorale Play $0.50 Buy    Lazy Guitar Mood Music  Improvisation on the basso ostinato of "Amble round Mercury" - performed by David on guitar multitracking. Play Download $0.50 Buy    O sing joyfully Choral  Religious song in madrigalian style by Adrian Batten Sung by the David as the "dwsChorale". Play Download    Ave Verum - by William Byrd Renaissance  Motet by William Byrd, performed by David as the dwsChorale. The second of my recordings on the new "professional" computer. Play $0.50 Buy    But who may abide the day of His coming Baroque  Alto aria from Händel`s Messiah, performed by David with Synful strings and Papelmedia harpsichord. Ornamentations inspired by Owen Wynne, for whom I have sung it occasionally. Play Download    Postcard from St Ann`s Square Crossover  A one-minute swing style waltz solo for piano - part of the Delian Society`s ongoing project of "postcards" for piano from around the world - see Delians page for more details. Play Download    Celebration Chamber Music  for North American Native Flute and strings (electronic preview) Play Download    Sweet Suite Strings  String quintet for 2 violins 1 viola and 2 cellos. Marie for Shame, Nocturne, Camp David, Blue Boar Blue. Play Download $0.50 Buy    An amble round Mercury Symphonic  A gentle ostinato reveals hidden melodies as this piece progresses. (Mercury is the pond in the middle of Tom Quad in Christ Church Oxford, round which I would amble from time to time in my undergrad days....) Play Download    The 12 Spams of Christmas General Comedy  A Punk-Classical collaboration with David Solomons and Lorin Swelk spoofing the 12 days of Christmas and giving it a spam filled Internet flavour. Play Download    Fine Knacks for Ladies Renaissance  Madrigal by John Dowland, extolling the virtues of the poor pedlar (actually representing the lover). Performed by David multivocally... (Also available on the dwsChorale site) Play Download $0.50 Buy    Wohl mir dass ich Jesum habe Baroque  This is the chorus from the Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" (Cantata for the Ascension of Mary) and known to English singers as "Jesu, joy of man`s desiring". Performed by the dwsChorale with Edirol strings and alto flute. Play Download    Hoc est enim corpus meum Choral  Communion motet for choir, composed and performed by D W Solomons, based on a poem by Audrey Vaughan A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play Download    A Modern Hiawatha General Comedy  Based on the rhythms of the famous Hiawatha, but this version concentrates on making really warm mittens. Poem anon. Music composed and performed by D W Solomons (as four alto parts sung by multitracking!) Also available at the new dwsChorale site Play Download    Their aid I thus disclaim General Comedy  A parody of a parody in Handelian style. The guardsmen in Princess Ida by Gilbert and Sullivan find their armour too cumbersome, so they remove it... whereas the main character here is a stripper. A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play Download $0.50 Buy    The Heavens are telling Classical General  Chorus from Haydn`s Creation, (Vincent Novello`s edition) performed entirely by me. A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play $0.50 Buy    Dieu qu`il la fait bon regarder Choral  Choral song by Debussy, performed by David W Solomons Also available from the new dwsChorale site Play Download    Aya Ngena African  Zulu traditional song - but with some added alternative words for a more peaceful world. Sung by David multivocally. Play $0.50 Buy    Soualle African  African lullaby arranged by Andrew Emmet and performed by the "dwsChorale" (Also available on the dwsChorale site) Play Download    Siyahamba African  African chorus - performed by the "dwsChorale" Play $0.50 Buy    Il est bel et bon Choral  Madrigal by Pierre Passereau, performed multivocally by David Also available from the new dwsChorale site Play Download    Si la noche hace oscura Vocals  Song by Diego Pisador, performed by David - guitar and alto voice Play $0.50 Buy    April is in my mistress` face Renaissance  Madrigal by Thomas Morley - all parts performed by David Play Download    Summer is i-cumen in Renaissance  The most famous 12th century song arranged and improvised by David singing on his multitrack Play Download $1.00 Buy    Though Amaryllis dance in green Renaissance  Madrigal by William Byrd, performed (multivocally) by David Play Download    Can she excuse Renaissance  Madrigal by John Dowland - performed by David W Solomons (multivocally) Play Download $0.50 Buy    Die Forelle (The trout) Vocals  Song by Franz Schubert, sung by David W Solomons. Play $1.00 Buy    Swing Door Swing-Big Band  Letting the hair down (what`s left of it) and joining the ageing swingers in this jolly spoof on swing. Play Download    In the Deep Dark Alternative General  Poem by SN Solomons, set to music and performed by DW Solomons - using two live voices and brass soundfonts Play Download    Our Father Choral  A choral setting of the Our Father by Joseph (Reg) Smith. Sung by David W Solomons (multi-tracking) Play Download    Purinjiti World Fusion  Meditation for digeridoo, flute, euphonium, strings and sticks, part composed and part improvised. Play Download    Dido`s Lament Baroque  The beautiful lament of Dido in Purcell`s opera Dido and Aeneas, arranged for alto voice and sung by D W Solomons Play $1.00 Buy    John Brown 15 Seconds or Less  Poem by Ogden Nash - music and performance by me, while I had my eyes off the road.... Play Download    Mrs Hooligan`s Christmas Cake General Comedy  Irish folksong arranged and performed by David on his multitrack. A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play Download $0.50 Buy    The Cats` Duet (Duetto Buffo di due gatti) General Comedy  Rossini`s famous duet for cats, performed by David W Solomons. Play $0.50 Buy    Ubi caritas et amor Choral  Motet by Duruflé, performed by David W Solomons (multitracking) (Also available on the dwsChorale site) Play Download $0.50 Buy    Three little maids from school General Comedy  Gilbert and Sullivan`s jolly little number from "The Mikado" performed by David W Solomons as all three maids Also available from the new dwsChorale site Play Download $0.50 Buy    Heidenroeslein Vocals  An early recording I performed of Schubert`s song about the wild rose. Sweet! Play Download    The Park on Sunday Crossover  A mix of a-cappella 20th century and madrigal styles with a smidgen of Lennox Berkley, Britten and who knows what else. A sultry day in Loughborough park is the inspired subject. A new mix of this performance can be heard on the dwsChorale site Play Download    O Happy Fair or The Loadstars Choral  A beautiful and innocent trio for two sopranos and bass by W Shield (1750-1808) based on words by William Shakespeare - performed by David W Solomons Play Download