"My November Guest" was originally conceived as a musical adaptation of the 1949 British film classic, "The Glass Mountain". Near the end of the 2nd World war, Richard Wilder, a British Air Force pilot crash lands in the Italian Alps. Alive but near death, a beautiful but mysterious girl appears and nurses him back to health while inspiring him with verses of 19th century romantic poetry.
Is the girl real or the spirit of legend who haunts the Glass Mountain? Despite her pleas to stay, the pilot leaves the Glass Mountain after the war, returning to his wife and profession as a composer-singer in London. Torn between his renewed love for his wife and his obsession with the mysterious beauty on the Glass Mountain, Richard is driven to write a song cycle based on the romantic poetry he heard while on the
Glass Mountain and travels to Rome to sing the premiere performance of his work. On the way to join him, the plane on which his wife is a passenger crashes into the Glass Mountain, killing everyone aboard. Richard returns alone to the Glass Mountain to mourn the loss of his two great loves and to ponder the meaning of his life.
The “My November Guest” CD contains the entire song score, sung by Mr. Anest and accompanied by the composer, Jon Naples. Considered one of the most unique musical theatre works ever conceived, in that the song lyrics are by real poets (E.B. Browning, Lord Byron, WB Yeats, William Blake, Edna St Vincent Millay and Robert Frost) and yet serve to superbly advance the plot of the story. To Purchase My November Guest or James' other recordings, please see below. $5.98 (sale!) To order with a credit card, please click on the "ADD TO CART" button below.
For Check or Money Order please send $6.99 to: If you've been one of the fortunate people who has heard James sing live, you can attest to his unique ability to communicate to an audience. Simply put, James Anest is one of the most significant singing talents of the new millennium, possessing a voice that is both beautiful and powerful and always in the service of great music. Calvary Street is a collection of both classic and contemporary spiritual music, arranged to take the listener on a meditative and spiritual journey. Calvary Street evokes the feeling of a private recital by James in your own home. This intimate studio recording is unlike anything you've probably heard before.Calvary Street is professionally engineered and mixed so you may fully appreciate the subtle beauty and understated power of this versatile and exciting performer. Calvary Street is available on cassette for $4.50 (this price includes shipping) ONLY through this website, with check or money order. If you would like to purchase a professionaly produced cassette copy, please email us with your request or send your payment to the address below. $9.98 To order with your Credit Card, please click on the ORDER button below.
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Track Listing
The Ballad Of Chaldon Down (E.S. Millay)
Fire and Ice (Frost)
XLII--How Do I Love Thee (E.B. Browning)
The Garden Of Love (Blake)
My November Guest (Frost)
So, We'll Go No More A-Roving (Byron)
She Walks In Beauty (Byron)
When We Two Parted (Byron)
She Was A Phantom Of Delight (Byron)
The Spring and the Fall (Millay)
Cradle Song (Blake)
A Line-Storm Song (Frost)
To An Isle in the Water (Yeats)
To Woman (Byron)
The Road Not Taken (Frost)
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My November Guest
With “Old School” engineering techniques, James’ voice literally jumps to life in this world premiere recording, insuring a most fulfilling audio experience. You might even think you are listening to an LP (without all those pops and clicks).
You can listen to music samples here.
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My November Guest
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Track Listing
Lead Me Lord
O God, You Search Me
How Great Thou Art
Ave Maria (J.S. Bach/Charles Gounod)
Be Not Afraid
As the Deer Longs
Give Us This Day
Behold The Cross
The Path of Life
O, How I Long To See
Ven al Banquete/Come to the Feast
At The River (Aaron Copland)
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
(arr: Curtis Heard)
Nearer My God To Thee
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Calvary Street
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Burbank, CA 91505
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