| 1. Two over One |
| 2. Beyond the Rain |
| 3. Excerpts |
| 4. My One and Only Love |
| 5. Pepe's Samba |
Beyond the Rain,Chico Freeman,Ojc,Jazz,Pop,Post-Bop
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Jane Eyre, the Musical (Original 2000 Broadway Cast)
John Caird Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000051Y31 Release Date: 2000-11-21 |
Tracks:
- The Orphan
- Children of God
- Forgiveness
- The Graveyard
- Sweet Liberty
- Secrets of the House
- Act One: Perfectly Nice
- Act One: As Good As You
- Secret Soul
- Finer Things
- The Pledge
- Sirens
- Things Beyond This Earth
- Painting Her Portrait
- In the Light of the Virgin Morning
- The Gypsy
- The Proposal
- Slip of a Girl
- Sirens (Reprise)
- Farewell, Good Angel
- My Maker
- Rain
- The Voice Across the Moors
- Poor Sister
- Brave Enough for Love
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Here's another to join the parade of page-to-stage musicals inspired by 19th-century fiction. This ambitious adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's haunting classic Jane Eyre for the musical theater seems to be part of a trend represented most famously by Les Misérables. It also reflects the increasing pressure to schedule an original cast recording release as close as possible to a new show's Broadway opening: in this case, in fact, the CD was both recorded and released prior to the show's opening in December 2000 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. But what's most significant for the artistic character of Jane Eyre: The Musical is found in yet another pattern: like a number of his colleagues, composer-lyricist Paul Gordon comes to the project from a pop music industry background (best known for his hit "Friends and Lovers"). And quite a few of the show's numbers benefit from Gordon's catchy craftwork, weaving melodies that are clearly destined to be whistled long past curtain. Yet the effect is sometimes too facile, not diving as deep as we would like into the emotional predicaments of Brontë's characters. You begin to crave a more deftly defined and imagined variety of sound worlds (especially for the darker aspects of Thornfield Hall) than what is hinted at. Gordon doesn't forge any new paths, but his melodic fluency does have its moments of payoff--especially in the moving final duet "Brave Enough for Love," which is also strong enough to stand on its own.Gordon's predilections as a would-be son of Sondheim are nevertheless clear, and he's telescoped the story into mostly effective lyrics, with some thoughtful juxtapositions of material. Most importantly, he understands that this is more than a Gothic romance, foregrounding the central message of forgiveness that Jane learns as a girl. He attempts to explore the injured sense of self shared by both Jane and Rochester and sets them on a painful, mutual voyage of discovery.
The creative team also includes the veteran duo John Caird (book and direction) and John Napier (scenic design), who have collaborated on such epics as Les Mis and Nicholas Nickleby (not to mention the Las Vegas Siegfried and Roy extravaganza). And the show's creators seem to share a vision geared toward the more operatic end of the spectrum (it was opera composers, after all, who early on claimed 19th-century Gothic fiction for the stage, as in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor), with an actual parody of coloratura in one showstopper ("The Finer Things") given to Blanche Ingram. Fortunately, the two principals have large, richly expressive voices to encompass the large, complicated emotions of these characters. Marla Schaffel singswith unusual beauty and brings dimension to her Jane, while James Barbour (whose resumé includes Beauty and the Beast) is never really threatening as Rochester, but rather a tortured soul who is sweet-voiced even at his most cynical. Mary Stout is a stitch as the blustery Mrs. Fairfax. While the show has already undergone a lengthy evolution from its very first workshops, the viability of its final, fully staged realization has yet to be determined. But this cast recording conveys an authentic sense of the musical's atmosphere and emotional scope. --Thomas May
Customer Reviews:
Great Buy!.......2007-06-08
Perfect Match.......2007-03-16
Probably the most beautiful musical of all time.......2007-02-16
I bought this several years ago and have listened to it repeatedly since I got it. Why do I love it so much? First of all, the lyrics are full of heart and emotion and tell the story ably. But it is the music and the performances that are truly remarkable here. The melodies are memorable and absolutely exquisite. The orchestration is lush but not sappy. The performances by the two leads are nothing less than stunning.
I never get bored with this wonderful cast album and it is very, very highly recommended.
Beautiful!.......2007-01-28
A good musical.......2006-07-20
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Great American Light Orchestra
Manufacturer: Guild ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002PZW74 Release Date: 2006-04-17 |
Tracks:
- Fiddle Faddle - Leroy Anderson & His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
- Bad and the Beautiful [Theme from the Bad and the Beautiful]
- Brazilian Sleigh Bells - Percy Faith & His Orchestra
- Anna - Victor Young & His Orchestra
- No Stings Attached - Richard Hayman & His Orchestra
- Rain - Paul Weston & His Orchestra
- Holiday in Rio
- Sophisticated Lady - Morton Gould & His Orchestra
- Marguerite Waltz
- Blue Violins - Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra
- No Other Love - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
- Three O'Clock in the Morning
- Mer - MGM Studio Orchestra
- If You Are But a Dream - Frank DeVol & His Orchestra
- Satan and the Polar Bear
- Carriage Trade - Richard Hayman & His Orchestra
- Tradewinds
- Manhattan Serenade - Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra
- Cavalier's Ball
- Tropicana
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
- Andalucia
- Dance of the Violins - MGM Studio Orchestra
- Tic-Tac-Toe - Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra
- Toyland Waltz [From Babes in Toyland]
- Manhattan Masquerade - Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Customer Reviews:
Pure instrumental magic!.......2007-06-13
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Dreamer: A Portrait of Langston Hughes
Darryl Taylor , William Warfield , Maria Corley , Erik Santos , and Patricia Terry-Ross Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006I9HH Release Date: 2002-09-17 |
Tracks:
- My People - William Warfield
- Heart
- Island
- The Weary Blues - William Warfield
- Litany
- A Black Pierrot
- March Moon
- Negro - William Warfield
- The Negro Speaks Of Rivers
- My People
- Song To The Dark Virgin
- Evil - William Warfield
- Joy
- Lonely House
- Minstrel Man
- Sunday Morning Prophecy - William Warfield
- In Time Of Silver Rain
- Carolina Cabin
- Madam And The Census Taker - William Warfield
- Lovely, Dark And Lonely One
- Sylvester's Dying Bed - William Warfield
- Sandman/Birth
- Bound No'th Blues
- To Artina
- Down Where I Am
- The Dream Weaver/Bouquet
- Still Here - William Warfield
Customer Reviews:
"Eloquent, Exquisite, Exciting".......2004-08-18
A Gem!.......2002-10-17
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Toru Takemitsu: Between Tides and Other Chamber Music
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005MGAO Release Date: 2001-08-28 |
Tracks:
- Romance
- Distance De Fee, SJ1050
- Hika
- Pno Pieces For Children, SJ1123: Breeze
- Pno Pieces For Children, SJ1123: Clouds
- Rain Tree Sketch, SJ1010
- From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums And November Fog, SJ1014
- Orion, SJ1019
- Litany-In Memory Of Michael Vyner, SJ1057: I. Adagio
- Litany-In Memory Of Michael Vyner, SJ1057: II. Lento Misterioso
- Rain Tree Sketch II, SJ1072
- Between Tides, SJ1091
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Frederick Tillis: Freedom
Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000030IB Release Date: 1996-05-21 |
Tracks:
- Motherless Child
- Spiritual Fantasy No. 12 : Nobody Knows The Trouble I See
- Spiritual Fantasy No. 12 : Wade In The Water
- Spiritual Fantasy No. 12 : Crucifixian (He Never Said A Mumbelin' Word)
- Spiritual Fantasy No. 12 : I'm A - Rollin'
- Spiritual Fantasy No. 9 (Sympathy)
- Freedom
- Beyond Shades Of Doubt
- The Rain Forest
- Singing For The Sake of My Soul
- The Best Times
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Guess How Much I Love You
Manufacturer: Baby Genius ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000A1OFI Release Date: 2000-04-08 |
Tracks:
- "Guess How Much I Love You" (A Special Reading by Sam McBratney)
- Brahms Lullaby
- Twinkle
- Simple Gifts
- Silver Is The Moonlight
- The Better Part of Me
- Over The Moon
- Hush Little Baby
- The Water Is Wide
- Gaelic Lullaby
- Little Angel
- Day Is Done
Tracks:
- Moon Song
- Mother Nature Sings
- Gentle Rain
- By The River
- Meadowland Melodies
- Clouds
- Beyond The Sky
- Attunement
- A Warm Breeze
- Streams
- Starry Nights
- Nurture and Nature
Tracks:
- In Minuet Style - Hubert Parry
- Variation No. 9 (Nimrod)Edward Elgar
- Intermezzo from Momentum Suite - Peter Hope
- Of Foreign Lands And People
- Child Falling Asleep
- Dreaming
- Sunrise from Daphine et Chloe - Ravel
- Prelude in G Flat Major, op 7 - Heino Kaski
- Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel - Humperdinck
- Lyric Pieces - No. 5 Cradle Song - Grieg
- Venus, The Bringer of Peace - Holst
- Largo from the New WOrld - Dvorak
Album Description
3CD music collection inspired by the best selling book. "Guess How Much I Love You" is a story - a tale of the reassuring bond of love between a parent and a child.3CD Vinyl Packaging
Customer Reviews:
AWESOME.......2006-11-11
Calming and Soothing for your little love.......2005-05-19
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Oz & Beyond
Manufacturer: Boston Gay Men's Cho ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004S2SS Release Date: 2001-07-26 |
Tracks:
- Get Happy/Accentuate the Positive
- I Love to Sing-A/Sweet and Hot
- Blues in the Night
- Down With Love
- I Love a Parade
- Blues Medley
- That Old Black Magic
- Hit the Road to Dreamland
- Stormy Weather/The Man That Got Away
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Wizard of Oz Medley: Munchkin Land/Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead/Lullaby
- Over the Rainbow
Customer Reviews:
Brilliant arrangements + lively singing = great fun.......2000-09-14
Awesome.......2000-06-22
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Mozart for a New Millennium
The Keller Konsortium Manufacturer: Intersound Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000J83U Release Date: 1999-06-22 |
Tracks:
- If You Should Ever Leave
- Love's Glow
- Sailing Away
- Song Of The Night
- The Peaceful Rain
- Beyond The Distant Shore
- When I'm Near You
- Swans
- The Coming Of Age
- All Our Hopes
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Beyond the Rain
Chico Freeman Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000000YQW Release Date: 1991-07-01 |
Tracks:
- Two Over One
- Beyond The Rain
- Excerpts
- My One And Only Love
- Pepe's Samba
Customer Reviews:
Classic modern jazz.......2002-04-19
"Beyond the Rain" ranks with Freeman's best early work from India Navigation and other independent labels, for which he produced many important recordings. The work here is by turns fiery and delicate, and it bridges many musical worlds. "Pepe's Samba," most notably, builds around powerful Latin rhythms, but Chico's tenor solo takes the tune far out of the mainstream. Like Odean Pope, Sonny Simmons, Sonny Fortune, George Adams, David S. Ware and others who picked up Coltrane's and Coleman's modernist torch, Freeman is able to play all over the instrument and produce startling sounds that are still fresh and surprising today.
As I commented in reviewing another of Chico's albums, he is also capable of great delicacy in his playing, which he displays in "My One and Only Love," a standard that Coltrane memorably imprinted. Chico puts his own mark on it. Unlike some modernist players who took on standards to "turn them inside out," Chico's primary attention is on melody, and he preserves the contours of the tune while still making a personal statement.
The powerful drums of Elvin Jones keep the uptempo tunes on the album churning, and Hilton Ruiz, who had earlier played with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, contributes a very lyrical and Latin-tinged piano.
There was much tepid, disco-oriented music being produced during this period, but not by Chico Freeman and a number of other underappreciated jazz artists. Happily, not only is this CD still going strong, but so is Chico, who has built a fine discography that continues to grow.
Product Description
Disc: 1 1. End of Everything 2. Rain 3. Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr 4. Drowned and Torn Asunder 5. Ascendancy 6. Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation 7. Like Light to the Flies 8. Dying in Your Arms 9. Deceived 10. Suffocating Sight 11. Departure 12. Declaration 13. Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies [*] 14. Washing Away Me in the Tides [*] 15. Master of Puppets [*] 16. Dying in Your Arms [Video Mix][*] Disc: 2 1. Like Light to the Flies [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 2. Pull Harder on the Strings of the Martyr [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 3. Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 4. Rain [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 5. Dying in Your Arms [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 6. Rain [DVD] [Live] 7. Dying in Your Arms [DVD] [Live] 8. Like Light to the Flies [DVD] [Live] 9. Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation [DVD] [Live] 10. Pull Harder on the Strings of the Martyr [DVD] [Live]Jazz Music: