Lust for Life

1. Lust for Life

2. I Got It Thad

3. Stormy Weather

4. Abstraction

5. Osie's Oasis

6. Jones Bash

7. Sonnymoon for Two

8. Like Someone in Love

9. Theme from Tchaikovsky's Symphony Pathetique

10. Ondine

11. Jerry's Old Man

Lust for Life,Thad Jones,Drive Archive,Bop,Hard Bop,Jazz,Jazz Music

Jazz

Music

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Tracks:

Lust For Life
Sixteen
Some Weird Sin
The Passenger
Tonight
Success
Turn Blue
Neighborhood Threat
Fall In Love With Me

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The relentless, driving drums and thunderous bass of the opening title track are the magic components that make it the best song Iggy Pop ever recorded without the Stooges. They're also why this is Iggy's best solo album--which also includes the ominously upbeat "The Passenger," with its hilariously ennui-filled, sing-along chorus ("La la la la la la la la la..."). As with Pop's first solo album, The Idiot, David Bowie has his hands all over the proceedings (if not somewhere else as well) as the producer, songwriter, and general overseer of Iggy the popstar. The record reached 28 on the U.K. charts. Of course, as the jagged, dark guitars on "Sixteen" and "Neighborhood Threat" make clear, Iggy's version of pop music is anything but conventional, and anything but bland. "Some Weird Sin" ("That's what I want...") could have been Iggy's theme song in 1977, heavy with innuendo and a dangerous joie de vivre. --Percy Keegan

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Customer Reviews:

Vintage Iggy.......2007-05-14

Great starter album for someone's who's just getting into Iggy.
Its got some classics (lust for life, Passenger) and also some lesser-knowns that are very good (sixteen, some wierd sin) also. Iggy is a legend.

iggy isn't quite the neighborhood threat of old here, but completely rocking nonetheless.......2007-04-01

"Lust for Life," which was released the same year as "The Idiot" should have been even more successful than that record, which was Iggy's first taste of commercial success. This album brings back the hard-rocking, swaggering tendencies that Iggy parlayed with the Stooges, although while the music isn't quite as chaotic, it's still a damned good record. The Jim Morrison influence also seeps through a lot on "Lust for Life." Tracks like "The Passenger," which Iggy wrote based on a Jim Morrison poem articulates the vision of searching that many of Iggy's best tunes are built on. The rest of the tracks rock out and make you think, as well. "Success" is about as ad-libbed sounding as an Iggy Pop song could be, but it's still a great piece of work, as is the title track, "Sweet 16" and the others. It's good that "Lust for Life" is finally getting the audience that it deserved so many years ago. Check this record out, you won't be disappointed.

Classic Rock Review.......2007-03-09

This is an excellent album and I recommend it to any fans of the old time rock and roll.

This is a great album.......2006-10-05

I own 3 iggy albums and this is my favorite. i only skip "turn blue" and occasionally "neighborhood threat". the rest is quality. you can really hear the david bowie influence and if you're a fan of his stuff then id recommend this. ive listened to iggy's work with the stooges and this is good in a different way. if you're looking for '70's balls-out rock n roll (loud guitars, loud vocals, etc) then get an iggy w/ stooges album but if you want an awesome pop record that still has an edge to it i'd recommend this. in my mind, this album has the same kind of rock n roll bluesy sound and feel as zeppelin's "physical graffiti" and its a really sick record to throw on when you're lounging around your room or pretty much whenever. on an entirely unrelated note, ive heard the title track on a number of commercials and although this would normally irritate me b/c id always associate royal carribean with iggy, i cant blame the guy for getting some extra cash (you know you'd do it too).

Fun. Crazy. Perfect. Iggy.......2006-05-17

Iggy Pop's Lust for Life came to my attention obviously with the title track. What a way to start an album. So far all the contact i've made with Iggy's music is through The Stooges who are excellent as well. Listening to this 70's classic has inspired me to hear more and more from good Iggy. I recommend this item to any person who enjoys a complete, different, irreverent, frantic album. Rock on, Iggy!

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FAVORITE WALTZES
Dream Away
What a wonderful CD!!!
Wonderful Waltzes
[poor quality]

Favorite Waltzes

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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Tracks:

The Blue Danube
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Artist's Life
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Customer Reviews:

FAVORITE WALTZES .......2007-05-12

I ENJOY THE CLASSICS AND IF YOU DO, OR JUST BEGINNING TO LISTEN, THE OLD MASTERS ARE GREAT. TO ENJOY THIS MUSIC ONE MUST DEVOID YOUR MIND OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS. THEN LISTEN TO THE INSTRUMENTS AND PLACE YOURSELF THERE. IT WILL TAKE YOU AWAY TO A PEACEFUL PLACE.

Dream Away.......2007-02-16

Nice relaxing music with a good sound and orchestra containing an assortment of famous waltzes.

What a wonderful CD!!!.......2006-10-24

Like the last review, I am not sure what the first person was thinking when they gave this CD only 1!!! star. I just received this and sitting here with tears in my eyes. This is exactly what I have been looking for. I have been looking for specifically the "Skater's Waltz" for some time now and finally found it!! I can't believe that anyone who listens to this Wonderful CD could give it anything less than 5 stars! I purchased one for my mom for Christmas and one for myself.
I had to add to this because I just purchased my third CD of this!! I have already given away two as gifts. This is so delightful and you really listen on a headset in a quiet room. You will be swept away by the beauty of these waltzes!!!

Wonderful Waltzes.......2005-05-04

I don't know what the previous reviewer is talking about (maybe he did spend too much of his money on cheap beer), but this is a wonderful CD of Waltzes. The original EMI Seraphim series featured some of the greatest recordings of the golden age of stereo at absurdly low prices. The titles that are still readily available like this one, for many are out-of-print and fetching prices ten times their original price, are among the best values in the history of classical music. This CD in particular features Felix Slatkin and Milos Rosza both leading the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra in memorable renditions of Strauss Family, Waldteufel and Ivanovici classics. All the nuggets are here -- The Blue Danube, Emporer, Skaters and Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes -- in legendary performances. Don't be fooled, this is a great buy!

[poor quality].......2003-02-25

Take your $... and spend it on some cheap beer instead of this CD, You will enjoy it more. However, If you want to hear what "Quality High Fidelity" sounded like on a very low grade record player in the late 1950's, go ahead and buy this CD. It sounds as if it was recorded from a neighbor's 78 rpm player using an inexpensive microphone held up to the speaker.

Tracks:

Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228
Sigh Galop, Op. 9
Blue Danube, Op. 314
Artist's Life, Op. 316
Tales From The Vienna Woods, Op. 325
Wine, Woman And Song, Op. 333
Vienna Blood, Op. 354
Roses From The South, Op. 388
Voices Of Spring, Op. 410
Emperor Waltz, Op. 437

Tracks:

Features Section Waltz, Op. 293
Flight Of Fancy, Op. 215
Accelerations, Op. 234
Ever More Cheerful, Op. 235
Carnival's Ambassador, Op. 270
Leading Article, Op. 273
Morning Papers, Op. 279
Pamphlets, Op. 300
New Vienna, Op. 342

Tracks:

Carnival Pictures, Op. 357
Where The Lemon Trees Blossom, Op. 364
Du Und Du, Op. 367
Kiss Waltz, Op. 400
Lagoon Waltz, Op. 411
Treasure Waltz, Op. 418
Viennese Women, Op. 427
Danube Maidens, Op. 427
Explosions-Polka, Op. 43
Champagner-Polka, Op. 211
Fancy-Dress Parade, Op. 240
Episode, Op. 296

Tracks:

Pleased As Punch, Op. 301
Express, Op. 311
Light As A Feather, Op. 319
Thunder And Lightning, Op. 324
Long Live Hungary, Op. 332
Im Krapfenwald'l, Op. 336
At The Double, Op. 348
From The Banks Of The Danube, Op. 356
Greetings From Austria, Op. 359
At The Hunt, Op. 373
I-Tipferl, Op. 377
Bandits' Galop, Op. 378
New Pizzicato Polka, Op. 449
The Carnival In Rome
The Bat
Cagliostro In Vienna
Blindman's Bluff

Tracks:

The Queen's Lace Handkerchief
A Night In Venice
The Gypsy Baron
Pearls Of Love, Op. 39
Village Swallows From Austria, Op. 164
Secret Powers Of Attraction, Op. 173
Delirious, Op. 212
Watercolours, Op. 258
My Life's Course Is Love And Joy, Op. 263

Tracks:

Masks, Op. 33
Forward!, Op. 127
Off On Holiday, Op. 133
The Gossip, Op. 144
Woman's Heart, Op. 166
Sport, Op. 170
All Sorts, Op. 219
In Flight, Op. 230
Chatterboxes, Op. 245
Typographical Letters, Op. 252
Fireproof!, Op. 269
Without A Care!, Op. 271
Artists Greeting, Op. 274
Jockey, Op. 278
Line Clear!, Op. 45
Where One Laughs And Lives, Op. 108
Non-Stop, Op. 112
Below The Enns, Op. 121
Alpine Rose, Op. 127
Delight In Travel, Op. 166
Out Of Hand, Op. 168
Carnival Letter, Op. 203
With Pleasure, Op. 228
With The Breakes Off, Op. 238

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Superb collection
Boskovsky and the Strauss Family of Vienna.
Strauss's Lover Must Own!!!!!

Strauss: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches

Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B0000042GN
Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

Walzer, Op. 314: An der schonen, blauen Donau
Polka schnell, Op. 373: Auf der Jagd
Walzer, Op. 410: Fuhlingsstimmen
Pizzicato-polka
Op. 335: Egyptischer Marsch
Op. 214: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Op. 173: Dynamiden-Waltzer
Polka-Mazurka, Op. 144: Die Schwatzerin
Walzer, Op. 270: Carnavals Botschafter
Op. 117: Annen-Polka
Walzer, Op. 75: Fesche Geister
Polka schnell, Op. 278: Jokey Polka
Walzer, Op. 235: Spharenklange
Polka francaise, Op. 269: Feuerfest
Op. 29a: Wettrennen-Galop

Tracks:

Walzer, Op. 325: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
Polka schnell, Op. 240: Eingesendet
Op. 228: Radetzky-Marsch
Op. 269: Demolirer-Polka
Walzer, Op. 367: Du und Du
Polka-Mazurka, Op.129: Brennende Liebe
Op. 433: Spanischer Marsch
Polka schnell, op.45: Bahn frei!
Walzer, Op.258: Aquarellen
Polka schnell, Op.393: St|rmisch in Lieb' und Tanz
Polka-Mazurka, Op.166: Frauenherz
Op. 411: Lagunen-Walzer
Polka francaise, Op. 235: Piefke un Pufke
Freuet euch des Lebens Walzer, op.340
Musikalischer Scherz, Op.257: Perpetuum mobile

Tracks:

Walzer, Op. 333: Wien, Weiss und Gesang
Polka francaise, Op. 336: Im Krapfenwaldl
Walzer, Op. 346: Tausend und ein Nacht
Op. 156: Napoleon Marsch
Walzer, Op. 364: Wo die Citronen blueh'n!
Polka-Mazurka, Op. 204: Die Libelle
Polka francaise, Op. 57: Moulinet
Walzer, Op. 443: Seid umschlungen, Millionen
Polka schnell, Op. 413: So angstlich sind wir nicht
Polka-Mazurka, Op. 315: Lob der frauen
Op. 43: Explosions Polka
Walzer, Op. 184: Transactionen
Polka francaise, Op. 281: Heiterer Mut
Op. 42: Sperl Galopp

Tracks:

Walzer, Op. 354: Wiener Blut
Op. 211: Champagner-Polka
Walzer, Op. 307: Wiener Bonbons
Op. 449: Neue Pizzicato-Polka
Walzer, Op. 114: Liebeslieder
Ungarische Polka schnell, Op. 332: Eljen a Magyar
Walzer, Op. 316: Krleben
Op. 378: Banditen-Galopp
Op. 426: Russischer Marsch
Polka schnell, Op. 324: Unter Donner und Blitz
Walzer, Op. 279: Morgenbler
Polka schnell, Op. 133: Auf Ferienreisen
Walzer, Op. 164: Dorfschwalben aus terreich
Op. 126: Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Rettungs-Jubel-Marsch

Tracks:

Walzer, Op. 388: Rosen aus dem S
Polka schnell, Op. 281: Vergnzug
Op. 437: Kaiserwalzer
Polka schnell, Op. 319: Leichtes Blut
Walzer, Op. 154: Loreley-Rhein-Kle
Polka, Op. 291: 'S gibt nur a Kaiserstadt, 's gibt nur a Wien !
Walzer, Op. 143: Schneeglhen
Polka-Mazurka, Op. 282: Die Emancipirte
Polka schnell, Op. 259: Mit Extrapost
Walzer, Op. 234: Accelerationen
Polka Francaise, Op. 372: Bitte Sch
Op. 289: Persischer Marsch
Walzer, Op. 212: Delirien
Op. 365: Tik-Tak-Polka

Tracks:

Op. 363: Fledermaus-Quadrille - Various Artists
Polka, Op. 271: Ohne Sorgen - Various Artists
Walzer, Op. 263: Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb und Lust - Various Artists
Op. 236: Orpheus-Quadrille - Various Artists
Polka, Op. 230: Im Fluge - Various Artists
Walzer, Op. 361: Bei uns z'Haus - Various Artists
Schutzen-Quadrille - Various Artists
Polka, Op. 241: Extempore - Various Artists
Walzer, Op. 390: Nordseebilder - Various Artists
Polka, Op. 241: Freikugeln - Various Artists
Walzer, Op. 101: Mephistos Hollenrufe - Various Artists
Marsch, Op. 478: Aufs Korn - Various Artists
Walzer, Op. 329: Erinnerung an Covent-Garden - Various Artists
Op. 152: Rudolfsheimer-Polka - Various Artists

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Boskovsky's encyclopedic collection with the Vienna Philharmonic, recorded between 1957 and 1976, is as close to definitive as one is likely to get. There was a special camaraderie between Boskovsky and the Philharmonic--he was a member of the orchestra's violin section for 37 years and conducted their New Year's Day concerts from 1955 until 1979. There was also a special empathy that these performers, as custodians of a tradition going back to its origins, felt for the music of the Strauss family. It comes across quite wonderfully on these mid-price CDs, which have been painstakingly remastered for an edition every collector should have. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

Superb collection.......2006-03-07

If you love or are just curious about the music of Vienna's Strauss family, this is the box set for you. You need look no further. Willi Boskovsky and the Vienna Philharmonic set the standards for the performance of these sublime waltzes, polkas and marches. The sound is fine, too, even though the recordings are not new. This is, quite simply, a magnificent set. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Boskovsky and the Strauss Family of Vienna........2003-06-12

A long series of Strauss music recordings conducted by Willi Boskovsky provides the contents of this slender, super-compact box of 6 CDs. Those who collected the original issues should check the contents before jettisoning them, because not everything has been reissued here. I especially regret that the vocal version of "An der schönen blauen Donau" has been omitted.

No combination has ever excelled Willi Boskovsky and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in performing this repertoire. Although the waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, marches and overtures were performed over and over again by these musicians, there is never a hint of workaday routine or staleness to be heard here. Everything seems to unfold naturally. Each item's inherent character is displayed. Tiny nuances and felicities of phrasing and a balance that favors the melody and reduces the accompaniment make these performances inimitable. The performance of "Morgenblätter" seems to provide a tad more excitement and impact than the other 85 items.

The recordings were made between 1960 and 1976. They are studio recordings, not deriving from the famous New Year concerts, and all but the few items from the very earliest year provide excellent sound.

Strauss's Lover Must Own!!!!!.......2001-10-09

Budget Price..... Recording and sound are good to excellence .... Let's enjoy and touch the spirits of Vienna now.....

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A waltz lovers delight:

Wiener Musik

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Customer Reviews:

A waltz lovers delight:.......2007-02-11

If you love to listen to Viennese waltz music, you'll find this 12 disc set a wonderful experience. Highly recommended.

Lust for Life Suite/Background to Violence (Music from the Killers/Brute Force/The Nake

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Van Gogh's Passion and Agony in Music

Lust for Life Suite/Background to Violence (Music from the Killers/Brute Force/The Nake

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Lust for Life Suite/Prelude
Lust for Life Suite/Summer (Pastorale)
Lust for Life Suite/Brotherly Love
Lust for Life Suite/Sunflowers
Lust for Life Suite/Postman Roulin
Lust for Life Suite/Madness
Lust for Life Suite/Finale
Background to Violence Suite/Prelude to Murder (From the Film Brute For
Background to Violence Suite/Nocturno (Brute Force)
Background to Violence Suite/Scherzo (Brute Force)
Background to Violence Suite/Despair (The Killers)
Background to Violence Suite/Pursuit (The Naked City)
Background to Violence Suite/Epilogue: The Song of a City (The Naked Ci

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Van Gogh's Passion and Agony in Music.......2004-03-06

"Lust for Life" is a beautiful musical score composed by Miklos Rozsa. Roza captures to joy and agony that Vincent Van Gogh had in his short but furious life as a great artist. Rozsa uses French Impressionist themes similar to Claude Debussy for Van Gogh's time spent painting and living in France. There are moving brotherly love themes for Vincent and his devoted bother, Theo. There are musical themes that mirror Van Gogh's mental anguish and breakdown, his fueds with fellow artist Paul Gauguin, and his frustration at establishing himself as a great artist, his deep loneliness and failed attempts at friendship and love. This is a very evocative score that conplements the savage brush strokes of Van Gogh's paintings and his great lifeforce that drove him to create one masterpiece after another and music that shows his decent into madness. No small measure that Miklos Rozsa was up to the task of putting Van Gogh's ecstasy and torment into music. One of Rozsa's best scores and should be more widely heard. Highly recommended aside from his composing for immense epics. Van Gogh's story is well told in musical terms by Rozsa.

Weill - The Seven Deadly Sins · Mahagonny Songspiel / Ute Lemper · RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta · John Mauceri

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Incomparable Lemper does Weill's best German song cycles

Weill - The Seven Deadly Sins · Mahagonny Songspiel / Ute Lemper · RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta · John Mauceri
Kurt Weill , John Mauceri , Ute Lemper , Susanne Tremper , RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta , Helmut Wildhaber , Peter Haage , Thomas Mohr , Manfred Jungwirth , and Jeff Cohen
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Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth: Allegro vivace - Helmut Wildhaber/Peter Haage/Thomas Mohr/Manfred Jungwirth
Seven Deadly Sins: Pride: Allegretto, quasi andantino - Ute Lemper
Seven Deadly Sins: Anger: Molto agitato - Helmut Wildhaber/Peter Haage/Thomas Mohr/Manfred Jungwirth/Ute Lemper
Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony: Largo - Helmut Wildhaber/Peter Haage/Thomas Mohr/Manfred Jungwirth
Seven Deadly Sins: Lust: Moderato - Ute Lemper
Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice: Allegro giusto - Helmut Wildhaber/Peter Haage/Thomas Mohr/Manfred Jungwirth
Seven Deadly Sins: Envy: Allegro non troppo - Ute Lemper
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Mahagonny Songspiel, Part One: Prologue: Kleiner March: Poco meno - Rias Berlin Sym/Mauceri
Mahagonny Songspiel, Part One: Prologue: No.2: Moderato - Susanne Tremper/Ute Lemper
Mahagonny Songspiel, Part Two: Life in Mahagonny: No.3a: Vivace - Rias Berlin Sym/Mauceri
Mahagonny Songspiel, Part Two: Life in Mahagonny: No.3: Allegro un poco moderato - Helmut Wildhaber/Peter Haage/Thomas Mohr/Manfred Jungwirth
Mahagonny Songspiel, Part Two: Life in Mahagonny: No.4a: Vivace assai - Rias Berlin Sym/Mauceri
Mahagonny Songspiel, Part Two: Life in Mahagonny: No.4: Moderato assai - Susanne Tremper/Ute Lemper/Helmut Wildhaber/Peter Haage/Thomas Mohr/Manfred Jungwirth
Mahagonny Songspiel, Part Two: Life in Mahagonny: No.5a: Sostenuto - Rias Berlin Sym/Mauceri
Mahagonny Songspiel, Part Two: Life in Mahagonny: No.5: Lento - Susanne Tremper/Ute Lemper/Helmut Wildhaber/Peter Haage/Thomas Mohr/Manfred Jungwirth
Mahagonny Songspiel, Part Three: Finale: No.6: Largo - Susanne Tremper/Ute Lemper/Helmut Wildhaber/Peter Haage/Thomas Mohr/Manfred Jungwirth

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Incomparable Lemper does Weill's best German song cycles.......2005-10-01

`Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, Volumes 1 and 2' released in 1988 and 1993, plus the third album of Weill's two most important song cycles in German, `The Seven Deadly Sins' (`Die sieben Todsunden') and `Mahagonny Songspiel' released in 1990 unequivocally established Ms. Lemper as the leading Kurt Weill interpreter since Lotte Lenya, Weill's wife and the singer for whom many of his vocal pieces were written. These three disks, sample pieces from most major Weill works written in German, including his most famous musical play, `The Threepenny Opera' (`Die Dreigroschenoper').

The first disc has fourteen tracks with three from `Der Silbersee' with lyrics by Kaiser, three from `Die Dreigroschenoper' with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, two from `Berliner Requiem' with lyrics by Brecht, two from `Mahagonny' with lyrics by Mahagonny, `Je ne t'aime pas with French lyrics by Magre, and three from `One Touch of Venus' with English lyrics by S.J. Perelman and Ogden Nash.

The middle disc includes both works performed in their original German. After having listened to `The Seven Deadly Sins' done by several different artists, and having just reviewed a CD on which Anne Sofie von Otter does this work, I discover for the first time that the piece was written in two versions, one for a low voice and one for a high voice. Von Otter does the version for high voice and Lemper does the version for low voice that, I suspect, is the way it was originally performed by Fraulein Lenya. One service done by comparing Lemper and von Otter's performance is to see how much closer Lemper is to the original spirit of the work than is von Otter. Weill's venue was not the opera stages of Berlin or Vienna, it was the popular stage, actually much closer to what we see in the movie `Cabaret' than what we see in `Amadeus'. I enjoy von Otter's rendition, but Lemper stirs my heart where von Otter does not. Lemper also seems to have the benefit of a much better cast of supporting voices on the two works on Volume 1.

All albums are done with the backing of the RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta, conducted by John Mauceri who seems to get just the right tone of sleaze out of his ensemble to match the tone of the composition and lyrics by Weill and his various librettists, especially Berthold Brecht.

Volume 2 showcases Lemper's ability to sing with equal facility and understanding in German (Songs from `Happy End'), French (Songs from `Marie Galante'), and English (Songs from `Lady in the Dark'). While my understanding of French is far weaker than my understanding of the German and the English, when I compare Ms. Lemper's French interpretations with the French of Ms. Von Otter, I definitely prefer Lemper's treatment. She may not quite match Edith Piaf, but I feel she has a cachet all her own.

Lemper is a vocalist in that great European femme fatale tradition of Lenya, Piaf, and Dietrich and certainly to my lights the leading interpreter today of Weill's songs plus works by other European composers for the musical and cabaret (See her album `City of Strangers'). Compared to even some of the greatest contemporary American female vocalists on the stage such as Streisand and Minelli, both Yanks have their strength, but they can't or don't try to achieve the same depth of feeling behind the European `Weltschmertz' you hear from Lemper and her forerunners. The closest may be Minelli's performance as Sally Bowles in `Cabaret', but even there, she can't seem to hide her American innocence.

Of the three albums, the first of the three, `Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill' may be the best introduction, as it includes two of Weill's best English songs, `I'm a Stranger Here Myself' and `Speak Low'. The third, `Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill Vol. 2' has two of Weill's most famous German songs outside of `Die Dreigroschenoper', `Bilbao-Song' and `Surabaya-Johnny'.

If you encounter this review and have never heard Ute Lemper, I strongly urge you to try one of these albums. If the German and French turns you off, try Lemper's recent album, `Punishing Kiss'.

Very highly recommended.

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The Strauss Dynasty

Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000023FN
Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

On The Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314: Waltz
Wiener Blut, Op. 354: Waltz
Eingesendet, Op. 240: Polka
Sperl, Op. 133: Polka
Frisch ins Feld, Op. 398: March
Tales From The Vienna Woods, Op. 325: Waltz
Loreley-Rheinklange, Op. 154: Waltz
Auf der Jagd, Op. 373: Polka
Bandit's Galop, Op. 378: Galop
Artists' Life, Op. 316: Waltz

Tracks:

Music Of The Spheres, Op. 235: Waltz
Pizzicato Polka
Bahn frei!, Op. 45: Polka
Sperl, Op. 42: Galop
Donaulieder, Op. 127: Waltz
My Life Is Love And Joy! Op. 263: Waltz
Tritsch-Tratsch, Op. 214: Polka
Eiljen a Magyar, Op. 332: Polka
Mit Extrapost, Op. 259: Galop
Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
Aquarellen, Op. 258: Waltz
Jockey, Op. 278: Galop
Ritter Pasman: Czardas

Tracks:

Vienna Bonbons, Op. 307: Waltz
Village Swallows, Op. 164: Waltz
Jugendfeuer, Op. 210: Polka
Wine, Women And Song, Op. 333: Waltz
The Gypsy Baron: Entrance March
Voices Of Spring, Op. 410: Waltz
Delirien, Op. 212: Waltz
Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257: Scherzo
Thunder And Lightning, Op. 324: Polka
Radetzky March, Op. 228
Acceleration Waltz, Op. 234
Dot On The i, Op. 377: Polka
Roses From The South, Op. 388: Waltz

Mahler: Ruckert Lieder; Lieder aus der Jugendzeit; Des Knaben Wunderhorn

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Mahler: Ruckert Lieder; Lieder aus der Jugendzeit; Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0001Z497O
Release Date: 2004-06-29

Masters of the Opera, 1642-1926 (Box Set)

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Incredible Value

Masters of the Opera, 1642-1926 (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Delta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001VUS
Release Date: 1993-07-20

Customer Reviews:

Incredible Value.......2003-11-14

The recordings are crisp, the performers are big stars. The selections are nicely arranged. Being a Mozart fan, I think the first two discs are worth the price of the entire set. Look at the selections! It's all here and it's all great recordings.

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