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1. In Your Own Sweet Way

2. One Morning in May

3. Close Enough for Love

4. Nadine's Waltz

5. Blues for Big Scotia

6. 'Round Midnight

7. Night Has a Thousand Eyes

8. Solo Medley: Prisoner of Love/Body & Soul/Wonder Why

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Average customer rating: Brilliant An ideal melding of music, vocalists, and conductor A contender!

Bach- St. Matthäus-Passion/Te Kanawa, von Otter, Rolfe-Johnson, Blochitz, Krause, Solti (Highlights) Kiri Te Kanawa , Anne Sofie von Otter , Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Tom Krause , and Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Solti, Sir Georg | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Otter, Anne Sophie von | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Te Kanawa, Kiri | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Bach: St. John Passion St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, in Full Score (Dover Miniature Scores) Very Best of Bach: Mass in B minor Bach: Mass in B minor / McNair, Ziegler, Simpson, Aler, Stone, Paul; Shaw ASIN: B0000041WG Release Date: 1990-03-30

Tracks:

1. Matthaus-Passion: Kommt, ihr Tochter, helft mir klagen (Chorus)
2. Matthaus-Passion: Wiewohl mein Herz in Tranen schwimmt (Soprano recitative)
3. Matthaus-Passion: Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (Soprano aria)
4. Matthaus-Passion: O Schmerz! Hier zittert das gequalte Herz! (Tenor Recitative Chorus)
5. Matthaus-Passion: Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen (Tenor Aria And Chorus)
6. Matthaus-Passion: So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen (Soprano-Alto Duet And Chorus)
7. Matthaus-Passion: O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross (Chorus)
8. Matthaus-Passion: Erbame dich, mien Gott (Contralto Aria)
9. Matthaus-Passion: Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen (Chorale)
10. Matthaus-Passion: Er hat uns allen wohlgetan (Soprano Recitative)
11. Matthaus-Passion: Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (Soprano Aria)
12. Matthaus-Passion: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (Chorale)
13. Matthaus-Passion: Ach, Golgatha, unsel'ges Golgatha! (Contralto Recitative)
14. Matthaus-Passion: Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand (Contralto Aria And Chorus)
15. Matthaus-Passion: Am Abend, da es kuhle war (Bass Recitative)
16. Matthaus-Passion: Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (Bass Aria)
17. Matthaus-Passion: Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh' gebracht (Recitative: Soloists-Chorus)
18. Matthaus-Passion: Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder (Chorus)

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant.......2005-09-03

A number of years ago, maybe 17, I had two seats at the Chicago Symphony with Sir Georg Solti the resident conductor emiritus and 2 floor seats to see Michael Jordon, Scottie Pippen and John Paxson at the Bulls. It was a heady season and I probably saw more of Jordon but only because I had more tickets.

Sir Georg was an institution, like Mazur and Bernstein. He lacked the flamboyance of the latter, and of course Kurt Mazur would on occassion address the orchestra pit with neither podium nor music sheets nor baton. That was pretty impressive too the first time I saw him (Fantasy Overture, NYP).

But it seems to me that Matthew Passion brings a need for unison between the conductor and the musicians and the chorus dare I say slightly more than other efforts and repeatedly, it seems that Solti's brilliance elevates him over others.

In the "Come, ye daughters" beginning we are both caught and mesmerized and anything else that could absorb our attention is discarded. And of course Kiri is as always, magnificent. The tenor, Mr. Johnson is equal to Bach's criteria.

Like other reviewers, I love this work and the beautiful timing between all. 5 stars. Larry Scantlebury

An ideal melding of music, vocalists, and conductor.......2002-09-23

Johann Sebastian Bach's "St. Matthew Passion," one of his great choral works, is a meditation on the death of Christ. Here, Sit Georg Solti works with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus to produce a superb rendition of the arias and choruses of this rich and contemplative work.

On the opening piece, "Kommt, ihr Tochter, helft mir klagen" ("Come, ye daughters, share my mourning"), the chorus perfectly captures the combination of knowingness, sadness, and dazed disbelief regarding the crucifixion. The strings are especially fine here, providing a delicate, almost spiderweb-like underpinning for the choral verses. The tenor aria "Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen" ("I would beside my Lord be watching"), the chorus backs up tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson's supple, unshowy singing with an ghostly, almost otherworldly tone.

The soprano/alto duet of "So ist mein Jesu non gefangen" ("Behold, my Savior now is taken") features Kiri Te Kanawa and Anne Sophie van Otter, who are matched seamlessly in terms of volume, technique, and crystalline purity of tone. Their weary litany of sadnesses is punctuated vigorously with the choral vereses of "Last ihn, haltet, bindet nicht!" (Loose him, leave him, bind him not!"). It's a thrilling piece, especially when it transforms itself into the thundering waterfall of sound that forms "Sind Blitze, sind Donner in Wolken vershwunden" ("Have lightnings and thunders their fury forgotten?"). The power in this piece alone is absolutely awe-inspiring.

I can't recommend this CD highly enough. It truly is a superlative recording of the "St. Matthew Passion" highlights, featuring as it does these great soloists, this talented conductor, and this amazingly on-the-ball chorus and symphony.

A contender!.......2001-07-26

There is no ideal "St. Matthew Passion." But this one ranks with the best of 'em. "Solti?," you ask? That's right: Solti. I've heard all of the other ones except for Klemperer's, and this one satisfies on a consistent level. Some of the others I only listen to one disc at a time; this one, all the way through. Not too fast, not too slow, not too solemn, not too sprightly. I guess Solti isn't known as a "Bach specialist," but the "Bach specialists" whose CDs I own could learn a thing or two about making a satisfying recording like this one.

Average customer rating:

75 Favorite Hymns Glen Ellyn Chorale Manufacturer: Martingale ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTBKBE Release Date: 2006-07-04

Tracks:

1. Amazing Grace
2. Praise Ye The Lord, The Almighty
3. Wonderful, Merciful Savior
4. Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
5. Fairest Lord Jesus
6. Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
7. Holy, Holy, Holy
8. A Mighty Fortress
9. And Can It Be
10. Crown Him With Many Crowns
11. Now Thank We All Our God
12. O God, Our Help In Ages Past
13. 'Christ For The World!' We Sing
14. Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
15. Blessed Assurance
16. What A Friend we Have In Jesus
17. Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?
18. I Know Whom I Have Believed
19. Rock Of Ages
20. I Need Thee Every Hour
21. Were You There?
22. There's A Wideness In God's Mercy
23. Beneath The Cross Of Jesus
24. I Gave My Life For Thee
25. Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us
26. Be Thou My Vision
27. I've Found A Friend
28. Sun Of My Soul
29. Blest Be The Tie
30. Peace, Perfect Peace
31. Open My Eyes, That I May See
32. Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting
33. Spirit Of God, Descend Upon My Heart
34. Come, Ye Disconsolate
35. Just As I Am
36. The Solid Rock (My Hope Is Built)
37. All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name
38. Our Father In Heaven (The Lord's Prayer)

Tracks:

1. Jesus Shall Reign
2. At The Name Of Jesus
3. Sing Praise To God Who Reigns Above
4. O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing
5. Our Great Savior (Jesus, What A Friend For Sinners)
6. Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
7. Like A River Glorious
8. Praise The Savior, Ye Who Know Him
9. May Jesus Christ Be Praised (When Morning Gilds The Skies)
10. Join All The Glorious Names
11. The Son Of God Goes Forth To War
12. The Sands Of Time
13. Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee
14. Since Jesus Came Into My Heart
15. Blessed Be The Name
16. Thine Is The Glory
17. My Anchor Holds
18. What If It Were Today?
19. Under His Wings
20. If Thou But Suffer God To Guide Thee
21. O Breath Of Life
22. Tell It To Jesus
23. O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
24. Jesus Saves
25. Wonderful Grace Of Jesus
26. Only Trust Him
27. All Your Anxiety
28. Wonderful Peace
29. All The Way My Savior Leads Me
30. Trust And Obey
31. Softly And Tenderly
32. May The Mind Of Christ, My Savior
33. God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again
34. My Savior's Love (I Stand Amazed)
35. Hallelujah! What A Savior (Man Of Sorrows)
36. When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
37. Abide With Me

Average customer rating:

Live In New Orleans Ellyn Rucker Manufacturer: Leisure ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DV7L Release Date: 1999-09-29

Tracks:

1. Beautiful Love
2. Israel
3. Take the Coltrane
4. Wonder Why [Vocal Version]
5. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
6. Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most [Vocal Version]
7. Up Jumped Spring [Vocal Version]
8. Fungi Mamma

Average customer rating: Oh, my God?!

Now Ellyn Rucker Manufacturer: Capri Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000C0FBX Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

1. Can't Get Out Of This Mood
2. Now
3. Strollin'
4. With You In Mind
5. Estate (Summer Passed)
6. Stockholm Sweetnin'
7. The Heather On The Hill
8. Last Resort
9. Useless Landscape; Moon And Sand
10. The Best Thing For You
11. Lucky To Be Me
12. Here

Customer Reviews:

Oh, my God?!.......2005-05-17

The exclamation, which occurs near the beginning of Ellyn's hip transcription of Horace Silver's infectious "Strollin'," is delivered with such seductive, womanly command that it would be hard to imagine any listener being incapable of falling in step with its speaker. Ellyn Rucker talks with both her mouth and hands (though I doubt she's Italian). Line up the best of the current crop of female jazz vocalists, and Ellyn has to be among them. Do the same with pianists. The line thins out, but Ellyn is still there. Now do the same with singer-pianists. She has no peer.

Besides jazz standards like "Strollin'" and "Stockholm Sweetning," Ellyn takes on old standbys like McHugh's "Can't Get Out of This Mood" (haven't heard this one since Lee Wiley) and Lerner-Lowe's "Heather On the Hill" as well as two contemporary bossa novas in 5/4 meter. A record producer's nightmare (artists who can't be easily categorized or who offer eclectic programming and varied textures along with supporting soloists who aren't household words) is the listener's gain on this rich, varied and generous set.

I suspect it's by choice that Ellyn elects to have her voice blend in with the mix rather than take on a more forward presence. Her musical colleagues are more like equal contributors than accompanists. And unlike many bassists, Dave Young doesn't use his featured role as a license to overplay (overly busy, overly amplified "acoustic" bass players are simply killing the music on most of the live sets I catch these days). His grooving arco turn on the aforementioned "Strollin" is the closest I've heard any player come to Paul Chambers' mastery of the technique.

This is a low-key, simmering session that occasionally sizzles, all the more so on repeated listenings. I would have preferred less crowded arrangements on a couple of the selections (the string synth is far more effective on "Estate" than on "Now") and a bit more favoring of Ellyn's voice on the part of the sound engineer, but this session is no one's individual showcase. It's a playful moment in time that resonates with music from the past while offering singularly sparkling sounds of the present.

Average customer rating: The Greatest Damnation! Possibly my favorite recording of anything...ever! the best there is of this work

Berlioz: La damnation de Faust / von Stade, Riegel, van Dam, Solti Hector Berlioz , Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus , Frederica von Stade , Kenneth Riegel , Sir Georg Solti , Chicago Symphony Chorus , Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus , José van Dam , and Malcolm King Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Solti, Sir Georg | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Von Stade, Frederica | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000041QY Release Date: 1987-01-19

Tracks:

1. Part One, Scene I. Intro: Le vieil hiver a fait place au printemps - Kenneth Riegel
2. Part One, Scene II. Ronde des paysans: Les bergers quittent leurs troupeaux - Chicago SO Chor/Kenneth Riegel
3. Part One, Scene III. Mais d'un eclat guerrier les campagnes se parent - Kenneth Riegel
4. Part One, Scene III. Marche Hongroise - Chicago SO Chor/Kenneth Riegel
5. Part Two, Scene IV. Sans regrets j'ai quitte les riantes campagnes - Kenneth Riegel
6. Part Two, Scene IV. Chant de la fete de Paques: Christ vient de ressusciter! - Chicago SO Chor/Kenneth Riegel
7. Part Two, Scene V. O pure emotion! Enfant du saint parvis! - Jose van Dam/Kenneth Riegel/
8. Part Two, Scene VI. A boire encor! du vin - Chicago SO Chor/Jose van Dam
9. Part Two, Scene VI. Chor de buveurs: Oh! qu'il fait bon - Chicago SO Chor/Malcolm King
10. Part Two, Scene VI. Chanson de Brander: Certain rat, dans une cuisine - Chicago SO Chor/Jose van Dam/Malcom King
11. Part Two, Scene VI. Fugue sur le theme de la chanson de Brander: Amen, etc. - Chicago SO Chor/Jose van Dam/Malcolm King
12. Part Two, Scene VI. Chanson de Mephistopheles: Une puce gentille - Chicago SO Chor/Jose van Dam/Kenneth Riegel
13. Part Two, Scene VII. Air de Mephistopheles: Voici des roses - Jose van Dam
14. Part Two, Scene VII. Chor de gnomes et de sylphes: Dors! Dors! heureux Faust - Chicago SO Chor/Jose van Dam/Kenneth Riegel/Jose van Dam
15. Part Two, Scene VII. Ballet des sylphes - Chicago SO Chor/Jose van Dam/Kenneth Riegel/Jose van Dam
16. Part Two, Scene VIII. Chor de soldats: Villes entourees de murs et remparts - Chicago SO Chor/Margaret Hillis
17. Part Two, Scene VIII. Chanson d'etudiants: Jam nox stellata (bis) velamina pandit - Glen Ellyn Children's Chor/Doreen Rao
18. Part Two, Scene VIII. Chor des soldats et chanson des etudiants - Chicago SO Chor/Glen Ellyn Children's Chor/Kenneth Riegel/Jose van Dam

Tracks:

1. Part Three, Scene IX. Tambours et trompettes sonnant la retraite - Chicago SO/Sir Georg Solti
2. Part Three, Scene IX. Air de Faust: Merci, doux crepuscule! Oh! sois le bienvenu! - Kenneth Riegel
3. Part Three, Scene X. Je l'entends - Jose van Dam/Kenneth Riegel
4. Part Three, Scene XI. Que l'air est etouffant - Frederica von Stade
5. Part Three, Scene XI. Chanson gothique: Le roi de Thule - Frederica von Stade
6. Part Three, Scene XII. Evocation: Esprits des flammes inconstantes - Jose van Dam
7. Part Three, Scene XII. Menuet des follets - Jose van Dam
8. Part Three, Scene XII. Ser de Mephistopheles et chor de follets: Devant la maison - Jose van Dam
9. Part Three, Scene XIII. Duo: Grands dieux! - Frederica von Stade/Kenneth Riegel
10. Part Three, Scene XIV. Trio & Chor: Allons, il est trop tard! - Kenneth Riegel/Jose van Dam/Frederica von Stade/Chicago SO Chor
11. Part Four, Scene XV. Romance de Marguerite: D'amour l'ardente flamme - Frederica von Stade/Jose van Dam/Chicago SO Chor
12. Part Four, Scene XVI. Invocation a la nature: Nature immense, impenetrable et fiere - Kenneth Riegel
13. Part Four, Scene XVII. Recitative & chasse: A la voute azuree - Jose van Dam/Kenneth Riegel
14. Part Four, Scene XVIII. La course a l'abime: Dans mon coeur retentit sa voix - Chicago SO Chor/Margaret Hills
15. Part Four, Scene XIX. Pandaemonium: Ha! Irimiru Karabrao! - Chicago SO Chor/Jose van Dam/Kenneth Riegel
16. Part Four, Scene XIX. Epilogue sur la terre: Alors, l'enfer se tut - Chicago SO Chor/Margaret Hills
17. Part Four, Scene XX. Dans le ciel: Laus! Laus! Hosanna! Hosanna! - Chicago SO Chor/Glen Ellyn Children's Chor

Amazon.com essential recording

Berlioz's works are so typical of him, and yet so unlike each other, that it's almost impossible to select one as representing "the essential Berlioz." Nonetheless, if the choice has to be made, then The Damnation of Faust would probably be the strongest contender. It has everything: fabulous orchestration, great tunes, tremendous special effects (try the scene in Pandemonium), and most of all--so typical--a great literary basis (Goethe), which Berlioz proceeds to alter with total impunity according to the dictates of his musical inspiration. More specifically, in Goethe's story, Faust gets saved in the end. "Never mind," Berlioz seems to ask. "What would you rather have? Faust redeemed or a really cool scene in Pandemonium?" Solti's performance pushes all the right buttons: it's brilliantly played, urgently exciting, very well sung, and recorded with panache. Great fun. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

The Greatest Damnation!.......2007-05-09

For me this is the most dramatic, best recorded and most thrilling recording of 'Le Damnation de Faust'. To hell with the opposition! Listen at high volume and be prepared for huge excitement - you'll never be the same again!

Possibly my favorite recording of anything...ever!.......2004-11-30

Funny how people still equivocate about Berlioz. "Problematic" is a word that regretably (annoyingly) still turns up too frequently in commentaries on his work. Berlioz's music is complex and demanding--difficult to play. His forms are unique, imaginative, and challenging (and by the by, Berlioz wrote these hybrid works--not quite operas or oratorios--simply because he wanted to write operas but was repulsed by the exclusionary politics of the opera world at the time. Think of Berlioz as being as creatively devious in this regard as, say, Shostakovich was in a later idiotic society, or as being prescient--these odd forms work well on the home stereo).

Anywho, history teaches us that often we, the performers, conductors, and listeners, are at fault and not the "problematic" composer. A brilliant composer often needs great performances otherwise nothing seems to hold together properly and we--even those of us smart enough to know better--blame the half-arsed results on compositional incompetence or just bad judgement. Look how badly even Nielsen's astonishing symphonies fair with anything less than white hot interpretations. So, Beethoven was "mad" at the end of his life, Schumann didn't know how to orchestrate, Gluck was a poor composer, Berlioz was inconsistent and downright amateurish, and so on. Strangely, all the major works of these composers are still in the repertoire despite the alleged flaws. Somebody out there must love them without hesitations.

Anyway, this is exactly the performance of "Damnation of Faust" that the ghost of Berlioz deserves. I'm aware of his perfectionism and attention to detail in his own conducting and I'd imagine this would constitute an ideal performance for him. Solti, his orchestra, his chorus, and his soloists treat this as the unqualified masterpiece that it certainly is.

And while I'm at it, to hell with the text! Berlioz gets a lot of flak for not adhering to the original "story" in many of his works. Well, Branagh gave us the whole Hamlet straight up and just as many people seemed to whine about that too. You can't please everybody. Fact is, any adaptation, film, operatic, or otherwise is an attempt to jam 200 pounds of culturally significant excrement into a 10 pound bejeweled bag. Editing is unavoidable and often that editing means changing essentials to suit a new purpose or a different kind of audience. If one wants it exactly the way it was written then go read the book. This is not "Hector Berlioz presents Goethe's Faust" and it was never meant to be. That sort of thing's an affectation for a later and more ridiculous age.

the best there is of this work.......1999-09-28

Of all the recordings of this problematic opera(?), cantata (?), this is still the best. I think a lot of it is due to the intelligent Mephisto of Van Dam and the dramatic reading of Solti. My touchstone is always the mixed chorus of students and soliders that comes in the middle of the work; and here it is almost perfect. I would still prefer an all-French cast--but those days are long since gone. Yes, there is a slight falling off of tension towards the end, but otherwise there is nothing but good to be said about this version.

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Ellyn Ellyn Rucker Manufacturer: Capri Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001U0L Release Date: 1994-06-30

Tracks:

1. In Your Own Sweet Way
2. One Morning In May
3. Close Enough For Love
4. Nadine's Waltz
5. Blues For Big Scotia
6. 'Round Midnight
7. The Night Has 1000 Eyes
8. Solo Medley a. Prisoner Of Love/b. Body & Soul/c. Wonder Why

Average customer rating: This is work?

Nice Work Spike Robinson , and Ellyn Rucker Manufacturer: Capri Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Real Corker At Chester's, Vol. 2 Jusa Bit O' Blues, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000001U0O Release Date: 1995-07-18

Tracks:

1. El Cajon
2. Everything I Love
3. Lover Man
4. Nobody Else But Me
5. I Won't Believe My Eyes
6. Easy To Love
7. You Took Advantage Of Me
8. Gravy Waltz
9. As Long As I Live
10. I Fall In Love Too Easily
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It

Customer Reviews:

This is work?.......2004-04-02

I'd never heard of Ellyn Rucker, but as a Spike Robinson completist I thought I'd pick this one up (not surprisingly, requiring a protracted search). I now know that if I ever get to the Denver area one of my priorities will be to hear Ellyn Rucker play and sing. You would think that the current popularity of performers such as Diana Krall would at least "rub off" on equally deserving pianist/singers such as Ellyn (or Chicago's Judy Roberts or the scintillating Dena DeRose), but it comes down to promotion, and the major labels have never been more cautious about promoting jazz (unless it's spelled N-O-R-A-H, which stretches my credulity, for one, to the breaking point).

I was already familiar with Spike, one of the great if underrated players in jazz 1985-1995. But on few of his recordings does he sound as playful as he does here. Listen to him spin out non-stop, purposeful melodic lines on "You'd Be So Easy to Love" or complement Ellyn's vocals on "Everything I Love" and "Lover Man" with melodic statements matching the tenderness of the lyrics.

On a couple of the tunes Ellyn lays down her own swinging bass lines; otherwise, the rhythm section is anchored by Monty Budwig's bouyant bass. This is one of those recordings--too rare these days--that swings from the opening bar to the last. Whether your thing is hip female vocalists, grooving pianists, Getz-inspired tenor, a rhythm section capable of lifting you out of your chair, or simply a great Cole Porter song or two, this CD has got it all.

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60 Best-Loved Hymns The Glen Ellyn Chorale , and The London Sinfonia Manufacturer: Martingale ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Praise & Worship | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000OQ68QU

Product Description

60 tracks including A Mighty Fortress, Rock of Ages, Just As I Am, Softly and Tenderly

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Christmas with Chicago Chamber Brass Manufacturer: Crystal Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Benedetto Marcello | Marcello, Benedetto | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000003J4G Release Date: 1993-12-29

Tracks:

1. Fanfare
2. Joy To The World
3. Ave Verum
4. Good King Wencesias
5. Coventry Carol
6. The First Noel
7. O Come O Come Immanuel
8. Silent Night
9. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
10. The Heavens Are Telling
11. Angels We Have Heard On High
12. Hallelujah Chorus From The Messiah
13. Carol Of The Bells
14. O Come, All Ye Faithful
15. Lo, How A Rose (Chorale Prelude)
16. Lo, How A Rose (Traditional)
17. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
18. Away In A Manger
19. Deck The Halls
20. Il Est Ne And Variations
21. Jingle Bells
22. Sleigh Ride
23. The Christmas Song
24. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
25. We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Average customer rating: Rucker Rocks

This Heart of Mine Ellyn Rucker Manufacturer: Capri Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000008C5E Release Date: 1994-06-30

Tracks:

1. I Never Get Enough of You
2. Sweet Lorraine (Ball & Chain)
3. At Long Last Love
4. Waltz for Debby
5. Get Out of Town
6. Born to Be Blue
7. Stompin' at the Savoy
8. All This and Heaven Too
9. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
10. Solo Medley: Turn Out the Stars/This Heart of Mine

Customer Reviews:

Rucker Rocks.......2005-10-09

One of Ellyn's earlier albums, and a recent acquisition for me, this would be a good, representative first-CD pick-up for those unfamiliar with her music. She's joined by one of the legendary greats of the bass--Red Mitchell--along with one of the most in-demand drummers of the past 20 years--Marvin "Smitty" Smith. Company this formidable can be intimidating (as a pianist who once played with Smitty, I speak from experience), but not for Ellyn. This is a loose, free-wheeling, give and take session that at the same time manages to be tight and in the groove. The program is ambitious, including two Bill Evans' staples (played with great respect and yet with the unmistakable Rucker signature), a Billy Taylor original, and the exquisite but under-recorded "All This and Heaven Too."

On the latter tune, Red Mitchell practically matches the delicate phrasing and melodic sensibilities of the vocal with his extended bass solo. On many similar sessions, bass solos are little more than "extenders" and "fillers," conventions that permit the featured soloist to catch her breath, or regather her strength, before the "out" chorus. But on this date, Mitchell is afforded opportunities to play an entire chorus even on the ballads, and he makes the most of each turn, eschewing fingery technique in favor of thoughtful melodic constructions.

My only quibble is with the sound of the recorded acoustic bass. Since at least the early '70's, engineers have boosted the sound of the bass while bassists themselves have gone to lighter strings placed closer to fingerboards sporting overly sensitive pick-ups. The result is a bass sound that is "organ-like" and far more "generic" than the individual, inimitable bass voices of Ray, Pettiford, Mingus, Watkins, Paul, Sam, and even Red himself in the '50's and '60's. I wish we could return to "honest," balanced sound and trash the sub-woofers but, as I was reminded when a teen-ager's van pulled up alongside me the other day, these are different times. (Unfortunately, my ears haven't changed with them.)

Jazz Music:

1. Eyes Wide Open
2. 'Field Effect' The Gary Fieldman Quartet
3. Flash
4. Further Adventures
5. Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2
6. George Shearing in Dixieland
7. Gettin' Around
8. Grand Stan [Import]
9. Groove Shop
10. Heart and Soul

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