| 1. Up Late |
| 2. Besame Mucho |
| 3. I Didn't Know What Time It Was |
| 4. Lanikai |
| 5. Wave |
| 6. Carlos |
| 7. Hermosa |
| 8. Berimbau |
| 9. Monterey |
| 10. Armony |
Up Late,Jeff Linsky,Concord Records,Bop,Brazilian Jazz,Jazz
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Kiss Me, Kate (1948 Original Broadway Cast)
Cole Porter , Alfred Drake , and Patricia Morison Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000007OHT Release Date: 1998-06-02 |
Tracks:
- Act I: Overture
- Act I: Another Op'nin', Another Show
- Act I: Why Can't You Behave?
- Act I: Wunderbar
- Act I: So In Love
- Act I: We Open In Venice
- Act I: Tom, Dick Or Harry
- Act I: I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua
- Act I: I Hate Men
- Act I: Were Thine That Special Face
- Act II: Too Darn Hot
- Act II: Where Is The Life That Late I Led?
- Act II: Always True To You (In My Fashion)
- Act II: Bianca
- Act II: So In Love (Reprise)
- Act II: Brush Up Your Shakespeare
- Act II: I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple
- Act II: Finale: Kiss Me, Kate
- Kiss Me, Kate Overture
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Opening at the tail end of 1948, Kiss Me, Kate became an instant classic--and amazingly didn't receive a full-scale revival until 1999. All the more reason to revel in its original version. With its cunning play-within-a-play premise (a musical update of The Taming of the Shrew reverberates in backstage feuds), brilliant mix of high and low comedy, and of course some of Cole Porter's better-known songs--"So in Love," "I Hate Men," Too Darn Hot," "Always True to You (In My Fashion)"--Kiss Me, Kate remains a funny, zesty hall of mirrors. Hard as you may try to find a fly in the ointment, there's no fault with the cast either--Patricia Morison, for instance, is a perfectly petulant Lilli Vanessi. --Elisabeth VincentelliCustomer Reviews:
The best and maybe the last CD of this great musical........2006-02-20
Sony's transfer engineers used state-of-the-art restoration software to remove the roughness and surface noise from the originals, but (thankfully) they resisted the urge to tart-up the sound with artificial reverb, faux stereo, and thundering bass. This is by far the best-sounding CD of this ever released, and it may be the last.
The age of music ownership in America could be drawing to a close. Five years from now, this music may only be available by download, you might only be "borrowing" it, and it probably won't come with the the authentic cover art or the 26-page booklet.
(See also the original broadway CD of Out of This World.)
Beautiful remastering of historic original cast recording.......2004-05-24
The sound on this newly remastered CD is crisp and clear and easily surpasses all previous issues. Sony even uses the original artwork from the very first LP release.
The performances remain as fresh as ever. Alfred Drake was Broadway's top leading man and sounds just glorious. Pat Morrison had less of a career but sounds just perfect as Lilli. Lisa Kirk is wonderful as Lois, and Harold Lang makes the most of his few moments on the record as her boyfriend, Bill. In an unusual move these peopel reunited 10 years later to re-record the score for Capitol in true stereo. They still sound great on that recording (on CD as part of the Broadway Angel series) but the performances are fresher on this recording made just 2 weeks after KIS ME KATE had opened on Broadway to rave reviews.
The CD booklet has good info about the show, though curiously, no synopsis. There are, however, a half dozen pictures of the original production. This edition featureds longer takes of "We Open in Venice", "I Hate Men" and "Too Darn Hot" though the total extra music adds but a minute to the album's running time. A bonus track of the Overture dates from a 1958 stereo recording by Lehman Engle.
KISS ME KATE was the first Tony Award winner for Best Musical (1949). The 1999 revival won a Tony for Best Revival.
the peerless original cast.......2004-03-04
Very rarely has the score been bettered than the original 1949 cast album, reissued here on the Columbia Broadway Masterworks label. Patricia Morison plays Lilli, with Alfred Drake (OKLAHOMA!, KISMET, GIGI) as Fred, the feuding, ego-ridden leads. Lisa Kirk (ALLEGRO, MACK AND MABEL) is the sexy young starlet Lois, with Harold Lang (PAL JOEY) as her caddish boyfriend Bill.
KISS ME KATE opened at the New Century Theatre on Broadway in 1949, making history in its run of over 1000 performances. Patricia Morison is perfectly-suited to the role of Lilli. She offers a glowing rendition of "So in Love", whilst her duet with Alfred Drake in the tongue-in-cheek "Wunderbar" is sublime. Lisa Kirk gets three of the big showstoppers ("Why Can't You Behave?", "Tom Dick or Harry" and "Always True to You in My Fashion"), and nails each and every one. Harold Lang was a better dancer than he ever was as a singer, but is quite good on this disc.
A must-own.
Who Put The Shake In Shakespeare?.......2001-04-11
The story is set in a Baltimore theatre where a divorced couple, Fred Graham and Lilli Vannessi, are in the two leading roles of a musical version of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Fred currently dates a colorful light-heart named Lois Lane, while Lilli is about to head off to get maried in the south. Lois, by the way, will 'always be true' to her boyfriend, the gambling player Bill Calhoun. The story takes off from there!
The show originaly opened on Broadway in 1948. It's timelessness has still not worn off after so many years. The classic script by Bela and Sam Spewack, and the best music of Cole Porter, we cannot fail! The show has been performed since then in many many countries, and has been performed in many languages! It has only recently been revived on Broadway.
Kiss Me Kate has become a staple of classic Broadway, and this is the cast that will not be outdone. Patricia Morrison is a perfect, operatic, Lilli Vanesi. She is strong, yet thoughtful. Her voice fills the CD with a lively 'Wunderbar' and the raging 'I Hate Men.' Alfred Drake is a manly and appealing Fred Graham who will have you laughing out loud! His 'Where Is the Live...?' is yet to be surpassed. Harold Lang is a sexy, and hypnotic Bill Calhoun. He takes the role for himself, and his 'Bianca' is done to the point of perfection! His voice is misty and self-confident, and has the qualities all Bill Calhoun's should. And of course, there will be no one as good as Lisa Kirk for the role of Lois Lane! Her tongue-in-cheek performance on this CD is flawless! She is teasing, sympathetic, funny, and has the right voice to win her part! I can't imagine anyone who can do what she has done with 'Alway True to You' and 'Why Can't You Behave.' The classic character songs are very nice! The balladic, and melodic 'So In Love' will ring in your head. 'We Open In Venice' will make you dance! And 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare'(performed with much humor by Jack Diamond and Harry Clark) will give you a laugh the next time you read 'Romeo.' You won't be disapointed!
The nostalgic quality of the 40's is alive and well in this recording. Columbia has done a great job restoring the work, and the scratching that were a part of the original releases. The sound quality is crisp and clear, and the music sounds wonderful! The magic hasn't worn out yet!
There have been a few more recordings of the work, including a complete London recording, and the new Broadway revival cast. None can do as well as the original recording, however. In the revival recordng, however, they come close. Brian Stokes Mitchell has the voice for Fred, but runs through his lines a bit fast, and without much enthusiasm. And the orchestrations for the new recording are a bit overdone, and they sound more like PBS's Jazz, than Broadway.
Altogether, this is great recording. I was very pleased with my buy, and hope that you will add it to your collection right away! It's time to Brush Up Your Shakespeare!
TIMELESS BROADWAY SHOW.......2001-01-11
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Highways
Lanterna Manufacturer: Badman Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001GF2EC Release Date: 2004-03-02 |
Tracks:
- Clear Blue
- Brightness
- Last Practice
- Canyons
- Seasons
- Brooklyn
- Adriatic
- Half-Light
- Highways
Customer Reviews:
hypnotic yet melodic.......2007-05-10
The Spaces You Forgot to Listen In.......2005-03-29
We've got access finally to a lot of independent, new music. This is a time to explore and if you're up for it, anything by Lanterna (Henry Frayne is the key individual) is worth the time and the money. Highways is the latest incarnation of this talented musician's sonic mind. I listen to Highways in the early morning and sometimes driving by myself at night. This is definitely music to listen to by yourself. It is music for the soul--jangly guitar, acoustic rhythms, textured drums, poetic vibrations, and ambient sounds...even an intentional few minutes of silence in there on the title track for those of us who pay attention--and a payoff afterwards...kind of an untitled new composition.
Word is that Lanterna's coming out with a new album sometime in the summer so pay attention. Highways is a great jumping point for the uninitiated though. Elm Street is still my favorite, but I'm really looking forward to the next edition. Stay tuned.
Henry Frayne gives us more luminescent guitarscapes.......2004-03-02
As much of a huge Lanterna fan as I am, I'm a little sad to hear some signs of stagnation on Highways. A song such as "Canyons," a gentle acoustic-electric number that never really goes anywhere, makes me wonder if Henry has taken this particular "instrumental themes" thing about as far as it'll go. I hope not, because I'm still prepared to travel along with him for awhile longer.
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2
Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006SSQ7U Release Date: 2005-01-04 |
Tracks:
- First Season End Title
- Vulcan Affair (Suite No. 2)
- Iowa-Scuba Affair
- Shark Affair
- Deadly Games Affair (Suite No. 2)
- Meet Mr. Solo
- Giuoco Piano Affair
- King of Knaves Affair: Suite No. 2
- First Season Main Title [Revised]
- Deadly Decoy Affair
- Spy With My Face
- Second Season Main Title
- Alexander the Greater Affair
- Ultimate Computer Affair
- Very Important Zombie Affair
- Dippy Blonde Affair
- Seadly Goddess Afair
- Moonglow Affair
Tracks:
- One of Our Spies Is Missing
- Third Season Main Title
- Sort of Do-It-Youself Dreadful Affair
- Galatea Affair
- Pop Art Affair
- Come With Me to the Casbah Affair
- Off-Broadway Affair
- Concrete Overcoat Affair
- Napoleon's Tomb Affair
- Alternate Fourth Season Main Title
- Fourth Season (End Title)
- Test Tube Killer Affair
- Prince of Darkness Affair
- Seven Wonders of the World Affair
Customer Reviews:
Another great trip down the MFU memory lane.......2005-10-19
My only problem is that THE CDs ARE COPY PROTECTED! Considerable work is needed to get the music onto your iPod, if you really want the music in your mp3 collection. This is a major hassle and a surprise, since the first set in the series was not copy protected.
The best of the three Double CDs ORIGINAL soundtrack release.......2005-07-12
Indeed, this is an unbelievable collection of three double CDs packages with the complete series soundtrack, and I mean the complete music, not a tune is missing.
And this is the ORIGINAL Man From Uncle music. Let me stress the point: this is the four years ORIGINAL soundtrack with the original recordings as they were heard throughout the series, not a no-name orchestra doing personal versions of the stuff. The audio transfer is very, very good, the music from late episodes is even in stereo.
Each individual CD carries over 70 minutes of music. All in all there you have the four TV seasons main titles and all, absolutely all of TMFU unforgetable music.
This is not a chronological release, meaning, all CDs have a mix of music from all four TV seasons. Volume 1 is heavier on early TV seasons stuff, fans of Jerry Goldsmith will love it. Those of us who prefer what Gerald Fried and later Richard Shores did with TMFU music, then volume 2 is mandatory. If you are a fan, you can't miss any of these six CDs. However if buying all three double packages is too much for you, you must go with Volume 2, no questions asked. Volume three is the weakest of them as it brings "suites" and a whole CD with "The Girl From Uncle" soundtrack, but you have a bonus "Open Channel D" beeper.
Each package is gorgeous, each with a glossy color booklet with extensive liner notes with details on how each tune was written to a specific TV series episode and how it was used onwards. You have bios on the composers, on how the recordings were made, even an overview on how many instruments were available in each of the years the music was recorded.
So, throw away your Hugo Montenegro Man From Uncle CD, this is the REAL thing.
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Space: 1999 Year 1
Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006UEVQS Release Date: 2005-01-25 |
Tracks:
- Space: 1999, Main Titles
- Breakaway
- War Games
- Matter Of Life And Death
- Space: 1999, End Titles (Alternate Version)
- The Infernal Machine
- Force Of Life
- Ring Around The Moon
- Black Sun
- Mission Of The Darians
- The Troubled Spirit
- Space: 1999, Main Theme (Extended Alternative Version)
- The Testament Of Arkadia
- Another Time, Another Place
- Space: 1999, End Titles
Customer Reviews:
Not to be missed!!!.......2007-04-30
Great year one compilation.......2007-01-09
If you are Space:1999 fan, it is a must have.
An Excellent CD.......2006-07-27
Fantastic Future Score.......2005-04-01
Especially when it came to the music. As many fans know, Barry Gray scored only 4 episodes - the rest being rounded out by reusing his cues for those episodes, plus liberal doses of library music. This disc gives a good overview of the magnificent music written specifically for the series, as well as a sampling of some of those library cues. As a previous reviewer said, the ultimate soundtrack to the series was released several years ago by the Fanderson organization ( which one had to join as a member to be able to order ) and is sadly out of print. Copies can be found on the internet, often selling for prohibitive prices. Unless you are a diehard collector, willing to shell out a good sized portion of your paycheck, this single disc is the way to go.
Sound quality is superb, and in some cases surpasses the previously mentioned two disc set, as several of the tracks have been remastered to remove wow, flutter, and distortion that could be heard on the Fanderson set. The main title was remixed to make it truer to the on-screen version, and the tracks from the episode "Black Sun" are in stereo on CD here for the first time ever. The previous release featured the episode's complete score, but only as a monophonic version, as many of the multitrack masters for that particular episode have been lost. For that alone, this disc is worth owning, even if you have the Fanderson set.
However, it is Gray's music that is the true reason to own this soundtrack - regardless of your feelings about the series. Full bodied, sweeping, emotional and grand... not at all your typical seventies television soundtrack. Years before John Williams revived the popularity of orchestral scores for science fiction projects, Barry Gray was filling small screen speakers with epic music that would have sounded perfectly at home in a motion picture theatre.
Space 1999 Year One Soundtrack Available Once Again!.......2005-03-09
The year 1 music definately set the tone for the TV show back in 1975. It gave it beautiful character and feeling for the show. It was ashame that for the second year that they had changed so much (even the music) and lost that character and feeling (but that is a whole other debate).
In 1976, RCA records released the year 1 soundtrack with a beautiful gate fold cover and for about 20+ years, that is all we had, until Fanderson. The year 1 soundtrack is no longer available through them, but it is the most complete. This CD, however, does well to capture the feeling of year 1 and does throw an additional track for you sun bathers out there. It is a nice 30 year anniversary gift to myself. Happy 30th Birthday: SPACE 1999!!!
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Being Julia
Various Artists Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00065U0NG Release Date: 2004-11-16 |
Tracks:
- Curtain Up
- Real World - The Mills Brothers
- Lift
- Bei Mir Bist du Sch
- Farewell My Love
- Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
- Never Seen Them Shine Like That Before
- Birthday Presents
- It Will Only End in Tears
- They Didn't Believe Me
- Charades
- I Saw the Light On
- Am I Late
- Not That Sort of Girl
- Take a Break
- Yes, Yes - Alison Jiear
- Avice Gets the Part
- Reunion - The Andrews Sisters
- Play for the Other Side
- Mad About the Boy
- Jimmy's Magic
- Avice Takes a Bow
- For Old Times' Sake
- Laird O'Drumblair
- Stage Is Set
- Curtain Call
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Quite Alone
Amazon.com
Based on Somerset Maugham's middling novel Theater, Annette Bening stars as the title character, an aging star of the London stage whose life and the melodramas she performs have come to mirror each other. Composer Mychael Danna sets those conflicts to a score that emphasizes theatrical surfaces and rigid role-playing, utilizing a finely honed classical pastiche approach with parallels to his previous period-evoking work on Vanity Fair. His cues here are rooted in the light romantic chamber music of the 19th century, though they frequently bristle with a more contemporary energy and aplomb. Offering counterpoint to Danna's dignified, oft-precious classical confections and mining the story's more sensual human dimensions are pop chestnuts from the era (The Andrews Sisters' saucy "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" and Mills Brothers' jaunty "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries"), as well as fine contemporary takes of "They Didn't Believe Me" and Noel Coward's "Mad About the Boy" by Denzel Sinclair and Alison Jicar's elegant read of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." --Jerry McCulleyCustomer Reviews:
Beautiful melody but lacks variety.......2005-04-11
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Janácek: Osud (Fate)
Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00001T6K3 Release Date: 1999-10-26 |
Tracks:
- Osud (Fate): Act I: Orchestra
- Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Free As A Bird I Bask In The Sunshine'
- Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Heavens, It's Him!' (Mila)
- Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Is It Your Child You've Come For?' (Mila)
- Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Sun In The Heavens Up On High'
- Osud (Fate): Act I: 'We're Back Too Late' (Zivny)
- Osud (Fate): Act I: 'The Sun's Vanished' (Mila)
- Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Never Will I Forget This Fleeting Moment!'
- Osud (Fate): Act II: 'Slumber On Undisturbed In The Shadow' (Zivny)
- Osud (Fate): Act II: 'I Do, I Do!' (Mila)
- Osud (Fate): Act II: 'We're Married Now' (Zivny)
- Osud (Fate): Act II: 'Mummy, Mummy!'
- Osud (Fate): Act II: 'Unspoken Thoughts Go Far Beyond Words' (Mila's Mother)
- Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Listen To The Thunder Over The Horizon'
- Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Endless The Pain I Must Suffer'
- Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Enough Of That!'
- Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Mummy, Mummy! Do You Know What Love Is?'
- Osud (Fate): Act III: 'People Said It Must Have Been His Falling In Love' (Zivny)
- Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Bitter Memories' (Zivny)
- Osud (Fate): Act III: 'It Seems To Be So Clear' (Zivny)
Customer Reviews:
GREAT RECORDING, BUT THE PRICE..........1999-12-01
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So Pretty
Manufacturer: Red Car Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00022U9HA Release Date: 2004-01-27 |
Customer Reviews:
short and sweet.......2006-04-20
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You're Sensational - Cole Porter in the '20s, '40s, and '50s, Vol. 2 - Kiss Me Kate (1940-1948)
Cole Porter , Ethel Merman , and Fred Astaire Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006JTGP Release Date: 2002-10-22 |
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Faust (Sung in English)
Gounod , Clarke , Miles , Plazas , Magee , and Parry Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006NSEC Release Date: 2002-11-26 |
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Up Late
Jeff Linsky Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003OY2 Release Date: 1993-01-13 |
Tracks:
- Up Late
- Besame Mucho
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- Lanikai
- Wave
- Carlos
- Hermosa
- Berimbau
- Monterey
- Armony
Customer Reviews:
Its guitar and flute mastery with twist of latin flavor.......2006-07-06
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