| 1. Do You Hear What I Hear? |
| 2. Sleeper, Awake! |
| 3. Christmas Song |
| 4. Carol of the Bells |
| 5. Silent Night |
| 6. Little Drummer Boy |
| 7. What Child Is This? |
| 8. O Holy Night |
| 9. O Little Town of Bethlehem |
| 10. White Christmas |
| 11. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
| 12. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel |
| 13. Christmas Time Is Here |
| 14. Il Est Né |
| 15. Away in a Manger |
| 16. Sheep May Safely Graze |
| 17. I Wonder as I Wander |
| 18. Silver Bells/Amazing Grace |
Do You Hear What I Hear,Common Ground,North Star,Christmas,Jazz,Pop
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Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00064ADMK Release Date: 2004-10-19 |
Tracks:
- Give My Regards To Broadway- Joel Grey
- Swanee- Al Jolson
- When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine- Bert Williams
- A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody- John Steel
- My Man- Fanny Brice
- Fascinating Rhythm- Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire
- If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)- 78rpm Version Eddie Cantor
- Someone To Watch Over Me- Gertrude Lawrence
- Bill- 78 rpm Version Helen Morgan
- Ol' Man River- Paul Robeson
- Ain't Misbehavin'- Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
- Ten Cents A Dance- Ruth Etting
- Body And Soul- Libby Holman
- Brother, Can You Spare A Dime- Bing Crosby
- Night And Day- Fred Astaire
- Heat Wave- Ethel Waters
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- Tamara
- You're The Top- Ethel Merman
- Summertime- Anne Brown
- September Song- Walter Huston
- My Heart Belongs To Daddy- Mary Martin
- It Never Entered My Mind- Shirley Ross
- Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered- Vivienne Segal
- Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning- Irving Berlin
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'- Alfred Drake
Tracks:
- New York, New York- Cris Alexander,Adolph Green,John Reardon
- If I Loved You- John Raitt,Jan Clayton
- Come Rain Or Come Shine- Ruby Hill,Harold Nicholas
- There's No Business Like Show Business- Ensemble
- How Are Things In Glocca Morra? From "Finian's Rainbow"- Ella Logan
- Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
- Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
- Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
- Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
- Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend- Carol Channing
- Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
- Getting To Know You- Gertrude Lawrence
- Who Cares?- Jack Carson,Betty Oakes
- Stranger In Paradise- from " Kismet" Doretta Morrow,Richard Kiley
- Ballad Of Mack The Knife- Gerald Price
- Hey There- from "The Pajama Game" John Raitt
- Whatever Lola Wants- Gwen Verdon
- I Could Have Danced All Night- Julie Andrews
- Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
- The Party's Over- Judy Holliday
- Glitter And Be Gay- Barbara Cook
- Tonight- Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence
Tracks:
- Seventy-Six Trombones- Robert Preston
- I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
- Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
- My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
- Put On A Happy Face- from "Bye Bye Birdie" Dick Van Dyke
- Try To Remember- Jerry Orbach
- Camelot- from "Camelot" Richard Burton
- Love Makes The World Go 'Round- Anna Maria Alberghetti
- I Believe In You- Robert Morse And Co.
- The Sweetest Sounds- Diahann Carroll,Richard Kiley
- Comedy Tonight- Zero Mostel
- What Kind Of Fool Am I?- Anthony Newley
- As Long As He Needs Me- Georgia Brown
- Hello, Dolly!- Carol Channing,Cast
- People- Barbra Streisand
- Anyone Can Whistle- from "Anyone Can Whistle" Lee Remick
- If I Were A Rich Man- Zero Mostel
- Night Song- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- The Impossible Dream- Richard Kiley
- If My Friends Could See Me Now- Gwen Verdon
- Open a New Window- from Mame Voice
Tracks:
- Willkommen- from "Cabaret" Joel Grey
- Let The Sunshine In- James Rado,Lynn Kellogg,Melba Moore,Cast
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again- Jill O'Hara,Jerry Orbach
- The Ladies Who Lunch- from "Company" Elaine Stritch
- Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn,Susan Watson
- I'm Still Here- Yvonne De Carlo
- I Don't Know How To Love Him- Yvonne Elliman
- We Go Together- Adrienne Barbeau,Barry Bostwick,Walter Bobbie,Cast
- Corner Of The Sky- John Rubinstein
- Send In The Clowns- Glynis Johns
- Ease On Down The Road- Stephanie Mills,Tiger Haynes,Ted Ross,Hinton
- One- from "A Chorus Line" Cast
- All That Jazz- Chita Rivera,Ensemble
- Tomorrow- Andrea Mcardle
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina- Patti Lupone
- Come Follow The Band
- Lullaby Of Broadway- Jerry Orbach
- And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday
- The Bells Of St. Sebastian- Raul Julia
Tracks:
- Memory- Betty Buckley
- I Am What I Am- George Hearn
- Move On- Bernadette Peters,Mandy Patinkin
- Do You Hear The People Sing?- Michael Maguire,Cast
- The Music Of The Night- Michael Crawford
- You're Nothing Without Me- James Naughton,Gregg Edelman
- The American Dream- Jonathan Pryce,Cast
- Doctor Jazz- Gregory Hines,Company
- With One Look- Glenn Close
- On Broadway- Adrian Bailey,Frederick B. Owens,Ken Ard,Victor Trent Cook
- Le Jazz Hot- Julie Andrews,Ensemble
- Seasons Of Love-
- Hakuna Matata- Max Casella,Tom Alan Robbins,Scott Irby-Ranniar,Jason Raize
- I Wanna Be A Producer- Matthew Broderick,Ensemble
- Dancing Queen- Louise Plowright,Jenny Galloway
- Good Morning Baltimore- Marissa Jaret Winokur
- Movin' Out- Michael Cavanaugh,Band
- I Go To Rio- Hugh Jackman,Company
- Defying Gravity- Kristin Chenoweth,Idina Menzel
Customer Reviews:
Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30
Top Shelf.......2007-01-04
TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23
Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14
Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17
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Christmas Extraordinaire
Mannheim Steamroller , George Frideric Handel , Irving Berlin , James R. Murray , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Noel Regney , Christmas Traditional , Ray / Livingston, Jay Evans , Catalan Traditional , Alfred S. Burt , Felix Bernard , Robert Burns , and Chip Davis Manufacturer: American Gramaphone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005NNDK Release Date: 2001-10-30 |
Tracks:
- Hallelujah - from 'The Messiah'
- White Christmas
- Away In A Manger
- Faeries - from 'The Nutcracker'
- Do You Hear What I Hear?
- The First Noel
- Silver Bells
- Fum, Fum, Fum
- Some Children See Him
- Winter Wonderland
- O Tannenbaum
- Auld Lang Syne
Amazon.com
Chip Davis's Mannheim Steamroller hasn't lost any ground in the six years since their last Yuletide offering. Christmas Extraordinare is another innovative and heartfelt collection of seasonal treasures played on a combination of 18th-century instruments and modern-day synthesizers, drums, and electric guitars. While not the first to marry different ages of musical instruments, Davis and his cohorts use them with imagination and an intensity that gives new life and drama to this rather inert genre. For material, Mannheim Steamroller asked their fans to choose their favorite holiday selections and vote on their Web site. The results of the poll are a fine mix of old and new--with slightly more emphasis on the modern--ranging from the bracing "Fum, Fum, Fum," a traditional Catalan carol, to Tchaikovsky's "Faeries" from The Nutcracker. Mannheim Steamroller imbues this beloved song with an almost militaristic edge, grounding it with an ominous tuba that gives the usually fey "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies" an edgy tension. "Winter Wonderland" is a spectacular work, bordering on prog rock, as if Emerson, Lake & Palmer had re-formed to whip up a winter blizzard gone amok. While most of the Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas albums are largely instrumental, Davis has employed the considerable talents of University of Michigan's Glee Club to sing on "O Tannenbaum," respectfully fading their elegant, full vocals around the pristine voice of Johnny Mathis, elevating this German carol to a cinematic peak. Don't miss out on the clever liner notes, which give the reader a whimsical, anecdotal history of the 12 songs. --Jaan UhelszkiCustomer Reviews:
Mannheim Steamroller.......2007-01-10
I like it.......2006-12-18
Wonderful Christmas tunes from Mannheim Steamroller.......2006-12-06
Christmas Extraordinaire.......2006-02-26
Doesn't Really meet the test of time.......2006-01-05
In retrospect, I wish I had gotten FRESH AIRE, which I recognize as having some of my favorite Mannheim Steamroller songs. I'm not throwing this CD away, but it won't be on the top of my Christmas music pile either.
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The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas
Manufacturer: Time Life Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005NOZH Release Date: 2001-09-11 |
Tracks:
- Home For The Holidays - Perry Como
- White Christmas - Bing Crosby
- Jingle Bells - Ella Fitzgerald
- Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
- Carol Of The Bells/Deck The Halls - The Robert Shaw Chorale
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day - Harry Belafonte
- Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
- My Favorite Things - Eddie Fisher
- Joy To The World - Julie Andrews
- Here We Come A-Caroling - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- March Of The Toys - The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- O Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti
Tracks:
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
- It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Roger Whittaker
- Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy - The Boston Pops Orchestra
- Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
- I'll Be Home For Christmas - Elvis Presley
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
- Sleigh Ride - Johnny Mathis
- Tennessee Christmas - Alabama
- Baby's First Christmas - Connie Francis
- The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
- Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo
Customer Reviews:
Only half the songs of the original set!!.......2007-01-17
Its all Christmas.......2007-01-09
A Good Basic Collection.......2006-02-11
My only complaints are that there are only 24 songs on two disks and one or two of them are not ones that I would have picked (not my style).
Overall, it's a good set that I would recommend to anyone who wants to start a collection.
cd reviews.......2006-01-15
Poor Quality.......2005-12-05
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Bea Arthur on Broadway - Just Between Friends
Bea Arthur Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005YTRL Release Date: 2002-02-12 |
Tracks:
- Lamb Recipe
- Fun To Be Fooled
- Introduction
- What Can You Get A Nudist For Her Birthday?
- Auditions
- Isn't He Adorable
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Let's Face The Music And Dance
- Bosom Buddies
- Angela Lansbury
- Threepenny Opera/ Pirate Jenny
- It Never Was YOu
- And Then There's Maude
- Some People
- The Soup Ladle
- Where Do You Start
- Bernie Schwartz
- If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On It!
- Personal Hygiene
- Who Cares
- Fifty Percent
- The Nun's Story
- You're Gonna Hear From Me
- The Chance To Sing
- The Man in the Moon is a Lady
Amazon.com
More comedy monologue than musical performance, Bea Arthur's one-woman show Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends collects memories from the silver-haired star's life on Broadway (Fiddler on the Roof, Mame, The Threepenny Opera) and television (Maude, The Golden Girls)."I wanted to see if I had the guts to just come and be myself," Arthur says in this performance recorded in front of a live audience in December 2001. Alongside co-creator and pianist Billy Goldenberg, she offers wry and often funny anecdotes about her career and the people she's worked with (Angela Lansbury, Pia Zadora). When she does sing ... well, even decades ago Arthur didn't have a beautiful voice, but she's well-suited to the comedy songs. And her versions of Kurt Weill's "Pirate Jenny" and Goldenberg's own "Fifty Percent"--while they won't make anyone forget Lotte Lenya or Dorothy Loudon--are effective in their own right. Bea Arthur on Broadway is definitely more Bea than Broadway, but it's a career well worth remembering. --David Horiuchi
Customer Reviews:
And Then There's BEA!.......2007-01-20
Golden Girl Shines Brightly.......2005-10-21
Alive and Unforgettable.......2004-11-21
The simple truth was that I was stunned. Completely stunned. Again, this sounds as the same, alive, malicious woman who portrayed those "affirmative women" on TV (per her own words). She mocks her own voice, recalling the humiliation of being mistaken for the man of the house through the phone ... and some--who buy this disk with the intent of getting a faultless musical performance--might agree (and according to some reviews her, HAVE agreed) that her voice is perhaps too deep, too cutting, not pure enough. But this is NOT (and I stress it) a musical performance per se, it is not a perfectly rounded voice singing perfect standards.
What this disc is? A drama performance. The songs are intermissed with speech interludes, during which Bea narrates anecdotes from her past experience as an actress--and that's is PRECISELY what is MAGIC. You feel as though she's inviting you to witness the high points of her life, and it's a very nice place. The songs, seem alive as rarely before, because they are performed. She renders them with life, and make the most of her abilities.
I really appreciated some of the smaller things. You get to recognize her trademark, slightly embarassed, `You know' ... She'll make you laugh with good natured reminiscence ("A Mother's Ingenuity"!); some of the songs are delightfully imperfect, (I learned to love the half-sung/half-spoken "What Do You Start" ...), some others are wonderfully dynamic ("What Can You Get a Nudist For Her Birthday?", "Threepenny Opera/Pirate Jenny" ...), but all are very enjoyable ...
Be it "Isn't He Adorable?" or "If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It" ... every track on this disc will have you fondly reminisce or curiously discover the career of one helluva woman.
You really can't be disappointed. I promise.
If only we could have a visual as well!
A trip down memory lane..........2003-10-19
Bea is most known for her role on the sitcoms Golden Girls and Maude, but she's done so much theater work as well.
She was in the cast of the original U.S production of "Threepenny Opera" starring Lotta Lenya, and in the original cast of "Fiddler On The Roof" and "Mame". But Bea started her theater career in a show called "The Shoestring Revue".
Bea stoled the scene every night when she performed as yente the Matcmaker on "Fiddler On The Roof" and she also got a hole lot of response as Vera Charles on "Mame", starring Angela Lansbury. In this live performence Bea performs a collection of songs chosen by herself, such as, "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "Isn't He Adorable", "Fifty Percent" and her theme song from Mame "The Man In The Moon". Bea is absolutely one of our time finest performers, with her witty sence of knowledge and her indefiable voice she has establised herself as a broadway legend, alongside Judy Garland, Elaine Stritch, Mary Martin. She is one of the last broadway female legends alive. And still going strong, Bea is rounding 80, but you wouldn't notice.
Do yourself a favour and take a trip down down memory lane, it's your chance to hang out with the last female broadway legend around.
A Truly Remarkable Accomplishment.......2003-06-16
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Christmas Is...
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000024T8 Release Date: 1991-07-01 |
Tracks:
- Christmas Is...
- I'll Be Home For Christmas
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- We Need A Little Christmas (From 'Mame')
- Silver Bells
- White Christmas
- Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An ....)
- Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Happy Holiday
Customer Reviews:
Christmas Songs.......2007-01-28
Very enjoyable,and delivered well before the date indicated.
Christmas Is - Percy Faith.......2007-01-19
One of the greatest C.D.'s ever!!.......2006-01-20
Christmas Is...A Percy Faith Classic!.......2005-12-27
Good Songs But They Should Have Digitally Remastered Them! The Sound Is Just A Little Off!.......2005-12-21
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Sleigh Ride
Manufacturer: Boston Pops Rec. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000B2WK78 Release Date: 2005-10-04 |
Tracks:
- Joy to the World - A Fanfare for Christmas Day (After Handel)
- Sleigh Ride
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
- Messiah, Oratoria/Hallelujah Chorus
- Three Botticelli Pictures/The Adoration of the Magi
- Songs from the Hill Folk; I Wonder as I Wander; the Seven Joys of ...
- Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Kije Takes a Ride (After Prokofiev)
- Winter Weather Melody (I. Berlin: I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm; T.
- O Holy Night
- Joy!
- Happy Holidays (I. Berlin: Happy Holiday; K. Thompson: The Holiday ...)
Album Description
SLEIGH RIDE features conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra in their 9th album together. Chock full of glittering holiday favorites, SLEIGH RIDE includes "Joy to the World", the Hallelujah Chorus (from The Messiah), "Twas the Night Before Christmas", "O Holy Night," and many others, performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra and featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor.Customer Reviews:
GREAT CHRISTMAS MUSIC.......2007-01-10
Fresh stuff --- for Christmas, anyway........2005-12-23
Yes, yes, they dig up some old standards, "Sleigh Ride" included. And while we don't really need another recording of it, at least it's a NEW recording, with (to my amateur ears) some detectable Lockhartness in it. The other "traditional" tracks include solo vocal settings of "O Holy Night" and "Do You Hear What I Hear", plus others.
The fresher stuff is what makes the album worth the price. The Joy to the World arrangement by Randol Alan Bass is fantastic -- which is remarkable, since most Joy to the World arrangements are the very definition of Christmas cliché. "Songs from the Hill Folk: Carols of Appalachia" is yet another Christmas medley, but it's a GOOD one, and its set of tunes is good a mix of sounds as well as of familiarity. "Kije Takes a Ride" is a jazz version of a Prokofiev tune that only orchestral buffs are likely to know, from a film that only hard-core film buffs are likely to have heard of. (But it's still unmistakeably Christmas.) "Winter Weather Medley" is a clever mix of three popsier tunes; it's got some weak spots, but it's a keeper nonetheless. "Joy!" is the Sebesky jazzish medley that was the "centerpiece" of "Holiday at Pops!" a few years back. It's nice, and most people eat it up. (I personally think it needs work, but I'm picky with stuff that tries to be jazz.) And the last track is "Happy Holidays", a straightforward arrangement of the Manhattan Transfer chart. Nothin' fancy, but a very listenable specimen of orchestral jazz (which is usually awful).
As far as recording quality goes, I /think/ you can tell that they're under their own label now, and aren't having their sessions mixed by guys from Sony anymore. But almost all the places this is detectable, it's not egregious at all -- in fact, it almost makes me think it's a superior recording model. (Almost.)
Overall, you're likely to have your own set of skippable tracks and repeat-'em-over-and-over tracks. But I think, for anyone curious enough to read these reviews in the first place, you won't go wrong for your money with "Sleigh Ride".
A Great Pops Companion CD.......2005-12-19
This disc has the new sound of the Pops under Lockhart's direction. There are new arrangements that are fresh and lively, and bound to become future "classic" Pops favorites. There is a mix of the traditional (the arrangement of "Joy to the World" "O Holy Night" and the famous chorus from Handel's MESSIAH "Hallelujah." The original "Kije Takes a Sleigh Ride" based on the "Troika" Prokofiev's LT. KIJE. There are three medleys: one of winter weather songs, a second of general holiday songs, and a third called JOY which is an addictive arrangement of Christmas carols. Any time I listen to this disc I find myself listening to this track again and again.
I'm giving these recording five stars due to the quality of the musical performances. It is a flawless set, but for me it would be a supplementary Boston Pops Christmas disc. The first I'd select would be any of the discs under the direction of Arthur Fielder that include Leroy Anderson's "A Christmas Festival," Leopold Mozart's "Sleigh Ride" and Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" without vocals, and the classic Pops renditions of "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," "Santa Claus is Coming To Town," "Winter Wonderland" and "The Toy Trumpet." I'd also purchase William's JOY TO THE WORLD which includes some of his tracks from HOME ALONE and Lockhart's HOLIDAY POPS. These recordings give a true Pops Christmas. SLEIGH RIDE would be a companion CD, but like all Pops CD's, it's a great investment.
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Do I Hear A Waltz? (1965 Original Broadway Cast)
Richard Rodgers , Jane Manning , Sergio Franchi , and Stephen Sondheim Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000027WA Release Date: 1992-11-24 |
Tracks:
- Act I: Someone Woke Up - Elizabeth Allen/Sergio Franchi/Carol Bruce/Madeleine Sherwood/Julienne Marie/Stuart Damon...
- Act I: This Week, Americans - Carol Bruce
- Act I: What Do We Do? We Fly! - Madeleine Sherwood/Jack Manning/Elizabeth Allen/Julienne Marie/Stuart Damon
- Act I: Someone Like You - Sergio Franchi
- Act I: Bargaining - Sergio Franchi/Elizabeth Allen
- Act I: Here We Are Again - Carol Bruce/Madeleine Sherwood/Jack Manning/Elizabeth Allen/Julienne Marie/Stuart Damon
- Act I: Thinking - Sergio Franchi/Elizabeth Allen
- Act I: No Understand - Stuart Damon/Fleury D' Antonakis/Carol Bruce
- Act I: Take The Moment - Sergio Franchi
- Act II: Moon In My Window - Julienne Marie/Carol Bruce/Elizabeth Allen
- Act II: We're Gonna Be All Right - Stuart Damon/Julienne Marie
- Act II: Do I Hear A Waltz? - Elizabeth Allen/Sergio Franchi/Carol Bruce/Madeleine Sherwood/Julienne Marie/Stuart Damon...
- Act II: Stay - Sergio Franchi
- Act II: Perfectly Lovely Couple - Stuart Damon/Madeleine Sherwood/Julienne Marie/Carol Bruce/Jack Manning/Elizabeth Allen...
- Act II: Thank You So Much - Elizabeth Allen/Sergio Franchi
Customer Reviews:
You always will hear a waltz from Richard Rodgers.......2007-01-13
Much better than it's reputation........2006-11-02
An unappreciated score by a fine cast.......2004-02-04
It's another fine record production by Goddard Lieberson. Rodgers (who was from all reports drinking and quite nasty to his collaborators) came up with many of his trademark melodies and the title song won deserved popularity outside of the show. Sondheim for his part creates some crackling good lyrics ("Someone Woke Up"; "What Do We Do We Fly!") but its an odd score... you hear the romantic older style love songs from Rodgers with fairly basic (dare we say dull) lyrics then some wonderful lyrics set to atypical Rodgers tunes. Then suddenly it all comes together in the final few numbers: The Title Song, "Perfectly Lovely Couple" and "Thank You So Much." Maybe it's a show that Encores will revive someday. In the meantime we can appreciate this original cast album and thank Sony for releasing it on Cd with good notes and a synopsis in the booklet!
"Someone Woke Up.....".......2003-10-04
Based on Arthur Laurents' play THE TIME OF THE CUCKOO (which turned into the film SUMMERTIME starring Katharine Hepburn), the story concerns a teacher, Leona Samish (played by Elizabeth Allen), who's holiday in Venice is dominated by her romance with the handsome Renato di Rossi (played by Sergio Franchi). There are also a host of colorful supporting characters including the ebullient hotelier Signora Fioria (Carol Bruce - SARATOGA).
The score is delicious with the opening number perfectly setting up the scene ("Someone Woke Up"), to Fioria's big number "This Week Americans", and the 11 o'clock number "Stay". There's also the Title Song, sung for all its worth by the delicious belt of Elizabeth Allen.
For all the problems that plagued the musical during its inception, nothing shows on the sparkling cast album, where it sounds like the biggest hit of the season. For Broadway fans, this CD is a must-own.
You MUST hear a 'Waltz'!.......2003-06-16
Mr.Producer, forget all the basicstage gossip and let the score sell the show for you. Audiences, demand your favorite companies mount a production!
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Incredible Christmas Album
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000D1FKB Release Date: 2003-10-14 |
Tracks:
- What Child Is This? - Vanessa Williams
- Winter Wonderland - Ella Fitzgerald
- White Christmas - Bing Crosby
- The Christmas Song - Mel Torme
- Silver And Gold - Burl Ives
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Perry Como
- Silver Bells - The Ames Brothers
- Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
- The White Snows Of Christmas - The Kingston Trio
- Koppangen - Anne Sophie Von Otter
- Mary Did You Know - Hayley Westenra
- We Three Kings Of Orient Are - Anadian Brass
- The Homecoming - John Tesh
- Shepherd's Pipe Carol Choir - Shoir Of St John's College
- Carol Of The Drum - John Williams
- Once In Royal David - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
- Les Anges Dans Nos Campagne - Gheorghe Zamfir
- Carol Of The Bells - Musica Sacra
- I Saw Three Ships - Mantovani & His Orchestra
- Sleigh Ride - Arthur Fiedler
- The Christmas Waltz - THE LIVING STRINGS
- Christmas Bells - Mantovani & His Orchestra
- Patapan - London Symphony Orchestra
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Jingle Bell Rock - Bond
Tracks:
- Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
- O Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti
- O Tannebaum - Vienna Boys' Choir
- Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti
- Joy To The World - Joan Sutherland
- Ding Dong! Merrily On High - John Rutter
- Do You Hear What I Hear? - Anthony Way
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - The Choir Of King's College
- Coventry Carol - London Symphony Orchestra
- Away In The Manger - The Choir Of King's College
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Leontyne Price
- Hark! The Hearld Angels Sing - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
- Deck The Halls - London Symphony
- Gesu Bambino - Luciano Pavarotti
- The First Nowell - The Choir Of King's College
- Still, Still, Still - Vienna Boys' Choir
- King Jesus Hath A Garden - John Rutter
- Child In The Manger - John Rutter
- The Holly And The Ivy - The Choir Of King's College
- In Dulci Jubilo - The Choir Of Kings College
- God Rest Ye Merr yGentlemen - The Choir Of King's College
- Jesu, Joy Of Mans Desiring - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
- Good King Wencelas - John Tesh
- Twelve Days Of Christmas - Anthony Way
- Silent Night - David Willcocks
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Sacred Songs & Spirituals
Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007XZUF0 Release Date: 2005-05-10 |
Tracks:
- Sanctus
- Ave Maria, Op.52/6
- Panis Angelicus
- O Divine Redeemer
- The Holy City
- Amazon Grace
- Greensleeves (What Child Is This)
- Let Us Break Bread Together
- I Wonder As I Wander
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy
- Gesu Bambino (When Blossoms Flowered)
Tracks:
- I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
- My Lord, What A Morning
- Do Lawd, Oh Do Lawd
- There's A Man Going Round - Jessye Norman
- Ev'ry Time I Feel De Spirit - Dalton Baldwin
- There Is A Balm In Gilead - Dalton Baldwin
- Gospel Train - Dalton Baldwin
- Great Day - Dalton Baldwin
- Mary Had A Baby
- Live A-Humble
- Walk Together Children
- Were You There - Jessye Norman
- Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name
- Soon Ah Will Be Done
- Give Me Jesus
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Christmas With the Von Trapp Children
Manufacturer: Rattlesby Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000AYLKK Release Date: 2003-10-14 |
Tracks:
- Carol of the Bells
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- African Gloria
- Do You Hear What I Hear?
- What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby
- Fum Fum Fum
- Silent Night
- Carol of the Birds
- Mary Did You Know?
- Something Told the Wild Geese
- O Come Emmanuel
- What Child Is This?
- O Come, Little Children/Ihr Kinderlein, Kommet
- All I Ask For Christmas
- Hot Cup of Cocoa
- Please Don't Send Me Fruitcake
- Feliz Navidad
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful pure voices!.......2007-01-15
Christmas With the Von Trapp Children.......2007-01-10
WOW - one of the best !!!.......2006-11-08
Moving.......2006-09-23
This cd is simply PERFECT!.......2005-12-13
KELLY
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