Live From New York [Live]

1. Soar Like an Eagle

2. Louie Shuffle

3. Blow Your Horn

4. L.A. Suite: Vine Street Waltz/Beverly and the Beach/(Studio City) Gathe

5. Louie & Clark Expedition

6. Francine

7. Santos

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Average customer rating: Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past A Good One!

Greatest Hits: Broadway Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Sondheim, Stephen | ( S ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best Of Broadway (Cast Recording Anthology) Only Broadway CD You'll Ever Need Greatest Songs from the Musicals The Best of Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Very Best Of Broadway Musicals ASIN: B0000029PM Release Date: 1996-10-29

Tracks:

1. Oklahoma!: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - John Raitt/Franz Allers
2. On The Town: New York, New York - Michael Kermoyan/Adolph Green/John Reardon/Cris Alexander & Chorus/Leonard Bernstein
3. Annie Get Your Gun: I Got The Sun In The Morning - Doris Day/Franz Allers
4. Fiddler On The Roof: If I Were A Rich Man - Topol/Gareth Davies
5. West Side Story: Tonight - Larry Kert/Carol Lawrence/Max Goberman
6. The Sound Of Music: The Sound Of Music - Mary Martin/Frederick Dvonch
7. My Fair Lady: On The Street Where You Live - Jerry Lanning/Theodore Saidenberg
8. Annie: Tomorrow - Andrea McArdle/Peter Howard
9. The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones - The Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
10. Anything Goes: You're The Top - Eileen Rodgers/Hal Linden/Julian Stein
11. Bye Bye Birdie: Put On A Happy Face - Dick Van Dyke/Elliot Lawrence
12. Mame: Open A New Window - Angela Lansbury & Cast/Don Pippin
13. Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band - The Chestnut Brass Co.
14. Sweet Charity: Hey, Big Spender - Helen Gallagher/Thelma Oliver/Fan-Dango Girls/Fred Werner
15. Bells Are Ringing: Just In Time - Judy Holliday/Sydney Chaplin/Milton Rosenstock
16. Gypst: Together, Wherever We Go - Ethel Merman/Jack Klugman/Sandra Church/Milton Rosenstock
17. Cabaret: Cabaret - Jill Haworth/Harold Hastings
18. Phantom Of The Opera: The Music Of The Night - The Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
19. Show Boat: Ol' Man River - William Warfield/Franz Allers
20. A Chorus Line: What I Did For Love - Priscilla Lopez & Cast/Don Pippin
21. A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns - Glynis Johns/Harold Hastings

Customer Reviews:

Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past.......2007-07-05

I just wanted to confirm what the first reviewer had to say about this CD. To hear Ethyl Merman, Mary Martin, Andrea McCardle etc. singing their trademark songs brought a lot of memories from the mid-centry musical theater back again. The last song by Glynis Johns is especially poignant.
You certainly can't beat the price!

A Good One!.......2006-11-10

This is a very good CD, mostly because it's the original artists. I've had some that were re-recorded by no name artists that were ghastly. This one is a really good one--including the sound quality. If I had one wish, I would wish it were longer!

Average customer rating:

Live from New York City Marc Anthony Manufacturer: Immortal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Desde un Principio: From the Beginning Sigo Siendo Yo: Grandes Exitos Marc Anthony Como Ama una Mujer Libre ASIN: B000O5AYMA Release Date: 2007-03-26

Tracks:

1. Y Hubo Alguien
2. Contra La Corriente
3. You Sang to Me
4. Hasta Ayer
5. Si Te Vas
6. Nadie Como Ella - Marc Anthony, Tito Puente
7. Te Conozco Bien
8. De La Vuelta
9. Preciosa

Album Details

Recorded February 2000.

Average customer rating: My favorite! cautivante intimidad....... It's hard to be humble... a time capsule with added trace elements and vital minerals Saw this Concert at Carnegie Hall........

Live From New York City, 1967 Simon & Garfunkel Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Concert in Central Park Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park The Columbia Studio Recordings 1964-1970 Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Wednesday Morning, 3 AM ASIN: B000069JIN Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

1. He Was My Brother
2. Leaves That Are Green
3. Sparrow
4. Homeward Bound
5. You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies
6. A Most Peculiar Man
7. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
8. The Dangling Conversation
9. Richard Cory
10. A Hazy Shade Of Winter
11. Benedictus
12. Blessed
13. A Poem On The Underground Wall
14. Anji
15. I Am A Rock
16. The Sound Of Silence
17. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
18. A Church Is Burning
19. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

Amazon.com

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were the apotheosis of the '60s folk revival, bringing the music to the mainstream via Top 40 radio and network TV. This live set was recorded before a rapt audience at New York's Lincoln Center in January of 1967, just as their Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme album was carrying them to superstardom, and there's a palpable pre-Woodstock/Altamont sense of boundless possibilities in these performances. Carried by just their bittersweet, magnificently interlocking voices and Simon's acoustic guitar, the duo showcases its already impressive slate of hits ("Homeward Bound," "I Am a Rock," "The Sounds of Silence") and its stylistic diversity that was already confident enough to encompass breezy pop ("The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"), madrigal influences ("Benedictus"), and the introspective impressionism of "A Hazy Shade of Winter." Simon takes a jazz-folk solo instrumental turn on Davey Graham's "Anji," while Garfunkel showcases his angelic pipes on "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her." It's a remarkably crisp live recording as well, one whose digital remastering was overseen--but not artistically tweaked--by the musicians and their original engineer Roy Halee, ensuring the performance remains as true as the cold yet invitingly warm evening on which it was recorded. Their subsequent albums Bookends and Bridge over Troubled Water may have expanded their creative instincts and their fame, but, like the Beatles, their partnership eerily paralleled the decade's demise, its optimism and promise imploding in a swirl of cynicism and ego. Those facts make this find from the vaults all the more compelling. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

My favorite!.......2007-03-08

I am an avid Simon and Garfunkel LP collector - which I unfortunatly don't get to listen to as often as I'd like, but this is the CD I listen to when I need my S&G fix! I love love love live and acoustic versions of music because to me, an artist is not a true artist unless he or she can perform live and still rock it! This is the CD to buy if you want to hear the true art of Simon and Garfunkel. Another suggestion is the Greatest Hits album which I have to admit, at the age of 22, I made fun of my mom for owning this CD up until I turned 17 and discovered their brilliance!

cautivante intimidad..............2006-12-22

corrian los años del amor...del sentir que era posible cambiar algo..y esta edicion refleja simplemente una noche de ese particular año, 1967....nada mas y nada menos...un momento de una de las tantas noches que derramo ese año..y casualmente tocaban simon & garfunkel, derritiendo la apatia, la desesperanza y la monotonia....todo envuelto en una pristina calma y sensibilidad exasperante...canciones fragiles, por momentos arrolladoras o delicadas..pero que al final de cuentas hicieron historia. OBRA ALTAMENTE RECOMENDABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's hard to be humble..........2006-09-18

...when you're Simon and Garfunkel. And what reason does this duo have to be? Even as early as January 22 of 1967, when this concert was recorded, Paul and Arti were able to stack the setlist with three Top Ten selections ('Homeward Bound', 'I Am a Rock', and 'Sounds of Silence') and two other Top 40 numbers, 'Hazy Shade of Winter' and 'The Dangling Conversation', which Garfunkel introduces as their personal "favorite". Songs already in the works for later in 1967 included the likes of 'Fakin' It', 'Feelin' Groovy' and 'Scarborough Fair'. But chart success is far from what Simon and Garfunkel were all about at this most influential time in their careers.

Much is made in the liner notes by Anthony DeCurtis, and other reviewers here at Amazon, about the remarkable rapport between audience and performers on this disc. It's almost spellbinding in our day and age, when people come to concerts and all but ignore the performers, to hear the sounds of silence emanating from this reverant crowd at Philharmonic Hall in Philadelphia. Certainly not all 1967 performances were accorded such stature. It's hard to believe that the management of the auditorium went to the unheard of length of seating people on the stage behind the performers to accomodate the demand for tickets, and that Simon and Garfunkel would consent to such an unusual configuration for their performance. When listening to this disc, it is hard not to place yourself in one of these choice seats and imagine how it must have felt to hear these enigmatic performers unleash one poignant tune after another. I imagine you would be able to feel as though it was just you and them sharing these transcendent musical performances together.

And the music to this day remains glorious. Snippets of lyrical genius can be gleened with regularity from each and every song, and with each listen, some new image or combination of words or ideas will catch your attention. On one recent listen, 'Leaves That Are Green' left me with the brief aliteration "...and they wither with the wind", while 'You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies' emphasized its point by having each word in the title claim its own note. 'The Dangling Conversation' contrasts two people unable to connect with "we are verses out of rhythm, couplets out of rhyme, in sycopated time". 'Blessed' expands on the poor and the meek to include "meth drinkers" and the "groovy lookin'" before admitting "I've tended my own garden much too long". The writing of graffiti artists in 'Poem On the Underground Wall' is rendered as "a gently tapping litany". And in 'I Am a Rock', the self-isolated subject becomes "like a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow", capsulizing his unaffected and unaffecting nature. 'The Sounds of Silence' caress us with "a vision softly creeping" that "left its seeds while I was sleeping", while Garfunkels incredible vocal abilities illuminate images like "I kissed your honey hair with my grateful tears" from the first encore, 'For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her'. The pair sing "I won't be a slave anymore" in the heyday of the Civil Rights Movement, adding the defiant "you can burn down my churches, but I shall be free" in the second encore, 'A Church Is Burning'. Garfunkel tells the enthused crowd before the final number "Shut up, you've had your fun!", before performing the odd choice, 'Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.', the title song from their first disc, ending with "the morning is just a few hours away" before fading into an out-of-tune coda from Simon's frets. You could fill the auditorium with the lyrical gems that grace this concert with aural, literary, musical, cultural, and political and social import. While Simon was quite reserved regarding his vocal capabilities at this point in his career, his harmonies only enrich Garfunkel's leads, and his guitar work seems the perfect complement throughout, laced with both emotional expression and punctuation.

The recording is less than perfect. While everything that should be there is there, there is also an annoying buzz from the recording equipment (less pronounced after 'A Hazy Shade Of Winter', the middle track), but which cannot be ignored throughout the performance. Today's remastered, digital listener is less likely to be forgiving of such imperfections, but the perfection of these songs, performed live at the height of their influence demands that the good be taken with the bad. This is musical history, as well as a window into the best of what America was in perhaps its most turbulent and revolutionary of decades, save the 1770's and the 1860's. Even if you are not a Simon and Garfunkel aficionado, this concert should be taken in at least once to gain a better insight into who we were in the 1960's.

a time capsule with added trace elements and vital minerals.......2006-01-30

Simon & Garfunkel
Live From New York City 1967
Columbia/Legacy (CK6I 513)
Arrives in stores July 16th, 2002
Simon & Garfunkel's records had many strengths, not least of which was recording quality decades ahead of its time. We don't think about this sort of thing today, when every tiny burg boasts half a dozen digital studios capable of recording anything most musicians can envision, but aural depth exponentially greater than that achieved by, say, the Rolling Stones or Bob Dylan, was a large part of the impression and respect Simon & Garfunkel had at the time. They spent 800 hours in the studio mixing "Bridge Over Troubled Waters." Of course, it was impossible to get that quality out of a live recording in 1967, and so the first thing one notices about this new Columbia release is that it lacks one of the duo's greatest strengths.
It isn't a bad recording; not for a live recording from 1967, but it in no way compares to the duo's studio output. There are unique strengths to the release as well, but whether they make up for audio-deficit is up to the individual listener.
The strengths are these -- Simon's guitar work, unadorned by whatever he did to sound so respectful of the highest standards of folk in the studio, sounds earthy, even bluesy at times, on this release, and that adds a rawboned power to protest songs that, let's face it, originally sounded as if they weren't going to lead to any solutions, because those anemic, turtlenecked geeks weren't ever going to win any battle with the military/industrial complex they were warning us about. On this live album, oddly, they sound as if they might actually have a chance. Second, like most concert sets, this one represents the best and/or most popular material the act has released to date. Included here are "He Was My Brother," "Sparrow," "Homeward Bound," "Feeling' Groovy," "The Dangling Conversation," Benedictus," "I Am A Rock," "The Sound of Silence" and Wednesday Morning, 3AM," along with ten other potential favorites from their catalog and stage banter. For sensitive folkies, you will find these guys to be quite entertaining between songs as well as while producing those irreplaceable harmonies.
... a time capsule with added trace elements and vital minerals ...

Saw this Concert at Carnegie Hall...............2006-01-12

Hi people. Metamorpho has had a busy day - reflecting mostly. Anyway children - before all this technology hit and digital sound bytes infiltrated everyone's craniums- we actually had some purity to the music. If you've been following my reviews - when we last left Metamorpho - someone gave him a free ticket to see Simon and Garfunkel at Carnegie Hall. Essentially this program was pretty much the same- as presented here as being at Philharmonic Hall. But who can quibble? I do remember distinctly coming away with amazement that they could be so mesmerizing by utilizing only vocals and one guitar. And the audience REALLY listened to them! And it was all real!
These tunes are essentially from the beginning of their career. It is amazing how good Paul is on guitar and practically makes you forget the embellishments that were added in the studio. You have the angelic voice of Art Garfunkel perfectly juxtaposed against Paul's vocals. The enunciation, the precision, the timing of the harmonies is about as perfect as you can get. One can see easily the effect that The Everly Brothers had on them. This live recording is a pure joy. It reminds us that - at one time - we didn't have the need for alot of musicians when the material was this good. Dylan also was able to weave his magic this way. But, everybody plugged in electric guitars and things became different. Mind you, Metamorpho is fine with all this because it is transition and progress - but isn't it good to hear this nugget, that preserves a moment in time which will always be precious?
You can see what songs they do under the song select on this page. What I will say is that they are sung expertly and you will be stung by the sheer beauty of the balanced harmonies. It is good to have them both - forever preserved in their prime. Believe me people, if Metamorpho had been given more tickets back then, I would have gladly brought you along. But, since that didn't happen, just imagine yourselves sneaking into New York City with me to see this. Close your eyes, put on this c.d., and you are there! You see them, don't you? Artie and Paul on stage with just a chairstool, microphones and a guitar. Metamorpho is proud of your efforts to tune in to the collective unconcious! Alright Alright. Enough babbling from Metamorpho. But, when I say it's a treasure .... it's a TREASURE! I wouldn't steer you wrong or get you to drink tainted Kool-Aid. Trust me................ Metamorpho

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Noel Coward Album: Noel Coward Live From Las Vegas & New York Noel Coward Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mad About the Boy Noel Coward at Las Vegas Songs of Noel Coward Noel and Cole - The Sophisticates In New York ASIN: B000027RK1 Release Date: 2004-02-16

Tracks:

1. I'll See You Again
2. Dance, Little Lady
3. Poor Little Rich Girl
4. Room With a View
5. Someday I'll Find You
6. I'll Follow My Secret Heart
7. If Love Were All
8. Play, Orchestra, Play
9. Uncle Harry
10. Loch Lomond
11. Bar on the Piccola Marina
12. World Weary
13. Nina
14. Mad Dogs and Englishmen
15. Matelot
16. Alice Is at It Again
17. Room With a View
18. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
19. I Like America
20. Louisa
21. Half-Caste Woman
22. I Went to a Marvelous Party
23. Time and Again
24. Why Must the Show Go On?
25. What's Going to Happen to the Tots
26. Sail Away
27. Wait a Bit, Joe
28. Twentieth Century Blues
29. Party's Over Now

Album Description

Australian pressing. Budget anthology of the recordings of one of the 20th Century's true great artists. Coward was a master showman, witty songwriter and playwright. Here is the best of his long illustrious career. 29 tracks. Sony Classics. 2003.

Album Details

Budget Anthology of the Recordings of One of the 20th Century's True Great Artists. Coward was a Master Showman, Witty Songwriter and Playwright. Here is the Best of his Long Illustrious Career.

Average customer rating: Excellent performances, both audio and video Great music, lousy format!

Romance Of The Violin (Live From New York In Concert) Joshua Bell Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bellini, Vincenzo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( 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 Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Bell, Joshua | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Voice of the Violin Ladies in Lavender The Essential Joshua Bell Joshua Bell - Gershwin Fantasy Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B00076ZZB6 Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

1. O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
2. The Girl With Flaxen Hair
3. Nocturne
4. The Swan
5. Serenade
6. Casta Diva from Norma
7. Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major K. 467
8. Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice
9. Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
10. Songs My Mother Taught Me
11. Pur ti Miro from 'L'incoronazione di Poppea
12. Elegie: O doux printemps d'autrefois
13. Trerei

Album Description

CD AUDIO SIDE: Entire Album

DVD SIDE: * Entire album in Enhanced LPCM Stereo * Video of highlights from Joshua Bell Romance of the Violin Live from Lincoln Center with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra * Complete Discography This disc is intended to play on standard DVD and CD players. May not play on a limited number of models.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent performances, both audio and video.......2007-01-09

I was delighted with this Dual Disc. Performances are excellent, both audio and video. Recording quality is very good.

I must report some problems with CD side (cracks) on older CD player.

Great music, lousy format!.......2007-01-03

I love the music, but was VERY unhappy to be unable to play this CD on my computer. The DVD side works okay, but I can't load this to itunes on my macintosh. And I can't load the DVD to my computer and store this disk at home. If I had it to do over, I'd buy the plain vanilla CD!

Average customer rating: Favorite Bond Film Finally! The complete Live and Let Die Soundtrack Best Sound Track Ever Live and Let Delight Why weren't these tracks included in the first place?

Live and Let Die Various Artists , and George Martin Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1970s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Diamonds Are Forever The Spy Who Loved Me You Only Live Twice Thunderball On Her Majesty's Secret Service ASIN: B000087DRN Release Date: 2003-02-11

Tracks:

1. Live And Let Die (Main Title)
2. Just A Closer Walk With Thee / New Second Line
3. Bond Meets Solitaire
4. Whisper Who Dares
5. Snakes Alive
6. Baron Samedi's Dance Of Death
7. San Monique
8. Fillet Of Soul-New Orleans / Live And Let Die
9. Bond Drops In
10. If He Finds It, Kill Him
11. Trespassers Will Be Eaten
12. Solitaire Gets Her Cards
13. Sacrifice
14. James Bond Theme
15. Gunbarrel / Snakebit
16. Bond To New York
17. San Monique (Alternate)
18. Bond And Rosie
19. The Lovers
20. New Orleans
21. Boat Chase
22. Underground Liar

Customer Reviews:

Favorite Bond Film.......2007-04-26

Music score was great. Paul McCartney and Wings. Movie well fitted for Roger Moore, a great candidate for this role.
The Solitaire melody is dreamy and romantic and often moody.
"Bond Goes to New York' is sharp yet out-witted. "Live and Let Die", a sacrament to testimony. Too good to pass up.

Finally! The complete Live and Let Die Soundtrack.......2005-09-13

I have only been waiting for this for 22 years! Granted when this was first released on LP (Vinyl record technology, pre cd, pre cassette and during the horror period of 8 track tapes!),
Only so much music could be recorded on a record. This album finally satisfies all of us who wanted all of the music. Sir George Martin does a wonderful variation to the classic 007 theme as well as great action sequences with different variations of the main title and then some original songs. Sir Martin was the first to score for Bond since Barry who had scored all of the previous movies unavailable for this one. The music was a fabulous introduction to the new Bond Roger Moore.
This Album will stand the test of time when good music was being made for the series.

Best Sound Track Ever.......2005-03-20

I just love bond movies and being able to listen to the music from them is just ausome

Live and Let Delight.......2004-08-12

The remastered release of LIVE AND LET DIE is much improved. The previous issue was no different than the track line up on the original 1973 vinyl record -- or eight track tape, depending on your antiquated stereo. Not only does this release include additional superb tracks, some of the original cuts have also been lengthened and more closely correspond the the film soundtrack. George Martin, the Beatles producer, took the helm from John Barry in scoring the eighth James Bond film soundtrack. Though no one has yet equaled Barry's compositions for Bond films, which we have not heard since 1987's THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, Martin's soundtrack was perfect for launching Roger Moore's first outing as Bond. Let us not forget Paul McCartney's brilliant theme of the same name.

The musical chemistry between McCartney and Martin is obvious as the title theme music is blended throughout the soundtrack. As a matter of trivia the movie producers originally planned to use McCartney's title theme with a female vocalist before the former Beatle showed his mettle as a negotiator. In the end, Paul McCartney and Wings performed the title track. LIVE AND LET DIE also proved to be a hit Apple/Capitol single as well.

There are a couple things missing from the CD. When some of the James Bond soundtracks were re-released a couple years ago they included selected soundbytes and an analog movie trailer. Apparently the remastered LIVE AND LET DIE soundtrack did not rate these extra features.

Oh well, Live and Let Die. In the meantime, live and go buy.

Why weren't these tracks included in the first place?.......2003-04-16

Yes, that is my sentiment....in fact, it seems in all the other re-mastered Bond soundtracks, the best music is left out, and Live and Let Die was no exception.

George Martin took over from John Barry to write the score for Live and Let Die and he more than admirably did the job. First of all, (take note David Anrold), is that he incorporate the theme song into the score even though it wasn't written by him...thus continuing the tradition of Bond music set by John Barry. Second, he wrote another piece for Solitaire which is also used extensively throughout the score. In all, George Martin wrote a score worthy of Barry himself....

Which is what makes the original release such a disappointment because many of the best music was left out. The re-master remedied that and includes virtually the entire score: the music for the pre-title sequence (gun barrel/snakebit), other notables are Bond and Rosie, The Lovers, Bond to New York, and many of the cues for action/chase sequences. There is an alternate cue for San Monique which I think is better than the one on the original release.

But why the 3 stars rating?
We have to wait for Bond's 40th anniversary for the soundtrack's proper release, AND rebuy the soundtrack (I have it in cassette and CD and now the Re-master). Call me bitter, I think the people who runs the Bond empire should stop treating us fans so shabbily.

Average customer rating: Gotta Love Gilda Gilda: Unlike Any Other Get me some Depends and some Kleenex! Brilliant humor from a brilliant comedienne. A classic. lovely humour,very funny and a little sad

Live from New York Gilda Radner Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Miscellaneous | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: SNL - Best of Gilda Radner 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lily Tomlin Gilda Live Voices for Gilda Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radner - A Sort of Love Story ASIN: B000002MSZ Release Date: 1995-01-24

Tracks:

1. Let's Talk Dirty To The Animals
2. The Audition/I Love To Be Unhappy
3. Don Kirshner/Rhonda Weiss Intro/Goodbye Saccharine
4. Lisa Loopner Piano Recital: 'The Way We Were'
5. If You Look Close/Gimme Mick
6. Emily Litella
7. Roseanne Roseannadanna
8. Honey (Touch Me With My Clothes On)

Customer Reviews:

Gotta Love Gilda.......2007-02-10

From her days on SLN to her specials, she was one of my favorites. A true class act. Her sense of humor was in a class of it's own. This CD is a tribute to some of her best preformances. I loved it then and I love it now. It's funny, yet sensitive. I am very happy I added it to my collection.

Gilda: Unlike Any Other.......2003-06-28

She was born in 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, and after a stint with Second City shot to stardom as one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live: a little slip of a thing with ordinary-girl-next-door looks, a cockerspaniel hairstyle, and twinkling eyes. And a charming, touching vulnerability that combined with a truly subversive sense of humor and a talent that was completely at home with the greatest comic artists of her generation. America's Sweetheart, suddenly, impossibly dead of ovarian cancer in 1989 at age 42.

GILDA RADNER: LIVE FROM NEW YORK extracts portions of her 1980 stage show, a program in which Radner drew heavily upon the characters she had first created for Saturday Night Live--but this was no rerun; the material was new and the characters were as fresh as they were when they debuted. There's Candy Slice, Radner's wickedly funny take-off on Patti Smith, Priestess of Punk; the sinus-afflicted teenager Lisa Loopner, who becomes overwrought during a piano recital; the slightly deaf and eternally confused Emily Litella, who suddenly finds herself working as a substitute teacher in a most unpleasant school; and Roseanne Roseannadanna, an aggressively obnoxious news commentator, delivering a commencement speech at (of all places) Columbia University.

All of these sketches have their charms, but to my mind the best selections from this recording are those in which Gilda Radner is just Gilda Radner, completely unencumbered by the necessity of creating an alter-ego. The opening "Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals" is bright, cheery, and hilariously obscene; "I Love to Be Unhappy" is a classic of bright desperation; and the closing "Honey (Touch Me With My Clothes On)" is an incredibly charming bit of nostalgia, a recollection of early highschool romances in a more innocent time.

If I have a complaint with this recording, it is that it is partial and that on occasion the sketches really have to be seen as well as heard in order to fully appreciate them. This is particularly true of the Rhonda Wiess character, a Long Island Jewish princess furious at the FDA for banning saccharine--and who utters a truly disturbing line when she comments that "statistics show men prefer skinny girls with cancer to healthy girls with bulging thighs." At the time, the line got a tremendous laugh. Today it leaves you with a sharp wince of irony and a trace of tragedy.

Sadly, Radner never really had time to find the post-Saturday Night Fame which surely would have been hers: a few minor roles in minor films, a few television appearances, and suddenly it was over. But her unique brand of joyful innocence and sly humor remains intact both here and in other venues, where she is forever loveable, forever young, and absolutely, unspeakably funny. Recommended.

--GFT (Amazon.com Reviewer)--

Get me some Depends and some Kleenex!.......2001-06-07

I laugh so hard every time I hear this album (I had to buy the CD version of this when my vinyl copy finally wore out) I nearly lose control of my faculties. Until the part where Lisa Loopner sings "The Way We Were" and I start to weep.

Brilliant humor from a brilliant comedienne. A classic........1999-12-16

I remember purchasing this album when it came out in 1979, right after Gilda Radner's one-woman show had premiered on Broadway. Many of the lines from this record (which I played countless times in college for hysterical friends) are classics, and have stayed with me 'till today. (I'm 37 now). Her Roseanne Rosanneadana routine (a commencement speech) will have you laughing so hard you'll cry. Ditto for Emily Litella, and her punk-rock alter-ego, Candy Slice and the Slicers. ("If You Look Close" had me rolling on the floor the first time I heard it.) Also priceless is Radner's number as Rhonda Weiss - the stereotypical Brooklyn Jew/songstress. All in all, absolutely hilarious. How very sad, and what a great loss that Gilda died so young. She'll always live on, however, in my memory and in those of her many fans.

lovely humour,very funny and a little sad.......1999-01-13

brilliant opening in lets talk dirty to the animals!other highlights:introductions to the audition,"I really want this job!";and Lisa Loopner singing The Way We Were;Emily Litella and Roseanne Roseannadanna classics;then the last track a lovely memory of this great talent.

Average customer rating: Dream Theater's Best LIve Album Classic Dream Theater, on top of their game, Live in 2000 ... A Stunning Live Album Wow! Exellent Live Album, DT's Best One

Live Scenes From New York Dream Theater Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Live At The Marquee Once in a Livetime A Change of Seasons Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Live at Budokan ASIN: B00005QJDG Release Date: 2001-10-16

Tracks:

1. Regression
2. Overture 1928
3. Strange Deja Vu
4. Through My Words
5. Fatal Tragedy
6. Beyond This Life
7. John & Theresa Solo Spot
8. Through Her Eyes
9. Home
10. The Dance Of Eternity

Tracks:

1. One Last Time
2. The Spirit Carries On
3. Finally Free
4. Metropolis Pt. 1
5. The Mirror
6. Just Let Me Breathe
7. Acid Rain
8. Caught In A New Millennium
9. Another Day
10. Jordan Rudess keyboard Solo

Tracks:

1. A Mind Beside Itself: Erotomania, Voices, The Silent Man
2. Learning To Live
3. A Change Of Seasons

Customer Reviews:

Dream Theater's Best LIve Album.......2007-02-05

Wow, a 3 disc live album taken from a single performance in New York City near the end of the "Scenes From A Memory" tour. This is, simply put, Dream Theater's best live album and a portrait of a band at the absolute top of their game. This marathon concert was captured in it's entirety giving the band room to fit in many of their longer pieces that shine in all their glory. The entire "Scenes From A Memory" concept album is played from beginning to end including "Metropolis Part 1" from "Images And Words" which was part of the original story. The almost 25 minute "A Change Of Seasons" is here, as is the complete "Mind Beside Itself" trilogy of ""Erotomania", "Voices" and "The Silent Man". Some of these live versions are arguable better than the original studio versions. Each member of the band gets the chance to solo with Jordan Rudess pulling off a mind blowing keyboard spot at the end of disc two. The band is augmented by a gospel choir during "scenes" and additional female vocals are provided by Theresa T who shines on several numbers on the disc. I think that the biggest highlight of this album is James Labrie. Back when I first discovered Dream Theater I always thought that he was the weak link in the band, but the guy just keeps improving and getting better and his performance on this disc is nothing short of magnificent. The soul wrenching "Spirit Carries On" complete with Theresa and gospel choir in full voice still sends chills up my spine. Labrie is simply incredible on this song as it stands out as one of the high points on this album. His vocal work on "Through Her Eyes" is incredible and he even belts out the rockers with more ferocity than I have heard from him before. The bottom line......if you are looking to pick up a Dream Theater live disc, skip over "Once In A Livetime" and "Live At The Marquee" and go for this one. You won't be disappointed.

Classic Dream Theater, on top of their game, Live in 2000 ..........2006-09-17

I remember buying this album late in 2001. It seemed to take forever which was all to do with the unfortunate events of September 11 and the one in a million chance of a band releasing an album on the same day with a cover showing fire streaming out of the World Trade Centre and the New York sky line! A desperate attempt to retract the already shipped copies so they could be replaced with a more "sensitive" cover. The wait was all worth it though for Dream Theater deliver a live album in support of their masterpiece "Scenes from a memory". For me bands typically have up to 3 great live albums in them. 1. When they are new / fresh / energetic / confident. 2. Normally when they are at their creative peak, fully confident and feel on top of the world normally touring on the back of a great album. 3. The last is normally an anniversary type event (eg 20 years, a farewell concert etc). Example of these would be Rush (1. All the worlds a stage, 2. Exit Stage Left and 3. R30) and Dream Theater (1. Live at the Marquee, 2. Live Scenes from New York and 3. Score.

For me "Live Scenes from New York" is Dream Theater's equivalent of Rush's "Exit Stage Left" (1981). It is a the band at the most confident with an album ("Scenes") which like Rush ("Moving Pictures") they were just so proud of.

James LaBrie gives a great performance on vocals (have to admit though his best live vocal performance is on "Score" (2006). John Petrucci is stunning on guitar (it's a close call between his performance here an that displayed on the stunning riffamania shown on "Live @ Budokhan" (2004). John Myung is awesome on Bass (as he always is - also check out his work on Score, stunning). Jordan Rudess really shines on this set, he really is in full flite, his solo has to be heard to be believed. (His performance on "Budokhan" is also top notch and on "Score", well let's just say I'd say the Orchestra would have appreciated his keyboard work, it's is almost unearthly - the "Rick Wakeman / Keith Emerson" of current times, unbelievably good. And last but not least, Mike Portnoy who gives a fantastically energetic performance on drums. This is a 3 hour show (has more material on it than the corresponding DVD) and Mike never lets up. Along with Chester Thompson (Genesis) and Neil Peart (Rush) Mike is in my top three drummers and his display here is awesome. (Also check out "The test that stumped them all" on "Budokhan" or "Score" - awesome performance).

The set list is phenomenal. As with Rush's Exit Stage left there is heaps of material to chose from and it's all top notch. We get the whole of "Scenes from a memory" complete with Choir for the "Sprit carries on" section (this section is totally over the top, exceeded all my expectations - fantastic job). "Metropolis I", "Another Day" and "Learning to live" (yes than can play it live!) from "Images and Words" (1992). From Awake (1994) we get "Mirror", and the whole of "A mind besides itself" ("Erotomania / Voices / Silent Man"). Also included is the whole of "Change of Seasons" from 1995.

It's really a great show, one of those that you can just feel the confidence oozing out of every note / beat / riff.
I can't speak highly enough of this set, it's one of my favourite Live albums over the past 20 years (refer list below ***). If you do decide to get this one I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 10 out of 10.

*** Some of my favourite Live albums over the past 35 years ...
- "How the West was won" from Led Zeppelin (1972)
- "Made in Japan" from Deep Purple (1972)
- "Yessongs" from Yes (1973)
- "Welcome back my friends" from ELP (1973)
- "Too late to stop now" from Van Morrison (1974)
- "On your feet or on your knees" from Blue Oyster Cult (1975)
- "Live in London" from Bruce Springsteen (1975)
- "One more from the Road" from Lynyrd Skynrd (1976)
- "Frampton comes alive" from Peter Frampton (1976)
- "Live Bullet" from Bob Seger (1976)
- "Seconds Out" from Genesis (1977)
- "A Live Record" from Camel (1978)
- "Bursting Out Live" from Jethro Tull (1978)
- "Two for the Show" from Kansas (1978)
- "Playing the fool" Gentle Giant (1978)
- "Waiting fro Columbus" from Little Feat (1978)
- "Strangers in the Night" from UFO (1979)
- "Live Rust" from Neil Young (1979).
- "Paris" from Supertramp (1980).
- "Exit...Stage left" from Rush (1981)
- "Under a blood red sky" from U2 (1983)
- "Stop making sense" from Talking Heads (1984)
- "Live in the city of Light" from Simple Minds (1986)
- "Live adventures of the Waterboys" from the Waterboys (1986)
- "Operation Livecrime" from Queensryche (1991)
- "Without a safety Net" from Big Country (1992)
- "Secret World Live" from Peter Gabriel (1994)
- "Together in Concert" from Tim Finn, Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga (2000)
- "Live Scenes from New York" from Dream Theater (2000)
- "Hullabaloo" from Muse (2002)
- "Out West" from Gomez (2005)
- "Instant Delivery" from Flower Kings (2006).
- "Okonokos" from My Morning Jacket (2006)

A Stunning Live Album.......2006-07-25

Live Scenes From New York (LSFNY)is Dream Theater's third live release (following 1993's Live at the Marquee and 1998's Once in a LIVETime) and is 3CDs and 4 hours of prog greatness, captured on one of those rare nights when legendary bands are at the height of their powers (sort of like The Who's Live at Leeds, Rush's Exit...Stage Left, and Hendrix's Band of Gypsys). LSFNY was recorded on the last date of DT's Metropolis 2000 Tour at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The original pressings of the CD (of which I have one) had a flaming apple (based on their flaming heart logo) with the New York skyline (and the Twin Towers) visible...and was released on September 11, 2001 (being a tuesday, when all new CDs are released in America). The CD was recalled and reissued with new artwork, so the burning apple covers are rather rare. That being said, enough of this boring stuff...ON TO THE MUSIC!!!

The first disc and a half consists of DT performing their 1999 masterpiece of an album, Scenes From a Memory, in its entirety. And it is simply stunning to hear them pull it off live. Additionally, the live presentation adds to the music, with extended sections, improvs, and guest star Theresa Thomason (who sang on the album) and a gospel choir. Truly fantastic stuff, from the soaring Overture 1928/Strange Deja Vu to the solo trade-offs at the end of Fatal Tragedy, the sweeping Beyond This Life, the poignant Through Her Eyes, all the way to the absolutely majestic sing-along The Spirit Carries On. And how can I forget the technical wizardry of the four instrumentalists contained in Home and The Dance of Eternity, one of the most complex instrumentals EVER! Through it all, singer James LaBrie sounds fantastic.

The second set is started off by an excellent rendition of Metropolis Part 1, and they just move from strength to srength with the material....Just Let Me Breathe, Caught in a New Millennium (a mash-up of two of their songs, Caught In a Web and New Millennium), even throwing Liquid Tension Experiment's Acid Rain (the side project of keyboardist Jordan Rudess, drummer Mike Portnoy, and guitarist John Petrucci). The third disc has the only released live rendition of the entire Mind Beside Itself trilogy (Erotomania, Voices, and the Silent Man), which is excellent, especially the full-band Silent Man. After a marathon Learning to Live, the band returns for the encore to top all encores...the ENTIRE 24-minute A Change of Seasons, which is simply stunning. After the 4 hour show, James LaBrie apologizes for the "short set".....quite the joker, he is. This is also the show where Mike Portnoy collapsed afterwards and spent two hours under blankets recuperating from exhaustion and dehydration!

I have all of DT's live albums and while all excellent, this one is the king of them all (Score isn't out yet, it comes out in a month...that one may top this, who knows?). While anyone new to DT should seek out all of their studio albums (starting with Images and Words) before embarking upon listening to the live ones, they are completely worth purchasing. And this one is simply stunning.

Wow!.......2005-11-07

What a concert CD! The guys hit every musical note, and there is an increased intensity. The choir and Theresa Thomason's vocals are really great. And James Labrie's vocals are not as bad as some other reviewers have said. JLB tends to go flat on really high parts, but it is not that bad here, and certainly not as bad at Once in a Livetime, where he is so horrible I can't even stand it.

Exellent Live Album, DT's Best One.......2005-10-01

As I have said about a billiion times, I love Dream Theater, my favorite band ever! After collecting all of their studio albums I finally got around to getting this live album. I must say, it's frigging awesome! The production is great, the setlist has minimal errors (i'll get to it soon), and, hell, even James doesn't sound bad. Here's a quick rundown of this album.

PERFORMANCES:
DRUMS/BACKING VOCALS-Mike Portnoy-Very good performance. He managed to get every beat exactly how it's done and the bass drums sound great. 10/10
BASS GUITARS-John Myung-Very good as well. He does an exlellent job here. 10/10
KEYBOARDS-Jordan Rudess-JR's first live album with DT does not disappoint. He also gives a great solo on disc 2. 10/10
LEAD VOCALS-James LaBrie-He sounds great. IMO, he sounded good on "Once In A Livetime", but he sounds GREAT here. 10/10
GUITARS/BACKING VOCALS-John Petrucci-THE highlight of the band. He also amnages to add great solos to the songs. 11/10

Overall band performance: 10/10

SETLIST:
Great! It spans the band's enitre career (up to this point). It contains SFAM and (the song) A Change of Seasons in their entirety, an exellent keyboard solo from Mr. Jordan Rudess himself, a track during the performance of SFAM with guest singer Theresa Thomason singing over one of John Petrucci's guitar solos, and loads of the bands classic songs. The only complaint is the lack of the band's breakthrough song - Pull Me under. It was the band's most well-known song, so why the hell didn't they play it? At least they play "Metropolis Part 1" and "Learning To Live".

Overall setlist rating: 9.5/10 (10/10 if they played "Pull Me Under".)

The tracks -

1. Regression 5/5
2. Overture 1928 5/5
3. Strange Deja Vu 5/5
4. Through My Words 5/5
5. Fatal Tragedy 5/5
6. Beyond This Life 5/5
7. John & Theresa Solo Spot 5/5
8. Through Her Eyes 5/5
9. Home 5/5
10. The Dance Of Eternity 5/5

Disc: 2

1. One Last Time 5/5
2. The Spirit Carries On 5/5
3. Finally Free 5/5
4. Metropolis Pt. 1 5/5
5. The Mirror 5/5
6. Just Let Me Breathe 5/5
7. Acid Rain 5/5
8. Caught In A New Millennium 5/5
9. Another Day 5/5
10. Jordan Rudess Keyboard Solo 5/5

Disc: 3

1. A Mind Beside Itself: Erotomania 5/5
2. A Mind Beside Itself: Voices 5/5
3. A Mind Beside Itself: The Silent Man 5/5
4. Learning To Live 5/5
5. A Change Of Seasons 5/5

Bottom line: If you're a Dream Theater fan, just buy this album!

Average customer rating: Her voice is every color of dream Stratas is sublime It is dangerous to use words like "definative," but.... Amazing The One

Stratas Sings Weill Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Teresa Stratas - The Unknown Kurt Weill September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill / Levine, Lenya, Armstrong, Gilford, et al Sings Kurt Weill, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000005IXU Release Date: 1991-06-25

Tracks:

1. One Touch of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself
2. Ausfstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Havanna - Lied
3. Happy End: Surabaya-Johnny
4. One Touch of Venus: Foolish Heart
5. Der Silbersee: Ich bin eine arme Verwandre (Fennimore's Song)
6. Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live
7. Marie Galante: J'attends un navire
8. Happy End: Das Lied von der harten Nuss
9. Street Scene: Lonely House
10. Marie Galante: Le Roi d'Aquitaine
11. Ausfstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Denn wie man sich bettet
12. Marie Galante: Le Train du ciel
13. Die Dreigroschenoper: Das Lied von der Untulanglichkeit menschlichen Strebens
14. Knickerbocker Holiday: It Never Was You
15. Happy End: Der kleine Leutnant des lieben Gotten

Amazon.com

Revealing an affinity for Weill, Teresa Stratas fulfills her promise to Lotte Lenya on her deathbed to "carry on the torch for Kurt Weill's music." Stratas's glorious soprano has never sounded better as she applies her operatic expertise to deliciously caress this music without losing any of the underlying subtext. Lacking the grittiness of other interpreters, she captures the emotional angles by letting her beautiful voice express the tortured heart beneath it; where others shout at you, Stratas sings at you. She casually bounces off the cheerier selections from One Touch of Venus and Happy End, letting Gerard Schwarz's brilliantly conducted orchestra display their wit. Program notes include a fascinating interview with Stratas. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Her voice is every color of dream.......2005-12-03

I don't care who knows it--I've been in love with Teresa Stratas since I was a senior in high school and saw her as Mimi in La Boheme one Friday night in 1961. That obsession preceded and outlasted my marriage:-). I lost a lot of years away from opera, then discovered that Stratas' recorded output is shamefully small. A difficult performer, probably, renowned for some unendearing quirks. But. What's there is gold. I have heard recordings I should not of her as Suor Angelica, Butterfly, and Melisande. I have seen her famous Zefirelli Boheme and Traviata. And Amahl. But the Weill material...it's unbelievable. When Lenya "ordained" her as her successor after seeing a performance of Mahagonny, the old lady knew what she was doing. Stratas has the perfect temperament for Weill's music. The voice coos, snarls, belts, and weeps. My favorite of all Weill songs, "Surabaya Johnny," is a mini-drama of love, hate, rage and despair. The only person who comes close to her in that song is the late Cathy Berberian.

Yes, get this. Get "The Unknown Kurt Weill." Lobby the Met to release her broadcasts, esp. The Bartered Bride. She was absolutely magnetic and the field isn't quite gone yet.

Stratas is sublime.......2005-03-27

Teresa Stratas is one of those singers whose reputation as a temperamental diva precedes her. Well, in my book, if it takes being temperamental to accomplish a collection like this, the end justifies the means. She is a singer of tremendous vocal and emotional range, and Weill's music provides what seems to be a perfect vehicle for both.

I've had this CD for at least 12 or 13 years and, no matter how many times I listen, I still notice new details in her interpretations.

It is dangerous to use words like "definative," but...........2004-04-04

Stratas's interpretations make one rush headlong into that danger.

Many singers have done beautiful Surabaya Johnnys but have any been as shattering as Stratas? Though years later she stumbled with her ill-concieved and eccentric Seven Deadly Sins, this CD is Stratas at in her prime, making bold choices about the material that blows the cobwebs off song we thought we knew. Even 15 years later, this album is fresh, uncliched, deeply affecting, and enthralling.

Stratas proves herself not only a great singer, but a great actress as well.

Amazing.......2000-06-29

Until I heard this and the Unknown Weill, I was a "stranger myself here,' as Stratas sings in the first selection. I simply did not appreciate nor understand the immediacy and importance of Weill to our musical heritage. Stratas simply transcends and reveals this music so intuitively that it is amazing.

The One.......2000-06-01

Stratas is the Weill singer, and everyone else is an also-ran. Ute Lemper is just a poser, and while Lenya was an important figure for Weill and she has her charms, but Weill wanted trained, operatic voices to sing his music, but not in the style of Verdi or Mozart. Here, Stratas delivers the composer's wish. Her voice is beautiful and cultivated in the best way, but it is her manner that is so important; straightforward, sincere, artless. From the opening "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" her affinity for this music is fully apparent. The selections span Weill's career and are delivered in many English, French and German, and regardless of the language, Stratas communicates completely. The orchestra plays the original orchestrations, and the sound is simply wonderful, nostalgic and modern all at once. This is where all Weill listeners and lovers should start.

Average customer rating: Jazz violin is heaven Wow! What playing! What sonics!

Live from Studio A in New York City Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli Manufacturer: Chesky Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: I Love John Frigo...He Swings ASIN: B000003GEQ Release Date: 1994-07-06

Tracks:

1. Pick Yourself Up And Start All Over Again
2. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
3. Detour Ahead
4. Just Friends
5. Estrellita
6. Stompin' At The Savoy
7. Early Autumn
8. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
9. In A Sentimental Mood
10. The Song Is You
11. I'm Through With Love
12. Summer Me, Winter Me
13. Tangerine
14. I'll Never Be The Same

Customer Reviews:

Jazz violin is heaven.......2007-06-23

You gotta hear "Estrellita" for some smooth jazz fiddlin' from this master, Johnny Frigo. I think there are too many cuts on this album in which we don't hear enough of him, but rather too much of his accompanists, as good as they are.

"Early Autumn" is another super smooth number, but too much guitar and bass in there, in my view.

"You Stepped Out Of A Dream" has more zip, but still charms.

"In A Sentimental Mood" starts with a lovely solo fiddle from Johnny, then proceeds with accompanyment and some dreamy melody.

"The Song Is You" shows the best integration of the fine playing of the Pizzarelli brothers with Johnny's strong fiddlin' in this powerful piece that really rolls. You'll really hear that bass drum.

"I'm Through With Love" is as tender as creme cheese. A song like this is why we love jazz violin.

"Summer Me, Winter Me" has a Brazilian beat to it, nice drum work. Great fiddle.

Overall, this is a very enjoyable album by Johnny and the Pizzarellis. I can't wait to get more of his work!

Wow! What playing! What sonics!.......1999-07-30

These guys could be musical just walking down the street. Bucky and John Pizzarelli are wonderful, but the find of finds is violin man Johnny Frigo. Check out track 10 - a blistering version of "The Song Is You". Django and Stephane may have sounded this good from time to time, but it's hard to imagine anyone doing this Hot Club of France-style stuff with more energy, wit or style. And Chesky's sonics are jaw-dropping. This 128-bit encoded recording is close to a decade old but is still one of the finest CD's ever pressed. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.

Jazz Music:

1. Live Jazz [Live]
2. Love, Lost & Found
3. Luke and the Locomotives [Live]
4. Machito at the Crescendo [Live]
5. Monstereosis
6. Movin' Along
7. Movin' & Groovin [Import]
8. My Song
9. New England Morning
10. New Orleans Jazz Brunch

Jazz Music

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