Sound Dreams

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Born in Seoul, Korea, pianist Sue Kyung Song immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of fourteen. While attending school in Atlanta, she won statewide competitions, as well as the Kingsville International Music Competition in Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Music in piano from the Oberlin Conservatory and went on to receive her Superieur Concertist in performance at the Centre Conservatoire de Paris under the prestigious Harriet Wooley Scholarship from the Fulbright Association. From there, she went to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary, where she did her post-graduate studies.

Miss Song has performed solo in major concert halls in Paris, Seoul and New York, including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She has also given solo concerts in Italy, Hungary and Australia, as well as throughout the United States.

Tracks:

San Antonio Rose
Seven Lonely Days
Your Cheatin' Heart
Lovesick Blues
Walking After Midnight
Foolin' 'Round
Half As Much
I Fall To Pieces
Crazy
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
She's Got You
Sweet Dreams

Customer Reviews:

AWESOME SOUNDTRACK.......2007-06-28

PATSY CLINE AT HER "UPDATED" BEST. I HEARTILY ADVISE GETTING THIS TIMELESS CD OF HER GREATEST HITS. BELIEVE ME, YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

Purists may hate me, but..........2007-01-30

these songs sound terrific remixed! Who better to do the remixing then Owen Bradley, who produced the original tracks. There are those who bemoan that the songs have been remixed, but the original versions are available in pristine form elsewhere. These are slight variations on the originals, and the result is a freshening up of the terrific performances. If you love Patsy Cline's music, you'll love this disc!

worth listening.......2006-11-11

though this is an old record, but it is still worth listening, esp the title " Crazy" now seems become popular again.

Why change the background?.......2004-10-01

The soundtrack is great, because of Patsy's voice. I don't understand why they had to change the background for the movie- All they had to do was use the original 4-Star material that Patsy recorded. Maybe they weren't able to do so, due to copywrights and such. Whatever the case, even if I like the original backgrounds better, they are an interesting change. My favorite track is "San Antiono Rose." It's always been one of my favorite Patsy songs and it sounds great with an alternate background. I recommend this album to add to your Patsy collection if you are a fan!!

Very Pleased.......2002-08-28

Item recieved in a timely manner. Bought as a gift. Recipiant very pleased. Very good condition.

Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)

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Irresistible
"Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops
Excellent!
Great Arrangments

Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003CXQ
Release Date: 1992-01-28

Tracks:

Oklahoma!
Carousel
State Fair
South Pacific
The King And I
Cinderella Waltz
Flower Drum Song
The Sound Of Music

Customer Reviews:

Irresistible.......2005-07-29

From beginning to end this CD is pure delight. A great recording has great music, a great performance, and great sound; this one scores on all three counts.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals dominated Broadway in the 1940s and 1950s, and American musical theater has produced no more consistently eloquent and durable voice than Richard Rodgers. From his fertile genius flowed a surprising number of memorable songs, many of which have passed into and become an accepted and beloved part of modern American culture.

This well-filled CD (77:36) features symphonic arrangements (all but two by Robert Russell Bennett) of the music from Oklahoma (1943), Carousel (1945), State Fair (1945), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Flower Drum Song (1958), and The Sound of Music (1959). All the great tunes are here in suites from each musical that average 10-12 minutes in length. The arrangements are expert: rich, varied, and colorful. The performances are polished, idiomatic, and irresistible; Kunzel and this orchestra are thorough masters of this kind of material. And Telarc's sound (recorded 1991) is state-of-the-art (engineer Michael Bishop deserves to take a bow).

In short, there's nothing here to cloud your listening pleasure (the only quibble I can imagine is that some of your favorites may not last long enough), so it's hard for me to envision anyone with ears and a taste for music who wouldn't enjoy this CD. Warmly recommended. Finally, if you like this one as much as I do, you might want to know that the same team has produced a companion volume, the Lerner & Lowe Songbook for Orchestra.

"Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops.......2003-12-26

Erich Kunzel's Rodgers and Hammerstein anthology with the Cincinatti Pops Orchestra is one of the best and most ravishing instrumental Rodgers and Hammerstein albums of all time. With sumptuous arrangements and warm, natural Telarc recording, this glorious 77-minute CD presents sweeping, melodic arrangements of over 60 Rodgers and Hammerstein selections, spanning eight scores, and Kunzel allows the Pops to play with a characterful and polished understanding of the Rodgers and Hammerstein idiom. The disc is enough to cheer you up on a dull day and make you smile, and it might even want to make you feel like a convert to Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals.

This CD has all the scores arranged chronologically. The OKLAHOMA! suite that opens this disc promises a feast for the senses, Kunzel ably evokes the territory's "bright, golden haze" in the way he conducts the various excerpts, until you feel the atmosphere of the country charm of the show, and the love-affair between Curly and Laurey. Then, in CAROUSEL, he ably evokes the pathos of this tragic R&H masterwork, especially in the truncated Waltz, but he leads a wonderfully melodic "June is Bustin' Out All Over" and a devotional "You'll Never Walk Alone." Although this suite does not include Billy's pivotal Soliloquy, it includes "If I Loved You" as an expression of his love for Julie, and within minutes you could be soaked in the ups and downs of the show's mood.

After a brief STATE FAIR suite, with sweeping renditions of "It Might As Well Be Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing", we are brought into the disc's showstopping highlights. These highlights are the excerpts from SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. But yet Kunzel conducts the rest of the disc until the various suites amount to a series of showstoppers. These three suites present wonderfully-arranged versions of their many familiar classic songs, with well-played solos. The SOUTH PACIFIC suite presents the songs in chronological order, yet preserves the atmosphere of the show at the same time. Kunzel ably brings out the romance in "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Younger than Springtime," and contrasts it with the exotic and dreamlike "Bali Hai'i" and the comic "There is Nothing like a Dame" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair". Although the suite ends quietly with a reprise of "Dites-Moi" rather than the reprise of "Some Enchanted Evening," within minutes we are swept into the KING AND I suite. Kunzel ably brings out the Oriental pathos in this score, and he captures the warmth of Anna's rapport with the King's Siamese children in "Getting to Know You", and with the King himself in "Shall We Dance." There is also romance in the love ballads "I Have Dreamed" and "We Kiss in a Shadow." Similarly, in the selection from THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Kunzel conducts this until the orchestra soaks itself in the atmosphere of this Austrian R&H score. This SOUND OF MUSIC suite has more of a feel of the score compared to the bonus track on Sony's reissued version of the Broadway recording. You can almost feel as if you are following the progress of the Trapp family and how it lifts its spirits with the joy of music. Kunzel gives us a soaring version of the title song, and spirited versions of "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favourite Things." He balances it with the open-air quality of "Edelweiss" and "The Lonely Goatherd." Although this suite could have included "Something Good," the love ballad written for the film, the three recollections of the songs that were cut from the movie only last for a while. And, the towering version of "Climb Every Mountain" crowns this portion of the disc, and this sumptuously-produced recording. But, I should also mention the infectuous FLOWER DRUM SONG medley, where Kunzel turns this underrated score into a work of art, until it convinces you to buy the cast recording. And, don't forget about the brief CINDERELLA WALTZ, too, when Kunzel conducts it magically, until you feel like you are in the company of Cinderella and the Prince. He is able to show how this R&H score marked a comeback for R&H after the failiures of Me and Juliet, and Pipe Dream.

Overall, this glorious Rodgers and Hammerstein recording is guarunteed to make you want to pucker your lips out for a whistle or sing along (to paraphrase another revew for Kunzel's Disney Spectacular disc) - even if this recording is music only, and as long as you know the words to the songs (and you might know a large handful of them already.) There is always a certain magic in this fine CD that makes you feel like you're sitting in the theatre watching these musicals, until it makes you feel like it is truly, to borrow two R&H song titles, "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Something Wonderful" to be in Kunzel's company for this R&H offering. It would certainly be one recording that could make you feel willing to buy the complete cast recordings of the shows. And I guaruntee that it will make you feel willing to pull out your existing copies of the cast recordings to listen to them again. I also guaruntee that it will be a cornerstone in any Rodgers and Hammerstein collection, just as it is in mine. Recommended heartily to any Rodgers and Hammerstein enthusiast and to fans of Erich Kunzel's work. And, you can play it while reading the Richard Rodgers biography, Musical Stages, until Rodgers himself would count this as his favourite disc in the afterlife.

By the way, most of the arrangements for the suites on this CD were done by the veteran R&H orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, and it surely adds to the appeal of this recording. This itself is enough to amount to the icing on the cake, since Kunzel conducts them well on here, and since this recording still allows the suites to have the original theatrical atmosphere. And, although this recording is like the Mauceri collection of the Rodgers & Hammerstein overtures in compiling orchestral suites of Rodgers & Hammerstein, I think that I like the Kunzel recording even more because Kunzel has more magic in his conducting of these suites.

Excellent!.......2003-04-08

This is one of the best Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops collections we own! A must for Rodgers and Hammerstein fans, too.

Great Arrangments.......2001-09-02

This is a first rate album with great arrangments and orchestrations. If you're a Rodgers and Hammerstein fan, you can't afford to miss this specatacular album

Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein

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A Great Recording by A Great Artist.
To the critics of "BP Loves RH"...
Not Totally Awful, but She is Much Better than This
Am I missing something?
The Fabulous Miss B Does It Again!!!

Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein
Bernadette Peters
Manufacturer: Angel Records
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Tracks:

It's a Grand Night for Singing
If I Loved You
The Gentleman Is a Dope
It Might as Well Be Spring
Out of My Dreams
So Far
Something Wonderful
I Haven't Got a Worry in the World
Mister Snow
Some Enchanted Evening
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Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein ... and if they could hear this collection, they would love her right back. The curly-haired, honey-voiced Tony-winning star has been more closely associated throughout her career with Stephen Sondheim and Jerry Herman, but she's perfectly suited to the grand waltzes and introspective moments of the R&H canon. "If I Loved You," "It Might As Well Be Spring," and "Something Wonderful" would probably make anyone's wish list for this combination of star and songs (a list that would also last much longer than 46 minutes). Other welcome selections include "Some Enchanted Evening," "Out of My Dreams," the little-known "I Haven't Got a Worry in the World" (from the play Happy Birthday), and the inside joke of "There Is Nothing Like a Dame," all supported by the baton and orchestrations of Sondheim favorite Jonathan Tunick. This is a warm valentine to the beloved songwriting team. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

A Great Recording by A Great Artist........2004-10-14

I totally disagree with the previous negative reviews of this cd. What were they listening to anyway? Certainly not this recording. First,Bernadette Peters is THE greatest Broadway musical performer of our time. I rate her right up there with Merman,Martin,Verdon,and Channing. She has a beautiful and distinctive voice,and her acting ability shines through every song. One reviewer said that these songs were originally written for large,operatic voices. What??? With the exception of Pinza,this is simply not true. When I have heard opera singers perform R&H songs,it just doesn't work. Too big. Actually,Bernadette suits these songs perfectly. Her somewhat softer voice gives a new dimension and insight to the grand old standards. I will give special praise for her performance of the songs: IF I LOVED YOU, OUT OF MY DREAMS, SOMETHING WONDERFUL, and SOME ENCHANTED EVENING. And extra special praise for SOMETHING GOOD. She brings life and passion to this song;I have never heard it performed better. I was greatly moved by it. If you love Rodgers & Hammerstein and if you love Bernadette Peters, BUY THIS ALBUM! You will love it.

To the critics of "BP Loves RH"..........2004-04-17

I would ask detractors of this CD to consider the dates and location when and where this album was recorded: Sept 19, 21 and 24, 2001 at the Record Plant(sic)in NYC. Get it yet?

What if you were BP and Tunick, professionals as you are, recording a RH album for Angel eight days after 9/11? Would you be at your best? And singing "well worn, sentimental" RH songs recalling a time when NYC was the Great Big Apple of the World. Wouldn't a lump be in your throat? Listen to "It Might as Well Be Spring" again. Does it sound cheerful and relaxed? Or a little sad?

My friends, this is BP's 9/11 tribute to a City that has treated her like royalty. With Dame and Dope being the only exceptions, perhaps Tunick's otherwise subdued orchestrations reflect the mood of the day and of the performers and engineers present at the studio. This is why I heartily recommend this recording to BP fans. I didn't get it either until I read the stats.

Not Totally Awful, but She is Much Better than This.......2003-11-21

Bernadette Peters is a legend; one of the few true Broadway musical legends still performing today; and that's why it pains me to say that her latest album is also her weakest work.

While her beautiful voice is still intact and capable of being as gorgeous as ever, she just doesn't seem to breath life into any of these songs. Even "Some Enchanted Evening" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" -- two songs that beg for emotion -- don't even get near the credit they deserve. And during some of the tunes, her voice seems to almost crack, although it never quite does.

I don't want to sound mean here. I love Bernadette Peters; but I also know she is much better than this album. Want proof? Purchase the cast recording of Gypsy :)

Her masterful concert for PBS was done just a couple years earlier. It's almost hard to believe this is the same energetic and spunky singer.

It's a grand night for singing? One wouldn't think so by listening to this.

Am I missing something?.......2002-12-31

I received my copy of this CD the day after watching an American Masters bio of Richard Rogers, and I was psyched. I love Bernadette Peters and I adore Rogers & Hammerstein - but I was sorely disappointed in this album. All the way through it I kept having the feeling they had to wake Ms. Peters up between cuts. Even songs like "It's a Grand Night for Singing" had about as much spark as a wet match. The arrangements just did not do justice to either Ms. Peters or Rogers and Hammerstein.

I feel like a traitor, but I just cannot recommend this CD.

The Fabulous Miss B Does It Again!!!.......2002-11-21

Not that I ever, EVER doubted it, but this album just reaffirms in my mind that Bernadette Peters can do ANYTHING! Every single song is gorgeous. Each note sung with extraordinary passion. And she has colored each lyric with layers and layers of meaning and subtext, a skill that has led to her being known as the foremost interpreter of the works of Stephen Sondehim.

Not that there's not some fun in there, too. "The Gentleman is a Dope" and her version of "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" (she is the first female to record this, I might add!) are great examples of how she is able to bring her wonderful comic abilities into the music of perhaps the greatest team of composers ever.

Her renditions of songs like "Something Good", "Some Enchanted Evening" and "If I Loved You" are enough to make you believe in love all over again. Then, you have the playful "Mister Snow", which seems like it was written just for Bernadette, and "You'll Never Walk Alone", which still sends chills up my spine every time I hear it.

But let's not forget the fabulous opening tune "It's A Grand Night for Singing", her beautiful version of "It Might As Well Be Spring", the light and lovely "Out Of My Dreams", the extremely enjoyable "So Far", a terrific interpretation of the classic "Something Wonderful" and the carefree "I Haven't Got A Worry in the World".

Each and every one of these tunes is a treasure. This is a wonderful mixture of some well-known and some more obscure Rodgers and Hammerstein melodies... a mixture which is only made better by Bernadette's extraordinary ability to interpret a song- a skill that has helped to make her the Broadway legend she is. It is a must for not only musical theatre fans, not only R&H fans, not only fans of Bernadette, but anyone who is looking for something that's really worth listening to!

I Met You, My Love
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Top of the line - incredible!

Long-awaited follow-up to "Dark Eyes"

ANOTHER WONDERFUL ALBUM FROM DMITRI

Dmitri at his best

Hvorostovsky in his Milieu

I Met You, My Love
Hvorostovsky , Orbelian , and Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Manufacturer: Delos Records
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Release Date: 2002-07-30

Tracks:

I Met You, My Love
No, It's Not You I Love So Fervently
Only Once
Bright Is The Night
I Remember The Charming Sound Of The Waltz
O, If Only I Could Express In Sounds
Do Not Awaken Memories
The Coachman's Song
In The Wide Open Field
The Lonely Coach Bell Rings
Misty Morning
But I Love You, Nevertheless
The Troika Speeds, The Troika Gallops
The Autumn Wind Moans Mournfully
At The Fateful Hour
I Loved You
The Weeping Willows Slumber
You Cannot Understand
Shine, Shine, My Star

Customer Reviews:

Top of the line - incredible!.......2007-05-13

If I could give this 100 stars I would do it. Since my trip to Russia in 2006 I "discovered" Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and have since purchased much of his music on CDs and DVDs. All tracks on this particular CD are incredibly beautiful - beyond imagination. Mr. Hvorostovsky was rightfully chosen the "Best Singer of the World" when he was a young man. His lush, full baratone voice is, as the young generation says, "to die for". He has an impressive range, and one can tell he feels music deeply by the nuances in his singing. This CD is one of my favorites of his singing.

Long-awaited follow-up to "Dark Eyes".......2003-01-04

Ever since "Dark Eyes", one of the first albums of Dmitri Hvorostovsky, came out, I've been wishing for the baritone to record more Russian romances. Looks like Delos is more committed to preserving this magnificent voice on record more than Philips did. After all, "Dark Eyes" had a lot of orchestral music, though wonderfully performed by Ossipov orchestra, it effectively reduced the sang material by some about 15 minutes or so. This is certainly not the case here. Well oven an hour of excellent singing is recorded (close-miked) with no interruptions. The songs themselves are the ones most often performed as encored by Russian singers. While baritones or basses have the strongest claim to them, most likely stemming from a long Russian tradidion of low male voice solo, tenors and even mezzo-sopranos have performed some of those to great acclaim.

The absolute hardest thing about performing these songs is not to make them sound sappy, vulgar, or over-done. Of all Russian singers who dealt with this material, I most often think of bass Boris Shtokolov, who sang them with utmost care. Dmitri does just that here. His care for the texts is what strikes me first while listening to "I Met You", a reflective serenade to love long lost. While all songs are spectacularly presented, I would like to mention "Misty Morning" and "I loved you". Like the title song, they are both filled with gentle melancholy, and sang with great tenderness and feeling. Some high-energy items, such as "Troika" seem just a little out of place, but the voice is a sheer pleasure to listen to. In "Oh, Could I in Song Tell My Sorrow", there's a strange change from traditional "your heart would break" to "my heart would break". I am not sure as to why this was done, particularly since the Cyrillic texts are absent.

In liner notes, Hvorostovsky explains the dedication of this album to his father, a chemical engineer, who managed to convey his love for the classical music and Russian romances to his son. I think all fathers need to learn from this man. Wondrous results stem from right upbringing!
The only minor quibble I have is the cover picture. It seems like the producers wanted to target exclusively the female part of the audience by using lots of shades of red color and lots of subdued candlelight. Well, I am sure there are lots of Dmitri's fans among men, particularly those of us who study voice, so I wish Delos would not make the cover so extravagant.
The engineering of this album, though, is very appropriate. The voice is placed well above orchestra (conducted with perfection by Constantine Orbelian) and each word is clearly heard. Together with Verdi Arias recording this shows that Delos engineers are fully capable of capturing the voice of this size and beauty well on record, something I doubted when listening to an otherwise lovely album of Neapolitan Songs.
I am sure non-Russian speakers will enjoy this CD just as much as Russians. After all, we all feel the same, and Dmitri's exceptional talent just makes it easier to communicate across cultural barriers.

ANOTHER WONDERFUL ALBUM FROM DMITRI.......2002-10-11

Once again, Dmitri Hvorostovsky has done another beautiful album. I'm completely thrilled with his last three releases on the Delos lable--the Verdi Album, the Passione di Napoli album and this new Russian love song album. As I have previously indicated on my review of his Passione di Napoli album, I've been a fan of his since his very beginnings in opera, and I do feel that he is truly in his vocal prime.
This album is for the "romantic at heart". The songs are beautiful as is the singing. All I can say of this endeavor is Bravo!!
I'm truly grateful that Hvorostovky's recording career was extended by the Delos lable!!

Dmitri at his best.......2002-10-09

What a treat this CD is. I've been waiting years for the great Hvorostovsky to record another album of Russian folk music, and this is arguably his best collection of that genre to date. Recorded in August, 2001, Hvorostovsky has never sounded better, and the sound quality admirably complements his rich, velvety baritone. Unlike his earlier collection of Neapolitan songs for the same label (DELOS), the recording balance between singer and orchestra will please everyone this time. Furthermore, the CD benefits from stylishly idiomatic arrangements, some fine conducting from Constantine Orbelian, and the sympathetic support of both the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the Russian folk music performers, the Style of Five.

The 19 songs on the CD are described as "Old Russian Romances", or in professional music terminology as "Russian Domestic (Household) Romances". These are passionate songs of love, "often against the background of vast, empty Russian landscapes with long roads under foggy, gray skies", as the liner notes tell us. Hvorostovsky's dark, expressive baritone is ideally suited to such music, and Dmitri aficionados will no doubt recognise two songs from his earlier CDs of this genre, the haunting title track and the wistful "O, If Only I Could Express In Sounds". The latter was featured on his best-selling 1991 "Russian Romances" CD for Philips, but here - if anything - his singing is even more poetic than in earlier days. Comparing the two versions, one is immediately aware of how much freer Hvorostovsky's top notes are on the latest CD, with his upper register showing none of the slightly constricted quality that occasionally marred the earlier CD. This is the voice of a mature artist, and it is rare indeed to hear such committed singing from the soul.

As if the above wasn't enough, the CD comes with translations, generous liner notes, and an alluring cover photo of the handsome Siberian.

Hvorostovsky in his Milieu.......2002-08-31

This is Hvorostovsky at his finest. His magnificent rich creamy baritone is not taxed. He makes you sigh at beauty of his high
mezzo-voce notes, held endlessly, and trailing off to nothingness. The songs themselves are lovely-sad ballads of lost love for the most part, with a few catchy little ditties thrown in for a change of pace.

As crossover discs go, this one is one of the best. A fabulous singer at his prime, singing the songs of his childhood memories.

Tracks:

Chopin: Nocturne, Op.9, No.2
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (arr.:Cornell)
Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa
Chopin: Etude, Op.10, No.8
Song: Winter Ballade
Brahms: Intermezzo, Op.116, No.2
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8 - Adagio cantabile
Schumann: Dedication (trans.:Liszt)
J.S.Bach: Siciliano
J.S.Bach: Italian Concerto - Andante
Badarzewska: The Maiden's Prayer
J.S.Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Nelson-McHugh: People Need The Lord (arr.:Wolaver)
Bliss: It Is Well With My Soul (arr.:Cornell)

Album Description

Born in Seoul, Korea, pianist Sue Kyung Song immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of fourteen. While attending school in Atlanta, she won statewide competitions, as well as the Kingsville International Music Competition in Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Music in piano from the Oberlin Conservatory and went on to receive her Superieur Concertist in performance at the Centre Conservatoire de Paris under the prestigious Harriet Wooley Scholarship from the Fulbright Association. From there, she went to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary, where she did her post-graduate studies.

Customer Reviews:

An Absolutely Perfect CD!.......2007-07-17

Sue Kyong Song is a contemporary master of the concert piano. She is an amazing performer and without a doubt one of the finest musicians to emerge in years. Her song "Winter Ballad" is one that should be remembered for years to come. Sue Kyong Song is an artist to be celebrated, and i can't wait for her next release. Order Sound Dreams right now for yourself, then order one for your friends. If your local record store doesn't stock this album, DEMAND they order it! It is truley a magical auditory experience!

Peaceful, Uplifting Selections From a Masterful Artist.......2003-12-01

Beautiful, flowing selections from the likes of Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, Bach and Beethoven interspersed with some delightful surprises: a 17th century French carol, an awe-inspiring arrangement of an old hymn, a contemporary inspirational song and an original piece by the artist. A soul-settling, peace-giving, spirit-lifting album of fine piano playing. A not-to-be-missed collection. Listen to it when you want to relax and be uplifted at the same time!

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Dreams

Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
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ASIN: B000063LJ4
Release Date: 2004-01-01

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Psyche Rock
Emmanuel (W Toots Thielemans)
Elisa (W Serge Gainsbourg)
L Heritier - Generique
Purple Rain - Love Theme
Dim Dam Dom
Old Fool Back On Earth
Largo Winch - Generique
Spring
L Arme A Gauche - L Arrivee De Cournot
Les Onze - Mille Verges - Generique
Les Onze - Mille Verges - Batacuda Erotica
Toulouse To Win (W Claude Nougaro)
L Alpagueur - Generique
Cest Ainsi Les Choses Arrivent (W Isabelle Aubret)
Lobellia
Golden Child - Golden Love
Golden Child - The Chosen One
Une Chambre En Ville - Generique
Canon
White Nights (Le Jeune Homme Et La Mort (ballet)

Album Description

A complete & rich selection of the best compositions of the French godfather of fusion. Includes some pearls of French musical creation of the last 30 years, such as 'Elisa' (sung by Gainsbourg), 'Psyche' Rock' (Pierre Henry) plus some internationally renowned tracks, 'Emmanuel' featuring Toots Thielmans, 'The Search', 'White Nights' from the 1985 'Purple Rain (Love Theme)'. Digipak. 2002.

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Smooth As Silk!

Dreams Do Come True
Janine Alondres
Manufacturer: Honu Productions
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ASIN: B00007EEF9
Release Date: 2002-11-08

Tracks:

All My Tomorrows (Cahn/Van Heusen)
How High The Moon (Hamilton/Lewis)
But Beautiful (Burke/Van Heusen)
Misty (Burke/Garner)
The Very Thought of You (Noble)
Summertime (Heyward/Gershwin)
Wave (Jobim)
Will It Ever Be (Alondres/Lewis)
When Sunny Gets Blue (Segal/Fisher)
All The Things You Are (Hammerstein/Kern)
I Wish You Love (Beach/Trenet)
God Bless the Child (Holiday/Herzog)

Album Description

This CD is Janine Alondres' first full CD of Contemporary Jazz music. The CD features 12 tracks, including Ms. Alondres' own "Will It Ever Be", which was co-written with her Producer, John Grover Lewis. This CD is filled with beautiful classic Jazz Standards with musical arrangements that will put you in a romantic mood and her vocal arrangements are impeccable, sung with grace and clarity.

Customer Reviews:

Smooth As Silk!.......2003-04-08

This is an absolutely beautiful sounding CD. Janine Alondres has a magnificent voice, and you will be enthralled at every song. This music can calm you, relax you, and help you 'step away' from your hectic, busy day. Janine Alondres is truly a talent to be noticed. She is definitely up there with some of the great female talents, such as Barbra Streisand, Diana Krall, Diane Shurr. This CD goes great with a cool beverage, be it champagne, or sparkling water,with a slice of lime. And of course, together with a starlit night it is perfection. (But in NYC reality, I've put this CD on my walkman, and within just a few NYC busy/noisy blocks (streets), among the heavy traffic, I felt like I was in a peaceful oasis. You can't top that!

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The Number One Classical Album 2006

Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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

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French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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The Classical Album 2005
Classical Love Album 2007
Vittorio
Appassionato
Time to Say Goodbye

ASIN: B000BP2VJW
Release Date: 2005-11-21

Tracks:

Heroe
O Mio Babbino Caro
Deer Hunter/She Was Beautiful (Cavatina)
Tosca/Vissi d'Arte
Adagio
Minuet
ThaMtation
Turandot/Nessun Dorma
Ave Maria
Laudate Dominum
I Believe
Mass for Four Voices/Agnus Dei
Vuchella
O Sole Mio
Barcarolle
Choristes
Jubilate Domum
Dr. Zhivago/Love Is a Mystery
Reflexionem
Listen to the Bell (Chi Si Ascolter

Tracks:

Amore Sei Tu (I Will Always Love You)
Rigoletto/La Donna Mobile
Places
Santa Lucia
Tears in Heavon
Sound of Music/Climb Every Mountain
In Dreams
Panis Angelicus
Orfeo Ed Euridice/Che Farnza Euridice
Marriage of Figaro/Voi Che Sapete
Gymnope No. 3
Dawn
Rusalka/Song to the Moon
Look at the World
Air on a G String
Adiemus
I Paglicacci/Vesti La Giubba
Palladio
Marble Halls
Brighid's Kiss
Auld Lang Syne

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The Best of Broadway: Oklahoma

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

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Best of Broadway: There's No Business
Best of Broadway: Anything Goes

ASIN: B00006314Z
Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

La Cage Aux Folles: The Best Of Times
Oklahoma: Out Of My Dreams
The Sound Of Music: The Sound Of Music - RCA Symphony
Mame: If He Walked Into My Life
Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band
Oliver: As Long As He Needs Me - Rosemary Squires
Bells Are Ringing: Just In Time - Jack Blackton
No Strings: The Sweetest Sounds - Lee Roberts And His Orchestra
The Roar Of The Greasepaint: Who Can I Turn To? - Vaughan Monroe And His Orchestra
My Fair Lady: With A Little Bit Of Luck - The Romantic Strings Orchestra
Oklahoma: Surrey With The Fringe On Top
West Side Story: Something's Coming

Customer Reviews:

I think its going to be good.......2002-03-31

I think this is going to be good if this is the brand new Oklahoma? I like partically all the songs except for Poor Jud is Daid and Lonely Room. I would go for the ballet but I really don't like that either. I like all the rest though.

I think its going to be good.......2002-03-31

How good this cds going to be.......2002-03-30

I think I'm really going to enjoy this cd once I order it. I really like Oklahoma, People will say were in love,Oh what a beautiful mornin and Many a New Day and I Can't say no.

This should be good?.......2002-03-30

I think this cd is going to be really good because it will not have a London accent but I'm not saying that it will be bad. Hope to know more information soon.

What does it look like.......2002-03-29

I think that would be a good cd to have at home if I knew what it sounded like I probably would enjoy it. I saw this group act a week ago yesterday. So I will be checking for more information.

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Another notch on the Bakersfield Belt
Dylan lyrics/Rod Stewart vocals
Wow, sooo good!
Alt-country, or altogether nuts?

7740 Valmont St.
Cisco
Manufacturer: Little Dog Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000294S48
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

7740 Valmont St.
Say A Prayer
Miss America
Something's Going Wrong
One Day
Lost Broke Or Sold
The Other Side
I'm Yours
Dog Eared Memories
Long Hard Ride

Album Description

Amid the continually changing musical landscape of American music, there has been one constant: the presence of the "singer/songwriter" - an artist who can tell a poignant story through his music with a distinct point of view. Little Dog Records artist Cisco carries on this great American tradition with his new album 7740 Valmont St. Cisco proves himself to be one of those rare artists who can interweave vivid, emotional "pictures" with distinctly melodic songs.

Customer Reviews:

Another notch on the Bakersfield Belt.......2005-04-28

Cisco is a great mixture of blues, gospel, and country a la Rod Stewart. Lost Broke or Sold is a fantastic song that catches the ear. If you like your rock and/or country music a little raw and honest, Cisco is your best bet. Bakersfield is country music's best kept secret.

Dylan lyrics/Rod Stewart vocals.......2004-10-26

7740 Valmont Street is an album that paints images with it's Dylan-esque lyrics. Cisco's vocals on this album remind one of a young Rod Stewart. The 10 song album is entirely original material and covers the range of love gone wrong and its aftermath in Lost, Broke or Sold to a Hank Williams feel to The Other Side. One of the most touching songs is Say a Prayer, which features the late Jeff Roberts on bass. Musicians playing on the album include Cisco, Pete Anderson & Skip Edwards. Pete Anderson was also the arranger and producer for this gem from Little Dog Records.

Wow, sooo good!.......2004-08-10

According to emusic.com, this is alternative country produced by Mike Ness (Social Distortion) that sounds traditional like Johnny cash, yet new, like Dwight Yokam. If that still leaves you guessing, I guess you'll have to buy the album or subscribe to emusic.com where you can download this album as well as one not available on this site.
Well, I love what I've heard from this guy so far, but I can't find anything about himm on the web, not even an official website. He needs better representation on Amazon and on the web in general.

Alt-country, or altogether nuts?.......2004-07-15

This guy should be better representated in this sites music area. There are many artists with this name, but this fellow is quite the piece of work. He's an outlaw roots rockin, Bakersfield/country crooner with more bad habits than a sociopathic stripper. Seriously though, he's not that bad of a guy. He's just a raw, and more importantly real alt-country dude who's reputation in and around the music world is rapidly gaining notoriety. His debut, "Pink Motel" was a classic right off the bat. This one, produced by the well-known Peter Anderson is a little more subdued, but just as effective. It just came out, and already it seems like it'll be tough to buy. If you can't pick it up here, just go to milesofmusic.com; they love him in California. Hopefully more folks will know about this Cisco in the near future. Unique to say the least.

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