King Richard III [Box set]

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Act 1 Scene 1: Outside the Tower of London/Enter Richard Duke of Glouce

2. Act 1 Scene 1 (Continued): Richard: Dive Thoughts Down to My Soul...

3. Act 1 Scene 1 (Continued): Richard: But Who Comes Here? the New-Deliver

4. Act 1 Scene 1 (Continued): Richard: He Cannot Live, I Hope, And Must No

5. Act 1 Scene 2: Near the Tower of London/The Corpse of King Henry VI Is

6. Act 1 Scene 2 (Continued): Enter Richard Duke of Gloucester/Richard: St

7. Act 1 Scene 2 (Continued): Richard: Was Ever Woman in This Humour Wooed

See all 16 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2

1. Act 2 Scene 3: London: A Street/Enter First Citizen and Second Citizen/

2. Act 2 Scene 4: London: A Room in King Edward's Palace/Enter the Archbis

3. Act 3 Scene 1: London: A Street/The Trumpets Sound. Enter Young Prince

4. Act 3 Scene 1 (Continued): Enter Young York, Hastings and Cardinal/Buck

5. Act 3 Scene 1 (Continued): A Sennet. Exeunt Prince, York, Hastings (And

6. Act 3 Scene 2: Outside the House of Lord Hastings/Enter a Messenger Who

7. Act 3 Scene 3: Yorkshire: Pontefract Castle/Enter Sir Richard Ratcliffe

See all 23 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3

1. Act 4 Scene 4: London: Outside King Richard's Palace/Enter Old Queen Ma

2. Act 4 Scene 4 (Continued): Enter Richard and His Train/Richard: Who Int

3. Act 4 Scene 4 (Continued): Elizabeth: Though Far More Cause, Yet Much L

4. Act 4 Scene 4 (Continued): Enter Ratcliffe and Catesby/Ratcliffe: Most

5. Act 4 Scene 5: The House of Stanley, Earl of Derby/Enter Stanley Earl o

6. Act 5 Scene 1: Salisbury, A Place of Execution/A Sheriff and Officers L

7. Act 5 Scene 2: Tamworth: The Camp of Richmond/Enter Richmond, Oxford, B

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Be My Love (The Toast Of New Orleans)
Serenade (The Student Prince)
Temptation (Going Hollywood)
Wanting You (The New Moon)
I'll Be Seeing You (The Royal Palm Revue)
With A Song In My Heart (Spring Is Here)
Without A Song (Great Day)
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
My Wild Irish Rose
And This Is My Beloved (Kismet)
Because
Only A Rose (The Vagabond King)
Funiculi, Funicula
Come Back To Sorrento
Maria Mari'
O Sole Mio
Neapolitan Love Song
Arriverderci, Roma
Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life (Naughty Marietta)
Look For The Silver Lining (Sally)
Memories
The Song Is You (Music In The Air)
Ave Maria
You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)

Customer Reviews:

A mixed bag of romantic offerings.......2001-12-17

BMG's Lanza collections are usually a mixed bag, and this album of love songs is no exception. Interspersed with some magnificent performances are an assortment of the good, the bad, and the mediocre. Part of the problem, I suspect, is that BMG simply doesn't appreciate what treasures it has buried in its recording vaults. It's enough to bring back Lanza from the grave, swearing in High C (as Time Magazine once tut-tutted) at the injustice of it all.

Lanza, in fairness to BMG, was an inconsistent performer. In the earlier part of his brief career, he had a tendency to sing sharp, and at times his approach to various arias and songs lacked sensitivity. That's not to say he couldn't get it right. At his best he was extraordinary, combining one of the most powerful voices on record with just the right degree of melting mezza voce and a dazzling array of vocal colours. His sense of phrasing was, as Enrico Caruso Jr noted, "instinctively right", and his ability to get into the heart of a song was unquestionable. Even at his roughest, his singing was usually compelling, and one could never label any of his performances "boring".

The bad recordings generally fall into three periods of his life: the Coca-Cola Radio shows of 1951-52, the disastrous Lanza on Broadway album of 1956, and the illness-affected stereo remakes of his Christmas Carols and Student Prince albums, both recorded in 1959, the year of his death. The present CD includes material from the first two periods.

The "Coke" shows, as I've opined in a number of other reviews, produced some amazing performances of both arias and love songs. Unfortunately, however, lack of rehearsal time coupled with poor arrangements often led to the kind of wild, unrestrained singing that Lanza's detractors love to attack (while at the same time overlooking his great performances). On this CD, a number of Coke recordings were released for the first time: Danny Boy; My Wild Irish Rose; Neapolitan Love Song; and Torna a Surriento. The first two are lovely, notwithstanding a poor ending on Danny Boy and some uncertain moments in the tenor's lower register in this song. Victor Herbert's Neapolitan Song contains some piercingly sharp singing, a rough ending and some agreeable mezza voce. Torna a Surriento is too fast, too unpolished and not a patch on the piano accompaniment-only version that Lanza recorded three years later for the movie Serenade.

Among the other Coke selections is the sublime Memories, and the alternately touching and thrilling I'll Be Seeing You, with a B Flat climax that will knock your socks off. Wanting You is rough and exciting in equal measure - ditto the powerhouse Ah Sweet Mystery of Life with its ridiculously fast tempo.

Two songs from the ill-fated Lanza on Broadway album have been inexplicably included, though it must be said that at least these represent the better moments from this dreadful session. You'll Never Walk Alone contains more sharp singing, uneven rhythm and a certain bleariness, while the Borodin-adapted And This Is My Beloved is alternately belted and seductive. Incidentally, Lanza recorded a superior version of You'll Never Walk Alone for his Coke Shows; this is featured on the CD of the same name.

The real highlights for me are the immortal Serenade from The Student Prince; a thrilling Only a Rose (recorded three months after the Lanza on Broadway session and featuring a completely different voice); the aforementioned My Wild Irish Rose & I'll Be Seeing You and a mature rendition of Schubert's Ave Maria. Fans will also enjoy Arrivederci, Roma, and the ubiquitous Be My Love.

All in all an enjoyable hour, but if only more thought had been put into some of the selections...

The best tenor ever.......2001-03-01

Mario Lanza is indeed my favourite of all tenors either living or not. I must have almost everything he ever recorded. This album has a whopping 24 tracks including 5 previously unreleased recordings, which make this a must for any true fan of Lanza. This album has some of his most romantic songs, mostly from stage and film. You won't find any opera here, which is fine, there's plenty of his other albums that have that. These are songs that are guaranteed to stir your heart and soul while Mario's voice will melt them. This is a must-have and at this price there's no reason not to have it.

The greatest singer of all time!.......2000-06-29

This is one of the greatest compilations of Tenor Mario Lanza, The Voice of the Century, ever made. Mario Lanza had such a broad, well focused voice and he is represented to good measure here on songs like "Wanting You", "Neapolitan Love Song", and "Without a Song". On these selections one hears how the Lanza voice had a largeness, depth, and warmth from the bottom all the way to the very top. One will never hear songs like "O Danny Boy", "My Wild Irish Rose", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Torna Surriento", "O Solo Mio", and "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" sung any better or with more feeling. My favorite on this CD, "And this is my Beloved" from Kismet displays the full Lanza Range. This, in my opinion, is one of the greatest single recordings ever made. Here Mario sings the most melting pianissimo and builds to an exciting, full bodied, heart stopping fortissimo High B flat. What passion! The particular recording of "Only a Rose" on this album has been regrettably absent from the catalogs for quite some time. It is a shame too, because Lanza makes this Vagabond King selection sound free and effortless like only Mario Lanza could. Lanza takes the listener through a guided tour, so speak, of truly the greatest singing the world has ever heard. After hearing the final selection, "You'll Never Walk Alone", there won't be a dry eye in the house. This, along with the "Don't Forget Me" Lanza CD, is one of the greatest single CD collections ever put together of Mario, or anyone else for that matter. Lanza was the greatest singer of all time and this is a must have album. The sooner you own this one, the better.

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Berlioz Edition (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000093OSH
Release Date: 2003-12-16

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Sir Colin Davis has long been considered the world's finest Berlioz conductor, and over the years, Philips has released all of the composer's major works with Davis at the helm. Now, they're all here, in a 24-CD box, and it is an astonishing achievement. This treasure trove consists of the definitive, available readings of Les Troyens, Béatrice et Bénédict, and Benvenuto Cellini; a wonderfully energetic, passionate Roméo et Juliette; a Te Deum which is huge yet clear and not over-the-top for its own sake; Les Nuits d'été with different singers (of varying ranges in different songs), as Berlioz wanted them performed; the young Dame Janet Baker superb in Herminie and La Mort de Cléopatre; a relaxed, sweet Enfance du Christ; a Requiem which could knock you over; a Damnation de Faust which is both lyrical and exciting; a performance of Lélio which almost makes sense of that strange work; a Symphonie Fantastiquewith atmosphere and thrills; along with 7 overtures, 5 songs, and more. In addition to the moderate price, the packaging is such that the 24 CDs takes up less space than just the earlier releases of Cellini and Troyens together. This is one-stop shopping at its best. --Robert Levine

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My best baroque CD
superbe

Music from the Royal Court

Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Imperial Fanfares
The 20th Century Album
English Music from Henry VIII to Charles II
Fanfare, British Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble

ASIN: B0000AGWP8
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

Trumpet Tune And Air
Galliard
Pavan
Coranto 'Heigh-Ho-Holidy'
Pavan
Hornpype
The Agincourt Song (Arr. Elgar Howarth)
Earle Of Oxford's March (Arr. Elgar Howarth)
Earle Of Salisbury's Pavane (Arr. Bram Wiggins)
I. Allemande
II. Sarabande
III. Allemande
IV. Courante
V. Air
VI. Courante
I. The Old Spagnoletta
II. Giles Farnaby's Dreame
III. A Toye
IV. Tell Me Daphne
V. His Rest (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
VI. The New Sa-Hoo
A Royal Pavan
In Nomine
Pavan St. Thomas Wake And Variation - London Festival Brass Ensemble
Galliard And Four Variations (Arr. Elgar Howarth) - London Festival Brass Ensemble
The King's Hunting Jig (Arr. Elgar Howarth) - London Festival Brass Ensemble
I. It Is To Me A Right Great Joy
II. Pastime With Good Company/Helas Madame
III. Adieu! Madame Et Ma Maistresse
IV. Taunder Naken
V. Departure Is My Chief Pain
VI. En Vrai Amour/Pastime With Good Company
Fantasia 'Newark Siege' (Arr. Peter Reeve)
Aria Della Battaglia A 8

Tracks:

Three Fanfares For Four Trumpets And Timpani - John Wilbraham
Canzon 'La Seraphina'
Fantasia 'In Echo'
Ricercar Del Duodecimo Tuono
Canzon For Eight Trombones
Canzon 13
I. Allemande
II. Gaillarde
III. Pavane D'Angleterre Avec Gaillarde
IV. Basse Danse 'La Volunte'
V. Pavane Passemaize Avec Gaillarde
VI. Branle De Bourgogne - Branle Simple - Branle Gay
Trumpet Intrada (From The Motet Ave Virgo Lux Maria) (Arr. Kenneth Herbert)
Il Est Be Et Bon (Arr. Peter Reeve)
Terpsichorean Suite For Brass (Arr. Peter Reeve)
Canzon Cornetto
I. Galliard Battaglia
II. Courant Dolorosa
III. Canzon 'In Imitation Of An English Bergamask'
Canzona A 10 (Arr. Philip Jones)
Sonata From 'Die Bankelsangerlieder'
I. Sonata (Adagio) - London Festival Brass Ensemble
II. Courante - London Festival Brass Ensemble
III. Sarabande. Ziemlich Langsam - London Festival Brass Ensemble
IV. Bal - London Festival Brass Ensemble

Customer Reviews:

My best baroque CD.......2004-08-29

Over the years from time to time I bought some CDs with baroque brass ensemble music, always hoping it would be so fascinating as what I knew from my fathers PJBE vynil records. What I bought so far all are nice but also somewhat boring after short time. Unfortunately I never bought something from the PJBE until now, and this is the first time that a complete CD (and in this case even two of them) of baroque music for brass is surprising and fascinating me with every 'song', showing facetes and diversity I always missed on my other records. Finally nothing is like the original PJ!

superbe.......2004-02-04

Après nous avoir fait plaisir avec le Greatest Hits, voici un double CD qui nous enchante avec les principales pièces de la Renaissance du sublime Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Il y a longtemps que nous attendions la mise en CD de ces oeuvres, et nous voila comblé. Pour plusieurs pièces, c'est Elgar Howarth qui les a arrangé. Un grand moment de musique pour cuivres avec de grands compositeurs, délicieusement arrangées.
Pour éléver encore plus ces 2 cds, saluons encore la présence du London Festival Brass Ensemble dirigé par Elgar Howarth (dont la plus part des membres sont du PJBE), alors quoi de plus normal d'avoir inclu leur préstation.

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Hallo-wha?
An interest take on the usual
Could have been great but . . .
It's not That bad...
Tries to please everyone

Halloween

Manufacturer: American Gramaphone
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ASIN: B0000AOV3N
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Toccata In DeMole
Hall Of The Mountain King
Harvest Dance
The Flying Dutchman
Z-Row Gravity
Funeral March Of A Marionette
Rock & Roll Graveyard
Night On Bald Mountain
Crystal
All Hallow's Eve
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Tracks:

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Enchanted Forest II
The Reaper
Ghost Voices
Alien Spaceship
Enchanted Forest III
Mountain King
Digital Death
Souls Demise

Customer Reviews:

Hallo-wha?.......2006-04-19

Let me start by saying I've never listened to Steamroller before picking this up. I am a big fan of Halloween and have quite a collection of music/sound fx so naturally, this was a must buy when I saw it.
Strictly from a Halloween fan's point of view, I can't recommend this except maybe for a kids party. The synth on the tracks really removes any spookiness from the tunes and makes them fall short of Halloween-worthiness. Tocatta and Hall of the Mountain King are some of my absolute favorite classical pieces and here they are given a royal treatment...if they were produced on a Commodore 64, or Casio keyboard for you younger folk.
The FX disc isn't horrible, but it's below the average generic sound fx you find in the bargain bin. Again, not much scary except for the fact that I spent money on this.
If possible, check it out before you buy.

An interest take on the usual.......2005-11-06

I wasn't sure what I'd think of this from reading other reviews, but I really did like it. I'm not really familiar with Mannheim's other stuff (but if the rest of the Autumn cd is anything like Harvest Dance, I'm looking forward to getting it), so I didn't have any preconceived ideas. I have a lot of the classical pieces on other cds, but I like the different twist given to them here. And I did like the sound effect cd. Nicely spooky (I have enough other sound effects cds with screaming and muching ghouls, etc).

Could have been great but . . ........2004-10-15

As a big Steamroller fan, perhaps my hopes were set a little too high. I envisioned more original music (perhaps a more scarier vibe than the silly one this CD has to it) and maybe a few covered tunes. Chips originals (from the Fresh Aire series)found on this CD outshine the weak efforts put forth on the covered and rearranged tracks. The sound effects disc sets a great(and creepy)mood, that should had been followed through with some new and equally scary compositions.

If you're a die hard Mannheim fan (as in 'I just have to own everything Chip puts out') I say go for it. But otherwise spend your Halloween money elsewhere. Overall this is a forced and lazy effort.

It's not That bad..........2004-06-14

It's not scary. There, you have it, that's what it all boils down to. With a creepy cover like that, you'd think it would be terrifying! It's not, but it's not bad, either!

A lot of the songs sound kind of like low-budget MIDI tunes that are sometimes embedded in websites.. but I think that might have been what the Steamroller was going for. Kind of like a broken Music Box? Anyway, only a few sound low budget, the rest sound good, even a few are a little "eerie" but at the same time, there's a lot that pretty much remind me of something you would hear come out of sesame street toy. The sound effects are great, though.

There's a few songs that are bad. there's a few that are "babyish" but there's also Lots that really capture the mood of halloween and some of it's eerieness. I can't really recommend it for Halloween itself (maybe if you already have every halloween cd already) but I think any Chip Davis fan should give it a listen.

Tries to please everyone.......2004-06-02

One of the neat things about the holiday of Halloween is that it is so versatile. Where Christmas has a very straightforward story (Santa or Jesus, take your pick), Halloween can be many things. Some people see it as a sort of Mardi Gras atmosphere, where any kind of costumed theme is suitable. Others see it as a dark holiday, only suited gothic castles, zombies, and monsters. Still others celebrate it in the style of gory slasher movies, complete with deranged serial killers and buckets of blood. And then there is the non-scary childrens Halloween, where the ghosts are cute and jack-o-lanterns all have goofy grins.

Tracks:

Serenade
Danza
Torna a Surriento
O Soave Fanciulla [La Boh]
Der Rosenkavalier- Di Rigori Armato
Trovatore - Di Quella Pria
Fedora - Amor Ti Vieta
Africaine - O Paradiso
Otello: Dio to Gioconda [Excerpt]
Otello: Dio Mi Potevi [Monologue]
Ave Maria - Mario Lanza,
Arlesiana - Lemento Do Federico
Turandot - Nessun Dorma
My Destiny
Serenade [Previoulsy Unreleased Bonus Track]
Lover, Come Back to Me
I've Told Every Little Star [From Music in the Air]
Donkey Serenade [From Firefly]
All the Things You Are
Giannina Mia [From the Firefly]
Rose Marie [From Rose Marie]
Yours in My Heart Alone (Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz) [from "The Land of]
Thine Alone [From Eileen]
Will You Remember? [From Maytime]
Only a Rose
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! [From Naughty Marietta]

Album Description

UK twofer combines the legendary vocalists 1956 & 1957 albums. BMG.

Customer Reviews:

Lanza in (mostly) top form.......2004-11-28

This is a "twofer" CD, consisting of the 1955 soundtrack to the movie Serenade and the 1956 Cavalcade of Show Tunes album. Before I go any further, however, I should acknowledge that I was one of the liner note writers for this release. But I have no financial interest in the CD, and am simply reviewing it here because to date no one else has commented on it!

Serenade marked Lanza's return to films after an absence of three years, and revealed a voice that had darkened considerably, while still retaining its brilliant upper register. Stylistically, this is also a much-improved artist in many respects from the sometimes-wayward tenor of the early 1950s. Anyone who compares Lanza's superbly operatic renditions here of Amor Ti Vieta, Lamento di Federico, and O Paradiso with his earlier versions (all featured on the CD Mario Lanza Sings Opera Arias and Duets) will immediately detect the new-found control in his singing.

That's not to say that all of the Serenade material is outstanding. Lanza's renditions of Nessun Dorma, O Soave Fanciulla, Di Quella Pira, and the title song are below par, with the tenor uncharacteristically strained in the upper register and rough in his approach. But redeeming everything are the oustanding renditions of the arias mentioned in the previous paragraph, together with Lanza's sensitive singing of Di Rigori Armato from Der Rosenkavalier, a superb Torna a Surriento, and an unsurpassed Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar from Otello. Lanza also recorded the Act III duet from Otello with Licia Albanese for this film, but time constraints have reduced it to a brief extract here. (The entire duet, however, can be heard on the aforementioned Arias & Duets CD.)

The other album featured here showcases the romantic side of Lanza. Beautifully recorded, Cavalcade includes passionate renditions of Yours is My Heart Alone, Only a Rose, Will You Remember, and other selections from operetta and musical comedy. Although Lanza may indeed be *too* zestful here for some tastes, vocally at least, he is at the height of his powers. The voice is rich and round - gloriously consistent throughout its registers - and the abundance of effortless B flats, Bs, and even a high C reveal a tenor in formidable form.

Highly recommended.

Introducing World of American Jewish Music [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

Average customer rating:

Wonderful introduction to a distinguished new series

Introducing World of American Jewish Music [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

Manufacturer: Milken Archive
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ASIN: B0000C508H
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Open The Gates (Excerpt) - Cantor Alberto Mizrahi
Hashkiveinu - Hans Peter Blochwitz
Hudi Mitn Shtrudl - David Krakauer
III. Modere - Juilliard String Quartet
Old Jerusalem - Ana Maria Martinez
III. King David Dancing Before The Ark - Robert Vernon
Sheyibbaneh Beit Hamikdash - Cantor Benzion Miller
IV. Dance Of The Phantom Spirits - Gerard Schwarz
VII. Hinei Ma Tov - Vienna Boys Choir
VII. Psalm 126 - Prague Philharmonic Chorus
El Melekh Yoshev - New London Children's Choir
I. Demon's Welcome - Richard Stoltzman
Service Sacre L'Kha Dodi - Prague Philharmonic Chorus
The Flood, Part I - Fritz Weaver
Adon Olam - Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields
IV. Camini Por Altas Torres - Lucy Shelton
Sheva B'Rakhot (Excerpt) - Cantor Simon Spiro
Mayn Goldele - Nell Snaidas
The Heavenly Host Delivers The Commandments To Moses/The People Dance Around The Golden Calf - Ian Denolfo

Album Description

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music is a vast recorded panorama of the rich body of Jewish music, both sacred and secular, that has developed over the course of American history. This recording features nineteen tracks representing the broad scope of the Archive recordings.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful introduction to a distinguished new series.......2003-09-29

I can't express how excited I am about this new series from Naxos and the Milken Archive! There is some absolutely stunning music on this sampler, and I can't wait until the full recordings are released. Especially notable are Ernst Toch's "Cantata of the Bitter Herbs" (what gorgeous choral & orchestral writing), Paul Schoenfield's Viola Concerto (utterly fantastic excerpt "King David Dancing Before the Ark"), the excerpt from Joseph Achron's suite from The Golem, "Open the Gates" from Dave Brubeck's Gates of Justice, and the lovely duet from Joseph Rumshinsky's Yiddish operetta "Di goldene kale." Also, if you're not familiar with Jewish liturgical music or with klezmer, there are wonderful examples on this disc. My only disappointment is that, because of economic reasons, most of the recordings had to be made with European ensembles. Although the performances are excellent (under directors Gerard Schwarz, Neville Marriner, Yoel Levi and others), it's just a shame that this music, which, in addition to being Jewish, is also very AMERICAN, cannot be preserved on CD by American ensembles. At any rate, I'm pretty certain that within the next couple of years, I'll have collected all the 50 discs in this project. You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate this great music. And at around $7.00 a disc, they're an incredible value. This marvelous sampler will get you hooked on some fabulous music.

Average customer rating:

Wonderful set
FABULOUS Christmas album!
One of the Best Operatic Christmas Collections Available
JUBILANT JOAN DOES CHRISTMAS!

Joy to the World

Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B0002JZ298
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

Joy to the World
It Cam Upon a Midnight Clear
O Holy Night
O Divine Redeemer
What Child Is This
Adeste Fideles
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God King Wenceslas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Dame Joan Sutherland, The Ambrosian Singers
Virgin's Slumber Song
Ave Maria
Holly and the Ivy - Dame Joan Sutherland, The Ambrosian Singers
Angels We Have Heard on High
Deck the Hall

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful set.......2007-01-12

Wonderful but to set matters straight the complete Command Performance 2 LP set is NOT on these 6 CDS ; it appears the entire 2nd LP is missing (songs by Arditi, Tosti, Bishop, Balfe and Wallace among others) and also the Pagliacci aria from LP 1 of the LP set is missing as well. The Command Performance set should be reissued.

FABULOUS Christmas album!.......2006-09-18

This is quite good. My favorites are "O Holy Night" (listen to that high c#!), "Twelve Days of Christmas", "O Divine Redeemer", and "Deck the Hall".

To "OPERAMAN!", the "Command Performance" is complete as part of "The Art of Joan Sutherland" box set. It is definitely worth buying; it contains some incredibly fresh singing of baroque arias on the first of 6 discs.

One of the Best Operatic Christmas Collections Available.......2005-09-19

Joan Sutherland's JOY TO THE WORLD, a Decca re-release that was recorded in the 1960's is one of the greatest operatic Christmas collections available. Sutherland is in her vocal glory and this collection has wonderful examples of her vocal talents. In my opinion, her "O Holy Night" is one of the greatest recordings of this carol available. Her feeling in "What Child is this?" is moving. She shows off her embellishments in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (what prima donna does not do the same?) and she handles "O Divine Redeemer" beautifully. What I appreciate most about this collection is that it is not about Joan Sutherland. Sutherland, like her contemporaries Loentyne Price and Renata Tebaldi presents a beautiful collection of Christmas carols and musical gems that demonstrate her many gifts but allow the music to take center stage. The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sutherland's husband Richard Bonynge accompanies Sutherland beautifully and the Ambrosian Singers add variety to the collection as well.

Buy this recording as a gift and you'll find the recipient will consider you a friend for life that is if you can resist parting with it.

Enjoy!

JUBILANT JOAN DOES CHRISTMAS!.......2004-11-18

A record reviewer once noted that they should play Joan Sutherland's Christmas album from the church belfries instead of ringing the chimes on Christmas morning. How true! The much used (now) Douglas Gamley orchestral arrangements are used here - syrupy and excessive to purists but absolutely gorgeous to me - and they go hand in glove with Dame Joan's glorious vocalism. Oh, sure, don't look for pristine diction here (this WAS an early record after all) but where else can you hear trills like this? Decca was right to reissue this one (and for the second time on CD). Now Decca, how about a COMPLETE reissue of the COMMAND PERFORMANCES on CD? That set is better than drugs!

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King Richard III
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Naxos Audio Books
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005B199
Release Date: 2001-04-17

Tracks:

Act 1 Scene 1: Outside the Tower of London/Enter Richard Duke of ...
Act 1 Scene 1 (Continued): Richard: Dive Thoughts Down to My Soul...
Act 1 Scene 1 (Continued): Richard: But Who Comes Here? the ...
Act 1 Scene 1 (Continued): Richard: He Cannot Live, I Hope, And ...
Act 1 Scene 2: Near the Tower of London/The Corpse of King Henry VI Is
Act 1 Scene 2 (Continued): Enter Richard Duke of ...
Act 1 Scene 2 (Continued): Richard: Was Ever Woman in This Humour ...
Act 1 Scene 3: London: A Room in King Edward's Palace/Enter Queen ...
Act 1 Scene 3 (Continued): Margaret: Hear Me, You Wrangling ...
Act 1 Scene 3 (Continued): Richard: I Do the Wrong, And First Begin to
Act 1 Scene 3 (Continued): Richard: But Soft, Here Come My ...
Act 1 Scene 4: A Room in the Tower of London/Enter Clarence and Keeper
Act 1 Scene 4 (Continued): Enter Two Murderers/First Murderer: Ho, Who'
Act 2 Scene 1: London: A Room in King Edward's Palace/Enter King ...
Act 2 Scene 1 (Continued): King Edward: Have I a Tongue to Doom My ...
Act 2 Scene 2: London: A Room in King Edward's Palace/Enter the ...

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Act 2 Scene 3: London: A Street/Enter First Citizen and Second Citizen
Act 2 Scene 4: London: A Room in King Edward's Palace/Enter the ...
Act 3 Scene 1: London: A Street/The Trumpets Sound. Enter Young Prince
Act 3 Scene 1 (Continued): Enter Young York, Hastings and Cardinal
Act 3 Scene 1 (Continued): A Sennet. Exeunt Prince, York, Hastings ...
Act 3 Scene 2: Outside the House of Lord Hastings/Enter a ...
Act 3 Scene 3: Yorkshire: Pontefract Castle/Enter Sir Richard ...
Act 3 Scene 4: A Room in the Tower of London/Enter Buckingham, Stanley
Act 3 Scene 4 (Continued): Hastings: Woe, Woe for England, Not a ...
Act 3 Scene 5: The Courtyard in the Tower of London/Enter Richard ...
Act 3 Scene 5 (Continued): Richard: Go After, After, Cousin Buckingham
Act 3 Scene 6: London: The Scrivener's House/Enter a Scrivener/Scr ...
Act 3 Scene 7: London: The Courtyard of Baynard's Castle/Enter Richard
Act 3 Scene 7 (Continued): Enter Catesby/Buckingham: Now, Catesby, ...
Act 3 Scene 7 (Continued): Enter Richard Aloft Between Two Bishops
Act 4 Scene 1: Outside the Tower of London/Enter Queen Elizabeth, ...
Act 4 Scene 2: London: The Throne-Room of the Palace/A Fanfare Sounds.
Act 4 Scene 2 (Continued): Richard: Come Hither, Catesby. Rumour ...
Act 4 Scene 2 (Continued): Buckingham: My Lord...
Act 4 Scene 2 (Continued): Richard: Thou Troublest Me; I Am Not in the
Act 4 Scene 3: London: A Room in King Richard's Palace/Enter Tyrrell
Act 4 Scene 3 (Continued): Tyrrell: All Health, My Sovereign Lord.
Act 4 Scene 3 (Continued): Richard: The Son of Clarence Have I Pent Up

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Act 4 Scene 4: London: Outside King Richard's Palace/Enter Old ...
Act 4 Scene 4 (Continued): Enter Richard and His Train/Richard: ...
Act 4 Scene 4 (Continued): Elizabeth: Though Far More Cause, Yet ...
Act 4 Scene 4 (Continued): Enter Ratcliffe and Catesby/Ratcliffe: Most
Act 4 Scene 5: The House of Stanley, Earl of Derby/Enter Stanley ...
Act 5 Scene 1: Salisbury, A Place of Execution/A Sheriff and ...
Act 5 Scene 2: Tamworth: The Camp of Richmond/Enter Richmond, ...
Act 5 Scene 3: Bosworth Field/Enter Richard in Arms With Norfolk, ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Enter Richmond, Sir William Brandon, ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Enter Richard, Ratcliffe, Norfolk and ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Enter Stanley Earl of Derby to Richmond ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Richmond: O Thou Whose Captain I ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Enter the Ghost of Prince Edward, Son ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Richard Starts Out of His ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Enter the Lords to Richmond Sitting in ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Richmond: More Than I Have Said, Loving ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Enter Richard, Ratcliffe and Catesby/Ri ...
Act 5 Scene 3 (Continued): Richard: What Shall I Say More Than I ...
Act 5 Scene 4: Bosworth: The Battlefield/Alarum. Excursions. Enter ...
Act 5 Scene 5: Bosworth: The Battlefield/Alarum. Enter Richard and ...

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The Title Is No Lie
If you buy only one Christmas album this year,this is the o

The Ultimate Christmas Album

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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

Price, Leontyne | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Sutherland, Joan | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Te Kanawa, Kiri | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

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The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music

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Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
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The Voices of Christmas
The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album ~ Ave Maria
A Festival of Carols in Brass
Christmas Adagios
Joy to the World - Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

ASIN: B00000428N
Release Date: 1995-10-17

Tracks:

O Holy Night
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Silent Night
White Christmas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Good King Wenceslas
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Adeste Fideles
Deck The Halls
Winter Wonderland
I Saw Three Ships
The First Nowell
Sheperds, In The Field Abiding
Away In A Manger
Joy To The World
Mary's Boy Child
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Ding! Dong! Merrily On High
What Child Is This
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Ave Maria

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The Title Is No Lie.......2006-12-26

I probably own too many CDs of Christmas music, which contain a great deal of duplication. But 'the Ultimate Christmas Album', a compilation of Christmas-related recordings culled from London's vaults, has set itself apart. It has been my most-played Christmas CD for several years now.

The recordings are unparalleled; the Bach Choir's vigorous "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (complete with thunderous pipe organ), Pavarotti's tender "Ave Maria" and "O Holy Night", Leontyne Price's spritely "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and wistful "Silent Night", the crystaline children's voices in the Choir of Trinity School's reading of "The First Nowell"--every selection on this CD could stand alone as a highlight.

For those of you who prefer your Christmas music with a classical bent, this is your CD. The selections are brilliantly chosen, programmed and recorded. I cannot recommend this more-strongly. It is perfect. For once, you can believe the hype--this IS the ultimate Christmas album.

If you buy only one Christmas album this year,this is the o.......1998-12-07

If you wonder why you need one more album of traditional Christmas music, consider the performers. Pavarotti - Sutherland - Price, Te Kanawa , all giving a magical rendering of our favorites since childhood. The various orchestras , from the National Philamonic to the Vienna to the New Philaharmonia, as well as the choirs, are the perfect complement. This CD instantly became my favorite when I bought it last year. I have given and will continue to give it as a gift. You'll be transported to Christmases past when you hear "O Holy Night," "Adeste Fideles" and "Winter Wonderland."

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For the Love of Shakespeare

Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000JYY3
Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

Richard III - Prelude
Music For King Lear - The Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne
The Tempest
Othello - Overture
The Merchant Of Venice
Troilus And Cressida
Falstaff - Dream Interlude
Henry V - Touch Her Soft Lips and Part
Hamlet
Romeo And Juliet - The Montagues And Capulets
As You Like It - Waterfall Scene
Macbeth

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A Kind of Love in 1967-1971

Cello Concerto / Namenlos / Chamber Concerto

Cry & Moan

Vibraphonic

Nightingales & Bombers [Import]

Colezo: the Chi-Lites [Import]

Diva [Import]

Debussy and Ravel Piano Works (Denon 8008)

Courir Le Guilledou

Bossa Nova

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Como Te Extrano

Cuatro Primaveras

Best of R&B, Vol. 1

The Legacy of Art Blakey: Live at the Iridium

1. Act 1 Scene 1: Outside the Tower of London/Enter Richard Duke of Glouce
2. Act 1 Scene 1 (Continued): Richard: Dive Thoughts Down to My Soul...
3. Act 1 Scene 1 (Continued): Richard: But Who Comes Here? the New-Deliver
4. Act 1 Scene 1 (Continued): Richard: He Cannot Live, I Hope, And Must No
5. Act 1 Scene 2: Near the Tower of London/The Corpse of King Henry VI Is
6. Act 1 Scene 2 (Continued): Enter Richard Duke of Gloucester/Richard: St
7. Act 1 Scene 2 (Continued): Richard: Was Ever Woman in This Humour Wooed

1. Act 2 Scene 3: London: A Street/Enter First Citizen and Second Citizen/
2. Act 2 Scene 4: London: A Room in King Edward's Palace/Enter the Archbis
3. Act 3 Scene 1: London: A Street/The Trumpets Sound. Enter Young Prince
4. Act 3 Scene 1 (Continued): Enter Young York, Hastings and Cardinal/Buck
5. Act 3 Scene 1 (Continued): A Sennet. Exeunt Prince, York, Hastings (And
6. Act 3 Scene 2: Outside the House of Lord Hastings/Enter a Messenger Who
7. Act 3 Scene 3: Yorkshire: Pontefract Castle/Enter Sir Richard Ratcliffe

1. Act 4 Scene 4: London: Outside King Richard's Palace/Enter Old Queen Ma
2. Act 4 Scene 4 (Continued): Enter Richard and His Train/Richard: Who Int
3. Act 4 Scene 4 (Continued): Elizabeth: Though Far More Cause, Yet Much L
4. Act 4 Scene 4 (Continued): Enter Ratcliffe and Catesby/Ratcliffe: Most
5. Act 4 Scene 5: The House of Stanley, Earl of Derby/Enter Stanley Earl o
6. Act 5 Scene 1: Salisbury, A Place of Execution/A Sheriff and Officers L
7. Act 5 Scene 2: Tamworth: The Camp of Richmond/Enter Richmond, Oxford, B