Miss Julie

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
What a coup it is to have this significant live performance from 2003 performed by the music department at Curtis Institute where Ned Rorem first studied in the 1940’s and has been a faculty member for over 20 years! As a major addition to the opera, we have a new work, Aftermath, where Rorem, as have so many other composers over the past four years, responds to the tragic events of September 11, 2001. As Rorem writes, "In the wake of the September 11th shock, I asked what a thousand other composers must have asked: what is the point of music now? But it soon grew clear that music was the only point. Indeed, the future will judge us, as it always judges the past, by our art more than our armies- by construction more than by destruction. The art, no matter its theme or language, by definition reflects the time: a waltz in a moment of tragedy, or a dirge during prosperity, may come into focus only a century later…As a Quaker, I was raised to believe that there is no alternative to peace. Perhaps it’s wrong, perhaps right, but I am not ashamed of this belief…" Rorem, born in 1923, is one of our great lyrical composers, described by Time magazine as the world’s greatest composer of songs. His output encompasses far more than that, of course: three symphonies, four piano concertos, chamber music, other works for orchestra, all of which display a wealth of melody and a distinctive, unique instrumental sound (listen some time to the Symphony No.2, whose brief second movement is essentially an instrumental song). Rorem’s prowess as a vocal writer (and author of 14 books) lead him, naturally, to this adaptation of the classic play by August Strindberg, presented here in a remarkable, vivid performance and recording.

Miss Julie, Music, James Kee, Nicholas Canellakis, Ned Rorem, David Agler, Curtis Opera Theatre Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music, Mikael Eliasen, José Blumenschein, Brenden Gunnell, Charles Unice, Fiona Murphy, Howard Reddy, Jacqueline Boiler, Jacqueline Boyer, Joslin Romphf, Lishir Inbar, American 20th/21st Century Opera, Classical, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta, Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble, Vocal

On Broadway
Average customer rating:

A masterpiece

On Broadway

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Pop | Styles | Music
General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
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From the Heart

ASIN: B00000ILWX
Release Date: 1999-04-27

Tracks:

On Broadway From Smokey Joe's Cafe
Suite From Miss Saigon: The Heat Is On In Saigon - Why God, Why? - The Last Night Of The World - Bui Doi - This Is The Hour
He Lives In You From The Lion King
Lily's Eyes From The Secret Garden
You're Nothing Without Me From City Of Angels
Children Will Listen From Into The Woods
Gimme Love From Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Suite From Les Miserables: At The End Of The Day - I Dreamed A Dream - Master Of The House - Bring Him Home - Do You Hear The People Sing?
Seasons of Love From Rent
Ragtime From Ragtime
This Is The Moment From Jekyll And Hyde
Into The Fire From The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Grand Waltz From Grand Hotel
Cross The Line From Big
Hooker's Ball From The Life
Give A Man Enough Rope From Will Rogers' Follies
The Latest Rag From Titanic
Godspeed From Titanic

Customer Reviews:

A masterpiece.......2004-02-03

The melody that gives the title to this cd, "On Broadway" is a masterpiece of arrangement: every instrument is on the very right key and it truly makes you live that very special feeling that you only get every once in a while with very special music. Listen to it, you will buy it instantly.

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On Broadway [Hybrid SACD]

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00003ZA8O
Release Date: 2001-02-28

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Alwyn: Miss Julie

Manufacturer: Lyrita
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000027QX6
Release Date: 2007-02-13

Tracks:

Beginning Of Scene 1
Miss Julie Is Crazy
But The Count
Music And Dancing Go To My Head
What's That You're Cooking?
By God, I'm Thirsty!
Kristin! Kristin, Kristin!
Are You Talking Secrets?
Kristin, Is It Ready?
There's A New Dance Starting
You Know Why I Came Here Tonight?
Midsummer Night, O, Night Of Magic
Beginning Of Scene 2
Kristin, Kristin...Kristin!
Now You Can Kiss My Hand
That Wouldn't Do Either
I Have No Time For Dreams
Did You Mean That?
If You Must Know - It Was You!
But You Can Rise, Jean
Where Is She?
You Can Come OUt Now
I Know, I Know...

Tracks:

Beginning Of Act II
Never Again!
What Have You Done?
I Made That All Up
Scum On The Surface Of Water
My Mother Got Drunk
If I Only Had Enough Money
Scene: Miss Julie Turns Away
Has She Gone?
Class Is Class, And Don't You Forget It
You've Got A Nerve, After Last Night!
I Knew I Was Right!
I'm Ready Now, Jean
What The Devil Is That?
What's All This Mean
We'll Start A Hotel
Well, Well! So You're Going To Elope
The Count's Back!
I Must Be Dreaming
Kiss Me! Just One Last Kiss!

Album Description

"The performance under Vilem Tausky is strong and forceful with superb singing from all the principals." -- GRAMOPHONE

Tracks:

Shall We Dance, Film Socre: They Can't Take That Away from Me
Damsel in Distress, Musical Play: Nice Work If You Can Get It
Shall We Dance, Musical Play: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Damsel in Distress, Musical Play: A Foggy Day (In London Town)
Funny Face, Musical Play: 's Wonderful
Of Thee I Sing, Musical Play: Wintergreen for President
Funny Face, Musical Play: He Loves and She Loves
Of Thee I Sing, Musical Play: Who Cares
Girl Crazy, Musical Play: Bidin' My Time
Girl Crazy, Musical Play: Embraceable You
Strike Up the Band, Musical Play: Strike Up the Band!
Love Walked In [The Goldwyn Follies]
Of Thee I Sing, Musical Play: Of Thee I Sing, Baby
I Was Doing Alright [The Goldwyn Follies]
Girl Crazy, Musical Play: But Not for Me
Shall We Dance, Musical Play: They All Laughed
Strike Up the Band, Musical Play: I've Got a Crush on You
Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Musical Play: Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did
Tip-Toes, Musical Play: Looking for a Boy
Girl Crazy, Musical Play: I Got Rhythm

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William Alwyn: Miss Julie
Alwyn , Gomez , Luxon , Tausky , and Philharmonia Orch
Manufacturer: Lyrita
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000TEP
Release Date: 1995-04-16

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Miss Julie-Comp Opera
Ned Rorem , Kenward Elmslie , and David Gilbert
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0009IC69Q
Release Date: 2003-05-27

Average customer rating:

Superfast EP
Julia Jones
Manufacturer: Bagobones Records Ltd.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000KA31RE

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Ture Rangstrom: Songs and Piano Works
Elisabeth Söderstrom , Stockholm Royal Orchestra , Ture Rangstrom , and Lars Roos
Manufacturer: Swedish Society
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004VW5P
Release Date: 1996-10-07

Tracks:

Sym No.9 in C: Andante/Allegro
Sym No.9 in C: Andante
Sym No.9 in C: Scherzo
Sym No.9 in C: Allegro Vivace

Average customer rating:

One of the most moving compositions
classic & brilliant

Miss Julie (1999 Film)
Mike Figgis
Manufacturer: Milan Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00003XAHM
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

Miss Julie - Theme #1 - National Quartet
Descent #1 - National Quartet
Working Class #1 - National Quartet
Ghost #1 - National Quartet
Rosmersholm - National Quartet
Descent #2 - National Quartet
Folk Tune #1 - National Quartet
Dreamstate #1 - National Quartet
Ghost #2 - National Quartet
Confluence #1 - National Quartet
Solo Cello - National Quartet
Footman - Medici Quartet
Adagio - Medici Quartet
Folk Tune #2 - Medici Quartet
Ghost #3 - Medici Quartet
Dreamstate #2 - Medici Quartet
Descent #3 - Medici Quartet
Confluence #2 - Medici Quartet
Working Class #2 - Medici Quartet
Miss Julie - Theme #2 - National Quartet

Customer Reviews:

One of the most moving compositions .......2007-07-12

Not only one of the most beautiful scores, but one of the most profound and heartrending compositions ever created,and I listen to an enormous amount of music. As with many great things, most people have never heard of it. If one likes pieces such as Barber's Adagio for Strings, I highly recommend this. The movie, based upon Strindberg's play, also, is beautiful and touching with superb directing and acting.

classic & brilliant.......2000-02-02

There aren't many directors who can also compose, let alone write music for their own films. The score for this film is a string quartet, chamber pieces which seem appropriate to dramatize the caracters in this artful film set in the 1890's. Figgis' compositions are brilliantly performed by the Medici Quartet and National Quartet, which includes a beautiful solo cello piece performed by Caroline Dale.

Mike Figgis and Milan Records have produced a serious yet beautiful soundtrack that stirs your intermost emotions. Once you have experienced this album, you can't stop listening to the haunting and lingering themes of each track. Highly recommend this CD to the preferred listener - very classic and brilliant score!

Total Time: 37:29 on 20 Tracks Milan Records - 73138 35903 2 (1999)

My Feet Won't Miss This Ground
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Among the best acoustic music albums released in years!

Mighty Fine

My Feet Won't Miss This Ground
Julie Elkins & David Thompson
Manufacturer: Snake River Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
General | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000FSL9KW
Release Date: 2005-12-01

Tracks:

Midnight Trains
Life Sentence
Carolina Is Gone
As the Crow Flies
Whiskey Bottle Home
My Runaway
Old Man Winter
500 Times
Spanish Peaks, China Moon
Mercy Railroad
One More Road
When the Mist Comes Again/The Black River Jig
December
Not Coming Down

Product Description

Riding the fine lines between folk, bluegrass, and Americana, "My Feet Won't Miss This Ground," features a potent combination of ultra-compelling songs and some of the most emotive singing you'll hear in any genre. All acoustic based instrumentation brings a warm, big sound to the project, and the overall production quality is superb. It delivers something approaching a Norah-Jones-meets-Alison-Krauss mood and feel, with just enough edge to keep you coming back to listen again and again. The musicianship is outstanding, with agile performances by renowned guitarists Mike Dowling and Jim Hurst, but also remarkable mandolin work and evocative whistles on several of the tracks. Overall, a very even-yet-dynamic recording that successfully and comfortably fits in its own acoustic-based musical niche.

Customer Reviews:

Among the best acoustic music albums released in years!.......2007-01-04

It is difficult to search for words that do this justice, so let me just say that this album blew me away. Like Matt Flinner's album The View from Here, this is one of those rare recordings that makes me so thankful I wasn't born in some earlier time in history, elsewise I would never have experienced this. Dave Thompson's song writing is so fresh and so far beyond the ordinary, the lyrics so thoughtful and evocative, Julie Elkins' vocal inflection and banjo work simply superb, and with supporting musicians as tasteful as they are talented. Recorded primarily in Montana, the fact that their music is so underrated is criminal. While all of the musicians have bluegrass in their blood, this is not a bluegrass album, but something much more progressive that is hard to classify....as their liner notes say "Riding the fine lines between folk, bluegrass, and Americana" But even that description fails to capture the variety and unique quality of this music. The material is progressive, but very listenable and emotionally evocative. It is too bad that the track listing on Amazon doesn't offer sound clips of all the tracks, but you can hear short clips of some of the songs at Julie Elkins' website. As one example, consider the first song, Midnight Trains. This song has a great groove, but also includes spaces that let the music breathe. For me, one of the highlights of this album is Jason Thomas's beautiful understated fiddle & viola work throughout....the very epitome of good taste in note choice. Likewise his mandolin work and the mandolin/bouzouki playing of Ben Winship, and the outstanding dobro sounds of Ivan Rosenberg. But this music is truly more than the sum of its parts. Several of the slower songs have a strong melencholy feel I find very appealing, in contrast to the shallowness inherent in much of our current American pop culture. For example, just listen to the longing of Carolina is Gone, or the pain of Mercy Railroad. At the moment, my favorite song is Spanish Peaks, which has a very upbeat Mexican feel. But this is an album that I suspect I'll never tire of, with different songs emerging above the others over time. It is pointless to try to categorize, but Elkins & Thompson's music shows us what is possible, and gives us hope for even more possibilities in the future. And we can only hope that future will be soon.

Mighty Fine.......2006-07-25

I have been a fan of Kane's River, Elkins & Thompson's full-time band, for a long time, and I was so excited to hear this solo project. They don't disappoint. There are Celtic songs, train songs, drinking songs,songs of love lost, all sorts of good stuff. Nothing lonesome about it - just solid songs, powerful singing and lots of guest artists who will be familiar to bluegrass/folk fans. Here is a chance to see what talented musicians can do when they aren't restricted by genre. Highly recommended!

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House of Ill Fame [Import]

Liszt: Inspirations for 2 pianos and for 4 hands

Memphis Charlie

Going Home [Import]

The Very Best of the Yardbirds

Listen/Lone Ranger [Import]

Mellow Mama

Mörike-Chorliederbuch, Op. 19

Old-Time Fiddle Tunes And Songs From North Georgia

Love Is Proximity

Phallus Dei [Import] [Original recording remastered]