Musical Portrait

1. Royal Wedding Music of Drottningholm
Composed by Johan Helmich Roman
with Drottningholm Court Baroque Ensemble

2. Concerto for violin & orchestra in F minor
Composed by Johan Helmich Roman
Performed by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Lisa Beznosiuk , Anthony Robson , Elizabeth Wallfisch
Conducted by Anthony Halstead

3. Swedish Mass Ära vare Gud i högden & O Herre thens aldra högstes
Composed by Johan Helmich Roman
with Drottningholm Court Baroque Ensemble , Hillevi Martinpelto , Anne-Sofie von Otter , Mikael Samuelson
Conducted by Anders Ohrwall

4. Trio sonata in B minor, BeRI 106
Composed by Johan Helmich Roman
with Sonnerie Trio

5. Assaggio for violin in A major
Composed by Johan Helmich Roman
with Jaap Schroder , Johann Sonnleitner

6. Sinfonia in E Minor, Beri 3
Composed by Johan Helmich Roman
with Drottningholm Court Baroque Ensemble

7. Jubilate (Psalm 100), cantata
Composed by Johan Helmich Roman
with Drottningholm Court Baroque Ensemble , Christina Hogman , Par Lindskog , Peter Mattei , Susanne Ryden
Conducted by Eric Ericson

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Average customer rating: Great Buy! Perfect Match Probably the most beautiful musical of all time Beautiful! A good musical

Jane Eyre, the Musical (Original 2000 Broadway Cast) John Caird Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Contemporary Musicals | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Little Women The Musical (2005 Original Broadway Cast) The Scarlet Pimpernel: The New Musical Adventure - Original Broadway Cast Recording The Secret Garden (1991 Original Broadway Cast) The Light in the Piazza (2005 Original Broadway Cast) The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000051Y31 Release Date: 2000-11-21

Tracks:

1. The Orphan
2. Children of God
3. Forgiveness
4. The Graveyard
5. Sweet Liberty
6. Secrets of the House
7. Act One: Perfectly Nice
8. Act One: As Good As You
9. Secret Soul
10. Finer Things
11. The Pledge
12. Sirens
13. Things Beyond This Earth
14. Painting Her Portrait
15. In the Light of the Virgin Morning
16. The Gypsy
17. The Proposal
18. Slip of a Girl
19. Sirens (Reprise)
20. Farewell, Good Angel
21. My Maker
22. Rain
23. The Voice Across the Moors
24. Poor Sister
25. Brave Enough for Love

Amazon.com

Here's another to join the parade of page-to-stage musicals inspired by 19th-century fiction. This ambitious adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's haunting classic Jane Eyre for the musical theater seems to be part of a trend represented most famously by Les Misérables. It also reflects the increasing pressure to schedule an original cast recording release as close as possible to a new show's Broadway opening: in this case, in fact, the CD was both recorded and released prior to the show's opening in December 2000 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. But what's most significant for the artistic character of Jane Eyre: The Musical is found in yet another pattern: like a number of his colleagues, composer-lyricist Paul Gordon comes to the project from a pop music industry background (best known for his hit "Friends and Lovers"). And quite a few of the show's numbers benefit from Gordon's catchy craftwork, weaving melodies that are clearly destined to be whistled long past curtain. Yet the effect is sometimes too facile, not diving as deep as we would like into the emotional predicaments of Brontë's characters. You begin to crave a more deftly defined and imagined variety of sound worlds (especially for the darker aspects of Thornfield Hall) than what is hinted at. Gordon doesn't forge any new paths, but his melodic fluency does have its moments of payoff--especially in the moving final duet "Brave Enough for Love," which is also strong enough to stand on its own.

Gordon's predilections as a would-be son of Sondheim are nevertheless clear, and he's telescoped the story into mostly effective lyrics, with some thoughtful juxtapositions of material. Most importantly, he understands that this is more than a Gothic romance, foregrounding the central message of forgiveness that Jane learns as a girl. He attempts to explore the injured sense of self shared by both Jane and Rochester and sets them on a painful, mutual voyage of discovery.

The creative team also includes the veteran duo John Caird (book and direction) and John Napier (scenic design), who have collaborated on such epics as Les Mis and Nicholas Nickleby (not to mention the Las Vegas Siegfried and Roy extravaganza). And the show's creators seem to share a vision geared toward the more operatic end of the spectrum (it was opera composers, after all, who early on claimed 19th-century Gothic fiction for the stage, as in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor), with an actual parody of coloratura in one showstopper ("The Finer Things") given to Blanche Ingram. Fortunately, the two principals have large, richly expressive voices to encompass the large, complicated emotions of these characters. Marla Schaffel singswith unusual beauty and brings dimension to her Jane, while James Barbour (whose resumé includes Beauty and the Beast) is never really threatening as Rochester, but rather a tortured soul who is sweet-voiced even at his most cynical. Mary Stout is a stitch as the blustery Mrs. Fairfax. While the show has already undergone a lengthy evolution from its very first workshops, the viability of its final, fully staged realization has yet to be determined. But this cast recording conveys an authentic sense of the musical's atmosphere and emotional scope. --Thomas May

Customer Reviews:

Great Buy!.......2007-06-08

Not only was this CD super cheap, it also arrived at my house 3 days later!

Perfect Match.......2007-03-16

The music in this album really gave me the feeling of reading the book. I think the songs were well chosen and well written, except of course for the songs sung by Mrs. Fairfax... I could have done without those. Jane and Mr. Rochester's songs carry the story well and they sound lovely. For any musical lover, or romance fan I definitely recommend this album.

Probably the most beautiful musical of all time.......2007-02-16

This is a hidden gem and if you buy it and listen to it, I don't see how you can not love it. I have bought many, many Broadway cast albums but I still am a popster at heart. With all that said, this is a cast album that soars above the crowd.

I bought this several years ago and have listened to it repeatedly since I got it. Why do I love it so much? First of all, the lyrics are full of heart and emotion and tell the story ably. But it is the music and the performances that are truly remarkable here. The melodies are memorable and absolutely exquisite. The orchestration is lush but not sappy. The performances by the two leads are nothing less than stunning.

I never get bored with this wonderful cast album and it is very, very highly recommended.

Beautiful!.......2007-01-28

I listen to this soundtrack all the time and I never get tired of the songs. If Charlotte Bronte story was written as a musical, then this would definitely be it.

A good musical.......2006-07-20

if you like old-fashioned romantic stuff, this one's for you. Some songs are very inspired, the music is,for the most part, quite beautiful, and the story line keeps the essence of the Bronte novel. I heard this right after "Wuthering Heights: the musical", which is quite good, yet this is superior. Give it a try and you might be nicely surprised. I would highly recommend it to the ones who know the novel and to English Literature students: it offers a different and interesting approach to the novel.

Average customer rating: The funniest Schickele piece ever! P D Q on form again beware of the organ cadenza! Another assault to your funny bone! PDQ Bach at his best (worst)

1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bach, P.D.Q. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schickele | Schickele, Peter | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach Oedipus Tex & Other Choral Calamities P.D.Q. Bach: The Short-Tempered Clavier Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion P.D.Q. Bach in Houston - We Have a Problem! ASIN: B000003CVW Release Date: 1989-06-13

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. 1712 Overature
3. Introduction
4. Bach Portrait
5. Introduction
6. Capriccio La Pucelle De New Orleans (The Maid Of New Orleans)
7. Introduction
8. Minuet Militaire
9. Introduction
10. Prelude To Einstein On The Fritz
11. Introduction
12. I. Prologue (Bottomless Sorrow; Topless Gaiety)
13. II. The Lamentations Of Jerry Maja
14. III. Finale: Special Deliverance

Customer Reviews:

The funniest Schickele piece ever!.......2006-05-23

My experience with the 1712 Overture is similar to Victoria's (in another review). I was listening to the car radio when I heard the dissonant pile-up halfway through, and almost drove off the Interstate.

It should be noted that the Amazon listing is incorrect. The 1712 Overture is in reality conducted by "Walter Bruno" who is actually David Zinman. It is most assuredly not conducted by Bruno Walter (can you imagine that?), who died in 1962.

Highly recommended.

P D Q on form again.......2005-07-20

P D Q has quite a cult following among the 'cognoscenti', and others may know some of his works without being aware of it or why. Much of this is fun listening if you have that kind of mind &/or background, and has the virtual ring of period authenticity.
Classical music, like any living corpus of cultural tradition (eg religion, sport & politics) should be well capable of laughing at itself. Others have done so successfully (Hoffnung, Spike Jones, the Comedy Harmonists et al.) and PDQ follows in a worthy & rollicking tradition!

beware of the organ cadenza!.......2005-05-18

This is my favourite PDQ Bach collection. The 1712 Overture alone is worth the price of admission. The use of the motif from 'I Ain't Got No Home' is inspired and the skewering of 'Day Tripper' reduces me to helpless giggles every time.

Einstein on the Fritz is a tonic to anyone sick of the pretentious meanderings of Philip Glass, Taverner et al. And Cappricio La Poucelle de New Orleans (engineered by Burt Bach, a living direct decendant of JS Bach) is frighteningly intense, as well as hysterical. These musicians are also terrific - the pieces wouldn't work at all otherwise. And who couldn't love the rapturous intro to The Preachers of Crimetheous - featuring the most incredible percussion playing since Ginger Baker's 'Toad'.

All in all, this is a completely ridiculous delight!

Another assault to your funny bone!.......2004-04-12

P Schickele does it yet again! He successfullly skewers the classics again. My personal fave is Einstein On The Fritz, where he does a wonderful job of spoofing Philip Glass.....Only the Prof. is so twisted as to be able to sneak in 'Three Blind Mice" in the middle of a Glassian composition!

PDQ Bach at his best (worst).......2001-11-13

Mr. Schickele is a genius, he's taken music history and disgraced it, apocryphally!
the 1712 overture pokes fun at just about every type of music out there, and what the 1712 doesn't defile, the rest of the tracks on this CD pick up the slack.

This incredibly irreverent album is a must for music lovers everywhere!

Get yourself a copy! You won't be disappointed!

Average customer rating: Marvellous!!A delicious recording!!! Rock guitarist turned lutanist

Portrait Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Kapsberger, Giovanni | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Instruments | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Choruses | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Choruses | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Dowland, John | ( D ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Kapsberger, Giovanni | ( K ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Baroque Lute Music, Vol. 1 Early Venetian Lute Music Lute Music, Vol. 2 Weiss: Sonatas for Lute, Volume 1 Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol.1-5 ASIN: B00004SCUK Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

1. Sir John Smith His Almain
2. Forlorne Hope Fancye
3. (Pavan)
4. La Jota
5. Cumbees
6. Piva
7. Emporer Of The Moon
8. La Battaglia (Jannequin)
9. Voglio di vita uscir'
10. (A Jig)
11. The Earl Of Essex Galliard
12. The Right Honourable
13. Aria: Come La Rondinella
14. Greene-Sleeves
15. The Glory Of The West
16. The Queen's Jigg
17. Fantasia
18. Sarabrand (sic)
19. Go From My Windoe
20. Toccata 2a, For Chitarrone
21. Hor che gli augelli
22. Je ne seray jamais bergere

Customer Reviews:

Marvellous!!A delicious recording!!!.......2004-10-01

O`Dette! The lutanist that would become popular in Dowlands time! he seems to me like a Leonhardt on lute.I find the lute no less expressive and enchanting than harpsichord or piano when I listen to Mr O`Dette

Rock guitarist turned lutanist.......2002-08-05

I listen to this album over and over and never get tired of it. O'Dette's interpretations keep sounding fresh and alive, perhaps because of his rock background. This was the popular music of the time and he plays it that way. There's no dusty mustiness of age hanging over it.

The compilation of different albums is great; different instrument combinations and vocal pieces interspersed. I highly recommend it.

Average customer rating: Superb! Dark, rich clarity. Intricate detail and very listenable!

Bach: Alio Modo Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Passacaglias | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bach: The Art of Fugue In Nomine: 16th Century English Music for Viols Including the Complete Consort Music of Thomas Tallis - Fretwork Gibbons: Consorts for Viols /Phantasm Ludwig Senfl: Im Maien J Jenkins: Six-Part Consorts /Phantasm ASIN: B000AMQ00C Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. Piece D'Orgue In G Major BWV 572 A 6
2. Wenn Wir In Hochsten Noten Sein BWV 641 A 4
3. Prelude & Fugue XVI In G Minor BWV 885 A 4
4. Passacaglia In C Minor BWV 582 A 5
5. Kyrie, Gott Vater In Ewigkeit (Unaccompanied Chorale Tune)
6. Christe, Aller Welt Trost (Harmonization From Riemenschneider Chorale No. 132)
7. Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist BWV 671 A 5
8. Dies Sind Die Heiligen Zehen Gebot BWV 678 A 6
9. Dies Sind Die Heiligen (Alio Modo) BWV 679 A 4
10. Prelude & Fugue XXII In A Minor (Originally, B-flat) BWV 867 A 5
11. Aus Tiefer Not Schrei Ich Zu Dir BWV 686 A 6
12. Fugue In E Flat Major, 'St Anne' BWV 552.2 A 5
13. Von Deinen Thron Tret Ich Hiermit BWV 668 A 4
14. Prelude & Fugue XI In F Major BWV 880 A 5/A 3
15. Wir Glauben All An Einen Gott BWV 680 A 5
16. Fugue IV In D Minor (Originally, C-sharp) BWV 849 A 5
17. Ricercar BWV 1079 A 6
18. Canon Triplex BWV 1076 A 6 (Pictured In The Haussman Portrait Of Bach, See P. 4)

Customer Reviews:

Superb!.......2006-03-20

If you like the complexities of melody and rythm, this recording of Bach using only viols will take you away. Beautifully recorded too. You can hear everything.

Dark, rich clarity. Intricate detail and very listenable!.......2005-12-24

I was somewhat apprehensive about buying this CD because of a previous Fretwork CD entitled "Art of the Fugue". I was not only very happy with this but CD, but very impressed. Instead of using modern instruments, the music is arranged using groups of Viols (instruments that were already long obsolete even by Bach's time). You might think that such a choice of instrumentation might make this CD more austere than rich, but you will be pleasantly suprised. I will concede that the viols grouped in the music here do produce a dark sound, they nonetheless lend a particuliar intricacy (especially in C Minor) that cannot be otherwise heard in Bach's original organ arrangements.

Average customer rating: Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops are as American as apple pie

American as Apple Pie Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: American Jubilee ASIN: B000001K6T Release Date: 1995-01-17

Tracks:

1. Take Me Out To The Ball Game, National Anthem - Albert Von Tilzer
2. Casey At The Bat - Frank Proto
3. The Stars And Stripes Forever March - John Philip Sousa
4. Le Reine De La Mer Waltzes - John Philip Sousa
5. The Gliding Girl Tango - John Philip Sousa
6. The Thunderer March - John Philip Sousa
7. Myrrha Gavotte - John Philip Sousa
8. The Washington Post March - John Philip Sousa
9. Peaches And Cream Foxtrot - John Philip Sousa
10. The High School Cadets March - John Philip Sousa
11. Desiree: Waltz From The Comic Opera 'Desiree' - John Philip Sousa
12. El Capitan: Prelude To The Comic Opera 'El Capitan' - John Philip Sousa
13. Presidential Polonaise - John Philip Sousa
14. Semper Fidelis March - John Philip Sousa

Tracks:

1. Oh, Kay: Overture - George Gershwin
2. Girl Crazy: Overture - George Gershwin
3. Tiptoes: Overture - George Gershwin
4. Of Thee I Sing: Overture - George Gershwin
5. Mvt. I: Love Is Here To Stay; Love Walked In - George Gershwin
6. Mvt. II: Nice Work If You Can Get It - George Gershwin
7. Mvt. III: Foggy Day; Strike Up The Band - George Gershwin

Tracks:

1. The Carousel Waltz From Carousel - Richard Rodgers
2. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue From On Your Toes - Richard Rodgers
3. Pops Hoe Down - Richard Hayman
4. Mark Twain: Portrait For Orchestra - Tony Chipurn
5. Festival March - Victor Herbert
6. American Fantasia - Victor Herbert

Customer Reviews:

Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops are as American as apple pie.......2000-07-16

For those of us who have enjoyed the irrepressible Maestro Kunzel and the effevescent Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for so many years both live, on Cd and on PBS, this collection of Americana is as good as it gets. Sousa, long revered as America's March King, shines on these discs as the composer of delightful dance tunes and even 'The Presidential Polonaise' a worthy contender with the weighty European prcessional. Its a pity that the President doesn't trot this out for White House functions. The tunes are every bit a Fourth of July celebration. The spoken word piece, 'Casey at the Bat' couldn't have a better narrator than Johnny Bench,a man who knows the score about baseball. So, if you want to have yourself up and marching and dancing and laughing around the house, buy this collection and treat youself to a holiday any day of the year.

Average customer rating: Richly expressive Rich Celtic Tapestry

Kindred Spirits: A Musical Portrait Of Scotland's Women Bonnie Rideout Manufacturer: Maggie's Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Celtic | Europe | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Celtic Circles Scottish Inheritance Scottish Fire Scottish Reflections Soft May Morn ASIN: B000003JMF Release Date: 1996-03-19

Tracks:

1. Mrs. Gunn/Sweet Molly/Wise Maid
2. Miss Gordon/Graigellachie Lassies/Mrs. Drummond
3. Tunes From The Western Isle
4. Highland Mary
5. O'A' The Airts/My Luve Is Like A Red, Red Rose
6. Roy's Wife O'Alldivaloch/Aldavloch
7. Miss Elspeth Campbell
8. Mrs Stewart's/My Wife's A Drunkard/ Susan Cooper/A.S. Scott
9. Bonny Jean O'Aberdeen
10. Brown Milkmaid/Bewitching Eyed Brown Maid
11. Rebecca's Hymn
12. Kindred Spirits

Album Description

A champion in a rising generation of Scottish fiddlers, Bonnie is called "the piping fiddler" for her evocative renditions of Highland bagpipe music. Here she returns to her roots in a celebration of the women of Scotland. With ancient Gaelic airs, strathspeys and reels of today's Scotland, performed on Scottish fiddle & viola with Highland bagpipe, uilleann pipes, wire-strung Celtic harp, guitar, cittern, cello, bodhran, snare & bass drum. Praised by the Washington Post who said,""Both a classically-trained violinist and three-time US National Fiddle Champion, Rideout uses these twin disciplines to combine an impeccable sense of intonation, timbre and phrasing with the imagination to spin variations on repeating folk themes...She has used these linked skills to tackle not only the fiddle tradition of Scottish music but the pipe tradition as well...She forgoes the heated flamboyance of popular fiddlers in favor of a cooler, more meditative approach...Rideout brings the elegant severity of chamber music to the repertoire, eschewing frilly embellishments for strong, clean lines."

Customer Reviews:

Richly expressive.......1999-05-01

I can't put this album on and just let it play because there are some tracks on it that I actively dislike. But ones I like are so very good that I nevertheless consider this a five-star CD. Bonnie Rideout is perhaps the leading exponent of the Scottish fiddle tradition these days, with five albums published in the last five years. She does not import ideas from other genres. Yet she succeeds (sometimes) against the biggest challenge in the tradition - she makes it sound fresh.

Rich Celtic Tapestry.......1998-05-28

This CD departs from some of the traditional approaches of reel and jig sets. Tunes blend into one another and instrument voices spiral around central themes - There are many emotions and perspectives on this recording, from the joyous assertions of life's energy to somewhat sad introspection. Bonnie Rideout weaves a collection of simple tunes related to Scottish Women into a very rich tapestry of living music.

Average customer rating:

A Prairie Portrait Umberto Giordano , Percy Grainger , Stan Jones , Daniel E. Kelley , Kelly , Eugene O'Brien , Spoken Word , Traditional , American Traditional , Various Composers , John Giordano , and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Manufacturer: Dualtone Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Grainger | Grainger, Percy Aldridge | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Bard And The Balladeer: Live From Cowtown Elko! A Cowboy's Gathering A Western Jubilee: Songs and Stories of the American West Songs of the Trail ASIN: B0002IQLJY Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Texas Trilogy (Yellow Rose Of Texas, Streets Of Laredo, Deep In The Heart of Texas)
2. Roundup In The Spring
3. Sage & Cedar I
4. Home On the Range
5. Commutin
6. Annie Laurie/Bad Half Hour
7. Irish Tune From County Derry (Danny Boy)
8. Santa Rose Serenade
9. Throwback
10. West Of Yesterday
11. (Ghost) Riders In the Sky
12. Horses, Dogs, And Cowboys
13. Cowboy Love Song
14. Sage And Cedar II
15. Shenandoah
16. Around the Campfire From A Prairie Portrait

Product Description

Format: CD

Average customer rating: The best is wonderful, but there are a few duds Beautiful Voice, Bad Choices A Great Showcase of Hampson's Voice and Artistry Comprehensive coverage of Hampson's range in song

Thomas Hampson - A Portrait Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Paris Symphony Orchestra | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Leading Man The Very Best of Thomas Hampson Christmas with Thomas Hampson Song of America ASIN: B000024D1I Release Date: 1997-01-01

Customer Reviews:

The best is wonderful, but there are a few duds.......2006-07-17

No portrait of a singer can satisfy all cmers, so EMI has shrugged its shoulders and tossed a bit of everything into the pot. (Without including any bonus tracks, one should note.) Hampson is without a doubt the successor to Fischer-Dieskau as the world's most famous operatic baritone. His strengths, like F-D's, are in song, especially American song. Seven of the 19 cuts here are American songs, which isn't enough. We don't really need Hampson's rather plodding and earnest Viennese operetta aria, nor his duet, "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" with the shrill Kim Criswell (to tell the truth, neither does very well). Two small slivers from Schumann's Dichterlieve cycle seems rather silly, too.

But that leaves a lot that's wonderful--all the American selections, the Rossini and Liszt songs, the aria form Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, and above all Hampson's rollicking, let-'er-rip rendition of Figaro's aria form the Barber of Seville. If this omnium gatherum entices listeners to bu the complete recordings, it will serve a very good purpose.

Beautiful Voice, Bad Choices.......2003-11-25

Short and Sweet.

I love listening to this beautiful baritone's voice, but I really don't like his choice of songs on this album. Beautiful Dreamer is so hackneyed and I can't stand to listen to it (also why I didn't buy the Stephen Foster album). I did like is choice of two classic lieder by Schumann. I would have chosen more lieder for a different album, he does great things with it. The Live recording of Largo al factotum from Barber is distracting with audience claps and poor mics for the recording. You can hear him walking away from the mics (fading in and out). The absolute worst choice is "Anything You Can Do" from Annie Get Your Gun. It sounds nice but I hate this song. The rest of the songs swing from Sappy awful to beautifully sung.

Bottom Line: Inconsistent and Not worth your money. He can do much better

A Great Showcase of Hampson's Voice and Artistry.......2002-02-23

Thomas Hampson is definitely one of the greatest artists on today's musical scene. This CD displays the beauty of Hampson's voice and the intelligence and artistry that he brings to a great variety of musical styles (German, French and Italian Opera; Italian, French and German art song, and American music). Among the highlights are the first selection, the beautiful "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" from DIE TOTE STADT by Korngold, sung with great control and melting pianissimos. The same can be said of the aria from TANNHAUSER. His live "Largo al Factotum" from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA is just virtuosistic, with effortless high notes (even a cadenza up to high C) and energetic vocal acting. In the art songs he is no less impressive, with total involvement in the style and mood of the songs, being particularly impressive "Oh, quand je dors" by Lizt. The American repertoire is also a delight. Hampson displays all kind of nuances for this repertoire, from the estatic quality of "Beautiful Dreamer" to the humor and bawdiness of "Where Is The Life that Late I Led". In summary, this is a delightful and eclectic souvenir from one of the most charismatic and intelligent singers of our time.

Comprehensive coverage of Hampson's range in song.......2001-11-01

This EMI disc, "Thomas Hampson, Portrait" is an excellent example of the wide range of this melliflous baritone. From the first German aria, Korngold's "Mein Sehnen, mein Wahnen" one of my personal favourites, to Jerome Kern's "The Last Time I saw Paris" you have great variety of opera, lieder and popular song offering you examples of Hampson's great talent. Buy and enjoy! Jill Whitburn

Average customer rating: Great Introduction

Artist Portrait: Susan Graham Manufacturer: Warner Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music San Francisco Symphony Orchestra | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn) Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall Susan Graham ~ Berlioz - Les nuits d'été Susan Graham - Mozart & Gluck Arias ~ Il tenero momento Poèmes de l'Amour ASIN: B00008KA5L Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

1. Voi Che Sapete
2. Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio
3. Di Te Mi Rido
4. Mi Lusinga Il Dolce Affetto
5. Mio Bel Tesoro
6. Verdi Prati
7. O Malheureuse Iphigenie!
8. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
9. Early In The Morning
10. The Wintry Mind
11. O You Whom I Often And Silently Come
12. Comment Le Dedain Pourrait-Il Mourir?
13. Dieu! Que Viens-Je Entendre?
14. This Journey To Christ
15. Who Will Walk With Me?
16. Dead Man Walking!
17. He Will Gather Us Around
18. C'est Ca La Vie, C'est Ca L'amour
19. Yes
20. Les Hommes Sont Bien Tous Les Memes

Customer Reviews:

Great Introduction.......2004-08-25

This is a great introduction at a very reasonable price to Susan Graham's lovely mezzo voice, with selections from several CDs. Be warned, however - this will only whet your appetite for the full albums (for example, her incredible live performance as Ruggiero in Handel's "Alcina" with Renee Fleming and Natalie Dessay and with William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants - surely one of the most stupendous opera recordings ever made).

Average customer rating: Where is it? Forgotten talent. She's my yodelling babydoll... You either love her or hate her...

Musical Portrait Lee Morse Manufacturer: Take Two Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Echoes of a Songbird-50 Recordings from 1924-30 ASIN: B00002S7KX Release Date: 1998-05-07

Tracks:

1. Want a Little Lovin'
2. He's Still My Baby
3. Side by Side
4. Old Fashioned Romance
5. Be Sweet to Me
6. Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon
7. Don't Keep Me in the Dark Bright Eyes
8. Miss You
9. Blue, Turning Grey over You
10. Tain't No Sing to Dance Around in Your...
11. Nobody Cares If I'm Blue
12. I Still Get a Thrill Thinking of You
13. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
14. By My Side
15. I'm an Unemployed Sweetheart
16. It's the Girls
17. Something in The Night
18. When I Lost You
19. Careless Love
20. Don't Even Change a Picture on the Wall

Customer Reviews:

Where is it?.......2007-01-31

I love listening to Lee Morse. Like another reviewer said, her vocals are definitely an acquired taste...to me she sometimes sounds like a 1920s Shakira with a low voice. But her low, tragic voice is POWERFUL. When she sang Moanin' Low, it was so soul-searing. She is such a great singer, though forgotten. So much better than Marion Harris, who I think also sang in a low heartyish (but Lee Morse does not really sound hearty a lot) voice, but for some reason I liked Morse better. I initially got this CD because I LOVED her version of Moanin' Low, but Moanin' Low is NOT on here! Huh? It SHOULD! Moanin' Low is the BEST sample of her singing ever, and it should've been on here. I was all like, " Where is it?" Great recordings, but not up to the level of her rendition of Moanin' Low.

Forgotten talent........2004-02-08

Although Morse had a less-than-ideal life, she was an extremely musically gifted singer from a musical family and her talents allowed her some limited fame in her lifetime. Singing in the vaudeville shows of the time and later on the radio (her best medium), her wide vocal range (I don't recall hearing a female popular singer sing in chest voice so successfully) and wide range of styles shows she was a versatile and highly talented songstress. She's unique and something of an acquired taste, but if you enjoy music from the 1920s and 1930s, you will find this CD highly enjoyable. I heard a pirated tape years ago entirely by accident and am surprised and pleased that Take Two is making some of her songs available with this excellent recording.

My favorite on this disc is "Side By Side", which features Morse singing while accompanying herself on the guitar. This track not only shows that she was at home in a forerunner what we now know as R&B (Morse's rendition is a kind of mix of blues and folk), but a fair guitar player as well. Another excellent track is one of her biggest hits, "Tain't No Sin" in which her backup band, "The Bluegrass Boys" featuring the talents of the Dorseys and Benny Goodman among others, provides a wonderful and delightfully odd novelty song with a sense of humor as well as a darn good beat.

Some don't like Morse's tendency to occasionally yodel for vocal variety, but I actually like it and chalk it up to a style of yesteryear. I will say that her voice is unusually deep and rich and she has the talent to exploit this to the fullest. "Something In The Night" is a good example of this kind of singing.

I highly recommend getting to know Lee Morse. She was a beautiful and exceptionally talented musician whose style would certainly make wonderful additions to movie soundtracks as well as to historical radio programs that are now somewhat popular as well as merely for pure enjoyment. As CDs of her music are so rarely available (this is the first I've ever seen in print today, though I've seen an LP made years ago entitled "Lee Morse Revisited"), I didn't hesitate.

She's my yodelling babydoll..........2003-12-01

she's great she's a yodelling jazz singing flapper with a deep sexy voice! I love to sip martinis and listen to Miss Morse all afternoon... This cd is also great for when I throw my famous cocktail parties, at my retro 1920's Californai bungalow. I love listening to this cd, with a bottle of brandy in my hand (...) while lounging gayly on my 1940's retro loveseat. This cd's great, just listen how Lee sings If I Could Be With You(she sings it so perfectly), and Cooking Breakfast, that's a classic track, she trows in yodels all over the place and the gal really swings, and so does her band, she's got Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, bunny Barigan, and a load of other who's who of the kate 20's backin' her up, this cd will surely liven up your next cocktail party... it's a real kilelr diller baby...

You either love her or hate her..........2001-05-01

Lee Morse is virtually forgotten today, however in her time(1920's), she was extremely populer, although some wonder why. She was competing with the pop star Ruth Etting, and the extremely jazz oreinted Annette Hanshaw, who also were very popular, it seems today, people only remember Etting of the three. Lot's of people also tend to think of the terrible squeeky voiced Helen Kane, who also was a competetor. There's no doubt Morse's voice could be VERY appealing, she sang the hit(torch song) "If You Want The Rainbow, You Must Have The Rain," in an intimate relaxed and very appealing rich voice. Then she'd turn around and sing "Don't Be Like That" the awful Helen Kane's(boop-boop-a-doop girl) theme. Morse doesn't reduce herself to singing in a child like voice she sings it in a very swinging style and she is about to win you over to liking her, then she let's out a loud not very lady like YODEL. Morse is definately a requitred taste, however if you can put up with her yodels every now & then, this cd is very rewarding, especially for the 1920's collector.

The sides on this cd from the 20's & 30's feature all Lee Morse & Her Bluegrass Boys(accept for the last track from 1952), well the Blues Grass Boys really are The Dorsey Brothers Orch, which features Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, Bunny Barigan, Adrian Rollini and every other great white jazzmen of the era, and she let's them ALL solo, and they play in a dixieland-ish style, and Morse can swing ably along with them. Sometimes, especially in the later tracks her voice deepens so that she starts sounding a little too masculine, especially the last track from 1952.

Morse sounds best on songs like "Swinging In a Hammock" and "When I'm Cooking breakfast For The One I Love" (not included here)." From this cd the highlight is "It's The Girl" and her biggest hit "'Taint No Sin To Take Off Your Skin and Dance Around In Your Bones." Perhaps that's why jazz collectors and music historians are about 50/50 decided on weather they like her. She wasn't consistant in her style half the time she's a joy to hear, and the other she'd yodel or sing too harshly. However these sides are her best, and her backup band was exellent. I do recommend this cd, weather you really like her or not, she was a good singer at least soem of the time and she hada great backup all the time.

this cd overall is a lot of fun, and many love her yodeling, in fact sometimes she even scat sings, and her scatting will go into a yadel, she was truly unique and historically interseting, there are some great liner notes, and pictures(she was a KNOCKOUT), she truly was a great beauty from the cover aand inside pics, she didn't bob her hair like most flappers, she let it stay long, she was truly unique, and is worth remembering and listening to. Enjoy this fun cd. Theo nly cd by her that isn't a bootleg.

Track Listings:

1. Musik på Dramaten (Music at the Royal Dramatic Theatre)
2. Orfeo E Euridice
3. Otto Olsson: Ad Dominum
4. Piano Music of Clara & Robert Schumann
5. Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Horn Concerto No. 2
6. Salon Viennois
7. Schumann: Kreisleriana
8. Septet / String Quartet
9. Shomeir Yisrael
10. Six Concertos for Oboe and Virtual Orchestra

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