Honey to the B

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More Brandy than Britney Spears, 16-year-old English girl Billie arrives with a debut album that is funkier, more consistent, and better sung than Spears's ...Baby One More Time. Like that disc, though, this one is highlighted by its opening title track, "Honey to the Bee." A midtempo pop R&B performance that smolders like classic Madonna, it's an instant semiclassic. The rest of the CD's exhortations to "love me for me" and defenses of her crowd's right to laugh a bit too loud on "Because We Want To" are hardly conceptual coups, but they come across with enough conviction to seem fresh. --Rickey Wright

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Average customer rating: Irresistible "Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Excellent! Great Arrangments

Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites) Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lerner & Loewe Songbook for Orchestra Rodgers & Hammerstein - The Complete Overtures ~ Opening Night / Hollywood Bowl Orchestra · Mauceri Puttin' on the Ritz: The Great Hollywood Musicals The Sound Of Music (1987 Studio Cast) Classics of the Silver Screen ASIN: B000003CXQ Release Date: 1992-01-28

Tracks:

1. Oklahoma!
2. Carousel
3. State Fair
4. South Pacific
5. The King And I
6. Cinderella Waltz
7. Flower Drum Song
8. The Sound Of Music

Customer Reviews:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Average customer rating: Decent CD Pretty good for a 16-year-old Rose Tyler Sings! Great First CD A waste of money

Honey to the B Billie Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Walk of Life The Best of Billie Walk of Life Doctor Who - The Complete Second Series Doctor Who - The Complete First Series ASIN: B00000IWUG Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. Honey To The Bee
2. I Dream
3. She Wants You
4. Love Groove
5. Party On The Phone
6. Officially Yours
7. You've Got It
8. Saying I'm Sorry Now
9. Girlfriend (Radio Mix)
10. Whatcha Gonna Do
11. Don't Forget To Remember
12. Because We Want To

Amazon.com

More Brandy than Britney Spears, 16-year-old English girl Billie arrives with a debut album that is funkier, more consistent, and better sung than Spears's ...Baby One More Time. Like that disc, though, this one is highlighted by its opening title track, "Honey to the Bee." A midtempo pop R&B performance that smolders like classic Madonna, it's an instant semiclassic. The rest of the CD's exhortations to "love me for me" and defenses of her crowd's right to laugh a bit too loud on "Because We Want To" are hardly conceptual coups, but they come across with enough conviction to seem fresh. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Decent CD.......2007-06-20

Yes, some call her the British Brittany Spears, but I think that's just wrong. While the entire CD is relatively bland, she does have a great voice and good lyrics. The problem is that nothing just reaches up and grabs me. She's hot as hell though and who wouldn't root for Rose!

Pretty good for a 16-year-old.......2007-01-17

One of the more fun and innocent teen pop confections of the Britney era (the term "Britney era" used for demonstrative purposes only), Billie had a couple of decent hits here, but didn't quite get thrust into the stratosphere. It would have been nice to see that happen, because she does pack some likeable appeal as well as respectable if not extraordinary musical talent.

Rose Tyler Sings!.......2006-12-20

Given Billie Piper's recent success as an actress in the UK, it's hard to believe she was once a teenage pop princess, comparable to American Britney Spears. Their lives and careers have had an oddly similar trajectory: an explosion onto their respective music scenes as teenagers, almost immediate success, a highly prefabricated image, romance with boy-band singers, interest in acting, and young marriage that many considered highly unsuitable. The difference is that Piper somehow escaped the pitfalls of teenage pop stardom (including a brush with anorexia) and has forged an eminently respectable second career for herself as a serious actress. Check out the first two seasons' DVDs of the new Doctor Who series for proof of that.

In a sense it's almost a shame that Piper will likely never return to music, because her first CD, Honey to the B (1998), is a remarkably infectious pop concoction. The songs were written by a team of professional writers and mostly consist of boy-girl love songs and anthems to teenage independence; the lyrics range from trite to simplistic to cliche-laden and back again, the music is synth-heavy and multitracked up to the moon... but oddly, that's part of the CD's appeal. You don't pop this into your CD player (or burn it into your iPod library) for its intellectual appeal. You listen to it because it's kicky and fun. What makes the songs work is mostly Piper's fearless delivery--she may not have the greatest range, but she croons and chants and belts out each number with a sassy verve and confidence that's hard not to admire (and remarkable, given that she was only fifteen at the time). She makes the listener believe she's a great singer mostly because she acts like one. You can use a lot of words to describe Billie Piper, but "apologetic" isn't one of them.

The strongest song in the collection--and her strongest song, period--is the title track, the deliciously sexy "Honey to the Bee," a sultry, mid-tempo number whose blatantly erotic imagery might seem hokey without Piper's fifteen-going-on-thirty-five delivery. Other standouts include the equally come-hither "Love Groove," the wonderfully low-key, funky "Don't Forget to Remember," and the ode to teen independence, "Because We Want To" (Piper's first single, which entered the UK charts at #1--she's still the youngest British artist to hold this distinction).

Other solid outings include the highly danceable, "She Wants You," "Party on the Phone," and "Girlfriend." The balance of the tracks, "I Dream," "Officially Yours," "You've Got It," "Saying I'm Sorry Now," and "Whatcha Gonna Do?" are all filler, but above-average filler--there's not one stinker among them, remarkable for such a prefabricated product.

In short, fans of Piper's acting really shouldn't miss out on this fun, thoroughly enjoyable memento of her first career. American fans of Doctor Who will probably be amused to learn that Piper was the "UK Britney" long before she became Rose Tyler.

Great First CD.......2006-07-06

As a huge fan of pop/rock I love this CD. Because We Want To and Party on the Phone show that she was young when she released this CD. But they are fun songs that you can't help but dance to. I love this CD because it's got a mixture of the different type of pop. Fans of Mandy Moore should really check this CD out.

A waste of money.......2005-09-15

I don't like "Honey To The B". I dunno why I bought it, maybe because I was young and I used to like "Because We Want To". I must admit Billie chose the right singles, I like them all but Girlfriend, in fact this song is very insipid, then figure if it has to be a single!!! I found all the songs very boring, I didn't like the music and the beat. Anyway, I think there's something to save. As I've already said the single were ok, that is to say because We Want To, She Wants You and above all Honey To The Bee. I don't understand why this song is together with the others in this collections, it's so beautiful and different from the others!! But my fav song is absolutely I dream. Another song which hasn't anything to do with the others. It's a wonderful midtempo track and Billie's voice sounds good! I think Billie can sing, it's a pity she gave up singing. It's also a pity I didn't buy Walk Of Life instead of Honey To The Bee, in fact her second and last album is better!!

Average customer rating: Great complete recording Complete but not Perfect Complete Score Recording Complete Score Recording Bali Hai WILL Call You!

South Pacific (1996 Studio Cast) (First Complete Recording) Richard Rodgers , and Oscar Hammerstein II Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: South Pacific (Royal National Theatre Production - 2001 London Cast) South Pacific (Original 1949 Broadway Cast) South Pacific (Collector's Edition) South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall The King and I (1964 Lincoln Center Cast) ASIN: B000005BGW Release Date: 1997-03-11

Tracks:

1. Overture - NSO/John Owen Edwards
2. Dites-Moi - John Matthew Lao/Samantha Raven
3. A Cockeyed Optimist - Paige O'Hara
4. Twin Soliloquies - Paige O'Hara/Justino Diaz
5. Some Enchanted Evening - Justino Diaz
6. Finaletto - Justino Diaz/Paige O'Hara/Andre Mutis/Samantha Raven/John Matthew Lao
7. Bloody Mary - Men
8. There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - Men/Pat Suzuki
9. Mary And Lootellan - Pat Suzuki/Sean McDermott
10. Bali Ha'i - Pat Suzuki
11. Cable Hears Bali Ha'i - Brian Greene/Sean McDermott
12. Company Street - NSO/John Owen Edwards
13. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Paige O'Hara/Girls
14. Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) - Paige O'Hara/Justino Diaz
15. A Wonderful Guy - Paige O'Hara/Girls
16. Bali Ha'i - Girls
17. Younger Than Springtime - Sean McDermott/Girls
18. A Wonderful Guy - Justino Diaz/Paige O'Hara
19. This Is How It Feels - Justino Diaz/Paige O'Hara
20. Finale Act One - Paige O'Hara/Justino Diaz/John Matthew Lao/Samantha Raven

Tracks:

1. Entr'Acte - NSO/John Owen Edwards
2. Opening Act Two - NSO/John Owen Edwards
3. Entrane Of Liat - NSO/John Owen Edwards
4. Happy Talk - Pat Suzuki
5. Incidental/Younger Than Springtime (Reprise) - Pat Suzuki/Sean McDermott
6. Honey Bun - Paige O'Hara/Company
7. You've Got To Be Carefully Taught - Sean McDermott/Justino Diaz
8. This Nearly Was Mine - Justino Diaz
9. After Emile's Solo - Justino Diaz/Sean McDermott
10. Communications Established - NSO/John Owen Edwards/Ron Raines/Justino Diaz
11. Communications Discontinued - Paige O'Hara/Girls/Pat Suzuki
12. Operation Alligator - NSO/John Owen Edwards
13. Honey Bun - Company
14. Finale Ultimo - Paige O'Hara/John Matthew Lao/Samantha Raven/Justino Diaz
15. Exit Music - NSO/John Owen Edwards

Amazon.com

The only major Rodgers and Hammerstein show not to have had a major Broadway revival, South Pacific receives its first complete recording, capturing 107 minutes of classic songs as well as reprises and underscored dialogue. Given the thankless task of succeeding Mary Martin of the original Broadway cast is the wonderful Paige O'Hara (Disney's Beauty and the Beast, John McGlinn's Show Boat), full of sass and spunk as Nellie Forbush. Although this Emile De Becque, Justino Diaz, isn't actually a Frenchman (but hey, neither was Ezio Pinza), his accent is only a faint distraction from his rich voice. Filling out the cast are tenor Sean McDermott as Lt. Joe Cable and Pat Suzuki (Flower Drum Song) as Bloody Mary. It's a very good recording, and an easy choice for anyone who wants the complete score. The only drawback is that, unlike other JAY Masterworks Editions, this one doesn't include extra songs, such as "My Girl Back Home," a song cut from the original production but restored for the 1958 film. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

Great complete recording.......2004-07-19

In reply to M.Clegg's contention with regards to the status of the stars of this great complete recording, I would like to point out that all the main leads, Justino Diaz (New York City Opera Production), Paige O'Hara (Australian production), Sean McDermott (The Pace Production - USA) and Pat Suzuki (Long Beach Light Opera Production) have all played their respective roles on stage in various productions. This is clearly listed in the booklet of the recording. On the contary, I find their interpretation to be vivid and compelling. A great recording.

Complete but not Perfect.......2004-07-16

As with the complete recordings of Guys and Dolls and The Pajama Game, this double CD brings together the full score including uncut dance-breaks and incidental music. The orchastrations are fantastic but, like the others in this series, the cast suffer due to the 'studio' nature of the recording. There is little of the vibrancy and excitment of a Broadway Cast Recording because the cast are only singing the roles and have probably never seen the script at all. This means that many of the performances, while technically good, are characterless.
Paige O'Hara, excellent as the voice of Disney's Belle, plays the part a little too twee - yes, I know Nellie is a hick but she goes too far in that direction. Justino Diaz, as Emile, has a good voice that does not cover the lack of a personality. The rest of the cast are equally too note-perfect.
The people who will find this recording the most useful will be people, like myself, who are performers. When performing in a production of South Pacific this CD was very useful, more for the not-available-anywhere-else material than anything else. The dance music and the incidental stuff is useful to rehearse with.
On the whole, a worthy CD for the completist but if you want a more character-driven recording, search out one from an actual stage performance.

Complete Score Recording.......2000-04-11

We are performing South Pacific at my high school and this CD was really helpful in choreographing the dance numbers because it has the music in between the singing, in other words, the complete score.

Complete Score Recording.......2000-04-11

We are performing South Pacific at my high school and this CD was really helpful in choreographing the dance numbers because it has the music in between the singing, in other words, the complete score.

Bali Hai WILL Call You!.......2000-03-18

Ah...the memories. I remember this musical with fondness because it was the first musical that I had the honor of playing in the pit band for. Out of all of the South Pacific soundtracks, I love this one the most because it includes every song in the score (I checked)!

Average customer rating:

Back to Back Hits Taste of Honey , and Brass Construction Manufacturer: EMI Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006419Q Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

1. Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
2. Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
3. I'll Try Something New - A Taste Of Honey
4. Do It Good - A Taste Of Honey
5. Rescue Me - A Taste Of Honey
6. Movin' - Brass Construction
7. L-O-V-E-U - Brass Construction
8. Ha Cha Cha (Funktion) - Brass Construction
9. Can You See The Light - Brass Construction
10. Changin' - Brass Construction

Average customer rating: Worth having because of Honey... One of the best Sondheim compilation CD availiable Honestly, Why Bother?

The Musicality of Sondheim Stephen Sondheim , Carolee Carmillo , Sean McDermott , Judy Kaye , Julia Migenes , Susan Egan , Emily Loesser , Stephen Bogardus , Elisabeth Welch , Caroline O'Connor , and Don Stephenson Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Musicality of Kander & Ebb The Musicality of Porter The Musicality of Rodgers & Hart Musicality of Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicality of Lerner and Loewe ASIN: B0000640NQ Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

1. Broadway Baby (Follies) - Carolee Carmello
2. Anyone Can Whistle (Anyone Can Whistle) - John Barrowman
3. Lovely (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) - Emily Loesser and Don Stephenson
4. Being Alive (Company) - Stephen Bogardus
5. Liasons (A Little Night Music) - Elisabeth Welch
6. Wait (Sweeney Todd) - Judy Kaye
7. Loving You (Passion) - Sean McDermott
8. Honey (Cut: Merrily We Roll Along) - Jacqueline Dankworth, Maria Friedman, and Michael Cantwell
9. Lion Dance (Pacific Overtures) - ENO Orchestra
10. I Remember (Evening Primrose) - Julia Migenes
11. Stay with Me (Into the Woods) - Caroline O'Connor
12. Sooner or Later (Dick Tracy) - Susan Egan

Customer Reviews:

Worth having because of Honey..........2006-09-20

... the Lion Dance and the fact that some of these arrangements work well out of context. Some of these songs in their original arrangements are diffiicult to listen to on their own. Regretfully, some of these arrangements are a little cheesy (for example the saxophone solo in this version of Loving You).

All in all, this is an okay compilation of some Sondheim songs, but definately one to get after having bought all the original Broadway cast recordings.

One of the best Sondheim compilation CD availiable.......2002-08-25

I love this CD, every track is a winner. Get it.

Honestly, Why Bother?.......2002-07-31

All in all, this is a pleasant enough compilation. There are no embarassing moments. The performers all acquit themselves nicely. But in the long run, there's really little to recommend this above the rest of the many tributes and reviews recorded of Sondheim's music. No new interpretations. No amazing performances. No inspired song choices. Nothing special here, folks.

Average customer rating: Another fine addition to the series

Lost in Boston III Various Artists - Soundtracks , Cy Coleman , Stephen Flaherty , Frank Loesser , Ralph Martin Hugh / Blane , Richard Rodgers , Harvey Schmidt , Stephen Sondheim , Charles Strouse , Jule Styne , Meredith Willson , Tom Fay , Dan Shaheen , Debbie Gravitte , Dennis Kelley , Gannon McHale , Guy Haines , Harry Groener , Jason Graae , Lindsay Ridgeway , Liz Callaway , Liz Larsen , Lynne Wintersteller , Lynnette Perry , Malcolm Gets , Michele Pawk , Patricia Ben Peterson , Paul Blankenship , Rebecca Luker , Rod Raines , Sal Viviano , Sarah Chapman , Tammy Minoff , Tim Ewing , Walter Willison , and Steve Orich Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lost in Boston Lost in Boston II Unsung Musicals Lost in Boston, Vol. 4 Unsung Musicals II (Studio Cast) Unsung Musicals (Studio Cast) ASIN: B0000014VK Release Date: 1995-04-25

Tracks:

1. Gypsy: Mama's Talkin' Soft - Lindsay Ridgeway/Sarah Chapman
2. Guys & Dolls: Travelin' Light - Malcolm Gets
3. Meet Me In St. Louis: A Bell Will Ring - Patricia Ben Peterson
4. Seesaw: Big Fat Heart - Debbie Shapiro Gravitte
5. Sweet Charity: Pink Taffeta Sample Size 10 - Lynne Wintersteller
6. The Music Man: You Don't Have To Kiss Me Goodnight - Lynnette Perry/Sal Viviano
7. 110 In The Shade: Inside My Head - Ton Raines
8. She Loves Me: Tell Me I Look Nice - Rebecca Luker
9. Where's Charley?: The Bee - Guy Haines
10. Bye, Bye, Birdie: Older And WIser - Michelle Pawk/Tammy Minoff
11. Flower Drum Song: My Best Love - Dennis Kelley
12. Where's Charley?: Your Own College Band - Walter Willison/Paul Blankenship/Tim Ewing/Gannon McHale/Dan Shaheen
13. Merrily We Roll Along: Honey - Liz Callaway/Jason Graae
14. Oklahoma!: When I Go Out Walkin' With My Baby - Liz Larsen/Harry Groener
15. Once On This Island: When Daniel Marries - La Chanze
16. Seesaw: Pick Up The Pieces - Michelle Nicastro

Customer Reviews:

Another fine addition to the series.......2001-02-13

After a bit of a slip with the second, this series was back on track with this third CD of songs cut from well-known musicals. As I mentioned in a previous review, just about any successful musical has had songs cut from it, not always because the song wasn't good, but because it no longer fit the show as updated, or a character or scene was cut (the booklet explains why each song was removed from its show). Once again, the songs are all good and the performances are wonderful. My favorites are "Mama's Talking Soft" (cut from Gypsy), "Big Fat Heart" (Seesaw), "Your Own College Band" (Where's Charley?), "When I Go Out Walkin' with my Baby" (Oklahoma!), and "Pick Up the Pieces" (also Seesaw). Bruce Kimmel was smart in using show singers instead of pop singers. I recommend the entire series. This CD features some fine songs that deserve renewed appreciation.

Average customer rating:

The String Quartet Tribute to Mariah Carey Manufacturer: Vitamin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Butterfly Melodies: The Piano Tribute to Mariah Carey The String Quartet Tribute to Celine Dion The String Quartet Tribute to Alicia Keys The String Quartet Tribute to Sade Smooth Sax Tribute to Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits ASIN: B000294RQC Release Date: 2004-06-22

Tracks:

1. Fantasy
2. When You Believe
3. Vision Of Love
4. Heartbreaker
5. I Don't Wanna Cry
6. Love Takes Time
7. One Sweet Day
8. Honey
9. Hero
10. Through The Rain
11. My All
12. I'll Be Here

Product Description

1. Vision Of Love
2. Love Takes Time
3. I Don't Wanna Cry
4. I'll Be There
5. One Sweet Day
6. Honey
7. Fantasy
8. When You Believe
9. Hero
10. My All
11. Heartbreaker
12. Through The Rain

Format: CD

Average customer rating:

Jerry Herman's Broadway Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rainbow & Stars: An Evening With Jerry Herman Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast) Mame Mary Poppins (2005 Original London Cast) ASIN: B000003FCP Release Date: 1992-10-09

Tracks:

1. The Showtunes
2. Mame
3. The Waltzes
4. The Wedding Sequence Fom Milk And Honey
5. The Marches
6. Song On The Sand
7. The Overture From Mack And Mabel
8. The International Hello, Dolly!

Average customer rating: Classic PORGY & BESS but JAMAICA is missing something! Great music, average recording quality 2 cast albums for the price of 1! At Last!!!

Jamaica/ Porgy and Bess Lena and Belafonte, Harry Horne Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: At the Waldorf Astoria / At the Sands Stormy Weather (Dig) George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess House of Flowers (1954 Original Broadway Cast) Goldilocks (1958 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B00007JGTM Release Date: 2003-01-21

Tracks:

1. Savannah - Ricardo Mantalban
2. Savannah's Wedding - Adelaide Hall
3. Pretty To Walk With
4. Push The Button
5. Incompatibility - Ricardo Mantalban
6. Little Biscuit - Ossie Davis
7. Cocanut Sweet
8. Pity The Sunset
9. Take It Slow, Joe
10. Yankee Dollar - Josephine Premice
11. Monkey In The Mango Tree - Ricardo Montalban
12. Ain't It The Truth
13. What Good Does It Do - Ricardo Montalban
14. Leave The Atom Alone - Josephine Premice
15. Napoleon
16. For Every Fish - Adelaide Hall
17. I Don't Think I'll End It All Today
18. Savannah - Finale

Tracks:

1. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Harry Belafonte
2. Summertime
3. Oh, I Got Plenty Of Nothin - Harry Belafonte
4. I Wants To Stay Here
5. Bess, You Is My Woman
6. It Ain't Necessarily So
7. Street Calls: Strawberry Woman/The Honey Man/Crab Man - Harry Belafonte
8. My Man's Gone Now
9. Bess, Oh Where Is My Bess - Harry Belafonte
10. There's A Boat That's Leavin Soon For New York

Album Description

These original RCA recordings also feature Harry Belafonte, Ricardo Montalban and Ossie Davis. The Original Broadway Cast album Jamaica is from 1957, Porgy & Bess is from 1959. 28 tracks. Collectables. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Classic PORGY & BESS but JAMAICA is missing something!.......2004-05-24

The welcome CD reissue of the famous album of highlights from PORGY AND BESS by Lena Horne and Harry Belafonte will make collectors happy. While not a "theatrical" or cast recording, it offers some exciting performances that have been long out-of-print.

JAMAICA, on the other hand, is a true original cast recording. The 1957 musical was originally written for Belafonte, but when he left the project Ricardo Montalban took on the role and the show was re-written to showcase Lena Horne.

RCA Victor's original cast recording has had a curious history. It was made just as the labels were transitioning from mono to stereo recording. At that time it was not possible to fit as much material on a stereo 12-inch LP as on its mono counterpart. RCA Victor issued JAMAICA in mono as LOC 1036 containing all the show's songs but leaving out the Overture and editing out the introductions to "Savannah's Wedding Day" and "What Good Does it Do?" A few months late a Living Stereo release came out as LSO 1036 and including the Overture but dropping 4 songs ("Pity the Sunset", "What Good Does it Do?", "For Every Fish" and "Savannah (Finale)") These issues were deleted in 1961. In 1965 RCA Victor re-released JAMAICA in mono and stereo as LOC/LSO 1103. Now, LOC 1103 was a direct reissue of LOC 1036. BUT...are you following all this? ... LSO 1103 had all the songs, includng the extended versions of "Savannah's Wedding Day" and "What Good Does it Do?" but like its mono counterpart, left off the Overture. The 1995 RCA Victor CD release had the complete song program and the Overture. That CD, sadly is now in cut-out limbo. THIS edition (paired with PORGY AND BESS) reissues the program as heard on the 1965 stereo LP edition (LSO 1103) and is missing the Overture.

With or without the Overture, the score of JAMAICA is quite enjoyable, even more so on disc where you don't have to deal with the show's book! This is one case where the songs work better out of context. Mostly, the numbers offer a chance for Lena to take the spotlight and belt out the great Harold Arlen numbers: "Pretty to Walk With", "Push De Button", "Cocoanut Sweet", "Napoleon" and especially "Ain't it de Truth." The last song was originally written for Lena to sing in the film version of CABIN IN THE SKY. It was cut from the final release prints of the film (Censors objected to the number being staged so that she sang it in a bubble bath!) so Arlen recycled it into JAMAICA. THAT'S the kind of patchwork show JAMAICA was and although it was a minor hit (557 performances) it will never be revived and you don't hear fans of the score clamouring for a revival. It was all about Lena Horne.

Great music, average recording quality.......2003-11-20

I've owned this Porgy & Bess record for many years and purchased the cd as soon as it came out. Harry's and Lena's voices on "Bess, You is My Woman Now" just sends chills up and down my spine. Their voices together are fabulous. I love to hear Lena sing "Summertime". This cd is 36 minutes 52 seconds long. Four songs are song by Lena, and four by Harry. The remainder are duets.

The second CD, Jamaica, was new to me. The CD length is 51:49. Six songs are sung by Lena, three songs are sung by Ricardo Montelban, 3 songs are duets with both Lena and Ricardo. The remainder of the songs are sung by Adelaide Hall, Josephine Premice, Ossie Davis and Augustine Rios. Some of these songs are duets. Lena, as usual, is wonderful. I particularly enjoyed "For Every Fish", sung by Adelaide Hall.

I thoroughly enjoyed both of these cd's. At listening volumes, the cd quality is very acceptable. If I turned up the volume a little louder than normal, I could hear a very tiny buzz. Still, I highly recommend these CDs to any fan of Lena Horne, Porgy & Bess, Harry Belafonte, show tunes...

2 cast albums for the price of 1!.......2003-09-12

This great double-CD from the Collectables label includes two great cast albums: the original 1958 Broadway cast of JAMAICA and the 1959 studio cast of PORGY AND BESS, both starring the gorgeous Lena Horne.

In JAMAICA, one of the lovelier Broadway shows of the late 50s, Lena Horne stars as Savannah, and sings a gorgeous score written especially for her by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. The cast also includes Ricardo Montalban, Adelaide Hall, Josephine Premice and Ossie Davis.

I have absolutely fallen in love with this score, which features many beguiling numbers like "Cocoanut Sweet", "Pretty to Walk With", "Take it Slow, Joe", "Ain't it the Truth" (originally written for CABIN IN THE SKY), "Napoleon" and "Pity the Sunset".

PORGY AND BESS pairs Lena Horne with Harry Belafonte under the musical direction of Horne's husband Lennie Hayton. Horne is well-suited to the colorful score, and sings superb treatments of "I Wants to Stay Here" and "My Man's Gone Now". Harry Belafonte is wonderful singing "Oh, I Got Plenty of Nothin'" and "Bess, You is My Woman".

2 fabulous, long out-of-print cast albums, back and better than ever! Highly-recommended.

At Last!!!.......2003-02-16

I have been waiting for the Horne/Belefonte version of "P&B" to come out on CD since CD's were invented!! And here it is! Of all the versions of "P&B" I own,this is the one I love the most.I have worn out about 5 of the LP's,since I bought the first one in '59,when I was 11,and now I will be able to listen to it forever. Harry and Lena's voices mesh together so perfectly,it's audio-heaven.Especially on "Bess,You is My Woman." What a gorgeous duet.The arrangements and orchestras are wonderful,too.If you love Gershwin;love Harry;love Lena,get this CD.
I have not listened to "Jamaica" yet,as I am so into listening to this "old friend" I found so many years ago.So this review is based only on "P&B." I will say that the audio quality is perfect,though.And if you love Lena and Ricardo,I'm sure you won't go wrong.

Average customer rating: some great freestyle from a dance Diva Quality Music

The Best of Tina B: Honey to a Bee Tina B Manufacturer: Hot Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Freestyle | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Freestyle | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: I Need You Now Lover Girl Best of Tolga and Friends Freestyle Legends, Vol. 2 DMA Dance: Best of Freestyle File, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000001QZO Release Date: 1995-10-17

Tracks:

1. Honey To A Bee
2. January, February
3. Miracles Explode
4. Something's Gotta Give
5. Bodyguard
6. Give It All For Love '87
7. Give It All For Love '90
8. Testimonial
9. Every Time I Look At You
10. Fools And Angels
11. How Can A Heart
12. Each TIme You Go
13. Hang On Baby (Wild Wild World)
14. Count My Blessings
15. Don't Tell A Soul
16. Nothing's Gonna Come Easy

Customer Reviews:

some great freestyle from a dance Diva.......2006-04-30

Tina B was one of the first freestyle divas on the scene with her classic 'Honey to a bee' on Vinylmania in 84. She's been on several labels so I was happy to see this compilation put out that combined her releases. In addition to the sweet n sexy Honey to a bee, I love her 2 classics on Criminal Records - January February and the less known but very good Miracles Explode. This compilation also includes the good track Give it all for love, as well as her non freestyle release on Vendetta: Bodyguard. Those are the highlights of this compilation, which contains extended club mixes of Honey to a bee & Jan Feb but not Miracles or Bodyguard.

If you enjoy this CD, I suggest you check out the best of Criminal Records compilation which includes Tina B's full freestyle club mixes and similar style top releases from Maribell, FFWD & Babie & Keyes. You should also check out the best for Fourth Floor Records, which contains only a handful of freestyle tracks but some noteworthy hard to find ones from Leather & Lace, Arlene, Suzy Swan & the excellent Midnight Fantasy featuring Nadia

Quality Music.......2003-10-19

I love this album. All the songs are great. My favourites are "Honey to a Bee", "January, Febuary", "Bodyguard", etc. Tina B. has a very nice voice too.

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