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Average customer rating: Robeson on wax The voice, the sound quality and the interpretation A Voice from the 40s, often dated, often moving Robeson at his best some of the greatest songs of the last century

Songs of Free Men/ A Paul Robeson Recital Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Blitzstein | Blitzstein, Marc | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | 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 Robeson, Paul | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baritones | Voices | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Paul Robeson Live at Carnegie Hall Ballad for Americans Ol' Man River: His 25 Greatest Paul Robeson - Here I Stand Spirituals ASIN: B0000029YJ Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

1. Balm in Gilead
2. Chassidic Chant
3. Quiet Flows The Don: From Border To Border
4. Quiet Flows The Don: Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don
5. Elijah, Op. 70: The Lord God Of Abraham
6. The Purest Kind Of Guy
7. Joe Hill
8. The Peat-Bog Soldiers
9. The Four Insurgent Generals
10. Native Land
11. Song Of The Plains
12. Cradle Song
13. Within Four Walls
14. By An' By
15. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
16. John Henry
17. Water Boy
18. My Curly Headed Baby
19. Mah Lindy Lou
20. Wagon Wheels
21. The House I Live In
22. Showboat: I Still Suits Me
23. Sylvia
24. Showboat: Ol' Man River
25. Porgy And Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

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There was nothing like the Robeson sound, ever. To describe his deep, rich, perfectly equalized instrument is futile. Go instead to "Balm in Gilead," the opening track, and see if you can listen to the last pianissimo phrase without falling to pieces. Robeson was at his best when the music was slow and the words contained spiritual or social messages. Faster, lighter fare like Kern's "I Still Suits Me" or Gershwin's "It Ain't Necessarily So" find the serious-minded singer out of his element, lacking irony and swing. "Old Man River," though, gets a simple, dignified treatment. It's Songs of Free Men, though, that will just keep Robeson's artistry rolling along, especially in Sony's astonishing transfers. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

Robeson on wax.......2007-06-19

I found this album in a thrift store last week, for a couple of dollars. It's the original pressing on four 78 RPM records, in a gatefold format. It's in pristine condition. I really bought it for the incredible cover art, although I hope to be able to listen to it in this format at some point.

The voice, the sound quality and the interpretation.......2004-09-24

Put this on your stereo and if it is good enough the depth and richness of Robeson's voice will make your fillings rattle and your chest rumble. The power of his voice is awesome. This CD is superbly recorded with no audible noise at normal listening levels.

A Voice from the 40s, often dated, often moving.......2002-09-01

"Red diaper babies" have greeted this disc with nostalgic joy, and it captures a time and an aesthetic and a political belief with precision. Anyone interested in the emotional life of the pro-Soviet left of the 1940s should buy this disc. It's something like Henry Wallace set to music. There is much more to Robeson than that, however, and Sony has given us Robeson whole: there are songs by American masters of the musical, there are labor songs, religious songs, as well as the kind of faux-folk songs which the butcher supreme Josef Stalin encouraged and which were not taken seriously inside the USSR (except at gunpoint!!) but which were taken up by dupes around the world. This is Robeson at his least savory - willing propagandist for a vile mass murderer. Songs such as "Native Land" (fittingly, Robeson is referring to the Soviet Union) and the Red Army song are the equivalent of the "Horst Wessel Song", anthems of murder, and it is difficult to listen to the worst of them without retching. On the other hand, Robeson's commitment to American folk culture was real. "Balm in Gilead" is deeply beautiful; "John Henry" is heroic; "By an' By" is both resigned yet hopeful. "Joe Hill" captures an era in labor history. Anyone interested in American popular song should hear these. Turning to Broadway, his "Old Man River" is very fine, though Robeson changed the lyrics for political reasons and Leonard Warren has done the song better. I disagree with the editorial reviewer: "I Still Suits Me" is wonderfully playful and shows Robeson using his gorgeously rich voice to tease and poke fun. However, Marc Blitzstein's "Purest Kind of a Guy" is beyond saving - another example of Robeson recording an unworthy song by a political fellow-traveller. Ugh. But for every miss there are two hits. Robeson performs Mendelssohn's Elijah with nobility, and sings his favorite song, "Water Boy", with joyous pride: "There ain't no hammer that's on these mountains that rings like mine, boys, that rings like mine."
No one need have any fears about the mono sound quality. The orchestra in the second half of the program is at times a little dwarfed by Robeson's voice, but it generally sounds clean and colorful, and the great artist's voice rings like no other.

Robeson at his best.......2000-05-12

It's hard to believe that most of these recordings pre-date the advent of magnetic tape: the CD transfer is superlative. The songs and performance are beyond reproach. Notable is the imaginative packaging in miniature 'record album' format, complete with the original cover art, and a replica of the original Columbia record label applied to the CD.

In response to a previous question: Robeson's performance of Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) can be found on the Vanguard LP entitled "Robeson" (VRS-9037).

some of the greatest songs of the last century.......2000-05-05

In the 1940s, before rabid McCarthyism and racism had taken its toll on him, Robeson made these wonderful recordings of spirituals, classics and pop tunes. Accompanied by the solo piano of the incomparable Lawrence Brown, or by an orchestra, the songs ring out with pride, dignity, skill and unmatched integrity. The shameful treatment that Robeson was subject to from American authorities certainly seem grotesquely absurd to a modern listener. The wonderful version of "The House I Live In" included on this cd should forever kill off any suspicion that Robeson did not love his country deeply. This album ought to be heard by millions of people, world wide. Robeson's voice is nothing less than a glorious high point in 20th century music, and it's hard to think of any recording capturing it to greater advantage.

Average customer rating: Some of the greatest songs in classical music Wonderful!

Amy Beach: Songs Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beach | Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony; Piano Concerto Amy Beach: Violin Sonata, etc. Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian: The Life and Work of an American Composer, 1867-1944 Amy Beach: Canticle of the Sun Amy Beach : Piano Quintet ETC ASIN: B0002BXOFK Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. The Rainy Day
2. Ariette
3. When Far From Her
4. Empress Of Night
5. The Secret
6. Ecstasy
7. Within Thy Heart
8. Sleep, Little Darling
9. Night
10. Forgotten
11. Dearie
12. Far Awa'
13. The Year's At The Spring
14. Ah, Love, But A Day!
15. I Send My Heart Up To Thee!
16. Come, Ah Come
17. Canzonetta
18. I Did Not Say
19. We Three
20. June
21. I Ask The Bird
22. Go Not Too Far
23. Shena Van
24. Baby
25. Hush, Baby Dear
26. A Prelude
27. O Sweet Content
28. An Old Prayer
29. The Funeral Wreath
30. The Candy Lion
31. A Thanksgiving Fable
32. In The Twilight
33. The Host
34. May Flowers
35. I Sought The Lord
36. Though I Take The Wings Of Morning

Album Description

One of America's most prolific and successful composers, Mrs H. H. A. ("Amy") Beach was one of the first women composers whose works were as highly regarded as those produced by men. Best known during her lifetime for her well-crafted songs and short piano pieces, she was also the first American woman to compose in the larger forms. Beach's 117 art songs span the whole of her compositional career. By incorporating musical ideas from many cultures and musical traditions within a late-Romantic framework, Beach's songs show her skillful craftsmanship and profound understanding of text.

Customer Reviews:

Some of the greatest songs in classical music.......2007-07-25

Even though I really enjoyed the other Naxos Beach CD, I was surprprised by how many chills and tears I experienced in this collection of songs. Beach has a way of perfectly expressing the lyrics which are mainly poems and are included in the CD liner notes. As a whole the songs express Beach's compositional skills and her personal life. The songs contain several lullabies and poems about death. They are perfectly performed by the the mezzo and piano . Please buy these songs they do rise to the level of schumann ans Shubert.
Please excuse typos I have a neurologic disease.

Wonderful!.......2004-11-11

I take private voice lessons from Kathie Kelton and she is amazing! She brings Amy Beach's music to life! I strongly recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys listening to classical and operatic music. The music is so beautiful it will give you chills! Fantastic!

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John Field: Complete Piano Music (Box Set) Manufacturer: Arts Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polonaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005ARF Release Date: 1996-11-19

Tracks:

1. Sonata Op.1 No.1, E Flat Major: I - Allegro moderato
2. Sonata Op.1 No.1, E Flat Major: II - Rondo: Allegro
3. Sonata Op.1 No.2, A Major: I - Allegro vivace
4. Sonata Op.1 No.2, A Major: II - Allegro vivace
5. Sonata Op.1 No.3, C Minor: I - Non troppo allegro ma con fuoco e con espressione
6. Sonata Op.1 No.3, C Minor: II - Rondo: Allegretto scherzando
7. Sonata Op.1 No.4, B Major: I - Moderato cantabile
8. Sonata Op.1 No.4, B Major: II - Rondo: moderato

Tracks:

1. The Favorite Hornpipe Danced By Madame De Caro, Arranged As A Rondo - A Major
2. Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself, Arranged As A Rondo - G Major
3. The Two Slaves Dances In Black Beard, Arranged As A Rondo - G Major
4. Rondo Speed The Plough - B Major
5. Rondo From Concerto No. 1
6. Rondo From Concerto No. 2
7. Rondo From Concerto No. 3
8. Rondo
9. Rondo From Concerto No. 4
10. Rondo

Tracks:

1. Rondo From Piano Concerto No.5 - C Major
2. Rondo From Piano Concerto No.6 - C Major
3. Rondo Come Again, Come Again - E Major
4. Rondoletto - E Flat Major
5. Variations Fal Lal La - A Maior
6. Variations Since Then I'm Doom'd - C Major
7. Variations Logie Of Buchan - C Major
8. Variations Karaminskaya - B Flat Major
9. Variations Air du bon Roi Henry IV - A Minor
10. Variations Chanson russe vari- D Minor
11. Variations Within A Mile Of Edinboro Town - B Flat Major

Tracks:

1. Nocturne No. 1 - E Flat Major
2. Nocturne No. 2 - C Minor
3. Nocturne No. 3 - A Flat Major
4. Nocturne No. 4 - A Major
5. Nocturne No. 5 - B Flat Major
6. Nocturne No. 6 - F Major
7. Nocturne No. 7 - A Major
8. Nocturne No. 8 - E Flat Major
9. Nocturne No. 9 - E Minor
10. Nocturne No. 10 - E Major
11. Nocturne No. 11 - E Flat Major
12. Nocturne No. 12 - E Major
13. Nocturne No. 13 C Major
14. Nocturne No. 14 G Major
15. Nocturne No. 15 D Minor

Tracks:

1. Nocturne No. 16 - C Major
2. Nocturne No. 17 - C Major
3. Nocturne No. 18 - F Major
4. Nocturne No. 19 Le troubadour - C Major
5. Fantasia Guardami un poco dal capo al piede - A Major
6. Fantasia Ah! quel dommage - G Major
7. Fantasia We Met - G Major
8. Fantasia In The Garden - A Minor

Tracks:

1. Walzer - A Flat Major
2. Polonaise - E Flat Major
3. Marche tromphale
4. Prelude - C Minor
5. Largo - C Minor
6. Valse - G Major
7. Valse - A Major
8. Valse - A Major
9. Quadrille - F-Major
10. Quadrille - E Flat Major
11. Anglaise - E Flat Major
12. Exercise module dans tous les tons
13. Exercise No. 2 - C Major
14. Exercise - A Flat Major
15. Exercise - C Major
16. Poco adagio - From Piano Concerto No. 2 - E Flat Major
17. Andante inedite - E Flat Major
18. Rondeau - G Major
19. Air russe varie
20. Grande valse en forme de Rondeau
21. Andante - C Minor
22. Danse des ours

Average customer rating: Worth hearing

Sir Michael Tippett: Remember Your Lovers Manufacturer: Signum UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tippett | Tippett, Michael | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | 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 Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000BCHJP6 Release Date: 2005-11-29

Customer Reviews:

Worth hearing.......2006-03-21

Sir Michael Tippett is not a composer one automatically associates with English song. This album of extraordinarily beautiful songs should go some way to remedying that. Tippett's World War 2 song cycle, The Heart's Assurance, deserves to be more widely known. The remainder of the album consists of the long, reflective Boyhood's End, and Benjamin Britten's Canticle I, a hymn by Pelham Humphrey, Tippett's settings of Shelley's Music and three Shakespeare texts, and his arrangements of some of Purcell's songs. These latter are spare, elegant settings and compare favourably with Britten's Purcell Realizations. They might even be better. Of course, the performers contribute to the beauty of this album. Both singer and pianist treat these works with repsect. Iain Burnside's accompaniment is sensitive, supportive and never overpowers the singer. John Mark Ainsley's slightly melancholy tone suits these songs admirably. He is not overtly emotional; the impact of these moving songs is greater, I think, because of his restraint. His phrasing is superb, and his diction excellent. You can hear the words without needing them in front of you. This album is already near the top of my favourites list.

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Within Earshot / Boston Brass Manufacturer: Summit ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Galops | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ginastera | Ginastera, Alberto | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gottschalk | Gottschalk, Louis Moreau | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Khachaturian | Khachaturian, Aram | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ya Gotta Try Stealing the Show Young Fogeys ASIN: B0001EFTOM Release Date: 2004-03-02

Tracks:

1. Galop
2. Danza Final
3. Svatba
4. Largo
5. I. Lezghinka
6. II. Ayasha's Dance
7. III. Saber Dance
8. Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
9. Danny Boy
10. La Huella
11. Tournament Galop
12. I. Morning Mood
13. II. Death Of Ase
14. III. Anitra's Dance
15. IIII. In The Hall Of The Mountain King

Average customer rating: great, great!!! ALL THE MUSIC YOU EVER NEED!!

Sacred Music Complete Purcell , King , and Kings Consort Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs of Henry Purcell / King's Consort Complete Secular Songs (3cd) ASIN: B00006RHQJ Release Date: 2002-12-10

Customer Reviews:

great, great!!!.......2006-12-05

This is the way ,I think, Purcell should sound. No pomp and surcomstance but only great music.

ALL THE MUSIC YOU EVER NEED!!.......2003-05-23

This boxed set is by far one of the best purchases I have ever made. As a Purcell freak, this hits every button I have. The cast of characters include the inequitable Robert King, New College Choir, Bowman, and a host of other venerable persons. Likewise the attention to period performance of these works makes it an essential addition to the library of any serious anglophile/Musicologist etc. Now if only the Britten Realizations of all Purcell's songs could be recorded alongside the originals! You will Love this set!

Average customer rating: When looking for "the most" A superb McCormack collection Simply the Best

John McCormack: The Acoustic Victor and HMV Recordings (1912-14) Manufacturer: Romophone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Boito, Arrigo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( 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 Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( 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 Wolf-Ferrari | Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | 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 Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | 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 Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000061K8 Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

1. Maire, My Girl
2. Like Stars Above
3. Take, O Take Those Lips Away
4. A Child's Song
5. Asthore
6. A Farewell
7. My Commander As Envoy Bids Me Come
8. I Know Of Two Bright Eyes
9. Eileen Aroon
10. The Wearing Of The Green
11. The Rosary
12. The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
13. Silver Threads Among The Gold
14. T'eri Un Giorno Ammalato
15. At Dawning
16. Dai Campi, Dai Prati
17. Giunto Sul Passo
18. Mi Par D'udir Ancora
19. Nirvana
20. There Is a Flower That Bloometh
21. My Dreams
22. Sweet Genevieve
23. I'll Sing Thee Songs Of Araby
24. Where The River Shannon Flows
25. Silver Threads Among The Gold

Tracks:

1. Within The Garden Of My Heart
2. Dear Love, Remember Me
3. Chiudo Gli Occhi 'Il Sogno'
4. Molly Brannigan
5. A Foggy Dew
6. The Low Back'd Car
7. Sospiri Miei, Andate Ove Vi Mando
8. Say 'Au Revoir', But Not 'Goodbye'
9. Mother O' Mine
10. Down In The Forest
11. Votre Mere Avec Moi Sortait De La Chapelle
12. I Hear A Thrush At Eve
13. Goodbye
14. A Little Love A Little Kiss
15. Questa O Quella
16. Nearer My God To Thee
17. Eileen Allanah
18. Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye
19. Le Portrait
20. Angel's Serenade
21. Le Nil
22. Beneath The Quivering Leaves
23. Ave Maria, D.839
24. Ave Maria 'Meditation On J.S. Bach's Prelude In C'

Customer Reviews:

When looking for "the most".......2001-05-14

A local New York professional opera enthusiast has concluded that Corelli is the most popular operatic tenor, followed by Jussi Bjoerling. But if the question is, who had the most beautiful tenor voice ever impressed upon wax, we must lift up John McCormack. Here is true bel canto which no one else has ever equalled. These two CD's contain some of the most exquisite sounds ever issued by a human throat. Let the galleries declare their enthusiasm for stentorian high C's, the real lover of great singing will find much more to their like her than in all the verisssimo arias. Listen to the two "Mefistofele" Arias (Boito) and ask yourself if they have ever since been so beautifully sung. This recording belongs in the collection of every aspiring tenor, just to remind what can be accomplished by art and perfect singing.

A superb McCormack collection.......2000-10-21

If you remember hearing transfers of acoustic recordings to LP, you remember how hard it was to really connect with the music and performer through all the rumble, noise and resonance. This audio restoration is the most astonishing technical feat I have ever heard. The noise is now only a gentle background presence, not the roar of yesteryear. And even more important, it is constant in volume- in other words not a distraction. The fidelity really lets us hear what the early recording engineers really achieved. That said, what this brings to us are the performances of one of the world's greatest singers in richly emotional popular songs (and a few opera arias). There are so many of those old sentimental pieces no one could get away with recording anymore, but hold such a splendid reward for those of us who love them. John McCormack's recordings receive with this reissue the wonderful presentation they so richly deserve. Many many thanks to the label and Mr. Marston who made it possible.

Simply the Best.......2000-01-27

This along with Vol. 1 is simply the best McCormack transfers available from this period. The master of the trade, Ward Marston has outdone himself this time. Waiting for Vols. 3,4,5!

Average customer rating: This is the voice of Free Men....

Songs for Free Men 1940-1945 Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Blitzstein | Blitzstein, Marc | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | 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 Robeson, Paul | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Best of Communism: Revolutionary Songs ASIN: B000000WRW Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

1. Ballad For Americans
2. Spring Song
3. Oh, Give Me Your Hand
4. Chee La!
5. Fengyang
6. Chinese Soldiers Song
7. Riding The Dragon
8. 'Quiet FLows The Don': From Border To Border
9. 'Quiet Flows The Don': Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don
10. 'No For An Answer': The Purest Kind Of Guy
11. Joe Hill
12. The Peat-Bog Soldiers
13. The Four Insurgent Generals
14. Native Land
15. Song Of The Plains
16. Op. 1 No. 5: Cradle Song
17. Within Four Walls
18. Anthem Of The USSR
19. The United Nations
20. By An' By
21. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
22. John Henry
23. Water Boy
24. Go Down Moses
25. Balm In Gilead
26. Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen
27. Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho

Customer Reviews:

This is the voice of Free Men...........2001-11-03

I've had most of these songs on vinyl and they provide me with many wonderful memories. Paul Robeson had an unusual voice: a bass with baritone colorations, huge and powerful, with what can best be described as a mellow urgency. If that description confuses, then you'll just have to get this album and hear for yourself what I mean.
Robeson championed the cause of the working man through his music. Joe Hill is one of my favorites, in which Paul sinks down to the vocal depths with an astounding ease. The Song of the Plains is a rouser, and, if I remember correctly, it's sung in two languages. The Ballad For Americans is here, and it's a classic... and, for me, it's the very definition of America and the great spirit and soul of its people and its greatness. By and By is one of my favorite spirituals, and this is the version I remember. Who sang spirituals with as much richness and depth of feeling as Paul Robeson? Maybe Marian Anderson, whose voice was unique and whose life broke through so many barriers.
This is an album for those who love freedom and the many races who seek it. God bless Paul Robeson for his incredible contribution to humanity.

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Great Arias and Ensembles From Your Favorite Operas Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Allen, Thomas | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music National Philharmonic Orchestra London | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 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 ASIN: B0007SK9UG Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

1. Escamillo: 'You're Most Kind, And In Return I Toast You' - Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Carmen: 'There's An Old Bar In The City' (Seguedilla) - Philharmonia Orchestra
3. Belmonte: 'Constanza! Constanza' - 'Oh What Trembling, Oh What Passion' (Aria) - Nicolai Gedda
4. Falstaff: 'Hey, Page Boy!' - 'Your Honour? Vermin!' (Monologue) - English National Opera Orchestra
5. Fenton: 'From Lover's Lips A Happy Song Is Flying' (Aria) - Susan Gritton
6. Lucia: 'Imagine When The Breezes Sigh' (Duet) - Philharmonia Orchestra
7. Edgardo: 'What Restrains Me At Such A Moment?'/Enrico: 'What Restrains My Righteous Anger?' (Sextet) - Philharmonia Orchestra
8. Turandot: 'Within This Palace A Story Lives Forever' - 'Gentle Princess Lo-U-Ling, Pure, Serene And So Gentle' (Aria) - Philharmonia Orchestra
9. Liu: 'I Beg You, Hear Me, Ah My Lord, I Beg You!' (Aria) - Philharmonia Orchestra
10. 'Through Her Soul In Endless Grieving' (Cujus Animam) - Barry Banks
11. Ilia: 'My Father Was Taken' (Aria) - Rebecca Evans
12. Forester: 'When Evening Arrives, I Welcome The Rays Of The Setting Sun!' (Final Scene) - Thomas Allen
13. Aida: 'We'd Leave This White Oppressive Heat' (Duet) - Dennis O'Neill
14. Propulace: 'Glory To Isis, Goddess Fair' (Grand March From Triumphal Scene) - Philharmonia Orchestra
15. 'Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion' (Aria) - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Average customer rating: A whisper from the past Hers is a voice in its final bloom

Adelina Patti Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bellini, Vincenzo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Moore | Moore, Thomas | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomas | Thomas, Ambroise | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | 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 Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | 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 ASIN: B000000WT0 Release Date: 1992-12-23

Tracks:

1. Le nozze di Figaro: Voi Che sapete
2. Pur dicesti
3. 'Swanee river': Old folks at home
4. Don Giovanni: Batti, batti o bel Masetto
5. Faust: Air des bijioux 'Jewel song'
6. Il bacia
7. The last rose of summer
8. Ave maria
9. Robin Adir
10. Home Sweet home
11. Si vous n' avez rien a me dire
12. Comin' thro'mthe rye
13. The banks of Allan Water
14. On the parting
15. 'twas within a mile
16. A New Year message to Patti's Husband, baron Rolf Cederstrom.
17. Kathleen Mavourneen
18. La Serenata
19. Norma: Casta diva
20. Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?
21. La Sonnambula: Ah non credea mirarti
22. La Calasera

Customer Reviews:

A whisper from the past.......2003-09-17

I had read about Adelina Patti for years, then one year I was able to find a record set of 2 records containing her recordings. I listened to it with much interest. Out of the mist and dark, the crackles and spits, came forth a wonderful voice beautifully produced even if past its prime. The portamento style was completely strange to me, and at first it sort of sounded sloppy, but on repeated listening, I learned to accept its stylistic relevance.

Well, now those same recordings (even if not quite complete as the former set I had) are out there to listen to again. The remastering is a revelation. Yes, there is surface noise, so those who can't hear past that, I would NOT recommend you buy this recording. You are NOT going to hear any flights of coloratura to take your breath away (such singing Adelina was noted for, and did well); remember, the woman was OLD when these recordings were made, and had been retired a while. Yet, even making them thrilled her, for at first hearing she screamed out "Now I know why I am Patti."

Patti was of a long ago generation that now is nothing more than a mention in the ancient history books. However, she was one singer who not only reflected the tastes of her time, but actually knew most of the composers of the music she sang. When listening to this set, one wonders, "Was that how Gounod taught her to sing the role?" The composers she sang approved of the portamento, the extremely smooth legato, and the mellow quality of her voice. We can never know for sure, but we are led to wonder just what in her singing style is a reflection of the composer's intent.

Even with age, and with a less than perfect support, Patti is able to captivate us with her charm, her personality, and yes, her singing. People have commented on how she sounds more mezzo than soprano, and that is a reflection of the way singers sang at that time. Voices were trained with a strong full lower and middle register; high notes as we are used to hearing them were not considered appealing, though at the time of these recordings they were becoming more and more acceptable. High notes were not necessarily weak, but the volume we associate with them today simply was seen as tasteless. The voice was full at the bottom, and gradually lightened, yet still very penitrating. Thus, the rich sound we hear in Patti's singing (for alas, we hear no high notes at all) was probably the natural heart of her voice throughout her career. The caressing sweet high notes she was praised for would most likely have had that same richness along with a more brilliant focus.

This is all technical, and maybe not too interesting, but it helps the buyer have an idea of what they are going to listen to. One thing I have to comment on, and that is Patti's trill. In all recording I doubt there has been a more beautiful trill recorded. It is even, warm, and so perfect. Sutherland's comes close in mellow beauty, but most sopranos, though perfectly executed, seem to have none of Patti's warmth in their trills (Melba's was technically perfect, but compared to Patti is cold and lifeless). Even Ponselle's, in all its stunning volume and briliance, has nothing on Patti.

This is not a recording for everyone, and to some hearing things like "Old folks at home" may see like a cheap shot considering Patti's greatness in an era of super great singers. Again, the woman was old, and she recorded what she could (and even a few things she couldn't do) and left us with a glimpse, even if ever so clouded, of the wonderful joys of singing audiences of the past basked in regularly.

Hers is a voice in its final bloom.......2003-08-17

I heard that Adelina Patti's voice was a delight to hear. If only the gramphone would have been invented earlier than 1888 so I could have heard her voice in its prime. The charm and fullness of her vocal technique seems to have survived alright into the time of the recording, though she sounds more mezzo than soprano. She tends to slide a bit in Lotti's "Pur de cesti". The Mozart aria "Voi che sapete" had a little too much pace in the "Sospiro gemo" part, which kind of threw her off count. But I give her credit for the work she did in recording these songs. They can also paint pictures of Victorian and Romantic delights and transport the listener to the garden of past singers where Patti's voice was in its final flowing.

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