Left Blue

About the Artist
Dorothy Clark is a Boston-based vocalist and songwriter. Her varied musical interests and artist influences inform her approach to the craft of songwriting and the art of singing, giving her a style that is inspired, passionate and sometimes even mystical.

Product Description
Eloquence, grace and sensuous vocals are the hallmarks of the distinctive pop music on this solo CD debut, distilled from a variety of influences, including classical, folk, jazz and Celtic traditions.

Left Blue,Dorothy Clark,Dorothy Clark,Grace and elegance are a part of the mystique this sensuous vocalist creates on her solo CD debut.

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Average customer rating: please give it up for roberson Open your Eyes to Real Soul Music!!!!!!! COP THIS!!! History in the Making...

Left Eric Roberson Manufacturer: Blue Erro Soul ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Presents: The Vault, Vol. 1.5 Appetizer I Am The Revelation is Now Televised The Daily News ASIN: B000NX16GG Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

1. Music
2. Evening
3. Been in Love...
4. Pen Just Cries Away
5. Iluvu2much
6. Only for You
7. Pretty Girl
8. Too Soon
9. If I Had a Chance
10. Open Your Eyes
11. Right or Wrong
12. Baby Song
13. Couldn't Hear Her
14. Smoke Signals- Man Who Had It All

Product Description

New release by the man himself. Includes Bonus Track: "The Smoke Signals - Man Who Had It All"

Customer Reviews:

please give it up for roberson.......2007-07-05

To me this is the best R&B cat never to blow up. I can't imagine what it is that people want from r&b. It is not hip hop even though that's the only way people tend to identify it. He's too good to fall through the cracks. My favorite track is without question "Too Soon". His ability to flow over smooth music with heart felt lyrics without sounding like a huge cornball is magical on this track along with the rest of the CD.
Too bad radio is too busy riding the jocks of the dirty south to give true talent some play on their tired programs. The music industry is depressing to a true music lover. Pick up this CD and you can feel free to respond to me however you want if you don't like. This is SPLENDID work by this brother. By the way another loved track is "Pretty Girl". Just go get it.

Open your Eyes to Real Soul Music!!!!!!!.......2007-04-04

All I need to say is buy this disc...Eric Roberson-Left is Classic Soul at it's best. From start to finish you will not be disappointed. Couldn't Hear her, and Pretty Girl are outstanding. If I could this disc would get a 10.....One of the best soul cd's this year.

COP THIS!!!.......2007-04-01

I first saw Eric perform live on an obscure television show called 8101, off of the Colors network. From that time, I have been on an independent mission to cop his work. To say Eric has a beautiful voice would be stating the obvious. What is most impressive is that he writes most of his music, which judging from the CD liner notes, are based on real experiences. Having said that, whatever emotion, Eric felt when writing the songs is absolutely captured in the texture and tone of his voice. This is some real, non digitalized, homegown w/o hormones singing. Yes, it has been said that neo soul is Dead... Perhaps, but Eric is literally the second coming of neo soul. Not one song on this album is bad, even the experimental bonus track, which reminds of a tune from the 80's. The lyrics are outstanding. Please step outside the R n B box, I promise you won't be disappointed!!!

History in the Making..........2007-03-17

If there's anyone who doesn't know or you've never heard of Eric Roberson some how, he is the leading voice in the underground soul scene. He sure does not disappoint with his latest project "LEFT". I've never heard songs filled with so many different views, emotions, and character. You'll find a song for ANY situation you've might have went through or are going through.
"Music" the title track is a great opener. Eric does a great job bringing you in to the true meaning of what music is all about...

"Pen Just Cries Away" another outstanding song, is about someone who because of his last relationship, he can't help but write in the sad mood he's in. THAT IS SO TRUE (for any writers out there...)

"ILuvU2Much" another classic feat the talented and beautiful Algebra, explains that no matter how hard it is to walk away from a relationship you have to love yourself enough if it's hurting you. Nice uptempo duet..

"Pretty Girl" a smooth tune, talks about a girl who doesn't know how to get by in life without using her beauty. And Eric trying to school her on why she shouldn't and what could happen to her... The way he sings with sympathy for her is crazy good...

"Open Your Eyes" says it all. Listen and you will definitely feel it after you do...

"The Baby Song" is one of the most original songs EVER. What a fun way to explain the process of the last moments before child birth. GENIUS.


I could go on and on because each song has it's own uniques story, and there is not one song you would skip over on this CD...

If you don't own this Cd yet or any of his music, please try it, cause I know it will change you perspectives on music. It changed mine...

Average customer rating: A Must Have Broad Spectrum Virtuosity Cool Pairing for Meyer/Fleck Fans Bela Fleck + Edgar Meyer = strange mixture Virtuosity Knows No Musical Boundaries

Music for Two (Bonus DVD) Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Eccles, Henry | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sinfonia | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Bluegrass Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Jam Bands | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Perpetual Motion Uncommon Ritual The Telluride Sessions The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites: Performed on Double Bass ASIN: B0001XAMS6 Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

1. Bug Tussle
2. Invention 10, BWV 796
3. Pile Up
4. Prelude No.24, BWV 869
5. Solar
6. Blue Spruce
7. Canon
8. The One I Left Behind
9. V. Menuet I - II, BWV 825
10. Prelude No.2, BWV 847
11. Palmyra
12. The Lake Effect
13. Largo/Allegro Vivace
14. Allegro Vivace
15. Wrong Number
16. Woolly Mammoth
17. Wishful Thinking

Amazon.com

On Music for Two, banjo wizard Béla Fleck and stand-up bass maestro Edgar Meyer effortlessly sail through a challenging program that includes compositions by Bach, a sonata by Henry Eccles, a Miles Davis tune, and a number of self-composed finger twisters. The amazing thing about this varied selection is not its eclecticism--which is only to be expected with these two--but that it all blends together so seamlessly. Fleck's jazz-tinged compositions (like "The Lake Effect") and Meyer's bluegrass-inspired tunes (like "Wishful Thinking") sit so comfortably next to Bach's baroque jewels and Davis's cool jazz that it makes you question the entire of concept of musical classification. (In fact, the Bach preludes, inventions, and partitas translate so well to the banjo/bass arrangements, you have to wonder if old JSB might not have had a bit of bluegrass in his soul.) Music for Two was recorded live at a series of 2001 concerts, where Fleck and Meyer proved conclusively that the banjo and the bass were capable of remarkable subtlety and not just twang and boom. --Michael John Simmons

Customer Reviews:

A Must Have.......2007-04-25

These two really sound good together. If you're not so impressed with the music when you first hear it (I don't know if that's possible), check out the DVD that comes with it. You will gain such an appreciation for the music that's being played. Watch out for the guy making the banjo jokes. This CD is really an incredible work, I can't say it enough. Very relaxing music.

Broad Spectrum Virtuosity.......2007-04-23

This album runs the gamut of styles and genre. It is hard to get bored when a musical turn is but a few notes away. The two musicians integrate their instruments with incredible skill. I hate to give it a four star rating. The music is worth the 5. The loooooong, live applause tracks detract from the album. The asides by the musicians are sometimes hard to hear. Minor aggravations aside,this album plays frequently, very frequently, in our home,car, iPods, etc.

Cool Pairing for Meyer/Fleck Fans.......2007-01-02

I've seen both Edgar Meyer and Bela Fleck live (unfortunately not together) and I really think this album just captures the magic of their live shows: I can almost see them in my living room together! For those not so familiar with the music of one or both the inclusion of classical tunes with those composed by Meyer/Fleck and other contemporary songwriters is a cool drink of water. Music for Two is a good intro to the world of cozy bluegrass.

Bela Fleck + Edgar Meyer = strange mixture .......2006-11-10

Bela Fleck is one of the my jazz favorites... And hi with combination called Edgar Meyer are... great music!!!

Virtuosity Knows No Musical Boundaries.......2006-10-22

Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer are both extraordinarily accomplished musicians who spend much of their time in very different worlds: Fleck in his newgrass space and Meyer in a more classical mode. But each has travelled in the other's territory before, and on this CD they connect around more genres than you can shake a stick at. In addition to their own compositions they tackle many of their joint favorites. The affection shows in the passion of the playing and the obvious camaraderie. And the accompanying DVD is a treat. Don't miss this one.

Average customer rating: A good value The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann Good mix of film music A mixed collection of movie music Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens

Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Elfman, Danny | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herrmann | Herrmann, Bernard | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kamen | Kamen, Michael | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schifrin | Schifrin, Lalo | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Waxman | Waxman, Franz | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mancini | Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Wars | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | 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 Similar Items: Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores In Session: Film Music Celebration The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music The Incredible Film Music Box ASIN: B00008WI90 Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
2. The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
3. Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
4. Witness (Maurice Jarre)
5. Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
6. Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
7. Halloween (John Carpenter)
8. A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
9. The Fly (Howard Shore)
10. RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
11. The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
12. The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
13. The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
14. The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
15. Brainstorm (James Horner)
16. Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
17. My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
18. The Dead (Alex North)
19. Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
20. The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
21. Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

1. Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
2. Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
3. Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
4. The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
5. Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
6. City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
7. Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
8. While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
9. Babe (Nigel Westlake)
10. The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
11. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
12. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
13. The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
14. A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
15. Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
16. Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
17. Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
18. Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
19. Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
20. Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

1. To Die For (Danny Elfman)
2. The Player (Thomas Newman)
3. Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
4. Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
5. 2001 (Alex North)
6. Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
7. The Crow (Graeme Revell)
8. Blade (Mark Isham)
9. The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
10. Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
11. Scream (Marco Beltrami)
12. The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
13. Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
14. Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
15. Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
16. The Matrix (Don Davis)
17. The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
18. Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
19. A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
20. Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

1. Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
2. L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
3. Rounders (Christopher Young)
4. The Score (Howard Shore)
5. The Replacements (John Debney)
6. Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
7. The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
8. Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
9. XXX (Randy Edelman)
10. Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
11. The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
12. Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
13. The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
14. Cleopatra (Alex North)
15. Life As A House (Mark Isham)
16. Emma (Rachel Portman)
17. In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
18. Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
19. One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
20. Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
21. Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
22. Ice Age (David Newman)
23. Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

Average customer rating:

Highs of the Sixties Electric Prunes , Count Five , Blue Cheer , Shadows of Knight , Left Banke , The Knickerbockers , Swingin' Medallions , The Standells , The Marketts , and Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music 1960s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Baroque Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music 1960-1969 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Too Much to Dream - Original Group Recordings: Reprise 1966-1967 Groovin' One Hit Wonders Forever Changes The Beatles - Help ASIN: B000002LV5 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes
2. Seven & Seven Is - Love
3. Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five
4. Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer
5. Gloria - Shadows of Knight
6. I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore - The Young Rascals
7. Out of Limits - The Marketts
8. Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
9. Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
10. Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds
11. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge
12. Lies - The Knickerbockers
13. Six Man Band - The Association
14. Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - The Swingin' Medallions
15. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White - The Standells
16. Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels
17. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
18. I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four
19. I'm a Man - The Yardbirds
20. Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen

Average customer rating: Great set of wartime rarities Cure for the Blues Standard Transcription Collection

(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection Spike Jones Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Strictly for Music Lovers Spike Jones - Greatest Hits Fonk Spiked!: The Music of Spike Jones The Spike Jones Story ASIN: B00007JR3K Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.

Average customer rating: Trust me; it is really a very good CD Great marches........ Poor rendidtion Stirring Marchesof the US Services Stirring Marches of the USA Services Uplifting and Great!

Stirring Marches of the USA Services Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Military Band: Salute to the Services Stars and Stripes Forever Stars & Stripes Forever and the Greatest Marches Sousa Marches Enduring Freedom: America's Greatest Hits ASIN: B0000041ZO Release Date: 1992-07-21

Tracks:

1. Anchors Aweigh: US Navy: Anchors Aweigh
2. Semper Paratus: US Coastguard: Semper Paratus
3. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon: US Calvary: She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
4. West Point March
5. The Ballad Of The Green Berets
6. The Caissons Go Rolling Along: US Army: The Caissons Go Rolling Along
7. The Marine Corps Hymn
8. The Army Air Corps (The Wild Blue Yonder): US Air Force: The Army Air Corps (The Wild Blue Yonder)
9. Commando March
10. Guadalcanal March: US Pacific Forces: Guadalcanal March (From 'Victory At Sea')
11. The Girl I Left Behind Me; Yankee Doodle; Dixi;- Battle Hymn Of The Republic; Over There; This Is The Army, Mister Jones

Customer Reviews:

Trust me; it is really a very good CD.......2005-06-16

In 1969, I have bought the Longplaying "March in review - Stirring U.S. service marches - Band of the Grenadier Guards". It is the original recording on London SP44131 and it was considered at that time as one of the best military music recordings ever done. This CD contains exactly the same tunes payed exactly in the same manner and it is always a powerful recording. Listen Anchors Aweigh and you will hear the sound of the waves. No other band can do that. Listen "Ballad of the green berets", "Semper Paratus", "She wore a yellow ribbon" or "Thru the years" and you will understand why I like it. Trust me; it is really a very good CD.

Great marches........ Poor rendidtion.......2004-09-08

These are stirring marches but these renditions are like the score from a BAD B war movie.

Stirring Marchesof the US Services.......2004-01-29

While I applaud the efforts of the Grenadier Guards to honor our services, I am afraid that their effort has failed miserably. This CD is awful!

Stirring Marches of the USA Services.......2003-06-26

I agree with who ever wrote the following review 100%. This this CD is awful.

"So much orchestral embellishment that one can't even pick out the tune you want to hear. What a mess they've made of simple powerful music."

Uplifting and Great!.......2001-12-02

I just recieved this cd in the mail and cannot stop listening to it. It is uplifting and makes you want to stand up and start marching. Truly patriotic and American, buy this one! Don't listen to the person who said that they made a mess of this cd. This is one of the great ones!

Average customer rating: Authenric Music with traditional instruments. Living history

Music of the Civil War Americus Brass Band , B. Holmes , W.L. Hobbs , Hosea Ripley , Walter Kittridge , D.L. Downing , George Frederick Root , Gioachino Rossini , Anonymous , James P. Carrell , W.K. Batchelder , C.V. Wallace , Henry Russell , Patrick S. Gilmore , Stephen Foster , Daniel Decatur Emmett , and Giacomo Meyerbeer Manufacturer: Summit(Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | 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 General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | 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 Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Civil War: Its Music and Its Sounds Songs of the Civil War The Spirit of '76 and Ruffles and Flourishes Music of the American Revolution: The Birth of Liberty The Civil War - Traditional American Songs And Instrumental Music Featured In The Film By Ken Burns: Original Soundtrack Recording ASIN: B0000038IY Release Date: 1993-02-02

Tracks:

1. When The Cruel War Is Over - Hoist Up The Flag Quick Step
2. Americus Quick Step
3. Fireman's Polka
4. Tenting On The Old Camp Ground
5. Dixie's Land Medley Quick Step
6. Battle Cry Of Freedom - Kingdom Coming Quick Step
7. Excerpt From William Tell
8. Sumter Light Guard March
9. Bonnie Eloise Quick Step
10. Amazing Grace
11. Glory Hallelujah Grand March
12. Scenes That Are Brightest - In Happy Moments Quick Step
13. Kazoodie Ko Whirl Overture
14. Woodman, Spare That Tree
15. Fireman's Quick Step
16. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
17. Civil War Folk Song Medley: Oh, Suzanna, Garry Owen, Jordan Am A Hard Road, Bonnie Blue Flag, The Girl I Left Behind Me
18. Coronation March

Customer Reviews:

Authenric Music with traditional instruments........2000-09-17

For those of you who enjoy the music, as it was sung and played during the Civil War, this recording is a "must!" J.A. McA.

Living history.......1999-07-31

So shoot me. I like bagpipe music and I like fife and drum recordings and I like brass bands. Recently cruisin' the Internet brought me to the website of a company called Summit Records out in Arizona; and my eye was caught by the title (DCD 126) with a group calling itself The Americus Brass Band. I obtained a copy post haste and I want to all to know about it with equal rapidity. There is just short of 55 minutes of Civil War tunes played in a style that is "historically accurate, right down to the high military pitch and the clicking of the rotary valves on the original antique instruments employed" (as the notes tell us). The history of the band is available in those notes, so let me just dwell on the "music that still produces feelings of humor, joy, sadness, and patriotic pride." Well, what music does not produce at least one of those?--and I am not entirely sure there was anything about the Civil War of which we on either side should be particularly proud. But Sing a Song of Suffering seems to be an eternal way of making the best of a rotten situation during war time; and this CD is replete with such memories as "Tenting Tonight," "Amazing Grace," "Woodman, Spare That Tree," and even a little bit of the "William Tell Overture" and a Meyerbeer opera! In short, this is not the expected line up of soldier songs but selections that are "typical of that which might have been played by a group such as the Americus Brass band." I love it. Give it a try, please.

Average customer rating: Now Heavenly Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops at its best Nice, Nice, Nice!

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Tracks:

1. Light Cavalry Overture
2. Little Fugue In G Minor
3. Hora Staccato
4. The Love For Three Oranges: March from The Love For Three Oranges
5. Tambourin chinois
6. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
7. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
8. Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries
9. In the Steppes of Central Asia
10. Oberon: Overture
11. Rodeo: Hoedown from Rodeo
12. Goyescas: Intermezzo from Goyescas
13. William Tell: William Tell : Overture

Tracks:

1. Poet And Peasant Overture
2. The Merry Wives Of Windsor: Overture
3. Lohengrin: Prelude To Act III
4. Hungarian Dance No. 6
5. Peer Gynt Suite No. 2: Solvejg's Song
6. Der Freischutz: Overture
7. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
8. Sleigh Ride
9. Mlada: Procession Of The Nobles
10. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
11. Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1
12. Gayne: Sabre Dance

Tracks:

1. Reverie
2. Jewels Of The Madonna: Dance Of The Cammoristi
3. Suite No. 3: Air On The G-String
4. Cradle Song
5. Xerxes: Largo
6. Serenade
7. Sadko: Song Of India
8. Gayne Suite No. 1: Lullaby
9. Serenade
10. Spring Song
11. Serenade
12. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
13. Quintet No. 11: Minuet
14. Liebestraum
15. None But The Lonely Heart
16. Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus
17. Hansel And Gretel: Dream Pantomime

Tracks:

1. Tales From The Vienna Woods
2. The Skaters' Waltz
3. Pizzicato Polka
4. Wine, Women And Song
5. Thunder And Lightning Polka
6. Roses From The South
7. The Count Of Luxemburg: Waltzes
8. Music Of The Spheres
9. Acceleration Waltz
10. On The Beautiful Blue Danube

Tracks:

1. Aida: Grand March
2. Babes In Toyland: March Of TheToys
3. Semper Fidelis
4. Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature
5. Yankee Doodle
6. Up The Street
7. The Damnation of Faust: Rakoczy March
8. March Of The Siamese Children
9. Caucasian Sketches: Procession Of The Sardar
10. Sambre et Meuse
11. The Ruins Of Athens: Turkish March
12. Colonel Bogey
13. Dixie
14. American Salute
15. Strike Up The Band
16. Athalie: War March Of The Priests
17. Karelia: Alla marcia
18. Funeral March Of A Marionette
19. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1
20. Valdres March
21. National Emblem March
22. The Stars And Stripes Forever

Tracks:

1. Cuban Overture
2. Rhapsody In Blue
3. El Salon Mexico
4. Interplay: Gavotte
5. Interplay: Blues
6. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
7. The Typewriter
8. George M. Cohan Medley: George M. Cohan Medley: Give My Regards To Broadway, Mary's A Grand Old Name, Little Nelly Kelly, You're A Grand Old Flag, You Remind Me Of My Mother, Harrigan, Yankee Doodle Dandy

Tracks:

1. In The Mood
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. Stardust
4. The Three-Penny Opera: Mack The Knife
5. Love Is Blue
6. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
7. Love Me Tender
8. The Syncopated Clock
9. Laura
10. A Man And A Woman
11. Moonlight Serenade
12. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
13. The Brave Bulls: La Virgen De La Macarena
14. Moon River
15. Days Of Wine And Roses
16. Mame
17. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
18. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
19. Jalousie

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Perhaps I should start by admitting a bias: Many years ago, lying on Boston's grassy Esplanade by the Charles River on warm summer nights, I learned what a symphony orchestra should sound like, with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. Those concerts were free; these seven compact discs are not--not quite. But for any lover of light classical music, they are certainly one of the best buys available. The orchestra (essentially the Boston Symphony) is one of the world's greatest; the music, from Smoke Gets in Your Eyes to the Goyescas Intermezzo and Ride of the Valkyries is instantly enjoyable and permanently valuable; the conductor is at the same time genial and exacting, convinced that any music you play, no matter how frivolous, deserves the best you can give it. --Joe McLellan

Customer Reviews:

Now.......2006-11-03

Now, if you are a music-lover, and you like The Boston Pops & Arthur Fiedler. You should get it as soon as posible.
I cannot find any reasonable objection to this product.

Heavenly.......2003-02-02

Highly Pleasing. If you're a Fiedler fan this is a must have one. It encompasses his entire wealth of perception, understanding, knowledge, vision and talent. Buy it now.

Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops at its best.......2000-06-23

Anyone in Love with the Boston Pops during its great Fiedler years should have this set in their CD collection. Hours and hours of all our favorite Pops tunes. Enjoy!

Nice, Nice, Nice!.......1999-11-18

Definitly one of my favorite classical CD's....has a bit of everything, and it's all extremely well played and recognizable. I never go on car trips without it with me. If you buy only one classic CD (set), THIS IS IT!

Average customer rating: Maybe the best JaMo album Better than 5 Stars!! A good but not great sophomore disc My Favorite Jazz CD Comments from an absolute beginner

Facing Left Jason Moran Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Black Stars The Bandwagon Modernistic Same Mother Soundtrack to Human Motion ASIN: B00004TR16 Release Date: 2000-06-27

Tracks:

1. Later
2. Thief Without Loot
3. Joga
4. Wig Wise
5. Yojimbo
6. Another One
7. Lies Are Sold
8. Murder Of Don Fanucci
9. Twelve
10. Three Of The Same From Two Different
11. Fragment Of A Necklace
12. Battle Of The Cattle Acts
13. Gangsterism On Wood

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Along with such players as Greg Osby, Stefon Harris, and Mark Shim, Jason Moran is making jazz that reflects myriad influences, from the traditional bop guard to Icelandic techno artist Bjork to contemporary classical and beyond. But theirs is not some studied attempt at a new music, or a stab at solo stardom created by labels and producers. Facing Left, like the New Directions group and Harris's lauded Black Action Figure, is serious, evocative, gripping, and explorative jazz. With dense, involving support from drummer Nasheet Waits and bassist Tarus Mateen, Moran begins Facing Left with the delicately erotic maze of "Later." "Thief Without Loot" darts over funky grooves with both acoustic and Rhodes piano, kind of a twinkling tightrope walk. Bjork is a favorite among many young musicians, and here Moran covers her moonlight missive "Joga" with elegance and a touch of Thelonious Monk. In fact, Monk surfaces often here (try the rambunctious Duke Ellington track, "Wig Wise"), mostly in Moran's touch. Also present is the luminous grace of Keith Jarrett, the logic of Herbie Hancock, and the lush romanticism of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Using rhythm like a conjurer's wand, Moran employs weird, stumbling beats in "Yojimbo" and "Battle of the Cattle Acts," while "Murder of Don Fanucci" rides a staggering military march. --Ken Micallef

Customer Reviews:

Maybe the best JaMo album.......2005-12-31

"Black Stars" is really good too, but this one really has it from start to finish. I don't like it when Taurus Mateen starts playing electric bass on the more recent albums. I saw them live and the electric bass was much louder than the piano!!! Yuck.

But this is really, really interesting playing by all three members. I think Nasheet Waits is one of the best younger drummers. He has his own style, coming out of free playing but with some Jack DeJohnette in there too. He, Jason, and Mateen seem to play the beat real rubbery--not evenly. It shouldn't work but I like it.

Good idea to play a Bjork cover--a boon to get your girlfriend into the CD (she remains partial to "The Bad Plus," of course.)

Better than 5 Stars!!.......2002-09-21

This is my favorite Jason Moran album.The Musicianship from all three players; Jason, Tarus Mateen(Bass) and Nasheet Waits(Drums) is incredible for such young musicians. This is surely NOT his weakest effort,as said by another reviewer.This is his Strongest effort in my opinion. Jason keeps getting better and more creative with each release. There is no such thing as; this should sound like this;and this should sound like that;this song dosen't work etc.... True originality and creativity is to expect the unexpected, and that's what Jason Moran does and hopefully will continue to do for many years to come.

A good but not great sophomore disc.......2002-03-06

Jason Moran's been getting a lot of good press lately, especially from the NY Times' Ben Ratliff. I've found him an interesting & sympathetic figure--a young player who eschews the boring mainstream brew of Evans, Hancock et al which most young jazz pianists purvey, for a style predicated upon the more experimental areas of the Blue Note catalogue in its heyday (Andrew Hill, Jaki Byard & Herbie Nichols seem to be important influences, along with Ellington & Monk). But he's yet to deliver a fully satisfying disc, though his third disc, _Black Stars_, is surely his best yet, & his debut, _Soundtrack to Human Motion_, is also quite intriguing. _Facing Left_, his trio album, is surely his weakest effort, in which a bunch of interesting ingredients--his striking piano style, a good band, an eclectic mix of influences from pop song, film music & urban grooves--never really adds up. He dots the album with a little electric keyboard & organ but basically it's a straight piano trio; most tracks are very brief (2-5 minutes) & seem more like jumble sales of good ideas than convincing performances. "Twelve", a nice blues, turns out well, & is basically pinched from Moran's teacher Jaki Byard (compare the chords Moran uses once the solo gets going to Byard's blues "Mrs Parker of KC" on Dolphy & Little's _Far Cry_). "Wig Wise" actually suggests Herbie Nichols more than Ellington. Really, none of the tracks here is without interest, but they often impress without striking much deeper. Consider this disc as a small manifesto for the young player, & wait for him to really put out the masterpiece he surely has in him; meanwhile, check out his other two discs rather than this one. I look forward to his forthcoming solo CD.

My Favorite Jazz CD.......2002-01-19

This is my favorite jazz CD. I have over 100 jazz CDs, most of which are jazz piano, and Facing Left has vaulted to the top of the heap. Jason Moran's trio (The Bandwagon) present a remarkably eclectic, thoroughly engaging 57 minutes of music. Moran's playing is incredibly creative. I can't do it justice, except to say that it is different from any other jazz piano CD I have (lots of Jacky Terrasson, Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and Cyrus Chestnut, among others). Anyone who can cover obscure Ellington ("Later," "Wig Wise"), a Bjork tune ("Joga"), a song from The Godfather: Part 2 ("Murder of Don Fanucci"), and a song from a Kurazawa film ("Yojimbo") along with writing great stuff himself ("Thief Without Loot", "Fragment of a Necklace," "Gangsterism on Wood," among others) all on the same CD is cool with me! In addition, Tarus Mateen and Nasheet Waits smoke on drums and bass, respectively. Great, great CD! (I dig the cover art, as well).

Comments from an absolute beginner.......2001-03-14

I attended the concert that Jason Moran Greg Osby and Joe Lovano held at Umbria Jazz Winter in December 2000.

Even if I'm not a big fan of Jazz, I _had_ to buy this CD, and now I'm listening to it every weekend.

Joga and Murder of Don Fanucci are among the tracks I like more.

Average customer rating: Legendary Pianist in Mixed Bag of Piano Concertos

Julius Katchen II (Great Pianists of the 20th Century series) Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dohnányi, Ernö von | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Julius Katchen Daniel Barenboim Vladimir Horowitz III (Great Pianists of the 20th Century series) Byron Janis 2 Clifford Curzon ASIN: B00000IIYB Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

1. Rhapsody In Blue
2. Piano Concerto In D 'for the left Hand': Piano Concerto In D 'For The Left Hand'
3. Piano Concerto In G: Allegramente
4. Piano Concerto In G: Adagio assai
5. Piano Concerto In G: Presto
6. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Theme & Variation I
7. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation II
8. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation III
9. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation IV
10. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation V
11. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation VI
12. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation VII
13. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation VIII
14. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation IX
15. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation X
16. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XI
17. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XII
18. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XIII
19. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XIV
20. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XV
21. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XVI
22. London Philharmonic Orchestra: Variation XVII
23. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XVIII
24. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XIX
25. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XX
26. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XXI
27. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XXII
28. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XXIII
29. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op.43: Variation XXIV

Tracks:

1. Rondo For Piano And Orchestra In B Flat, WoO 6
2. Piano Concerto No. 2 In A: Adagio sostenuto assai- Allegro agitato assai
3. Piano Concerto No. 2 In A: Allegro moderato
4. Piano Concerto No. 2 In A: Allegro deciso - Marziale un poco meno allegro
5. Piano Concerto No. 2 In A: Allegro animato
6. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Introduction
7. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Theme
8. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation I
9. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation II
10. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation III
11. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation IV
12. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation V
13. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation VI
14. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation VII
15. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation VIII
16. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation IX
17. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation X
18. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Variation XI
19. Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25: Finale fugato
20. Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26: Andante
21. Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26: Andantino
22. Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26: Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Legendary Pianist in Mixed Bag of Piano Concertos.......1999-04-30

Well, I bought the sampler of this series, and this was the most interesting of the bunch. Most people will have lots of the other released in CD format or LP format. However, many of these performances are not readily availible. Katchen was a fireband, but sometimes he got carried away and could be somewhat cold. These are all masterpieces in one way or another. The Ravel Left Hand, one of my favorites, seems rushed in places. The sound quality is a tad bit distant. His Ravel G Major, is much better, with better sound and a more involved performance. The Dohnanyi and the Rachmaninov Rhapsody are perfectly paced, and no allowance has to be made for the sound, which is very good. The Gershwin Rhapsody is one of Katchen's specialties, and I have always enjoyed this performance, although it is too old to be authentic (although you hear a Banjo in there!). The Beethoven Rondo (a reject from the 2nd piano concerto, but a great piece on its own) is lively, but a slower tempo might have brought on a more suble performance. The Prokofiev 3rd, however is a knock-out and makes this set well worth getting. A virtuoso performance of the Liszt 2nd Concerto rounds out this well-filled set of discs. They will give pleasure, but make sure you have alternate versions of these concertos.

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Haydn: Symphony No88; Symphony No92

Grand Serenade 1 & 2; Quartet Op8

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Entombed

Ec Was Here

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Collection Dansez, Vol. 7 [Import]

Gaetano Donizetti: The Complete Piano Duets

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