Jane Ford

1. Sweet And Slow

2. I'm All That's Missing From My Life

3. Reckless

4. This Is My Heaven

5. Carry Your Heart

6. Live

7. Letting Go

8. Find Me Here

9. More Than You And Me

10. This Town

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Singer/songwriter Jane Ford, who the Toronto Star has called "..a riveting talent," is originally from New York and now lives in Toronto. When she was just 16, Jane got her start as the house piano player at a Toronto Comedy Club, playing for such people as Sandra Bernhard and Jim Carrey. She followed up her comedy club years with a number of years playing clubs in Toronto, New York and Los Angeles.

Jane has also written songs for movies, television and the stage. She wrote the theme songs for three popular Canadian Television series, including one which has been seen and heard in over 40 countries and won Canada's version of the Emmy.

Jane co-wrote with "Kids in the Hall" Bruce McCulloch, a song called "Brucie's Happy World" for his 1996 television special and even had a song of hers sung by Monkee Mickey Dolenz, on the Fox TV series "Monty."

Jane wrote the songs for the off Broadway show "Out in America" which starred Daryl Hannah and Stephen Baldwin.

Most recently Jane wrote two songs that were featured in the MGM released film "I Love You, Don't Touch Me." Jane is currently working on her second CD, as well as writing a series of Musicals for CBC Television called "The 30 Minute Musical."

Product Description
This CD is a collection of songs The Toronto Sun called "soulful pop." A mix of intimacy and electricity, these songs are the thinking person's pop, with a little bit of jazz. Jane's voice resonates and stays with you long after you listen.

Jane Ford,Jane Ford,Eastchester Records,Wellcrafted pop songs and haunting jazz piano. The sound of great indie pop played in a smoky Paris Jazz bar.

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Your Hit Parade - 1951

Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000BD96T2

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Assorted Artists. 24 Songs Total

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My favorite coat, look what you've done!
excellent!

P.D. Q. Bach: A Little Nightmare Music

Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000000ELY
Release Date: 1990-01-25

Tracks:

Opera in one irrevocable act (S. 13) Aria: 'What sweet music' - James Billings/Peter Schlafer/Bruce Ford/Gerald Tarack/Peter Schickele
Opera in one irrevocable act (S. 13) Aria: 'Nature gave us eyes - James Billings/Peter Schlafer/Bruce Ford/Gerald Tarack/Peter Schickele
Opera in one irrevocable act (S. 13) Duet: 'Uh oh' - James Billings/Peter Schlafer/Bruce Ford/Gerald Tarack/Peter Schickele
Opera in one irrevocable act (S. 13) Finale: 'What hutzpah!' - James Billings/Peter Schlafer/Bruce Ford/Gerald Tarack/Peter Schickele
Octoot: Vite, tout de suite - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Octoot: Lent, tout au moins - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Octoot: Minuet et, tout a l'heure, trio - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Octoot: Chanson: 'Toute l'annee, hey, hey, hey' - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Octoot: Tout a coup le bout - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Royal Firewater Musick: Long; neat; long - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens
Royal Firewater Musick: March on the rocks - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens
Royal Firewater Musick: Minute with a twist - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens
Royal Firewater Musick: Sarabande straight up - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens
Royal Firewater Musick: One for the road - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens

Customer Reviews:

My favorite coat, look what you've done!.......2002-07-08

This always happens to me. I can never hear "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees w/o seeing Robert Hayes & Julie Hagerty in "Airplane". "My Girl" conjures images of Belushi as Beethoven on SNL. Likewise, every time "Ein Kleine Nachtmusik" comes on NPR I have to sing along. This album is excellent, as is just about everything else from the PDQ Bach camp. BTW, even the liner notes are a hoot.

excellent!.......1999-06-22

The first time I heard "A Little Nightmare Music" I just about died laughing. "A Little Nightmare Music" is Eine Kleine Nachtmusik set to words.and after listening to this I picked up a few phrases such as "Up I am Fed" and "what hutzpah". This is definitely one to add to the collection!

Mayr - Medea in Corinto / Eaglen · Kenny · Ford · Giménez · Miles · Mason · Nilon · Archer · PO · Parry

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Not Cherubini, but the romantic version by Mayr
An excellent Recording
An interesting version of the Euripides masterpiece

Mayr - Medea in Corinto / Eaglen · Kenny · Ford · Giménez · Miles · Mason · Nilon · Archer · PO · Parry
Giovanni Simone Mayr , David Parry , Jane Eaglen , Yvonne Kenny , and Raúl Giménez, Alastair Miles, Anne Mason, Paul Nilon, Neill Archer Bruce Ford
Manufacturer: Opera Rara UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003LNR
Release Date: 1994-09-19

Tracks:

Act One: Ov - PO/David Perry
Act One: Intro: Perche Temi?...Dolci Amiche - Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell/Yvonne Kenny/Neill Archer/Alastair Miles/Raul Gimenez...
Act One: Intro: Cede Acasto, O Creusa - Alastair Miles/Yvonne Kenny/Neill Archer
Act One: Aria-Giasone: Fosti Grande Allor Che Apristi - Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell
Act One: Aria-Giasone: Di Gloria All'invito - Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell/Bruce Ford
Act One: Aria-Giasone: Ah! Se Amante, Se Guerriero - Bruce Ford
Act One: Aria-Giasone: Ogni Periglio Alfine - Bruce Ford/Alastair Miles/Yvonne Kenny/Bruce Ford/Paul Nilon
Act One: Aria-Medea: Come!... Sen Riede - Jane Eaglen/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell
Act One: Aria-Medea: Sommi Dei - Jane Eaglen
Act One: Aria-Medea: Sventurata Medea...Fermati! - Anne Mason/Bruce Ford/Jane Eaglen
Act One: Duet-Medea/Giasone: Cedi Al Destin, Medea - Bruce Ford/Jane Eaglen
Act One: Aria-Egeo: Alfine Io Ti Riveggo - Raul Gimenez
Act One: Aria-Egeo: Io Ti Lasciai, Piangendo - Raul Gimenez
Act One: Aria-Egeo: M'Inganno...O Ciel - Paul Nilon/Raul Gimenez

Tracks:

Act One: Finale Primo: Dolce Figliuol D'Urania - Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell
Act One: Finale Primo: Cara Figlia! Prence Amato! - Alastair Miles/Bruce Ford/Yvonne Kenny/Raul Gimenez/Jane Eaglen/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor...
Act One: Finale Primo: Scendi Imene...Vanne A Terra... - Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell/Jane Eaglen/Raul Gimenez/Bruce Ford/Alastair Miles...
Act Two: Aria-Creusa: Amiche, Cingete - Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell/Alastair Miles/Raul Gimenez/Jane Eaglen/Bruce Ford...
Act Two: Aria-Creusa: Caro Albergo - Yvonne Kenny/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell/Alastair Miles/Raul Gimenez/Jane Eaglen...
Act Two: Aria-Creusa: Dio D'Amor, Che Il Sen M'Accendi - Yvonne Kenny/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell/Alastair Miles/Raul Gimenez/Jane Eaglen...
Act Two: Aria-Creusa: Eccoti, O Figlia, A' Lari Tuoi - Alastair Miles/Yvonne Kenny/Neill Archer
Act Two: Aria-Media: Dove Mi Guidi? - Anne Mason/Jane Eaglen
Act Two: Aria-Media: Ogni Piacer E Spento...Antica Notte - Jane Eaglen/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell
Act Two: Duet-Creusa/Giasone: Amico, A Te Soltanto - Alastair Miles/Paul Nilon/Yvonne Kenny
Act Two: Duet-Creusa/Giasone: Sembra Che Alfine Secondi - Yvonne Kenny/Bruce Ford
Act Two: Duet-Creusa/Giasone: Non Palpitar, Mia Vita - Bruce Ford/Yvonne Kenny
Act Two: Duet-Creusa/Giasone: Ah! Si Caro Accento - Bruce Ford/Yvonne Kenny
Act Two: Aria-Egeo: Avverse, Inique Stelle - Raul Gimenez
Act Two: Aria-Egeo: I Dolci Contenti - Raul Gimenez
Act Two: Duet-Medea/Egeo: Ma Qual Fioco Rumor? - Raul Gimenez/Jane Eaglen
Act Two: Duet-Medea/Egeo: Se Il Sange, La Vita - Raul Gimenez/Jane Eaglen

Tracks:

Act Two: Aria-Giasone: Grazie, Nume D'Amore! - Bruce Ford
Act Two: Aria-Giasone: Amor, Per Te Penai - Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell/Bruce Ford/Alastair Miles/Raul Gimenez/Jane Eaglen...
Act Two: Aria-Giasone: Ebbene, Evandro? - Paul Nilon/Raul Gimenez
Act Two: Aria-Medea: Ismene...O Cara Ismene! - Jane Eaglen/Anne Mason/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell
Act Two: Aria-Medea: Ah! Che Tento? - Jane Eaglen/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell
Act Two: Aria-Medea: Miseri Pargoletti - Jane Eaglen/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell
Act Two: Aria-Medea: Quale Orror Mi Circonda! - Anne Mason
Act Two: Final Secondo: Era Tua Sposa - Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell/Bruce Ford/Alastair Miles/Neill Archer/Paul Nilon...
Appendix: Aria-Giasone: Di Gloria All'invitto - Bruce Ford/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell
Appendix: Cabaletta-Egeo: Ma Forse Eccedono - Raul Gimenez
Appendix: Duet-Medea/Egeo: Ah! D'Un Alma Generosa...Dove Un Soave - Jane Eaglen/Raul Gimenez
Appendix: Aria-Medea: Ismeme...O Cara Ismene - Jane Eaglen/Anne Mason/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell
Appendix: Aria-Medea: Ah, Che Tento? - Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell/Jane Eaglen
Appendix: Aria-Medea: Miseri Pargoletti - Jane Eaglen/Geoffrey Mitchell Chor/Geoffrey Mitchell

Customer Reviews:

Not Cherubini, but the romantic version by Mayr.......2005-03-14

When I intended to buy this recording, I was expecting the animalistic version written by Beethoven's favorite composer, Luigi Cherubini. How wrong I was! I wasn't disappointed though. Although Cherubini's Medea was brutally honest in every sense of the drama, the opera never covered the romantic side of the Medea legend the way Mayr's version did. And how fortunate we are to have this version (with the beautiful libretto written by none other than Felice Romani, my favorite librettist) done in the bel canto style. It is very honest, very moving music, and requires a great soprano with good dramatic sense such as Jane Eaglen to execute this role. Her singing is very tender and moving, and unlike the Medea of Luigi Cherubini, she does not scream, spit, or hurl her lines. The creator of this role was Giuditta Pasta, and how unfortunate is was for us that Callas did not touch the part, for she was the modern Giuditta Pasta. This is good, however, for Jane Eaglen because she wouldn't have to suffer the same "this diva is better" war that so many Callas-role touchers are experiencing today! However, this is an excellent recording. As always, Opera Rara presents an excellent cast along with a booklet that serves to impress. The sound is phenomenal, and I would recommend this recording to anyone who wants to understand the romance of the Medea legend.

An excellent Recording.......2003-10-02

This is a very excellent recording of this work, and is well worth the price. It is not Cherubini nor Charpentier, it is a very romantic version of this story. Like the previous reviewer stated, the basic story as written in the Greek play is in tact. However, there are some interesting differences in the way this opera is written verses the old French style of Charpentier or the "opera comique" style of Cherubini (also recorded and available; very different from the Italian version with Callas). It reflects the orchestration, and the vocal writing more akin to what one would hear with Donizetti (and that is no surprise, as Mayr was his teacher). This was the version of Medea that reigned during the romantic age (Cherubini's was enjoyed in Germany and in German, but didn't do well in other countries, and was not really performed much in Italy until Tullio Seraphin created the edition that later Callas would make famous). Pasta sang this opera numerous times and made a real hit with it. Critics of the day praised this opera and compared the "Incantation Scene" of Act 2 as equal to the geniuse of Mozart and Gluck.

Eaglen, for some reason, to me always sounds so "flat" in every recording she makes. She is in pitch, that is not what I mean, the voice just sound like it is old and tired, and this recording is no exception. She doesn't quite make the character of Medea come alive. Yet, when one hears her in person, one is really very much blown away with the excitement of her voice. I really think this is a problem of the recording and not of the singer. She has a monsterously huge voice, and huge voices don't record well, not even in our "perfect digital age." The core of her voice, the central focus, which in real life is very profoundly noticeable, seems to be lacking. That robs her voice of the "personality" it needs to make this role work.

The other singers (especially the tenors) are excellent, and they record well and give life and excitement to their roles.

This opera is very lyrical, and it doesn't have all the animal thrust of the "Italian Media" (which had all it recitatives written by a German organist in the 1850's) that Callas sings, but it does have quite a bit of power of its own. The closing scene of the opera is very powerful, and it is in this scene in particular, one wishes that Eaglen's voice was recorded more true to her sound. The real thrust she gives this music, and the drama one hears if you were hearing her in person, simply isn't there.

Why did I rate it so highly if it seems I wasn't impressed? Well, I loved the recording, it is excellent. It isn't the performers that failed, nor the orchestra, there was just something about the way the recording masters record big voices, and we are all the losers in some way. Perhaps they should do with Eaglen like they do with Dimitrova -- have her stand behind the orchestra (while all the other singers are in front of it) which puts her far enough away from the microphones you get the real theatrical focus of the voice, as her voice is powerful enough to drown out everything and everyone.

As a historical aside, this is considered Mayr's masterpiece, however (and this recording is of the Naples version), when he had the opera performed in various places he had to use the secco recitatives (ones to piano, not harpsicord -- the harpsicord wasn't even used by Mozart, even though that is often what is done in modern performances). The entire thrust of the work is lost in those versions. Fortunately, no one has interest to record them. The creator of the role of "Medea" was Rossini's first wife, Isabella Colbran, a singer noted for her rich LOWER voice, and the ability (which was rare then) of singing ascending scales as easily as descending ones.

This opera is quite "modern", as I said before, like what one would expect from Donizetti. One thing that makes it so, and you will notice this listening to this recording, is that entire scenes seem to have been created as entire entities. The various arias, recitatives, and choruses that make up the scene work so closely together it seems impossible to separate them out if one were going to sing "concert numbers" from this opera. This recording maintains the dramatic continuity.

There is another recording of this work (one which I own, and bought a long time ago, and I believe it was the first recording ever made of the work) which is far more satisfying than this one, sadly I have to say that. I have no clue if it is still available. It was published by Vanguard/Cardinal Series withMarisa Galvany singing Medea (and she is every bit as powerful as Callas, but with a more beautiful voice; she could have matched Callas in the Cherubini version of this story in every detail; having seen her in performance, it was a shame Galvany was never much noticed by many), Allen Cathcart singing Giasone, nad Creonte sung by Thomas Palmer. This recording is riviting to the extreme. The conductor is Newell Jenkins. Until you can locate this older recording, this new one I am reviewing is what you will have to accept, but never fear, it is not a painful chore to do so. As I said, it is an excellent recording, and well worth the money, and this verion of this opera is just as good as Cherubini, and in many ways, superior to it.

An interesting version of the Euripides masterpiece.......2001-02-27

There have been two great operas that tell the story of Medea and her faithless Jason: Charpentier's in 1693 and Cherubini's in 1797. The latter is more often done in a somewhat butchered Italian version, but it has held the stage as long as there are singers like Callas to portray the title role. But now we have from the excellent Opera Rara people a version on 3 CDs that can easily hold its own against the other two. Premiering in 1813, it has a libretto by Felice Romani (who would go on to supply libretti for such operas as "The Elixir of Love") and music by Giovanni Simone Mayr (a German who wrote Italian operas). It is titled (ORC 11) and stars the now very much in demand soprano Jean Eaglen, whom you might be seeing or have seen as Isolde on a PBS telecast.

The Euripides story remains pretty much intact, the only real change being that the King of Athens is a rival for the hand of Creusa, Jason's intended--because the Italians did love their triangles. There is some lovely music along the way, especially when Creusa is on stage; and some powerful stuff when Medea is in charge. Yet it is in those scenes that I find Ms. Eaglen not quite chewing up the scenery as I hoped she would. It might be my imagination, but somehow I do not find her deep enough into the role, especially into her invocation to the powers of hell and in her agonies over the killing of the children.

Note also that this work is composed "in the French style," which means the dry recites to harpsichord are absent and we have a through-composed piece that is more satisfying to the audience but the original singers complained it taxed their voices.

David Parry leads the Philharmonia Orchestra and the rest of the cast with conviction. As always, Opera Rara is most painstaking in its packaging. A long essay precedes the libretto, the text of which is only in Italian with English translation, and there are good photos of every major singer: Alastair Miles, Raul Gimenez, Bruce Ford, Yvonne Kenny, and the rest.

Tracks:

Welcome Christemas
The Cherry Tree Carol
Of A Rose, A Lovely Rose
Nova, Nova - Ave fit ex Eva
We Have Seen His Star In The East
There Is No Rose
I Sing Of A Maiden
Holy Sound, Holy Sight
Prophet's Song
Lo How Soft The Light
O Magnum Mysterium
Rorate caeli desuper
Before The Pailing Of The Stars
Who Comes?
Where Is This Stupendous Stranger?
What Sweeter Music Can We Bring?
All My Heart This Night Rejoices
Yes, Indeed!!

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2 Days in February
Jane Ford
Manufacturer: Eastchester Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009JVNGM
Release Date: 2005-04-29

Tracks:

Now
That Sweet Way
I'm Here Too
So Easy
I Didn't Know You
I Won't Give You Away
Stars
Every Sunrise

Product Description

Part well crafted pop, part smoky jazz, this album takes the perfectly crafted pop song to a new level. On this album, Jane Ford returns to her influences, 1970Â’s singer/songwriter Top 40, but here itÂ’s played as though smushed into a pack of Gitanes in a Paris jazz bar. The eight song equivalent of a night on the town with a friend who makes you drink too much and confess all your inner secrets. But somehow you feel better for it in the morning

Average customer rating:

One of my favorite CDs
Great Surprise

Jane Ford
Jane Ford
Manufacturer: Eastchester Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005UFE6
Release Date: 1995-10-20

Tracks:

Sweet And Slow
I'm All That's Missing From My Life
Reckless
This Is My Heaven
Carry Your Heart
Live
Letting Go
Find Me Here
More Than You And Me
This Town

Album Description

This CD is a collection of songs The Toronto Sun called "soulful pop." A mix of intimacy and electricity, these songs are the thinking person's pop, with a little bit of jazz. Jane's voice resonates and stays with you long after you listen.

Customer Reviews:

One of my favorite CDs.......2002-08-26

This is such a heartfelt and touching collection of songs written and performed by Miss Jane Ford. I love it. Such wonderful and original lyrics and such a depth of soul to all of her songs.

Great Surprise.......2002-06-18

As a long time fan of the likes of Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell and Rickie Lee Jones, this little gem is a great discovery. Jane Ford shows a fine artistic touch both in voice and on the piano. The songs are honest, clear and straight-forward, with enough jazz and blues tinges to keep them strong and interesting.