Last Goodbye [Import]

Product Description
The breezy world of international pop that has been so popular with the Japanese, the Swedes, the French, and the Spanish, is now finally enjoying some success in America. Bands like St. Etienne, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Belle & Sebastian, all leading the pack out of indiepop obscurity. Spring have toured with Pulp and Stereolab in their native France and Spain (yes they are from both countries), and singer Alex is a true superstar as she leads her trio through jazzy, acousticy, and sophisticated pop anthems. The Last Goodbye finds the band at the top of their game after remix records on the Bungalow and Elefant labels. It's an album in every sense, dynamically stirring up the A&M Records circa 1966 (think Claudine Longet) pot up with a unique, vibrant sound all their own. Amor y cocktails and long summer picnics unite and take over. A favorite of Jarvis Cocker, Neil Hannon, Damon Albarn, and Laetitia Stereolab, discover Spring this summer and add a bit of that charming and exciting pop flair to your record collection. Wine goblets sold seperately.

Last Goodbye,Spring,March Records -- Redeye --,Rock/Pop

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Average customer rating: Arguably "The Best" English "Merry Widow "

Léhar: The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; The Count of Luxembourg (Highlights) Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; The Gypsy Baron (Highlights) Offenbach: La Belle Helene; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights) Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld / Burgess, Watson, etc (Highlights) The Best of Operetta, Vol. 3 The Best of Operetta, Vol. 2 ASIN: B00009KHY2 Release Date: 2003-09-02

Customer Reviews:

Arguably "The Best" English "Merry Widow ".......2006-09-12

This is the "Merry Widow" with English translation by Christopher Hassel sung by June Bronhill. I loved this rendition ever since I first heard it in about 1960. What's to love? First the translation is the best I've heard. The language doesn't sound "stilted" as some others. And, you can understand almost every word sung. Plus, the famous song, "Vilja" has some wording that moves me every time I hear it: The soprano sings, "Love me and I'll DIE for you!" with the word "die" somewhat emphasized. I don't know, there's just something "powerful" about someone saying they'd "die" for love! AND, at the end of "Vilja" the chorus and soprano raise to a crescendo hitting a high note together. In many renditions the chorus is heard but not the soprano on the final high note. In THIS version, the soprano, June Bronhill, can be heard rising to the final high note with an incressing crescendo and fortissimo louder than the chorus and holding the final high note---which gives a very thrilling effect as she holds that final note, I assure you!

The "problem" is that this June Bronhill, Reid, and Hassel version is hard to find on CD. For example, this CD is made in Holland and "there is one left" so it says on Amazon. But, if you can find it, I think it would be very much worth a listen. Then, after hearing it, if you think there's a "better" Merry Widow, please let ME know! Thanks. Email:boland7214@aol.

Average customer rating: Da Buzz does it again! Da Buzz Best Cd To Date

Last Goodbye Da Buzz Manufacturer: Bonnier Sweden ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dangerous: The Album More Than Alive Main Line Wanna Be With Me ? In Orbit ASIN: B000FP2XZK Release Date: 2006-06-19

Tracks:

1. Last Goodbye
2. World For 2
3. Soon My Heart
4. Give Me Your Hand
5. Tell Me No Lies
6. Without Breaking
7. Life Is Good
8. Together We Got The Power
9. Echo
10. Live My Life With You
11. Here I Am
12. Last Goodbye Rmx

Customer Reviews:

Da Buzz does it again!.......2006-12-19

DaBuzz has once again made some of the most energetic, melodically beautiful dance-pop music on the planet. Great for any fan of pop who wants a break from the hip-hop overkill in the United States. You can never argue with great songwriting, and there is much to love here. If you own the other DaBuzz albums as I do, the songs sound very similar to past songs as they tend to follow a formula. But Annika's vocals are better than ever on this record. Half of these tracks could be remixed into club hits in the US, but it seems that US audiences have a problem with positive music. Since DaBuzz's lyrics are not obsessed with violence and sex, they may never win through in the US unfortunately. This is a shame because this group is truly talented through and through - they have the vibe of a Madonna record, the melody of Roxette and ABBA, and the production is great as well. WORTH THE PRICE!!

Da Buzz Best Cd To Date.......2006-07-30

Ok, I'm a solid true Da Buzz fan here in the United States and have all of there CD's. I truly think this is way better then the previous two. My favorite songs on here are, while ok I like them all. I really enjoy a CD were I don't have to skip songs and this one is worth every cent even though it's more expensive being an import. #1 Highlights: Together We Got The Power and Live My Life With You
(5) STARS

Average customer rating: Genial, pero... GREAT TE KANAWA !

Very Best Of Kiri Te Kanawa Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( 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 Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | 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 London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music National Philharmonic Orchestra London | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | 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 Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Duets: An American Classic ASIN: B0000AHEAZ Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

1. Signore, Ascolta
2. Ecco: Respiro Appena. Io Son L'Umile Ancella
3. La Mamma Morta
4. Attendo, Attendo...Addio Del Passato
5. Je Marche Sur Tous Les Chemins...Obeissons Quand Leur Voix Appelle
6. Depuis Le Jour
7. Elle A Fui, La Tourterelle!
8. Me Voila Seule...Comme Autrefois
9. Ach, Ich Fuhl's
10. Dich, Teure Halle
11. Wie Nahte Mir Der Schlummer...Leise, Leise, Fromme Weise!
12. Da Geht Er Hin, Der Aufgeblas'ne Schlechte Kerl
13. Gluck, Das Mir Verblieb
14. La Flute Enchantee
15. L'Invitation Au Voyage
16. Le Manoir De Rosemonde

Tracks:

1. Somebody Loves Me
2. Love Is Here To Stay
3. Embraceable You
4. Summertime
5. Long Ago And Far Away
6. A Fine Romance
7. The Song Is You
8. Let's Face The Music And Dance
9. What'll I Do?
10. They Say It's Wonderful
11. I've Got You Under My Skin
12. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
13. True Love
14. I'll Be Home For Christmas
15. Silent Night
16. Come To The Fair
17. The Last Rose Of Summer
18. The Keel Row
19. Comin' Thro' The Rye
20. Greensleeves
21. Danny Boy
22. Hoki Hoki Tonu Mai
23. Po Ata Rau (Now Is The Hour)
24. The World You're Coming Into

Customer Reviews:

Genial, pero..........2005-04-19

Me parece que el arte vocal de Kiri posee muchas fortalezas y sòlidos atributos: brillantez, claridad, riqueza de colores, excelente fraseo, perfecta colocación y afinación, expresividad. Sin embargo, también carece de una mejor respiración para poder contrarrestar el excesivo vibrato que aplica a su canto. Sobre algunas de las obras interpretadas, recomiendo: Der Rosenkavalier: Schwarzkopf; Wagner: Kirsten Flagstad.

GREAT TE KANAWA !.......2004-02-19

THIS IS A GODD OVERVIEW OF KIRI TE KANAWA`S TALENT,THIS COMPILATION INCLUDES GREAT OPERA ARIAS,AMERICAN SONGBOOK CLASSICS,MAORI SONGS AND MORE,DIGITALLY REMASTERED. REALLY ENJOYABLE.

Average customer rating: At least Jeff Buckley was singing in tune the effort was worth it Quartets at their best Wish I could rate this DISGRACE with zero stars. I give it a four

The String Quartet Tribute to Jeff Buckley Cameron Stone , Benjamin Britten , Jeff Buckley , Jeff / Grondahl, Mick / Tighe, Michael Buckley , James Alan Shelton , Tom Tally , Pam Jacobson , and Tom Vos Manufacturer: Vitamin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Songs to No One 1991-1992 Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96 ASIN: B0000BWVNN Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

1. Last Goodbye
2. Grace
3. Lilac Wine
4. Nightmares By The Sea
5. Everybody Here Wants You
6. Corpus Christi Carol
7. Vancouver
8. Eternal Life
9. Morning Theft
10. Songs To The Siren

Product Description

1. Grace
2. Corpus Christi Carol
3. Lilac Wine
4. Eternal Life
5. Last Goodbye
6. Everybody Here Wants You
7. Nightmares By the Sea
8. Morning Theft
9. Vancouver
10. Songs to the Siren (a song composed by Tim Buckley)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

At least Jeff Buckley was singing in tune.......2007-06-23

I enjoy classical, jazz and pop, etc... music pretty much equally. Quality is what counts, and is essentially what's missing in this album. "Grace" is just out of tune and has lost of its grace at the same time. Clearly someone is in need of extra song writer royalty money... Enough said, this is best avoided...

the effort was worth it.......2005-04-11

Interesting CD. It should have included Mojo Pin, and Jewel Box, but what do I know about what rock songs lend themselves to string quartet arrangments? Someone as eclectic as Jeff is bound to have some. The stand outs: Morning Theft, Nightmares by the Sea, and Lilac Wine. Lilac wine is a bit more fitfully drunken, and a little less sweet than Jeff's. All the other songs are also good and explore every facet of Jeff's songs. Hats off to these intelligent musicians. A Tim Buckley song, Song to the Siren, is included. Suggestions for the String Quartet Tribute to Tim: Buzzin' Fly, Blue Melody, Ashbury Park, Morning Glory, Sally Go Round the Roses, Strang Feelin', Sweet Surrender, Pleasant St, Sefronia, I Woke Up, and Dream Letter.

Quartets at their best.......2004-06-22

The ability to transcend music genre is something that isn't easy to do. Jeff Buckley is the most amazing musician of the 90s and quite possibly this generation. This tribute is exactly that, a tribute. This cd only exerts Jeff Buckley as a more astounding musical icon. String quartets are beautiful in themselves. You add Jeff Buckley's riveting harmonies and palpatating riffs and you get something beautiful. Beautiful like Angie.

Wish I could rate this DISGRACE with zero stars........2004-06-18

I agree with mzannetou and Michael Davison. This is an absolute disgrace to Jeff's memory.

I give it a four.......2003-11-22

Of course, we'll always miss Jeff's voice. I found these arrangements of Buckley's music to be an interesting exploration of his songwriting --which is unique and intelligent. Also interesting to point out that "Corpus Christie Carol" is actually based on a composition written by Benjamin Britten, a well known classical composer. The arrangements and performances on this album are solid. Overall I found this to be an intelligent, sensitive homage to an artist who, in such short time on Earth, influenced a great number of people.

Average customer rating: Okay, but kind of disappointing Not quite what I expected... Some great performances, some not so great... Disappointed Musical Talent at Its Best

The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Manufacturer: Metro Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Instrumental Pop & Lounge | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Musicals | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection Gold: The Definitive Hits Collection Swings Cole Porter Reflections From Broadway ASIN: B00005Y47E Release Date: 2002-02-22

Tracks:

1. Any Dream Will Do
2. Close Every Door
3. Heaven On Their Minds
4. Everything's Alright
5. Gethsemane
6. I Don't Know How To Love Him
7. Jesus Christ Superstar
8. Could We Start Again Please?
9. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
10. Another Suitcase In Another Hall
11. Buenos Aires
12. Rainbow High
13. High Flying Adored
14. Memory
15. Jellicle Cats
16. Mister Mistofeles
17. Unexpected Song
18. Last Man In My Life
19. Rolling Stock
20. U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D

Tracks:

1. Only You
2. Starlight Express
3. There's Me
4. Pie Jesu
5. Angel Of Music
6. Masquerade
7. Wishing Somehow You Were Here Again
8. All I Ask Of You
9. The Phantom Of The Opera
10. Music Of The Night
11. Love Changes Everything
12. The First Man You Remember
13. Seeing Is Believing
14. As If We Never Said Goodbye
15. Sunset Boulevard
16. With One Look
17. Too Much In Love To Care
18. Half A Moment
19. Whistle Down The Wind
20. Our Kind Of Love

Album Description

Full title, 'Essential Songs Of Andrew Lloyd Webber'. UK budget-price compilation. 40 superlative performances featuring songs from every one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musicals. Guest artists include John Barrymore, Issy Van Randwyck, Dave Willetts, Maria Friedman, Kim Criswell, Graham Bickley and the National Symphony Orchestra. Housed in a slipcase. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Okay, but kind of disappointing.......2006-04-17

This isn't a bad recording, but the tracks are not the actual performances off of any cast recording of any of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals. The reditions of the songs on the disc are of varying quality. Some are pretty good. Some are borderline awful.
It is a good collection for inexpensively getting a lot of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most popular songs in one place and having them there to be able to listen to get the idea of what a certain song sounds like and is about. It isn't the collection of definitive recordings for certain roles. In fact in a couple examples, I wonder if the performer fully understood the context of the song he or she was singing &/or what it was about. Overall, the album is good, for the most part, if not excellent.

However, the liner notes for "The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber" is another matter. I don't mean to be unkind, but the author of the comments on the different tracks (one Rexton S. Bunnett) is blatantly WRONG in multiple instances. I don't mean just in nit-picky details, but in major plot details/context of songs, like the fact that Bunnett identifies "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" as being sung by "our heroine" (who he does not even identify by name as Christine Daae) as she thinks about her lover, not as being sung about Christine's dead father. He also says that the Phantom has found his perfect love and "Angel of Music" in Christine... because HE is the Angel of Music who Christine believes has been sent to her by her dead father, and because although the Phantom is obsessed with Christine, that relationship is far from "loving" (even if Christine shows him compassion. I feel like these (and a couple other mistakes) are major plot points to get wrong. A good amount of the commentary reads as if Bunnett might have written it at the last minute, fudging his way through entries on musicals of which he had little knowledge; like what an essay I might write on a book I never read for my college class but had quickly looked up on Cliff's Notes would sound like. In terms of sheer editing, there are spelling mistakes, run-on sentences and spacing errors ("Any DreamWill Do")in the liner notes. Where was the copy editor?
And the most frightening fact of all, under Bunnett's credentials, it says "Harper Collins has just published his revision and updating of the Collins Book of the Musical."
I am being very critical, but I think that for a widely-released CD it is reasonable to expect the liner notes to be at a professional level, as they were most likely supposed to be.

Not quite what I expected..........2005-04-23

I was looking for a CD of the original performances and this CD doesn't have them. I suppose it was my fault for not looking closer, but the songs just weren't the same. Personally, I was not impressed. If you don't care that they aren't the originals then it is nice to listen to.

Some great performances, some not so great..........2005-04-18

This CD is actually pretty good, considering you get 40 songs for less than $16. Let's evaluate the pros and cons.

Pros:

Two classic songs that are performed excellently are Phantom of the Opera and I Don't Know How to Love Him.

Of course you want to compare Phantom to the classic Michael Crawford/ Sarah Brightman version. Well, guess what? This version is BETTER. The woman has a deeper voice than Brightman, and her singing style is just awesome. The ending of this version (you know, the "Sing, my angel of music, sing for me!") is different, but in a good way... I think.)

And of course, the standard for I Don't Know How to Love Him is Yvonne's version. This version is different, but it grew on me quickly. This version has a country feel to it, almost. Somehow it works and sounds great.

There are a lot of great performances in this collection. My favorites include: Heaven on Their Minds, Everything's Alright, Could We Start Again Please, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Buenos Aires, Rainbow High, Only You, Starlight Express, Angel of Music, Masquerade, All I Ask of You, Half a Moment, and Whistle Down the Wind. I think they're all great versions of their more famous counterparts.

Cons:

First of all, there are some technical problems that are kind of disappointing. A few of the songs have a very echoey sound. Any Dream Will Do, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, and There's Me are the songs that come to mind that are the worst in this regard. It isn't really bad, just enough to be slightly annoying, more so when the volume is turned way up on your CD player.

A few songs are worthy of skipping over when listening to this collection. In my opinion, Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, and Gethesmane are the biggest disappointments.

Superstar just doesn't cut it for me. The singer really overdoes it, making it overstylized... really makes you yearn for Murray Head. I can't stand listening to it. Just my opinion.

Sunset Boulevard is one of my very favorite musicals, so I was really hoping that the singer would do justice to its title song. Unfortunately I don't think he did. You can't help but compare it to Alan Campbell's fantastic version. This guy has a very choppy way of singing, when I'm used to it being sung so smoothly. Maybe it would grow on me, but I don't think I'll give it a chance to. However, that last note is much stronger than Alan Campbell's. It doesn't make up for the rest of the song, though.

Finally, Gethsemane. The inevitable fact is that NO ONE can sing this song like Michael Ball. This guy tries, he really does. But he doesn't have the right voice or the right style. So please listen to Michael Ball's performance of Gethsemane if you want to know how breathtaking of a song it can be. It's on the Royal Albert Hall DVD, and I'm sure he's got it on one of his CDs.

Anyway, overall, this is a good CD if you like quantity over quality. Don't buy it for the classics, you'll probably end up disappointed with many of them. Buy it for the lesser known songs. You probably won't like every song, especially if you're a big ALW fan, but for the price, it's worth it.

If you want classic versions of classic ALW songs, you might prefer something like "The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection".

Disappointed.......2005-03-11

The singer(s)does not do justice for the lyrics. It was grating to the ears. Save your money for the originals.

Musical Talent at Its Best.......2003-01-03

What a pleasure to hear a collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber's beautiful music from such wonderful voices accompanied by an outstanding symphony. This sensational CD is a treasure to own.

Average customer rating: Quite a dissapointment, with qualifiers! Thoughts on Tarquin A master piece of pure listening pleasure!!! Totally awesome Jazz! A super talented artist and writer

Last Kiss Goodbye Brian Tarquin Manufacturer: Instinct Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Soft Touch High Life Can't Stop Pacific Coast Highway Along the Way ASIN: B000001UWT Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

1. Freeway Jam
2. 57th Street
3. One Arabian Knight
4. Crazy Horse
5. Trippin'
6. Midnight Blue
7. Third Stone From The Sun
8. California Summer
9. Uptown
10. Summer Nights
11. Geronimo
12. Katchina
13. Last Kiss Goodbye

Customer Reviews:

Quite a dissapointment, with qualifiers!.......2007-01-03

Sorry to disagree with most other reviewers, but I struggled to even give this CD a two-star rating, and that rating, honestly, was for the supporting musicians. Frankly, based on Tarquin's talents as displayed on this CD, it is WAY too early for him to be doing "solo" work. His chops are rudimentary at best, and that may be why on some of the songs with such great promise he simply never comes close to delivering. The result is that he plays the blandest of licks, and serves up only the most milk-toast, vanilla of offerings. But, as I said, I offer up the two-star rating for the work and talents of the musicians that supported him, as they are excellent, and clearly well above the talent of the featured "solo" artist. The supporting artists often have a wonderful groove and funk about their playing, one that Tarquin himself either doesn't have or "feel," or simply doesn't have the talent to match them and really contribute something special, which the "music" certainly would have allowed a truly great player. For instance, on tracks number 5 (Trippin'), 11 (Katchina) and especially track 9 (Uptown), one is simply left to muse about what magic a Golub, Freeman, Standring or Hughes would have delivered with this superb supporting ensemble.

Thoughts on Tarquin.......2000-03-26

This is the first CD of Brian Tarquin I've purchased, and I'm sorry it has taken me so long to discover his music. Tarquin does with his guitar what Jim Brickman does with his piano, and what makes these artists unique is that both are putting emotion back into music. My particular favorite on the CD is "One Arabian Knight." It has smooth, melodic, rhythms that you'll want to hear over and over again.

A master piece of pure listening pleasure!!!.......1999-09-20

This is one for any day of the week. Always puts me in a fabulous mood. Perfect music for those romantic evenings or when you're just chilling by yourself snuggled up in your favorite chair when the rain is gently falling outside your window. Love those hypnotic guitar solos!

Totally awesome Jazz!.......1998-08-30

Brian Tarquin is brilliant! He's reinvented Jazz with a new and fresh sound. I play this and his other CDs constantly. It's easy to get hooked on Brian's Acid Jazz. You won't be disappointed.

A super talented artist and writer.......1998-08-29

Brian Tarquin has the ability to go from sophisticated, smooth jazz to acid jazz with beautiful nuance guitar playing. Brian Tarquin is headed for a place in the Hall of Fame.

Average customer rating:

The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 3 Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schifrin | Schifrin, Lalo | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2 The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Man from U.N.C.L.E. The Spy With My Face: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Movies The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Television Classic ASIN: B0006SSQ8O Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

1. First Season Main Title [Revised/Extended]
2. Jerry Goldsmith Medley: The Deadly Games Affair/The Vulcan ...
3. Quadripartite Affair
4. Double Affair, Suite No. 2
5. Belly Laughs
6. Finny Foot Affair
7. Fiddlesticks Affair, Suite No. 2
8. Yellow Scarf Affair
9. Meet Mr. Solo
10. Spy With My Face
11. Discotheque Affair, Suite No. 2
12. Nowhere Affair
13. U.N.C.L.E. A Go Go
14. Bat Cave Affair
15. One of Our Spies Is Missing
16. Monks of St. Thomas Affair, Suite No. 2
17. Spy in the Green Hat
18. Gerald Fried Medley: The Foreign Legion Affair/The Apple a Day Affair
19. Karate Killers
20. Richard Shores Medley: The Summit-Five Affair/The "J" for Judas Affair

Tracks:

1. Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Main Title
2. Dog-Gone Affair
3. Prisoner of Zalamar Affair
4. Mother Muffin Affair
5. Mata Hari Affair
6. Montori Device Affair
7. Horns-of-the-Dilemma Affair
8. Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (End Title)
9. Deadly Quest Affair: Teaser
10. Deadly Quest Affair: Act 1
11. Deadly Quest Affair: Act 2
12. Deadly Quest Affair: Act 3
13. Deadly Quest Affair: Act 4

Average customer rating: A good shot at a 'Best Of' Album.

20 Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00027JZ8E Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

1. Phantom of the Opera: Phantom of the Opera
2. Phantom of the Opera: Music of the Night
3. Phantom of the Opera: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
4. Phantom of the Opera: All I Ask of You
5. Jesus Christ Superstar: Everything's Alright
6. Jesus Christ Superstar: John 19: 41 [Instrumental]
7. Jesus Christ Superstar: I Don't Know How to Love Him
8. Jesus Christ Superstar: The Last Supper
9. Evita: Another Suitcase in Another Hall
10. Evita: Buenos Aires
11. Evita: High Flying Adored
12. Evita: Don't Cry for Me Argentina
13. Cats: Memory
14. Cats: Magical Mr. Mistofelles
15. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Pharoah's Story
16. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Any Dream Will Do
17. Sunset Boulevard: Too Much in Love to Care
18. Sunset Boulevard: As If We Never Said Goodbye
19. Song and Dance: Take That Look Off Your Face
20. Song and Dance: Tell Me on a Sunday

Customer Reviews:

A good shot at a 'Best Of' Album........2006-01-16

I was pleasently surprised at this CD. The singers were all pretty good, and the music was great. My only complaint is with the 'Phantom of the Opera' tracks. "Christine" does fine on the title song and 'All I Ask of You', but on 'Wishing Your Were Somehow Here Again', she falls a little short of a good preformance.

The thing that impresses me the most on this CD are the 'Jesus Christ Superstar' tracks. They all sounded superb, and I prefer them to my original broadway cast soundtrack.

I was dissappointed that they only chose two songs from 'Cats', one of Lloyd Webber's crowning acheivements as a composer. THe show was remarkably successful and is the second longest running show in Broadway history, only topped by 'Phantom'. Also, I felt the songs they chose were a bit...odd. 'Memory', of course, is a given. But why throw 'Mister Mistoffelees' into the mix? Why not the Prolouge,'Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats'?

All in all, I was very impressed with this CD. I give it 4 out of 5 stars, and I recommend it for any fan of Lloyd Webber's music.

Average customer rating:

The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Manufacturer: Metro Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Centennial Gala Concert Songs From Grease (1994 London Studio Cast) Reflections From Broadway Putting It Together: A Musical Review ASIN: B000B9G6O4 Release Date: 2005-10-03

Tracks:

1. Phantom of the Opera/All I Ask of You
2. By Jeeves/Half a Moment
3. Beautiful Game/All the Love I Have
4. Jesus Christ Superstar/I Don't Know How to Love Him
5. Phantom of the Opera/Think of Me
6. Aspects of Love/The First Man You Remember
7. Starlight Express B'way/Starlight Express
8. Starlight Express/Only You
9. Tell Me on a Sunday/Unexpected Song
10. Aspects of Love/Seeing Is Believing
11. Beautiful Game/Our Kind of Love
12. Tell Me on a Sunday/The Last Man in My Life
13. Phantom of the Opera/Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
14. Sunset Boulevard/Too Much in Love to Care
15. Tell Me on a Sunday/Tell Me on a Sunday
16. Aspects of Love/There Is More to Love
17. Evita/Don't Cry for Me Argentina
18. Aspects of Love/Love Changes Everything

Tracks:

1. Sunset Boulevard/With One Look
2. Evita/Another Suitcase in Another Hall
3. Cats/Memory
4. Jesus Christ Superstar/Could We Start Again Please?
5. Requiem/Pie Jesu
6. Phantom of the Opera/Angel of Music
7. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)/Close Every Door
8. Jesus Christ Superstar/Gethsemane
9. Whistle Down the Wind/Whistle Down the Wind
10. Sunset Boulevard/As If We Had Never Said Goodbye
11. Starlight Express/U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D
12. Phantom of the Opera/The Point of No Return
13. Aspects of Love/Anything But Lonely
14. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat/Any Dream Will Do
15. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat/There's Me
16. Jesus Christ Superstar/Pilate's Dream
17. Evita/High Flying Adored
18. Phantom of the Opera/Music of the Night

Tracks:

1. Cats/Macavity
2. Jesus Christ Superstar/Heaven on Their Minds
3. Evita/Rainbow High
4. Starlight Express/Rolling Stock
5. Phantom of the Opera/The Phantom of the Opera
6. Jesus Christ Superstar/Hosanna
7. Evita/Oh What a Circus
8. Phantom of the Opera/Masquarade
9. Starlight Express/Starlight Express
10. Jesus Christ Superstar/King Herod's Song
11. Evita/Buenos Aires
12. Cats/Jellicle Cats
13. Sunset Boulevard/Sunset Boulevard
14. Jesus Christ Superstar/Everything's Alright
15. Cats/Mr. Mistoffelees
16. Phantom of the Opera/Prima Donna
17. Cats/The Jellicle Ball
18. Jesus Christ Superstar/Jesus Christ Superstar

Album Details

Lovesongs, Ballads and Show Stoppers. 54 Tracks, Including Some Brand New Titles Released Here for the First Time.

Average customer rating:

Last Goodbye Lara Fabian Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A2GIJU Release Date: 2004-10-19

Christian Music:

1. Lord of All Ages
2. Love's Pure Light
3. Moments of Clarity [Explicit Lyrics]
4. Most of the Turtles
5. My Bamboo Hat
6. Nachtflug [Import]
7. Nelly, Eminem and Shaggy Karaoke Multiplex TTM-082
8. Now and Forever: The Hits [Import]
9. On the 6 [Import]
10. Over the Tide

Christian Music

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Christian Music

Best 1200 [Limited Edition] [Import]

Great Cathedral Anthems (Final Volume)

Friendship [Import]

Blues Stay Away from Me 1931-1951

Fabric 01

Liquid Mind IV : Unity

Great [Import]

Just Dance, Vol. 2

German Military Marches

Jascha Heifetz Plays Mendelssohn And Beethoven

Great Guitars [Import] [Limited Edition] [Live] [Original recording remastered]

Exitos '94

Golden Arms Redemption [Import]

Reflections

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