Small Talk [Import]

Product Description
This album originally released in 1974 shows a kinder, gentler Sly. Includes the top ten R&B hit 'Time For Livin'.

Small Talk,Sly & the Family Stone,Sony,Funk,Pop/Rock,R&B,R&B/Soul,Soul,Soul/R & B

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Average customer rating: love songs easy to listen too This is an oldie but a goodie! Great for boring candlelight dinner or quick ride in an elevator. Beautiful music A Valentine's Day Gift for all time

Placido Domingo: A Love Until The End Of Time Ken Hirsch , Jule Styne , John & Paul McCartney Lennon , Consuelo Velazquez , John Denver , Andrew Lloyd Webber , Richard Rodgers , Henry Mancini , Johnny Mercer , Armando Manzanero , and Maureen McGovern Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lecuona | Lecuona, Ernesto | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mancini | Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Domingo, Placido | ( D ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Bernstein, Leonard | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Holdridge, Lee | ( H ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Lecuona, Ernesto | ( L ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Domingo, Placido | ( D ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Perhaps Love The Domingo Songbook Very Best of 100 years of Mariachi De Mi Alma Latina, Vol. 2 ASIN: B0000026H6 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Maria
2. Siboney
3. A Love Until The End Of Time
4. Noche Azul
5. La Comparsa
6. Save Your Nights For Me
7. Time After Time
8. Malaguena
9. Yesterday
10. Besame Mucho
11. My Life For A Song
12. Annie's Song
13. Siempre en me Corazon
14. Love Came For Me (Love Theme From Splash)
15. I Don't Talk To Strangers
16. Blue Moon - Moon River
17. Autumn Leaves
18. Adoro

Customer Reviews:

love songs easy to listen too.......2007-05-07

I love a classical voice singing this type of mustic, or sacred (from the operas (in English), or, out of print sacred. Wish I could find a source for some of my old tapes (some recorded from 78s) of artists like Jerome Hines (Holy City, 1962-3, 78 record I transferred to tape), Russel Davis (1970 or early 8os record I coped, of tape my Dad had copied), William Harness, Kathleen Battle, etc. etc. I enjoy a wide range of music, but had operatic training, so understand the requirements for superior vocal skill. John Denver had much of the quality. Music for me is part of the fabric of life.

This is an oldie but a goodie!.......2006-11-09

One of his first albums of "popular" songs and one of the best of the songs we have loved for years with a fresh, new Domingo treatment. Just as his album with John Denver was a something new for him, these songs are out of the opera world. You'll never hear any of them performed by anyone up to the "gold standard" of Domingo. That being said, I love this album, but - the accent gets in the way on the English songs. You have to be able to accept the accented English and just listen to the gorgeous voice singing some very romantic songs. I highly recommend!

Great for boring candlelight dinner or quick ride in an elevator........2006-10-31

As much as I enjoy listening to Placido Domingo's popular recordings this is not one of his best performances. Missing the full-blooded belting that can be heard on his other albums ("Be My Love" for example). The orchestration is very mediocre and uninspired.
For a romantic mood, "Perhaps Love" (simply fabulous) is much better choice.

Beautiful music.......2006-02-23

I have been looking for this title for a long time...in all the wrong places.

A Valentine's Day Gift for all time.......2005-02-02

If you truly want to touch someone's heart, give this as a Valentine's gift. I received the CD last year and I love every minute. It makes a loving gift of one of the greats. With such a long career you would think that Placido would disappoint. So far it hasn't happened. This year my honey and I will see him in concert! Another Valentine's day wish come true.

Average customer rating: Lighter funk and pop ballads. SHADRACH/MESHACK/ABEDNEGO!!!!!

Small Talk Sly & the Family Stone Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Whole New Thing Fresh Life Dance to the Music There's a Riot Goin' On ASIN: B000MZHVMI Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. Small Talk
2. Say You Will
3. Mother Beautiful
4. Time For Livin'
5. Can't Strain My Brain
6. Loose Booty
7. Holdin' On
8. Wishful Thinkin'
9. Better Thee Than Me
10. Livin' While I'm Livin'
11. This Is Love
12. Crossword Puzzle
13. Time For Livin'
14. Loose Booty
15. Positive

Customer Reviews:

Lighter funk and pop ballads........2007-05-18

Coming on the heels of several superb albums, Sly & the Family Stone's "Small Talk" is a bit of a letdown. After a pair of albums buried in dense funk (to great effect), Stone decided to loosen things up a bit-- "Small Talk" thins out the rhythmic impulses and claustophobic density of "There's a Riot Goin' On" and "Fresh". Further, he clears out the dirty sound of those records for a cleaner feel-- less distortion, less groaning and deep funk vocals, and an odd insertion of strings here and there. The resulting record isn't horrible, but it isn't fantastic either.

"Small Talk" pretty much moves from one funk piece to another, pretty much all of them fairly nondistinguished-- whether it's the uptempo sort of stuff ("Better Thee Than Me") or one of the several ballads that seem to overwhelm the album (plodding "Wishful Thinkin'"), all of which are full of schmaltzy sort of strings. Admittedly, this sometimes works out ok, as on the brief "Mother Beautiful", saved by a powerful chorus vocal by Sly Stone, but by and large, while there's not a lot to hate around here (the endless overdubs of a crying baby on the title track make that one a notable exception for me), there's not a lot to love-- it's all pretty much ok.

This reissue remasters the record, appends a handful of bonus tracks and adds a new liner notes essay. The sonic upgrade is fantastic, one thing that's for sure is that the record sounds crisp and bright.

"Small Talk" isn't a horrible record, but there's so much great stuff by Sly & the Family Stone that it's really hard to consider this one in a positive light. It's just lacking.

SHADRACH/MESHACK/ABEDNEGO!!!!!.......2007-04-14

'Small Talk' represents as 180 degree turn from the sound Sly & The Family Stone presented onFresh.The overall rhythm section is far sparer and relies on live drumming rather then a rhythm machine.Also Sly adds a light string section to many of the songs which even though they are in the backround make their presense known.On the title track Sly utilizes the sound of his baby Sly Jr as a pure rhythm element,something Stevie Wonder and Prince would utilize in a similar way in the future,but Sly's vocals on it are a almost nil.On "Say You Will" and "Mother Beautiful" Sly actually concentrates on warm (almost wholesome) musings on love and family,the former even utilizing a Moog synthesizer for the first time on a Sly record.Then we are on to "Time For Livin'"-now that is what this album is usually remembered for Sly throwing Rusty Allen's bass a little more to the front and again musing on his new family other then the Family Stone.On "Can't Strain My Brain","Holdin' On","Wishful Thinkin'" and "Better Thee Then Me" the Family Stone offer up a series of sparse,crawling grooves that are sponaneous to the point that studio chatter and cues are left running.On the other hand...there's "Loose Booty".One of THE very best Sly songs ever-it's main lyrical chant coming from the biblical story of three Jewish men involved with King Neberkenezzer-the story of basically marching to your own drum and that is what the song is all about anyway;the meanest,loopable groove and horn blasts possible;funk royalty in the highest!Hip hopper after hip hopper has used it as a BASE,never mind a sample and it almost wipes the floor off of everything else here.But luckilly doesn't completely do that because "Livin' While I'm Livin'" throws a hard rocking funk at you that almost goes back to Sly's first days of success."This Is Love" is the most obvious ballad on the album and is very beautiful.As for the the bonuses each has something distinct to offer.The first is a more vocally arranged take on "Crossword Puzzle" from the forthcoming High on You.On the other hand you also get versions of "Time For Livin'" and "Loose Booty" that are far rawer and less arranged,the former of which actually features a nice extended violin solo by Sid Page.There's also the unreleased instrumental "Positive",incredibly funky and jamming.Overall 'Small Talk' is nothing like Sly's previous two albums;it's incredibly funky but at the same time the lyrics are more about turning inward and the overall sound seems much softer.It does seem like the closing of a chaper for Sly Stone (and commercially this was) but in the musical age to come there were some who were curious just as to what Sly and his Family Stone were up to.

Average customer rating: Doris Day - Perfect Casting! Pajama Game Movie Soundtrack Energy To Burn Doris Day leads cast in lively film verson of Broadway hit I'm only 16 and I love the movie and soundtrack..

Pajama Game Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Pajama Game The Pajama Game (1954 Original Broadway Cast) Carousel (1956 Film Soundtrack) Oklahoma! (1955 Film Soundtrack) The King and I (1956 Film Soundtrack) ASIN: B00005LN0M Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

1. The Pajama Game (Opening)/Racing With The Clock - Eddie Foy, Jr./Ensemble
2. I'm Not At All In Love - Doris Day/Girls
3. I'll Never Be Jealous Again - Eddie Foy, Jr./Reta Shaw
4. Hey There - John Raitt
5. Once-A-Year Day - Doris Day/John Raitt/Ensemble
6. Small Talk - Doris Day/John Raitt
7. There Once Was A Man - Doris Day/John Raitt
8. Steam Heat - Carol Haney/Kenneth LeRoy/Buzz Miller
9. Hernando's Hideaway - Carol Haney/Ensemble
10. 7 And A Half Cents - Doris Day/Jack Straw/Ensemble
11. Finale - The Pajama Game ST
12. The Man Who Invented Love - Doris Day

Album Description

Doris Day takes the Tony award-winning Broadway smash The Pajama Game and transforms it into one of her most memorable screen hits. This original Columbia recording captures the spirit and playfulness of the stage version with John Raitt, Eddie Foy Jr., and Carol Haney recreating their Broadway roles. Steam Heat, Hey There and Hernando's Hideaway are but a few of the show-stopping songs featured on this historic soundtrack. 11 tracks are included on this lovingly remastered edition with a bonus track, Man Who Invented Love by Doris Day with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra. 2001 reissue.

Customer Reviews:

Doris Day - Perfect Casting!.......2007-05-09

For once they got it right. Doris Day being cast as Babe Williams was the smartest thing Warner Brothers ever did. Of course, the original idea was to have Frank Sinatra to take over the male lead in the movie version. Sinatra couldn't accept, but if he had, Janis Paige would have played Babe. With no Sinatra as a boxoffice draw, Jack Warner needed a star. Doris Day was promised sole star billing above the title if she accepted the picture. Janis was out and John Raitt (top-billed on Broadway) was in, but would be billed below the title in the movie version.

Usually, Hollywood gets it wrong. They denied Ethel Merman for "Gypsy" and hired Rosalind Russell, who could not sing; they bypassed Julie Andrews for "My Fair Lady" and hired movie star, Audrey Hepburn, who also couldn't sing and Carol Lawrence was told "you're out and Natalie Wood is in" when "West Side Story" came to the screen. Natalie couldn't sing either. Marnie Nixon's voice was used for both Wood and Hepburn and Lisa Kirk's voice subbed for Russell.

With Doris Day, they got everything: a top movie star, an expert singer , a trained dancer and skilled actress. Plus, she was beautiful and took full command of the role of Babe. I just wish they had kept "The Man Who Invented Love" in the picture. I've never seen a Day musical in which she didn't have a couple of ballads of her own. In this film, they attempted to right that wrong with "Invented Love" but dropped it so that Doris could reprise "Hey There" for historical purposes. They wanted Day on film singing that legendary song.

Overall, a wonderful transition from stage to screen.

Pajama Game Movie Soundtrack.......2007-03-16

Love love love this CD. I am so glad the movie version of Pajama Game with Doris Day came out. I have been a fan of this movie since we did the musical when I was in high school in 1980. The movie soundtrack is so much better than the Broadway Recording. Janis Paige just doesn't sing as well as Doris Day. I highly recommend this CD if you are a fan of musicals and Doris Day.

Energy To Burn.......2006-07-31

I know that the revival of "The Pajama Game" is a hit-of-the-moment on Broadway, but I still recommend that fans of the revival check out the soundtrack to the 1957 film version of the show. Warner Brothers treated the property in a more respectful manner than was the norm and even imported most of the New York to Hollywood to recreate their roles "in perpetuity." The new addition was box office magnet Doris Day who had already proven in "Calamity Jane" that she could bring rambunctuous charm to the musical. Hearing Day and John Raitt putting "There Once Was A Man" through its paces can still send a shiver down my aging spine.

Doris Day leads cast in lively film verson of Broadway hit.......2004-02-08

Your choice between the original Broadway cast and the movie soundtrack depends largely on your preference for either Janis Paige on the former and Doris Day on the latter.

Day sings it better, however the Broadway cast album has better sound as well as an overture and three songs, "A New Town is a Blue Town", "Her Is" and "Think of the Time I save" were dropped from the movie.

The soundtrack album, however, includes extended dance music from "I'll Never Be Jealous again" and "Once-a-year-day" and despite the boxy Warner Bros soundtage sound, the music is given a lively performance.

I'm only 16 and I love the movie and soundtrack.........2003-12-08

This is an exellent soundtrack baby. Doris Day has the purrfect vocie, full righ and clear. I'm only 16 and realize taht Doris posseses the finest vocie of any female on the planet. If you like the mvoe or Doris' singing you will LOVE this cd.

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Best of Rodgers & Hammerstein Manufacturer: Alshire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | 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 Similar Items: The Great Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein Mantovani's Golden Hits Percy Faith's Greatest Hits Richard Rodgers - Greatest Hits Rodgers & Hammerstein - The Complete Overtures ~ Opening Night / Hollywood Bowl Orchestra · Mauceri ASIN: B000000KPJ Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

1. Some Enchanted Evening
2. Climb Every Mountain
3. June is Bustin' Out All Over
4. Aisle Talk
5. Bali Hai
6. Opening Night
7. Getting To Know You
8. If I Loved You
9. Oklahoma
10. Curtain Time
11. I Enjoy Being A Girl
12. People Will Say We're In Love

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Theatre Organ: Wurlitzer & Compton Organs Manufacturer: Saydisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | 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 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 General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: More George Wright At The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ Volume 3 Mighty Wurlitzer: Highlights of Movie Theater Music The Mighty Wurlitzer: Music for Movie-Palace Organs At the Mighty Wurlit More George Wright on the Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ, volume 2 ASIN: B000004537 Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Whispering - Ronald Curtis
2. Lullaby of the Leaves - Ronald Curtis
3. Alone - Ronald Curtis
4. Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue - Ronald Curtis
5. Autumn Concerto - Ronald Curtis
6. Lover - Ronald Curtis
7. Only Make Believe/Why Do I love You - Ronald Curtis
8. Caribbean Honeymoon - Ronald Curtis
9. Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Ronald Curtis
10. Only a Rose - Ronald Curtis
11. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails - Ronald Curtis
12. FuniculFunicul Ronald Curtis
13. What a Perfect Combination - Ronald Curtis
14. Over the Rainbow - Ronald Curtis
15. Falling in Love With Love - Laurence James
16. Bye Bye Blues - Laurence James
17. I Know That You Know - Laurence James
18. It's the Talk of the Town - Laurence James
19. Goody Goody - Laurence James
20. Kiss in the Dark - Laurence James
21. Lazy River - Laurence James
22. Glen Miller Selection: I Know Why/Tuxedo Junction - Laurence James
23. I Won't Dance - Laurence James
24. All the Things You Are - Laurence James
25. Alley Cat - Laurence James
26. Love's Last Word Is Spoken - Laurence James
27. Walkin' My Baby Back Home - Laurence James
28. After You've Gone - Laurence James

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Small Talk at 125th and Lenox Gil Scott-Heron Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Free Will Winter in America The First Minute of a New Day The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron Ghetto Style ASIN: B00005IAX4 Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

1. Introduction: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2. Omen
3. Brother
4. Comment No. 1
5. Small Talk At 125th & Lenox
6. The Subject Was Faggots
7. Evolution (And Flashback)
8. Plastic Pattern People
9. Whitey On The Moon
10. The Vulture
11. Enough
12. Paint It Black
13. Who'll Pay Reparation On My Soul?
14. Everyday

Album Description

Remastered reissue of 1970 album. Packaged in a digipak reproduction of the original artwork. The full title is 'A New Black Poet-Small Talk at 125th and Lenox'.

Album Details

Twenty-four bit digitally remastered with restored original artwork.

Average customer rating: A Trancendental Sense of Humor!!!!!!

Serious Fun! Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bolcom, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Duke, Vernon | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Marc-Andre Hamelin: It's All About the Music Blah Blah Blah and Other Trifles... Dukas: Piano Sonata; Decaux; Clairs de Lune Jay Reise: The Devil in the Flesh and Other Pieces Haydn: Piano Sonatas ASIN: B0009OPMTQ Release Date: 2005-06-01

Tracks:

1. Come on Algernon
2. Maternity
3. Usherette's Blues
4. Musical Chairs
5. Pretty Plain
6. Someone is Sending Me Flowers
7. Christian Dior
8. Summer is A-Comin' In
9. Madeira, M'Dear
10. Ill Wind
11. A Word on My Ear
12. A Farmer's Boy
13. I'm Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica
14. The Masochism Tango
15. The twelve Days After Christmas
16. The Green-Eyed Dragon
17. Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise
18. The Shape of Things
19. I Never Do Anything Twice
20. Tamara, Queen of the Nile

Product Description

Jeremy Nicholas writes: “Phrases that chill the heart: ‘I want a volunteer from the audience.’ ‘Is this your car, sir?’ ‘Have we shown you our holiday snaps?’ Or how about “Tonight’s lecture is on the art of writing comedy.” Go to that seminar and one thing you know for sure in advance is that you are consigning yourself to an evening devoid of any humor. Dissecting comedy, analyzing jokes or, in this case, comic songs, has all the allure of pulling off the wings of a butterfly to see how it flies. Setting off writing a comic song is rather like being your own crossword compiler, designing the grid, filling in all the squares, setting your own clues. No, it’s not, really. It’s more like taking a pile of kid’s building bricks and making a spectacular skyscraper from them. No, that’s not it either. But there are elements of both that are pertinent (a good word for seminars).” In other words, comedy (and comic songwriting) is hard work. Think of the last time you told a joke and it didn’t come off. The material was right but maybe the delivery was off. But remember the joy when the response was perfect: not only did they laugh, but you sensed the anticipation: this is going to be funny. And for this album, the anticipation certainly pays off. Anyone who grew up in the 1950’s and 1960’s will recall the wonderful humor of the works of Tom Lehrer, the classic HMV (Angel in this country) LP’s of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. More recently we’ve seen how Stephen Sondheim and William Bolcom can easily move back and forth between the serious and the humorous. And just to prove that comedy can be serious business, we have the participation of Marc-Andre Hamelin, one of the most highly regarded concert and recital pianists as accompanist and composer, joined by his wife Jody Karin Applebaum. Her resume includes performances of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and St. Matthew Passion, Handel’s Messiah, to contemporary works by Stephen Albert, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Gorecki. Together they have performed in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Canada, England and the Middle East. Together they have recorded music of Britten, Schoenberg, Bolcom, Wolpe, Weill, Satie and Poulenc. Here both they and you have some fun for a change!

Customer Reviews:

A Trancendental Sense of Humor!!!!!!.......2005-07-14

As an amateur pianist, I know how it is to play music of different styles for different occasions. I also have a slightly skewered sense of humor as well as a love of serious classical music. So on my shelves I have Dr. Demento as well as Mahler, Broadway Shows as well as Shostakovich. Marc-Andre Hamelin, one of the best pianist nowadays because he makes the most hardest piece of music sound easy, is married to Jody Karin Applebaum, a wonderful singer. They have recorded the Cabaret songs of Bolcom, Britten and Fredrich Hollaender and now turn their attention to comedy songs from many eras. Much of this repertoire is taken from Sarah Walker's Cd on Hyperion. Applebaum's diction is very clear and every song has a different mood and different voices and accents when needed. Comparisons between William Bolcom and Joan Morris are inevitable. Bolcom's "Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise" is also included. The program notes are written by Jeremy Nicholas, who has provided us with very informative program notes for Hyperion CD's, and who has written some wonderful songs such as "Usherette's Blues" and "Place Settings". Tom Lehrer's classic "Masochism Tango" makes an appearance (which is also on one of Dr. Demento's greatest hits CD's).Hamelin's recordings and performances have one thing that many pianist's do not have-HUMOR (when it's needed, of course). Here, he gets to put it to good use, and you can tell that they're having fun. This is a live recording, so there is much laughing from the audience, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Hamelin keeps suprising me with his CD's and repertoire choices, and this is no exception. Let's have some more, please!!! (maybe Dave Frishberg, more Flanders and Swann?).

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Small Talk Charles Small Manufacturer: Blue Lady Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA3WRQ Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

1. Light of Truth
2. Que Garota Linda
3. Micosa-After the Rain
4. Hello Like Before
5. Sweet Pretty Thing
6. Carol's Song
7. Lush Life
8. Better Place

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Overture: American Musical Theatre, Vol. 3 (1946-1952) Manufacturer: Black Tulips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | 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 | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Overture: American Musical Theatre, Vol. 2 (1935-1945) Overture: American Musical Theatre, Vol. 1 (1924-1935) Overture: American Musical Theatre, Vol. 4 (1953-1960) ASIN: B000001P4N Release Date: 1993-12-03

Tracks:

1. There's No Business Like Show Business/The Girl That I Marry/I Got The Sun In The Morning/They...
2. Almost Like Being In Love/Come Rain Or Come Shine
3. How Are Things In Glocca Morra/Old Devil Moon/Look To The Rainbow
4. Always Ture To You In My Fashion/Wunderbar/So In Love
5. Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk/Once In Love With Amy/Lost In The Stars
6. Some Enchanted Evening/Younger Than Springtime/I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy/Bali Ha'i
7. Guys And Dolls/I've Never Been In Love Before/Fuge For Tinhorns/If I Were A Bell
8. It's A Lovely Day Today/I Talk To The Trees/You're Just In Love
9. The March Of Siamese Children/I Whistle A Happy Tune/Hello Young Lovers

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Tracks:

1. State Fair: It's A Grand Night For Singing - Dick Haymes
2. Show Boat: Why Do I Love You? - Tony Martin/Frances Langford
3. Show Boat: Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Ella Fitzgerald And Her Famous Orchestra
4. Show Boat: Ol' Man River - Frank Sinatra
5. Show Boat: I Still Suits Me - Paul Robeson/Elizabeth Welch
6. High, Wide And Handsome: The Folks Who Live On The Hill - Bing Crosby
7. State Fair: It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes
8. Centennial Summer: All Through The Day - Doris Day
9. Carousel: If I Loved You - Perry Como
10. Oklahoma: People Will Say We're In Love - Frank Sinatra
11. Show Boat: Make Believe - Tony Martin
12. South Pacific: I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy - Mary Martin
13. South Pacific: Bali Ha'i - Juanita Hall
14. South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening - Frank Sinatra
15. High, Wide And Handsome: Can I Forget You? - Bing Crosby
16. Roberta: I Won't Dance - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians
17. Show Boat: Bill - Helen Forrest
18. Sunny: Who? - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
19. Oklahoma: Oh, What A Beautiful Morning - Frank Sinatra
20. South Pacific: Happy Talk - Juanita Hall
21. Sweet Adeline: Why Was I Born? - Vic Damone
22. Very Warm For May: All The Things You Are - Tony Martin
23. Carousel: You'll Never Walk Alone - Judy Garland

Christian Music:

1. Sparkle
2. Spirit Tales [Clean]
3. Survival [Original recording remastered]
4. The CD of JB
5. The Essential Collection [Enhanced] [Import]
6. The Gap Band III
7. The Power Is Still On
8. The Secret Life Of Plants (1978 Documentary Film) [Soundtrack]
9. The Skinny [Explicit Lyrics]
10. The Supremes [Box set]

Christian Music

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Christian Music

Vol. 2-Cream of the Crap [Import]

Albrechtsberger, Sperger: String Trios

All in Time

Take Me Back

Adventures of Shindig, Vol. 1 [Import]

Acoustitherapy Vol. II - Regeneration

81 - 86

A Collection of Songs: Recorded 1995-1997

1999 [Import]

A Night on the Town

Alkaline Trio/Hot Water Music [Split CD]

1969-74 Best of David Bowie

12 Exitos Quemantes

Live at Cheney Hall

Urban Express