Live My Life [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

Live My Life [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

Track Listings

1. California Love - Dr. Dre, Roger Troutman, 2Pac
2. Slippin' into Darkness - 2Pac
3. Ride or Die - Killa Tay, Outlawz
4. I Ain't Mad at Cha - Danny Boy, 2Pac
5. Static I [Remix 1] - Tupac Shakur
6. Runnin' [Stone Radio Remix] [Mix] - The Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac
7. Me & My Homies - Nate Dogg, , Snoop Dogg, 2Pac
8. Wanted Dead or Alive - Snoop Dogg, 2Pac
9. Be the Realist [Radio Version] - The Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac
10. One Night Stand - Mil, 2Pac,
11. Monday Morning [West Coast Radio Edit] [Edit] - 2Pac
12. How Do You Want It - 2Pac
13. Live It Up - Outlawz, 2Pac
14. Fatha Figga - Snoop Dogg, 2Pac
15. 2 Gangsta - Ak Band, Huccabucc, Killa Tay, , , 2Pac
16. Static II [Remix 2] - Tupac Shakur
17. Live My Life - 2Pac,
18. Order After Kaos - Outlawz, 2Pac

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Broadway, My Way
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Linda Eder - Great Voice
  • Not a voice.......an instrument
  • the best female singer of the great american standards.
  • The powerful and beautiful voice of Linda Elder
  • Linda Eder shines with her Broadway album
Broadway, My Way
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ASIN: B000088E4T
Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

  1. I Am What I Am (from "La Cage aux Folles")
  2. Anthem (from "Chess")
  3. On The Street Where You Live (from "My Fair Lady")
  4. What Kind of Fool (from "Stop The World I Want to Get Off")
  5. Some People (from "Gypsy")
  6. I'll Be Seeing You (from "Right This Way")
  7. Gold (from "Camille Claudel")
  8. Don't Rain On My Parade (from "Funny Girl")
  9. The Impossible Dream (from "Man of La Mancha")
  10. A New Life (from "Jekyll & Hyde")
  11. Edelweiss (from "The Sound of Music")
  12. Unusual Way (from "Nine")
  13. Man of La Mancha (from "Man of La Mancha")

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The people who felt betrayed when Linda Eder covered several pop songs on 2002's Gold will be relieved that her follow-up, Broadway My Way, is a return to the Great White Way. As if to prove that she isn't limited to either the songs of Frank Wildhorn or ballads, Eder tackles some well-known show tunes. The ballads tend to be overwrought, so it's best to look for the uptempo numbers. The singer's take on "Some People" is technically fine but so va-va-voom showbiz that it lacks the deranged edge that makes the song so compellingly dramatic. Things work a lot better on "I Am What I Am": while Eder doesn't take it to the top (or rather over the top), this is as close as she gets to Mermanizing a number. Elsewhere, "Don't Rain on My Parade" (immortalized by Streisand) and "Man of La Mancha" are appropriately brassy and triumphant, with Eder roaring her way through both songs. Fans of both Eder and Wildhorn should note that the singer reprises her Svengali's "Gold," the title track from her previous album, and an excerpt from his long-in-the-works Camille Claudel. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Album Description

On the eagerly awaited Broadway My Way, Atlantic recording artist and acclaimed Broadway sensation Linda Eder performs classics including 'On the Street Where You Live' (from My Fair Lady), 'Edelweiss' (from The Sound of Music), 'Don't Rain On My Parade' (from Funny Girl) and 10 other great broadway songs performed in a whole new voice. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Linda Eder - Great Voice.......2007-07-06

This lady has one great voice. She can certainly sell a song. My only reservation about her is that she's a bit cocky. I think she could use some humility.

5 out of 5 stars Not a voice.......an instrument.......2007-02-17

Unbelievable breath control, phrasing, and style. My 10 yr. old Granddaughter who heretofore has listened and loved the usual rap
and hip-hop, heard me playing this disc and begged me to buy her
one........and I did, and she plays it all the time, and to her
friends. Linda Eder exceeds the Streisand mystique by far.

5 out of 5 stars the best female singer of the great american standards........2006-07-24

i am turning 60 years old this year. i went to my 1st.broadway
musical in 1960. over the years i have had the honor to see
almost all of the giants of american song, garland, streisand,
patti lupone, lena horne, betty buckley, barbaracook etc. in
"broadway, my way" linda eder cements her place as the best of the best. from an anthem like "i am what i am" to the lovely
"on the street where you live" captures you body and soul.
i loved this album, and don't ever miss a chance to see her live. JOHN POWER

5 out of 5 stars The powerful and beautiful voice of Linda Elder.......2006-02-23

A great selection of songs. Tremendous amount of energy in Linda's voice. I just love it.

5 out of 5 stars Linda Eder shines with her Broadway album.......2006-02-18

Wow! Linda Eder has an outstanding voice. She sells Broadway in the styles of Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand. After hearing this you will want more.
The Art of the Song
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Age breeds a shining moment
  • Nice but dismissable.
  • Disappointing by Quartet West standards
  • If you breathe and have ears, buy this record!
  • A Night and a Lonely Town
The Art of the Song

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ASIN: B00000JNMR
Release Date: 1999-07-27

Tracks:

  1. Lonely Town
  2. Why Did I Choose You
  3. Moment Musical Opus 16 No.3 In B Minor
  4. In Love In Vain
  5. Ruth's Waltz
  6. Scenes From A Silver Screen
  7. I'm Gonna Laugh you Right Out Of My Life
  8. You My Love
  9. Prelude En La Mineur
  10. The Folks Who Live On The Hill
  11. Easy On The Heart
  12. Theme For Charlie
  13. Wayfaring Stranger

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Bassist Charlie Haden was an integral part of Ornette Coleman's pioneering avant-garde groups in the '50s and '60s and led his own equally forward-thinking Liberation Music Orchestra. His ensemble Quartet West, with tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts, drummer Larance Marable, and pianist Alan Broadbent, revealed a sentimental side of his musical personality that surprised many. This recording, with string arrangements by Broadbent, sounds like a soundtrack to a Raymond Chandler film as Haden's sturdy bass tones make him a worthy supporting actor. But although Shirley Horn's ethereal voice sparkles on "Lonely Town," "In Love in Vain," and "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life," and crooner Bill Henderson's towering pipes are radiant on "Why Did I Choose You," "Ruth's Waltz," "You My Love," and "Easy on the Heart," all of the material is in pretty much the same ballad tempo, which, compounded by the time length of the CD, robs it of the romantic resonance it could truly shine on the listener. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Age breeds a shining moment.......2003-11-20

The criticisms miss the point. This is an effort that does a rare thing - it brings together men and women who can put the experience of life to judicious use in their art. Unlike listening to the deterioration other performers have faced, in later years, at the hands of studio production teams that no longer know what to do with them, Charlie Haden has found a way to create a beautiful volume of space in which to let the years of these venerated performers shine through. It is in this space you shall hear the notes of lives lived and savored.

3 out of 5 stars Nice but dismissable........2001-08-09

Haden's pleasant miscellany of neglected but deserving ballads is indeed a mixed bag, but somehow his focus, purpose, and method elude this listener. Neophyte writers are frequently enjoined to compose with a sharp, definitive, unified "thesis." Haden could have used a bit of coaching along these lines before producing this collection. Even drawing upon a common composer (as opposed to ranging from Kern to Rachmaninoff to public domain) might have provided the needed coherence to the project.

In any case, it's always a welcome experience to hear Shirley Horn; the revival of a touching ballad like "In Love in Vain" merits our appreciation; and though I was never a big fan of Bill Henderson (an acquired taste), he deserves to be recorded based on the evidence of this recording.

In sum, this album is more than anything else a "sampler" and should have been priced accordingly.

4 out of 5 stars Disappointing by Quartet West standards.......2001-05-09

The outstanding Quartet West album is 'Always Say Goodbye'. On that CD, Broadbent demonstrates his skills at orchestral arrangement, and Haden deftly selects great oldies to intermingle with some of his own superb compositions. Haden also takes some historic performances -- such as Jo Stafford on vocals -- to bring a resonance to the new covers. The experiment was very successful.

You can see the logic behind this subsequent album: instead of using dusty old recordings, why don't we use today's state-of-the-art production to capture the voices of several current artists? And why don't we let Alan orchestrate the whole album?

The trouble is that the orchestration, beautiful though it is throughout, constrains the band terribly. And the vocals swamp the album. (Actually the Jo Stafford track on 'Always Say Goodbye' is one of the weakest on the album.) They say that the saxophone is the instrument closest to the human voice, and it is Ernie Watts who suffers most on this album, The sax is simply crowded out by all the singing. It is only on the stand-out track, 'Prelude en la mineur', an instrumental re-working of a Ravel piece, that Watts finally gets a chance to let rip.

Shirley Horn's vocals are fine, particularly on 'Lonely Town'. But I simply cannot listen to any of the tracks containing Bill Henderson's voice, and sadly, there are four of them.

The most touching song is the last one, where Haden himself bravely takes the vocal lead. It's a song his mother used to sing on the radio, back in the early 1940s, when the entire Haden family would appear on KWTO Springfield. It is a farewell to the dead, and also a reassurance that one day they will meet again.

If you want a quick survey of this CD, check out tracks #1, #9 and #13. It's a long way from the days of Haden's playing with Ornette Coleman and the Liberation Orchestra, and it's very mellow.

5 out of 5 stars If you breathe and have ears, buy this record!.......2001-04-15

I first heard of Charlie Haden on Dublin's best radio music show - The Mystery Train presented by John Kelly on RTE Radio 1. I bought this CD and it has never been off my current play list. This is beautiful music that touches the heart. Listen to Wayfaring Stranger, Lonely Town, I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life, or Ruth's Walz after a tough day at the office or jammed in traffic and you will be back in touch with the good things in life. As someone who has evolved though Thin Lizzy, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Queen, U2, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, BB King, Grant Green etc, Charlie Haden is proof of my graduation. After since buying other and even better Haden CD's, I am looking forward to seeing him in concert with Quartet West here in Dublin on April 29. BUY IT NOW!

5 out of 5 stars A Night and a Lonely Town.......2000-05-24

Despite its problems, I think this album still deserves a five-star rating. Seemingly inspired by the music of moody classic cinema, a listener might well envision a seedy nightclub in a fog-swept black & white San Francisco of the 1940s or a tearful Ingrid Bergman about to board a twin-propellor leaving Rick and Casablanca behind her forever.

Regardless of which side of the Atlantic you envision on your moody musical journey, this is definitely a lounging type of music, perfect for lazy Sunday afternoons, after-theatre drives around town on warm summer evenings, warm candle-lit baths, or romantic dinners for two. The beautifully romantic ballads range from the longing "Lonely Town" to the mostly-resolute "I'm Going to Laugh You Right Out of My Life" to the quietly complacent "The Folks Who Live on the Hill." Interspersed with these great standards, however, are wonderful instrumental pieces which frame the remaining vocals with stunningly dramatic moods.

The only flaw is the rather unappealing voice of Bill Henderson, who seems to be suffering from a weak set of lungs, if not from lack of enthusiasm. Henderson seems to strive for the vocal capabilities of Shirley Horn, who sings on 1, 4, 7 and 10, but is incapable of achieving those same dramatic pitches of his fellow artist. Nevertheless, he does an adequate job on "Ruth's Waltz" and "Easy on the Heart" even if "Why Did I Choose You" is downright painful to listen to. Haden, who sings on 13, seems similarly incapable of reaching Horn's heights, but "Wayfaring Stranger," the traditional song he chose to render, is capable of carrying itself with the slow somber tone it evokes in the listener.

Regardless of its faults, this remains a beautiful album. I definitely recommend it to anyone who loves the kind of sit-at-home music it captures so very well in its beautifully jazzy tunes that are, at the very least, easy on the ears.
Weill: Lady in the Dark / Risë Stevens, Adolph Green, Lehman Engel, Danny Kaye
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • stunning studio album in creamy stereo
  • STELLAR STAR!
  • There IS a more complete recording. . .
  • Great Fun
  • A fun, if abbreviated, recording
Weill: Lady in the Dark / Risë Stevens, Adolph Green, Lehman Engel, Danny Kaye
Kurt Weill , Maurice de Abravanel , Risë Stevens , Adolph Green , Danny Kaye , Lehman Engel , Michael Kellman , Dennis D. Rooney , and John Reardon
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ASIN: B0000029VA
Release Date: 1997-06-03

Tracks:

  1. Lady In The Dark: Glamour Dream: Oh, Fabulous One
  2. Lady In The Dark: Huxley (Liza, Beekman)
  3. Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live (Liza)
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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars stunning studio album in creamy stereo.......2004-08-05

This studio album of Weill and Gershwin's LADY IN THE DARK features the lovely Rise Stevens making the role of Liza Elliott her own, with Adolph Green in the role that made Danny Kaye a star in the original production.

This sumptuous reissue on the Columbia 'Masterworks Heritage' label presents the recording in creamy stereo, with the orchestra under the baton of Lehman Engel. Rise Stevens is perhaps the best singer to have played Liza on any recording of LADY IN THE DARK. The trained opera singer lets her hair down for the manic "Saga of Jenny", and yields glowing versions of "My Ship" and "One Life to Live". Also featured among the cast are John Reardon and Stephanie Augustine.

My only qualm about the release is the horrid packaging. The disc is enclosed in a cardboard sleeve at the back of a booklet-style slipcase, leaving the CD vulnerable to scratches and dust (I remedied the problem by putting the CD in a separate plastic jewel case and filing it on the shelf next to the empty booklet case). However this should not deter collectors and musical theatre fans from seeking out this lovely recording.

5 out of 5 stars STELLAR STAR!.......2003-01-03

MISS STEVENS shinesas Liza Eliot in this perfect recording of "Lady in the Dark". [For the first time - with repect to the other artists - the lyrics are pristine!] THE recording? IF you own a 'surround system' - this one IS flawless - just a perfect balance of voice and instrument. [A great restoration job - if only they could do the same to the Lawrence version....]

FOR the collector - get all three recordings currently available - the 1997 London version is the most complete, the Gertrude Lawrence? It's more of a Star Vehicle for Miss Lawrence - lots of dialogue - with really only the two "Liza' numbers - "Saga of Jenmny" and "My Ship" intact - but also well worth the journey.

AS A BONUS - Miss Stevens recording contains the Danny Kaye contribution missing from the Gertrude Lawrence recording - plus his versions of "My Ship" and "The Saga of Jenny".

4 out of 5 stars There IS a more complete recording. . ........2000-12-06

This recording is terrific, but for a more complete recording with much better quality, look for the Original Cast Recording from the Royal National Theatre Production. It's got all the bridging music which is phenomenal.

5 out of 5 stars Great Fun.......1999-04-15

Until the definitive full version of the score comes out--with all the bridging material and orchestral interludes--this is probably the most complete of one of the greatest and most charming classic Broadway scores (and probably Ira Gershwin's masterpiece). Rise Stevens was born to play the part, and though at times she gets a bit excessive (especially in the dialogue) her voice is beautiful and confident (a high point is her counterpointing the chorus during "The Best Years of His Life"), and iat times really soars, as in "This is new." Adolph Green is hilarious--it's a great tragedy he never got to play this role on Broadway.

4 out of 5 stars A fun, if abbreviated, recording.......1999-04-02

A nifty performance of one of Broadway's classic scores. The biggest problem is that just about everything is slightly abridged (mostly verses, connecting material, dialogue underscoring and choral repeats--although if I'm reading the vocal score right, most of this would still be interesting to listen to); still, a reasonably good taste of the whole thing. The liner notes also don't really give a story synopsis, so if you aren't familiar with the plot, seek out a summary so you aren't completely confused by what is going on. Rise Stevens' acting is pretty mannered, and she goes over the top vocally every now and then; she seems to be shouting, not singing at the end of "Jenny." Adolph Green is hysterically funny and acquits himself supremely well in "Tchaikovsky." How you'll enjoy the appendix of Danny Kaye's recordings depends on how much you like Danny Kaye--enough said.
Elektrik Inferno Live
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Revved up and ready
  • TKK LIVE!
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  • Decent..
  • This is Beyond Belief! Nearly f%ckin Perfect!
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ASIN: B00006JODA
Release Date: 2002-10-15

Tracks:

  1. Kooler Than Jesus
  2. Disko Fleshpot
  3. Nervous Xians
  4. Sex On Wheelz
  5. Swine And Roses
  6. LeatherSex
  7. ...Cuz It's Hot
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  9. Sexy Sucker
  10. Delicate Terror
  11. Electrical Soul Wish

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First live recording ever from the sexsational industrial disco act. Features classic Wax Trax-era club hits, like 'Kooler Than Jesus', 'The Days Of Swine and Roses', 'Cuz it's Hot' and 'Sex on Wheelz'. Sleaze Box Records. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Revved up and ready.......2007-04-09

Like the racing flags on the cover suggest, this TKK release is a full-speed-ahead rush. The "live" versions of the tracks have always been very exciting, and this recording is a great way to bring it home. Check out the live mix of "Kooler Than Jesus", which immediately became my favorite version of the song, ever. It's more like a remix album at times, and on those terms, it's a lot better than the "My Life Remixed" album that came a little later.

5 out of 5 stars TKK LIVE!.......2004-10-04

My, my, my, it's an extremely busy time for the TKK. They've been known as `Amerika's most dangerous Kult' but never `Amerika's most prolific'. By no means am I complaining. Quite the contrary I'm tickled a bright shade of pink to have all of this new Thrill Kill material cumming my way. They made us wait 4 long years in between Dirty Little Secrets and The Reincarnation of Luna but eventually got things rolling, and right on the heelz of Luna was a full-lengths worth of remixes entitled Golden Pillz. Now only 6 months after that release I hold in my mucky little mitts Elektrik Inferno Live and to say the least I am a damned happy boy!

What can I say about a live TKK album that you wouldn't already guess? I don't know of anything, but I will say that for those out there who still think that electronic music is merely `button punching' then please know that some different `buttons' were pushed for these performances. The percussion has been pumped up along with the vocals, and the sequenced arrangements have been jacked with just enough to keep things interesting. The recording quality is first-rate and shows that the Kult's tunes can really take on new forms in a live environment. Of course plenty of devilishly sexy movie samples and sounds are abound. In the immortal words of George Clinton, "You will dance. Sucka!"

1 out of 5 stars can I give this album a negative number?.......2003-08-14

I have seen TKK in concert half a dozen time and have bean a big fan of theirs for 12 years since I first saw them in concert. I was really dissapointed in the last tour to the point where I actually had to walk out, the sound was bad the energy was bad it just wasn't the same band I have seen so many times and looked forward to seeing. when this live album came out I got it because I have everything they have recorded, I was skeptical because of my expierence at the concert but thought that maybe it was just a bad night. The album prooves it wasn't a bad night but a bad tour. I highly reccomend any TKK album, but avoid this one at all costs.. hopefully Groovy Mann and Levi can get the wheels back on the band and get back to awsome music.

3 out of 5 stars Decent.........2003-03-20

Although, I prefer some of the album versions over a few of the live tracks, especially Swine + Roses.

5 out of 5 stars This is Beyond Belief! Nearly f%ckin Perfect!.......2002-12-14

Shameless, enhanced, fully saturated, amazing track list, under the "guise" of a "live" recording, TKK end up releasing a slamming "Best Of" !

Considering how pre-programmed most of their instrumentation is, this could've been called "In A Crowd/In A Vacuum". The smashing element of this CD is that it consists of The Thrill Kill Kult's most dead-on, updated, ferocious, versions/mixes of all the songs included. "Ride The Mindway", in this incarnation, could give you an orgasmic annuerism, all by itself. Light years better than the "Confessions..." version.

My only wish is that they included, "Hour Of Zero", and "The Golden Strip", so all the albums would be represented. "Daisy Chain 4 Satan", too, knowing how much more vicious it it "Live".

This is easily one of My Life With The Thrill Kill Kults best-ever recordings. Death to trend-hoppers. Long Live TKK !

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From Berlin to Broadway
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    From Berlin to Broadway

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    1. On the Town

    ASIN: B00005YUH5
    Release Date: 2002-03-26

    Tracks:

    1. Overture
    2. Ballad of Mac the Knife
    3. Cannon Song
    4. Ballad of Immoral Earnings
    5. Second Threepenny Finale
    6. Solomon Song
    7. Call from the Grave
    8. Epitaph
    9. Third Threepenny Finale
    10. Surabaya-Johnny
    11. Alabama Song
    12. Je ne t'aime pas
    13. Jennys Lied
    14. Speak Low
    15. Lost in the Stars
    16. My Ship
    17. One Life to Live

    Album Description

    This release by the award-winning Center City Brass Quintet showcases the depth and variety of music by the German-born composer Kurt Weill, beginning with a suite of songs from his best-known Threepenny Opera. This is followed by a collection of cabaret and art songs composed in Europe, and concludes with songs composed in America for the Broadway stage in collaboration with the likes of Ira Gershwin and Moss Hart. Every song is in a brand new arrangement for brass quintet, written especially for this recording. Fans of the Center City Brass Quintet's previous CD releases will enjoy the same rich sound, technical brilliance, and artistry they have come to expect from this fabulous ensemble which the American Record Guide has deemed "one of the strongest of today's brass quintets".
    Highlights From Disney On Broadway
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      Highlights From Disney On Broadway
      Various Artists
      Manufacturer: Disney
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      1. The Lion King (1997 Original Broadway Cast)

      ASIN: B00005Y1ZM
      Release Date: 2002-02-05

      Tracks:

      1. Beauty And The Beast: Belle - Susan Egan
      2. Beauty And The Beast: Be Our Guest - Gary Beach
      3. Beauty And The Beast: If I Can't Love Her - Terrence Mann
      4. Beauty And The Beast: Beauty And The Beast - Beth Fowler
      5. The Lion King: Circle Of Life - Tsidii Le Loka
      6. Be Our Guest
      7. The Lion King: They Live In You - Samuel E. Wright
      8. The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Jason Raize
      9. Strongest Suit
      10. Easy as Life
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      12. The Gods Love Nubia

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      Disney has been a relatively late comer on Broadway, but it's been hitting pay dirt since the stage version of Beauty and the Beast opened to critical acclaim and commercial success in 1994, followed by The Lion King and Aida. While Aida was the only original stage creation, the other two featured new songs that were not in the movies. In addition, Disney worked with some of New York's finest theatrical talent. In hindsight, hiring Julie Taymor to stage The Lion King was a stroke of genius, but it really was a daring gamble at the Time. Likewise, Beauty and the Beast gave talented theater singers like Terrence Mann and Susan Egan a chance to shine in meaty roles. Disney groomed talent as well: Heather Headley was cast in a supporting part in The Lion King before moving on to the title role in Aida. All three shows are represented on this CD (with a companion book due in October 2002), making for a perfect introduction to their best-known songs. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
      Music Divine: 1662 Book of Songs for 3-6 Parts
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Another fantasic recording
      Music Divine: 1662 Book of Songs for 3-6 Parts
      Tomkins , and I Fagiolini
      Manufacturer: Chandos
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00007BGXY
      Release Date: 2003-01-21

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Another fantasic recording.......2007-01-16

      I Fagiolini is one of those groups where I try to get my hands on every recording they've made. This CD is just another example of why. Great individual voices but the ensemble really comes together well. They make it sound so easy to sing this repertoire. Tomkins is a a master of writing sad laments such as Woe is Me, When David Heard, and I Fagiolini brings out the raw emotion of these pieces. If you are an early music connoisseur, you will love this group. Pick up this CD, and while you're at it, get their Triumphs of Oriana and the two Byrd recordings. You won't regret it.
      Handel: Belshazzar
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES
      • Enjoiyable, but lacking, too.
      Handel: Belshazzar

      Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      5. Handel: Solomon

      ASIN: B0001ZWGHY
      Release Date: 2004-06-15

      Tracks:

      1. Overture
      2. Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire!
      3. Thou, God Most High, And Thou Alone
      4. The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh
      5. Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!
      6. Behold, By Persia's Hero Made
      7. Well May They Laugh/Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul
      8. Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief
      9. Dry Thoes Unavailing Tears
      10. Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem/Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates
      11. Now, Tell Me, Gobrias
      12. Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
      13. Can You Then Think It Strange
      14. Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known
      15. My Friends, Be Confident
      16. All Empires Upon God Depend
      17. Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!
      18. Rejoyce, My Countrymen
      19. Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!

      Tracks:

      1. Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!
      2. For You, My Friends
      3. The Leafy Honours Of The Field
      4. It Is The Custom, I May Say, The Law
      5. Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command
      6. They Tell You True
      7. Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!
      8. By Slow Degrees The Wrath Of God
      9. See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!
      10. You See, My Friends, A Path
      11. Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near
      12. To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!
      13. Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire
      14. Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
      15. Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?
      16. Call All My Wise Men

      Tracks:

      1. A Singony (Allegro Postillions)
      2. Ye Sages! Welcome Always To Your King/Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes
      3. Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!
      4. Oh King, Live For Ever!
      5. No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be
      6. Yet, To Obey His Dread Command
      7. Oh Sentence To Severe!
      8. Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!
      9. You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace
      10. Oh Glorious Prince!
      11. Alternate Hopes And Fears
      12. Fain Would I Hope
      13. Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?
      14. My Hopes Revive
      15. Bel Boweth Down!
      16. I Thank, Thee, Sesach
      17. A Martial Symphony
      18. To Pow'e Immortal My First Thanks
      19. Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias
      20. Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow
      21. Say, Venerable Prophet
      22. Tell It Out Among The Heathen
      23. Yes, I Will Build Thy City
      24. I Will Magnify Thee

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES.......2005-06-19

      One question I might find among the more difficult in my life would be - which is my favourite Handel oratorio? I suspect that my answer would generally be 'the one I heard most recently', and that, as I write this, is Belshazzar. It is a magnificent thing, a heavenly thing. It has taken me longer than it should have to come to an appreciation of what makes Handel the phenomenon - as a genius, as an artist, as a craftsman - that he is, but I am comforted to reflect that no less a genius than Haydn, at the age of nearly 70 gaining a more thorough knowledge of Handel in performance, was driven to say that he felt a mere apprentice. In his sense of how to pace a dramatic narrative, in his instinct for how to use the human voice in song and above all in chorus, in the matchless flexibility and adroitness he displays at word-setting and in the audacity of his melodic and harmonic effects I can think of nobody who can approach Handel on his own terms.

      Belshazzar was not a great success at the box-office, although this may have had more to do with difficulties in the casting than because it was deemed insufficiently biblical for oratorio, which seems to have been the fate of Hercules. It seems to me to be perfectly well described as oratorio in other ways too, with (for one thing) the extensive use of the chorus that we find in, say, Samson but not in Hercules. The one passage that cries out for visual effects is of course the apparition of the moving finger itself. Even here the composer can go a long way with sheer power of suggestion, by the strange unaccompanied violin figure creeping upwards and the frightened brevity of the vocal numbers. Otherwise for me Belshazzar is as much an oratorio as Samson is. It has the same librettist too, the crusty and formidable Jennens, who had also collaborated with Handel on Saul and on Messiah itself. Jennens' full text is not provided, but I think if you read the synopsis first and then follow the work from the headlines to each number you will have no difficulty in catching the words, so clear is the enunciation by soloists and chorus alike. As usual, Handel was driven to make alterations to the score for practical reasons. He had been a little concerned about its length, roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes in this performance, but where he wishes to be expansive he gives us full measure - two arias in Act I scene 4 take well over 7 minutes each. The liner-essay (a good one, by Anthony Hicks) goes into the issue of the version of the score used here, and I personally have no problem with it.

      I have no faults to find with the performance in any way. Pinnock is an established specialist, the instruments are period instruments and vocal cadenzas at the end of the arias are kept minimal. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, James Bowman and David Wilson-Johnson are tried and trusted Handel singers and at their best here, and Nicolas Robertson and Richard Wistreich in the smaller parts are every bit as good. The part of Cyrus is a soprano part, taken by Catherine Robbin, and when I thought I heard just one touch of strain in `Destructive War' in the final scene she makes up for it instantly in her superb duet with Arleen Auger in the following number. Auger as Nitocris the mother of Belshazzar has the biggest part, and she covers herself with glory all the way through.

      The recording is perfect, and when I saw an aria entitled `Destructive War, thy limits know' near the end I felt a sharp sense of irony in the year 2005. Cyrus, Handel, Jennens, you should all have been living at this hour.

      3 out of 5 stars Enjoiyable, but lacking, too........2004-08-16

      This 3CD set of George Frederic Handel's (1685-1759) "Belshazzar", from Archiv Production, a division of Universal Music, is proof again that transfer from vinyl to tape to disc brings with it improvements in listening that make the purchase a worthwhile addition to anyone's listening library. Written in 1744, "Belshazzar" is an oratorio in the operatic style that is wonderful oratorio, but lacking the true depth one expects to hear in an opera. London opera audiences of Handel's day agreed, as both "Belshazzar" and Handel's other offering of the period in the same style, "Hercules", were not terribly successful. Instead of the scheduled 24 performances only 16 were given and Handel never offered a full season of oratorio again. The Libretto by Charles Jennens (1700-1773) is, as the production notes say, meant "not only to show the fall of Babylon but to show it as a fulfillment of divine prediction and to confirm the biblical testimony by reference to classical history." There's only one problem, as good a quality as the CDs are, it is not possible to follow the full libretto and the accompanying booklet includes no text, which is a shame. I think the listening experience would have been increased immeasurably if one was able to follow the text of what is being sung. Nonetheless the dramatic narrative is fluid and even, and the English Concert and Choir provide nice balance to the less full vocal passages, as in Disc 3s "Oh Glorious prince", cut 10. There is enough of this throughout to keep one's interest, but disappointing if what one expects is another ""Messiah".
      Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Very Good
      • Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper
      • Everything is right but the style
      • Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor
      • Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings
      Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner
      Kurt Weill , John Eliot Gardiner , Anne Sofie von Otter , Bengt Forsberg , Hannover North German Radio Orchestra , Karl-Heinz Lampe , Frederick Martin , Christfried Biebrach , and James Sims
      Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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      ASIN: B000001GM3
      Release Date: 1995-03-14

      Tracks:

      1. Die Sieben Tods Prologue
      2. Die Sieben Tods No. 1 Faulheit (Sloth)
      3. Die Sieben Tods No. 2 Stolz (Pride)
      4. Die Sieben Tods No. 4 Zorn (Anger)
      5. Die Sieben Tods No. 5 Vrei (Gluttony)
      6. Die Sieben Tods No. 6 Unzucht (Lust)
      7. Die Sieben Tods No. 6 Habsucht (Avarice)
      8. Die Sieben Tods No. 7 Neid (Envy)
      9. Die Sieben Tods No. 8 Epilog
      10. My Ship
      11. One Life To Live
      12. Buddy On The Nightshift
      13. Nannas Leid
      14. Bilbao - Song
      15. Surabaya - Johnny
      16. Das Leid Von Der Harten Nuss
      17. Je Ne T'amie Pas
      18. Schickelgruber
      19. Der Abscheidsbreief
      20. Foolish Heart
      21. Speak Low
      22. I'm A Stranger Here Myself

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      Kurt Weill's ballet with songs is one of this century's greatest theatrical works. It has all the wit and melodic appeal of The Threepenny Opera and social conscience of Mahagonny, but more warmth and musical sophistication than either. It's also all over with in about 40 minutes. Some critics believe the piece was intended as a sort of love poem to Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya; given the tenderness of much of the music, it's hard to disagree. Lenya herself recorded the piece in the 1950s (a recording recently reissued by Sony) and this very much newer performance is welcome particularly for Anne Sofie von Otter's highly intelligent and musical way with the text. The other songs, from both Weill's Berlin and Broadway periods, make the perfect filler. --David Hurwitz

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Very Good.......2006-01-03

      This is a very nice selection of Weill pieces showing the full range of his output. These range from the ambitious Seven Deadly Sins to songs from Happy End to some of his Broadway work. All are very interesting. The performers, particularly Von Otter, are excellent. Recommended strongly.

      5 out of 5 stars Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper.......2005-09-29

      `Speak Low Songs by Kurt Weill' is a great addition to the performances of Herr Weill's works by the prominent mezzo-soprano, Anne Sofie Von Otter. I have listened to many performances by Weill specialists from the archetype, Weill's wife, Lotte Lenys, for whom many of the songs were originally written to Ute Lemper and Gisela May, who lean heavily toward Lotte Lenya's gravel-voiced interpretation of Weill's songs.

      Anne Sofie Von Otter breaks with this tradition and gives us what are easily the sweetest interpretations of Weill's songs from both his German and English works, which I have heard anywhere.

      The flagship performance on this disc is `Die Sieben Todsunden' (`The Seven Deadly Sins') which was a cycle of songs to be sung on the stage, accompanied by dances done by a second performer. This takes the first nine (9) tracks and is at least as good as what I have heard from Weill specialist, Lemper. This album is the first time I have noticed that there are two versions of this work, and that Ms. Von Otter is performing the version for soprano.

      But, I think the most moving performances come later, especially in von Otter's performances of the three numbers from `Happy End', `Bilbao-Song', `Surabaya-Johnny', and `Das Lied von der harten Nuss' (Song of the Big Shot). I have heard these done by many people, but never so sweetly. These numbers are so lovingly performed that I insist that you ignore the fact that the lyrics are in German. The accompanying booklet gives English translations, which I simply ignore and enjoy the musical talent with no filter. My understanding German has nothing to do with this, as I do the same with French, which I can just barely make out.

      Kurt Weill may not be the most important influence on American musical theatre in the 20th century, but he is easily in the top five, along with the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and collaborators, and Cole Porter.

      Ms. Von Otter is ably accompanied on this disk by her favorite pianist, Bengt Forsberg plus the Norddeutch Rundfunk orchestra directed by John Eliot Gardiner. While I really like her selection on this disk, the collection makes me wish Ms. Von Otter would do some more Weill and spend less time hanging out with Elvis Costello, but that's a different story.

      3 out of 5 stars Everything is right but the style.......2005-09-24

      Weill and Brecht defined a nasty age with nasty art, writing some of the grittiest satire in the history of music. In this CD von Otter misses that edge, skirts all the dangerous, sleazy implications, and ultimately sounds too much the opera singer slumming it for an hour. Her earnestness is no subtitute for the right period style, a la Lotte Lenya.

      4 out of 5 stars Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor.......2005-01-27

      THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS is such a brilliant mini-masterpiece (and, to me, the pinnacle of the Brecht-Weill years) that it is hard to screw up. It is a testament to the staying power of this work (and to the brilliance of Weill's music in general) that it can be performed by the likes of Lotte Lenya, Julia Migenes, Ute Lemper, Judy Kaye, Marianne Faithfull, Teresa Stratas, and -- as here -- Anne Sofie von Otter, and STILL work... and EACH of these women are totally successful in the piece on their own terms.

      Here, Anne Sofie von Otter gives us an intelligent (and highly musical) rendering of the text, keeping the musical line very much intact. She sings with vibrato at times, and then will turn around and use straight-tones at moments where it is dramatically appropriate to do so. She balances the performance well, shifting gears between cool detachment (which she is often criticized for) and impassioned outbursts (which her critics often fail to notice).

      John Eliot Gardiner surprised me with how easily this music seemed to come to him, especially as he seems to be a man more at home with "Period-Instrument-Mozart" than highly charged 20th century works. However, his reading of "The Rake's Progress" by Stravinsky was totally staggering. For example, his choice beginning the climactic moment of the score ("Envy") as slowly as he does caught me very much off guard at first, and I didn't really care for it at all. However, with each successive listen, I find myself "getting" this choice more and more.

      Finally, the "filler." As to be expected, she is more successful with the European material than she is with the songs from Weill's Broadway years. But this is the case with about 99.9% of all opera singers who try to sing Weill's Broadway scores. You will never hear any singer give "Je ne t'aime pas" a more hauntingly beautiful, passionately intense performance than Anne Sofie von Otter. Truly, the ultimate interpretation of one of my favorite Weill songs. "Nannas Lied," "Der Abschiedsbrief," and the HAPPY END selections. However, "My Ship" and "One Life to Live" seem to fail at catching fire -- the former because it is marred by an attempt to sound like a "pop singer," the latter because von Otter sings English better than native speakers (she knows where the ACTUAL emphasis in the phrase "nothing: the thing is to have fun" goes, as opposed to where Ira Gershwin placed it). I also -- surprisingly enough -- don't care for her performance of "Schickelgruber" -- she just seems totally lost to me. (I really think that this song is foreign territory to 'legit' sopranos and mezzos -- I don't even care for the Stratas rendition.) Just when I thought I would have to suffer through another bad batch of "opera-crossover," Anne Sofie turned around and surprised me by giving highly successful performances of the numbers from ONE TOUCH OF VENUS (especially on "I'm Stranger Here Myself").

      All in all, a worthy purchase: highly recommended to all fans of THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS and Kurt Weill enthusiasts.

      5 out of 5 stars Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings.......2002-10-12

      Weill, and particularly anything Brecht-Weill, has suffered for too long with interpertations based on tired ham theatrics, burlesques of Lenya's style, to the point where we have come to expect it as the only way to sing this music. Lenya herself is said, late in life, to have commented that a better singer (specifically Stratas at that time) would be more appropriate for properly interpreting Weill's music.

      Here, after countless CD releases of the Seven Deadly Sins, is the first recording sung in the key the composer originally intended! The result is relevatory, sublime and magnificent.

      Ms. Von Otter interprets the rest of the songs with mixed results--all are lovely, several are excellent, though several others have been handled better by singers with more "theatrical" talents. Nevertheless, this recording stands alone, head and shoulders above the others.
      Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway - a selection
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        ASIN: B00004WZTK
        Release Date: 2000-10-24

        Tracks:

        1. The Threepenny Opr: Mack The Knife - Harald Paulsen With Orch
        2. The Threepenny Opr: Cannon Song - Harald Paulsen With Orch
        3. The Threepenny Opr: Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
        4. The Threepenny Opr: Babarasong - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
        5. The Threepenny Opr: Lied Von Der Unzulanglichkeit Menslichen Strebens - Bertolt Brecht With Theo Mackeben And His Orch
        6. Happy End: Mandalay Song - Lewis Ruth Band
        7. Happy End: Surabaya Johnny - Lotte Lenya With Pno
        8. Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Moon Of Alabama - Lotte Lenya With The Three Admirals And Orch
        9. Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet - Lotte Lenya With Pno
        10. Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
        11. Knickerbocker Holiday: There's Nowhere To Go But Up - David Brooks With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
        12. Knickerbocker Holiday: The Scars - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
        13. Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live - Gertrude Lawrence With Orch/Leonard Joy
        14. Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight - Danny Kaye With Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel
        15. Lady In The Dark: And Other Russians - Danny Kaye With Chor And Orch/Maurice Abravanel
        16. Lady In The Dark: The Saga Of Jenny - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
        17. Lady In The Dark: My Ship - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
        18. One Touch Of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
        19. One Touch Of Venus: Westwind - Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
        20. One Touch Of Venus: Foolish Heart - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
        21. One Touch Of Venus: Speak Low - Mary Martin/Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
        22. One Touch Of Venus: That's Him - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
        23. Ulysses Africanus: Lost In The Stars - Walter Huston With Orch/Victor Young
        24. Ulysses Africanus: Lover Man - Lotte Lenya With Pno
        25. One Touch Of Venus: Very, Very, Very - Kurt Weill
        26. One Touch Of Venus: Wooden Wedding - Kurt Weill
        27. One Touch Of Venus: Jersey Plonk - Kurt Weill
        28. One Touch Of Venus: The Trouble With Women - Kurt Weill

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