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Broadway, My Way
Linda Eder Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000088E4T Release Date: 2003-02-18 |
Tracks:
- I Am What I Am (from "La Cage aux Folles")
- Anthem (from "Chess")
- On The Street Where You Live (from "My Fair Lady")
- What Kind of Fool (from "Stop The World I Want to Get Off")
- Some People (from "Gypsy")
- I'll Be Seeing You (from "Right This Way")
- Gold (from "Camille Claudel")
- Don't Rain On My Parade (from "Funny Girl")
- The Impossible Dream (from "Man of La Mancha")
- A New Life (from "Jekyll & Hyde")
- Edelweiss (from "The Sound of Music")
- Unusual Way (from "Nine")
- 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 VincentelliAlbum 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:
Linda Eder - Great Voice.......2007-07-06
Not a voice.......an instrument.......2007-02-17
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.
the best female singer of the great american standards........2006-07-24
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
The powerful and beautiful voice of Linda Elder.......2006-02-23
Linda Eder shines with her Broadway album.......2006-02-18
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The Art of the Song
Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000JNMR Release Date: 1999-07-27 |
Tracks:
- Lonely Town
- Why Did I Choose You
- Moment Musical Opus 16 No.3 In B Minor
- In Love In Vain
- Ruth's Waltz
- Scenes From A Silver Screen
- I'm Gonna Laugh you Right Out Of My Life
- You My Love
- Prelude En La Mineur
- The Folks Who Live On The Hill
- Easy On The Heart
- Theme For Charlie
- 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:
Age breeds a shining moment.......2003-11-20
Nice but dismissable........2001-08-09
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.
Disappointing by Quartet West standards.......2001-05-09
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.
If you breathe and have ears, buy this record!.......2001-04-15
A Night and a Lonely Town.......2000-05-24
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.
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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 Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000029VA Release Date: 1997-06-03 |
Tracks:
- Lady In The Dark: Glamour Dream: Oh, Fabulous One
- Lady In The Dark: Huxley (Liza, Beekman)
- Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live (Liza)
- Lady In The Dark: Girl Of The Moment (Liza)
- Lady In The Dark: Wedding Dream: Liza, Liza
- Lady In The Dark: Mapleton High Chorale
- Lady In The Dark: This Is New (Randy, Liza)
- Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight (Liza, Randy)
- Lady In The Dark: Circus Dream: The Greatest Show On Earth (Ringmaster, Randy)
- Lady In The Dark: The Best Years Of His Life (Ringmaster, Randy, Liza)
- Lady In The Dark: Tschaikowsky (Ringmaster)
- Lady In The Dark: The Saga Of Jenny (Liza)
- Lady In The Dark: Childhood Dream: My Ship (Liza)
- Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live
- Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight
- Lady In The Dark: It's Never Too Late To Mendelssohn
- Lady In The Dark: Tschaikowsky And Other Russians
- Lady In The Dark: Jenny
- Lady In The Dark: My Ship
Customer Reviews:
stunning studio album in creamy stereo.......2004-08-05
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.
STELLAR STAR!.......2003-01-03
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".
There IS a more complete recording. . ........2000-12-06
Great Fun.......1999-04-15
A fun, if abbreviated, recording.......1999-04-02
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Elektrik Inferno Live
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Manufacturer: Underground Inc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006JODA Release Date: 2002-10-15 |
Tracks:
- Kooler Than Jesus
- Disko Fleshpot
- Nervous Xians
- Sex On Wheelz
- Swine And Roses
- LeatherSex
- ...Cuz It's Hot
- Ride The Mindway
- Sexy Sucker
- Delicate Terror
- Electrical Soul Wish
Album Description
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:
Revved up and ready.......2007-04-09
TKK LIVE!.......2004-10-04
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!"
can I give this album a negative number?.......2003-08-14
Decent.........2003-03-20
This is Beyond Belief! Nearly f%ckin Perfect!.......2002-12-14
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 !
BaRoN DaKoTA
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From Berlin to Broadway
Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005YUH5 Release Date: 2002-03-26 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Ballad of Mac the Knife
- Cannon Song
- Ballad of Immoral Earnings
- Second Threepenny Finale
- Solomon Song
- Call from the Grave
- Epitaph
- Third Threepenny Finale
- Surabaya-Johnny
- Alabama Song
- Je ne t'aime pas
- Jennys Lied
- Speak Low
- Lost in the Stars
- My Ship
- 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".
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Highlights From Disney On Broadway
Various Artists Manufacturer: Disney ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005Y1ZM Release Date: 2002-02-05 |
Tracks:
- Beauty And The Beast: Belle - Susan Egan
- Beauty And The Beast: Be Our Guest - Gary Beach
- Beauty And The Beast: If I Can't Love Her - Terrence Mann
- Beauty And The Beast: Beauty And The Beast - Beth Fowler
- The Lion King: Circle Of Life - Tsidii Le Loka
- Be Our Guest
- The Lion King: They Live In You - Samuel E. Wright
- The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Jason Raize
- Strongest Suit
- Easy as Life
- Written in the Stars
- 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
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Music Divine: 1662 Book of Songs for 3-6 Parts
Tomkins , and I Fagiolini Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00007BGXY Release Date: 2003-01-21 |
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Another fantasic recording.......2007-01-16
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Handel: Belshazzar
Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001ZWGHY Release Date: 2004-06-15 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire!
- Thou, God Most High, And Thou Alone
- The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh
- Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!
- Behold, By Persia's Hero Made
- Well May They Laugh/Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul
- Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief
- Dry Thoes Unavailing Tears
- Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem/Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates
- Now, Tell Me, Gobrias
- Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
- Can You Then Think It Strange
- Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known
- My Friends, Be Confident
- All Empires Upon God Depend
- Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!
- Rejoyce, My Countrymen
- Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!
Tracks:
- Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!
- For You, My Friends
- The Leafy Honours Of The Field
- It Is The Custom, I May Say, The Law
- Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command
- They Tell You True
- Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!
- By Slow Degrees The Wrath Of God
- See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!
- You See, My Friends, A Path
- Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near
- To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!
- Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire
- Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
- Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?
- Call All My Wise Men
Tracks:
- A Singony (Allegro Postillions)
- Ye Sages! Welcome Always To Your King/Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes
- Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!
- Oh King, Live For Ever!
- No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be
- Yet, To Obey His Dread Command
- Oh Sentence To Severe!
- Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!
- You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace
- Oh Glorious Prince!
- Alternate Hopes And Fears
- Fain Would I Hope
- Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?
- My Hopes Revive
- Bel Boweth Down!
- I Thank, Thee, Sesach
- A Martial Symphony
- To Pow'e Immortal My First Thanks
- Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias
- Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow
- Say, Venerable Prophet
- Tell It Out Among The Heathen
- Yes, I Will Build Thy City
- I Will Magnify Thee
Customer Reviews:
ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES.......2005-06-19
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.
Enjoiyable, but lacking, too........2004-08-16
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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 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001GM3 Release Date: 1995-03-14 |
Tracks:
- Die Sieben Tods Prologue
- Die Sieben Tods No. 1 Faulheit (Sloth)
- Die Sieben Tods No. 2 Stolz (Pride)
- Die Sieben Tods No. 4 Zorn (Anger)
- Die Sieben Tods No. 5 Vrei (Gluttony)
- Die Sieben Tods No. 6 Unzucht (Lust)
- Die Sieben Tods No. 6 Habsucht (Avarice)
- Die Sieben Tods No. 7 Neid (Envy)
- Die Sieben Tods No. 8 Epilog
- My Ship
- One Life To Live
- Buddy On The Nightshift
- Nannas Leid
- Bilbao - Song
- Surabaya - Johnny
- Das Leid Von Der Harten Nuss
- Je Ne T'amie Pas
- Schickelgruber
- Der Abscheidsbreief
- Foolish Heart
- Speak Low
- 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 HurwitzCustomer Reviews:
Very Good.......2006-01-03
Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper.......2005-09-29
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.
Everything is right but the style.......2005-09-24
Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor.......2005-01-27
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.
Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings.......2002-10-12
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.
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Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway - a selection
Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004WZTK Release Date: 2000-10-24 |
Tracks:
- The Threepenny Opr: Mack The Knife - Harald Paulsen With Orch
- The Threepenny Opr: Cannon Song - Harald Paulsen With Orch
- The Threepenny Opr: Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
- The Threepenny Opr: Babarasong - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
- The Threepenny Opr: Lied Von Der Unzulanglichkeit Menslichen Strebens - Bertolt Brecht With Theo Mackeben And His Orch
- Happy End: Mandalay Song - Lewis Ruth Band
- Happy End: Surabaya Johnny - Lotte Lenya With Pno
- Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Moon Of Alabama - Lotte Lenya With The Three Admirals And Orch
- Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet - Lotte Lenya With Pno
- Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
- Knickerbocker Holiday: There's Nowhere To Go But Up - David Brooks With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
- Knickerbocker Holiday: The Scars - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
- Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live - Gertrude Lawrence With Orch/Leonard Joy
- Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight - Danny Kaye With Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel
- Lady In The Dark: And Other Russians - Danny Kaye With Chor And Orch/Maurice Abravanel
- Lady In The Dark: The Saga Of Jenny - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
- Lady In The Dark: My Ship - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
- One Touch Of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
- One Touch Of Venus: Westwind - Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
- One Touch Of Venus: Foolish Heart - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
- One Touch Of Venus: Speak Low - Mary Martin/Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
- One Touch Of Venus: That's Him - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
- Ulysses Africanus: Lost In The Stars - Walter Huston With Orch/Victor Young
- Ulysses Africanus: Lover Man - Lotte Lenya With Pno
- One Touch Of Venus: Very, Very, Very - Kurt Weill
- One Touch Of Venus: Wooden Wedding - Kurt Weill
- One Touch Of Venus: Jersey Plonk - Kurt Weill
- One Touch Of Venus: The Trouble With Women - Kurt Weill
Dance Music:
- Lost in the Real Sky
- Lowdown Suite [Explicit Lyrics]
- Lyrically Platinum
- Maximum [Import]
- Mississippi: The Album [Explicit Lyrics]
- Mississippi: The Album [Explicit Lyrics]
- Mob Figaz Ridah Presents Thunder Knock, Vol. 1 [Explicit Lyrics]
- Monster [Import]
- Notice Me [Explicit Lyrics]
- Oaklandazulasylum
Dance Music
Alberti: Sonatas For Violin And Basso Continuo
Structurally Sound [Original recording remastered]
All We Need (Is Another Chance)
Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 2
A Proper Introduction to J.J. Johnson: Bone-O-Logy