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Average customer rating: Renee Fleming sings favorite works The best of the best. Beautiful and creamy voice Renee Fleming;THE BEAUTIFUL VOICE The most gorgeous soprano voice I've ever heard

Renee Fleming - The Beautiful Voice ~ Gounod, Lehaair, Orff, Puccini, Rachmaninov, Strauss Gustave Charpentier , Charles Gounod , Jules Massenet , Antonin Dvorak , Friedrich von Flotow , Giacomo Puccini , Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Carl Orff , Richard Strauss , Sergey Rachmaninov , Johann II Strauss , Franz Lehar , Jose Maria Cano , Marie-Joseph Canteloube , Jeffrey Tate , Sir Charles Mackerras , Renée Fleming , English Chamber Orchestra , Osian Ellis , London Voices , and Clive Greensmith Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canteloube, Joseph | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Flotow | Flotow, Friedrich von | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Orff | Orff, Carl | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music 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 Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Fleming, Renee | C to G | Featured Performers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Renée Fleming Renee Fleming: By Request Renée Fleming - Signatures ~ Great Opera Scenes / Sir Georg Solti Sacred Songs Handel ASIN: B0000042I6 Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

1. Louise (Acte 3): Depuis le jour ou je me suis donnee
2. Faust (Acte 3 - Air des bijoux): O Dieu! que de bijous!... Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle (Air des bijoux - Jewel Song)
3. Manon (Acte 3): Je marche sur tous les chemins... Obeissons... Profitons bien de la jeunesse (Gavotte)
4. Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55 B104 No. 4: Songs My Mother Taught Me
5. Martha (Act 2 - No. 8 The Last Rose): 'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer
6. La rondine (Act 1): Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
7. Die tote Stadt (Act 1 - Mariettas Lied): Gluck, das mir verblieb
8. Carmina Burana (No. 21): In trutina
9. Vier Lieder, Op. 27 No. 4: Morgen!
10. Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14: Vocalise
11. Die Fiedermaus (Act 2 - Csardas): Klange der Heimat (Csardas)
12. Die lustige Witwe (Act 2 - Vilja-Lied): Es lebt' eine Vilja (Vilja-Lied)
13. LUNA: Epilogo
14. Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1: Bailero

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This vocal recital certainly lives up to its title, perhaps too well. It's a collection of arias and songs Fleming has sung for years that for some may be too much frosting and not enough cake. Surely, her performances are rich with interpretive nuances, wonder-filled portamentos and word colorings that reflect a long history with this repertoire, which ranges from Charpentier's "Depuis le jour" to Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise." Some may find Fleming a bit much, but agree with her or not, she's far more interesting than singers who keep a safe, discreet distance from the music. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Renee Fleming sings favorite works.......2007-07-30

Renee Fleming has turned out a fine CD of arias with which not everyone is familiar. Outstanding are Depuis le Jour from Charpentier's Louise and Marietta's Lied, Glueck, das mir verblieb, from Korngold's Die Tote Stadt. The latter is one of the most haunting arias ever written. Many of us cannot get it out of our minds. She includes Chi il bel sogno di Doretta from Puccini's La Rondine and does it well. Hers is not really a Puccini voice. Perhaps Richard Strauss and Mozart are her strengths.

The best of the best........2007-04-11

I've given away at least a dozen copies of this CD. I'm running low, so I just refilled the stash. For people who haven't discovered Renee Fleming or who think they don't care for opera, this CD is the best possible way to blow down the walls. If you think there's nothing new to be heard in these old arias, you owe it to yourself to find out how wrong you can be.

Beautiful and creamy voice.......2006-02-28

I like so much Ren?e Fleming and this is special cd !

Renee Fleming;THE BEAUTIFUL VOICE.......2006-01-30

IT'S A FINE RECORDING THAT OFFERS A VARIETY OF SELECTIONS FROM OPERA, OPERETTAS AND FOLK SONGS, ALL WITH FLEMING AT HER BEST.

The most gorgeous soprano voice I've ever heard.......2006-01-02

I am a 19-year-old voice student at the University of Central Arkansas and I came across Renee by way of a soprano in my voice studio. She said it was her favorite soprano and that I should give her a listen. I was a little hesistant because I'm a baritone and my voice teacher told me that I should listen to men, but I just want to hear it all. So this past summer I first bought Renee's self-titled album with all of the lolipop arias on it and I was just amazed, not just because of how good she is but how easy she is to listen to. I loved her voice immediately. From the the moment the first tone passed through her throat on Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro." So I had to hear more. The Beautiful Voice is even better. It wasn't as easy to listen to at first because some of the songs on this album are not as famous as those on the other one, but these songs are all gems. The Korngold with the pianissimi B flats is my personal favorite. Even my mother who screams at me to turn down that "noise" when I listen to opera cds has grown to be quite fond of Renee Fleming. Sometimes her interpretations can be over the top, but the voice is beyond spectacular. It pours out like melted butter. It's vibrant, rich, expressive, free and always perfectly in tune. There is no hint of strain from any sound emitted from her body. She will undoubtedly be remembered like Callas & Sutherland and all the other great soprano voices before her. Not for the dramatic intensity of Callas or the coloratura & technical ease of Sutherland, but for the sheer unspeakable beauty of her voice. This is a must have for any vocalist seriously dedicated to classical training.

Average customer rating: Not all the arias were her best DIDN'T QUITE FULFIL MY REQUEST Fair Enough Fleming's High Points Well Covered in Compilation CD Beautiful indeed!

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Tracks:

1. O Mio Babbino Caro
2. Ebben? ... Ne Andro Lontana
3. Porgi, Amor
4. Come Scoglio
5. Casta Diva
6. E Strano...Ah Fors E Lui...Sempre Libera
7. Un Bel Di Vedremo
8. Je Marche Sur Tous Les Chemins...Gavotte
9. Mesicku Na Nebi Hlubokem (O Silver Moon)
10. Vocalise
11. Cacilie
12. Marietta's Lied
13. Summertime
14. Bachianas Brasileiras No.5: Aria (Cantilena)
15. You'll Never Walk Alone

Amazon.com

This is a compilation--plus three previously unreleased selections--of some of the glorious Renée Fleming's finest work, 15 selections covering 13 composers. The rose-in-full-bloom quality of the voice is staggeringly beautiful: Her rendition of Rusalka's "Song to the Moon" is justly famous and is, alone, worth the price of this CD. Other highlights are Marietta's Lied from Korngold's Die tote stadt, an odd arrangement of the aria from Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasilerias No. 5, Manon's Gavotte, and a knock-down-gorgeous reading of Gershwin's "Summertime." The three new recordings are of Violetta's big first-act scene from La traviata, which features one of the most perfect trills heard since Joan Sutherland, a thrilling Cäcilie (R. Strauss), and a version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" which is so over the-top that it might make you look away in embarrassment. On the basis of this CD, one would have to acknowledge that Fleming is more interested in--and more successful at--pure singing than she is at character delineation (Butterfly sounds oddly like Wally who sounds too much like Norma), but it's not hard to tell why she's a superstar. Her voice and technique are one in a million. --Robert Levine

Album Details

"by Request" is a Collection of Fleming's Greatest and Most Popular Recordings Including Works by Mozart, Bellini, Pucchini, Verdi and Dvorak. Featuring Recordings from Renee Fleming's Outstanding Decca Discography Together with Two Glorious Tracks Strauss "Cacilie" and Verdi's "la Traviata" a Role Fleming Performed to Critical Aclaim Earlier in 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Not all the arias were her best.......2005-01-15

There is something lacking. Although most of these are indeed her "Best" releases, some things could have been left out. Her O Mio Babbino Caro and her Casta Diva weren't her best efforts at all. Casta Diva, sung to perfection by other revered artists, sounded too breathy and fearful here. It has good chest notes, and it is definitely better than Joan Sutherland's Norma though. Her O Mio Babbino Caro is the usual aria sung in its usual way, without leaving any trace of awe at an ability of a singer to interpret the aria. Rachmaninov's Vocalise was good, and it was great of Decca to release her Song to the Moon on this disc. However, some new additions weren't all that good as well. For example, if you listen to her excerpt from La Traviata, you will find that she sounds like she was singing jazz when uttering out "Gioir!". I think Decca should have issued the live performance version of this instead. That was so much better. Also, they should have showcased more of the bel canto repertoire she had specialized in. That would have made this CD a gem!

DIDN'T QUITE FULFIL MY REQUEST.......2004-11-22

THIS CD DEFINITELY BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN HER REPERTOIRE. SHE IS SOLID, WARM, AND BRILLIANT ON MOST OF THE SONGS. SINCE I OWN MANY OF HER CDS MOST OF THE TRACKS I HAVE IN DUPLICATE. EVEN SO EACH VERSION HAS A DIFFERENT FEEL TO IT. HER "O MIO" IS GREAT BUT GENERALLY I FEEL THAT KIRI TE KAWANA IS A LITTLE CLEARER THAN RENEE. HER "Ebben?...Ne Andrò Lontana" IS ALWAYS BRILLIANT FROM HER HIGH ENDS TO THE NECESSARY LOW NOTES TO FINISH THIS GLORIOUS TRACK. HER COUNTESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG AND POWERFUL CHARACTERIZATION AND HER BUTTERFLY TEETERS ON HAPPINESS AND PAIN. THESE RICH LYRIC ROLES DESERVE A SOPRANO LIKE RENEE. I WAS HOWEVER, VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT SHE ADDED "SEMPRE LIBERA" TO THIS CD AS SHE'S NEVER BEEN A COMPELLING VIOLETTA AND CAN'T EVEN MUSTER THE HIGH "C" WE ALL EXPECT NOW A DAYS. HER RUSALKA IS ALWAYS MESMERIZING AND HER SIMPLICITY ON GLUCK'S "Das Mir Verblieb" WAS AN INCREDIBLE SURPRISE. I FOUND THE OTHER SONGS BORING DUE TO THE FACT THAT I DON'T LIKE THEM AND I KIND OF WISHED SHE WOULD HAVE REPLACED THEM WITH SOME BETTER WORKS. I MISSED HER SOFT AND DEFEATED "AVE MARIA" FROM OTHELLO OR HER FULL BODIED SPOILED MUSETTA IN "QUANDO MEN VO" OR HER RICH SADNESS IN "DOVE SONO"

Fair Enough .......2004-10-01

This is a compilation. I can't say love them I think thatpeople want to be surprised by new things, instead of um things they already own.On the other hand a die hard fan wouldn't mind having an extra cd by their favorite artist.Fair Enough.There was one aria that was new to me"Cantilena Brasileras"by Villa Lobos that was very striking.Her voice flows like an unimpeded stream with a lush vibrato.Like I read in one kid's review "Renee has a silky,creamy, instrument that is very beautiful and caresses the ear",couldn't have said it better myself. I agree. One smart kid!!! One thing that I have to comment on that will not escape is the dull cover picture. Renee get a better photographer;you're far more beautiful than that. I'm sounding like her mother,dear lord! She is a fox!

Fleming's High Points Well Covered in Compilation CD.......2004-09-06

Just one listen to the high points of this disc will make you realize why Renée Fleming is an opera superstar. Covering a ten-year period, this compilation disc covers a most fertile period for Fleming, absolutely one of the world's leading lyric and dramatic sopranos. What is particularly impressive is how many different styles she has covered, ranging from Italian bel canto to French Romanticism to Rodgers & Hammerstein. She effortlessly sings in six different languages, including what sounds like flawless Czech on Dvorak's "Měsíčku na nebi hlubokén" (which goes back to her family roots). Her powerful voice is expressive, almost buttery, which allows the listener to enjoy the coloratura agility she has mastered over the years and the tonal qualities she specifically defines for each aria. This is most evident on my two personal favorites - "Ebben?...Ne scoglio" from Catalani's "La Wally" (which will sound familiar to fans of the French eighties noir film, "Diva") where her crystalline voice complements the increasing power of the melody, and the haunting "Mariettas Lied" from Korngold's "Die tote Stadt".

Fleming also has a good sense of the characters she is portraying, for instance, on the "La traviata" aria, "È stano...Ah, fors'è lui...Sempre libera", one gets a strong sense of Violetta's conflict between the attractions of true love versus the free life of a courtesan. She also gets some sturdy help from tenor Joseph Calleja as Alfredo in this piece. But even in this number, the effect of her daunting runs and trills can be a bit overwhelming. She does keep this in check with the slower-paced tracks like "Casta diva" from Bellini's "Norma", which uses a choir in the background to great effect, and Rachmaninov's lovely "Vocalise". The well-worn "Summertime" from Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" is nicely covered here, and it certainly invites comparisons to even Leontyne Price's definitive version. Fleming ends the disc with a rousing version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone" from "Carousel" that grows a bit too bombastic for listening comfort. Regardless, this disc provides a nice sampling of what this truly great singer has done over the past decade. A treat for her fans and highly recommended for anyone who wants an ideal introduction to her range of talent.

Beautiful indeed!.......2004-07-19

I'm very happy with this CD. She has a lovely voice! And what a fox! ;)

Average customer rating: Simply beautiful Simply Sublime LUSH AND PASSIONATE! Beautiful! Only Kiri

Kiri Te Kanawa - Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne, Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras Marie-Joseph Canteloube , Heitor Villa-Lobos , Jeffrey Tate , Kiri Te Kanawa , English Chamber Orchestra , and Instrumental Ensemble Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canteloube, Joseph | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Te Kanawa, Kiri | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Canteloube, Joseph | ( C ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri | ( T ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Canteloube - Chants d'Auvergne / Victoria de los Angeles Kiri Joseph Canteloube: Songs Of the Auvergne Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne ASIN: B00000427R Release Date: 1995-11-14

Tracks:

1. La Pastoura als Camps
2. Bail ro
3. Trois Bourr es
4. Pastourelle
5. L'Antou no
6. La Pastrouletta lou Chibali
7. La Dela ssado
8. Bour es
9. Lo Fiolair
10. Passo pel Prat
11. Lou Boussu
12. Brezairola
13. Malurous qu'o uno Fenno

Tracks:

1. Chants d'Auvergne: Jou l'pount d'o Mirabel
2. Chants d'Auvergne: Oi ayai
3. Chants d'Auvergne: Per l'efon
4. Chants d'Auvergne: Tchut, tchut
5. Chants d'Auvergne: Pastorale
6. Chants d'Auvergne: Lou Coucut
7. Chants d'Auvergne: Obal, din lo coumb
8. Chants d'Auvergne: Quand z'eyro petitoune
9. Chants d'Auvergne: Laut, sur le rocher
10. Chants d'Auvergne: HBeyla-z-y dau f
11. Chants d'Auvergne: Postouro, su m'aymo
12. Chants d'Auvergne: Uno jionto postouro
13. Chants d'Auvergne: Lou diziou b
14. Bachianas brasileiras: Aria (Cantilena)
15. Bachianas brasileiras: Dansa (Martelo)

Customer Reviews:

Simply beautiful.......2005-08-07

Kiri Te Kanawa has one of the most beautiful operatic voices and no cd displays this better than Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne. These folk songs, sung in a french dialect, are sung perfectly by Kiri Te Kanawa. You do not need to understand the language to feel the emotions the songs evoke. This is a simply beautiful cd and Kiri is flawless.

Simply Sublime.......2004-02-27

What is it about these wonderful songs that tend to bring out the best in some of the world's finest sopranos?

There are so many fine recordings of these songs.

The great Frederica Von Stade recorded a quite mesmerizing selection of the Auvergne songs at about the same time as Dame Kiri. There is the lovely recording by the legendary Victoria De Los Angeles, a selection of the songs many of us grew up on.
There is the seminal first complete recording (and then some, as I recall) by the late Natania Davrath, a much under-appreciated artist who, in many ways, is responsible for the popularity these songs enjoy today. Even Anna Moffo recorded a lovely handful of the songs in the 60s conducted by no less than Leopold Stokowski!

And then there is Dame Kiri. We know her. We love her. We have come to expect the best from her. We have come to always expect more from her, in fact, than from just about anyone else.

So unfair. We expect her to jump the musical hurdles of our emotional connections to music and art in a way we expect from few others.

And yet she so seldom disappoints. Is this the absolute best recording of the Chants d'Auvergne ever? Such a personal choice. Who is to say?

I can tell you this, once I heard this truly remarkable set, which has literally sent chills up my back since the the first time I heard it all those years ago, I knew my search for the recording of these songs I would keep near me forever was over.

Here is an interpretation combining, in equal measure, patrician elegance with almost peasant-like eloquence. She renders song after song, some deceptively complicated, with a divine simplicity that simply defies the imagination.

I don't know how Dame Kiri achieved this miraculous feat. It must have come from the heart, because it certainly goes to mine.

And finally, it would be unthinkable not to give credit to the exquisite playing of the English Chamber Orchestra and the always sensitive collaboration of conductor Jeffrey Tate.

LUSH AND PASSIONATE!.......2003-03-09

These traditional songs from the Auvergne region of France, arranged and orchestrated by Joseph Canteloube, are so intensely beautiful that when I requested a classical radio station to play some of them, motorists stopped on the highway to phone in their thanks.

I first heard a selection of these songs 30 years ago, performed by Anna Moffo, and fell in love with them. It's wonderful to find a complete recording of all 5 series on this 2 CD set, sung by Kiri te Kanawa with enormous talent and verve. Whether the mood is passionate, playful, mocking, tender, mournful or-an emotion few composers have ever captured-helpless with pleasure, these pieces have one thing in common: they are the work of a master orchestrator at the height of his powers, using the fullest resources of the modern orchestra. You will not find more beautiful music than this!

Beautiful!.......2001-08-28

In my opinion, this is one of Kiri's better recordings. Her voice, while always gorgeous, is fresh and light here, and her interpretation, while not riveting, is certainly not boring. Musically, this is a wonderful collection, very romantic and lush in sound. A very worth-while recording.

Only Kiri.......2001-07-13

Dame Kiri te Kanawa has just the voice and character to make this music live. Her voice has a spiritual quality (as opposed to a human quality) that suits the fantasy and seductive qualities of the music. However, her characterization is not void of human qualities, a reminder that these are human feelings. The orchestra under Jeffrey Tate copes very well with the virtuosic writing for woodwinds and stratospheric strings. I heard Renee Fleming's recent interpretation of Bailero and the characterization was more human. Their voices are quite similar, but if you want angelic qualities, Kiri is the angel.

Average customer rating: Good, but lacks some of the ritmo and fun of Guacamole Absolutely great Kevin is a world class musician Mellow One of the best albums I own

Sur o No Sur Kevin Johansen + the Nada , and Kevin Johansen & The Nada Manufacturer: Sony International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Argentina | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Folk | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Nada City Zen City Zen Llueve Eco ASIN: B0000JD29W Release Date: 2003-11-18

Tracks:

1. Sur O No Sur
2. Star Estrella
3. Puerto Madero
4. La Procesion
5. Daisy
6. Timing
7. Down with My Baby
8. Chill Out James
9. Cumbiera Intelectual
10. No Seas Insegura
11. Sur O No Sur
12. Accion
13. La Chanson De Prevert
14. Hindue Blues
15. Go On
16. Hacele Caso
17. La Tangpmana
18. Me Fui Pal Monte
19. Candombito
20. He Andao

Amazon.com

It's hard to imagine a more disjointed upbringing than Kevin Johansen's: the songwriter grew up in Alaska and Argentina (to an American father and Argentinean mother). As an adult he spent a decade in New York City honing his chops and writing. Since moving to Buenos Aires in 2000, he's become one of Argentina's biggest pop stars thanks to a mildly psychedelic American-style folk song sung in English entitled "Down With My Baby," which is included on Sur O No Sur. The rest of album is filled with same kinds of cultural paradoxes: he mixes the traditional and the modern while peppering his nicely polished pop gems with salsa, samba, rock, rap, reggae, cumbia, country, hip-hop, and tango. Singing in both Spanish and English (and Spanglish), Johansen has the deep baritone of Leonard Cohen, yet his lyrics are far from somber, telling us that he doesn't take himself too seriously. Other highlights included here are the impossibly infectious "Puerto Madero" and the carnival-like title track. --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

Good, but lacks some of the ritmo and fun of Guacamole.......2007-03-09

I love many of the songs on this cd but it lacks some of the ritmo that really made me love all of Guacamole and some of the quirkiness too. Definitely worth having though because it is still more entertaining and fun to listen to than most cds out there.

Absolutely great.......2005-07-16

Kevin is witty, fun and deep at the same time. I got the CD a couple of days ago and can't stop playing it.

Kevin is a world class musician.......2005-03-16

I have heard music far and wide from classic to hard rock from Corse music to china. I single out Kevin as an extremely talented musician. His music although unconventional is elaborate with stunning musicality.

Mellow.......2005-03-10

This is not your typical music in any sense. Kevin uses instruments in ways I have never seen before, and his topics range from tourism, moving to or from south america(he does not tell which), intellectual women, etc.
The lyrics can be very intertaining, and the instruments, once you get used to them you may certainly come to enjoy them.
However the main problem lies in the range of Kevin's voice. It is not very good, and in my opinion he would do better if he found another singer to sing along some of the songs.

One of the best albums I own.......2004-12-05

I knew Kevin when he was 15. We went to the same crazy literary workshop at La Escuela Del Sol in Buenos Aires. He had the deepest, sexiest voice I had ever heard and he still does! I bought Sur o No Sur first and played it constantly and endlessly in my car. Then I bought Nada and did the same. He's absolutely unique. A great singer and songwriter, playing with great musicians, having fun. What I find funniest is that I've incorporated some of his funny lines into my regular conversation with friends.

Average customer rating: Music and the Great War How a Century Has Change Our Perception of War Excellent Recording! Good music, bad title

The Great War: Classical And Popular Selections From The Time Of World War I (National Public Radio Milestones Of The Millennium) Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Septets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Berg | Berg, Alban | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schoenberg | Schoenberg, Arnold | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Great War Over There - Songs From America's Wars Words and Music of World War II The Roaring Twenties Songs That Got Us Through WWII ASIN: B00000HXKX Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

1. Military March No. 1 In D Major, Op. 39: Pomp Ad Circumstance
2. Waltz Fom Der Rosenkavalier Suite
3. 'Von der Schonheit' From Das Lied von der Erde
4. 'De l'aube a midi sur la mer' From La Mer
5. Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 'Classical Symphony': III. Gavotta. Non troppo allegro
6. L'histoire du soldat Suite - IV. The Royal March
7. L'histoire du soldat Suite - V. The Little Concert
8. Le tombeau de Couperin - V. Menuet
9. Le tombeau de Couperin - VI. Toccata
10. Sinfonia From Pulcinella Suite
11. Walzer From Funf Klavierstucke, Op. 23
12. Interlude From Wozzeck, Act III
13. Prologue From Music Ffor The Theatre
14. 'Shine On Harvest Moon'
15. 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' - Irving Berlin
16. 'Over There'
17. 'How You Gonna Keep'em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?'
18. 'The Man I Love' From Stride Up The Band
19. 'West End Blues'

Amazon.com

The first two-thirds of this disc is a fascinating cram course in concert music around the time of World War I. The programmer has put together some fascinating juxtapositions--for example, Strauss's Rosenkavalier leads almost seamlessly into Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, and Schoenberg sounds out of context with everybody (including Berg). The selections are all short, and performance quality runs from great to mediocre, but this is still a thought-provoking educational experience, even though Bartók and Ives are conspicuously missing. The popular selections are less interesting, often campy, and although vintage recordings are used, they aren't always the right vintage. And someone missed a point by separating Copland's jazzy "Music for the Theatre" from Louis Armstrong, who could have followed immediately. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Music and the Great War.......2007-05-14

This is a fascinating compendium of popular and classical music from the World War One period. It evokes all the turmoil, anguish, and also humor, of the age, and is a vital CD to own if you have an interest in the Great War and the music it inspired or was inspired by.

How a Century Has Change Our Perception of War.......2005-10-29

War. Tough subject these days - tough subject since the beginning of time. Yet Americans tend to mend wounds and gradually allow the atrocities of yesteryear to fade into coated cases that signal more memories of 'how things used to be' rather than learning from the tragedies with which war has scarred the planet. National Public Radio issued this excellent memoir at the turn of the millennium and one wonders if it now has the same response that greeted it in 1999.

Linda Kobler reconstituted this mix of classical and popular music with a keen sense of history. The CD is twice divided (in both the classical and the popular music) into 'Before the War' 1901 - 1917, 'During the War' 1917 - 1922, and 'After the War' 1922 - 1928. In the first era are the works of Elgar ('Pomp and Circumstance'), Strauss (a waltz from 'Der Rosenkavalier'), Mahler (excerpt from 'Das Lied von der Erde'), and Debussy ('La Mer') joining the songs 'Shine On Harvest Moon' and 'Alexander's Ragtime Band'. The War period is represented by Prokofiev's 'Symphony No. 1', Stravinsky's 'L'histoire du soldat', and Ravel's 'Le tombeau de Couperin' in tandem with 'Over There'. After the war include Stravinsky ('Pulcinella Suite'), Schoenberg (Waltz from 'Five Piano Pieces'), Berg (excerpt from 'Wozzeck') and Copland ('Music from the Theatre') with popular songs 'How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm', 'The Man I Love', and 'West End Blues'.

The excerpts selected for this survey are exceptionally good: orchestras include NY Phil, LA Phil, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Symphony, and the Columbia Symphony under such batons a Ormandy, Bernstein, Salonen, Tilson Thomas, Schippers and Stravinsky; soloists include Glen Gould, Robert Casadesus, Lili Chookaskian, Louis Armstrong, et al. The sonics are very fine and the performances are each from significant full recordings remaining in the catalogue.

The booklet accompanying this concert of memories is written by Linda Kobler who uses each selection as a pivotal point in the atmosphere of the globe that accompanied the Great War: it is very well written and informative. This is one of those recorded collections that goes far beyond an accumulation of bits and pieces and instead gives food for thought about how our political and social actions intertwine with the arts in a prophetic way. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, October 05

Excellent Recording!.......1999-03-13

(It was called The "Great" War, because nobody knew about WWII at the time and it was the biggest war anyone had ever seen.)

I think this CD may be a bit choppy to "easy" listeners, but for anyone who has a sincere interest in delving into the musical senses of earlier generations it's VERY good! I recommend the entire NPR Milestones of the Millennium series to such aficionados.

Good music, bad title.......1999-02-11

Since when is war great? Life in the trenches waiting for the germans to attack you worrying about whether mustard gas is gonna loft your way isn't exactly like sipping chablis.

Average customer rating: WOW From the Keyboard From the Top, and from the heart. Michael Hawley

Christopher O'Riley At The Break Manufacturer: From the Top ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gigue | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Musettes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Maxwell Davies, Peter | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rameau | Rameau, Jean Philippe | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music O'Riley, Christopher | ( O ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: True Love Waits: O'Riley Plays Radiohead Hold Me to This: Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead Scriabin: Vers la flamme Home to Oblivion: Elliott Smith Tribute From the Top, Volume Three ASIN: B00005RG4Y Release Date: 2001-10-01

Tracks:

1. Guastavino: Cantilena, No. 4
2. Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9
3. Rameau: Le Rappel des Oiseaux
4. Rachmaninoff: Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3
5. Delibes-ORiley: "Viens, Mallika!" from Lakme
6. Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in f#-minor, Op. 39, No. 3
7. Chopin: Prelude in F# Major, Op. 28, No. 13
8. Debussy: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin
9. Rameau: La Villageoise
10. Davies: Farewell to Stromness
11. Severac Ou L'on Entend Une Vielle Boite A Musique
12. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
13. Milhaud: Corcovado
14. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in c minor, Op. 23, No. 7
15. Rachmaninoff: Lilacs Op. 21, No. 5
16. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in g# minor, Op. 32, No. 12
17. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4
18. Rameau: Musette En Rondeau
19. Mozart: Gigue in G Major, K. 574
20. Rameau: Rigaudons 1 & 2
21. Rameau: Tambourin
22. Guastavino: Mariana
23. Prokofiev Masquers
24. Schumann: Zart Und Singend from "Davidsbundlertanze" Op. 6
25. Chopin: Mazurka in e-flat minor, Op. 6, No. 4
26. Bartok: Finale, Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Dances
27. Chopin: Prelude in d minor, Op. 28, No. 24
28. Poulenc: Babar et Celeste
29. Guaraldi: Christmastime is Here

Album Description

"Christopher O'Riley At the Break" is the new compact disc by the renowned concert pianist and host of "From the Top," the hit public radio showcase for America's best pre-collegiate classical musicians.

This collection of 29 works for solo piano is a compilation of pieces O'Riley played on "From the Top," which is heard on more than 200 radio stations nationwide. These pieces were performed at the mid-point of the broadcasts, a required break of approximately 2 minutes during which many stations insert locally generated announcements.

According to Chris O'Riley, "It depends on one's local station, and its own use of `the breaks.' This collection serves as a fondly renewed acquaintance with some favorites of mine as well as some pieces a bit further off the beaten path. For other listeners, this is a great group of exquisite miniatures - a premiere entree into many new worlds."

From the Top is a creation of Concert Productions, Inc. in association with WGBH Radio Boston and New England Conservatory, its home and educational partner. Public Radio International distributes the program. From the Top receives support from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, as well as individuals, foundations and corporations.

Customer Reviews:

WOW.......2002-09-01

As a fan of From the Top, and a young classical singer myself...I adore Chris O'Riley and his fabulous piano playing. Each work is played with emotion and meticulous care, creating a truly wonderful listening experience!

I highly recommend this sparkling disk to any fan of From the Top, or those who just enjoy classical music! Purchase today!~Bravo

From the Keyboard.......2002-03-09

Fans of NPR's popular show "From the Top," a showcase for young classical musicians, will recognize Chris O'Riley as the show's fun loving host. Thanks in no small part to O'Riley's easygoing way with kids and his fine accompaniments, the show not only presents good music, but manages to be playful and funny as well. This collection of 29 piano pieces are taken from those O'Riley plays during the mid-program break on the show, and demonstrate the depth and range of his talent. Included with the CD information are short notes by O'Riley in which he describes his connection to each piece and what he is trying to accomplish when he plays it. Particular favorites of mine include Guastavino's Cantilena, No. 4, Rachmanioff's Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5 and Rameau's Tambourin. However, fans of Chopin, Debussy, Prokfiev and Mozart will also find something to satisfy. This is a CD that I will be returning to again and again

From the Top, and from the heart........2002-01-26

Gorgeous music beautifully played. This is a wonderfully eclectic set of pieces, some familiar, many rare, all of them played with warmth and personality. I love Christopher's eclectic tastes. The Guastavino pieces were new to me, and they're gems. The Rameau is exquisitely played. The Rachmaninoff is familiar, but it's awfully nice to hear it played with a fresh personal feeling. Pieces like the Milhaud, or Poulenc's "Babar and Celeste", or O'Riley's own transcription of the Delibes, or Maxwell-Davies' "Stromness" -- all of them are wonderfully evocative. The program notes are every bit as thoughtful and engaging as you'd expect given such a marvellous selection and such stylish playing.

There are some real treasures here. And you might also enjoy "From the Top," the public radio show O'Riley hosts. Best thing to happen to music since Bernstein's Young Person's concerts.

MJH

Michael Hawley.......2002-01-26

This truly is a collection of gems, both in the selection and in the playing. Christopher O'Riley has wonderful eclectic taste, a beautifully lyric style, and a knack for finding out of the way and not-yet-known treasures (and putting new luster on the regular old treasures!). The pianism is exquisite: beautiful touches in the Rameau, and especially in the delicate Rachmaninoff pieces. Several of the pieces, like the Guastavino (which are fabulous) and Davies' "Farewell to Stromness" (wonderfully evocative of those tough, remote Scottish isles), and his own arrangement of that beautiful Delibes -- these were very happy discoveries for me.

All of these little pieces (though some are not so little!) are full of love and life. The thoughtful program notes were appreciated and enjoyed as well. The sound is great.

It's a wonderful CD. Buy it. And listen to the radio show, too: FROM THE TOP. Best thing to happen to music since Bernstein's Young People's concerts.

MJH

Average customer rating: I Found It Sublime. de los Angeles: Song of the Auvergne

Canteloube - Chants d'Auvergne / Victoria de los Angeles Marie-Joseph Canteloube , Jean-Pierre Jacquillat , Victoria de los Angeles , and Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canteloube, Joseph | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kiri Te Kanawa - Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne, Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras Joseph Canteloube: Songs Of the Auvergne Mussorgsky: The Nursery: Sunless; Songs and Dances of Death Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Schwarzkopf, Gedda, Streich, Krebs, Kunz, Christ; Karajan ASIN: B00000K4FG Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

1. Songs Of The Auvergne: La Pastoura als camps (Series I, No. 1)
2. Songs Of The Auvergne: Bailero (I - 2)
3. Songs Of The Auvergne: Trois Bourrees (I - 3): 1. L'aio de rotso
4. Songs Of The Auvergne: Troi Bourrees (I - 3): 2. Ound' onoren gorda
5. Songs Of The Auvergne: Trois Bourrees (I - 3): 3. Obal, din lou Limouzi
6. Songs Of The Auvergne: L'Antoueno (II - 2)
7. Songs Of The Auvergne: La Pastrouletta e lou Chibalie (II - 3)
8. Songs Of The Auvergne: La Delaissado (II - 4)
9. Songs Of The Auvergne: Lo Calhe (Bourree) (II - 5b)
10. Songs Of The Auvergne: Lo Fiolaire (III - 1)
11. Songs Of The Auvergne: Passo pel prat (Grande) (III - 2)
12. Songs Of The Auvergne: Lou Boussu (III - 3)
13. Songs Of The Auvergne: Brezairola (III - 4)
14. Songs Of The Auvergne: Malurous qu'o uno fenno (Bourree) (III - 5)
15. Songs Of The Auvergne: Oi, ayai (IV - 2)
16. Songs Of The Auvergne: Pour l'enfant (IV - 3)
17. Songs Of The Auvergne: Chut, chut (IV - 4)
18. Songs Of The Auvergne: Pastorale (IV - 5)
19. Songs Of The Auvergne: Lou Coucut (IV - 6)
20. Songs Of The Auvergne: Obal, din lo coumbelo (V - 1)
21. Songs Of The Auvergne: La-haut, sur le rocher (V -3)
22. Songs Of The Auvergne: He! beyla-z-y dau fe (Bourree) (V - 4)
23. Songs Of The Auvergne: Te, l'co, te! (V - 6)
24. Songs Of The Auvergne: Uno jionto postouro (Regret) (V -7)

Customer Reviews:

I Found It Sublime........2002-04-05

I recently acquired a large hard drive for my computer and set about loading my favorite CDs for instant listening while working in my home office. In that process I came upon this CD, but do not remember buying it. To be able to quickly jump from track to track, I loaded it and expected to make a quick decision whether to keep it or not, expecting the not. (I believe that I ordered this CD due to the similarity of the title with a CD of Jean Ferrat's that is quite special to me.)
WOW! Was I wrong! So wrong that I don't mind admitting it.
Victoria de los Angeles is one of the greats. Her command of her voice is superb. Her phrasing leaves me breathless. The previous reviewer called her voice too heavy for these songs. While I have not heard the works he/she noted, I did not have that reaction. The selection of works is marvelous. I cannot recommend this CD higher. I recommend it for the true classic connoisseur, for the person who 'just' likes classics, and for the person who likes some classics but not all and needs to hear a recognizable tune.
A last comment, my first thought was that the recording suffered because I (mistakenly) felt that the source of her voice in the recording was too removed from the microphone. I was wrong again. In fact the balance of her clear, soprano voice to the orchestra is perfect.

de los Angeles: Song of the Auvergne.......2001-11-08

De los Angeles's singing can be wonderful, as in her "On the Wings of Song." I find her voice too heavy for this music. I much prefer the version of the late Netania Davrath. Madline Grey's is also better.

Average customer rating: Glorious pipes

Glorious Pipes: Organ Music Through the Ages Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Messiaen | Messiaen, Olivier | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reger, Max | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Reger, Max | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Midnight at Notre-Dame [Hybrid SACD] Michael Murray At The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine: Works By Franck, Widor, Dupré, Bach and Others Organ of the Mormon Tabernacle In Spiritum: Olivier Latry Plays César Franck [Hybrid SACD] Franck: Complete Masterworks for Organ ASIN: B0002KVV7E Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

1. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 - Ton Koopman
2. Fugue In G Minor, BWV 578 'The Little' - Wolfgang Rubsam
3. Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 645 'Sleepers, Awake' - Simon Preston
4. Prelude, Fugue And Ciacona In C Major, BuxWV 137 - Peter Hurford
5. Tierce En Taille - Gillian Weir
6. Dialogue Sur Les Grand Jeux - Gillian Weir
7. Schmucke Dich, O Liebe Seele, BWV 654 - Helmut Walcha
8. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 538 'Dorian' - Wolfgang Rubsam
9. Chorale - Andante Sostenuto - Allegro Molto - Peter Hurford
10. Fugue - Peter Hurford
11. Finale - Peter Hurford

Tracks:

1. Prelude And Fugue On The Name B-A-C-H, S.260 - Peter Hurford
2. Benedictus, Op.59 No.9 - Peter Hurford
3. Chorale No.3 In A Minor - Marcel Dupre
4. Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen - Peter Planyavsky
5. Allegro - Thomas Trotter
6. Andante Sostenuto - Pierre Cochereau
7. Toccata (Allegro) - Simon Preston
8. Apparition De L'Eglise Eternelle - Olivier Latry
9. Dieu Parmi Nous - Olivier Latry

Customer Reviews:

Glorious pipes.......2007-04-20

New as an organ fan ? No mistake with this double Cd set. Registration is amazing and sounds like pure cristal. A simple joy.

B.A.C.H. from Liszt is great, and more great moments.

Organists play perfectly.

Average customer rating: Le parfum d'extase Superb chansoms. Superb Ameling. Buy It. Great!!! A delightful programme Limpid, refined, elegant music.

Fauré - Mélodies / Souzay · Ameling · Baldwin Gabriel Fauré , Gérard Souzay , Elly Ameling , and Dalton Baldwin Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program 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 General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Debussy - Mélodies / Ameling · Mesplé · Command · Souzay · von Stade · Baldwin Poulenc - Melodies / Ameling · Gedda · W. Parker · Sénéchal · Souzay · Baldwin Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn) Artistry of Elly Ameling (Coll) A French Song Companion ASIN: B000002S30 Release Date: 1992-01-23

Tracks:

1. Le papillon et la fleur: Le Papillon et la fleur, Op. 1, No. 1
2. Mai: Mai, Op. 1, No. 2
3. Reve d'amour: Reve d'amour, Op. 5, No. 2
4. Dans les ruines d'une abbaye: Dans les ruines d'une abbaye, Op. 2, No. 1
5. Les Matelots: Les Matelots, Op. 2, No. 2
6. Lydia: Lydia, Op. 4, No. 2
7. Hymne: Hymne, Op. 7, No. 2
8. Seule: Seule, Op. 3, No. 1
9. L'absent: L'Absent, Op. 5, No. 3
10. L'Aurore: L'Aurore, Op. posthume
11. La Rancon: La Rancon, Op. 8, No. 2
12. Chant d'automne: Chant d'automne, Op. 5, No. 2
13. Aubade: Aubade, Op. 6, No. 1
14. Tristesse: Tristesse, Op. 6, No. 2
15. Chanson du pecheur (Lamento): Chanson du pecheur (Lamento), Op. 5, No. 1
16. Barcarolle: Barcarolle, Op. 7, No. 3
17. 2 Duos pour deux sopranos: I Puisqu'ici-bas, Op. 10, No. 1
18. 2 Duos pour deux sopranos: II Tarentelle, Op. 10, No. 2
19. Ici-bas !: Ici-bas !, Op. 8, No. 3
20. Au bord de l'eau: Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8, No. 1
21. Serenade toscane: Serenade toscane, Op. 3, No. 2
22. Apres Un Reve: Apres un reve, Op. 7, No. 1
23. Sylvie: Sylvie, Op. 6, No. 3
24. Le Voyageur: Le Voyageur, Op. 18, No. 2
25. Automne, Op. 18, No. 3

Tracks:

1. Poemes d'un jour, Op. 21: 1. Rencontre
2. Poemes d'un jour, Op. 21: 2.Toujours
3. 3. Adieu
4. Nell, Op. 18, No. 1
5. Les berceaux: Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1
6. Notre amour: Notre amour, Op. 23, No. 2
7. Le Secret: Le Secret, Op. 23, No. 3
8. Chanson d'amour: Chanson d'amour, Op. 27, No. 1
9. La Fee aux chansons: La Fee aux chansons, Op. 27, No. 1
10. Aurore: Aurore, Op. 39, No. 1
11. Fleur jetee: Fleur jetee, Op. 39, No. 2
12. Le Pays des reves: Le Pays des reves, Op. 39, No. 3
13. Les Roses d'lspahan: Les Roses d'lspahan, Op. 39, No. 4
14. Nocturne: Nocturne, Op. 43, No. 2
15. Les Presents: Les Presents, Op. 46, No. 1
16. Clair de Lune: Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2
17. Larmes: Larmes, Op. 51, No. 1
18. Au Cimetiere: Au Cimetiere, Op. 51, No. 2
19. 2 Cantiques: 1. En Priere
20. 2 Cantiques: 2. Noel, Op. 43, No. 1
21. SPLEEN: Spleen, Op. 51, No. 3
22. La Rose: La Rose, Op. 51, No. 4
23. Chanson de Shylock: Chanson de Shylock, Op. 57, No. 1
24. Madrigal de Shylock: Madrigal de Shylock, Op. 57, No. 2
25. 5 Melodies: 1. Mandoline
26. 5 Melodies: 2. En sourdine
27. 5 Melodies: 3. Green
28. 5 Melodies: 4. A Clymene
29. 5 Melodies: 5. C'est l'extase
30. Serenade du Bourgeois gentilhomme

Tracks:

1. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 1. Une Sainte en son aureole
2. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 2. Puisque l'aube grandit
3. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 3. La Lune blanche luit dans les bois
4. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 4. J'allais par des chemins perfides
5. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 5. J'ai presque peur, en verite
6. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 6. Avant que tu ne t'en ailles
7. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 7. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'ete
8. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 8. N'est-ce pas ?
9. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 9. L'Hiver a cesse
10. Le Parfum imperissable: Le Parfum imperissable, Op. 76, No. 1
11. Arpege: Arpege, Op. 76, No. 2
12. Pleurs d'or, duo pour soprano et baryton: Pleurs d'or, duo pour soprano et baryton, Op. 72
13. Melisande's song: Melisande's song, Op. posthume
14. Prison: Prison, Op. 83, No. 1
15. Soir: Soir, Op. 83, No. 2
16. Dans la foret de septembre: Dans la foret de septembre, Op. 85, No. 1
17. La Fleur qui va sur l'eau: La Fleur qui va sur l'eau, Op. 85, No. 2
18. Accompagnement: Accompagnement, Op. 85, No. 3
19. Le plus doux Chemin (madrigal): Le plus doux Chemin (madrigal), Op. 87, No. 2
20. Le Ramier (madrigal): Le Ramier (madrigal), Op. 87, No. 2
21. Le Don silencieux: Le Don silencieux, Op. 92
22. Chanson: Chanson, Op. 94
23. Vocalise-etude

Tracks:

1. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 1. Paradis
2. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 2. Prima verba
3. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 3. Roses ardentes
4. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 4. Comme Dieu rayonne
5. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 5. L'aube blanche
6. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 6. Eau vivante
7. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 7. Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil ?
8. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 8. Dans un parfum de roses blanches
9. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 9. Crepuscule
10. La Chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: 10. O mort, poussiere d'etoiles
11. Le Jardin clos, Op. 106: 1. Exaucement
12. Le Jardin clos, Op. 106: 2. Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux
13. Le Jardin clos, Op. 106: 3. La messagere
14. Le Jardin clos, Op. 106: 4. Je me poserai sur ton coeur
15. Le Jardin clos, Op. 106: 5. Dans la Nymphee
16. Le Jardin clos, Op. 106: 6. Dans la penombre
17. Le Jardin clos, Op. 106: 7. Il m'est cher, amour, le bandeau
18. Le Jardin clos, Op. 106: 8. Inscription sur le sable
19. Mirages, Op. 113: 1. Cygne sur l'eau
20. Mirages, Op. 113: 2. Reflets dans l'eau
21. Mirages, Op. 113: 3. Jardin nocturne
22. Mirages, Op. 113: 4. Danseuse
23. C'est la paix !: C'est la paix !, Op. 114
24. L'Horizon chimerique, Op. 118: 1. La ber es infinie
25. L'Horizon chimerique, Op. 118: 2. Je me suis embarque
26. L'Horizon chimerique, Op. 118: 3. Diane Selene
27. L'Horizon chimerique, Op. 118: 4. Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimes

Customer Reviews:

Le parfum d'extase.......2007-05-18

This 4-CD set receives five stars from me in spite of some flaws. I'll outline those flaws first.

Firstly (a flaw to me, perhaps not to others), I'm not very fond of Gérard Souzay's voice and vocal approach. He frequently sounds blustery and the timbre does not really appeal to me. Yet his commitment to these beautiful songs is impeccable, and he has a wealth of experience, beautifully authentic French (of course!) and occasionally the singing is very effective indeed. I agree that the "La bonne chanson" set is sensitive and moving - it's Souzay at his best. But in general... Souzay is not one of my favourite baritones.

Secondly, as other reviews have mentioned, no translations are included. However, the full text of each song is contained in the accompanying booklet, and for those who don't read French well enough to translate, there are translations on-line of all of the poems set by Fauré. I agree this is not an ideal solution, and that the boxed set would have been improved by translations.

Thirdly, one is sometimes overwhelmed by the balance of the voice compared to that of the piano - this is particularly noticeable in Souzay's singing. However, the piano is still audible. The solution is mostly to turn down the volume for one or two tracks.

Let me now explain why, in spite of the above faults, I still consider this a superb set.

Firstly, the truly lovely singing of Elly Ameling. What a gloriously pretty sound - and I mean "pretty" without any denigration whatsoever. It's not JUST pretty - it's beautiful as well. This is a lovely gleaming sound, perfectly placed, and with a wealth of intrinsic and elegant interpretation that is native to Elly Ameling's singing. She's a miracle - no matter what she sings, it sounds "sung in" and perfectly understood, perfectly interpreted. (I admit Ms Ameling's French is slightly accented at times, but it's completely understandable and very good. It doesn't impair the performance of these songs at all.)

Secondly, Dalton Baldwin's playing is sensitive and impassioned in turns - always lyrical, always attuned to the requirements of each song. What a huge amount of work must have gone into this mammoth 4-CD task!

Thirdly, these vocal compositions are exquisite. Several of them are justly famous as works of genius, and fall so delightfully upon the ear that it seems they have always existed, perfect and full of wonder... that Fauré plucked them out of semi-existence to give them reality.

Fourthly... it's 4CDs of Fauré's vocal works. For those who love French vocal music, it's an extravagant delight to have such a thorough and wide-ranging collection. For singing students, how marvellous to have such a collection to hand to help when choosing songs. For fellow singers, what joy to have all of these songs in such a fine collection in order to note details and particularly admirable points.

In short - this is a set I wouldn't be without. While it's not flawless, it's full of delights. Ameling's singing of "La rose" is one of the highlights, and Fauré's three exquisite duets are all represented here. Highly recommended.

Superb chansoms. Superb Ameling. Buy It........2007-03-01

This EMI Classics package of four CD's for the price of two (plus) is really the way I like to buy classic recordings, where the complete set covers all of a single especially interesting grouping of works. This set, like the comparable one on Debussy, is simply grand, especially, as noted by other reviewers, with the contribution of Ameling, a soprano from whom not much is heard of today, but who, in her prime, was on top of her game.

My only objection to the package is that while the notes five the French text of the songs and the author of the text, there is no translation. Otherwise, this is a super buy.

Great!!!.......2006-06-19

The music on this compilation is beautiful. It is also beautifully sung. Amelling is amazing, as always!!!

A delightful programme.......2006-01-20

Faure was a genius and his songs are some of the most beautiful ever written, being animated by the spirit of beauty itself (Ms Venus:-).)

The performers did an outstanding job singing this repertoire, and especially Elly Ameling's performance is pure *delight*
- honestly-.

I hope others will enjoy it as much as I have.

Highly recommended.

Limpid, refined, elegant music........2001-04-04

This famous set provides on 4 CDs the complete songs (mélodies, he preferred to call them) by Faure. They are entrusted to the native French baritone, the Dutch soprano, and their accompanist Dalton Baldwin, and were recorded in the early 1970s. The set is not inexpensive, so I shall try to outline its merits. The music itself is enthralling. Faure set, over a period of sixty years, texts by French poets. Limpid, refined, elegant music, it repays repetition and close listening. One reviewer has suggested that no listener will want to listen to umpteen of these mélodies in one sitting, but I have never had too much of them. If slow tempi and arpeggio accompaniments begin to pall, listen to "Nell" (CD 2, Track 4). The performers satisfy on all counts. Souzay's contribution reflect a life time's association with the music, and a tradition that goes back through his teachers to the time of Faure himself. His definitive version of "La bonne Chanson" is especially fine. If his style is more suited to the impassioned, ardent items, it balances well with the cooler, more detached singing of Elly Ameling. So that you will not be disappointed, I should also mention that translations of the texts are not provided. I also wish that the balance had been better engineered. Sometimes Souzay seems to have the microphone in his mouth, and always the piano seems too distant. These are but minor flaws, however, in a long necklace of priceless pearls.

Average customer rating: NO TWEETERS OR WOOFERS The supreme colorist female pianist!

Piano Masters: Guiomar Novaes Novaes , Bach , Mozart , Chopin , and Liszt Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Guiomar Novaes Plays Beethoven and Mozart Guiomar Novaes Plays Chopin The Complete Victor 78s: Guiomar Novaes The Romantic Novaes Brahms: Works for Solo Piano ASIN: B00006644N Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

1. Fantasia And Fugue In D Major
2. Rondo In A Minor K511
3. Ballade No. 3 In A Flat, Op. 47
4. Caprice On The Air De Ballet From Alceste
5. Feux-Follets
6. Gnomenreigen
7. Guitarre, Op. 45, No. 2
8. Witches' Dance Op. 17 No. 2
9. Brazilian Folk Songs
10. The Three Maries-Alnitab, Alnilan & Nintika
11. Memories Of Childhood
12. Jeannes Filles Au Jardin(From Scenes D'Enfants)
13. Toccata
14. Brazilian Tango
15. Brazilian National Hym - Fantasy, Op. 69

Customer Reviews:

NO TWEETERS OR WOOFERS.......2006-10-02

The first thing that needs saying is what a 5-star rating signifies in this context. I am not attempting to assess this disc as if it were a modern issue. The earliest performances here are from acoustic Victor recordings dating as far back as 1919 or thereabouts; the more recent are 78rpm recordings on acetate done by Columbia in the 1940's. The sound, partly I'm sure through the skill of Jonathan Beardsley, is better than one might expect, but inevitably it's antiquated. A 5-star rating for this disc is a matter of rating a priceless antique, a rare and unexpected find that in other artistic fields would price the item out of consideration for most of us.

Luckily this is music and other considerations apply. Mr Beardsley tells us that the Victor recordings were hard to find, something that does not surprise me. They preserve the work of a young Brazilian genius, already in her mid-to-late 20's, who had at the age of 14 attracted the notice of Faure, Debussy and Moszkowski. The sound is generally light in the bass, but the level of background hiss is perfectly tolerable to me. What does seem to come through quite well is the quality of the player's touch, especially if one has some knowledge of that from her later work. What Novaes has is individuality, the quality I prize above all and which Horowitz and Michelangeli found to be lacking in their own successors. For her time Novaes could be described as a 'modern' player, in something like the way that term would have been applied to Serkin, 8 years her junior. This playing does not in the least resemble, say, Hoffman or Cherkassky or Petri. Rubato is rationed for one thing, the rhythmic sense is precise, and the fingerwork and part-playing are crisp. The best of her later output was distinguished for me by a strong 'profile' in the melodic line and an individual and most beautiful tone, particularly in the left hand. In such elderly sound as this my imagination is having to contribute something of its own, but one doesn't have to be imagining anything to hear a quite extraordinary Chopin A flat ballade here. This was the very work that her august adjudicators in Paris asked her, in a departure from convention, to repeat for them, and small wonder if it was played anything like it is here. The start is slowish and relaxed, the tempo increases subtly after a while, but the sequence that builds towards the fortissimo return of the opening theme is like nothing I ever heard before and is perfectly wonderful.

Only one other item of the 15 offerings is a masterpiece as I understand the term, Mozart's great A minor rondo. This is marked 'andante', Novaes understands that as a more flowing tempo than Serkin takes, and I'm not sure I don't prefer the way she does it already. The rest of the pieces are ready-made concert encores of one kind and another, some delicate but most virtuoso in style. You will hear some really terrific fleet fingerwork in these. In Liszt's Gnomenreigen Novaes doesn't storm barns in the way Cziffra does, but that would doubtless be unladylike and her performance is nimble by any normal standards. The final number on the disc is a fantasia by Gottschalk on the Brazilian national anthem. This is the sort of thing that Cziffra and Horowitz occasionally wowed their audiences with (do you know The Stars and Stripes from Horowitz?), and I now have a performance of a similar effort than can stand up in their company. Other Brazilian flavouring in the selection comes via Villa-Lobos and Levy. One week in Rio de Janeiro during the 2006 World Cup has not made me any expert assessor of Brazilian musical idiom, but my faith in Novaes is strong enough for me to believe that I now have a yardstick for judging future performances that may come my way.

I have not acquired any Beethoven sonatas for quite a while now, and my interest as an amateur musician and collector is more easily aroused these days by issues of this kind. It is the second issue from Pearl that I own, and two winners out of two is a good enough statistic for me to send for the Pearl catalogue rightaway. I could of course be a latecomer to this, but I'm beginning to sense that I may be on to something of exceptional interest.

The supreme colorist female pianist!.......2005-03-26

Latin America may be proud due his most beloved daughters in this order: Teresa Carreño, Rosita Renard, Guiomar Novaes and Martha Argerich . I mean, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil and Argentine.

I had the golden opportunity to chat during fifteen minutes through an unforgettable common friend (who is not among us, pitifully) who introduced me to Claudio Arrau after a Recital in Caracas in those distant seventies. Since I knew the available time was too short I asked to C.A. about the ten greatest pianists he had listened and watched in his life: After thinking briefly, he answered me with absolute security ten names in less than a minute in this rigorous order from one to tenth' s place: Teresa Careño, Ferrucio Busoni, Wilhelm Bachaus, Wilhelm Kempff, Artur Schnabel, Dinu Lipatti, Edwin Fisher, William Kapell Benedetti Michelangeli and Rudolf Serkin.

But the slender expression of his face when I asked about Rosita Renard and Novaes was simply unforgettable. His tearful face literally depicted me the art of both players: Renard was the intellectual but Novaes was more sensitive: her pianissimos: Oh My God!

So any other adjective I can add about the art of this gifted pianist would be redundant. Perhaps to remark she had in little finger much more technique than many pianists with their both hands together.

Many achievements in her brilliant are meritorious to consider: Her Songs without words are nonesuch: you won't believe the transparency and fluency of Gondola Venetian song and the Spinning song Op. 62 No. 6. After Kapell's performance her Nights in Spain gardens are non parallel, his Schumann is extremely effective and her Grieg Piano Concerto still remain among the giants versions.

Novaes died on March 7, 1979 in Sao Paulo. But this sensitive statement written by Harold Schoenberg, have no waste: "The sheer beauty of her playing ,managed to transcend any other considerations; it was its own reward. There may have been more monumental pianists, more intellectual pianists, but it is hard to think of a pianist whose playing gave as much sheer pleasure as that of Guiomar Novaes"

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