In the Heart of Winter

1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas

2. In the Heart of Winter

3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

4. Christmas Day in the Morning

5. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

6. Solstice Celebration

7. Amazing Grace/Silent Night

8. Change of Season

9. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

10. Away in a Manger

11. St. Basil's Hymn

12. First Night

13. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)

14. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

15. Still, Still, Still

In the Heart of Winter,Robin Spielberg,North Star,Adult Alternative,Chamber Jazz,Christmas,Contemporary Instrumental,New Age / Meditation,Pop

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Average customer rating: "top film scores of the 1960's ~ Percy Faith" Born Free/Windmills of your mind

Born Free/Windmills of Your Mind Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schifrin | Schifrin, Lalo | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Angel of the Morning/Black Magic Woman Tara's Theme from Gone with the Wind/Jealousy Great Folk Themes: American Serenade Today's Themes for Young Lovers/For Those in Love Kismet/Music From Hollywood ASIN: B000060OXV Release Date: 2002-02-19

Tracks:

1. Georgy Girl
2. Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From "Dr. Zhivago")
3. A Man And A Woman
4. This Hotel
5. And We Were Lovers (Theme From "The Sand Pebbles")
6. The Wishing Doll
7. Born Free
8. This Is My Song
9. Alfie
10. Song From "The Oscar"
11. A Time For Love
12. How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
13. Theme From "The Fox"
14. Funny Girl
15. The Windmills Of Your Mind
16. Star!
17. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
18. The Lion In Winter
19. Elvira's Theme
20. For Love Of Ivy
21. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
22. As Long As He Needs Me

Customer Reviews:

"top film scores of the 1960's ~ Percy Faith".......2004-02-18

If you are a collector of Percy Faith, you must run out to your local music store and pick this one up ~ "Plays The Academy Award Winner Born Free and Other Great Movie Themes" (originally released on Columbia Records CS 9450 in 1967) and "Windmills of Your Mind" (originally released on Columbia Records CS 9835 in 1969) ~ following the formula of previous Columbia Records releases featuring Faith's classic style of sweeping strings and haunting arrangements, they've come up with two more winners.

Master of arranging, Faith's formula is so natural in keeping the arrangements fresh and new with his distinctive style ~ his tasteful treatment always highlights the quality of the composition ~ ultimately making them a hit all over again. Remember the days when you could turn on the radio and hear Percy Faith with many familiar pop standards ~ when you put this compact disc on your player, get ready for the "Percy Faith Touch" sprinkled with pure magic over the orchestration and leaves you simply in that unforgettable mood.

Top performances inclusive for the twenty two tracks of film score themes ~ "A MAN AND A WOMAN" (Barouh/Lai), "A TIME FOR LOVE" (Webster/Mandel), "ALFIE"(David/Bacharach), "AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME" (Lionel Bart), "BORN FREE"(John Barry), "CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG" (Richard M. Sherman/Robert B. Sherman), "ELVIRA'S THEME" (Percy Faith), "FOR LOVE OF IVY" (Russell/Quincy Jones), "THEME FROM "THE FOX" (Lalo Schlfrin), "FUNNY GIRL" (Merrill/Styne), "GEORGY GIRL"(Dale/Springfield), "THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER" (Peggy Lee/David Grusin), "HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA?"(Harburg/Lane), "THE LION IN THE WINTER"(John Barry), "SONG FROM "THE OSCAR" (Evans/Livingston/Percy Faith), "THEME FROM "THE SAND PEPPLES" (Bricusse/Goldsmith), "SOMEWHERE MY LOVE(Lara's Theme from "Dr. Zhivago")"(Webster/Jarre), "STAR" (Cahn/Van Heusen), "THIS IS MY SONG" (Charles Chaplin), "THIS HOTEL" (Keating/Quine), "THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND" and "THE WISHING DOLL" (David/Bernstein) ~ notice two of the selections were composed by the man himself Percy Faith! Impressive line up of top movie songs that will surely satisfy the appetite of all "film-score-buffs" and Percy Faith fans...gotta love it!

Total Time: 63:41 on 22 Tracks ~ Collectables 7428 ~ (2/19/2002)

Born Free/Windmills of your mind.......2002-03-02

Another perfect reissiue by collectibles music,This album contains themes from movies.Most of these songs have been unavailable by Faith since Lps went out.This album contains such songs as somewhere my love, this hotel,And we were lovers,This is my song,Alfie,How are things in Glacca Morra and many more.All of these songs are beautifully done Faith style.The album empasizes just his orchestra.Their's no chrous here.The original liner notes to born free are included in the bookelet as well as pictures of Faith probebly from born free under the clear cd holder.The liner notes to Windmills of your mind are not included.If your a collector of Percy Faith's music you have to get this cd since many of these songs are on cd for the first time.

Average customer rating: Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected! beautiful Excellent! It will bring about many gentle nights Visualizing Beauty

Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | 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 | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Ensemble Galilei | ( E ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: From The Isles To The Courts Shakespeare Songs Music In The Great Hall: Instrumental Music From The Ancient Celtic Lands The Renaissance Album (Windham Hill) Songs and Dances from Shakespeare ASIN: B0000478S3 Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Mister Issac's Maggot, Chestnut (Dove's Vagary)
2. Woodycock
3. Death's Second Self
4. Jack's Health, Vale Of Years, Jack's Health Reel
5. Come, Gentile Night
6. Departe, Departe, The Cobbler's Hornpipe, Third Act Tune
7. But Let Them Go, Ladies, Sight No More
8. In A Garden So Green, Childgrove
9. Fire, Burn, and Cauldron Bubble
10. The Asp
11. Rumble Thy Bellyful
12. Pastime With Good Company, O Lusty May
13. Irish Lament
14. Joy To THe Person Of My Love
15. The Winter's Tale Set: Love's Winter Light, Apples In Winter, Drive The Cold Winter Away, Jenny Pluck Pears
16. Lilli Burleo
17. The Scottich Play Set: Life Is But A Walking Shadow, Mill, Mill O', Pawky Adam Glen
18. Heart's Ease, Now That The Spring, Gathering Peascods
19. No Longer Mourn For Me

Customer Reviews:

Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected!.......2002-11-29

With their soulful playing and artful, sometimes even ephemeral arrangements, the six women of Ensemble Galilei convey a rare depth of emotion. In the insert notes, gamba player Carolyn Ann Surrick describes their creative process: "[In making this recording, we engaged in]...a kind of work that is so focused and intense that years can go by in one afternoon... Extraordinary music-making requires trust... [We] live for the times when the only thing that exists right then is the music--when the instruments are speaking as if we don't exist, and they are having their own conversation." Thank you, Ensemble Galilei, for allowing the rest of us the privilege of coming along for the ride! It's simply delectable. This chamber ensemble, featuring fiddle, harp, gamba, oboe, pipes and percussion, can also be heard on their other Telarc release, "From the Isles to the Courts", and "The Mystic and the Muse: Celebrating 600 Years of Women in Music", on the Dorian label.

beautiful.......2001-01-22

Sheer beauty, as a lover of English music I found this to be one of the most beautiful of all Shakespearean albums. Such harmony, such subtlety, one wishes that the gentle night will never stop.

Excellent!.......2001-01-04

Ensemble Galilei provide some excellent arrangements of English renaissance compositions. I believe that John Playford (English Dancing Master) fans will be particularly satisfied with the renditions presented here. It is very unfortunate that E.G. did not provide more arrangements from such early music sources. Some of E.G.'s own compositions seem very weak and not in the renaissance spirit of the rest of the CD. Nonetheless, this CD is highly recommmended.

It will bring about many gentle nights.......2000-11-22

I found this album to be solid. Very sweet, but not afraid to use percussion which makes it livelier and more fun. I adore the quiet, peacefulness of the music and the flawless execution of these renaissance songs.

Visualizing Beauty.......2000-08-20

I recently had the good fortune to direct a performance of King Lear--the ENTIRE five acts, in a community theatre, non-profit setting. I used twenty-four fully committed non-actors, who for the love of the ideas, participated in this performance. The first and main challenge that I faced was, how do I go "behind" the words, and invoke the right emotions, etc., to give these actors the range and tools needed for an effective, powerful performance? Critical to this performance was the beauty and brilliance of this recording, which I used throughout the various scenes of the play. This helped the performers tremendously, creating the different tapestries in the mind of the Bard. In short, this work is real genius, that I was so happy that I stumbled across. I am now putting in our performance programs, along with our most heart-felt thanks to E.G., the name of the recording and I have copies from Telarc to sell at each performance!

Average customer rating: A century of British art songs to delight those who love them

English Song Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Treasury of English Song Favorite English Songs Songs by Roger Quilter Bryn Terfel - The Vagabond & other songs by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Finzi & Ireland Silent Noon ASIN: B0002JEG6I Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

1. A Soft Day - Bernadette Greevy
2. Irish Skies - Bernadette Greevy
3. Cherry Ripe - Janice Watson
4. Mustard And Cress - Neal Davies
5. The Lily Of A Day - Janice Watson
6. Henry King - Neal Davies
7. Fain Would I Change That Note - Graham Johnson
8. In Summer-Time On Bredon - Christopher Maltman
9. The Lads In Their Hundreds - Christopher Maltman
10. Among The Rocks - Graham Johnson
11. It Was A Lover And His Lass - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
12. The Water Mill - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
13. On Wenlock Edge - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
14. The Call - Graham Johnson
15. Silent Noon - Graham Johnson
16. Now In These Fairylands - Philip Langridge
17. The Dream-City - Philip Langridge
18. Margrete's Cradle Song - Susan Gritton
19. The Heart Worships - Christopher Maltman
20. Take, O Those Lips Away - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
21. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal - Graham Johnson
22. Love Calls Through The Summer Night - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
23. I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing - Graham Johnson
24. The Rio Grande (Capstan Shanty) - Ian Partridge
25. Theodore, Or The Pirate King - Ian Partridge
26. A Long Time Ago (Hilliard's Shanty) - Ian Partridge
27. Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be? - Bernadette Greevy

Tracks:

1. The Grenadier - Richard Edgar-Wilson
2. The Young Lover - Richard Edgar-Wilson
3. Betty And Johnny - Richard Edgar-Wilson
4. Rise Up And Reach The Stars - Richard Edgar-Wilson
5. The Bells - Nik Hancock-Child
6. Ann's Cradle Song - Nik Hancock-Child
7. As I Lay In The Early Sun - Nik Hancock-Child
8. The Cherry Tree - Nik Hancock-Child
9. Dusk - Nik Hancock-Child
10. Peter Warlock's Fancy - John Constable
11. The Frostbound Wood - John Constable
12. Chopcherry - John Constable
13. A Sad Song - John Constable
14. Rutterkin - John Constable
15. Bethlehem Down - John Constable
16. Wapping Old Stairs - Felicity Lott
17. Long Steel Grass - Martyn Hill
18. Tango-Pasodoble - Martyn Hill
19. Popular Song - Martyn Hill
20. Beatriz's Song - Felicity Lott
21. Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love - Philip Langridge
22. Early One Morning - Felicity Lott
23. The Foggy, Foggy View - Philip Langridge
24. Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast - Philip Langridge
25. Tell Me The Truth About Love - Della Jones
26. The Choirmaster's Burial - Philip Langridge

Customer Reviews:

A century of British art songs to delight those who love them.......2006-06-26

These 53 songs have been collected by Naxos from their extensive acquisitions from Collins Classics, and perhaps other British sources now out of business. There's a steady cottage industry, year after year, producing the typical English art song, which is usually based on folk songs, but even in more modern idioms is profuondly conservative and nostaligic. Half these songs, not to mention half the composers, are totally unknown to American audiences, but the familiar names of Vaughan Williams and Britten represent high quality, and the lesser lights, such as Warlock and Quilter, are mainstays in this repertoire.

I'd challenge all but the most addicted listener to make it through more than ten songs at a sitting, and many of these pieces are tepid, offering comfort rather than inspiration. The singers are among the best, but Graham Johnson and Steuart Beford, who do most of the accompaniments, are lackluster. I know that won't be a popular comment, yet if you compare any of these songs with rendiitons done by Janet Baker, John Shirley-quirk, and most recently Bryn Terfel and Ian Bostridge, you immediately notice how much more intensity and drama is pesent than htis colleciton reveals.

Average customer rating: A soprano must! Excellent album, with some minor quibbles I like it! International, and yet local Bonney Changes Course

Sallie Chisum Remembers Billy the Kid Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Argento | Argento, Dominick | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Previn, André | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Barber, Samuel | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Copland, Aaron | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Bonney, Barbara | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: My Name is Barbara Barbara Bonney - Fairest Isle Songs by Robert & Clara Schumann Exultate, Jubilate Song: A Guide to Art Song Style and Literature ASIN: B0000042H0 Release Date: 1998-01-27

Tracks:

1. Sallie Chisum Remembers Billy The Kid
2. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Nature, The Gentlest Mother
3. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: There Came A Wind Like A Bugle
4. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven?
5. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: The World Feels Dusty
6. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Heart, We Will Forget Him!
7. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Dear March, Come In!
8. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Sleep Is Supposed To Be
9. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: When They Come Back
10. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: I Felt A Funeral In My Brain
11. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: I've Heard An Organ Talk Sometimes
12. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Going To Heaven!
13. Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: The Chariot
14. Six Elizabethan Songs: Spring
15. Six Elizabethan Songs: Sleep
16. Six Elizabethan Songs: Winter
17. Six Elizabethan Songs: Dirge
18. Six Elizabethan Songs: Diapenia
19. Six Elizabethan Songs: Hymn
20. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: At Saint Patricks Purgatory - Samuel Barber
21. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: Church Bell At Night - Samuel Barber
22. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: St. Ita's Vision - Samuel Barber
23. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Heavenly Banquet - Samuel Barber
24. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Crucifixion - Samuel Barber
25. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: Sea-Snatch
26. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: Promiscuity - Samuel Barber
27. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Monk And His Cat - Samuel Barber
28. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Praises Of God - Samuel Barber
29. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Desire For Hermitage - Samuel Barber
30. Vocalise - Andre Previn

Amazon.com

Though American, Barbara Bonney has spent most of her career in Europe and, up until recently, never saw the need to sing in English. But this collection is entirely in English, featuring the title piece written for her by Previn--sort of a tone poem for voice, nice but not great--plus Samuel Barber's more familiar Hermit Songs, Dominick Argento's Six Elizabethan Songs and Aaron Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson. It's one of her best recordings and a big step in the gradual evolution of an artist who began as another pretty-voiced soprano and is becoming one of the most memorable recitalists of her generation. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

A soprano must!.......2007-01-08

This collection of songs is very helpful for sopranos--all of you will need to know these pieces at some point!

Excellent album, with some minor quibbles.......2005-08-13

One of my first experiences as an accompanist was to play the Argento Elizabethan songs, and ever since I've had a special affinity for them. That alone was my reason for purchasing this particular disc, and the fact that the Barber Hermit Songs were here was a major bonus!

Bonney does a beautiful job with all the sets presented here, and Previn delivers a perfectly complimentary accompaniment to Bonney's soaring tone.

One thing I found interesting about Bonney was her frequent use of straight tone. I can't verify if she's chosen to do so for interpretive reasons, but there are occasions in all the sets (esp. the Barber and Argento) where I find that it sticks out. In general, her tone is always beautiful, and the lack of vibrancy doesn't affect the pitch or flow of the line. It's a very minor issue, but I feel compelled to mention it for those who may not be expecting this stylistic detail.

At any rate, the repertoire is amazing, and I think this disc is almost essential as the Rubinstein disc I reviewed elsewhere on Amazon. I'm not letting my issue with Bonney's vibrancy take away from the 5-star rating. :)

I like it!.......2002-03-04

I bought this cd a while ago. The reason I bought it is because Barbara Bonney is my favourite artist. I think she sings beautifully in this cd. But for the repetoire, I think it's a litte bit too contemparory for me and I am not really into that. Still, I think she did an excellent job in this recording! It's really worth buying!

International, and yet local.......2001-02-20

Mrs. Bonney, born in America but with several years in Europe is able to give us the best of the two worlds.

The CD is a masterpiece of fantastic singing and with heart and the freedom that Mr. Previn adds to his piano playing.

I bought the CD based in the recommendation of the Gramophone magazine, and again they are right.

Previos review gives a good overall picture of the performance

Buy it!

Bonney Changes Course.......1999-09-13

This recording marks a new high for Bonney. While her silvery tone and lyricism have always been more than suffcient to captivate her listeners, Bonney takes risks on this disc like never before. She has a maturity and depth to her sound that makes one realize that her older recordings were more shallow in retrospect. Not only is she willing to step out of the box so many sopranos fall into: of wanting to sound "pretty" all the time; she is aggressive and surprisingly edgy in her interpretations of the Barber set, shockingly frank in the Argento, and convincingly ominous in the closing Previn vocalise. With this disc, Bonney has truly established herself as a force in vocal music, and as the definitive American singer today.

Average customer rating: The right singer for the right music wonderful

Songs of Alec Wilder Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wilder | Wilder, Alec | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Such A Tender Night: The Music Of Alec Wilder Alec Wilder Collection Neurotic Goldfish Alec Wilder: Music for Winds and Brass ASIN: B00004Y6UX Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

1. The Lake Isle Of Innisfree
2. The Colleen
3. The Rose On The Wind
4. River Run
5. Spring
6. Margaret
7. Easter 1916
8. When I Am Dead, My Dearest
9. In The Morning
10. Definition
11. If You Are Happy (Covenant)
12. Where Do You Go?
13. The Olive Tree
14. The Plowman
15. Listen To Your Heart
16. Blackberry Winter/The Echoes Of My Life
17. It's A Fine Day For Walkin' Country Style
18. Don't Deny
19. The Winter Of My Discontent
20. Remember My Child/A Child Is Born
21. The Wrong Blues/The Lady Sings The Blues
22. Moon And Sand
23. While We're Young/I'll Be Around

Customer Reviews:

The right singer for the right music.......2002-12-21

I love music like this that straddles the border between classical and pop or jazz. I had never heard of Valerie Errante before, but she has a perfect voice both for the more classical pieces at the beginning of the CD and the jazzier pieces at the end. She is one of those rare singers (Dawn Upshaw is another) who seems equally comfortable with both styles. If you don't already own a recording of "Blackberry Winter," it's one of those rare songs which can genuinely be said to be worth the price of the entire CD. Wilder reminds me in some ways of another composer who deserves a wider hearing--Ricky Ian Gordon. Hopefully this CD will help bring this composer the attention he deserves.

wonderful.......2002-10-22

Wonderful voice makes this a fun CD to listen to on any occaision. You won't be disappointed.

Average customer rating:

Burns: The Complete Songs, Vol. 8 Manufacturer: Linn Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Scottish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Robert Burns: The Complete Songs, Vol. 9 ASIN: B000056OEO Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

1. Ken Ye Ought O' Captain Grose? - Mairi Campbell
2. Wha Will Buy My Troggin - Ross Kennedy
3. Galloway Tam - Ian Bruce
4. Behold, My Love - Mairi Campbell
5. Waery Fa' You, Duncan Gray - Karine Polwart
6. Wandering Willie - Mae McKenna
7. Ithers Seek - George Duff
8. O, Cam Ye Here The Fight To Shun? - Karine Polwart
9. Extempore/Saint Stephen's House - Ross Kennedy
10. Mary Queen Of Scots Lament - Mae McKenna
11. The Groves Of Sweet Myrtle - Bobby Eaglesham
12. O Poortith Cauld/My Eppie Adair - Ross Kennedy
13. O Dear Minny/There's News Lasses - Mae McKenna
14. Wae Is My Heart/The Banks Of The Devon - Karine Polwart
15. Fairest Maid/As Late By A Sodger - George Duff
16. Green Grow The Rashes, O - John Morran
17. Twas Na Her Bonie Blue E'e/Cauld Is The E'enin Blast - Ian Anderson
18. The Auld Man's Winter Thought - Ian Bruce
19. I Do Confess - John Morran
20. The Sun Is Sunk - George Duff
21. BLythe Hae I Been/I'll Ay Ca' In By Yon Town - Bobby Eaglesham
22. Ae Fond Kiss (Original Version) - Mae McKenna
23. What Merriment Has Taen The Whigs - Bobby Eaglesham
24. Nanie's Awa - Ross Kennedy
25. I Coft A Stane O'haslock Woo/My Sandie O - Mairi Campbell

Average customer rating: Fine music, tone-deaf pricing from Vivendi At long last and timely to boot

This Is the Army / Call Me Mister / Winged Victory Irving Berlin , Harold Rome , and Moss Hart Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Mexican Hayride (1944 Original Broadway Cast) Inside U.S.A./The Band Wagon Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II ASIN: B0000A9D1N Release Date: 2003-07-29

Tracks:

1. Overture - Irving Berlin
2. I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep - Irving Berlin
3. I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen - Irving Berlin
4. Ihe Army's Made A Man Out Of Me - Irving Berlin
5. The Army's Made A Man Out Of Me - Irving Berlin
6. What The Well Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear - Irving Berlin
7. How Bout A Cheer For The Navy - Irving Berlin
8. American Eagles - Irving Berlin
9. Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Irving Berlin
10. Going Home Train - Harold Rome
11. Along With Me - Harold Rome
12. Little Surplus Me - Harold Rome
13. The Red Ball Express - Harold Rome
14. Military Life - Harold Rome
15. Yuletied, Park Avenue - Harold Rome
16. When We Meet Again - Harold Rome
17. The Face On The Dime - Harold Rome
18. South America, Take It Away - Harold Rome
19. Call Me Mister - Harold Rome
20. Winged Victory - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra
21. My Dream Book Of Memories - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra
22. The Whiffenpoof Song - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra
23. The Army Air Corps - Sgt. David Rose/ Winged Victory Chorus And Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Fine music, tone-deaf pricing from Vivendi.......2007-05-09

"This is the Army" is the first, and by far the greatest. When the word historic has lost all meaning this revue truly was -- perhaps the biggest show-biz charity fundraiser ever (for the Army Emergency Relief, which exists to this day), an incalculable morale booster on two fronts, a show whose too-small number of black players nonetheless helped break down the military's color barrier. It also sired the first major-label musical cast album; Decca rushed it into production at the end of July, 1942 to beat the AFM's notorious recording ban. That (and perhaps some reticence with an untested genre) may explain why the public only got four 10" 78s, shorter than they should have been. (Victor rushed its own studio recording into print as well, with mediocre arrangements and Fats Waller.) The following year Decca atoned for its mistake when it declared peace with the musician's union to record "Oklahoma!", making the cast album a permanent part of our musical lives. If we got only a fraction of what must have been it must have been tremendous. On the evidence this was Irving Berlin's finest score to date, and after the slog through multiple continents with a war hardened company he dug deep and wrote "Annie Get Your Gun." The tragedy is that no one tried to revive this show when enough of the boys were still alive, say in the eighties; perhaps Berlin, by then a hopeless recluse, turned it down. As touching and as stirring as these songs are it is preposterous that this score has remained all but buried since the last production in 1945. That this show is inextricably tied to a war is no excuse; the memory of a brave generation deserves better.

We go inevitably downhill from there, starting with the first track of "Call Me Mister", a postwar show with a lighter touch, and a lighter songwriter in several ways. Harold Rome could write a mean lyric, and he was good at the sort of situational humor that worked with topical shows, but despite his ambitions -- at the end of his career he foolishly adapted "Gone with the Wind" -- he just could not write the fine ballad that would have put him in the first rank. So where "This is the Army" can move the soul "Mister" just sits there, despite a haunting tribute to the "Face on the Dime." Its comic relief saves the day and it's pretty good as a recording too, as it's from 1946, and gives us a flavor of the old-time Broadway sound that makes these early albums so appealing. The four concluding sides of incidental music from Moss Hart's play "Winged Victory" are negligible. These are from David Rose, author of "Holiday for Strings" and patron saint of easy listening (until he wrote "The Stripper" and no doubt caused Red Skelton to swallow his kaddidlehopper). As might be expected from a man Spike Jones parodied he writes the most self-important music with the most showoffy grandiose charts, undercutting whatever patriotic feeling it had. His orchestral yelling even makes "The Army Air Corps" ("Off we go into the wild blue yonder") tiresome, a true negative achievement. It's easy to see why this has never been revived -- and never could be.

Despite its shortcomings of production (and in the last two works of inspiration), this is a fine and valuable recording. Which brings us to Vivendi. When the company revamped its cast-album catalog it decided to price these completely amortized albums at full-line-plus. It's especially galling here as all the selections from "This is the Army" and "Winged Victory" and at least one from "Call Me Mister" have enough surface noise and distortion to indicate they're likely from commercial pressings. Maybe Mr. Bronfman Junior needed the money for his ultimately failed investment; but such gouging underscores the contempt the record business has for its customers, whom it sees as saps whose pockets will empty endlessly when it grabs them face down by the ankles. The public is now richly returning the favor by tuning itself out to the majors and its endless parade of tunelessness. For all the gold-chained clan's howls of denial it isn't good for the record trade -- and in the end, by eviscerating the one stable source for new music, it isn't good for us.

At long last and timely to boot.......2003-09-01

Having scored a triumph during World War I with his "Yip Yip Yaphank," Irving Berlin was a natural to be asked to create a similar revue for World War II, and the all-male "This Is the Army" did very well. An original cast recording came out in 1942. The very next year, the Air Force got its chance with Moss Hart's "Winged Victory." Four of the songs appeared in boxed set of 78 rpm discs. When it was all over, the returning GI was saluted in yet another revue called "Call Me Mister." That original cast album appeared in 1946. Now you can hear them ALL on a single Decca CD (BOOOO831-02).

There is a soundtrack recording from the film "This Is the Army" that is extremely fuzzy, making this Decca release far preferable, all the more so because it does give us the original all-soldier cast that included Irving Berlin himself singing (more or less) his immortal "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning." Other songs include "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen," "How About a Cheer For the Navy," and "American Eagles."

The focus here is how men made the transition from civilian to military life, and most of the problems they faced are mentioned in the opening number, "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones." We must also note with some sadness that the real problems of joining an army are never explicit, but the purpose of the show was to reassure and not to look at the "dark side of the force."

"Winged Victory" originally contained only two discs holding four songs: "Winged Victory," "My Dream Book of Memories," "The Whiffenpoof Song," and "The Army Air Corps." That last one thrilled my generation whenever it was played over the radio and especially during the wartime films; and it has lost none of its potency over the years. (The line about going "down in flame" still chills.) This was also the first military revue that included women, a fact which makes it even more of an historical document.

In 1946, Harold Rome lent his talents to putting together a revue for those returning to civilian life. Early in the war, Dinah Shore was able to praise "A Boy in Khaki," but Vaughn Monroe later in the war sang about looking forward to wearing "Just a Blue Serge Suit." I have a particular fondness for this set, because I owned a copy as a boy, played it to death, and eventually lost track of it. I never knew there was a 1950 LP version which included "This Is the Army," and I spent years trying to find the company that held the copyright that would get it onto a tape or (later on) a CD. So 57 years after the album first was released, my prayer has been answered!

The first number, sung by Lawrence Winters (a great portrayer of Porgy, by the way), takes place aboard a "Going Home Train" and is replete with optimism. A sketch in which a group of men are waiting to be assigned work for the day included Winter's rendition of "The Red Ball Express" on which the Black GIs carried supplies to the troops. He is the only one denied work at the end of the scene. We had an even older enemy than the Nazis to face.

A young newcomer named Betty Garrett delighted audiences with "Little Surplus Me" and "Yuletide, Park Avenue" in which many of the New York shops are mentioned in Christmas carol style. But it was her rendition of "South America, Take It Away" that brought down the house and raised her to stardom.

You get the expected comic number, "Military Life," sung by Jules Munshin (remember him from the film "On the Town"?) and two other men, while Winters sings "A Face on a Dime," a song that needs some explaining to those who were born after the minting of the "Roosevelt Dime." "Along With Me" and the full version of "When We Meet Again" are the ballads, while the title song acts as a finale number.

The press release announces, "Decca Broadway Salutes the Troops With the CD Release of Three World War II Musical Revues." The current situation, I am sure, helped prompt the release of this set; but whatever the reason, I am absolutely delighted it is finally available. The songs are mostly excellent examples of their kind, the lyrics for the most part clever and powerful, the historical value great. I really suggest that History Departments take notice and get a copy. All the textbook accounts of the war never give the human side of things, and this CD will go a long way to letting the present young generation know how we faced all-too-familiar problems back then.

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La Renaissance Anglaise / Deller Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00015WMJG Release Date: 2004-05-11

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1. To Shorten Winter's Sadness
2. Thule, The Period of Cosmography
3. Fantasy
4. O Care, Thou Wilt Despatch Me
5. Cries of London
6. Lachrimae
7. All Laud and Praise
8. To the Shady Woods
9. Fantasia No 9
10. Oyez! Has Any Found a Lad?
11. Fantasia No 10
12. I Heard a Voice from Heaven
13. Pavan
14. Ah, Dear Heart
15. In Nomine a 5
16. What Is Our Life?
17. Pavan Deleroye
18. Behold, Thou Hast Made My Days
19. Secret Sins
20. Great King of Gods

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Tracks:

1. Lyric Ste: Nottorno - Gothenburg SO/Neemi Jarvi
2. Holgberg Ste: Sarabande: Andante - Gothenburg SO/Neemi Jarvi
3. Holgberg Ste: Andante religioso - Gothenburg SO/Neemi Jarvi
4. Two Elegiac Melodies: The Last Spring - Gothenburg SO/Neemi Jarvi
5. Ser for Str in C: Elegie: Larghetto elegiaco - Orpheus CO
6. Pno Con No.1: Andante simplice - Royal PO/Charles Dutoit
7. Andante cantabile - Berlin PO/Mstislav Rostropovich
8. Two Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle - Lilya Zilberstein
9. Peer Gynt Ste No.2: Solveig's Song - Lilya Zilberstein
10. Peer Gynt Ste No.1: Anitra's Dance - Lilya Zilberstein
11. Pno Con in a: Adagio - Lilya Zilberstein
12. Two Elegiac Melodies: Heart's Wound - Orpheus CO
13. Lyric Ste: Shepherd Boy - Gothenburg SO/Neemi Jarvi
14. Valse Triste - Orpheus CO
15. The Swan of Tounela - Gothenburg SO/Neemi Jarvi

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This Is the Army & Call Me Mister Manufacturer: Jasmine Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Face the Music (2007 Encores! Cast Recording) Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast) Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B00006J9M1 Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

1. Overture: This Is The Army, Mr. Jones/I Left My Heart At The Stage Door/Canteen/That Russian Winter/This Is The Army, Mr. Jones (Reprise) - All-Soldier Chorus
2. This Is The Army, Mr. Jones - Irving Berlin & Chorus
3. I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep - Private Stuart Churchill
4. I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen - Corporal Earl Oxford
5. Dialog With Staff Sergent Ezra Stone, Corporal Philip Truex & Private Julie Oshins - Staff Sergent Ezra Stone
6. The Army's Made A Man Out Of Me - Staff Sergent Ezra Stone
7. What The Well Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear - Corporal James 'Stump' Cross
8. How About A Cheer For The Navy - All-Soldier Chorus
9. American Eagles/With My Head In The Clouds - Soldier Chorus
10. Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Irving Berlin
11. My British Buddy - Irving Berlin & Chorus
12. This Time - Cote Glee Club
13. Going Home Train - Lawrence Winters & Male Chorus
14. Along With Me - Danny Scholl
15. Little Surplus Me - Betty Garrett
16. The Red Ball Express - Male Quartet
17. Military Life - Harry Clark
18. Yuletide, Park Avenue - Betty Garrett
19. When We Meet Again - Paula Bane
20. The Face On The Dime - Lawrence Winters
21. South America, Take It Away - Betty Garrett
22. Call Me Mister - Bill Callaghan

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