| Disc: 1 |
| 1. Transition |
| 2. Mandala |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Let It Play |
| 2. Transpersonal |
| 3. Apotheosis |
Transition,Peter Michael Hamel,Kuck Kuck Records,Computers,Ethnic Fusion,Minimalism,Neo-Classical,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Organ,Piano,Pop
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The Book of David, Vol. 1: The Transition
Dave Hollister Manufacturer: Gospocentric ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000HEWGGK Release Date: 2006-09-26 |
Tracks:
- The Preface
- Nothing But God
- The Intro
- Help Me
- So Many Scars
- Questions
- Pray (Til I Get An Answer)
- Drama
- Divorced
- The Settlement
- My Pain
- What Do You Do
- Where R U?/Answer Me
- Reach Out To Me
- I Let Heaven Down
- The Morning After
- The Potter
- I've Changed
- No One
- Take Me Back
- The Closing
Customer Reviews:
Was Very Dissapointed, But I still Luv My Boi Dave Hollister!.......2007-05-03
Glad for the soul transition, but the music didn't come with him..........2007-05-02
On this project, the songs were mostly slow, which can work for those who have intricate melodies, and complex harmonies, which is what his music used to sound like. No reason why the Gospel offering can't sound just like that. What's missing is the funky bass lines, tricky chords, etc. something to hold your attention musically.
I am VERY glad that he's given his life to Christ-which is really the most important thing, so I'll just say DAVE, keep making music for the Lord, just get you some different producers :)
This CD was just ok.
Book of David Vol 1.......2007-04-30
What to sat ? What to say ? What to say?.......2007-02-11
The Good
*So many Scars
*Nothing but God
*Pray-Loved this song
*No One
The Bad
*The Potter-(yah, yah it's old 1time famous song-so over it) I didn't like this song, maybe it's how Dave sang it?
*Quesion- E.U, What do you do-This song was kind of off for me.
*Reach out to me
The Ugly
*Help Me
*I let heaven Down
*Divorce
*The Settlement
*His Talking*
There no doubt Dave can sing and his 1st attempt at Gospel is very interesting. It's like he couldn't make up his mind what he wanted this CD to be. It's like he forgot all the things that he learned while doing R& B and wanted to start Fresh except some of the things he did in R&B he did well and should have done here, like have tight harmony and a serious hook. He does a lot of talking on this CD but for me I could have done without. He has sung gospel before and he tore it up. So why not on his own CD?
If your a fan you will enjoy this because it's Dave. When the track is good it's very good. When it's bad it's just UGLY.
Heartfelt and Soulful.......2007-01-12
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Full Metal Jacket: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002LCG Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Full Metal Jacket - Abigail Mead/Nigel Goulding
- Hello Vietnam - Johnny Wright
- Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups
- Wooley Bully - Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs
- I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner
- These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
- Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
- The Marines' Hymn - The Goldman Band
- Transition - Abigail Mead
- Parris Island - Abigail Mead
- Ruins - Abigail Mead
- Leonard - Abigail Mead
- Attack - Abigail Mead
- Time Suspended - Abigail Mead
- Sniper - Abigail Mead
Customer Reviews:
Full Metal Jacket CD.......2007-07-25
BORING.......2006-02-15
Only One Good Track.........2002-10-14
Not for everyone.......2002-02-21
The disc has 15 tracks:
The first song is a hip-hop/techno mix of the cadences sung by Sgt Hartman in the first part of the movie, it is not a beautiful or good and I don't think it was necessary to include it.
The songs 2 to 7 are songs from the sixties and hear them during the movie creates a "mood" for the movie, for example, the song These Boots Are Made For Walking, by Nancy Sinatra and the scene in Vietnam which a prostitute is walking fits just perfectly and watch the movie without this song would have much less effect. Although they are not complex songs and most of the lyrics are foolish it's worth to have them in the score because they made a good part in the movie.
Song number 8 is the Marine's Hymn, a nice inclusion even thought it's not likely that someone would play this song very often at home.
The rest of the score are the instrumental themes composed by Abigail Mead, some of them are quiet and peaceful like Leonard, and others are more aggressive like Parris Island, with some nice stereo effects.
This is not the best score for a Stanley Kubrick movie and I suggest you to listen to it before you buy or you can have some bad surprises like not listening to Paint it Black, because it was not included or odd songs like Time Suspended. Actually I would suggest this soundtrack for Collectors, Kubrick fans or people with eclectic musical taste.
Boot Camp scenes are hauntingly realistic.......2000-08-04
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A Period of Transition
Van Morrison Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002GNP Release Date: 1997-06-03 |
Tracks:
- You Gotta Make It Through The World
- It Fills You Up
- The Eternal Kansas City
- Joyous Sound
- Flamingos Fly
- Heavy Connection
- Cold Wind In August
Customer Reviews:
Not Van's best.......2007-06-03
What a gem!!.......2007-04-26
One of Van's Odder Ones..........2006-09-17
For the record, I am a huge Van fan, but think his last few Cds have been pretty flat.
Maybe you had to be there.......2006-01-23
Genius&Charm.......2005-12-23
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Transition
The Dave Weckl Band Manufacturer: Stretch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004XMZZ Release Date: 2000-10-17 |
Tracks:
- Wake Up
- Braziluba
- Like That
- Mild Hysteria
- Group Therapy
- Passion
- Crossing Paths
- Alegria
- Just For The Record
- Amanecer
Customer Reviews:
A Great Bass Players' Listen.......2005-09-02
If you are a bass player, pick this one up and listen to Tom Kennedy, who does a wonderful job here.
Shut up and play 'yer drum.......2004-07-25
So...you must make your own choice. I know that not everybody appreciates that kind of music. However you should try. Maybe you will be positively suprised.
The best Dave Weckl Band album.......2004-03-20
I would prefer it if Tom Kennedy would slap bass like some of the slap bass masters (e.g.Larry Graham, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten) because with some of the Funk/R'n'B tunes (e.g "Like That"), I think that this style of playing is required. But he is a great player with a lot of technical ability who is solid and really locks in well with Weckl.
Some songs that are highlights for me are "Wake Up", "Brazilbuba", "Like That", "Crossing Paths" and "Amanecer" where we hear a bit of Salsa at the end which I didn't expect to hear! "Passion" is a beautiful ballad that shows another side to the Band's playing. Weckl plays percussion in this song with his bare hands and a mallet to strike the cymbal.
This is an absolutely brilliant album and I don't know why people criticise this album because there is great versatility on this CD and a great sound. Weckl is among the elite of drummers and he is my favourite drummer, to keep the groove going and play the percussion at the same time is mind boggling. I firmly recommend this CD. Especially drummers who want to have some inspiration, and Weckl consistently inspires me! He's not just an incredible drummer, but now an incredible musician.
Different, but not his best work.......2004-03-17
This is good to have as part of your collection, and I did like it better than some of his earlier solo work...but this would not be the first (or even 2nd) of Weckl's releases that I would recommend.
The space of music.......2004-03-12
The most of DWB's musical creativity was in the soul of Jay. Who knows what was in the hearts of Buzz, Jay, Brandon, Tom and Dave after Synergy's out. Legends are empty? I HOPE NOT!!!! Check out Full Moon Second and Whirlies.
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Bizet: Carmen [Highlights]
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001G52 Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Carmen: Prelude
- Carmen: Act 1: Sur la place (Micaela)
- Carmen: Act 1: Avec la garde montante
- Carmen: Act 1: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen)
- Carmen: Act 1: Parle-moi de ma mere (Don Jose, Micaela)
- Carmen: Act 1: Pres des remparts de Seville (Carmen, Don Jose)
- Carmen: Act 2: Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Carmen)
- Carmen: Act 2: Dialogue
- Carmen: Act 2: Vivat! vivat le Torero! (Carmen)
- Carmen: Act 2: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Escamillo, Carmen)
- Carmen: Act 2: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Don Jose)
- Carmen: Act 3: En vain, pour eviter les reponses ameres - Parlez encore, parlez, mes belles (Carmen)
- Carmen: Act 3: A dos cuartos!
- Carmen: Act 3: (musique de transition)
- Carmen: Act 3: C'est toi! - C'est moi! (Carmen, Don Jose)
Customer Reviews:
The Greatest By Far.......2006-03-09
There is no doubt in my mind that this studio recording is by far the most powerful Carmen I've ever heard. This 80's recording captures both the lush, beautiful musicality of this opera-comique and the intense visceral "verisimo" drama, thanks to the efforts of Karajan and his illustrious Berlin forces and the great singing from Agnes Baltsa, Jose Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli and Jose Van Dam.
Karajan had previously recorded Carmen in the 70's, in a more dramatic, overblown fashion when he conducted the Vienna Phil with the voices of Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli. Although that recording has its individual merit, it was not really his best effort. He had scored greater success with Grace Bumbry in the lead role and Jon Vickers as Don Jose, productions he conducted at the Salzburg Festival in the late 60's. In the 80's he was a white-haired old man, the image many younger music lovers remember him from after seeing videos and recording covers he was in fact experiencing the last phase of his career before his death in the late 80's. He is nevertheless a supremely gifted conductor, masterful and able to bring out the best from his orchestra. The Berlin is actually better than the Vienna Phil in his earlier recording with Leontyne Price. The Berlin forces weave great music, capturing the colorful slices of life in this steamy, sordid opera. Yes, it is of the "grand opera" and verisimo vein and not the more simplistic, opera-comique Carmen but it is absolutely powerful in its wake. Karajan has never done a better job. It is his second recorded Carmen and his best.
Each of the singers bring a vitality and nuance to their performance and sing with the freshness of their prime. It is not surprising to find Jose Carreras and Katia Ricciarelli in the same cast. Theses two worked well together and recorded and performed operas throughout the 80's, even carrying out an affair together. Ricciarelli and Carreras as Don Jose and Micaela sing with glorious harmony, making their romance all the more tragic because Don Jose rejects the purity of her love and destroys himself in his passionate relationship with the temptress Carmen. Their duet in the beginning feels prolonged but that's a great thing because their voices are so beautiful to hear together.
From the beginning, Jose Carreras sings with a darker voice. He understands that Don Jose becomes obscessed with Carmen and develops a psychosis. It is a rich, powerful and masculine voice, albeit darker and edgier than even Jon Vickers and Placido Domingo. He sings everyting with great passion, despite the fact that his voice may not have done what he may have wanted it to. He is somehow, strangely, through sheer force of will, the best Don Jose, the most dramatically satisfying. His detractors and critics claim he was in bad vocal shape, at least in regards to his age (he was past his prime, he had been operated for leukemia, etc) and worse, his Don Jose has been called "melodramatic, hysterical". I whole-heartedly disagree. Carreras sings with so much integrity to the character's essence that he single-handedly blows all other contenders away. I've heard them all- Franco Corelli (in the Leontyne Price recording) Placido Domingo (in the Berganza recording and the Obraztsova, and Migenes movies) and Jon Vickers (in the recording and film with Grace Bumbry). His tenor voice is right on target for the darker side of Don Jose. He is passionate, yet lyrical in the first part and by the climatic finale he is understandably pushed to the edge. There is definate chemistry between Carreras and Baltsa and they would also make a film of the Metropolitan Opera stage production, which is wonderful. Please give Carreras a chance. He is the best Don Jose I've ever heard.
Ricciarelli is a very nuanced, soulful Micaela, bringing passion and grandeur to the role, instead of singing the role like a shrinking violet. This Micaela is willing to fight to get her man back from Carmen. In this way, she is a lot like Mirella Freni, who also sang a feistier Micaela. Ricciarelli is in great vocal form, and her rendition of "Je Dis" is beautiful and heart-felt. Those who have criticized her for what they feel is forced singing didn't really listen to the recording. She is mannered, she is mellow and in control. She has a genuinely dramatic way of singing, but then again, I've already made the comparison to Mirella Freni, whose Micaela is also dramatic. Quite frankly, this is the way Micaela should be sung. She is still a soprano, usually the lead in an opera and Ricciarelli understands that if she doesn't impress in the few moments she has in the opera, then she is letting the mezzo-soprano take all the glory. Ricciarelli is wonderful here and Micaela is one of her greatest roles, despite the fact she moved on to sing heavier roles like Tosca, Leonora, Aida and Turandot. She is probably better in the subdued lyrical roles then the heavier roles.
Jose Van Dam's Escamillo is dark, "butch" and strongly sung. He has a sharp musical intelligence and recognizes that Escamillo is also not the star but has his moments of radiance. He sings the famous Toreador Aria with great gusto and power. Karajan's slow conducting and colorful orchestration allows his few moments in the opera to really burst with maximum energy. Upon hearing Jose Van Dam's Escamillo, one can understand why Carmen jilts the now lackluster Don Jose. Van Dam is absolutely superb.
Last but certainly not least, there is Agnes Baltsa's Carmen. She was born to sing this role. It is a Carmen of several levels- she is playful (listen to how she slides her voice in the Habanera and Seguidilla) she is feminine but wordly. If she sounds mature and not youthful this is still to her credit. Carmen is a wordly, experienced libertine. Baltsa lives the character in ever scene. She sings with great power and beauty. The Death Card Aria has a tragic quality to it and she sings with a resigned spirit, acknowledging her fate. More than any other mezzo-soprano who has sung Carmen on record, to my knowledge, she really acts the hell out of that final scene. She is singing with grand flair, dramatic to the point she is boiling over with rage. Listen to how she emotes when she declares "Libre Elle Nee e Libre elle Morra" (I was born free and I shall die free!) and "E Bien! Frappe-Moi Donc, Or Lassez Ma Passe! (Very Well Then! Kill Me! Or Let Me Pass!). Finally, she nearly cracks her voice with the high, anguished cry of "C'este Autefrois Que Tu Me Vais Donne - TIENS!!!" (This ring you once gave me - TAKE IT!!!). Both Carreras and Baltsa take the trophy when it comes to dramatically belting out this famous scene in opera.
Once upon a time I thought that Jon Vickers and Grace Bumbry were the greatest Carmen/Don Jose interpretors. I don't believe that anymore after hearing Jose Carreras and Agnes Baltsa.
Absolutely the Best Carmen.......2004-12-14
This CD is for everyone, from the novice to the expert, and will be appreciated by all. It is the best opera recording I have heard and has stood the test of time. This should be a required addition to the collection of anyone with an appreciation of fine music.
No, please.......2000-06-10
The kindest thing I can come up with about this highlights recording is just the fact that it's a highlights edition - you don't have to listen to the whole debacle. Karajan has done a much, much better recording for RCA (Price, Corelli & Freni), where he doesn't suffocate his singers in an unengaging search for nothing but beauty. This search makes me lose my hair, and for example disturbes much of Carmen's music. Carreras here is not even close to the vocal prime he was in ten years earlier. His voice surely is soft and beautiful in the more quite parts, but he avoids using it to full power, even when called for, and his performance therefor gets rather boring. Baltsa probably would have done much better if she'd been supported instead of opposed by Karajan. Van Dam is definately the best of the cast in the role of Escamillo.
My very favorite of Carmen is the Beecham (de los Angeles, Gedda on EMI) set. You can also try a highlight of either Karajan (RCA - Price, Corelli) or Abbado (DG - Berganza, Domingo), which both give different but very good accounts of Carmen - use the Amazon.com possibility to listen to samples of these version to find out which one you prefer.
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle.......2000-06-09
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Merrily We Roll Along (1993 Leicester Cast)
Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000005BGV Release Date: 1997-03-11 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- The Hills of Tomorrow Merrily
- Merrily (1979-75) Old Friends Like It Was
- Merrily (1974-73) Franklin Shepard, Inc.
- Old Friends
- Not A Day Goes By
- Now You Know
- It's A Hit!
- Merrily (1964-62) Good Thing Going
- Merrily (1961-60); Bobby and Jackie and Jack
- Not A Day Goes By
- Opening Doors
- Our Time
- The Hills
Customer Reviews:
How does the revised MERRILY compare with the original?.......2005-04-10
1. OVERTURE - In 1981 the Overture was a complete piece. In the revised version it cuts off midpoint and segues into the title song.
2. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - The original production began with Frank coming back to his former high school to mark 25 years since his graduation. His speech - a caution to the students to be prepared for compromise and frustration was challenged by the students who launched into the title song. As noted above, the revised version begins with the cast singing the song but without any context.
3. THAT FRANK/RICH AND HAPPY - The party scene. In the original Frank's new movie was terrible though none of the guests would tell him to his face. In the revised version the movie is a success. In THAT FRANK the party guests, Mary excepted, sing of Frank's seemingly endless talents. RICH AND HAPPY drew the conclusion that since Frank was rich and successful he must therefore be happy as well. Both songs use the same accompaniment.
4. OLD FRIENDS/LIKE IT WAS - originally in a separate scene in 1975 at a restaurant where Mary hopes to encourage reconciliation between Charley and Frank. In the revised version this number was placed as a lead in to the 3rd scene, tightening the narrative.
5. FRANKLIN SHEPARD, INC. - this song remains virtually unchanged. In the original Frank walked off the stage of the TV talk show at the end of the song ending his and Charley's partnership. In the revised version, borrowing some dialogue from the deleted restaurant scene, Frank makes it very clear that he is furious with Charley and that their friendship is finished.
6. OLD FRIENDS - though the dialogue scene leading into this song was changed for the revised version, the song remains the same.
7. GROWING UP - added to the revised version. The OLD FRIENDS scene continues after everyone leaves Frank alone in his new apartment and he muses on his friendship with Mary and Charley. Later Gussie arrives having left her husband - Frank and Charley's producer - and intent on moving in with Frank.
8. NOT A DAY GOES BY - this song changed hands a lot. Originally - in previews - Frank's soon-to-be ex-wife Beth sang it on the steps outside the courthouse. The actress playing Beth could not sing it so they re-assigned the song to Frank with a modified lyric. In the revised version it was restored to Beth and the original lyric is used.
9. NOW YOU KNOW - some lyric changes but essentially the same song. The original Broadway production incorporated a dance section that recapped the first act score (in forward sequence) using NOW YOU KNOW, OLD FRIENDS, FRANKLIN SHEPARD INC and RICH AND HAPPY. The dance segment was not recorded and was dropped from the revised version.
10. ENTR'ACTE/ACT TWO OPENING - in the revised version Act Two opens with Gussie onstage performing GOOD THING GOING. The original began Act Two with the scene outside the theatre as the friends listened to the audience reaction.
11. IT'S A HIT! - Essentially the same but loses a clever short section about selling out (Charley: Even if (the show) is a smash, doesn't that mean we sell out? Producer: Well, I hope we sell out! Charley: What I mean is sell out. Well you know...")
12. THE BLOB/GOOD THING GOING - THE BLOB was cut in previews and not included on the OCR. It was restored for the revised version. Note the main melody is the same tune used for GROWING UP. GOOD THING GOING is essentially the same.
13. BOBBY AND JACKIE AND JACK - the revised version slightly trims the number.
14. NOT A DAY GOES BY - Originally a trio for Mary, Frank and Beth at the wedding of the latter two. When Beth lost the song in Act One she was cut out of the Act Two version as well. Frank sang it to Beth as his wedding vow while Mary quietly, sadly duetted from the sidelines. The trio version is restored to the revised version.
15. OPENING DOORS
16. OUR TIME
These two remain essentially the same.
17. THE HILLS OF TOMORROW - The revised version ends with OUR TIME. The original version had a short final scene in 1955 as Frank finishes his valedictory speech to the class. They then sing a song he and his friend Charley have written. The classmates smile, there is a flash as their class picture is taken and the curtain slowly falls on these smiling faces. It was a fine ending to the show and I wish this (and the opening graduation scene) would be restored. Otherwise the revised script is in every way superior.
Sound-wise the newer recordings have a crisp, clean sound though the orchestra is roughly half the size of the original. The first cast is pretty hard to beat. If you are doing the show only the revised script is available, so you will want one of the new recordings. Jay's 2 CD set is most complete and includes some of the dialogue. V/S has the wonderful Malcolm Gets as Franklin.
The most comprehensive recording.......2002-09-19
Note that this is a double CD, and I think it is the only one available. In many cases this means that the recording has two versions of certain songs if they are sung twice in the show. I thought this a big plus because the songs are sung at different times in the show and given different interpretations. Indeed, because the show it told chronologically backwards, you see how Sondheim gives you what is really a reprise before the song is initially sung. On the other recordings of this show they have only one version and you miss this whole layer of Sondheim.
The cast is great. The orchestra is great. All in all, just great Sondheim.
This is the recording of MERRILY to purchase!.......2002-06-08
While Sondheim and Furth have made a few minor revisions since the Leicester Haymarket production (mostly in shortening a few rhythms in the transitions, changing some introductory dialogue, and axing some dialogue in "It's a Hit!"), the Leicester recording is far superior to the recording of the final version of the show produced by Varese Sarabande.
CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION:
Some neat concepts from the original production have been left by the wayside to improve the overall structure. Gone is the opening scene at the 1980 Lake Forest Academy graduation ceremony and the accompanying "The Hills of Tomorrow." The title song is now presented as a prologue so that the audience can concentrate on the lyrics' message. The music of the 1979 (now 1976) scene has been heavily revised (including a new melody called "That Frank") to integrate more plot into the lyrics. The 1975 scene has been eliminated, although Mary's music survives intact as the first part of an expanded 1973 scene. A great new song, "Growing Up," Frank's rationalizations for changing his goals and values, has been added to the 1968 scene. Beth now sings "Not a Day Goes By" in the 1966 (now 1967) scene instead of Frank. Lyrics have been revised in "Now You Know" to be about encouraging Frank to take a vacation, not to go back to work.
Act II has required less modifications. Gussie opens the act by singing a brassy rendition of the beginning of "Good Thing Going" as her eleven-o'clock number in Frank and Charley's 1964 show. "It's a Hit!" has been shortened a bit, but Beth is now included in the backstage celebration. The 1962 scene includes a song about the New York elite, "The Blob," which had been cut from the original production, plus a reprise of "Growing Up." The scenes from 1960-1957 remain relatively unchanged, although Beth sings lead in the reprise of "Not a Day Goes By." The show now ends with "Our Time," since the 1955 graduation scene has been eliminated.
THE RECORDING:
Of the three recordings I know of this show, this is by far the best. Michael Cantwell (who I truly thought I would hate after hearing him in STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW) is a great Frank, both as a successful Hollywood executive and as an idealistic music student. Maria Friedman is almost perfect as Mary, with gravelly singing as an alcoholic in Act I and a youthful exuberance in the "Our Time" dialogue. Evan Pappas has the dramatic range to play Charley, and his enunciation in the difficult "Franklin Shepard, Inc." is admirable. Louise Gold brings the proper degrees of brassiness and insincerity to Gussie, one of musical theater's greatest "dragon lady" roles. (Jason Alexander in the original 1981 cast recording is the best Joe, and Anne Bobby in the 1994 Varese Sarabande recording is the best Beth.) The actors are young enough to convey the youthful ideals of the second act (and hit the high notes) but old enough to convincingly portray 30- and 40-somethings in the first act. The inclusion of key dialogue helps the listener put the songs into their proper context.
The Definitive "Merrily".......2001-11-20
The performances are all wonderful. I enjoy Maria Friedman's work on here most of all. I can clearly hear her transformation from a depressed drunkard back to a hopeful youth through the recording. Her expressive voice and striking acting choices always make her a joy to even listen to.
This CD has the best orchestrations I have heard. The underscore to "Franklin Shepherd Inc" has finally been cleaned up to the point where it sounds like an actual song, and the overall feel of the show has a real edge.
The tempos are up and the performers sound like they don't have guns being held to their heads in the recording studio. The performances a lucid and dynamic. The overall feel of the show, for the first time, has a smooth and consistent feel just from listening to the recording.
This may not be my favorite piece of Sondheim, but it is his brassiest score. This quality, lost in the off-broadway recording, is really restored here.
This CD is personal treasure and a must for Sondheim fanatics. However, this recording is by far the most accesible recording of this most difficult show.
Best interpretation of the show and score.......2000-07-21
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An Introduction to Schubert's Piano Quintet "Trout"
Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000076FX6 Release Date: 2003-01-21 |
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West Side Story (Ms)
Leonard Bernstein Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000084H8X Release Date: 2003-05-13 |
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The Elements of Transition
Edna's Goldfish Manufacturer: Moon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000028TU6 Release Date: 1999-09-21 |
Tracks:
- Elements of Transition
- Avoiding the Swerve
- Everyone I Know Is from Lindenhurst
- Veronica Sawyer [*]
- Invincible
- It Will Be You
- World Over
- 1800 Miles to Nowhere
- Instant Message
- Get to You
- Four Days in November
- Harper and Parker
- More Sides
Customer Reviews:
different but amazing.......2000-09-07
Great CD.......2000-07-29
i know one groovy coconut and your no one groovy coconut.......2000-07-16
The best ever.......2000-06-13
not the greatest.......2000-03-15
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Transition
Peter Erskine Manufacturer: Denon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000034QR Release Date: 1993-04-20 |
Tracks:
- Osaka Castle
- The Rabbit In The Moon
- Corazon
- Suite: King Richard II: Introduction
- Suite: King Richard II: Music Plays
- Suite: King Richard II: Sonnet
- Suite: King Richard II: Transition
- Suite: King Richard II: End Hymn
- Lions And Tigers And Bears
- The Hand Speaks Hold
- Smart Shoppers
- My Foolish Heart
- Orson Welles (Intro)
- Orson Welles
Customer Reviews:
Transition.......2005-08-01
Then I learned about this one browsing amazon.com a few weeks ago, while trying to see if Vince has anything new out. I ordered it without even listening to the sound samples and this album is a testament to the fact that good music never dates. This album was released NINETEEN years ago and it sounds as fresh as if it came out last month! It features some of my biggest heroes - Pete and Vince themselves (of course), with John Abercrombie, Joe Lovano and Bob Mintzer. Brilliant from beginning to end, I have no complaints, thank you amazon.com!
Transition.......2004-11-03
Transition by Peter Erskine.......2002-02-06
An outstanding record from an outstanding drummer: a must!.......1999-06-28
Meditation Music:
- Treasures of the Saints
- Tres Lunas [Import]
- Tropical Sounds
- Urgh! A Music War [Live]
- Vier Vorspiele/L'Oil Retourne
- Visual
- Water Wind and Stone
- Whale Song
- Whirling Dervishes
- Wilderness Explorer
Meditation Music
Hammond Express: Rendez-Vous [Import]
Per Nørgard: Works For Solo Piano
Los Jovenes de la Bachata 2002