My Foolish Heart

1. My Foolish Heart

2. Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most

3. How Insensitive

4. My One and Only Love

5. My Romance

6. My Ship

7. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

8. You Are Too Beautiful

9. In a Sentimental Mood

10. Someday My Prince Will Come

11. Never Never Land

12. Never Will I Know

13. All the Things You Are

14. Turn Out the Stars

My Foolish Heart,Liz Story,Windham Hill Records,Adult Alternative,Jazz Music,Neo-Classical,New Age / Meditation,Pop

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Average customer rating: Nancy LaMott lives on in her music Wonderful Voice! Like a warm bath: close your eyes and let yourself be soothed!! Wonderful An Absolute Gem

My Foolish Heart Nancy LaMott Manufacturer: Midder Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Come Rain or Come Shine Listen to My Heart Beautiful Baby What's Good About Goodbye Live at Tavern on the Green ASIN: B000005AAV Release Date: 1995-12-12

Tracks:

1. MY FOOLISH HEART
2. THE BEST IS YET TO COME
3. RHODE ISLAND IS FAMOUS FOR YOU
4. TWO FOR THE ROAD
5. LAURA
6. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN ANYWAY
7. NO MOON AT ALL/OLD DEVIL MOON
8. GOOD THING GOING/NOT A DAY GOES BY
9. WHERE DO YOU START?
10. I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU

Customer Reviews:

Nancy LaMott lives on in her music.......2007-03-11

I am utterly sentimental about Nancy. I am a fan of cabaret, the "great era of American popuilar song," etc. Sadly I never heard LaMott in person though I sort of collect performances by the great ladies of song: Carmen McRae, Mabel Mercer, Susannah McCorkle, Wesla Whitfield, etc. God help us all, they are passing too quickly. So this recording is richly prized. A great voice, great music.

Ronald V. Mershart

Wonderful Voice!.......2007-03-09

Thanks to Jonathan Schwartz and the High Standards XM radio station #73, I discovered Nancy LaMott. Sometimes at first listen, she sounds like Streisand and other times like Celine, but she is truly a unique and rare voice of our time that has apparently been overlooked in the mainstream. This CD is just wonderful, though I am sad to learn of her untimely passing in 1995. She could have given us so much more.

Like a warm bath: close your eyes and let yourself be soothed!!.......2007-03-09

A friend from New York sent me a tape of this album some 10 years ago, he was totally wild about it and I agreed, it became one of my favorites. Unfortunately in this era of CD's, I lost the possibility to play the tape and in Holland no-one had even heard of Nancy LaMott, let alone that I could find a CD of hers anywhere. Hurray for Amazon.com, for when I finally had the wits to try the site, there were like three or four albums of Nancy LaMott, and only then I learned about the fact that she passed away much too young some time ago now. So these albums are all that's left, and some of them were afterwards put together by adding orchestrations to a number of recordings that she left behind and that originally were accompanied only by piano. These albums all show what a talent she was and what a waste that she only lived so short!! She has such a lovely voice, she sings with such easy charm and the choice of songs is perfectly fitting to her personality and her voice: easy-going, some a little blue, some a little jazzy and all, in a casual way, with conviction and style. My absolute favorite is the opening song: "my foolish heart", which for some reason always brings me near to tears. So dim the lights, take a glass of wine, slowly lower yourself in the warm bath of the music and enjoy!!

Wonderful.......2007-01-10

She has a superb voice that is lovely to hear. The title song is my favorite.

An Absolute Gem.......2006-05-27

If you are tired of hearing vapid, manufactured voices and overworked orchestrations, this recording will be a most welcome change. Nancy LaMott sings with one of the purest instruments I've ever heard. Every word is crystal clear. Her phrasing and inflection will touch your heart at its core regardless of whether the cut is uptempo or romantic. Every note is perfectly rounded and sung with such ease that it is beyond beautiful. Knowing that her voice has been stilled makes any recording by Ms. LaMott a poignant reminder of how tenuous life is, but don't be misled by sentiment. This is a "must have" CD for today, tomorrow and always.

Average customer rating: NEVER RECEIVED THIS ITEM!! Perlman, Williams reunite in wonderful Serenade sequel Some of the most beautiful music you'll ever hear Don't compare it to Cinema Serenade 1 I can't stop listening to this CD....

Cinema Serenade II: The Golden Age Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Newman | Newman, Alfred | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Perlman, Itzhak | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Israel | Middle East | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Newman, Alfred | ( N ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Perlman, Itzhak | ( P ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Soundtracks | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cinema Serenade Itzhak Perlman's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Itzhak Perlman's Greatest Hits Classic Perlman: Rhapsody Itzhak Perlman - A la carte / Lawrence Foster ASIN: B00000JQG0 Release Date: 1999-07-27

Tracks:

1. Laura
2. Now, Voyager
3. Modern Times
4. Lost Weekend
5. The Quiet Man
6. The Adventures Of Robin Hood
7. Casablanca
8. Henry V
9. The Uninvited: 'Stella By Starlight'
10. My, Foolish Heart
11. Gone With The Wind
12. Wuthering Heights

Amazon.com

Cinema Serenade 2: The Golden Age is the sequel to Itzhak Perlman's popular album of movie themes performed with soundtrack composer John Williams. Unlike its predecessor, this disc focuses on classic cinema themes and features the Boston Pops Orchestra, not the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The Laura theme, as well as Max Steiner's Now Voyager and Miklós Rózsa's Lost Weekend themes, sound lush and romantic in Perlman's lyrical hands. The traditional Irish jig "The Quiet Man" is the disc's most upbeat moment, while the unforgettable Gone with the Wind theme is its most memorable. These are timeless, dreamy compositions, though not necessarily the most uplifting. If you're looking for something cinematic to get your heart racing, check out Ricardo Chailly's recording of Shostakovich's film scores or even Leopold Stokowski's classic work on Fantasia. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

NEVER RECEIVED THIS ITEM!!.......2007-03-17

I cannot review the product which I know is great , as I was billed for it, but never received it.

Perlman, Williams reunite in wonderful Serenade sequel.......2003-12-04

With the success of Cinema Serenade, conductor John Williams and violinist Itzhak Perlman reunited to record another collection of classic movie themes. Performed this time by the Boston Pops Orchestra, the music of Cinema Serenade 2: The Golden Age harkens back to the days of stars such as Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Ray Milland and Clark Gable.

The 12 selections include themes by Hollywood legends Max Steiner, Miklos Rozsa and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (whose son George would later produce several of composer/conductor Williams' scores for Varese Sarabande Records). Cinema Serenade 2 presents beautiful arrangements of Steiner's themes for Now, Voyager and Gone With The Wind, Korngold's love theme from The Adventures of Robin Hood, Charlie Chaplin's lovely Modern Times and "St Patrick's Day," a traditional Irish song from the John Wayne classic The Quiet Man.

Since I consider myself to be a charter member of The Rick Blaine Society of Rank Sentimentalists, I'd have to say my favorite tracks on this album are Herman Hupfeld's timeless "As Time Goes By" from 1942's Casablanca and Victor Young's "My Foolish Heart" (from the 1949 film of the same title). It was while I was listening to the radio (on the late WTMI 93.1 FM classical station) that the DJ played "As Time Goes By" and I discovered this recording of mostly lyrical themes; I listened to Perlman's haunting violin solos and the Boston Pops' bravura performance and nearly wept. I, of course, bought this CD the next day and it's now one of my favorites.

For fans of Itzhak Perlman, John Williams or film music in general, both of the Cinema Serenade CDs are a treasure trove of beautiful and memory-stirring themes.

Some of the most beautiful music you'll ever hear.......2001-06-15

This is one of the most beautiful CDs I've ever heard. The selections are musically much richer than Cinema Serenade I. In particular, Sir William Walton's music from Henry V, Korngold's music from Robin Hood, and Newman's music from Wuthering Heights are standouts. The Korngold is my favorite, with several themes from the picture packed into a short love scene lifted straight from the movie. The arrangements on this album are stunningly lush, especially those by Williams. His opening chords from The Uninvited are terrific harmonically.

Don't compare it to Cinema Serenade 1.......2000-01-24

Itzhak Perlman is still considered by me the best violinist alive today. His techiniques are so impressable and heartouching and nobody can contest that. The idea of this CD was wonderful, although the selections of the musics aren't so good than in Cinema Serenade 1. But anyway, if you want to listen musics that worldwide the people emotioned with, buy this CD, but don't fall in the temptation to compare it to the first one.

I can't stop listening to this CD...........1999-10-03

All of those lush movie themes are greatly compiled on this CD. I especially liked Laura and Stella by Starlight. After listening to this, you will want to go out and buy/rent these great old movies!

Average customer rating:

My Foolish Heart Emile Pandolfi Manufacturer: Magic Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Second Time Around What A Wonderful World By Request Starry Starry Night Days of Wine & Roses ASIN: B00000I9JL Release Date: 1997-10-01

Tracks:

1. Three Coins In The Fountain
2. Try A Little Tenderness
3. I Wish You Love
4. The Very Thought Of You
5. When I Fall In Love
6. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
7. Deep Purple
8. Embraceable You
9. My Foolish Heart
10. Long Ago (And Far Away)
11. Tenderly
12. All The Things You Are

Album Description

These romantic favorites, played in Emile's own impeccable style, combine to form a nostalgic listening experience. Rich, full arrangements, generous arpeggios and delicately expressed melodies convey the tender, romantic spirit of a heart foolish enough to fall in love. Listeners everywhere will enjoy this set of classic love songs.

Average customer rating: My Dead Heart Smooth, sensational, and soothing This cd will put you in a great mood A beautifully imagined, technically proficient tour-de-force

My Foolish Heart Liz Story Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | New Age General | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | New Age General | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Liz Story Solid Colors 17 Seconds to Anywhere Unaccountable Effect Part of Fortune ASIN: B000000NJ7 Release Date: 1992-10-09

Tracks:

1. My Foolish Heart
2. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
3. How Insensitive
4. My One And Only Love
5. My Romance
6. My Ship
7. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
8. You Are Too Beautiful
9. In A Sentimental Mood
10. Someday My Prince WIll Come
11. Never Never Land
12. Never Will I Know
13. All The Things You Are
14. Turn Out The Stars

Customer Reviews:

My Dead Heart.......2007-06-08

I couldn't believe my eyes when I heard this CD. The title track is the worst I ever heard. There's no single right key in this playing. I felt asleep after 2 minutes.
Even in a late night bar people should kill her.
I give 0 stars

Smooth, sensational, and soothing.......2005-07-26

I bought this album a number of years ago and was enamored of its slow & melodic pace, the crispness of the piano, and the way it seemed to curl up inside my brain. I could never help but feel relaxed while listening. Peppered with older standards and some not-so-recognizeable material, it is a wispy dream taken musical form. And the best part - my 4-month old daughter falls to sleep within 5 minutes of my putting it on, no matter how cranky she is. Highly recommended for anyone with a fussy baby.

This cd will put you in a great mood.......2000-09-28

What an uplifting event this cd has been. It is guaranteed to put you on cloud nine. This is the kind of jazz that I truly like. It is very easy to follow. The improvision is not to far off base. Liz definetly has the talent to entertain you. She has a good touch with the piano.

The only draw back about this cd, is the fact that I didn't like all the repertoire that was performed. Some of the songs I had never heard of before. Other than that, I think this is a cd that most will enjoy.

I Would Like To Recommend This CD

A beautifully imagined, technically proficient tour-de-force.......1998-11-23

Ms. Story's selection of material showcases her ability to plumb the emotional depths of a song and the technical facility with which she goes about her task. This collection of repertoire sets a standard against which other pop pianists must measure their arrangements and their interpretations. Never settling for the commonplace, Ms. Story continually finds imaginative, creative and musically sophisticated ways to reinterpret these generally familiar tunes. This is a collection that can be listened to repeatedly and always offers new rewards. Put a log on the fire, pour some wine, embrace someone you love and enjoy.

Average customer rating: The All-time Best Selling Mantovani LP is now on CD!

Music from the Films/Film Encores Manufacturer: Dutton Labs UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Rota, Nino | ( 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 Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | 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 Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mantovani's Golden Hits Mantovani/Hollywood/World of Mantovani Collector's Mantovani, Vol. 1 The Best Ever Mantovani Collection At the Movies ASIN: B0006840IY Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

1. Warsaw Concerto
2. Serenata d'Amore
3. Dream of Olwen
4. Legend of Glass Mountain
5. Story of Three Loves [Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninov]
6. Cornish Rhapsody
7. My Foolish Heart [From My Foolish Heart]
8. Unchained Melody [From Unchained]
9. Over the Rainbow [From The Wizard of Oz]
10. Summertime in Venice [From Summer Madness]
11. Intermezzo [From Escape to Happiness]
12. Three Coins in the Fountain [From the Coins in the Fountain]
13. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing [From Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]
14. Laura [From Laura]
15. High Noon [From High Noon]
16. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
17. September Song [From September Affair]
18. Theme [From Limelight]

Customer Reviews:

The All-time Best Selling Mantovani LP is now on CD!.......2005-03-11

When the LP entitled Film Encores Volume I was released in stereo in 1957, Mantovani was already established as one of the world's best selling recording artists. Film Encores, however, became the maestro's most successful recording in the United States, reaching number one and remaining on the Billboard charts for two years. Now you can hear this phenomenal gold record in its entirety on CD and you will understand why it ranks #32 in the top 100 LPs of the 1950s. Many of these tracks have appeared on several CD compilations over the last few years, but songs like My Foolish Heart, Intermezzo, Laura, and Hi Lili Hi Lo are making their first appearance. Coupled with this best seller is another of Mantovani's historic LPs, Music from the Films, which was his first recorded originally in stereo sound. It represents a more classical, movie soundtrack genre, but is equally well orchestrated and performed with twin pianos. Each CD in this recent Vocalion set of grand romantic melodies and popular film music is worth listening to and enjoying repeatedly, as they were listened to and enjoyed by a war weary generation in the 1950s who bought millions of his sophisticated easy listening recordings. In this centennial year 2005 of Mantovani's birth, the release of these time honored albums on CD is a fine tribute to the late maestro and a good fortune to the endless audience desiring more of the peaceful, cathedral-like sounds of his string-laden orchestra.

Average customer rating: Kurt Weill: Re-discovery... Incredible Live Album

Kurt Weill: The Centennial Kurt Weill , Brock Peters , Carole Cook , Charlotte Rae , Nancy Dussault , Norm Lewis , Peter Becker , Rod McKuen , Shirley Jones , Tim Curry , and Steve Orich Manufacturer: Lml Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( 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 Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Life Upon the Wicked Stage Tap Your Troubles Away - The Words and Music of Jerry Herman (Historic All-Star Tribute) ABC (Adler, Bock, Coleman) Dream: The Lyrics and Music of Johnny Mercer Over The Rainbow: The Music Of Harold Arlen (1995 Benefit Concert Cast) ASIN: B00005U8HM Release Date: 2002-01-08

Tracks:

1. Act 1: Pirate Jenny - Charlotte Rae
2. Act 1: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Jodi Stevens
3. Act 1: Economics - Jane A. Johnston
4. Act 1: Is It Him Or Is It Me? - Pam Dawber
5. Act 1: Barbara Song - Linda Purl
6. Act 1: Lullaby - Kathryn Skatula
7. Act 1: That's Him - Nancy Dussault
8. Act 1: Don't Look Now - Sharon Lawrence
9. Act 1: Apple Jack - Norm Lewis
10. Act 1: Speak Low - Sally Kellerman
11. Act 1: September Song - Rod McKuen
12. Act 1: Ice Cream Sextet - David Holladay

Tracks:

1. Act 2: Wouldn't You Like To Be On Broadway? - David Holladay
2. Act 2: What Good Would The Moon Be - Melissa Dye
3. Act 2: It Never Was You - Hugh Panaro
4. Act 2: We'll Go Away Together - Hugh Panaro
5. Act 2: Tschaikowsky - Jack Noseworthy
6. Act 2: The Saga Of Jenny - Carole Cook
7. Act 2: Surabaya Johnny - Tim Curry
8. Act 2: My Ship - Shirley Jones
9. Act 2: Mack The Knife - Loretta Devine
10. Act 2: Lost In The Stars - Brock Peters

Customer Reviews:

Kurt Weill: Re-discovery..........2006-11-10

I am so impressed and pleased to have found this recording on Amazon.com. I am always amazed when I find these seemingly obscure recordings, and thrilled to know they exist. What a wonderful history of our musical world---and what a chance to hear interesting, challenging, and unusual performances from so many well-known people. The songs live on--the composer is 'new' again, and this recording becomes part of history re-discovered. Thank you Amazon.com for your continued professionalism and for having these recordings available.

Incredible Live Album.......2002-02-10

This incredible concert (which i attended) benefitting The Actors' Fund of America, contains some absolute MUST performances for any Broadway collector.

For me, the highlights are HUGH PANARO ("It Never Was You"), NANCY DUSSAULT ("It's Him") and TIM CURRY singing "Surabaya Johnny" in German!

Loretta Divine, Brock Peters, they're all great!

Average customer rating: Very Good Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper Everything is right but the style Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings

Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner Kurt Weill , John Eliot Gardiner , Anne Sofie von Otter , Bengt Forsberg , Hannover North German Radio Orchestra , Karl-Heinz Lampe , Frederick Martin , Christfried Biebrach , and James Sims Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 Otter, Anne Sophie von | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: For the Stars Stratas Sings Weill Teresa Stratas - The Unknown Kurt Weill Sings Kurt Weill, Vol. 2 Anne Sofie von Otter - Love's Twilight (Late Romantic Songs by Berg, Korngold, Strauss) ASIN: B000001GM3 Release Date: 1995-03-14

Tracks:

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

Amazon.com

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

Customer Reviews:

Very Good.......2006-01-03

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

Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper.......2005-09-29

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

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

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

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

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

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

Everything is right but the style.......2005-09-24

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

Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor.......2005-01-27

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ms. Von Otter interprets the rest of the songs with mixed results--all are lovely, several are excellent, though several others have been handled better by singers with more "theatrical" talents. Nevertheless, this recording stands alone, head and shoulders above the others.

Average customer rating: Great compilation A disappointment

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Tracks:

1. A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
2. Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
3. Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered - Patti LuPone
4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - KT Sullivan
5. Nunsense: I Just Want To Be A Star - Christine Anderson
6. Louisiana Purchase: Wild About You - Debbie Gravitte & New York Voices
7. Oil City Symphony: Beaver Ball At The Bug Club - Mike Craver/Mark Hardwick/Debra Monk/Mary Murfitt
8. Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
9. Very Good Eddie: Isn't It Great To Be Married? - Virginia Seidel/Spring Fairbank/Charles Repole/Nicholas Wyman
10. The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
11. Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
12. Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
13. A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
14. The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
15. Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
16. Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
17. Tintypes: Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen
18. I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
19. The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
20. Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
21. Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

Tracks:

1. 4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
2. Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
3. Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
4. High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
5. Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
6. State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
7. Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Brian Stokes Mitchell
8. Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
9. The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
10. Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marin Mazzie/Gregg Edelman
11. The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
12. Snoopy!!!: Poor Sweet Baby - Pamela Myers
13. SeesawNobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
14. March Of The Falsettos: I Never Wanted To Love You - Michael Rupert/Stephen Bogardus/Alison Fraser/Chip Zien/James Kushner
15. Lunch: Perfectly Alone - Carol Burnett
16. 3hree: Foolish Dreamin'/Something Beautiful/Real Enough To Change My Mind - Jessica Molaskey/Will Gartshore/Rachel Ulanet
17. Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
18. Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
19. The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

Average customer rating:

Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway - a selection Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kurt Weill: The Centennial Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill / Levine, Lenya, Armstrong, Gilford, et al September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill Kurt Weill / Songs Volume 2 - A Centennial Anthology Kurt Weill / Songs Volume 1 - A Centennial Anthology ASIN: B00004WZTK Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

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

Average customer rating: A Great Collection of Songs That Made Her a Star:

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Tracks:

1. Amapola (From The Film 'First Love')
2. Because (From The Film 'Three Smart Girls Grow Up')
3. When April Sings (From The Film 'Spring Parade')
4. Waltzing In The Clouds (From The Film 'Spring Parade')
5. My Own (From The Film 'Certain Age')
6. Brindsi (From The Film '100 Men And A Girl')
7. Beneath The Lights Of Home (From The Film 'Nice Girl')
8. Spring In My Heart (From The Film 'First Love')
9. It's Raining Sunbeams (From The Film '100 Men And A Girl')
10. Musetta's Waltz Song (From The Film 'It's A Date')
11. Love Is All (From The Film 'It's A Date')
12. Perhaps (From The Film 'Nice Girl')
13. One Fine Day (From The Film 'First Love')
14. Home, Sweet Home (From The Film 'First Love')
15. The Last Rose Of Summer (From The Film 'Three Smart Girls Grow Up')
16. Il Bacio (The Kiss)
17. Ave Maria (From The Film 'Mad About Music')
18. Loch Lomond (From The Film 'It's A Date')
19. Alleuia (From The Film '100 Men And A Girl')
20. Ave Maria (From The Film 'It's A Date')
21. It's Foolish But It's Fun (From 'Spring Parade')
22. The Old Folks At Home (From the Film 'Nice Girl')

Customer Reviews:

A Great Collection of Songs That Made Her a Star:.......2000-06-18

It was her first several motion pictures that resulted in Deanna Durbin's becoming the highest paid female star of her time; and it is from those movies that this anthology has been taken. The selections are a good mixture of everything from operatic arias to popular tunes of the day. The original recordings are over sixty years old; but modern engineering techniques have enhanced them to "better than new" sound. If you, like so many others, are rediscovering this remarkable young artist, this album will provide a great deal of pleasure...for the music, and as an excellent example of nostalgic memorabilia.

Meditation Music:

1. Mystic Island
2. Nature Meditations
3. One Heart Wild
4. One Track Heart
5. Petals in the Stream
6. Piano Two
7. Pianoforte Opus 3: Film Music
8. Pursuit of Happiness
9. Quiet Music, Vol. 1
10. Rain Forest

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

Crying in the Chapel [CD-single] [Import]

Kodaly: Choral Works

First Book of Capricii

Music: All His Great Hits

Have a Cigar [CD-single] [Import]

Everything, Everything [Live]

Carlos Santos V.4 [Import]

God Sound [Explicit Lyrics]

Flamenco Passion

French Cello Sonatas, Vol.2

Never There [CD-single] [Extra tracks] [Import]

Hombre Mas Famoso de la Tierra

Hip Hop Concepts

The Kings of Rhythm

Bridge to Havana