Oh Say Can You Sing? Music Recordings By Major League Baseball Players

Product Description
This two disc package (audio CD & DVD in a standard jewel case) features ten current Major League Baseball Players plus Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith singing popular songs (It also includes two original hip-hop tracks). The DVD contains player recording footage plus extensive interviews. Not a novelty release - this CD features solid performances with top notch production. This is a fully licensed product of Major League Baseball and the Players Association.

Oh Say Can You Sing? Music Recordings By Major League Baseball Players,Various Artists,Good Sports,Pop

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ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES
Enjoiyable, but lacking, too.

Handel: Belshazzar

Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001ZWGHY
Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

Overture
Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire!
Thou, God Most High, And Thou Alone
The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh
Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!
Behold, By Persia's Hero Made
Well May They Laugh/Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul
Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief
Dry Thoes Unavailing Tears
Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem/Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates
Now, Tell Me, Gobrias
Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
Can You Then Think It Strange
Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known
My Friends, Be Confident
All Empires Upon God Depend
Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!
Rejoyce, My Countrymen
Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!

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Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!
For You, My Friends
The Leafy Honours Of The Field
It Is The Custom, I May Say, The Law
Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command
They Tell You True
Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!
By Slow Degrees The Wrath Of God
See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!
You See, My Friends, A Path
Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near
To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!
Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire
Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?
Call All My Wise Men

Tracks:

A Singony (Allegro Postillions)
Ye Sages! Welcome Always To Your King/Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes
Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!
Oh King, Live For Ever!
No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be
Yet, To Obey His Dread Command
Oh Sentence To Severe!
Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!
You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace
Oh Glorious Prince!
Alternate Hopes And Fears
Fain Would I Hope
Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?
My Hopes Revive
Bel Boweth Down!
I Thank, Thee, Sesach
A Martial Symphony
To Pow'e Immortal My First Thanks
Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias
Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow
Say, Venerable Prophet
Tell It Out Among The Heathen
Yes, I Will Build Thy City
I Will Magnify Thee

Customer Reviews:

ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES.......2005-06-19

One question I might find among the more difficult in my life would be - which is my favourite Handel oratorio? I suspect that my answer would generally be 'the one I heard most recently', and that, as I write this, is Belshazzar. It is a magnificent thing, a heavenly thing. It has taken me longer than it should have to come to an appreciation of what makes Handel the phenomenon - as a genius, as an artist, as a craftsman - that he is, but I am comforted to reflect that no less a genius than Haydn, at the age of nearly 70 gaining a more thorough knowledge of Handel in performance, was driven to say that he felt a mere apprentice. In his sense of how to pace a dramatic narrative, in his instinct for how to use the human voice in song and above all in chorus, in the matchless flexibility and adroitness he displays at word-setting and in the audacity of his melodic and harmonic effects I can think of nobody who can approach Handel on his own terms.

Belshazzar was not a great success at the box-office, although this may have had more to do with difficulties in the casting than because it was deemed insufficiently biblical for oratorio, which seems to have been the fate of Hercules. It seems to me to be perfectly well described as oratorio in other ways too, with (for one thing) the extensive use of the chorus that we find in, say, Samson but not in Hercules. The one passage that cries out for visual effects is of course the apparition of the moving finger itself. Even here the composer can go a long way with sheer power of suggestion, by the strange unaccompanied violin figure creeping upwards and the frightened brevity of the vocal numbers. Otherwise for me Belshazzar is as much an oratorio as Samson is. It has the same librettist too, the crusty and formidable Jennens, who had also collaborated with Handel on Saul and on Messiah itself. Jennens' full text is not provided, but I think if you read the synopsis first and then follow the work from the headlines to each number you will have no difficulty in catching the words, so clear is the enunciation by soloists and chorus alike. As usual, Handel was driven to make alterations to the score for practical reasons. He had been a little concerned about its length, roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes in this performance, but where he wishes to be expansive he gives us full measure - two arias in Act I scene 4 take well over 7 minutes each. The liner-essay (a good one, by Anthony Hicks) goes into the issue of the version of the score used here, and I personally have no problem with it.

I have no faults to find with the performance in any way. Pinnock is an established specialist, the instruments are period instruments and vocal cadenzas at the end of the arias are kept minimal. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, James Bowman and David Wilson-Johnson are tried and trusted Handel singers and at their best here, and Nicolas Robertson and Richard Wistreich in the smaller parts are every bit as good. The part of Cyrus is a soprano part, taken by Catherine Robbin, and when I thought I heard just one touch of strain in `Destructive War' in the final scene she makes up for it instantly in her superb duet with Arleen Auger in the following number. Auger as Nitocris the mother of Belshazzar has the biggest part, and she covers herself with glory all the way through.

The recording is perfect, and when I saw an aria entitled `Destructive War, thy limits know' near the end I felt a sharp sense of irony in the year 2005. Cyrus, Handel, Jennens, you should all have been living at this hour.

Enjoiyable, but lacking, too........2004-08-16

This 3CD set of George Frederic Handel's (1685-1759) "Belshazzar", from Archiv Production, a division of Universal Music, is proof again that transfer from vinyl to tape to disc brings with it improvements in listening that make the purchase a worthwhile addition to anyone's listening library. Written in 1744, "Belshazzar" is an oratorio in the operatic style that is wonderful oratorio, but lacking the true depth one expects to hear in an opera. London opera audiences of Handel's day agreed, as both "Belshazzar" and Handel's other offering of the period in the same style, "Hercules", were not terribly successful. Instead of the scheduled 24 performances only 16 were given and Handel never offered a full season of oratorio again. The Libretto by Charles Jennens (1700-1773) is, as the production notes say, meant "not only to show the fall of Babylon but to show it as a fulfillment of divine prediction and to confirm the biblical testimony by reference to classical history." There's only one problem, as good a quality as the CDs are, it is not possible to follow the full libretto and the accompanying booklet includes no text, which is a shame. I think the listening experience would have been increased immeasurably if one was able to follow the text of what is being sung. Nonetheless the dramatic narrative is fluid and even, and the English Concert and Choir provide nice balance to the less full vocal passages, as in Disc 3s "Oh Glorious prince", cut 10. There is enough of this throughout to keep one's interest, but disappointing if what one expects is another ""Messiah".

Oh Say Can You Sing? Music Recordings By Major League Baseball Players

Average customer rating:

I Loved This Cd
Baseball Players Get Down & Dirty - - sort of
Cleveland fan from cleveland
Who Knew They Could Sing?
holly crap they can sing!

Oh Say Can You Sing? Music Recordings By Major League Baseball Players
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Good Sports
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009INJ24
Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

Ben Broussard (Cleveland Indians): Vocals & Guitar on U2's "With or Without You"
Sean Casey (Cincinnati Reds/2004 All Star): Vocals on Toby Keith's "How Do You Like Me Now?"
Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins/Two Time World Series Champion): Vocals on Stone Temple Pilot's "Plush"
Coco Crisp (Cleveland Indians): Rap on his original track "We Got That Thing"
Matt Ginter (New York Mets): Banjo on The Dillards "Dooley"
Aubrey Huff (Tampa Bay Devil Rays): Vocals on John Michael Montgomery's "Letters From Home"
Scott Linebrink (San Diego Padres): Vocals & Guitar on Pat Green's "Wave on Wave"
Jimmy Rollins (Philadelphia Phillies): Rap on his original track "Wish List"
Ozzie Smith (Hall of Fame, 12 Gold Glove Awards): Vocals on Sam Cooke's "Cupid"
Omar Vizquel (San Francisco Giants): Vocals & Drums on The Goo Goo Dolls "Broadway"
Kelly Wunsch (Los Angeles Dodgers): Vocals & Guitar on John Mellencamp's "Hurts So Good"

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DVD: Player Recording Footage Plus Exclusive Interviews

Product Description

This two disc package (audio CD & DVD in a standard jewel case) features ten current Major League Baseball Players plus Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith singing popular songs (It also includes two original hip-hop tracks). The DVD contains player recording footage plus extensive interviews. Not a novelty release - this CD features solid performances with top notch production. This is a fully licensed product of Major League Baseball and the Players Association.

Customer Reviews:

I Loved This Cd.......2006-07-16

I am Jeff COnines Number 1 Fan So i had to rush out and buy this. It was amazing. I loved every track. I think that this is a must have for every baseball fan out there. Coco and J-ROll are great at rap. and Broussard was amazing.

Baseball Players Get Down & Dirty - - sort of.......2006-03-09

The vocals on this CD are actually much better than I expected. I mean, they are baseball players first and then singers second (I assume). But they all did a fine job and I think my favorite would be Coco Crisp - he really gets down! The CD represents a wide range of styles, too - country, rap, hip hop, blues, rock, and will delight any musical baseball fan. I'd say this selection defintely hits a home run with this listener.

Cleveland fan from cleveland.......2005-08-15

I love this cd because i am coco's number one fan. The music was great. Ben's and Omar's songs were great, and "Hurts so good" was also cool. This cd is a must buy.

Who Knew They Could Sing?.......2005-08-03

I was surprised at how well these guys could sing! I think they all have great voices, plus it was nice to see these guys out of uniform. Even though I don't like rap Coco & Jimmy songs were pretty fun to listen too. I also loved Aubury Huff's verison of "Letters From Home". I think this is a must buy for any baseball fan!

holly crap they can sing!.......2005-07-19

I was pleasantly suprised when I heard this CD. Because I was expecting a bunch of jocks giving us a reason to stick to their day jobs. But I was wrong. The best on here was Ben Broussard of the Indians because that boy can sing. Ozzie Smith though could sing pretty well to my suprise. So over all this cd is really good.