Best Selection

Product Description
Japanese Collection of Great Recordings from the Career of Germany's Best Known Toastmaster, the Best Known and Best Loved Easy Listening Music Maker in the World. He Combines Popular Song with Classical and Folk for a Mix that is Legendary. Unlike Muzak of Old, Last Invigorates his Music with a Good Time Feeling that Connects with Millions around the World.

Best Selection,James Last,Universal,Easy Listening,Easy Listening/Vocal

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Average customer rating: Sil Austin Best Selection A NEW FAVORITE

Best Selection Sil Austin Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Great Sax Swingsation Swingsation Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 1 Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000068W5S Release Date: 2002-07-15

Tracks:

1. Danny Boy
2. Summertime
3. Stardust
4. September Song
5. Ebb Tide
6. Red Sails In The Sunset
7. Green Leaves Of Summer
8. Greensleeves
9. My Foolish Heart
10. I Can't Get Started
11. Autumn Leaves
12. Moonlight In Vermont
13. Sail Along Silv'ry Moon
14. Volare
15. Harlem Noccturne
16. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
17. I'm In The Mood For Love
18. Rose Tattoo
19. Cry Me A River
20. To Love Again
21. Besame Mucho
22. Broken Promises
23. Sans Toi Mammie
24. Lonely One
25. Save The Last Dance For Me

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Collection of the Best Recording from the Career of the Late Jazz Saxophonist who Tried to Make Jazz Less Mysterious and Inject it Into the Mainstream of Popular Music. His Renditions of Popular Favorites Gained the Most Audience in the 1950's When He Recorded for Mercury Records.

Customer Reviews:

Sil Austin Best Selection.......2007-01-19

I am pleased to find this music. It was difficult to find in 1963. That it is available in 2007 is impressive.

A NEW FAVORITE.......2003-09-23

I HAVE JUST DISCOVERED SIL AUSTIN, AND SO GLAD I DID. MY TWO FAVORITE SAX ARTISTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EARL BOSTIC AND FREDDY GARDNER, NOW I HAVE A THIRD. SILS MELODIC PERFORMANCE OF MOSTLY STANDARDS IS SIMPLY GREAT. HE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A FULL ORCHESTRA AND VOICES BUT THEY NEVER INTRUDE ON HIS DOMINATE PERFORMANCES. THERE ARE JUST ENOUGH VARIATIONS IN RHYTHM AND OTHER NUANCES TO ADD A LITTLE INDIVIDUALITY TO EACH ARRANGEMENT.THE LINER NOTES ARE IN A LANGUAGE I DONT RECOGNIZE, BUT WHO CARES, ITS A GREAT CD!

Average customer rating: Little Green Bag George Baker Selection Its a good CD

Best of George Baker Selection George Baker Selection Manufacturer: Disky Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Netherlands | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Una Paloma Blanca Best of Pussycat Shocking Blue - 20 Greatest Hits Best of Shocking Blue Black Is Black ASIN: B000050GGK Release Date: 2000-11-07

Tracks:

1. Little Green Bag
2. Dear Ann
3. Midnight
4. Over And Over
5. Nathalie
6. Mama Oh Mama
7. Holy Day
8. I'm On My Way
9. Marie Jeanne
10. Baby Blue
11. (Fly Away) Little Paraquayo
12. Sing A Song Of Love
13. Paloma Blanca
14. Morning Sky
15. Wild Bird
16. Manana (Mi Amor)
17. Beautiful Rose
18. Marja

Album Details

The Dutch Guitarist was Part of a Mini Dutch Invasion of the Early 1970's (Along with Tee Set and Shocking Blue) and Hit with "Little Brown Bag", but it Wasn't Until 1975 that He Hit Big with "Una Paloma Blanca", Adopted by the Disco Set Before Disco Went Mainstream. This Disc Compiles his Best Material on a Single Volume.

Customer Reviews:

Little Green Bag.......2006-08-03

The sound quality is great on the whole CD, and this particular song is such a happy tune that it can turn a bad day into a good one just by listening to it.

George Baker Selection.......2005-10-17

While the music is good Paloma Blanca is by far the best followed by Little Green Bag. The rest are only a listen to now and then .

Its a good CD.......2001-02-12

nice collection of most of their good stuff. any serious fan would appreciate it.

Average customer rating: West Coast genius

Best Selection Bill Labounty Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pages Right Direction Future Street Pages A Hole in the Wall ASIN: B0002I85P2 Release Date: 2004-09-06

Tracks:

1. Livin' It Up
2. Look Who's Lonely Now
3. Lie To Me
4. Trail To Your Heart
5. This Night Won't Last Forever
6. Dream On
7. I'm Hurtin'
8. Comin' Back
9. What About You
10. I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me
11. Sometimes Love Songs Make Me Cry
12. Never Gonna Look Back
13. Dancin' Tonight
14. In 25 Words Or Less
15. A Tear Can Tell
16. Secrets

Album Details

Japan Only Collection of the Aor Singer/Songwriter's Best. Includes "This Night Won't Last Forever", "Livin' it Up", "in 25 Words Or Less", "Never Gonna Look Back",

Customer Reviews:

West Coast genius.......2005-12-01

If you are a fan of West Coast music, then chances are you've heard of Bill Labounty. Bill is a master smooth jazz song-writer who has written AOR hits for the likes of Peter Cetera, Patti LaBelle, Bobby Caldwell, James Taylor, Jennifer Warnes, Michael Johnson, and Robie Dupree. This collection features 16 of the best songs from his four late 70s / early 80s releases, which are either out of print or pretty hard to find. Exceptional songs include "Trail To Your Heart", "In 25 Words or Less", and "This Night Won't Last Forever", which is one of BMI's most performed songs of all time.

Average customer rating: The Peniultimate X JAPAN Collection

X Japan Best - Fan's Selection ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Smile ASIN: B000BY4CK4

Product Description

A 2 Disc best of compilation with songs selected by the band's fans through a poll conducted on the internet.Track list: Disc One: 1. Kurenai 2. SILENT JEALOUSY 3. ENDLESS RAIN 4. RUSTY NAIL 5. TEARS 6. ART OF LIFE(full version) Disc Two: 7. DAHLIA 8. SAY ANYTHING 9. FOREVER LOVE(SINGLE VER.) 10. Longing - Togireta Melody 11. SCARS 12. CRUCIFY MY LOVE

Customer Reviews:

The Peniultimate X JAPAN Collection.......2006-01-12

I am forced to write this review here and now, even though there are many other more important things demanding my attention at the moment: X JAPAN's "Best ~ Fan's Selection" two-disc album is the MUST HAVE collection for the X Japan fan, as well as newbie and veteran J-ROCK connoisseurs alike. The legacy of this exceptional metal band notwithstanding, for those of you unfamiliar to the colorful, very Visual world of Japanese rock music, X JAPAN is the unchallenged grandfather of all modern Japanese rock bands. Pioneering the controversial Visual Kei aesthetic (a very Japanese expression encapsulating the essence of Kabuki theatre melded with early-80s American glam, and artfully combining that with beautifully effeminate gothic influences and punky Hair-metal pizzazz), X JAPAN was originally conceived in the '80s from the strangled vision of one infamous Yoshiki Hayashi.

Yoshiki, who obsessively composed the vast majority of the band's songs, was the frontman and spiritual leader of X JAPAN. Playing wicked drums and, alternately, angelic piano, Yoshiki founded the stepping stone rock label of Extasy Records, as none of the other music companies in Japan would support X JAPAN's then-controversial music. Toshi on vocals, hide (now deceased) and Pata on guitars, and Taiji (later, Heath) on bass fleshed out the band's eventual lineup. While the band officially split in 1997, their legacy is even today unparalleled in Japan, the unofficial symbol of just what perfected speed metal, and classically-inspired, orchaestrated beauty torn from the depths of one's very soul, can be.

Yoshiki's compositions are epic, more than memorable, and might never be equaled. He and his bandmembers all performed above what most would consider a "professional" level: they are iconic. Some Westerners might compare certain aspects of X JAPAN's music to Metallica, Scorpions, at times Bon Jovi--and in the same breath they would also mention Beethoven, Bach, and Tchaikovsky. If you, dear consumer, are a fan of the modern "rock" scene over here and are looking for another gravelly vocalist whining over a backdrop of overly-distorted guitars, this is NOT the band for you. X JAPAN's music is *art*. While the first X album (they changed their name to "X JAPAN" in 1994 when Heath replaced Taiji) came out, it was greatly tangible anger; it was seething, violent music and lyrics. Time found the band's image and their sound changing, not so much *mellowing* as *maturing*. "Blue Blood", the album that found them notoriety, featured "Kurenai" on its track list, as well as "Endless Rain": two singles that are legendary even by today's standards.

"Kurenai" is a metal epic that is known far beyond Japan's borders. Indeed, it is the first X JAPAN song that I ever came across, and it was the song that hooked me and pulled me under. Melodic speed-metal that surges and spins and rages with beauty, lyrics that (if you can speak Japanese or are able to translate them) make the very world cry for you, and twisted Twin Guitars that marry Yoshiki's maddened drumming swirl a terrible storm from a swelling quiet of symphonic orchaestration and acoustic guitar. On the flipside, "Endless Rain" is X JAPAN's first major ballad, a comparatively quiet piece with piano as its pulse and a uniquely memorable guitars to add muscle where needed.

Both "Kurenai" and "Endless Rain" can be found on "Best ~ Fan's Selection". Indeed, "Fan's Selection" is just that: what the fans voted for. If I had been coherent at the time I would have voted online with the rest of them (I was still relatively new to J-ROCK back then), but over 200,000 fans--predominantly Japanese, I'd imagine--cast their votes for the "best" X JAPAN song. The twelve songs who received the most votes were compiled together into this two-disc set ("Kurenai" came in #1, by the way). And, of course, while there are many other excellent X JAPAN songs that didn't come even close to making up this album's lineup, it certainly is a grand representation of the band's surreal talent.

Spanning the albums "Blue Blood" to "Dahlia", there are songs from the band's more Visual days--angry, sullen, and raucous--and then there are songs from an older, wiser X JAPAN. Speed-metal epics and moving ballads live side-by-side, sweeping the listener away with pure emotion, pain and ecstasy, beauty and strength. It MUST be said that the thirty-minute, progressive-speed metal tour-de-force, "Art of Life", is included on the first disc as track #6. If for nothing else than its convenient packaging of other great X JAPAN songs, "Best" is worth purchasing so as to obtain a copy of this *very* hard to obtain classic-styled metal masterpiece. "Art of Life" is like no other song I've ever heard, a literal juggernaut of musical vision and talent.

Have I overwhelmed you with praise for this band? They're honestly that good. Perhaps X JAPAN isn't for everyone, a bit too hard-rock for some or not discordant enough for others, but their talent is undeniable, and their influence within the modern Japanese music industry unparalleled. If you're only going to ever purchase one X JAPAN album, it should probably be this collection. You'll get much more than your money's worth.

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Yu Yu Hakusho Best Selection Soundtrack ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000AUN732

Product Description

Track list: 1. Smiling Bomb, Opening Theme / Song: Matsuko Mawatari 2. Dead or Alive ~ Fighting God ~ / Song: Urameshi Yuusuke 3. Holding Icy Knife / Song: Kuram 4. Can Hear The Whistle / Song: Hiei 5. Give Me Unbalance Kiss / Song: Hiro Takahashi 6. Sayonara, Bye-Bye / Song: Matsuko Mawatari 7. When The Sun Will Shine Again / Song: Hiro Takahashi 8. Shooting Star's Solitude / Song: Hiei 9. Sayonara Is Beginning of Future / Song: Kuram 10. Thank You Forever! / Song: Kazumasa Kuwabara 11. All Right! / Song: Urameshi Yuusuke 12. Eye To Eye / Song: Kurama, Hiei & Kazumasa Kuwabara 13. Wild Wind ~ Like Wild Wind ~ / Song: Kurama & Hiei 14. Haven't Done The Homework / Song: Matsuko Mawatari 15. Day Dream Generation / Song: Matsuko Mawatari 16. Our Season / Song: Yuusuke Urameshi, Kazumasa Kuwabara, Kurama & Hiei

Average customer rating: A star Shall I? Filippa is marvellous!!!! Genius

Best Selection - Passioni "Selezione Speciale" ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Primadonna Filippa Giordano Il Rosso Amore Summer Into White ASIN: B000BM6KGK Release Date: 2005-11-29

Customer Reviews:

A star.......2007-05-14

Oh Man!What can an useless australian know about italian music?Well,nothing at all.Filippa Giordano is a great artist loved by some of the most important composers and conductors of the world.Names?Morricone and Riccardo Muti.If you like music buy this cd.

Shall I?.......2007-02-26

Shall I do the honours or should someone else? Alright, since no one else is going to state the obvious, I guess it is up to me....

Filippa Giordano can't sing.

Now back in the late 1990s, a little known (outside of Italia) model and sometime "Pop" singer by the name of Filippa Giordano was either coaxed into or had the unbridled temerity (and nerve) to record repertoire requiring vocal and musical techniques, skills, comprehension and talent far in advance of Signorina Giordano's meagre and patently limited resources. Her music was "accompanied" by a very cheesy second rate sounding "wedding singer" studio band. The result was execrable.

Giordano's technique ranged from a breathy "little girl" voice [enhanced with massive artificial reverb] in the parts within her vocal range and when the melodic line went beyond Flipper's vocal limitations, she turned the music into the blood-curdling screams of a banshee. Breathy baby-doll and screaming banshee - Flipper Giordano's only two modes of vocal production. The results? Well???! "Not good", would have to be the understatement of the century! ;-))

Now that some other hapless money hungry producers and "artists" are churning out more and more "popera" glop, some mercenary git has decided that it was high time the musical fiasco that was Filippa Giordano's career was brought down from the attic, where it belongs, dusted off, tarted up with a new colour photograph of the talentless model and shoved in front of the philistines of the world again. Maybe a few more suckers out there would be ready to buy this risible attempt at singing again?

This album is a dud and a fiasco.

Filippa is marvellous!!!!.......2006-12-05

This CD includes the following songs: 1) Casta diva 2) O mio babbino caro 3) Va' pensiero 4)Plaisir d' amour 5) Habanèra 6)Un bel dì vedremo 7) La barcarolle 8)Ave Mari 9)Vissi d'arte 10)Che luce sei 11)Dove andiamo noi 12) I'alba verrà 13) Lost boys calling 14) Coro a bocca chiusa 15) Addio del passato 16) S'apre per te il mio cuor 17) Il rosso amore 18) Up to the light 19) Il canto della terra 20) Maternita 21) Stella.
Let me inform you tha Filippa also made a new version of Prima Donna for Mexico, that includes wonderful versions from the songs: "Me he enamorado de tí" (Woman in love), "Cómo he de vivir sin tu cariño" (How am I supposed to live without you), O terra addio (duet with Marcello Giordano). Enjoy her album!!!! ;-D

Genius.......2006-02-02

Once again, Filippa's voice astonishes and moves. I only wish Amazon would actually carry her albums and that I did not have to go elsewhere to buy them!

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Orgel Best Selection Studio Ghibli Songs Various Artists Manufacturer: Crown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Studio Ghibli Songs Plus ASIN: B000051TA9 Release Date: 2000-08-23

Tracks:

1. [Japanese Title]
2. [Japanese Title]
3. [Japanese Title]
4. [Japanese Title]
5. [Japanese Title]
6. [Japanese Title]
7. [Japanese Title]
8. [Japanese Title]
9. [Japanese Title]
10. [Japanese Title]
11. [Japanese Title]
12. [Japanese Title]
13. [Japanese Title]
14. [Japanese Title]
15. [Japanese Title]

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Bert Kaempfert Best Selection Bert Kaempfert Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Germany | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000068W5M Release Date: 2002-08-19

Tracks:

1. Wonderland By Night
2. Midnight Blues
3. Dreaming The Blues
4. Aim Of My Desire
5. Without Your Love
6. Only Those In Love
7. Echo In The Night
8. Someone
9. For Nothing
10. Till
11. Ducky
12. Catalania
13. Swingin' Safari
14. Danke Schoen
15. Big Build Up
16. Love
17. Cerveza
18. Tenderly
19. Now And Forever
20. Afrikaan Beat
21. That's Happy Feeling
22. Red Roses For A Blue Lady
23. Three O'clock In The Morning
24. Moon Over Naples
25. Can't Give You Anything But Love
26. Bye Bye Blues

Album Description

Japanese pressing of 2002 compilation featuring 26 golden hits. Universal.

Average customer rating:

Best Selection Incas Manufacturer: Universal Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Peru | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Los Incas en Concierto Gold Music Story: Voyages Autour du Monde ASIN: B000068W60 Release Date: 2002-08-19

Tracks:

1. El Condor Pasa
2. Bailcito De Lopez Buchardo
3. Achachau
4. Danza Del Inca
5. Cochabamba
6. Tres Bailecitos
7. Boliviana
8. Para Una Orjeta De Tierra Cocida
9. Jilacatas
10. Bamba
11. El Humahuaqueno
12. Recuerdos De Calahuayo
13. Danza Wipfala
14. Una Palomita
15. Llave
16. Huayno De La Roca
17. Sonccoiman
18. Carnavalito Quebradeno
19. Viva Jujuy
20. Guantanamera

Average customer rating: astounding and spellbound...... Tombe La niege Maestro! Maestro! Golden Music All Paul Mauriat

Paul Mauriat French Pops Best Selection Paul Mauriat Manufacturer: Japanese Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Definitive Collection Very Best Of Paul Mauriat Pop Classical Best Collection Paul Mauriat Screen Music Best Collection Mes Plus Grands Succes ASIN: B000068W5H Release Date: 2002-08-19

Tracks:

1. Irresistiblement
2. Tout Donne, Tout Repris
3. Petite Femme
4. Il Y A Du Soleil Sur La France
5. Si Tu T'appelles Melancolie
6. Les Rois Mages
7. L'amour Ca Fait Passer Le Temps
8. Un Jour, Un Enfant
9. Si La Vie Est Cadeau
10. Sonia
11. Il Fait Beau Il Fait Bon
12. J'ai Rencontre L'homme De Ma Vie
13. Si On Chantait
14. Il Etait Une Fois Nous Deux
15. Un Etranger Sur La Terre
16. Long Sera L'hiver
17. Laisse-Moi Vivre Ma Vie
18. Holidays
19. Love Is Blue
20. Tombe La Neige
21. Les Matins D'hiver

Customer Reviews:

astounding and spellbound.............2006-03-26

Eventhough some of the music in this cd is quite pleasing to one's ear...for me this simply added to my collection of Paul Mauriat most treasured musics.I kept 5 of them(audio cassettes) some date back to 60's or 70's and others which seems came from nowhere as they were given to me by a tourist friends.I have Paul Mauriat 'Bresil' and the arrangement of'The Beattles'by Paul Mauriat(all cassettes) as well.Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra Deluxe Collection 16 Albums (1966-1972).Paul Mauriat Cent Mille Chansons / Gone Is Love.Paul Mauriat Uplifting Music.(all audio cds)The'Paul Mauriat French Pops Best Selection easy listening is probably the most nice I have ever heard. Others simply the usual classical songs and contemporaries.My only problem is how to keep them last as audio cassette won't last for hundreds of years.I intend to transfer this music to cds but don't know how as I'm not very good in this sort of things.I think its helpfull to have someone to figure this out for me so that some old music will be preserve for the next generation of fans to come.

Tombe La niege.......2004-08-18

A great masterpiece...it is a kind of life music that echoes in your mind. I last heard this song years ago. I read about it and the echoes of this melody makes me humm and wistle.I have not forgotten the rythm of this great song.

Maestro! Maestro!.......2004-05-09

Very few orchestra conductors in the pop instrumental world achieve a loyal, fanatic following. Perhaps the only one to have "real fans" in large numbers is Paul Mauriat.

This CD makes me realize why.

Let me start by saying this: all these are original versions. So if you know these melodies, this is the CD you want to buy.

About the music itself:
1. Irrésistiblement, from 1968, originally in the LP "Cent mille chansons", ended the first side (track 6) of that LP and IMO it doesn't seem too appropriate for a begining. It's a very nice melody, though, with a lone soprano accompanying the violins.
2. Tout donné, tout repris, from 1973, album "Good-bye my Love, Good-bye", I prefer Franck Pourcel version of this one. Paul's is purely instrumental, no chorus, and quite nice. It was the last melody in the original album (track 12).
3. Petite femme, from 1974, album "Le premier pas", another last track (12). Great melody, excellent interpretation, very warm and sensuous. Just listen to that sax!
4. Il y a du soleil sur la France, 1972, album "Après toi", third track in the album. A classic, the sound on CD is spectacular. This one is very, very Mauriat, with the spectacular harpsichord and violins -a must in any "Best of" compilation.
5. Si tu t'appelles mélancolie, "From souvenirs to souvenirs" 1974. Track 10. Very beautiful, with a mixed chorus.
6. Les rois mages, "Mamy Blue", 1971, track 10. This one also appeared in the "Best of P.M." collection from 1975, commemorating his 10 years with Philips. Very good version, does anyone remember the big drum marking the step of the camels? :)
7. L'amour, ça fait passer le temps, "L'avventura", 1972, track 6. Again a nice melody, although not a great one. Charleston style.
8. Un jour, un enfant, "Un jour, un enfant", 1969, first track. This is a great album, where all twelve melodies have a 'playful' theme. Taking one of them out of context doesn't do justice to it. Isolated, I prefer Pourcel's version. The whole "UJUE" album is one of the best ever made in instrumental music, though (only this track and the last track "Doctor Caraibes" have a chorus, all female, and that helps to create a closure effect).
9. Si la vie est cadeau, "Summer Has Flown", 1983, track 7. This one only appeared in some versions of this album. It's a nice one but not one of Paul's best. I'm happy to have it, though, for the sake of completeness.
10. Sonia, "Good-bye my Love, Good-bye", 1973, track 8. This is one of those melodies any Paul fan will love. Perfect, better than any version, instrumental or sung. Bravo.
11. Il fait beau, il fait bon, "L'avventure", 1972, track 2. A happy melody, with a masterful combination violins/trumpets. The electric bass plays a very important role in this one.
12. J'ai rencontré l'homme de ma vie, "Nous irons à Verone", 1973, track 2. Another great album that is better heard as a unit. This is a nice melody, but it lacks a bit of context here. The violins in this "blue album" have a muted sound, and the center stage is taken often by the wind instruments.
13. Si on chantait, "Forever and ever", 1973, last track (12). Another that is missing context. Paul's "green album" is a unity, too. Still, this is a great melody, with much emphasis given to the trumpets.
14. Il était une fois... nous deux, "Il était une fois... nous deux", 1976, track 8. A beautiful arrangement, even better than the original version, slightly slower but because of that deeper in feeling. Joe Dassin's song is kinda ironic; Paul's arrangement is almost tragic, in the good sense of the word. Another that should be in any "Best of".
15. Un étranger sur la terre, "L'avventura", 1972, track 5. Another beautiful arrangement, with a soft piano followed by vibrant violins working in crescendo with help of the trumpets to again a soft piano ending. Very Paulish.
16. Long sera l'hiver, "Cent mille chansons", 1968, track 8. Another one from the 1975 "Best of" collection. A jewel, I just have no words to make justice to such a beautiful arrangement. Only this orchestra reaches such heights.
17. Laisse-moi vivre ma vie, "Forever and ever", 1973, track 5. One-two punch. Another awesome melody from Paul, even out of context it's great. The begining and ending are very well known. Even better than the original Frédéric François version, and that's a lot to say.
18. Holidays, "Après toi", 1972, track 5. From one of his best albums, another great arrangement. The piano is delicious, the violins top form, it doesn't get any better than this!
19. Love is blue, "Album N.5", 1965, track 4. This LP was named "Blooming Hits" in the USA. It was in reality Paul's eighth album for Philips, but "Russie de Toujours", "Prestige de Paris" and "Bang Bang" (the one with the helicopter on the cover) were not assigned a number. This is the original Love is Blue version, enough said.
20. Tombe la neige, "Tombe la neige", 1971, track 06. Begins and ends with a harp, uses the harpsichord, piano and violins to create one of the most memorable and popular instrumental pieces ever. Another that appeared in 1975 "Best of" collection. Incredible.
21. Les matins d'hiver, "Forever and ever", 1973, track 02. Again this one is a bit out of context, but makes for a surprisingly good finale. The violins are wonderful. In the original album, the contrast between the strong violins here and the almost subliminal ones in the next melody ("Le peintre des étoiles") created an amazing effect. That is missing here, but the melody stands as a great one.

Overall, excellent. I wish they released the albums "Nous irons à Verone" (blue album), "Forever and Ever" (green album) and "Un jour, un enfant" (the child's play album) together: they need you to listen to them as a whole. Meanwhile, I bought this one and it's worth every penny, no, more than that. How I wish Paul continued directing his orchestra! He's sorely missed.

Golden Music.......2003-07-25

Perfect ,I was listened a lot of music of Paul Mauriat, this album is very special!

All Paul Mauriat.......2003-03-05

I really like classic music, specialy Paul Mauriat
I already have two albums one is the titled LOVE IS BLUE
ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION and another one LOVE IS BLUE .
Please I will like to have some more album send me a catalog
who has the rest of Paul Mauriat albums. Thank you. Talk to you soon.

Meditation Music:

1. Best: The Greatest Hits [Import]
2. Billboard Top Hits: 1981
3. Billboard Top Hits: 1987
4. Billboard Top Hits: 1988
5. Bloody Tourists [Original recording remastered] [Import]
6. BOCA 2004: Best of College A Cappell 2004
7. Boomkatalog One [Enhanced]
8. Circle of Fire
9. Dirty Little Secret
10. Do the Math!

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

Chas Jankel [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Langgaard: A Portrait in Chamber Music

Marches, Waltzes & Rags of Scott Joplin

Music: Hard Way

Life Styles: Bugz in the Attic [Import]

Just Call Me "Lone" Lee: The Continuing Confessions of Tim "Love" Lee [Import]

Jhumra Tal - Tabla for Accompaniment or Practice

Live Recordings 2004 [Live] [Import]

L.a. Getaway [Import]

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete Ballet, 1910) / Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus - The Poem of Fire - Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg / Alexander Toradze

Lonely Fungus [Import]

Inolvidables [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

Gasolina [CD-single] [Import]

Classical Evolution: Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

Lean on Me-Best of Bill Withers