Listen To This

About the Artist
Unified Tribe... You've never seen or heard anything like it. Their debut album "Listen To This" combines the orchestrations of yesterday with the sounds of today. The result is a mixture of Pop, R&B, and Jazz that features powerful vocal harmonies, stunning instrumental works and uplifting rhythms. It's an eclectic sound you can see! The 12 musicians collectively known as Unified Tribe vary in age and ethnicity, and live together in Austin, Texas. With a philanthropic perspective, Unified Tribe donates portions of proceeds from their CD sales to charitable causes.

Product Description
Independent Artist Movement (IAM)is dedicated to providing a forum for independent artists and new music. IAM is passionate in it's desire to help people and to make a positive difference. "We all can use a little help sometimes." Portions of the proceeds from the IAM CD "Listen To This" by Unified Tribe will be donated to charitable causes.

Listen To This,Unified Tribe,IAM,You've never seen or heard anything like this, they combine the orchestrations of yesterday with the sounds of today.

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Average customer rating: Missing Key Tracks Dreamy and Hypnotic; Outstanding New Wave Rock IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!!! Their best. Yes, incomplete... although blissful this was re-released!

Listen A Flock of Seagulls Manufacturer: Superfecta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Flock of Seagulls Dream Come True Quick Step & Side Kick Lament The Party's Over ASIN: B0002ZDW80 Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

1. Wishing
2. Nightmares
3. Transfer Affection
4. What Am I Supposed To Do
5. Electrics
6. The Traveller
7. 2:30
8. Over The Border
9. The Fall
10. (It's Not Me) Talking
11. Committed (Extended Version)
12. Quicksand
13. I Ran (Live)

Album Description

The Grammy-Award winning band's 1983 album finally makes its compact disc debut in the United States. A Billboard Top 20 album, Listen features four hit singles: "Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You)", "Nightmares", "Transfer Affection", and "(It's Not Me) Talking". Three bonus tracks have been added, including the 80s alternative radio classic, "Committed". All songs are newly digitally remastered and the booklet contains complete lyrics for the first time. Furthermore, journalist Stephen "Spaz" Schnee has compiled new liner notes based on a 2004 interview with Mike and Ali Score.

Customer Reviews:

Missing Key Tracks.......2006-08-14

The reissue of A Flock Of Seagulls brilliant second album "Listen" disappoints for a number of reasons. First, why has the album never included the beautiful 9:38 version of "Wishing" that was released as a 12 inch single in the UK? Even the US promo EP has a 6:05 version that has the same gorgeous intro as the UK 12 inch. (The US album version clocks in at 5:30, this has been the version issued ad nauseum, except for the seriously truncated 3:58 US 45 version). Second, where are "Rosenmontag" and "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin"? I have a former edition of the CD, released in 1992 by Beehive Trading Limited (perhaps UK?) which has these two tracks, as well as "Quicksand", but no "Committed", which I only have on the aforementioned US EP and UK 12 inch. Buy this disc for what's here; the rating is for the "business" end of things, not for the fantastic music.

Dreamy and Hypnotic; Outstanding New Wave Rock.......2005-04-18

Dreamy and Hypnotic; Outstanding New Wave Rock

All right, I'll admit, maybe this band from Liverpool, England, took themselves just a little too seriously in 1983, what with the silly hairstyles and odd fashion sense. Maybe they let the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental in 1982 go to their hair-do's. And maybe my 4-Star rating might be just a bit inflated, being that I've been an undying fan of AFOS since their first record, which is still today one of my all-time favorite albums. But cast all that aside, and you'll find that this is a darn good album, difficult as that may be for the casual listener to believe. While "Listen" departs from the harder-edged sound of the debut LP, it does find its own groove within a somewhat softer and more techno-fied atmosphere. Don't get me wrong; a few songs still rock pretty good, highlighting the work by amazing lead guitarist Paul Reynolds. But for the most part, the in-your-face guitar licks of the first album are relegated to the middle-ground, or background completely, while the drums and keyboards are pushed forward (could it be that the Score brothers; singer and keyboardist Mike, and drummer Ali, wanted their handiwork to overshadow that of Reynolds and bassist Frank Maudsley? Who knows.). In general, the formula works, in the context of the album as a whole. "Wishing" is brilliant, except for the annoying "buzz" sound heard on every single drum beat of the song (too bad that wasn't eliminated for the remastered release). "Nightmares" reminds one of how it felt to be eight years old and alone in the dark. "Transfer Affection" is a lovely ballad, found also on the Flock's "Best Of" CDs. "What Am I Supposed To Do?" is a fast-tempo tune, but does evoke sadness from the listener, as the song is about a painful breakup. "Electrics", "The Traveler", "Over The Border" and "It's Not Me Talking" are all New Wave-Rock oriented, while "2:30" seems to be really not much of anything; just synth effects that open with what sounds like an earthquake. Only "The Fall" causes me to hit the skip button. It's not all that bad, just a bit too slow and a bit too monotonous, even for the `Gulls. Two of the three bonus tracks are worth the price of the disc alone. The grunge-like "Quicksand" could have been a rock-radio favorite, had the group used it as a single instead of a b-side. It still stands up as one of the Flock's very best rock songs. And the live version of "I Ran" (the b-side of "It's Not Me Talking", at least in the U.S.) manages to capture the raw energy of the original studio recording. For some reason, there are two songs from the original CD and cassette releases that are missing from this reissue; "Rosenmontag" and "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin." Both were weird techno-flavored instrumentals, which tells me that AFOS, along with other British synth-rock bands and artists (like Gary Numan), were musical visionaries rather than One Hit Wonders. So if you're reading this you must be thinking about buying the CD. Do it, and also what the title suggests.

IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!!!.......2005-02-15

In the year 1983, we were introduced to (among other things)both Listen by A Flock of Seagulls AND the CD. So why it took 22 years for Listen to come out on CD (and why we were stuck with nothing but 'best hits' albums by A Flock on CD during this time)is quite beyond my comprehension. But as they say, better late than never. Now I have to agree that it would have been FAR better to include the omitted songs than get another version of I Ran (like you can't find this song in enough places already). But I guess we just have to take what we can get. And an actual CD beats scratchy old vinyl (or a CD-R made from scratchy old vinyl) ANY DAY. If you like A Flock Of Seagulls, or if you just like New Wave in general (Admit it, you do. After all, you entered A Flock Of Seagulls as a search parameter. And Deftones and Linkin Park fans don't do this!), this CD is a must-have. Give your turntable a rest and hear this album WITHOUT the pops and scratches!

Their best........2004-11-18

Oh my gosh! Am I dreaming? This can't be! Just as I was fixing to leave the record/electronics last week after being there for 2-3 hours, it suddenly occurred to me that I almost forgot to check the bin for my favorite band of all time, A Flock of Seagulls. And, lo and behold, what do I find but a CD reissue (!) of 1983's "Listen", as well as a copy of "Platinum and Gold". I couldn't help but get 'em both!

In fact, I still have their first 3 TAPES--their self-titled debut, "Listen", and "The Story of a Young Heart". I think most AFOS fans would agree that "Listen" was the best of their 4 records. (The 4th album was "Dream Come True", apparently a really bad one.) They sound more mature on it with better songwriting, whether it's the dance groove of "Over the Border", the techno-punk fun of "Electrics", the dreamy vocal of "Nightmares", or the adventurous "Traveller". Flock's sound was/is so unique that one should admit that no one has sounded like them since. A song like "Wishing", with it's clashing synth/guitar/bass chords, still sounds rather exotic 20 years onward. You just don't hear such originality nowadays.

Speaking of tapes, the outside of my original tape of "Listen" says it contains 3 extra songs, "Rosenmontag", "Quicksand", and "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin". However, they're not on the tape itself. I have the Jive/RCA version, maybe that's why. The other tapes say Jive/Arista. Anybody know what gives? Of the 3, "Quicksand" is featured on this reissue and is actually one of their 'heavier' moments with the deepest groove of any AFOS song.

Yes, incomplete... although blissful this was re-released!.......2004-11-14

I am in agreement about the missing tracks "Last Flight of..." and "Rosemantag". Those were two hellaciously alternative songs, given the time of its original release. I will miss them.

I have waited many years to hear this CD again. I originally had the cassette when first released, but after taking that damn cassette everywhere I went for many years, it faded with the scenery. I have looked for the CD version on ebay and every so often one can find one going for $80 out of some remote village half way around the globe. Now that it is rereleased and two very important tracks were omitted I will still wait for that day I can get the original CD on ebay for $50.

The song Committed was a treat for me since I only had a sound snippet memorized in my head from the one time I had heard the song back in 83. Thanks for the memories.

Anyway, get this CD. It, in my humble opinion, is a work of art. The songs are strong and good. THe Production is very much unique for the time, the reverb fills up your speakers and gives an unmistakeable sense of place while you 'listen'. I wish they would have graced the bottom end of the sound spectrum a bit on the remaster, but then it wouldn't true to how Mike Howlett produced it. I guess I can just use my stereo's EQ.

Average customer rating: Fun music An Undiscovered Gem

Winnie's Guitar Lynn Patrick Manufacturer: Lynn Patrick ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz Guitarists | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003TFZK Release Date: 1998-08-01

Tracks:

1. California Zephyr
2. Letting Go
3. Happy Pig in Spring
4. Pacific
5. PickinA
6. Passing Through
7. Hunter Creek
8. Winnie's Guitar
9. Rosewood
10. Long Way to Texas

Product Description

Despite the diversity of styles, a common thread runs through all of Lynn’s songs: every one of them has an uncanny knack for uplifting the environment. Winnie´s Guitar, more than anything, is a good excuse to lighten up and feel better about ourselves and the world. This, for example, from the features writer of a local women´s journal: "Swimming with dolphins must feel something akin to experiencing the emotional dimension of Lynn Patrick´s music." Yet another reviewer called the album "a project of joyous whimsy, as uplifting and happy as star gazing." That´s because Lynn´s music unpretentiously but unmistakably conveys a sense of soaring freedom -- that sensation in the region of your heart that reminds you of being a child and swinging really, really high, until the chains slackened and you knew you could fly. Winnie’s Guitar includes ten songs, featuring Lynn on guitar and lead guitar. Joe Scott, lead guitarist for Wind Machine, joins her on three tracks. The E-Town Band´s Chris Engleman plays bass on eight songs, and Lila Sklar, a terrifically talented violinist, adds melodic dimension to track one, "California Zephyr." Gordon Burt, who plays with Denver´s Runaway Express, adds the finishing touches with a lovely mandolin part on "Rosewood" and some tuneful fiddling on "Pickin´A." Original cover art is by nationally acclaimed artist Laura Marshall (Ursula LeGuin´s book illustrator of choice.)

Customer Reviews:

Fun music.......2007-01-05

I heard a clip from this album on NPR, checked it out online and ordered it. It's fun, upbeat guitar music. It's good for listening in the car when you don't want too much noise or distraction, and it's peppy enough to keep you interested. Glad I ordered it.

An Undiscovered Gem.......2006-12-30

I first heard Lynn Patrick on an NPR bumper. The short segment was so good, I looked her up here and ordered both of her CD's. If you like nice accoustic guitar in a sort of new age grove, this CD will be a great addition to your collection.

Average customer rating: !! Heavenly Voice !!

Pure Kaushiki Chakrabarty Manufacturer: Sense World Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD India | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Master (Ram Narayan) Sarangi Sandhya Reflection Kala Raga Darbari ASIN: B0004OCVD6 Release Date: 2005-04-19

Tracks:

1. Raga Madhuvanti: Alap
2. Raga Madhuvanti: Khayal 'Shyam Bhaee, Ghanashyam Nahi Aye More ...
3. Raga Madhuvanti: Khayal "Kahe Maan Karo Sakhiri Ab' in Teental (16 ...)
4. Raga Madhuvanti: Thumri in Raga Misra Mand 'Morey Saiyan Bedardi' ...

Customer Reviews:

!! Heavenly Voice !!.......2005-05-26

This CD has been my constant source of enlightenment for the last week. There are so many amazing aspects to her voice, and the "pure" title is very appropriate. The quality of sound is very pure, youthful and innocent in her voice.

This singer has full and detailed control over THREE OCTAVES and more, including all the saregam and decorative extended vocal techniques. It is not just showing off, either. The feeling of the music is always present.

Anyone who likes Indian raga MUST listen to this girl, who is the next in line of classical indian singers!

Malik

Average customer rating: Mixed results Like driving a Ferrari in a school zone. Stellar Soprano Applies Her Considerable Talent to a Lightning-Quick, All-American Repertoire May have a heart but what good is it if the artistic results are a void? Great new context for Voigt

All My Heart: Deborah Voigt Sings American Songs Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beach | Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Obsessions (Wagner & Strauss: Arias and Scenes) Sacred Songs Cecilia Bartoli ~ Opera Proibita (Handel · Scarlatti · Caldara) / Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski Plácido Domingo & Deborah Voigt - Wagner Love Duets ~ Tristan und Isolde, Siegfried My Name is Barbara ASIN: B000AQACM0 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. The Side Show
2. Two Little Flowers
3. Down East
4. The Circus Band
5. Berceuse
6. At The River
7. The Children's Hour
8. Piccola Serenata
9. Greeting
10. So Pretty
11. In The Dark Pine-Wood
12. The Ivy-Wife
13. The Cloak, The Boat, And The Shoes
14. I Am In Need Of Music
15. To The Virgins To Make Much Of Time
16. This Heart That Flutters
17. Darkling, I Listen
18. Bright Cap And Streamers
19. The Half-Ring Moon
20. Pierrot
21. Cleopatra To The Asp
22. Evening Song
23. Ah, Love, But A Day
24. I Send My Heart Up To Thee
25. The Year's At The Spring

Amazon.com

This collection of American songs spanning 150 years shows Deborah Voigt, one of the world's leading sopranos, in a new light. She successfully achieves the transition from the larger-than-life operatic stage to the intimate world of song, especially in the more outgoing, dramatic pieces. Voigt enters into each composer's style with complete empathy. Charles Ives was an irrepressible maverick and a stylistic chameleon. Voigt captures the songs' hymn-like simplicity and irreverent rambunctiousness, though her voice is a bit too heavy for them. Leonard Bernstein's jazzy irony also needs more lightness, but the slow love songs are done beautifully. Voigt really comes into her own in Charles Griffes's lush impressionism, evoking the sultriness of Cleopatra and the rhythms of a Spanish dance, and Amy Beach's unabashed effusive romanticism. Composer Ben Moore is a child of our own time, born in 1960. He moves between many styles with natural ease. Set to great English and American poetry, some of his songs were written for Voigt, and she sings them to perfection. The splendid pianist Brian Zeger provides both leadership and support. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

Mixed results.......2006-02-22

This is an interesting collection of American songs, but I don't feel that Ms Voigt sold these selections to me. She still sounds like an opera singer trying to squeeze a very powerful and large voice into smaller setting for these songs, with mixed success. She is much, much better than many of her fellow sopranos that tried such repertoire, but I feel that she only gets it right in Amy Beach and Griffes songs. And even there, she does not have a sound that would make every song recital fan happy.
And what's with the title of this album? I think she is a classy artist and deserves better than such silly title, her label probably came up with that.
Nice try overall, but I hope Ms Voigt will do more Strauss and Wagner from now on, not more songs like these.

Like driving a Ferrari in a school zone........2006-02-02

Like a lot of big operatic voices, Voigt is hard to capture on CD; her recordings of Wagner and Strauss excerpts are good, but they can't convey the experience of hearing her live in an opera house. And singing with only piano accompaniment, as here, she simply can't use most of the power in her voice. As sensitive as her performances are I can't help feeling that she's having to hold back. For American song sung with more delicacy and grace I would suggest Barbara Bonney or Dawn Upshaw (I can't agree with previous reviewers' suggestion of Cheryl Studer's Barber, though Hampson is wonderful on that set).

Stellar Soprano Applies Her Considerable Talent to a Lightning-Quick, All-American Repertoire.......2005-11-08

It's a shame that soprano Deborah Voigt hit her greatest notoriety last year for being fired by the Royal Opera House for being too fat for the title role of "Ariadne aux Naxos" by Richard Strauss. She subsequently lost eighty pounds but luckily none of her vocal prowess as can be heard to great effect on this intriguing collection of American songs, 25 in all and averaging a little over two minutes each. It would have seemed like a mismatch to apply her powerful voice - famous for her big Wagnerian roles - to sometimes delicate tunes. Voigt, however, confounds expectations with a surprisingly nuanced performance that showcases her interpretative skills on a diverse set of musical styles.

Similar to what countertenor David Daniels did with his 2003 disc with guitarist Craig Ogden, "A Quiet Thing", Voigt and pianist Brian Zeger have created a wide-ranging lyrical repertoire that encompasses significant vocal demands while remaining intimate in setting. In fact, both Daniels and Voigt cover Leonard Bernstein's anti-war lullaby, "So Pretty", with haunting aplomb. She also manages to dance effectively over the "Da-ga-da-ga-dums" of Bernstein's challenging "Piccola serenata". Voigt does wonders with the opening Charles Ives selections by not overplaying the innate sentiment of the tunes, in particular, soaring with the highly dramatic "The Children's Hour" by Longfellow and even covering the churchy warhorse, "At the River", with conviction.

There are eight highly individualistic songs by Ben Moore that stretch Voigt with bountiful results. The standouts of the Moore set are the English sea chantey-like "The Ivy-Wife" by Thomas Hardy, the lushly romantic "I Am in Need of Music" by Elizabeth Bishop; the sweeping "Darkling, I Listen" by John Keats; and the discordant waltz, "Bright Cap and Streamers", by James Joyce. For me, the highpoints of the recording are the last two sets by Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Amy Beach, both of whom tap impressively into Voigt's natural theatricality proven especially by her performances of Griffes's lush "Cleopatra to the Asp" and Bishop's rolling "I Send My Heart Up to Thee".

The one shortcoming of the recording overall is that the briefness of the songs does not really capitalize on Voigt's impressive dramatic capabilities in showcasing changes in characters she would have been allowed in her opera roles. For all the limitations it represents, this is a genuine recital album, and truly transcendent moments are fleeting at best especially given the variety of moods that need to be expressed in lightning-flash strokes. However, taken for the genre it represents, this is a stellar recording to appreciate a singer who is able to do more than Wagner and lose weight.

May have a heart but what good is it if the artistic results are a void?.......2005-10-31

The header says it all. Thumbs down all the way. Get instead the Samuel Barber double set with Cheryl Studer and Thomas Hampson if you wish to experience true heartrending Americana. As another reviewer put it, you get no gimmicks and no camp from these two distinguished artists.

Great new context for Voigt.......2005-09-30

It is great to hear Voigt in an American lieder recital. She is a top vocalist in her vocal prime. I think this is a lovely disc, and it really takes off especially with the songs of Ben Moore who has written many works just for Voigt. She tones down the volume of her sound and reins in the dramatic aspect of her soprano to give these songs a proper context and remains in service of them throughout the recital. Give this one a try! EMI - Release her Marshallin from Der Rosenkavalier, I think it would be wonderful. I know she just took on that role this summer.

Average customer rating: all Christmas,all the Time Title makes a big claim, but it absolutely delivers... Its time to be seasonal

The Best Carols in the World...Ever! Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Howells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols 50 Most Loved Christmas Carols Carols from Trinity Christmas Night: Carols of the Nativity A Festival Of Carols / Robert Shaw Chorale ASIN: B00002438U Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Angels We Have Heard Ye On High - Sir David Willcocks
2. I Saw Three Ships - Sir David Willcocks
3. The First Nowell - Philip Ledger
4. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Sir David Willcocks
5. While Shepherds Watched - Sir David Willcocks
6. A Virgin Unspotted - Andrew Parrott
7. Once In A Royal David's City - John Rutter
8. In The Bleak Midwinter - Sir David Willcocks
9. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - David Bell
10. In Dulci Jubilo - John Rutter
11. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Philip Ledger
12. Past Three O'Clock - Sir David Willcocks
13. The Coventry Carol - Mediaeval Baebes
14. Away In A Manger - Sir George Thalben-Ball
15. Nativity Carol - John Rutter
16. Unto Us Is Born A Son - David Bell
17. Silent Night - Sir David Willcocks
18. Ding Dong Merrily On High - Sir David Willcocks
19. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Sir David Willcocks
20. The Lord At First Did Adam Make - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
21. Up! Good Christen Folk And Listen - Sir David Willcocks
22. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly - John Rutter
23. O Little One Sweet - Sir David Willcocks
24. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - David Bell
25. The Twelve Days Of Christmas - John Rutter

Tracks:

1. Good King Wenceslas - David Bell
2. Cherry Tree Carol - Sir David Willcocks
3. Joy To The World - David Bell
4. Here We Come A-Wassailing - John Rutter
5. See Amid The Winter's Snow - Sir David Willcocks
6. Gaudete - Mediaeval Baebes
7. The Holly And The Ivy - Sir David Willcocks
8. We've Been A While A-Wandering - Sir David Willcocks
9. We Three Kings Of Orient Are - David Bell
10. Shepherd's Pipe Carol - John Rutter
11. Masters In This Hall - Sir David Willcocks
12. The Babe Of Bethlehem - Andrew Parrott
13. A Spotless Rose - Philip Ledger
14. Angel Tidings - John Rutter
15. When An Angel Host Entuned - Sir David Willcocks
16. As With Gladness Men Of Old - David Bell
17. Adam Lay Ibounden - Mediaeval Baebes
18. The Coming Of Our King - John Rutter
19. Christ Was Born On Christmas Day - Sir George Thalben-Ball
20. A Christmas Carol - Sir David Willcocks
21. Sans Day Carol - John Rutter
22. Gabriel's Message - Sir David Willcocks
23. The Chester Carol - Robert Tear
24. Rocking - Sir David Willcocks
25. Methinks I See An Heav'nly Host - Andrew Parrott
26. Angels From The Realms Of Glory - David Bell
27. O Come, All Ye Faithful - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

Customer Reviews:

all Christmas,all the Time.......2007-01-10

This two cd offering has almost all my favorites.the classics, not the Rudolph ones. Can't recommend enough.Listen and read Dickens...That's enough Christmas for anyone.

Title makes a big claim, but it absolutely delivers..........2006-12-02

This album provides 2.5 hours of excellent carols, from excellent choirs and soloists, and with great sound. I was worried that a compilation this large, and with such an extravagent title, would be B-side offerings, but that's not the case at all.

This isn't an album if you are looking for something "fresh and new." The arrangements are traditional, and even newer carols are done in a fairly conservative style. But that said, some of the pieces provide the best orchestration and voice arrangement I have ever heard. This is like the pinnacle of the classic English Christmas carol; clean, precise, glorious and celebratory.

Its time to be seasonal.......2005-12-16

This album contains traditional carols performed in a traditional way at the best quality. It is an excellent album to ensure the spirit of christmas is present and to bring the true meaning of christmas back. The double CD selection has all the golden favourites as well as not so wellknown carols to complete a very good christmas album. Merry Christmas to you all!

Average customer rating:

Listen To The Calm Manufacturer: NOME Co. of Dallas, Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Because You Asked Autumn Song Warm Moonlight Piano Wandering and Remembering Lingering Memories Of The Masters ASIN: B00006BSXB Release Date: 1998-08-01

Tracks:

1. Evergreen
2. Theme from "The Young And The Restless"
3. The Homecoming
4. Moonlight Serenade
5. I'll Catch the Sun
6. Solitaire
7. Yesterday
8. Theme from "Nicholas and Alexandra"
9. Theme from "Valley of The Dolls"
10. Falling in Love With Love
11. No Other Love
12. A Woman in Love
13. Why Did I Choose You?
14. On Rainy Afternoons
15. Tender Is The Night

Album Description

This CD features solo piano arrangements of romantic songs, played in a classical style.

Average customer rating: Good coloratura work by Elizabeth Futral At Last a Solo Recital on CD An Interesting display

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Tracks:

1. Come Take Me In Your Arms
2. My Soul Is Filled With Love For You
3. What Are These Tears And Sighs
4. How I Loved Him!
5. A Maiden Adorning
6. He Has Come Back
7. See Here, Dorabella
8. Ah! Let me Live In This Dream
9. He's The God Of Youth And Springtime
10. The Silver Moon Was Shining
11. Ain't It A Pretty Night!
12. Take Me Away To The One I Adore
13. Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?

Customer Reviews:

Good coloratura work by Elizabeth Futral.......2007-05-27

This is an interesting CD from soprano Elizabeth Futral. The theme of this is a set of operatic arias sung in English, not in the original French or Italian or. . . . I'm not sure how sold I am on the concept, but, after all, it's the singing and musicality that is most important. And, by that measure, Elizabeth Futral does very nicely.

The accompanying booklet begins by noting that (page 8) "The voice of the light soprano has enchanted listeners for centuries." Futral's singing is characteristic of this type of voice.

In this era, any coloratura soprano has two challenges: first, to compare with the past generation's astonishingly talented practitioners, well exemplified by Joan Sutherland and Beverly Sill. Second, though, there are some wonderful coloratura sopranos today against whom others will be compared, with Natalie Dessay and Sumi Jo among the most adept. Thus, Futral will almost automatically be compared with such exemplars. I do not think one could say she is the equal of those four just mentioned, but she does not compare badly either.

From the Wikipedia: "In musical notation, the Italian word staccato (literally detached, plural staccatos or staccati) indicates that notes are sounded in a detached and distinctly separate manner, with silence making up the latter part of the time allocated to each note. The rhythm is not affected. Notes identified as staccato should be played or sung abruptly and short." This is worthy of comment, since the "Bell Song" from "Lakme," one of the selections on this CD, features many such notes. Futral sings them well. Her performance in this work is well done (although it is somewhat jarring, again, to hear it sung in English). She begins with a nice high note and a bang up following trill. She displays good agility and features nice technique on staccato notes. Overall, this is well done. Toward the end, which calls for great ornamentation, she seems a bit hesitant at time, but she concludes with a nicely sung high note.

Other examples of her singing. From Handel's "Alcina," she sings "Come take me in your arms." Her voice is a light, standard coloratura voice (although not all coloratura sopranos have such a voice, of course). She displays considerable agility, a decent trill, and good ornamentation. There is a bit of harshness on a high note toward the close, but hardly fatal to the overall positive effect of her singing.

From Donizetti's "Linda di Chamounix," there is "My soul is filled with love for you" (otherwise known as "O luce di quest'anima"). Her version is not too shabby when compared with such greats as Sutherland and Jo. The cabaletta shows off, again, her agile voice. Good staccato high notes. Nice trills and a well nailed final high note.

Then there is the charming "Son vergin vezzosa" from Bellini's "I Puritani," here entitled "A maiden adorning." Again, nice agility, good trills, well done florid singing technique. While there is some harshness in the penultimate high note, overall, well done.

In short, Futral adds to a currently rich supply of coloratura sopranos, and compares well with the best of them.

At Last a Solo Recital on CD.......2005-03-19

Elizabeth Futral is one of those rare sopranos who seems to put pacing of her career, care of the voice, and commitment to repertoire range ahead of the too early media blitz that can hamper a singer's career. Clearly she has it all - beauty of voice, beauty of physical presence, fine acting skills, intelligence, and interpretive insights.

Having seen her Cleopatra in LA Opera's GUILIO CESARE and in SF Opera's production of Previn's STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE put her high on the list of important new sopranos. This rather strange recording gives samples of her foray's into all styles from Handel to Previn and does a fine job in capturing the beauty of her phrasing and quality of her seamless soprano voice. It is somewhat distracting to place a first recital recording before the public being sung entirely in English, especially for those who are unfamiliar with Futral's gifts. But credit Chandos with the courage to try something different, something that may introduce new audiences to the opera field.

Surely after the recent successes of Futral performances in the opera houses more recordings will follow. Meanwhile this is a tasty sampler of just how versatile - and special - Elizabeth Futral is. Grady Harp, March 05

An Interesting display.......2003-07-23

Coloratura-soprano Elizabeth Futral is a remarkable artist with a beautiful instrument and a most impressive technique. Her appearences in record stores are mostly on lesser known and up and coming labels such as Opera Rara and CHANDOS; with a few performances on DG.

This CD has an unusual semi-personal package. Duets, trios and quartets are featured. The title of the program is called Great Operatic Arias which seems rather broad for a soprano recital disc.

Futral sings well as always, however the content seems to lack a bit of intricacy and polish. Each aria, duet etc leaves you wondering whether or not a bit more time could have been put into this. The arias range from baroque to 20th century; covering four languages.

The entire program is performed in English and this is interesting... Although some of the arias just sound plain strange in English! It is a very nice thing to actually completely and instantly understand what is being sung. I was most impressed with the CHANDOS Lucia di Lammermoor. Futral probably gave her best performance on record in that role. She is astonishingly good on that recording. Her mad scene is awesome!

Overall this is a pleasing recording and Futral dazzles her listeners with her crystal clear high notes and vibrant tone. I look forward to more recordings of her. Hopefully she'll have a chance to record some more opera in its original language. I think that its time for a new Puritani or Sonnambula. Wouldn't she be the perfect candidate?

Average customer rating: Coast to Coast - Alan Baer

Coast to Coast Manufacturer: Baer Tracks Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tuba Carnival Expressions - The Heart of the Tuba British Tuba Concertos Big Boy Bobissimo! The Best of Roger Bobo ASIN: B000BKC9EE Release Date: 2005-09-26

Product Description

A beautiful and exciting collection of works for solo tuba and piano. From Baroque to Contemporary and Latin, this recording includes selections of varying styles and original compositions for this widely misunderstood instrument.

Customer Reviews:

Coast to Coast - Alan Baer.......2007-06-06

This album covers a large spectrum of musical genres spanning from Baroque to Late 20th Century. I think that this album would be a valuable addition to any tubist's listening collection. Alan Baer has not only chosen excellent literature, but plays with wonderful tone and attention to detail. I am particularly fond of the transcribed flute sonata.

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Red Hot (From Mystic Music, As Seen On TV) Crowded House , Level 42 , Rick Astley , Sheriff , Billy Ocean , Pat Benatar , Eddie Money & Ronnie Spector , Robert Palmer , Sheena Easton , and The Power Station Manufacturer: Mystic Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MZSVMC

Product Description

MYSTIC MUSIC Presents RED HOT. AS SEEN ON T.V. Disc 1 1. SOMETHING SO STRONG CROWDED HOUSE 2. OBSESSION ANIMOTION 3. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU LEVEL 42 4. IS THIS LOVE WHITESNAKE 5. EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN POISON 6. ALL I NEED JACK WAGNER 7. MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY ALIAS 8. SOME LIKE IT HOT THE POWER STATION 9. TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) SAMANTHA FOX 10. NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY 11. TOUCH ME CATHY DENNIS 12. NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 13. THE FLAME CHEAP TRICK 14. BLACK VELVET ALLANAH MYLES 15. SAVE YOUR LOVE GREAT WHITE 16. WHEN I'M WITH YOU SHERIFF 17. CAN'T STOP AFTER 7 18. ADDICTED TO LOVE ROBERT PALMER DISC 2 1. FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE BAD COMPANY 2. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS FOREIGNER 3. SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER THE MOTELS 4. TOO SHY KAJAGOOGOO 5. SHATTERED DREAMS JOHNNY HATES JAZZ 6. WE BELONG PAT BENATAR 7. CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) BILLY OCEAN 8. I GET WEAK BELINDA CARLISLE 9. TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT / BE MY BABY EDDIE MONEY WITH RONNIE SPECTOR 10. HOLD ON TO THE NIGHT RICHARD MARX 11. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART ROXETTE 12. MISSING YOU JOHN WAITE 13. I TOUCH MYSELF DIVINYLS 14. SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE ROBERT PALMER 15. SUGAR WALLS SHEENA EASTON 16. I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU DAN HARTMAN 17. FREEWAY OF LOVE ARETHA FRANKLIN

Average customer rating: A stellar second CD

Ready to Receive Claudia Russell Manufacturer: Radio Rhythm ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Song Food ASIN: B000BP8YXE Release Date: 2005-12-13

Tracks:

1. Ready To Receive
2. Galesburg
3. Oh California
4. White Cross
5. Aurora
6. He Ain't Coming Back
7. Hang On
8. Just Like You
9. Lie To Me
10. Tonight I'll Be Stayin' Here With You
11. Bugs
12. Miss Fortune
13. Stars

Album Description

Ready to Receive is the second CD from Claudia Russell on Radio Rhythm Records. Russell's debut, Song Food, gained play on more than 150 radio stations across North America, Europe and Australia and earned her Best New Artist honors from WUMB-FM in Boston.

Ready To Receive weaves an eclectic tapestry of folk, pop, blues and country into a sound that is distinctively Russell's. Fans of Song Food will find the familiar Russell themes of love, longing and loss, with Russell's expressive vocals right out front and her signature guitar style and husband/partner Bruce Kaplan's mandolin playing right behind her.

Ready To Receive was produced by Russell and Kaplan. It features seven new original songs as well as six inventive interpretations of songs by writers Kyle Johnson, Lori B., Jeff Talmadge, Ted Waterhouse and Bob Dylan.

Rich Warren, host of nationally syndicated radio show, The Midnight Special, wrote in the Fall Issue of Sing Out:

"Singer-songwriter Claudia Russell is a vocalist in the old-fashioned sense. She can really sing. Not only does she have an impressive set of pipes, she interprets songs rather than merely conveying lyrics. She sounds involved with the songs. Ready to Receive is a professional work of strong musicality delivered by a voice superior to most in the crowded field of singer-songwriters."

Daniel Gewertz of the Boston Herald says:

"Sweet-voiced Claudia Russell is recognizably herself on her second independent release, "Ready To Receive," yet the antique, acoustic, elegant string-band approach of "Song Food" has been quite transformed. The new album is sleeker, more electric, less retro, and this time around there are a few modern edges to both the lyrics and the vocals.

There exists on "Ready To Receive" a sense of a life lived, a character explored, a modern west coast womanhood revealed.

The songs of "Ready To Receive" possess an unusually large range of styles and sounds, and even the Russell voice changes course a few times. But the beating heart of the album is constant."

Get Ready To Receive and get ready to hear one of the most distinctive voices on the contemporary folk scene.

Customer Reviews:

A stellar second CD.......2006-02-23

What do you do to follow up a debut CD that was near-perfect? One that brought critical acclaim and garnered you the New Artist of the Year award from Boston's prestigious folk-radio station WUMB? If you're Claudia Russell (and trusty sidekick Bruce Kaplan), you release an eclectically brilliant second CD, "Ready to Receive." While wonderfully complemented here by a cache of fabulous musicians, Russell and Kaplan are a formidable duo---Russell handles guitar (and the occasional omnichord), while being The Voice. And what a voice---sweet, sultry, able to master virtually any genre. And while Russell is a fabulous interpreter/arranger of traditionals and covers, she is also an outstanding songwriter. On "Ready to Receive, " she wrote or co-wrote seven of the 13 tracks. Kaplan is a terrific mandolinist, and a string guru in general, while also being the musical field general.

The eclecticism of the disc isn't restricted to the musical styles---it's also wonderfully varied thematically and by mood. The title track is a beautiful, lilting ode to being finally able to accept love. "Galesburg" evokes the desolation of a cold midwestern train station at night and the demise of a relationship. "Oh California" is a romp that details Russell's love/hate relationship with her state of California. "He Ain't Coming Back" is a gritty, bluesy, vivid picture of a hard-living woman whose husband has left her and their daughter to escape the dreary, mundane life at home. The centerpiece of the CD is Russell's raw, fearful paean to her late mother: "Just Like You" chronicles Russell's coming to grips with being the same age her mother was when she died from breast cancer, and honestly catalogues the range of emotions Russell manifests---it's a harmonica-driven wailer whose melodic urgency echoes the racing of the narrator's emotions.

Jeff Talmadge's "Lie to Me" is an irresistible tune that all-too-accurately describes the way we long to hear lies from an object of affection, in the face of the unpleasant truth. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" is a compelling Newgrass-y take on Dylan's chestnut. The disc ends with three very different songs: "Bugs" is a moodily charming fantasia of an afternoon in the garden, and even manages to include "ocarina" in its narration. "Miss Fortune," authored by Lori B, is a thumping old-timey piece that could easily be a part of Leon Redbone's repertoire (perhaps in conjuction with the Dresden Dolls), and yet its arrangement can't disguise the darkness at its core. It's a bit of a musical oxymoron---the oompah bass and accordion want you to believe that it's a lark, but the lyrics are another story altogether. Russell's vocals are wonderful here---plaintive, emotive, and spot-on. The CD's coda is "Stars," an absolute gem that Russell co-wrote with Anny Celsi. The melody and tasteful arrangement allow The Voice to demonstrate all its tremble-inducing beauty---vocals that bring a smile to your face while also resonating with our innate sadness---much like the awesome, gelid beauty of a star in a midnight-blue sky. Russell and Kaplan are stars, and if there's any justice anywhere, the rest of a discerning music public will find that out.

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